Being Lost Goes a Long Way...

[Shade Chaos]

"Take a left at the... no, the right..." murmured the voice of a somewhat short 14-year-old as he paced back and forth at the fork in the road, staring into his Prota Town Map.

"So I went right at the dock, left at the first fork in the road, and through those bushes, so I should be..." Shade began, looking up after taking another left at the fork he was at, "at a forest." he shoved the map to the floor out of frustration and groaned loudly.

A little while later, map still in hands, Shade went back to the first fork in the road and went right instead of left, thinking he could see the large lab very close by, "Okay, finally." he muttered, putting his map away in the black rucksack set on his back.

Entering the door, seeing the doors open on their own, he had to let out an "Oooh" of curiosity, seeing as all of the doors he had seen are normal doors. Shade walked in farther and heard slight muttering, but couldn't find the Professor, "Professor Palm?" Shade then asked, looking around a little more, only finding other researchers or workers.

[Prof. Palm]

Prof. Palm was working at his dest with an open box next to him on the floor. "Oh, yes." He stood up and walked over the new trainer. "You must be here to pick up your pokemon and your pokedex." Prof. Palm turned and called an assistant over to him. "Can you get me a Pokedex and a Poketech?" The assistant nodded. He returned with a small red device and a watch device. Prof. Palm handed them to the trainer. "There you are. Your Pokemon also arrived shortly before you came." He handed him a pokeball with the pokemon that he had choosen to start with.

[Shade Chaos]

"Wow, you sure are prepared!" Shade said with a laugh. He took the Poketech first and placed it on his right arm. Then, he took and held the Pokedex in his left hand, Pokeball on the right.

"Thanks a lot, Professor!" called Shade, waving to Palm and running off with a smile on his face. He held out the Pokeball in front of him and released his new Pokemon, Totodile. Very content, Shade lifted Totodile and smiled at him as he walked along the trail to Route 301. Totodile gave a smile right back at Shade, as well as his, 'battle cry'.

[Prof. Palm]

Prof. Palm is always happy when he sends a new trainer on their way to take on the world and the gym leaders. "The frist gym will be easy for him." He thought to himself and went back to work at his desk.