Episode 2 – Birds On the Run!
As Tepig and I walked further along Route 1.
"My legs will collapse in a minute…" I groan to my Tepig as we both collapse to the floor. Tepig agrees, but we catch the scent of soup. Mmmmm!
"Pig!" Tepig lightened up as he smelt the same aroma I did. We hear some trainers commanding their Pokemon attacks. Maybe they are having food while training.
"Lunch is ready!" we hear a boy call. Well, at least it sounds like a boy.
"Want to go see who they are?" I ask Tepig. It was as tired as I was, we'd been walking for hours. 4 hours into our journey and we were already bored. We also might get some of the grub they're eating; I finished off all the human food within the first hour. Snacking while walking isn't good, it gives you a stitch and you run out fast!
"Tepig!" Tepig snorts back, signalizing a yes. It's dying for a break! We walk through lots of trees, but can't find where those voices are coming from.
"Why, why can't we find the people with the food?!" Suddenly my sense of smell is cut off because I hear a chirp coming from behind us. We glance back to see a massive Braviary speeding towards us. Braviary were fierce eagle Pokemon that were feared by nearly everyone.
"Brave!" Braviary screeches as it comes ever closer. I duck down just in time, right before it nearly bit my head off. Ouch, that colliding with my head would hurt.
"What's a Braviary doing in Route 1?" I question myself and Tepig. Tepig shrugs as Braviary comes back. I duck again, but this time I could feel the wind that came off Braviary. Maybe next time I won't be so lucky… Braviary fly's into the clouds. Did it just up and leave? That suits me. Tepig and I decide to head back to the road when suddenly we hear a bird swooping through the sky. It was Braviary, he has returned!
"Dove!" a Pidove chirps as it signals me to follow it. Braviary comes rocketing towards me, so I dash over to Pidove. I follow the pigeon Pokemon into a clearing, where a whole lot of Pidove were nesting.
"Thanks Pidove," I say as I look around at all the innocent Pokemon. "They're so cute!" Tepig looks up at me and gives me that 'I-thought-you-were-a-guy' look. I pull out my Pokedex and scan the bird Pokemon.
"Pidove, the tiny pigeon Pokemon. Pidove are very forgetful Pokémon will wait for a new order from its Trainer even though it already has one," the Pokedex explained.
"Pid!" Pidove chirped at me, and pointed its wing to a nest with no Pidove on it. Pidove flew over to it and sat down. So that was its nest. Pidove looked up at me as if I was meant to compliment it.
"That's a very nice nest you have there," I tell it, and I suddenly get back a happy face. I look in my bag, luckily I have some bird seed in there. I prepared for when I caught a bird Pokemon.
"Who wants lunch?" I ask as I throw the bird seed. All the Pidove rush over and started pecking at it. After their meal, I got to know them all. They were all really friendly Pokemon; they even offered to help me and Tepig train.
"Tepig, Flame Charge on Pidove!" I shout and Tepig started charging towards one of the Pidove's that offered to help, and Tepig was soon saturated in a red hot flame. It grew larger as it got faster and got closer to Pidove, and when the time came to slam into it, Tepig hit it good. Pidove started flying around frantically, its wing was set afire and the pigeon just panicked.
"Ok, onto the next one. Tackle this one Tepig!"
"Pig!" Tepig snorts as it stampeded over towards this Pidove. Tepig didn't give off fire or light in this attack, but you could still see the power in it. This Pidove, however, used an attack back.
"Pid!" Pidove screeched as it countered with a Gust, making it so that Tepig couldn't reach it and was blown back onto the nearby tree. Pidove then jetted off with a Quick Attack and headed straight for the tree.
"Wait for Pidove to reach you at the tree then jump and Ember it!" I exclaim, this was a good strategy. I'd seen trainers use it in the League. Pidove came ever closer and finally was just about to hit it when Tepig jumped up. Pidove's beak got stuck in the tree and it couldn't get the sharp mouth out. Tepig then pelted Pidove with some small fire sparks; it looked more powerful than it did in me and Cheren's battle. It's probably the training. Pidove was burnt to a crisp and fell on the floor, coughing up smoke.
"Tep!" Tepig screamed as it was proud of winning the battle. Suddenly all the Pidove cooed and looked west.
"Brave!"
"Pig?" Tepig questioned as it joined them. I sensed that Braviary was near us; most likely in that direction. That was a war cry.
"What are we going to do?" I ask the Pidove. We can't run forever, and something needs to be done about it… I know! What if we all take it on and catch it! Suddenly, as if Tepig had read my thoughts, he told all the pigeon Pokemon my plan. How did he know that? Weird.
"DOVE!" All the Pidove screech as they take the sky. Tepig jumped on the back of the Pidove that we befriended. Braviary appeared from the clouds, the white fluffiness wisped around it. Braviary started glowing white; well it was more of a white wave around it. My mum's Mandibuzz had used that attack many times; it was a Sky Attack. It was knocking down Pidove after Pidove, and in a minute all Pidove had fallen onto the ground except my pigeon friend.
"Tepig, use Ember!" I command my Pokemon, who immediately reacts by spitting out ashes and sparks of fire out of its tiny snout. The pig grunted after it finished spraying it over Braviary, who was barely affected by the attack.
"Pi-dove!" Pidove chirped as it started to speed forward with a Quick Attack. Tepig was holding on for dear life as Pidove slammed into Braviary. It was sent hurdling to the ground, and a thud came when it made contact with dirt. It rose back up in a few seconds, and a second after that the flock of Pidove rose up too.
"Ok, Pidove, use Air Cutter!" I call out. Most of them just flapped their wings and stayed on the spot, not moving a muscle. But all of a sudden they all started to send 'X' shape attacks at Braviary. It was beautiful when combined; it was a swirling crisscross extravaganza. I guess the Pokedex was right; it does take a while to get the message to their heads. Braviary plummeted to the floor after the attack made contact, and was knocked out, unable to battle.
"Go pokeball!" I scream as a pokeball magically flew out of my hand. It hit Braviary's head and started to wobble. Once, twice, three times but them fail! Braviary rushed out of the pokeball. Maybe it was still able to battle.
"Tepig, this needs to be a one on one battle!" I tell my fire pig Pokemon. Tepig jumps down from the sky and lands feet first onto the ground. I could tell it got ground shock because it looked in pain. Or like it had just shit itself.
"Go, Tepig use Flame Charge!" I shriek once Tepig's face was back to normal.
"Pig!" Tepig barked as it started to run towards our Eagle opponent. Tepig jumped above Braviary, and then engulfed itself in a fiery fury before coming head first down on Braviary. It was head to head, and Braviary didn't have fire on its side so gave in and was thrown back.
"Ry-Brave!" Braviary roared as started zooming towards my Tepig at light speed. All I noticed different in the flash that it happened in was that its wings had turned metallic, and reflected the sun which could only mean one thing. It was using Steel Wing. Its wings smashed Tepig, making it fly back and into Nick's palms, unable to battle.
"How can we win now?" I question myself. I look back at all the Pidove. "I'm sorry…"
"Dove!" the Pidove we befriended chirped as it rocketed forward while using Quick Attack. White-silver light flooded out the back of him as he bombarded Braviary. Braviary was taken aback by the attack, and was so close to being defeated. Wait, maybe Pidove wants to battle with me. Let's try it.
"Ok Pidove, Air Cutter!" I command and Pidove retaliated by crossing its wings, and making the tips glow white-blue. Pidove sent a cross jetting towards Braviary, wind currents exiting off the side. The 'X' formation hit Braviary and engraved the symbol on it. Braviary was officially unable to battle. This was my chance; I can capture Braviary.
"Pokeball, rock and roll!" I screamed as I sent a pokeball rocketing close to the ground, before sealing Braviary inside. It wobbled four times this time and then made a 'Ding!' sound. I went and picked up the pokeball. I smelt it; I could smell Braviary's scent on it. The smell of birds was unique, and you can always tell when there's a bird enthusiast around because he reeks of bird poop. All the Pidove chirped softly, they were happy to have their territory back again. The world around me dimmed, and I looked over to see the sun setting on the nearby hill.
"I guess we'll have to camp out here for the night aye," I stated to the Pokemon, who all seemed happy. We went on a berry hunt late at night so that we all could have something to eat, and at 9:00pm were all returned to the nesting grounds with some berries. It worked out three berries for each Pokemon, and I got four, since I'm human. We didn't feed Braviary because I was afraid he'd just eat the lot. I soundly fell asleep within minutes of getting into my sleeping bag, and all the Pokemon followed soon after.
I woke up at about 8am, judging by the sun, and decide to put on some full length jeans today. I wasn't used to the nippy weather at the bottom of Unova; I'll tell you, it was a lot warmer in Undella Town.
"Well Tepig, it's time to head off to Accumula Town," I tell my partner and best friend. Tepig sumly agreed, and we both wished our farewell to the bird Pokemon. Only, they were wishing us farewell too. This place was just one of many breeding grounds they had and it was time to migrate north.
"We'll miss you," I tell the Pokemon.
"Pig!" Tepig agrees. We were both sad to see them go, but I wanted Braviasry to show he'd turned over a new leaf.
"Rock and roll Braviary!" I scream as his pokeball flew into the sky. All the Pidove were shocked by my decision, and started to fly for their lives.
"Brave!" Braviary screeched as it entered onto the breeding grounds. Braviary took one look at me and turned away, obviously this Pokemon didn't like me. Braviary took to the sky and started to fly north-east, a bit off course from where the Pidove headed thankfully. The Pidove we befriended took off from its flock however, and followed the Braviary…
After I'd been chasing Braviary for about 10 minutes my legs were once again sore, but I heard a wave crash nearby.
"Could it be? Water?" I question as I run forward, Tepig following on. I sprint through the gap in the trees, and nearly have a heart attack as I skid away from a cliff. I see Braviary perched on a tree branch.
"Get down from there!" I yell.
"Tepig!" Tepig grunts at the eagle like Pokemon. I realize, I haven't scanned Braviary with my Pokedex. Maybe it will give us info on why Braviary is acting this way.
"Braviary, the Valiant Pokemon. Braviary fight for their friends without any thought about danger to themselves. One can carry a car while flying," the Pokedex explained.
"Well, that didn't help," I sigh. Braviary glares at me one more time and roars at me. What did I do wrong? It suddenly then took to the sky and swooped over the water. It looked back at me one more time, before swooping over to where the Pidove flock where on the water. I could tell what was going to happen to those Pidove.
"What? Did my Pokemon just abandon me?" I ask myself. "Just like my father, my good for nothing father…" I look down at the pokeball and place it back in my pocket. Why can't I catch a break? Well, I'll always know that Braviary was my first capture. That's special, most people catch a Pidove, Lillipup, Patrat or Purrloin as theirs but not me, I caught the all mighty eagle Braviary. Suddenly I hear rustling in the bushes and out pops a Pidove. "Pidove?"
"Dove!" it chirps back.
"Wow, Pidove, you left your flock. Why?" I question.
"Pi-dove," Pidove replied and points to me.
"Me? Wait, do you want to come with me on my journey? I'd be glad if you would." Pidove responded with a big nod. I grab an empty pokeball from my pocket and tap Pidove on the head. It gets zapped inside and without struggle is successfully captured.
"Alright, I caught myself a Pidove!" I shout as I hold my pokeball high in the air. I guess I will get a Pokemon before I reach Accumula Town. We walk and within minutes we're on the outskirts of Accumula Town.
"Yes! This is my first pit stop to the rest of my journey!"
TO BE CONTINUED…
NEXT EPISODE – Battle Club Brawl!
Hey guys – How did you like the chapter. I know it was a lot shorter than Episode 1 and I know that I promised long episodes but what is there to really do in Route 1 anyway? All you that read PPS will know what the next episode's about, and that one is sure to be long. Braviary will make a return in another episode to don't you worry. Also, I am going to post Pokemon levels and moves for Nick's Pokemon at the bottom now, so here they are. And, just to let you know how strong Braviary is I will post his level.
Tepig – Lv. 7 Ember, Flame Charge, Tackle
Pidove – Lv. 8 Quick Attack, Gust, Air Cutter
Braviary – Lv. 25 Sky Attack, Steel Wing, Roar, Aerial Ace
Just review and make suggestions! =] Until Next time - MonfernoFreak