Welcome to Pokemon!
Somewhere far away, there is a world like ours. People live normal lives in the cities and towns around the world.
The world is also inhabited by strange creatures only known as Pokémon. They come in many shapes, forms and types but they all share a biological connection to each other.
Pokémon and humans live together in several regions all across the world. Some people have Pokémon for pets, others try to use them for battling. The relationship between people and Pokémon is one of friendship, trust, and respect. Scientists have tried to study Pokémon for years they have never uncovered all the secrets of Pokémon.
And first we come here, to the Equestrian Region. It is one of the larger regions and has many Pokémon. It has several towns and cities and is one of the only regions to have Two Pokémon League Champions.
But now we head to the town of Ponyville. Where one of the brightest of Pokémon Professors live, Professor Twilight Sparkle. She’s renown in the world of Science for her extraordinary research on Pokémon. She once lived in Canterlot but now lives in Ponyville after she was requested by one of the Pokémon League Champions to help young Pokémon trainers in a smaller town. She was uneasy at first but she has now settled in with some new friends.
She’s responsible for giving the children of Ponyville there starter Pokémon. They can choose from a selection of three Pokémon. A Fire type, a water type and a grass type. There are many different starter Pokémon and they are sent once a month by the Pokémon League.
But she doesn’t live alone. She has her own Pokémon nicknamed Owlowiscious, a HootHoot, and a young boy named Spike.
Spike had been with Twilight ever since he could remember. He helped her as she learned more and more on Pokémon and when she finally became a Pokémon Professor. When Twilight moved he was still relatively young so he didn’t miss Canterlot a lot and made new friends in Ponyville.
Okay, now that that is finished, onto the story!
As the sun neared its peak of midday, the boy named Spike mentioned before was sleeping upstairs above Twilight’s laboratory. He slept in his bed as the sun warmed his room nicely, letting him sleep comfortably.
Spike’s room had a single bed with a bedside table that had a clock and a green and white cap with a poke ball in the middle. He had a large glass door which lead to a balcony, and had several shelves of books opposite to his bed. There was a closet of clothes opposite to the glass door as well as the bedroom’s main door.
Spike eyes fluttered open and he yawned. He began to sit up and stretch his back. He smiled as he looked at his bedside clock, which quickly changed his reaction from pleasant to panic.
“Oh no!” He yelled as he quickly threw his blanket away and jumped up and rushed for his closet.
He rushed himself as he dressed himself in his usual clothes. He wore a green shirt with purple pants and a purple jacket. He tied his purple sneakers as fast as possible before quickly grabbing his hat and rushing out the door to the bathroom.
He stumbled as he tried to brush his teeth and then comb his green hair in the shortest time before accomplishing his appearance, slapping his hat on and running out of the bathroom before making his way down the stairs.
He jumped down the last step to see the laboratory that took up most of the first floor, with a huge glint of hope in his eye.
“Sorry Spike, I just gave away the last starter Pokémon.”
Spike was greeted by Professor Twilight Sparkle, wearing her usual lab coat with a purple shirt underneath and her dark purple hair, with one strip lavender and another pink.
“Again!?” Spike yelled.
“Yes, you slept in again.” Twilight said.
Spike just sighed in disappointment and lowered his head.
“How long has this been happening to me, two months now?” Spike asked.
“Two months and two weeks actually.” Twilight said as she walked over to Spike. She smiled at him and gave him a hug.
“Don’t worry, you’ll get a Pokémon one day.”
“Yeah, I know.” Spike said with slight doubt in his voice.
“Come on, I’ll make you some pancakes.” Twilight said, Spike’s smile instantly rose.
“Thanks Twilight.” Spike said.
Twilight walked to the kitchen and pulled out some pancake mix while Spike walked back upstairs to his bedroom to finish one of the Pokémon books he recently got.
Twilight eventually finished two stacks of pancakes and placed them on the table.
“Spike! Pancakes!”
Spike moved at lightning speed down to the table. Twilight giggled at Spike’s childish behaviour before eating some of the pancakes herself.
“Twilight, I think I’m going to need a new clock.”
“What do you mean Spike? Your clock’s perfectly fine.” Twilight said.
“Well every time I set an alarm on it, it never goes off. I end up waking up late and all the starters are gone.” Spike says.
“Hmm, tell you what, I’ll go in town later today and see what’s wrong with your clock.” Twilight said.
“Thanks Twi, for the pancakes and fixing my clock.” Spike said eat a pancake whole.
“You’re welcome Spike.” Twilight said.
Once the pancakes were finished, Twilight offered to do the dishes while Spike would head over to Sweet Apple acres to get some more apples as they were fresh out.
Spike walked outside to see the town’s people out and about. He smiled as he walked down the street seeing several people and their Pokémon going on with their day.
He was so distracted with the day that he didn’t see the person in front of him, and of course he bumped into them; he fell on his rump with an ‘oof!’
“Sorry about that.”
“You should be you big loser!”
Oh Arceus.
Spike looked up to see someone he doesn’t particularly enjoy seeing. It was a girl about his age, wearing a pink dress, sparkling fake pink high heels, diamond earrings and a silver tiara.
“Hey Diamond Tiara.” Spike said as he got himself up.
“Watch where you’re going next time, you have any idea how much this dress costs?” She asked him.
“A check from your daddy?” Spike asked, smiling to himself.
“Hmpf, at least I can have stuff like this. You don’t even have a
Pokemon!” She said.
“Neither do you.” Spike replied.
Diamond just smiled and laughed as she bumped Spike out of the way.
“Don’t need to wait for one, my daddy says he’s going to buy me the most beautiful starting Pokémon ever! Ha! Later loser!” She laughed and laughed as she walked away from Spike. He clenched his fist in anger before walking back on track.
He soon left the town’s streets and houses and found himself on a dirt path with apple trees and a white wooden fence in the distance. He smiled as he could smell the fresh baked apples from the smooth breeze that was blowing, probably Granny Smith making an apple baked dish again.
He walked through the gate a headed for the apple trees. Either Applejack or Applebloom would probably be somewhere there to give him his apples. He guessed right as he found another girl his age next to an apple tree. She wore blue overalls, a yellow t-shirt with a massive red bow in her red hair.
“Hey Applebloom!” Spike yelled.
The girl turned to see Spike and waved back at him.
“Hey Spike, what bring you ‘round here?” She asks him.
“Twilight sent me to get some apples from you guys.”
“Ah, well we better go get Applejack. She’s with the Ponyta.” Applebloom said as she led the way.
Spike followed Applebloom until they could see a white fence through the apple trees. Were they came across several Ponyta’s grazing in the grass.
“You sure have a lot of Ponyta’s.” Spike said leaning on the fence.
“Eeyup! Were the best in the business!” Applebloom said with pride.
“So where’s Applejack?” Spike asked.
“Right here sugarcube.”
Spike looked to his right to see a girl the same age as Twilight sitting on a Rapidash with a saddle. She wore an orange buttoned shirt with white lines, blue jeans, brown boots, and a big Stetson hat. She also had large yellow hair tied in a red band at the end.
“Nice to see you again Applejack.” Spike said as he walked up to the Rapidash, The Pokemon whining happily and rubbing his snot into Spike’s chest.
“Looks like Rapidash here missed ya.” Applejack chuckled.
“He sure did.” Spike said as he patted the snout.
“So, ya here for tha apples?” Applejack asked.
“Yep.” Spike said.
“Ah thought so.” Applejack said as she jumped off Rapidash and opened one of the saddlebags. She pulled out a bag of an assortment of apples and handed it to Spike.
“Here ya go. One bag of fresh apple family apples.”
“Thanks Applejack, these look great. As usual.” Spike complemented.
“Ya welcome Spike, now ya better get back to Twilight. She’s gonna send a search party if ya a minute late.” Applejack joked.
“That sounds like Twilight.” Applebloom said, all the three had a good laugh at the joke.
“Applebloom, why dontcha help Spike outta here while I go find Big Mac and Winona and see how their doin’ with the Miltank.” Applejack said before she jumped back onto Rapidash and trotted off.
“Come on Spike, time’s a wastin’.” Applebloom said. Spike nodded and the two walked away.
As they walked, Applebloom brought up a particular topic.
“Ya know it’s a week before I turn ten. And I get my first Pokemon.”
“Oh yeah. But I thought you already had a Pokemon of your own, you living on a farm and everything.” Spike said.
“Yeah, but all of tha Pokemon belong ta my siblings and Granny Smith to. This is when ah get my first Pokemon.” Applebloom explained.
“Ah; well I know the next Pokémon we get is in two weeks. And I think we get is Froakie, Turtwig and Torchic.” Spike explained.
“Ah thought ya still had two Pokemon with ya?” Applebloom asked.
“Me to, but Twilight told me she had already given it to other trainers this morning.”
“Broken alarm again?” Applebloom asked like she knew.
“Yep.”
“Well darn, ah wanted to get Mudkip.”
“Sorry Applebloom. You could wait but I don’t know when we’ll get another one from the Pokemon League.” Spike told her.
“Nah, it’s okay. Any Pokemon is fine by me.” She said.
The two reached the end of the farm, with Spike waving goodbye to Applebloom who was waving from the gate. Spike walked on the path back to Ponyville, unaware of the Aipom that plotted to steal said apples from him.
Spike saw the town’s first buildings in the horizon, glad that his trek was almost over. The bag of apples was slung over his shoulder as he happily walked down the path. But his vision was blinded as he felt something on his shoulders.
“Hey, what the-“He pulled his off of his eyes to see an Aipom dancing in front of him while holding the apples.
“Hey! Give those back!” Spike yelled. The Aipom blew a raspberry at him before running towards the Everfree forest, Spike chasing the Pokemon thief.
The Aipom laughed all the way as Spike tried to grab it, but it was too quick for him. The Aipom jumped with its strength and grabbed a branch of a tree and disappeared into the Everfree forest; Spike, being the loyal friend he is to Twilight, decided to continue pursuing the Aipom.
Spike hopes became less and less as he pushed branches and bushes out of the way but the purple Pokémon became a purple blob barely seen. He wouldn’t give up though and kept on running, but he was running out of breath.
Spike couldn’t keep up anymore and stopped when he got to one of the many dirt paths of the Everfree, he stopped as he had ran out of breath and grabbed his knees.
“He got away…Twilight’s going to be so-“
Spike stopped short of finishing that sentence as he heard the tall grass behind him rustle. He immediately turned around to see something coming straight for him through the grass.
“Oh no.” Spike said as he braced for whatever Pokemon jumped out at him. He took a deep breath as the Pokemon got closer and closer towards him. But he was quickly surprised as to what it was.
It wasn’t any of the usual forest Pokemon, it wasn’t even a Pokemon usually found in other parts of Equestria.
It was a Charmander.
Spike looked amazing as the little orange Pokemon ran out of the grass at a great speed, but dug its little feet into the ground to stop. Spike looked in awe as the Pokemon seemed to catch its breath; which looked up and jumped in fright at the sight of a human.
Neither of the two seemed to move as each looked as scared as the other, thinking there next move should include running away from the other in fear of injury.
Spike looked at the little Pokemon but noticed that the tall grass behind it was moving towards him again, except it was much bigger this time. The Charmander noticed Spike’s gaze and looked behind him, and immediately remembered what he was running away from. The Charmander jumped towards Spike and turned around, scared for its life.
Spike raised his eyebrow as the Charmander jumped but immediately left his curiosity behind as he saw a terrifying sight. Three Mightyenas, teeth sharp and not looking very happy.
The Mightyenas growled and barked at the two in front of them, and slowly closing in on them. Spike and the Charmander looked at each other with the exact same thought.
Run.
The two sprinted down the path away from the Everfree Mountain and towards Ponyville, the Mightyenas hot on their trail. Spike looked back to see the Pokemon pursuers, and his face got paler immediately. Spike looked at the Charmander and it was struggling to keep up with him; he didn’t notice it before but he saw several scratches on the Charmanders body, and guessed the Mightyenas were coming to finish the job.
Spike was quick to react as he could practically feel the Mightyenas chomp right behind, and picked up the Charmander and pushed his legs to the limit. Spike made a shield for the Charmander while also trying to avoid setting his clothes on fire with the Charmanders tail.
“Don’t worry little guy, I’ll protect ya.” Spike said as his adrenaline pumped his legs to run even faster, gaining some distance from the Mightyenas.
The Charmander looked up at the human boy that was trying to save him, the look on the boy’s face showed he seemed to be as in as much pain as he was, but he was still saving him.
Spike’s whole body was red and legs began to ache but the adrenaline in his body ignored the pain and He kept running. Spike was really hoping he would soon find Fluttershy’s cottage, or the Mightyena might make chow out of him and the Charmander.
“Fluttershy!” Spike cried.
Outside of the Everfree was a small cottage, were several small Pokemon were flocking and enjoying their day around it. The person who owned the cottage was another girl that was as tall as Twilight and Applejack who wore a yellow shirt, pink skirt and had long pink hair. She was currently taking care of an Ursaring that usually visited.
“Do you feel better Mr.Ursaring?” She asked, the Pokemon growling in gratitude as she wrapped a bandage around its arm.
“You should stop trying to battle all the Pokemon you see. You’re going to get seriously hurt again.” She told the Ursaring, who responded with a growl.
“There, you should be better in a few days.” The girl said as she finished the bandage. The Ursaring got to his feet and growled a thanks to the girl.
“Fluttershy!”
The Girl jumped as she heard her name being called from the Everfree, but the voice sounded like one she had heard before.
“Is that Spike?” She asked herself.
“Fluttershy!”
She defiantly knew who it was now, she recognized that boys voice anywhere.
“Spike, what is-“
She gasped as she saw the young trainer run out of the bushes holding a Charmander in his hands, Spike looking not to fine himself.
“Oh thank Arceus I made it!” Spike yelled as he ran over to Fluttershy.
“Spike what happened to you?” Fluttershy asked concerned.
Spike was going to tell her but the Mightyenas had already jumped out of the bush. They were going to continue their hunt but the sight of an angry Ursaring made them rethink of what to do next. They slowly walked backwards before running back into the Everfree.
Spike took a breather for the first time since he saw the Mightyenas to begin with, which reminded him of his injured acquaintance.
“Fluttershy, this Charmanders hurt, can you heal him?” Spike asked.
“Of course, come inside.” She said as she led the exhausted duo into her house.
“I’ll take care of Charmander, you better get some rest yourself mister.” She said as she took Charmander from Spikes arms. Spike could only nod before he went to sit on Fluttershys couch; and felt relaxed and comfortable as he got off his aching legs.
He felt very hot from all of the running and felt relief in his bones before he began to grow tired, all of his energy gone. He yawned before he fell asleep on Fluttershy’s couch.