Chapter 1

A young man sets out on a journey to find adventure. But will he find more than he bargained for? Only time will tell...

Disclaimer: i do not own pokemon.

A spirited beginning.

It was december 13th, a friday when this all began. And it was cold and snowy, but thats just what happened to be the day after his birthday. And so disregarding superstition a young man by the name of Vince set out from his house on this cold and frosty friday.

He was bundled in clothes making him seem ridiculously top heavy, his camoflage insulated pants keeping his legs warm, his shoes were tough, made to keep water out, amongst other things.

The jacket he wore was a dark grey color with a red stripe where the zipper was, it had a two pockets on the chest and two for his actual hands, which were covered by fingerless gloves.

His jacket was zipped up and he had his hood on, but what we could see of his face was that he had a beard growing in, not too long. And that he was wearing sunglasses and a camo hat.

As vince trudges through the snow along route 4 going back he though about what he was doing. Thought about what had him in this situation in the first place. His father was always busy now. His mother... Dead.

She had died 8 years ago when a pokemon battle went awry. A charizard had been facing a ghastly. And when ghastly used confused ray charizard tried to use flamethrower.

Charizard missed horribly and had struck a tree, starting a forest fire.

Vince's mother, Carol had been out gathering berries with Vince. His family had always had a close bond with pokemon. Wild and tamed.

So when carol saw the flames she looked at the pokemon running and asked them to take her child to safety. A passing vaporeon nodded and Carol put the young Vince on her back. The fire had gotten close and smoke had been everywhere. It eventually caused Vince to black out. And when he woke up he was being shaken by the vaporeon at the side of a nearby lake. The forest fire was a mere memory by this time...

Though they never found carol's body... Or so they told Vince. Firemen took him home where Vince's father had just burst into the house. They told him the news and he cried for some time. Vince went to his father, Jeremy, and they simply stayed their. It wasn't until 5 years later Vince truly knew why his father had been crying.

Jeremy was a pokemon researcher in one of the labs around the world. Often journeying from one lab to another to help the professors. He wasn't home much. But he sent money to make sure Vince was fed.

Now, at the age of 19, vince wasn't going to wait any longer to go on his pokemon journey. He had no pokemon of his own yet, but he did have some forest pokemon in the nearby forest he was friends with. He was sure one of them would happily accompany him.

Vince trudged through the snowy banks towards the nearest pokémon research center. And he found the proffesor was out, but one of the aides gave him a pokégear and when vince refused a started he was given six pokeballs.

"God it's so bloody fucking cold!" Vince said as he struggled against the wind back to the cabin his father bought some time ago, of which only vince actually lived in year round.

As he trudged back to the house he instead went around and into the forest out back.

"Time to find someone who wants to go on an adventure with me." He said as he walked around trees, using them to block as much wind as he could.

He kept walking, the snow crunching beneath the heel of his shoes, every step flinging a little up and in front of him.

Soon he saw something between the trees, 'is that... A little girl?' Vince thought to himself.

He ran through the snow, flinging it everywhere until he found a girl, shivering in the snow and slightly blue.

"Maryn! I thought you would be asleep this time of year! What are you, nevermind, i gotta get you warm." Vince said as he picked her up, unzipped his coat and tucked her inside, holding her chill body in his arms as he carefully zipped his coat back up. He shivered as he felt her chill through his shirt. He quickly ran back to the house, one arm pulled into his jacket to support maryn.

Inside the cabin he unzipped his coat, revealing his black shirt, tucked into his insulated camo cargo pants and the still shivering form of a girl.

Vince quickly started a fire and wrapped maryn in a blanket. He held her tight as she sat in his lap before the fire, slowly defrosting.

Vince held her tight, "Maryn... What were you doing out in the cold like that?"

Maryn sniffled for more than just being cold as she hugged Vince tight and started to cry into his chest.

Vince smiled a little as he pulled his sunglasses off. Having forgot he was wearing them until then, and maryn looked into his eyes, seeing them shift in color from a concerned dark blue to a more happy aquamarine.

"You wanted to be the one i took on my journey didn't you?" Vince asked Maryn.

She simply nodded and curled up in his lap under the blanket as vince pet the little black haired girl's hair.

And so thats how the night passed, when Vince finally fell asleep on the floor, his hand resting on the girls head, Maryn yawned and shivered, still a little cold, she snuggled against Vince's chest and pulled the blanket around them. Soon Maryn was quietly snoring as if to mimic vince's own loud snoring.