TRAINER OF A DIFFERENT CALIBER

Disclaimer: I don't own any part of the Pokemon franchises, just the ones I catch while I play the games.

Warning: This is mainly an OC story, which follows the anime a little bit, but takes place a couple of years before Ash begins his journey, and the characters from the show will only have like a brief appearance in this story.

The Town of Pallet was busy getting ready for tomorrow, which was taking place at Professor Oak's Laboratory. Every year, whenever three children come of age, they get to decide wither or not they want to embark on a pokemon journey of own, to find out what they want to do in life.

A boy of about ten years old, with brown hair and green eyes, was in his room, going through his pack to see what he'll need for when he starts his journey tomorrow. He made sure he had a first aid kit, for both people and pokemon, same goes for food. He had a sleeping bag attached to the bottom of his bag. He made sure to have a map and compass to help guide the way. He had his clothes all folded and ready to be packed. He checked to see the money he had saved up from doing odd jobs for Professor Oak at his laboratory, and some of his neighbors. When he was about done, a strong knock was heard on his door. "Come in."

The door opened to reveal an older boy, "You ready for tomorrow, Will?" The boy asked his younger brother.

"As ready as I'll ever be, Sion." Will answered back, "Although whatever it is I'm missing, I'll probably pick up along the way."

Sion pulled his hand up to place a small bag onto the bed, "You might want to make sure that this is apart of your pack as well." He said, "It's a spare breeder's bag with brushes and the things you need to keep your pokemon looking their best."

Will nodded while, making room in his backpack, which is the one that campers tend to use. When he got everything packed, "So are you going to enter the next breeder's competition?" He asked, while placing the now full backpack into a corner.

"Naw, I decided to take a year off to travel for a bit. Right now I'm just going to travel with Arcanine and see if I could pick up a new pokemon or two along the way." Sion said, while getting ready to step out.

"And try to find a girlfriend along the way, right?" Will said, while placing the clothes he had picked out onto the top of his dresser.

"Har-de-har-har." Sion said, "Go to bed, you have a busy day tomorrow."

The next day

Will was already stepping out of the door, wearing all black, from head to toe, from a black trench coat to steel-tipped boots. The only thing that wasn't black was the brown backpack he was wearing. When he got to end of his family's walkway, he stopped just as he saw a boy with dark black hair run by at full speed towards the lab, yelling out "I can't wait to see the pokemon." Will just shook his head a little bit before starting his walk towards the same destination.

He was just ten steps away from his home before he heard another voice right behind him, "You wouldn't mind a nice lady escort to the lab now would you?"

Will turned around to be greeted by a girl who was about a year younger then he was, with light black hair that reached down just above her waist, with shiny hazel eyes, wearing a pink shirt with a bright red skirt that reached just above her knees, with pink tennis shoes. "Hello Sarah. Since I don't see any ladies around, I might as well settle for you, right?" He shot back, while extending his arm.

Sarah gave him a light slap on the shoulder before taking the offered arm into her hands. They started walking and talking to each other for awhile before they reached the lab, where the other two trainers were waiting. Ten minutes later, Professor Oak called out the names of the three trainers and walked back in. Sarah just gave Will a quick kiss on the cheek before saying "Have fun."

Will nodded before walking towards the door, which leading to the beginning of his future.

Here is my latest pokemon fic, which is mainly an OC story. Let me know if I started off good enough, while I decide how to do the next chapter. Read and Review.