Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon, but wouldn't it be cool if I did?

I remember it clearly. It was 6:32 in the morning at the time I woke up. It was a special day. A very special day. That's the reason I remember it. It was the day I started my very own Pokémon adventure.

I flew out of my bed, ran downstairs, grabbed the cereal and poured myself a bowl of Poké flakes. Millions of thoughts raced through my head. What will my adventure be like? Who will I meet? Who will I befriend? What Pokémon will I catch or meet?

I was so excited I could hardly sit still. I was also worried about my family and how they would take me going on my adventure, but they reassured me that they would be fine and that we can always communicate through the PokéNav.

After I had gobbled down my breakfast like a Snorlax at a buffet, I ran up to my room where I packed my bag and looked around my room for other things that I might need on my adventure. Right as I grabbed my Pokémon encyclopedia my mother walked in.

"Oh, hi Mom."

"So, are you ready for your adventure?"

"Almost, I just need to pack a few more things and I'm ready!"

"I hope you know that I'm going to miss you..."

"Yes, I know, and I'm going to miss you too, but it's going to be a lot of fun going on my adventure and seeing all these places, meeting new people, and meeting new Pokémon!"

She smiled and I could tell she was excited for me too. My dad then walked in and wished me best of luck on my journey and said that he would miss me too, but he was proud of me for growing up and becoming a Pokémon trainer. I told him that hopefully he would be able to be very proud of me if I became the Pokémon league champion. He told me that if I would become the Pokémon league champion he would be extremely proud of me.

After our conversation, I went back to packing my bag and packed the last essential items. Photos of my mom and dad, photos of my hometown, Pallet Town, and some food for my first day on my adventure.

Before I knew it, it was 7:54 and I would have to go to the professor's lab to receive my first Pokémon. I had already thought of what Pokémon I was going to choose. I was going to pick my favorite. Charmander. I had decided this when I learned about his evolutions, and fire powers.

I then ran downstairs and said goodbye to my parents, looked around the house one last time before I left, and went outside to look around. All of a sudden I heard my friend Aidan call out my name. Aidan and I had been friends for a long time. We would always go out and explore in the forest together and learn about Pokémon and talk about what our adventure would hopefully be like. But now I would be able to actually experience that.

"Hey Haydn!"

"Hi there, Aidan!" I said, delighted.

"Are you ready to start our adventure?"

"Of course! I can't wait to see what our adventures will be like!"

"Hey Haydn, I was wondering if you would mind if I traveled with you on our adventures. Can I?"

"Of course you can, why wouldn't I let you?"

"I don't know."

Then we both laughed and hurried off towards the professor's lab. The door automatically opened and they saw people looking through books and logging things on computers. I figured it was a pretty busy place and went up to the professor.

"Hey Professor Oak!" I said.

"Good morning, are you guys ready to start your Pokémon adventures?"

"Yep! Hey, has Lana showed up yet?" I asked.

Lana was a girl who lived in Pallet Town with us, but she was pretty quiet and we barely knew her. I felt like she would be my rival because of something that had happened recently. I tried to help her clean up something but I only made it worse. I felt pretty bad and apologized but I still feel like she's mad at me.

Professor Oak responded by telling me she hadn't arrived and that we would have to wait until she got here. I didn't mind waiting. Besides, I had waited my whole life for this day. I could wait a few more minutes. All of a sudden, the doors burst open. It was Lana, and I could tell she was happier than the other times that we had seen her.

"Alright, are you guys ready to start your adventures?"

We all smiled and nodded. Today was going to be a great day.

"Aidan would you like to go first?" asked Professor Oak.

"No thanks. Haydn, would you like to go first?"

"I'm good. Why don't we let Lana go first?" I said.

Lana accepted and picked up a Pokéball.

"Alright, come on out Bulbasaur!" she said, excited.

We all admired her new Pokémon. I noticed that lots of the people who were in the lab were surrounding us and looking at her Bulbasaur. I looked at it and saw a green bulb on its back, little green patches on it and its light green scaly sort of skin. It smiled at us and said "Bulb!" excitedly as little vines came out from its bulb. It looked at its vines and smiled. It looked like a very cheerful little Pokémon, which made me wonder how well it would do in battle. I could immediately tell that it was a grass type. Or maybe it was bug type. Or maybe it was both. I thought it was both originally but then I read about it in the Pokémon encyclopedia.

After a while we all calmed down and were ready to watch another person receive their Pokémon.

"Haydn? Would you like to go now?" asked the professor.

I accepted the professor's offer and stepped up to choose a Pokéball. I looked at the Pokéballs, which were red and white, and looked a bit shiny. I looked at the labels and saw the one labeled Charmander- Fire type and picked it up.

"Come on out, Charmander!" I said excitedly. A red beam of light shot out of the Pokéball, and out came Charmander. I admired it and looked at the flame on its tail. I remembered reading somewhere that if the flame on Charmander's tail looked weak, it means it was weak at the moment. I looked at the flame burning some more, interested at what keeps it burning. It had orange scale like skin and a lighter colored belly. It said, "Char!" and looked at me as it happily smiled. I was so happy, I had just received my first ever Pokémon! I looked over happily at Aidan who I knew was happy for me and happy to get his first Pokémon too.

"Aidan, now would you like to go up and pick the last remaining Pokémon?" Professor Oak asked.

Aidan accepted the offer and stepped up to pick a Pokémon. He glanced behind his shoulder at us, smiled, and he picked up the Pokéball with Squirtle inside of it. He tossed the pokéball up into the air and Squirtle came out of it. The Pokémon has a shell on its back and was a light blue color and had a little pattern on its stomach in a light yellow color. It said, "Squirtle!" when it came out of its Pokéball and looked up at us eagerly. Its eyes were a very pretty shade, somewhere between brown and purple. Aidan smiled once again, and I could tell he and his Squirtle were going to be very close friends.

Aidan said to us, "Well what are we waiting for?" and smiled. Aidan and I were given our PokéNavs and our Pokédex's and then thanked the professor and hurried out from the lab. I ran to my house while Aidan ran to his, said goodbye to my parents one last time, reassured them that everything would be fine, grabbed my bag, and hurried over to Aidan's house to meet up with him.

"You ready?" I asked him.

"You bet!" he replied.

We then hurried off to Route One, excited to start our adventures with the morning sun shining behind us.

Hey thanks for reading the first chapter of this story and I hoped you enjoyed it! If you have any questions or advice since this is my first time writing a story please PM me. Also if you have any suggestions for this story please leave a review, it will help!

Also if you want to make the reading more enjoyable, I suggest listening to the Calming/Relaxing Pokémon music compilations on YouTube by Braix while you read. Thanks!