As Sam stepped into route 29 he was approached by a stout man.

"Hey kid it's not safe here, take these." Said the man as he shoved something into Sam's hands. "Oh no I need to get out of here" panicked the man as he looked over Sam's shoulder.

"Hello Sam sorry the professor forgot to give this to you." Said one of the Professors aides as he handed over a pokédex and some poke balls.

"Thanks" replied Sam "now I can check what pokémon are here." As Sam walked away he checked the pokédex.

"O.K so there is sentert, ratatta, pidgey. Hoothoot will come out tonight." Muttered Sam to himself. When suddenly something else with a purple head jumped out in front of him and startled Sam.

"Oh. It's just a ratatta. But it looks angry..." Sam sighed. "GO TAILS"

"Aipom Aipom"

"Rat Ratatta"

"Tails use swift."

"Ratatta use bite." Just then a young boy jumped out from behind a tree and Sam started in surprise.

"Use bite again" yelled the strange boy.

"Dodge with double team" I shouted back. "Then use swift"

"Ratatta Ratatta" screeched ratatta when it got hit by swift.

"No!" screamed the boy "my ratatta. I'll get you" and then he ran off.

A few minutes later Sam walked into Cheerygrove City.

"Hello young man, you seem to be a new trainer how about I show you around the city." And without waiting for a response grabbed Sam by the Arm and dragged him to a building with an orange roof. "This is the pokémon centre; you can restore your pokémon's health." The man then grabbed Sam's arm and dragged him over to a blue roofed building. "This is the pokemart; you can buy items and poke balls there, and as a thank-you for coming with me I'm going to give you a map."

"Thank-you, sir" Sam said breathlessly. His mind was racing pokémart's and pokémon centres. It also looked like he could see a beach. "Okay, let's head over there."

As Sam headed over to the beach he suddenly felt woozy "Whoa" and then the world went black.

What happened to Sam? Where did he go? What did the man shove into Sam's hand? Find out in the next chapter of Heart of Gold.

-Daveamon