Since I was not allowed to catch any new Pokemon from Kanto or Hoenn, I had to somehow get to either Jhoto or Sinnoh untouched by wild Pokemon and other trainers. This posed as a giant problem, for none of my parents' Pokemon knew how to use 'Fly', the journey was too long for any of my mom's water Pokemon to take me there by sea, and the time of year when the ferry's come around ended long ago, and wouldn't open for another three months. I cannot wait for three months; I needed to get going now! Luckily, my dad does not play by the rules, and showed me a path to Viridian City without making any wild Pokemon encounters. Rodney had nothing else to do at the lab, so he decided that he might as well start his journey with me.
We made it to Viridian safe and sound and made our way to the local Pokemon center. The place looked practically lifeless, with only two other people sitting in the waiting room. One was a boy, looking to be about fifteen, wearing a black leather jacket and tight blue jeans, holding a Pokeball tightly in grasp. He looked frustrated. The other was a lady in her forties, petting a giant purple cat, a big green oval in her open hand. "Oh, Lina, pull out your Pokedex and point it at that Pokemon. It will tell you what it is." So I took out my red book-box thing, flipped it open, and pointed it at the mystery Pokemon "Delcatty: the Prim Pokemon. Usually calm in temperament, this Pokemon is known to prefer snoozing than fighting. If confronted, they will simply move to a different spot." A Delcatty seems like a pretty lousy Pokemon. The Delcatty's owner spoke up. "Did you just scan my Delcatty? Good choice, mine has the finest coat of any Delcatty around. It just had an egg yesterday." She showed us the green egg she had been holding.
"That's cool! When is it going to hatch?" Rodney's face was lit up with excitement. I would guess that he had never seen a Pokemon egg hatch. Then again, neither had I, but I didn't care.
The lady had a look of worry on her face. "I don't know exactly. You see, this egg appeared out of nowhere, and I don't know what to do with it." "You could give it to one of us," Said Rodney. "We just started out journey, and I if you don't want it, then your best bet would be to give it to one of us."
"But which one of you should I give it to?" This stopped Rodney in his tracks. We both needed another Pokemon, but he wanted to be courteous and let me have it. I really didn't want a cat Pokemon, but if there were no other catchable Pokemon around, then this would be one of my only chances. So I stepped up and offered a suggestion. "We could battle for it. Winner gets the egg."