Disclaimer: I do not own Poke'mon nor am i profiting from this in any way

I jolted upright and then leapt out of bed, today was the day. In just a few minutes, I managed to brush my hair and teeth, get dressed and put my shoes on before madly dashing down the stairs.

"Mum, mum has it arrived, is it here?"I babbled, the words racing out of my mouth.

"What you mean this" she said holding a brown paper parcel out in her hand.

"Yeah that's it" I said making a grab for it. I ripped the paper of there was a small white box. There was a small poke ball inside with a note attached.

It read:

Dear Adriana Giles,

I got your letter and well it was very interesting. I know you asked for a chimchar but I gave that away yesterday, so I thought you would like this one. It is a fire Pokémon like chimchar. At the bottom of the box there is a pokedex. It will tell you about any Pokémon you see. Good luck on your journeys. Hope you catch lots of Pokémon. Also you can use poke balls to capture Pokémon of your own.

Hope you do very well and tell me about it.

Yours faithfully

Prof. Birch

I picked up the poke ball and clicked a button; the poke ball expanded to its full size. Then I threw it at the floor. And with a flash of dazzling light the ball opened to reveal a Torchic which chirped once before hiding ineffectively behind a table leg.

"Ah it's so cute and fluffy and well adorable, let me get it some nice food" mum said slowly walking to the kitchen.

"No, I will not spoil it rotten, it is a Pokémon, who is going to earn it's treats" I declared forcefully.

That's a bit harsh isn't it; it is only young and look it's now crying, be nice it is a baby".

"Ok I give in and it is very cute, come over here, we got food" I whispered to make sure I didn't scare her.

She gave a chirp and came running over. I watched with amusement as my starter noisily gobbled all the food in a mater of minutes. She then very loudly burped happily.

"So what do you want to do now Torchic?"I said softly, "do you want to go to the park, or the pokemart or maybe the Pokémon centre?"

She gave a loud and joyful chirp and went running into the glass door.

"Ouch" I said as she came wobbling back. "I think we should go to the pokemart and get some supplies, like Pokémon food, poke balls, a bag and sleeping bag, come on then".

Torchic and I walked to the pokemart, she still seemed a bit dazzled from the glass door incident. We walked slowly and 5 minutes later we arrived at the pokemart. As we entered the lady at the till greeted us with a little wave.

"Um hello I'm looking for some things" I said quietly gazing at all the things in the small shop.

"And what might they be dear" she replied smiling at Torchic.

"Um Pokémon food, poke balls, a bag to carry it in and a sleeping bag" I said picking torchic up and putting her on the counter so she couldn't peck at anything.

"Ok dear, also how about some medicine" she said turning around and picking some things off the shelves.

"Ok" I said giving her the money. "Ready to start our journey Torchic?".

"Torchic Torch" she replied happily. Easily keeping pace with me despite it's short legs.

And so began the start of my Pokémon journey – next stop Oldale