Chapter Three: Cherrygrove City
Ethan returned to Marina's side. Her Chikorita had already fallen asleep in her hair again. Cyndaquil had returned to Ethan's shoulder, panting from the battle it had just been in. Ethan laughed silently, it hadn't done much at all and it was already so tired.
"Ethan, look at that!" Marina whispered as she stopped Ethan from walking forward. Ethan grunted as the air was knocked out of him, but stopped as he saw what she was pointing at.
There was a small family of Sentrets lying in the middle of the grass with a Furret in the middle of them. Ethan guessed that it was their mother. Marina sighed happily. "They're so cute…"
The Sentret family suddenly looked up at the two of them and ran away, the Furret following closely behind. "You scared them off, Marina. Well done." Ethan joked. Marina punched him lightly on the arm before she started walking forward. Ethan started following her again. Before too long, they arrived at Cherrygrove City.
It was a quiet place. The roofs on all the houses were a nice cherry color, and a small lake was at the far end. Ethan had been here a few times before, but not much farther than this. Marina began walking towards to Pokemon Center. "We need to heal your Drowzee, that potion wasn't enough to fully heal it." Marina stated, grabbing Drowzee's hand and walking it towards to Pokemon Center. Ethan groaned and followed her, not knowing what else to do. He walked in and saw Marina sitting down on one of the chairs, reading a magazine. He walked over to her and sat down.
"Hey Marina, after we're done with the task Elm gave me, what are you going to do?" Ethan asked. Marina put the magazine down and took Chikorita off of her head and placed it into her lap.
"I think I'm going to just going to travel around. Not really stay anywhere for too long, just wander." Marina said, stroking Chikorita's leafy head. "What about you, Ethan?"
"I don't know. If Elm lets me keep Cyndaquil, I'm going to take on the Pokemon League Challenge. If he doesn't, I guess I'll just start a cover band." Ethan replied. Marina stifled a laugh.
"A cover band? Too unoriginal to make your own songs?" She laughed. Ethan's face turned red as he turned away. Marina laughed again and put her hand on his shoulder.
"I'm sorry, Ethan. What songs do you want to cover?" Marina asked, only pretending to be interested. Ethan smiled, he knew she was joking with him.
"Megadeth, of course. No other album in the world can outclass Rust in Peace!" Ethan told her, pretending to perform to main solo from Megadeth's "Holy Wars… The Punishment Due." They both began laughing.
"Marina? Your Drowzee is fully healed!" Nurse Joy told her. Marina stood up and walked to the main desk, taking Drowzee's Pokeball. Ethan walked over to her.
"Well, Mr. Pokemon isn't too far away from here, let's get going." Marina said, handing Drowzee's Pokeball back to Ethan.
He placed the Pokeball on his belt. "Alright, let's go."