Thirthy Minutes Before: Slateport City, Hotel.
"Luke, you're going to be late! Take Growly and the money with you and get to the harbor already!", his mother said to Luke. Luke glanced at her, then sighed. He was already sick with the long boat ride from Sootopolis to Slateport, and now this.
"Do I really have to go? Why can't I just go on an epic journey with Growly and capture some new Pokémon?", Luke sighed. He wished he could do that, but...
"No, it's too dangerous. When you're fifteen, we'll allow you to go. If you still want to, that is...", his father chuckled. That was all his parents said when he asked them if he could travel around the world, catching Pokémon.
"Of course I will.", Luke said. "come on, Growlithe. We'll have to get to Slateport.", Luke sighed again, then went out the door.
At the Slateport Harbor
"Everybody! Listen up!”, Luke assumed it came from the front of the harbor. Wow, that guy had a loud voice. Luke kept walking to the harbor and glanced at his watch. He had made it a few minutes before the boat left.
“Welcome to the S.S. Tidal! I’m your captain for this voyage, and you play by my rules!”, the captain boomed over all of the loud noise in the harbor. "There is NO idiotic behavior on this boat! Do you understand? There is NO battling on this boat!". Luke was alarmed, as everyone else was. He loved battling, though he wasn't the best at it, but that's what school is. Teaching you how to get better at things.
“If you have an urge to battle, take it to the Battling Deck, located on the west side of the ship! There is NO diving, NO feeding the Wingulls, NO, No..". Luke lost count of how many NO's the captain had said. Finally, the captain stopped.
"Are you ready?!", the captain boomed. Luke smiled. At last, the captain had stopped his stupid, massive set of rules. The other children were practically going crazy with excitement, but not Luke. I mean, he hated boat rides, he didn't want to go to school, what else could go wrong?
Luke waited for the other people to go on the ship, then entered the boat itself. While going inside, he saw writing in blue saying S.S. Tidal.
The name of the ship...Luke thought as he entered the ship. As he entered, he saw three people talking to each other. Obviously friends. Luke looked at them, then turned to a café. He wanted some friends too. It would help ease his seasickness and maybe the boring feeling he would get when he entered the school.
If I can make any friends...Luke sighed. If he could make any friends...