Chapter one


It was a calm, sunny morning. Clouds slowly drifted by in the deep blue sky. A flock of wingull slowly swooped over Graham's home. Making slight cawing sounds as they flew by. Slowly his eye's began to open. He took a peak at his porygon alarm clock. 11:00!!! "Im late!" He yelled as if anyone was around to hear. He ran down the wooden stairs and out the front door. Then he stopped for a second. PANTS! He thought aloud and ran back inside. He slipped on his black skinny jeans and ran out the door.

He wore a dark purple polo with black buttons, black skinny jeans, and paper white shoes. His jet black hair waved in the wind! Today he'd get a pokemon and a pokedex and be sent on the journey everyone was sent on. He'd arive at Professor Palms Place choose one of the 12 starters and be on his way! Being 13 he was finally of age, although he seemed much older. With so much on his mind he had no reason to be concentrating on the road. He looked up right as he slammed into his least favorite person in the world. Luke, he had brown hair, ugly freckles, and brown eyes. He wore a blue tee shirt, black shorts, and the worlds pinkest hat.

"Hey punk, get a pokemon yet?" "Shut up Luke, you know im late."
"I dont think your gonna get a pokemon little boy. You can't get past me!"

Graham decided, I dont need this, and slammed Luke in the gut. He keeled over and Graham chuckled then ran for his life.

"Ill get you Graham Parish!"

Almost out of breath, he arrived at Proffessor Palm's Place. He walked in the front gate and frowned, nobody was here. He looked around the room. There were 4 tables. One was blue and had 4 basket's eatch labeled 1, 2, 3, and 4. There were 2 other table's exactly like the one before except red and green. In the middle there was a plain wooden table with a basket full of pokedex's. The professor was nowhere to be seen.

Anti-social much? Thought Graham

He picked a pokedex up and then waltzed toward's the green table. He looked at the baskets.

"1,2,3, or 4" Graham thought to himself.

He closed his eyes and chose a random one. It was number two. Happy to have his first pokemon he ran out the door. While running, he bumped back into his buddy. Luke.

"Happy to see me punk?" "Not really, you're pretty ugly"
"Funny, well if you're so tough, battle me." "I honestly have to go home, dinners probably ready"
"What are you afraid?" "I guess I have a moment to kick your ass."

He grinned

"Go Squirtle!" Luke yelled, as if proving himself. A blue turtle like creature appeared. Graham reached for his pokedex, he held it up and took a photo. Then in a robotic tone the pokedex spoke.

"Squirtle, the tiny turtle pokemon. It is born with a soft shell that hardens soon after its born. In battle, a Squirtle likes to play the defensive. It pops in and out of its shell shooting special water attacks. Good counters to the pokemon Squirtle are Grass and Electric types."

"Thats a lot of information to swallow." Remarked Graham.

"Go, whatever you are!" A tiny green thing with a head shaped like a pear emerged with a flash of light. Feeling quite dumb, Graham held the pokedex up to his own pokemon. Once again in a robotic tone it said

"Chikorita, the leaf pokemon. It releases a sweet aroma from the leaf on its head to lure enemys. It loves to sun bathe and chillax. When it comes to battling, Chikorita loves to play the offensive and use a variety of attacks. Usually it will attack after attack after attack, and do pretty well to! Good counters to the pokemon Chikorita are Fire, Flying, Poison, and Bug types"

Lovely, Graham thought, I have the weakest pokemon.

From watching lots of battle's on tv he knew a couple grass move's, and the pokedex gave him the greatest idea.

"Chikorita" He said "Use vine whip!"

"Squirtle withdraw!"

Vines came out of the green beady things on Chikoritas neck, and were about to smack the Squirtle, when it hid in its shell. The vine smacked off the tiny turtle pokemon's shell. Chikorita winced.

"Squirtle, use bubble! Then withdraw!"

"Chikorita, same thing!"

The blue turtle popped its head out the top of the shell and blew mega powerful bubbles toward's Chikorita. They hit the leaf pokemon dead on and it went flying. It ran back as though the bubble's hadn't left a scratch and once again tried to hit it with a vine whip. Once again the squirtle withdrew and the vine smacked its shell. Chikorita winced again.

I have to get past that shell, thought Graham.

"Same plan Squirtle!" Commanded Luke

"I got it!" Graham thought aloud "Use sweet scent after he uses both his attacks, afterwards use poison powder into his shell!

The blue turtle popped its head up, shot bubbles, and hid again. This time the bubble's missed by a long shot.

"Come on!" Shouted Luke

Then a delicious aroma wafted around the road on which they were battling. The squirtle shell rolled closer and closer to Chikorita. Then Chikorita spun the leaf around it's head and suddenly small purple spores floated off it and into the Squirtle's shell. The Squirtle stuck its head out, wabbled a bit, then fell to the ground.

"Good job Chikorita!" Exclaimed Graham

"Yea yea, Im gonna beat you next time Graham Parish, If it's the last thing I do"

"Yea im sure." Bragged Graham. " Great job Chikorita, you really pulled through" With that Graham returned the pokemon to it's pokeball.

"Down the road I go!" Sang Graham, and he begun his way toward's the Driftertown marsh, where many challenges awaited him.

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4/29/10
The end of chapter 1
Graham's Status
Pokedex: Barely Started
Badges: None