The next morning, Aurora woke up, got dressed and went downstairs for breakfast still thinking about which starter pokemon she wanted to chose to be her partner. Aurora took into account that the first gym dealt in water pokemon and that the second gym dealt in rock and ground pokemon. After taking this into account, Aurora decided that there was only one clear choice. She decided that Tropius would be her ideal choice if she could manage to get to Professor Morning's lab on time before the three other trainers that were starting out on the same day as her.
Aurora went downstairs and ran into her mom. Her mom looked at her and said, "Breakfast won't be ready for another half an hour so why don't you go get your starter pokemon. I'll keep it warm for you if you aren't back when it's ready."
"I'll do that, thanks mom." Aurora replied.
"Go choose a good one!" Her mother said, ushering Aurora out the door and handing her a pale blue bike helmet. "Use your new bike to get to the lab, it'll allow you to get there a lot faster."
"Yes, mom." Aurora said, putting on her helmet and climbing on her violet bike and began pedaling towards Professor Morning's lab.
Aurora arrived at the lab in about ten to fifteen minutes, and upon arriving, she saw that her rivals, who were also her friends weren't there yet. So Aurora dismounted from her bike and walked her bike over to a bike rack and took a bike chain from her pocket and locked her bike to the rack before she went inside. Once inside, Aurora found Professor Morning sitting at a table waiting for the new trainers to arrive to receive their first pokemon. Aurora walked over to her, and the professor looked up at her.
"Oh, hello Aurora. You're the first one here, I wonder where the others are….. Anyways, since you were here first you get to choose first from the pokemon choices. You can choose now if you'd like." Professor Morning said, motioning to a row of poke balls that each had a picture of the pokemon they contained.
"I'd like to go ahead and choose, someone's coming to see me later and I don't want to miss their visit." Aurora replied.
"Then by all means, go ahead and choose. Whichever one you choose will be a valuable asset to your team that you'll assemble on your own terms." Professor Morning said.
Aurora walked over to the poke balls and looked at the pictures of all the choices before she reached for the poke ball containing Tropius.
"Good choice, Aurora. You obviously read up on what types the first two gyms use, so Tropius will help to make your life and your journey a lot easier. Plus, despite being a grass-type, Tropius is also a flying-type; so that means that you could take to the skies and fly on Tropius if that was your wish." Professor Morning said, looking rather pleased with Aurora's choice.
"Thanks." Aurora said.
"You're welcome, take care now and I hope you enjoy the person who is coming to see you later." Professor Morning said.
"Okay I will, thanks again." Aurora replied.
Aurora waved goodbye to Professor Morning before she went back outside, unlocked her bike from the rack, put her helmet back on, before she climbed back on her bike and began pedaling home.