Hello everyone, sorry for being gone for so long, I had been so busy lately that I haven't had the time to write up any chapters but this week so far has no plans so I would have some time to update my chapters this week which means I'll be busy, anything to give me something to do, to be honest. And I don't mind, it'll help with my writing, I plan on writing a book in the future, basically, put my writing and imagination to the test. But I'm going to wait until start earning money again through work and other things before I get started, right now I can just focus on my notes, I got plenty of space for at least that, thankfully. Rant over, and I'll go ahead and start this chapter for Ashley.

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN POKEMON


Ashley walked beside Misty in the field and spotted Viridian just ahead of them. "Hey Misty, look over there, Viridian City," Ashley said happily causing Misty to groan in relief. "Thank goodness, I thought it was going to take us forever to get here, what with you and your crazy training the past two weeks after your first battle." Misty teased her, making her blush. "What, I wanted to come prepared instead of heading on point like most trainers do, at least with my training schedule, I'll have more of a chance than most people would." Ashley defended herself with a sheepish smile that had Misty smirking at her friend.

Just in a few minutes, the two girls had finally managed to reach Viridian's Pokemon Center and walked inside. "Hello trainers, what can I help you with today?" A pinked haired woman behind the desk, known as Nurse Joy asked them. Ashley and Misty handed the lady their Pokeballs. "We were wondering if you could heal our Pokemon and that we could get a room for the next two nights," Ashley asked her. Nurse Joy just gave her a smile. "I can certainly do just that young lady, are you also going to want to compete in the Kanto league? Of course, it'll be two years before you can but that should give you the chance to train your Pokemon." Nurse Joy suggested to the league poster that had Ashley nodding her head frantically, giving her her Pokedex which the nurse put it in the slot and typed in the computer for a few minutes and they heard a bing sound. "Well there you have it and here are your room keys, we've been quite slow lately so we got plenty of room, and if you need to call someone, the video phones are just right over there." Nurse Joy said pointing to the phones next to them.

Ashley turned to Misty. "You can go up to our rooms, I'll meet you up there since I want to call Professor Oak and my mom." She said. Misty gave her a thankful glance before grabbing the keys and moving up the stairs. Ashley turned to the video phones and called in Professor Oak. The videophone rang a couple minutes but the man himself finally answered, making Ashley smile, "Hi Professor Oak, it's me, Ashley, I made it to Viridian City." She said to the man. Professor Oak brightened at the sight of her. "Ah Ashley, just when I was starting to get worried about you, glad to see that you're doing okay, did you needed something?" He asked her. She just shook her head. "No I'm fine, though, I wanted to tell you that I have a Gyarados, his name is Poseidon." She said to him, making his eyes wide in shock.

"What but how did you catch one? No new trainer would have been able to catch one unless it evolved during your two weeks of training did it?" He asked her. She nodded. "Yeah, we had a battle with this kid but he used his Pidgeotto to fly my Magikarp high up in the air that would have killed him but he managed to evolve just in the nick of time, of course when I caught him, he was so close to evolving anyway's so it could have gone better." She explained to him and he nodded to show he understood. Ashley saw him hesitate for a few minutes. "What's the matter, Professor?" She asked him.

He gave her a serious stare. "Since it seems that you're handling your pokemon well, I was wondering if you could do a favor for me?" He asked her. "Sure I can just name it, I owe you for letting me have Growlithe as my starter and giving me the Firestone." She admitted to him with a small smile. He nodded before showing her a Pokeball. "I have here a Pokemon, I know your probably looking for a fighting type by now, but you see, this little guy, has been traded amongst a ton of trainers and abandoned more than just a few times, I just don't have the time to emotionally and physically help the little one improve, so I was wondering if you would be a dear and take him on your team, I just know with your love of Pokemon, he'll do just fine." He said explaining to her.

She gave a furious stare, not mad at him but for what the little one's mental state would be in. "I would be honored to bring him on my team Professor, you just need to send him to me, does he have a name besides his breed?" She asked him. He just shook his head. "No, I'll leave that up to you Ashley, anywho, I'll send the little guy to you now as I'm sure you're going to call your mother." He said and she nodded to him.

She watched him slid a regular Pokeball that apparently held the Machop into a slot and it disappeared in a flash and reappeared right in front of her. She held the ball up to show she got the little guy. "I got him here just fine sir, I'll report you updates whenever I can on him in the future." Professor Oak gave her a relieved smile. "Thanks, Ashley, I knew I could count on you to help out a Pokemon in need. I'll let you go so you can call your mother." He said and hanged up on her. She punched in her mom's phone number and it ranged from a few seconds until she could see her mom in a bathrobe as if she just got out of the shower.

Her mother brightens at seeing her only daughter. "Oh Ashley dear, it's so good to see that you're okay. So tell me about your journey so far, made any new friends?" She asked her daughter. Ashley gave her a smile and described her Journey in detail which took for about a half hour. "Well I'm glad you made a friend in someone like Misty, sometimes I worry about you being alone out in the world with only just you're Pokemon friends, even if they can be good company." Her mother giggled a little bit, causing Ashley to just roll her eyes at her mother's playfulness.

"I'm doing just fine mom, been training my pokemon the last two weeks and I have all the company I need, I don't think I'll need anyone else to be honest." She said but her mom just gave her a knowing smile. "Oh, you'll understand what I'm talking about when you finally meet someone in the future dear." Her mother said, causing Ashley to roll her eyes. "We'll see mom, just not right now., I'm more focused on this Journey than anything else." She said to her mother, causing the woman to giggle in amusement. "Well, mom I got a big day in the morning, what with this Pokemon Professor Oak sent me for so I'll call you when I get to the next city." She said, giving her a smile.

Her mom smiled back at her. "Okay love, I'll hear from you later, be careful out there." Her mother waved to her on the video phone and Ashley waved back, hanging up the phone.

She turned to Nurse Joy when she heard a bing, singling that their Pokemon was ready to go. "Here you go, you and your friend's Pokemon are all set. Just try not to overexert them during training, okay dear?" She said and Ashley nodded to her, grabbing her balls, putting them on her belt and carried Misty's Pokeballs on the tray to their rooms. Knocking on the door, Misty answered, hair wet from the shower. She brightens up seeing her Pokemon in Ashley's hands. "Oh thank you, Ashley, did your calls go okay?" She asked her.

Ashley nodded. "Yeah, it all went okay, though I got a new Pokemon on the team, a Machop. Professor Oak wanted me to work with him since he had a bad history with trainers, being traded from trainer to trainer, some of them were apparently even hateful when upon receiving him through trade so since I needed a fighting type on my team, I accepted the deal with helping the little guy. So I'll be getting started as soon as I get up first thing in the morning." She explained to her friend who gave her a nod.

"Well I think it's wonderful your helping the little guy, I could only think how he'll feel about a new trainer so soon from the last one," Misty said with a sad tone in her voice. Ashley sighed, "yeah it's sad for sure but that's why I wanted to help him, people are honestly going to miss out on a good partner, so anyway's, we'll get to bed since we got an early morning, I'll see you sometime tomorrow Misty." She said with a wave, heading to her room for the night.

After taking a well-needed shower, she let Connall out of his ball who gave his trainer a happy bark and immediately curled up next to her on the bed. She sighed, looking at Machop's ball on her desk next to Esther's and Poseidon. "I hope he'll want to join our team, would be nice to have another friend huh Connall." She said causing his tail to wag and he gently licked her cheek, making her giggle. "I guess we'll find out when we bring him out in the morning, night Connall." She said, giving him a pat on the head and turning off the lights and closing her eyes for the night.


Well everyone here's the long-awaited chapter. So Ashley and Misty made it to Viridian City and Ashley got a new Pokemon, Machop. What's going to happen when she brings Machop out in the next chapter? Will he give her the benefit of the doubt or outright reject her? Only one way to find out and that's to be in tune for the next chapter. Let me know what you guy's think of this chapter and what other Pokemon she should catch.

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