PB001

The Journey Begins! is the first chapter in the Pokémon Blaze series. It was published on FanFiction on May 20, 2013 along with PB002 and PB003.

Plot
Aki, a 14-year old boy from Aspertia City in Unova, decides to become a Trainer. The only Pokemon he has is his best friend Flame, a young Charmander.

To seek his ultimate goal of becoming the greatest Fire-type Trainer, he decides to enter the PWC, a set of 18 tournaments with each tournament specializing in one of the 18 Pokemon types. After getting his mother's approval, he goes to Nuvema Town to get a Pokedex from Prof. Juniper.

In Nuvema Town, Prof. Juniper gives him a Pokedex, a Fire Stone, a Xtransceiver, some Pokeballs and some good advices. After getting his Trainer License, he goes on his own Pokemon journey to become the world's greatest Fire-type Trainer!

Major Events

 * The PWC tournaments begin.
 * Aki becomes a Trainer and sets out to conquer the PWC tournaments.
 * Aki decides to go to Kanto first to participate in the tournaments.

Debuts
Human Debuts
 * Akhil Blaze
 * Sandra Blaze
 * Prof. Juniper
 * Cynthia
 * Journalist

Pokémon Debuts

 * Charmander

Characters
Humans
 * Akhil Blaze
 * Sandra Blaze
 * Prof. Juniper
 * Cynthia (on TV)
 * Journalist (on TV)

Pokémon

 * Flame

Pokémon Trivia
"Did you know that Ash was supposed to get a Clefairy as his starter and that Clefairy was supposed to be the mascot of the Pokemon series? It was a last minute switch that made Pikachu the star of the show."

Trivia

 * This is the only episode of the series in which only  Pokémon  appeared, in this case, Flame.