Dat First Pokemon Feel
In a small town located in the land of Kanto, at the break of dawn can be heard the results of a recent match between two creatures, called Pokemon, from a TV outside the window of a small house. In that house sleeps a seventeen year old boy, known as Steeb, whose goal is to be the best there ever was. This story is about that boy and how he started from the bottom and now he's there...
It's early morning as an alarm goes off right next to Steeb's head. He is quick to grab his red vest and blue jeans off of the end table at the end of his bed and prepare himself for what is soon to be a long, adventurous, and arduous journey. Fore today, Steeb begins his quest as a Pokemon trainer.
"Gotta get up, gotta get ready. Gotta head out that door and onto the Prof's laboratory. No time for that SNES BS, gonna become a Pokemon legend.", future Pokemon master, Steeb said to himself as he brushed aside his sandy blonde hair, jumped out of bed and ran down the stairs.
"Hey, Steeb. Professor Oak dropped by and wanted to let you know that he was looking for you." his mother said, just as Steeb was about to exit the door.
"Cool cool, mom. Did he say where to meet him?" Steeb quickly replied, while throwing on his shoes and adjusting his official Pokemon league snapback.
"I believe he said that he'd be somewhere near his grandson's house and the laboratory."
"Thanks mom, I'll be on my way out now." he said as he opened the door and waltzed into the town of Pallet.
Pallet town was a small town located next to the Ocean, and held very few houses and only a few local shops. But it also happened to be town which was home to Kanto's very own Professor Oak and his research laboratory. It was also the town in which many a Pokemon trainer began his journey onto the Pokemon league. Where those trainers would choose their starting Pokemon, a choice between 3 different types Pokemon. There was Charmander, the fire lizard. Squirtle, the water type. And then there was Bulbasaur, the grass type. And no one ever chooses Bulbasaur, because why would you want to choose a lame ass grass dinosaur thing, seriously?
Steeb combed the area of town, searching far and wide for Oak. And just as he was making his way towards route 1, a short route that lead towards Viridian city, and about to step into the grass, he could hear the Professor calling out his name.
"Hey Steeb, don't go in there. Wild Pokemon live places such as that. Come with me and we'll go and get you your first Pokemon from my lab. Now just follow me and we'll get you all settled."
Oak and Steeb walked together towards the laboratory. It was a large concrete building, with a small preserve located on the premises in which various types of Pokemon caught by all sorts of trainers, lived and grew up on. There different environments too, in which Oak's aides would use in order to study the Pokemon's natures and such.
Once inside the lab, Steeb could see his rival, Blue waiting at the desk where three Pokeballs laid upon. Blue had been Steeb's rival since the day they were born. They competed in everything, from sports to videogames, but regardless they were also good friends. They both held eachother to highest of levels of respect for one another's skill sets.
"Yo, Gramps. I'm tired of waiting, can we please just get our Pokemon now? I'm really itchin' to get started with my journey to the top." The brown haired boy stated with a slight hint of annoyance in his voice.
"Ah, that's right. I did ask you to come as well, didn't I, Blue?" The Professor responded, "Well I'm going to let you two choose your first Pokemon now. Steeb, you may go first."
Steeb overlooked the table where the pokeballs were laid out. He had dreamt of this day for the past month, so the decision was easy. He knew exactly what Pokemon he was going to select. He picked up the ball labeled, "Charmander" and said, "I choose you, Charmander!"
Out popped a small orange bipedal lizard with a flame on it's tail. It made a small roar as it stretched out its body and walked towards its trainer. The lizard seemed not only fiery by the nature of its type, but also in its temperament. And he was quick too, very lively.
"Ah, Charmander. An excellent Pokemon to start with. Now Blue, you may make your selection." Oak said to his grandson.
"This should be easy and seeing as you chose fire, I'll choose water" Blue said to himself, while reaching for the ball labeled, Squirtle. Blue then threw the ball to the ground and out popped a tiny cyan colored turtle.
It looked at Charmander with an intense gaze and Charmander stared right back. The two Pokemon standing next to their trainers, were all but ready to have their first battle. Squirtle was slower, but had a considerable strength advantage over the more agile Charmander.
"Hey Steeb, how about you and I let these two go at it. It looks like they're all pumped up anyways and it'll give us a good idea of where we stand right now." Blue said with a smirk on his face.
"You're on, my nukka." Steeb responded in his typical cocky manner.
Both trainers stood off to the side and watched as their Pokemon dropped into a more aggressive stance. Charmander growled at his opponent to start the match. But Squirtle wasn't having any of it and tackled Charmander, delivering an initial critical blow. Charmander responded with a couple of scratches to his opponent's face and Squirtle jumped back. The battle went for a few more minutes, before Charmander came out on top.
"Damn, looks like I'm going to have train a little harder and devise some new strats." Blue stated, "Well I'm off, smell ya later mayne."
Blue quickly left the building and Oak approached Steeb, "You'd better be off too, don't want to fall behind my grandson, now do you?"
Steeb returned Charmander to his Pokeball and exited Oak's laboratory. His first thought was to head back to his house and tell his mom that he was leaving and so that's where he headed. He passed by all of the other houses and quickly swung open the door to his home. His mother was at the table drinking a cup of coffee, she had on her face a charming look.
"I'm going to guess you're back to tell me that you'll be leaving, huh?" She said to her boy.
"Yeah. You know what they say, gotta catch 'em all." Steeb replied with a sense of sarcasm and lightheartedness.
"Well at least take a quick break, I imagine you're a bit tired from having to get up so early. Also, when you leave, make sure to take care and watch out for yourself and your pokemon."
"Will do. Anything else?"
"Not really, now go ahead and get some rest. You're definitely going to need it for your journey."
Steeb made his way to the couch, where he threw over a blanket, pulled his hat over his eyes and quickly fell asleep. Where he again dreamt of the future Pokemon battles and all the possibilities of what lie in the future.
Once he was awake, he made his way back out the door and headed off towards route one. It was an uphill route filled with small patches of tall grass. Along his travel towards Viridian city, Steeb came across a boy about his age who happened to work at the nearby Pokemart.
"Yo, my dude. You a Pokemon trainer?" the kid asked as Steeb walked by.
"Yep, why?" Steeb responded as he came to a stop.
"Well, I work at the Pokemart in Viridian and my boss told me to pass out some free samples to try and bring in more customers. Seeing as you look fresh, I thought I'd give you one."
"Sweet, thanks man!" Steeb said as he received a free potion from the employee.
"Well, make sure to check us out when you get in Viridian. We've got all sorts of neat items that will help you out on your journey."
"Will do, homie." Steeb said with a smile as he continued on his way to Viridian.
As Steeb was about to enter the city of Viridan, he came across his first wild Pokemon and so decided it was time to let Charmander have some fun. Steeb spun his Pokeball across the tip of his finger three times, before doing a quick spin and tossing it overhanded. Out came Charmander with a voracious growl and as pumped as ever. His opponent, a Pidgey. A small basic bird type, that a lot of trainers caught as their first wild Pokemon. The pidgey looked nervous, as it probably suspected Charmander was way out of its league.
Charmander quickly struck first with a scratch and the Pidgey responded with a gust attack. Charmander dropped back and came at an angle, hitting the bird with another scratch and Pidgey again responded with a gust. Just as Pidgey was about to attack with another gust, Charmander leaped up into the air and came down with his claws. The Pidgey fell to the ground and quickly fainted. Steeb patted Charmander on the head and returned him to his Pokeball.
Soon Steeb entered the city of Viridian, which was a small, bustling city and definitely had a lot more to offer than Pallet. From the city limits he could see a, Pokemon Center, the Pokemart, and the local gym. Steeb's first move was to go and get Charmander healed up at the Pokemon Center, before heading over to the Pokemart. Once indside, a nurse called him to the front and welcomed him to the center.
"Why hello there, does your Pokemon need to be healed." She said in a sweet and calming voice.
"Yes he does. Is there any cost to it?" Steeb asked, while trying to avoid eye contact with the cute nurse.
"None at all sir, we do this free of charge. Our goal is to help Pokemon get better and back into fighting form. All you have to do is give us your Pokemon and we'll get them healed up."
"Cool! And thanks a lot!" Steeb said as he placed his pokeball onto the counter.
The nurse soon took his pokeball, walked over to a machine and placed it on there. After that, she made her way to a computer and started the machine up. In no time at all, Charmander was handed back to Steeb, fully healed.
"Now you take care and have a wonderful day." The nurse said.
"Thank you and you as well." Steeb responded as he left the building and headed over towards the Pokemart. He then entered the Pokemart only for the store manager to immediately call him over.
"Hey you, did you just come from Pallet? I have a parcel for Professor Oak and I was wondering if you could deliver to him for me?" the manager asked.
"I guess I could do it." Steeb responded, "Any idea as to what it is?"
"None at all, but seems important. If you can get it to him, that'd be killer."
Steeb stepped up to the counter to and took the small package. It wasn't heavy, but the way the packaging was put together, made Steeb suspect that it was of great importance. Steeb then left the store and made his way back to Pallet town by jumping from the ledges. Along his way, he had a few more matches with some wild Pokemon. His Charmander was starting to look the part of a properly trained Pokemon.
Once back in pallet, Steeb ran over to Oak's lab and found both Blue and Oak standing up by Oak's computer. Steeb made his way towards the two of them and handed Oak the parcel.
"Ah, this must be the special Pokeball I had ordered. Thanks Steeb, for grabbing it for me" Oak said, placing the package next to his computer, "Now as for why I called you back, I wanted to give you both something."
Oak then reached for two red tablet like devices and handed one to both Blue and Steeb. There were rather light for how durable they looked and portable enough to be fit into a small bag.
"These are Pokedexes. They're portable encyclopedias that record the data on each and every Pokemon you capture. I once dreamt of being able to do this myself, but I am much to old and which is why I'm asking the both of you to do this for me."
"Don't worry gramps, I've got this. Though I don't know about Steeb, but you can definitely count on me." Blue said sarcastically, "Also, I'm going to go home and grab a town map from my sis. I'll tell her to definitely not lend you one, Steeb"
And just like that, Blue was off again. Steeb soon followed behind, but not before following up with Professor Oak on how his old Pokemon was doing. As soon as the conversation was over, Steeb made his way over to Blue's house and entered, where he found Daisy sitting at a table reading a book. Daisy was a few years older than Steeb and he'd always found her kind of cute, but never had the courage to talk to her.
"Oh, hey there Steeb! I heard that Grandpa asked you run an errand for him, also Blue was by here a second ago. He was being a bit brat, haha. But let me ago ahead and give you this map." She said as she got up and walked over to a shelving unit, grabbing a folded up map and then walking back to Steeb, "Here take this, it should definitely help you out."
"Thanks Daisy, you're the best!" Steeb exclaimed as he put the map into his backpack and made his way out.
Just as he was about to leave, he could hear Daisy say, "Good luck and I hope your adventure goes well!" And just like that Steeb was back on the road to Viridian city, back on his way to making it to the top of the Pokemon League.