June 17th, 2011
Excerpt from Pokemon Trainer Justin's Journal:
So... Today was pretty awesome.
My girlfriend, Renee, she's up in Driftveil right now, trying to train up for Clay. And she's been begging me to start my journey soon.
And today, on our monthiversery, I received my first Pokemon! It's... It's insane. I'm a trainer now. Professor Juniper dropped off a box at my house in the morning while I was sleeping, and when I woke up, Cheren was telling me to hurry up. Bianca took forever, as usual.
And I met Albus, the Oshawott. Bianca chose the Tepig, whom she named Porkchop, and Cheren got stuck with Snivy, whom he named Julian.
And there was a battle! Our first battle! It was so cool; Albus is a wrecking machine! He was just a flurry of attacks; and we won!
We headed over to Juniper's lab, but Bianca had to talk to her dad. I don't know why, we all knew her dad would make thigns ten times more difficult than it needed to be. But she went home, and I followed, to make sure she was alright. Her dad was yelling at her again, and Bianca was close to tears. She ran out, and I followed suite.
Cheren was waiting and Juniper's Lab, so when Bianca and I got there, we immediately went in. She gave us our Pokedexes, which is pretty cool. Then she asked us to meet her at Route 1, and she headed out.
Cheren, Bianca, and I decided to take our first steps into our journey together. Juniper wasn't very far away, and she immediately called us over. She had found a Patrat, and, with her Minccino, she caught it. As a demonstration, you know?
She gave us Pokeballs so that we could catch our own Pokemon, and said she'd meet us in the next city. I guess she was feeling really couped up in Nuvema. We probably should have followed her, but Bianca offered a bet. Whoever could catch the most Pokemon by the time we got to Accumula Town.
And we were off. Cheren and Bianca went up further ahead, and I stayed behind. I wanted to see what I could catch near my hometown, so I could go home and heal up a bit with mom. I caught a Patrat, whom I named Looker after the famous police guy who helped Dawn, Lucas and Barry save Sinnoh, and a Lillipup that I named Pronto. It seemed fitting.
I've been training Albus quite a bit too, trying to build up his attack. The Patrat and Lillipup in the area seem to be pretty good practice for Albus' attack.
And that's all I've been doing. Maybe I'll start training Looker and Pronto soon, but for now, I'm focusing on Albus.
Team Go!
Albus, M lv. 13
Looker, M lv. 4
Pronto, M lv. 4