Well, here is chapter 2 of Taking Wednesday.
I promise it'll be longer than the first one.
Let me just review the general pokemon introduced in the last chapter:
Silas Wednesday – 15
Pokemon:
Lvl 1 Ralts
Note: This Ralts knows some egg moves. Namely Shadow Sneak and Will O' Wisp. Those are actual egg moves for Ralts. Breed Dusclops and Gardevoir and see what happens.
Harriet "Harry" Fogal - 15
Pokemon:
Lvl 5 Riolu
Jessica Wednesday - 17
Pokemon:
Lvl 67 Gardevoir
Another Note: There isn't a limit to the moves the pokemon knows. Unlike the games, a pokemon can know more than one move at a time.
"Here you go! Your Ralts is all healthy and wonderful. Take good care of him." Nurse Joy said. Silas had spent the night, and got to know Harry more. She was heading in the same place as Silas, i.e. she was heading to Sandgem Town to talk to Professor Rowan also.
"Ralts is a boy?" Silas said.
"Yup. Now, here is your Ralts' pokeball." The Nurse handed Silas a pokeball.
"Thanks, but I want to spend more time with Ralts." Silas set the Ralts on his head.
"Ralts!" the Ralts said.
"Exactly." Silas replied. He walked outside, and saw Harry standing by the door.
"Took you long enough." She said. "Are you ready?"
"Sure. Let's go." She replied.
"Rio. Lu. Riolu." Said the blue canine.
They continued to walk through the small town. After about ten minutes, they made it to the woods.
"This way leads to Sandgem." Harry said. They continued walking, when they stumbled upon a Kricketot. It growled menacingly at the pair.
"I got this." Silas said. Ralts jumped down from it's master's head.
"Ralts... Use... Uh..." Silas said. "What does it know again?"
"Try using Shadow Sneak." Said a young man. He had dark blue hair, and wore a scarf around his neck. "The Pokedex says it knows Growl, Shadow Sneak, and Will O' Wisp." The man held up a red rectangular device.
The boy in general looked like he was in his twenties.
"Shadow Sneak!" Silas said. The Ralts looked up at Silas. "Ralts!" it said, and tilted it's head forward, and charged with blinding speed. It's after image was a dark color. He struck the Kricketot, and the Kricketot fell backwards. It had fainted in one hit.
"Ralts!" Ralts said as he jumped upwards with one hand in the air.
"Yeah! Our first voctory!" Silas said.
"Idiot..." Harry said. "Wait, who are you?"
"My name is Lucas. I work in the late Professor Rowan's lab." The man with the pokedex said.
"What do you mean 'late' Professor Rowan?" Silas asked.
"You see, the Professor died a little time ago. In his will, he left his lab and work to me." Lucas said. "I can take you to the lab, if you want."
"Sure..." Harry said.
"Riolu." Riolu replied.
They had walked for little more than an hour. Lucas was out in the forest studying the migration habits of a pokemon called Starly. They continued to walk, and Ralts got a few more Kricketot wins. Ralts had learned a new move, confusion.
They reached Sandgem town. The first thing Harry and Silas noticed was the sand. The ground was all sand, rather than dirt. There was also a beach with a view of the ocean.
"Here we are!" Lucas said. They stopped in front of a large building. They entered the large doors, into the lab. There were people bustling around, with peokeballs and spreadsheets and scientific stuff. "Follow me," Lucas said.
The followed him into the back of the building. He stood in front of a table. On the table were three pokeballs. One was green, one was crimson, and one was an aqua color.
"Pick one." Lucas said. "Each one holds a rare pokemon. You can have one/ Both of you."
"Well, I want this one. Green is my favorite." Harry said, and picked up the green pokeball.
"Good choice. Turtwig is a good pokemon." Lucas said.
"Go, Turtwig!" Harry said, and her Turtwig emerged from the ball.
"Tur. Twiiiig." It said.
"Your turn." Lucas said.
Silas closed his eyes, and reached blindly. He picked up a pokeball, and realesed the pokemon without opening his eyes.
"Oh!" Harry said.
"Chim?" Silas heard.
He opened his eyes, and saw a small red pokemon, that looked a little taller than Ralts.
"Ah. Chimchar, the fire pokemon. Another good choice. When I began my journey, I chose the blue one. Right, Empoleon?" Lucas said, as a large bipedal blue penguin came forward.
"Here, I ave a gift for you two. Professor Rowan gave one to me, so I feel it is right to give them both to you. I have seen every Sinnoh pokemon there is, but there are more pokemon than that. For example, Ralts is not in the Sinnoh pokedex."
Lucas handed them two pokedexes. Harry's was red, and Silas' was blue.
"There now, a pokedex can give you information on the pokemon. Like what level they are at or what moves the pokemon knows and stuff." Lucas explained. "Now, head north and go to Jubilife City. From there you can go to Oreburgh"
"Do you think we should stay the night at a Pokemon Center?" Silas said to Harry.
"Nah. Where is your sense of adventure? If we need to, I have a tent." Harry replied.
"We should stop at the pokemart. I want to stock up on pokeballs."
"Yeah. Sure."
They made their way over to the pokemart. They entered, and saw shelves and shelves of pokemon goods. They also saw a boy, who looked about Jess' age. He had spiky brown hair, and a long tan coat. He purchased his goods, and turned to leave. He took one look at Silas and Harry, and walked out the door.
"That was weird. Do you know who that was?" Harry commented.
"No. I just want to get my stuff and leave." Silas replied.
The two purchased their goods, and started to leave. They were walking through the woods. It started turning night.
"I wish I brought my watch." Silas said.
"Idiot. That's why we are going to Jubilife. The sell Poketches there. There are like watches but they can do much, much more. I can't wait to get one. I want mine to be green, like Pokey."
"Pokey?"
"I named my Turtwig Pokey. Got a problem with that?"
"Uh... No..."
Silas and Harry set up their tent. The whole process took about ten minutes. They unbundled their sleeping bags.
"Silas, I think you should go over there." Harry said, pointing away from the tent.
"Why?" he replied.
"Well, I am going to... get changed. And I don't want you to see!" she replied.
"Fine. I'll go make a fire." He replied. If it wasn't so dark, he could see her blushing.
"Say, do you want to have a double battle? Loser has to carry the supplies to Jubilife." Harry said. It was about seven in the morning. Silas didn't get much sleep, as Harry proceeded to kick him all night during her sleep. This was just the thing to boost his energy. Besides, he had never been in a real pokemon battle before. He waned to test out his Chimchar.
"Alright. Just don't complain to me when I kick your ass." Silas said.
"Wow, do you kiss your mother with that mouth? Come on out, Riolu, Pokey!" she said. She threw two pokeballs, one a regular and the other; green.
"Rio. Rio LU!" the bipedal blue canine said.
"Turt. Twig." The green turtle said.
"I'll beat you. Go, pokeballs!" He threw the two pokeballs he had, and out emerged his beloved Ralts and his Chimchar. He noticed the Chimchar was a dark red, compared to the brown of a regular one.
"Ok then. Chimchar, use scratch on Riolu!"
Chimchar ran forward, its hands raised. It thrusted one of its arms forward and scratched Riolu. Riolu retaliated with a "Quick Attack!" from Harry. "And Pokey! Tackle that Ralts!"
Pokey ran towards Ralts. "Shadow Sneak!" Ralts ran forward, and hit Pokey with the shadow sneak the same time Riolu hit Chimchar with its quick attack.
"Hmm.. Let's switch it up! Ralts, use confusion on Riolu! Chimchar, Ember on Pokey!" Silas said.
No... He's figured it out! Harry thought. "Riolu! Endure!" Ralts hit Riolu with it's confusion, but Riolu was bathed in a red light. It stood up, albeit it was barely hanging on to consciousness. It grabbed a berry and forcibly ate it, restoring its health to normal.
"Quick! Use Shadow Sneak!" Ralts ran forward, and landed a direct hit.
"Counter!" Riolu began to glow a reddish brown color, and struck Ralts, knocking him unconscious.
Chimchar Ember-ed Pokey one more time. Pokey dodged the attack with a withdraw.
Chimchar scratch! Then follow up with ember!"
Chimchar ran forward, and scratched Pokey, landing a critical hit. Pokey flinched, giving Chimchar enough time to ember it. Pokey fainted.
"So... It's a draw then." Harry said, recalling her pokemon.
"Yup." Silas said, applying a potion to his Ralts.
There. Guess who that guy in the Mart was. Just guess.