Mai woke up earlier than usual on this day. Not because she slept early last night, or because she couldn't sleep for whatever reason. On this day, she woke early because it was the day she was going to get her very first pokemon! After waiting years and years, she would finally get the chance. Earlier that week she got a letter from Professor Sycamore that her and her two best friends Ken and Enyo were going to get a chance to go in their very own pokemon journey. 

The catch was, they had to do a favor for the professor. They just didn't know what it was yet. 

Mai got up out of bed faster than she ever had. She dressed up, ate, and flew out of her house towards the entrance to Vaniville Town. It was here that she would wait for her two friends who were likely sleeping in on this important day. Mai decided she would scold them if she didn't see them coming soon.