Notes: Blue refers to the rival and Green refers to the female

RED's POV

4 in the morning I sit on my bed. I am waiting for the lab to open so I can get my first Pokémon. Charmander, that's what Pokémon I want. I would go back to sleep but I don't want to sleep in. If Blue gets his Pokémon before me he'll have one more thing to pick on me about. I get up, grab my bag, and go downstairs. My family's Poliwhirl's Pokéball sits in the center of the table. I wish I could take him on my adventure, but mom needs some company. I look out the window and see a shadowy figure walking near the lab.

"Who could that be?" I say to myself "It doesn't look like Blue" I grab Poliwhirl's Pokéball and open the door slowly, careful not to wake my mom. I close the door behind me and look for the figure. I can see now that it is a girl. I approach her slowly. She is looking in the lab door.

"What are you doing?" I ask. She looks at me and then run.

"Go Poliwhirl!" Poliwhirl comes out of his Pokéball. "Use Ice Beam!" Poliwhirl shoots Ice from his mouth on the ground in front of her and she falls.

"AHHH!" She screams. I stand over her.

"What were you doing?!" I ask again. She tries to get up but slips and falls again.

"I-I wanted a Pokémon…" She murmurs.

"And how where you going to get that Pokémon?" She looks up at me and then looks down.

"I was going to steal it…" She looks up again. "But I guess I won't get one now."

"You do realize there free, right?" Her face lights up.

"Really!" She jumps up and slips. "Whoa!" I catch her and help her off the ice. "Thank you."

"No problem. You should go home and wait there." I tell her.

"I-I don't have a home." My eyes widen.

"What do you mean you don't have a home?!" I ask shocked.

"I mean… I don't want t-to talk about it" she looks like she is almost ready to cry. "Can-can I stay at your house until the lab opens?"

"Yeah, sure." We begin to walk. "Poliwhirl, return." I open the door slowly. "Come in." She sits on the couch and I sit beside her.

"I forgot to tell you my name." She says. "My names Green."

"I'm Red."

At about 5:50 we go outside and head towards the lab.

"What Pokémon do you want?" I ask Green.

"I don't know. Hey, is there someone at the lab already?" I look up and see Blue leaving the lab.

"Hey Red! Who's this, your girlfriend?" Green's face goes red.

"No!" I tell him

"Thought not. It would take a miracle for you to get a girlfriend. Well, smell ya later!" He walks off. I sigh of relief.

"Who was that?" Green asks. We walk into the lab.

"That was Blue. He is the professor's grandson."

"Do you hate him or something?" She asks.

"He always brags about things. It's really annoying." We walk up to the table.

"Well hello Red!" He says. "And who is this you brought with you?"

"This is Green." Oak speaks before I can say anything else.

"Well I'm guessing you to are here for Pokémon." We nod. "Well then take these" I look and see and empty spot where there is a Water type symbol. I take the ball with the Fire type symbol on it.

"I guess that leaves me with this one." Green picks up the Grass type ball.

"You two should take these as well!" He gives us Pokédexes. "Those are Pokédexes. Use them to record data on Pokémon. You will get better data if you catch them. And speaking of catching." He hands us 5 Pokéballs each. "Use these to catch Pokémon. Now off you go!" We walk to the door and exit the lab. Green takes her Pokéball and opens it up. A Bulbasaur pops out. She takes out her Pokédex and scans it.

"It says its moves are Tackle and Growl." I pull out my Pokéball and send out Charmander. I scan it with my Pokédex.

"Charmander's moves are Scratch and Growl." I say. We walk to Route 1. "Well here we go. The first steps of our Pokémon journey." I look around and see many Pokémon. A Pidgey approaches me.

"Charmander! Use scratch!" The Pidgey is now aware that I am attacking it. The Pidgey uses Gust on Charmander. "Charmander, Scratch again!" Charmander Scratches the Pidgey. The Pidgey uses Gust again. I throw Pokéball at it and it shakes 3 times and then clicks, telling me I have caught it successfully. I pick up the Pokéball. "I caught a Pidgey." I look the Pokéball. "I need to train you" I send out Pidgey and put Charmander back in his ball. "Pidgey use Gust on that Rattata!" Pidgey uses its wings and whips up a gust and it hits the Rattata. The Rattata tackles Pidgey. "Pidgey use gust!" the Rattata gets hit with gust and uses tail whip. "Use gust again!" Pidgey uses gust and the Rattata faints. "Pidgey, return." I see Blue and he approaches me.

"Hey loser! Let's battle!" He sends out his Squirtle. I send out Charmander.

"Charmander use scratch!"

"Squirtle use tackle!" Squirtle Tackles Charmander, then Charmander scratches Squirtle.

"Squirtle, Tail whip!"

"Charmander use Scratch!" Charmander scratches Squirtle's tail.

"No matter" Says Blue. "Your defense is lower anyways. Squirtle use tackle!"

"Charmander Scratch!" Their attacks hit at the same time.

"Charmander Scratch again!" Charmander's scratch knocks out Squirtle.

"H-how did you beat me? Ugh. Whatever. Smell ya later." He walks back towards Viridian.

"He's a bit of a douche, isn't he?" Green says.

"A bit? More like a whole lot!" We get though Route 1 and go to the Viridian PokéCenter. I give the nurse my Pokéballs and she heals my Pokémon.

"Your Pokémon are fighting fit. We hope to see you again!" We exit the PokéCenter.

"What will we do now?" Green asks. I look over at the entrance to Route 22.

"We should head over there" I point to Route 22. I go over and read the sign. It says:

Route 22. Pokémon catchable here: Rattata, Nidoran (Male and Female), Mankey, Spearow. I walk into the route and get Charmander's Pokéball ready. There is a Male Nidoran eating. I send Charmander out. "Charmander, Scratch!" Charmander scratches the Nidoran and it tries to run away. "Charmander use scratch again!" Charmander scratches it and I throw a Pokéball. It shakes three times and Clicks. I scan the Pokéball with my Pokédex.

"Nidoran Male. Poison Pin Pokémon. Moves Known: Leer, Tackle"

"Bulbasaur, Tackle!" I hear Green say behind me. I look and watch her battle. Her Bulbasaur knocked out a Rattata. I continue on looking for Pokémon. Green begins to fight another Pokémon. A Nidoran Female.

"Bulbasaur, Tackle." She commands it. It uses Scratch on Bulbasaur and she uses a Pokéball. It shakes three times and it clicks. "I caught my first Pokémon!" She jumps up and down with joy. She realizes I am watching and stops. I continue searching for Pokémon. I find a Mankey and send out Pidgey. "Pidgey Gust!" It hits the Mankey, and the Mankey uses scratch. Throw a Pokéball. It shakes three times and clicks. I hear another click behind me.

"I caught another one." Green says. "A Spearow."

"It's getting late." I say. "We should go get some rest." We head back to the PokéCenter and I ask for a room.

"Sure thing! She says. She hands me a key. "Room 25 is your room. Just go down the escalator and continue down the hall. Your room will be on the left."

"Thanks." We go down the escalator and head to the room. I turn the key. "There is only one bed!" I say. "I am going to go complain!" But Green grabs me.

"It won't be so bad." She says. "Most PokéCenters only have rooms with one bed, anyways. And it would cost us money if we got more than one room." She pulls me inside.

"Uh… If you say so."

End of Chapter 1