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Chapter 1.5

Lexi Moves In

"We're finally here!" Lexi's dad called. They were in their mini van driving to the small town, Pallet Town. Lexi was sitting in the back seat with her brother while her parents were sitting up front.

Lexi's dad had just accepted a job as a lab assistant to Professor Oak. With all of Oak's research, he needed as much help as he can get. Lexi liked her old house and friends back in Celadon City, she wasn't sure she could get used to living in this small town.

Lexi was a 10 year old girl with long brown hair and brown eyes. She was all set to become a Pokemon trainer. She was going to get her first Pokemon from Professor Oak the next day. Her mother didn't approve of Lexi going around by herself, but she knew Lexi really wanted to raise Pokemon.

Lexi decided to explore town while her parents started to unload the boxes out of the moving truck. At least they had some Machokes and Machamps to help them with it all. Lexi didn't like that Pallet Town was so boring. There wasn't much to explore, so after an hour she decided to go home.

The Machokes really made a lot of progress in that hour, most of the furniture was put in it's place and a lot of the boxes were already unpacked. "Maybe you should go to bad Lexi," her mother said. "You have a big day tomorrow!"

"That sounds good," Lexi said, yawning. It was after 8, and they had been driving for quite a while. Lexi took a shower and slipped right into bed. She dreamed about traveling across Kanto and earning the badges. She was about to become the Pokemon champion when her mom woke her up.

"Lexi, dad is going to take you the lab with him today so you can get your Pokemon," she said. "Get dressed so you guys can go."

Lexi rolled over and looked at the clock. 5 am! She laid back down, dreading having to get back up. It took her 15 minutes to finally get up. When she walked downstairs, her dad was waiting by the door with his shoes already on.

"Come on sleepy head, I'm gonna be late for work."

"I'm coming, I'm coming," Lexi said sleepily.

Lexi and her dad got into the car and drove off toward the lab. By the time they parked, Lexi was wide awake and ready to get her Pokemon. She practically ran to the door. "Come on dad!" she called.

Once they entered the lab, Lexi's dad had to sign in and do all kinds of grown up things before they could go see Professor Oak. It was almost 2 hours before they could go into Oak's office. Lexi ran all the way there.

Once they entered, Oak recognized them immediately. "Hello Assistant Elm," Oak said. "And you must be Lexi Elm. How nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too," Lexi said to Professor Oak. "So can I get my Pokemon now?"

"Now Lexi, don't be rude," her father reprimanded.

"Oh, it's quite all right," Oak said. "I have two Pokemon left, a Bulbasaur and a Charmander. I'm sorry that the Squirtle was taken yesterday." Oak reached for two Poke Balls on a nearby table. "You can choose which ever one you'd like."

Lexi was so excited about getting a Pokemon, she really didn't think about which one she wanted. She knew Bulbasaur was a grass type and that Charmander was a fire type, but that didn't help her choose. "I think I'll go with the Bulbasaur," she finally decided.

"Here you go," Oak said, reaching for the Poke Ball on the left side of the table. He opened the ball and out popped a Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur was a grass type Pokemon. He had a blue animal like body and a green bulb on it's back.

"Bulbasaur," it said when it was released from it's Poke Ball.

"I think it's likes you," Lexi's father said. "Now you should run along…"

He never got to finish his sentence. The door flew open and a boy about Lexi's age stormed through it. "Give me my Pokemon," he shouted to Oak.

"I'm sorry, but I've only got one left," said Oak. "You can have this Charmander if you want." Oak went to reach for the remaining Poke Ball on the table.

"I wanted a Bulbasaur, not a stupid Charmander," the boy yelled.

"I'm sorry Greg, but Lexi here got my last Bulbasaur," Oak told him. "If you want a Bulbasaur come back at another time."

Greg looked furious. He turned toward Lexi. He looked so intimidating that she actually took a step back. "I'll trade you," Greg said to her.

"A Charmander for a Bulbasaur? No way!" she said.

"Give me the Bulbasaur!" Greg shouted at her.

"Maybe you should have gotten here earlier," Lexi shot back.

They started to move toward each other. Lexi's dad tried to step in the middle of the two of them. They just pushed him back as the moved in closer. "I'll battle you for it!" Greg shouted. "The winner takes which ever Pokemon they want."

"Fine by me! Go Bulbasaur!" Lexi released her Pokemon. Bulbasaur stood in front of her, ready to fight.

"Please, please, not inside the lab," Oak said. He almost pushed them out so they wouldn't break anything he had.

Once they got outside, Greg released his Charmander and the battle was on. Charmander was an orange Pokemon who stood on his hind legs with a flame lit on it's tail. "Use scratch!" Greg called to his Charmander. Charmander ran toward Bulbasaur with it's nails out, ready to strike.

"Bulbasaur, jump out of the way and use tackle," Lexi said to her Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur jumped into the air and landed behind Charmander. It then charged and slammed right into him, knocking it forward. However, Charmander immediately got up, with minimal damage done to it.

"Grrr, Charmander use scratch again!" Greg shouted. Once again, Charmander ran toward Bulbasaur with it's nails ready to do some damage.

This battle is really boring because our Pokemon only know really basic moves, Lexi thought. "Let's finish this Bulbasaur, tackle it!" Bulbasaur flew at Charmander with all of it's strength and hit him so hard, that Charmander was instantly knocked out.

"I lost!" Greg said. "Well, that doesn't matter. Fire types beat grass types any day. Once I raise Charmander a bit, I'll kick your butt. See you later!" With that, Greg ran out of the lab, off on his Pokemon adventure.

"You did good Lexi," Oak said. "You might be as good as my grandson Gary one day. He came in second in the last tournament, you know."

"Thank you," Lexi said. She recalled her Bulbasaur and put the Poke Ball on her belt.

"You may want to go to Viridian City next," Oak told her. "My other new trainer, Jason, just went up there. You might want to battle him some time."

Lexi hugged her dad, went home to say good bye to her mom, and she was off on her Pokemon adventure!

Lexi' Pokemon:

Bulbasaur- tackle, growl