The writing of this chapter got stalled due to a power outage. I've been without electricity for four days, so instead of having three chapters last week, I wrote two. In other news, thanks for the reviews I have received. They help me terminate errors. So now, here's chapter 3. Hope you like it.

I spent the rest of the morning exploring west of Viridian, training my pokemon and finding the path to Victory Road. There was a building at the beginning, but the guard wouldn't let me through. Apparently, I needed eight gym badges first. At least he was polite about it, unlike the musclehead posted at Viridian Gym.

I had caught a Rattata on the way back and nicknamed it Squeaker. I also caught a Pidgey and she ended up with Birdie for a nickname. I know, I know, not a very original name, but that's what fits. I put them in the PC pokemon storage system for later. I didn't actually care much for Rattata's evolution Raticate, but I still planned on evolving him later because it's good for me to raise a diverse pool of Pokemon. Birdie was so I could fly around after she evolved. Then again, eventually Ash will become a Charizard. Charizard is a winged dragon, and though not as skilled in the air, still can serve the purpose of 'flier.' So I guess Birdie is gonna evolve for the same reason as Squeaker.

I bought lunch from the mart at Viridian, and after a break with my pokemon, I started to head north. Looking behind me, I saw my friend Ash approaching Viridian, dragging a Pikachu by a rope. I resolved to call him later to see what the heck that was about.

I was headed down Route 2, when suddenly two very different and yet very similar pokemon crossed my path. They were both Nidoran, but I could tell one was male and one was female due to their coloring and body shape. They both had the same shape of eyes, which made me curious. Judging by the way their wide, innocent eyes were watching me, they were curious too.

At that point I decided to engage them in battle. I sent out Hydro Gun and Bossplant. The two Nidoran looked at each other, nodded, and leaped at my pokemon, obviously going for a Tackle.

"Hydro gun, use Hydro Pump, Bossplant, Vine Whip!" Neither of these had a type advantage, but I had no Ground or Psychic type moves. Yet.

The Hydro Pump forced them back, buying Bossplant a precious moment to grab them with Vine Whip. His own Poison type prevented him from getting poisoned himself. He lifted them in the air and smashed their heads together. Then he set them down.

They were dizzy from having their heads bonked and weakened by the Hydro Pump, so I thought this would be an opportune time to attempt a capture. I pulled out two spare pokeballs and tossed them toward the duo. The spheres sucked them up, and after a moment they clicked. The capture was successful.

My belt now had five pokeballs on it. My three starters and two Nidoran. One more space open.

A little ways down the road, a small bird pokemon stepped out of the foliage. It toted a leek and looked at me with a wary eye. Farfetch'd. They're nearly extinct, and finding one in the wild was next to impossible. Many people go their entire lives without seeing a Farfetch'd, captive or not. I racked my brain for any other place in Kanto that they would be any more likely to appear than Route 2, but I came up blank.

This was too rare of an occurance to pass up.

"Go, Ash!" My Charmander popped out of his ball.

"Ash, use Ember!" Ash was pretty proud to have learned the move earlier this morning. The flame flew from his mouth and smacked into the ducklike pokemon. It squawked angrily. "Fetch'd!" The angry bird furiously ran foreward and beat on Ash with his stick. Ash, barely affected, grabbed his tail from behind him and put the fire under Farfetch'd's chin. The bird didn't like having his beak burned, so he backed off and then began using Swords Dance. That freaked me out a little, because now he could actually hurt my Charmander with his stick. I grabbed a pokeball and chucked it at the angry duck. It broke out easily. Apparently, he wasn't through with me yet.

I had Ash use Smokescreen. I heard the Farfetch'd coughing and choking, and made Ash use Growl a couple times. These caused the poor bird to loose the will to fight, and this time he gave up and let me catch him.

I sent him back out to study him, marvel at my luck, and celebrate. I could tell there was something different about him, but I couldn't put my finger on it. As I contemplated this, I also let out my Nidoran. I remembered I needed to nickname them. Seeing their similar eyes, I wondered out loud if they were brother and sister. Hearing me, they nodded unmistakably. Since I couldn't think of a nickname right away, I settled on collectively calling them the Twins. They liked it, and it stuck. I looked back at my Farfetch'd. He was absent-mindedly scratching his back with his stick. I decided his nickname could wait, too.

Heading down the road, I gave my starters a break and trained the Twins and my Farfetch'd. Farfetch'd was an excellent fighter, and the Twins weren't bad either. It was after training them a bit I started calling them Thing 1 and Thing 2. Sis was #1, and Bro was#2.

It was getting dark, so I decided to find a place to crash.

Eventually, I came to a house. This made me very relieved because I didn't have a tent. If your house is along the road, it's polite to let trainers stop there and have a meal and maybe sleep for the night. The trainer must be polite in return, because if they abuse their hospitality, it's totally fine to kick them out.

I knocked on the door and waited. I was startled when the door was answered- instead of a person getting the door, it was a pokemon.

"Mime!" the Mr. Mime declared, then shut the door. I waited a couple seconds longer. When the door opened again, a slighty tubby guy who looked like he was in his twenties appeared, Mr. Mime in tow.

"Hello, do you mind if I stay here tonight?" I asked.

"Sure! Come on in! All trainers are welcome in my home!" he said. I liked this guy already.

He introduced himself. "Name's Reyley. Yours?"

"Joseph Brian. Nice to meet you." I replyed. Reyley scooted his pokemon around his body with his hand. "This here's Mimien. Say hi, Mimien!"

"Mime."

"Good to meet you too," I greeted the pokemon. It brightened up a little.

"Want some dinner? You look hungry." Reyley said. His Mr. Mime ran over and set an extra place at the table. "Thanks," I said, and sat down to eat. I wasn't used to making friends this fast. I didn't actually have hardly any, unless pokemon count.

Over dinner conversation, I learned that Reyley works at Pewter City at the museum three days a week, and lives alone, with Mimien for company and protection. I also learned that Mimien is a little shy and warms up to people after a while. It's strange seeing a Mr. Mime blush because their cheeks are already red.

After thanking my host for dinner again, it was time for bed. Reyley and I brushed our teeth while Mimien made my bed on the couch. He did a great job and it was very comfy. I told Mimien so, and it made him pretty happy. He turned off the lights after we bid each other good night, and I drifted off to sleep.

So there it is. Don't rail me too much about my Farfetch'd, please, but they are nearly extinct and Route 2 is the most likely place I can think of for them to appear naturally in Kanto. I may need to go back and edit this chapter, so please say so if you agree.

Well, that's about everything, so I guess that's Chapter 3. Please review.

More later,

Pokelegend