Chapter 1: A New Beginning
Tyler didn't stall for a moment to hop out of bed and gulp down his breakfast. Today was the day his dreams would come true, today was the day he'd been waiting for his whole life. Today was the day he got his first pokemon and he would change his life forever.
"Hey, you're up late. It's 6:30 in the morning. You usually wake up at 6:00." said a female voice from the stair way, the unmistakable voice of Tyler's sister, Eve.
"I can't believe I slept in!" Tyler said as he grabbed his pokegear and ran out the door.
"Wait a minute, you're not leaving yet are you?" Eve asked.
"No, no. I'll be back after I get my pokemon from Professor Oak." Tyler yelled back.
Tyler ran as fast as he could to Prof. Oak's house/lab. After running for 10 minutes he got to the entrance of Prof. Oak's house/lab. He slammed his fist a few times on the door and started panting for air. A tired looking Prof. Oak came to the door rubbing his eyes.
"I'm not too late am I?" Tyler said in a gasp of breathe.
"Actually, you're too early." Prof. Oak replied, "I was having a nice dream too."
"Oh, I'm sorry." Tyler apoligised.
"It's okay." Prof. Oak said while he invited Tyler in.
Prof. Oak led him to the room where the pokeballs were. There were three pokeballs on the table. They were all custom made pokeballs because they the colour of the pokemon inside. It was obvious which pokemon was held in each. Squirtle's pokeball was dark blue at the top, light blue at the bottom, and had a silver midsection. Charmander's pokeball was a dark red at the top, orange at the bottom, and had a gold midsection. Bulbasaur's pokeball was dark green at the top, light green at the bottom, and had a crystal midsection.
"Would you like me to give you a description of each pokemon, or have you already decided?" Prof. Oak asked.
"Well, I think I know. I'll take Squirtle. I've always been fond of water pokemon." Tyler said while picking up the blue pokeball.
"Great! Here is a pokedex and some pokeballs." Prof. Oak said handing Tyler the pokedex and pokeballs. "Your pokedex is your trainer ID. You'll need it to enter the Pokemon League. It's also an encyclopedia on the pokemon world. Point it at any pokemon you find and it will give info about it. In addition, it will add that pokemon to the list of pokemon you've seen."
"Thank you, Prof. Oak!" Tyler said.
Prof. Oak waved goodbye and wished him luck on his journey. Tyler pulled the blue pokeball off his belt and let Squirtle out. The Squirtle looked around looking a little confused and frightened.
"Hi, Squirtle." Tyler said getting on his knees and reaching a hand to the Squirtle. "I'm your new trainer now."
The Squirtle looked up at Tyler still looking a little confused but less scared. Squirtle said something in his own language that Tyler didn't understand.
"I'm sorry, I don't understand what you said. But I'm sure I'll learn your language after a while. I hope you don't mind, Squirtle. I'm a bit of a tough trainer. Some of training you'll be doing will be pretty hard and tiring. But I'll be right there training along side you, okay. I hope to be good friends." Tyler still had his hand outreached.
Squirtle thought for a moment, but than he reached out his hand and shook Tyler's hand. Squirtle smiled and called out "Squirtle!".
"Great! Let's go to my house and I'll introduce you!" Tyler exclaimed.
Tyler let Squirtle walk outside his pokeball for some exercise. It took them a while to get home, since Squirtle stopped every so often to check out the surroundings. Tyler let him take his time. The more Squirtle learns the stronger he'll become, is what Tyler thought.
"I'm home, with my new pokemon!" Tyler yelled when he got home.
After his family and Squirtle met eachother, Tyler went off to pack for his journey. It was almost 2:00 pm before Tyler finally left. Tyler still let Squirtle outside of his pokeball.
"Okay Squirtle, today we can just walk through Route 1, but tomorrow the training begins." Tyler said to Squirtle.
Squirtle looked up and gave Tyler a nod. Tyler was surprised to find how far they had gotten in that same day. They were nearly at Viridian.
"Well , Squirtle, we'll probably able to sleep at the Viridian pokemon center..." Tyler was saying but was interupted by his cell phone ringing.
Tyler was expecting it to be his mother or father calling to see if he was okay. But he didn't expect it when on the video screen, the face of the town officer, Officer Mark.
"Uh, hello Officer Mark." Tyler said looking confused.
"Tyler, I'm sorry. We need you back at the station. There's a problem with your sister." Officer Mark said with a frown on his face.
"What, is she hurt, is she sick?" Tyler asked.
"I'm afraid it's worse than that." Officer Mark replied.
"She's n...not...d...dead?" Tyler asking stammering, it was too horrible to think about.
"No. Just come to the station. We'll explain it there. Just hurry!" Officer Mark said.
Tyler quickly returned Squirtle to his pokeball.
"Sorry buddy. It'll be quicker if I run by myself." Tyler said and ran back the way he came from.
It was getting dark out and Tyler was tired beyond anything he felt before. But he couldn't stop he thought. Thoughts raced through his head about what could've happened to Eve. Suddenly, Tyler felt something hard hit his foot and made him loose his balance. He fell face first to the hard ground. He looked at what he tripped on. It was a sleeping Sandshrew, however it was waking up and it didn't look too happy. It shot a glare at Tyler. Tyler knew enough Sandshrew's could become fairly dangerous since they were bad tempered and some stronger ones were poisonous.
Tyler got up and started to run some more, even though not very fast since his legs felt like rubber. The Sandshrew was fast and prepared to leap on Tyler. It sprung from the ground, but only after Tyler grabbed an empty pokeball and flung it at the Sandshrew. The pokeball locked the Sandshrew inside. Tyler grabbed the pokeball, put it on his belt and continued to run towards Pallet Town.
Tyler didn't stall for a moment to hop out of bed and gulp down his breakfast. Today was the day his dreams would come true, today was the day he'd been waiting for his whole life. Today was the day he got his first pokemon and he would change his life forever.
"Hey, you're up late. It's 6:30 in the morning. You usually wake up at 6:00." said a female voice from the stair way, the unmistakable voice of Tyler's sister, Eve.
"I can't believe I slept in!" Tyler said as he grabbed his pokegear and ran out the door.
"Wait a minute, you're not leaving yet are you?" Eve asked.
"No, no. I'll be back after I get my pokemon from Professor Oak." Tyler yelled back.
Tyler ran as fast as he could to Prof. Oak's house/lab. After running for 10 minutes he got to the entrance of Prof. Oak's house/lab. He slammed his fist a few times on the door and started panting for air. A tired looking Prof. Oak came to the door rubbing his eyes.
"I'm not too late am I?" Tyler said in a gasp of breathe.
"Actually, you're too early." Prof. Oak replied, "I was having a nice dream too."
"Oh, I'm sorry." Tyler apoligised.
"It's okay." Prof. Oak said while he invited Tyler in.
Prof. Oak led him to the room where the pokeballs were. There were three pokeballs on the table. They were all custom made pokeballs because they the colour of the pokemon inside. It was obvious which pokemon was held in each. Squirtle's pokeball was dark blue at the top, light blue at the bottom, and had a silver midsection. Charmander's pokeball was a dark red at the top, orange at the bottom, and had a gold midsection. Bulbasaur's pokeball was dark green at the top, light green at the bottom, and had a crystal midsection.
"Would you like me to give you a description of each pokemon, or have you already decided?" Prof. Oak asked.
"Well, I think I know. I'll take Squirtle. I've always been fond of water pokemon." Tyler said while picking up the blue pokeball.
"Great! Here is a pokedex and some pokeballs." Prof. Oak said handing Tyler the pokedex and pokeballs. "Your pokedex is your trainer ID. You'll need it to enter the Pokemon League. It's also an encyclopedia on the pokemon world. Point it at any pokemon you find and it will give info about it. In addition, it will add that pokemon to the list of pokemon you've seen."
"Thank you, Prof. Oak!" Tyler said.
Prof. Oak waved goodbye and wished him luck on his journey. Tyler pulled the blue pokeball off his belt and let Squirtle out. The Squirtle looked around looking a little confused and frightened.
"Hi, Squirtle." Tyler said getting on his knees and reaching a hand to the Squirtle. "I'm your new trainer now."
The Squirtle looked up at Tyler still looking a little confused but less scared. Squirtle said something in his own language that Tyler didn't understand.
"I'm sorry, I don't understand what you said. But I'm sure I'll learn your language after a while. I hope you don't mind, Squirtle. I'm a bit of a tough trainer. Some of training you'll be doing will be pretty hard and tiring. But I'll be right there training along side you, okay. I hope to be good friends." Tyler still had his hand outreached.
Squirtle thought for a moment, but than he reached out his hand and shook Tyler's hand. Squirtle smiled and called out "Squirtle!".
"Great! Let's go to my house and I'll introduce you!" Tyler exclaimed.
Tyler let Squirtle walk outside his pokeball for some exercise. It took them a while to get home, since Squirtle stopped every so often to check out the surroundings. Tyler let him take his time. The more Squirtle learns the stronger he'll become, is what Tyler thought.
"I'm home, with my new pokemon!" Tyler yelled when he got home.
After his family and Squirtle met eachother, Tyler went off to pack for his journey. It was almost 2:00 pm before Tyler finally left. Tyler still let Squirtle outside of his pokeball.
"Okay Squirtle, today we can just walk through Route 1, but tomorrow the training begins." Tyler said to Squirtle.
Squirtle looked up and gave Tyler a nod. Tyler was surprised to find how far they had gotten in that same day. They were nearly at Viridian.
"Well , Squirtle, we'll probably able to sleep at the Viridian pokemon center..." Tyler was saying but was interupted by his cell phone ringing.
Tyler was expecting it to be his mother or father calling to see if he was okay. But he didn't expect it when on the video screen, the face of the town officer, Officer Mark.
"Uh, hello Officer Mark." Tyler said looking confused.
"Tyler, I'm sorry. We need you back at the station. There's a problem with your sister." Officer Mark said with a frown on his face.
"What, is she hurt, is she sick?" Tyler asked.
"I'm afraid it's worse than that." Officer Mark replied.
"She's n...not...d...dead?" Tyler asking stammering, it was too horrible to think about.
"No. Just come to the station. We'll explain it there. Just hurry!" Officer Mark said.
Tyler quickly returned Squirtle to his pokeball.
"Sorry buddy. It'll be quicker if I run by myself." Tyler said and ran back the way he came from.
It was getting dark out and Tyler was tired beyond anything he felt before. But he couldn't stop he thought. Thoughts raced through his head about what could've happened to Eve. Suddenly, Tyler felt something hard hit his foot and made him loose his balance. He fell face first to the hard ground. He looked at what he tripped on. It was a sleeping Sandshrew, however it was waking up and it didn't look too happy. It shot a glare at Tyler. Tyler knew enough Sandshrew's could become fairly dangerous since they were bad tempered and some stronger ones were poisonous.
Tyler got up and started to run some more, even though not very fast since his legs felt like rubber. The Sandshrew was fast and prepared to leap on Tyler. It sprung from the ground, but only after Tyler grabbed an empty pokeball and flung it at the Sandshrew. The pokeball locked the Sandshrew inside. Tyler grabbed the pokeball, put it on his belt and continued to run towards Pallet Town.
