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This is a another Pallet Town story

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

Ken reached over to his pillow and hastily put it over his face. He moaned and grouched about the early alarm clock. He slowly rolled over to the other side of the bed and pressed the snooze button. He then let aside his pillow and tried to go back to sleep.

This effort was futile.

"Poli, can you do the honors for me?" A voice asked in the room. Ken thought he was still dreaming, and didnt pay any attention to it.

SPLASH!

Ken suddenly felt a strong stream of water in his face. Almost drowning, he sat up and tried to catch his breath. He opened his eyes and there standing in the doorway was his mother smiling mischeviously. He then turned his head to the edge of his bed, where a smiling politoed was jumping on his bed. He shook his head, getting the water out of his hair, which was soaked. His entire bed was actually soaked anyways, like one big wet dream.

"Ugh..." He said moaningly. "Come on mom, you could have just woken me up. You know I hate it when you use poli to wake me up like that."

She looked annoyed and started waving her index finger.

"Oh, no. Dont give me any of that. Your 10 years old now, and you need to learn how to wake yourself up. Otherwise, how else are you going to become a successful pokemon trainer like your brothers and sisters?"

Ken just sighed at the mention of his brothers and sisters. He is the youngest out of 6 siblings. They all have already left on their pokemon journey, either becoming a coordinater or trainer. Successful coordinater or trainer at that. Each one of them has won a Grand Festival or major regional league (most of them the indigo league) atleast once, usually a short time after they left on their journey. Ken has never really liked this fact about his brothers and sisters. His mom and dad have been mentioning ever since his 9th birthday that he has a lot to live up to.

But Ken Sasaki was never his brothers, or his sisters. They were all naturally gifted and talented when dealing with pokemon. So were his mother and father. His mom won the Kanto grand festival 5 years in a row back in her day. And his dad, Zeke, was the first champion of the Indigo Plateau. He now leads the Viridian Gym in Viridian City. The old leader dissapeared a couple years ago, and the gym has been leaderless ever since until recently. Ken always said to himself that if he did become a pokemon trainer and got enough badges to challenge his dad, he wouldnt. He has seen some of his dad's gym battles. He treats them like it's life or death.

His mom looked around, then went on to picking up his dirty clothes on the floor, shaking her head while doing so.

"Don't you ever clean your room? You could lose a snorlax if you wanted to in all this mess."

She handed the clothes to Poli.

"Poli, can you do me a favor and take these to the dirty clothes bin? I still need to talk to Ken."

The pokemon happily agreed and took the clothes and went out the room. Ken tried to sneak back under his wet sheets and try to go back to sleep.

"Oh no you don't." She sounded angry now. She pulled the sheets and grabbed him by the ear.

"Today your going to get your first pokemon from Professor Oak, and start on your journey. Just like your brothers and sisters, and me and your father before you. Now come on get dressed. I have a new outfit for you but you have to wait until I can get your bag prepared."

RINGRINGRING! RINGRINGRING! CALLING CALLING! RINGRINGRING! RINGRINGRING! CALLING CALLING!

"Oh, the phone." She hurried to the nearby phone on Ken's dresser. The glowing video phone annoyed Ken to a great extent. Worse ringtone ever.

Ken's mom hastily picked the phone. "Yes?"

Ken's father Zeke appeared on the screen. "Hey hunny...is that you in the back there Ken?" Ken has already tried again to go back to sleep.

"He just doesnt want to get up, on his 10th birthday at that." His mom said with a depressed look on her face.

"Oh come on Ken, 10 is a big milestone in a pokemon trainer's life."

"Ehhhh!" Ken said with a big moan.

"I just don't know how he got that way. His brothers and sisters were jumping out the window with joy on their 10th birthday. Well...anyways, what are you calling for darling?"

Like a sudden epiphany, Zeke looked liked he just remembered somthing. "Oh yeah, I forgot my lunch this morning. Can you send Ken down to the gym for me?" He looked over her shoulder. "How 'bout it Ken? Wanna do your old man a favor?"

No response.

"Oh don't worry, I'll make sure he gets it to you soon." She said with a reasuring look on her face.

"Thanks hun, well I gotta go. A trainer is supposed to come later today for a battle."

"Good luck with your battle honey."

Zeke replied with a grin on his face and then the video screen turned dark. Ken's mom then turned around. She sighed at the sight of her youngest son being so lazy. "Come on Ken, wake up." No reply. "Don't make me get Poli back in here again." The sudden thought of being sprayed with water gun again promptly brought Ken to get out of bed.

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Standing downstairs dressed in his usual attire, Ken waited by the door. He has medium short brown hair which barely covers his right eye, which always shows when he puts on his signature red beanie with a white pokeball symbol on it. He's about 5'3, with deep red eyes. He has a fair complexion. "Come on mom! Don't wake me up and then have me wait 20 minutes for nothing." He said. Suddenly his mom came out of the kitchen holding a small plastic bag in her hand.

"Don't talk to me like that. Now here." She handed him the plastic bag. "Take that to your father, and don't get distracted with anything else on the way. Straight to Viridian City, you hear?" With a naggy tone in her voice.

"Yeah, yeah I get it, straight to Viridian." He said with a agitated look. He opened the door and started heading out, grabbing his bike on the porch. He put on his helmet and but the plastic bag in the basket in the back. He was about to head off, until he heard his mother. "Don't forget, after you take your father's lunch to him, head straight to Professor Oak's lab. Get your first pokemon and pokedex. Then later tonight we'll all have a big party waiting for you. Alastor couldn't make it though, but he give his best wishes." She yelled out the door.

Alastor, his oldest brother and first child, was probably the most distant to Ken. 18 years old, he never really spent time at home, even in between his pokemon league challenges. All he cares about is his career. He doesn't like lazyness, which pretty much why he and Ken are so distant, which is why Ken wasn't surprise to hear he wouldn't come. "Yeah, whatever, I'm going now." He kicked up his brake and shot off. Ken is an avid cyclist, winning the Kanto Junior Bike Marathon 2 years in row.

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The road between Viridian City and Pallet Town is pretty much straightforward. Ken could usually bike to Viridian without any trouble from pokemon. But there was always that one day where things could go wrong.

Just coming from the top of a hill, and speeding down it like his life depended on it, Ken was not even tired. When he got to the bottom of the hill he noticed up the path a group of pokemon blocking the road. Getting a better look at them, they were a group of spearow gathering around something. They were pecking at it madly. Ken brought his bike to a stop in a sliding stop. He didnt want to get involved, but he knew deep down he couldn't let the spearow keep beating up whatever they were attacking. He tried to figure out what they were attacking so he slowly pedaled closer. It was a small. A pokemon for sure.

Contemplating, Ken wondered to himself on what to do.

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Well thats Chapter 1. Hoped you liked it. Wanted to keep you in suspense on what the pokemon will be, so watch out for Chapter 2 to find out.

Chapter 2 3 will be released together, so expect a battle or 2.

See you in a couple of days.