Chapter 3: "Steph's First Capture"
"Deezle, you're up!" Steph said while throwing Deezle's Poké Ball.
Deezle came out of its Poké Ball and jumped out of joy after seeing it's trainer in front of it.
"Now Deezle, we'll be traveling together for a while now and we might as well get to know each other a bit better; so I guess it would be best for you to stay out of your Poké Ball for a while." Steph told her Pokémon, lowering herself to Deezle´s stature.
"Now, Terry told me that the nearest gym is in Plainview Town; but we'll need to capture at least one more Pokémon before we get there, that way we have a better chance of winning." she got up and kept on walking, Deezle at her side.
Suddenly a blur swooped in front of her eyes. After stumbling a bit, she saw a small grey bird-like Pokémon, a Pityke. She quickly took out her Pokédex and turned it on;
"PITYKE, THE TERRITORY BIRD POKÉMON; IF ANY POKÉMON WERE TO TRESPASS ON THEIR TERRITORY, PITYKE WOULD STRIKE WITHOUT HESITATION".
Steph thought that this would be a good opportunity to try and capture a Pokémon. The Pityke landed close by on the ground.
"Deezle, quick, use Tackle!" Deezle quickly charged at the flying-type, but the Pityke took notice and flapped its wings hard, quickly climbing to the air and avoiding Deezle. Deezle quickly stopped in its tracks, and looked in awe as Pityke dove down on Deezle and hit it hard with its beak, making Deezle fall to the ground.
"Deezle!" Steph yelled out; she ran out and held Deezle close, when she looked around the Pityke was gone, although she could see the silhouette of the fleeing flying-type at the distance.
"Are you okay, Deezle?" Deezle responded by nodding its head at Steph.
"Good. I'm still not use to battling, so I thought you took much more damage from that attack." She just had to sigh from relief. "Well, I may not have captured Pityke, but I can still keep on trying."
"Dee-zle!" Deezle responded.
After walking for a few more hours; Steph spotted a sign. The sign had two arrows, one pointing towards the direction she was walking, and the other towards the opposite direction. She took a closer look to the one that pointed their way.
"Bluedrop Town" she read aloud. "It seems that this town is our next stop. What do you say we capture a Pokémon before getting there, huh?" this time she stared at Deezle. Her Pokémon gave her an agreeing nod.
A few more minutes later onto her journey, and she saw as a small ant-like Pokémon emerging from a nearby bush at the side of the road.
"Wow! I´ve never seen that Pokémon before." she stared out in amazement as she took out her Pokédex;
"ANTLY, THE ANT POKÉMON; ANTLY ONLY BURROW WITHIN HEALTHY EARTH, FARMERS TEND TO USE THEM AS GOOD DOWSERS".
Steph took out a Poké Ball, ready this time to capture a Pokémon.
"Deezle, use Tackle on Antly, now!" Steph quickly shouted the command. Deezle had no sort of trouble executing it, he was already charging at the Antly.
Suddenly, something struck Deezle just as he was reaching Antly. Steph quickly shot a glance towards the mysterious obstacle. She was surprised to see a large brown, beetle-like Pokémon with large pincers on its head. Her Pokédex was immediately taken out;
"PINSIR, THE STAG BEETLE POKÉMON; IF IT FAILS TO CRUSH THE FOE IN ITS PINCERS, IT WILL SWING AROUND AND TOSS THE OPPONENT."
"Pinsir, huh?" Steph was still dazed. "I have never seen a Pokémon like this either."
"What are you doing to my Pokémon!" a voice shot out, followed by the appearance of a girl. She had short red hair, and dirty overalls with an equally dirty orange shirt. "Leave my Antly alone!"
"I'm sorry! I did not know that Antly had a trainer." Steph said kindly to the girl. The girl looked angrily at Steph and shoved her back a bit.
"My name is Theresa! And that Antly isn´t mine; at least not yet!" she yelled at Steph.
There are few things that could anger Steph, but one of those things is being yelled at.
"If it isn´t yours, that means that I can still catch it!" she barked back at Theresa, "I am not going to take any of this from you!"
This clearly struck one of Theresa's nerves, "Oh yeah? Let's battle if you think you have what it takes to catch that Antly!"
"You are on!" Steph declared loudly.
Both trainers were eyeing each other angrily. Deezle was ready and willing in front of Steph, and Theresa's Pinsir was looking menacingly at Deezle.
"Deezle! Tackle, go!" Steph took the initiative. Her Deezle kicked itself of the ground quickly and shot towards Pinsir.
"Pinsir, use Harden!" Theresa did not hesitate to call a command. Her Pinsir started to glow.
Deezle hit hard against Pinsir, but it did not seem to make the slightest effect. Steph knew what happened; Harden is a move that raises a Pokémon's defense, Deezle´s Tackle was reduced.
Theresa smiled malevolently at Steph. "Revenge!" her Pinsir reacted and slammed its body against Deezle and sent it flying.
"What? Revenge?" Steph had never heard of that attack.
"Revenge is a move that gets stronger if my Pinsir is damaged first. In other words, your Deezle helped out with its Tackle." Theresa was already speaking as if she had won, and this irritated Steph.
"Vicegrip! Crush that pathetic Deezle!" Theresa was already attacking again. Her Pinsir lowered its head and charged at Deezle, its pincers waiting to pin Deezle.
Steph knew she could not lose her cool. "Deezle, jump and avoid it!" she had total confidence that Deezle could dodge that attack with his great speed.
Just as Pinsir's horns were closing in on Deezle from both sides, the water-type sprung up into the air at the last moment.
"What amazing speed!" Theresa could not close her mouth at the amazing skill that Deezle had.
Steph was not so impressed, what really caught Steph off-guard was when Deezle opened his mouth and fired a high-pressured spray of water at Pinsir, sending the bug-type back.
"What? Did Deezle just learn Water Gun?" Steph felt a mixture of surprise and pride. Better yet, Water Gun was a special attack and cannot be affected by Harden.
"No way! Pinsir, finish that runt! Vicegrip, again!" Theresa was obviously angry at the new turn of events. Her Pinsir tried to repeat the attack once more.
"Deezle, we are going to win our first battle!" Steph had come to realize that this was her first official battle and she was going to win it, "Dodge it again, and use Water Gun!"
Deezle sprung up again, landed on Pinsir's head, rebounded and turned in mid-air to face the Stag Beetle Pokémon. With all his might he let loose another powerful Water Gun, hitting Pinsir hard in the back of the head and planting its face in the ground.
After a few moments, Steph realized that she had just won, because Pinsir was out cold, it did not even twitch for a while.
"Return, Pinsir!" Theresa held out her Poké Ball and withdrew Pinsir, "You will pay for this! What is your name anyway?" Theresa asked, baring her teeth.
"My name is Steph, from Greenrod Town." Steph could not stop smiling after having just won her first battle.
Theresa shot a menacing glare at Steph, and then bolted of into the distance, Steph swore she saw her eyes a bit watered. She had no time to worry about Theresa, Steph ran towards Deezle and squeezed him tightly.
"Thank you Deezle! Thank you, for helping me win my first real battle! I knew I made the best choice in choosing you as my partner!" she also had her eyes a bit watered with excitement.
Suddenly she remembered.
"Where is Antly?" when she turned around, the Antly was gone. This saddened her a bit, but not by much.
A few more hours, dusk was already there and Steph could see the small town of Bluedrop Town.
"Well, we did not manage to catch any knew Pokémon, but at least we had a very good first day at our adventure." she smiled at Deezle.
When she gave a few more steps, a rock tripped her feet a bit. Although she did not fall, a Poké Ball fell from her bag and rolled down a small hill. Just as Steph ran down to get it, a Kipat jumped out of the grass and bumped itself with the Poké Ball. The Poké Ball opened up and swallowed Kipat after turning it into a beam of light. This was all very surprising to Steph. After the ball shook a bit, the button on the Poké Ball beeped once and the ball stopped. Steph went over to the Poké Ball, picked it up, looked at it and then stared at Deezle.
"I think I just caught my first Pokémon, Deezle." a smile started to form on her face. "I caught a Kipat! My very first Pokémon; and I did it before arriving at Bluedrop Town!" Steph jumped with joy, her first caught Pokémon within the grasp of her hand.
