Today is the first day of July, meaning it is the day that I am finally able to start my jouro bee aype trainer. I am currently standing outside Grandpa’s b with Gary and to my surprise, Ash. I haven’t ied with Ash since I have been here so this is the first time I am actually seeing him. He doesn’t look like I remember him from the anime. He stands about five foot eight with a lean build. He had messy bck hair and pale red eyes. His outfit is a pair of jeans with a red vest and a bck shirt with white sleeves underh. He also wears his signature red and white hat. I furrow my brows thinking about what he looks like until it clicks. He looks more like Red. I guess not being stuck as a ten year old forever gives you a bit of a glow up.

  As we wait frandpa to e out with ear I think back about what has happened over the past year. From what I could gather from the news, Team Rocket has started their activities in publio longer hiding themselves which means on is quickly approag. I’m gd that I vinced Grandpa to let me take those martial arts courses. Besides the news of Team Rocket, my Vulpix, Skadi, is just the sweetest and softest girl. Ever since she hatched, we have been attached at the hip and go everywhere together. Due to the small amount of ice she gees, I hug her to go to sleep as it helps me keep cool and fortable.

  The only other major ge has been my wardrobe, muy dismay. I have found that c my torso with anything drastically reduces the amount of ice elemental energy I produce myself. Wearing even a simple loose t-shirt makes me feel like I am suffog. I have the same issue with anything c my arms and legs except for my hands or feet. Layers are another issue. If there is only one yer of fabric, my aura still barely pass through it, if I wear a sed yer it is blocked pletely.

  When I found this out I stressed over it for days before I gave up. I mean e on, in the anime any of the known Aura users always seemed to wear normal clothing and armor, but me? I have to go around practically naked! My top is either a bikini top or a front tied crop top and my bottoms are either bikini bottoms or just a pair of low rise daisy dukes! I meayle works, but it doesn’t help the feeling of running around nearly naked. On the plus side though, I carry more ges of clothes for the same weight. I don’t o wear the same three outfits like everyone else.

  While I’m mentally begrudging my wardrobe options, Grandpa es out the door to his b, carrying a tray with three covers on it. I could instantly tell whie was mine as I could feel the iergy ing from Skadi’s pokeball.

  “Wele Gary, Ash and Frost. It is my pleasure to present you with your starting kit and starter pokemon These pokemon will be yreatest friend and ally for your travels ahead. Each of you have a different pokemon that has been specially bred for this occasion. Uhese covers, there is your starter, a brand new pokedex, ten additional pokeballs and two potions to start your journey ht. You should use your pokedex to s any pokemon you enter even if you do not catch it as they send information back to our research bs. Now, without any further prattling from this old man, please take the items provided with your name on them.”

  The three of us approach Grandpa and I ow see the three piles with our names in front of them. I look at my pile and notice every pokeball has a small blue snowfke engraved on it just above the release button. I co eyebrow at that and grandpa who just gives me a warm smile. I give him a small smile iurn and start putting away my stuff into the bag on my thigh. When I reach for the pokedex, I notice it isn’t like the one in the a all. It looks just like a modern smartphone, with all the same features. As a teology savvy girl, I squeal internally at the prospect of having something familiar again. I pce the phone in a easy to reach spot so I py with it ter when on the road and finally grabbed Skadi’s pokeball. No sooner do I grab it and it pops open with a fsh of light and I am attacked by a fur missile.

  “Vul! Vulpix!” Skadi cuddles into me like a cat. I couldn’t sleep with her st night as I had nearly every night since she hatched so she was extremely happy to see me again.

  “I missed you too sweetheart!” I gently pet her and give her a light hug. I know that I likely won’t keep her in her pokeball unless required. She is too much of a cutie to hide away from the world. As I am pampering Skadi I notice two more fshes out of the er of my eye and I check to see okemon were given to the other two. Ash, as I expected, got the most broken pokemon to ever live, Pikachu, and Gary got an Eevee. I was surprised to see an additional fluff monster as I could have sworn he had a Squirtle in the anime.

  Once we had collected our things and were united with our pokemon, Grandpa started to tell us about the league and what was expected of us. It was already information that I had gathered but I am still thankful that Grandpa took the time to expin it. After he finished he wished us good lu our journey, dismissing us with a kind smile.

  “Thank you for everything Grandpa! I will bee one of the greatest ice trainers in the world.” I gave Grandpa a hug and quickly ran after Gary and Ash as they headed toward route one and Viridian City. As I approach them, I notice that they are going in different dires already peting with each other on who get to the city first.

  “Boys will be boys.” I sigh to myself as I watch them disappear into the woods. I shrug and decide to pick my own path. I wasn’t in a hurry currently as I wao brush up on my survival skills while walking slowly towards the city. If you walked briskly you could reach the city in a few hours, while if you took your time it would take most of the day. Holy, a few hours are not going to make a differenbsp;

  While I was walking, I could hear the songs of various types of bird pokemon. Unlike nd based pokemon, flying types tend to move around as they see fit ale in their non-native regions. With Skadi walking alongside me, as well as my martial arts training, I wasn’t scared of anything attag me aing hurt. I pulled out my Pokedex phone and started to py around with it. I did find the Pokedex app, which was registered with all my information already. Taking a moment, I sed Skadi to see what it says about her.

  [Vulpix, the fox pokemon.]

  [After long years in the ever-snoed mountains of Alo, this Vulpix has gained power over ice. It looks like snow that has e to life, and the breath it exhales is as low as –58 degrees. In hot weather, this Pokémon makes ice shards with its six tails and sprays them around to cool itself off. If you carelessly approach it because it’s cute, the boss of the paiales, will appear and freeze you.]

  [This Vulpix is female and of the shiny variant]

  [Vulpix has the ability Snow Cloak]

  [Vulpix currently knows the following moves: Powdered Snow, Tail whip, Howl, Moon Bst]

  “Well aren’t you a powerful girl, Skadi. You are already living up to your namesake.” I smile at her after reading everything the Pokedex provided to me. Skadi nodded and barked happily at my praise. She was such a smart and cute girl.

  I dismissed the Pokedex and got looking through other things on my phone. I found Pokegram, which I am guessing is the Pokemon worlds equivalent of Insta, Poketube, a Pokemart app where you could order supplies to be picked up at the Pokemart, and a map showing the region and where I am. There are other features but those are the maihat ied me.

  I quickly opened Pokegram and started tister myself. After thinking for a while and trying a few names I came up with, I finally settled on the username of Fully_Frost. I was about to gh my process to finish setting up my profile when Skadi growled slightly to alert me and I quickly looked up and gnced around. In front of me on a branch of a tree sat a Fletg that was singing its little heart out. I opehe Pokedex again and quickly sed the Fletg.

  [Fletg, the tiny robin pokemon]

  [These friendly Pokémon send signals to one another with beautiful chirps and tail-feather movements. Despite the beauty of its lilting voice, it’s merciless to intruders that es territory. Its body is always warm. Trainers who live in cold areas apparently sleep with it in their bed. Fletg be found in both rural and urban areas. They once had a huge territorial dispute with Squawkabilly. Fights broke out all over town.]

  [This Fletg is female]

  “What do you say Skadi? Shall we try to catch it?” I look towards Skadi who is still watg the little bird and she nods slightly at my question. Her fluffy tails swishing bad forth in joy at the thought of battle. I take a deep breath as this is going to be my first battle ever. I uand the process of battle from the games and from my courses, but this is the real thing.

  “Skadi, use Moon Bst!”

  Skadi begins to release a pinkish energy that starts to form a ball in front of her and the it flying at the Fletg that was unaware of the ining attack. Fletg gets hit by the attad tumbles off the branch before catg itself in the air just above the ground. It gres at Skadi and unches a puff of fme back at her.

  “Quickly dodge and use powdered snow!”

  Skadi attempts to follow my dires and jumps to the side but one of her tails gets singed and she yelps slightly in pain. Luckily she still follows my ands as the temperature arouarts to cool down and a flurry of snoears before beiowards the Fletg. Seeing the snoroag, Fletg starts to fp its wings and a pale light shows but the attack from Skadi hits before it’s ready and causes Fletg to fall to the ground and struggle to get back up. I noticed that its wings seemed to have some blue c on them which caused it to fall. I see it trying to use ember to clear what I assume is ice off its wings.

  “Skadi, powdered snow again! Keep it grounded!”

  Skadi sends another snow flurry again and this time it just seems to stagger Fletg but I do notiore ice build up on its wings. I take this ce to grab one of my pokeballs and clig oton to ge it back tur size I then toss the pokeball at Fletg. The pokeball flies accurately and hits the tiny bird pokemon on the bad quickly sucks it in.

  I hold my breath in anticipation as I watch the ball shake owid then I hear a click souering that the pokemon has been caught. I let out my breath in relief before walking over and pig up the pokeball with my new little panion. As I picked up the pokeball I heard the system again, which startled me. I hadn’t heard it for a year and almost fot about it again. Is this going to bee a on thing where it only rewards me once a year?

  [gratutions host on catg your first pokemon. You are awarded one gacha spin.]

  [gratutions host on catg a pokemon. You are awarded a gacha spin.]

  Or maybe not?

  Kurotsuki007