It was bright and early today. Hayden woke up, as the sun's bright rays pierced through his eyelids, and the bright color of the tent only made it worse. He sat up, and saw Star sleeping peacefully, while Eva, along with her sleeping bag, weren't inside the tent. The raven-haired boy crawled out of the tent, scavenging around for the girl. He stood up, and walked around. He saw Eva not far away, trying to roll up her sleeping bag.
"Need any help?" Hayden asked, walking to her. Eva shook up and looked at him.
She blushed, looking away from him. "N-No, I'm good, thank you..."
The boy laughed and helped guide her arms in rolling the bag. Eva couldn't help but blush heavily. Luckily, her hair was such a bushy mess that it covered her face. She put it in her bag when Hayden rolled it up for her. Her head hung to her feet.
"T-Thank you, Hayden..." He smiled at her.
"No problem, Eva." A loud yawn came from the tent. Great, the blondie named Star was up. She got out of the tent, and started to disassemble it. She stuffed the rest of it in her side pack and smiled at the two. "Let's go find Cherrygrove City, guys!"
"I believe it is over west from where we are standing currently. Once we see a fenced-in flower bed, we just continue walking straight and there it is."
The teens walked down the sandy path and pine trees until they found a flower bed with a white gate fencing it in. It was true. They were finally at Cherrygrove City.
"Ugh, I have so many pine needles in my hair..." Star whined, trying to take them out.
"Don't worry, Star. We'll brush them out later once we get to Violet City." Hayden told her.
"Hayden, she looks like she just came out of the wilderness. I'll brush them out for you." Eva started to work on taking out all of the needles from her now unruly and tangled hair.
"Thanks, Eva!" The girl was now brushing her tangled hair. It surprisingly untangled freely and easily.
"There." Eva said as she got up and started to walk back on the trail. The teens walked down the flowery path until they saw the city. It really wasn't anything special of the sorts, just your average city.
Hayden took a deep breath. "It smells really nice here."
"I wonder where Mr. Pokémon's house is," asked Star.
"Isn't it on the route to Violet City?" Hayden said.
"Yes, there is a house we will encounter, then we take a turn right and continue walking straight. I think there will be two paths, but it doesn't matter which one we take."
"Wow, Eva. How do you know?" Hayden asked her, obviously curious.
Eva looked pained for a while, then shook it off. "That is not important right now. Let's just find a way out of Cherrygrove."
"Hey guys," began Star.
"What Star?"
"Who are those guys?" The blonde pointed out to a group of shady characters with a large red R's on their shirts.
"I do not know..." Eva stated.
"We better just keep on walking, guys. They could be dangerous."
"Hayden's right, Star. Let's keep on walking."
"I guess." Star sighed, and caught up with the raven-haired duo.
The trio walked on the sandy path until they encountered two paths. The left path continued the sandy pathway with a few ledges, and the right one had patches of tall grass. Eva walked towards the right path. Hayden and Star followed her. She continued straight until she saw a small house.
"This is Mr. Pokémon's house," Eva said, waiting for the two other teens to catch up. She knocked on the door, and waited patiently for someone to get it. A middle-age looking man with a bushy moustache with a brown suit opened the door.
"Hello! You must be the kids Professor Elm gave a starter Pokémon to, right?"
Hayden took lead. "That's right. I'm Hayden, she's Star, and that's Eva." The two girls waved shyly.
"Pleased to meet you all. Please, do come in," Mr. Pokémon welcomed the teens inside. Inside was another man, more elderly, sitting on the red couch. He wore a lab coat, beige khakis, and a red sweatshirt. He stood up to greet them.
"Hello, I'm Professor Oak."
"Nice to meet you Profe-" Hayden started, but before he knew it was shoved to the ground. Star's eyes were beaming like, well, stars.
"Oh my gosh, it's such an honor to meet you, professor!" She squealed with happiness and ecstasy. She seemed completely oblivious to the fact that she was literally forcing Hayden on the ground with her foot as an attempt to try and use him as a stool.
Eva walked to Star's right side. "And I am Eva. Good to meet you, Professor Oak."
The elderly man laughed for a little while, then waved. "No no, please. The pleasure's all mine. But, please do answer me this, but who's the lad under your foot, Ms. Star?"
The idiotic-like blonde looked down, seeing that she was practically crushing his face under her foot. "Oh, oops!" She giggled, taking her foot away from his face and allowing him to stand up again.
"And I'm," Hayden paused for a while to rub his sore cheek. "I'm Hayden, sir. Pleasure to meet you, Professor Oak."
"And a pleasure to meet you. Professor Elm has told me much about you three. And, I do have a surprise for you all, as well." The Professor said, going to a table in the back with three red devices sitting atop the table. He grabbed all three of them, and handed one to each of the three teens standing before him.
"This is a Pokédex," Professor Oak explained. "It's like a high-tech encyclopedia. As you progress in your journey, you are more than likely to encounter new Pokémon. If you catch a Pokémon, the Pokédex will automatically record its data. At the moment, only Cyndaquil, Totodile, and Chikorita are recorded. I programmed these ones to record Pokémon that wasn't caught by just you, but from your friends too! Example, if I, let's say, were to catch a Sentret, it would be recorded in Hayden's Pokédex as well, not just mine."
"That is quite convenient, Professor Oak, but may I ask why so?" Eva asked.
"Depends. You all have different dreams, and if catching all the known Pokémon isn't it, then who am I to stop you? I wish you luck on your journey, Hayden, Star, and Eva."
Mr. Pokémon decided to say something. "Wait, before you all go, I was told to give an Egg to Elm. If it's not too much trouble, would you be willing to take it to him? I would be most grateful if you did."
Hayden smiled. "Sure, we'll take it back to Elm for you!" Eva took the Egg that the elderly man gave to her, since she seemed like the most responsible to take care for it. The Egg was in an incubator of the sorts, with a soft cushion on the bottom to protect the Egg from cracking on the way back.
"I will take upmost care for it, Mr. Pokémon." Eva said quietly, holding the egg near her body. Hayden smiled gently at her. She really was the most responsible and skilled for the job. He could see that it would get back to Professor Elm safely.
"I wish you luck on your journey, kids. But before you take your leave, does anyone of you three have a PokéGear? If so, I'd like you exchange numbers with you." Mr. Pokémon explained. Hayden and Eva shook their heads in response, but Star pulled out a device from her pocket.
"You mean this thing, Mr. Pokémon?" Star asked dumbly, holding it up. It was white with pink lines, and had a fluffy-like charm hanging from an end of it.
"Exactly correct. Here's my number." Mr. Pokémon said as he handed the individual a slip of paper with his number on it. Star quietly copied it down and recorded it into her phone. She then save the number as 'Mr. Pokemon' and called it. A ring could be heard from the back where the PokéDexes once were. The elderly man walked over to it and saved Star's number.
"Thank you, Ms. Star. Much appreciated."
"It's really no problem at all, Mr. Pokémon!" She said cheerily and casually.
"Well, you youngsters should get going right about now. Good luck you three!" Professor Oak said, waving his arm.
"Good bye, Professor, and thanks for everything!" Hayden waved back, walking out of the house, following Star and Eva.
Today wasn't half as bad as Hayden expected it to be. If anything, it was actually pretty good.