"Jake, I think you like Brooklyn Myers." I looked over at my friend Matt Collins and threw a pillow at him. It missed, but he got idea. "I don't like her. We're not in the same social circle."

"God Jake, don't bring up your conspiracy about the eighth grade being segregated."

"Matt, you're in high school, you wouldn't understand."

"You do realize you're basically the only one who's in the eighth grade coming to my birthday party. Other than Brooklyn."

"Matt, you really do make me want to punch you in the stomach." I grunted.

"Jake, if you could get me the new Nintendo Real, that would be great."

"Matthew," I said very annoyed, "I'm not getting you the new Nintendo."

"Jake," He sarcastically replied, "You could just give me yours. You're the biggest nerd I know."

"Matt, you do know that I pre-ordered it and that it's gonna be here after your birthday." Matt was turning fifteen, and I was currently thirteen. He was right about me being a nerd, considering had all the Kanto Pokémon cards, but one. I didn't have a Pidgey. I had searched all throughout Ebay and Amazon, but no one had a freaking Pidgey. I did like other nerdy things though. Star Wars was my number two-nerd thing, after Pokémon, of course. Matt was almost my polar opposite. He did wrestling and he was a true party man. I was more quiet and a little bit more on the bright side. I went to FDR Middle School, while Matt went to JFK High School, which I was going to go to next year. It was a cool Spring Saturday morning, and Matt was at my house to chill. He had a wrestling match later today, and I said I would actually go. I only did one sport, and that was swimming. Matt had RKO'd me once, when I was eleven and he was thirteen, and he broke my wrist. Matt was more muscular and taller than me. He had blue eyes and dark brown hair. I was almost as tall as him, and I was basically a pole. I had brown eyes and I also had dark brown hair. Matt continued to pester me about my social life in general, and my sister came walking down the stairs. "Okay you guys, I'm going to the mall to go shopping with Sydney. You two stay out of trouble. K?"

"You're so stereotypical sometimes, Audrey." I replied.

She scoffed and walked back up the stairs. I was sitting on a dusty, old couch in the basement, while Matt was sitting in a recliner that didn't work anymore. My parents were out of town on a business trip, they worked for an insurance company or something, and Audrey was watching me. I looked over at Matt and his face was red as the Pokeball I was playing with. He had a major crush on Audrey who was two years his senior. She had dark brown hair and brown eyes, like me. She also went to JFK, and she was the most popular girl in school. I was kind of in the middle crowd, but it didn't matter. I got good grades, and that's all that really mattered. "Matt, my sister has no interest in you. You might as well accept it." Matt didn't reply and looked at his phone. "I've gotta go. The wrestling match is in an hour and I've gotta be there ASAP. You can follow me on your bike if you want."

"Thanks Matt." I said.

We walked upstairs and I made sure the door was locked when we walked out. We walked over to our bikes and we saw Audrey pull out of the driveway in her pink Corvette she had gotten for her Sweet Sixteen. Matt and I rode our bikes through town and eventually reached the high school. Matt did well in wrestling, so we went back home to celebrate. I suggested that we play on my Nintendo Real, but I remembered it was coming in a few days. Matt was watching a NBA basketball game, and I was checking my email. An email came up from Amazon that said that my Nintendo Real would be here as early as tomorrow. I told Matt the good news, and another email came in. It was from GameStop, who said that I could use my reward points to buy the new Pokémon game, Pokémon Real. It was predicted by many to become one of the best video game sellers ever, so I would get it the day after it came out so I wouldn't have to camp out for it. Matt and I stayed up late playing poker, with Monopoly money, and he eventually left. I went upstairs to my room, and saw Audrey in her bed sleeping. I got in my bed and went to sleep. I woke up the next morning to see a Post-it-note on my head. I grabbed it and read what it said, "You got a package. Breakfast is downstairs and I'm going to Sydney's house for a little while. –Audrey" I ran downstairs and saw a large package on the kitchen counter. It was the Nintendo Real. I ripped open the box and carried it downstairs to the basement to plug it in and to start playing on it. I wondered why it had gotten here so early? Probably just to keep customers happy. I had the console all set up, and I began to play the game that came with it, Real Sports. I put the disk in the console, and I wondered where the controller was. I walked back upstairs to see where it was, and there were two head mounted displays that were almost like Nintendo VRs. There was one extra remote, but I left it in the box and ran downstairs with the two displays. I plugged the first one into the Nintendo Real, and put the display on. It looked so real. I selected to play tennis, and I got my exercise for the day. I heard the doorbell ring after a couple of hours and I took off the display. I ran upstairs and opened to door, to find Matt. "Happy Birthday, Matt." I said.

"I heard you got the Real. Let's play." Matt said.

"Wait," I said, "I need to go to GameStop to get another game."

"Let's get out bikes then." I ran upstairs to my room, and put on my Pokéball t-shirt, some jeans, and my Chuck Taylor's. I ran back downstairs, grabbed my wallet, my phone, and I headed outside. Matt and I rode to the mall and we ran into it. Matt desperately wanted a large pretzel, but I refused. We had a mission. We reached GameStop and the line was huge. It was at the door, and Matt said, "We don't have time to wait, let's just get it after school tomorrow." I thought for a moment and replied, "I know what to do." Luckily I had brought my backpack, which had my books and books full of Pokémon cards. "Pokémon fans," I shouted, "let me and my friend through, or face the consequences." They all began to laugh, but I pulled out my Pokémon card books. They all gasped and I continued, "I challenge your best Pokémon card player to a match, and if I win, I get to cut all of you. If I lose, I leave." A man that looked five years older than me stepped out. He pulled out his wallet and said, "Let's get this started kid." We sat down in a crisscross position and I picked out six Pokémon. I chose Blastoise, Pidgeot, Sandshrew, Golduck, Gengar, and Umbreon. He picked out cards from his wallet, which were Charizard, Beedrill, Arbok, Nidoking, Primeape, and Electabuzz. We established that we wouldn't use legendries, and that we would keep this game simple. I had first move so I sent out Sandshrew and he sent out Nidoking. The battle had begun. The battle lasted for almost an hour, with the masses of nerds huddling around us, betting on us. A news crew had even shown up, and they had told us we would be on Channel 4 ten o'clock news. Matt had left to go get a pretzel, but he came back with a water bottle for me. We were both on our last Pokémon, which were Blastoise and Beedrill. I used Splash Bomb, which put him down to 10 HP, but we had to flip a coin, which landed tails, so I lost 30 HP. He didn't have any potions, and I had one, so the game looked like an easy win. But then he used Flash Needle. Flash Needle deals 40 times the number of heads on a coin. Since we didn't have any Pokémon coins on us, we used a quarter. All three were heads. I now had 30 HP now. I thought about either using a potion, but he would use his Flash Needle again, and if I used Splash Bomb again, it would end in a draw. So I decided to use Rapid Spin. I won the match. The man shook my hand and he said, "Good game, kid. We need to play again sometime. You have the right to cut us." A few nerds started to cheer for me, and Matt and I went to the front of the line. The clerk asked us what we wanted, and I said Pokémon Real. It would cost me $80, so I used my reward points. I still needed five more dollars, so I dug out my wallet and paid. The clerk handed me the game and Matt and I left. Matt's birthday party was in three hours, so we decided to go home and chill to play on the Nintendo. We went back home and ran downstairs to play the game. We ignored Audrey who was protesting about us leaving the box and all of the trash everywhere. I put the game in and we had to put on special bracelets for it to work. There were three, a blue one, a red one, and a pink one. Matt put on the blue one and I put on the red one. We had the displays in our hands, but Audrey came downstairs to protest even more. "Jake, you can't just ignore me, I'm your sister. Your older sister."

"Go talk to Sydney or something, me and Matt are trying to play a game." She looked at the small box that had the pink bracelet in it and put it on. I opened my mouth and she said, "This matches my new dress." I shrugged and we put on the displays. I turned the game on, and everything turned black. I couldn't see anything. But then a felt the cold, hard ground hit me. I opened my eyes and saw trees all around me, and I heard voices. I felt for my face to take the display off, but I didn't feel anything. I immediately sat up and looked around. I looked to my right and saw a village that looked full of people and houses. I ran into the village and tried to find Matt. "Have any of you seen a guy, fifteen, and he has-" A guy bumped into me and I said, "Hey, what's the deal?" I looked up at him, and it was Matt. "Jake, where are we?"

"I don't know." I said. A firework went off in the sky and everyone looked up. A projection of an older man started to speak. "Welcome gamers! You are now currently in Palet Town, of the Kanto region!" Everyone gasped and started to panic. "Do not fret, this will be a fun and educational experience for all of you Pokémon lovers. My name is Professor Oak. Now you all must come to my lab to get your starter Pokémon and begin your Pokémon journey!" My jaw was almost hitting the floor. Matt, knowing only the surface of Pokémon, looked very confused. "Matt, we have to get to the lab."

"Why, what's happening?"

I couldn't answer that question. My hypothesis was that we'd been sucked into the game along with the thousands of other people. It was kind of like Tron. I did have many questions though. How do we get out? Does time pass like it does in the real world? Are the rules of this game the same as Pokémon Red and Blue? We looked over at the lab and it was very, very crowded, so Matt and I went over to a shop to see if we could get any information. The shopkeeper was an NPC, of course, so she was very quiet. I looked around and I saw a book that was titled, The Rules of Pokémon Real and How to Play. I picked it up and walked over to the clerk. "How much is this book?"

"For now it is free until The Maker gives Order 315."

I ignored the last part she said, so Matt and I walked out. The line had cleared up a little, so Matt and I got in line. We were the third people in line, and the first person got their Pokémon. They walked by us, and I recognized them. It was Audrey. I stopped her and I asked, "How did you get here?"

"Jake? How did-"

"Answer my question."

"After I put on that bracelet, everything went dark and I woke up in the town."

"What Pokémon did you get?" I asked.

"I got a Charmander. At least that's what I think it is. I also got a thing called a Pokédex and some other stuff. See you later." I tried to get her to wait, but Matt told me I was first in line. "Hello," the man at the desk said, "What Pokémon would you like?" He set a case of three Pokéballs in front of me, and I had to think for a minute. "Which one is Squirtle?" I asked. He pointed to the one in the middle and I picked it up. "Squirtle it is then," He said, then handing me a bag. "This is your bag. All of your things like money, food, Pokéballs, a map, or anything else, is in here." I turned around, but the man stopped me. "You forgot this." He handed me a Pokédex and I put it in my pocket. I walked out the door and waited for Matt. He came out and I asked, "What Pokémon did you get."

"I randomly picked one. I think it was a Bulbasaur."

"Cool," I said, "I wonder what we do now?"

"You have the book. Look at it." I opened it, and started to read it. Our journey was about to begin.

A/N Welcome to Pokémon Real! This is my first Pokémon fanfiction, and I hope you all enjoy it. The idea originally came from my friend when we were talking about Pokémon, so I thought it would be a good idea to write about, so I've made a few modifications. Please note I do not own Pokémon and a few of the ideas in this story come from the friend I mentioned. Please remember to Favorite, Follow, Review, and Catch Em' All!