As the sun rose and quickly creeped into a small bedroom, the young red headed girl named Kaitlin, found herself struggling to stay asleep. She finally stopped fighting and opened up her eyes revealing their piercing green color.
She then let out a big yawn and stretched as she walked over to the window and opened up the blinds to reveal the bright Pallet Town sky. She then heard a small coo coming from her bed and she turned around to notice her trusty Poochyena waking up.
"Well it took you long enough Poochyena." She giggled and walked over to the bed and started to scratch the little Pokemon behind her ears. "Today is the big day, we're leaving for the Sinnoh Grand Festival." The young coordinator smiled as she pulled out her ribbon case and opened it. "All of our work has finally payed off." She thought to herself.
As she put her case back into her orange backpack, she smiled at her pokemon. "I can't wait to bring home my second Ribbon Cup." She smiled to herself recalling her win in the Hoenn Grandfestival about three years ago. " After the two losses at Kanto and Johto, I have this new found confidence that we are going to win this one Poochyena." Her small pokemon turned to her and let out a soft coo of happiness as it jumped into her arms.
While Kaitlin got lost in thought she hadn't noticed the clock. She just smiled at her pokemon until she finally came back to the real world. When the red headed girl looked up she saw the time said 11:00am. "Oh no Poochyena I must have slept right through my alarm, I set it for 10:00am. I'm going to be late for the train." She frantically placed her Pokemon onto her bed and ran into the bathroom to get ready.
Poochyena just looked at her and started to worry as she saw how concerned her trainer was.
When Kaitlin got out of the bathroom she was in her usual attire, which consisted of a baby blue sleeveless dress, that fell down to her middle thigh. She then slid on her black knee high socks and her light brown boots. She grabbed her backpack which was fully packed and she waited for Poochyena to climb onto her head, when she did they ran out of her room and downstairs.
When she got downstairs she saw her family and she smiled. Kaitlin quickly grabbed a banana and gave her mother and little sister hugs. "I have to go guys, I love you all." She gave them a small wave as she ran out the door to the station.
As she got to the entrance of the train station she was relieved to see that the train hadn't left yet so she let out a deep breath of relief. The green eyed girl then showed the man at the entrance her ticket and she walked into the train landing and sat down on the bench for a second to see if she ad everything. But quicker than she thought the train started to move, she hadn't noticed until her Poochyena grabbed her backpack and ran towards the train.
"Poochyena what was that f..." But before she could finish she saw that the train had started, she quickly ran after her pokemon and bag. When Kaitlin reached them she grabbed her bag and Poochyena. The train than started to pick up speed and Kaitlin found herself falling behind. "Wait for me please!" She started to pick up the pace, but when she thought all was lost she noticed a young raven-haired boy stuck out her hand from the door. He gave her a smile and spoke, "Need a hand there?"
Kaitlin smiled at him and put Poochyena on her head and quickly grabbed onto his hand and she pulled him inside. She then tripped as she got in which made her and this young boy lean against the wall. They both than let out a small blush. Kaitlin quickly spoke as she backed away from him into the dining cart, "Oh wow I am so sorry," she scratched the back of her head as she gave the boy an embarrassed smile. "Oh thanks again for helping me onto the train, that was my last chance to get to the Sinnoh Grand Festival."
"Oh it's really okay, I'm just that you're okay." He gave her smile back and she could tell he was just as embarrassed as she was which made her relax.
"Well thank you, I'm Kaitlin from Pallet Town." She extended her hand towards him and looked up to him.
"I'm Ash Ketchum" He looked at her, "Wait you're from Pallet Town too, that's awesome." He gave a soft smile and shook her hand.
"It's great to meet you," She broke the hand shake and looked at your Pikachu. "Well that is the absolute cutest Pikachu I've ever seen." She leaned towards the pokemon and scratched it under it's chin which made the pokemon smile and coo in happiness.
"Pika pi!" Pikachu was surprised at how he let this new person pet him so quickly, but he was very happy that he did.
"Well thank you Kaitlin, I know Pikachu appreciates that comment." Ash and Kaitlin smiled at each other, and he noticed a small Poochyena perched on top of Kaitlin's head. "Wow, your Poochyena looks so strong for such a small pokemon." This made both Poochyena and her trainer smile. Poochyena then jumped onto Ash's head and rubbed her cheek against him.
"Pooch poochyena." She cooed as she continued to easily warm up to this new trainer, this made Kaitlin look confused.
"Wow Poochyena usually takes awhile to warm up to someone other than me and my sister, but I guess it's a good thing to see her like this." The green eyed girl smiled and Ash's Pikachu jumped onto her shoulder, she then started to scratch his chin again.
"Well I can tell she is a great pokemon, who was raised very well." The raven-haired boy continued to smile as the gray pokemon rubbed against him.
"Since Poochyena was my first Pokemon I would hope she would be raised well." The red headed girl let out a small chuckle. "I guess we should go sit down." Kaitlin turned to Ash who was now holding Poochyena.
"Yeah sounds great." They both walked over to a table filled with a few of new faces for Kaitlin, but old and friendly faces to Ash.
This is the end of the first chapter of my first fanfiction. I know it may seem a little short but trust me more will happen as the chapters go on. This is an Advanceshipping fanfic so just keep that in mind. Okay well thanks for reading, reviews are always welcomed and appreciated.