**Note: I do not own any of the characters/content/etc. Involving Pokemon or Pokemon Go. They belong to their respective companies.
A ten-year old Blanche twisted her hands together nervously as she stood before a man who had declared his name to be Professor Willow. He was an odd fellow, at least to Blanche, but he was the local Pokemon Professor and the one that aspiring pokemon trainers had to go to in order to get their starter pokemon. She was lucky, already having a pokemon that had hatched from the egg Spark had given her - an eevee.
Everyday Blanche was thankful for for having met Spark and for him giving her that egg. It provided her with the friend she needed to get through the days of being teased and taunted by others. Unfortunately after moving away, she hadn't been able to return to see Spark again, at least not until fate seemed to bring the two back together.
Blanche was not alone in standing in front of this eccentric pokemon professor. There were two other individuals about the same age. One of them was a very familiar face, while the other was completely unknown to Blanche.
The all-too familiar face to Blanche was none other than Spark! The boy had grown a little bit taller but he still acted the same and had that big goofy grin plastered on his face. He too had an eevee with him that seemed to have just as much energy as he did. It was a great surprise to Blanche to see him there at the Professor's lab when she arrived. He let out a yell and came running at her at a million miles per hour, almost knocking her over when he collided into her and embracing her in a huge hug. It was while the two were catching up that the other child around their age arrived.
She was dark-skinned, dark-haired and eyes that were like liquid gold. Immediately she'd come up to the two and introduced herself as Candela. To Blanche, the other girl had this spunky and fiery air to her that the meek girl would never be able to achieve. She also seemed kinda mean to Blanche. She reminded Blanche of all the bullies that were always teasing and making fun of her. Spark on the hand was trying to make friends with Candela and seemed to be making her more angry than anything. He's been shooting the girl twenty-questions when Professor Willow came in and cleared his throat, making his introduction.
"Hello you three, My name is Professor Willow, and I have picked you three specifically to help me with my special research."
Automatically Spark's eyes lit up as if this were the best thing to ever happen to him. He pumped his fist up in the air and let out a yell, his eevee dancing around his feet. Candela seemed a little more skeptical, crossing her arms over her chest and giving the professor a glare.
"What kind of "special" research?"
"Well Candela, I'm glad you asked."
The professor paused in his speech to reach in his lab coat pocket and held it out for the dark haired girl to take.
"First of all, that pokemon is for you."
Candela was quick to snatch the pokeball out of the professor's hand with her own little ones. Her liquid gold eyes were filled with awe and wonder. She quickly took it and released the pokemon inside. It was yet another eevee. The little pokemon looked around for a only a moment before Candela scooped it up in her arm and tried to cuddle with it. The eevee was having none of it and bit her in the arm before jumping down and sitting on the ground definitely.
"Um yes. That one might take some work . . ."
The Professor didn't seem exactly surprised by the eevee's actions. Instead he simply shrugged and decided to keep going with his speech.
"As I said, I picked you three out of many applicants to help me with my research. There was something about each of you that I think is . . . particularly special and will help in what we're doing. What that is a little more difficult to explain. I want to research different aspects of pokemon and their interactions with their trainers. Each of you has a background already in certain areas such as battling, breeding and hatching eggs; and evolution."
The professor looked at Candela, Spark, and Blanche respectively. A smile came to the professor nodded slightly. Yes, these three would do quite well.
"Now go out and explore the world. Contact me often and tell me what you've discovered!"
End Note:
I thought it'd be super cute to have Spark and Blanche go out on their Pokemon journey together when they were younger! In the spirit of Pokemon GO and the potential for some drama, I thought it'd be a good time to throw Candela in there as well. It's not PokeGO without all three teams! I also thought it'd be cute to have them reunited after meeting and becoming friends when they get picked to start doing their research for Willow. Well, here's cheers to this chapter and many more to come.
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