It was a dark forest indeed. So dark Victor could not see his own hand in front of his face. It was cold too, the only indication that this was a forest was the chatter of wild pokemon and the occasional tree Victor would bump into. He didn't know why he bothered walking, it had been hours and all he had done is walk in continuous circles. He looked up and was nearly blinded by a pair of eyes sending a beam of light rushing toward Victor and piercing the dark. He felt an urge to walk toward the eyes and he did. The closer he got the more a figure started to form. He started to notice a tentacle reaching up and waving about. He was arms-length away from the creature and was able to make out the form of a floating orb, with blue glowing eyes, a star form on its face, and four tentacles reaching out to him. He grabbed the creatures tentacle and suddenly there was a flash of light pulling Victor out of his trance.
"Gah!" Victor jerked awake in the bed and clutched his head.
"What did I eat last night?" Victor asked himself with a chuckle. He looked over at his calendar and realized that today was his special day. Every year three young children were picked by professor Joshua to go on an expedition with their first pokemon. Victor quickly got dressed and rushed down stairs as fast as he could. He ran toward the door and in one fluid motion grabbed his hat, slipped it on, and rushed out the door. Outside his friend Courtney was waiting for him. He was greeted by her crystal blue eyes and tall figure that Victor adored. They ran to the lab and practically kicked down the door in their excitement.
"Woah calm down there!" Remarked Joshua as he laughed.
"I want to get my first pokemon as soon as possible!" Shouted Victor.
"Well there are plenty to go around." Said professor Joshua. Professor Joshua walked over to the table where three poke balls lay.
"These are your pokemon choi-" The Professor was interrupted by the door once again being slammed open. A tall slender boy walked in and walked up to the professor.
"S-sorry I'm late." Stammered the boy pushing up his glasses.
"It's perfectly fine Cato!" Said the professor with a smile and he looked back down at the poke balls.
"There are three options, flapede, shellcra, and graston." The professor pointed at the screen as each pokemon was displayed.
"Now who wants to choose first?" The professor asked. Victor looked over at his friend and at the newcomer and decided to step up.
"I'll go first!" Said Victor. He walked up to the poke balls and stared intently.
"I think I'll go with, flapede the fire starter!" He picked up the first pokeball and lifted it into the air.
"Well in that case I'll take shellcra!" Said Cato as he stepped up and glanced over at Victor.
"Graston!?" Shouted Courtney.
"Why did I have to have such a horrible pokemon!?" Courtney and Victor were walking route one together on their way to Kohan city. Cato had decided to go a different way and hoped to meet up with them later.
"Hey don't be complaining! You chose not to step right up." Said Victor.
"Yes but I didn't wait this long to have a stupid graston!" Victor and Courtney got into a lot of trouble in their younger days. Because of that professor Joshua didn't think they were ready for an adventure, so while most kids start at ten years old, they had finally been accepted at 15.
"Heh well whatever I could probably make use of this somehow." Courtney said as she brushed her auburn hair out of her face.
After a few hours of walking they had finally reached Kohan city. Along the way Courtney had caught a pidgey and a fletchling, while Victor only caught a pansage.
"Welcome to the pokecenter! Would you like us to heal your pokemon?" Asked nurse Joy.
"Yes please!" Said Victor as he handed her his pokeballs. Nurse Joy loaded the poke balls into the machine and turned it on.
"We are having some issues with our systems, this might take awhile." Said nurse Joy. Victor nodded his head, walked over to the bench, and sat down next to Courtney.
"Hmm how interesting!" Courtney said with her face in a Kohan city pamphlet.
"What is it something about the gym leader?" Asked Victor.
"No silly!" Said Courtney as she stuck the pamphlet in his face.
"Kohan is the Japanese word for lakeside!" Exclaimed Courtney.
"Well that would make sense considering this city is by a lake." Said Victor as he pushed the pamphlet down.
"Your pokemon are ready!" Said nurse Joy. Victor jumped up and took his poke balls from her and walked over to the pc. Victor was staring intently at the computer screen when he felt a light tap on his shoulder. He turned around to see Courtney right behind him.
"Are you forgetting something." Courtney said as she pointed toward Victor's pokedex.
"Uhh you just pointed at my pokedex which is obviously in my pocket." Victor said thinking he had outsmarted her.
"Not that!" Said Courtney a little frustrated.
"Our mission was to catch all the pokemon, meaning we have to evolve them not leave them to rot in a computer!" Said Courtney in a matter-of-fact sort of manner.
"Screw that." Said Victor as he turned around and went back to loading his pokemon onto the pc.
"All I care about is becoming a champion and a stupid pansage isn't going to help that at all." Stated Victor.
"Then why'd you catch it?" Asked Courtney.
"Just to see what it was like." Responded Victor. Courtney was tired of Victor's bigheaded attitude and decided to just ignore him and heal her pokemon.
"Ok I'm just going to get these pokemon rested up I'll meet you outside." Said Courtney as she ran off. Victor made his way outside and leaned up against the wall.