"[i]Wingull! Wing! Wing! Wingull![/i]"

A flock of wingull soared over the peaceful shores of Pallet Town. Waves rolled in from the Twenty-One in the south and crashed against its soft white beach. Children ran across the sand and splashed through the water; their parents keeping a careful eye on both their kids and their tans. And in spite of the commotion of registration day, Pallet Town truly lived up to its quaint, peaceful reputation. 

However, an idyllic evening at the beach fell victim to strange circumstances. The waves began to sweep in from the south with more and more force. Distressed Magikarp splashed up out of the surf near the shore and before long, a single large fan-like fin was sighted off the coast. It sped through the waters leaving literal wakes in its way as it made a beeline for the quiet seashore of Pallet Town.

A mighty pokemon reared its draconian head; "[b]GYARADOS[/b]!" it roared. The Gyarados shot its head up high above the surf and glided into the shoreline before lowering its head onto the beach.

[url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/77548-the-road-to-indigo-pokemon-rp-chapter-1-intros-and-out-we-goes/char#post-2477439]Claire Hawk[/url] slid down the side of the Gyarados; her hair and bathing suit still soaking wet. She lands on the ground with a soft [i]crunch[/i] and bounces up and away from the Gyarados. An older man, her father, stands up on the back of the Gyarados. He holds onto Gyarados' tall dorsal fins.

"You got everything?" he yelled down at her.

She held up a small pokeball in her hand and it expanded to full size. She yelled back, "Yeah, pops!"

"Alright! Call whenever you can! We'll see you when you come back around to Cinnabar!"

"Mhm! Bye pops!" she smiled up at him and he popped a faux-salute before patting his Gyarados' fin and flying back off towards the Twenty-One. Claire waved after him as he surfed off towards Cinnabar Island on the back of his Gyarados. When he was out of eyeshot she turned around and walked off and slid her way into a changing booth on the beach.

Inside the booth, Claire pressed the button on her pokeball; the ball flew open and red lightning lit up the changing booth. Claire closed her eyes for a brief moment and when she had opened them again there on the floor of the booth stood was a Chinchou with a trainer's satchel tightened over its shoulder. "[color=#6390F0]Chin, chin, chin![/color]"

Claire smiled and rubbed Chinchin's head; he smiled and flapped his fins happily. He nuzzled off the shoulder bag and Claire snatched it up off the ground, "Thank~you." Within minutes she had changed into dry clothes and was on her way to Professor Oak's laboratory to get her journey underway.