Pokemon Adventures: The Novelization
Authors Note: I own nothing. I am doing this novelization of the Pokemon Adventure Manga to improve my pathetic writing skills. Any help with grammar and spelling would be appreciated. If you enjoy this novelization I strongly suggest buying the Pokemon Adventures Manga.
Thoughts are in italics
Chapter 1: A Glimpse of the Glow
In a place called Pallet Town...
A purple, long-eared animal called a Nidorino was surrounded by a group of yung kids holding pokeballs. It roared, baring it's fangs but the aspiring pokemon trainers were not to be deterred, with one throwing a pokeball at the Nidorino. To no avail. "Fooey it bounced off again!" exclaimed one child.
A young girl excitedly yelled "My turn,my turn!". She grabbed a pokeball and turned to look at the Nidorino which faced her in an assertive but still wary manner. One of her friends, a wannabe bug catcher asked "Do you really think you have a chance?".
"Oh be quiet" she replied as she held the pokeball in her left hand. "Watch this!" she yelled, "I'm going to catch this pokemon and make it my personal pet!". The girl jumped forward, releasing the pokeball in mid air. Bonng! "Huh?" exclaimed the girl, "It bounced off?".
"Hahaha! You can't catch a pokemon like that!", the children turned around. An older boy,around the age of 10, with spikey black hair, red cap and jacket and blue jeans had walked up behind them."If you want to catch a pokemon..." he said "First you got to weaken it, then throw the pokeball".
He grabbed a pokeball from his waist, however unlike the pokeballs the children were using, this pokeball contained a pokemon. "For instance try this!" he threw the pokeball forward "Go, Poliwhirl!", a blue pokemon with a spherical body and a black spiral on it's chest was released from the pokeball.
"Give it the water gun! he ordered. Poliwhirl raised it's hand an unleashed a blast of water at the Nidorino, hitting it straight between the eyes. The Nidorino staggered, unable to keep balance or open it's eyes. "Wow" exclaimed the group of children "It looks dizzy".
"Yeah!" proclaimed the boy, "And now that Nidorino is weak, I throw the pokeball". He grabbed an empty pokeball and threw it at the Nidorino. Bon! Niggle! Riggle! the Nidorino desperately struggled to escape. The pokeball ceased movement and the boy held it up. "Ha ha! Gotcha nidorino!".
He stood there basking in his glory. "Cool! That was great Red!" proclaimed the children. Red cockily thought to himself, everybody knows me in Pallet Town. And why not? I'm the best pokemon trainer around!. Huh? What are pokemon you ask? Strange creatures that inhabit the world. I don't know how many types of pokemon there are but I do know one thing: I'm going to catch them all!.
Red started to walk back towards his home. The children ran after him "Hey Red! Do you know Professor Oak?" they asked. Red turned around and thought. Professor Oak? Isn't he that old loner?, "The old guy at the edge of the town? What about that weirdo?" he asked. "Well..." replied the children, "People say that he knows a lot about pokemon. Maybe he can teach us some things about how to catch them".
"You don't need that old nut. I'll teach you everything you need to know" Red proclaimed. "Maybe" said the children "But they say that Professor Oak trained his grandson to be one of the worlds best pokemon trainers". "Grandson?!" remarked Red, suprised. "He has been studying overseas for a long time and just got back" answed the children. Red started walking again. "Hmph!" he cockily said, "I don't care who he is, he doesn't stand a chance against me!!". With that he walked away from the children and across the fields towards his house.
Hmm... Red thought with his head down, Old Professor Oak huh? Maybe he knows something. He proceeded to walk forward, still not looking where he was going. Suddenly he collided with something. That something was the back of a man wearing a black uniform with a R on his shirt. "Hey!" the man yelled, "Watch it you worm!". The man walked away, joining several other men with identical uniforms, all heading towards Viridian Forrest. Red stood still, watching the men walk away when he noticed that they all wore pokeballs on their waists. "They have got to be pokemon trainers!" he exclaimed and ran after them.
The men walked into Viridian Forrest but stopped before the trees became too thick, Red stealthily hid behind a nearby tree. One of trainers, who appeared to be the leader of the group adressed the others "It must be hiding in the general area! Do not rest until you find it" he ordered the others "Find the phantom pokemon!". From his hiding place, Red pondered, Phantom pokemon? Never heard of it. The leader of the men begain to speak again "We have not yet searched the west wood! Comb it to the last blade!" he demanded. The uniformed men rapidly ran towards the west.
Red waited for them to disapear. "Thanks for the tip, guys!" he said, "That phantom pokemon will be mind or my name is not Red!", before running towards the west wood. Several minutes later, Red was wandering around a clearing in the west wood with a gargantuan pile of pokeballs in his arms, Great they're not here yet he though, heh heh heh, "Where are you phantom pokemon" he asked. Suddenly he was stopped by a sight, "Huh, What is that?" he yelled, "And who is that? One of those creeps beat me to it!".
A pink, glowing cat-like pokemon with a long tail was floating in the air, facing another boy of a similar age to Red. This boy also had spikey hair, but his was brown and he wair a purple jumper and black pants. The boy grabbed a pokeball and threw it at the ground in front of the phantom pokemon. "Now" he yelled, "Charmander go!", an orange dinasaur-like creatrue with a flame on it's tail appeared. A pokemon! thought Red he must be a pokemon trainer. The Charmander opened it's mouth and spurted out crimsom flames towards the pink pokemon. The strange pokemon jumped up to avoid the fire and lept to the left of the charmander. Yeesh.. I've never seen a Pokemon battle like this before. His pokemon, that's a Charmander but what is that glowing creature? I've never seen anything like it, Red pondered as the Charmander rapidly jumped up and turned towards the other pokemon.
The other boy, standing with his arms crossed across his chest surveyed the battle before suddenly raising his hand in which he clutched a pokeball, "Enough!" he yelled, "Charmander return!". What the... wondered Red, before he jumped out of the bushes. "What do you think you're doing?" Red demander, "You almost had the thing!". The boy turned his head and stared Red in the eye.
"My turn! Go Poliwhirl!" yelled Red as he threw a pokeball at the phantom pokemon. "Water Gun!" he ordered. Poliwhirl lifted it's hand and unleashed a blast of water towards the creature. The creature looked up at the water and jumped through it, smashing into Poliwhirl, causing the blue pokemon to faint. Red fell to his knees and leant over the unmoving Poliwhirl, "Poliwhirl! C-come on, snap out of it buddy!" he begged. The brown haired boy stared at him before saying "Are you blind? Didn't you notice anything while you were watching my fight? I could tell almsot immediately that there was a vast difference in strength. That's why I stopped the fight. Know your limitations or you will only beat yourself. Remember that", he then walked away leaving Red with his unconscios Poliwhirl. Red sat on his knees, staring at his defeated pokemon, "You mean I actually lost...?".
Suddenly the uniformed men from before burst into the clearing. "The field" they exclaimed, "It's been burnt! What happened here?". One of them noticed Red sitting next to his fainted Poliwhirl, he ran up and yelled at him "Answer me worm! What have you done?", however the leader of the men had different ideas "Ignore him! The Mew is what counts! It might still be nearby". The men again ran into the trees to search for the Mew.
Later that night, after healing his Poliwhirl. Red walked to the edge of a Pallet Town. He stopped and looked at a large building "So this is old Professor Oak's lab.." he said, "They say he's a mean old guy so I always kept away. But I guess the only place I can learn to be a great Pokemon trainer is here."