Nov. 6, 2003
"Alan!" my father yelled at me. I rolled over and looked at my alarm clock and realized that it was 7:30am. There's a good and bad thing about that. Good, because today is my tenth birthday and bad because school starts at 8am and it's already 7:30, so I might be late for school.
"Alan if you hurry, I can give you a ride on Charizard on my way to Lansing" my father suggested. "Okay dad here I come" I said running down the stairs fully dressed putting on my hat. "Well come on lets take you to school before you're late" he said as he pulled me along by the arm to where Charizard was relaxing.
"Charizard it's time to go," my father said in a stern voice. "Alan make sure you pick the best and the strongest and preferably fire, Pokémon" my father said fiercely, I only replied with a nod. "Have a nice day at school" my father said as I slide down Charizard's back.
As I walked into school and to my locker I heard the announcements starting "Alan please report to Professor Reid's office immediately" I wonder what Pokémon I should get. I probably should get a fire one, but I like water Pokémon more. Maybe Professor Reid can help me decided. Once I got to Professor Reid's office there was a note addressed to me attached to the door.
"Dear Alan,
Happy Birthday! To get your first Pokémon meet me on the playground
-Professor Reid"
Once I reached the playground I saw tons of baby Pokémon everywhere. "There you are Alan, that didn't take you long at all" Professor Reid said while he stood behind me. "So which one do you want?" he asked me. "Umm I don't know either water or a fire" I said in a low embarrassed voice."It's okay not to know, most kids don't know, so let me guess, fire because your dad is the Elite 4 fire master, but I don't understand why you would want a water Pokémon?" he asked me with a puzzling look.
"Well, I love swimming ever since I was little so I've always been around them, and when my dad lets me watch his battles their moves are just amazing," I explained to him. "Ahh, I see hmmm….let me ask you this, which would you enjoy training the most?" he asked with a puzzled look on his face. "Water because I can go swimming with them, and I can battle with my dad to train them," I replied. "Well then you should get a water Pokémon then," Professor Reid suggested. Once he said that I started to think of the water starter; Squirtle, Mudkip Totodile, Piplup, and Oshawott.
As soon as I decided a smile came across my face and I told Professor Reid "I want a Squirtle". "Well I'm glad you made a decision, so Squirtle it is" he said picking up a baby Squirtle and handed it to me. "Okay now we have to go over some things about Pokémon in my office" he suggested as he started walking back towards the school building.