A girl about 13 with short brunette hair and light hazel colored eyes stood in front of her house waving goodbye to her mother one last time.
"I'll see you soon Mom! I'll call ya when I get to the next town." she shouted.
"Bye Serena, good luck on your journey!" She smiled at her and adjusted her backpack and got on her bike and headed towards Professor Birch's Lab.
Serena put the kick stand up on her bike and walked towards the lab. She gaped in amazement at how big it was.
"Wow, I didn't expect it to be this big..." Serena muttered. She walked up to the front door but to find it locked. "Great, the Professor isn't here? How am I supposed to get my first pokemon?" Her thoughts were interrupted at the sound of a voice up ahead.
She ran towards the voice and it led her straight into the grassy area. She noticed a man in a lab coat being cornered by a couple of Poochyena. He looked over at her a bit relieved that someone has come.
"You over there, can you help me out? I need you to grab a pokeball out of my bag over there." Serena ran over to the bag and opened it up to see a small pokeball with a waterdrop in the middle. She pushed the button on the pokeball to enlarge it and threw it out in the air. Out came a small blue fish-like pokemon with orange gills.
"A mudkip?" she said baffled.
"Um, okay. Mudkip use watergun!" Mudkip looked at her a bit hesitant before spraying the watergun in Serena's face. She wiped the water off her face and pointed at the Poochyena.
"I meant the Poochyena..." she said with a sweat drop rolling down her forehead. Mudkip did as he was told and sprayed the water gun at his opponents.
They ran off frightened and the man let out a sigh of relief.
"Thanks for the help back there."
"Oh, it was nothing really." He looked at her for a moment.
"You must be a pokemon trainer by the look of your clothes."
"Yep."
'Obviously.'
"Why don't you meet me back at the lab?" She nodded her head and returned the Mudkip back to its pokeball.
"I'm sorry, I haven't introduced myself properly. My name's Professor Birch. And you are..."
"Serena Izumi."
"So, Serena, you obviously were coming here today to receive your first pokemon am I correct?" he asked.
"Yes, I did."
"And to show you my gratitude, I'm giving you that Mudkip as your first pokemon. He does seem to have taking a liking to you."
She looked down at the Mudkip who was rubbing his head against his leg. He handed her the pokeball back. "Thanks Professor Birch."
"And one more thing, if you're going to start your journey, you're going to need these." He handed her a few empty pokeballs with a pink colored pokedex.
"This machine is a pokedex. It will register any pokemon you see and keep track of how many you have either seen or caught." Serena put the Pokedex in her bag along with the pokeballs.
"Wow, thanks Professor Birch."
"Its no trouble, and call me Professor. Anyway, where are you exactly headed?"
"Well, I'm not really interested in becoming a pokemon trainer to win badges and travel to the Hoenn League. I'd rather become a Coordinator."
"A coordinator?"
"Yeah, ever since I saw that famous Coordinator Solidad win the Grand Festival. I wanted to become just like her and maybe beat her someday in a contest."
"You sound very determined by the sounds of it. The first contest takes place in Rustburo City so you've got a long journey ahead of you."
"Yeah, and I'm looking forward to my first contest." She nodded and returned Mudkip back in its pokeball.
"By the way Professor, did you give away any other pokemon today?" she asked.
"As a matter of fact, I did. I gave a Treeko to a young man named Ash Ketchum and a Torchic to a girl named May who just came by a while ago setting off on her journey. Maybe you'll run into them along the way."
"Maybe I will."
She waved goodbye to the Professor and set off on her journey. She got back on her bike and headed off towards the next destination.