-In Pallet Town-
"Achoo!" Ash sneezed. He was watching two trainers battles in the T.V. The battle was between a Gengar and a Nidoran. They Nidoran charge at the Gengar, only to have Gengar leap over it. The Gengar performed Hypnosis that put its opponent to sleep. The trainer called it Nidoran and pulled out another Pokeball, inside the Pokeball was an Onix. The Onix lunged toward with a Take Down attack but, once again Gengar was able to narrowly avoid the attack.
"Come on Gengar you got this!" Ash shouted at the T.V.
"Ash Ketchum!" Delia Ketchum yelled as she entered his room, Ash jumped at her shout.
"What do you want mom?" Asked Ash as he turned his attention back to the T.V.
"Do you know what time it is?" Ash nodded. A tick mark appeared on Delia's face as it was very clear that Ash was no longer paying any attention to her. Instead of yelling at him like she wanted to, she just calmly made her way over to the T.V. and turned it off.
"Mom!" Ash whined.
"It's almost midnight! You have to be at Professor Oak's lab at seven in the morning. If you don't go to sleep now you will be late and you won't get a Pokemon."
"Fine." Ash groaned as he set an alarm and climbed into bed. As his mom left his room he started to imagining being a Pokemon Trainer. He had just turned 16 and could now officially become a trainer. Ash slowly drifted off into sleep where he dreamt of the three starters and which one would accompany him on his quest to become a Pokemon Master.
-In The Morning, With Sabrina-
Sabrina was packing a backpack. She had decided that whatever she dreamt of last night must have been a premonition and she must stop the man in black. Once she was done she grabbed the Pokeball on her dresser, inside was her trusty Kadabra, she continued downstairs. She was almost out the door when someone called out to her.
"Where are you going this early in the morning?" It was her father. He was a man in his late thirties wearing a green jacket over a white shirt with gray sweatpants. Sabrina had no answer she had just spontaneously decided to leave, she had no plan and no lead on how to find Ash all she knew was his name what his face looked like.
"Um, I decided to go explore the region a bit so I need you to go take care of the gym while I'm gone."
"Okay but be safe and make sure to come back as quickly as possible because the thought of having to deal with the gym and its challengers is already giving me a headache." Sabrina sweatdropped her father was always lazy, he wouldn't do much all day except watch T.V. and sleep. She just hoped that he did accept the challengers and not just close the gym. With that out of the way she walked out the door, she still had no idea what to do.
"What to do? What to do? Hmm, he looked like he was my age so maybe he is a new trainer. If so maybe the Pokemon Professor will know who he is." With a destination set, she started the long walk to Pallet Town.
-in Pallet Town-
Ash was sprinting toward Professor Oak's lab.
"I can't believe I slept through my alarm and today of all days." he picked up his pace trying to get to the professor before he ran out of Pokemon.
-Earlier That Morning-
Ash awoke to the sound of a Dodrio crowing. He got out of bed and stretched, he made his way down the hallway to the bathroom to start brushing his teeth.
"I'm surprised I woke up before the alarm." He thought as he made his way back to his room. As he entered the room he turned to look at the clock. A quarter past eight it read. His eyes widen to the point they almost fell out of their sockets. He grabbed his shoes and rushed downstairs and out the door completely ignoring the fact that the as still in his pajamas.
-Back To The Present-
As he approached the lab he saw a group of people gathered around a red convertible. He was curious about what was going on so he pushed his way through the crowd to see his rival, Gary Oak, showing of a Pokeball. Ash approached him.
"Hey, Gary!" Ash greeted.
"Oh, if it isn't the loser, Ash. Whadya want?" Gary was annoyed that Ash interrupted his showing off.
"Well, I was wondering which Pokemon you chose?"
"I'm not going to tell you anything other than the fact that this Pokemon is the strongest or the three." Gary hopped onto the car and drove off as the crowd cleared out. Leaving only Ash.
"Well if it isn't Ash Ketchum." Ash turned to see the professor.
"Oh hey professor I came to get my Pokemon," Ash said as he extended his arm signifying that he was ready to receive a Pokemon.
"Come inside." The professor turned and entered his lab Ash right behind him.