Chapter 1: The Fateful Day

"Oh, boy!" I said as I was getting ready to climb into bed. "Tomorrow will be the day! The day I will get my first Pokémon from Professor Cedar! I'm so psyched! I can't possibly go to sleep!"

"Cameron! Are you ready for bed?" a feminine called to me.

"Yes, Mom! I'm ready!" I said, jumping on my bed.

"Seriously, dear. I know that you will be getting your Pokémon tomorrow, but you need to rest up so you won't be exhausted by the time you get to the Lab! Okay?"

"Yup!" I eagerly said, plopping down on my purple bed.

"And if you can't sleep, I guess you can turn on the T.V. quietly. Okay?"

"Okey dokey, Mom!"

"Alright, goodnight! You've got a big day ahead of you tomorrow!" she said smiling as she closed the door.

I laid in my bed wide awake, and stared at the poster of the three starters on my ceiling for hours. I didn't feel the slightest bit sleepy. I turned over to look at my Koopa Troopa digital clock. It read 10:00 PM.

"Oh, geez! It sure is late! I guess I'll just have to turn on the T.V. then!"

I reached for the small grey remote on my wooden side table next to my bed, and then pressed the red power button on it. In front of my bed, my medium sized television turned on, and on the screen, a Pokémon battle was taking place in a large, green stadium.

"And it's super effective!" the male announcer shouted as the crowd went wild. On the battlefield, a little yellow turtle with a red shell released a Flamethrower attack at a small brown creature with no arms or hands.

"Goomba, use Headbutt!" commanded the Goomba's trainer. Then, the Goomba charged at the turtle with its head.

"Koopa, dodge it!" shouted the turtle's trainer. The Koopa Troopa jumped out of the Goomba's way.

"Now, use Water Gun!" shouted the peppy trainer of the Koopa Troopa. The small turtle then unleashed a stream of water out of its mouth, aimed straight at the Goomba.

"Oh, it's a direct hit!" the announcer boomed as the crowd screamed with joy.

"Goomba is unable to battle, so the winner is Koopa, and the victory goes to Colby!" said the coach as he held out a red flag at the winners' side.

"Yes! We did it Koopa!" Colby shouted as he rushed over to the little Koopa Troopa, giving it a big hug.

"Meddl meddl!" the Koopa exclaimed, returning the hug.

The crowd screamed with energy, as Colby's name reverberated throughout the stadium.

"Man," I said sleepily, "I can't wait until I get to experience that same thrill…" I then fell asleep.


Oh, boy! Who should I choose?! Let's see…

"Toad is pretty powerful with that hard head it has…" I thought as I pictured a Toad hitting a Pokémon with its large, mushroom-like head, knocking the other Pokémon out.

"Or there's Koopa Troopa. With its hard shell, it can't be hurt by attacks that easily!" I thought as I pictured a little yellow turtle with a green shell hiding in the shell, thus knocking out the attacking Pokémon.

"Or maybe the adorable Yoshi! Not only is it super-fast, but it can grab things with its long tongue!" I thought as I pictured a large, green dinosaur with a red saddle stick its long tongue and grab the enemy Pokémon, slamming it on the ground.

Who to choose… Who to choose…


"Cameron!"

"WAH!" I shouted as I woke up with a start. "Mom! What is it?"

"You're late for your-"

"OH NOOOO!" I shouted as I rushed to put my clothes on.

"Okay, brush your hair and you should be ready!" I said to myself. I took out a red hairbrush and quickly brushed out my medium length brown hair out.

"Okay, Mom! I'm ready!" I shouted as I quickly grabbed my purple backpack with a shoulder strap and dashed out of the door to the Lab.

I ran down the dirt road in my hometown of New Leaf Town. In a minute flat, I arrived at a huge, grey, futuristic building – Professor Cedar's Lab. The clear glass doors automatically opened as I rushed into the room.

"PROFESSOR CEDAR I'M HERE!" I shouted as he and a couple of his assistants stared at me awkwardly.

"Well, hello there!" he said amiably. "You must be Cameron!"

"Yes I am! And I'm here to select my first Pokémon!" I said with a huge grin on my face.

The Professor gave one of his assistants a nervous look and said, "Okay! Come with me!" as he directed me to a small room with a table in it. There were three light grey semispherical covers hiding something under each one.

"Okay! So, have you decided which one you want?" he asked.

"I have been thinking about it for a while… and I have decided that I am going to choose Yoshi!" I exclaimed as I pressed the dark grey button in front of Yoshi's cover. However, when it opened, there was nothing in its space.

"WHAT!? W-where is it?!" I asked in a panic.

"Well, somebody already picked it before you came…" said Cedar.

"Well, that's okay, because my second choice is Toad!" I said as I pressed the button to Toad's cover, only to see that there was nothing there as well.

"WHA?!"

"Someone also picked that one… someone who was on time."

"Well, fine with me!" I said, depressed but still determined to get a Pokémon, "for I'm going to pick Koopa!" I yelled as I pressed the button to reveal… nothing!

"WHAAAAAT?!" I shrieked as I stared at all three empty spaces.

"Once again, a kid who wasn't late came and nabbed the last one," the Professor said with a glum look on his face.

"You mean that… I can't get a Pokémon today?" I asked, ready to burst into tears.

"Actually, we do have another one in the back-"

"IT'S MINE!" I yelled in his face, startling the young professor.

He then walked into the back room, and in half a minute, he came back out with a red and white ball.

"Just warning you, I wouldn't suggest giving this one to novice trainers, for it can be quite hostile…" he warned me.

"I don't care! I just have to have a Pokémon today!" I said in a desperate tone.

"Okay…" Cedar said as he nervously handed me the Pokéball.

It opened in my hands, and out popped the Pokémon that would soon be traveling with me for a long time…

"BWAAAAAAAAAA!" it roared.