A/N – This is my first Fanfiction. Please don't be too critical. Hope you like it.

Disclaimer - I do not own anything mentioned in the FanFiction. Pokemon does NOT belong to me.

Chapter 1: The Start

A young boy with red hair was sitting in a field outside the Dragon's Den, enjoying the tranquility of Blackthorn City. A Dratini was curled up beside him. Suddenly, a girl walked up behind him..

"Lance, are you skipping out on your training?"

Lance jumped in surprise. He turned around. The girl had light blue hair, which flew in the wind.

"No, Clair, I was just taking a break for a few minutes! Please don't tell Master Ryu!"

Lance said, panicking. The now identified Clair laughed. "I know, I was just pulling your leg. Calm down."

"You know how Master Ryu gets when he sees me not training. Don't crack jokes like that."

"Fine, whatever. I came here to tell you that Master Ryu and Master Wan want to talk to you."

Lance started sweating nervously. 'What do they want? I hope they don't take Dratini away! Did they see me taking a break? Did I do something wrong?' Questions were flying around in his head like moths near a flame.

"Fine, I suppose they are in the usual place."

"Yes, they are."

Lance walked into the small house in the Dragon's Den. He saw that the two elders were waiting for him. He walks up to them and bows.

"Masters, I am here. What is it that you require?"

The taller man replied, "Me and Master Ryu have seen your performance and have deemed you ready to go on your own pokemon journey. We think that it will help you to gain experience and help you become worthy to be the leader of this clan."

Lance almost whooped in joy. Finally! He wanted to go on his journey ever since he was nine. When he became ten, the elders gave him a Dratini, but told him that they would not allow him to go on his journey until they deemed him worthy. And so, he had trained for almost one and a half years, and he was finally ready!

"So when will I leave to go to Prof. Cyprus' lab?" He asked.

"You will not go there."

"What?" Lance asked, confused. "Then where will I go?"

"You will travel to Pallet Town in the Kanto region and go to Prof. Oak's lab. We are of the opinion that you should travel in a new region rather than a known region." Master Ryu spoke at last.

Lance knew not to question an elders' action too much, so he bowed and said, "Very well, I will prepare for my journey."

"Go and meet us in front of the Den tomorrow at dawn." Master Wan said. "We expect you to be on time."

"And I shall be, Masters. I now take your leave."

Lance walked out to see Clair waiting for him. "Well, what did they want?"

Lance gave a wide smile. "They let me go on my journey!"

Clair became wide eyed. "Honestly? They finally did it? I'm so happy for you cousin. You'll finally battle Faulkner, and Norman, and-"

"I'm going to travel in the Kanto region, not in Johto. That's what the elders said"

Clair smile faultered. "Doesn't that mean that I won't see you for some time?"

"Unfortunately, it is so. But I'll talk to you every few days. Don't worry!"

Clair smile brightened. "Well, then it's fine. Anyway, I'm sure you need to go pack. Shoo!"

That night, Lance told Dratini, "We're finally going! I'm sure we'll have a lot of adventure and will become really strong. You're already close to evolving. I'm sure before our journey in Kanto ends, you will become a strong Dragonite."

"Tini!" Dratini made a happy sound and curled up beside Lance. Lance smiled. "Good night, buddy. We have a long day tomorrow."

The next morning, Lance had reached the gate of the Den 15 minutes before dawn. Dratini slithered up and was lying down beside him. Clair was accompanying him. Exactly at dawn, the two masters came out of the den with two Pokeballs in Ryu's hand. Ryu gave one of them to Lance. "I assume you would want to make Dratini your Pokemon officially?"

Lance said, " I would like to Master. Thank you." Lance took the Pokeball and dropped down to Dratini's level. "Are you ready to be my Pokemon officially?" Dratini immediately touched the pokeball and got sucked in. There was an immediate ding, signifying a successful capture. Lance turned back to face his teachers. Master Wan walked up to Lance. "I will accompany you to Pallet Town and see you off from there." Wan took the other Pokeball from Ryu and called out an Alakazam.

Clair said, with happiness evident in her voice, "Better be good, cousin. Or else I'll have to come behind you. Have a great adventure!"

Ryu said, "This is the start of your journey, Lance. Use what we have taught you. I expect you to do well. May the great dragons above bless you."

With that, Wan nodded to the Alakazam and they were teleported to Pallet Town. Lance looked around the small, quaint town, enjoying the serenity and peace. They were standing in front of a big building with a windmill on it.

Wan said, "This is Pallet Town and we are in front of Prof. Oak's lab. I will not go further as I need to go back. We want you to call at least once a week and tell us of your progress. May the dragons protect you!" Saying this, Wan teleported away with Alakazam.

Lance walked up to the door, and nervously knocked it. A young man with brown hair opened the door. "Can I help you?"

"I have come from Blackthorn city to start my journey." Lance said in a nervous voice.

"Ah, yes! You must be Lance. Come in, the Professor will be here shortly. My name's Elm. I'm a student under Oak." With that, Elm walked into a room, seeming to call the professor. Lance walked in and looked around the lab, spotting pictures of old tablets and some pokeballs on a table. There was an open door seeming to lead outside. He peeked and saw many Pokemon running around a huge area.

"I see you've acquainted yourself with the Corral." Came a voice from behind.

Lance turned around and saw the great professor of the Kanto region, Professor Samuel Oak. Lance started to say something but Oak said quickly, "Don't start apologizing, it's quite alright. Come this way now, and I'll give you what you need."

They walked into a room which looked like Oak's office. Oak turned to him and said, pointing to a table with three pokeballs, "I know you already have Dratini, but I see potential in you and will still offer you one of the starters I provide."

Lance was excited. He always wanted a Charizard, and had assumed that he had to catch one, but this was a great opportunity. "I'll take Charmander, sir. I've always wanted one."

"Very well, here you go." Oak gave him a Pokeball containing Charmander. Oak then said, "I know that you want to become a Dragon Master, so you won't focus on completing a Pokedex, but I would still like to give you one, as in your search, I'm sure you'll come across many other types of Pokemon. Also, I will provide you with 5 empty Pokeballs to start out. I have also been told by Master Wan that you would like to get your extra Pokemon transferred to the Dragon's Den, so I have arranged for that as well."

Lance took the items and thanked the professor. He said, "Thank you for the help, Professor. I'll be sure to make you happy."

"It's fine, my boy. Now go and start your journey!"

Lance walked out of the lab and head towards Route 1. He exited Pallet Town and let out both his Pokemon in a clearing. He scanned both of them.

Dratini, the Dragon Pokemon. Gender – Male. Ability – Shed Skin. Moves – Thunder Wave, ExtremeSpeed, Slam, Dragon Rage, Twister, Leer

Charmander, the Lizard Pokemon – Male. Ability – Blaze. Moves – Scratch, Growl, Ember

"Today, we start our journey to be a Dragon Master. Will you stand by me and become stronger?"

Both the Pokemon cried out showing their determination.

Lance smiled, "Watch out, Elite Four. We're coming to conquer you!"

A/N – Next chapter onwards, I will write Lance's Pokemon and moves at the end. Also, note that his Pokemon's moves will be from gen 6 from time–to–time. I will NOT outright give him all the Pokemon, he'll have to work for it.

One more thing. I have decided that the difficulty of a Gym will depend on the number of badges. BUT, there will still be harder gyms than the other. For example, starting of by challenging Blaine first will still be more difficult than challenging Brock first. Trainers need certain amount of experience, so that they know how to counter the battling style of a Gym Leader.

If you have any suggestion, PM me.

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