A/N - This is the first proper fanfiction that I've written (constructive criticism welcome) and at the time of posting this chapter, I have finished writing the story up to and including Chapter 30 but if I see a good prediction or idea, I might change it up a bit before I post it. This is in a completely original region, with original Gym Leaders and characters. Updates should be every week or two and I'll try to reply to every review in the next chapter. If you want to submit an OC for the next instalment (if there is one [there probably will be]), fill out the OC form in my profile and DM me the filled out version. This story, and potential follow-ups, will be set in the same universe as El Torro's stories (check 'em out, they're good). Also, despite Lucas being a rookie, he can come up with clever strategies on the fly as a result of watching all of the televised Gym and League battles repeatedly (including Owen Plateau's and Gray Plain's [El Torro's OCs]). Lucas' adventure awaits!

It was the middle of the night and Lucas couldn't stop tossing and turning in his bed. He was filled with the anticipation of choosing his starter the next day. Lucas had wanted to be a Pokémon Trainer ever since he saw Brendan's battles in the Ever Grande Conference; after that pivotal moment, Lucas went back and watched the Indigo and Silver League battles showcasing Red and Ethan's battling prowess and watched all future League battles. Lucas didn't go on his journey at 10 like most people would, he wanted to watch the other region's Leagues and Gym Battles. However, at 12, he was devastated to find out that the then-new Kalos Champion, Owen Plateau, raised the age from 10 to 14 due to Team Grim causing the tragic deaths of the old Kalos Elite Four and Champion. A few days after that announcement was made, Lucas fell into a slump and almost gave up on his dream. That was until a new rookie trainer, Gray Plain, came onto the scene. After he saw her first Gym Battle of the Indigo League, he made it his life's mission to tune in to every one of her televised battles all the way through to the Unova League. During Gray's journey, Lucas was filled with inspiration and a new-found passion, leading him to reapply for his Trainer's licence.

While trying to get to sleep he reminisced about all the journeys he's witnessed and how every Trainer got powerful enough to win the Pokémon League. Whilst he was reminiscing, he had drifted off and had started dreaming about which starter he should choose. Then, the dream conjured up a stadium that had a battlefield that was ten-foot from end to end and was outlined with white paint. It also had two white lines from each side going to the middle to create a 2D Poké Ball shape and at each end, there was a rectangle of space also outlined with white paint. To the right side of the battlefield, there was a grey podium that overlooked it, and all around the battlefield were bleachers where a huge crowd was cheering appeared with Lucas standing in one of the rectangular outlines.

"Klink, the steel type starter… It evolves into Klinklang which has quite a high defense stat." He thought as a creature that resembled four interlocking gears, with six teeth on the smaller two gears and eight teeth on the larger gear appeared in front of Lucas on the dream battlefield. The fourth gear was on its lower side and was red-topped with a thin, spiked rim below it. The teeth of the smaller gears were a light gray, while their central regions were darker. The teeth of the larger gear was a medium gray with a darker central region. The left eye of the smaller gear was a white "X", while it's right eye had a black pupil and a white sclera, it also had a round green nose and a small mouth. The largest gear appeared to have a face with a black square for its left eye, a black circle for its right eye, and a sharply angled white frown.

"Snorunt, the ice starter…. It has a split evolution line, Glalie and Froslass. I wonder which one I'd get…" This time, during his thoughts, a spherical creature that consisted of a black rock core that was covered by ice appeared in front of Lucas on the dream battlefield. The icy covering had several holes and spaces across the body. Blue eyes and a mouth with flat teeth were visible through three of these holes. There were two large, black, conical horns on either side of its head. Then a humanoid creature with a hollow body that looked like a kimono appeared. It wore a red band around its waist tied up in a bow at the back. Its body lacked feet like its counterpart Glalie, its arms, which had flares that had a light blue colouration at the wrists and it hands that had three small fingers were connected to the side of its head which resembled a sideways water droplet and was topped with two ice crystals that resembled horns. Its head also had several holes in it, making it resemble a mask; through two of these holes, crystal blue eyes with yellow sclera could be seen and mouth beneath the "mask". He knew he wouldn't pick Phanpy as his starter because it's evolution, Donphan, seemed a bit too stubborn for Lucas' taste. Lucas was then woken up by a sharp beeping noise. He discovered that the noise was coming from his alarm clock. It was 10:00 AM, later than he had hoped. He rushed to get changed into his usual light blue T-shirt with a Poké Ball emblazoned on it and baggy trousers. He then looked in the mirror with a short, blond, and blue-eyed baby-faced reflection looking back at him.

"Oh, shit! I'm later than I'd hoped. I better get going!" Lucas thought as he was getting changed and then running down the stairs, only to be stopped in his tracks by his mother.

"Lucas! What have I told you about running down the stairs?!" she asked in a harsh tone.

"But, Muuuum! I'm late for getting my first Pokémon." Lucas rebutted and gave her a puppy-dog eyes look. After several seconds, which felt like minutes, had passed, his mother was forced to concede.

"Alright, fine! You win this one." Lucas fist-pumped in celebration. "Shouldn't you get going now? You don't want to be even later now, do you?" she asked.

"Oh, shit!" he said under his breath as he was putting on his light blue sneakers.

"Lucas!" his mum scolded him.

"Sorry, Mum!" he shouted as he ran out the door to go to Professor Blossom's lab.

Lucas ran through the narrow streets of Enevca and past some cherry blossom trees towards Professor's Blossom's lab, taking about ten minutes. Lucas almost crashed face-first into the doors as he was thinking about his starter Pokémon. Lucas entered Blossom's lab to see his rival Tendou and Professor Blossom standing opposite each other next to a table with three spherical red and white objects on it. Tendou was tall and had dark skin and brown eyes with medium-length jet black hair, he was wearing a black shirt and baggy jeans. Professor Blossom was in her late 20's, she had fair skin and long pink hair that had white streak and was tied up in a ponytail and she was wearing a turquoise lab coat and a T-shirt underneath that had a picture of a tiny, brown, round-ish Pokémon with beady black eyes and a large, round, pink nose that seemed to be perpetually buried within the earth, leaving only its head visible, wearing sunglasses and orange text that said 'Can you Diglett?' on it. Lucas walked up to his rival and the region's Professor.

"Jeez, what took you so long?!" Tendou complained. "I've been waiting forever!" he continued.

"Pfftt, yeah right" Lucas rebutted sarcastically. "You've been here for, like, 10 minutes. Do you not understand the concept of time!?" Lucas teased.

"Of course I do, idiot!" Tendou shot back. "It was a hyperbole!" He said trying to justify his complaints.

"Like you'd know what a hyperbole is…" Lucas remarked. Professor Blossom calmly interrupted and said

"Now, now, children - "

"WE'RE NOT CHILDREN!" Lucas and Tendou shouted simultaneously, interrupting the Professor in the process.

"Now that I have your attention, are you going to choose your starter Pokémon?" Blossom asked the rookie Trainers. Tendou piped up.

"I'm gonna let you choose first because I'm a gentleman!"

"Gentleman, my ass…." Lucas muttered under his breath. Professor Blossom opened the spherical objects releasing three Pokémon in a flash of blue light. Once the light dissipated, there were three Pokémon on the table. A creature resembling two interlocking gears with six light gray teeth each, round turquoise noses and small mouths with each gear having a white "X" in place of their left eye while their right eyes had black pupils and white scleras was on the left side of the table. In the middle of the table was a small, black ovoid creature that had circular, light blue eyes, wide teeth, and spherical hands and feet that lacked digits, it was also covered with a yellow cloak that made it look triangular. The cloak was rimmed with an orange stripe and had three diamond-shaped orange markings on the back. And a light blue elephant-like creature was on the right side of the table. Lucas walked over to the table with the Pokémon on it with one thought on his mind. His choice of starter.

"So, have you made your choice, Lucas?" Professor Blossom questioned.

"Yes, I have, Professor…." Lucas said. "I choose you…."

A/N - How's that for a cliffhanger? I wouldn't normally, but I need to keep you interested somehow, don't I? So, in this chapter, we were introduced to the main character Lucas, his rival Tendou (who's a bit of a dick) and the region's Professor. Next chapter Lucas' and Tendou's starters will be revealed and we'll see Lucas' first rival battle. Don't forget to leave a review (if you want, I can't tell you what to do). See you next chapter!