With silent determination, Ivan pulled on his gloves, flexing his fingers. It was to be his first day of his new pokemon adventure. His little Pawniard, lovingly called Shogun, stood in front of the mirror next to Ivan, and looked like it was posing and showing off muscles. Not that it had any physical manifestation of muscles to show. Running a hand through his hair, he knelt down next to the dark steel pokemon.
"You ready?"
The Pawniard turned to him and jumped up and down, making 'pnpnpnpnpnpn' noises. Ivan felt a giant smile break out on his face.
"Of course you are."
Holding out a hand, Ivan braced himself for the impact of his little friend jumping onto it and clambering up, coming t a rest on his head. Shogun liked it up there. Ivan had a feeling it was because he could see for a lot further than he normally could.

After a good-bye to his parents that took him alot longer than he may have liked, Ivan finally stood in the center of Aquacorde City. His home for the past 18 years, he felt nothing but love for it. And one day he would return, a better man and a powerful trainer.
"Pwnpwn"
Ivan could feel the little pokemon gesticulating wildly to the gate that led to Santalune forest. His first destination. With a grin on his face and an eagerness in his step, he made off for the gate.

Ivan was about to pass over the bridge when he heard a voice calling to him.
"Ivan, wait!"
Turned, he saw his mum running up to him, a backpack in hand.
"You...nearly forgot this."
She handed Ivan the bag. Giving his mother one last hug, he tahnked her and left for the forest, leaving her waving after him.

Once he was on route two, Ivan sat down under a tree and pulled the backpack close.
"Let's see what I've got."

Mai Hood would be crouched down to pick up a potion when her Chimchar, Blaze, would dash over to her. "Chimchar! " he cried, jumping onto her back. "Woah Blaze, whats the matter?" She asked, standing up. "Chimchar, chim!" Mai would smile as he seemed to just be excited about finally getting out of her stuffy house in Aquacord. Earlier that day the two decided to go out after a few long days of rain, forcing them to stay in. The exciting part was...Mai and Blaze were going to start an adventure together! How long she had waited to start a trainers adventure since she found Blaze nearly a year ago. The two of them would finally get the chance to explore the region together, and who knows...maybe they would eventually get to other regions as well. Carrying Blaze on her back, she walked back out of the forest towards the town again. She needed to buy some supplies before she left. Blaze was a tough guy, but Mai was not oblivious to the fact he was still a low level pokemon. On top of that, he had an injury to his left leg so he was not as fast as he normally would be. Despite this, she loved her pokemon all the same. Whoever was stupid enough to get rid of this guy was...well, just that. Stupid.

"Blaze. Race you to the PokeMart." she challenged him, knowing he would be up for it.

"Chimchar!" he said happily, jumping off of her as they reached the bridge.

"Okay. Ready...? GO!" Mai would shout as she started running. She would go slow enough to jet him win by just a little. But it was fun to see im work so hard. As she chased after her pokemon, a bright smile rose to her face and she felt so happy that this day finally came.

Larry ran frantically around his room from nightstand to closet looking around while his Charmander ,which he hadn't even named yet but was planning to, watched him run around frantically looking for his hat. After running around for almost an hour he finally found his hat which he put on and then proceeded to do air punches to show how happy he was. Now Larry ran downstairs kissed his mom goodbye and left the house. Larry then ran back in the house and scooped up Charmander which he had forgotten then ran back out of the house jumping and clicking his heels. His and Charmanders adventure had began.