When the train stopped Ted's excitement only grew. He had preparing for this day for a while, the day he would get his first Pokemon and start his journey. His mom had been telling him no to traveling for years, she even let his older brother get his first Pokemon and now he already has 4 badges and is on his way to becoming a great trainer. Ted had to beg and plead to get on this trip but he finally got his mother to loosen the reigns and here he his in Anvil Town starting his journey. 

Once he got off the train he followed other to the white building that was Professors Willows lab. Once he stepped inside the lab he could smell the clean on the lab equipment and the crispy made him look around in awe. 

"Cut the chit-chat for now." A sharp voice said. "I have pokemon and pokedexes to give out." Professor Willow said. 

The professor looked just the same as he did on TV and that made Ted jump on the inside with joy. He was one of the last ones up to get his pokemon and pokedex. He choose Snivy as his starter simply because it was one of his favorite pokemon that he studied about in school. Ted held his pokeball with Snivy inside when he noticed a more experienced trainer with a yellow pokemon next to him. 

Ted walked up to the trainer with a light in his eyes. 

"Wow! Super cool pokemon." Ted said with a simile then used his pokedex to find out all about the different pokemon in the room. He counted a Squirtle, a Totodile, and the Jolteon. Ted smiled at the three he had already seen. The he remembered he had just also got new pokemon and people might want to see it. 

Ted pressed the button on the middle of the pokeball and it opened, a light shot out and Snivy appeared in front of him. He looked up at Ted with a bored expression and yawned at him, Ted chuckled at his behavior and picked the green pokemon up into his arms. Snivy started to get comfortable in the boys hold and climbed on his head were he curled up. 

"Well at least I know he likes me." 
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Jimmy had been on Route 1 when the train came in with the 'fresh meat' as he liked to call it. Most of the Gym Leaders and other league officials came from all around to see the new trainers and what pokemon they choose. Jimmy was walking into town when he remembered his started pokemon and how cold the Professor was back then, and even as he stepped into the lab and heard him talking to the younger kids, he was still bitter to the core. 

Jimmy noticed the Jolteon and the man standing next to it was David, the elite four memeber. He stood in the back watching the newbies "ohh" and "ahh" over his pokemon. He had an itch to jump in and steal his thunder, even Jimmy could tell that now was not the time to ruin the moment so he just hung back on the wall and watched the first moments happen.