Chapter 1

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Although he has been old enough to train pokémon for six years, his parents wanted him to stay at home until he was sixteen. However, they did let him get a Bulbasaur from Professor Ivy at the Valencia Pokémon Research Center. Even though he didn't travel off the island, he still trained with his Bulbasaur (now an Ivysaur) and studied all about the art of training pokémon under the guidance of the professor. Today, he is finally turning sixteen and tomorrow he will begin his journey....</B></div> <div> "Zeth, have you packed for your pokémon journey yet?"</div> <div> Zeth Raltier looked up from the television. "Mom, I've been packed for two days now! You know I can hardly wait for tomorrow!"</div> <div> "Ok, Zeth, just wanted to make sure. Dinner is in five minutes, so go wash up. Then after dinner, we'll open presents."</div> <div> Zeth took one last look at the program he was watching, a broadcast of the Indigo pokémon League Games. At the moment, some kid's Pikachu was KO'd by a Bellsprout. <I>Wow, strong Bellsprout</I>, thought Zeth. <I>This kid's gonna need a lot of luck to beat that plant</I>. Just then the kid - Ash Ketchum, according to the scoreboard on the screen - pulled out a Muk and smothered the killer weed. <I>Well, Muk does rhyme with luck. </I>He turned off the TV then went to wash his hands for dinner...</div> <div> Dinner was good, the cake - better, but the presents were the best of all: six new pokéballs to replace the six-year-old ones he had, a black, upgraded pokédex complete with translation capability, and to top it off - an ultra ball, for the really hard to catch pokémon. "Wow, an ultra ball, that must have cost a lot! Thanks so much!" </div> <div> Zeth spent the rest of the evening testing out his new pokédex with his Ivysaur. "Okay, Florio, say something and let's see if this translation option works."</div> <div> {What should I say?} the pokédex translated the words almost as fast as Florio said them. </div> <div> Zeth laughed, "Interesting question, but it works." He noticed the clock. "Whoa, its getting late. Let's get some sleep before we begin our journey."</div> <div> Zeth woke up early the next morning, eager to begin. He flew down the steps like a missile and nearly collided with his dad. After bolting down his food, he raced toward the door and barely managed to stop himself when he heard his mom call him. "Yeah Mom? What is it? I want to get going ASAP."</div> <div> "Prof. Ivy wanted to see you before you leave, Zeth. She said it was important."</div> <div> "Okay, I'll go there first." Zeth ran up the road to the research center at top speed. He arrived at the door and had to catch his breath before he could ring the bell. One of the professor's three aides answered the door. "Hi, my mom said that Prof. Ivy wanted to see me before I left. Where is she?"</div> <div> "She's in the back with the Vileplume," she answered. Since he was tired from running, Zeth walked to the back of the lab, and spotted Ivy rubbing some kind of lotion on a Vileplume's cut. </div> <div> "Professor, did you want to see me?"</div> <div> "Yes, I did Zeth. I wanted to give you another pokémon for your journey. I know I already gave you your Ivysaur; but since you have had to wait for six years, I feel that you should have another." Professor Ivy handed Zeth a pokéball. "Here, take this Eevee. I know you will do an excellent job of training it."</div> <div> "Thanks Professor Ivy, I've always wanted an Eevee." Zeth let the little fox-like pokémon out of its pokéball. "Hello Eevee, how are you." Zeth pulled out his pokédex to translate. </div> <div> {I'm fine, how are you?} Eevee asked.</div> <div> "I'm fine too," Zeth said with a smile. "Come on Eevee, let's go" On the way out, Zeth noticed a strange pokéball. "Trying out a new type of pokéball, Professor?"</div> <div> "You mean the GS ball? We've been trying to figure out how it works, but so far we can't even open it!"</div> <div> "Well, good luck on that. It does give me an idea though. I think I'll paint my pokéballs blue instead of red so I can tell them apart from everyone else's." They reached the door. "See you later. Try to keep the place clean while I'm away, 'cause I won't be around to pick things up for you."</div> <div> "You know that's impossible," called one of the aides as Zeth ran to the airfield.</div> <bR> <div> Zeth's parents and friends were all there to meet him at the airfield. "Bye guys, I'll stay in touch."</div> <div> "One more thing Zeth," said his father, handing him a video cellular phone. "Here's another present for you. Now it will be easy to stay in touch." Zeth thanked his parents and started up the ramp. "Call us all the time."</div> <div> "I will," Zeth called back as he reached the top. He turned and stepped into the blimp, ready to face whatever challenges he must on his journey to become a pokémon master....</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>