PS: I do not own Pokémon.

It was early in the morning when I left my home. While most people would rather lie cosily on their bed with a hot cup of tea, I was out in the dark jogging towards Professor Birch's lab.

What was the special occasion you may ask? Well nothing world breaking. A week ago the Professor had decided to give away Pokémon to aspiring trainers who had crossed the age of ten.

My birthday had just passed a month back allowing me to receive a Pokémon from the professor.

Unlike most young trainers I had a vast amount of knowledge related to Pokémon, all thanks to my previous life.

It was quite a surprise when I learnt that I had been reborn. When I learnt that I was in a world filled with Pokémon my heart almost stopped.

I had played almost all the games and hence had a large amount of knowledge that I was going to use when I would become a trainer.

I spent ten years preparing myself for my journey, which is why I decided to make sure I would be early

Wouldn't want to get a weak starter now would I?

When I reached the lab there were a few people there. I recognized one girl. It was my neighbour Cat, short for Catherine.

"Good Morning Drey, your here for your Pokémon as well?"

Of course I was. What else would I be doing here gardening?

"Yes I am, has the professor started giving them out yet?"

"No, well not yet"

In all honesty I didn't have any sort of friendship with any kid my age. Well it was mostly because I could not relate with them at all. Also I was a bit scared to make a new one when my 'first friend' ended up hating me when I put his toy down the wrong way. Ever since then I had stopped communicating with anyone my age except for exchange of pleasantries.

I was pulled out of my thoughts as the lab's gates were opened by Professor Birch.

With an air of excitement our group of preteens entered the massive building awaiting our first Pokémon.

All in all the laboratory was quite impressive. There were large domes of glass in which I could see different Pokémon hooked up to different machines. There were also several researchers who were working with the different Pokémon.

While the others were busy looking around I was more concerned about the Pokémon that would be available for choosing.

My foreknowledge told me that there were only three starters in the Hoenn region however there were more than three people who seemed to be trying to get their own Pokémon. I wondered what kind of arrangement was there to allow everyone to get the Pokémon they wanted.

When we reached the centre of the lab the professor and a few of his assistants pulled out several poke balls and released their inhabitants.

I scanned all the Pokémon in front of me. The three Hoenn starters were present but there were also a few new ones like Breloom, Poocheyana and Ralts.

The professor gave us some time to choose our Pokémon. I observed all the eager Pokémon looking for new trainers. They tried to look as cute as possible running, chirping and jumping around.

Cat ran towards the straight towards the Treeko, lifting it in her arms and hugging it and cooing about how cute it was and they were going to become the best together. The lack of thought behind her decision honestly stunned me.

While she was lucky that Treeko was a good Pokémon the fact that she had already chosen her starter, without any thought was rather appalling.

Was cuteness the only thing that mattered?

Scoffing I turned back to look at the Pokémon that were not being hogged. There was only a Torchic. Well I wasn't going to complain.

As I walked up to the little guy it looked up at me. It seemed that no one had noticed it in their hunt for 'cute' Pokémon.

Well their loss is my gain.

As I lifted the Torchic up I could feel the excitement running through the Pokémon.

"Well, looks like we're gonna be partners from now on Torchic."

I couldn't help but laugh at Torchic's happy squeal.