Standing in Route 101, Blue and I walk into the tall grass. My mother would always bitch about how dangerous it was, because wild pokemon would jump out for no reason than to eat you. Not surprisingly, a Zigzagoon jumped out of some nearby patch and charged at us. And knowing that Blue is still new, I just ordered him to keep tackling. After about seven minutes and a couple more targets, we got out of the forest.
Not long after, we reached Ordale town.
I noticed there wasn't any streets, which got me thinking, how in the hell did they get a truck though? There's no mark or anything that's distinguishable on the ground, only two ways out going north and west.
Trying to keep on task, I noticed a certain blue building that I remember, the Poke-Mart.
We walk inside, and it's exactly how I remember it: two shelves side-by-side in the middle, and two north and east of them. "Welcome!" the clerk said to me. "Anything you need in particular?" I look at Blue, and it hits me that I never got any pokeballs or a 'dex from the professor. "Yeah, I need five pokeballs." "Sorry," the clerk said while putting her palms upward, "we're out of all kinds; the truck that delivers them hasn't shown up yet." I just stare at her, amazed that something that big can come here and not leave any damn marks.
I pick Blue up, and trying to contain my rage, say "Thanks". Still clutching Blue, I head west to find the girl.
Only to have some nerd stop me at the towns border.
"Hey! Don't be walking all over my research!" He said in a cracking and whiney tone.
"And pray tell why I shouldn't?" I asked.
"Because these footprints are probably from a rare and undiscovered pokemon!" As it was plain to see there wasn't any way to hold his excitement.
Intrigued, I look over at the undiscovered prints, because how in the hell could a 5-to-300 pound creature leave prints, but a truck cant! But, something was off. Very off. The prints had multiple lines going through them and shaped kind of like shoes. I take a look at my shoes, Blue also getting an aerial view of the prints. Seeing that the prints were similar to my own shoes, I asked if the guy found something odd about them. He stared more intensely at them, trying to understand what I was saying.
He only replied with "Nope!"
Following that, I proceeded to stomp his face into said prints, breaking his glasses and leaving several bruises on his face. The price of ignorance and stupidity, I thought to myself as I walked to the other path out. What amazed me was that Blue never jumped me or helped the nerd. He just, watched me.
We probably share the same mindset.
When I got up closer, the terrain really shifted from a near flat land to having fairly high hills. Setting Blue back on the ground, we head into the tall grass. Almost immediately, another ziggzagoon appeared. We fought it, and trudged onward. We faced a poochy and then another ziggagoon. After the last battle, I noticed Blue was becoming really tired, so we headed to the poke center. It too, still hasn't changed in the slightest, stairs on the left, and a row of computers on the right. I walked up to the pink haired woman and placed Blue on the counter.
"Can you heal him?" I asked. "Of course! That's what a pokemon center is for." She said while taking Blue and placing him on top of some machine. She pressed some buttons, and the machine lit up and made a strange melody. I stood there, thinking, "My gods, technology is really changing these days." The nurse handed me Blue and said "Have a nice day!"
I walked out, not sure what had just happened. Blue looks good as new. He jumped around everywhere, ready for anything. Taking the hint, we ran back where we came, to other pathway. No wild pokemon attacked us, which was strange considering there's always something out to get me.
As we got higher up, I could hear someone mumbling, I think. Either way, someone's at the top of the hill. As I got closer I saw it was her, messing around on some pink and blue device. It wasn't a pokenav, or a video game device. The only thing I could guess was that it was a pokedex. I give Blue the sneak sign, but he just cocked his head to the side. I got really close to his head and whispered, "Sneak". He quietly slumped on his belly and pushed himself towards her. I did the same and didn't notice a branch break under my left arm. I immediately threw the rest of my body towards the ground, hoping Blue didn't turn his head back at me. I knew he did when I could hear her come towards me.
Then, silence. The deadly silence.
I waited, and waited, but neither she nor Blue moved an inch.
She grabbed me by the arm and pulled me up. "Why are you stalking me?" she said with a raised eyebrow and crossed arms.
"One, I'm not stalking you. Two, your dad sent me out here to find you."
She gave me a cold stare, eyes locked, nothing distracting her from me. "So are you coming back to the lab with me, or should I just go back by myself? 'Cause I have no problem going back the way I came." I said while walking back with Blue.
She ran up in front of me and grabbed her belt that was covered up by her shirt. "You're only going back after we had a proper pokemon battle".
Giving a heavy sigh, I said "Fine, but let's keep this quick, I have a meet up with a certain four-eyes." "Don't worry," she said. "You'll know when it's over." She threw her 'ball into the air and out popped a reddish-orange chicken. "Torchick!" It said. "Blue, at ready." I ordered. Blue jumped from my side and charged.
Torchick reared its claw and sent it flying down on his face. "Mud!" He cried out and jumped back while. In retaliation, he shot a beam of water at the ground and a patch of dark, fresh mud shot out at Torchicks face. It covered most of its eyes. "Torchick, use ember on that fish!" "Dodge and use tackle!"
Still blinded by the mud, Torchick shot little fireballs towards me, which happened to hit a nearby tree.
And then caught on fire.
I run behind Blue and pick him up. "Smoothmovescy'a!" I shouted while adjusting Blue. I thought I heard her say something about how I can't run from a battle, but who cares when I could be sent to prison for starting a forest fire.
Finally back at Ordale, I calmed down and let Blue stretch. "Remember, if anyone asked, we don't know anything about that fire, got it?" I whispered in a hush tone. Blue nodded, and we casually walked to the poke center again. As we stepped in, we saw the nurse working on the healing machine. "I'm sorry, but the machine has malfunctioned for the time being, it won't be ready until a few hours from now. But you're welcome to stay and rest." Heeding that note, we went to one of the benches and hung out. I didn't notice it before, and the last time too, but the whole place was empty. No one was around, only the sound of gears and typing from the nurse filled the place.
The door opened, first was the fire-chicken, then the girl.
