"Hey, hey dude. Dude wake up. Come on man, do us a favour and wake up. Come on we're here! New Bark Town! We've docked," a heavily accented 'cockney' voice could be heard.
Then something was nudging me, I groaned and opened my eyes. Yawning and stretching, I looked to my left. A boy, of about 16 years was looking at me. He had black hair styled in a 'mop', blue eyes and was on the tall side. He wore a white t-shirt underneath a blue addidas original hoodie, he also had a set of headphones around his neck. He also wore a faded pair of denim jeans and a pair of black plimsolls. He also wore a belt with a pouch around the back. I'm guessing that's where he kept his pokeballs as he wasn't wearing a belt.
"I'm Daniel by the way," he said as he stood up.
I mimicked his actions before I replied, "Uh, hey. I'm Joshua"
We continued to chat as we left the boat and together we made our way to Professor Elm's laboratory. The boat had come from Kanto. I yawned again as we entered the laboratory along with Daniel. The boat came from Kanto. I was about to start my pokemon adventure! We, along with several other trainers approached Professor Elm. Elm gave a speech about raising pokemon and told us to stay away from something called Team Rocket, whatever they were. He gave all of us a set of 5 pokeballs and a pokedex. I was so happy, I was now an official pokemon trainer! As everyone left I stared at Daniel.
"Hey Daniel, I challenge you to a battle!," I demanded.
"Eh…. sure," he replied. He seemed nervous, which was all the better for me. This would be my first official battle as a pokemon trainer! Sure I'd battled with wild pokemon back home but never against a trainer!
"Go Buzzy!," I exclaimed as I unclipped a spherical red-white capsule from my belt and launched it into the air. A ball of white light emerged before it took the shape of a small creature. It was yellow with two black stripes along both of its arms and one around it's body, in the middle of its torso was a black-coloured thunderbolt. It was an Elekid. My first and only pokemon.
Daniel then also took out a capsule from his bag and expanded it using the circular button in the middle. I noticed that the pokeball was different than mine, it had a blue raindrop on it. He then casually threw it into the air, and a Blastoise emerged along with a burst of water that soaked the surrounding area. His Blastoise towered above Elekid. It seems my idea to battle Daniel was a bad one.
"Buzzy lets go, Quick Attack!"
The little lightning pokemon dashed at Daniel's Blastoise ramming as hard as it could into Blastoise's stomach, however it just bounced off. The Blastoise then responded with a mega punch which barely missed.
"Elekid, let's go quick, Thunderpunch!"
Elekid dashed at the Blastoise with a charge of lightning around it's fist and leaped gracefully towards the giant turtle-like pokemon. It landed the hit in Blastoise's face forcing it to take several steps back.
"Okay Blastoise, let's finish it. Hydro-Pump!"
"Quick use Light Screen!"
The huge blast of water that came from the cannons on Daniel's pokemon's back shot directly at Elekid, who quickly reacted by creating a barrier between itself and Blastoise. The water sprayed into the air making it seem like it was raining. Both pokemon ceased attacking. The pair of pokemon stared each other down. A look of respect in both pairs of eyes.
"Okay Blastoise, let's go, Hydro Cannon!"
"Light Screen again, quickly!"
The turtle-like pokemon's cannon's erupted with a high pressure of water that was aimed perfectly at the electric pokemon. Elekid then created another barrier between itself and the water. It held strong for several seconds before cracking and the water hit the Elekid with a thud. Elekid was lying on the ground unconscious, it's eyes were replaced with black swirls.
"Elekid no!," I exclaimed as I dashed forwards to see if the little electric pokemon was okay. Daniel grinned and high-fived the Blastoise. They grinned at each other and it was clear that they were friends for quite some time, I shot them a weak smile before getting a potion from my bag and spraying it on my Elekid. It immediately opened its eyes and grinned at me which made me feel a lot better, Elekid had never been knocked out before. It seems it didn't mind being unconscious. It then hopped up and ran over to the Blastoise. It put out its hand as if to gesture a hand shake.
"El-Elekid"
"Blast-oise!"
The water pokemon replied squatting down before shaking hands with the little electric pokemon. They smiled at each other. I walked over to Daniel and we shook hands before grinning widely at each other.
"Good match Daniel," I said.
"Yeah, thanks bruv. You too." God his English accent gets annoying.
We then walked west to the exit of New Bark. Next stop was Cherrygrove town, where we would rest before heading for Violet town. Violet town was home to the closest gym, this is where I'd win my first badge! I couldn't wait for it. We chatted about nothing in particular, just light conversation. The surroundings were very green and full of trees and such. Apparently you could cut some of the down if you teach a pokemon a HM. And apparently you could head-butt some and make pokemon come out, like really rare ones like Aipom. God, I'd love an Aipom. That'd be so epic.
After a half an hour of walking, my legs grew tired and when Cherrygrove came into sight I breathed a sigh of relief. Daniel just chuckled at me. He didn't seem tired at all, oh yeah I forgot, he'd already been a trainer for quite some time. We immediately went to the pokemon centre. I handed Elekid and his pokeball to the nurse who proceeded to heal the little electric pokemon. I walked over to the seating area, on the way there was a mirror. I couldn't help but stare into it. I saw myself. My blonde hair was styled into a casual mess, you could see my brown roots ever so slightly. I wore a long-sleeved football shirt, of the club Arsenal, and a pair of jeans. I also wore a snood, what it's cold sometimes?, and a pair of red converse, they matched my top okay?. And boy, I don't know if anyone else noticed, I'm sexy as hell these days.