Crossed Wires: Chapter 1
A boy named Drake is leaving his town for his Pokémon journey; however, the customs of his home of Halosoff Town, hidden away in Northeastern Johto, don't really like Pokémon. Drake climes up a hill showing Halosoff and looks at his sole Pokeball, and asks himself, "Who would of thought this would of happened because of this one little ball?"
The town of Halosoff had strange customs compared to the rest of the Pokémon world. For as long as anyone can remember, Pokémon were not welcome in Halosoff and Children were discouraged to interact with them. Drake, as a younger child, was very curious. Every Sunday, Drake and his family dressed up and when to church. The church was run by Pastor Reynolds, and all Drake could remember of the sermon was, "Pokémon are evil, devilish, creatures and should not be interacted with." But Drake always wondered why.
3 years before, a large famine struck the town. Because of their isolation with the rest of the world, they couldn't import any food to their town. Drake left the town for the forest to find some berries. He knew that he would be in big trouble if anyone found out he was sneaking out of the town. One day, while gathering berries, Drake came across a creature he had never seen before. The strange creature said "Squirtle, Squirtle." He had no idea what it was, but it liked him, so Drake let it follow him. He found the creature to be useful in berry-gathering, and gather 3 times as much as he normally would. The creature stayed in the forest and collected berries with Drake for months upon end until he became his.
One day, while Drake was collecting berries with the creature, he tripped over something in the ground. It was a red and white ball with a button in the middle. He picked up the ball and the creature looked like he wanted Drake to hit him with the ball, and Drake did just that. The ball opened up and a beam shot the creature and put it inside the ball. It shook 3 times and clicked. Drake was scared and confused during this entire ordeal. He picked up and shook the ball vigorously, nothing happened. Out of desperation, he threw the ball and out came the creature. Drake just went with it after that.
Even after the famine was over, Drake and the creature were inseparable. The day came when Drake realized that the creature wanted to come home with him, it was hard but, with the ball, he was able to sneak the creature in his house. A few days later, while they were playing together, the creature started glowing, and Drake was confused and scared again. After he stopped glowing, the creature changed shape and from then, it always said "Wartortle" so that's what Drake called him from then on.