Chapter 1: The Journey Begins
Hey, everybody! This is my very first fanfiction. To put it simply, I have no idea what I'm doing. This story is kind of a pokemon spinoff where it's Dawn and Paul's kid going on an adventure, and a lot of actual characters make appearances as well. Because I'm new to this, constructive criticism would be appreciated, just don't be too harsh. The POV will begin in the main characters view, but I may switch it every now and then. By the way, I want to add a little romance, so kids start their journeys at fourteen. So that it's not creepy.
I've talked too long. Just read.
Disclaimer: I don't own pokemon or any of the non-original characters in this fic. Please don't sue me.
I woke up on my fourteenth birthday. You see, however, this was no ordinary birthday. Now, on my fourteenth birthday, I was about to get my first pokemon.
I was going to have to get up first.
"Ryan, you're going to be late to Professor Birch's!" shouted my mom as she shook me to get out of bed.
"Don't you want to have first pick of your starter pokemon?"
"Oh my gosh you're right! I have to get going!" I quickly exclaimed before running into the bathroom to take a shower.
My mom always told me I take the fastest showers she's ever seen.
I think I broke my record.
As I stepped out of the shower and got dressed, I took a quick look at myself. I had purple hair (thanks a lot, dad) but it was cut short in a way that didn't make it look too silly. I had brown eyes, and a face that I wouldn't really call handsome but not ugly either. Just normal. I was 5'4", and I was in shape because I played lacrosse and hockey. Really just your average guy.
I ran downstairs, quickly wolfed down breakfast, and was out the door within a few minutes, quickly shouting behind me "I'll be back before noon, love you!" to my dumbstruck mother.
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I hopped on my bike and quickly biked through Littleroot town to Professor Birch's laboratory. I got there out of breath, but on time.
A woman answered the door. She had brown hair, was medium height, and had brilliant blue eyes.
"Oh, you must be one of the kids here for their pokemon. Come on in, my dad should be down in a few minutes. My name is May by the way, if you need anything."
"Thanks" I said breathlessly as she let me in.
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Just as I was thinking everything was going smoothly, Liz walked in.
Liz had been my crush for who knows how long. We were good friends, but I could never get up the guts to ask her out. To make things worse, I always found some way to make a fool out of myself when she was around.
Liz was a little shorter than me, maybe 5'1", and she was really pretty. She has regular skin, not too pale bit mot too tan, and is a little shorter than me, probably about 5'1". She has straight, dirty-blonde hair, and big grayish-blue eyes.
"Oh my gosh hey Ryan! Is today your birthday too? That's so cool! We both get to start our journeys on the same day!" She leapt over and excitedly hugged me.
It felt pretty good.
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At last Professor Birch came down the stairs. "I'm sorry kids. Time just got away from me this morning. And what are your names?"
Liz spoke first. "My name's Liz!" she said enthusiastically, "Nice to meet you!"
"My name's Ryan" I said. "It's great to finally meet you Professor Birch."
Rick, the town bully, spoke up. "My name's Rick."
"It's a pleasure to meet you all! Well, let's get this show on the road!" he exclaimed,"May, bring out the pokemon!"
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May walked out wheeling a cart with three pokemon on it:
Treecko, the wood gecko pokemon, the grass type starter of the Hoenn Region.
Torchic, the fire chicken pokemon, the fire starter.
And last, but certainly not least, was Mudkip, the mud fish pokemon, the water starter.
I stepped to the side "Ladies first" I said, gesturing to Liz. She giggled and stepped forward, but Rick, however, stepped in front of her.
"Not in my book" he said as he quickly gestured to Treecko. "I want that one."
Professor Birch gave him a disapproving look, but recovered. "May, could you please grab Treecko's pokeball and give it to this young man?"
"Here you go kid." Said May as she handed him the pokeball. "Take good care of him."
Rick grunted and proceeded to walk out the door.
"What an odd young man." Said Prof. Birch as he scratched his head.
"Wait a second" I said, "You're May! My uncle Ash always talks about you! He travelled with you through the Hoenn region!"
"Oh my so you must be Dawn and Paul's son! I was told that you referred to Ash as "uncle". It's so great to finally meet you!" said May as the recognition dawned on her.
"Wow it's a small world isn't it? With you being Paul's son, it makes me even more excited to see what you accomplish as a pokemon trainer!" exclaimed Birch, now excited he may have a prodigy on his hands.
"Gee thanks that means a lot coming from you!" I said, honored.
"Well, I'm afraid we don't have all day to catch up. Back to business. Liz, are you ready to decide which one of these pokemon you'd like?" asked Professor Birch.
"I already have, sir! I would like to take Torchic!" she said.
"Wow that's awesome! I wanted Mudkip from the start! Everything worked out!" I exclaimed, happy that there were no issues.
Both pokemon excitedly greeted their new trainers as Professor Birch said, "Well I think you kids had better go update your parents about your journeys. Make sure to keep in touch!"
"We will! Thank you!" Liz and I shouted as we ran out the door.
"Hey Ryan, I'll meet you at the road leading out of town, ok?" Liz asked.
On the inside I was like wait please don't tell me she wants to travel together, but on the outside I was like "Yeah alright!" I shouted. "See you then!"
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"Mom, I'm home!"
Footsteps thumped as I heard my mom come down the stairs.
"Uncle Ash!" I shouted, surprised to see my not-blood-related-uncle come down the stairs.
"Hey Ryan!" my uncle said. "What pokemon did you choose?"
I gestured to the Mudkip happily sitting on my shoulder. Uncle ash was a pokemon enthusiast, so I was not surprised to see him light up at the sight.
"You two already seem to be getting along great! I can't wait to see what you do together!" my happy uncle said as he pet my Mudkip gently.
"Muuuuuuuudd"
We all laughed at Mudkip's content growling. Pikachu, Ash's partner pokemon, responded with a happy chirp.
My day was off to a good start.
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To be continued...
I got the ~(0'-'0)~ thing (it's supposed to be a Pikachu) from another fanfiction writer. I thought it was awesome, so I hope nobody minds if I use it in this fic?
Hope you liked it! Review!