"HEY MUM!" I yelled. "I just gotta go down to Elm's lab, he just called and he says he wants to see me!"

" 'K, honey!" Mum said. "You go do that. Also, watch out for Ethan and Marill; they're playing hide-and-seek outside."

I immediately started wondering why Mum said that. Turns out, my question was answered two seconds later, when Marill crashed into me.

"Ow!" I yelled. "Ow, you stupid son of a-,"

"Oh, hey Kris," sang Ethan as he walked over. I groaned. This guy seemed to always be stalking me. My theory was that he only played hide-and-seek outside with his Marill was because he hoped I'd come outside and run into him. He was always trying to get me to go out with him, but that was never going to happen, I tell you. Ever.

"Come on, Marill," he said, picking up Marill from my lap. "Oh, and Kris, I was wondering, Marill and I are going to a fancy restaurant for dinner, do you wanna come?" But by that point I was already running to Professor Elm's lab.

"Hi, Kris," Elm said. "Hey, I just got an email from Mr. Pokemon, he wants me to come to his house on Route 30, he says he found something that will further my investigation in Pokemon eggs, though I bet it's just random shit. Aaanway, I was wondering if you'd go over for me to pick it up."

"And what exactly do I get out of it?" I asked suspiciously.

"Well, to get there, you'll need a Pokemon. So, the deal is that I'll give you your own Pokemon and you go and get the shit from Mr. Pokemon's house, and then afterwards you can do the Gym challenge or whatever," Elm said.

All of a sudden, I was extremely excited. I had always been fascinated with Pokemon, ever since I found out I could actually talk to them. However, I normally tried to not talk to Ethan's Marill. "All right, so what Pokemon do I get?" I asked, barely managing to contain my excitement.

"Your choice," Elm said, showing me three Pokeballs on a table next to him. I quickly walked over and released the first one from its Pokeball. A Chikorita came out, bouncing around happily. The next one was a Cyndaquil, who held it breath at the sight of me, causing the flames on its back to flare up in anticipation. The last one was a Totodile; it out of the three of them was the only one that didn't seem to like me, and when I held my hand out to it, it tried to snap my fingers off.

I was stuck between choosing Chikorita and Cyndaquil. 'Chikorita's cute,' I thought, 'But so is Cyndaquil, and he seems so lively and happy as well.'

"I'll choose…Cyndaquil," I said. Chikorita seemed disappointed, but Cyndaquil said, 'Yay, yay! Thankyou for choosing me!'

"Is it alright if I call you Will?" I asked him.

'Yes, yes! I like the name Will!' he said brightly. 'What's your name?'

"My name's Kris," I said, grinning. Cyndaquil was so happy and lively; I knew I'd chosen the right one.

"All right, then, Kris," Elm said. "Go and pick up the stuff from Mr. Pokemon's. I'll see you later."

"Bye," I said, and Will and I headed outside, me carrying Will in my arms.

We were walking towards Route 29 when I suddenly noticed there was a redheaded boy staring into the window of the lab.

"Who's that?" I wondered to myself.

'Oh, that's just one of Elm's stalkers,' Will said, having overheard me.

"Elm has stalker's?" I asked.

Will yawned. 'Sometimes,' he said.

I couldn't take it any longer. "Hey you!" I yelled, walking over to the boy. He turned around and glared at me.

"What do you want? Scram!" he yelled, aiming a punch at me. I quickly dodged the attack and raced away, before he could try anything else.

'Ya know, you shouldn't have done that,' Will said.

"Oh, shut up," I sighed. "Come on, let's go."

I put Will on the ground and the two of us walked into the tall grass. Then, all of a sudden, a wild Rattata appeared.

'I got this!' Will cried, and jumped into battle. The Rattata, however, used Quick Attack, racing up to Will and banging into him. Will, however, seemed unfazed by the attack; he was a bit like a brick wall really, with his defense. He quickly Tackled the rat, earning us the win.

"Wow, Will!" I cried, hugging him. 'That was great! God, you're strong!"

'Hehe, thanks Kris!' said Will, blushing. We then went on to Cherrygrove city, where a man stopped us.

"Come, I'll show you around!" he said, before zipping towards the Pokemon Center before I could move. We then had to race after him all over town; he was extremely fast, so fast we couldn't keep up. The tour ended with his house, for some strange reason, and then he gave me some Running shoes and a Map card for my Pokegear. I then headed to the Pokemon Center, where the nurse kindly healed Will, before moving onto Route 30.

On Route 30, there was much more grass than Route 29, so Will and I had tackle lots of Pokemon, before finding a house not very far up. However, it turned out that it was just a random house, and not Mr. Pokemon's. However, the man did give me an Apricorn Case, which I used to store an Apritcorn I found next to his house. Then we headed through more grass, until we were stuck between two paths; one was just more and more grass, while two youngsters battling with their Rattata and Pidgey blocked the other. Will and I decided to head for the unblocked route, and thankfully there was a house at the end of it. Will and I headed inside, hoping that this was the right one.

As soon as we sent inside, an old man raced to us.

"Ah, so you're the one that Elm sent to pick up my egg! I'm Mr. Pokemon! Come over here!" I followed him into the house, up to large cabinet. He took from it an, covered in blue and red triangles. Then an even older man came into the room; it seemed that he had been there before me.

"So, Elm gave you this Pokemon, did he?" the man, who I now recognised as the world-famous Professor Oak, said, tickling Will's stomach. "It's a rare Pokemon indeed." He looked up at me. "Hmm. You seem responsible enough. Here, I'm going to give you this Pokedex." He handed me a Pokedex. "Well, I'm late for my Radio Show in Goldenrod City. See you!" He then exited the little house.

"Well, what are you waiting for?" Mr. Pokemon said. "Go give Elm the egg!" He practically kicked me out the door as I raced away.

Will and I were halfway down the Route when my Pokegear started ringing. I quickly opened it up only to hear, "OHMYGOD, KRIS, IT'S A DISASTER! Come back, COME BACK, it 's an EMERGENCY!" Then the call ended.

"Elm? ELM?" I gasped, completely frightened. 'Oh god, Elm, I'm coming!" I picked up Will and raced all the way down the Route, through Cherrygrove City, and was coming onto Route 29 when I smack-banged into the redheaded boy who had been spying into Elm's lab.