Authers note: This is my first fanfiction i hope you like it please read and review it all suggestions will be taken into account and flames will just be used to keep me warm i hope you enjoy reading it im not a very good writer so updates may be few and far between enjoy

Disclaimer ido not own pokemon all i own is the story line and some of the charachters

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Douglas's grand adventure

Chaper 1 Surprises

In this world there are creatures called Pokémon they are all different with different attributes and attacks. There are also trainers who capture Pokémon and then battle them with each others but as always there are those who use Pokémon for evil. There are many factions that use them for such but the most well know is team rocket. In this story we follow a trainer who is about to start his journey in the world of Pokémon.

Douglas was about to turn 12 he was a tall boy with blonde hair and blue eyes. He grew up in a town called pallet in the kanto region. His greatest dream was to go on a journey with Pokémon and be a great trainer like his cousin. He was getting ready to receive his first Pokémon but he had no idea who his first Pokémon should be. The day before he was to get his first Pokémon he decided to take a walk in the woods near his home to try and figure out what Pokémon he was going to choose. As he was walking through the woods he heard a strange noise behind him he turned and looked but couldn't see anything he started walking again and then there was a loud screech from behind him but he couldn't see anything.

"Is anyone there" he shouted "If anyone is there please come out" nothing not a sound was heard. He started walking to where he thought the sound had came from as he was walking he tripped over a tree root and fell. As he was pushing himself up his hand met some thing round he thought it was a rock but it felt metallic so he thought it was a poke ball. He put it in his pocket and started walking again he came to a clearing and there in the centre was a bright blue bird it was almost glowing it was definitely an articuno but it was young it had an injured wing so it couldn't fly again he approached carefully and it looked towards him. It tried to get away from him but its foot was trapped between some tree roots.

'It looks awfully weak it must have been stuck here for a while' Douglas thought

"Don't worry I wont hurt you I would like to help you if you will let me" he said to articuno as he approached carefully but articuno just shot an ice beam at him he jumped to the side to avoid it and landed on his side feeling the ball in his pocket he decided he had no choice but to try. He stood up and took the ball from his pocket.

"POKEBALL GO!!!" he shouted as he threw the ball towards articuno it hit and articuno turned into red light and went inside the ball. The poke ball fell to the ground and wobbled once, twice, three times then it stopped and made a popping sound Douglas stood in shock as he looked towards the poke ball he never thought it would work as he picked up the ball and examined it he noticed that it wasn't red like other poke balls it was blue with an M on the front.

"Damn this isn't a poke ball it's a master ball I cant believe I just found one in the woods" he exclaimed "Wait a minute I just captured and articuno YES I cant believe it I just captured my first Pokémon and it was an articuno"

He ran home as fast as he could decide to keep this a secret until he spoke to professor oak the next day. As soon as he got home he ran up to his room and hid the master ball under his bed and went down to talk to his mom.

"Hey mom I'm home" he said as he walked into the living room.

"Hi honey how was your walk" She asked

"It was good I decided what Pokémon I would like" He answered with a smile

"Really who are you going to choose" She asked

"I'm going to choose charmander I like the idea of a fire Pokémon" He said thoughtfully

"That good it's a pity your cousin can't see you off but he's on one of his journeys again" She said with a sigh

"That's ok maybe I'll meet him while I'm out exploring myself" He said

"Ok honey maybe you should head to bed now you have a big day tomorrow" His mom said

"Ok goodnight mom" he said as he headed up to his room.

He sat on his bed for a while thinking about tomorrow what was he going to say to professor oak about articuno and his impending journey. He also thought about the others that would be leaving at the same time as him. He knew both of them one of them he liked James. He was a nice enough guy but tended to keep to himself. The other Michael had been his best friend for years they thought about traveling together but decided to go their separate ways and possibly meet up somewhere down the line. They thought it would be fun. Douglas didn't really want to go alone but went along with it because it sounded good. Michael was also the only one that knew Douglas's secret. The secret that he was gay he had known he was gay for about a year now and the only person he had told was Michael. He hoped to find someone special while he was traveling but he never really thought that he would but he still held onto hope that he would find someone. After thinking about everything he decided that tomorrow he would pick his Pokémon then wait for everyone to leave before talking to professor oak and nothing was going to stop him from going on his journey. He had been looking forward to this for years now he had even bought a belt that allows poke balls to be attached to it for easy access. After this he went to sleep.

He woke up the next morning early so that he wouldn't be late to see professor oak he had decided last night to tell his mom he was gay he couldn't keep it from her any more and he was leaving today anyway so even if she reacted badly he wouldnt be around for it so he got up and got dressed and put on his belt the took out the master ball with articuno in it and pressed the button that made the ball shrink then attached it to his belt and covered it with his jacket so no one would see it then headed downstairs he went into the kitchen where his mom was making breakfast.

"Have a seat honey breakfast will be ready in a minute pancakes today have to give you a lot of energy" she said

"Ok mom after breakfast can we talk" he said as he sat down looking a little nervious

"Sure honey" she said as she sat the pancakes on the table they ate in silence because Douglas was to worried to be scared after he was finished and the dishes were done they went and sat in the living room Douglas was shuffling his feet nervously as he got ready to tell his mom his big secret.

"Mom there is something I want to tell you before I leave and I don't know how you will take it" he said nervously

"What is it honey you can tell me anything" she said softly

"Well mom the thing is...the thing is I'm...IM G...G...Gay" he stammered then he sat there silently waiting for a response

"Are you sure honey" she asked

"Yes I've known for about a year now" he answered

"Well then there is only one thing I can do" She said

"And what's that mom" he asked in barely a whisper

"The only thing I can do is love you like I always have" She said with a smile

"Thank you mom I love you too and I promise ill call you every chance I get while I'm traveling" He replied with tears in his eyes. They hugged for a while then Douglas went to wash his face.

"Well mom I better get going ill come see you before I leave" he said as he grabbed his bag with all his things in.

"Ok honey ill see you later" she said "My little boy is all grown up"

"Awwwww mom don't you'll get me crying again" He laughed on his way to the door "Ill see you in a while"

He walked out the door and started on his way up the road to professor oaks lab which was on the outskirts of town and was quite a large place the house and lab its self wasn't that big but out behind the lab was a lot of land where the professor let all the Pokémon out to run around and get some exercise when he got to the lab he knocked professor oak answered the door.

"Well Douglas you're a little early well come in and we will wait for the rest" he said stepping to the side to let me in

"Thanks professor" I said "I'm kind of excited about today I can't wait to get my first Pokémon"

"Well that's understandable everyone is excited the first time" He said laughing

"It took me along time to decide what Pokémon I wanted to choose" I replied

"Well that's good so what Pokémon did you decide on" he asked

"Well I thought about it for along time and decided on charmander I like the thought of a fire type" I answered

"Charmander is a good choice they tend to be very loyal and strong" He replied

As we sat there talking there was a knock on the door and the professor went to answer it Douglas sat there trying to figure out how to tell the professor about the articuno I captured but he was drawing a blank he thought it best just to tell him what happened when he was shaken from his thoughts by a hand on his shoulder.

"Hey dude what's up" said Michael

"Hey nothing much just thinking" he said "how are you dude"

"I'm good totally excited about today but who isn't" He said with a big grin on his face

"Cool me too" Douglas replied just then he saw James standing off to the side "hey James how're you"

"I'm fine" He said while looking down

"Well then shall we get started if you'll come back to the lab" said professor oak from the door we walked out to the lab where a pedestal sat with three poke balls on it one with a flame symbol one with a water symbol and the other with a leaf symbol on it obviously to stand for what Pokémon was inside.

"Ok since you were here first Douglas why don't you choose first" said professor oak

"I choose charmander" said Douglas as he reached out and picked up the poke ball with the flame on it as he picked it up it opened an out came a red lizard with a flame on its tale it was a charmander it was cute Douglas reached down and petted it on the head.

"Looks like you and me are going to be partners" Douglas said to it knowing he wouldn't get an answer because it could only say its own name but it did reply energetically he held out the poke ball and said "charmander return" and charmander returned to the poke ball he then waited while Michael and James picked their Pokémon Michael took bulbasaur and James took squirtle.

"Well now you all have your Pokémon here are your poke balls for capturing Pokémon and your pokédex that will give you the information about the Pokémon that you will meet along the way" said the professor handing us some poke balls and a pokédex.

"Thank you professor" We all said at the same time then the others left

"Ummm professor can I talk to you out side for a minute" Douglas asked

"Sure" said the professor "The door that leads out back is over here"

They walked outside into the sunny weather and stood outside a fence with a lot of Taurus running around.

"Professor last night I took a walk in the woods and heard some noises so I went to investigate what it was but I tripped and found this" said Douglas as he took the master ball off his belt.

"That's a master ball isn't it wow they are hard to come by" Said the professor examining the ball

"I think so but that's not all I went into a clearing and found well it will be easier to show you" he said making the ball bigger and threw it forward where it sprung open and articuno emerged still with an injured wing the professor stared at it shocked Douglas walked forward and petted the articuno and was surprised when it didn't shy away from him.

"You see professor I was trying to help this articuno but it was stuck in some tree roots and couldn't move and its wing is injured and I had the ball in my hand I thought it was an ordinary poke ball and just threw it not expecting to catch it but it worked I decided to let you know" Said Douglas

"Douglas I never though anyone would capture an articuno but you did it as your first capture" said professor oak

"What should I do professor" he asked

"Well I think you should take him with you he seems to be attached to you but lets fix his wing first" said the professor

"Ok but I guess ill have to keep him a secret from other trainers or they might try to steal him" said Douglas with a thought full look.

"Yes that would be wise but you won't be able to keep him a secret for long but you can try" said the professor.

The professor then went in to his lab and brought out a potion he told Douglas that it was a hyper potion and that it would almost instantly heal articuno wing but he should rest it over night so Douglas decided to stay in pallet one more night and then leave when articuno was feeling better. After spraying the potion on articuno wing Douglas returned articuno to his poke ball and headed home he would start his journey tomorrow after articuno was healed the professor also gave him a lot of Pokémon food for articuno it should last along while but he said I was to call him if I ran out of food for him because he needs specialized food. As he reached home his mom was in the kitchen making lunch.

"Hey mom I'm home" he shouted as he entered the house

"Hey honey did you get your Pokémon" his mom asked

"Yeah come into the back door and ill show you" he replied

So they went into the back door and Douglas took out charmander's poke ball and shouted "GO CHARMANDER" the ball popped open and charmander came out.

"Ohhhhh he's so cute" His mom exclaimed

"Mom there is something else last night when I was walking in the woods I caught a Pokémon" he said

"Really what was it" she asked

He took out the master ball and threw it into the air and shouted "GO ARTICUNO" and articuno came out of the poke ball flew into the air and soured down and landed next to Douglas.

"Mom I would like you to meet articuno, articuno meet my mom" he said laughing at the expression on his moms face.

"That's a legendary Pokémon and it was your first capture that's amazing" she said in a shocked voice

"Yeah professor oak said so too but I have to wait till tomorrow to leave to give him a chance to heal up he had an injured wing when I captured him but professor oak fixed him up ill leave tomorrow so ill be here tonight" he replied

"Ok well put them back into their poke balls to rest for now and come have lunch" she said

"Nah ill put them back in their balls after lunch they must be hungry too" he said "Come on articuno charmander lets get some food"

They headed in side Douglas put some food in two bowls and put them next to the table and the Pokémon started eating and so did he they sat there for about half an hour before they finished after lunch he out articuno and charmander back into their poke balls and decided to take a walk around town. As he was walking around town he met Michael who was about to leave on his journey.

"Hey Michael you leaving now" shouted Douglas as he approached Michael

"Yeah first stop viridian city" he said "and I already caught my first Pokémon it was a Pidgeotto I found it near the woods"

"That's cool I caught my first to but I'm not going to tell you what it was" Douglas replied

"Awwwww how come" Michael replied "I told you what I caught"

"I tell you what why don't we have a battle for practice" said Douglas "You are my best friend so I trust you I know the perfect place to have our battle and one more thing you cant tell anyone about the Pokémon I caught ok"

"Ok cool lets go" replied Michael enthusiastically

They headed into the woods and Douglas led them to the clearing where he found articuno when he saw it in the light he noticed that it was a large clearing it was large enough for a battle and was secluded enough that no one would see them.

"Ok this will be a two on two battles no time limit and substitutions are allowed is that ok with you" said Douglas

"Yeah that's fine by me ill start then shall I" replied Michael

Michael threw his poke ball in the air and shouted "GO BULBASAUR" a small creature popped out that had a green bulb on its back had two fangs like teeth it was a bluish green in color and it was quite cute. Douglas then took out his poke ball threw it in the air and shouted "GO CHARMANDER" the ball spun around and charmander emerged from the ball.

"Ok here we go" said Douglas "You can have the first move Michael"

"BULBASAUR TACKLE ATTACK" Michael shouted and bulbasaur charged towards charmander.

"CHARMANDER DODGE" shouted Douglas and charmander jumped to the side to avoid the attack "CHARMANDER SCRATCH ATTACK" and charmander began scratching at bulbasaur very quickly.

"Bulbasaur get away from him" shouted Michael

"Charmander ember attack" shouted Douglas and small pieces of fire shot from charmander's mouth straight towards bulbasaur

"Bulbasaur dodge quick" shouted Michael but he wasn't fast enough and the ember attack caught bulbasaur right in the face.

"Ok charmander one last ember attack and this battle is over" shouted Douglas and charmander opened his mouth and instead of and ember attack a large flame erupted from his maw. And hit bulbasaur dead on bulbasaur fell on the ground the battle was over and Douglas looked on in surprise as he realized that his charmander just used a flamethrower not ember.

"Wow Douglas your charmander just used flamethrower that's so cool" said Michael

"Yeah that so cool charmander you rock we won all thanks to you" said Douglas hugging charmander "Charmander you're so strong were going to be a great team"

"Shall we battle our new Pokémon together and see how we do" asked Michael

"Yeah that sounds good charmander return" said Douglas holding out the poke ball "Ok remember you promised not to tell anyone about this Pokémon"

"Yeah I can't wait to see it go Pidgeotto" said Michael throwing a poke ball in the air it opened and a large bird came out it was very agile as it flew through the air it feathers gleamed as the sunlight hit them it continued to fly around us it was a magnificent sight but Douglas had seen better but not by much.

"Ok Douglas it's your turn" said Michael

"Ok but you promised not to tell anyone" replied Douglas

"Yeah I know so lets see this secret Pokémon of yours" said Michael impatiently

"Ok GO ARTICUNO" shouted Douglas throwing the master ball in the air it popped open and articuno soared out and circled them and then came in to land next to Douglas who was laughing like mad at the shocked look on Michael's face.

"Well what do you think my friend not bad for my first capture" said Douglas still laughing

"That was the first Pokémon you caught that's amazing it's a legendary articuno how did you catch him" said Michael still staring at the articuno which was snuggling into Douglas's side Douglas explained how he came to catch articuno and Michael listened intently.

"Wow that's so cool so articuno was your first Pokémon not charmander" said Michael

"Yeah and ill be starting my journey tomorrow instead of today to give articuno a chance to fully recover and the reason I asked you not to tell anyone is because of someone found out I had it they might try to take him from me and I couldn't bare that I've grown attached to him apart from you he's fast becoming my best friend" Douglas said gazing lovingly at the ball that held articuno the rest of the battle was forgotten as they chatted.

"By the way Douglas have you told your mom that you're gay yet" asked Michael

"Yeah I told her before I left to go to professor oak's lab" replied Douglas

"I'm guessing that she took it well considering that you're smiling" said Michael

"Yeah she said could only love me like she always had" said Douglas with a big smile on his face

"Well I guess this is where we say goodbye" said Michael as he stood up

"No its not good bye just see you later we will see each other again" said Douglas pulling Michael into a hug. They broke the hug and went their separate ways Michael headed out of town on to route one which leads to viridian city Douglas headed to professor oaks lab to get his Pokémon checked after the battle he knocked on the door and Tracy answered the door.

"Hi Tracy just came by to get my Pokémon checked out just had a battle" said Douglas

"Hey Douglas that's ok come on in so how did your first battle go" asked Tracy

"It went great I won and charmander knows flamethrower now" Douglas replied

"That's great charmander is growing stronger" said Tracy leading Douglas into a room with a bunch of equipment "If you let your Pokémon out of their balls ill take a look at them"

"Ok come on out guys" said Douglas as he threw the balls forward and charmander and articuno came out Douglas noticed the shocked look on Tracy's face as he looked at articuno

"Is that an articuno?" asked Tracy

"Yeah didn't professor oak tell you I caught one last night" I replied

"No I haven't seen the professor yet to day I was out feeding the Pokémon this morning and just got back when you knocked on the door" said Tracy

"Oh ok well I caught him last night when I was walking in the woods he had an injured wing and his foot was stuck in some tree roots I found the ball when I was walking to where he was so when he wouldn't let me get near enough to help I just threw the ball and caught him turns out it was a master ball that I found so when I threw it there was no doubt I would have caught him I told everything to professor oak this morning and he said I should keep him with me because he's kind of attached to me to be honest I'm kind of attached to him as well" I said as Tracy examined my Pokémon.

"That's cool well everyone is fine take good care of articuno his wing will be fine by tomorrow" said Tracy

"Cool well I'm going to head home now ill come by to get articuno checked out before I leave tomorrow just to make sure he's ok thanks Tracy ill see you tomorrow" said Douglas as he headed for the door "Oh and Tracy I'm trying to keep this a secret so please don't tell anyone"

"Ok ill keep it a secret but it will come out at some point" said Tracy

"Yeah I know professor oak said the same thing" He said with a smile

Douglas then headed home as he got home he thought he saw some thing in the woods but when he took a closer look but nothing was there so he kept walking he then saw it again.

"Is someone there" Douglas said "If someone's there come out where I can see you"

He then heard some one stumbling through the brush then a boy about his age came out of the brush and collapsed Douglas ran forward to help when he got close he saw that the boy had a burst lip and the beginnings of a black eye but he also noticed that the boy was very cute he picked him up and threw him over his shoulder and ran back to professor oaks lab because it was closest he ran up the path and banged on the door the professor opened the door and gasped at what he saw.

"Douglas what's going on who is that" asked the professor

"I don't know I was walking home and he came out of the woods he looks like he has been beaten but I don't know him" replied Douglas

"Well bring him in and lay him on the couch and well see what's wrong" said the professor Douglas walked in and placed the boy on the couch the professor looked the boy over.

"Your right he has been beaten but its not that serious I think he's just past out he should wake up soon will you stay with him" said the professor

"Yeah can you call officer jenny and my mom and let them know what's happened" replied Douglas

"Yes of course if he wakes up try to find out what has happened" said the professor

"Ok ill try but I don't know if he will tell me but ill try" said Douglas

"Well just try your best he looks likes your age so he might respond better to you than he would to me or Tracy" said the professor

"Ok ill give it my best shot" He said looking at the boy the professor left after that to make the calls and Douglas just sat there waiting for the boy to wake up he sat there looking at the boy he found him self falling for the boy he didn't want to but he couldn't help it he couldn't wait to talk to the boy but he was sure he wasn't gay but he couldn't help that he was falling for him. Just then the boy started to stir he slowly opened his eyes.

"Owwww my head where am I" he said

"You're at professor oaks research lab I found you when you came out of the woods and brought you here can you tell me your name" said Douglas

"Yeah my name is Andrew" he said

"Ok Andrew my name is Douglas can you tell me what happened to you" asked Douglas

"I can't! If I do you will probably beat me up too" he said looking down

"I promise you I wont I have an idea about what it is but I would rather you tell me" said Douglas

"Ok I live in viridian city I lived with my dad I don't know what happened to my mom he would never tell me he was always angry and I never knew why he only got worse when he got drunk which was every weekend I just tried to stay out of his way but I made the mistake of telling him that…that…that well I'm…I'm…gay" he said looking like he wanted to run from the room.

"Its ok I'm gay too so don't worry about that I want to help you" Douglas said with a smile

"Thanks I was worried that you would hate me but never mind when I let that slip during an argument with him he went nuts and started hitting me I managed to get away from him and ran into the woods the next thing I knew I woke up here and that's what happened" he said and started crying Douglas immediately sat next to him and held him as he cried eventually he fell asleep Douglas lay him down on the couch and went to see the professor.

"Professor I've found out what happened" said Douglas as he walked into the lab. Douglas related everything that Andrew had told him about what happened the professor was a little taken aback about what he heard about why he was beaten he didn't think that happened anymore he then realized that there will always be bigots out there he did ask why Andrew had told him all of this Douglas hesitated.

"Well he told me all of this because I told him I was gay to" he said in a small voice

"Its ok it doesn't matter to me who you love it only matters what kind of person you are and your are a very good person" said professor oak

"Yeah I agree with the professor" said Tracy

"Well I'm going to go back and sit with him and its late when he wakes up ill take him to my house he will be more comfortable there and my mom will be able to help me make sure he's ok" said Douglas

As Douglas walked back to the living room and found Andrew still sleeping Douglas sat down and lifted Andrews head onto his lap and stroked his hair.

"You know I think I'm starting to fall in love with you but I don't know if you would even be interested in me" Douglas whispered sadly

"I am interested in you I was the minute I saw you but I didn't think you would be interested in me" Andrew said in a sleepy voice

"I didn't know you were awake" Said Douglas in a surprised tone

"Well when you started stroking my hair I woke up and I heard what you said I liked it no one has ever been as nice to me as you have and I think your cute and funny and I think I love you I've never felt this way about someone before I've had crushed and that but I have never felt like this before" Andrew said beginning to tear up

"I think I love you too I feel the same way you do I have had crushes too but I've never felt like this before I only have one question for you will you be my boyfriend" Douglas asked blushing furiously

"Yes I will" Andrew said hugging Douglas around the neck and kissing him on the lips both boys felt electricity flowing through their bodies.

"Wow did you feel that?" asked Douglas

"Yeah that was cool it felt like electricity was flowing through me" answered Andrew

"Yeah I felt it too it was cool" said Douglas

"What should we do now" asked Andrew

"Well lets talk to professor oak then we will go to my house we need to talk to professor oak to find out what we will need to do tomorrow because I will be leaving to go on my Pokémon journey I want you to come with me but that has to be your choice also I think officer jenny will be coming by tomorrow to get your story" said Douglas

"Do I have to tell her" asked Andrew

"Yes we want your father to pay for beating you" Douglas replied in a strong tone

"Ok but only if you are there" replied Andrew in a pleading voice

"Its ok ill be there sitting right there next to you" replied Douglas "but we can't let your dad get away with this"

With that said they got up and headed into the lab where professor oak was working away examining the Pokémon for new trainers that were supposed to come the next day.

"Professor were going to go back to my house now but I wanted to talk to you first about tomorrow" Asked Douglas

"What about tomorrow" asked the professor with an inquiring look on his face?

"Well as you know I leave on my journey tomorrow and I was hoping that Andrew could come with me after all he is the same age as me" Douglas asked hopefully

"Well I think that would work considering I only have two trainers coming tomorrow and three Pokémon I think I can so that" said professor oak thoughtfully

"What you mean I can actually get a Pokémon?" asked Andrew shocked

"Yes if you could stop by my lab tomorrow afternoon after you are finished with officer jenny you can pick one which one do you want and ill put it by for you" said professor oak happily

"I would like a bulbasaur I always wanted to do this but my father wouldn't let me he wanted me to stay at home" said Andrew sadly

"Its ok we will be traveling together we can have fun along the way you can forget your father I have a funny feeling he wont be able to stop you" said Douglas with a smile "Professor did you call my mom and let her know what was happening"

"No sorry I forgot to call her after I was finished with officer jenny do you want to call her now" said the professor

"No that's ok do you have a piece of paper I can use to send a message" asked Douglas

"Yes right here but how you going to send it Ohhhhh I get it" said the professor with a knowing look on his face

Douglas quickly jotted a not down on the paper

Mom bringing a friend home will explain

More when we get there

Douglas

With the note written he went outside with everyone.

"Andrew I would like to introduce you to one of my Pokémon I was going to keep him a secret but as everyone keeps telling me I won't be able to keep it a secret for long so I might as well not and just hope I can avoid trouble" said Douglas

"Ok what kind of Pokémon is it then" asked Andrew

"Just watch GO ARTICUNO" said Douglas as he threw the poke ball into the air articuno burst out of the poke ball and circled around with his shining wings glittering in the moonlight as he circled around and landed next to Douglas snuggling in to his side as he was laughing at the expression on Andrews face.

"Articuno can you take this message to my mom can you remember where that is" Douglas asked articuno.

Articuno just nodded slightly grabbed the message then took off in the direction of Douglas's house.

"You caught an articuno" asked Andrew in a shocked voice

"Yeah ill tell you about it on the way home" replied Douglas "Well professor we will see you tomorrow bye Tracy"

With that they left the lab and started walking towards Douglas's house as they were waling Douglas was telling Andrew about how he found articuno and unconsciously they were holding hands as they walked as they neared home Andrew was walking with his head on Douglas's shoulder as he was talking. When they got to the house Douglas walked in first said hi to his mom and introduced Andrew as his boyfriend before he thought about it.

"Ohhhhh sorry Andrew I didn't think before I said that" said Douglas sheepishly

"Its ok it doesn't matter I'm actually a little proud that you introduced me that way it kind of gave me good feelings" said Andrew with a smile

"Ok it's just a good thing my mom already knew I'm gay" said Douglas

"Yes and I'm glad you have found someone now can you please tell me what's going on I got a very big shock when articuno came soaring in the window and dropped a message on my lap and then landed in the corner" said my mom and we all sat down on the couch and we explained what happened by the time they were finished explaining what Andrew had been through she was livid she went to make some dinner mumbling all the way about how she could never understand how people can treat their children like that after having dinner and feeding the Pokémon Douglas and Andrew went upstairs to his room the minute they were along Douglas pulled Andrew into a loving hug and held him for about ten minutes before they broke the embrace and stared into each others eyes and they leaned forward and kissed deeply the kiss only lasted a few seconds but to them it lasted an eternity. When they broke the kiss they just stood there staring deeply into each others eyes until Andrew broke the stare with a yawn and Douglas burst into hysterical laughter.

"Come on lets go to bed" said Douglas leading Andrew over to the bed as they changes into sleeping clothes and lay down with Douglas wrapping his arms around Andrew as if to protect him whilst he slept he lay there watching sleep thinking 'I'm never going to let anyone hurt him again'

The next morning the boys were shaken awake by Douglas's mom they awoke slowly once they were awake they noticed that they had changed positions slightly Douglas was lying on his back with Andrew using his chest as a pillow and Douglas had his arm around Andrew Douglas's mom walked out of the room after she realized that they were awake now as she walked out the door making the comment that they looked 'cute' together.

"Come on we better get up I need to use the bathroom then I guess we should shower before officer jenny gets here then we need to go to professor oaks and get your Pokémon" said Douglas

"Yeah by the way where is the bathroom" asked Andrew

Douglas took him by the hand and led him down the hall to the bathroom once they were inside they both took up positions at the toilet and began reliving there bladders.

"Why don't we shower together just to save time" asked Douglas

"Yeah sure why not it should be fun" said Andrew with a big smile on his face.

Once they were finished in the shower they went back to Douglas's room to get changed when Andrew realized that the only clothes he had were the ones he was wearing yesterday.

"Douglas I don't have any more clothes apart from the ones I wore yesterday" said Andrew

"That's ok you can borrow some of mine" replied Douglas walking over to his dresser and pulling out some clothes that he could wear. After they were dressed they went down stairs to have breakfast as they were eating there was a knock on the door and Douglas went to answer it when he got the door there was a woman standing there in a uniform.

"Hi there how ca I help" asked Douglas

"Hi there I'm hear to speak to a boy named Andrew professor oak called me yesterday and told me he was the victim of an assault" Said the woman "Ooooops I forgot to introduce myself I'm officer jenny"

"Well officer I'm Douglas please come in Andrew is in the other room I was the one that found him" said Douglas

"Well I guess we should get this over with" said officer jenny

"If you will have a seat over there I will get Andrew" said Douglas and he then went into the kitchen and told Andrew that officer jenny was there they then went and sat in the living room and spent the next hour telling her what happened to Andrew and how Douglas found them after she asked some questions trying to get all the information that she could she stood up ready to leave.

"Well I think I have enough to arrest him now don't worry you wont have to see him again do you know where you will be if I need to reach you" she asked

"Well not really we are both leaving to today for our journey after we are done here we will be going to professor oaks so Andrew can get his Pokémon then we will be headed for route one then viridian city it should take a few days to get to the city" said Douglas thoughtfully

"Ok well when you get to the city please stop by the police station and ill let you know what's happening" said officer jenny

"Ok so we will see you in a few days" said Douglas with a big smile

With that said officer jenny left then they headed out to professor oaks lab when they got there they knocked on the door and the professor answered it.

"Oh Douglas Andrew I didn't expect you so soon" said the professor

"Yeah well officer jenny was early and we finished quickly she asked us to stop by when we got to viridian city and she would let us know what happened" said Douglas

"Well that's good well come in and ill get that Pokémon for you" said the professor

"Ok then we will go back to my house pick up or things then we'll be on our way" said Douglas happily

"Well when we get to viridian city we will have to stop by my old house so I can get my things" said Andrew sadly

"Its ok Andrew ill be right there with you all the way" said Douglas giving him a kiss on the cheek making his face turn so red he was surprised he wasn't giving off a glow. They followed the professor in to the lab where the pedestal was with the Poke balls were sitting obviously they got there first.

"So Andrew what Pokémon is it that you wanted as your first" Asked to professor

"I wanted a bulbasaur I think that would be a great Pokémon to have" Answered Andrew

"Great here you go then" said the professor handing Andrew the poke ball with the leaf symbol on it Andrew then threw the ball forward and a bulbasaur came out.

"Hey bulbasaur you and me are going to be partners" said Andrew petting bulbasaur on the head.

"Well now that you have your Pokémon here is your pokédex and poke balls" said the professor

"Thank you, you have no idea what this means to me it's like a dream come true" Andrew said with tears running down his face Douglas pulled him into a hug while he calmed down. Once Andrew had calmed down they both said good bye to the professor and started walking home when they arrived the greeted Douglas's mom then went up stairs and grabbed the two bags one had a tent and two sleeping bags the other had Douglas's clothes and food in it as they were about to leave Douglas's mom called them into the kitchen.

"Boys I know you are leaving I do wish you weren't but I know this is something you have to do so I got both of you something" she said handing them both a pokétech which had a cell phone a clock a radio and a map function built into it they both looked at her in shock

"Mom you didn't have to do this" said Douglas still shocked

"Yeah" was all Andrew could say

"Well boy I know that you wont always be able to get to a phone to call me so I thought that these would be of some help to you especially the map function and the radio will help keep you occupied when you get bored" she said with a smile and with that the boys left to start their journey they walked all the way to the edge of town and when they were standing on the hill that marked the start of route one they turned around and looked back and surveyed they town as they both thought the same thing 'So the adventure begins'

TO BE CONTINUED

I would like to thank all the people who helped me start writing I'm not going to name everybody because there are just to many people to thank but I will thank all my friends from when I was at school and the teacher who encouraged me and my writing. well there you have the first chapter i hope you enjoyed it please read and reveiw.