Hey guys Ice here... I'm terribly sorry for the late update (don't hit me too hard please) My baby sister was born (yes Isabel she is obviously older in the story) and school started up again... (yay for being a junior... ACT's are fun... {sarcasm intensifies}. Any way I think I'm getting more comfortable with my writing style. Also for future reference I will be making more references now that most of the introductory stuff is out of the way. As always if you would be so kind as to follow, Favorite (if you really like it...), and Review. Constructive criticism is appreciated. ALSO NONE OF THE SLOTS HAVE BEEN FILLED FOR NPC'S SO PM ME YOUR STARTING TEAM FOR A CHANCE TO WIN! (no really I'm quite lonely... I started talking to myself the other day...) Alright sorry for taking your time, enjoy.

As we walked home Isabel spoke up. "So what are you going to do now?" she asked in a worried tone. I could tell that she was thinking about me leaving.

"Hey really, I promise that I'm not leaving forever, I'm just going to travel for a while you'll do it one day too, when you're older. Trust me though I'm not leaving tonight so you'll still have time be be around me." Wow I couldn't have said that worse, I thought to myself as we neared the front door.

As I opened the door Isabel shouted "WERE HOME!" which startled Tepig causing him to jump he was wided eyed at the sudden change in environment and wriggled out of my arms to explore. As he did so mom's skitty approached him and after a brief exchange she left with Tepig following her.

Karim my step father and biological father to Isabel came out of the kitchen to greet us. "How was it?" He asked me referring to me getting my first pokemon. Karim would travel to different regions to work with the pokécenter's tech staff so he had pokémon from different regions which included a Porygon, Mareep, Rotom, Beldom, Eelektrik, and his starter Kricketune which he got as a Kricketot in Sinnoh where he was originally from. He met my mom here about 14 years ago when they were setting up the pokémon center. They fell in love and got married, had my sister, and well you know the rest.

"It was okay" I replied as his Porygon nudged me from behind, I turned around to see my mother standing there holding a parcel.

"I'm sorry about this morning. I shouldn't have treated you like a kid, I just wanted to prevent you from getting hurt, but that's part of growing up isn't it? Well I see now that I was wrong in trying to stop you. I'm sorry" She said tears brimming in her eyes, she held out the parcel. I took it and upon opening it found a picture frame with an old picture of me when I was 8 Isabel was 4, we were hanging from the old tree in our backyard and our mother and Karim were standing in front of it with their pokémon standing or floating around them. The entire picture with the frame was roughly the size of a pocket watch. "If you ever get lonely you just look at that and remember you always have a place to call home." she said as I was examining it.

"Thanks mom. I promise I'll stop and visit from time to time." I replied putting the picture in my pocket.

"well? let's see your pokémon! Where is he?" said Karim getting excited and trying to change to mood.

"huh? oh um right. Tepig come on out! it's time to meet your new family!" I shouted up the stairs to where Tepig and Skitty had gone, no doubt Skitty was giving Tepig the grand tour. They came running down and Teping jumped into my arms. "Well uh yea so I didn't choose Tepig, Tepig chose me. He was from one of the starter trios that I helped hatch and take care of."

"Well that's rare for a pokémon to choose it's trainer. I haven't heard of many cases of that happening. You should consider yourself to be very lucky." My mother said as she walked over to look at Tepig more closely. As she approached Tepig looked at her and tried to hold a intimidating posture but failed and just ended up looking cute. "hmm he seems to be the Bold nature" Isabel was walking down the stairs and tripped crying out in surprise as she fell, Tepig jumped at the sound and hid in my arms, I also jumped. "And he's alert to sounds. Ha ha ha the two of you are almost identical, you'll make a great team. Come on let's eat"

Everyone sat down to eat the smaller pokémon eating in the kitchen and the larger pokémon eating out back. Afterwards I went up stairs to my room and turned on my computer. It promptly started displaying technicolor patterns on the monitor and while they were beautiful to watch and almost hypnotic they were some what annoying when I knew who the perpetrator was. "Okay Rotom you can stop now"

Rotom appeared on the screen as it went black; blue and orange text scrolled across the screen, it read {oh come on I was just having a little fun, besides I like it in here}

I sighed and plugged my X transceiver into the computer "fine, just don't mess with my settings, Can you open the X-transceivers messaging system on the computer please?"

The computer returned to normal as Rotom opened the X-transceivers messaging system, however a small black box remained in the corner of the screen as Rotom floated around the screen. More text scrolled across the box {So? How was your day? Did you get in any trouble? Who did you end up picking? Did you stop by the Pokécenter? I just helped update the PC's box system, you can now move groups of pokémon!}

"okay, okay, one thing at a time Rotom…" I sigh and take a breath before continuing. the computer screen showed that I had not received any messages yet. "My day was fine although hectic as usual, no I didn't get in any trouble, I ended up choosing Tepig, and no I didn't stop by the pokécenter I was a little busy"

Rotom pulled up my computers browsing history and highlighted the time of the first search to the time of the last search. More text rolled across the black box {Didn't have time huh? busy huh? Sure, because I bet that drooling over Flannery's latest Photo spread is more important than preparing for your journey as a Pokémon trainer. Perhaps I should just send this to your mother…}

"I swear to Arceus if you do I'll make sure that you never touch another electronic device in this house again. I mean it" The history window quickly closed and Rotom hid behind his text box (think Ene From mekakucity actors). The message screen lit up with a notification for a group chat with Griff, Chijioke, and Jaires. I clicked on it and it opened.

(ok here goes try to keep up)

Matt has entered the chat

Griff: Took ya long enough.

Jaires: Hey, give it a rest Griff

Chijioke: What is time except for a measurement of the distance we travel in life?

Matt: … really?

Griff: So matt how does it feel to have a Pokémon that's weak to mine?

Matt: Piss off.

Jaires: Yea, how are you guy's pokemon?

Chijioke: Well Snivy fell asleep already.

Matt: She seems to take after you.

Griff: Says the guy who jumps at a car horn.

Matt: shut up those are scary…

Jaires: Alright well we have a long day tomorrow so I suggest that we get some sleep, night.

Griff: Night.

Chijioke: Yea I'm gonna head out too. Night guys.

Matt: Goodnight.

Jaires has left the chat

Chijioke has left the chat

Matt: So Griff, you decide on Oshawott? I thought you were going to choose Snivy.

Griff: Changed my mind… I don't know I just felt that I should choose Oshawott. Besides you ended up with Tepig so I guess it worked out in the end.

Matt: … yea I guess your right. Anyway are we gonna travel together or separately?

Griff: Who knows? I mean are any of us gonna travel together?

Matt: What? you want to race? Fine 2,000 poké says that I beat Cheren first.

Griff: ha! really? you think you can do that? you've never even beaten me.

Matt: shut up…

Griff: I'm joking with you. but still I'm not sure if anyone's gonna travel together. Anyway Jaires is right it's late and we need sleep. Night.

Matt: Night.

Griff Has left the chat
Matt has left the chat

After that I closed the X-transceivers messaging program and started to shutdown the computer. Rotom sent more text across his box {Goodnight Matt, good luck tomorrow}

"thanks Rotom, I'll make sure to use the PC as often as possible." I said as the computer screen went black, Rotom had moved along the power cord and into the rest of the house. Tepig had curled up on the bed and fallen asleep. I smiled at him then went to shower and finish getting things ready for tomorrow.

So I decided to put an authors note at the bottom of the story now too. I had a lot of fun writing this chapter especially with the Tepig and Rotom scenes. Expect things to start to pick up in the next few chapters. Also these are not the only characters that will be in the story, after all the best stories are never ending adventures. Alright until we next meet! Adieu!