ASH WAKES UP AND GETS READY FOR HIS NEW ADVENTURE AS A POKEMON TRAINER HE RUNS DOWN STAIRS AND EATS HIS BREACKFAST AND FORGETS ABOUT THE TIME HES LATE HE RUNS OUT THE DOOR AND RUNS TO PROFFESOR OKS LAB TEN MINUTES LATE LOTS OF NEW TRAINERS FROM PALLET TOWN HAD STARTED THER JOURNEY ALREADY ASH SORE GARY HE RUNS UP TO HIM AND ASKS WHAT POKEMON HE CHOOSE HE SAYS I CHOOSE THE BEST AND ASH RUNS TO THE LAB AND ASKS FOR HIS POKEMON HE SAYS HE IS TOO LATE THERE IS ONLY ONE LEFT CAN I HAVE THAT ONE SURE HERE IS YOUR PIKACHU THANKS PROFESSOR OAKS AND HERE IS YOUR POKEDEX AND POKEBALLS ASWELL THANK YOU I WONT LET YOU DOWN AND RUNS OUT START HIS JOURNEY
(SO FAR ASH HAS A PIKACHU ON THE FIRST DAY OF HIS JOURNEY)