A Journey of Hope and Discovery

A Journey's Beginning

It was another busy day in Lumios City. The restaurant was jam packed as a young man ran between the back grabbing serving platters and delivering them to the correct tables. Long and shaggy white hair tied in a ponytail at the base of his head and forest green eyes dating from one table to another.

"Table 23, order up!" A cook calls from the back serving window.

"Roger that Thomas!" the young man calls back, setting down a soup on a table.

He rushes over and gets the order, a simple burger and fries. No surprise there, it's a classic order. He gets to the table and it's one of the regulars. The young man smiles at the woman in front of him.

"Shauna it's good to see you again. Attempting the gym again?" He asks her, setting down her plate.

"You got it Sol! I'm gonna finally beat Clemont and get my badge," She beamed "What about you, decide if you're gonna be a trainer?"

"I've been thinking about it more recently. I might go talk to the professor after I finish for the day. Oh crap 12, 17, and 22 are up! Gotta go Shauna, later!"

"Bye Solstice!" She calls behind him, crowd chattering about various subjects taking over the atmosphere.

Solstice disappears into the crowd of hungry customers, and the day begins to fly by. Hours later he stands at the dish washing station , finishing up the last of the plates from the day. He sighs, setting the last plate on the drying rack. He unties his apron and hangs it up, walking to the manger office.

"Mom, Dad, I'm heading out for the day!" He calls before exiting the office.

"Okay, have fun and stay out of trouble!" His dad calls from the office as he walked away.

Sol snickers as he leaves the back and makes his way into the alleys of Lumios, tight but still practically home. Navigating the tight alleyways he makes his way to the main streets and looks towards Professor Sycamore's lab. Maybe he should go on a journey, it's been a long enough time since he even thought about having a Pokémon.

"Screw it, I'm gonna go talk to the professor." He mutters, making his way down the street. A rotom phone flies out from his pocket and it shows a call from his mother.

"Hey, what's up mom?"

"Hey bubs, could you pick up more Moomoo milk on your way back tonight? We're almost out at the house." She asked

"Yeah of course. There's something I have to talk to you about when I get home though."

"Is it a Pokémon journey?"

He stopped dead in his tracks, "It's exactly that, how'd you know?"

"Mother's intuition, and I saw that Shauna girl in again today. I figured as much."

"Oh, figures. You always ask how she's doing whenever she comes in."

"She's a nice girl you know, you two always get along so well."

"Mom no, not this again. I'll call you back later, I'm about to head into the lab."

Solstice hangs up his phone after saying his goodbye before looking up at the lab Professor Sycamore uses as his base to study mega evolution. He's always thought on going in, trying to start a journey but there's always been an excuse. The restaurant needs help, oh he's not much of a traveler, or something so incredibly tame that could be put off for a new experience. But, today is the day he applies to be a trainer and discover something new.

He takes a deep breath and walks through the door. A woman sits behind a counter while an elevator sits in the middle of the wall of the room. He makes his way to the desk attendant.

"I'd like to put in an application to be a trainer please." He says, looking the attendant in the eye.