Gotta Catch 'em All
Chapter 1: The Beginning
by Yoda

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon. If you didn't know that, you're
stupid.


    *ring*
    Dave jumped up with a start with the sound. He looked at the clock and saw it was 7:45 am. He got out of bed, and started walking across his room. As he was walking, his eye stopped at his desk, and more specifically his collections.
    Dave liked to collect things. Visible on his desk were a few of his favorites, his bottlecap collection, his stamp book, his coin case, his box of BASEketball cards, and his collection of miniature pokemon. That was his favorite. He had 120 of them. The whole set. A new set was suppossed to come out soon, but for once, Dave didn't care. He was going to start a different collection today.
    You see today was April 6th, better known as Trainer day. Today, all the kids in the villiage received their first pokemon. Dave would get his and start his quest to collect all the pokemon there are. There were 140 of them that had been discovered, and Dave could name and recognize every single one.
    After mentally going through and naming each of the little figures, Dave got up and went to take a shower. While in the shower the only thing on Dave's mind was which pokemon would be his first. Everyone else seemed to know exactly what they wanted. His best friend Matt wanted a Machop. Matt adored fighting pokemon. He had even taking up boxing just so he could be more like a HitmonChan. Matt was extremely serious about fighting. He was one of the toughest things around.
    Thinking of Matt always brought up images of his sister Stacy. She was afew years older but Dave had had a crush on her for years. She wasn't a trainer though. She had only wanted one pokemon and had gotten it, a Ponyta.
    Unlike the rest of his friends, however, Dave didn't know what he wanted. To make things harder, he had first choice. Dave had worked as hard as he could in school on all the pokemon knowledge tests and had been rewarded. He would get the first pick out of all the children in the village.
    While some of his friends dreamed of getting Jynxs and Magmars, Dave was more realistic. He could guess which pokemon there would probably be to choose from. The question was, which of them should he choose? There'd undoubtably be lots of Rattatas and Pidgeys as they were the most common, but they also weren't that strong. There would probably be Machops and Mankeys, but Dave knew that fighting pokemon weren't as good as everyone thought. He had managed to narrow down his choices. Of course narrowing it down for dave meant a dozen. There were just too many to choose from. Spearows were good and there was sure to be lots of them. Nidorans were ok too. There would probably be a few Charmanders, Squrtles, and Bulbasaurs too. Those 3 were probably the best. They were strong, and got even stronger in their later stages.
    As he got out of the shower, Dave decided that he would probably choose one of those 3. He dried off, got dressed and sat at his PC to check his email.
    He had an email from Matt. It said that Matt was as excited about today as Dave was. Dave did a double take when he read the last line. It said that Matt had heard a rumor that there was going to be a Dratini up for grabs. Dave wasn't sure whether to take it seriously or not. Dratini's were rare, but just thinking about having the power of a Dragonite (Dratini's fully evolvedstate) on his side made Dave smile.
    He cleared his head and looked at the clock. 8:05. Good. He had plenty of time. Dave went downstairs and found his family was already sitting down eating breakfast.
    "Good morning Dave. " said his Dad.
    "Mornin Pop." Dave replied.
    "Excited?" his Mom asked.
    "Oh yeah!!!!!!" Dave shouted with enthusiasm.
    "You know what pokyman you wanna get?" his 5 year old sister Rachel asked.
    "Nope. But get this, Matt heard a rumor that they have a Dratini!!!!"
    "A Dratini? That would be amazing. But don't get your hopes up." his dad said.
    "Don't worry Dad. I don't really believe it. "
    With that the conversation hit a lull. Dave thought he was too excited to eat, but he finished his breakfast, scrambled eggs and bacon, before he even realized it.
    "See ya later!!" Dave shouted as he gulped down the last of his Orange Juice and ran toward the door.
    "Ok son. We'll be there in a few minutes Don't want to miss you getting your first pokemon. I think Blaze and Dust Mop are excited too. " his dad called.
    Blaze was the family's pet Growlithe. He had been deflamed but was till a good protector. Blaze ahd been his dad's first pokemon. Dust Mop was his Mom's Pidgey. Neither of his parents had been trainers so their pokemon were still in their basic stage.
    "Ok. Bye Mom! By Dad! By Rach!!!" Dave called as he slammed the door behind him and ran to go pick up Matt. "

(The end of Chapter #1)




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