Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon.

A/N: This is my version of Ash's Pokemon journey. He starts off in Kanto, ending up in Hoenn later. (Much Later)

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Ash introducing title: Gotta catch 'em all!

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"Venusaur! Vine whip!"

Venusaur vine whipped its opponent's Pokemon, taking a lot of damage, and falling to the ground. The Pokemon got back up, brushed itself, and looked ready for more.

"Nidoking! Hyper beam!"

The opponent's Pokemon sent a devastating blast towards Venusaur as the large Pokemon went down and was K.O.'ed.

"Oh no!"

Ash suddenly woke up and was breathing heavily. He clutched his blankets and looked at the alarm clock. Ash was having another dream of being a Pokemon Trainer and realized that he was going to be late for getting his first Pokemon at Professor Oak's. Ash got dressed quickly and packed all his stuff, making sure he had everything. He put on his league cap and rushed downstairs and out the front door, forgetting his breakfast his mom had made for him.

Ash ran down the path to Professor Oak's, going as fast as possible. He made it to the bottom of the staircase to the lab, because there was a large crowd standing right in front of it. Ash wondered what it was and decided to take a closer look, to see what was going on.

Ash peeked through the crowd and realized that it was Gary, his rival! He made his way through the crowd to confront him. Apparently, Gary had already picked his first Pokemon and was about to leave on his journey.

"Gary! Wait up!" Ash called as he made his way closer to Gary.

Gary stopped and looked behind him. He waited for Ash to get to him before speaking.

"Hey Ash! What's up!?" Gary asked as he waited for Ash to answer.

"I was going to ask what Pokemon you picked" Ash said as he regained his breath.

"Well." Gary took out a Pokeball containing a Pokemon inside, "See for yourself."

He threw the Pokemon towards the ground and Ash waited for the Pokemon to appear.

"Squirtle!" shouted the blue turtle Pokemon as it turned around to look at its trainer.

"Awesome! A Squirtle!" exclaimed Ash as he stared at the Pokemon but then remembered something, "Oh yeah. I still need to get my first Pokemon"

"Well, see ya Ash" Gary said as he returned Squirtle and began towards Route 1.

Ash walked up the stairs to the lab and knocked on the door. Professor Oak answered and let Ash inside. He led Ash to the room where trainers would get his first Pokemon.

"Here Ash. Please choose your Pokemon" Professor Oak said as he waited for Ash to choose.

Ash thought long and hard about what Pokemon he should chose. He wanted a Squirtle but remembered Gary already picked Squirtle. So his only choices were Bulbasaur and Charmander. Ash remembered that he always dreamt of having a Bulbasaur, but wanted a Charizard when he got more experienced. Ash finally knew what to pick and chose Charmander. He would get a Charizard later and would be able to fly from place to place.

Ash left the lab and headed towards Route 1. He felt very lonely and decided to let his Pokemon out. He released Charmander and smiled at his new Pokemon as Charmander looked back at its trainer. Charmander was delighted to be out of its ball and was following its trainer wherever it went. Ash was also delighted and headed towards his next destination.

Ash and Charmander made it to a small river with lots of water Pokemon in it. Ash had to find a way to get past the river and looked at Charmander for assistance. He was shocked to see his Charmander fighting with a Pidgey. Charmander was giving its all and was using scratch attack.

"That's right Charmander! Now use ember!" Shouted Ash as Charmander used ember.

The Pidgey fainted and Ash threw a Pokeball at the weakened Pidgey. The Pokeball shook three times and confirmed that Ash caught the Pokemon. Ash cheered and Charmander was happy to see its trainer happy. Ash picked up the Pokeball containing Pidgey and Ash and Charmander headed towards Viridian City.

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A/N: That's chapter 1. Stay tuned for chapter 2. ^_^