The Awaited Morning/Katie and her first Pokemon!

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A sleeping face had been greeted by the sun's filtering light, gleaming brightly through her window and planted itself upon a young human female, known as Katie Sivone of Kanto. Her Emerald green eyes then fluttered, and how heavy the felt. When her eyes managed to crank open after the lack of sleep she recieved, Katie gave in to a yawn, stretching contently in the morning light.

This was the day. Today, at this very instant, a Pokemon await her arival. That Pokemon; whoever or whatever, was going to be hers'.

Somehow Katie had managed to slip away from home, having slept in her cloth's due to the fact she had been exited about leaving this dull town. Her parents' were just as dull, especially her mother. How she hated to let her mother win at anything, or get her way. Breakfast would have to wait, for Katie knew that she would have left the house embarassed from her parents' words, and angry as well from her mother's face.

But a note on her door lingered, waiting for her parents' to find it.

She eventually found herself running up to that peculiar laboratory up ahead, then paused when she arrived to her destination. Katie suddenly gulped and felt very nervous.

"What if there aren't any Pokemon left?" Sivone pondered.
She stood nervously up to the door of Proffessor Ironwood's laboratory. And as Katie contemplated over her current thought, her hand, shaking, held itself high, inching toward's the wooden door. Then she knocked, very softly but hopefully enough to where the Professor could hear her.

"Maybe he...isn't home..."

((And that would be the end of my post. o-o ))

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Professor Ironwood, in fact, was home. Unfortunately, he didn't hear the knock. But something else did, though. A green pokemon was jumping up and dopwn, trying to get a view of the person outside. <Why- hello- there-> The pokemon said, saying one word per jump. <I- suppose- you- can't- understand- me- though-> It added thoughtfully. Suddenly it stopped jumping. There was some thumping and rattling near the door. Then the door swung open, revealing a Larvitar. <Boo.> It said, grinning slightly.

The room beyond the door was pretty plain. It looked like someone's office and living room got crammed together. There was a large oak desk with a nice little leather chair. Near the desk were three or four bookcases, crammed with books. There was a large TV sitting on a small end table. There was a coffee table in the middle of the room, with files and folders on it. A comfy-looking leather recliner sat in a corner. Then there was a shelf, with an odd assortment of random doo-dads on it.

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Katie's heart seemed to skip a beat.

She hadn't expected the door to suddenly fly open like that, and at first, to open by itself. But she then realized that there was indeed someone, or something, there. Blinking, Katie looked down, still having her gloved hand placed near the center of her chest with her face now pale from shock.

"Huh? Erm..."

Sivone sighed softly and crouched down, examining this Pokemon carefully. "Prof...essor Ironwood?" She questioned, not entirely sure what Larvitar(sp?) was. But it was rather silly to think that the Proffessor was a Pokemon. Just plain Silly!

"Oh, right...you're a Pokemon, aren't you? Hah...can this thing understand me? Probably...look, is there another human around? I couldn't exactly tell you the details, you know. Is he he home? It is a he, right? Er..."

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The Larvitar blinked. <Yesh, I can uderstand you. But you can't understand me! HAH!> It said rather loudly. <Oh, you be lookin' for Ironwood? Hehe, my trainer. I'll get him!> With that, the Larvitar ran off, disappearing into another room. Soon enough, Professor Ironwood appeared, the Larvitar trailing after him. <I gots him!> The Larvitar shouted to Katie.

Professor Ironwood blinked groggily. Realizing that this was probably a trainer-to-be, he sighed, rubbed his eyes, and stood up a little straighter. "Um, hello there." He said, closing the door a little bit so not much of the room was visible. "Can I... help you?"

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If only she knew what Larvitar had said. Noticing the proffessor, she suddenly became nervous. Her eyes, shifting upward's to face him, trapped Ironwood within their gaze. Suddenly, her purple goggles(which I forgot to add in her description but did so just a few minutes ago) slipped off from her forehead and infront of her eyes, and there she stood, not at all attempting to move her goggles.

"...I'm s-sorry, I probably came at the wrong time..." Whispered Katie. She finally pulled the goggles away, straightening and tightening them. Her gaze fell from the man before her to his feet. "I...was going to ask about a Pokemon. I saw that poster, a-and---"

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Professor Ironwood stood there with a blank look on his face while the girl talked. "Hm." He said. "Let me see. You're here for you're first pokemon, correct? Hm." He thought for a moment. "Well, I have an Igglybuff that no one seems to want... would you be willing her take her in?" If not, that's fine... there's always the other pokemon I listed on the poster." As he said this, he tapped the poster that was on the door.

The Larvitar blinked. <Hm.> It said, obviously deep in thought.

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"Iggly...what? Erm, no, thank you. I did see a Pokemon that interested me on the poster. And I was hoping, even though it said there was five left, that you possibly had them still? I wouldn't know if anyone else asked for one, but..." Katie attempted to remember the name of that Pokemon that she had wanted, rubbing the side of her head. "Little blue thing. Cotton almost...Swablu, I think. I don't know too much about Pokemon. I only draw them, and not very many have I done."

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Again, he prodded the poster. "'This list is kept up to date.' I wouldn't lie, now would I?" He asked. "And yes, we still have our Swablu. That's the pokemon you want?" He asked, looking down at the Larvitar.

Larvitar was rolling around on the ground in a bored fashion. "Larvitar, must you do that?" Professor Ironwood complained as the Larvitar rolled right into him. <Ops, sorry.> Larvitar said, standing up.

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Katie couldn't help but giggle at the Pokemon. She found that to be both amusing and cute, and as she looked down at the Pokemon, her mind was set.

"Yes, sir. Please. And thank you."

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"Okay. Do you have any preference on gender or personality, miss?" Professor Ironwood asked. "Since we still have a bunch left, there's a variety of Swablu." He added.

Larvitar looked at each person as they spoke, a friendly look on his face.

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"Gender?" She squeeked. "Personality, too? Huh...erm...would there be a female, with a calm personality? Calm, but...loving." Katie finally asked. She looked up contently at Proffessor Ironwood, hoping for a possitive responce.

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Professor Ironwood nodded. "I'll see what I can do." He said. He left for a moment, disappearing into another room. He soon returned, with a pokeball containing a pokemon and the starting items. "Here you go!" He said, for saome strange reason, totally cheerful now.



Basic Stats

Name: ((You choose!))
Species: Swablu
Gender: Female
Personality: Always very calm, and trusting

Battle Stats

Level: 5
Type: Normal / Flying
Ability: Natural Cure
Attacks: Peck, Growl

Trainer Memo
Received from Oakbrook Lab; lv5
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Lv8; Astonish
Lv11; Sing
Lv18; Fury Attack
Lv21; Safegaurd
Lv28; Mist
Lv31; Take Down
Lv35; Evolves, Dragonbreath

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Katie had instantly noticed this odd change within the proffessor's behavior. Blinking, she pointed up at him, softly frowning. "Weren't you all...tired just a minute ago?" She questioned, then took what now belonged to her. Instantly, she had forgotten about her question, and was no focused on a very precious love in the palm of her hand.

The pokeball.

Her body was now bursting with energy and excitement; her very first Pokemon! Katie couldn't help but release a happy little smirk, followed by shrill laughter that
Sivone was not ble to control. Katie then shrugged off the excitement before happily smiling up at Proffessor Ironwood.
"Thank you!" She squeeked. "So very much!"

Now with both the bag and Pokeball in both hands, Katie Sivone of Kanto and OakBrook Town had settled off, to begin her new life as a Pokemon Trainer.
On her way, she whirled around, and there on her face was the most mischevious of grins'. She waved her good-bye to her home and, unexpectedly, noticed
a woman and man standing far, far away, next to eachother. They were both infront of Katie's house, and obviously, as you guessed it, they were her parents'.

In mother's hand's was the note. But instead of a scowl, as Katie expected, there was only a smile. A smile that revealed to Katie that her mother would love and miss her,
and that she was very proud. And as the time came for their daughter to free herself from their gaze, her mother began to read the note to herself mentally once more.

"Dear Dad and Mom,

By the time you recieve this letter, I'll have my Pokemon, and I'll be long gone. My time finally came, and I may not return for some time.
But don't worry about me. Besides, and artist need's her inspiration, and, seeing new pokemon would help. I'll be back, and I'll have
my new friend's to be with me. Just wait. Oh, and sorry that I didn't eat breakfast, mom. I'm going to miss those double-berry pancakes you alway's make...
Be there when I come back!"

((That would be my ending post, but of course you can still post. o-o Anyhow...am I supposed to join everyone else, now?))

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((Oh, wow. o-o Sorry for the long post...))

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((I like long posts. And you can move right along to Route One if you've added the starting items, money, and pokemon stats to your profile.))