Erik was on the fifth level of his videogame. He had been trying to get this far for months and he had finally achieved it. He turned a corner in the game and saw a couple of enemies. He was so close to finally beating the level. He approached the enemies slowly. All of a sudden his mother barged in the room causing him to throw the controller across the room. He looked on helplessly as the controller landed on the game system, causing it to reset. He had forgotten to save! In all his excitement of trying to beat the level, he had forgotten to save and now he would have to start all over again.

"Damnit Mom," He yelled, "I had finally gotten to the fifth level, and you fucked me up."

"Well, I'm sorry Erik," she said, "but you really need to go to sleep. Tomorrow is the big day. You start your Pokemon adventure tomorrow and if you don't sleep then you'll be too tired tomorrow and you'll mess up your chances of getting a Pokemon once again. This has already happened last year. Your already 16 and you still haven't gotten a Pokemon. Now go the fuck to sleep so you will wake up and be out of the house tomorrow."

Erik's Mom left the room and he turned off the game and lights and got into bed. What his Mom had said was true. A kid is supposed to start his or her Pokemon adventure when they are fifteen years old and ever since he was fifteen he had overslept and by the time he got to the Professor's lab to receive a Pokemon, they were already taken by other trainers. He was now determined to not oversleep. Soon he was fast asleep. He began dreaming about the adventures he would have. He then began dreaming about the three Pokemon that he could choose from. There was the grass type, Treecko. It looks kinda like a Lizard. It has yellow eyes, a pink stomach, and a tail hat swirls at the end. It was a good Pokemon, but he didn't seem to like it enough. The second possible Pokemon he could choose is Mudkip, a water type. It almost looks like a frog except it has short feet and orange cheeks. This Pokemon was definitely better than the Treecko, but still wasn't good enough. The last possible choice is Torchic. It's a fire type and it looks like a bird, except it cannot fly. It is orange and has a small little beak. Erik had made up his mind. He would choose Torchic. He smiled big in his sleep. His little sister, Denise had snuck in the room and saw him smiling the way he was.

She hit him upside the head with her fist and yelled "Just what in the hell are you dreamin about!"

He woke up completely startled and pushed his sister out of the way. He looked at the clock. It said 10:00.

"YES!!" he also most screamed, "I am gonna be on time this time"

He got dressed and packed up his favorite clothes. He ran downstairs and ate his breakfast as quickly as possible.

"Don't eat your breakfast so fast dumbass," Denise said, "your gonna choke and die. Well, then again, that wouldn't be so bad."

"Oh shut up!" he yelled back at her.

He ran out the house towards the Professor's lab. When he got there the Professor and two other kids were there. He took a seat and the Professor began his speech. He looked at the two others and recognized them both. There was Kate, a girl he knew from his Science class. They got along quite well. She often helped him cheat on tests and quizzes. But the other kid Erik was not so happy to see. His name was Ryan. He and Ryan had hated each other since the day they met back in the seventh grade. Erik had his eyes on a particular girl, but unknowing to him, so did Ryan. Ryan had asked the girl out first but was denied by her. But just a couple days later, Erik asked her out and she accepted. Ryan was furious. He believed he was better than Erik and so the thought of her picking Erik over him made him almost lose his mind. Ever since then it has been the same with everything. Erik seemed to get everything that Ryan didn't. This made Ryan sort of lose his mind. He began thinking in ways inimaginable. He began thinking thoughts of murder and so on. But when Ryan found out that Erik would begin a Pokemon journey, he thought this to be the perfect chance to get his revenge. Erik, of course did not know any of this except that he thought Ryan just to be too jealous of him.

The Professor finished his speech which both Erik and Daniel had missed since they were thinking of other things. The professor then led them into a room with three Pokemon. Almost immediately Erik told him he wanted Torchic. Ryan of course knew that Fire Pokemon like Torchic were vulnerable to Water type Pokemon so he then said that he wanted Mudkip. Kate was then stuck with Treecko. She was quite disappointed because she had her eyes on Torchic, but she accepted it anyway.

As they began their way out, the Professor gave each of them a Pokedex which allows them to record information about Pokemon as soon as they encounter one. If they happen to catch a Pokemon then even more information will become available to them. He also gave them a Pokemon Navigator which is a device that uncludes a map and also works as a communication device between trainers and other important people. Then they were each given five empty Pokeballs to catch Pokemon with. They then proceeded to leave. Kate ran down the path to Route 101. Erik followed but not as quickly. Ryan stayed back. He headed towards his house. Erik looked back curiously as to what Ryan could be up to, but of course he didn't care enough to go check it out.

Erik looked ahead and he could here Kate laughing and praising herself. It was obvious that she had already caught her second Pokemon. He ran up to her and asked her what she was up to.

"I just caught a new Pokemon!" She said, "Isn't it the coolest?" She pressed the button on the pokeball to make it come out. There was a bright white light and then a small little worm came out.

"Oh god, what the hell is that?" Erik asked.

"It's a cute lil Wurmple. Isn't he the greatest? I hear it can evolve into two different Pokemon!" she explained.

"Well, if it can do that then I guess it can't be all that bad. I guess I'll catch one too and we can try to get our Wurmples to evolve into different Pokemon" Erik said.

"Oh yeah, that would be cool." Kate said.

Erik then started to look for a Wurmple. He then saw a shadow behind him. He looked and it was Ryan.

"Hey yo, stupid dumbass" Ryan said, "Let's battle!"

Erik was ready. He grabbed his Pokeball with Torchic inside and the battle began.