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FICTION

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Chapter 1

"Stranger in a Stranger land.."

It had been a while ever since I have had some good sleep. The stress of work and responsibilities were causing the insomnia I had suffered in the last few weeks.

But now it didn't matter. I am quite sure that nothing would pull me away from my dreams.

...Wake up...

I frown at the far call. Me, waking up? Never! As I said I will not shy away my only comfort.

WAKE UP

...What? Seriously what the heck is wrong with whoever is calling me?!

I want to sleep and someone is getting an ass-kicking if I get up. Few minutes passes and the consecutive calls seemed to have halted. I sigh, relieved that the threat to my sleep had been dealt with.

Now, what was I dreaming abo-

WAKE UP!

'Ah!' A totally manly scream leaves my mouth and I felt pulled onto the floor face first.

'Ugh. Whyyyy?' Who could torture such youthful and innocent as myself.

I freeze a second, putting one hand on my mouth. I am sure I did speak...

THEN WHY NO SOUND HAS LEFT?!

AND WHERE AM I?

Maybe there is an explanation, maybe I have not been kidnapped by some serial murderer.

My breath was turning errantic and the lack of any illumination was not helping my hyperventilation.

Then someone turned on a light, a reflector. It was aiming at an old man before my eyes.

From the white lab coat and the handbag in his shoulder, he was probably a scientist.

But now that I glanced at his weary face and his white hair, a realization struck.

IS THAT PROFESSOR OAK?!

While I have stopped to watch Pokemon Anime and play games with Black and White, I could still remember the first professor introduced by the franchise.

"Hello there! Glad to meet you!"

I was too much shocked to say anything and I started to remember the nostalgic intro speech he gave in Pokemon Fire Red.

"Welcome to the world of POKéMON!"

'No way...'

It has to be a joke, I think, there's no way that could ever happen.. EVER!

"My name is OAK. People affectionately refer to me as the POKéMON PROFESSOR."

And now everyone will jumps and say it was all a prank. Because there is no way that he will release a-

"This world..."

A blue light came from the Pokéball in the Professor hand and a real Nidoran(f) appeared.

-Pokémon!

"...is inhabited by far and wide by creature called POKéMON."

My eyes widened at the impossible sight. It was far too much realistic to be a prop or a dog with constume.

"For some people, POKéMON are pets. Others use them for battling."

I think I might not be in Kansas anymore...

"As for myself... I study POKéMON as a profession."

Professor Oak recalled the Nidoran(f) inside the Pokéball . Then he turned to look at me.

I froze for a second, thinking that Oak knew my predicament.

This little theory seemed to vanish after seeing his eyes. They were unfocused and lacked a warm present in all humans.

"But first, tell me a little about yourself."

"Now tell me. Are you a boy? Or are you a girl?"

I personally identify myself as an Attack Helicopter but I think by a very accurate verification (looking in my pants) that I am a dude and not a dudette.

As if my thoughts were heard, a little lightbox appeared in front of me.

"Let's begin with your name. What is it?"

Since the avatar selected was Red (game version, not the Manga nor the Origins version), I decided to stick with the original name.

"Right... So your name is RED."

I nodded to confirm my selection and another avatar replaced mine.

The first thing I thought about were the Gary Oak memes, but I knew the solid difference between Gary and Blue.

Gary was brash and had a car and... six girlfriends? (1)

Blue was much more into training and trying to make his grandfather proud.

"This is my grandson. He's been your rival since you both were babies."

And obviously it's healthy to have such relationship in tender age, right Professor?

"...Erm, what was his name now?"

It was funny when it was an option of the game but seeing the real Professor Oak being so much neglectful towards Blue was kind of depressing...

I finish to write 'BLUE' on the lightbox and nod confirming my selection.

"...Er, was it BLUE?"

Yes! Goddamit Professor...

"That's right! I remember now! His name is BLUE!"

He turned towards me once again, this time I started to feel sleepy.

"RED! Your very own POKéMON legend is about to unfold! A world of dreams and adventures with POKéMON awaits! Let's go!"

I close my eyes just for a moment and, once I open them again, I find myself staring at a TV in a familiar yet not room.

Well...

Glossary

1 - In Japanese version, Gary says that his cheerleaders are all his girlfriends.

Author's notes

Anyway, this is just a taste of what I've been writing during my inactivity period.

Chapter is short because it's a prologue and the following ones will be longer.

In response to the first review:

1) No, English is not my first language but I pride myself to know how to write and talk.

2) I appreciate that you identified the error and yes I finished writing this very late, next time I would also appreciate if you could not only identify it but also give how you would construct the sentence: this is known as 'Constructive Review';

3) I lack a good pc, I'm using even right now my dads' old one and Word tend to 'eat' some words during the uploading in .

I have good news: New Pc has been assembled and connection to it should be done by this Sunday.

About this new idea: I have seen very few Self-Insert stories in the Pokémon fanfic communities and not even one about the Legendary Red;

Also I plan to make this stories go even after Kanto and Johto, reaching maybe (I say maybe) into Alola Arc.

Next Chapter will see Red gaining his Starter and his Pokédex.

See ya soon guys,

SocialistBukharin