I awoke to the sound of my small alarm clock in the shape of my favorite legend I heard during my childhood. 16, in my town, was the year where a person starts their journey to meet new people, see new places, and interact with many more unique Pokémon.

"Arctic! Get up! We're going to be late!" My childhood friend, Aly, said outside my window.

"Just…. Go see the professor! I'm not even ready yet!" I yelled back.

"Fine. Suit yourself. I'll see ya there." I was all dressed and ready in less than 10 minutes and made my way down the stairs from my room toward the living room. My Mom was there, crying. But they weren't tears of sadness, but rather tears of joy. Before I knew it, she was already wrapping me in a long, unforgettable hug and told me "This journey will change your life and you will meet so many new people and Pokémon along the road. Your Dad and I met while we were both traveling. I hope you also meet the one meant for you as well."

"Thanks Mom… I guess I'd better meet Aly at the professors' lab now…."

"Of course. Have fun, Arctic!"

As I made my way toward the entrance to the lab, Aly was already on her way out of the lab. She had a Poke ball in her hand saying "I GOT THE LAST ONE!" as she went toward the beginning of Route 1. I went into the renowned Professor Oak's lab and asked him "Is it true that she really got the last one?"

"I'm afraid that that was our last ultra rare starter for beginners, but I have something special for you now, Arctic." When he said this, my hopes that were shot down not too long ago were suddenly filled to the brink of tears. He went into the "back room" as he called it and came back out with a small, fox looking Pokémon that seemed to be very, very shy. "This little one is called Eevee. His genetic structure is so unstable, that he can evolve 7 different ways, but I only know of 3 ways to evolve him, with either a fire, water, or thunder stone. He has been here waiting for you and if you want, you can give him his very own name." I picked the small fox out of the professors' hands, looked him right in the eye and said "I'm going to call you 'Arcy'."

"Then I say good luck to the both of you on your journey and please come back and visit sometime."

"We will. Thanks for this." I said as me and my new companion started out of the lab and toward the front of Route 1. When we got there, Aly was waiting there at the border to Route 1 looking up at the sky. Without even looking at me she said "This is where our lives will change. For better or for worse." She then looked at me and noticed Arcy, who was walking right next to me. "What Pokémon is that? I've never seen anything like it. Did you name it? What is the name?" She always did ask too many questions at once. "In that order: It's called an Eevee, yes I did name him, and his name is Arcy." Aly then crouched down to pet Arcy right behind the ear. "That's such a cute name for such a cute little guy." And that remark made him blush and jump up onto my shoulder, embarrassed. "Well…. Now you embarrassed him."

"Sorry, I didn't mean too. O hey, this was the one I got from the professor." She threw her poke ball out in front of her and a small, lizard like Pokémon with a fire tipped tail came out. "Its name is Charmander. You like it?" I look at it for about a minute or two and finally said "It's…. interesting."

"That's just like you Arctic…. Seeing something cool and yet not admitting that it, in fact, is awesome. You have a good heart but not the personality to match. Maybe this journey can bring out a better one for you. Well, I'm headed to Pewter city, hope to see you there." Then she headed off into the wilderness of Route 1. I said to myself as I pet Arcy behind the ear "Yeah…. See you at Pewter." After that I started to make my way toward the city before my destination: Viridian city.

When we got there, I marveled at the lush green plants and flowers, and not less than a moment later, a trainer with some spiky brown hair had ran into me and said "Hey watch it! I got places to be!" and took off in the direction of the Pokémon League. Almost right after that had happened, another boy followed in his tracks and helped me back up. He was a trainer like me and he was dressed in almost all red. "Sorry, my friend can be a little rude at times. You get used to it." I got up and pulled Arcy out of the bushed that he got propelled into. "I guess I'll get going now." Then he headed in the same direction as the brown haired boy. It was getting pretty late and I was getting pretty tired and when Arcy yawned, I knew that we had to stop at the Pokémon center. We walked into the center and Arcy looked at me, confused. I said to him "Don't worry, Arcy, we'll catch up to Aly soon enough." as we set up inside of the near the right corner of the Pokémon center.

As I woke up I had to push Arcy to get him up as well at around 7:30. "When I get everything set up, we're going to get going." I went up to the nurse after I was done packing, with Arcy on my shoulder and asked the nurse "Do I need to pay for staying here?"

"You must be new in your journey. You have that look. No, you don't have to pay for staying at a Pokémon center but we do have a few supplies for sale like poke balls and potions for when your Pokémon get hurt and you're nowhere near a Pokémon center."

"Well then can I have 10 poke balls and 10 potions?" I said as I handed her the money for it all that I got from my Mom.

"Sure here you go. Have a nice day."

I put the stuff in my bag and said back "Have a nice one yourself." And I went outside of the center and started north toward the entrance to the entrance to the Viridian Forest and Arcy shuddered on my shoulder. "Don't worry, Arcy, I'll be here for you."

"Now that's the Arctic I remember!" I heard behind me and it was Aly. I don't know how, but I actually got ahead of her. "So how're you today, Arctic?" before I even had a chance to respond she pet Arcy on my shoulder and said "And how is little Arcy doing too?" which made him blush. "I'm fine and I think Arcy likes you."

"Very funny, Arctic. Anyway, do you want to travel in the forest together? I heard it can get really scary in there and I want Arcy to be OK." And this made him made him blush a new shade of red that I've never seen before. "Yeah, sure I guess we can go together into the forest, for Arcy's sake."