Misty was fed up. She was done with the stupid branches smacking her in the face, the dumb rocks she kept crashing into, and her bike helmet making the humidity feel like an evil force squeezing the ounces of life out of her. She had only been riding for a couple of hours, but it felt like eons to her. Nature was obviously not Misty's friend, and she found out the hard way that bug Pokémon weren't either. Just picturing that slimy Caterpi inching its way onto her back made Misty shudder.
Eventually, Misty decided enough was enough. She needed some rest from the shitty nature ride she was having. Finally, Misty was able to locate a stream nearby and was persuaded by the cool, calming breeze coming from it(and possibly the lack of trees near it). She set her bike aside to find the best place to lay her head down. Unluckily for poor Misty, she was never going to get the rest she deserved.
Ash Ketchum thought, no believed that today would be an incredible day. He just had that gut feeling that it would be.
When he received the phenomenally written letter at his house, he knew it wasn't Gary sending him another condom in the mail saying another ignorant remark like, "I'll never be used" or, "Guess who isn't going to need this today?"
Ever since Gary became a Pokémon researcher and left to the Pokémon camp he still never failed to torment his old friend and rival. Ash didn't know if Gary just wanted to be an ass, or was just trying to keep in touch in his own weird way.
Anyways, saying Ash was astonished to see the acceptance letter to the Pokémon camp would be a massive understatement. Sadly, to Pikachu's (Ash's best friend and Pokémon) dismay, he had to be sent to the camp along with Ash's other Pokémon prior to Ash's arrival there. No matter how much the little guy protested, Lance and Cynthia both agreed that it was only fair that Pikachu had to endure what all the other Pokémon did. However, to compensate Lance agreed that since Pikachu refused to go into his ball that he would bring Pikachu to the camp for Ash. Normally, Lance wouldn't do all of this for any trainer, but he deeply believed Ash had a bright future and really wanted to train him.
Ash knew he was good at battling seeing as he has obtained the championship of various leagues and almost defeated Lance and the Elite Four. Which was his suspicion as to why Lance volunteered to watch Pikachu for him until he arrived at the camp.
When Lance and Cynthia were discussing the final details about the construction of the camp Ash, among a few others (such as Gary) were invited as the first "campers." Most likely due to the fact Cynthia and Lance believed it was better to test how well the camp could educate trainers, based on trainers who knew what they were doing.
Sadly, Ash had to decline, due to the fact he was asked to join when his mother needed him the most. Ash was only 14 when his dear old dad left and became the most hated man in Ash's eyes. That was saying a lot considering who Ash had made enemies with over his years of training.
None the less, this was another golden opportunity for the young man. Ash, now being 2 years older and a lot more civilized happily excepted the invitation. He wasn't sure why Lance wanted him back at the camp now of all times, but he sure wasn't complaining. So, Ash finds himself strolling along the path through Viridian City. The day wasn't particularly special by any means. The sky showed strips of White faded clouds that seemed to go on forever, and Pokemon were frolicking to and fro like any other day.
Ash just felt like the day was going to change his fates. If you asked him why he wouldn't be able to tell you an answer either. Eventually, he assumed it was just his excitement to finally be able to go to the Pokémon camp and see Gary(no matter how much of an asshole he could be) and Professor Oak.
As Ash continued to stroll through the forest with his hands resting behind his head he closed his eyes and imagined what the camp would be like. Namely, the battles of course. Ash loved the surge of adrenaline that coursed through his vanes throughout an intense battle. He loved it, even more, when he felt the kick of happiness that overcame him when he won. Of course, Ash was pretty modest when he lost of course; unlike Gary who just took his opponents confidence, and ego and chucked it right out of the window along with the poor kid's pride. Although, even Ash had to admit watching Gary's opponent start cussing out on him one day was the best response he had ever seen.
The girl Gary faced, that was particularly unhappy, was a young redhead. And boy did she live to the expectations of a tempered redhead. Her face turned a shade of scarlet that rivaled her hair when she was furious.
Ash couldn't remember why this girl was in pallet town that day. Pallet was a small town with a lot of fields. It was pretty bland and not many people visited. Besides Green who stopped every once in a while. So, when this young redhead showed up out of the blue, Gary and Ash were very fascinated by her. Her fiery personality and intense Cerulean blue eyes were very exciting to the two ten-year-old boys.
Ash couldn't think of what made Gary want to battle this girl in the first place. Maybe it was because he wanted to show Ash that he could win his first battle. Either way, the girl accepted the challenge. Sadly for the redhead, her Magikarp was no match for Gary's Squirtle and fainted in a mere couple of moves.
She was at first, very modest and went to go shake Gary's hand on his win. Gary, on the other hand, was such an egotistical prick that he laughed at the girl's face and walked away cockily.
Even Ash knew that Gary took it a bit to far and feared that he truly hurt the girls' feelings, but he was wrong. The girl quickly recovered and started to shout at Gary with some pretty inappropriate words no ten-year-old should have in their vocabulary. Ash found it so hilarious that he toppled over laughing drawing the girls attention to him.
The girl took this as an insult and started shouting at Ash as well before stomping away. Ash hasn't seen her since.
Ash chuckled at the flashback and continued gazing at all the trees he passed along his journey. It was a pretty peaceful stroll.
Until Ash heard the ear-piercing screech.