ON THE WAY TO GREATNESS
CHAPTER 1:
INTO A NEW WORLD AND JOURNEY STARTS
Well, hello there! I always wanted to write an OC story with Pokemon, so here am I! Now keep it mind that it will be running simultaneously with the cannon from the Pokemon anime. That means, my OC and Ash would be meeting quite frequently. They will not be travelling together though! I want my OC to travel alone, although he would be making friends nonetheless. Now! It will be not an issekaid story, at least not in its most cliched way. Well, you will get to know once you read. Well, enough talking let's dive into the story! Oh! I don't own Pokemon!
"Go Pokémon!"- Normal speech for Human
'Go Pokémon!'- Thoughts
"Go Pokémon!"- Pokedex voices/Tournament Announcements, etc.
Hugh! Where am I? I slowly open my eyes to look around but the sun light hitting on my eyes are making it difficult for me to clearly see anything. I rub my eyes and sit up. I looked around and I saw that it was a hospital room.
What happened? The last I remember was pushing my sister away from as the giant boulder was falling towards us, from that point everything is blank. I look outside the window and got confused. I was hoping to see modernized city of LA where I live, not this unknown city. I need to talk to someone as to find out where am I.
As I was about to stand, I heard a distinct voice,
"Pidgoo!"
I froze hearing that sound. I cannot believe this, gathering courage I looked up towards the direction of the source of the sound, and to my horror it was there! A Pidgey! A freaking PIDGEY! What the hell is going on?!
I stumble out of my bed and looked outside the window, true to what I saw earlier, there are Pokemons! REAL POKEMONS! But how is this possible?!
Where is Mom?! Where are everyone?! I look outside the window, trying to notice that it was all some kind of hallucination, BUT no! I can see People and Pokemon! Where is am I?!
My breathing become ragged, I was never good with these kind of things! But, what the hell am I doing in the world of Pokemon! I pinch myself twice! Hard! To wake myself from some dream. But I feel the pain! It's real deal!
But, what about my sister! My mom! My dad! What about my family and friends! Will I ever see them again!
"What is going on?!" I asked myself. But I noticed something was wrong. My voice is very squeaky as if it was of a young boy's. I looked towards hands and toes and see that they are much smaller than they should. My voice is also that of a child. I run towards the mirror to look at myself. I chocked a bit of air, as I saw my appearance. I looked like my eight-year-old self! What's going on? Why is this happening? I just want this to end!
I fall on my knees, tears cascading down my eyes from my loss, from the suddenness of the situation. My breathing become ragged and soon darkness envelopes me.
AFTER SOME TIME
I slowly open my eyes again, the sun was still very bright so I guess its still morning. I look around and see that I am on the bed again. I clearly remember falling on the floor. I sit up with dull eyes and look around, it was the same view again!
Tears starts to form in the corner of my eyes, when I heard the door of the room open. I rubbed my eyes and looked towards the door and saw a middle-aged woman enter the room. She was wearing a doctor's coat, so I assume that she is a doctor.
"Good you are awake little one
"Where am I?"I asked her. The dullness in my voice was glaringly notable.
"You are in Viridian City in Kanto, now sweety where are you from? We found you passed out with some scrapes and cuts in a park" asked the lady doctor soothingly.
Where was I from? The moment she said Viridian City, my mind stopped again. So this all real! This was no joke! So my family was gone?
Mom!
Dad!
Sis!
EVERYONE!
I screamed inside my head, trying not to show any emotions but tears were continuously flowing from my eyes. I feel two warm arms wrapped around me. I saw that the lady doctor had wrapped me in a hug. I was grateful for that since I needed a little comfort from someone.
"Shh, it's alright sweetheart everything is fine" she said to me soothingly.
No, everything won't be fine. I lost my entire family, friends and relatives in just one go!
"Now then what's your name?" she asked
"Roger, Roger Davies" I said hollowly. Afterall considering the circumstances I may as well be an orphan. I have no way of going back to my world. Hell, I don't even know how I got here.
The lady might have felt the melancholic tone of my words, since her hug became a little tighter as if to assure me everything will be alright.
"Shh, let it all out" she said gently.
You know what? I did! I let everything out, the loss, turmoil, despair and perhaps hope of returning. I didn't even know when I fell asleep.
THE NEXT DAY
I opened my eyes groggily. The sun's rays were directly falling on my face! It wasn't letting me sleep! Dammit! Can't just someone just rest a little!
I sit up on my bed and looked around. Hoping the dream would end or something. Naïve! But hey I am some eight-year-old child now! But unlike yesterday I didn't feel that much remorse or despair. Obviously, the pain is still lingering in my heart, but now it's more like acceptance of the situation.
But, sitting in a body of my eight-year-old self and having a mind of a fifteen-year-old teen, helped me cope a little. I am mature, I need to move on and make most of the opportunity I got here, but darn that is so difficult!
Now, about my background, I will have to come up with a believable story. One that doesn't involve me coming from some different dimension and something. Who knows the bad guys might take me for experimenting. NOT A CASE I WANT TO HAPPEN TO ME!
Well, I was trying to formulate a backstory when the door opened. I turned towards the door and saw that it was the same lady Doctor from the previous day.
"Ah I see that you are awake! Good!" she said smiling. She walked towards me and started noting down the figures on the machine, something about my vitals, I guess.
"So, are you ok now?" she asked, looking towards me with concern
"Yeah" I said slowly
"So, Roger can you tell me how you got here?" she asked
*Sigh* Time to bullshit
10 MINUTES LATER
After hearing my sob story, I see that her eyes were twinkling with tears. She might have connected with my story making it completely believable.
I told her that I come from a faraway region which doesn't have any Pokemon, as to how some new people with Pokemons invaded our peaceful land killed everyone, as to how a nice Pokemon teleported me away from the scene trying to save me for what I reason I don't know.
I feel her wrap me in a hug, "I am sorry for everything you had to go through those things Roger" she said.
I feel tears sting my eyes again, but this time I didn't cry! Enough of that sob story. I want to look forward to a better future. If I am stuck here might as well make the most of it. Plus, my mum would have given me a stern talking already.
"You are safe now, I know that I may not have known your parents, but I am sure they would have wanted you to move on and make the most of the opportunity" she said, smiling gently at me.
"Yeah, you are right doc" I said smiling for the first time since coming here.
"Now, I see that you are mostly fine, so I will need to talk to some people and get you settled here in the city and forge your new papers" she said and turned around to walk out when I stopped her.
"Excuse me, but could I learn about Pokemons as well. They are fascinating creatures, I want to study about them" I said with a little excitement seeping into my voice.
She smiled at that, perhaps happy because I didn't take any kind of fear for them due to my story. "Of course! Let me talk to some people, I will get to you there! Ok now rest" she said and left the room.
I leaned back down on my bed and looked outside the window. Things may be difficult from now on. I may not never again meet my family. But I can feel that everything will be fine, I will be just fine. I looked towards the sun and smiled, Hey! I might just get a Dragonite!
ONE WEEK LATER
It has been a week since I have been discharged from the hospital. The lady doctor, whose name is Lucy by the way. I learned that later. Oh well, she set me up with certain authorities and made me meet Officer Jenny of the city. Jenny was very helpful as she helped along the way to set me up.
The Authorities decided to me under a social worker going by the name of Mr. Mathews. He owns a departmental store in the city, which sells commodities to Pokemon trainers and breeders. I was put up in a small apartment just next to his house. I will also be receiving a monthly stipend of some 10,000 Pokedollars bimonthly. At first, I thought it was very less, but after shopping a little I saw that prices are quite low here. Well at least Civilian goods like food and clothes and other things. Trainer items are quite pricey here.
Mr. Mathews is a very kind man. He has been helping me with a lot of things and getting me settled down. He also bought me a lot of books that were about Pokemon, to help me catch up with others of my age. He also appointed me as a worker in his shop to help me earn a little more.
I found another thing different here! The age to start a journey is 12 not 10! I can't believe this! I will have to wait for four years! FOUR! Ah! Life sucks!
Then again today is the day I start my first day in Pokemon Academy. I was enrolled here by Mr. Mathews after he heard I wanted to learn about them. The best thing is that for us orphans the fees is paid by the authorities, so we don't have to pay school fees here!
I was just about to open the door when there was a knock on it. I opened it and saw that it was Mr. Mathews standing there with a smile on his face.
"Well kiddo! Today you go to the academy! How does it feel?" he asked jovially.
I smiled at his enthusiasm, "I am pumped to start! You will see that I will be the best!" I said pumping my fist in the air!
He chuckled good naturedly, "I know you will. Now common let's get you to the Academy, shall we?" he said.
I nodded my head as he led me down the apartment. He had his scooter parked in the parking area. I quickly took the back seat as we drove through the bustling roads of the city. I could see a lot trainers out there some of them fighting, others spending time with their pokemons and what not.
It was a beautiful sight to see. I never imagined that playing games on Pokemon can even compare to this feeling.
We passed the famous Viridian City Gym as we headed towards the Academy. After about five minutes of more travelling, we reached our destination. It was modern building, there were a lot of children on the playground with some Pokemons.
I dismounted the scooter and followed Mr. Mathews towards the Principal's office. I stood outside the office as I was told as Mr. Mathews went inside the office.
I was waiting for about five minutes, when Mr. Mathews came out along with the Principal. The Principal was old man, with a cane in his left hand. He had gentle expression on his face. I could see wisdom in his eyes that he had gathered over the years.
"Well, hello there young man! I am Richards Mikoki, Mr. Mathews here told me about your condition and history a little. First of all I am sorry for what you had to go through, no one should go through that. Secondly, I am happy that you want to learn about Pokemons, they are truly magnificent beings. And finally, I hope you achieve what you want by our help" he said smiling gently at me.
I smiled at him and bowed a little, "I hope so sir".
"Ah, such a well-mannered boy, now lets head towards your classroom" he said as Richards lead us towards my classroom.
We reached a big room. When we all entered, I saw nearly forty children sitting in the classroom. All were looking towards me with a curious expression. Mr. Richards took the stage as the teacher stepped down from his lofted podium. "Class, this Roger. He will be joining this year's class as a new transfer student. I hope you all to be welcoming of him" he said and pointed towards me.
I took it as a sign to start my introduction. I took a deep breath, "Hi, my name is Roger! I like learning about Pokemons and want to be a great trainer! I hope get along!" I said giving my best smile.
Nearly everyone smiled and nodded towards me. I could see the teacher also giving me a smiling welcome. I smiled, thinks wouldn't so bad...
FOUR YEARS LATER
It has been four years since I have been transported to the Pokemon world. Things have been going pretty well for me here.
After the first day in the Academy all those years ago, I pushed myself into studies. Soon I found that maximum of the things I knew from the games and anime I have played. So, it was pretty easy for me to catch up to the rest of them. I still remember my first test, I barely passed. But I didn't give up and soon by the end of the year I was at the top three of the class. A boy named Joe and a girl named Elena, were the first and second in the class at the end of the first year.
But, during the second year I really put my all in the school, both in Theory and practical. By the end of the year I was clear first in the class, with Elena a close second. The boy Joe slipped up to the third position.
Elena Kinoe is my best friend; she and I have been friends for more than three years now. Our start was rough since she was shy and I was still kind of recovering and talking to that many people. I didn't make many friends during the first year. But Elena became my first friend I started to open up a lot to others. She really helped me a lot. Her parents were also very kind people. Much like me, Elena also had difficulties in making friends because of her shy nature. She often says that I helped her in elevating her shyness, which I personally feel I didn't do anything.
Elena's parents were very nice people. Once they came to know about me and how I was her daughter's first friend, they invited me to dinner once. It was for the first time I sat down for a family dinner in more than one and half year. Her parents asked about my past, and I told them the same story I told the doctor and Jenny. They were moved by my story. They told me that I was always welcome in their house. After that day Elena and I became even more better friends.
Mr. Mathews also helped me over all these years. He had helped me in any way possible, from buying me things to being there for me. I cannot thank him enough.
But, just like my new life was filled with good people, there were also bad people who I had displeasure to meet. Joe was certainly one of them. He is in a simple word was a jerk. He became a complete asshole to both me and Elena after we both overtook him. I and Elena generally tried to avoid him since his parents were rich and could make our lives difficult. But, he still used to disturb us.
Enough about those things, the biggest news is that I was selected to receive a starter from Professor Oak, can you believe it! I will finally get a Charizard! I was jumping of joy when I got the news.
Professor Oak came to visit our school six months ago. He was very impressed with my knowledge as well as my handling of Pokémons. It seems that when Professor saw my results, he was quite impressed and expressed his wish to sponsor me! I accepted without a second thought. He also said that I will become a great trainer!
Oh, Elena was also selected by Professor Oak to become her student. It happens that she wants to become a researcher, specifically wanting to research Pokemon habitat and behavior. That was the exact branch of study Professor Oak was famous for. She said that Professor was impressed by her knowledge and didn't want such potential to go to waste.
So, while I will be travelling across the regions, Elena would be Pallet Town, learning from the Professor. I couldn't be happier for her, but I will miss her company.
But, this success didn't sit well with a lot of people, who thought that I didn't deserve such an opportunity. To them an orphan shouldn't be taken so highly. Joe's parents were top of in the list of people that wanted me gone. They did try a lot to coax Professor to their cause, but he had sent them packing.
Anyways, coming to the topic of my starter. I am not going to miss the chance to get a charmander from Professor. So, I am going to Pallet a day earlier from the day he said to come. That is exactly why I am standing in front of Elena and her parents with a taxi behind me waiting for me to board and head out.
"You are already heading out, I am going to miss you Roger" said Elena as she hugged me all of a sudden. I became flustered, but quickly composed myself and patted her back.
"Don't be sad. I will be calling you every time I reach a Pokemon Centre remember. Plus you and I will always be in touch once you join the Professor for your advance studies" I said to her soothingly. She was yet to join him for her studies. She will be joining him next month. Honestly, I will miss her terribly.
I separated from her hug and look at her smiling softy. I was gifted with another one of her beautiful smiles. The moment was broken though by her dad, Jeorge.
"Ok lovebirds enough of the sob story" he said slyly smirking at us. Both of us blushed, where I looked away. Elena tried to glare at her father, but her embarrassment prevented her from looking any kind of threatening to him.
Mr. Kinoe laughed a little at our flushed faces, he likes to tease us. "There is nothing like that Mr. Kinoe" I said trying to push down my blush.
He still kept his smirk on! Smug Bastard!
"Now dear, let's not make them anymore uncomfortable. Now Roger, do call us okay. And remember you will always have a home with us" Mrs. Kinoe said to me gently as she brought me into a surprising hug. I returned it.
"Thank you for everything. I will call you don't worry, and keep cheering for me!" I spoke. I was turning towards my waiting taxi, when a scooter crash stopped in front of me. I looked towards it and saw it was Mr. Mathews, huffing from rushing here. I was surprised to see him.
"Roger! Finally caught up to you! You weren't leaving without saying goodbye kiddo?!" he said as he dismounted his scooter.
"No! I went to the shop and everywhere! You were nowhere to be found!" I spoke. I damn looked for him for more than three hours. It was because of that reason I am late to leave. He is the only reason that I have borrow a taxi.
"Ah sorry kiddo! I was a little busy with something! Now come here and take this" he said beckoning me to come near. I went towards him and he handed me a big box. I opened it and I choked a little, inside the box was an incubator and inside the incubator was an egg, not just any egg! A Pokemon egg!
"You didn't have to...!" I was cut off as he engulfed me in a hug.
"Take it Rog, you have been the best thing that has happened to me. I am not married kiddo and do not have any children, but if I ever had a son, it would have been you. I can't give you much, but atleast I can and will give you this" he said
I couldn't control my tears after that, I hugged him fiercely. I kept muttering 'Thank you' to him. He held me until I calmed down. As we separated, I smiled up at him, "Thanks! I will see you soon father" I said. I could see his eyes watering as he turned his head away not to show it to us.
After the emotional moment I looked towards the egg and asked, "What Pokemon's egg is this?"
"That's a surprise, heck even I don't know. But it will be special since it was one of the highest rated things in the Celadon Game corner, a mystery egg or something" he said shrugging his shoulders.
I grinned at him; it doesn't matter! It's still a fabulous gift to me! I carefully placed the incubator in my bag and slung it over my back. I looked towards the four of them and nodded. After that I boarded the Taxi and looked out of the window, "I'll meet you all real soon!"
"Good luck Roger!" they chorused together.
I left Viridian smiling towards my first stop, Pallet Town!
NEXT DAY
I woke up groggily to the sound of chirping pidgeys. I sat up on the bed and looked outside. It was a very different scenery from Viridian. The place was peaceful and quiet, covered in Nature. The only distinguishable landmark is Professor Oak's Lab that is situated on the top of the hill.
I look towards the wall clock and see that it's only 6:30 in the morning. Last night after reaching Pallet, I had rented a room in the local inn. After having a small dinner, I hit the bed for the big day, although not before polishing the egg once. I have read a lot about egg caring from the books.
I lifted myself up from the bed and headed for the bathroom to freshen up. I had to leave for the Lab by 7. I quickly took a shower and packed up everything from last night and headed to the restraunt next door. It was Ketchum's Kitchen. Guess I am having the famous cooking of Delia.
I entered the restraunt and see I worker there, not Delia. He looks towards me and smiles, "Welcome! What can I get for you young man?" he asked politely.
"Hmm, how about some bacon and egg. A glass of milk will also do good" I said smiling in return. He smiled back and left for the kitchen to prepare. I seated myself at a window side seat. I kept thinking about how I am going to proceed.
I had planned to head for Pewter first, because that was the first gym I went in the game. But this is not a game, that much I understood in the last four years. There are stark differences between this world and the game. Although characters are same, training Pokemon is really difficult here.
Also, in game you don't have to think about a Pokemon's nature and behavior, but out here those things are of great importance.
Another thing is TMs. Those are expensive here, especially the permanent ones. I plan to buy some once I reach Celadon City. I will also like to hit the Game corner of the city once. I have heard from others that they give out rare Pokemons.
I also plan to visit the Safari zone later. That place contains one of the rarest of Pokemons, the Dratini. It is on the top of my catch list, though a lot depends on luck. Other than that, I will see what Pokemon I catch, I don't have much preference though. I am not going to throw a ball at everything that moves. Quality over Quantity it is.
"Here you go" the man's voice snapped me out of my funk, as I looked towards the table and saw a nice breakfast. I smiled at him and told him my thanks, and dug in my breakfast.
I finished my breakfast pretty quickly, by the way it was super delicious! and headed for the Lab. I looked towards my wristwatch and saw that it was only 7:10. I still had twenty minutes to go. But the lab was just in front of me. I decided not to wait and climbed the stairs.
As I reached the door, I rang the bell. After sometime it was answered by none other than Gary Oak! I was speechless seeing one of Pokemon worlds famous character in front of me.
"What do you want loser?" he asked with a smug tone. Oh, right he was a jerk. Right! Forgot about that! What a lovely person.
"I am here for my starter" I said tightly. Not even five minutes and he is getting on my nerves.
"So, you are also one of the other three losers who are going out eh" he said smugly.
"We'll see who the loser is once we get our Pokemon" I said gritting my teeth. Control Roger! Control!
"Gary whose there in the front door?" asked an elderly voice. As I peered through the door frame I caught a glimpse of Professor Oak.
"No one Grandpa, just one of the other three" he said smirking as he allowed me to enter.
I sighed trying to reining my anger down. I looked up and met Professor Oak's eyes. He recognized me immediately it seems, as his eyes shone brightly.
"Ah, it's you Roger. It's nice to see you again, my boy! Welcome you are just on time. Come on follow me" he said as he turned around and led me through the corridor towards his lab.
As expected, his lab is filled with machines and screens and different type of stuffs, half of which I don't recognize. We reached a table containing three Pokeballs. I saw Gary standing smugly over one of them as if he had already claimed it. Huh, I guess that's the Squirtle's pokeball. Nah not interested in that one.
"Now, we still have two more people to arrive, but anyways it nearly time so lets start. Not that anyone will choose Bulbasaur, Leaf would get it anyway" Professor Oak muttered the last part but I heard it clearly. Leaf? Wasn't she a game only character? So, this world is made up of both Anime and Game characters huh. Oh, well not interested in Bulbasaur as well. Not for now... may be in the future.
"Now on my left is Squirtle, in the middle is Bulbasaur and on the right is Charmander. Since Gary came first he gets to chose first. Go ahead Gary" Professor Oak said.
Gary smugly walked over and picked up the Squirtle. He smiled smugly, just you wait Oak I am going to remove that smirk off your face.
Professor Oak nodded at him, and then turned towards me. This is it! I can finally get the Charmander I was hoping for. I walked quickly and scooped up Charmander's Pokeball. I looked towards Professor after that and I saw him smiling a little at that.
"Good choices, both of you" he said and walked around the table and picked up what looked like Pokedexes. He handed me a blue one and Gary a Yellow one. "These are Pokedexes, they will not only help you to know your Pokemon better but also help you train them, making videos of them, etc. I hope you both will use it wisely" he finished looking at us with a serious expression. I nodded quickly, Gary soon followed my example and did the same.
"Ah, Professor can I go outside for a bit, I want to meet my partner that is" I said. I really wanted to meet Charmander, but I didn't want to do it in the lab.
"Of course, just go on ahead and use the training field outside on the ranch" he said smiling at me. I smiled back and nodded my head. I made beeline towards the training field in the ranch. As I reached the field I saw that it was empty. Taking a deep breath, I picked up the Pokeball and tossed it.
"Charmander Come on Out!"
In a white light appeared Charmander. Charmander is a bipedal, reptilian Pokémon with a primarily orange body and blue eyes. Its underside from the chest down and the soles of its feet are cream-colored. It has two small fangs visible in its upper jaw and two smaller fangs in its lower jaw. A fire burns at the tip of this Pokémon's slender tail and has blazed there since Charmander's birth
It looked at me curiously and waited for me tell something. I smiled and kneeled in front of him looking at him. "Hey there buddy, I am your trainer from now on! I hope you understand what that means?" I asked. Charmander nodded his head at me, telling me that he knows. I smiled and continue, "You see, I want to become the strongest trainer the world has ever seen. I want to you to help me reach my goal. I will also help you to become the strongest Charizard as well. So, what do say partner".
Charmander grinned at me, showing me his version of a smile and let out a agreeing and happy 'Char!' I smile back and scratched his head. He purred, happy to receive the affections from me. I stood up and told him to follow me. I left him outside the ball since I wanted to bond with him. He followed me happily as we re-entered the Lab.
As we entered the room, we saw two individuals. I was surprised to see Ash Ketchum standing there! The Ash Ketchum! One of Pokemon's most loved character! Though now I can tell now that he was a complete brat in the first part of the anime. I would have denied this claim of him being a brat earlier, but after being present in this world for the last four years I know how much hard work is required to succeed. I for sure know he didn't put as much amount of work as he should have, he really needs to work hard, oh well I might tell him that in future. But! I am not travelling with them, sorry!
Soon, Ash and the other girl take notice of me. I can see that the girl is happy, whereas Ash is a little down. I couldn't find Gary anywhere, oh well my luck! I walk up to them with my Charmander on my toe. I smile at them in a friendly manner.
"Hi! My name is Roger, I am starting my journey today. This is my partner Charmander. How are you guys?" I said trying to get a conversation going. The girl smiled back brightly at me,
"Hi! My name is Leaf Brinda! I want to be the Great Pokemon trainer and be an Elite Four member! Oh! And this is my partner Bulbasaur!" she said as she let out her Bulbasaur, it greeted us in a friendly manner. I looked towards Ash and saw that his smile was a little nervous one,
"Hi! The name's Ash Ketchum! I want to be the Pokemon Master! I would have showed you my Partner but, I arrived late and Professor is still fetching my Partner!" he said smiling. I smiled back and nodded my head at him. Good! He doesn't hold grudge for not getting any starter right off the bat.
"So, where are you from? I haven't seen you here in Pallet" said Ash.
"I am from Viridian City, Professor decided to sponsor me, so I came here to get my starter" I said to Ash, then pointing towards Charmander when I said about the Starter. Ash beamed at Charmander, I could literally see the stars in his eyes.
"So cool! I always wanted a Charmander! They become absolute badass as they evolve" he said loudly. Now I can agree with the badass statement since I also feel the same. I would have continued but I saw that the time was nearly 8. I had planned on reaching Viridian Forest by night. For that I need to start now as I didn't have any convertible.
"I would love to continue talking, but I will have to be on my way. I hope we meet again, I will like to fight the both of you in the future"
Leaf and Ash both smiled and nodded their head at that. I was about to look for Professor Oak, when the man entered the room. I looked at him and smiled. I told him about my plan to reach Viridian Forrest by night and how I needed to start for that. He gave me his blessings and told me to enjoy my journey.
Charmander, the Lizard Pokémon. When the tip of Charmander's tail burns brightly, that indicates it's in good health. This Charmander is Male and his ability is Blaze. It knows the move Scratch, Growl, Ember, Smokescreen and Dragon Breath. It has an egg move Dragon Rush that isn't unlocked yet.
I had decided to stop at clearing for a little break. It is then I remembered that I hadn't scanned Charmander with the Pokedex and know about him. So, I decided to check it. I was surprised to say the least to see that it knows Dragon Breath. I smiled at him, "You are quite the strong one aren't you" I said as I scratched his head. Charmander purred, pleased with my ministrations.
I decided to test the strength of Charmander's attack, so I stood up and walked towards a boulder. As I reached the boulder I looked back at Charmander who was looking at me curiously. I beckoned him to come to me, which he did quite quickly. As he reached me, I looked at him,
"Now, let's test how well you execute your attacks. It will give us the points we need to improve, okay?" I said to him. Charmander nodded at me, doing a 'Char' towards me telling me that he has understood. I pointed towards the boulder,
"Now use Ember!"
Charmander let out small flicks of fire at the boulder, burning it quite nicely. The Ember as I saw was well done, but it wasn't completely mastered. I went on,
"Now use Dragon Breath!"
Charmander gathered the draconic energy and let out a stream of Draconic energy towards the boulder with great speed, destroying quite the bit of the boulder. I was seriously impressed seeing the results. It means that Dragon Breath would not need much work to completely master it. I smiled at Charmander, "Well done!" I said as I patted his head. Charmander took the praise nicely, his tail wagged from one side to another.
"Now, why don't you show me Scratch on that tree!" I said pointing towards the tree beside boulder. Charmander sharpened his nails and swiped it across the bark of the tree. The gouge was quite deep, signifying a mastered move. I smiled happily at that. With this I can teach him a new move! I knew Charmander was good choice!
"Superb! Now lastly why don't you show me Growl!" Charmander growled at me. I will be honest here, I felt a shiver went up my spine. That was really a good growl!
"Excellent Charmander! You are the best!" I praised him. Charmander puffed his chest, pleased with himself. I chuckled at the display. I was going to head towards my previous seating position when I was stopped by a sound.
"Pidgeo!"
I looked towards the source of the sound and saw a pidgey sitting there, but what caught my attention was its sheer size. That bird was huge for a Pidgey! I could say that it wasn't for the fact that it was close to evolution. I immediately planned my next step.
"Charmander get ready, we are going to catch that Pidgey!" I said. Charmander placed himself in front of me, ready for the battle. Pidgey seeing us was also prepared itself for the battle.
"Use Ember!" I said. Charmander let out small stream of fire towards the Pidgey. The said bird launched a gust of wind and neutralised Ember.
"Gust! Charmander move in and use use Dragon Breath!"
Charmander let out a stream of draconic energy towards Pidgey at great speed. But before the attack could hit, the Pidgey seemingly vanished. I instantly knew the attack. It was Quick Attack! A wild Pidgey knowing Quick Attack was nearly impossible to find. I saw that the Pidgey was making her way towards Charmander with tremendous speed. An idea clicked in my head, I smirked.
"Charmander let it reach you, and when I say dodge, do so and use full power Scratch on it" I said.
Charmander nodded his head in understanding. The Pidgey reached him, I waited for the perfect moment, "Dodge!" I yelled. Charmander quickly moved out of the attack's way, he soon followed by bringing down his claws on Pidgey's back. The bird pokemon taking the full brunt of the attack, fell and skidded across the ground.
I saw this and quickly took out a pokeball and hurled it at the fallen bird before it could get out. Being a former baseball pitcher had its perks, since I nailed the shot. The pokeball sucked Pidgey in. It didn't resist much, since after three shakes the Pokeball dinged confirming my capture. I smiled brightly at that and ran towards Charmander and scratched his head, earning a pleased purr in return. I picked up the Pokeball and let Pidgey out.
Now that I could see it closely, it was the biggest Pidgey I have ever seen. From its features I could tell that it wasn't near evolving. It wasn't shiny either since it had the normal color scheme. I might have been thinking and staring at it a lot as it soon let out an annoyed chirp bringing me back to reality.
I smiled sheepishly at its annoyed expression. I dove into my bag and took out a heal potion. Seeing the bottle in my hand, Pidgey tensed a little, I rose my hand in placating manner.
"Don't worry, this is a healing potion, I just want to lessen your pain. This will sting a bit, but you will feel better later" I said.
Pidgey looked quite unsure at the part of stinging a little, but nevertheless nodded. I applied the potion carefully. After I finished applying the potion, I looked it.
"Now do you know what a trainer is?" I asked, she looked at me with an expression that told, 'Are you serious?', "Yeah sorry, so, you see I want to become the best trainer there is. If you join me, I will make you the strongest Pidgeot there is. I will help you to get stronger. So, do you wish to stick by me?"
Pidgey shrugged and chirped affirmatively. I smiled and took out my Pokedex to scan her, "This is a Pokedex, this will help me to learn what you can do and where can I improve you. All I have to do is scan you alright?" I spoke. Pidgey looked uncomfortable but nonetheless allowed me to scan her. The mechanical voice of the Pokedex soon was heard,
Pidgey, the Tiny Bird Pokémon. A Normal and Flying type. Pidgey usually doesn't like to battle, but it won't hesitate to attack if provoked. This Pidgey is female. It knows the moves Tackle, Sand Attack, Gust, Mirror Move and Quick Attack.
I grinned at Pidgey, "You are a strong one aren't you". She chirped puffing her chest. I chuckled a little at her display. I beckoned Charmander to come forward, which he did and came and stood beside Pidgey.
"How about I give you two nicknames, hmm?" I asked. Both of them tilted their head in confusion. "Let's just say that these names would make you unique. When you become stronger than anyone, these names would differentiate you amongst them. So how about it? Want a nickname?" I asked. Both of them thought for a little and then nodded almost simultaneously.
I sat down and started thinking of names. I had read about certain mythologies and have found some good names for both of them. I looked towards Charmander, "Your name will be Igneel. He was known as the Fire Dragon God. A name befitting of you once you become a mighty Charizard" I said to Charmander.
Charmander gained an excited light in his eyes and nodded, liking his new name. I smiled and scratched his head, earning pleased purrs from him. I was then bought back to the current situation by an annoyed squawk from Pidgey. I looked at her and saw an annoyed expression on her face. I smiled sheepishly,
"Sorry girl, now as for your name I have thought of one that came to my mind. I will call you Asteria. It was the name of Goddess of Stars. I gave you that name since very soon you will be a big beautiful Pidgeot soaring across the stars" I said to her smiling.
Pidgey puffed her chest, proud of getting such a name. I rubbed her crest, getting a pleasing coo from her.
"Now, its time to hit the road, Asteria would you like to return to your Pokeball or Fly along with us?" I asked her. She shruged and took to the air flying at a low altitude, so that she could travel with us. I put her pokeball back in my belt and looked towards Igneel. "Alright lets go Buddy!"
"Char!"
Soon both my Pokemons and I made our way towards Viridian.
FEW HOURS LATER
I had taken a shortcut on the way to Viridian Forrest. I actually bypassed the city as I traversed through it's outer edges and entered the Forrest. It has been about an hour that I have entered the forrest. I plan to stay here for atleast two to three days training and preparing for my upcoming Gym battle in Pewter. But for that I need to prepare my pokemons since they both don't have any advantage over Rock types.
I can catch a water Pokemon but I don't want to catch any Pokemon that moves. Before starting I had decided that my team would not be huge, they would be less in number but stronger than the rest. Quality over Quantity, you know.
I took out my Pokedex and looked towards my page, the new Pokedex not only serves its namesake and id proof, but now it also shows the Pokemon trainer account and matches and ranks. I was surprised about the ranking system. When you start your journey you are given Ten thousand pokecredits from the league.
You increase this value by winning Gym battles, Tournaments or Trainer vs Trainer matches. Ranking was introduced to increase to supposedly increase the competitiveness amongst the trainers. This was another thing that was different from the anime. The ranking system was based as such that a lower ranking trainer doesn't become the victim by losing all his money by losing a match against a higher ranker. The League has made it such that when a high ranking trainer wins from a low ranking one, they get only the bare minimum of both Points and Pokecredits. Whereas, on the other way round if a lower ranker wins against a higher ranker than he makes a fortune.
All new trainers start from Rank F and go on ahead. I am temporarily in that rank, since I have every intention to move into rank E by Cerulean. By what I am seeing I need to earn about 1000 Points to advance, that is equivalent to winning eight six-on-six battles. So, a one-on-one battle win earns you 20 Points and four hundred pokecredits. The value doubles as the match type increases. These are obviously of the lowest rankers. Once you gain rank E you get different values for a win. The values increase as the rank increases.
I was roused from my thinking as I walked into an opening in the forest. The sun was down, I decided to camp here for the night. I released both Igneel and Asteria from there balls as they had returned there once I had started taking the shortcut.
"Hey Guys, lets get some woods, we will be camping here for the night" I said to them. Both of them made a chorus of noises and went towards the edge of the forest to gather sticks. Asteria had gone airborne since she needed to spread her wings.
I also collected stones and other sticks and set up a campfire in the middle, I looked towards Igneel and said, "Hey Igneel use ember and light up the fire"
He nodded and used Ember to light up the sticks. We had our campfire ready. I nodded in satisfaction and went towards my backpack to take out the stored foods for the night. I had with me enough amenities that it would last until Cerulean. I took out the food and set it up to be heated a little. I also took out two cans of Pokemon food that I had bought with myself and placed in front of the fire. I looked up and called out,
"Igneel! Asteria! Come and have your dinner!"
Both of them scamepered towards me and placed themselves in front of one of the cans respectively, looking towards me expentantly. I smiled and said, "Well go on"
Letting out an excited yelp Igneel sat down and picked up the can started devouring the food. I could see Asteria give Igneel a little disgusted look at his manner of eating. She gracefully bend down and picked up food from the can started eating slowly and nicely, just like a perfect lady. I chuckled at the sight. I checked my own food. It was still a little cold for my taste, so I decided to wait for few more minutes. I took out the water can and started drinking some juice.
RUSTLE RUSTLE
I looked towards the direction from where the sound came, I still had not drunk the juice in my mouth. My pokemons had stopped eating were also alert and looking towards the part of forest. Out came a small pokemon, but a pokemon out of my wildest imaginations
"Bulbasaur!"
SPOOSH!
I sprayed the entire juice in my mouth on the ground at the sight of a Bulbasaur! BULBASAUR! In VIRIDIAN FOREST! My jaw was literally hanging open at that moment. What the hell is going on! I tokk a few deep breaths trying to calm myself down. After successfully calming down I took a good look at the sight of Grass type Pokemon. It was little for as if signifying that it was young, but how in the world did it end up in the forest?! I could see that it was little apprehensive of approaching me but I could see it eyeing the food, so it was hunger that led him here.
I took out another can of food and placed it in front of the fire. I looked up and saw that it was looking at the food longingly, I smiled a warm smile and said "Come here eat this, I can see you are hungry come up here"
Bulbasaur hesitated and looked towards Igneel and Asteria and asked something in its own language. AH! How I wish I could understand Pokemons! Anyways! Igneel and Asteria answered its question and nodded their head. As if to trust me and eat. I then saw that Bulbasaur walked up to the food and sniffed at it. I smiled when I saw that it had started eating. He let out a content cry chewing into his food. The poor thing might have been very hungry
Now came the difficult part, I cannot waste this chance and not catch Bulbasaur! But I waited for it finish its food. Soon I myself started eating my own dinner. It took us about an hour before I and my pokemons along with Bulbasur finished our dinner. I quickly disposed of the cans and started set up my sleeping bag. After finishing I looked towards my Pokemon and saw that Igneel was animatedly talking to the young Bulbasaur while Asteria was giving her two cents here and there. I could see that Bulbasaur was enjoying his time.
I walked up to them and knelt in front of Bulabsaur, I could see a little hesitance and hope in his eyes. I smiled, "Well Bulbasaur, I can see that you are getting along Igneel and Asteria well. Say, would you like to come with me? With us? On our journey. I can also help you become stronger as well" something about Pokemons I learned is that almost all of them love getting stronger and fight against other Pokemons.
Bulbasaur looked towards me for few moments, then slowly he grinned and bobbed his head up and down telling me yes. YES! I caught a Bulbasaur! I quickly took out a pokeball and tapped it on his head sucking him in. The 'Ding' sound came almost immediately signifying my capture. I smiled and looked towards Igneel and Asteria, "We have another member now guys!" Igneel let out a small roar and Asteria chirped.
I let out Bulbasaur and smiled down at him, "Welcome to the team buddy!"
"Bulbasaur!" came the reply from the grass type.
I laughed a little, "Now lets call it a day guys, from tomorrow your training starts so lets sleep early so that we can rise up early" I said, receiving agreeable sounds from all three of them. I soon entered my sleeping bag beside the fire. It had enough wood to last the entire night. Igneel and Bulbasaur placed themselves by me and Asteria went on to the branch in the tree above and soon started dozing. I smiled at the sight and closed my eyes.
Life was looking up and I can't wait to continue my journey...
Well! There you go! The first chapter is done and dusted. Now first of all let me clear up a few issues before they can even take place. I have seen a lot of OC fanfics where OC is better than Ash himself and can do no wrong. Now, let me clear that I have no intention to make an unbeatable and perfect trainer. My OC would face difficulties, and would have to work hard to gain any strength he does gain.
About Pokemon I am not going to go on and give him legendaries, NO! If he does or not is still up for a thought although that might happen a lot later, maybe by the time of Unova or something.
Ash would be having his Journey as shown in the cannon, I will not change the fact. He will also meet the same legendaries he did and would have the same adventures just like the cannon. My OC would just run into Ash along the way, and maybe help him certain situations. I will try to keep the two plotlines separate.
Also, you would have noticed we never got to know who actually got the Charmander or Bulbasaur in the anime, here I have given both of them. So, expect a greater involvement of Leaf in the cannon. Plus! No way in hell am I just going to make my OC and Leaf give up like the trainers in the anime.
Well that's it for now, do check my other stories you would find in my bio. Favs and Follows are just an extra motivation to write good. Give reviews, good or bad, I will try to appreciate it.
Until next time! Ja Ne!