Chapter 1

JC's point of view

The day started off like every other day. I woke up, and my Ralts was there to greet me. I got dressed in a gray hoodie, jeans, and my running shoes. Ralts and I both opened the door and ran down the stairs. Unfortunately, I tripped and rolled down the stairs like a slinky.

"Ow!" I screamed as I come to a stop at the bottom of the stairs. My mom came in from the kitchen.

"You really need to be more careful JC," she said.

"I know," I replied happily, "I am just excited because today's the day!"

Today was the day that me and my four best friends were to start our journey. We had received our first Pokemon years before, but we hadn't been able to start our journey. I had a Ralts, Opal had a Fenniken, Carla had a Squirtle, Leo had a Swinub, and Lin had a Shinx.

I went into the kitchen and scarfed down breakfast, which was some flapjacks and orange juice.

"Don't forget your backpack!" My mother yelled as I was about to walk out the front door.

"Thanks!" I replied. I grabbed it and ran out the door.

It was a bright day in Vaniville Town. Opal, Carla, Leo, and Lin were already waiting outside for me. The people in town called us the "rainbow," as we all had an array of multicolored hair. Opal had red, Carla had orange, Leo had yellow, Lin had blue-ish, and I had green. Arranged in the right order, we were a magical rainbow.

They had all chosen to take a seat on our newly-trimmed hedges, which would have normally annoyed me, but it was no longer my problem. I was going to leave this town, and explore all of Kalos; hopefully making a lot of friend, humans and Pokemon alike, along the way.

"What took you so long?" Lin complained, sliding off the greenery, "It's been like thirty minutes."

"Actually it's been ten," Leo said, following Lin's example.

All of them had their Pokemon out, wandering about the front yard and poking the Rhyhorn that was attempting to peacefully sleep.

"We have to go through Aquacorde Town," Carla said. "This isn't the time to argue about Lin's wacky time sense."

"My time sense is perfectly fine, thank you very much."

"Why do we have to go through Aquacorde?" I asked, adjusting my backpack strap and walking out of the yard.

"To get to Route 2," Opal said, "Don't tell me you've forgotten already. Route 1 hasn't got any Pokemon, but there's tons in Route 2."

"I know, I know," I muttered, "I didn't mean I didn't know...why can't we just go straight to Route 2 by going around the walls of Aquacorde town?"

"Why are you asking us?" Leo asked, throwing his hands up in the air, "We're barely mentally sane, how are we supposed to know geography?"

"I'm perfectly sane," Opal protested, poking Leo in the side. "We're not going around because we need our Pokedexes."

"Sure you are," Leo muttered, rubbing his side. Carla proceeded to jab his other side.

We headed through the gates of Vaniville town, which had already been pushed wide open. Route 1 was easily the shortest of all the routes, it was pretty much just a short pathway through Vaniville and Aquacorde.

Aquacorde Town was a small little town close to Vaniville. Aquacorde Town had a population similar to Vaniville, and the only things that they sold there are Poke Balls and Potions. But, there was something that we were all thinking about, (well, I kind of forgot about it till they brought up Aquacorde) which was the Pokedex. We were all looking forward to getting one, and helping out Professor Sycamore with his research.

Leo wants to complete the Pokedex ASAP, and that was his goal. Carla wants to be a model and compete in Contests, Lin wants to be a professional dancer, and I want to be Champion. I didn't know what Opal wants to do, this is partially because she has never told any of us.

"Come on JC!" Opal shouted as the others ran out of Vaniville onto Route 1.

"Coming!" I replied. We then all ran as fast as we could to Aquacorde Town.

Opal's Point of View

I stared at the Pokedex for at least five good minutes before looking up to gage the other's reactions. Leo looked like he had found his one true love, and was hugging the Pokedex to his chest. Carla was sticking cat stickers on the back of hers, and Lin was playing with his Shinx, but I could see his Pokedex poking out of his bag's pocket.

JC had propped himself on one of the shop ledges, and was looking through the features of the Pokedex. We all currently had five Pokemon programmed in: our own. I flipped open my Pokedex to glance over the descriptions, and stopped when I came to Fennekin's page.

"Look, Natsu," I said, leaning down to my Fennekin and pointing at the picture of one in the device, "It's you!"

Natsu stared at the picture before climbing into my bag and eating a Pokepuff.

"Boys…" I muttered, pulling him out of my bag and setting him on the ground. I stood up and glanced at the others.

I knew that although we had all wanted to travel the region of Kalos, although for different reasons. The only people who shared a common reason were JC and I, although no one knew that. We both wanted to become Champions. I had kept my own aspirations to myself, as I didn't want to start a rivalry between the two of us just yet.

Key word: yet.

"You guys want to head to Route 2?" JC asked, closing his Pokedex and shoving it in his backpack. We all looked at him...well, except for Leo. He was still staring at his Pokedex.

"We need Pokeballs first," Carla said. "How will we catch Pokemon?"

"I got enough for all of us if we split it evenly," I offered, pulling out some. Without Pokemon inside them, they were fairly small. Five of them easily fit in my palm. I tossed each of them five, but Leo's just bonked his head before rolling away aimlessly.

"I wanna catch a Pikachu!" Carla screamed, before running in the opposite direction of Route 2.

"I'll get her," Lin sighed, "You two drag Leo to Route 2."

"Do you want to meet up in Santalune City in an hour?" JC asked Lin, grabbing Leo's arm.

"Sure!" he said, before running off after Carla.

"And you don't ask me," I say, rolling my eyes. I picked up Leo's sleeping Swinub (poor guy probably got bored because of his crazy owner) and followed after JC. I grabbed Leo's stray Pokeballs along the way.

"You don't get an option."

"Thanks."

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Ethem: Hi everyone! My alias is Ethempat but feel free to call me Eth or Ethem. You can go onto my account to find anime fanfics, specifically Fairy Tail. ;)

I've known about Pokemon since I was little, but Healer got me into playing it and the only game I've played is Pokemon Y: which is why I love Kalos. The Pokemon team in this fic is going to be based off my own (which probably means I should go finish the game…)

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Healer38: I have always loved Pokemon. I was seven when I started collecting the cards. I want to hear how you got into Pokemon, and please review, favorite, and follow the story! I also am like a Pokeholic. I have Pokemon Red, Pearl, HeartGold, Black, White 2, X, Y, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire. I am also waiting for Pokemon Sun and Moon to come out! Pokemon MOON FOR THE WIN!