Chapter one- The Beginning
Today was the day; I was finally getting my first Pokémon, since my dad's adventure the age that we could set off had been raised to 16. At least that's what I was told by one of my fathers aides. He's a researcher but his work takes him to distant places, last I heard he was in Kanto… but that was months ago.
I woke early that morning, my Pokémon was coming by post, and I knew it wouldn't be here yet. I still didn't know what I would be getting. Recently people were starting their journeys this way, being sent a random Pokémon by post and expected to accept what we were given, no one other than the Pokémon professors knew exactly what was happening, but something strange was happening and it involved starter Pokémon.
I sat on the sofa nervously fiddling my thumbs, I could feel my clammy palms against each other, I glanced to the corner of the room at the small bag that I would be using on my journey, most people took so much more than I was, but all I felt I needed were clothes and a sleeping bag, everything else I could pick up in the towns I would be visiting. Of course I wouldn't be visiting towns in this region, I wanted to leave Johto and go to Kanto, I wanted to meet up with my father if I could, this was the longest that I hadn't heard from him.
As I sat there my mind drifted to all of my friends that had already left on their journeys, out of all my friends I was the youngest, the only other person I knew had left weeks ago, people had been going all year. I knew I wouldn't see them anyway though because they were travelling this region and I would be travelling by boat later today with my new Pokémon to dock in PalletTown, which was where my family came from.
Pallet was found in the south-west of Kanto, I knew it would be easier and cheaper to go and dock at Vermillion city, but I wanted to go and pay my respects to my great Grandfather. He had died when I was 10, I met him only once but it was him who inspired me; he told me stories of some of the most influential trainers that he had set on the course to greatness. He told me one story about my father that particularly interested me, he explained that my father had had a bitter rivalry with one trainer during his initial journeys through Kanto and Johto, how each one pushed the other to get stronger, I asked him how it was resolved, he told me that it never truly was, but my father and this trainer took different paths, they were good friends now but the element of competition still remained whenever they met. It was then that I decided I wanted to defeat this mystery trainer someday, despite my family's wishes to follow them into research I pledged to become a Pokémon master!
I finally asked who this mystery trainer was; it had been preying on my mind since he was mentioned. To my surprise it was the world renowned Pokémon master, Ash Ketchum.
Lost in my own thoughts of past dreams and hopes for the future I barely noticed the doorbell, it raised me from my stupor on the sofa, I raced to the door, thrust it open with all my might and saw a stunned look on the normally blank face of the postman. He stood for several seconds before regaining his composure, I was handed a big cardboard box. My hands were shaking with excitement, so much so that the signature I normally used came out as an illegible scribble on the paper. What shocked me most though was the address, while it was correct "Jai Oak, 12 Lake Road, Olivine City, Johto" the handwriting, it was do distinctive, both neat yet also rough around the edges, there was no doubt in my mind, it was my fathers. I hadn't even opened the box yet and I was stunned into submission being forced to sit on a chair at the table, so many thoughts raced through my mind: Had my father taken over from my great grandfather? Had he given up on research? What had he sent me? The last question scared me most, my father was not known for his conventional thinking as a researcher, I had expected to get a Pokémon like a Rattata. But now? Now I had no idea what I should expect….
I resolved to open the box and just accept whatever I was given. I ripped open the box and sitting at the very top was a black fabric bag filled with something that I did not yet know, and a pokeball. I immediately reached for the red and white capsule and threw it in the air, in a flash of blue light a little brown shape was sat in front of me, I really should have expected this, he had sent me an Eevee, with Umbreon being his partner it was only natural he would give me its pre-evolved form. I was thrilled, I bent down on to my knees to look my new Pokémon directly in the eye, I could already tell that it was at a low level, similar to most starter Pokémon, but it looked so happy to see me, it put its front paws on my knees and started licking my hand as I reached out for it to sniff me. This was something we were taught to do around Pokémon that were new to us in school, although the openness of Eevee shocked me, I beamed and picked him up, setting him down on the table I looked back at the box, there was something else I hadn't noticed before, a letter with my name on it.
I carefully prized open the envelope and pulled out the small note inside, it read:
Jai,
My son I am sorry for the lack of communication over the past few months, it has just been so hectic over here in Kanto, I hope you like your new partner, take good care of him, inside the bag you will find the three evolutionary stones as well as shards from the ice and mossy stones from Sinnoh. These will let you evolve into 5 of the 7 'eeveeloutions' I am currently looking in to how the friendship affects Pokémon in different ways, that is why I have taken over the lab in Pallet town so I have a place to conduct my research. I hope to see you soon; I have packed some other essentials for your journey, as well as some other things that could help you.
I hope to see you soon, Father
He signed the card, Gary Oak, which was his name after all, he was now a distinguished researcher and he had taken over the lab in PalletTown, I couldn't wait! I was going to see my father again today! It had been years, I had only had contact with him through letters and updates from his aides but now I was actually going to get to see him. I looked back into the box and opened the black bag, his father was telling the truth inside were five stones, I was still not sure what I wanted to evolve Eevee so I resolved to deal with it later. Again I looked in the box, wrapped up neatly in paper was a box, inside was a brand new model of the XTransceiver, I was shocked that when I looked on the contacts I saw my father, it would be natural for him to put himself on there but it still shocked me to no end after years of minimal contact. I slipped the watch like device on to my wrist petted Eevee who had lost interest and curled up to sleep, then continued to rummage through the box.
After looking through the box I now had a handbook on how to travel through Kanto, five more pokeballs, some money and a new set of travelling clothes, I quickly ran upstairs to change and grab my ticket, I emerged from my room wearing a dark green polo shirt, brown trousers, a navy beanie that hung off the back of my head and most importantly my father had sent him the charm necklace he wore throughout his Pokémon journey. I picked up Eevee not wanting to return my new partner and exited the house, knowing that I wouldn't be returning for a long time. But I honestly had no regrets.
Hey, this is my first fan fiction. i really hope that you like it. i promise, it gets more exciting, this was just to set up the story. i have big plans for the next chapter, i will be uploading the first few chapters fairly quickly, but the pace may slow as i start school again. again i hoped that you enjoyed reading this.