Day 1 - My Pokemon Journey Begins!

Hi! I'm Eric of Pewter City and I'm a Pokemon trainer! Well sort of...I hope to be one anyway!

Like every kid in Kanto, I wanted to be a Pokemon trainer when I grew up! Sadly, Pewter City is not the best place to start. With the barren mountains to the north and the Viridian forest to the south, getting a Pokemon to start with is nearly impossible.

The only readily available Pokemon are the Pikachu in the Viridian Forest and for a rookie trainer they are nearly impossible to catch. None the less, I tried to catch one. The Pikachu I sighted were few and far between and without another pokemon to weaken them, the pokeballs I threw were easily batted away by the wild Pikachu.

One day my luck changed though! I was searching for Pikachu deep in the Viridian Forest, deeper than I had ever gone before. It was getting late and I began to make my way home but I then realized that I didn't know which way home was!

I walked around for hours until I found a Pichu! Something, obviously not a Pikachu, had attacked it and just left it there! I quickly went to it's aid. Unfortunately I still had absolutely no idea how to get out of the forest.

I did my best to bandage up the Pichu and we took shelter under a tree. We stuck together all night until morning. I was able to make my way north until I got back to town. I quickly rushed to the Pokemon Center and gave Nurse Joy the Pichu I had found. Luckily, Nurse Joy said that the Pichu would make a full recovery and that it just needed to rest for a couple days.

Relieved I went back home to my Mother, who was worried sick at my absence that night, and told her the whole story. Though it may not have been the best time, with her worried and all, I expressed my desire to go on a Pokemon Journey! She knew how much I had wanted this and said I could go.

The next day I went back to the Pokemon center and found Pichu, in the image of health, waiting for me. Pichu was obviously grateful that I had saved it and accepted me as it's trainer. Together we went home to prepare for my Pokemon journey!

My Mom recommended that I first go to Pallet Town, home of the famous Professor Oak, and see what advice he could give to a new trainer. I was to head south through Viridian City and then on to Pallet Town.

So there you have it! That's my story so far and I hope to keep updating this blog with entries as I continue my journey!

I've got a Pichu, a Netbook, a few Pokeballs, half an idea where I'm going, it's Monday and I'm a pokemon trainer. What could go wrong!