Lara walked into the lab. She looked around for a bit, before turning around again, facing the door. "Come on, Sam, don't be shy. I bet your pokemon is going to like you." Sam slowly but carefully made his way inside. It was still a bit exciting for the kid, getting his first pokemon and all. He slowly walked behind his big sister until they found Professor Sycamore. He was with three other people, who already had their starter pokemons. "Hello, Professor!" Lara said. The Professor looked their direction now. "Well, hello there, Lara. Long time not seen. How are you and Chesnaught?" Lara smiled when he mentioned Chesnaught, her first pokemon that she got from the professor a few years back. 

"We are doing fine. However, I'm not here today for myself." She looked at Sam, who was standing shily behind his sister. "Hello there, you must be Sam. I heard a lot about you from your sister." Sycamore said. "You want your own pokemon, don't you?" Sam nodded. "Come with me, I'll show you our starters." Sam followed the professor to a table where he was introduced to three pokemon: The grass type Chespin, the fire type Fennekin and the water type Froakie. Sam had a bit of a thought, before he made his decision. "I want Froakie." He said to Professor Sycamore. The Froakie happily jumped into Sam's arms and gave him a hug. Sam hugged the frog pokemon back. 

He walked with Froakie back to his sister. She had a sparkle in her eyes when she saw him with the water starter, which meant she was in for a battle. "Allright, Sam! now you have your first pokemon, it's time for your first battle! Don't worry, I have only a young Chespin on me." Sam was a bit scared, as he knew how strong his sister was, but wanted to try anyway. "Okay, Froakie, let's do this." He said as the water type jumped out of his arms. "Go, Chespin!" Lara said, and threw a pokeball towards Froakie. 

"Froakie, do bubble!" Sam said. "Counter it with vine whip!" Lara said. The Chespin used his vine whip on the bubbles, making them dissapear, before smacking Froakie with it. "No, Froakie! Quick, use pound!" Froakie pounded through the vines and hit Chespin. "Don't worry, Chespin, we got him! Use tackle to finish it off!" Chespin tackled Froakie, making him faint. "You did good, Chespin. Return." Sam said, a bit sad because he just lost his first fight. 

"It's okay, little bro. It was your first fight, and you did pretty good. I just have some more experience." Lara said to him with a smile. Sam cheered up a bit. "Now, I can't stay with you all the time, just make some friends and go on your adventure, okay?" Sam nodded. Lara said goodbye to Professor Sycamore before going outside. Sam went towards the people he saw earlier. He walked to the person with green clothes. "Hey. My name is Sam. Who are you?"