"Weavile! Weavile!"
"Weavile, use Ice beam on the ground!" The ice glittered on the misty grass.
"Is that your strategy hm? Don't you remember that this is a flying type?" the boy smirked.
"Whatever, you'll see it soon. Weavile, Night slash!"
Weavile leaped into the air, and hit Skarmory. It reeled back, but stayed in the air.
Okay, so that means it's either a Fighting, Dark, or Steel type.
"Ha! I can see what you're doing now. Trying to figure out the type of my Pokemon, aren't you?" the boy laughed. "Well, you can never do it that way. What are you, a rookie? Skarmory, Drill Peck!" Skarmory flapped it's wings and began flying full speed towards Weavile.
"DODGE IT WEAVILE! REMEMBER THE ICE!" Weavile began skating around the ice, as Skarmory hit the ice. It began to crack.
"What?" Desiree said.
"Just watch and see what happens." The boy replied. The impact of the Drill Peck sent Weavile, who was staring in awe, into the air.
"Weavile no, Icy wind!" Weavile regained its consciousness and sent a blast of wind towards Skarmory, which flung it to the ground. It was not able to battle.
"Skarmory? What? Ah, return!" The boy returned the Pokemon into its Pokeball.
"You know, you never did tell me your name. It feels wrong not to know what a trainer's name is if you're battling him." Desiree put her hands on her hips.
"Tell you what, if you win, I tell you my name and I give you money. If I win, you have to give me your name and money." He grinned.
"You're the one that wanted to battle me, and I don't even know your name! Why should I give you money? I didn't bring any money with me. I don't even know this place very well at all! Can we just finish the battle so I can get home?"
"Fine fine, feisty one. Go!" Another Pokemon that looked like a crab appeared from the Pokeball.
"CRAWDAUNT!"
"Go! Raichu!" Raichu appeared from the Pokeball.
"First move's all yours, m'lady." He bowed.
"Oh, shut up. You're just cocky. Raichu, THUNDERBOLT!" Raichu leaped into the air sent a ball of thunder hurtling towards Crawdaunt. Smoke covered the ground, but the Crawdaunt emerged from it.
"What? Oh, not again." Desiree facepalmed herself.
"You see, Crawdaunt is a water and dark type, in case you didn't know. What's so special about this Crawdaunt is that it's more used to ice than it is to water, which makes this the perfect set up. Crawdaunt. Crabhammer!"
As the Crawdaunt skated across the ice, it suddenly leaped into the air and hammered its sharp pincers onto Raichu's head.
"Raichu! Quick Attack!" Raichu moved quickly on the ice, and slammed as hard as it could into Crawdaunt.
"Now, Thunder!"
The thunder crashed down like a scene from a movie. Crawdaunt was not able to battle.
"Heh, not too cocky now aren't you little boy?"
"Hmph. Go, Breloom!" A mushroom looking pokemon emerged from his ball.
"Go, Vileplume!"
"Oh, a shiny! How rare. Where did you catch it?"
"I'll tell you when I win. Vileplume, Stun Spore!" The dust rained down on Breloom as it became paralyzed. "Now, ACID!" The purple liquid hit Breloom, and it became unable to battle.
"Looks like I win, little boy."
"I know, obviously. Okay. My name is Zyx. I'm going to give you 300 in prize money."
"Thank you. And by the way, do you know who this guy is?" Desiree gave Zyx the brochure.
"This guy's Proffesor Birch. He's the one who gives out the three starter Pokemon, you probably don't need one. But I did get one from him, the fourth Pokemon's my Torchic. I didn't use it because I wanted to train it, and it looked like you had a lot of high-leveled Pokemon, so I didn't use it in the battle. Well I'm off to Petalburg to go challenge the gym leader. Unless you want me to come with you so you don't get lost?" he smirked again.
"Don't think that just because I'm new to the region I'm stupid. I'll just come along with you then. Remember that I know the way there."
"Ah, whatever." Desiree started following Zyx into a road with flowers. He stopped and pointed to some ledges.
"You see, you could jump over those ledges, but you can't go back up once you jump."
"You think I didn't know that already? The places that I've been to, there were ledges too."
"Jesus I know I've been acting retarded but do you really have to be so angry?" his shiny hazel eyes opened.
"Just go." Desiree said.
I shouldn't even be here, following some kid I just met a couple of minutes ago. Ugh, at least I have my Pokemon with me…
A few minutes later, they reached another town, smaller than Oldale.
"This is Littleroot town, home to the famous Proffesor Birch. Ruby and Sapphire live here as well."
"What? Who are they?"
"YOU DON'T KNOW RUBY AND SAPPHIRE? YOU DARE CALL YOURSELF A POKEMON TRAINER? I'VE GOT TO GET YOU TO THE LAB RIGHT AWAY!"
Zyx grabbed Desiree's arm and pulled her towards a large building. They went inside and saw dozens of scientists running around either carrying a Pokemon or holding a checklist.
"Zyx, how are we supposed to find the Proffesor in this mess?" But Zyx had already let go of her arm and was pushing his way towards the front of the building. Desiree followed and saw him talking to another scientist.
"Yes, Proffessor Birch, this is my erm, friend. Desiree. She's not new to Pokemon, but I was wondering if you could give her a Pokedex and a starting Pokemon. By the way, do you know where Ruby and Sapphire are?"
"They just left for the Indigo Plateau a couple days ago and won't be back until next week." The scientist sat down in an oak chair. "And nice to meet you Desiree. Do you have any Pokemon with you?"
"Um, yeah. I have my Vileplume, Weavile, and Raichu."
"AH! Perfect team. Where did you get them?"
"I got Vileplume while exploring an island in Kanto, Weavile in an Icy forest in Sinnoh, and Raichu in Johto when an owner abandoned it in Viridian forest. Vileplume was my first."
"Would you like a starter Pokemon?"
"Depends on what you have."
"Well, I think you already know that Zyx has a Torchic. So that leaves me with Mudkip and Treecko."
"Um, I pick…"
"NO YOU'RE NOT PICKING MY TREECKO! PROFFESSOR, I TOLD YOU THAT I WANTED TREECKO. IT'S NOT FAIR!"
A short girl that looked about 12 or 11 ran up to the Proffessor.
"Oh, I'm sorry Valerenna. You may pick up Treecko."
"Thank you. Can I get my Pokedex now?" she put her hands on her hips and frowned.
"Oh. I need the three of you to come over here. You see, I've never actually been beyond Petalburg city, which might be sad for a Proffessor like me." He blushed and clasped his hands together. "And I'm sure you've heard of many different trainers who've gotten Pokedexes, such as the famous Red, Blue, and Green. And then there's Gold, Silver, and Crystal. They've all gathered information. And I've not found 3 suitable people in Hoenn to do me this task. Fill up the Pokedex. I know Zyx told his parents. Valerenna and Desiree, have you told yours?"
"I DID! Why, I'm not IRRESPONSIBLE! How can you even ask that QUESTION!"
"Um, I just moved here about 20 minutes ago."
"Oh. Go run back home and tell your mother!"
"There's lots of exploring to be done!"
