Pokemon
Catastrophic Adventures
Chapter 1
Beginning Trek
Jordan awoke on the day before his Birthday. He was psyched about getting his first pokemon today, the only downside was that he lived in Fallarbor town, a good two days walk from Littleroot where the pokemon professor lived. And his mom insisted on coming with him, although he was almost ten. "A wild pokemon will attack you, and you won't be able to do anything because you don't have your own pokemon yet. And no, you can't use one of your dads either. Don't give me that look, you know how much his Linoone hates you, and he's the most docile." she would always say, and each time, Jordan fought a losing battle of trying to get out of it.
"Breakfast!" His mom's voice cut through his thoughts like a hot knife through butter. Jordon got up, got dressed, and walked downstairs shortly after exiting his room.
"Good morning honey how was your night?"
"Uh, just like any other night I suppose." Jordan replied, curious as to why his nights where suddenly important.
"Why do you ask?"
"Well, your tenth birthday's tomorrow, and I was just curious." his mom replied, suddenly looking like there was something she wasn't telling him.
"What's the secret?" Jordan asked, catching on. At that moment, his dad, a large, kind man with the beginnings of a beard appeared in the doorway.
"Ohhhh, scrambled eggs, my favorite! And orange juice! What rare occasion are we celebrating today?" His father asked, pretending he forgot about Jordan's birthday.
"Da-ad, you know what tomorrow is." Jordan laughed as they all sat down to eat.
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ELSEWHERE:
"Doctor, are you sure you want to do this?" a lab coat clad assistant asked. "Yes, commence phase two of Groudon's awakening." The lab assistant pushed a lever up on the Master Control Panel, and a white light suddenly filled the room.
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"Can we stop here?" Jordan asked his mom as they entered Mauville. The trip from Fallarbor was fairly uneventful, with the only excitement being the occasional sighting of a pokemon (Jordan's mom insisted that they put on repellent to make the trip pass quicker and safer). It was almost five in the afternoon, and they had been walking all day, only stopping once at an old ladies house just out of Fiery Path to rest.
"I guess, but we need to find a hotel first." -And I don't like the look of this part of town- Jordan's mom thought scanning Mauville and seeing nothing but alleys the brightly lit game corner and the out-of-place gym.
"OK, but first, can we stop at the game corner?" Ever since hearing his older sister's stories about her adventures during her rare visits home, Jordan has wanted to see what the game corner was really like.
"No! Do you know what goes on in casinos like those?..." Jordan's mom ranted. -I'll make that my first stop then when I'm alone.-
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THE NEXT DAY 7:04AM
"Happy Birthday!" Jordan awoke suddenly, having his dream of a mile high ice cream cone shattered into unremembered details of his life.
"Uuunnnggghhhhh" Jordan moaned momentarily forgetting that today was his 10th birthday and he wasn't in his own bed. "Jessie!" Jordan exclaimed as he opened his eyes and saw his older sister sitting on the foot of his bed. "What are you doin' here?"
"Celebrating your tenth birthday of course! I was on my way to re battle the third gym leader, and happened to catch news of your arrival in the very town I was heading to!" Jordan's sister was fourteen, and had fought and beaten the 8 gym leaders, the elite four, and now the first two gyms again (who used their stronger back-up pokemon for rematches) (she still hadn't beat the champion, which is why she is still in Hoenn.)
Jordan dove across the bed and hugged his sister, whom he hadn't seen for a couple months.
After Jordan, his mom and his sister ate breakfast at a Miltank's Café, Jordan was ready to be on the road again.
"Love you Jess! Bye!"
"You too! Oh! Wait a sec, I have something to give you..." Jessie pulled out three pokeballs and two great balls from her utility pouch attached to the back of her belt. "These are for you."
"Thanks! Now I don't have to buy any before I start my journey!" Jordan ran up to Jessie and hugged her. "Bye."
Jordan and his mom left the south exit of Mauville and shortly after were confronted with a wild Minun.
"Drat, forgot the repellent." Jordan's mom pulled out one of the three pokeballs she brought with and tossed it in front of her. "Go, Swellow! Use Wing Attack!" Swellow, a medium sized bird with dark blue feathers on its back and white on its front leapt into the air and soared toward the Minun striking it with its wings, causing an instant knock out because of the Swellow's sheer power. "Good. Swellow, return!" A red beam of light shot the pokeballs in Mrs. McAwn's outstretched arm.
Moments later, Jordan found himself covered in pokemon repellent. He and his mom turned right down a u-shaped path covered in grass. The path was under the cycling road that trainers with bikes rode across to avoid wild pokemon.
At the end, the path forked. You could go straight and cross a small body of water, or you could turn left and go toward Slateport. The quickest way to Littleroot was to go straight and cross the water on either the hourly ferry, or on a pokemon's back. The ferry left fifteen minutes ago, so Jordan's mom released her Wailmer, a large blue ball pokemon resembling a whale, into the water. Jordan and his mom got on its back and the Wailmer used Aqua Jet to shoot itself forward faster than the ferry could possibly go. A few minutes later, Jordan and his mom reached and over passed the ferry. A few more minutes later, and they reached land. The ferry wouldn't be there for another ten minutes.
They walked a bit, turned left, and headed into Oldale Town. By now, it was almost dark, and even though the trip from Oldale to Littleroot was a short one, it very dangerous.
"C'mon mom, were almost there." Jordan pleaded to a very worn out, overcautious mother. "Don't even get me started young man. It's almost dark and very dangerous out there." we'll stay at this little inn, and then leave early tomorrow."
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Authors Notes: Wow. My first story and it's two and a half pages in Microsoft Word. Anyway, I probably won't be able to update every week or anything, but I'll try.