A Day of Ending and Beginning

On Earth, in the year 2022, a kid was walking home with the new Pokémon game, ready to play it all weekend to complete the whole game.

While continuing to walk back home, the boy started to open the game and put it in his handheld device, not paying attention to his surroundings.

The boy's name was Troy Nightmare. He was a resident in a big city where crime was more common. Finally finishing the tutorial, Troy looked up from his handheld device to see where he was.

Looking up from his device, Troy seemed to stumble upon an alley. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he heard a gunshot. Turning back around, Troy saw a man pointing a gun towards him. Next to the man, Troy happened to see a body on the ground.

Expecting a reaction, Troy only felt that something was wrong. Looking down, Troy saw his game on the ground, but what was worse was a hole in his chest.

"Ha, so this is what death feels like," Troy thought, feeling his consciousness fading with every second. "I guess I'm not going to be able to complete the game. Well, shit, guess this is the end for me." Troy closed his eyes and fell down, dead.

Somewhere in a big town lay a boy around the age of 12, sleeping comfortably in his bed. Suddenly, his eyes awoke, and he started to look around the room, feeling like it was strange but also normal. Memories of a different world started to fill his head. Clutching his head in pain, he felt like he was going to scream but was unable to.

After a few minutes of pain, the boy got out of bed and said, "Are Pokémon real?" Going through his memories, he found out his name was Troy Nightmare, and he was in the Pokémon world.

After waking up from what felt like a dream, Troy dreamed of a world where Pokémon were just fiction, and he was a kid named Troy Nightmare who loved Pokémon but died in the end to a murderer.

Once Troy sorted out his memories and dreams, he was ready to get up and go to school. Today was the day of exams where kids would test their knowledge about Pokémon and the history of the world.

Troy got dressed and ready, waiting at the bus stop. Turning to his left, he saw a few other kids talking about how ready they were for the exams and how high they think they will place. Just as he was about to fully listen to the conversation, the bus arrived. Getting on, Troy went to the back of the seat and started to try to remember what most of the dream was all about.

While waiting on the bus, Troy was still feeling tired and started to fall back to sleep. While Troy was asleep, some type of Pokémon was flying around and happened to see a bus coming. Just as it was about to leave, it noticed a strange type of energy coming out of Troy. Going invisible, the Pokémon got as close as it could, just as it was about to see what kind of energy it was, it started to quickly disappear.

Seeing the energy disappear, the Pokémon gave up on trying to see what it was and started flying away, but not before trying to remember what the boy looked like so they could meet again in the future.

Silently sleeping on the bus, which had been driving for an hour, Troy heard that the bus had finally stopped and woke up. Getting off the bus, Troy started walking into the school grounds, getting ready to head to class.

Just as he was walking, Troy heard his name called out. "Hey Troy." Turning around, Troy saw a girl and boy the same age as him. Knowing who they were, he replied, "Hey Stacy and Lock, what are you guys up to."

"Hey Troy, are you ready for the test to see what kind of Pokémon we will get after the test results are out, right Lock?" Stacy being right up in Lock's face with Lock's face going red and agreeing with Stacy.

With Troy chatting with Stacy and Lock for a bit, they started to head to class. Still in a daze from what happened to be a dream, waiting for class to start the exams, Troy was trying to wake himself up fully before the exams started.

Once a few minutes had passed, the teacher came in and got straight to the point, "Alright, kids, the exams will be starting in the next 10 minutes. Pass everyone a piece of paper and don't touch it until you are told so. The written exam will be first, then we will have a practice battle, and both exams will show your rankings in the next few days. Now that I have explained everything, get ready to do the test starting now."

Troy, grabbing his pencil, started to get ready to write down his answers. While looking at the questions, Troy started to feel like he knew these questions, like the dream where he knew all the answers to all the questions as best as he knew.

While Troy focused on the exams, if someone looked closely at his eyes, they could see the color changing to a gold-like color, marking the beginning of his journey.