Snippet #1624055

Just as the sunlight entered his little treehouse, Mike was wide awake. He quickly scanned to the room to see if everything was sent for his departure and just about everything was. All he needed to do now was roll up his sleeping bag and wake up his trusted Aron, Doug. He was sleeping in the corner of the room, scatching his head against the wall. Mike smiled at the sight, knowing that the pokemon was having sweet dreams.

After the sleeping bag was rolled up and jammed ino his bag, Mike went over to his Aron. "Come on," he muttered as he pushed Doug, "We can't relax today. We're starting our journey." But all Mike got in return was a grunt. So he did the most logical thing and put food in front of the Aron's nose (or whatever they have). Doug jolted awake at the first sniff and started devouring the food. His trainer laughed a bit muttering, "I knew that would get you up."

Doug soon ate all the food in his bowl and yawned. Mike picked him up as he pulled on his backpack and sighed. "Doug, you don't mind if with grab some things at the PokeMart in Adinitium City do you?" The Aron grunted its indifference. Its trainer smiled and jumped out of the treehouse, landing on his feet.

As Mike went to leave the village he noticed how few of the farmers were up. They already said their goodbyes and he knew that but still, it seemed weird that they weren't actually going to see him off. Doug didn't seem to care, as he walked beside his partner. Mike sighed at his disappointment but keep on going. He passed by a couple of the farms on his way out, noticing the barely awake Milktanks, the already fighting Tauros, and the blue flamed Rapidash stallion. And Mike silently wondered if he'd ever catch a pokemon colored differently like that.

When he reached the village gate he heard his name being called and stopped. An old woman, the eldest in their little town and the closest thing Mike would ever consider a mother, came running up, holding something in her hand. When she reached him, she was panting heavily, making pretty clear that she shouldn't being doing such an activity. "Wait," she weezed, "Wait." Mike stared at the elder a bit confused. "Why have you come, running to me, this early?" he asked. Before she could say anything, she shoved something into his hand. His eyes widen as he looked down at the brand new PokeGear that was forced into his hand. Mike sighed as he sticked out his hand, trying to give it back. "I can't take this." The old woman smiled at him. "Of course you can. And don't even try giving it back, cause I won't being taking it back." And with that, she turned around and walked back to her home. Mike smiled as he watched her go, holding his new device tight. Doug started jumping a bit to get a look at the new toy. His trainer laughed as he watched and slipped the PokeGear into his pocket. He then turned around and walked out the village, towards his future.