A young Doc awaited anxiously at Professor Cottonwood's lab, tapping his foot and thinking of what could happen.

Today was the day. He, and his friends, were picking out their Starter Pokemon. Who was he going to choose?

One from Kanto? Or Kalos? Maybe a Unova one would fit better... but what type? He'd always liked steel and electric types, especially since needing his cybernetics, but all the Starters were always grass, fire, or water. If he had to pick, his Starter would probably have to be a fire type.

"Doc, come on in!" The Professor finally called. The teenager's heartbeat started going crazy as he shakily stood up. 'This is it...'

As the Professor led him to the main lab, they sighed. "So, we have a bit of an odd circumstance for you, but luckily we've found a way around it."

'Oh, perfect. I haven't even seen my possible Pokemon yet and things are already going wrong.' Doc thought sarcastically. "Okay...?"

Walking to the table, Professor Cottonwood picked up a single Pokeball. "You might not be able to choose your Starter, unfortunately, but given the rumors I've heard about you... I have a feeling you won't mind."

'Okay???'

Professor Cottonwood opened the Pokeball, and the blue plasma-like energy burst out into the air, until it solidified into... a Rotom.

Doc stared at the small Pokemon in mild shock as it cheered and zipped around the room. "W-Wait- Rotom's not a Starter. They're not even one of the usual Starter types!"

Grinning, Professor Cottonwood nodded. "Perhaps, but we found this one possessing some of my tech, and I've heard you quite like electric types, so..."

They handed the Pokeball, along with a Pokedex, to the very confused Doc.

"I... Alright." the cyborg hesitantly took the Pokeball, glancing at the excitable electric-type. "Guess they're my Rotom now."

Walking out of the lab, Doc chuckled as Rotom buzzed around him as the realization slowly started to hit him that he'd done it. Not only that, he got the rare, mostly just rumored chance to get an unusual Starter Pokemon.

"Hey, Doc!!" Ren called out, running forward with a grin. A small, pale blue Pokemon waddled after him, smiling at their Trainer's joy.

The cyborg grinned and waved as he went to meet up with his friend. "Hey man! You won't believe this!"

Rotom immediately whizzed to follow Doc, giving Ren a curious look.

"You got an Oshawott?" the German raised an eyebrow at the small otter-like Pokemon, shoving his hands into the pockets of his lab coat, feeling Rotom's Pokeball in one of them. He kept the empty ones in the opposite one.

Ren nodded. "Yep! Little dude's pretty cute, but he's already tried to fight someone's Sneasel-"

Noticing the small scrape on Oshawott's arm, Doc sighed playfully. "Not even five minutes in and your Pokemon's already eager to fight, huh? Would've thought that would be Bdubs."

"Oh, just you wait Doc! Give him time, and his little fire-type is gonna be trying to fight everything they meet." The blue-eyed boy picked up his Pokemon. "Although it does kinda suck that this poor dude already needs to get healed up..."

The little Oshawott looked up at their Trainer, noticing his concern. They grinned reassuringly and cheered excitedly, "Osha Osha, Oshawott!!"

"I think he's fine with that though." Doc chuckled. "You mentioned Bdubs has a fire-type? Not surprised."

Nodding, Ren gestured with his free hand for the German to follow him. "Yeah, a Charmander! Not sure what X got, but knowing him it's probably a grass or water type."

The little electric type flew above Doc's head, looking around at the other people curiously as the two Trainers went to find their friends. Letting his thoughts wander, Doc smiled at the thought of traveling with his three friends and their Pokemon.

Bdubs cackled as Xisuma's new Squirtle panickingly put out the fire the little Charmander had accidentally started on the Brit's jacket. "You're not looking too hot there, X!"

"Ha ha, very funny-" Xisuma huffed, holding back a chuckle. "Look at me, now I'm all wet!"

Laughing even harder, Bdubs didn't notice the arrival of two new Trainers until one of them spoke up.

"What happened here?" Doc chuckled. The smallest Trainer looked up to see an odd orange Pokemon flying around his head, chattering excitedly.

"I- Wait a second, is that a freakin' Rotom?!"

Ren nodded. "Actually just asked about that-"

Looking at the electric-ghost type curiously, Squirtle walked over and stared up at Rotom. "Squirtle?"

So of course Rotom's first reaction was to shock the poor little guy.

"ROTOM-"

Cue a few minutes of laughing and scolding, but the little electric Pokemon didn't seem to be bothered by either.

"Osha-Oshawott!!" The small water-type scolded with a scowl, which looked more cute than intimidating.

Xisuma sighed. "This... This is going to be a very long journey, isn't it?"

Here we go :]

Also sorry if it's a bit meh, I'm trying to figure out the flow of this story qwq"

- CaptainMarra (is getting back to their Pokemon phase)