The forthcoming Indigo: Prologue

A young trainer named Cliff is about to embark on the quest of a lifetime. It is 30 years into the future from the time of Ash, and Kanto has changed with many of the towns growing rapidly and the population booming. With so many trainers in the region there has been a large growth of gyms. The Indigo Plateau now requires ten badges to compete and has also started a fee to those who enter. The majority of the pokemon in the region are in their natural habitat but with the surge of training and breeding between regions has allowed foreign pokemon to now call Kanto home. Cliff is an older teenager from a small town on Mt. Hideaway (it is located above what we call victory road) and is the younger brother of the region known fire gym leader Micah. Cliff has only one pokemon, a dratini. He found it in a spring deep in the mountain as a small child and has had it ever since. Cliff has grown up without parents and has always been in Micah's shadow. Since he has grown up in a gym he has always been around the battle side of being a pokemon trainer and has observed most trainers that stop in and how they interact with their pokemon. With power-hungry Micah playing the roles of father, big brother, and gym leader, he hasn't always been the best person to Cliff. Cliff has had enough of his brother and believes he is ready to start out on his on trainer expedition. Before the jealous Cliff leaves he stays to find some more pokemon, since he knows his dratini isn't up to the test. After numerous failed attempts to catch a powerful pokemon, and his dratini getting more and more injured, he eventually catches a poliwag, which is one of the most overpopulated pokemon in the area. He then bargains some furniture and clothes that he cannot take with him for a new born vulpix. With three pokemon now on his side Cliff heads towards Pewter City to battle Tommy Brockling for the boulder badge.