In the region of Unova; the sun has climbed out of the horizon line. Its golden glow engulfs the land, banishing the darkness. Clouds tinted lavender by the blush of dawn smoothly sail across the sky where the stars have vanished; the trees dance in the wind, wild Pokémon scamper about here and there. A new day has come in the Pokémon world.

"Good Morning Professor!"

"Top of the morning to you ma'am! I have a delivery for your daughter!"

"Oh is that what I think it is the pok-."

"Shh… don't spoil the surprise!"

"Don't worry, she just woke up she's upstairs. I'll let her know you came by when she finishes getting ready."

"Of course! Thank you!"

"Hilda? Are you awake?"

A brunette teen poked her head out of her bedroom, "Yeah! What's up?"

There stood her mother with a box in her arms, "Professor Juniper stopped by while you were asleep, she wanted to-."

"Oh my gosh is that what I think it is? Thanks mom!"

The girl excitingly took the box from her mother's arms and hurried into her room. Her mother chuckled lightly before heading back down the stairs.

A young man ran down the stairs. Today was the day! He had just gotten word that the delivery had just gotten to Hilda's house and he was ready to rush on over. After slipping on his blue shoes he hurried out of his room and down the steps.

A woman reading the newspaper at the table turned her head, "Where you off too in such a hurry Cheren?"

"Hey mom, I'm going over to Hilda's."

"Miss her already huh?" She replied in a teasing tone.

Cheren's face flushed pink, "It's not like that Mom the Pokémon we're getting today got delivered to her house."

She kept smiling, "I know dear, I know. Have fun okay?"

"Mom! Dad! I'm going over to Hilda's house now! I'm getting my Pokémon!"

The girl's mother was very happy for her, "Oh that's wonderful Bianca! Have a good time okay?"

Dad was happy too, but worried at the same time, "Be careful Bianca, and don't do anything reckless okay? Don't stray too far from town either!"

"Honey it's fine." His wife reassured, "Let her enjoy herself."

"But she needs to be careful too, she's just starting out."

"Don't worry about it darling, remember you were once inexperienced too.

"I should get going." Bianca mentioned, "Bye mom! Bye dad!"

Hilda sat on her bed, anxiously awaiting the arrival of her childhood friends, the wrapped up box received from the local Professor sat on her desk.

She knew what was in the box and that only added to her excitement, "Professor Juniper is letting us have Pokémon! I've always wanted a Pokémon this is so cool!" she squealed in her head.

At the age of fifteen, Hilda was the most fun-loving tomboy that has ever run through Nuvema Town. She lives with her mother, who always looked at her daughter with joy in her eyes.

After a few minutes, there was a knock on her opened bedroom door, "Hilda?"

She jumped to her feet, "There you are Cheren! What kept ya?"

The dark-haired boy pushed up his glasses, "I just heard from Professor Juniper that the Pokémon were here."

"That's right! We're getting our Pokémon today! But we should wait for Bianca first."

"Right, of course." He tapped his foot, "What is taking her so long anyway?"

"Calm down Cheren, you know Bianca is always like this." Hilda noted, keeping her impish smile. His attitude didn't surprise her. But for Bianca to be late on their important day, it was understandable.

"Helloooooooo!" a bubbly voice sprung from the door.

"Bianca! Good to see ya made it!" Hilda exclaimed, "Check it out! We get our Pokémon today!"

The fair-haired girl innocently skipped into the room, "Yay! I'm so excited! Sorry I was a little late!"

"It's okay Bianca. We didn't have to wait too long, right Cheren?"

Cheren was not amused, "Bianca… I thought even you would know that today is not a good day to be late! I was about to tell Hilda that we should've had the Pokémon delivered to your house!"

Bianca bowed her head, "I'm really so sorry Cheren, and Hilda."

Hilda hastily replied, "Look we're all here now so let's just pick a Pokémon all right?"

"Let's do that! Hilda gets to pick first because the Professor brought the Pokémon to her house!"

"Naturally." Cheren agreed.

Hilda stepped closer to the box and began to unwrap it. First she took the bow off and placed it on the table, next she gracefully undid the green ribbon that surrounded the decorated box, and took the lid off revealing three gleaming brand new poke balls, each containing a Pokémon that would accompany them here on out. Including a note from Professor Juniper,

I've brought three Pokémon, one for you and one for each of your friends. Please settle your choices politely. Enjoy your Pokémon!

She released all three Pokémon out of the poke balls at once to get a better look at them, and had to turn away to protect her eyes.

"Eek I can't see!" Bianca yelped. Pulling her green hat down to cover her face. Cheren too had to shield his eyes the light was so intense.

Once the light dimmed seconds later, Cheren took a peek, "Hey girls, it's not as bright now you can look."

Both girls simultaneously uncovered their eyes, revealing three Pokémon.

The grass type Snivy.

The water type Oshawott.

The fire type Tepig.

Bianca wasted no time to fawn over the cuties, "Oh, how cute!"

Cheren rolled his eyes, "I knew she would say that."

Hilda's eyes scanned the little Pokémon. They all looked like great Pokémon. As for her choice, her mind couldn't keep off the Tepig; she decided a fire type would fit her unruly character best.

Smiling, she kneeled in front of the pig Pokémon, "How would you like to be my partner?"

Tepig's face lit up, he let out a happy cry and jumped into Hilda's arms.

Hilda giggled, "I'm guessing that's a yes!"

"Tepig!"

She stood with the fire pig in her arms, "Okay! Who's next?"

Bianca stepped forward without giving it a second thought. "I'm choosing this Pokémon!" she declared, picking up the Snivy. "Cheren that one is yours!"

Cheren raised an eyebrow at Bianca, since when did she get to decide his Pokémon? He shrugged it off quickly because he wanted Oshawott from the start anyway. After all, Oshawott looked like a cool Pokémon.

"I think you'll be an excellent Pokémon Oshawott."

The sea otter Pokémon saluted his new trainer, "Osha!"

"All right then everyone has chosen a Pokémon!" Hilda beamed, "To be honest that was a lot easier than I thought it would be."

An idea flashed into Bianca's mind, "Hey! I know! Let's have a Pokémon battle!"

Cheren sighed annoyingly, "Bianca… honestly…"

"It'll be okay! They're sooooo tiny!"

"It doesn't matter; it's not a good idea to have a Pokémon battle inside a house."

"Don't be a worrywart Cheren little ones aren't very strong yet! So we'll let them battle to get stronger!"

Hilda rolled her eyes at the two quarreling; this goes back a lot farther than today. Cheren and Bianca have clashing personality traits. How they stay such great friends is beyond her.

"Hilda!" Bianca spontaneously called out, "It's a Pokémon battle! Come on!"

Hilda knew Cheren had a point, but she was the type of girl who found it impossible to turn down a challenge!

"You're on!" she fired back.

Trainer Hilda vs. Trainer Bianca! Bianca sends out Snivy! Hilda sends out Tepig!

Bianca went first, "Snivy! Use tackle!"

The grass Pokémon ran straight for Tepig.

Tepig jumped on Hilda's bed barely before getting hit, "All right Tepig! Tackle!" Hilda commanded.

Tepig leaped on the floor and hit Snivy just as he turned around. Snivy crashed into the bookshelves sending books flying in all different directions.

"Snivy are you okay?" Bianca called out. Snivy leaped out from under the books. "Okay Snivy! Use vine whip!"

Snivy produced vines and they headed straight for Tepig. They picked up the fire pig. "Oh snap!" Hilda thought.

The vines threw Tepig across the room where he landed into a half full trash can. Tepig tackled itself out of the trash, scattering the contents.

"Snivy! Use vine whip one more time!"

More vines, this time Hilda was not going to let that happen, "Tepig! Use ember!"

Tepig sent small embers about, burning the vines and distracting Snivy.

"All right Tepig, now use tackle!"

Tepig charged full speed and hit Snivy full force sending the small green Pokémon through the air, knocking over a potted plant.

"Uh oh… Snivy are you okay?" Bianca asked again. But Snivy had no energy left to stand this time.

Cheren adjusted his glasses, "Looks like Hilda won."

Bianca returned Snivy to his Poke ball, "You'll be okay Snivy! Come on back now!"

"Wow we won it!" Hilda cheered, Tepig skipped to her and hopped into her open arms.

Despite having lost, Bianca was quite delighted having her first Pokémon battle. The lighthearted girl jumped up and down excitingly, "Wow Hilda! You're going to become an awesome trainer I just know it!"

Cheren looked around the room as the girls laughed, it was a complete disaster; Looked almost like a whirlwind blew through. As a matter of fact, that's exactly what it looked like. He told Bianca that it was a bad idea to have a battle indoors, but she challenged Hilda anyway. Of course Hilda isn't going to decline a challenge no matter where she was!

"Hey Cheren how about you come and join us?" Bianca invited.

In response, he frustratingly put his hand to his head, he calmly says to her, "Maybe you should look around first…?"

"Huh? What are you talking…about…?" Her sentence slowed down and became quieter as she looked around the room, "…uh oh…"

Hilda gazed around for herself, "Oh wow… we really messed this place up."

Cheren put his hand down, "This is exactly what I was talking about when I said it was a bad idea to have a Pokémon battle inside a house!"

"Relax Cheren!" Hilda countered, "Look at the positive, these Pokémon are so little but at least we now know how powerful they still are!"

Bianca looked at Hilda nervously, "Sorry… about this Hilda…"

"Don't worry about it Bianca this is fixable! I'm just happy we all have a Pokémon now!"

Bianca's expression changed from worried to ecstatic, "Wow! Pokémon are so amaaaaaazing!"

Cheren, with his hand back at his face, moved toward Bianca, "You… are completely hopeless… Come on… we better go apologize for the messed up room."

The girls watched him leave the room. Bianca adjusted her orange vest, "I better go apologize too. The battle was my idea after all."

She briskly left to catch up with Cheren, meanwhile Hilda took a moment to herself. Where to even begin with all of this? The bed's a mess, there are books all over the floor, and the trash can had tipped over.

"Oh my gosh… How did those footprints get on the wall that high?" Hilda wondered, "Geez! They're going above the window! How did that happen?"

Turning to her TV she sighed in relief, "Oh thank goodness the Wii isn't damaged. My computer looks fine too."

Wasting no more time, she skipped out of her room and trotted down the stairs to catch up with her friends. Both were speaking to her mother.

"I'm very sorry about this trouble ma'am." Cheren apologized.

"I am too. We can clean the mess." Bianca offered.

The older woman shook her head, "Oh, don't worry about it dear. Instead, you should go to Professor Juniper to thank her for the Pokémon."

Cheren smiled, "Of course! Thank you! Well in that case please excuse us." He went outside.

"I have to go home first." Bianca mentioned, "Thanks for having us over!" She disappeared from the house in an instant.

"My goodness Hilda, Pokémon battles sure are stirring are they? I could hear the Pokémon clear down here!"

Hilda nodded her head, "I didn't think we'd mess up the room that bad though."

She pulled a potion out of her apron pocket, "It's all right dear. You should heal your Pokémon after a battle."

She healed Tepig's battle wounds. Tepig didn't seem to mind it had gotten hurt, it looked sort of happy in fact. He was staring up at Hilda with an adorable smile.

"This brings back memories from when I was a trainer Hilda. You're going to thank the professor too, right?"

"I will mom, but first I'm going to wait for Cheren and Bianca. I'll be going now!"

Hilda rushed out in the mid-spring weather; a flock of Pidoves loitering in front of her house flew off into the early morning sky, she and Tepig watched them fly away, off into the clear sapphire sky.

"Hey Hilda!" Cheren walked quickly from his house.

"Cheren! What did your parents say?"

"They were happy for me, so where's Bianca?"

Hilda looked at Bianca's house then turned back to Cheren, "She hasn't come out of her house yet."

Cheren sighed his I'm-so-annoyed-sigh, "Late again as usual."

"I know what we can do! Let's have a battle while we wait! It'll be okay now that we're outside!"

"Hm! I believe it is!"

"Unless you want to battle in my brother's room!" Hilda giggled.

"No thank you, I wouldn't want you getting in trouble."

She looked teasingly at him, "Aww okay then."

"Well Hilda, looks like you're going to be my first opponent, in my first Pokémon battle!"

Now it's Cheren's turn to challenge Hilda, he sends out Oshawott. Tepig jumps out of Hilda's arms ready to battle for her again!

"Tepig use tackle!"

"Oshawott use tackle too!"

Both Pokémon ran for each other top speed determined to overpower the other, when they crashed into each other it was clear that they were equal in strength, they both flew backwards several feet from each other.

Hilda briefly hesitated before giving another command, "Tepig use tackle again!"

Tepig snapped out of it and slammed into Oshawott while he was still dazed. Provoking Cheren to give direction, "Oshawott razor shell!"

Oshawott took his tiny, beige shell and flung it like a Frisbee mid-air. Tepig's playful instincts enticed him to hop over it like a jump rope.

"Tackle it Tepig!"

"Oshawott razor shell again!"

Oshawott threw the scallop again, Once again Tepig took a running jump over it.

"Now Oshawott use water gun!"

The Sea otter Pokémon shot a flood of water out of his mouth. Tepig's a fire type, only natural for him to avoid water; he dashed to the side dodging the oncoming blast. Unfortunately, putting him in the path of the razor shell, striking him in the backside before Hilda realized the shell was returning.

Tepig plopped on the ground, and strained to get up.

"Tepig try another tackle!"

Tepig charged for his opponent, but his energy was fading fast.

"Oshawott use tackle!"

Oshawott ran full speed at the fire pig and tackled him as hard as he could. Tepig flew through the air and crashed on the ground. He had no energy left. This time, Hilda lost the battle.

"Oh no Tepig!"

"Awesome! Great job Oshawott!" Cheren applauded.

Hilda took the loss with grace, "I lost… Tepig good try, come on back now." She returned him back to the Poke ball.

Cheren approached Hilda, "Here, let me heal your Pokémon."

"You sure have potential Cheren." Hilda complimented, "You could become the champion like you said you'd be."

"I will someday, I strive to become stronger! Now that I've finally become a trainer everything starts here!"

His inspirational speech got interrupted sound of a slamming door.

"Hm? What was that?" he asked.

Bianca came from around the corner of her house. Her head was down enough to where her hat was covering her eyes.

Hilda intercepted her friend, "Bianca are you okay?"

When Bianca's eyes came into view, Hilda knew something must have happened. They looked moist and she was blinking at a fast pace.

"Oh… It's okay." Bianca replied, "It's fine really!"

Hilda decided that whatever was bothering Bianca she didn't want to push it. Today was the day they got their first Pokémon and she wanted everyone to remember this with a smile, "Well come on then! Let's go see the Professor! Me and Cheren are ready."

"Yay! Race you guys!" She dashed for the lab.

Hilda gave a "Hey!" and took off after her. Cheren ran for the girls, confused at what just happened.

"What's going on!?" He called out to the runaways.

"First one to Professor Juniper wins!" Bianca squealed back.

"You can't beat me Bianca!" Hilda mischievously shouted.

"Just watch me!"

Cheren put more sprint in his legs, "Hey come on you two, slow down!"

The trio tore down the dirt road like it was a jailbreak. With the Professor's Lab in sight the tension grew as well as their running speed. Bianca let out a determined yell and galloped just ahead of her friends to jump and grab the door knob before anyone else can!

"WINNER!" she stated.

"Not until you get to the Professor!" Hilda roared. Still bound with energy she leapt and tackled Bianca clear through the door. Cheren skidded inside the lab and joined the dog pile trying to break them up.

The trio rolled around the lab amidst all the playful hair-pulling, shirt-grabbing, and pushing. Startled assistants had to make a dive for it to avoid the oncoming chaos.

Professor Juniper looked up from her work upon hearing the ruckus. When she checked it out, she came upon a lively sight of the three friends wrestling with each other.

"Everyone! EVERYONE!" She yelled so loud it echoed across the lab. The teenagers froze where they were on the floor, "What is the matter with you guys?"

The three untangled themselves and got to their feet, completely mortified.

"We-we're terribly sorry Professor…" Cheren stuttered, "I guess we got a little carried away."

"I'll say, save that energy for the field! Now then, I have a task for you young people. Allow me to introduce myself again. My name is…"

"Professor Juniper?" Cheren interrupted, "We know your name."

"Come now Cheren. This is not a time to take things lightly! Today is a day to remember always. It's best to behave with some formality."

Professor Juniper was quite refined being an intelligent professor. But Hilda sensed a surprise coming for her to insist the proper manners.

"That being so, once again, my name is Professor Juniper, and I am researching when and how the creatures called Pokémon came into existence. As for why I gave you a Pokémon…"

"It's for the Pokedex right?" Cheren interrupted again.

Instead of being annoyed, Professor Juniper's seemed surprised, "Well, I'm impressed. Nice work Cheren! You've already studied Pokémon extensively haven't you?"

Not that this was a big surprise to anyone, studying was Cheren's pastime when he wasn't tagging along with Hilda and Bianca. So it's only natural that he holds superior knowledge when it comes to Pokémon.

Professor Juniper cleared her throat and continued, "Even so let me explain for everyone's sake. The Pokédex is a high-tech device that automatically records the Pokémon you come across! So, I want you three to visit many places and meet all the Pokémon in the Unova region! This is my request."

All three of them jumped from amazement.

"An adventure? Seriously!?" Hilda cheerfully asked.

"Of course! Hilda! Cheren! Bianca! You'll go on an adventure to complete the Pokédex, will you not?"

"Of course we will!" she excitingly answered, bouncing on her tip toes. Sure she could have answered with some reserve being what an important day it was. But she didn't care, she was happy.

Cheren of course was the unpretentious one, "Thank you very much Professor. Thanks to you I can become a trainer like I always wanted."

Bianca not surprisingly was the most excited of the three, "Really!? Oh my gosh! Totally!" she hopped all around like a small child in a candy store.

Professor Juniper clapped her hands together, "All of you thanks! You've given me the best possible answer! Now go on! The Pokémon world awaits!" She handed them Pokedexs and Poke balls to capture Pokémon.

Hilda felt restless at that point; she loved having her own little adventures in Nuvema. But now she gets to experience a real one! No doubt in her mind that beyond their hometown, Unova offered plenty of fresh and seasoned adventure for the young teens!

"Um, since the Professor asked us… it's okay to go on an adventure right?" Bianca deliberated, "I can explore and maybe find out what I want to do in life. I would really like that."

"Of course we can." Cheren responded, "We can travel however we want while we complete the Pokedex."

Hilda placed her hand over her chest, "I'm so excited now. My heart is just pumping."

"I'm excited too Hilda." Cheren said, "Finally, I can become a Pokémon trainer. I'll have real battles with other trainers and get stronger. Wait and see!"

"What about you Hilda? What are you and Tepig going to do?" Bianca asked.

Hilda paused for a moment before answering, "I honestly don't know yet Bianca, I guess I'll learn as I go."

"I'm going to get back to what I was doing." Professor Juniper said, "Try not to destroy my lab on the way out okay?" she sarcastically smiled, and the teens returned with sheepish looks.

"I… think I'll go outside." Hilda muttered before power-walking out the door.

"Uh-Hey wait up!" Bianca called for her.

The friends went outside into the cool spring breeze and noticed Hilda's mother was waiting for them.

"There you all are!" she greeted, "So? What did the Professor say?"

Hilda spoke at a fast pace without hesitation, "Mom! Guess what! Professor Juniper asked us to complete the Pokedex! We're going to travel Unova!"

"Really? That's wonderful! Actually, I knew she was going to ask. That's why I brought the three of you town maps." She held out three rolled up papers.

Hilda put the map in her bag, "Thanks mom!"

"Here's one for you Cheren, and you too Bianca. As for the room… there's nothing to worry about. Like I said, I'll take care of cleaning up."

"Th-thank you so much!" Bianca expressed.

"Thanks again mom."

"No problem! Ah, Pokémon. They are so cute but they have enough power to destroy an entire bedroom! With Pokémon like that by your side I'm sure you'll be safe!"

"We should go talk to our parents." Cheren mentioned.

"I'll let them know, In addition to Pokémon, you'll find lots of places you like in the Unova region. You also might discover something about yourselves! Have a great trip!" she bid before walking away.

Cheren turned to the girls, "Shall we head to Route one?"

"Let's go, let's go!" Bianca repeated.