A Tad Too Far
Disclaimer: I own pokemon........not!
Summary: Luke has been a trainer for a little while, but he feels he is missing something. Traveling alone is okay for a little while, but it's a lot more fun with a group. What and who will Luke find as he continues his adventure.
Chapter 1
I watched the sun rise as I sat on top of a large hill overlooking a forest. I had something especially planned for the week, and I was very excited.
I signed up for the Pokemon Summer Academy with Professor Rowan, and I was ready to get on my way. I was wearing my usual outfit, no-rimmed glasses, woodland camo pants, brown hiking boots, white beater, and a gray zip-up sweatshirt that was currently un-zipped. I picked up my bag and headed to the nearby trail to travel to the academy.
It was about a 2 hour trip through the forest. I was a slow walker, so I noticed many trainers speed by me, heading to the same location. As I finally arrived, I saw a large crowd of trainers consisting of all ages.
As I walked closer to the crowd, a teacher directed me to a board that would assign me to a team. I looked and found my name under the Blue Team. I looked at the other names, not recognizing any of them, not that I thought I would recognize any of them, for I was new to the region.
After about 10 minutes, teachers began to inform the students it was time to meet with their groups. I walked over to the crowd that was in my group. It was mainly preteens, though one stuck out more than the others. He had green, about shoulder length hair. He wore glasses and a light green shirt with a dark green vest over the top. His glasses glared from most directions. I decided to greet the young gentleman.
"Hey, so you're on the blue team too huh" I said somewhat cheerfully. "I suppose so... heh heh" he said in a somewhat creepy tone. I thought to myself that most people would be creeped out, but through my journey I had become much more accepting.
"So what's your name?" I asked somewhat timidly. "Conway, yours?" he asked. "I'm Luke, it's nice to meet you" I said smiling. "Likewise" he replied.
After our conversation, the teachers explained how we would be using a pokemon assigned to us and that we couldn't use any of our own pokemon. After I received a pokeball, I summoned the pokemon finding out that it was a porygon. "Not bad" I silently said to myself.
After finding out what pokemon I had been assigned, the teachers told us to get going to class. I sat down in a desk on the windowless side of the classroom toward the back, my favorite.
"It's time to get to know your pokemon everyone!" the teacher announced. Just then, everybody started giving their pokemon snacks and attention. I called out my newly acquired porygon, and I fed him a nice tasty pokemon treat. Its eyes closed in delight as it quickly ate its snack quite quickly.
The rest of the day went pretty smoothly. I took porygon out for some field training, finding out some of its moves. I was impressed to see the pretty powerful assortment of attacks that it possessed. Right as my training was about to be completed, I heard the bell ring signaling students to get back to the school.
As I arrived, I could hear Professor Rowan announcing that it was time to battle. As I observed, most of the students were doing quite well. Even the one's who lost put up quite a fight, though, I noticed a couple of students that really stuck out among the rest. Conway was one of them, but there was a few more.
First was a kid who was pretty recognizable. Ash Ketchem? I thought to myself. I had seen him on TV quite a few times before and he was no stranger as far as popularity goes.
The next was a girl who was shorter than Ash, but not by much. She had long, darker blue hair. She wore a white cotton hat, a pink scarf, a black vest with a white shirt underneath, and a pink miniskirt.
That girl seems to be pretty into fashion, though is it really necessary to wear such a skimpy outfit? I thought to myself. I heard her name pronounced as Dawn.
The other was a somewhat taller and older dude. He had spiky hair, and dark skin. I heard his name as Brock. Hmm....wasn't he a gym leader once? I asked myself.
Finally, it was my turn to battle. I faced a younger kid, "good luck!" he yelled. "You too!" I yelled back as he sent out a pollywag. I quickly threw out porygon and told it to give the pollywag a thundershock. It was a direct hit and I won the battle in a snap.
"I guess I better train a bit better next time" the kid said rubbing the back of his neck. "Nah, I just got lucky" I reassured the kid. The crowd clapped as we walked off the court. I smiled I never usually receive an applause I thought to myself.
After the battling was over, the sun was getting noticeably low. "It's time for bed!" the teachers yelled as we all walked into the dorms. I found the room I was assigned and I noticed I was sharing it with Conway. Well that's good that I'm sharing it with someone I at least talked to a bit I sighed to myself as I walked in.
Conway was unpacking his bag and set his night gown on his bed. "Hello again" I said as I walked into the room. "Hello there, nice to see I'm sharing a room with someone familiar" he said as he was still unpacking his bag.
I went to the showers with my tooth brush bag and my sleeping pants. Ah, finally a nice refreshing shower I thought to myself. Though it was filled with the other students, I still found the sound of the warm water relaxing.
I returned to my room clean and refreshed, but I noticed it took a while for Conway to get back. We were allowed only so long in the showers, and he was taking much more time than was needed.
He finally returned barging in the door. He was breathing heavily as if he had been running. As he trotted to his bed, he let out a big sigh. I could barely hear him saying "boy, that Dawn sure is a cutie."
I raised my eyebrow at his remark. Could he have a crush on Dawn? I asked myself, but Conway went to sleep before I could say anything.
The academy lasted around four days. Researching water pokemon and having a race through a ghost infested forest. I was glad that the final day had come, and I was happy with the amount of experience I believe I had gained.
Throughout the experience I became good friends with Conway, though, it seemed like he was focused on Dawn.
As we sat around the bonfire, Conway walked up to me. "Hey Luke I've been wanting to ask you something" he said. "shoot" I reassured him. "I remember you stating that you are a trainer currently traveling alone, and I was wondering if maybe I could join you" he asked.
I thought about it a bit, and I decided it was a great idea. "That would be great" I told him smiling. "That's excellent" he said as he pushed up his glasses. "Oh... and I have a few people I would like you to meet" he said as I got up and followed him to the kids I recognized earlier.
"This is Ash, Dawn, Brock, and Pikachu" Conway announced as he introduced us. Each of them greeted me and they seemed really nice.
