Pokémon Story (Title TBA)
"The crowd are going wild! Kid Frost has accomplished everything he has every dreamed of. Kid has won the Indigo League"
Kid hoisted the shining trophy high above his head as the announcer finished the sentence Kid always wanted to hear, he stood in the centre of the arena with everyone in the crowd applauding and cheering him after the most courageous victory that the Kanto Region has ever experienced. As tears started to form in Kid's glistening eyes the fireworks behind him shot up into the air leaving a trail of smoke before releasing a huge spread of glowing colours into the air. Confetti started to stream into the arena has Kid once again hoisted his deserved trophy above his head, tears now flowing down his cheeks after the rush of satisfaction Kid felt after accomplishing his life dream.
"I've done it, I won…" Kid said with a whimper.
The announcer then started to speak once again, Kid expecting to hear him congratulate him on his victory.
"Kid, it's time to get up I'm afraid."
Kid's eyes shot open from his slumber. His vision blurry from having just wakening, he knew he was in an unfamiliar bed as his back was sore from lying on an uncomfortable bed that made it feel like he was lying on a bag of bricks, as he rubbed his eyes allowing his sight to readjust to being opened so quickly he notices his best friend Sam staring back at him telling him to wake up. It was at this point Kid remembered where he was, he was on a ferry boat going to the Kanto region. Kid and Sam had just turned 10 years old and where now allowed to get a Pokémon to start their journey, but as foreigners to the region Kid and Sam had to take part in a summer scheme at the Oak School for Future Pokémon Trainers.
"What time and day is it?" Kid asked still gathering his thoughts
"It's nine on a fine summer morning in 2008 Kid. You were talking in your sleep by the way." Sam said
"Oh yeah? Damn, I was having an amazing dream. Trust you to go ruin it Sam Gill." Kid replied
Kid got up out of his bed, after an initial stumble backword from being light headed after getting up too quick he walked towards the shower unit of the room him and Sam were staying in on their boat. They were scheduled to arrive in the Pallet Town dock at around noon that day.
After the two best friends were finished getting washed and dressed they headed to the food court on the boat to get some food and talk about what they thought their day had instore for them. After finding a seat and both boys getting stuck into their food like animals, it was Sam that broke the silence at the table.
"So, what was your dream about?"
"oh man, it was amazing. I was in the centre of the stadium holding my trophy in the air after winning the Indigo League."
"you should get used to dreaming about second place, in reality it will be me that will be holding that trophy above my head." Sam said with a chuckle.
These two boys had been the best of friends for years, their bond was as thick as thieves and unbreakable. Kid and Sam always had a healthy rivalry in school when it came to who knew more about Pokémon, every year they would stay in each other's houses to watch the Indigo League on television, but now Kid and Sam had the chance to perform in front of others watching at home.
As they continued talking they were interrupted by the announcement from the captain to inform the passengers that they were arriving in the docks of Pallet Town. Kid and Sam rushed to the front of the boat to catch their first glimpse of Kanto soil. Once they reached the bow on the ship they seen a sign welcoming the passengers on board to Pallet Town, the excitement started to build in Kid and Sam as they knew once they stepped off the boat that they were about to start their journey to become Pokémon Trainers.
Kid with his signature Pokémon hat on, curls escaping underneath the hat had a huge smile on his face as he stepped off the boat, wearing a black backpack on top of his black pokeball t-shirt and black jeans with black shoes. He knew he was ready to face this journey head on. Two steps behind Kid was Sam wearing a red pokeball beanie that hid his black hair, a red and white check flannel shirt being creased by his white backpack and being tucked in on one side into his white jeans, Sam also looked eager to begin the long road ahead to becoming a Pokémon trainer.
The two boys looked at each other Kid with a grin on his face and Sam with a cool look gripping the map of Kanto tightly in his grasps. The two said in unison "let's do this!"
After one-hour walking around Kid looked at Sam with a mix of worry and anger. Kid knew Pallet Town was a small location and had a feeling that they should have arrived at Oak's School by now.
"are you sure you know where we are going?" Kid asked
"I thought I did." Sam replied
"That's it! Give me the map, I'm taking charge now." Kid demanded as he snatched the map out of Sam's hands.
Kid began reading the map and after a few second of examining the route he began to walk south towards a field of tall grass, the one rule Kid's mum had for him before he left was that he was not allowed to walk through tall grass until he had passed the scheme on Oak's School, Sam's mother had the same rule, and seeing the direction Kid was taking him in Sam spoke up and said.
"Kid we cant go that direction, our mums told us not to walk into the tall grass without having Pokémon to defend ourselves"
"oh what harm could it do?" Kid replied while shrugging his shoulders.
With one of Kid's feet planted into the tall grass there was a huge roar behind the boys,
"What do you kids think you are doing!?"
Kid with urgency took his foot out of the grass and turned on his heel to see that Sam was already in the process of turning around as well. The boys immediately recognised the man in a lab coat.
Kid and Sam with fear on their face looking upwards at the man they recognised with a stern look of disappointment in his face.
"y-you're Professor Oak." Sam said.
Oak began to smile as he seen the boys' look of panic and astonishment on their faces. After a quick scolding by Oak the boys then picked up the courage to inform their new teacher that they were in fact looking for his school.
"excuse us Professor Oak but we are new to Kanto and are looking for your school, we are new students for your summer scheme." Sam said.
"oh very well then boys. Follow me!"
After a short walk the boys arrived at Oak's School, in amazement Kid looked at Sam wondering how he found it so hard to find the school on the map. The huge automatic doors opened as the cold air from the air conditioner hit them in the face, the boys had seen pictures of Oak's Laboratory before, but this school was something else, it had a huge statue of the three legendary birds directly in the centre of the main room, a reception desk to their right and an aquarium to their left filled with water type Pokémon such as Magickarps and Goldeens. Oak led them to the congregation hall that was filled with other students. Oak bid them a farewell as he went to the stage to begin his presentation to the new inductees.
After wondering around looking for a space that had two seats beside each other available the boys finally found a pair, beside a big guy with a round gut wearing glasses and slicked back brown hair. He was sitting down not making conversation but playing a game on a handhold games console. And the opposite side of him was a tall girl with shoulder length blonde hair and big round glasses, she had a notebook and pen in her hand looking eager to take notes. Kid and Sam sat in between the two, with Kid beside the guy and Sam beside the girl. Both the guy and girl looked up and took notice of Kid and Sam, the guy had a look of worry on his face has Kid leant him a friendly smile of acknowledgement, whilst the girl immediately began conversation with Kid and Sam.
"Hello, I'm Maggy!" she said with a huge smile whilst extending her hand to shake Sam's and Kid's hand.
The two boys accepted the friendly gesture and began a conversation with Maggy, they discussed many things involving Pokémon. Maggy was here from the Kalos region to gain her ability to receive a Pokémon and compete in the Indigo League. After a few pleasantries Kid and Sam turned their attention to the big guy sitting on the other side. Kid was the one to first speak whilst reaching his out to shake the strangers.
"Hi I'm Kid and these two are Sam and Maggy"
Sam and Maggy waved their hands to say hello.
"Hello… I-I'm Ray" he said with a faint tone that Kid had to strain his hearing in order to register his name.
The boys discovered that Ray was from the Hoenn region, this was not his first time at the summer scheme either, in fact it was his third. Ray had failed twice before, which was hard to believe as the more conversation Kid was able to gather from Ray the boys noticed that he was very intelligent when it came to information on Pokémon. However, the boys knew Ray was a shy person and neither wanted to ask how he hadn't passed the two previous attempts at the summer scheme.
The conversation was interrupted by a huge screech on the microphone, after everyone covered their ears to stop he pain of such a loud noise Kid and Sam looked towards the source of the noise and noticed it was because Professor Oak was standing too close to the microphone. Oak apologised and left out a huge belly full of laughter. Oak began to speak into the microphone,
"welcome everyone to the Oak School for Future Pokémon Trainers. You have all been accepted from your native regions to come here for a chance to receive a pass from me and gain your first Pokémon. It won't be easy however, if you work hard and but your mind to it you will reap your rewards and be able to begin your Pokémon journey. You are here for three weeks of training, the first week will be your theory training of essential knowledge you will need to know during your Pokémon journey, it will involve taking tests such as examinations on Pokémon types and medicine, you will also take personality tests in order for me to get an understanding of what I believe to be the best Pokémon for you to use. The second week will involve practical lessons when you will be given the Pokémon best suited to your personality and shown how to train and how to battle, with a short practical test and the end of the week. The third and final week will be your evaluation and I will decide whether to grant you your trainer cards and Pokémon. With the last day being your graduation from the school. Now with all that information out of the way I expect to see you here tomorrow morning to begin the lessons. Thank you for listening and see you all soon."
The boys left the congregation hall and followed the mentors to their dorms they will be staying in for the next three weeks. The one advantage Kid and Sam were glad about applying together is that they didn't have to share a dorm with a complete stranger. After packing away their clothes the boys then headed to walk around the school to discover what else was on offer. Kid was walking out of the dorm when a lanky, long haired ginger boy bumped into Kid.
"Hey! Watch where you are walking you idiot!" Kid yelled.
The tall ginger kid looked at Kid with a smirk and walked on.
"Wow good going Kid, only here a few minutes and you are already making friends." Sam laughed.
Kid and Sam were so alike but also so different at the same time, Kid was cocky and arrogant, he was confident in his abilities and had a loud mouth that more than usual got him into trouble. Sam was similarly confident in his abilities but was not as arrogant as Kid portrayed himself, he also tended to be more friendly and polite than Kid.
Kid and Sam talked whilst walking around the school, after observing the aquarium filled with water type Pokémon Sam noticed an exit to a park that was outside. The boys entered the park which was filled with nature, it had huge trees that had Metapods and Kakunas dangling from. Sam noticed that Maggy was sitting in the centre of the park feeding some Pidgeys. Sam's eyes grew wider as he noticed Maggy, he had taken a liking to her with the brief conversation they had in the congregation hall. Maggy waved at Kid and Sam to come over to sit beside her, Sam wandered towards her but noticed that Kid was not following he turned around and asked him what was up.
"You go on ahead, I'm going to take more of a look around. I will see you later" Kid said whilst running off.
Sam sat beside Maggy as the Pidgey flew away startled. They two exchanged pleasantries and began to talk about Pokémon. Sam learned many things about Maggy, he learned her love for Pokémon, but she was still unaware of what she wanted to accomplish in life. She wanted to take part in the indigo league to see if it could give her a sense of direction in finding her purpose in life. Sam told Maggy all about how he dreamed of becoming a Pokémon Champion and winning the Indigo League and then becoming the champion of Kanto.
"you really are passionate about becoming a Pokémon trainer, I envy that you know what it is you want to do." Maggy said whilst lowering her head in shame.
"don't worry Maggy, you will find your purpose. Sometimes these things just take time." Sam assured her.
Kid wandered around the park further observing the Pokémon as he walked by. Caterpies and Weedles squirmed along the grass with Ratatas scurrying past every so often. Kid was in his element surrounded by Pokémon, he knew that he was destined for greatness and believed he could easily defeat any other trainer and win the Indigo League. However, unlike Sam, Kid did not want to become Champion of Kanto, he wanted to compete against the Elite Four and the Champion, but holding that position was never his dream. He wanted to be the best and knew that he would have to travel all around the world to every region, so every trainer knew he was the best. Kid seen winning the Indigo League as a huge step in gaining that recognition.
But whilst on his trek through the park he was shocked to see Ray pinned up against a tree by the ginger boy that had walked into him earlier. Ray was shaking in fear, he barely could talk to people as friendly as Sam and Maggy, so to be in a situation where he was being physically threatened was sure to make him feel uncomfortable. Kid ran to the aid of Ray and pushed the ginger kid to the floor.
"What the hell do you think you are doing? Not good enough to battle with Pokémon so you decide to hit people yourself?" Kid asked whilst standing over the fallen ginger boy.
"You are lucky I didn't see you coming. I will walk away now, next time you won't be so lucky."
Kid placed his hand around Ray's back and reassured him that the trouble was over. After a few puffs from the inhaler Ray was holding he began to breathe at a normal rate as his heart rate became more stable.
"Thanks Kid. I didn't know what I was going to do."
"Who was that guy anyways? I had a confrontation with him earlier."
"He said his name was Shade, he began picking on me because he said I didn't know enough about Pokémon because I failed twice already."
"What a twerp, Ray if you don't mind me asking, how did you fail before?"
"To tell you the truth Kid, I didn't necessarily fail. I didn't show up to my tests. I was too nervous in case I made a fool of myself in front of everyone"
Kid and Ray began to walk back to the centre of the park as the sun began to lower on a day that was very eventful for Kid and Sam. Maggy and Sam were still in the exact same spot still holding a conversation. They had been talking all day since Kid had ran off on his own. Kid and Ray sat on the ground opposite of Maggy and Sam and began to tell them the events that had unfolded.
"Wow Kid, you really are making friends" Sam chuckled as he made light of Kid saving Ray.
"Sam!" Maggy shouted "Ray was lucky Kid was there, what Kid done was very heroic"
Kid stuck his tongue out at Sam to antagonise him even further.
"Yeah I know, was only making a joke." Sam said as his head lowered in shame.
The gang discussed what they thought the next three weeks had in store for them as the sun set and the moon started to appear, until it was only moonlight that lit up the park.
"I think it is time to go to bed gang, we have a huge day ahead of us tomorrow." Maggy said whilst picking up her books and walking towards the main building.
Ray followed Maggy and said goodbye to Kid and Sam.
The two boys the got up and walked towards their dorm. Sam then broke the silence by saying, "you know Kid, I'm glad I am sharing this experience with you. Even if you are an asshole."
Kid laughed and gave Sam a playful punch in the arm as they entered the dorm and went to sleep to rest for a big three weeks ahead of them.