Dawn had been strolling around the city, she had decided to kill a few hours before she set off to Oreburg city. She met a man who told her to find three clowns and he'd give her a poketech. It took some time but she did it and was now leaving the city with her brand new poketech. Before she left she saw a man hiding, or trying to hide, behind a lamp-post. He quickly sprang across the street and hid behind another lamp-post. Dawn went up to him and said "excuse me-" she started to say politely before he cut her off.
"What! How did you know? How did you uncover my identity as a member of the International Police?"
"The what? I was just asking if you were alright." Dawn said now wishing she had just let him continue hiding behind lamp posts.
"So you say, however we both know the real reason. Since my cover has been blown allow me to introduce myself. I am a globe-trotting member of the International Police. My name is- ah cleaver trying to get me to revile my name. Just call me Looker. Now on a completely unrelated note does the phrase "don't be a thief!" Familiar to you?" Dawn shook her head, now starting to get a little scared. "No? How can it be? Now listen girl it's not right to take things that do not belong to you. Unfortunately there are some here in Sinnoh who don't follow that rule. In fact there are criminals who are stealing the pokemon of others."
"That's horrible!" Dawn gasped, she may have only know her pokemon for a few days but would be heart broken if someone stole them from her.
"Indeed, thus is my reason for being here. I'm on the lookout for any suspicious characters. Now since you managed to identify me how about you take this to forget about me." He said as he handed her a device "that is a VS recorder if you want to record a match that simply activate it and it will record your entire match. Now I must be off. Hey look at that!" He said and pointed at something behind Dawn. She turned and looked but saw nothing, when she turned back she saw Looker running away from her.
"What a strange man." Dawn said to herself before she made her way to the east, following her map and going to Oreburg City. Along the way she ran into another trainer who used a pokemon she hadn't seen before called Kricketot. She managed to beat both with her starly. After beating the trainer she ran into another new pokemon. A Shinx. "Its so cute." Dawn squealed before she let out starly. "Ok starly gust." Dawn said and starly used gust but it didn't seem to affect the shinx much. "Ok starly use gust." Dawn commanded. Starly said his name and started to flap his wings and start sending a gust at the shinx. The attack hit directly but didn't look like it did much damage. The shinx started to crackle with electricity and slammed right into starly. "Starly!" Her starly cried in pain.
"Oh no starly! Return!" Dawn said returning starly to his pokeball. "Turtwig let's go!" She said releasing her starter.
"Wig!" Turtwig said upon being released.
"Ok Turtwig use razor leaf!" Dawn said.
"Turtwig!" Turtwig said before he fired a bunch of leafs at shinx who managed to dodge them before crackling with electricity again and charging into Turtwig. It hurt him, but not as bad as starly was. "Come on Turtwig!" Dawn said encouraging the small pokemon who got up. "Turtwig!"
"Yes! Now come on let's finish this. Tackle!" Dawn said. Her Turtwig charged right into Shinx at blinding speed which caused the shinx to cry out in pain. "Alright let's try now." Dawn said before she grabbed a pokeball from her waist and threw it at shinx.
One shake.
Two shake
Three shake
Ping! "Yes!" Dawn said jumping in the air before she grabbed her new pokemon and said "I caught a shinx!" She popped open her pokedex which spoke
"shinx the flash pokemon.
The extension and contraction of its muscles generates electricity. It glows when in trouble. This Shinx is a female and knows the following moves.
Tackle
Growl
Thundershock
Spark
"Oh an electric type! You'll be good against any water or flying types." Dawn said. She continued on her way (after going back to the pokemon centre) she made her way onward. She eventually ran into some more trainers. Most weren't to tough and she got to use her new shinx. She had just beaten a girl that used a psyduck when she saw a sign that pointed towards a cave. "To Oreburg city" Dawn read alound. Dawn went into the cave and she ran into a large man. This man was dressed in hiking outfit and said "well hello there little lady."
"Hello, sorry for bumping into you." Dawn said in a chipper voice.
"Its alright. Say are you trying to get to Oreburg city?" He asked.
"Yes, why do you ask?"
"Because there was a rock slide and the way is blocked." He explained.
"What? Ah man!" Dawn said pouting.
"Well hey, don't worry because it just so happens I'm been hired to clear the way. Now stand back and watch. Go Golem."
The hiker said as he threw a pokeball.
"Golem." The pokemon said.
"Oh, whats that?" Dawn said as she took out her pokedex.
"Golem the megaton pokemon. With its hard, boulder-like body it is capable of surviving a explosion without a scratch."
"Wow he looks pretty strong." Dawn said.
"Yep, I've had this guy since I was your age actually, started out as a geodude and over time became golem. Isn't that right buddy?"
"Golem." Golem said with a nod and a smile.
"Alright Golem, I'll need you to go smash that rock wall." The hiker said as he pointed at one of the newly fallen rock walls.
"Golem." Golem said before he tucked into a ball so that he looked like any common boulder, and sped forward into the rock wall, smashing it." "Whoa!" Dawn said before she laughed.
"Yep, your welcome to come with me and golem here. At the rate he goes we'll reach Oreburg city in less than fifteen minuets. True to his word, they broke through the final rock wall and reached Oreburg city. "And here we are little lady." He said.
"Thank you so much." Dawn said.
"Think nothing of it." He said with a smile.
Dawn turned and walked toward the city eager for her first gym battle. She entered the city and took a look around. It was big, bigger than Twinleaf town, but not as big as Jubilife city. Unfortunately it was big enough to get lost in. She was looking around for a pokemon centre but was getting annoyed at the lack of progress. "Pardon me." A voice said that startled her.
"Are you lost?" The voice, she saw it was a man at about nineteen.
"Yes actually. I'm trying to find the pokemon centre and the Oreburg gym."
"Don't worry I can take you to them." He said.
"I'd really appreciate it." Dawn said.
Dawn followed the man who lead to to the pokemon centre, and the gym being right beside it. "Well here you are." He said.
"Thank you." Dawn said. Dawn walked up to the gym but was surprised to see Barry standing in front of the gym. "Huh? Barry?" Dawn said surprised.
"Wha? Oh hey Dawn, your finally here? Slow like always." Barry said with the shake of his head.
"Just because I don't go rushing off like I'm being chased by an angry Rhyperior doesn't mean I'm slow." Dawn huffed.
"Whatever. But anyway, that gym leaders tough, like seriously tough, but check what I managed to get." He said as he grabbed a case from his bag, opened it and showed Dawn his new badge. "Wow, you got your first badge?" Dawn said, happy for her best friend.
"Yep, you should have seen it, it looked like I was about to lose but then my chimchar started glowing and his tail fire started to burn blue and one ember and I won." Barry said excitedly.
"That's so cool. But is your chimchar ok?" Dawn asked.
"I'm just heading to the pokemon centre now. Anyway the gym leader just left, he said he was going to the coal mine. Now I have to get to the pokemon centre." Barry said before he ran next door and entered the pokemon centre.
"The gym leaders gone? Ah man! Why can't I catch a break? Now I have to go search a dirty coal mine." Dawn said pouting.
She walked to the coal mine, which was easy to find and asked one of the workers where she could find the gym leader. "Just down in that pit." He pointed.
"Thank you." She said. She walked over to the pit and started moving down. After a few trips she saw a man using a pick ax to hack away at a nearby wall. "Excuse me, do you know the gym leader," she called.
"I sure hope so, otherwise I don't know myself." He said.
"Oh your the gym leader?" Dawn asked.
"Yep, names Roark, pleasure to meet you." He offered his hand but took it away when he saw that it was covered in coal dust.
"I'd like a battle." Dawn said bluntly.
Roark laughed and said "two challengers in one day? This must be my lucky day! Tell you what kid I have to finish my shift so meet me at the gym in two hours."
"Ok." Dawn chirped. She left the pit and when she looked down at herself she saw that all her clothes were caked with black dust. "Man." She grumbled. She went to the pokemon centre and walked right into a person. "I just keep bumping into people today." Dawn thought but was surprised to see the person she ran into was Lucas. "Lucas?" She said.
"Oh hey Dawn." He said.
"What are you doing here?" She asked.
"When I'm not helping professor Rowan I mostly just go out on my own looking for rare pokemon. What about you?" He asked.
"I decided to try out a gym battle." Dawn said.
"Oh so your going to battle Roark?" Lucas said as he and Dawn started to walk around the city.
"Yeah, do you know him?" She asked.
"I know of him. He and his dad, Byron, developed a machine that can revive pokemon from nothing but a fossil."
"Really? That's so cool." Dawn said in amazement.
"So you get any new pokemon?" He asked.
"Yep, two." She said before she let out her pokemon.
"Starly, Shinx say hello to Lucas." Dawn said.
"Starly." Starly chirped.
"Shinx." Shinx squeaked.
"Wow, you've only been a trainer for a few days and you've already caught two pokemon. Impressive." Lucas said causing Dawn to blush.
"Well I had a good teacher." She said. This caused Lucas to blush a little.
They kept walking and talking for a while until her poketech beeped. "Something wrong?" Lucas asked.
"Nope I set my watch for when Roark is finished in the coal mine." Dawn said.
"Sure you don't want to change first?" He asked.
"Why? Don't I look cute in my outfit?" She teased.
This caused Lucas to blush some more and said "your covered in black dust." Dawn looked down and remembered that she was covered and said "maybe your right."
The pair walked back to the pokemon centre and Dawn went into the bathroom to change. Half an hour later she came out wearing a short pink skirt, a black vest with a white sleeveless shirt underneath and a white hat. Lucas took one look at her and said "wow."
"You like it?" She asked.
He coughed and cleared his throat while he started blushing and said "its alright."
Dawn giggled before she grabbed his hand and said "come on, I want you to witness my first gym battle.
She walked in and saw Roark sitting in a chair and said "I'm here for that battle."
He looked up and said "right on time. Who's that, boyfriend?" He guessed.
"No!" They both said, turning red.
"Hey,hey, relax I'm just teasing. Now your ready for your battle?" He said.
"Yep." Dawn said. "Alright, this will be a two on two battle. Only you are allowed substitutions, understand?" The referee said.
"Yes." Dawn said.
"Go Dawn!" She heard Lucas cheer from the side. She saw a pokeball open and out popped Piplup who said "piplup piplup!"
Dawn giggled at that and enlarged one of her pokeballs and said "alright turtwig let's go!" Dawn said.
"Your starter?" Roark asked. "
Yep!" Dawn said.
"Go geodude." Roark said.
"So that's a geodude." Dawn muttered.
The referee held up both flags and said "begin!"
"Geodude rollout!" Roark said. "Geo." Geodude said before he rolled up into a ball and shot off at turtwig.
"Jump and use razor leaf." Dawn cried. Her turtwig jumped over the rolling geodude and swung his head shooting several sharp leafs that struck geodude causing it to cry his name in pain.
"Come on geodude. Get up and use magnitude." Roark said. "Geo." Geodude said before it jumped up and slammed onto the ground causing a shockwave to spread in every direction. Once it reached turtwig he cried in pain.
"No turtwig!" Dawn cried. Turtwig got up but had some bruises but did something that surprised her. Her Turtwig shot a red beam of energy from his mouth that hit geodude and knocked it out. It also, to her surprise healed all of the bruises.
"What just happened?" Dawn asked.
"He used absorb! It steals the health of one pokemon and heals the one who used it." Lucas said from the side.
"Really? Wow! Great job Turtwig." Dawn praised her turtwig.
"Turtwig." Trutwig replied happily.
"Very impressive, not only are you good friends with your Turtwig you've also trained him really well, but that doesn't mean this match is over. Go Cranidos!" Roark cried. Out of the pokeball stood a small blue and gray colored pokemon with an enlarged head with spikes forming a ring around the head.
"What that?" Dawn asked before she checked her pokedex.
Cranidos the head butt pokemon
A lifelong jungle dweller from 100 million years ago, it would snap obstructing trees with headbutts.
"So that's one of the pokemon revived from a fossil?" Dawn said sounding surprised.
"Yep thanks to myself and my dad we discovered the means to revive extinct pokemon." Roark said.
"That is so cool!" Lucas said from the side.
"Battle begin!" The referee said.
"Alright Turtwig razor leaf." Dawn commanded.
"Dodge and use rock throw." Roark said.
Turtwig fired multiple leafs from his head but that Cranidos was fast and dodged before it headbutted a nearby rock and which sent the pieces flying at Turtwig.
"Its ok turtwig use absorb!" Dawn said. Turtwig fired the red beam at cranidose and healed all its injuries.
"Alright now run towards Cranidos." She ordered. Turtwig started to run towards the cranidose.
"So you want a head on battle? Fine. Cranidos charge the turtwig."
Both pokemon charged each other and when they were just three feet from each other Dawn cried "slide under its feet." Turtwig slid under Cranidos and Cranidos just looked around confused. "Now razor leaf." Dawn cried.
Cranidose got hit in the back by the razor leaf and yelled in pain. Before falling forward. "Cranidos is unable to battle the match goes to the challenger Dawn!" The referee yelled.
"I won? I won!" Dawn said.
"Turtwig!" Turtwig said before he jumped into her arms to snuggle which caused her giggle.
Lucas came up behind her and they both hugged. "Congratulations Dawn." He said before he let go, albeit unwillingly.
"Thanks." Dawn said when she let go, also unwillingly.
"Thank you." Dawn said.
"You've got potential kid. Its with great pleasure that I grant you this badge." Roark said as he held out his hand. Dawn took the badge from his hand, it looked like a boulder and a pokeball combined. Dawn took a closer look and saw that it also looked similar to Roarks hard hat. "With that badge you've taken your first steps on the road of your adventure." Roark said. Dawn nodded in thanks, to stunned to speak. She did it, she managed to beat Roark and get her first gym badge.
Lucas put his hand on her shoulder and said"great job Dawn."
"Thanks." She said.
They both left and Roark took a look at the way the two acted around each other and said to himself "they sure do mean a lot to each other, I just wonder if they know it yet."
Sorry about the lame battle but when i wrote it i had been waiting for the plane that would take me home for FIVE HOURS!
Now i just want to take this time to thank all of you who've read this story and the ones who've reviewed. I also want to thamk thunderfang27 for being my the first person to follow my story. You rock Thunderfang. I guess I'm doing something right. Now don't forget to vote on what Dawn's Eevee is going to evolve into. if you dont know how to get to the poll just click on my name and it will send you to the poll.
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