Pool took around an hour more of walking, not even spotting one pokemon. "Where is everyone?" he asked Bulbasaur. "Oh yeah, pokemon don't speak... haha". He continued walking north, until Pool heard a bush rustle nearby. "Anyone there?" There was no response. Pool walked a bit closer, only to be attacked by a pidgey! "AHHH!" Pool yelled as he backed up from the bush. "Bulbasaur go kill it!" Bulbasaur rammed into the pidgey with a fair amount of speed built up. The brown bird followed up by flying and pecking Bulbasaur from above. "Growl at it!" While the Pidgey was pecking Bulbasaur, Bulbasaur growled and acted tough. The Pidgey took the bluff and flew off. "I sure am glad that that's over..." Pool then fixed his headband, which got messed up when the Pidgey was attacking him. "Oh crap..." He noticed that he was starving. The only reason why he didn't realize earlier was that he was suprised from the Pidgey attack.
"Hey you, kid with the headband!" said a tall, well dressed boy. Pool turned around to see who it was.
"Yes?" he responded. This was his first time meeting a stranger, because Pallet town was very small. He knew mostly everyone there.
"How did you do against that Pidgey?" The stranger asked.
"I did good, well atleast I think I did," Pool answered. "Bulbasaur here scared it away by growling."
"You didn't catch it? Is Bulbasaur your only pokemon? By the way, my name is Brad," Brad explained.
"I know this is a stupid question, but how do you catch pokemon?" Pool stupidly asked.
"All you have to do is throw a pokeball at them, which I'm guessing you have none of."
"Thanks for the advice! And no, I have none," Pool said.
"Heres some to get you started," Brad helpfully said while handing a brown knapsack to Pool. Pool opened the knapsack to see it was filled with 15 pokeballs. "Awesome!" Pool exclaimed. He then spotted a Weedle not too far away. "Wattya say Bulbasaur? Ready to get a teammate?" Bulbasaur jumped a little and charged at Weedle. The brown worm was tackled by Bulbasaur. Then some string shot out of its needle at Bulbasaur. It was soon stuck in the sticky material. "Get out!" Bulbasaur struggled in the string for a few seconds then triumphantly broke out. Bulbasaur then charged at Weedle again. The brown worm tried to squirm away but Bulbasaur was too fast and the Weedle was hit by another tackle. "Lets see if this will do the trick!" Pool said while tossing a pokeball at Weedle. The pokeball shook for about ten seconds then clicked and a 'Bing!' was heard. "Yes! I did it! You got a buddy Bulbasaur!"
"Congrats dude, I'll see you around. Oh and Pewter City is just about 10 feet away," Brad said.
"Good bye and thank you for helping!" Pool then walked off of the route and into Pewter city. There were tons of rocks all around, and a giant building most northern of the city. "Now I just need to find a pokemon center..."