Pokémon: A Journey of Three
Chapter 1: The Start of the Journey
It was early morning in Pallet Town, the air was cool and crisp. A boy and a girl walked out of their house. The boy was taller than the girl. He had a lean build. His long brown hair went down to the top of his black hoody, and his bangs covered his left eye, but his right eye was uncovered and brown. The sleeves on his hoody were rolled up, and the hoody was completely unzipped, revealing a gray under shirt. His hoody and t-shirt were short, revealing a black belt that held up dark blue skinny jeans. His black shoes left small prints in the dirt road. The girl had her long brown hair in two pony tails, and her bangs stopped right above her hazel eyes, which shone with excitement. She wore a long, light blue, long sleeve shirt, which stopped at her light blue jeans. Her shirt had a picture of a pokeball on the front. Her blue shoes left prints in the road alongside the boy's. She had a black and blue backpack on her back. When the two were about twenty feet away from the house, a woman ran outside. The woman had brown hair to match the two kids', and wore a red t-shirt and blue jeans. She ran to the two kids and embraced them. Her eyes were tearing up.
"I'll miss you two so much." The woman said as she gripped the two tighter. The boy freed himself and put his hands on the woman's shoulders.
"We'll miss you to mom." The boy reassured his mom. "I'm 17 years old, and Skyler's 10, it's time for us to be Pokémon trainers." The boy explained. The mom nodded.
"I know Nic, but you two will always be my babies." The mom said. She bent down and hugged the girl tightly. "Be careful Skyler, and take care of your brother." Their mom told Skyler. Their mom let go of Skyler and stood up. Skyler smiled.
"Don't worry mom, we'll both be fine!" Skyler said excitedly. The three hugged again and then Nic and Skyler's mom walked back to the house. The two continued walking down the dirt road, toward Professor Oak's lab.
"What Pokémon are you gonna pick?" Skyler asked Nic. Nic grinned.
"The Pokémon that I've wanted for the last 7 years." He replied. The two walked up the hill to Oak's lab and walked through the door. In the lab, Professor Oak and his grandson, Gary, stood next to a machine that held three pokeballs.
"Now can we start gramps?" Gary asked. Oak thought for a moment.
"I was going to wait for Ash, but…" Oak trailed off. Gary squirmed impatiently.
"What ever, let that loser be late, it's bad enough this old loser gets a Pokémon." Gary remarked as he motioned to Nic.
"Look kid, just because I decided to wait to go on a journey until my little sister could doesn't make me a loser." Nic said calmly.
"Yeah meanie!" Skyler said. Gary was frustrated. He started walking towards the machine with the pokeballs.
"What ever, I'll pick first." Gary said as he reached toward the machine. Professor Oak quickly smacked his hand away from the machine.
"Now Gary, Nic has waited patiently for 7 years to get his first Pokémon, I'm sure you can wait 5 more minutes and let him pick first." Oak said. Gary crossed his arms and mumbled to himself. Nic slowly walked over to the machine. He looked down at the three pokeballs that sat on the machine. Without hesitating, he grabbed the pokeball with a flame emblem on it and threw.
"I choose you!" Nic said as the pokeball opened in midair. A red light escaped from the ball and formed on the ground. The light faded and a Charmander stood on the ground, facing Nic.
"Char charmander char!" The Charmander said happily.
"Nice to meet you Charmander, my name's Nic!" Nic said happily. Nic studied the Charmander for a moment. There was something strange about this Charmander. Nic thought about the poster on his wall at home. That poster had a Charmander, a Bulbasaur, and a Squirtle on it. The Charmander on the poster was orange, but this one was… "Yellow?!" Nic said, surprised. Oak smiled.
"So you noticed that." Oak said calmly. "This Charmander is special, he is colored yellow instead of orange, he's truly one in 8192!" Oak exclaimed. A huge smile spread over Nic's face.
"That's so cool!" Nic said. He picked up the Charmander and laughed. "You hear that buddy? Your special!" Nic said. Gary reached over to the pokeball machine, but Oak smacked his hand away once again.
"Gramps!" Gary yelled. Oak waved is pointer finger in front of Gary.
"You'll get yours soon enough. Skyler, you can pick your Pokemon now." Oak said. Skyler skipped over to the pokeball machine and grabbed a pokeball, then opened it. A red light shot out of the pokeball and manifested itself into a Bulbasaur.
"Bulba bulbasaur!" The Bulbasaur said happily. Skyler picked it up and hugged it.
"It's even cuter in person!" Skyler said as she hugged the Bulbasaur. Gary grabbed the last pokeball from the machine.
"What ever, I wanted Squirtle anyways." Gary said. Professor Oak handed each of them a pokedex and pokeballs.
"Now you three can go on your own Pokémon journey!" Oak said. He turned toward Nic. "Isn't your friend, Tyler, getting his first Pokémon from Professor Elm today?" Oak asked. Nic nodded.
"Before he moved, we promised each other that we would wait to get our first Pokémon until all three of us could get a Pokémon. He's meeting me and Skyler at Route 22 in two days." Nic said. Oak thought for a moment.
"You two better leave now then, if you wanna make it there on time." Oak said. Nic and Skyler nodded. They both returned their Pokémon to their pokeballs. The two walked towards the door. Nic turned around.
"Thanks for the Pokémon Professor!" Nic said before he and Skyler walked out of the lab. Nic and Skyler walked to the entrance of Route 1. They each opened their pokeball and released Charmander and Bulbasaur.
"Bulba bulba!" Bulbasaur said.
"Char char!" Charmander exclaimed. Nic and Skyler smiled.
"I know Pokémon are supposed to stay in their pokeballs, but I think it would be more fun if you two walked with us." Nic said. Skyler nodded. The four made their way into Route 1. After walking for about two hours, Skyler and Bulbasaur sat down.
"We're taking a break." Skyler said as she petted Bulbasaur. Nic shook his head.
"We can't be late meeting up with Tyler, we gotta keep walking." Nic said.
"BUULLLBBBAAAAAA!" Bulbasaur snapped. Nic jumped.
"Sheesh, fine. We'll take a break." Nic said as he sat down. Charmander jumped on his lap. "Aaagh! Get that flame away from me!" Nic yelled as the flame on Charmander's tail touched his arm. The flame didn't burn him though. Nic looked surprised.
"What's wrong?" Skyler asked. Nic shook his head.
"Charmander's flame is touching me, but it doesn't hurt." Nic replied. Skyler grabbed her pokedex and pointed it at Charmander.
"Charmander, the Lizard Pokémon. The flame on the tip of it's tail always burns, but it can control the temperature of the flame to not hurt people or Pokémon it cares for." The pokedex said. Nic smiled.
"So your trying not to burn me because you care about me?" Nic asked. Charmander nodded. "Thanks buddy!" Nic said with a smile. Skyler and Bulbasaur stood up.
"Alright let's get goin!" Skyler said.
"Bulba bulba!" Bulbasaur nodded.
"Oh, so you two get to decide when we end our breaks to?" Nic said. Skyler nodded and smiled. Nic and Charmander stood up and the four continued walking. After a few more hours, Nic suddenly stopped, causing Skyler, Bulbasaur, and Charmander to bump into him.
"What now?" Skyler asked. Nic put is pointer finger to his lips and pointed towards a field with his other hand. The four looked and saw a Fearow sitting in the field, pecking the ground.
"I'm gonna catch it." Nic whispered. He and Charmander crept towards the Fearow as Skyler and Bulbasaur stayed back. Skyler looked up at the sky and saw that the sky was beginning to be covered by dark clouds.
"Looks like it's gonna rain soon." Skyler said to Bulbasaur. Nic and Charmander were about ten feet away from the Fearow when they stopped walking.
"Alright Charmander, use Ember!" Nic said. Charmander shot a small ball of fire out of its mouth. The ball of fire hit the Fearow and knocked it over. "Alright, go pokeball!" Nic yelled as he threw an empty pokeball at the Fearow. The pokeball hit the Fearow and opened up, bringing the Fearow into it and closing. "Alright, we got it!" Nic said. The pokeball started to rock side to side however, and after a moment it opened up and released the Fearow. "Crap!" Nic said. "Oh well, Charmander, Ember again!" Nic commanded.
"Charmaaaandeer!" Charmander said as it shot another ball of fire at the Fearow. The Fearow dodged the fireball, and hit Charmander with Drill Peck, knocking Charmander back into a tree.
"Uh-oh, Charmander, return!" Nic said. He pointed Charmander's pokeball at Charmander, but before the light from the ball could reach Charmander, the Fearow hit the pokeball out of Nic's hand using Aerial Ace. The pokeball hit the ground behind Nic and cracked. "No no no!" Nic said as he scurried to the pokeball. He picked it up and pointed it at Charmander, but nothing happened. "No, it broke. Skyler, I could use some help!" Nic yelled as he slid towards Charmander and picked him up before the Fearow could hit him with another Drill Peck.
"Got it!" Skyler said as she and Bulbasaur ran towards the Fearow. "Bulbasaur, Vinewhip!" Skyler yelled.
"Bulba!" Bulbasaur said as he shot two vines towards Fearow. Fearow used Aerial Ace to dodge the vines and hit Bulbasaur, knocking Bulbasaur out. Skyler returned Bulbasaur to its pokeball.
"What now?!" Skyler asked.
"Ruuuuunn!" Nic yelled. The two took off, with Nic carrying Charmander.
"Feeeeaaarr!" The Fearow cried as it chased them. The cry caught the attention of a flock of Spearow nearby, causing them to join Fearow in its chase.
"We can't get away!" Skyler yelled. Nic handed Charmander to Skyler.
"Take him and run!" Nic said. Skyler looked confused.
"What are you-" Skyler began to ask, but Nic interrupted her.
"You two go, I'll take care of the Fearow and Spearows!" Nic said. He stopped running and turned around towards the birds. "Come and get me you mangy birds!" Nic yelled. The Fearow and Spearows dive-bombed towards Nic. "Run Skyler, you and Charmander get out of here!" Nic yelled. Before Skyler could turn and run, Charmander jumped out of her arms and past Nic, towards the birds.
"Charmander what are you doing?!" Nic yelled.
"Chaaaarr!" Charmander yelled. The flame on its tail grew ten times larger and turned blue. Charmander shot a giant blue stream of fire at the Fearow and Spearows, burning all of them and making them fly away. Charmander's flame returned to normal, and Nic caught Charmander just as it fainted.
"How did he do that?" Skyler asked. Nic took out his pokedex.
"Charmander's ability is Blaze. When Charmander is in danger, Blaze will greatly increase Charmander's fire power." The pokedex explained. Nic smiled.
"Thanks for saving us buddy, now return." Nic said as he pointed the pokeball at Charmander. Nothing happened.
"Fearow broke your pokeball didn't it?" Skyler asked.
"I guess so." Nic said. He pointed one of his empty pokeballs at Charmander, but when the red light hit Charmander, the light faded and didn't bring Charmander into the pokeball. "I guess he can only be registered to one pokeball." Nic said. Nic looked at Charmander's flame and saw that it was extremely small.
"If the flame on a Charmander's tail goes out, it will die." The pokedex said.
"We gotta get to the Viridian City pokemon center." Nic said. Skyler nodded. Suddenly, lightning cracked and it started pouring rain. Nic wrapped Charmander up in his hoody and used one of the sleeves to cover Charmander's tail.
"We gotta go now!" Skyler said as the two began sprinting towards Viridian City.