'So they finally gave in, did they ?' Professor Oak said as soon as he saw me standing on his front porch.

'Yup, it was only a matter of time.' I grinned as I gave the professor a hug. Eevee and I arrived in Pallet Town about half an hour ago and leisurely made our way over to the professor's laboratory. And now here we were, standing before his door.

'Well why don't you come in for a nice cup of tea and then you can tell me all about your plans.'

'Sure, seems like a good idea.' Professor Oak led me too his living room and I sat down on the couch with Eevee on my lap, as he went to fetch us some tea. While he was gone, I took a quick look around. Although I came here often, this place never ceased to amaze me. There was always something new to see and more often than not Professor Oak would be studying some exotic Pokémon.

This time there seemed to be a new addition to his wall, a photograph of the professor with all of the Pokédex Holders, including his grandson and my childhood friend Blue, who I admittedly had had a crush on ever since I was little. I walked over to the picture with Eevee sitting on my shoulder and inspected it closely. All of the people in it seemed really happy. In total I counted 11 people. Some of them I knew personally, like Red, Blue, Green, Yellow and of course Professor Oak. Others I was now seeing for the first time.

'Seeing something interesting.' I turned around and saw that Professor Oak was back with the tea. I nodded and pointed at the picture.

'Yeah, but I didn't know that there were other people with a Pokédex other than Blue, Red and Green?' The professor put the tray on the coffee table and walked over to me.

'A couple of years ago we gave 6 Pokédex's to 3 kids in Jotho and 3 in Hoen. Oh and we gave Yellow her own Pokédex recently.' The news made me very happy, I always thought that she should be an official Pokédex Holder.

'Really! I knew that she wanted one of her own so she must be really thrilled.' The professor chuckled.

'She definitely is. But enough about the others. What are you planning on doing?' I bit my lip, thinking of a good answer.

'I wanna become stronger, that way grandpa and brother wouldn't need to worry so much.' For some reason the both of them had been hovering over me ever since our parents died. You could say that they were just worried since they both loved me but I could tell that it was somehow more than that. Their worry was keeping them from the things that they should be doing and the things that I wanted, no needed to do.

'That's why I've decided to take on the gym challenge.' That surprised Professor Oak a bit.

'The gym challenge? But doesn't that mean that eventually you'll have to face your grandfather?'

'Yes, if I wanna reach my goal than I'll have to beat granddad, no Blaine gym leader of Cinnabar Island and a fire Pokémon expert.' I had come to this decision a long time ago even though I knew that it was going to be difficult. I looked up, trying to see Professor Oak's reaction. He just looked thoughtful. Was that good or bad? Suddenly he stood up and went to his drawer.

'This is a prototype of the new model but it should be fully functional. I was planning on asking Crystal to fill this one up but it seems to me that you're going to need this more than I do and I can always make a new one anyway.' The professor's rambling confused me but once he stood before me with a shiny new Pokédex in his hands, the meaning of his words suddenly became crystal clear.

'Professor I can't possibly accept this.' But the professor already shook his head before I finished my sentence, no doubt he already knew what I was going to say. Owning a Pokédex would truly be a dream come true but all the Pokédex holders were exceptional trainers and I knew that I was nowhere near their level.

'You know Serena, all trainers have to start somewhere.' He said.

'What do you mean?' I looked up at him in confusion.

'Red, Blue, Green, Gym Leaders, Elite 4 all of them have stood exactly where you are standing now. A novice trainer with zero experience. It takes time to become strong but I'm sure that one day you will grow into a wonderful trainer.' Professor Oak smiled, as if was absolutely convinced that someday I would be great.

'How come you're so sure?' My negativity must have set of Eevee in some way because the small Evolution Pokémon smacked me in the face with her tail.

'Hey! What did you do that for?' I took Eevee of my shoulder and kept her at arm's length, glaring. The professor chuckled.

'That's exactly why I know that you're going to be perfectly fine.' Both Eevee and I looked at him now both of us no idea what he was talking about.

'Huh?'

'Serena, please tell me, what are Pokémon to you?'

'What do you mean?' Sometimes this old man could be so confusing.

'Well I've met trainers that see Pokémon as friends, partners or family. But what do you see them as?' What Pokémon are to me? What do they mean to me? I never really thought about it but as I looked at Eevee, I knew the answer.

'Eevee is my precious comrade.' The professor smiled and took my hand.

'Good answer.' He said as he placed the Pokédex in it.

'Are you sure?' I swear when I asked that question I could hear Eevee sigh loudly.

'There's not a single person that I would rather want to have this Pokédex than you.' That made me blush but finally I clenched my hand around the Encyclopedia and bowed in gratitude.

'Thank you Professor, I won't disappoint you.' Professor Oak ruffled my hair, the second person to do that today.

'I know you won't. Now do you want me to teach you how to use it?' I nodded eagerly and put Eevee down.

'Well first you press this button down and then it automatically scans the Pokémon. The data will appear and voila pretty easy right?'

'Definitely I thought that I'd be much harder. '

'Now why don't you try it out on Eevee?'

'Kay.' I pointed the Pokédex towards Eevee and followed the instructions.

'It says here that thanks to its unstable genetic makeup, Eevee conceals many different possible evolutions. So basically Eevee is a bit of a mystery huh?'

'Yes in fact not too long ago we discovered a new evolution for Eevee that could be a brand new Pokémon Type.'

'A brand new Pokémon Type?!' I practically yelled out.

'Yes, we're thinking about calling it the Fairy Type, there's not much date on them yet but it's believed that they're super effective against Dragon Types.' The professor's eyes sparkled as he talked about his new discovery. I wondered if I would ever be as passionate about something as Professor Oak was about his research.

'Really? That tips the whole power scale, doesn't it? I mean up until now, Dragon Types were pretty much invincible unless they fought against an Ice Type or another Dragon Type.' The professor nodded. I may be young but growing up in a Gym thought me a thing or two about battling.

'What's the name of that new eeveelution?' The news of a new evolution of Eevee plus it being a completely new Pokémon Type definitely peaked my interest.

'Sylveon, beautiful name don't you think?' I agreed and so did Eevee. Some part of me wondered if someday Eevee would evolve and if she did, what would she become? It seemed like the possibilities kept growing.

'Yes very beautiful.' The professor smiled.

'So how about that tea?' I was quite thirsty so I quickly followed him to the couch, once there I put Eevee on my lap.

'Now back to that Gym Challenge of yours.'

'What do you wanna know?'

'The closest Gym is the one in Pewter City. The Gym Leader Brock is a Rock Type expert and I assume that Eevee is your only Pokémon right now. So how are you going to handle it?' Eevee and I grinned.

'Don't worry Professor, we've got it covered.'

A/N: Sorry it took so long for me to update. I had exams which thankfully are now over (I passed ^_^)

Bit of a filler chapter but the story will really be taking off now.

Special thanks to WolfWitchHuntress1318 for being the first to review this story, it really made me happy :)

Anyway let me know what you think

Starcrossedgoddess

p.s.: if you see any mistakes, feel free to let me know