A New Adventure!
This was it. This last move was the only thing keeping him from the title of Pokemon League Champion! He knew that Pikachu would prevail, it always did! As Pikachu sent out a massive Thunder, the opponent's Dragonite used Dragon Rush and charged towards Pikachu full speed!
Next thing he knew, he was atop a podium in a huge stadium, surrounded by people cheering and chanting, "MAX! MAX! MAX! MAX!" He waved at them and looked in his hands. There was a trophy, proof that he had won the Pokemon League! Even after he left the stage, the chanting didn't stop.
"MAX! MAX! MAX!"
He opened his eyes. A lady, stooped over him, released her breath, as if she'd held it in fear that Max wouldn't wake up!
As he rubbed his eyes and put on his glasses, he realized where he was. He was on an airplane! He automatically sat upright and looked around him. He was in the first-class part of the plane, in some sort of recliner. There was a TV next to him, displaying a Contest back in Hoenn, which his sister, May, had won! No surprise there! To his right, was a table with dozens of different foods with delicious aromas, but Max wasn't hungry. He looked to his left, where a window showed him where exactly he was.
Even though they were miles away from land, he could see Prism Tower, glistening in the distance. He had made it!
He had waited for the day until he turned 10, when his parents surprised him with a trip to the Kalos region and a Pokemon from the Professor there! Max didn't know which Pokemon he'd pick. In fact, he didn't know anything about the Pokemon! He wanted to be surprised when he saw the options laid out in front of him.
"It's still a while until we get there," interrupted the hostess standing over him. "You might as well get some sleep!"
He smirked, biting back a comment. "You're the one who woke me up!"
But he didn't say anything, and silently, went back to sleep.
"Bonnie!" exclaimed Clemont, as he raced after his little sister.
Bonnie sprinted towards the nearest Pokemon Center as fast as she could. She finally made it, ten years old! Now, she was going to be a Pokemon...
She suddenly stopped. What was her dream? She liked to befriend Pokemon, very much like her friends Serena and Ash, but they both had different goals. Ash wanted to be the strongest Trainer, and Serena wanted to be the best Performer! Bonnie saw the appeal in both and still didn't know which decision to make!
Clemont, panting behind her, put his hand on her shoulder. "Bonnie," he started, "what's wrong?"
She exclaimed, "I'm so confused! I don't know what to do! I've been staying up all night, thinking about whether or not I want to be a Trainer or Performer! They're both really cool, and it's hard to choose!"
Clemont, who finally caught his breath, smiled. "I'm sure you'll make the right decision! Both ways, you'll make friends with different kinds of Pokemon! You saw how Serena befriended Pancham, who we all thought was some wild troublemaker!"
From behind him, Chespin nodded and muttered to itself.
As if to comfort its Trainer, Dedenne came out of Bonnie's bag and nuzzled it lightly.
Bonnie giggled. "You're right!"
Clemont kneeled down to pull something out of his bag. He gasped! "OH NO! IT'S NOT HERE!"
"What's not here, big brother?" questioned Bonnie.
"Um... nothing!" stammered Clemont. Then, whispering in Chespin's ear, he jumped up and said, "You know what! I'll meet you at the Pokemon Center! I forgot something!"
As he sprinted back towards their house, Chespin followed.
Bonnie shrugged. Then, she turned to Dedenne. "Alright, let's go make the right choice!"
As Max got into the taxi, he breathed in the air around him. He was in a new region! Everything about it seemed to be beautiful! The sky, the Pokemon, the nature!
The taxi sped from the Lumiose Airport towards Professor Sycamore's laboratory. His nose pressed against the window, Max took in all the cafés around him, the new and strange Pokemon, the people even! It was like he stepped into a whole other dimension!
Finally, the taxi halted in front of the lab. Max paid the driver and hopped out of the door, excited for the journey he was about to start!
He sprinted towards the lab door and opened it as fast as he could. He walked in and saw a man waiting for him.
He approached the man. "Excuse me," started Max, "but would you mind showing me the way to the professor?"
"Absolutely!" he exclaimed. He started towards a long hallway, and Max followed, eager and excited. As they walked past the rooms, Max gaped as he saw more new Pokemon, and even some Pokemon he already knew! A Gardevoir was practicing its psychic power in one room. A Graveler was aiming rocks at a target. This, Max thought, is an incredible facility!
Finally, they reached the end of the hall. The man took a box from a side desk and placed it onto the main table that took up most of the room.
"Sorry to keep asking questions from you," said Max, "but where exactly is the professor?"
The man laughed. "The professor... would be me!"
Max staggered. This was Professor Sycamore?! He had heard so much about him! He adored him! How could he have not known it was him?!
"And you must be Max," said the professor. "So, I'm willing to bet you're pretty eager to receive your Pokemon?"
Max nodded.
"Well then..." Sycamore said, as he opened the box on the table, revealing three different PokeBalls. He tapped the white buttons and out came three different Pokemon.
Max gasped. They were incredible!
"This first one," the Professor said, pointing to the Grass-type, "is a Chespin, the Grass-type."
"The second one," he continued, pointing to the reddish yellow fox, "is a Fennekin, the Fire-type."
"This last one," he finished, showing a blue frog, "is a Froakie, the Water-type."
Max adored all of them! How could he ever choose?
"Well,then?" asked the professor. "Do you think you know which Pokemon you'll choose?"
After a minute of consideration, Max nodded. "Yes! I'll choose..."
"Here is your application!" exclaimed Nurse Joy sweetly, as she held out a form for Bonnie to fill out and sign. She filled most of it out with ease, until she reached the part labeled "Trainer Class". Nervously, she panted as she tried to make a decision.
"Trainer? Performer? Trainer? Performer?" she asked herself. Nervously and rashly, she filled in one of the bubbles and handed it back to the nurse.
"Ah!" she exclaimed. "So you want to be a Performer?"
Bonnie nodded. As she did so, all the pressure that had been on her was lifted. She made her choice, and it relieved her, so this must be a good sign!
As she got her chain for her Princess Keys, Clemont sprinted into the building with a bag. "Which- did you- choose?" he panted.
Bonnie held up her Key Chain proudly, and Clemont hugged her. "Good choice," he whispered in her ear. He held out the bag and said, "I got you something!"
Inside the bag was... a bag! The Trainer bag she had wanted! It was a yellow backpack that she loved because she always pictured herself with it! She grabbed Dedenne out of her old bag and said, "I think you're done with staying in the bag!"
Dedenne cheered! It hopped onto the floor in front of her.
Clemont laughed. "Look inside the bag Bonnie! See what I got for you!"
Inside the bag was a Town Map, medicine, a Pokemon Cleaning Kit, PokePuffs, and two PokeBalls! As she grabbed the PokeBalls, she recognized the first as Dedenne's PokeBall, but didn't know what the second one was for.
Clemont smiled. "Click the button!"
As she tapped the button, a Chikorita came out of the PokeBall. "No way!" exclaimed Bonnie. "It's a Chikorita! Thanks, big brother!"
She hugged him, and was glad for everything he'd given her. All of these gifts were going to help her a lot, and she appreciated this!
Suddenly, two figures jumped from the ceiling. A cloud of gas came out of nowhere, and an evil laughing noise came from the center of it. "Guess who?"
As Max left the Pokemon Center, he threw the PokeBall in the air. "Come on out!" he exclaimed.
Out of the PokeBall came his Pokemon partner, Chespin. Although Fennekin and Froakie were both cool Pokemon, he wanted a Pokemon partner that suited his nature: pumped up and ready to battle!
As he and Chespin strolled through Lumiose City, heading for the Pokemon Center to contact his parents and apply for the Pokemon League, he saw a cloud of smoke appear. "Wha.."
He and Chespin ran towards it as fast as they could and saw a Pokemon shooting out the gas! It was a Croagunk!
"Chespin," he exclaimed, "stop that Croagunk before it hurts anyone! use Tackle!" Chespin hurtled itself towards the Pokemon and sent it flying into the wall, stopping the gas cloud.
The Trainer, a girl in a red suit, gasped. "What do you think you're doing?"
"Stopping you!" Max exclaimed.
"No one stops Team Flare!" the girl cackled. Out of nowhere, the Croagunk leaped up and used Poison Jab on Chespin.
Once the fog cleared, Bonnie saw a Skrelp trying to release more of the gas. "Dedenne, Thunder Shock! Chikorita, Vine Whip!"
Both Pokemon got into action and knocked the Pokemon back, and a Team Flare member approached her. "You think this is the last you'll hear of Skrelp?" he questioned.
Before Bonnie could realize what he meant, a Sludge attack was hurled at her Pokemon, who were knocked back with another Trainer's Chespin. She approached Chespin's Trainer and said, "We can't get them seperately, so let's get them together!"
The trainer (Max) nodded.
"Chikorita, Vine Whip!"
"Chespin, Tackle!"
"Dedenne, Nuzzle!"
The Pokemon unleashed their attacks and aimed them at Croagunk and Skrelp, who were knocked out and returned to their PokeBalls. Team Flare sprinted from the Center and vanished.
After healing his Pokemon and getting his badge case, Max approached the Trainer who had helped him. "Thanks for the help! I'm Max, by the way!"
Bonnie giggled. "I'm Bonnie!"
"Hi," responded Max. Then, he said, "I liked the way you battled!"
"Thanks!" she exclaimed. "You too!"
"Well, then," said Max, "I guess I'll be heading to Santalune City for my gym battle."
"Santalune City?" questioned Bonnie. "I'm headed there for a Showcase!"
"Then let's go together?" he asked.
"Together!"