by ZephyrWolf » Sat Jul 07, 2012 10:34 am
((I'm so sorry for not posting until now! We had three major storms yesterday, and the first one knocked out our power and wifi, and it wasn't fixed until this morning, so this is the first chance I've had to post since then.))
Ryker slung his pack over a shoulder and slipped on a pair of fingerless trainer's gloves. After a quick glance around his room to make sure he wasn't forgetting anything, he headed downstairs. Before his mom could make a fuss over him, he gave her a quick hug and waved with his free hand once to his dad, and then headed outside.
Today was the day that he would start his pokémon journey. Although many trainers began at the age of 10, his parents had insisted that he completed a trainer's course in school before they would let him go off on his own. Wishing nothing more than to get out of the small town he'd been stuck in since he was born, Ryker reluctantly agreed. Now 13, he had an appointment with Professor Oak to choose his first pokémon, along with Aaliyah, a girl he'd been friends with since they were just kids.
Opening the front door, Ryker found Aaliyah already there, waiting for him. Her attention was focused on something else, and as he closed the door behind him, he called a greeting to her. "Hey," he said, grabbing his bike from the side of the house. "You ready to go?" he asked, pretending to be indifferent, though truthfully, he was more excited for today than he'd ever been for anything else.