In my Red version, I chose Charmander as my starter. When I made my way to Pewter, I read the sign in front of the Gym and nearly cried. A Rock Gym?! I may have been younger, but I knew that fire didn't beat rock. I've seen the Discovery Channel. So I went back to train my Pokemon down by Viridian and trained until my Charmander suddenly changed, and some more after that. I was so happy, but my Charmeleon (I guess my Charmander wanted a new name) was getting a bit cocky and wouldn't listen too well. I went to Brock and took him down with a lazy Charmeleon. I started to jump up and down and cheer. People stared up from their activities in the park, but I didn't care. I had done something they could only dream of.
After that, I went out to find more. I took down Misty with a slightly less than cooprative Pikachu next. And the legend that was Chaz, would only continue from then on.