A Day of Firsts

The next morning my father and I consoled both my mother and sister who were tearing up. Both of them had there arms around me making me promise to call back everyday my mother also adding that I make sure to brush my teeth and shower and keep my room clean. After about 15 minutes my father eventually put an end to it saying it was time and I need to go or I'll be late. After stepping outside I saw the familiar face of my fathers friend. His hair starting to grey with a large mustache on his face and piercing eyes standing out. I quickly approach him returning both Tsun and Eevee to there balls. " I'm sorry to keep you waiting Mr John." " it's fine lad and get used to the habit of calling me Mr. Oliver or others may take offense and give you a hard time in the future. Enough of the formalities though are you ready Lucas ." I just nodded and stepped next to him and Hypno teleported us right in front of one of the largest buildings I've ever seen. "Orientation for first years will be held in 15 minutes in the auditorium I'll see you there."

I started walking to the area Mr Oliver had pointed to and quickly found a large gathering of people walking around I followed the group to my destination. Once inside I found an open set next to a boy who had a rather slight frame which was more noticeable do to the clothing on him being on the big side. He also had messy black hair that cover his brown eyes. "Nice to meet you I'm Lucas do you mind if I sit here." I asked. "The names Vinny and sure whatever. Ain't like there's a line of chicks trying to sit next to me. I'm just surprised a rich pretty boy like yourself ain't got a group of fan girls to sit with." The boy Vinny responded. "Oh and what makes you think I'm rich?" He snorted " besides your polite proper attitude. Gee I wonder maybe it the 2 pokeballs you got on your waist. The school gives away 1 pokemon that has yellow potential to those that need pokemon. So for you to have some means you can get a pokemon of better quality with your own money and that ain't cheap.let alone having 2." (Picture)

Before the conversation could continue we were interrupted. " excuse me mind if I sit here." A platinum blond haired girl asks me . " of course and what's your name sweetheart, with a face as cute as your I reckon it must be angel" Vinny answers. ". Well your name must be Cornn based of that horrible pickup line." She responded coldly before turning to me with a smile and continuing " actually my names Sara" before promptly taking a seat next to me. I hear Vinny mumble " more like Elsa you freaken ice queen." Before continuing " richy rich can't just have 2 Pokemon needs to flaunt the fan girls too." I can't help but smirk, " you know your a lot different than what I expected from the student here, but I like you. Also I wanted to say this earlier but I'm not rich. My father is only a junior class trainer and my mother works part time at a bakery." "Well even if you ain't rich I don't swing that way. Also how do you explain 2 Pokemon ain't no way your family could afford 2 decent Pokemon maybe 1 if they emptied the bank account, so what gives."(picture)

Right as I was about to explain my family bought eggs a familiar tall lanky blonde woman walked on stage. "Hello, my name is Mrs Scott I will be your advisor and will be working with you through your academic journey here. We gather all 500 1st years a day before the rest of the student so that we can show you around so none of you have an excuse for being late during classes tomorrow as well as get you all situated in your dorms for those that are living on campus. Is before we leave and I show you around the director of this academy Mr Oliver will address you."

Just then he teleports right beside her. "Thank you Mrs Scott, now students I do not believe in long winded speeches. No I believe in results actions and facts so I will share 3 facts with you now. Of the 500 of you the average graduation class size is about 100. Of the 100 an average of 70 of you will survive your first 3 years of being a trainer. If the remaining 70 only a handful of you will surpass the rank of junior trainer. I say this not to scare you or crush dreams but becuase I'm tired of seeing young men and women die by overestimating themselves. So if you are serious about this life you have chosen the train like your very life depends on it becuase it does." Over whelming silence overtook the room before the director teleported away and vanished just as quickly as he appeared. With that Mrs Scott directed all of us out to show us around.

During 3 hours walking around a campus I was able to explain my situation better to Vinny who seemed heavily impressed and amused that I would risk getting 2 eggs instead of a proven yellow potential Pokemon. Sara also joined our group much to Vinny chagrin. I wasn't dense I had an inkling to why she may be following us around and talking to us(mostly me ). But even if I'm in a child's body I have the mind of an adult and I'm no pedo. I wasn't interested in being with anyone under the age of 18. Afterwards we were taken to have lunch before the tour would finish with her leading those who needed them to the dormitory where we would meet with an upperclassman who would be the R.A. And help us find a room.

"Hey Elsa why don't you go sit with the girls and let the boys have some time to talk." "Ha ha very funny Vincent just keep using the same joke , but no I'm quite comfortable here" Sara replied. "Alright Mismagius but you know Lukey boy here ain't rich those 2 pokeballs don't mean shit so why don't you skedaddle. I'm sure your pretty face can find another rich pretty boy to latch onto before lunch is over." I was just sitting watching this whole scene play out in front of me. Partly due to entertainment and partly due to not wanting to get involved.

It was a pretty full roof strategy until Sara asked. " is that how you feel to Lucas? if you want me to go all you have to do is ask for it and you'll never see my face again." 'Shit now I'm involved' I thought. I sighed " honestly I have no idea Sara becuase I don't know you just like you don't know me. But I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt just tell me why you seem so interested in me becuase Vinny has a point it doesn't really add up." "Well I just got a good feeling from you. Like I could sense your a good person I guess and I wanted to be friends I'm sorry if I was bothering you. I just never had a friend before" She spoke slowly." The last part got to me I also didn't have any real friends in this new life and barely any in my last. " I also don't have any friends I was homeschooled this is my first time actually spending time with people my age. I would like it if we could become friends too." Vinny started making gagging noises loudly. He stopped when I turned to him and asked " she's not the only one like I said earlier I find your personality refreshing. Your not afraid to speak your mind. So I'd like if we could become friends too." "Yea sure whatever Lukey boy just don't you go and start crying or trying to hug me." ' 'You know this is nice. Only took 8 years but looks like I made my first friends' I thought.

Once we were done with lunch we went to the dormitory. There was one large main entrance and lobby with a door on each side listed Girl, and Boys respectively. On the girls side my eyes instantly were drawn to the all to recognizable red headed girl even if she was wearing a school uniform and looked slightly younger then her canon self. "Hello first years" the slightly older looking boy spoke. " I'd like to welcome you all to Cerulean academy I'm a 6th year Frank Newport here you'll learn how to become proper trainers so let's all work towards that goal. To all the boys if there is an issue or you have any questions feel free to come ask me my room is 203 which means the third door on the second floor. If I'm not there you will most likely find me in the training or battle areas." Then misty spoke up for the girls "Hello I'm Misty Williams I'm a 5th year who specializes in water type pokemon my short term goal is to won't the inter academy tournament and represent Kanto during the the international tournament. My long term goal is to become not just the first water type but also the first woman champion. I tell you this to show the level of seriousness you all should have and the type of goals you should set for yourself. My room is is 212 so if you need anything you can find me there or training in the water type training area." After the introduction both led there collective students to there designated rooms. Where we could form pairs ourselves or they would randomly assigned a roommate. Vinny and I agreed it would be better to room with each other than a random. After filling out the form. Frank handed 3 sets of the academic uniform in our size. (Picture)

After getting settled in our new room, Vinny quickly said he wanted to take a hot shower because it had been "forever since he had hot water". I told him I'd be going down to the campus office to register my Pokemon and grab them some food. The man who was helping me got a little wide eyed when he saw Eevee but continued doing his job properly. "Well Lucas it seems your pokemon have never have never been examined. I can fill out a temporary form to make sure you can have them fed until a proper form can be filled out." The man stated. "Oh I wasn't aware that they needed to be examined, can I ask why though" I asked. " oh that's becuase the school like to keep track of how quickly your Pokemon progress and how serious you seem to be training. Also we've never had a situation where a student purchases untested Pokemon before. There are also minimum set requirements that need to be met. So you will have to come in and have an examination on the weekend. I'll pencil you in for Saturday so be here for 10 am alright." I thank the man before recovering a temporary voucher before walking away with my Pokemon to go get their food. After both of them have their fill as both genuinely enjoyed the higher quality food we all return back to my new room.