If I owned Pokemon I would always make sure my friends had a early copy of every game. *laughs* I'm nice but I'm not that nice. JK. I don't own Pokemon… L

Chapter Two: Nicknames, Catching Pokemon and N?

Talon picks up his Oshawott carefully. "You were terrific, Oshawott. I can tell we're going to be a great team." Oshawott opens his eyes, smiling at Talon. "Come on, Amber. We better go apologize to Fallon's mom for wreaking her room."

Amber nods. "Okay. I need to go home anyway." Talon walks down stairs and Amber follows him.

I pick up Snivy. "Once again, you were great." Snivy smiles at me proudly. "I think I'm going to nickname you. Would you like that?" Snivy looks at me warily for a second, then nods slowly. I tap my chin, thinking of nickname and then an imaginary light bulb pops over my head. Viper. "That's it! I'm going to name you Viper because you're so fast and strong! Do you like that name?" Snivy—I mean Viper nods quickly. "Snivy, Sni!"

I grin. "Perfect! Now let's go down stairs so I can introduce you to my mom." Viper jumps on my shoulder again and I walk down stairs to see Talon and Amber apologizing.

"We're really sorry. We didn't mean for everything to get so out of hand," Talon says. My mom shakes her head, "It's perfectly okay, Talon. You guys were excited. I'll clean it up." I raise my eyebrows. "Seriously? Mom, you are the best mom ever!"

"Fallon," Talon calls. "I'll be waiting in front of Professor Juniper's lab, okay?"

I nod. "Okay, I'll be there in a while. I'll go get Amber before we get there." Talon walks out and my mom turns to me smiling. "What?"

"I can't believe you have your first Pokemon! And it's a Snivy!" my mom grins. "Yeah, his name is Viper because he's so fast and strong," I say, looking at Viper, who smiles back at me. I look back at my mom. She looks like she just remembered something. "What is it, mom?"

"Oh! Professor Juniper wanted me to give you this!" She picks up a box that's on the coffee table and gives it to me. "It's a Xtransceiver." I open the box and take out a watch with colored pick and black with a screen in the middle.

"Cool!" I put it on my wrist and twists my wrist showing it off. "What do you think, Viper?" I look at him and he nods in approval. "Sni, Snivy." I smile at him and turns to my mom.

"Well, we're off, mom. I'll miss you," I say. My mom looks at me with glistening eyes and smile on her face. "Aw, mom. Don't cry!" I felt somewhat guilty leaving her crying, but I really wanted to go. "No, go. I'm okay. These are happy tears. Go get Amber, but first…" She picks up another box off of the floor. "These are running shoes. They'll help you run a lot faster than normal."

I smile brightly at her. "Thanks, mom! This is great!" I put the shoes on and walk to the door. I turn around and wave to her one last time. I open the door and steps out to start my journey as a Pokemon trainer.