CHAPTER 4: FATE AND SURPRISES

The sudden and abrupt voice that echoed through the room completely destroyed the serious atmosphere, at the same time as a boy, who was apparently the same age as Alec, appeared and jumped towards Alder, giving him a big hug.

This made Alder feel a bit uncomfortable, but then a big smile appeared on his face before rubbing his head hard at the little intruder.

"Benga, you little rascal, but what are you doing here?"

"Hahahaha, I came to visit you of course, besides, grandpa, you told me that you would give me a special gift for missing my birthday."

As Benga shook his grandfather, he noticed that they weren't the only ones in the room, finally noticing Alec's presence.

"Oh, excuse me, I didn't notice you, as Grandpa doesn't usually bring visitors home... well, my name is Benga, and as you may have already noticed, I'm Alder's grandson, nice to meet you."

The boy in front of Alec was extremely similar to Alder, he was like a small version of him, although Benga had a lighter skin color, he was dressed in black shorts and a short-sleeved white polo shirt, he even had a pokeball on his neck as a necklace.

Alec was about to introduce himself when Benga noticed the little tide at Alec's feet, whereupon his face lit up and he came closer to Alec just inches from him.

"Are you also preparing to be a trainer?"

At the sudden approach, Alec took a few steps back in shock, so he ended up falling onto the couch.

"Hey Benga, leave Alec alone, besides, didn't I tell you that you would have to face my test if you want to have my support as a trainer?"

Hearing this, an embarrassed smile appeared on Benga's face as he scratched his head, then gave Alec a hand to help him up.

Seeing this, Alder had a big headache, his grandson was quite polite, but once he was mentioned about trainers and pokemon fighting, he could be too interactive.

Shortly after getting up, Alec smiled at Benga before introducing himself.

"Thanks for the help, my name is Alec, and I also aspire to become a pokemon trainer, although apparently we are both in the same situation, waiting for Uncle Alder's approval."

Hearing this, a look of companionship appeared on Benga's face, it seemed that he understood Alec's situation very well, after all, he did not know how many times he asked his grandfather for that approval, only to be rejected by him.

Seeing how well Alec and Benga were getting along, a smile appeared on Alder's face, before his expression turned somewhat serious.

"Since you are both here, then let me ask you both, do you really want to be a coach? Before you answer, I want you to think about it, from what I see in your eyes, neither of you are willing to be a ordinary trainer, so I assume they both aspire to Elite 4 or even the championship, but do they really understand the difficulties that this entails? "

Seeing the seriousness on Alder's face, both Alec and Benga became serious as well, while it was Alec who answered first.

"Uncle Alder, although I don't understand why my freedom was limited, I do understand that it has to do with my origins, so if I want to know more about what happened to me or my parents, I have no choice but to to become stronger together with my fellow pokemon who decide to follow me, besides, the stronger I am, the less worries you will have, right? Uncle Alder. "

Hearing his words, Alder was surprised, he did not think that the 5-year-old boy thought so much, but in turn, a satisfied smile appeared on his face as he thought.

"It seems that I cared more, in his eyes, I can see the determination to find out about his past, indeed, I am sure that, even if I deny him this time, he will search for the answers on his own, which will make it more dangerous. So why not quit? Although, hehehe, I won't make it so easy for you Alec. "

Thinking this far, Alder turned his gaze towards Benga before saying:

"I already heard Alec, what about you?"

Hearing Alder, Benga shook his head quickly before slapping his face with both hands, as if he will cheer himself up, then say:

"Although I do not understand Alec's situation very well, since I can remember, you have always been an idol for me, but I want to be a coach not because of imitating you, but because I want to undertake my own adventures and understand more about this world and the pokemon that inhabit at."

Right after he finished saying this, the pokeball on Benga's neck opened on its own, letting out a beam of red light until a very caterpillar-like pokemon appeared, with 6 short black legs, a large white mane It covers its entire head to the middle of its body, while a crown of red horns rises from the white cluster in the form of a small sun.

Seeing the little boy appear, Alec watched him carefully, whereupon a name popped into his mind.

"He's a larvesta, and from what I can see, he mustn't be more than about 5 months old."

Although it was not very often, on the farm there would be an occasional pokemon egg, and Alec's task was to take care of the little pokemon in its first days, so that at least he could distinguish the age of the pokemon if he had been born recently.

"In addition, the potential of this larvesta is not low, although it is not indigo, it is almost there, at least, its color is darker than that of the little mareep."

As Alec analyzed the little larvesta, Alder was quite surprised, before a helpless smile appeared on his face.

"These boys, do they come to rub me the good bond they share with their pokemon? Although leaving that aside, that larva must be from the egg that I entrusted to my son, who would expect him to become fond of Benga? He was also born recently, but he seems to have trained him well, just like Alec's tide, their ages are quite similar… maybe this is destiny? "

Alder couldn't help but think about this, their ages were quite similar and even their first pokemon they trained hatched from eggs almost at the same time, not to mention that they both aspired to become great trainers.

"It seems that Unova will have great coaches in another 6 years, although they are brats now, their aspirations and ideals remind me of me when I embarked on my adventure."

Thus, Alder thought for a brief moment before a determined look appeared on his face.

"So be it, recently an old friend of mine entrusted me with three pokemon eggs, although he did not tell me which pokemon would hatch, I'm sure they are dragon-type pokemon, and now these 2 boys appear, *sigh*, although I had planned to give them to the pokemon institute, seeing how they both trained their pokemon, I'm sure it's a challenge that they will both be up to. "

Thinking up to here, a mysterious smile appeared on Alder's face, and then he headed towards the 2 children, who were eagerly awaiting his response to his convictions.

"Very well, I accept that you both have the determination to become great trainers, as even your pokemon support you, but..."

Hearing the first words, both Alec and Benga jumped happily and even fists high, at least it was until they heard the "but".

Seeing his sad faces, Alder chuckled to himself as he continued:

"But one thing is words, and another thing is facts, so I will leave you a task that will put you to the test, after that, you yourself will tell me if you still want to be a coach or not."

Hearing this, the first this time to respond was Benga:

"Hahahaha, grandpa, no matter what tests you give me and Alec, I'm sure we will pass them easily."

Alec didn't say anything, but he nodded at what Benga said.

Alder, seeing them so determined, did not say more as he turned around heading to some particular place in the house and gestured for both of them to follow him.

Both Alec and Benga wasted no more time as they followed Alder, right behind them, the little mareep and larvesta following closely behind.

Soon, Alder came to a fairly large room, there were some shelves full of books, while on one side of the room there was a rather large table.

But what caught the children's attention were the three containers, or, rather, incubators, where each one contained pokemon eggs of a different color.

Soon after, looks of joy and expectation appeared on both Alec's and Benga's faces before turning their gaze to Alder, apparently they had already guessed the proof, but wanted him to confirm it.

Seeing this, Alder just smiled before saying:

"As you may have already guessed, the test will be to care for and train the pokemon that will hatch from the eggs, obviously, both of you can choose the egg that you are most convinced of."