Beginnings
"There are many mysteries of our world that are asked, some that have been answered, but many have yet to be. One of the greatest mysteries however is the world of pokemon. Yes, that sounds like a good start." An old man with white untamed hair sat at his desk, pen in hand as he wrote down his words. His white lab coat clean and pressed resting over a red shirt, he continued to write, this man is Professor Samuel Oak, one of the worlds leading pokemon researchers. Out side the window next to his desk, the sun shined over a quite little town, little activity could be seen, this is Pallet Town.
"Hmmm, I hope my grandson will visit sometime, I'm interested to find out how his studies on pokemon from the Sinnoh region is going" Oak said as he paused his writing. "But why do I feel like I'm forgetting something?"
A moment after that, there was a knock on the door, and young mans voice asked, "Professor, are you ready yet, the new trainer is here to relive his first pokemon?"
"What? That's today?" Oak asked as he got up in a hurry, "Oh great, I got caught up in my paper." Oak turned around and ran towards the door, he opened it, startling a young man wearing a red headband, green t-shirt, and red shorts. "Tracey, get the pokemon, I can't believe I forgot"
"Yes professor" Tracey replied.
Oak rushed through halls and down the stairs to the main hall of his lab. When he reached the bottom of the stairs, he saw a young man who wore a black shirt with a fireball on his chest, black baggy pants with fire designs at the bottom, and a red trench coat. His hands in his pockets, he was leaning against the wall with a little yellow mouse looking creature with red cheeks, and brown stripes on its back, and a tail, that looked like a lightning bolt curled up next to his feet. It was a Pikachu, an electric pokemon. Oak said while still catching his breath, "Sorry to keep you waiting, y-you must be the trainer here to pick up you first pokemon, right?"
The young man looked up from his stare at the floor, he looked at Oak with his green eyes and said, "You must be Professor Oak." He got off the wall, disturbing the Pikachu by his feet, it shook it head, and let out a yawn. "It's an honor to meet you, oh and yes, I'm that trainer, my names Thorin"
"Nice to mean you" Oak replied finally having caught his breath, "Unfortunately you will have to wait a few minutes for your pokemon"
"Is there a problem?" Thorin asked.
"Oh no, I just lost track of things, I'm currently writing a paper on my study of pokemon and there interaction with people, and lost track of time" Oak said with an embarrassed look on his face.
"Oh, is that all?"
"Yes, nothing to worry about, while you wait, is there anything you want to ask me?"
"Well, I want to know where my pokemon will go if I catch more then six."
"Ah, good place to start, well all pokemon that you catch if your currently holding six pokemon will be transferred to my lab"
"Well, that's good to know, how about getting more pokeballs?"
"Well, give me a call and I'll send you some more, but there are pokeballs out there that have special properties to help capture different pokemon like-"
"Like fast balls to catch fast pokemon, or net balls to catch bug and water pokemon easier" Thorin interrupted.
"Um right," Oak started again, "Well, you know a bit more then most trainers when they start out"
"That's because I wanted to be prepared or my pokemon journey, because of that, I'm older then the excited ten year old that start their pokemon journey"
"Oh, so how old are you"
"I'm fourteen, I spent the last six years studying what I'd need to know, such as pokemon types, training tips, and so on"
Well, I must say I'm impressed"
"When you have a father that you wish to live up to, you have to make sure that you'll succeed"
"I guess"
"Professor!"
Thorin and Oak turned their heads to see Tracey running down the hallway, he stopped just before them, hunched over trying to catch his breath. Oak asked, "Is there a problem Tracey?"
"Oh n-no, just saying that everything's ready" Tracey said breathlessly.
"Oh, right, well then, ready to pick your pokemon?" Oak asked Thorin.
"Yes"
"Excellent, follow me please"
Oak and Thorin turned to face Tracey, still hunched over catching his breath, Thorin grabbed a red backpack that was behind his legs, the Pikachu got up and followed as Thorin and Oak went down the hall.
In Oak lab room, his papers on his studies laid scattered on his desk, there was a set of stairs leading up to a balcony. In the middle of the room was a circular machine with a done cover, inside where three red and white balls with a black strip separating the top and bottom half. Oak lead Thorin towards the machine, Thorin thought, "Those must be the starter pokemon." Oak pushed a button on the side of the dome, and it retracted, opening up exposing the pokeballs.
"I assume you know this, but the three pokemon to choose from are Bulbasur, a grass type, Charmander, a fire type, and Squirtle, a water type"
"I do know, that's one reason I decided to start here"
"So, which one will you choose?"
Thorin stared at them for a minute, and then said, "I choose Charmander"
"A good choose, this particular Charmander is strong," Oak picked up one of the pokeballs, and handed it to Thorin, "Take good care of your pokemon then."
"I will, alright Charmander, come out." Thorin throw the pokeball up into the air, it opened up where the black strip was and let out a beam of light. The beam when towards the ground and started to take shape, the light faded, and a orange lizard with a yellow strip on it's belly going to the under side of a tail with a fireball on the end appeared. It looked at Thorin and Exclaimed "Char!" with a happy look on its face.
The first thing Thorin said was, "Cool, he does look strong, hey Charmander, come here."
Charmander started running towards him, it leaped towards him and gave him a hug exclaiming, "Char charmander char"
"Well, you're an affectionate one" Thorin looked down at it, and said, "I think I'll call you Drako"
"Oh I almost forgot," Oak interrupted. He when to his desk and picked up several small round objects, then came back and handed Thorin several smaller pokeballs. "You'll need these if you wish to catch more pokemon"
Thorin reached out and took the pokeballs and said, "Thanks, Sparxs"
The Pikachu came running towards Thorin and said to him, "Pika?"
"Well, you ready?"
The Pikachu got on its hind legs and gave a victory sigh with its left hand and said, "Pika!"
"All right then," Thorin put down all but one of the pokeballs and nudged Charmander off, he pushed a white button on the front of the ball, and it expanded. He taped the pokeball on Pikachu's head. It was covered in a red light and vanished, the button on the pokeball started blinked red for a few moments and then stopped.
"Thorin that Pikachu is with you?" Oak asked.
"Ya, he's my pal, he's been with me since I started studying"
"I bet there's a good story behind that"
"Ya, but I think I should be going."
"Alright then, I'm afraid I don't have a pokedex ready, but give me a call every now and then, I'll have one soon"
"Ok Oak," Thorin looked at Charmander and raised a pokeball, he said, "Drako return." The pokeball shot a red beam from the button and enveloped Charmander, it vanished and the beam retracted back to the ball. Thorin pushed the button on the front of the pokeball again and it retracted to its small size again. He picked up the other four pokeballs and put them in his coat pocket. Thorin then put his backpack on his back and started walking towards the door, he stopped just before it and said to Oak, "I'm stopping at Viridian City first, I guess I'll be calling you there from the pokemon center."
"Ok then, good luck on your journey"
Professor Oak raised his hand and waved, Thorin resumed walking.
Thorin walked out of the gates leading to Oak's lab, he turned towards a forest in the distance, and said, "That should be the way to Viridian City." He started walking, just as he finished passing the wall on Oak's lab, another young man can up to the lab gates. His hair dark blue, and tied into a ponytail going to the base of his neck, he wore a blue t-shirt with a green vest unfastened down the middle, blue jeans that matched his shirt, and black cut off gloves. His blue eyes looked up at the lab, and with a smile said, "So, this must be Professor Samuel Oak's Laboratory"
Tracey was sorting Oaks notes on his desk, while Oak stared out the window with an unsure look on his face. "Tracey, was there anyone else coming by today?"
Tracey replied, "I don't think so professor, why do you ask?"
Oak turned around, he was holding a pokeball in his hand. "I asked because this pokeball was sat aside with a note saying special order on it. I think it is suppose to be for a trainer coming by."
No sooner did Oak say that that a ring sounded throughout the lab, followed by a loud knocking.
"Maybe that's the person you where waiting for, I'll go get it."
Tracey sat down the stack of papers on the desk and ran through the doorway, Oak moved over to his desk and picked up a paper, his eyes moving back and forth as he read it. Tracey returned with the young blue haired man and said, "Professor, he says he's here to pick up a special pokemon"
Oak looked up from reading the paper, noticed the young man, and said, "You must be Edward if I'm not mistaken."
The young man replied, "Yes sir, you should know why I'm here then, right?"
Oak put the paper down and said, "You're here for your first pokemon, well, I've got it right here." Oak raised the pokeball he was holding and handed it to Edward, "Normally, I have trainers start off with a Charmander, Squirtle, or Bulbasaur, but if someone wants you to start of with something different, then I'll see what unfolds."
Edward took the pokeball, and said, "Thanks, and why my mother wanted me to start off with this, I don't know. I think she wanted me to think hard about raising pokemon"
"Well what better way to lean then with that pokemon"
Edward looked at the pokeball, and then throw it while saying, "I choose you, Eevee."
The pokeball opened in the middle and shot a white light out, a creature with two pointed ears, a large fluffy tail, and a furry main started taking shape, when the light faded, a brown quadruped with a lighter brown main and a light brown tip on it's tail sat before him.
"Weeeee" It yawned.
"Eevee's are branched evolving pokemon, being able to evolve in to five other pokemon, at least from what I know right now, I've heard that two more have been discovered." Oak continued.
"I know, but I don't want to force him to evolve."
Edward stared into Eevee's big brown eyes, while Eevee stared back into Edwards blue eyes. Edward smiled and said, "Well, I know me and Eevee will make a good team"
Eevee got a smile across it's face, it's eyes shined, and it let out a happy, "Weeeeee"
"I'm happy then," Oak said, he bent down and picked up five more pokeballs, he then handed them to Edward who took them, he pocketed them. "I'm afraid that I'm waiting for some new data I was told I'd be getting, so I can't give you a pokedex at this time."
"That's ok professor, I have a feeling you'll get to it, so stop worrying."
"Give me a call from time to time, and I should get it finished some time "
"Ok, thanks Professor, Eevee, lets go."
Eevee got up and said, "Wee Eev."
Edward gave Tracey a hand shake, and left through the doorway, Tracey turned and looked at the professor and said, "Looks like both of those trainers are going to get far in there journey."
"Yes Tracey, I do believe your right. Well, I do believe that there is nothing else to do, so I'm going to finish that paper.
End of Chapter 1