The New Generation of Pokemon

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"Jay! Your brother is here! Get up!" I opened my eyes to the sound of my mom yelling from the bottom of the steps. I leaped out of bed and rushed out of my room in my shorts and t-shirt not even bothering to fix my hair. The wooden floor was cool and smooth beneath my feet.

As I reached the bottoms of the stairs Sam's laughter filled the air. While going down the stairs Arthur, (Sam's Arcanine) barked from his favorite spot; the cool blue rug next to the door. He walked over to me as I entered the living room. His orange and black fur was warm and his mane soft. He barked and attempted to lick my face. I laughed and rubbed the great dog's back.

"You could of at least gotten ready."Sam said with a smirk. Sam looked no different than when he left to go study with professor Elm in Johto. His dark brown hair was still bushy as ever and his green eyes shone with his youth. He was only 18 when Mr. Fuji through his many connections was able to recommend Sam to Elm, who in fact was in need of a new student. It's been two years since then. I went over to him and embraced him. I'm not going to lie I missed my brother. He squeezed me back and ran his hand through my unkept hair.

"How are you buddy?"he asked while I stepped away and gave my mom a hug. "Pretty good I can't wait to get my Pokemon! What do you have for me?" I responded bouncing from the excitement. My mom was sitting on the couch laughing at me. She sat with her legs crossed, holding a coffee mug with one hand, while she ran her other hand along her Furret, Momo.

"Ok ok. So I brought 3 different Pokemon from Mr. Fuji's breeding farm." He said as he pulled out 3 poke-balls from his brief case which was by the door. "Now these Pokemon are all specially breeded and are strong when trained correctly." He continued. " The first one I have for you is a Growlithe." And out from the pokeball shot out red energy which materialized into a baby Growlithe. Much like Arthur, the baby growlithe had bushy tan fur along its chest and belly. He had a tuft of tan fur on its head as well and yawned revealing its small teeth.

The Growlithe looked up at me as I bent down to pet it. He walked over and sniffed my hand. After losing interest it went over to Arthur who just studied the pup with bored eyes. Clearly wanting to play the Growlithe touched Arthur with a paw and leaped away ready to pounce. The Arcanine however wasn't amused and placed its head on its paws and closed its eyes.

The Growlithe clearly offended sat down and also put his head on his paws and watched us. "Now Growlithe was my first Pokemon. I recieved it when I was ten, only because dad was able to look over me. The next Pokemon is a Squirtle, which was dads first Pokemon." out came a tiny light blue turtle with a rounded tail. "squirtle- squirtle!" it cheered and ran over to the couch and tried to climb it. Mom laughed " It's so cute!" Momo however moved to mom's shoulder and watched the Squirtle with a close eye. " yeah, that one seems to have a naughty nature."

"I dont like any of these two." I told Sam. Truth is I really didnt want to be like Sam or my dad I wanted a pokemon that none of them have. "Well theres still one more... Although I was hoping you would pick one of the other two..." Sam looked conflicted. He gave me a nervous smile. " Oh Arceus... Whats the last pokemon?" I groaned ,knowing it wasn't going to be good. " Well you see, Mr. Fuji didn't have any other Pokemon that were breeded for competitive purposes. This was the last one. The good thing is that it's special not only because of its stats but it's also a shiny Pokemon which makes it rare."He finished.

Now were talking! A shiny Pokemon I thought. I dont see why this would be bad. I turned and looked at mom. She was playing with the Squirtle still. " lets see it" I said and with that a hot pink,small pokemon with a long tail that ended with what looked like a hand came out from the last pokeball. An Aipom. Sam brought me an Aipom. The tiny pokemon smiled at me and waved with its tail.