Torazn's Nuzlocke Adventure
Fire Red
AN: Here is chapter 3. Enjoy and don't forget to review.
Chapter Three: Bugs, Rocks and Ancient Things
It seemed those antidotes were a good investment, as the Weedle that inhabit this gloomy forest are fond of their Poison Sting attack. Thankfully we never encountered any of the Beedrill that are said to swarm travelers in a fury of extremely sharp and equally poisonous stingers. Though we did encounter another brand of annoyance, Bug Catchers. The only thing more annoying than a Bug Catcher is a kid that loves Rattata and wears shorts. There was nothing particularly dangerous about them except the fact that they were as numerous as the bug pokemon they collect. We managed to fight through them with the aid of out two fire pokemon and our birds Faile and Ezio. All of which have the advantage over bug types.
Upon exiting the forest we faced another patch of grass where I once again failed to catch a Pidgey. Liz was lucky enough to get a brave little Weedle that she named Wilson. It was only a short walk from there to Pewter City where our first test as trainers awaited us. Before we did anything else, we shuffled off to the Pewter Pokemon Center to recuperate after traveling a good portion of the day through that depressing, bug infested forest. No offense to Wilson and Absolem of course.
After a late lunch at the Poke-Center we headed towards the Pewter City Gym to register for a Gym battle. Once we had entered we immediately noticed that everything was made from stone, not too difficult to decipher what that little clue meant. We weren't worried because both Lydia and Davon had learned Metal Claw in Viridian Forest and Liz had Malichi. Our matches where registered for later that day so we had some time to kill. I had heard that Pewter City was famous for its museum. I tried to drag Liz along with me but she protested that she wanted to train for her battle and said that I should as well. I let her go train, but still went to the museum anyway.
There was a Fifty-dollar entry fee that I gladly paid with the money we had won off of the Bug Catchers in Viridian Forest. I walked around a bit looking at the bones of extinct pokemon and rare gems and minerals that were found in Mt. Moon. Upstairs they had a space exhibit, with model rockets and moonstones, and some crack-pot theory about Clefairy being from space. When I came back downstairs though, there was something in the corner of the museum that I hadn't noticed before. Upon further inspection it turned out to be some type of dragon scale. It seemed to radiate an energy that was drawing me closer to it. When I reached out to touch it everything went dark.
I couldn't tell you if what I saw next was a dream or a vision so I will just describe it to you as best I can. I was in a dark place, but the darkness was rolling like an angry sea or storm clouds. There where occasional flashes of lightning but they did not illuminate my surroundings. Then I noticed it, there was another presence here but it was not a person. It was a dragon. I don't know how I knew that since I couldn't see even its outline, but I knew. Then it spoke to me, not in any language I knew, but I understood the message. It was waiting for me. Then I awoke on the Couch of the Poke-Center.
Liz, Nurse Joy, and another person I didn't know were all standing around me with worried expressions. I asked the same question everyone asks in this situation "What happened?" Nurse Joy replied that a museum attendant brought me in after I collapsed and then hurried off to get the Gym leader Brock, thus reveling the identity of the unknown man. Then Liz asked what happened in he museum before I fell unconscious. I responded that I noticed some sort of dragon scale, which I couldn't remember the color of, and I reached out to touch it and woke up here. Brock informed us that the museum didn't have anything even slightly resembling the black sphere I described, and that I must have hallucinated and passed out from exhaustion. Liz was just relieved that I was ok and we left it at that.
It turns out that Davon, Absolem, and Wilson all evolved during Liz's extra training and that she defeated Brock before the museum attendant came to get him. Brock tried to make me put off my match until tomorrow but I protested that I was fine and just needed a little food in me. After I ate a very large dinner I was ready to face Brock.
The rules were simple, two pokemon each, the last one standing wins. I had Raikage as back up but I planned not to use him. I sent out Lydia and Brock chose a Geodude. I ordered Lydia to use a Metal Claw. It was super effective and took out a good chunk of the Geodudes health, and as a bonus it increased Lydia's attack. Brock came back with a tackle that didn't do a whole lot. Brock tried to use a potion but it was no use thanks to the previous attack boost. Brock's next pokemon looked to be more of a challenge. It was gigantic rock snake known as Onix. I once again had Lydia use Metal claw, but even with the attack boost it only damaged about 50 percent of its health, but Lydia received another attack boost for her efforts. Brock's Onix retaliated with a Rock tomb, which brought Lydia's health down to half and seemed to slow her down. With Lydia being slowed, Brock had his Onix use another Rock Tomb, but Lydia saw it coming and skillfully dodged the rocks. All it took was one more Metal Claw and the battle was over.
Lydia and I had defeated out first Gym Leader and were one step closer to the Pokemon League. I started toward Lydia to congratulate her but she was suddenly enveloped in a white, blinding light. I shielded my eyes and after another second or two the light was gone and in Lydia's place was a Charmeleon. Lydia had evolved. Brock came over to us and handed us the Boulder Badge, which signifies that we had defeated him in an official Gym battle. We celebrated our first major victory with Brock at the Pokemon Center, and while I was happy, I couldn't stop thinking about what I saw in the museum. What was that pokemon, and why was it waiting for me?