Sorry I didn't post this chapter yesterday, I started typing but with 1.6 being released on Minecraft I got distracted and forgot to post it. Sorry! But here you guys go c:
I looked out the window of the moving car and saw the landscape slowly come into focus. We were speeding down an empty Route 45 and when we drove out of the thick woods, we found ourselves driving past beautiful mountain ranges and shimmering lakes. After a few hours we finally started to slow down as we neared New Bark Town. There were more cars now; I guessed they were also full of children my age waiting to get their first Pokémon.
The car stopped out side of the small town. The driver gave me directions to Professor Elm's lab. I got out of the car as I thanked the guy, and ran over to the town. There were only a few houses, and a large one towering over the rest. I figured that must be the lab.
Before I could get a better look at the building, however, I saw a mass of people crowding around the building. Most of them were adults, some holding young children, around the age of 8. What were they doing here? They were still too young to become trainers. I tried to get to the door, but the adults were not letting me through. As I was wondering what in the world I was going to do, I heard large doors opening and a man yelling. Soon, most of the grumbling people started to leave and I heard a few children crying. The people that stayed, however, were some parents and mostly kids of my age — around 11 and 12.
I also finally got a look at the man standing at the door. He was tall and slender, with short light brown hair, glasses, and a lab coat. He wiped his brow with a handkerchief and sighed. He looked around at us and realized he was not alone.
"Oh! Hello everyone!" The man said. "My name is Professor Elm. I hope you all got an appointment, because if you don't, I'm going to ask you to leave."
He looked around at each of us, and he gave a suspicious squint to a pair of blonde twins. He must have decided we all had appointments because then he said,
"Well, let's not waste another moment! Come in, everyone! Single file, please!" He opened the door again and we all followed him inside to the lab. I was in the back of the line, except for the blonde twins that were behind me.
Professor Elm led the line to the reception desk, where a lady took the people's ID card and scanned them. Then it came to me that I didn't even have an ID card! If only my mother was here to help me, she would know what to do. But she isn't here — what am I going to do?
"ID card, please," The lady asked me when I reached her desk.
"I'm sorry, but I don't have an ID card," I sputtered nervously. The twins behind me snickered. I'm never going to get my Pokémon now, I thought. The lady sighed and looked over me, and her eyes stopped on my wrist.
"You have a Pokégear, you can use that as a form of identification. Give it to me, here."
I let out a breath of relief as I unhooked my Pokégear and handed it over to the receptionist. She turned it on and scanned it, then gave it back to me.
"Thank you, Evanna. You may move on."
I followed the line into a large waiting room, where the rest of the line started sitting down in cushioned chairs. As I was taking my seat, I heard arguing coming from the reception desk. Professor Elm heard it too, and he strode back to the desk. I stood back up to see what was going on.
The blonde twins that were behind me had angry, bitter scowls on their faces as Professor Elm asked them what was going on.
"We came here to get our Pokémon, like everyone else," The blonde boy said.
"Well, then what's the problem?" Professor Elm asked, genuinely confused.
"I've scanned they're ID's, sir," the receptionist said. "But they're not on the list of appointments."
"Well you need to check your eyes, because we're supposed to be here!" The blonde girl yelled. More people were starting to notice the argument, and the twins' cheeks became more flushed.
"Listen, children," Professor Elm said exasperatedly. "If your parents did not make an appointment, you can not get a Pokémon. Now please leave before I have to force you."
The twins looked at each other, then back at Elm and the other people watching them.
"You're going to regret turning us down, because we're going to become the most powerful trainers in the entire world, and you won't be able to stop us." They stormed out the doors, and they were gone. For now.
After things calmed back down, we all sat back down in our seats as the kids got called into Professor Elm's room to choose their starter Pokémon. At this point I was excited to the point where I craned my neck every time the door opened to see if I could get a glimpse inside. However, the door shut very quickly so I couldn't make out the inside of the room.
While I was sitting by my self, I realized that all the other kids were sitting with their mom or dad; or even with both. I was hoping nobody would notice that I was alone when a boy my age sat down next to me. He was wearing a black shirt, skinny jeans, All-Star Converse, and a blue down vest with the Pokémon logo on it. He had messy, reddish-brown hair under a black cap also with the Pokémon logo. If you were to look up 'Pokémon trainer' in a dictionary, he would be the picture next to the entry.
"Um… Hi, my name is Evanna." I said, hopefully trying to break the awkward silence. He turned to me as if just noticing me, and smiled.
"Hey, I'm Austin. Nice to meet you," He said, shaking my hand. "Where are you from?"
"I'm from Blackthorn City," I answered, glad that we're making some conversation. "What about you?"
"I'm from Violet City. It's not too far away from here, so I thought I could just ride my bike here but I under-estimated the time and I got here a little late." He gave a shaky laugh. "By the way, did you see those blonde twins back there? I ran into them as I was getting in here and they nearly pushed me over. What's up with them?"
"Oh, they were just upset because they didn't have their appointment and didn't get a Pokémon. They said Professor Elm would regret turning them down, or something."
"Austin Palmers!" A voice from Professor Elm's room rang through the waiting room.
"That's me," Austin said, getting up from his chair and grabbing his backpack. "I'll see you later Evanna."
After a few minutes, I expected Austin to come out of the room with his new Pokémon in hand. Oddly enough, never came out, yet more people went in. None of those people came out, either.
Finally, when I was one of the few still sitting in the waiting room, I heard my name.
"Evanna Star!"
I got up and wiped my sweaty palms on my blue skirt. I grabbed my bag and went inside the room, not knowing what would be inside.