Adventure in Hoenn

My alarm went off, and I immediately shot up, and hit the snooze button. Today was my 15th birthday, and I was getting a pokemon from Professor Birch. I already knew which starter I was going to choose.

I quickly grabbed my bag, and shoved it full of clothes, a tent, and other essentials because today was the day I was going to start my adventure to be the greatest pokemon trainer in the Hoenn region.

To get all 8 badges and join the Hoenn league, that was my goal. I ran downstairs into the kitchen for my last breakfast in my home. She was cooking just about everything from bacon to pancakes. "Alright Mom!" I said sitting in a seat already taking some sausages for myself.

"Well, it's going to be the last real breakfast you're going to have for a while until you reach the next town. I just can't believe my son has grown up so fast." my Mom said. "Don't worry, I'll still visit." I said.

"I know Gabriel." she said. "Jay." I reminded her. My real name was Gabriel, but I preferred to be called Jay. Personally I think it sounds cooler. "You can call yourself that all you want, but you'll still be my Gabriel." she said smothering me in a hug.

"Okay, okay. I get it, just get off me." I said pushing her away from me. I quickly finished breakfast, and ran out of the house. "Bye, I love you!" my Mom called after me. "Byeloveyoutoo." I said quickly, not stopping to look back.

I ran as fast as I could to the professors lab to find that he and May were already there. May was my next door neighbor, lifelong friend, and daughter to the professor. She was also getting a pokemon today. "Ah, there you are." he said ushering me inside.

We walked over to a table near the back that had three pokeballs on it. "We have torchic, mudkip, and treeko." he said opening the corresponding pokeballs, "Take your pick." I immediately walked up to torchic's pokeball, and took it.

"Ah, torchic interesting." he said. "I think I'll name you Blaze." I said bending down to the torchic, which nodded its head in agreement. "Well then, I guess I'll get." May said, picking up mudkip's pokeball.

"Now that you two have your own pokemon you can start your own quest." Professor Birch said. "But first you'll need these, and this." he said handing us each 10 pokeballs, and a pokedex. "Now you're ready to go." he said. I nodded, and instead of putting Blaze in his pokeball I picked him up, and put him on my shoulder.

"Heh. I won't be able to do this once you evolve." I said laughing a little, walking off. Right before I got to the door I was interrupted by May, "Wait! Don't you want to try out your new pokemon?" she asked me. "You mean like a battle?" I asked, and she nodded.

I shrugged, and said, "Sure why not." we walked outside, and a ways away from each other. Professor Birch came out too to see how we would handle ourselves, and to be a ref of our battle. "Go mudkip!" May called out, throwing her pokeball releasing her mudkip.

I nodded at Blaze, and he jumped off my shoulder, and ran up to mudkip. May wasted no time getting into the battle. "Mudkip use tackle." she said, and mudkip charged towards Blaze. "Blaze dodge it." I told him. "Now use scratch." I called out after he had dodged mudkip's tackle.

He jumped onto mudkip's back, and started using scratch. "Mudkip throw him off." May told her pokemon. Mudkip started thrashing around, and Blaze wasn't able to hold on, and was thrown off. "Now use tackle." she told mudkip. "Dodge." I told Blaze, but there wasn't enough time, and mudkip rammed straight into him, sending him flying.

"Get up, and retaliate with your own tackle." I told him. He jumped up, and ran at mudkip as fast as he could, ramming into him. Mudkip was sent skidding across the ground. "Get up mudkip." May told her pokemon, but it was no use, mudkip had fainted.

"The winner is Jay!" Professor Birch announced. Blaze ran over to me, and I picked him up. "Good job." I said patting him on the head, and setting him back on my shoulder. "You did great." May said to her mudkip, and then put it back into it's pokeball.

"You both fought well." Professor Birch complemented. "I can tell you're both going to turn into fine trainers. Here a gift for both of you." he said, handing us each a pokenav'. "Aww man, sweet!" I said, opening mine to check it out. It had a map of Hoenn, a few games like minesweeper, and pinball, and it even had a cellphone function.

"I've already programmed my number into there so you can keep in tact with me, and tell me how you're doing with your pokedexes." Professor Birch said. "Thanks Dad. Bye Jay." May said before running off, "Next time we battle I'll be stronger."

I didn't run off as quickly, instead opting to add my Mom's number, and giving her a call. "Hello?" my Mom answered the phone. "Hey Mom guess what! Professor Birch just gave me a pokenav'." I said. "Well that was nice of him. Did you make sure to thank him?" she asked. "Yes I did." I said. "Well good. It's always good to have the proper manors." she said.

"Anyways I just wanted to tell you that, so you can call me if you ever want." I said. "Alright. Well then I better go, I don't want to hold you up." she said before hanging up. I put the pokenav' into my pocket before walking off towards Route 101. "Thanks again!" I called after Professor Birch.

"Alright, first stop Oldale Town, though I have no idea why they call it that." I said walking down the path.