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"Caspia! Rise and shine!"

Caspia groaned and threw her blanket over her face. She didn't want to go to school today.

"Wake up, Caspia! It's time for you to go become a Pokemon Master!"

"Five more minutes, mom..."

Eventually, Caspia's mom threw her out of the house. She was still in her pajamas, but her mom reassured her that it was okay because adults were allowed to wander around outside in their nightgowns as long as they had pokemon. Caspia didn't have a pokemon yet, but that's why she was headed over to Professor Oak's house. Caspia's mom told her that she was going to get a Pokemon today. She didn't tell her why, but who really cared? She was twelve years old, for crying out loud. It was about time she got to do whatever she wanted to do all of the time.

With that thought in mind, Caspia confidently walked nextdoor and entered the lab.

"Professor Oak!" She cried. "I'm here for my Pokemon! It's time to start my great Pokemon adventure! Also, I'm hungry. Do you have any food? My mom didn't feed me breakfast."

Suddenly, the door flew open and Professor Oak's obnoxious grandson, Anthony, walked in.

"Ant, what did I tell you about kicking in the door?" Professor Oak complained.

Anthony sighed dramatically. "Whatever, gramps. Hey, are you giving Caspia a pokemon?"

"Yes. Caspia is old enough to start a mission, and I was just telling her about this spiritdex. It's a device that lets you see into the very souls of pokemon, and determine their ancestry."

"Wooow, that's so neat. What is it for?" Caspia asked.

Oak walked over to his desk and ruffled through a thick stack of transparencies. He pulled a sheaf of them out from the middle and stuck them on his projector. When he turned it on, an aerodactyl appeared on the wall behind him.

"As you know, pokemon are vessels for the souls of deceased humans from other planets. I have a hypothesis that a pokemon's spirit is tied to the types of the vessel it inhabits. For example, rock pokemon like this aerodactyl seem like they tend to attract the spirits of those focused on the material world: engineers and scientists. However, because communication with Pokemon is so difficult, it's been hard to find evidence for this theory before now. The spiritdex will allow you to directly communicate with a pokemon's spirit and query it about its former life."

"So I can talk to pokemon now?! That's so neat! I want to ask the rattata in my attic why it keeps chewing on the cords to my Wii U." Caspia said.

"You're really giving Caspia this thing? Come on. I'm your own grandson and I'm way better at science stuff. Let me do it!" Ant looked like he was about to enter one of his famous temper tantrums

"I think souldex is a much better and way cooler name," Caspia said.

"Hmm. Actually, it would probably be better if I gave one to both of you. I'm going to need a very large sample set if I want to publish my research on pokemon souls. However, just talking to Ratatas won't be enough. If you take this, I'll need you two to embark on a dangerous mission around Kanto, talking to as many pokemon as possible. You might even die or be robbed at poke-point by Team Rocket hooligans. I know you're not even teenagers yet, but I think you're ready for the crushing responsibility of living by yourself and making end's meet in a world where even walking between two villages is highly dangerous and typically involves navigating labyrinthine caverns."

"I'm going to call it a souldex from now on," Caspia said decisively.

"Sounds awesome!" Ant yelled.

"You'll need pokemon to start your journey. Caspia, since you're a year older, you can pick your pokemon first." Oak pressed a few buttons on his projector and the floor slid open. A dais flew out from the floor with three pokemon on it (a charmander, squirtle, and bulbasaur).

"Ummm. This turtle looks the cutest. I'll take it!" Caspia said.

"That is sooo dumb. Don't you know water types are weak to grass types? I want Bulbasaur." Ant said.

"Whatever, Ant. Water types are good against a lot of other types, plus he already knows tail whip."

"Now, kids. Both of those pokemon are great. You'll both do well on your journey, I suspect. You should get some rest and start tomorrow."

Caspia turned to leave, but Ant jumped in her way. "Not so fast! We have to battle first."

"Why?" Caspia asked.

"So I can prove my pokemon is better than yours..." Ant said as if this should be super obvious.

"Yeah, but who cares? Why does it even matter? We haven't started training them yet, so it wouldn't even reflect on our skill as trainers."

"But we're rivals. Duh. That means we have to battle."

Caspia sighed and started to walk around him.

"Bulbasaur, stop her!" Ant yelled, and threw his new bulbasaur at Caspia. It landed with a thump on the floor behind her, shook itself out of a daze, and stared at her squirtle hungrily.

Caspia pulled out her spiritdex (It looked sort of like a radar gun covered in buttons arrayed in a haphazard way across its casing) and aimed it at the bulbasaur. Maybe knowing its personality would help her with the fight. She pulled the trigger and some text flashed on the LED screen:

HERMIONE GRANGER

- EXPERT WITCH

- KNOW-IT-ALL

- OBSESSED WITH GRADES

"Caspia!" Professor Oak yelled. "If you want to speak to the pokemon, hold down the red button on your spiritdex."

Caspia looked at the blobby controller in her hand. It had about a dozen buttons, three of which were different shades of red. She pressed one at random.

"I'm so excited about learning new combat moves! I wonder what rate leech seed drains my opponent's health at. The manual just says 'Steals HP from the foe every turn'. I wish my IVs were better, but I'm sure my trainer will give me excellent EVs to make up the difference. This first fight should be interesting, I've calculated that it will take me 3 tackles to kill this squirtle as long as I don't miss." Hermione seemed to be thinking out loud directly at Caspia. Caspia was a little taken aback.

"BULBASAUR USE GROWL TO LOWER ITS ATTACK!" Ant screamed.

"That's not correct though, I have a way better chance of winning if I just tackle, but... it's not my job to disobey. Grr... I guess..."

Squirtle had been staring at Bulbasaur in befuddlement. When it growled, squirtle ran behind Caspia's legs, trembling. Caspia pointed the spiritdex at her new pokemon to learn more about it.

NAVI

- PRIM, IMPATIENT

- REDUNDANT AND SHRILL

- EXPERT NAVIGATOR AT LIFE

"What does growl do?" Caspia wondered out loud.

Hermione started to answer, "Growl lowers their-"

"It scares your pokemon senseless!" Ant interrupted. "I hope your squirtle doesn't piss its pants!"

"Boys are gross," Caspia said. "Squirtle, use tail whip!"

"Hey!" Squirtle cried. "Listen! My attack has been lowered by growl."

"That's cool." Caspia said. "But can you use tail whip please?"

"Hey!" Squirtle said. "Listen-"

"SQUIRTLE USED TAIL WHIP!"

This is going to be a really long battle, Professor Oak thought. "Hey kids, don't you think it would be way more fun to have this battle outside and not in my lab?"

"You can't interrupt a pokemon battle, prof! Don't worry, though, I'll finish this off really quick. BULBASAUR, HIT HER WITH ANOTHER GROWL!"

Hermione sighed and obligingly growled at the squirtle again. Ant fiddled with his spiritdex idly.

"HEY LISTEN! My attack is two stages lower now!" Navi pointed out.

"Oh god, what are we going to do?" Caspia cried in despair. "Navi, use tail whip again!"

After a successful tail whip, Squirtle turned towards Caspia. "Hermione's defense is now also two stages lowered."

"Excellent!" Caspia made a fist. "We're clearly the victors here."

Professor oak yawned, having spent the last two hours intensively studying some very important documents, the contents of which were so complicated they could not possibly be explained here. I should probably go check on my two new proteges, he thought. They're probably done with their battle by now, right?

Hesitantly, he peeked back into the main area of his lab.

Ant was sobbing on the floor, while Caspia stared down at him, looking embarrassed.

Well, I think it's clear who the victor was.

"I-I can't believe we did it, Bulbasaur…!" He let out another sob, giving his pokemon a tight squeeze. "We're really th-the best out there! We're gonna make it to th-the top!"

"Please let me go…" Hermione squeaked. Ant only hugged her tighter.

"Oh well," Caspia shrugged. "I should have kept using tail whip instead of switching to tackle. Navi, what on earth were you thinking, anyway?"

"Hello!" Navi said.

"Hi," Caspia said back.

" Hey, c'mon! Let's go get the first gym badge!"

"Gym badge?"

"Brock of Pewter Gym uses rock type pokemon! You should use water or grass-type against him!"

"What's a Pewter Gym?" Caspia asked.

"HEY!" Navi said. "LISTEN!"

"I think I'm going to leave now," Caspia said. With that, she walked out of the lab.