A/N: Trevor is in this story as well, however it only lets me include 4 characters, but i just wanted to say that. ALSO, since I am Christian, yes I will be including some Christian things, so if you are offended by it or anything of the sort, you know ahead of time. Now I;m not going to be writing paragraphs about it or anything, but more like just a few things casually said here or there. Enjoy!

I never asked to have the fate of Kalos resting on my shoulders. I never asked the family, friends, and Pokémon that I loved to try and sacrifice themselves for my safety. I never asked to see the girl I love almost die before my eyes because my own inability to protect her. I never asked for a 3000- year- old king to bestow power to me, and almost die using it, and have it change me while trying to contain it. I never asked to be the savior of Kalos and regarded as a hero to everyone, but it happened anyways. I took it. All the pain, suffering, anger, love, joy, hate, sadness; I took it all, and I survived. This is the story of how I did it, one that some would call a hero's journey.

Hero's Journey, Chapter 1: New Pokémon and the Beginning of an Adventure!

Logan walked out of his house on a bright, chilly December day, the first of the month had eyes that almost constantly changed from dark blue to bluish-green, and to ice-blue whenever he was outside, and as he was, they were very prominently so. He had a hair color which he didn't really know what to label it as, because though it had once been extremely blonde, it was as if his hair had decided to change to brown but forgot to finish the job. He was about 5'9 and he was in very good shape, and was moderately built. He had been woken up when the family Fletchling had decided it was a good idea to shove her beak inside his ear and squawk at the top of her lungs. However it was almost a good thing she did, because Logan had been having the same nightmare every night since he moved to Kalos. He didn't tell anyone, because he didn't want anyone to worry about him, but each night it was becoming more and more clear and more and more realistic. Not wanting to linger on it, he changed his train of thought into a different direction. As he looked around, he couldn't believe it had only been a little over 2 weeks since he moved to Vanville town. It was quiet, peaceful, and he had made friends for life. Among them were Serena, Trevor, Tierno, and Shauna. Serena was the first he had met. She had long blonde hair and light blue eyes, and she was about 3 or 4 inches shorter than Logan and she was around the same age as him. She was extremely nice and very sarcastic, but she always helped those in need and pushed both herself and the people she loved to be their very best. Tierno was very large and intimidating at first, with black hair and very dark brown eyes that almost merged with his pupils ,which gave Logan the impression of a five-star offensive lineman, especially since he was taller than Logan by a good 3 inches. He was the oldest of all of them, but only by a few months. However, he didn't think he knew anyone so friendly and mellow-natured, or anyone that loved to dance so much. Trevor, the youngest of the group at 14, had gray eyes and very large red hair, which was basically an afro, and he was a little shorter than Shauna. However, he was undoubtedly the smartest of the five, devoting almost all of his time to learning new things, but he was extremely shy and hardly ever spoke his mind. Lastly, there was Shauna. She had sea-green eyes that were absolutely gorgeous, long brown hair, which she almost constantly changed the style of, and she was the tannest of all of them. She was younger than Logan by about 5 months and shorter than him by about 5 inches. She was also honestly the most energetic person he had ever met (which is saying something, because Logan has ADHD) and she was almost always in a good mood. The only time she wasn't it seemed, was when she spoke to Logan, upon which she became very shy and stuttered almost every word. This was because, unbeknownst to Logan, she had absolutely adored him from the moment she had laid her eyes on him, but she made Serena promise not to tell, and she has kept that promise so far, and being oblivious at times, she didn't think he would realize it for a while. Logan never thought he would ever be so close to anyone, especially since he had only met them 2 weeks ago. Logan stretched and looked towards the sky, closing his eyes as he thought of how much joy his friends had brought to him in the past 14 days, which they made seem like a month.

"Are you going to stand there all day or are we going to have to slap you back into reality, Logan?"

Immediately recognizing the sarcasm that was Serena's voice, he looked down to see both her and Shauna looking expectantly at him. Shauna's cheeks were starting to turn as red as firestones, and realizing she was staring at his body, he looked down and it dawned on him that he wasn't wearing a shirt, and was only wearing a pair of shorts. He the turned the same color as Shauna as embarrassment washed over him.

"Uhhhh... Mom?"

"Yes sweetie?"

"Does Ryhorn by any chance know smokescreen?"

"Um, yes I think so, why?"

"No reason. Hey Ryhorn?"

"What?"he said, but to them it came out as "Grunt?"

"Use smokescreen!"

And with that, the surrounding area was almost immediately covered in blackness. Logan tried the door, but it was locked shut behind him.

"Logan, *cough* What the heck?!"Serena choked out.

He looked around for an opportunity, and quickly found one. Sprinting before the smoke could clear out, he made his move. Serena and Shauna could just make out his form jumping off the side of Shauna's house onto a flagpole on the side of his, then he swung onto his balcony and dove in through the window into his room.

"Wow," Serena said as the smoke cleared. "He really can give Ramos a run for his money."

"What in the Lord's name was that?!" exclaimed Grace, Logan's mother, the famous retired Ryhorn rider as she swung open the door.

"Your son's obliviousness to us being right in front of him, after which he used smokescreen to escape further embarrassment."said Serena. "Oh, also here you go," said Serena as she pulled out 10 dollars from her pocket, after which Shauna followed suit.

"Told you Ramos has nothing on him," Grace said with a triumphant smirk. "Now, on a more important note, what brings you here, girls? Are you and the other boys and Logan hanging out in Aquacorde again? Speaking of which, where are Trevor and Tierno anyways?"

"Well yes and no, actually," Serena begun to explain. "They're actually already in Aquacorde, but they said it was something important."

"Oh. Well okay. Let me go get that shy boy of mine," Grace said with a smile, and returned inside to fetch her son.

"God? Why do you always do this to me? How did I not realize they were right in front me?! And how did I forget I wasn't wearing a shirt?! Oh man they're never going to let me forget this," Logan exclaimed. Logan had a certain streak of bad luck that seemed to follow him everywhere. "How long was I standing there?" he thought to himself. "And why wouldn't Shauna stop looking at my body?" Still oblivious to what seemed very obvious, Logan still couldn't make out that she had an enormous crush on him. "Oh man, why me? Why does this kind of stuff always happen to me?!"

"Logan?" called his mom, interrupting his panicky thoughts.

"Yeah?" he called back.

"Come on down, Shauna and Serena are waiting on you and they said Trevor and Tierno had something to tell all of you."

"Do you know what it is?" he asked.

"No, but if you're going, go now. "And they just told me what happened, so unless you want to repeat what happened outside I suggest you do it now."

He looked down, and realizing she was right, put on a shirt, fresh boxers and khaki shorts, then his blue zip up hoodie, then his shoes and signature hat and sunglasses. He ran down stairs and hugged his mom goodbye.

"Have fun and be careful!" She said and hugged him very tightly.

"We will be. Bye Mom! Tell Dad I said bye when he wakes up!" he said, and with that, he was off.

As he walked along Vanville Pathway, he couldn't help to stare in awe at its beauty. Though he had gone through it countless times, he couldn't help but be amazed by its tall trees on either side of the pathway, and many beautiful flowers surrounding them. It was so full of life and beauty. "So uh, sorry about the whole smokescreen thing back there, I kinda acted out in embarrassment." Logan said, scratching the back of his head.

"Don't worry," Shauna said. If we were in your place, I'm sure we would've done the same thing."

At this, Logan raised his eyebrows at her, and replied, "Shauna, if either of you were in my place, you literally would have kicked my a-"

"FLETCHLING!" cried a a flock of Fletchling flying overhead. After walking for a while, Logan sighed happily and put his arms around his two friends. Shauna's face became extremely red at this. "What is it Trevor and Tierno need to tell us anyways?" He asked them.

"Um- they well- um- said that it was something important for- um..."

They said something about a journey and the five of us going in it together, but we couldn't really make out much of it on the Holocaster after Tierno accidentally swan-dived on Trevor while he was explaining it to us." Serena finished for her.

"How do you accidentally swan-dive on someone?" asked Logan as he eyed Shauna, still red as ever, suspiciously.

"Oh you know Tierno," started Serena. "He was probably practicing some sort of dance move, and then, well, you know."

"Hm. I thought I heard someone screaming this morning." replied Logan.

They walked along the pathway for a bit longer, and as they got closer to the end, Logan, arms still around Shauna and Serena, closed his eyes and took a deep breath, only to run smack into the gates to Aquacorde right after he felt Shauna and Serena slip out from under his arms.

"Thanks for the warning, guys," he said sarcastically, rubbing his nose while they went into giggling fits. Hey, there's Tierno and Trevor at our usual table," he added as they walked into Aquacorde. It was a relatively small town, but much larger than Vanville. It was obviously built on a hill, as the town was basically a giant staircase, with two to three story buildings on either side of the stairs, and a great big fountain in the middle, after which followed a bridge towards Santalune Forest.

They approached Trevor and Tierno, and Logan noticed Trevor was looking a little flat. Tierno was sitting at the head of the table, with Trevor sitting opposite of the rail of the balcony which there table sat next to, Serena took the seat next to Trevor and Logan and Shauna took the seats with there backs to the rail. A waitress came and took there orders, Logan took a coffee as well as Serena, Tierno got an energy drink, Trevor got a lemonade and Shauna got a soda. As she walked off Trevor begun to explain why they were all there.

"Now as you all know, it's the first day of December today..."

"WHAT!?" I can't believe we forgot! Woo-hoo, Christmas season baby!" Tierno exclamied,

He then proceeded to bear hug whoever was closest to him, and, unfortunately for Logan, it was him.

"Tierno I think you're suffocating him bud." Trevor stated as all the air Logan's lungs started to escape.

"Oh. Haha sorry bro," he said as he put Logan down.

"No worries man," he said laughing. "BUT YOU'RE RIGHT! IT'S CHRISTMAS SEASON BRO! THANK YOU JESUS FOR BEING BORN! And also for dying for us, BUT STILL! IT'S FREAKING CHRISTMAS SEASON!"

Him and Tierno proceeded to hi-five repeatedly while Shauna and Serena giggled uncontrollably at their behavior and Trevor couldn't help but smile.

"Anyways," Trevor began again, as the waitress returned with their drinks. "It's the start of the Christmas season, and since Professor Sycamore knows us, he decided to give what he thought was a fitting early Christmas present to all of us." Professor Sycamore was the expert Pokémon professor of Kalos, and he knew Logan's parents from high school and college. He called them every now and then on Trevor's Holocaster to ask how they were doing, but they Logan had never met him in person. Trevor then proceeded to pull out a long cylindrical type box. "And, since he is a Pokémon professor, he thought there was no better gift than Pokémon!" Trevor said as he opened the case to reveal three pokéballs.

Logan choked on his coffee.

"Pokémon?! Really?!"

"Precisely." Trevor replied. He thought nothing better than to give us our first Pokémon and for all of us to go on a journey together!". He then released three Pokémon from the pokéballs, and out came the three starter Pokémon of Kalos. Chespin, the grass-type Pokémon, Fennekin, the fire-type Pokémon, and Froakie, the water-type Pokémon.

"Now, all you have to do is pick one, and we can all be off on our journey!" Tierno said with a note of enthusiasm. "And since you're the newest Logan, I think we all agree that you should pick yours first!" Everyone but Logan nodded.

"But wait," he said. "Why are there only three of them, when there's five of us? I don't want anyone left out."

"Oh yeah I guess we forgot to mention that, haha!" Tierno said. Me and Trevor already have our Pokémon. These are for you, Shauna, and Serena!"

"Oh,well that's good", he said then looked at all the starters, and immediately knew which one he wanted. He bent down in front of Froakie, who got very excited at this motion. "Froakie? Do you want to come with me?" he asked.

"FROAKIE!" he exclaimed, then jumped up, hugging Logan, then proceeded to climb up on to his shoulder.

"You're friendly," Logan said with a smile.

"Froakie!" Froakie beamed back at him.

"And I'll take you!" Shauna said to the Fennekin.

"Fennekin!" She replied, and crawled into her arms, were she was nearly crushed to death by Shauna hugging her so tightly.

"Guess that means you're with me, huh little guy?" Serena asked as she bent down to pick up Chespin.

"CHESPIN!" he cried as he jumped up and attached himself to Serena's face, knocking her over.

They all busted out laughing, with Tierno and Logan leaning on each other for support while Trevor buried his face on the table and pounded his fist, and Shauna rolled around on the ground, clutching her sides. Even the Pokémon started laughing, which surprised Logan, because he didn't know Pokémon could even laugh.

"I- I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" Logan heaved as he laughed. Tears were running down his cheeks and no one could contain themselves.

"You guys! It's not funny!" came Serena's muffled shout.

"You're right," Trevor said. "IT'S HILARIOUS!"

None of them could stop laughing for about a minute before Serena's muffled voice came up again.

"A little help, please!"

"Don't worry fam, I got this," said Shauna, still clutching her sides. She got a berry from a nearby tree and held it out near Chespin.

"Ohhhh Chespin, look what I've got!" she said, and put it on the table. His head popped up, and upon seeing the berry, he vaulted off of Serena's face and landed on the berry where he began munching down.

"Thanks, I think," said Serena, rubbing her face.

"Well now that we're all set, we can head for Santalune Forest. Oh and you also need to give this letter to your parents before you leave so they can give you consent." Trevor said.

"Oh yeah, and you'll be needing these," Tierno said, handing Logan, Shauna, and Serena Pokédexes. Logan's was blue, Shauna's was pink, and Serena's was red, while Trevor's was green and Tierno's yellow. It seemed they were all ready to go when Shauna said

"Wait a minute guys! I just realized, we haven't given Logan a nickname!"

"Oh yeah, that's right," Serena said.

"Okay then, how bout' Big L?" Tierno suggested. He wasn't wrong in doing so. Logan was the second tallest of the five, and as a result of playing sports all his life, was in very good shape.

"WHAT?!" Shauna practically screamed. "NO WAY! He is totally a Lil' L! Trevor!" Trevor jumped and nearly fell out if his chair. "What do you think?"

"What? You can't ask me to nickname someone out of the blue like that! I don't know how about L-Meister?"

"How about you decide, Logan?" Serena suggested.

"Well, I don't really know to be honest. Really just whatever you want to call me I guess. And calling me by my real name is fine too. Though I don't really understand why you want to call me Lil' L, Shauna." he said. "What are y'all's nicknames anyways?" he asked.

"Mine is Big T!" Tierno said.

"Mine is Seri," added Serena.

"Mine is Trevs," piped Trevor.

"And mine is Shaunie!" squealed Shanua.

"Those are all really fitting, wow. Well now that we're all ready, I'm going to take this letter to my mom really quick." Logan said. He started towards the gate when Shauna stopped him and said,

"Wait, Logan! You are going to be my opponent in a Pokémon battling debut!" Logan smiled and said,

"Well Froakie, are you ready bud?"

"Froakie!" he confirmed.

"Let's do this then!" Logan said.

END OF CHAPTER 1

A/N: Well that's the first chapter! I know it's not relatively long, but I plan to make most other chapters longer. I just really wanted to publish this, so I know conversations may seem short or description and other things may seem to lack detail or depth, but again, I plan to fix that. As many of you have figured out, Logan is obviously Calem, but instead he's personalized to my appearance and personality, and he will act and speak as I do, though his actions will be for the most part, canon or what I believe would happen with out the video game's limited on choices and actions (relatively speaking of course). I will be coming out with a new chapter every 1-2 weeks, and sometimes maybe shorter or longer depending on what I have do, since high school soccer is starting up again, which I will be devoting a lot of my time to, Also, I plan for this to be a relatively long series, and I promise I will NEVER cancel it until it's done. And yes I know this series will probably not sky rocket, nor do I think it ever really will, I still love writing this regardless. Anyways, I would really appreciate rating, reviews, favs would make me very happy, and constructive criticism is welcomed. Let me hear your, thoughts, questions, advice, and feel free to PM me! Until the next one, Peace and God Bless!