From: LAice1 (laice1@aol.com) Subject: [PW!] The Journey Begins Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon Date: 2000/07/10 Clefairy! Clefairy! Clefairy! I got out of bed and turned off my Clefairy shaped alarm clock. I had wanted to make sure I woke up early. I hadn't needed the alarm, I'd been up for a while now. I couldn't sleep, I was too excited. Today is my tenth birthday. Today I will finally be able to start my Pokémon journey. I got out of bed and went to find my brother. I found him asleep in the middle of the hallway. He had probably just fallen asleep a few hours ago, but he said he would come with me to get my license. "Willis, Willis," I said gently shaking him. "Come on wake up, I want to get there early," I said shaking him harder. "Okay I'll get up," Willis moaned groggily. I walked into the kitchen to get something to eat. I walked over to the cabinet. I got a package of cherry Pop Tarts out, then I sat down at the table to eat. Sestica walked over to me and brushed against my legs. "Hi, Sestica," I said. "Vul," she responded as I lovingly scratched her behind her purple ears. "Are you ready to start our journey?" I asked Sestica. "Vulpix," Sestica responded enthusiastically. I walked over to the refrigerator and poured my self a glass of milk and some more milk in a bowl for Sestica. "Here you go," I said placing the bowl on the floor. Sestica started drinking her milk and I finished my breakfast. I walked back into the living room to find Willis still asleep on the couch. I finally got him up. Willis got ready. I already was. I had gotten dressed a couple of hours when I couldn't get to sleep. I got my backpack and checked to make sure everything was there. Pokémon food, human food, clothes, toiletries, some money, other stuff that I needed, and Sestica's Pokéball. Sestica hadn't been in her Pokéball the whole time I had her. There had been no need to. She would probably not even use it. "Are you ready Willis?" I yelled. "Yeah," he called back. Finally, now we could go get my license and start on the journey. The three of us, Willis, Sestica, and I, soon arrived at the Viridian City Pokémon License Registration office right as they were opening. This is were people can come to register to be an official Pokémon trainer. They also offer many courses on Pokémon and how to catch, care, battle, and breed them. I had taken a couple of courses here, but I preferred learning about Pokémon my own ways. I went up to the desk and told the receptionist my name and asked for my License. "Let's see," she said looking through her filing cabinet, "Ah, here you are Lela. Here's your license with your trainer I.D. number. Don't lose it. You may be required to show it at any League sponsored event. Additionally here are a few flyers and brochures about Pokémon and Pokémon events." "Thank you," I said taking all the stuff she was handing me. The three of us then left. We walked back home to get all of our stuff and say bye to Mom and Dad. After we got ready to go we went to Mom and Dad who were waiting at the door to say good-bye. I hugged my Mom and Dad and said bye. Willis said good-bye too. My parents then surprised me with ten custom Pokéballs. They were a deep, rich red both top and bottom, a white button, and the letter "L" above the button. They also gave me a Pokédex made by a family friend. Shorter than the standard, but a little wider. The same red as my Pokéballs with a gold Pokémon League "L" in the center. The cover opens horizontally with the right half going to the that side and the left half to its side. "We got these specially made for you. In celebration of your tenth birthday and the start of your journey," they told me. "Thank you," I said hugging them each again. With that Willis and I left waving good-bye with Sestica following at my heels. Now having my license, Pokéballs, and Pokédex I was eager to make my first wild catch. "Well were would you like to head to try and make your first wild catch?" Willis asked me. "Let's go to Route 1," I declared. We walked south for only a few minutes until we arrived in some tall grass. We walked around until I saw a Pidgey. I pointed my Pokédex at it. The computerized voice began talking, "Pidgey, the tiny bird Pokémon. Is often seen in forests. It kicks up dirt to blind its enemies." "All right, Pidgey your mine. Go, Sestica!" I yelled enthusiastically. Sestica ran out crying, "Vul!" The Pidgey turned to see Sestica right in front of it. "Sestica, use your quick attack now!" I called out. Sestica ran towards the Pidgey and knocked it down. The Pidgey flapped its wings using its gust attack, but it did little damage to Sestica. Pidgey appeared weak so I threw my Pokéball, "Pokéball, go!" It grabbed Pidgey shook a little then stopped. I ran over and grabbed it, "Willis, did you see that I made my first wild catch!" I said happily. "Good job let's take it to the Pokécenter and get healed." We started toward the center when Willis asked me something, "Why did you catch Pidgey I thought you were mainly interested in the really cute ones." "I am, but I decided I needed something to start out with so I can catch all the really cute ones. Besides there aren't many really cute ones around here and I wanted to have another Pokémon other than Sestica." "Vulpix?" Sestica asked as if to say 'why am I not good enough?'. "Sestica, I need more than one Pokémon," "After we visit the Pokécenter I think we should head north through the Viridian Forest. Is that OK with you?" Willis asked me. "Sure, let's make out to Viridian Forest."