POKéMON: The Next Journey

Taylor Bay woke up. Finally. After ten whole years of waiting, it was time.

He stretched, pulled on his black and yellow hat and swung on a hoodie a sling bag, a scarf, and ski goggles in the sling bag. He kicked his feet into some sneakers, with enough allowance for his growing feet and he set his Extransceiver on.

Taylor lived in Nuvema Town in the Unova region, with his mom. He had brown, spiky hair slick back, yet still messy. His skin was Caucasian-colored, and was of regular build.

He shook his sleepiness off with a jump in the air, his hands touching the orange ceiling. He stared at a Pokémon poster stuck carefully on his left wall. It showed a picture of a Staraptor, flying high in the sky. It was a beautiful painting, it was soaring high above the clouds, with freedom, joy, fear, and excitement all lit in the Pokémon's beak. Ever since Taylor was small, he just loved flying. From airplanes to flying Pokémon, he just loved the cool breeze blasting across his face. After motivating himself, he ran downstairs.

"Good morning dear! How was your sleep?" asked Mrs. Bay.

"It was awesome mom! I'm really ready now!"

Taylor, full of energy ran to the door, with his hand grasping on the handle, ready to burst outside.

"Aren't you forgetting something?"

"I forgot to hug you?"

"Nope."

"Take a bath? I took a bath last night!"

"That's no excuse Taylor. But not that."

"Er, I dunno."

"It's early morning, what do you do?"

"Pray?"

"Yes, but no."

"Breakfast?"

"Give my child a prize! Tay, how could you forget?"

"I'm too excited mom…"

"I know honey. But eat first. How will you have energy?"

"I know that mom. I'm just too excited!"

"Come here, sit down."

Taylor obeyed. He went to the dining table, and sat down on the chair. He stared at the empty plate.

"Here you go dear!"

Mrs. Bay brought in breakfast. Bacon, eggs, orange juice, the works.

"Wow, thanks mom!"

Taylor messily gobbled up his breakfast.

"Alright thanks mom! See you soon mom!"

"I love you darling! Enjoy your adventure!"

Taylor pecked his mom on the cheek and broke into a run. He burst out of the door.

"Pokémon, here I come!"

Professor Juniper's lab lived one block next to the Bay's house.

"Hi! I'm Taylor Bay, and I'm here to become a fresh new Pokémon Trainer!"

"Oh, Professor Juniper was expecting you. Right this way."

Taylor followed the aide to the room where Professor Juniper waited.

"Oh hi there! How are you Taylor? I haven't seen you since you were small! Well, are you excited that you'll start your journey as a Pokémon trainer?"

"Of course I am Professor!"

"Okay! So Taylor, I have three Pokémon here. Go Tepig, Oshawott, and Snivy!"

Tepig, Pig! (Wha-what? Should I be awake? Never mind. Act energetic!)

Osha, Osha, Oshawott! (Hi! Giggle…)

Sniiivy! (Hey there!)

"So Taylor," said Professor Juniper, "pick your starter Pokémon! Choose wisely!"

"Hmmm…"

Taylor thought carefully. Tepig looked very energetic. Seems like a good choice, thought Taylor. But Oshawott is so cute… But look at Snivy, its just awesome! This is just too hard.

Taylor decided.

"Professor Juniper, I pick Snivy!"

"Okay then! Here's your Snivy! And here's your Pokéballs."

Professor Juniper handed him Snivy inside stored in a shining red-and-white Pokéball, and a box with five Pokéballs inside.

"Here's your Pokédex. It's already upgraded into National mode, which means you can capture Pokémon from different regions, not only here in Unova."

Professor Juniper handed a sleek black Pokédex to Taylor.

"Thanks a lot Professor! I'm super ready to start!"

"Alright good luck Taylor!"

"Yes Professor, bye!"

Taylor zipped out of Professor Juniper's lab.

As he ran outside, he noticed a shining Pokémon, encircled by pure majestic flame flying up above the sky.

"Wow! Look at that Snivy! A flying Pokémon. I wonder what it is."

Sniiivy. (What is that?)

Taylor pulled out his Pokédex.

"Reshiram. The Vast White Pokémon. It appears in legends. It sends flames around into the air from its tail, burning everything around it," said the Pokédex monotonously.

"Awesome! A Reshiram! Well, we gotta go now Snivy, don't we? We got a lot of stuff to do if we want to become a Pokemon Master?"

To be continued…

Hey guys, here. This is basically my first ever fanfic. I normally dislike fanfics but I decided to write my first one, to relax myself from the novel I'm writing. So I hope you enjoy, and please if you see any boring parts, or errors, I'll try my best to make it better!

Oh and please take notice: When I place the translation of the Pokemon, the trainer doesn't understand what it's saying. The translation is for comedic purposes meant for the reader.

Another note: I've been given some reviews stating that it was based a lot on Ash, and yes it was based on Ash. But there will be differences as the chapters go by. I've also reconstructed the Reshiram part, it was kinda like the Ho-oh which Ash and May saw when they started the journey. I've been also given a review saying that it was too Ash like, adding the legendary Pokemon, and I should remove it but it's part of the final chapters, so I can't. Sorry bout that.

Hope you enjoy!