Authors Note: Hi. This is my first story. Please comment and tell me how you liked it. It is based upon the Heart Gold Pokémon game using my OC called Dan. Also, I am from England so certain words will be used differently e.g. trousers instead of pants. I hope you like this as I plan on doing the other games as well.
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"YAWN, just another Friday morning, wonder what'll happen to me today", thought Dan as he pressed his alarm clock, got out of bed and changed into some of his favourite clothes. A T-shirt with a pokéball in the centre, an unzipped cardigan style hoodie, a pair of comfy trousers and a pair of blue trainers with white laces. Dan is an ordinary 18 year old boy in a tiny town. He's around 6ft tall and quite skinny. Brown, messy hair and a pair of glasses. He has a best friend called Lyra who he enjoyed hanging out with but apart from that, he didn't do very much. He did help the local professor from time to time but not with anything big. It was mostly travelling to the nearest Pokémart for potions while Professor Elm and his assistants were very busy with research.
"OK, I'm up, I'm dressed, now It's time for breakfast." Dan stated as he looked around his room. It was a simple room with a wooden bed, cerulean walls, a blue and green carpet and a computer resting on a wooden desk with a comfy stool tucked neatly underneath.
As Dan walked downstairs into the front room, his mum immediately noticed and quickly rose from her seat to greet her only son.
"Hi Dan" she said with a loving smile on her face, "I'm glad to see you, Lyra was just here. She was playing Hide-and-seek with her Marill and wondered how you were doing. Also, Professor Elm was looking for you. He's probably got some jobs for you so I told him you'd be right over. I even got your stuff ready and waiting for you on the Kitchen Counter."
"Thanks Mum" Dan replied, heading over to the Kitchen. The house was quite small so the Kitchen merged with the rest of the room. The ground floor consisted of a single T.V. placed on an oak cabinet, with the Kitchen taking up the back-right corner of the house. The stairs that lead to the bedrooms were at the back-left of the house and the centre of the house was occupied by the table and chairs on the Sky blue rug. Once he reached the counter, Dan grabbed his bag and put in his Trainer card he got for his 10th birthday and his Journal he liked to keep all his important memories in.
"Never know what might happen to me today" he wondered as he turned round and headed out the front door.
"Bye Dan" he heard his Mum say as she sat down to watch a program on the T.V.
"Right then, off to the pro-OOF!" Just before Dan could finish his sentence, something knocked the wind out of him.
"Marill Mar-Marill" the small thing exclaimed
"MARILL, I'M GONNA FIND YOU" Dan heared, not too far away. It wasn't an angry shout, it sounded more playful. As he looked towards the sound of the voice he noticed his best friend Lyra walking down the stairs. Lyra was the same age as Dan but was born a couple of months after, so she was technically younger. She was fair skinned with light brown eyes and she had light brown hair tied into a pigtail on either side of her head. She wore a white cap with a red bow tied around and she was wearing her usual outfit. A red shirt with a white collar and a pair of short blue dungarees with the legs cut off just under the waist. She wore white stockings with a black rim and a pair of plain red boots. She was also carrying a cream coloured bag with her pokégear and Marill's pokéball attached.
"There you are, Marill!" she exclaimed, as she turned towards the small blue and white creature, "I knew I could find you"
"Marill Mar-Marill Mar" Marill quickly stammered as he tried to apologise to Dan before he then started running back to his trainer.
"That's O.K., Marill", Dan replied, understanding most of what Marill was trying to say. Because Marill was constantly out with Lyra, Dan had been able to understand Marill. Not as much as Lyra could, but he could understand the basics.
"Sorry about that Dan, I'm sure he didn't mean to do it. Come on Marill, Let's go check out the woods." Lyra quickly stated before she ran off out of sight with Marill trailing behind her like a Growlithe.
"Well, Guess I'd better head to the prof's lab then" Dan quietly decided before heading to the largest buildiing in the small town. "Wonder what jobs he has for me today?"
As he approached the building, Dan heard a strange noise coming from the left. As he walked around to check, he saw a strange boy, similar to Dan, staring through the window. He was a bit shorter than Dan and had dark red hair with three odd spikes sprouting from the bottom-left, bottom-right and very top of his head. He wore a long coat with a red trim and a pair of blue jeans.
"So, This is the famous lab of Professor Elm" the stranger silently muttered to himself. As Dan approached, it caught the attention of the stranger.
"What are YOU staring at?" he said with a sneer and a slightly threatening tone. Not wanting to get into any trouble, or keep the professor waiting any longer, Dan decided to walk into the lab. The stranger didn't seem to be doing anything wrong, so he decided not to mention it to the professor when he arrived.
As Dan walked in, he saw Professor Elm waiting at the back of his lab, looking towards the door. As Dan walked closer Professor Elm greeted him and welcomed him in.
"Hi Dan" He said with a smile in his voice, "I've been waiting for you. First, a quick question. Do you remember what my research is primarily focused on?"
"Yeah"Dan replied"It has something to do with pokéballs and the relationship between pokémon and trainer, right?"
"Correct, five stars. Let me refresh your memory. As you no doubt know, Pokémon are normally carried around in pokéballs. But there was a time when pokémon and people trusted each other enough to be able to walk around freely without the fear of having pokémon stolen or lost, just like your friend Lyra does. I want to test if walking alongside a trainer has any advantages towards how a pokémon grows or even if there are any effects towards a pokémon's evolution."
"O.K. prof, I'm following you so far, but what does any of this have to do with me?" Dan wondered. Professor Elm never usually did this. Normally, he would just give Dan a job and continue working.
"I'm Glad you asked Dan." the professor replied, with a weird look of relief in his eyes" I need a test subject, a guinea pig if you will, to walk around with a pokémon they've never seen before, so I want it to be you, Dan"
"M-M-Me?!" Dan stuttered, bewildered by this sudden request.
"Sure" the prof answered confidently"You'd be great, and besides, it'll only be for a couple of days at most. All you have to do is walk around with it beside you and it should be no trouble at all. The machine over there has some rare pokémon, take your pick." he said as he motioned to the large cylindrical container on the other side of the lab.
All of a sudden a high pitched *DING* rang through the lab.
"Oh, please excuse me for a moment" The prof stated as he turned to look at his computer " I got an E-Mail. Hmm... Uh-Huh... O.K. then... Hey, Dan" he exclaimed, as he turned around to face me.
"Listen, I have an acquaintance that everyone calls "Mr Pokémon". He finds all sorts of items like Eggs or special stones. He just sent the E-Mail to say he found something really exciting. I think it's just another egg" he stated with an exasperated sigh, implying this has happened a lot before. "But you never know. Anyway, I'm a little busy so I was wondering if you could go grab that egg for me? It's a little ways north past Cherrygrove city but if you're taking a pokémon, it shouldn't be too much trouble,should it?"
""No" Dan replied quickly, happy things were back to normal. Well, normal plus, he would be taking along his own pokémon after all. "I'll be back after I've gotten the egg"
Dan walked over the the large cylinder and looked inside to find three pokéballs. He opened each one to see what was inside. The first pokéball contained a small, green quadruped with a leaf on its head and some odd little buds around its neck."Chikorita" it sang as it was released. The second pokéball contained a small blue rodent with red spots on his back and a cream coloured underbelly. It had a large snout and kept its eyes tight shut."Cyndaquil" it squeaked out as tiny flames shout out of the spots on its back. The third pokéball contained a small reptilian creature with a large jaw and wide eyes. It had red spikes running down its back and tail with blue scales and a yellow underbelly. "Totodile" it proudly stated, showing off its impressive teeth and claws.
As Dan looked over each creature and studied it, he was drawn towards the small reptile, Totodile.
"O.K. then, Totodile, I choose you!" Dan stated. This made the Totodile jump for joy while the other two looked very disappointed. As Dan prepared to send the other two back into their pokéballs, the stranger outside looked on through the window with an angry fire, building up within him.
"Alright Prof, I picked one, I'll see you later once I get the egg, alright?" Dan asked the prof as he started to walk out.
"Sure, quick question first, how does it feel to walk around with the Totodile? Totodile sure seems happy. Hey, since you're keeping him, do you want to give him a name?" asked the professor as he looked down towards Totodile who was currently squirting water into the air, making a small fountain.
"I think i'll name him..." Dan pondered whilst looking down at his new friend "Aqua!" Dan exclaimed. This caused Totodile to immediately smile, easily pleased with his new nickname.
"O.K." the professor murmured, "You can walk with him all the way to Mr Pokémon's House. If he gets hurt, you can use the laptop on my desk. Just put Totodile in his pokéball, place it on the machine and press restore. Everything should be fine after it's finished".
"Thaanks professor" Dan said as he started to leave. Before he could, Will, one of the professors assistants walked up.
"Hey!" Will exclaimed "If Totodile gets hurt use these,..." he stopped as he reached into his coat pockets and pulled out some potions "To heal him on the go" he finished as he handed Dan the purple bottles of liquid.
"Thanks a lot" Dan replied as he placed the containers into his bag. "Well, guess I better start going then." Dan said to himself as he headed towards the professors door. "The Journey Begins"
Authors Note: So, did you like it? Please say in the comments. I would like to thank my grandparents who helped with the spelling and grammar. I hope to see you in the next chapter. I will try to upload one chapter a week at least, but they might be on different days. Until then, I bid you all, adieu