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Lincoln's First Pokemon
Lincoln was in the middle of one of his classes, with it being one of his favorites, Art Class. He was painting a portrait of a Charizard standing on top of a plateau, breathing out a large stream of fire. His classmates were standing behind him marveling at his work. Lincoln has had a talent for drawing, like when he won that Ace Savvy comic-drawing contest, and when he did that painting while his old tutor Hugh was tutoring him. He was so good that the art teacher, Mr. Hassel, would sometimes have him give the students some pointers from time to time. As Lincoln finished, the end of class bell rang.
"Okay, class. See you all tomorrow, and remember we'll be doing clay sculpting." said Mr. Hassel. Everyone started to exit the class. As Lincoln exited the room, some of the students were complimenting him on his painting.
"Wow, Lincoln. You're a good artist." said a female student.
"That portrait looked so real if I didn't know better, I'd have believed I was looking at a photo of a real-life Charizard." said a male student.
"Thanks." said Lincoln. He soon headed to the cafeteria to grab some lunch. He entered and went to the cafeteria staff and asked for a couple of ham sandwiches. A few minutes later, Lincoln got his food and sat down at a table to eat. As Lincoln ate one of his sandwiches, Nemona came in and walked up to him.
"Oyeee, Lincoln." said Nemona.
"Hey, Nemona. What's up?" replied Lincoln.
"Mr. Clavell asked me to tell you that he wanted to see you in his office." said Nemona. Lincoln looked surprised.
"What does he want?" asked Lincoln.
"I'm not sure. But it sounded like he really wanted to talk to you as soon as possible." said Nemona.
"Okay." said Lincoln. He took the second sandwich he had and puts it in his backpack. He then leaves the cafeteria and heads straight to Mr. Clavell's office. Once there, he goes inside to see Mr Clavell standing in front of his desk with a serious look on his face. Lincoln felt a little nervous as he walked up to him. "Is something wrong, Mr. Clavell?"
"Yes, but it's not your fault, it's mine." said Mr. Clavell.
"What do you mean?" asked Lincoln.
"You see, I was supposed to give you something when you first arrived here. But I was so upset about what your family did to you and giving you a tour of the academy that it had completely slipped my mind." said Mr. Clavell.
"That's okay, Mr. Clavell. Everyone makes mistakes now and then. The important thing is that we learn from them." said Lincoln.
"Well said, Lincoln." said Mr. Clavell with a smile. He then pulls out three pokeballs from his belt and throws them, releasing three Pokemon that Lincoln has seen in the pamphlet he got back at the Royal Woods mall three months ago.
"Wow. A Fuecoco, Sprigatito, and Quaxly!" said Lincoln with amazement.
"I see you know what these Pokemon are, Lincoln." said Mr. Clavell.
"Yeah. They were in the pamphlet that Travis showed me back in Royal Woods during that raffle." said Lincoln.
"I see. What I forgot was to give you your first Pokemon." said Mr. Clavell.
"Really?! My first Pokemon?!" exclaimed Lincoln.
"Indeed." said Mr. Clavell. He gestured to the three Pokemon in front of him. "Now, Lincoln. Choose your first Pokemon." Lincoln trembled with excitement as he looked at the Pokemon in front of him. After a minute of thinking, he made his decision.
"I made my decision, Mr. Clavell." said Lincoln. "I choose Fuecoco to be my first Pokemon."
"A fine choice, Lincoln." said Mr. Clavell. Fuecoco looks up at Mr. Clavell who nods at it. Fuecoco then walks over to Lincoln and smiles at him. Lincoln kneels down and rubs its head. "I can tell already that you two are going to get along just fine." He then hands Lincoln Fuecoco's pokeball and some purple spray bottles. "Those are Potions. Do you know what they do?"
"If I remember correctly, they restore some of a Pokemon's stamina." answered Lincoln.
"Correct. You were always a good student." said Mr. Clavell.
"Thanks, Mr. Clavell." said Lincoln.
"Now I want you to take good care of Fuecoco and train it well." said Mr. Clavell.
"You can count on me, Mr. Clavell." said Lincoln.
"I know that I can." said Mr. Clavell. He then grabs a pokeball from a nearby table and puts it on his belt.
"What's that pokeball?" asked Lincoln.
"It's another Fuecoco, Lincoln. I plan to give it to another student I also forgot to give a first Pokemon to." said Mr. Clavell. "That reminds me, if you see your friends; Stan, Kyle, Eric, and Kenneth, send them to my office."
"Yes, sir." said Lincoln. He then leaves Mr. Clavell's office and walks down the hall. As he does, he looks at his new Fuecoco's pokeball. "Wow. My very first Pokemon. I think I'll let it out and use the pokedex on my Rotom Phone to learn more about it." Lincoln tosses Fuecoco's pokeball and releases it. Fuecoco looks at Lincoln and dances with delight. Lincoln smiles at this and he pulls out his Rotom Phone and points it at Fuecoco and brings up the pokedex app.
"Fuecoco, the Fire Croc Pokemon. It lies on warm rocks and uses the heat absorbed by its heat-shaped scales to create fire energy." said the Rotom Phone.
"Okay, this says that you're a boy, you know the moves Tackle, Leer, and Ember, and you have the Blaze ability which increases the power of your fire-type attacks when you only have a third of your stamina remaining." said Lincoln.
"Oyeeee, Lincoln!" a voice yells out from behind him. He turns to see Nemona, Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny running over to him. They stop when they got to him. They look down to see Lincoln's new Fuecoco.
"Dude! Is this Fuecoco yours?" asked Kyle.
"Yeah!" replied Lincoln.
"You got your first Pokemon?!" said Stan.
"You know it." said Lincoln.
"Aww, man. I wish we had Pokemon!" yelled Cartman.
"I think you might get them sooner than you think. Mr. Clavell wanted me to tell you four that he wanted to see you in his office. I think he's going to give you guys your first Pokemon." said Lincoln. Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny's eyes lit up with delight.
"Really?!" asked Stan.
"Yeah. So, you better hurry up. You know Mr. Clavell doesn't like to be kept waiting." said Lincoln.
"Come on, you, guys!" said Kenny as he, Stan, Kyle, and Cartman started to run to Mr Clavell's office.
"Wow. They really must want to get their first Pokemon." said Nemona.
"I can relate to that. I was eager to get my first Pokemon, also." said Lincoln. Nemona looks down at Fuecoco and rubs the top of his head.
"Your Fuecoco is so cool, Lincoln." said Nemona.
"I know." said Lincoln.
"Anyway, due to Mr. Clavell's upcoming mystery announcement, our next classes have been cancelled so we have a couple hours to spare. How about I show you a place where you can train your Fuecoco?" asked Nemona.
"Sure. Thanks, Nemona." said Lincoln.
"No problem. Let's go, Lincoln. Vamos." said Nemona as she started to run off with Lincoln following after her. They soon left the academy and started going through Mesagoza. They soon left the city and entered an area outside the city known as the South Province Area One.
"So where are we off to?" asked Lincoln.
"A place called Poco Path. It's an area past here that's good for trainers who are just starting out to raise and train their Pokemon." said Nemona.
"Okay." said Lincoln. As they headed towards Poco Path, Lincoln looked at all the Pokemon that were in the area. He saw Psyducks, Happinies, Pichus, Fletchlings, Woopers (the Paldean versions), Skwovets, and many other different kinds of Pokemon. "I can't believe how many different kinds of Pokemon exist here."
"I feel the same way. Let's keep going." said Nemona. As they walked down the road, they went through a small neighborhood called Las Platos. As Lincoln looked around, he saw a structure nearby with a red roof on it.
"Hey, Nemona. What's that?" asked Lincoln.
"That's a place with a TM-making machine, a Pokemon Center, and a PokeMart. It's a go-to place for any trainer. The TM-making machine can take items that Pokemon drop and make TMs from them. The Pokemon Center can heal any tired or injured Pokemon you bring them so make sure to remember that if Fuecoco's hurt, and the PokeMart is a place you can buy items to help you out such as status condition-curing items, potions, and pokeballs." explained Nemona.
"I'll be sure to remember that. Thanks, Nemona." said Lincoln.
"No problem, Lincoln. Let's keep going, we're almost there." said Nemona. As they went past a lighthouse, Lincoln noticed a cave opening on a cliff along the side of a small mountain range.
"What's that cave?" asked Lincoln.
"Oh, that. That's Inlet Grotto. It's a cave that's not very safe so you should steer clear of it." explained Nemona.
"Okay, Nemona." said Lincoln. They headed down the road until they reached their destination.
"Here we are, Lincoln. Poco Path." said Nemona. Lincoln looked around at the variety of Pokemon that were around. As Lincoln went deeper into the area, a Pokemon that looked like a ball of thread with eight green and yellow legs and a yellow head with four eyes sticking out of it.
"Is that a Pokemon?" asked Lincoln as he pulls out his Rotom Phone and points it at the Pokemon.
"Tarountula, the String Ball Pokemon. The ball of threads wrapped around its body is elastic enough to deflect the scythes of Scythers, this Pokemon's natural enemy." said the Rotom Phone.
"Man, my sister, Leni, would be terrified of this Pokemon. She's very afraid of spiders." said Lincoln. Nemona walks up and stands next to Lincoln.
"You know, Lincoln. You should try to capture this Pokemon and fill out your pokedex a bit." said Nemona.
"You think so?" asked Lincoln.
"Yeah. It'll be good practice for when you want to capture other Pokemon later on." said Nemona. She reaches into her satchel and pulls out some empty pokeballs. "Here's some pokeballs you can have. Don't worry, I have a ton of them."
"Thanks." said Lincoln as he takes the pokeballs from Nemona.
"Do you know how to catch Pokemon with those?" asked Nemona.
"I have to weaken the Pokemon in battle, then throw the pokeball at it. The weaker the Pokemon is, the easier it will be to capture." said Lincoln.
"You've been studying hard." said Nemona.
"I really want to be a good trainer, so the more I know, the better I can be." said Lincoln. He then pulls out Fuecoco's pokeball. He throws it and releases Fuecoco, who stares at the Tarountula, ready to battle. The Tarountula raises its front legs up, ready to defend itself.
"This Pokemon seems like it wants to fight." said Nemona.
"Then we won't disappoint it." said Lincoln. "Since you're a bug-type, a fire-type like Fuecocco would have an advantage." All of a sudden, the Tarountula sprays a stream of thread out of its mouth and binds Fuecoco.
"That was String Shot. That move will slow your Fuecoco down a bit." said Nemona.
"Okay, Fuecoco. Hit it with an Ember attack." said Lincoln. Fuecoco breathes out bits of fire out of his mouth which hit Tarountula and does super-effective damage. Also, parts of Tarountula's body suddenly caught fire.
"Good work, Lincoln. Not only did you do a lot of damage, but you gave it the Burn status condition. Now its attack power will be weaker and it'll take damage every now and then. Tarountula suddenly flinched and collapsed. "It looks pretty weak. Now's your chance to capture it. Vamos!"
"Okay." said Lincoln as he pulls out an empty pokeball and pushes the button on it to enlarge it. He throws the pokeball at Tarountula and hits it. The pokeball opens up and sucks Tarountula into it and closes. The pokeball wiggles a few times before it clicks, indicating a successful capture. Lincoln runs over and picks it up. "I did it! I captured my first Pokemon!"
"Good work, Lincoln." said Nemona.
"Thanks, Nemona." said Lincoln. Lincoln took out his Rotom Phone to learn more about his new Tarountula. "Okay. This Pokemon is female, she knows Tackle and String Shot, and she has the ability Insomnia, which if I remember correctly, prevents her from being afflicted with the Sleep status condition." Lincoln looked at the area where Tarountula was and saw some strands of thread. "What's this stuff?"
"That's Tarountula Thread. You see, Pokemon tend to drop things after you battle them. The TM Machine I pointed out before can use it to make TMs with, so you should hold onto it." said Nemona.
"Okay, Nemona. Thanks." said Lincoln. As he celebrated his first capture, he hears a rustling coming from some nearby bushes. He and Nemona look to see a Pawmi scampering out of them. "A Pawmi?"
"You know your Pokemon, Lincoln." said Nemona. The Pawmi looks at Lincoln and squints its eyes. They widen as if it recognized Lincoln from somewhere. Lincoln notices this and thinks a bit before he recalls something himself.
"Hey. Are you the Pawmi I met when I first arrived here in Paldea?" asked Lincoln. The Pawmi nods with a guilty look on its face in response. Lincoln points his Rotom Phone at the Pawmi.
"Pawmi, the Mouse Pokemon. It has underdeveloped electric sacs on its cheeks. These electric sacs can produce electricity only if Pawmi rubs them furiously with the pads on its forearms." said the Rotom Phone.
"Lincoln. Have you met this Pawmi before?" asked Nemona.
"Yes. On the day I arrived here in Paldea, this Pawmi walked over to me. I scratched its chin, and it shocked me." said Lincoln. He looked at the Pawmi and saw that its eyes have tears in them. Lincoln notices this. "Hey, don't be sad. I'm okay now, so I'm not angry with you, Pawmi." Pawmi looked at Lincoln with a surprised expression. Lincoln smiled at it to show he had no grudge against it. Pawmi walked over to Lincoln and nuzzled him but making sure not to shock him. Lincoln smiles in response and knelt down to Pawmi. "You know, if you want, you can come along with me." Pawmi looked at Lincoln and smiles and nods. Lincoln pulls a pokeball out of his backpack and enlarges it and tapped its button against Pawmi's head. It gets sucked into the pokeball and after a couple seconds of it wiggling, it stops and clicks. "Welcome to the team, Pawmi." Nemona walks over to Lincoln.
"Wow, Lincoln. You didn't even have to battle it." said Nemona. Lincoln takes out his Rotom Phone to look up his new Pawmi.
"Okay, Pawmi is male, he knows Scratch and Growl, and he has the Static ability, which has the chance of paralyzing a Pokemon that attacks him physically." said Lincoln.
"So, what are you going to do now?" asked Nemona.
"I'm going to catch some more Pokemon and train them while I'm at it." said Lincoln. And Lincoln does just that. He caught a few more species of Pokemon in Poco Path such as Scatterbug, Hoppip, Fletchling, and Lechonk. After he caught Lechonk, its pokeball suddenly disappeared. When Lincoln asked what happened, Nemona told him that trainers can only have up to six Pokemon with them and any extra ones get sent to Pokemon Storage which he can access with his Rotom Phone if he ever wants to swap them. Lincoln also trained up the Pokemon he had with him. His Fuecoco learned Round, his Tarountula learned Struggle Bug and Assurance, his Pawmi learned Thundershock and Quick Attack, his Scatterbug learned Stun Spore, his Hoppip learned Absorb and Fairy Wind, and his Fletchling learned Quick Attack. He also picked up items the Pokemon he battled dropped such as Fletching Feathers, Hoppip Leaves, Scatterbug Powder, Pawmi Fur, and other things.
"Wow, Lincoln. You're really doing good at training your Pokemon." said Nemona.
"Yeah. I'm really having fun with it." said Lincoln. Nemona looks at her Rotom Phone.
"Hey, Lincoln. I think it's about an hour before Mr. Clavell's announcement. I think we should start heading back to Naranja Academy." said Nemona.
"Good idea." said Lincoln. He returns his Pawmi who was currently out back into his pokeball.
"Guh-GYAOHHH!" something cried out, surprising Lincoln and Nemona.
"What was that?!" asked Nemona.
"I don't know." said Lincoln.
"We should look around and try and find out what it is." said Nemona.
"Okay, but let's hurry." said Lincoln.
"Right." said Nemona as they both head down the path to the lighthouse.
End of Chapter 6
Pokemon Lincoln has on his team: Fuecoco (M), Tarountula (F), Pawmi (M), Scatterbug (F), Hoppip (F), and Fletchling (M).
Pokemon Lincoln has in his collection: Fuecoco (M), Tarountula (F), Pawmi (M), Scatterbug (F), Hoppip (F), Fletchling (M), and Lechonk (M).
