Power of Three
Chapter 1
Four years later in the Johto Region, a small town called New Bark Town. It's a small quiet town, many homes, and few stores. There is a Pokemon Center, and a laboratory that is own by Professor Elm. Professor Elm studies Pokemon, and seems to be the only professor in the Johto Region. Of course there are more, but Elm researches on all Pokemon, just like Professor Oak, the top researcher.
About four years ago, Elm handed two Pokemon to two beginning trainers, Jayden and Harry. They both had entered the Johto League, but both of them lost. They couldn't beat the top trainer Josephiroth, and he is now the Champion of Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and soon to be Sinnoh as well. Josephiroth is also the Top Coordinator of Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, but soon Sinnoh as well. And also the Frontier Brain in Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and soon Sinnoh as well.
And today, both Jayden and Harry still lives in New Bark Town. Harry chose to become a musician and dancer instead of being a Pokemon trainer. But he always goes around with his six Pokemon. And Jayden, he lives with his parents at home, taking care of all of his Pokemon. Jayden has many Pokemon, so he has a lot of help from his parents, and his friends. A friend of his often visits his home to help out. But in all, the top trainer in New Bark Town is Jayden.
And now, this year, the Johto League is open once more. And it's time for the next trainers to begin there journeys.
At Jayden's house, there is the sound of knock on the door. Jayden's mom went to answer it. Once she opens, she sees a six foot tall boy. He has tan white skin, green eyes, black hair and eyebrow, blue over shirt with white undershirt, blue pants with white shoes, and black lines on both pants and shirt. But there is also a red claw mark scars on his right eye.
Jayden's mom recognizes the boy, and she said, "Hello Brandon."
"Hi Jayden's mom," said Brandon, smiled. "Is Jayden here?"
"Yes, he's in the backyard with his Pokemon. You come to help again?" she asks.
Brandon nodded, and said, "Okay." Then he walks away from the door, Jayden's mom closes the door. Brandon then walks around the house to get to the back, and once there.
The backyard is big; it is close to a forest. It has a small area of grass, a large pond, a lot of trees, and a hill with a big cave. But Brandon also sees Jayden, Jayden is also six feet tall. He wears a red vest with black pattern, black pants with red similar pattern to the vest, white t-shirt, red sneakers, brown hair, and red bike gloves.
With Jayden right now are several Pokemon. There is one that is seven feet and seven inches tall. It is called a Feraligatr. Feraligatr is a big, bulky, bipedal crocodilian Pokémon, primarily blue in coloration with accentuations of red and yellow. In aspects of coloration, Feraligatr much resembles its pre-evolution Croconaw with the exception of the vanished 'animal skin' pattern. What is probably Feraligatr's most notable feature, battle-wise, are its large, powerful toothy jaws which are able to cause heavy damage. Three teeth are visible when Feraligatr closes its mouth, two from the lower jaw and one from the upper. Feraligatr has three sets of spikes on its body, which differ in shape from those of Croconaw's as all of them possess three prongs. The one on its back appears particularly prominent, due to its size and the bulk of Feraligatr's shoulders. The bisected, V-shaped yellow pattern Feraligatr possessed as a Totodile has reappeared, except being on the lower portion of its body and between its thighs instead of the arms. Feraligatr also have large scales on their arms, tails, and legs, the latter of which give the appearance of pockets. A differing feature of Feraligatr in comparison to its pre-evolutions is that its irises are yellow instead of red and that all its digits have nails.
And there is one that is five feet and eleven inches tall, it's called a Meganium. Meganium is a sauropod-like Pokémon. Instead of having a leaf coming out of its head, like its two previous forms, Chikorita and Bayleef, it has two stamen-like protrusions sprouting from the top of its nose, each tipped with its own anther. Also unlike its previous evolutions, its irises are yellow instead of red, and its feet have three toes instead of a single one. The leaves around its neck seem to have sprouted into a large pink flower, with a yellow central pattern and white tips. Meganium has also reverted back to the color it was as a Chikorita, whilst Bayleef's main body color had become a beige-yellow coloration.
And there are two Pokemon that are the same; both are five feet and seven inches tall. Both are called Charizards. Unlike its pre-evolutions, it has wings that can allow it to fly. Charizard is a very dragon-like Pokémon. Like its previous forms, it has a long tail with a fire burning at the tip. It has extremely sharp claws, a long neck, and two horns protruding from the back of its head. The front of its two wings is blue, while the back is orange like the most of its body. Although hardly visible, Charizard's iris is light blue in color. Its belly and the undersides of its feet are cream-colored. But the other one is different from the first Charizard, the other's body color isn't orange, but black (It's a Shiny Charizard, different color of a regular Charizard, it's very rare).
There are two more as well, one is called an Alakazam, and it is about four feet and eleven inches tall. Alakazam is characterized by its human-like structure and its large moustache. It has grown slightly since evolving from Kadabra and has become much lankier. Alakazam now has brown sections over its forearms and knees. It has lost the Zener markings and its tail which it had as a Kadabra, and its head (and more importantly, its brain) has become much larger, giving it extremely powerful mental powers. It is bipedal with three toes on each foot, each of which has a white claw, and an extremely prominent mustache (which is less prominent in females - see below). It wields a silver spoon in each hand which acts as an amplifier for its special abilities.
And finally, the sixth Pokemon is Arbok; it is eleven feet and four inches tall. It is a reptilian with purple scales over most of its body. It has lost the rattle it had on its tail as an Ekans. Like a cobra, it can spread out its ribs into a hood, though they seem to always be in this position. On its "hood", it has a design much like an angry face. Studies on the aforementioned design have confirmed that there are six variations.
Those are the six Pokemon Brandon can see for now, but he knows that there are more Pokemon here. He visits several times…
Jayden sees him, and said, "Hi Brandon."
The six Pokemon looks at Brandon, Feraligatr said, "Feraligatr."
"Arbok," said Arbok.
"Charizard," said both Charizards.
"Alakazam," said Alakazam.
"Meganium," said Meganium, no doubt all six of them said hello.
Brandon came over to them, and he asks, "Do you need any help Jayden?"
"Yeah, it's time to feed them," Jayden said, he walks to one side of the house. Brandon and the six Pokemon followed. "I'll need all the help I can get, since most of my Pokemon are either playing or relaxing in the forest or in the house." Beside the house is a table with several clean plates, and a lot of bags, canisters of Pokemon food.
Brandon chuckles and he looks up. He said, "I can understand why, today is a nice bright sunny day."
"It is," said Jayden. He picks up some plates and Pokemon food, Brandon came over to help.
But just as he is about to pick a bag of Pokemon food up, something appeared right in front of him in an instant.
"Mismagius!" said the Pokemon, shouting at Brandon in the face.
Brandon jumps back in surprised, and then calms down. Mismagius is about two feet and eleven inches tall. Mismagius is a purple ghost-like Pokémon that has the appearance of wearing a cloak. The three red spheres of Mismagius's necklace have a slightly elliptical shape to them, and its neck appears somewhat long and crooked. It has a round head and a large, elaborate, tufted feature atop it, the extremities of the tufts being a lighter color than most of the body. This feature resembles a witch's hat in shape. Mismagius has a skinny, red mouth that resembles a "W." There are extensions on the sides of Mismagius's lower body, the foremost ones looking more ragged in appearance than the ones in the back, that give Mismagius the appearance of wearing some kind of cloak.
"Mismagius, can you please stop doing that," Brandon asks. Mismagius laughs, for it loves to scare Jayden and Brandon, and all the other Pokemon.
Jayden said, "Mismagius is getting trickier by the day."
"No kidding," said Brandon, and so each of them pick up plates and Pokemon food. The six Pokemon help the two humans as well, and three went with each as they carried plates and bags and canisters. Feraligatr, Meganium, and Alakazam went with Jayden, while the two Charizards and Arbok went with Brandon.
Later, they both and the six Pokemon came back to the house. It took them about an hour to feed all the Pokemon in the area, and now they finished.
"Thanks for your help Brandon," said Jayden.
"No problem," said Brandon, he and Jayden and the six Pokemon went up to the house. They're carrying dirty plates and empty bags and canisters. All six Pokemon are able to come into the house. Both Jayden and Brandon took the plates to the kitchen, and there, they see a five foot and seven inches tall Pokemon helping Jayden's mom. It is Jayden's Sceptile. Sceptile's appearance is based on a lizard. Sceptile is the final evolution of the Treecko family. Sceptile's neck is somewhat long, and it has two crests on its head. Sceptile's eyes are semicircular with yellow scleras and red rims. Sceptile's throat is also colored red, and there is a belt-like band of red coloration on its waist. There is a thin stripe across Sceptile's chest, somewhat resembling the shape of the letter V. Sceptile's plant-like characteristics include the six yellow nodules, described as "seeds" on its back (similar in appearance to the nodules on leguminous plants that able to take in nitrogen from the air) and a palm-tree-branch-like tail. Sceptile's arms are long and have two sharp, elongated leaves which changes into two sharp glowing blades when using Leaf Blade and each along with three claws. Between the rows of yellow nodules on its back is the thin, elongated shape of a pattern.
Jayden's mom and Sceptile looks at them, and Jayden's mom ask, "Did you both have a good time?" She went and took the plates from Jayden and Brandon's plates and took them to the sink.
"We did," said Jayden.
"Good and long," said Brandon.
Sceptile came over to Jayden, and said, "Sceptile." Then it places its left claw on Jayden and rubbed his head.
Brandon decided to go into the living room, besides outside of the house. Inside, there are many more Pokemon as well. There are three Pokemon playing in the hallway, a Pikachu, an Umbreon, and a Togepi. Pikachu is one foot four inches tall. A Pikachu is a short, chubby, ground-dwelling rodent notable for its Electric abilities. Pikachu have short, yellow fur with brown stripes on the back, black-tipped ears, along with an unusually shaped tail, resembling a lightning bolt. Pikachu are known to have acute senses of hearing, thanks to their large ears. Most domestic Pikachu are able to understand and interpret human speech at levels far surpassing those of any pet dog. And Umbreon is about three feet and three inches tall. It has a black body with a pair of crimson eyes and yellow bands on its ears and tail. Umbreon's forehead and legs have yellow rings on them. Its rings are said to glow at night. And Togepi is about one foot tall. Togepi is a small, light yellow Pokémon with a round body that is still encased in its egg shell. Togepi very rarely shed their shell. It has red and blue rings on it, suggesting that its real body has the same pattern. Togepi has stubby hands and round feet with two toes each. Togepi has black eyes and five spikes on its head, and semi ovular, brown pads on the soles of its feet.
As those three run by him, Brandon then went into the living room. In the living room, there is a TV, a couch and two chairs. Jayden's dad sat on the couch with three Pokemon. One is a Glameow; it is about one foot and eight inches tall. Glameow is a primarily gray feline Pokémon, with a curled, spring-shaped tail similar to Spoink and a white fluff at the tip of it. It has a crescent shaped head with two white-tipped ears. It also has a white muzzle, a small black nose, pink eyelids, yellow eyes with blue irises like a Froslass, and two rows of thin whiskers. Glameow has a slender physique, most drastically in comparison to its evolution, Purugly, and its ability, Limber, may reflect this. Glameow's neck has a ruff-like fringe, and its legs have similar fringes. Its feet are tipped with white, and have pink paw pads on the underside. And there are two Typhlosions; both are five feet and seven inches tall. Typhlosion has a somewhat bear-like physique, with bulky thighs and a collar of fire around its neck. Typhlosion's ears are thinner compared to Quilava, and lack ear insides. Typhlosion's face, underside, arms, and legs are a shade of cream, and its back is dark blue. The fur of a Typhlosion is very coarse and highly flame-retardant, giving it an extreme resistance to heat and fire attacks. This may also be to keep it from injuring itself during battle when using attacks such as Flamethrower or Flame Wheel. On Typhlosion's rear is a spiky, coarse fringe of its back fur. One Typhlosion is on top of Jayden's dad, while the other is resting beside Glameow. One of the two belongs to Jayden, while the other belongs to Jayden's dad.
Brandon went to sit down on one of the free chairs, and looks at the TV. There isn't anything good on, just the news.
Jayden's dad looks at Brandon while rubbing Typhlosion's back, and he said, "So, tomorrow is going to be your first day to be a Pokemon trainer."
"It is," said Brandon, he looks at Jayden's dad.
"It's too bad that you didn't start like my son did four years ago, you might've been good as Jayden is," said Jayden's dad.
Brandon nodded; he would've been a Pokemon trainer four years ago. But because of what happened when he was about eight years old. One of his balls bounced away from him and he went into the forest to get it back. When he found his ball, a wild Pokemon mistaken the ball for her egg, attacked Brandon and carried the ball away. Brandon got a nasty scar on his right eye from that incident, he can only see with his left eye. After that, his mother almost forbade him from having Pokemon, but wasn't able to go on the day when all ten year olds that start their journey as Pokemon Trainers. He had to wait when he is a teenager to go on a journey, which would've been at age thirteen, but his mother wants him to wait another year. And now, tomorrow is the day he turns fourteen, the same day he starts his own journey.
"Which Pokemon will you decide to choose first?" Jayden's dad asks.
Brandon thinks about, than he asks, "I don't know, which one did Jayden start off with?"
"My son's first Pokemon was a Totodile, and as you can see. He raised it well that it had evolved into its final form, Feraligatr," said Jayden's dad.
"Yeah," Brandon said, Feraligatr is definitely big. He continues thinking about his choice.
"And are you also going to try to catch as many Pokemon that my son did?" Jayden's dad asks.
Brandon shook his head, and said, "I won't catch a Pokemon unless it wants too." He always told himself that he would never try to catch a Pokemon unless it wished too.
"Well you won't catch many, but it is a good start," said Jayden's dad. Then Jayden came into the room, followed by Feraligatr, Meganium, and Alakazam. Jayden sat down in the other chair, and Feraligatr lies down beside the chair. Alakazam sits down in a meditation pose, and Meganium sat on the other side of the chair.
"Say Jayden, what did you do on your first journey besides going to gym battles?" Brandon asks.
"Well I entered in some contests, made a lot of friends," said Jayden. Then he smiled at his Pokemon, "And of course traveling with my Pokemon are loads of fun." Feraligatr, Alakazam, Meganium, Glameow and one of the two Typhlosions smiled.
"Sounds great," Brandon said, smiled. Then he notices the clock, he looks surprised at the time. "Oh great, I'm going to be late." He gets up and went over to the door.
Jayden got up and follows, and he asks, "Is there something the matter?"
"I promise my mom that I will look after the Pokemon eggs while she goes visit someone," said Brandon, about to open the door. His mother takes care of Pokemon eggs, and once they hatch, she takes care of them and then takes them to the forest for them to live. Brandon helps her mother out on that.
"How late are you?" Jayden asks.
"I still have five minutes," said Brandon, he opens the door. His home is on the other side of New Bark Town, even though if he runs, he'll still be late. "And my mother said I will have to wait another week to be able to go on my first journey." He went out of the house, and Jayden follows behind.
Jayden looks up towards the roof of his house. He sees three of his bird Pokemon on the roof. One is a Staraptor, about three feet and eleven inches tall. Staraptor bears a resemblance to a cross between a large gray and white starling and a hawk. It also shares similarities with the harpy eagle. Staraptor's plumage is mainly a brownish-gray, but has white coloration on its forehead, throat, and chest. It also has black coloration on its crest, neck, and chest pattern, and black tipping on the tail feathers. The downward-facing, red-tipped crest on its head makes it appear larger in order to frighten its enemies.
The second bird is a Pelipper; it is about three feet and eleven inches tall. Pelipper has a white body with a yellow underside. Its feet, wing tips, and head crest are blue and its bill is large and yellow with a throat pouch hanging under it. It has a stubby tail.
And the third is a Fearow; it is also three feet and eleven inches tall. Fearow is a large, mostly brown cormorant-like bird with a vulturine neck. It has a large, long, pink pointed beak and a red coxcomb upon its head. It has shaggy feathers on the base of its neck and in a vaguely cape-like pattern between its two huge wings. The cape itself is cream in color, as are the tips of its wings. Its nailed talons are pink, with three toes pointing forward and one pointing backward.
Jayden said, "Then how about one of my Pokemon takes you home?"
Brandon looks at Jayden, and asks, "Really? That would be very helpful."
Jayden calls up one of three birds, and Staraptor came down. Then Jayden looks at Brandon, and said, "Hope you make it in time."
Brandon nodded, and he gets on Staraptor's back. "Staraptor," said Staraptor, and then it flies into the air with Brandon on its back.
Staraptor flew over New Bark Town, and Brandon guided it to one on the east side. The bird Pokemon landed in front of the house, and Brandon gets off its back.
"Thanks Staraptor," said Brandon.
"Staraptor," said Staraptor, than it flew off into the air. Staraptor is flying back home, Jayden's house.
Brandon watches Staraptor flies off, than he turns around and went to the door. He opens it, and goes in. "I'm back," said Brandon, and he closes the door behind him and took off his shoes and put them on a shelf near the doorway.
His mother came out of one of the room, and she said, "And good timing, I was about to go." She went over to the door, and looks at her son. "You know how to take care of the Pokemon eggs?"
"Mom, I know how to take care of them," Brandon said, smiled a little. Of course he knows how to take care of them; he helped his mom in caring them.
"Just wanting to make sure," said his mother. Then she opens the door, and looks back at Brandon. "Be good son."
"I will mom," Brandon said, and his mom went out of the building, she closed the door. Brandon sighed, and then headed to the living room. In the room, there is just one couch, a TV, bookshelves, and several shelves full of Pokemon eggs. Each one is different colored, there are many. And so he starts taking care of them while his mom is away.
Outside, it begins to get dark, the sun is about to set. And right now, Brandon has just finished cleaning the Pokemon eggs and put them back on the shelf. And soon after, he went to make himself a medium size cheese pizza. Pizza is his favorite food, and he would eat half for supper and eat the other half for tomorrow lunch.
And so now, he's enjoying one half of the cheese pizza in the living room. Also playing a video game that is connected to the TV in the living room. Enjoying a good glass of water, and after a little while, he finished his supper. Stopped playing the video game, and took the plate and the empty glass to the sink. Wash and clean them, and put them in the cupboard.
Soon after, he went back into the living room. Turned the TV on, watching a certain channel… As he watched the TV, he also checks on the eggs.
Then he hears the front door opens, he looks and sees his mother came back. "Hi mom," said Brandon.
"Hi son," she said, came in and took off her shoes. Then she walks into the living room, and sees all the eggs. "How are the eggs?" she asks.
"They're good, nothing different from before. Some movement in this one," Brandon said, he points to one egg.
His mother smiled, and she went over to it and picks it up. "Soon it will hatch," she said.
"Yeah," Brandon said. Then he yawned a little, and said, "Well, I guess it's time for bed." He went over to the hallway, "Goodnight mom."
"Goodnight son," said his mother, and Brandon went into the hallway and headed to his bedroom. Once he came in, it looks like a regular bedroom. A bed in the corner, a desk with a notebook and pencil on it, some bookshelves full of different books about Pokemon... There is a closet full of clothing, and also a backpack beside the desk.
He changes into his pajamas and then went to bed. And went to sleep, sleeping peacefully. He sleeps while his mother checks on the eggs once more before going to bed.
During the night in a city that is near New Bark Town, Cherrygrove City. By some buildings, a person walks through the dark alleyway. Alone in the dark, no one could see him. Then there is a sound of a siren further away, the man in the alleyway stops to listen.
"Stop thief!" said a woman voice, than there is sound of someone running into the alleyway.
"Ha, ha, that fool won't catch me in this alleyway," said the one who just ran into the alleyway; he wears a black uniform with white boots and gloves. And has a red R on his torso. The man is a Team Rocket member, and he just stole a bunch of pokeballs from the Pokemon Center.
The person in the dark saw him, and just as the Team Rocket member came close. The person struck hard and fast, striking the villain in the face. With so much force in the punch, the Team Rocket Member went flying backwards.
Just as an officer woman about to enter the alleyway with two other officers. The Team Rocket Member went right by them fast, slamming into a wall.
One of the three officers asks in surprised, "What just happened to him?" The other cop went over to the injured villain, learning he is only knocked out. He then handcuffs him.
The officer woman looks into the alleyway, and pulls out a flashlight and points it into the alleyway and turned it on. Using it to see anything and anyone who're inside the alleyway... But even with it, she sees no one in the alleyway. Anyone who were in there, is now gone.
"Well whoever did this is not here," said the officer woman.
The two other officers helps the arrested villain up, than one of them asks, "Officer Jenny, we got the villain."
"Take him away boys," said Jenny, she and they walks towards a cop car. Putting the villain in the back, and the two officers gets in the front of the vehicle and drove off. Officer Jenny stayed behind, she wants to check the alleyway once more, and so she did.
"Where am I?" a boy asked. He stood in the middle of a flat land in a rocky area, probably in the mountains.
Then there is sounds of three roars, the first one came to the left. The boy turns to look, and sees fire bursting out of a rocky hill with a shadow appearance is in. Then a second one, he looks and sees another rocky hill with lightning striking it, with another shadow appearance in it. And the last, a geyser burst out of the third rocky hill, with another shadow appearance in it.
"What's going on here?" the boy asks, looking very surprised. Then the three shadow appearances roars once more.
Then all of a sudden, there is four symbols appearing on the ground around the boy. All four symbols are in shapes of emblems. One of a bluish shape of a thunderbolt, and one of a reddish shape of an eye… One of a yellowish shape of a trident, and the last one is a white shape of a crescent moon.
"What's this?" the boy asks again. Then all of a sudden, the area begins to fade away. First the three shadow figures and fire, water and lightning. Than the next is the emblems, and the rocky area came next. This feels like a nightmare for the boy.
Brandon woke up surprised. He sat up in his bed, the morning light shining through his window. Right now, he is just looking towards nothing. But he just woke up from a dream, he was the boy.
"What was that?" he asks, still seemed surprised. "What were those three creatures, and what were those markings?" Then he notices the morning light, and he stares in surprised. "Today's the big day," he said, completely forgot the dream he had. For now he is kind of excited for this, today he gets his first Pokemon and go on his first journey.
He quickly got out of his bed, went to the washroom to brush his teeth, clean up. Then come out and change into his regular clothes. Then the next he did is grabbing his backpack, and grab the things that he'll need. Extra clothing, deodorant, toothbrush and toothpaste, his notebook and pencil, and a sleeping bag, and now his backpack are completely full.
As soon as he is completely ready, he put his backpack on his back. He then came out of the room and into the hallway. He walks down the hall, and came into the living room. He sees his mom already awake, sitting on the couch and watching the TV.
"Morning mom," said Brandon, he came over to the couch.
She looks at him, and sees the backpack. Then she remembers what today is, and then she sighs. "So it's time."
"Yeah, time for my first Pokemon journey," said Brandon, smiled. Then he went over to the doorway, and grabs his shoes and put them on.
His mother got up and follows behind. As soon as Brandon got his shoes on, he looks at his mom. Then she said, "Now son, I want you to be careful out there."
"I will mom," Brandon said, smiled. Then he is about to open the door.
"There are a few things I want to give you before you go," Brandon's mom said, and Brandon stops and looks at her. She then walks into the kitchen for a few minutes, than came back. Then she handed Brandon money, about two hundred dollars. "I hope this is enough to help you on your journey."
"Thanks mom," Brandon said, and he took money and pulls out his wallet and put in the money.
"And I got you this," his mom said, and she shows him a handheld device. It looks kind of like a cell phone, it's a Poke-Nav. "Here's a Poke-Nav."
"Awsome," Brandon said in surprise. "Thanks mom," he then takes the Poke-Nav and puts into his pocket. Then he looks at his mom, and said, "Thanks again mom."
"You're welcome; the home phone number is on the Poke-Nav. So please remember to phone home during your travels," said his mom.
"I will mom," said Brandon, and then they both hugged each other. A goodbye hug, and soon after... Brandon opens the door, and said, "Goodbye mom."
"Goodbye son," said his mom, and then Brandon went out the door. He left his home and walks on, going to the Professor Elm's lab.
Later in the morning, Brandon arrives in front of Professor Elm's lab. Brandon walks forward, going up to the door. He then knocks on the door three times, and waits.
Soon the door opens, and a man in a white lab coat and wearing glasses. He is Professor Elm, and he looks at Brandon. "Ah, you must be Brandon, hello and good morning," Elm said.
"Good morning to you too," said Brandon.
"Please come right in," Elm said, opens the door wide for Brandon to come in. Once he came in, Elm closes the door and they both went to a table with two. But they didn't sit down. Elm looks at Brandon, and said, "Let me guess, you're here to finally get your first Pokemon?"
"Right, since I couldn't four years ago. But now my mom is letting me to go on my first journey," said Brandon.
"And since you're the first one here today, you have a choice of one of the three Pokemon," said Elm, than he walks over to a counter. There is three pokeballs on it, and he picks each one up. "This is a Chikorita," said Elm, and he sent out one Pokemon from one of the three pokeballs.
The Chikorita came out, and is about two feet and eleven inches tall. Chikorita is a small Pokémon, primarily pale green in color, with a darker green leaf and necklace of buds. It has a large head in proportion to the rest of its body, with large red eyes that appear to have no pupils. It has four short legs with a single nailed toe each, and a small tail. Its most distinguishing feature is the large leaf on the top of its head, which is usually longer than the rest of its body. It has a "necklace" of small green buds around its neck. Chikorita sees Brandon, and said, "Chikorita."
"That's must be a grass type," said Brandon.
"Right, and this one is a Cyndaquil," said Elm, and he sent another Pokemon out of a pokeball.
Cyndaquil came out, and is about one foot and eight inches tall. Its fur is bluish on top of its body, but a milky color on the underside. Although called the Fire Mouse Pokemon, Cyndaquil seems to be a composite of features from the echidna, seen in the fames erupting from its back, and the shrew, the general shape of its body. Its eyes are often closed, as it is still young. It has four spots from which its flames erupt. It lacks claws on its forelimbs, but has a single claw on each hind foot. Cyndaquil sees Brandon, and seems timid.
"That's obviously a fire type," said Brandon.
"Yep, and the last one is a Totodile," said Elm, and he sent out the last Pokemon.
Totodile came out, and is about two feet tall. Totodile look like small, bipedal blue crocodiles with red spines on their back and tail, the one on their back being larger with additional ridges next to the back spines. Totodile's head is large, with crocodilian ridges above its eyes, and much of the head's size is composed of Totodile's snout and strong jaws. There are two visible teeth on the tip of its upper jaw, and two rows of three teeth on each side of its lower jaw. Totodile's mouth is often depicted open. On Totodile's chest is a yellow, somewhat V-shaped pattern that extends to Totodile's arms, with a line bisecting the pattern at the middle. Totodile have five sharp claws and three toes. Totodile's eyes have red irises, and there is a dark-colored pattern around the eyes that is depicted as either dark-blue or black. Totodile sees Brandon, and just smiled.
"And that is a water type," said Brandon.
"Right, and so, which one will you choose?" Elm asks, watching Brandon.
Brandon thinks hard on it, as he looks at the three Pokemon. All three smiled as they look at Brandon. Then as he looks at Totodile, he felt like Totodile is a good one. He wonders why, is it because of it looks great, is it because of the type, or is it because of something else. Then he said, "I think my choice will be Totodile."
"Totodile," said Totodile, grinning while Chikorita and Cyndaquil looks surprised.
"Alright, Totodile it is," said Elm, he than calls Chikorita and Cyndaquil back into their pokeballs. Then he places them on the counter, and came over to Brandon and holds out the pokeball. "Here's Totodile pokeball," Elm said.
"Thanks," said Brandon, and he takes the pokeball. Then he looks at Totodile again, kneels down. "Well Totodile, would you like to travel with me, going together on our first journey?"
"Totodile," Totodile said, nodded and went over to Brandon.
Brandon smiled, and points the pokeball at Totodile. A red beam from the ball shoots out at Totodile, and Totodile glowed and disappeared, going into the pokeball. As soon as Totodile is in the pokeball, he then pockets it into his jean pocket. Then stood up and looks at Elm.
"Well it seems Totodile is willing to go with you. I hope you two do well," said Elm. Then Elm pulls something out of his pocket, a small red object. Then he holds to Brandon, "This will be helpful for you on your journey, it's a Pokedex. It scans a Pokemon, and holds information on it.
"Thanks Professor Elm," said Brandon, and he takes the Pokedex from Elm, and puts into his pocket. Then he turns around and headed to the front door. Opens it and walks out, he said as he went out of the building, "Bye Professor Elm."
"Bye Brandon," said Elm, and he watches Brandon walk off and then close the door.
As Brandon went out of Professor Elm's lab, he wonders what to do. Either to go now, or go say goodbye to Jayden as well before leaving. Just as he thinks of what to do, he notices high upwards, he sees Staraptor. Jayden's Staraptor, and he could see Jayden on its back. He sees Staraptor flying towards the west side of the town.
Brandon has a feeling that when he gets there, he'll see Jayden and Staraptor waiting for him. So he decided to run to the west side of the town, so he ran off.
After a little while, he got to the west side of town. And true enough, he sees Jayden and Staraptor waiting there. They're waiting by the last building near the forest. Brandon walks up to them.
"Morning Brandon, surprised to see me and Staraptor here?" Jayden asks.
"Staraptor," said Staraptor.
"A little, and good morning to you too," said Brandon.
"So, which Pokemon did you choose to start off with?" Jayden asks.
Brandon pulls out the pokeball, and said, "See for yourself." Then he sent out Totodile, and Totodile appeared beside Brandon.
"Ah, so you chose a Totodile, the same Pokemon that I chose four years ago," said Jayden.
"Yeah, but it felt right when I chose Totodile," said Brandon.
"Totodile," said Totodile, looking at Jayden and Staraptor.
"Staraptor," said Staraptor, looking down at Totodile.
Jayden wonder about something, than he asks, "Do you know how to catch a Pokemon?"
"Well no, but I won't catch a Pokemon unless it wants to be caught," said Brandon.
"Well no doubt about that, but you do need to know how to catch one. Allow me to show you how," said Jayden, and then he and Staraptor moves towards the trees while both Brandon and Totodile watches.
Then after a short while, both Jayden and his Staraptor continue walking around in the grass. A bird Pokemon flew from its hiding spot and went at them. It is about one foot tall. It resembles a small, plump-bodied bird. It is a brown color, with a lighter colored throat and belly. The tips of its wings share this cream color. Both its feet and beak are a pinkish-gray color. Its plumage is fairly nondescript. It has black markings around its eyes and a small crest of brown and cream feathers above its eyes. Its feet allow it to walk on the ground for a while but can also reach out and safely land on perches.
Brandon pulls out his Pokedex, and tries to figure on how to use it. But then it starts working on its own, and when he points it towards the small bird. His Pokedex said, "Pidgey, the Tiny Bird Pokemon. Pidgey is a Flying Pokémon. Among all the Flying Pokémon, it is the gentlest and easiest to capture. A perfect target for the beginning Pokémon Trainer to test his Pokémon's skills... Pidgey's Gust power creates tornadoes."
"Wow," said Brandon, looking surprised at his Pokedex. Then he puts his Pokedex back into his pocket. He and Totodile watches.
"Staraptor, use Aerial Ace," said Jayden.
"Staraptor!" said Staraptor, and it flew right at Pidgey fast, and soon striking it hard. Pidgey fell down to the ground, nearly knocked out.
Brandon looks surprised, and Jayden turns to look at him. And he said, "And in order to catch any Pokemon, first thing is to weaken it."
"Okay," said Brandon, watching, going to remember this.
"Now, when the wild Pokemon is weak or knocked out. That's when you throw a pokeball," Jayden said, and he, Staraptor, and Brandon can see that the wild Pidgey is weak. Jayden then pulls out a pokeball, than he said, "Go pokeball!" He throws it, and the pokeball headed straight at Pidgey.
It hits it, and Pidgey glows red and turns into a beam and went into the pokeball. It beeps a few times, than it stops. The wild Pidgey is caught.
Jayden went over to it, and Staraptor landed beside Jayden while he picks up the pokeball. Jayden turns to look at Brandon, and Staraptor looks at him as well. "And that is how one catches a Pokemon," Jayden said.
"Wow," Brandon said. "And now you got yourself a Pidgey."
Jayden walks over to Brandon, and holds out the pokeball. "Actually, as a present, this Pokemon is for you," he said.
Brandon looks surprised and asks, "What really?"
"Really, besides, I have a feeling that you would be need it," Jayden said.
"Staraptor," said Staraptor, agreeing with Jayden.
"Thank you, I will take care of Pidgey well," Brandon said, and he takes the pokeball that holds Pidgey. Then he looks at Totodile, and said, "Look Totodile, now we have a new friend to the team."
"Totodile," said Totodile, smiled.
"But there is one more thing you need to know," Jayden said.
Brandon asks, "What?"
Totodile asks, "Totodile?"
"It is best for you to take Pidgey to the Pokemon Center," Jayden said.
"Oh right," Brandon said, and is about to turn around to go back into town.
"And not only that Brandon," Jayden said, and Brandon stops, turns around to look at him. "Are you planning to enter the Johto League?"
"I am," Brandon said.
"Well in order for that to happen, you need to get yourself registered at the Pokemon Center. After that, you'll know when the league is, and know how long you have when facing the eight gyms," Jayden said.
"Oh, I didn't know that," Brandon said in surprised.
"Well, good thing I told you, or you might not have gotten to the Johto League," Jayden said. "And know this Brandon; I'm entering the league once more."
"You are?" Brandon asks surprised. "Didn't you already enter it four years ago?"
"I did, but I am allowed to go to it again. The only ones who can't enter it are the elites and the champion of Johto," Jayden said.
"So, if you won the league. But lost against the elites, would you still be able to enter the Johto League?" Brandon asks, wondering about that.
"Yeah, I think so," said Jayden.
"Oh," Brandon said, and he thinks about the Johto League. If he lost, he could enter it again four years later. Then suddenly a new thought comes to mind, Jayden is entering the Johto League again. Which means Jayden will be one tough opponent, since Jayden and his Pokemon were training several times a year. "I gotta train hard for this tournament," Brandon said.
"Just do your best out there," Jayden said.
"Staraptor," said Staraptor.
Then Staraptor turns its back to Jayden, and waits, and both Jayden and Brandon saw it do that. "Well, I best get back to my home. Take care of your Pokemon well," Jayden said, and he gets on Staraptor's back. "I know you will," than Staraptor flaps its wings and flew off into the air.
"Totodile," said Totodile, in a way of saying goodbye.
Brandon nodded as he watches them fly off, than he went back to town. Walking down the road, with Totodile walking beside him…
Brandon and Totodile just came into the Pokemon Center ten minutes later. They walk towards the counter, and Brandon sees a woman standing behind the counter. She is dressed like a nurse, and has pink hair. Brandon knows her name, Nurse Joy, and they met a few times at his home. Since she and Brandon's mom are friends, almost best friends.
"Well hello there Brandon, how are doing?" Nurse Joy asks, sounding joyful as always.
"Hi Nurse Joy, I'm doing quite fine," said Brandon. Then he reaches down with his right hand, and Totodile climbs up to get on Brandon's right shoulder. "And I like you to meet my first Pokemon, Totodile."
"Totodile," said Totodile, grinning at Nurse Joy.
"How cute, hi Totodile," Nurse Joy, smiling at Totodile.
"Totodile," said Totodile again, saying hi back.
Then Brandon holds out a pokeball, and said, "Well, here's a reason why I'm here. Pidgey needs your help." Then he handed the pokeball to Nurse Joy.
"So your first caught Pokemon is a Pidgey, how nice," Joy said, smiled and took the pokeball. Then she places it on some device that has six slots.
"Uh, Pidgey isn't my first caught Pokemon," said Brandon, and Joy looks at him with a confused look while her machine beeps a few times. Brandon is confused of the machine, and asks, "What does that device do?"
"Oh it's new; it heals Pokemon within the pokeball. I assume you defeated Pidgey by weakening it first," said Nurse Joy. "Since the machine isn't giving a loud beep, loud beep would mean a Pokemon is really hurt. So no doubt your Pidgey is just tired and hurt, this machine will restore energy and heal the injury, the same way like a potion."
"Oh," Brandon said, sound surprised by that.
"Yeah, and so," Nurse Joy said, her machine is still doing what it does. "How did you get Pidgey?"
"Well you see Jayden was showing me how to catch a Pokemon. And after he caught Pidgey, he gave it to me," said Brandon.
"Oh that's very nice of him," said Joy, than the machine stops. Nurse Joy takes the pokeball from the slot on the machine, and handed it back to Brandon. "And now your Pidgey is feeling fine."
"Thank you," Brandon said, he takes back the pokeball, and puts it into his pocket. Then he remembers another reason why he's here, and he looks at Nurse Joy. "Nurse Joy, I'm also here to register for the Johto League."
"Ah, you're entering it," said Nurse Joy, and she turns to her computer. She begins typing on the keyboard, than she looks at Brandon and asks, "Do you have your Pokedex?"
Brandon pulls out a Pokedex from his pocket, and handed it to her. "Just got it today," Brandon said. He watches Nurse Joy take it and inserts it into a slot under the computer.
After a few minutes of typing, Nurse Joy soon finishes and the Pokedex came out of the slot. Nurse Joy takes it, and hands it to Brandon. "There you go, all registered. The Johto League is a year away, so you have all the time to get your eight badges."
"A year huh," Brandon said, and thinks about it as he pockets his Pokedex. It is early spring, winter was ten days ago. So the Johto League will be in spring next year.
"Yes," Nurse Joy said.
"Well thanks for the info Nurse Joy," Brandon said.
"Totodile," said Totodile.
"So, did you say goodbye to your mom?" Nurse Joy asks.
"I had this morning, she gave me a Poke-Nav," Brandon said.
"Ah, remember to phone her once a while. Bye," said Nurse Joy.
"Goodbye," said Brandon, he turns around and went for the entrance.
"Totodile," said Totodile, still on Brandon's shoulder. Soon both of them left the Pokemon Center, and they headed west. As soon as they're at the left side of town, they then walk off into the forest. Now, Brandon has begun his journey.
End of Chapter 1
Written by Josephiroth