Chapter one: a new adventure
A/N: Hi everyone, this is my first fanfic, so sorry if it is not the best. Please R/R. Any criticism is welcome. Enjoy!
Any other day, Alex would be asleep. But not today. Because today is the first day of her Pokémon journey. She made sure she had everything she needed. Her red jacket, her sky blue sleeping bag, a flashlight, a picture of her mom, two brothers and sister, and her mom's town-famous homemade berry sandwiches, made with berries from the garden. After she finished packing everything into her new sky-blue backpack, she went downstairs to say goodbye to her mom and siblings.
"I'm going to Professor Pine's lab to get my first Pokémon!" she said to her family. "Bye!" everyone said in unison.
"Here, take some money with you," her mother said, handing her five hundred pokedollars.
"Thanks mom. I promise I'll pay you back." Alex said, putting the money in the small front pocket of her backpack. "Well, I should probably get going so I won't be late," she said, heading out the door.
Outside, it was a beautiful summer day, the pidgies were flying in the trees, rattatas were searching for food in the dawn light, and the people of Flame Town were starting their day. She was so excited to start her journey, she ran all the way to the professor's laboratory, her long ash-brown hair blowing behind her. When she got there, she noticed that there was another girl there. She had long blonde hair and wore a beautiful purple sleeveless dress with purple sequins at the bottom.
Before Alex could ask who she was, the professor came in. He had short black hair, and wore a white lab coat, black dress pants, and black dress shoes. "Alex, so glad you could make it. This is Sofia." He said gesturing to the other girl. She just moved here from the Kalos region yesterday. She will be going on her journey today too."
Then, he went over to a table that had two red devices, and three pokeballs. He picked up the devices and handed them to the girls. "These are called Pokedexes. They record the data of all of the Pokémon you catch and see on your journeys. Also, you both need to pick your starter Pokémon." He went back to the table, and picked up one of the pokeballs.
"This is the fire type Pokemon, Charmander." He said as he opened the pokeball, and a small redish-orange Pokémon with a bright flame at the end of it's tail came out.
"Next is the grass type, Bulbasaur." He said, and opened up the pokeball, and Bulbasaur came out. "And finally, the water type Squirtle." He said, and opened the pokeball, and Squirtle came out. "You can only choose one, so choose wisely," he said, gesturing to the Pokemon for the girls to choose from. "You can choose first. You must have been waiting for this for a long time." Sofia said to Alex.
After a while, and much consideration, she said," I choose Charmander." She said, walking up to the Pokémon. "Alright, and I'll choose Bulbasaur." Sofia said, walking up to it.
"You can name them, if you want to." Professor Pine said to them.
"No, thanks. I like it's name as it is." Alex said, looking happily at her new Pokemon.
"I'm going to name mine Fern." Sofia said looking at her new Pokemon.
"Well, you two should probably start on your journeys," the professor said. "Good luck, and take care!" He said, as the girls went out the door.
They started going, when Alex remembered something. "Sofia, wait!" She called, pulling something out of her backpack.
"What?" Sofia asked, obviously annoyed that she had to wait to start her journey. "Here," Alex said, and handed her an item she pulled out from her backpack. "It's a town map. It tells you all the towns in the Kanto region." She said. And with that, they started their journeys.