Chapter 1: The Journey Begins

Today, a new Pokemon trainer begins her journey in New Bark Town! But before we get to the story, let's get some much needed background on the hero of this story. Lina Hirogazawa, age thirteen, is a reformed member of an evil organization that went by the name Team Rocket. When they disbanded three years ago, she had nowhere to go. An orphan, with nothing to her name but training as a thief, did what she did best. She stole what she needed to survive. But without adult help or even a home to return to, she was soon arrested by the police.

A Pokemon Professor by the name of Elm assigned himself the task of reforming the child. He showed her the care a parent should and took her into his home. His wife and child were skeptical at first..but in time they too accepted her into their hearts. Lina became a normal child for the first time in her life. Also for the first time, she learned the joys of living with Pokemon. She came to truly love the creatures as she spent more time with them. Most of her time, when not in school, was spent at the Professor's lab. She learned much from the man and devoted her time to being his assistant of sorts.

After three years, the police deemed her trust worthy enough to travel unsupervised. She was no longer a member of that terrible group. She was a child ready to become a Pokemon Trainer. As she should have been when she had turned ten years old. Her adoptive father decided that it was high time she recieved her first Pokemon. On her thirteenth birthday, he gave her an egg. He told her that once it hatched, she could leave on an adventure if she wanted to.

Lina eagerly awaited the day that the egg hatched for her. That she could travel and have adventures! That she could befriend more Pokemon! That day finally came. The egg hatched into a Pichu. Professor Elm, happy to see his daughter with her first Pokemon, gave her a Pokeball for it. She called the Pichu into it's ball once and it allowed itself to be captured. But it vehemently refused to stay inside the ball after that first time. Seemed it didn't like to be confined.

Now that Pichu had finally hatched, preperations began for Lina's journey. Today was finally the day she was leaving. Her adopted family waved goodbye to her as she walked out of town with Pichu beside her. For the first time in three years she could leave and see new places. Now, let's follow her story as it unfolds...