Hello people of the Pokemon section! This is my first try on a Poke fic, so I guess you could call me a newb at this. I still hope you like it, though!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything of importance in this story besides my OCs.

Journey at Hand

Chapter I Intro

She turned in bed. It was almost time. She could hardly wait at all. She watched and whispered to herself as the clock counted down.

"Five...four...three...two...one..."

The clock rang loudly. 8:00. The girl squealed loudly; she had been waiting for this day to come. In excitement, she threw the covers on her bed off, showing a pinkish pajama. She leaped for joy.

"Kari!" yelled someone downstairs. "Hurry up, sweetie! You're going to be late for the professor!"

"Coming!" the girl named Kari shouted back.

She quickly threw together some clothes: A pair of knee length jeans, sneakers, and a black Nintendo logo t-shirt plastered on the front. She fixed long auburn hair as fast as possible into a long ponytail. Kari grabbed her bag near the door and ran down the stairs, nearly running into her mother on the way. She murmured a quick apology, grabbed some toast from the table and shoved it into her mouth, and sprinted out the door.

"You've forgotten your spare clothes!" her mother yelled after her daughter but to no avail; Kari was already half way to the professor's house. Her mother heaved a sigh.

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Kari was nearly out of breath when she reached the professor's laboratory. Although it was only a block away form her home, she had taken almost all of her energy just get out of the house prepared. She knocked on the door a few times.

"Coming, coming!" said a voice from within. She heard a few footsteps and a small crash. The voice cursed loudly before opening the door.

"Good morning, Professor Pine!" Kari said brightly.

"Yeah, yeah. Good morning to you too, Kari isn't it?" the professor said with a grunt. He was cradling a bruised hand. "Come in."

Wonder what he was doing, Kari thought as she entered the lab. Sunlight entered from above as the professor led her to the back of the lab. As she walked, Kari noticed a miniature jungle through a window. She knew the professor was into studying pokemon in their natural habitat, but she never knew that he would go and build one himself.

But then again, what do I know?

"Ah, here we are!"

Professor Birch handed her a small package. Kari found it was light weight and could easily fit it into her backpack.

"I need you to deliver this package to Jange Island," the professor told her.

"Where's that?" she asked as she put the parcel in her pack.

"South of Dewford. You must get there ASAP. My colleague there will know what to do with it when you get there."

Kari was crestfallen. She was expecting to get a pokemon of her own and go on a journey. Instead, she was assigned to be a delivery girl. "Why do I have to do this?" she pouted.

The professor put a hand to his face. "I guess it really is true when they say "Youth is wasted on the young". Can you do me just one little favor, Kari, and bring the package over? I'll give you a pokemon for the long journey ahead if you do."

At his words, Kari jumped up, renewed with glee, and ran over to a table containing two opened pokeballs in a large tube. Inside were two sleeping pokemon. One looked like a small green lizard with three tails; the other was a small orange chicken. She looked at each inventively, trying to figure out which she wanted.

"Have you decided yet?" Birch asked, walking up to the tube. "The lizard is Treecko, a grass type pokemon. The other one is Torchic, a fire type."

"Umm..."

After a few minutes of waiting, Kari picked out Treeko. The professor opened the tube and picked up the pokemon. Treeko opened its eyes sleepily, murmuring its name in surprise of the sudden action. Kari found it absolutely cute.

"He's perfect!" she squealed with excitement. "Thank you sooo much, Professor!"

"Just get it delivered quickly," he answered her. "And be careful out there!"

Kari flashed him a smile, pocketing her new pokeball. "Don't worry! What could possibly go wrong?"

Well I hope you liked it! Suggestions to make it better are welcome. R&R, guys and gals! Longer chapter next time!

Med