I warily followed prof. Rowan to sandgem town, with X-ray in pursuit. We entered a large building that I figured was his lab.
"I saw how bravely you and your shinx fought aganst those starlys" He said, "someone with your valor would be good for the task I have in mind."
"What would that task be?"I asked him.
"As a pokemon professor, I have dedicated my life to studying pokemon. However, some pokemon thrive in areas far from here. Rendering it impossible for me to study them. So, I would like you to travel to the far corners of sinnoh, gathering data on every pokemon you can find."
"How will I be able to do this?"
He reached over to his desk and grabbed a red box-like thing. "I have here a pokedex. It automaticallyrecords data on every pokemon you've seen. Take this with you." He handed me the pokedex. "One more thing, since you are starting on a pokemon journey, it is customary to receve a starter pokemon." He pulled 3 poke balls out of his pocket. Each 1 had a different engraving on them."Which one do you choose, piplup, turtwig, or chimchar?"
I shook my head. "I would perfer to start with just X-ray" I replied, gesturing towards X-ray. (AN: This would be my choice in the games if shinx was an option. Since it isn't, when I get platinum, I will choose piplup and battle w/ it only to beat the first gym.)
Prof. rowan sighed "As you wish" and put the poke balls back in his pocket.
"Thank you sir."I replied, and took my leave.
As I prepared to continue, I thought it best to call mom and let her know I was doing this, so I headed to the nearest pokemon center to call her. Now knowing my mom, I thought she would chew me out upon learning this. But instead, she just sighed. "I don't want you to do this" she had said, "but I guess now there's no stopping you." While I was there, I noticed a poster advertising the Pokemon League chalenge. Anxious, I asked Nurse Joy how I could get registered. She borrowed my pokedex for a few moments and took care of it.
Upon leaving the pokemon center, I heard a loud shouting coming fron the lab. I hurried over and looked through the window. There I saw Keith trying to convince Prof. Rowan to let him have a pokedex and a first pokemon like I did. I decided not to get involved.
I headed to a pokemon mart and bought 10 poke balls, but I wasn't planning to use them any time soon. Afterwards, I headed north to jubilife city. Upon arriving I saw the same boy that I saw with prof. rowan earlier. He walked up to me and introdused himself as lucas. When I told him about the large task rowan had given me, he gave me a town map. I thanked him and moved on. Another man approached me.
"Hey there." he said "who might you be?"
"Kathy, an up-and-coming pokemon trainer." I replied.
"What? You say you are a trainer, and yet you have no poketch?"
"Um, no"
"No worries, I am having a promotional campaign. There are 3 clowns around the city. If you can get the coupons from each of them, I will gift you with a poketch"
It sounded ok, so I accepted the challenge. Finding the clowns was the hard part, but you had to answer their questions to get the coupons, and the questions were too easy. When I got all 3, I returned them to the man, who, as he promised, gave me a poketch. It was hot pink, and had 4 apps already installed on it. I then headed east to oreburg city and my first gym badge.
Well, did it get better or worse? Next chapter when I get 6 revews.
