I am so happy to finally have this chapter up and that I have an awsome beta reader now! This would have taken a lot longer to update without Moonwing Storyteller's help.


Chapter 2

I woke up with the sun shining in my face. I got up and packed up so that I could hurry and get to Pewter City. I was really excited about facing my first gym leader. I read in my guide book that Brock was the gym leader of Pewter City and was pretty strong but I believed that Charmander and Jigglypuff could take him. Soon Pewter City was in my sight so I stopped to take a break.

"Wow so that's Pewter City huh. Look out Brock here we come!" I exclaimed.

"You think that you can take on Brock." a old looking man said from below me. I let out a shriek and fell back surprised.

"Oh, I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you." the man said, coming to help me up.

"Who are you?" I asked as I brushed myself off.

"My name is Flint, and I sell rocks." he said.

"Rocks?"

"Yes. Rocks from all over Kanto. Want to buy some?" he asked.

"Sorry I can't, I don't have any money on me." I told him.

"That's too bad then." Flint said.

"Well then can you point me towards the Pewter Gym?"

"That way. Don't expect to win though; Brock is a really strong gym leader." Flint said.

"I know but I can try. Thank you." I said.

As I started to leave I saw something moving in a pile of rocks.

"Hey what's this?" I asked.

"Huh? I'm not sure, help me pull it out."

"Okay."

We each grabbed a leg of the Pokémon that was stuck and pulled until the Pokémon was out. It was holding a bone and it had a skull bone on its head and it was crying. I took out my Pokédex to see what Pokémon it was.

"Cubone, the bone Pokémon. When it thinks of its dead mother, it cries. It's crying makes the skull it wears rattle hollowly." the Pokédex said.

"That's so sad. There there, Cubone, it's okay. You're safe now." I said, patting its head while it clung to my leg, trying to get away from Flint.

"What's wrong with it?" he asked.

"I think it's afraid of you." I said, picking up Cubone.

"Why would it be afraid of me?"

"Maybe because you buried it in a pile of rocks."

"I didn't know that it was in the rocks. . . . . . . "

"Well, Cubone, you're free to go." I said putting it back on the ground and walking away.

I didn't walk but five steps until Cubone came and grabbed my jeans.

"What is it?" I asked it.

"Cue cubonebone." it said, lifting its arms up as if it wanted to be picked up.

"AW, that's so cute! You want to come with me? Okay then Cubone you can come and watch me battle the gym leader." I said picking it back up in my arms.

It wasn't long until I was in front of the Pewter Gym. I was shaking a little, half because I was excited and half because I was nervous.

'Get it together Kathy, you have Charmander, Jigglypuff, and even Cubone with you.' I thought to myself.

As I slowly entered the gym my shaking stopped. I was being silly. There wasn't anything to be afraid of.

"Who's there!" a male voice boomed through the gym.

I let out a small shriek and held Cubone close to me.

"Oh I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you. Are you a challenger?" a boy who looked a few years older than me asked from the other side of the gym

"Yes, my name is Kathy and I want to challenge the gym leader Brock. Are you him?"

"Yes I am. I'll accept your challenge but I won't go easy on you just because you're cute." he said smiling at me, making me blush.

"Thank you."

"This will be a two on two battle okay. Go Geodude!" Brock said, releasing a Pokémon that looked like a rock. It made me think of Flint and made me giggle while I took out my Pokédex.

"Geodude, the rock Pokémon. Many live on mountain trails and remain half buried while keeping an eye on climbers. It is impossible to distinguish from rocks."

"Hm… well then, I choose Charmander!" I said, releasing him from his Pokéball.

"A Charmander huh, Geodude tackle attack!"

"Charmander dodge and use scratch to get close up and use ember!"

Chamander did what he was told and attacked making Geodude really weak.

"Hold on Geodude!" Brock said.

"Use tackle to finish it Charmander!" I called out.

Geodude was knocked out.

"Yes! You did it Charmander!" I squealed, jumping up and down.

"You did great Geodude, return. Pretty good Kathy but don't get your hopes up. I still have one more Pokémon. Go Onix!" Brock said releasing a huge rock Pokémon. My eyes widened as I took out my Pokédex again.

"Onix, the rock snake Pokémon. When it travels underground, it causes rumbling and tremors. It can move at 50 mph."

"Char!" Charmander cried running towards me.

"Charmander, go back! You can't run away now!" I said pushing him back towards the field.

"Char. . . . . . ."

"Don't worry, if anything goes wrong I'll call you back. Now use ember." I told him.

He used ember but it didn't too much damage.

"Onix use bind!" Brock called out.

Onix grabbed Charmander with its tail and started to squeeze him.

"No Charmander, return!" I cried out.

"I'm taking Charmander out of the battle. Jigglypuff, I choose you."

"A Jigglypuff, really? You have to be kidding me." Brock said laughing.

"Hey, don't underestimate me or my Jigglypuff! Cubone, cover your ears! Jigglypuff, use sing!" I said as me, Brock, and Cubone covered our ears.

Soon Jigglypuff started singing her lullaby and Onix fell asleep so the match ended.

"Return, Onix. Kathy, that was a great battle. Here, take this boulder badge as proof of winning at the Pewter gym." Brock said, handing me a badge.

"Thank you." I said grinning.

I couldn't hold it back any longer. I started cheering with Cubone and Jigglypuff and made a victory pose. After that I went to the Pokémon center so that I could get my Pokémon healed and call my dad.

"Kathy it's so good to see you again." my dad said over the video phone.

"It's good to see you too dad. Guess what I already caught two Pokémon!"

"Cu."

"Okay maybe one. I still got to put Cubone here in a Pokéball. My Charmander and Jigglypuff are being healed right now. I just won the Pewter gym badge." I said.

"Oh that's great baby girl! It took you mother three tries to win that badge. So that's a wild Pokémon still? Must really like you." he said looking at Cubone with a look of distrust on his face.

"Jaden who are you talking to?" I heard Holly ask my dad.

"Kathy. She's in Pewter City already."

"Really? Hi Kathy, it's good to see that you're okay." she said smiling at me.

"Hi Holly! I caught a Pokémon that you might like, it's pink." I said.

"Pink? You caught a pink Pokémon? Is it the end of the world?" she said playfully.

Holly is the best step mother in the world. She treats me like I'm really her daughter instead of her step daughter. Being so I still only call her Holly instead of mom. No one could take my mom's place.

"She helped me win my gym battle. Look at how cool the Pewter gym badge looks." I said, showing them my badge.

"That's so great." my dad beamed.

"By the way Kathy, I talked to Ash's mom this morning and she told me that Ash called from Viridian City last night. He's not that far behind you. He might even catch up to you soon." Holly said.

"I really hope he does. He'll have to get through the Viridian forest first. Knowing him, though, he'll get lost." I sighed.

A beeping noise made me snap my head towards the front desk.

"I have to go, my Pokémon are healed. I'll call you guys again when I get to Cerulean City okay. I love you both, bye." I said.

I got Charmander and Jigglypuff from Nurse Joy and looked back over at the video phones. I sighed and went back over to them and called the Viridian Pokémon center. Another Nurse Joy picked up the phone. I was surprised.

"Um, Nurse Joy? How are you there if you're here?" I asked.

"There's a Nurse Joy at every Pokémon center. Can I help you?" she said giggling.

"Uh yeah, is a boy named Ash there?" I asked.

"He was. You just missed him. Is there anything else I can help you out with?"

"No, but thank you." I said.

As I left Pewter City with Cubone in my arms, still not having a Pokéball I had that feeling of being followed again. I clutched Cubone tighter but it started complaining so I had to loosen my grip. The bushes behind started to rustle and I started running but whatever was in the bushes jumped out in front of me, growling.


Well that's it for this chapter and the next one will hopefully be up before the end of the month.

I have to thank Moonwing Storyteller for agreeing to be by beta reader and then the rest of my thanks go to UmbreonLoverForever, IceDolly, and LightningStar 0.o for reviewing the first chapter. Thanks a lot! XD

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