Chapter 1

Welcome to the Pokemon Academy is the first chapter of Pokémon Academy.

Summary
On the first day of school, best friends, Davey and Ashley, are excited to be enrolled at the Pokémon Academy. A school aimed at training up incoming Pokémon Trainers. Both Davey and Ashley have their own unique dreams. However, Davey in particular has his own secret, and that’s his fear of Pokémon.

Chapter Notes

 * Davey Jones, Ashley Baxer, Spyro Bandicoot, Professor Cotton, Professor Moss, and Harper Heart are introduced.
 * Davey and Ashley become students at the Pokémon Academy.
 * Davey’s mother is revealed to have gone missing.
 * Harper is revealed to be sleeping with Professor Cotton to get good grades.
 * Professor Moss is revealed to be Davey and Ashley’s teacher, and they meet the rest of their classmates.
 * Professor Moss offers Davey and Ashley a Unova starter Pokémon of their choice, but they both decline, with Ashley wanting to make a Shiny Pokemon her first Pokémon instead and Davey being afraid of them.

Trivia

 * The entirety of the chapter takes place at the Academy.
 * This is the shortest chapter so far.
 * Davey having a fear of Pokemon is a reused concept from a canceled story that originally involved Harper Heart.
 * Utah was originally supposed to appear in this chapter but didn't.
 * This is the first chapter in Pokemon Academy history to not include an SYOC character.