prelude of a Pokemon - Part 1

     In the Kanto region, there existed many kinds of wonderous pokemon.
In the town of Pallet, it was customary for children to leave on their
pokemon journey when they were 10 years old, and today was a special day
for our hero, Daniel Shawl. Danny slowly woke from his bed, the morning
sun shining over his face from the window. He slowly brushed the brown
hair from his face, and his eyes widened. "I'm late!" He jumped to his
feet, grabbing a pair of blue jeans from his drawers, and pulled them up
over his legs. He slipped on a deep green t-shirt, and put a black vest
over it. He put his hat on backwards, a tuft of hair coming out the opening
in the back, and slipped on his sneakers. He rushed down the stairs, falling
onto the floor in front of the door, seeing the family pet pokemon Charmander
laying down on the couch, giggling at him. "Morning, Lilly..." He said, sitting
up. Lilly smiled, her small pointed teeth showing. Her tail waging back and
forth, the fire on the end burning brightly.  She giggled again, and hopped off
the couch, grabbing Danny's backpack and handing it to him. He petted the tuft
of fur on Lilly's head, and grabbed the buttered toast Lilly made him earlier.
"You coulda woke me up, you know..." Lilly looked at him with a evil grin, and
Danny remembered the last time he asked Lilly to wake him up. "okay, never mind.
I'de rather not have my bed burned down again."

     He rushed out the door with a piece of toast in his mouth. He sprinted
down the road, eagerly thinking on the pokemon he wanted. He yelled out to
himself. "Charmander! You're mine!" He reached the gate to Oak's lab, and
walked up the road. He knocked on the door, and heard Professor Oak hurry
to the door, crashing to the ground. He saw Professor Oak slowly open the
door, holding his head. "Danny! You're late!" Danny nodded, and Professor
Oak invited him in. Danny aproached a table with three pokeballs in a triangle.
Danny grabed a pokeball, and opened it. Nothing was inside! Danny looked to
Professsor Oak, who sighed. "I'm sorry, Danny, but Charmander and the others
have been taken by trainers who were on time." Danny confirmed this by opening
each pokeball. "Theres gotta be a pokemon I can have! Please Professor!"
Professor thought for a moment. "I'm sorry, but even the Pikachu who wasn't
even an option was taken. I'm sorry, but it looks like it'll be another 2
months before I get new starters..." Danny sighed, and left the lab.

     He walked down the dirt road, kicking up dirt as he walked. He passed a
deep forest, and stopped. "I could be in there, catching pidgeys, ratatas, but
no, I overslept.  He then heard a scream from inside the woods. He ran in, and
hopped over logs, and darted through bushes, thorns shredding his clothes and
cutting his arms. He reached a clearing, where he saw a small pokemon, with a
long snout and squinty eyes. Its back was covered with blue fur and red spots,
and its thighs extended from its stomach. He watched in the shadows as it ran
in his direction, limping and badly wounded. An Ekans slosly approached the
defensless pokemon, saliva drooling from his mouth. Ekans lunged, knocking the
small pokemon to the ground, and it proceeded to chomp down on the pokemon's
lower body, engulfing its thighs and belly. It began swallowing, and a tear
came to Danny's eye. He always knew not to mess with nature. To let it take
its course. But this pokemon, was special. Danny wiped his eyes, and burst
from the bushes, tackling the purple snake to the ground.

     Danny pulled open the pokemon's mouth, and crammed his arm down the
ekans throat. He felt the gullet atttempt to swallow his arm, as he reached
down for the pokemon. He grabbed its foot, and slowly pulled the pokemon
back up the ekans rippling throat. He pulled it out, and flew back, catching
the pokemon in his arms, his back pack falling beside him. The ekans coughed,
and slithered slowly towards him. He stood, and the Ekans coiled around his
legs, knocking him  to the ground. Danny hit the forest floor, and yelled as
the ekans opened its maw slowly, and hung over him. Danny grabbed the edges,
keeping it back. He looked to his right, and saw a large rock beside him,
next to the passed out pokemon.  He lowered an arm, and the mouth grew steadily
closer. He grabbed the rock, and slammed it into the side of ekans head. The
ekans fell back, a large cut across its eye. It loosened its grip around Danny's
legs. He got to his knees, and grabbed his back pack, and proceeded to dump
everything out. He slammed it over ekans head, and it shook in anger, hissing
wildly. Danny grabbed the pokemon, and ran through he forest, the ekans rants
becoming more distant. Danny reached the dirt road again, and sat down, wheasing from how fast he ran.

     He looked around. "sunset already?" Danny stood, and ran as fast as
he could back to the lab. He pounded on the door, holding the pokemon in
his other arm. Oak answered, and gasped at the pokemon in Danny's arms. He
rushed Danny inside, and they set the pokemon on a medical table. Danny
cleaned the pokemon's wounds, while Oak dialed the pokemon center. Minutes
later, Nurse Joy appeared, along with two chansey. Danny and Oak stood
back, as they rushed the pokemon intyo the ambulance. At the pokemon center,
Nurse joy emerged from the ER, and saw Danny sitting in the waiting area. "Is
that your pokemon?" She asked. Danny thought for a moment. "Yes. Yes it is."
Danny told his story, and Joy was shocked. "Well, he'll be just fine. We found
this on his leg, though..." She held out a tag. Danny took it, and it read,
"Name - Blaze. Species: Cyndaquil. Note: This pokemon will be presented to Mr.
Geovanni, so long as we can keep the pokemon's unnatural power under control.
Its power exceeds its evolutionary level, and blast burn is almost complete.
If found, return to the nearest Team Rocket genetic scientist." Danny gasped.
"Team Rocket..." Danny returned home, his dreams filled with nightmares of
team Rocket stabbing Blaze with needles, and performing genetic tests on it.

     He woke the next morning, covered in sweat. He jumped out of bed, still fully
dressed. He ran down to the pokemon center, and slid to the front desk. Nurse
Joy looked to Danny, and smiled. "He's recovering in the garden, with the others.
You can go see him, if you like." Danny opened the door, to reveal several
pokemon frolicking in a vast garden. Blaze sat in a far off flower bed, away from the
other recovering pokemon. Danny slowly walked up to it, and Blaze looked to
him, and smiled. It slowly stood, covered in bandages. Danny knelt down by Blaze,
and extended an arm to pet him. Blaze hopped on his arm, and hopped up on his
shoulder. Danny laughed, and Blaze licked his face affectionetly. Behind a window,
Nurse Joy and Oak were talking. "Are you sure he can train this pokemon?" Oak
nodded, and watched as Danny and Blaze laughed, playing in the garden. Danny,
after all, had finally gotten his partner.

                                      TO BE CONTINUED...