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Chapter 1: Aqua and Pokémon

Foggy head again…let's see…my name is Alex…I'm…10? 15?

My thoughts were cut off by a cry for help

"GET THIS THING AWAY FROM ME!" I heard a girl yell.

I opened my eyes to see two figures. One was a girl about 10 years old in a blue dress and hat, the other was some green plant creature with a bulb on its back.

"SOMEONE HELP!" the girl cried, even though the creature didn't seem to be hurting her.

"Stop it Bulbasour!" an older man in a lab coat said, walking up to the creature. It looked at him and stepped away from the girl "I'm sorry, he's not usually like this" the man said.

"Th-thank you" the girl said, getting up. I was about to do the same, when I realized the creature wasn't next to the man.

"Bulbasour!" I heard behind me. I jumped back with a surprised yelp as I realized the creature had gone behind me when I wasn't paying attention.

"Bulbasour! Leave him alone!" the man said.

"It's fine, he just startled me" I said, getting up.

"I'm really sorry about him, he's usually much calmer. I wonder why he's so interested in you" the man said "oh, I haven't introduced myself, I'm professor Oak"

"I'm Aqua and this is Alex" Aqua said. I would have said it, but I had remembered Professor Oak from Pokémon…which meant that's where I was!

"Hmm…how would you two like to have a Pokémon?" the professor said

"Really? You'd let us have one?" I asked

"Of course, come with me to my lab, my grandson should be there shortly" he said

"Ok!" me and Aqua said together as we followed him.

The lab was small, but I was sure there were secret rooms I couldn't see. On a table in front of us, there were three poke balls. Suddenly, a boy with spikey brown hair ran through the door "sorry I'm late grams!" he said

"It's fine grey, you haven't missed anything" the professor said

"And you are..?" he asked, looking at me and Aqua

"I'm Alex, and this is Aqua" I said, introducing us

The boy nodded and turned back to the professor "so we each get a Pokémon, right?" he asked

"I suppose so, there was a different boy I was expecting but his mom told me he couldn't make it, so each of you can choose" the professor said

"You can choose first" the boy said to me. Even though I knew why, I still went first. I figured it would be better anyways because I could choose my own Pokémon.

The professor let out each of the Pokémon. The Charmander seemed eager to be picked, but I felt like it wouldn't get along well with me. The Bulbasour was looking at me, but I wasn't too sure I wanted it. Then I looked at the Squirtle. It looked back at me, but it wasn't as eager, in fact, it was really calm. It was as if it had already decided it wanted to be with me…and it knew I wanted to choose it.

"I'll take that one" I said, pointing at the Squirtle

"Well then I'll choose this one" Grey said, pointing to the Bulbasour

"Guess I've got you then" Aqua said, picking up the Charmander. I hadn't really thought through how Aqua would react to Charmander, though being how she wasn't afraid of fire, I was sure it was ok.

The professor returned the Pokémon and gave us the poke balls. "Also, I have a favor to ask all of you." He said "I would like to do more research on Pokémon, but I'm a bit too old for travel. Would you three mind taking a pokedex with you?" he asked

"Sure" I said, taking the pokedex. He gave one to Grey and Aqua as well. I turned to leave, but I didn't get more than 5 steps before Grey stopped me.

"Hey, Alex" he said as he ran up to me. "Since we both have Pokémon, how about a battle? That's what trainers do, right?"

Before I had time to say no, he brought out the Bulbasour

"Bulbasour!"

I hesitated, not quite sure I wanted to have a Pokémon battle "you could choose to run, but you won't get far that way"

There's the attitude I remembered. I threw my poke ball, letting out my Squirtle

"Squirtle!"

"Bulbasour, use tackle!" Grey yelled. The Bulbasour hit my Squirtle hard

"Squirtle…" shoot, what were its moves? "Use tackle" the Squirtle hit the Bulbasour just as hard.

"Bulbasour, use Leer" Grey said. There's no real way to describe how a Pokémon leers

"Squirtle, Tackle again!" I said, knowing I could get him in the next move. Squirtle tackled the Bulbasour, and the opponent was defeated.

"Yay, Alex!" Aqua cheered.

"Tch, that was a fluke" Grey said with his usual prided attitude.

"I think both Pokémon did wonderfully" Professor Oak said

"Whatever, later gramps" Grey said, returning his Pokémon and heading out

"Don't mind him, he's always so full of himself" the professor said to me. "You'll do great Alex, I'm sure of it, and you too Aqua"

"Thanks" we said in unison, then we headed out.

We were about to go into the grass when I heard a rustling close by. I didn't have any poke balls with me, so I didn't really want to battle any Pokémon yet. Without warning, a Pikachu leapt out and tackled me. I was about to throw the poke ball with Squirtle in it, then I realized the odd coloration.

"Pika!" she said

"Pikachu!" I said with excitement. She had something in her mouth, which she dropped in my lap. It was my earring! "Thanks Pikachu!" I put it on.

"You're welcome!" she said happily.

Unfortunately, now it was getting dark, so we got a tent (don't ask from where), and we set it up just outside the town. All three of us fell asleep quickly.

First chapter done! YAY! Each city will be its own chapter, as will each forest, cave, or special building. I will probably make a few Rout chapters as well (I.E. if I was going to catch a Pokémon). It would take forever to go through the capture of each Pokémon, so if you want me to have a certain Pokémon, tell me and I'll most likely figure out some way for Alex (or Aqua) to catch it. You can also specify which character catches the Pokémon if you want to. Remember: I love criticism, reviews encourage me, and I'm open to input. Bye for now!