Today, I awoke very excited. My parents would be visiting Celadon for a shopping trip. That left the entire day to hang with Kaizer, my best friend since I moved to Viridian City about 5 years ago. My father, the gym leader for Viridian City since Giovanni's disappearance, yelled up into my room,

"We are leaving, stay out of the tall grass and if you need anything, Kyle next door is available. He said he'd help if it was needed." I wandered down the stairs, assuring my father.

"I'll be with Kaiz all day anyways, We are gonna watch the pidgey again."

"Alright hon, be careful." My mom is always so worrysome. I charged out the door only to nearly plow Kaiz to the ground in my fervor.

"Sorry Kaiz. Got a little to excited there." Kaiz and I wandered out to our usual spot near Indigo Plataea where the pidgey are plenty.

Suddenly, Kaiz whispered, "What was that?". I didn't hear anything but I got curious.

"Hear what?", I asked curiously.

"I heard a whimper out in the grass." she said, still whispering.

I grabbed her arm, "We aren't supposed to be going out in the grass like that." She tugged out of my grasp,

"A pokemon might be hurt, I'm going to check on it."

I followed hoping that maybe i could be of some help if a pokemon attacked. She found it next to a tree. The poor growlithe was being mugged by a team of mankey. I immediately stopped her, knowing the mankey would be too strong for us. The mankey got bored with there prey soon after we approached and she ran to the beaten pokemon's aid.

"Run and grab Kyle," she yelled, tears streaming down her eyes." I'll stay with it and see if I can help."

I knew there was no persuading her, though I knew I shouldn't leave her alone where the wild pokemon ran rampant, so I charged off at full speed towards their house. Luckily it was the closest so I got there quick. "I'm glad I wore my running shoes today," I mumbled to myself as I approached her door.

I banged on the door shouting Kyle's name at the top of my lungs. Kyle ran to the door, "What happened?" he asked, obviously panicked. I speedily briefed him on what we had just seen, and then we charged off after Kaiz.

When we arrived another mankey wandered up towards the vulnerable pair. Kyle skillfully whipped a pokeball off his belt, and tossed it. " Go, Sands. Stop that mankey before it hurts my sis." The well-trained sandslash jumped into action. As Sands and Kyle kept the mankey occupied, I ran in and grabbed the growlithe and had Kaiz follow me.

Soon enough Kyle had the mankey dispatched and came over to check on the growlithe. "He's hurt pretty bad. We need to get him to the center quick." Kyle scooped up the injured pokemon and charged off towards the town's PokeCenter.

Kaiz and I took off after him, both of us worried about the battered pokemon he was carrying. We arrived a couple of minutes after Kyle did. Though it didn't seem long, Kyle had already had him in the back checking out the situation.

"It's hurt pretty bad, it's front right leg is broken, and it has several cuts and bruises. It's beaten up pretty bad but with time, he'll make a full recovery. I'll keep him here for a few days to watch his recovery pace."

"Ok, thanks Kyle" we both said, relieved to hear that the poor pup wasn't hurt too badly.

"You two head home for now guys. I need some time to get him taken care of properly." Kaiz and I left the Center and headed to my house as it was the closest. We sat there for what seemed like hours. We talked about the poor growlithe and how badly it had been beaten. Kyle arrived at the door, saying we can come see the pokemon that we had saved.

Kaiz rushed off ahead of us almost knocking Kyle to the ground. I then charged off after Kaiz to see the puppy pokemon. When i got in Kaiz was petting the growlithe, whispering to it. She was obviously very worried about it so i sat down next to her and watched as she cooed to the broken fire pokemon. The growlithe obviously enjoyed her presence, making a sort of growl-like cooing noise.

I smiled at the sight, silently hoping I'd meet my own pokemon someday. Kyle soon kicked us out saying "It's time for bed, both for you and the growlithe." Kaiz and I both grudgingly left the Center, heading for our respective houses, and thusly our own beds.