Wow! 2 reviews! Thats twice as many as the first chapter of my other fic (which no longer exists)! Joking aside, that really is awesome. I've seen pleanty of other fics that started much better than mine does, and didn't get a review 'till the around the third chapter. Thanks very much! Here is chapter two, which is considerably longer than chapter one and hopefully much better.
Chapter 2
Arrival
Jason awoke, once again, with a yawn. "Ahhhhhh...What happened?" He looked around and saw that it was night and he was lying in the grass by a lake with a forest surrounding it. "Hmm...either A) this is a dream, B) I'm really in the Pokemon world, or C) I've been kidnapped and dumped in the middle of nowhere." Considering he didn't usually think in his dreams, and that he couldn't find any reason for someone to kidnap him, he found B was actually the most likey.
His thoughts were confirmed when he heard a hooting noise and looked up to see, staring at him, a Hoothoot. "Woah," said Jason, "a real freakin' Pokemon. This is awesome!" He wanted to get closer in order to get a better look at it, but the pokemon flew off as soon as he got up. 'Wait,' he thought, 'Where's Arceus? Did he really just dump me here?' "Arceus! Arceus where are you?" Jason called, recieving no answer. His stomach growled and he decided that he should look for a town. He grabbed his backpack, which had been next to him when he woke up, and he headed into the forest.
"Freakin' Arceus, putting me in the middle of nowhere. No map, food, or even a tent." Jason mumbled to himself as he walked along. As he walked, he saw a few more Hoothoot, and what he could swear was a Noctowl. "I don't even know what region I'm in. Hoothoot and Noctowl can be found in lots of places, I think." After what seemed like ages, he saw some lights and reached a town shortly after.
"I can smell food..." he said as his stomach growled again. He followed his nose right to a restraunt, only to realize, he did not have any money in this world. "Why Arceus? Why do you torture me so?!" he asked the sky.
"Um, excuse me?" said a man. Jason looked up to be face-to-face with..."Prof. Oak?!" The old man smiled. "Ah, I see you already know me. You must be Jason." "Yeah, thats me, but how did you know?" Jason asked. "Ah, yes. I was told about you by Arceus, beleive it or not. But would you like to talk over dinner? You must be hungry and without money to be looking inside a restraunt without going in." Jasons stomach growled once again. "Oh, yes please." he said, a little embarassed.
They entered the restraunt and were quickly seated and ordered their food which quickly arrived. "So," Jason said between mouthfuls, "you met Arceus too?" "Yes, it was while I was out checking on the Pokemon at my lab. All of a sudden, the Pokemon moved away from me, and Arceus appeared. He told me that he was planning to bring a human from another world to ours in order to see how they would fare. I was asked to explain this and get you started on your journey." "Journey?" asked Jason. "Your Pokemon journey. Or do you not want to?" he asked. "Of course I want to!" Jason exclaimed. "It's just...won't I look stupid starting now when most people start at 10?" Prof. Oak looked puzzled. "Hmm, what do you...oh, thats right! I was told that our world was simply a game and show in your world." "Wow. Arceus knew that too?" "Yes. It seems he has been sending visions of our world to yours for a number of years now. The people of your world that recieved those visions ended up making a game and a show out of them. Apparently, although these were very much similar to our world, they have quite a few differences. An example would be that the age most trainers start their journeys at is 16 in this world." "How convienient for me." Jason said. "Yes, can you imagine 10-year-olds actually crossing countries by themselves?" Prof. Oak asked. "I always did think that was odd." replied Jason.
Prof. Oak looked at his watch. "Oh my, its getting late." he said. Prof. Oak paid the bill and they both exited the restruant. "Now, where am I going to stay?" said Jason. "Why at the Pokemon center of course." said Oak. "They provide free rooms to traveling trainers, and I'm sure they will let us stay tonight." They walked for a few minutes before reaching and entering the Pokemon Center. At the counter stood Nurse Joy. "Hello, how may I help you this evening?" she asked. "We would like two rooms please." said Prof. Oak. "Okay, right this way please." 'So Nurse Joy is real too.' Jason thought, wondering what else was different or the same than what he knew.
As they reached their rooms, Nurse Joy turned to them. "Here are your rooms. Have a good night's sleep." she said and walked back to the front desk. "Well," said Pro. Oak, "get a good rest. Tomorrow, we'll go to Prof. Rowan's lab, where you can pick up your starter Pokemon and your Pokedex and you can begin your journey." "Okay, thanks again for dinner." said Jason, going into his room.
He got dressed into some sweat pants and an extra shirt he grabbed before leaving. As he climbed into bed he thought, 'Wow. I'm really going on a Pokemon adventure. I hadn't dreamed about this since I was a kid, and now it's real. I just hope I don't screw up.' He smiled and fell asleep, dreaming about his next day.
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Jason woke up the next day excited to see the last night's events weren't a dream. He got dressed and went to the lobby to find Prof. Oak waiting for him. "Ah, there you are. Did you sleep well?" he asked. "Yeah, it was nice waking up in a bed and not a patch of grass." Jason said laughing.
They left the Pokemon center and started towards Prof. Rowan's lab. "So, since we're going to see Prof. Rowan, that means we're in Sinnoh, right?" "Yes, that's right." said Prof. Oak. "You sure know alot about our world. Do you know which starters you can pick from?" "Yeah. Sinnoh's starters are Turtwig, Chimchar, and Piplup. The only problem is which to choose. They all evolve into powerful pokemon." Jason said. "Well in any case, I'm sure you'll be close with your pokemon. By the way, you might want to keep it a secret that you're from another world." "Well yeah. If I went around saying that, I'd get locked up in an asylum."
They arrived at Rowan's lab and rang the door bell. The door quickly opened, revealing a man in a white lab coat. "P-Prof. Oak! We weren't expecting you here. Please, come in." said the man, obviously excited to see Oak. They entered the lab as the assistant ran off and quickly returned with Prof. Rowan. "Ah, Samuel! Good to see you." he said. "You too Prof. Rowan. How have you been?" "Ah you know, starting young trainers off on their adventures, catching up on studing Sinnoh's Pokemon. It's nice to vacation, but I suppose 4 years was a rather long time." He spotted Jason and asked, "Speaking of young trainers, who is this?" "This is Jason." he said as Jason said "Hello, sir." "I was wondering if you could help him get started on his journey."
"Ah. Well unfortunatly, as much as I like starting trainers on their journies, and especially with you asking, I just gave my last starter pokemon to a trainer yesterday. I could give you a Pokedex, but I won't recieve any new starters until next week I'm afraid." said Rowan. "I have to wait a whole week?! Man, this really sucks." said Jason dissapointedly. "Well," said Prof. Oak, "I do happen to be carrying one Kanto starter with me." He pulled out a pokeball and opened it. In a flash of light, a large, orange lizard with a flame on the end of it's tail appeared. "Charrrrr..." it yawned, apparently just waking up. "Would you like this..." Prof. Oak stopped when he saw the expression on Jason's face.
"HO-LY-HELL!" Jason exclaimed. "Its a freaking Charmander! This is awesome!" The Charmander looked up at him with confusion. "What's up? My names Jason, and you're going to be my new partner." Jason said holding out his hand to the lizard Pokemon. Charmander looked at his hand for a bit, then grabbed it with his claw and said, "Charmander!" with a smile. "Well, it appears you two will get along well." said Prof. Oak. "Here are your pokeballs and Pokedex." said Prof. Rowan. "As with all trainers, you're quest is to gather data on as many Pokemon as you can. You can best do this by battling other trainers, or finding wild Pokemon. Be sure to have fun, and good luck." "Thank you sir." said Jason.
"Excuse me," said the assistant from earlier. "My daughter is also a trainer. Her name is Dawn. She left yesterday and forgot her Pokedex. She's clumbsy so I'm sure you'll catch up to her before too long. Could you please give it to her if you see her?." "Yeah, of course." said Jason, taking the Pokedex. "Ah, Jason!" said Prof. Oak. "Before you leave, here's some money. You still don't have any do you?" He handed Jason 50 Pokedollars (I'm hacking off two 0's from the prices in the game, cause really, 200 for a freakin' pokeball?), which Jason thankfully took. "Thanks for everything Prof. Oak. I'm off!" he said leaving.
Everyone waved to him as he got farther and farther away. "Well it was nice seeing you again Prof. Rowan." Oak said. "But, I must leave as well. I'm needed at my lab." "It was good seeing you as well." said Rowan. Prof. Oak left and Rowan's assistant stood there with a worried look on his face. 'I never told him what Dawn looks like.' he thought to himself.
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Well that was long. I originally planned on stopping at when Jason went to sleep again, but I felt I had to make up for that really short first chapter. Next chapter should have battling in it, but I don't know how good that'll be.
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