Generic Pokémon story 622

A new day begins in the quiet town of Pallet, however, this isn't an average day. On this day new trainers will be sent out to start the journey of a lifetime. Well, actually, yeah, it does seem pretty average when you realize that this happens about every day. I mean really, A LOT of people start these journeys. So many in fact, it seems rather trivial at this point. Self important intro aside, while many stories like this exist, this story will focus on but just one of those nameless trainers. A trainer with the odd name of…

"SPIKE!" Spike was in his room packing while he was listing to his headphones. "SPIKE!" By now Arthur, or Artie as Spike calls him, the family Growlithe was barking at the top of his lungs "SPIKE YOUR GOING TO BE LATE AGAIN. YOU CAN PACK WHEN YOU GET HOME!" his mother yells up to him. She walks up to his room. "Come on your going to be late" "I'll be done in a second" he replied. "You said that last time" Spike stopped for a second. "Crap!" He said to himself. She was right. For the past three years Spike has missed out on getting his starter Pokémon because he was always too late. "That other kid got to start with a Pikachu" he always argued, but was always turned away. He did suggest taking Artie for a starter but his parents laughed it off, saying Artie was too stupid to know an Ember from a water gun (Yeah, funny story about that one). He also isn't very aggressive, which is true for him AND Spike. Spike really wasn't into all the Battles, but he was interested in all the variations of Pokemon. . "You should know this by now. Your sixteen for crying out loud!" Yes Spike is sixteen. originally a kid could get their starter at ten but about seven years ago out of five trainers only two bothered to train Pokémon. Two of them quit before their sixth badge. One stopped after going to the Johto region, while the other is still traveling the world So, to cut back on costs (what with those starters being mostly located in the Official Pokemon League breeding centers.) they raised the age to raise the age of new trainers to thirteen to make sure the persons one hundred percent up to it. Spike drops his bag on his bed. "Alright, I'll be back soon!" Spike runs out of his house, and towards Oaks Lab. He arrives a few moments later (Almost insultingly, He lived less than 2 blocks away, and yet STILL was horrifyingly late) He sees Professor Oak out in front of the lab Sending off a female trainer. "HEY PROFESSOR OAK!" Oak turned around to see Spike waving him down. "Oh dear..." The professor said to himself. You see, had Spike volunteered at the lab a few months before. The Zubat will NEVER be the same. "Oh, Spike…You're back." "Yep. I hope I'm not too late this year." Spike said hopefully. Oak sighed "Thought wrong I'm afraid." Spikes jaw dropped. "WHAT?" Oak paused for a moment, then smiled "Kidding" Spike was not amused. "Not funny!" "Well, then show up early. One kid gets away with it, then suddenly EVERYONE is doing it…" "You're still upset about the Zubat incident aren't you?" Oak was taken aback, "What?, Erh, no, Its just that, you, uh.. Well, you…" "You got nothing to follow that with do you?" Spike asked dryly. "Hm, No not really. BUT here!" Oak tosses Spike his very first Pokéball. "Whoa! Wait, I don't get to pick?" he asked. "No. That's what happens when you're late" "Fair enough. What is it?" Spike asked, in awe "Just send it out." Spike throws the ball. It lands on a patch of grass with a small "dud" and releases a bright light that takes the form of a blue creature. "Wow! A Squirtle!" Spike picks it up. "This is great!" Oak lets out a smile. " I'm glad you like it. It seems to really like you." Spike could hardly control himself "I don't know what to say!" "Its alright. Here these may come in handy" Oak hands Spike a red electronic device and 5 Pokéballs. "A Pokédex? Don't you already have a full library?" Spike asked. "New Pokemon are being discovered everyday. Its best to have, just in case." Oak reasoned. "I guess that makes sense." Spike said quietly. "Well, If we're done here, be on your way." Spike nodded in agreement "Alright. Thanks again Professor!" Spike holds Squirtle on his back and leaves for home. "Oh, I still gotta give you a name don't I?" The Squirtle looks at Spike. "How bout, Gamera?" The Squirtle gave an un amused look "Snorkel?" This time it didn't. "Kay, I guess you're now Snorkel. Cant say I don't envy you" Spike said jokingly. They arrive at Spike's house. "Yo!" Spike greeted as he walked through the door. At this point, Artie was barking at Snorkel, making the little guy nervous. His mother, in the kitchen walks out to great him. "You're home early. I guess you missed out again?" Spike grinned "You guessed wrong." He lifts Snorkel up, showing him off. "Awww, what'd you name it?" His mother asked. "Snorkel" her face kinda went blank for a moment "Rally? THAT'S what you went with?" "It's a band" "Yeah no." "Why cant you be happy for me?" Spike asked in a defeated tone. "Im kidding." His mother protests. "Though next time, lets not go for a terrible pun" "Just for that the next ones going to be SO much worse." Spike joked. "I figured as much" "Im just gonna go and finish up my packing" Spike Ruins upstairs. "Okay, so this… and this, and oh, cant forget that… DONE!" Spike Grabs his backpack and runs back downstairs. "and I'm off!" "WAIT!" he mother started. "Just a backpack? That cant possibly hold all that stuff you had out" "Well, I kinda cheated." Spike reaches into his bag and pulls out a pokeball. "Lil trick a friend of mine taught me is, Pokeballs can carry ANYTHING" Spike drops it, and a tent pops out. "Since it isn't a Pokemon… or living for that matter, it wont register with the league database, so I can still carry six Pokemon" "That is pretty cheatsy" His mother replies. "Cheatsy, yes. Effective, well, what would have been the point if it wasn't?" "…Goodbye Spike." "Later!" Spike stepped outside, the sun shining as bright as it normally does for these sort of important moments in life. "On second thought, maybe later. Cant see anything with this gla-" "GO" Spike quickly gestures to Snorkel, and they both head towards the road to Viridian City. Spike realizing the is the perfect opportunity to play the most appropriate song ever, plays the theme from some half-boiled detective show on his MP3 player..

Cheap Author notes

Yeah, this Actually Started out as a random RP on a message board I used to go to. However, it was a wee bit disorganized, and fell apart after a while. I got really bored, and decided to continue on anyway. I really don't know where I'm going with this. Half the stuff I write put it in the Anime version but the other stuff list the game events (The ones NOT picked up by the anime version at least), and Im fairly sure another point was from one of the manga versions. I'd do a composite if I wasn't awful in planning things. Ah well. Look for chapter two in the near future, though, if you are at all familiar with my fanfic track record, than that basically means "Its not coming". Just like Mega Man Legends 3 AM I RIGHT?

… I made my self sad now…

PS - WELL, after 4 years of absolutely nothing I present a slightly cleaned up version of chapter one. Somehow, Im pretty sure its riddled with even more typos and grammatical errors, but hey, it's the thought that counts. Also trying really hard not to abuse the ellipses… they are my weakness.