Please note that I am new to this and that this will be a AU Pokemon story. Ash will still be the main character, but he will be more serious and modeled after Red, meaning less dense and slightly more mature. Also this will have elements from the show and the FireRed/LeafGreen games, such as the Sevi Islands and Orange Islands and the battle Frontier (if I ever make it that far in this fic :P)
Disclaimer: I own nothing :o, not even the computer I'm writing this on. Now on with this fic!
It was a warm, early, sunny morning in Pallet town, as a ten year old Ash Ketchum was sound asleep, when a loud alarm clock suddenly went off ….and a gloved hand promptly shot out of the tangled sheets and slammed the alarm clock's off button. The sheets rolled off to reveal a mop of raven colored hair, followed by tan skin, brown eyes and odd thunder bolt birthmarks on both of his cheeks. "Ahh nice, it worked." He said with a smirk has he rolled out of bed, fully dressed (think of how he looked in the anime, he looks exactly like that. I'm not gonna bother describing it, sorry :P) He knew that Professor Oak's lab was set to open at ten and give away the three starters. He also knew that most kids would want to get there a few hours early, but what kid would set their clock five hours early to get there for his starter? He would, he did. As his clock read "5:01", a nice early start to eat breakfast and get there. He rolled out of bed, threw on his shoes and sprinted out of his room, down the stairs and right out the house door
He kept running down the street as he started thinking about the starter he should pick."Charmander is a fire type and evolves into Charizard, Charizard is awesome! But it takes lots of care, time and love…I can do that." He thought. "Squirtle is cool too, but Blastoise isn't one of my top favorites, I like it…but a giant turtle? A dragon seems cooler." He thought again. "Bulbasaur is nice and it is easy to tame and befriend, but like I said, a dragon seems a cooler." He thought yet again. "Charmander it is then." He said aloud.
He has been so lost in thought that he nearly ran right past Oak's lab. He stopped just in front of the window and he looked in and saw lab aides running around, setting things up for the busy day ahead. He sat down in front of the lab and looked at his watch, it read "7:06". He sighed and thought to himself"Waking up this early is boring….but oh so worth it…" He sighed inwardly. He sat there bored and finally decided to take a small nap, he figured he could wake up in time. He leaned his head back and rested it against the brick wall of Oak's lab. He faintly heard loud kids waking up to the lab. He just barely heard" Nu uh, I'm gonna pick Charmander!" He bolted awake yelling" Like hell you will! It's mine!" He stood up and quickly got in front of the door, as if to say "my spot", he looked back and saw he was getting lots of weird looks from lots of people around him. He ignored them and looked at his watch, it read"9:57". "Sickness, Charmander, I'm coming for you!" He thought with stared and stared….and blinked, finally after five hours of long waiting, the door to Oak's lab opened right in front of his eyes. He blinked and opened his eyes to meet the kind eyes of Professor Oak."Ahh, Ash. I was wondering if you'd be here." Oak said."Hahaha, of course I'm here Professor, did you think I'd oversleep or something?" Ash and Oak chuckled together.
As Oak turned around and walked back into his lab, he waved over his shoulder for Ash to follow. "Come Ash, it's time to pick your partner for the start of your journey." Ash smiled and followed Oak to a table with two Pokeballs on it. He wondered out loud" Hey Professor, why is there only two Pokemon on the table?" He said. Oak rubbed the back of his head sheepishly and turned around to face Ash. "I promised Gary I'd save him Squirtle today, he is my grandson after all." Oak said. Ash nodded, already kind of expecting that answer. Ash walked up to the table as Oak explained everything about Pokedex's and Pokemon. Ash ignored him as he already knew most of this, he walked right up to Charmander's Pokeball and said quietly "I choose you, Charmander!" He shouted the last part and threw the Pokeball on the ground. With a red flash, a small red lizard like Pokemon with cream colored belly and clear blue eyes appeared."Char?" The small Pokemon tilted it's head to the side curiously and looked around until it's eyes landed on Ash. "Hey little guy, I'm Ash and I'm your new trainer." Ash spoke softly as he bent down on one knee to get on Charmander's eye level. "…Charmander!" It cried as it leapt into Ash's open arms. Ash blinked, not expecting that so quickly."Well, that is quite new. It seems that Charmander can sense what kind of person you are, Ash." Oak spoke up, surprised, not expecting such a fast connection. "I guess so." Ash said startled, but joyful as well, as Charmander hugged Ash."Well I can see this is the start of a new friendship." Oak said pleased that Ash had bonded so quickly with his new Pokemon. "Anyway, here is your Pokedex and some Pokeballs to start your adventure Ash." Oak said as he handed Ash the items to start his journey. "Thanks professor Oak." Ash said smiling and patting his new Pokemon's head and put the items away and as he was about to scan Charmander with his new Pokedex, a familiar, yet annoying voice spoke up. "Well well well, if it isn't Ashy Boy" The voice said. Ash narrowed his eyes, turned around and spoke with annoyance "Gary."
Annnnnddddddddd done! Damn, it took two hours .-.. I know lots of boringess so far, but next chapter he leaves Pallet town and catches some new Pokemon, so some action will be coming up tomorrow :D. Well anyway that was the first chapter of my first story, again sorry if it was boring, but it picks up soon :D, reviews and constructive criticism are welcomed.