I want to welcome you all to my very first story! Hopefully you all like it! If you do like it, or you have some sort of suggestion, please leave a review! I really want to get better at this.

Prologue

7 years ago

The moon is shining through the window of a young boy, Nick, as he sleeps. Tomorrow will be his birthday, where he turns 8 years old. His parents, Annie and Robert, are downstairs wrapping presents. The lights are dim, but still enough for them to see what they are doing; just not enough for Nick to see in case he comes downstairs. Annie looks over to Robert, who was finishing up another present.

"Pass me the tape." She takes the tape and finishes up the final present, a small box. As she finishes, she sits there looking at it, then Robert put his hand on her shoulder.

"He's going to like that one the best, and maybe in seven years it will help him on his journey." He stands up and stretches, having been sitting on the floor for the past 15 minutes. "Anyways, I'm going to bed. You can feel free to join me, or you can stay sitting there and thinking until tomorrow morning. Just remember he's going to be very excited in the morning to open things, so the clock's ticking on how much sleep we get."

He turns and leaves the room, and Annie hears the sound of the bathroom door closing before the sink starts to run. She looks down at the final present one last time, smiles, and goes to bed.

Chapter 1: The Journey Begins

Present

Nick woke up to the sun shining into his eyes, the one downside to the placement of his window, and the sound of Fletchling outside. He walked up to the window and threw it open, taking in the sights of the city. It is the morning of his 15th birthday, meaning that today he can begin his journey through the Kalos region. Ever since he was little he wanted to become the Champion, just like every kid does. The difference is, Nick has every intention of getting to this goal. He changed into the clothes he had selected last night for the beginning of his journey and ran downstairs.

"Well aren't you in a rush to get going." His mom smiled as he got to the bottom of the stairs. The living room table had a pile of presents on it.

"Come on, go ahead and open it all. It will help you on your journey." His father was sitting in the recliner just across from the presents, watching a battle between the Champion, Diantha, and one of the Elite Four members. These battles happened every once and a while, when they did they were some really good battles, but right now all Nick wanted to do was get started.

"Do you have your good luck charm?" His mom asked. She came out of the kitchen and sat down on one of the couches.

"When do I not have it?" Nick said, holding up the necklace. It was a metal necklace with a fossil on it. Fossil Pokemon had always been one of Nick's favorite kinds of Pokemon, so when he had gotten this for his birthday seven years ago, he always kept it with him.

Maybe at some point in my journey I can find someone who can bring this Pokemon back to life. I can get to the top of the world with this Pokemon by my side.

"Well, come on. You don't have all day. You have to get moving and onto your journey." His dad gestured to all the boxes. Nick went through and opened them all. A backpack that was small enough to not be awkward, but large enough to keep things that he would need. There was a small tent and sleeping bag that could both be clipped onto the backpack to save room inside, for the nights that he hasn't reached a Pokemon Center. He got 10 Pokeballs, enough that he should be able to get a couple of Pokemon without needing to buy any. There were a few boxes of extra clothes that were fit for a journey whether they were tougher material or waterproof, or some combination of both. The final present was the smallest of all of them. He opened it up to find 10,000 Pokedollars.

"All of this money is seriously for me? How long have you been saving this for?" Nick said as he started setting up his backpack with everything he had planned to bring and all the new additions as well.

"It doesn't matter. Just go have fun on your journey. Make us proud and get to the Champion." His mother said, smiling and tilting her head to the side. "There's one more present outside. I was worried it wouldn't get here in time, because I ordered it three months ago from down the street, but they didn't finish it until a couple of days ago." she pointed to the door, and when Nick looked back to her she waved her hands to the door. When Nick got outside he saw a brand new bike leaned against the wall. It had thick tires, meaning that it would get through mud and snow very easily. The tread on it would allow him to get across ice and gravel with very few problems. The sides had some pockets on them, and the front of the bike had a lock attached to it.

"Thanks mom, thanks dad!" Nick said, hopping onto the bike to get a feel of it. His parents smiled, and then looked up.

"Come on, Lumiose City is going to get busy in just a little bit. You need to get moving. Go on your journey and never give up. I believe in you." His father said. Nick rode off through the city. He passed a couple of people on his way to Sycamore's lab, but it didn't take long. Luckily the roads weren't busy quite yet so he managed to rush through. He locked his bike to a bike stand, ran up the stairs, threw open the door to the lab, and entered.

So this is where my journey begins. This is where I get my very first Pokemon. Nick walked up to the elevator and read the sign on the wall to find out which floor he needed to go to.

He pressed the button for the elevator and waited. Eventually the door opened and a boy and girl stepped out. He recognized the girl, Lindsey, almost immediately since she lived 3 houses down from him. Lindsey had pretty much been his friend from the day he first met her, roughly 8 years ago. They went through Trainer School together, and she had turned 15 just recently. He recognized the boy from Trainer's School, but he didn't know his name.

"Hey Nick, here to get your first Pokemon?" Lindsey smiled and held up a Pokeball. "I already chose mine. I had it figured out for weeks now." She looked over to the boy next to her, then made a movement that seemed to snap him out of it and into saying something.

"Oh, uh, hey. How's it going. My name's Liam." He stuck out his hand a little awkwardly to shake Nick's hand.

"So why are you two only getting your starters now? I thought you both turned 15 last month." He said as he shook Liam's hand.

"Well, since you can't get a starter until the 21st of each month, we both had to wait. I turned 15 on the 3rd, and Liam turned 15 on the 11th. Sure, today is the 23rd, but I knew you started your journey soon and so I figured I could wait 2 more days. But who cares about this boring stuff, get on the elevator already. You need to choose your first Pokemon!" The three got onto the elevator, Liam complained about why they hadn't just stayed upstairs in the first place. As the door opened, Nick saw Professor Sycamore standing over the shoulder of someone sitting at a computer. There was a whole bunch of Pokemon info all over the screens. As the elevator dinged, Sycamore turned around and smiled.

"Ah, I see you found your friend. Excellent, let's get goi-," Sycamore stopped and looked at Nick. "Is that a fossil on your necklace?" He asked, getting closer to examine it.

"Oh, yeah. I got it for my birthday seven years ago. I'm hoping that maybe someday I can revive it and bring it on my journey." He looked back to Sycamore, whose face showed that he was thinking before he finally smiled.

"How would you like to have it revived right now?"