CHAPTER 1 - Noah's POV
Noah woke up in his bed feeling tired and in a haze. He laid there with his eyes closed for a while until he remembered. IT WAS THE DAY THAT HE WOULD LEAVE PALLET TOWN! His now visible light-blue eyes snapped open and he rushed around to get dressed; putting a blue and yellow cap on top of his dirty-blonde hair. He also got a red shirt with a lightning bolt inside a gloomy cloud and dark grey jeans with a bright red pattern on the side.
The last things he got was red and black striped tennis shoes, a yellow messenger bag with blue lightning bolts on it, and a dual grey-yellow pokésketch watch that his mom had bought him for his last birthday.
After rushing about his room for the last 20 minutes trying to find his stuff that he would need, he ran to the stairs, tripping over an untied shoelace and falling down. Once at the bottom, he got up like nothing happened.
"I hope I get a cute little Charmander, or adorable tiny Squirtle!" he thought out loud to himself. He didn't really care for a Bulbasaur. They were just too... planty.
He made his way to the kitchen table and sat down, waiting for his impending doom. His mom appeared in front of him, placing a plate down in front of him. The plate had… SOMETHING on it, it didn't even look edible, probably because it wasn't… Wait a minute, did it just move?!
The name of the un-edible and possibly alive food was Whole-Grained-Fruit, which his mother somehow managed to make.
He glared at it; poking it with a spork in the hopes it would either burst into flames or disappear. Unfortunately it didn't, so he went with plan B.
When his mother turned around to fix herself a cup of coffee, he hurriedly rushed to the trashcan and scraped some of it into the garbage, but alas, some remained on it, stuck to the plate like dried wax.
"Mom! I'm finished!" He announced, trying and failing to hide the remaining scraps.
"But honey, there's still some there. Besides whole-grained-fruit is delicious, it is simply the most amaz-" his mom began to 'rant' about her 'positively amazing' creation.
"NO, YOU SAW NOTHING!" Noah yelled.
"Oh! Okay!" his mom said obliviously, turning around to face the stove, "I better make you some more then!"
Noah stared after her in horror. He would NOT just sit there waiting for his death! He wouldn't! So he ran out the door as fast as he could. "NOAH MINTY! YOU GET BACK HERE THIS INSTANT YOUNG MAN!" she yelled at him after realizing he was running away from the perfectly good meal she was about to serve him. The nerve!
He just replied with a, "BYE MOM!" Running so fast that by the time his mother reached the front door, he was already out of sight.
Riley's POV
Riley had woken up earlier, and instantly remembered about going to Professor Oaks for her first Pokémon! "I can't wait to get one of my own!" she said to herself, daydreaming about them.
A soft snore brought her back to reality. She sweat dropped. Next to her was her blonde-haired sister Scarlett, her hair fanning messily around her. Riley groaned; it would be a nightmare waking Scarlett up in time to get to the Professor's lab. The girl could probably sleep inside a tornado, provided she had a pillow.
She looked at the time which read 8:00. They had to be at the lab by 9:00. She changed her mind, they wanted a Pokémon why?! It was too early...
She sighed and got out of bed, before choosing her clothes and looking at them in the mirror attached to their closet door. Riley atop her shoulder length and slightly wavy dark caramel hair was a brown cowboy hat with blue-green gems on a black band. The gems happened to match her and her sister's shared blueish-green eyes perfectly.
She also wore a baby-blue tank top with a dark blue music note inside a black star design on it. She had light blue-grey daisy dukes and brown worn out cowboy boots with a few lime green stars on the sides. To finish off the look she had a black and dark blue plaid backpack with lime green lining and straps, lime green bracelets, and a black choker.
As she looked back at Scarlett, she absent mindedly fiddled with her choker. It was very special to her as it was given to her from her father before he died. She sighed again and decided it was best to get Scarlett out of bed now. At least then she wouldn't have to suffer being up so early alone.
She sat down on the edge of the bed and began poking Scarlett's face, not so gently. "Get up." She got a mumbled "No... ZzZzZz"
"Up." "No, Zzz" "Up!" "No!" "UP!" "NO!" "NOAH SET THE KITCHEN ON FIRE AGAIN!" "WHAT?!"
That got her up...
Scarlett's POV
I pouted while Riley and I were walking to the lab. I was still unhappy about the way she woke me up. The last time Noah set the kitchen on fire, I had to go without food for a WHOLE HOUR! Totally not fair. I think that Noah got his talent in the kitchen from his mom.
It didn't help that it was only when Riley started laughing did I realize she lied to get me up. And now that I was up I actually had to move my lazy butt (her words not mine,) get dressed, and be ready to go to the lab.
Reaching up, I felt my white with purple lining beanie hat, which had the same history as my sister's choker. Along with it I had on a dark blue t-shirt with a lighter blue guitar design, light blue skinny jeans, and black converse shoes. For accessories I added my black and white letterman jacket and my purple plaid shoulder bag.
All this waking up business made me hungry… hungry, food.
"Riley! Feed me!"
"I fed you earlier"
"It was a piece of toast with butter..."
"At least I can cook!"
"Toast... the thing you put in the toaster then eat. And even that was almost burnt!"
"Better than you, Noah, and…" She shivered 'Noah's mom' was left unsaid. How we wish we could say that we were oblivious to the Minty household cooking.
I was so lost in my thoughts about the Minty Household Cooking aka: DEATH BY POISON, that I didn't notice the door, in front of me until it was too late, CRAP... BANG! "Are you ok?" Riley asked in concern.
"No" I groaned, holding my forehead.
"Okay! You're fine! Let's go!" she said, abandoning any concern, as she dragged me through the door and into the lab.
Riley's POV
I dragged her into the lab and saw Gary in a corner, obviously waiting for Ash so he can brag and inflate his ego. We arrived just in time to hear Noah bang into the other door, creating a dent in that one too. Am I the only one who DOESN'T run into doors!?
Oak walked over to us, "Okay, I think that's everyone. Wait! Where's Ash?" he asked, looking around. "Oh well" he ignored the yelling that obviously came from Ash running here from down the street. "So, Gary, I have a special Pokémon you can have, it's an Eevee."
"Wow gramps! Really?!" Gary said enthusiastically.
"Yes, here you go and this is your pokédex." Oak explained. handing him the items. Gary immediately walked out the door to greet his 'going away parade,' not even acknowledging our existence, the Jerk...
"Noah, pick one of these," Oak pointed to a platform that held 3 pokéballs with water, fire, and leaf symbols.
"I CHOOSE CHARMANDER!" he yelled and did a pose. Ash has obviously been rubbing off on him too much.
"Scarlett, you next." She chose Squirtle, like I knew she would. "Riley, you can go ne-" Oak was cut off.
"I'm here for my Pokémon!" Ash came in and yelled at the top of his lungs.
"Oh Ash! Good to see you, pick a Pokémon." Um, excuse me, I was here first.
I tried to muffle my laughter as he went through the pokéballs; that is until he got to bulbasaur's and we discovered that it was empty. Why aren't there any Pokémon left!? I need one to start my journey! To travel with Scarlett! Who took the Bulbasaur?!
Scarlett's POV
I could see Riley's crestfallen expression. Where's the Bulbasuar?! Riley needs a Pokémon so we can travel together! If she can't get a Pokémon now, I'll wait until next year with her!
I zoned back in to the conversation trying to get over my STAL, or Short-Term-Attention-Loss.
"I do however have this extra Pokémon for you Ash, it's called a Pikachu. You might not want him though, he doesn't like or listen to anyone." Oak told Ash. Hey hold on a minute, why are you giving him the extra Pokémon and not Riley? We were here first!
Ash tried to get Pikachu only to be shocked. Never mind, I don't think Riley needs that one.
Ash got a leash and electric proof gloves and started dragging Pikachu out. I think there are claw marks on the ground now. That'll be tough to get out. I wonder how much Oak's going to have to pay for that… Oh! Right! Back to the real world!
I decided that the best thing to do was glare at the professor. Once Ash was gone he spotted my expression and started sweating under my glare. He hurriedly continued talking, "Sorry for ignoring you, but I wanted that Pikachu out of here, it was such a pain, besides I already know that this Pokémon would be better for you." He explained.
My sister's heartbroken expression turned into relief that there was another Pokémon. "Is it the Bulbasaur?" Noah spoke up in curiosity.
"No actually," Professor Oak smiled a little bit, "I've been corresponding with Professor Elm from Johto for a while. We eventually agreed to both send each other one of our starters for us to study. He received a Bulbasaur and I received the Johto grass starter, Chikorita." He handed Riley a light green colored pokéball. On the button part, instead of just a leaf symbol, it had a ring of pink petals forming a circle with oval leaves repeating the circle closer to the center, and then one Giant light green leaf in the center.
As he handed the special pokéball to Riley, we started at it in awe. "It's so pretty." Riley whispered out.
"Ah yes, Elm's assistant actually created that. The design was most interesting too." He muttered the last part mostly to himself.
"Interesting in what way?" Noah asked.
"Its design is actually based off of Chikorita's evolution. In the center is the leaf you will see on chikorita's head, the first ring of leaves are around the neck of its second stage, and the petals around the final evolution's." He explained.
"That's really cool!" Noah exclaimed. Riley just stared at the ball before being called to attention by Oak's next set of words.
"Now then, I have your pokédexes. You can scan the Pokémon you meet and they will download information, such as their name, type, and moves they have." At this Noah jumped in the air in excitement while Riley and I hugged each other and giggling in that same excitement. "Here are five pokéballs for you each to start out with, if you need more, then you can buy them at the pokémart."
"Now off with you, Gary is probably already halfway to pewter city gym." He ushered us out, "Maybe I shouldn't have bought him a Ferrari… Oh well, too late now!"
So, that's chapter 1 finished. This fic Is mostly for my friends and I's enjoyment.
We probably won't update alot, but we will try and get things done.
- Imjaypaw