I slowly opened my eyes. The sun was shining in my room from the window, and it was inviting me to get up. It was a welcoming look, made me happy. I rolled on my arm and looked around my room. It was small, just a twin bed and wood desk, but then I looked at my alarm. It said 11:20. I then thought, was something going on today? My eyes went wide, today was the day. I jumped out of bed causing my sheets to go in the middle of the room but I didn't care, I ran to the closet. "Shit shit shit." I said to myself, how could I sleep in, today of all days! I thought to myself. I was flipping through clothes, but I found something I liked. I pulled out a pair of jeans, a black t-shirt, and a blue short sleeve jacket, then I got my bag. I was then desperately trying to pull up my jeans while stumbling around the room, but I pulled them up and slipped on my shirt. I then put on the jacket and put the bag on my back. I then ran out the door. I was so fast I fell on the ground, but then I looked up across the hall to see mikasa's room was empty and so was Mom and Dad's. "Shit!" I yelled. I then was going to run the stairs but rolled down them, I then landed on my back with my head facing the kitchen. I looked up and I saw Mikasa and Mom at the table camly eating breakfast, and Armin was next to them with a stopwatch. "And that was precisely two minutes from when we heard you crash out of bed,that's a record, congratulations Eren." Armin said joking. I just leaned my head back and sighed. "You did this, didn't you." I say pointing at Mikasa but not looking at her. "Maybe, it's actually 10:20, so we have forty minutes." Mikasa says laughing.
I then stumble up and looked at them. Mikasa was wearing those jean shorts with the pockets coming out the bottom, a red athletic shirt, her red scarf, and a bag across her shoulder that went down to across her waist. She looked cute to be honest, her hair was also kept short so she was good. I then walked over and sat at the table. Then Armin went to the only seat that was left and sat down excitedly. I looked at him for a moment. He had on khaki shorts, a short sleeve green zip up shirt, a visor, and of course his glasses. "So Eren, are you excited!?" Armin asks me with a big smile. But I looked at him when he asked me, I couldn't help but smile. "Hell yeah I'm excited, I'm gonna finally get a charmander!" I told him. But then I felt my ear being pulled. "Young man, I don't care that you're old enough to go out on your won't, we don't use language like that!" She yelled at my while tugging at my ear. "I'm sorry I'm sorry." I told while trying to pull away from her. She then let go. "Now you kids hurry up and eat, Mr. Arlert is ready, so don't take to long." She told us. "Yes ma'am." Armin said. Since his grandfather was the professor in town it wasn't weird for him to eat breakfast with us. But I just shoved my face with cereal as fast as I could.
After ten minutes of shoving my face I was finally done. "Okay done, lets go guys." I say as I get up. "Fine, I guess we should go." Mikasa said. She scooted her chair back and got up. Armin was just too happy to speak, he just got up and walked behind me. "Okay honey, me and your father will meet you after you pick, choose wilsey and goodluck." Mom told me as I walked out. "Yeah yeah, see you then." I say as I step out. It was a welcoming scene. There were only four house in our small town, my house, Armin's house, the store, and the lab, so it wasn't much of a walk. We walked down the dirt road, trees on the side of the road, and the bushes have flowers on them, just great. "You know what, as long as we've been here, I'm gonna miss this place." I say as we walk. "Me too, but our journey starts today." Armin says. He was walking kind of fast, he was really excited for today, more than me and Mikasa at least. But then we stepped in front of the lab. "Okay, so here is where our lives start, let's go." I say. I then hold out my hands to both of them, hoping for a high five. Armin gave me a high five, but mikasa just shoved me playfully. Then we stepped through the doors.
It was just like any old lab, white walls with pipes and weird beakers around the place, but something was different. There was a case in the middle of the room, with three pokeballs init, one of them had a water symbol on it, the other had a grass symbol on it, and the other one had a fire symbol on it. And then Armin'' grandfather came towards us, wearing his lab coat and glasses. "Hello kids, good to see you." He told us. Armin smiled. "Hey grandpa." Armin told him. "Hey Armin, but I think everyone is ready, correct?" He asked us. "Yes sir." We all said simultaneously. He smiled at us. So as you all know, you're all 16 so that means that you're all old enough to receive your first pokemon, but there's just one problem, we have to figure out who gets first pick. " He said as he turned around. "Dibs." I said quickly. He ignored me and was looking for something in is desk. I lean over to Armin. "What he doing?" I asked him quietly. "I don't know, something cool I guess." Armins says confused. But then Mr. Arlert turns around. "I have written a number between 1 and 100, whoever guesses the closest gets first pick." He tells us. My smile drops. Why is he treating this like a kindergarten class, we're all old enough. I thought to myself. "50." Armins says. "40." Mikasa says. "69." I said with a smile. Mikasa then slaps me on the back of the head. "My number was 46, so Armin gets first pick." Mr. Arlert says with a smile. He then steps to the side to let Armin pick. Armin then steps forward. "I've been up all night looking a stats on these guys, and I think as far as taticals goes, bulbasaur is my best bet!" Armin said super excited as he grabbed the pokeball. "Now there's a button at the top that can decrease the size of it to a golf ball, it's meant to be used for storage." Mr. Arlert told him. I was so excited, seeing Armin with his first pokeball, it was exciting. But Armin started increasing and decreasing the size, he looked he was in a trance. "Can I let him out?" Armin asked him. Mr. Alert nodded. Armin clicked the white button and a red beam came out of the ball, and then a small creature started to form. It wasn't very big, but it was a greenish color, stood on all fours, and it had a giant seed on its back, it also had big ears and big eyes. "Bulba?" It said like it was asking a question. Armin just picked it up and and hugged it. "Oh my gosh, I'm Armin, and you and me are going to go on so many adventures!" Armin yelled. "Bulbasaur!" It said exited. Mr. Arlert just smiled. "So I pick Charmander." I said. I was going to grab it but Mr. Arlert smacked my hand. "Wait your turn!" He told me sternly. He then turned towards Mikasa. "You're turn." He told Mikasa. Mikasa then calmly walked over to the case. "I choose Charmander." She said as she picked up the pokeball. My mouth hit the floor. "What the hell?" I asked her. She turned to face me. "I've been thinking, and I've decided that I want to be a fire trainer." Mikasa told me. She then through the pokeball in the air. The red beam erupted and it formed Charmander. It stood on two legs and had a long snout and a tail with a flame at the end of it. "Charmander.!" It said as it ran over to Mikasa. Mikasa picked it up and hugged it tight. "Hey pal, I'm Mikasa." Mikasa said, she sounded super happy. "Charmander." I said silently. I then felt a hand clap on my shoulder. "So Eren, this is yours, congratulations." Mr. Arlert told me as he put a pokeball in my hand. I looked down at the ball, I pressed the button on the top and in decreased in size. Then I Increased the size. I pressed the white button and the beam came out. And then there it was, it was blue and had a brown shell, it looked kind of cute to be honest. "Squirtle." It said as it looked at me. And once heard that, my worries of not having a charmander disappeared, this was now my new companion. "Hey buddy!" I said. I then ran up to me and I held it close. "We'll talk later bud." told him as I put him back inside the pokeball. I looked at Armin and Mikasa and they had both put there's up as well. "Now I have one more thing and then you're off, take these." Mr. Arlert said. He had 3 rectangular shaped objects in his hands, each a different color, green, blue and red. I took the blue one, Mikasa took the red one, and Armin took the green one. I started looking at mine, it had an lot of buttons on it. "What is it?" I asked him. "That is a pokedex, you use that to document you find, but that's all I have for you, you are now free to go on your journey, go get the badges, and have fun, and stay here for a bit Armin, lemme talk to you." Mr. Arlert told us. Armin nodded and walked towards him, which meant me and Mikasa should head outside.
We stepped through the doors an saw Mom and Dad at the door. "Hey Mom, Dad." I said. Dad stepped in front of me and smiled, which was weird. "Eren, I'm so proud of you, I wish you luck son." He said. He then held out his hand for a handshake. This was weird, he was never this talkative, so it was weird. But I took his hand a shook it. I then turned around and Mom just about trampled me with a big hug. "Oh Eren, we're both going to miss you so much, please come to visit, okay honey?" Mom asked me. "Yes ma'am. Mom then went and gave Mikasa a big hug. I just smiled at them a bit. "Oh, Eren, Mikasa, I have a gift for you." Dad says. I was confused, the only time he got us gift was on our birthdays. "What is it dad?" I ask him. He then pulled out to bags, neatly decorated, but handed one to me, and one to Mikasa. "Thanks dad." Mikasa said. I opened it and inside were five pokeballs. "Wow, thanks dad, now I can have a full team. "Thanks dad, it means a lot." I told him. We then heard the doors open from the lab and out came Armin and his grandfather. "Well, the time is here." Mom said quietly, but with a smile. I took a breath, and started walking down the road that led to my epic journey. I could hear Mikasa and Armin following me, today my life changed. We walked down the road. Then the road went down, as I walked down it I looked back and waved, then as I walked my town just disappeared.
Eren was just smiling, he was happy to be out, but then they reached a point in the road where it split off three different ways. "Okay, where to?" I asked them. Armin looked at the roads. One went to a lake, the other down a dirt road, that looked to be a trail to a nice rocky meadow, and the other one was like a nature walk. Then Armin looked like he had an idea. "How bout we split up?" He asked me. I just looked at him. "You're kidding, right?" I asked him. Armin looked around confused "No, I think it's a good idea, we can meet up in two weeks and compare what we've done." Armin said. "I think it's a good idea too, we could train our pokemon by ourselves, just us, I'm in." Mikasa said. She looked excited to do it, so I had no choice. "You know what, I'm down, let's all meet up in two weeks and I'll be the strongest trainer in this whole region." I said with a smirk. "You're on, I'd love to talk more, but I have gym badges to earn and pokemon to catch that will kick both your pokemon's asses!" Armin said as he ran off down the grassy trail. "Bye man." I said quietly. Then I turned to face Mikasa. She looked anxious, and to be honest, so was I, since she's not technically my sister it's always been like we were close friends, so these next two weeks were gonna be hard. I awkwardly raised my hand and waved. "Bye." I said sheepishly. But to my suprise Mikasa jumped for me, she latched her arms around my neck and I just barely caught her. "Don't do anything stupid and please meet me in two weeks, okay?" Mikasa asked while in my arms. "Calm down, of course I'll be okay, don't worry." I told her. I then put her down. "Okay, then by and I'll see you in two weeks." Mikasa says as she turns around and goes down the trail. She kept walking until she was out of sight, and Eren turned to go down his own path, to start his pokemon adventure.