A New Pokemon Adventure: Ch 1.

Chapter 1. Persuasion.

Our story begins with two friends who both want to become a pokémon trainers. Sadly enough their parents wouldn't let them. Twolf is very shy and quiet, he only feels comfortable around pokémon and people he knows very well, like his parents or his best friend Phoenix. His parents think travelling might do him some good, but they have never traveled themselves and don't know anything about it. So they are too afraid to let him go. He is their only son and they are afraid that something might happen to him.
With Phoenix it's a different story. She grew up being the youngest in a family with four older brothers. She always wants to prove herself. She wants to show her brothers that even if she is the youngest and the only girl, she can still be as good in everything as they are or even better. Her parents think that with this competitive attitude she will only get herself into trouble if she were to travel. But even so, her parents noticed a great difference when she's around pokémon. When she interacts with pokémon she suddenly calms down, and even the pokémon calm down when they are around her. One time she even got some wild pokémon to help her with her chores.
Because of their parents Twolf and Phoenix are still stuck in their hometown and aren't allowed to travel by themselves. This really bothered them, they both love pokémon and they want to see the rest of the world.

Now Twolf is 16 years old, and Phoenix is already 17. It's now or never to come up with a plan to persuade their parents to let them become pokémon trainers. Although they were both the opposite of each other they had been friends since they were little kids, and they both share the same love for pokémon. This difference between them gave them an idea. If they were to travel together Phoenix would be able to help Twolf so his parents wouldn't have to worry about him. And Twolf would be able to keep Phoenix out of trouble and make sure she doesn't get into any fights.
The two friends went to tell their parents about their idea. They agreed, they were allowed to become pokémon trainers under two conditions. One, every time they reached a new pokémon centre they were to call their parents so they would know that they were doing well. And two, they had to promise that they would stick together during their journey and to keep out of trouble.

Finally they were allowed to set of on their journey to become pokémon trainers. They started packing immediately. Phoenix had a hard time fending off all her brothers who never really had been interested in pokémon but wanted to tell her off about what she should and shouldn't do. This didn't really help because they didn't even know what they were talking about. Besides, she wanted to do this on her own. She was going to show them who is best.
Twolf's parents were very eager to help him pack, but he didn't let him. He was going to do without all that protection. He didn't know where this journey was going to bring him, but he did know that he had a friend watching over him who would help him when he needed it, but would let him handle things on his own as well.
After making sure that he had packed everything he needed, he went to see Phoenix. She was done packing a few minutes before he walked in, so they went for a walk. They discussed about the next morning when they would take off to the pokémon centre to get their first pokémon.

'Which pokémon will you choose?' Twolf asked.
'I think I'll go with a cyndaquil, I always liked fire pokémon' Phoenix said.
'Hey, I wanted to start with a cyndaquil!'
Phoenix was surprised; she had expected Twolf to choose a totodile or a chikorita, but not a cyndaquil.
'Really? I thought you were going to start with chikorita, a grass type pokémon. Those are more quiet and easier to handle. If you have bad luck you'll have a cyndaquil that's really hard to handle and it's not going to be easy if you start off with a pokémon that won't even listen to you.'
'So than why would you choose for a cyndaquil?' Twolf asked Phoenix.
'I'm hard to handle myself so it sounds like a perfect match if I had a cyndaquil like that as well.'
Both of them started laughing loudly.
'Still, I'm surprised that you would go for a cyndaquil Twolf, I always thought you were more the water type kind of guy.'
'Well, I'll have to think about it, so we'll see in the morning.'

Both of them went back home and after a while they went to bed. Twolf couldn't sleep. He really wanted a cyndaquil, but Phoenix wanted a cyndaquil as well. So what was he supposed  to do. He kept thinking about it until he came to a conclusion. He was going to stand up for himself, and who better to start with than his best friend. He had to start somewhere so he could grow less shy. He knew there would be a big chance of Phoenix getting really angry with him. But she had been angry with him before, so he thought he would be able to handle this. One thing was for sure, he would choose cyndaquil as his starter pokémon. Finally he fell asleep, but what he didn't notice was that the batteries of his alarm clock had gone dead. He had been so busy packing that he hadn't noticed.
Twolf wasn't the only one who couldn't get to sleep. Phoenix had a hard time sleeping as well. The only thing she could think of was the next day. She really wanted to start with a cyndaquil, but what if Twolf chose the cyndaquil? Phoenix was planning on giving him the first pick, but she wouldn't be satisfied with anything less than a fire type pokémon. She just couldn't figure out what she was going to do with this problem. Finally she fell asleep still thinking. She didn't notice one of her brothers coming in to turn off her alarm clock. He walked back to the door where her other brothers were waiting. They laughed quietly and shut the door behind them while they left for their own bedrooms.