Noon, August 10th, Sec's Room
Sec looks in the mirror to check to see if his outfit looked fine, Satisfied with the clothes Z helped him pick he looked around his room before going up to his desk. He moved some books and games that were covering a Secret compartment on the top of his desk, he opened it and grabbed the Pokéball that belonged to Z and shoved it into his jacket pocket before closing the compartment of his desk and walking out of his room.
"Sec, nice to see you're ready." said Secs Grandpa when he seen sec walking downstairs.
"Just needed to make sure I had everything." he responded sheepishly with a smile. "I'm good to go now."
His grandpa chuckled a little before returning the smile "Good to hear. Your friends are outside with Z, They seem very eager to go too."
"I bet. We've waited 8 years for this, i would be surprised if they weren't raring to go." Sec said as he made his way toward the door. He stopped next to it and turned around to face his grandpa again. "Are you sure you'll be ok while I'm gone?"
This made his grandpa smile, his grandson was always worried about him but he knew sec has to go on this journey so he responds "I'll be fine, don't worry about me." He ensured his grandson "You just go out there and be the best trainer you can be!" he said as he puts his left hand on secs right shoulder to let him know he'll be cheering him on through his journey. "Just be safe out there, ok?"
"I will Papaw!" Sec exclaimed "You can bet on it!" He then hugged him and opened the door to see his friends playing with Z which made him smile more as he looked back at his grandpa. "I'll be back after each league, i promise." he then shut the door and went to his friends.
Jewel was the first to notice him and smiled. "Hey Sec, you ready to do this?"
"Of course I am! Let's get to the trainer store!" He said with enthusiasm as Z let out a happy bark then ran in the direction of the store with Eevee and Cyndaquil following close behind. "HEY WAIT UP!" The trio yelled as they chased after their Pokémon.
After a few minutes they caught up to their Pokémon who were sitting outside the trainer store. Z snickered when he saw the trio finally catch up then hopped onto secs shoulder as they laughed abit and entered the shop to buy their gear. They got theirPokétches andPokéNAVs, they also bought some Pokéballs, Potions, All Heals, Berry Cases, and Snack Boxes that hold Pokéblocks, Poffins and Poképuffs. Once they have acquired all their gear they started off to Prof. Palms lab.
"So have any idea of where we should go to for our first region?" Soul asked his friends, he couldn't think of anywhere so he was hoping Jewel and Sec came up with something.
Sec and jewel looked at each-other then to Soul before saying in unison "No Clue..."
Soul sighed in defeat then looked toward the pathway to the front door of the lab. "Maybe the Professor can help us decide." He suggested as he stepped up to the door and knocked.
"Possibly, I just hope he's not busy talking to the other Professors again." Jewel said as she stood next to sec who seemed to be a little unfocused, she just thought it was because he was excited.
The door to the lab opened to show the Professors Aid/Nephew Maroon. He is 16 years old. He has longish kinda calm Maroon colored hair that fell past his shoulders a little, it was tied at the end in a mini ponytail like style mainly to keep it from flying everywhere when the wind hits it. He has Silver Gray eyes and wears a white and black labcoat that goes down to his knees. Underneath is a Mint Green t-shirt with thePokémon League symbol on the front. He also is wearing Dark Blue jeans and currently is wearing just his Black and Teal colored socks on his feet. "Hey Guys! whatcha need?" He asked while moving to the side to let the trio inside.
"We're starting our journey today and came to get ourPokédexes and also see if Prof. Palm can help us decide where to go first." Sec said as he walks past Maroon, Jewel followed close behind him. Soul looks at maroons feet then at maroon as he follows his friends inside. "So what happened to your shoes Maroon?"
Maroon sweatdropped and chuckled nervously "Well Flareon was trying out a new fire move we've been practicing and it might have burned a few things including melting my shoes. I'm just glad they weren't on my feet at that time." He then looked at Flareon who looked quite peaceful while taking a nap. "at-least hes closer to mastering the move." He smiled as he looked to his eldestPokémon.
Sec grinned thinking about what the move could be before he looked at maroon. "That's good to hear, can't wait to see it in action one day." This made Maroon look at Sec and smirk before responding to him. "I'll tell you what, when you get back from whatever region you end up going to first we will have a battle and you'll see the move then when we use it to beat you." Sec fist pumped the air before exclaiming "We'll be the ones to win, Maroon! new move or not me and Z won't lose so easily!" "Zor Zorua!" Z barked out agreeing with its trainer. "That's the Spirit, Sec!" Sec and friends turned to where the voice came from to see who it was that spoke, they quickly realized it was none other than Prof. Palm.
"Hey Professor!" The trio said as the Professor smiled at the new trainers. "Hello Sec, Jewel, Soul" The professor said as he nodded at each one with a smile. "How are you all? Eager to go Adventuring are we?" he asked the group of friends.
"Yea!" The trio said in unison before soul stepped forward with cyndaquil in his arms. "We came to get our Pokédexes and ask your opinion on an issue we are having." "Cyn!" Cyndaquil said as it seemed exited about traveling with Soul and his friends.
"Ah yes, the Pokédex. Hmm... You all bought the newPokéNAV right" Prof. Palm asked as he looked at the trio, he seemed to be pondering something. They all nodded in confusion and took out their PokéNAVs. "Great then i shall give you thePokédex upgrade for them." He said as he motioned for maroon to get the upgrade cards.
Jewel was confused as to what he meant she looked at the Prof. then said "Pokédex...Upgrade?"
"Indeed. It is an upgrade me and the other Professors have designed to be used on the new PokéNAV so trainers have less devices to carry." he explained as Maroon returned with 3 MicroSD like cards but with a Pokéball color scheme. "Here, let me put these into yourPokéNAVs" Maroon said as the trio hands him their PokéNAVs, it only took a couple seconds to install the card and hand them back their devices. "Okay, just click the 8-bitPokéball icon to open thePokédex function." He explained to them as he uses SecsPokéNAV to demonstrate, he touched the icon and handed it to sec as thePokédex loads up. "Go ahead and aim it towards Z."
Sec looked at the device then to Z who hopped down to play with Flareon who has just woken up from his nap. Sec aimed the devices camera at Z and a computerized male voice was heard saying "ZORUA the TRICKY FOXPokémon. To protect themselves from danger, they hide their true identities by transforming into People and Pokémon." "Cool, it even shows his type and move-set!" Sec blurted out with a sparkle in his eyes.
"Thanks Professor" Jewel and Soul said as they put theirPokéNAVs away.
"No problem, happy to see you like it. You three are actually the first to use this upgrade as we have just finished it. OH you said something earlier about needing my opinion on an issue?" He looked towards the three trainers with a quizzical look on his face.
"Right" Sec said as he looked towards his friends then back to the Professor. "You see, we couldn't decide where to start our journey so we were hoping you could help us out." he said to the professor wondering what he would suggest.
"Hmm..." the professor closed his eyes to think for a minute before he snapped his fingers and smiled, happy that he thought of somewhere they'd surely like to go. He opened his eyes and looked at Maroon. "Maroon, didn't you say that Violet went to Kalos to study the new Fairy types and to learn more on Mega-Evolution?" He asked his Nephew/Aid.
"That's right" maroon nodded "He also said he heard the gyms there were strong. i think he also mentioned the Battle Maison tournaments started there."
"So kids, what about heading to Kalos?" Prof. Palm asked as he turned to look at the trio.
The three friends looked at each-other for a few moments before smiling and nodding, they then turned to the Professor before once again speaking in unison "Sounds great! Thanks Professor and you too Maroon."
Maroon stepped forward "There is a ship at the pier, its owned by Old Man Coulson. Tell him you need to get to the Kalos region and that if he takes you I'll get him more of those macaroons he likes so much. He should be able to get you to Coumarine City Pier by nightfall."
"Thanks for the info Maroon! We'll be off to Kalos now." Soul said as he high-fived Maroon and walked to the door.
"Thank you both for the help! We'll bring you both back some Kalosian Treats when we return!" Jewel said as she also high-fived Maroon on her way to the door with Soul.
"I'll be sure to do my best in the league for you both! Come on Z, time to hit the road!" Sec exclaimed as he high-fived Maroon too, he went towards the door once Z hopped onto his shoulder.
"Good luck and stay safe!" The Prof. said as they walked out the door.
Maroon ran to the door and yelled to the trio who were already at the end of the walkway "AND IF YOU RUN INTO VIOLET LET HIM KNOW I WANT A REMATCH AND I PLAN TO WIN THIS TIME!"
Sec kept walking but turned to look at maroon and flashed a big grin before yelling back "WE WILL! AND I'LL MAKE SURE TO BEAT HIM MYSELF TOO!" then the trio raced off to the pier.
Maroon shook his head and laughed a bit before saying to himself "Good Luck with that." then he turned around and shut the door.
It took about 8 minutes to reach the pier and another 5 minutes to get Old man Coulson to get the boat moving. As the boat sped its way towards Kalos the trio of friends stood at the front of the boat with theirPokémon, they all were grinning uncontrollably due to the excitement of being on their first Journey. Sec closed his eyes for a second before looking back towards the direction of Kalos with a fire in his eyes, he smirked and said "Look out Kalos! We're on our way and we will conquer all you have to challenge us with!" Jewel looked towards him and smiled before looking to her other side to see Soul who looked at her and smiled a mischievous smile whilst glancing at Sec then back to her. This made her blush a little and she punched him in the arm playfully before looking back at the water. Soul lightly snickered along with Z who had seen the whole thing. She thought to herself "This is going to be a looooooong Journey..."
Hey guys! finally got the first legit chapter done! sorry it took a month to do but ive been busy and that still isn't changing, around the end of June ill be moving to North Dakota to live with a friend. till then i have to get a lot of things completed that i have been putting off.
hope this chapter wasn't too boring, i don't think before i write much, i just let it flow mostly but i do write down some ideas like having them go to Kalos and the professor suggesting it was thought up a week after the Prologue was posted.
Sec, Soul and Jewels designs will be posted as a pic to the top of this chapter, not they wont look to good because i suck at making stuff even if I'm using bases sooooo yea don't expect anime quality like at all
also i sat for 10 minutes thinking of a tree for the professor to be named after but all i could come up with was a Palm Tree (also sorry there was no description for him, i made him up on the spot and have no idea what he looks like yet...)
Maroon and Violet came from my latest play-through ofPokémon Yellow on my 3ds, i was named violet because i wanted to go with the color thing (it just felt right) and i love purple so yea. maroon came from the color idea too but also a play on the naming your rival something bad or stupid so i imagined that violet would be like "Sup Moron" and he'd respond "MY NAMES MAROON" just for violet to smirk and say "I know" idk my brain just does stuff XD
one last thing: the pokedex sounds like the one ash got when he started back in kanto, its the default voice on the Pokedex function for the pokenav (which looks sorta like a smartphone btw) and the voice can be changed at anytime but sec will leave it default, Jewels sounds like the Hoenn pokedex and Souls is the xyz one
anyways hope you enjoyed! ill see you guys whenever i make the next chapter (probably once i get to North Dakota or on the Bus ride there...)