It was a warm spring day in Ponyville, not much was going on, ponies were just going about their business just like any other day. But today was not just "any other day" for a couple of stallions. One of them has a red and orange flame-like mane with a slightly darker red coat, the bottom of his hooves are tan, has bright blue eyes, and is an earth pony. His name is Crimson Blaze. The other has a blue spiky mane with a light blue streak running across it, a neon blue coat, the bottom of his hooves are pure white, has moderately light blue eyes, and is a unicorn. His name is Cobalt Ocean.
Crimson was just laying around in the fields just outside of Ponyville, not having a care in the world, until his mom, Scented Candle, showed up.
"Crimson!" She called out.
"Yeah, mom?" Crimson called back.
"I just ran into Derpy at the market." Scented said.
"The Doctor's wife?" Crimson asked.
"Yes, she wanted me to tell you that the Doctor finished that thing he was working on." Scented answered.
Crimson quickly jumped up to his hooves and started to run, but he tripped on a big rock in his path.
"WHHHHHOOOOAAA!!" Crimson screamed as he fell.
He got back to his hooves again, but slowly this time.
"Crimson, you need to be more careful." Scented said, trying to help Crimson up.
"Right, sorry mom." Crimson replied. "I'll see ya back at home! Love you!"
Crimson rushed over to the Doctor's lab, then he met up with someone there, someone he knew all too well.
"Hey, Crimsey!" a blue unicorn called.
"Cobalt Ocean!" Crimson said, surprised.
"So, let me take a wild guess, Doc called you here too, huh?" Cobalt asked.
"Yeah! I heard it's finished!" Crimson answered.
"Well," Cobalt began to run to the door, "I'll see you inside!"
Crimson began to run up to him, "Hey! I'M going in first!"
They burst through the door, shoving each other.
"Hey, hey! What's going on?" a brown earth pony asked.
They looked at the earth pony and said, "Doctor Whooves!" They quickly ran up to him, "Is it true? Is it done?" Crimson quickly asked.
"Yes. Derpy, if you may?" Doctor Whooves said.
"Sure, hubby." Derpy replied, carrying a box.
Derpy gave Doctor Whooves the box and popped the lid off, inside lay two devices.
"Is that..." Cobalt began.
"Yes, the National Dex." Doctor Whooves said. "It will automatically record any Pokémon you catch."
"Science is really awesome! Eh, Cobalt?" Crimson said.
"Mmmmm, science is little nerdy for me." Cobalt replied in an uninterested tone.
"Of course you would think that." Crimson stated flatly.
"Anyway, you will each receive one National Dex. I want you two to complete the National Dex so Equestria has an encyclopedia of all the Pokémon in the land." Doctor Whooves explained.
"Wait, didn't the Pokémon come from-"
"Yes, they came from many other regions, Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, and Kalos. The Pokémon somehow made their way to Equestria, and they were really friendly, well, for the most part. The Princesses introduced them to Equestria after they've done some research on the region that they came from." Doctor Whooves explained once again, this time, interrupting Crimson in the process.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's nice and all, but Doc, you didn't forget your promise, right?" Cobalt said, trying to avoid a history lesson.
"Oh, yes Cobalt, I haven't forgotten." Doctor Whooves replied.
The group walked over to a nearby table, on top of it lies three Pokémon.
"The Spiny Nut Pokémon, Chespin."
"The Fox Pokémon, Fennekin."
"The Bubble Frog Pokémon, Froakie." Doctor Whooves said, naming the starter Pokémon.
"Looks like it's just Kalos starters." Cobalt commented. "How bout you go first, Crimsey? I don't wanna feel like I'm greedy."
"Ok, I know which one I'll choose." Crimson declared, walking towards the middle Poké Ball.
"Ah, Fennekin. Why him?" Doctor Whooves said.
"You see, my dad gave me the name, 'Crimson Blaze', because he wanted me to treat those I love with heart and burning passion, especially, one who I would one day call, 'My Very Special Somepony'. Like that's ever gonna happen!" Crimson explained.
"Yeah! Crimson's no ladies man!" Cobalt commented as a cruel joke.
"That's really mean, Cobalt." Derpy stated, taking account of Cobalt's rudeness.
Crimson threw his Poké Ball and out came his new partner, Fennekin.
"My own Pokémon!" Crimson said.
"Well, Cobalt, are you choose Froakie because your name is another word for the color blue?" Doctor Whooves asked.
"If you ask me, that's a pretty lame reason to choose a Pokémon." Cobalt half-answered snidely. "But since Crimson chose fire, I'm going with water!"
Cobalt threw his Poké Ball and his Froakie came out.
"Ha-ha!" Cobalt laughed.
"Now, Crimson, Cobalt, you can give your Pokémon it's own nickname if you want." Doctor Whooves commented.
"Hmm, Nah, I'll keep the name Fennekin." Crimson said.
"Yeah, I'll do the same with my Froakie." Cobalt agreed.
"Wait a moment..." Doctor Whooves said, walking over to Crimson. "This Fennekin isn't a 'he', it's a 'she!' Crimson, you have rare starter!"
"Really?!" Crimson asked, astonished.
"Wait, what about my Froakie?" Cobalt asked.
"Hmm, no, Froakie is a male." Doctor Whooves said flatly.
"Oh." Cobalt said, disappointed. "Well, Crimsey, why don't we give these bad boys a test run?"
"Fennekin's a girl, Cobalt." Crimson deadpanned.
"Eh, never mind, I don't want a flimsy girl to be mashed to bits by a macho guy." Cobalt said, insulting Fennekin.
"Hey! A girl can do whatever a guy can do, Cobalt!" Crimson stated, in all seriousness.
"Heh, sure they can. Anyway, now that I have my own Pokémon, I'm going to show the land of Equestria what Cobalt Ocean can really do!" Cobalt said.
Cobalt rushed to the door, leaving Crimson behind.
"Cobalt, it's ok for you to try and make it big, but don't forget my request!" Doctor Whooves shouted out to Cobalt.
"No worries! I got this, Doc!" Cobalt shouted back as he went out the door.
"Well, Crimson, you better get going." Doctor Whooves said. "And don't forget to let your mom know about your journey as a Pokémon Trainer."
"Right!" Crimson agreed.