Chapter 3: Haru and Clara. 79 Days Left.
Cherrygrove City is a city where you can smell flowers and a sea breeze. Silver had gotten up early and fed his Pokémon, Pokémon Food. Silver remembered Benson talking about it yesterday.
"Pokémon Food?" asked Silver holding up a piece of Pokémon Food looking at it.
"Yes, it is food for the Pokémon," said Benson handing his Pokémon some to eat.
Silver, he took a bite out of the food; he was shocked by how horrible it tasted in his mouth, he had chugged down a glass of water to clear the taste which still lingered in his mouth.
"The Pokémon might like it more than you would," said Benson.
The memory of the Pokémon Food still was fresh in Silver's mind which made him shiver as he handed his Pokémon some food.
"Ok! We are going to train early today," said Silver having the Pokémon in their Pokeballs and walked out only to bump into an old man.
"Oh! Sorry I did not see you there" said Silver feeling sorry for troubling an old man.
"Not to worry, even though I am an old man, I still have a few tricks up my sleeve. Is that a Pokegear?" asked the old man.
"Yes," replied Silver wondering why the old man would ask such a question.
"Well, I suspect that you must have some missing Pokegear applications, pass me your Pokegear to give the upgrade," said the old man as he takes Silver's Pokegear, "There, that uh, here and there!" said the old man. "Done, now the map application is installed."
"How does it work?" said Silver looking at his Pokegear.
"Ho, ho, ho, you well if you use…" the man constantly kept on talking as Silver slipped right by him.
"Well, at least I know where I should go," said Silver looking at his Pokegear.
Walking by the shore of the city, he brought out his Pidgey and Cyndaquil and they both looked ready to train.
"Pidgey use Gust, Cyndaquil use Tackle," said Silver as both Pokémon moved to use the attacks.
A noise was heard behind Silver, he found a little bug Pokémon which seemed to be injuried, grabbing his Pokedex, and he looked up the Pokémon.
POKEDEX Caterpie: The Worm Pokémon: Its feet have suction cups designed to stick to any surface. It tenaciously climbs trees and forage. END
Looking at this weak condition, he quickly rushed it to the Pokémon Centre, where Nurse Joy took it into extreme care.
"That Caterpie was weak," said a trainer from behind, "I have way stronger Bug Pokémon than that one, so I got rid of it."
Silver turned around looking extremely angry by the fact that he threw away his own Pokémon, so Silver did the only thing a trainer could do.
"I challenge you to a one on one battle," said Silver.
The Bug Trainer stopped laughing when he heard the words to battle; he took out his Pokeball ready to face off.
"You two should know battling should be done outside," said Nurse Joy showing them the Pokémon Field outside the Centre.
"Ok! Go Pidgey," called Silver bringing out his Bird Pokémon as it looked ready.
"Go Weedle!" said the Bug Trainer, "My name is Buggy, the best Bug Trainer there is." The Weedle came out of the Pokeball looked like it was ready to battle well, but looked frightened.
"My name is Silver," said Silver looking at his Pokedex for Weedle's information.
POKEDEX Weedle: The Hairy Bug Pokémon: It attacks using a two-inch poison barb on its head. It can usually be found under the leaves it eats. END
Silver's Pidgey looked like it was more hungry than wanting to battle, it chased after Weedle as if it wanted to eat it.
"Weedle, Return," said Buggy completely glad that Weedle was not eaten by Pidgey, "Next time, you won't be so lucky."
"Wow Pidgey, you are sure strange," said Silver as Pidgey landed on Silver's shoulder.
Silver walked into the Pokémon Centre to see the Caterpie has taken a liking for Silver, even chased him around.
"So would you like to tag along?" asked Silver to the Bug Pokémon which gave a small cry.
"Ok! Go Pokeball," said Silver as the ball hit Caterpie engulfing it in a red light and capturing it with no problems.
Benson had not woken up yet, so Silver headed down the PokéMart to check out some of the supplies. They had camping equipment, food, Pokémon Food, Pokeballs, Potions, Mail, and anything needed for a journey.
Silver had gone and bought some Potions and Pokémon Food for the long journey ahead, the store owner was really happy to give Silver a promotional item which was an extra Pokeball.
"Silver!" called Benson looking for Silver from outside the Pokémon Centre," Great! You are here, we can finally go now!"
"Um! The professor which gave me my Pokémon told me to go see Mr. Pokémon on Route 30, is it ok if we make a detour?" asked Silver a bit hesitant.
"Sure! If it is important why not!" said Benson as he brought out the Doduo and headed out to Route 30.
Upon reaching Mr. Pokémon's house, Silver was scared to press the doorbell, mainly because he was new to the world of Pokémon and everything around him. Eventually, Mr. Pokémon came to the door seeing Silver and Benson.
"And you might be?" asked Mr. Pokémon.
"I am Silver of New Bark Town, I am here because Professor Elm requested I come," said Silver acting as formal as possible.
"Ah! You must be the errand boy," said Mr. Pokémon.
"Errand Boy…" said Silver under his breath, while Benson was laughing behind him.
"Come inside, come inside," said Mr. Pokémon allowing them to enter.
"Now Mr. Pokémon, I don't want to trouble you any longer so I will be…" said an old man which looked familiar to Benson as he pointed his finger at him.
"It's the 'famous' Professor Oak!" he cried in excitement.
"Who are they?" asked Professor Oak to Mr. Pokémon.
"This is Silver from New Bark Town, he is a new trainer," said Mr. Pokémon.
"Ah! So you must be one of the new trainers which Professor Elm supplied Pokémon to," said Professor Oak.
"Yes, I am!" said Silver.
"May I see your Pokémon you have chosen," asked Professor Oak.
"Ok! Go Everyone!" said Silver tossing up his three Pokémon as they appeared one after another.
"Hm, A Caterpie and a health one, A Pidgey, this one looks like its strong, and a very rare Cyndaquil," said Professor Oak, "Why hello there."
The Pokémon answered back with their cries showing how happy they are to see Professor Oak and Professor Oak cleared his throat and said.
"Cyndaquil, always seems to have time to sleep," said Professor Oak.
"That's one of his awesome Haikus," said Benson glad to hear such words.
"Oh! You are?" asked Professor Oak.
"I am Benson, Go Doduo!" said Benson, "This is my Doduo."
"Oh! Doduo, it seems to be very healthy," said Professor Oak, "Doduo, how the athletic update."
"Another one!" said Benson extremely happy; there are stars in his eyes.
Silver, on the other hand had no idea what was going on and why he was so happy, but then two girls caught his eye.
"Oh! Those two are my granddaughters," said Mr. Pokémon, "Don't be shy girls."
They both walked out to see Silver and Benson, both looked close to Silver's age probably slightly younger. One of them pointed at Silver and looked at Mr. Pokémon.
"He looks like a weak trainer," said one of them.
"Don't say that Clara," said the other one.
"Haru, look at him, he looks like he will become a horrible trainer," said Clara.
"Now, now, you can't judge people by how they look," said Professor Oak.
"Sorry for the trouble," said Mr. Pokémon trying to move them along, but then a smoke bomb was dropped over the house.
"Cough, cough, what's going on?" asked Silver.
A man covered in black with a big 'R' on the front of his shirt and a Zubat appeared right in front with the Pokémon Egg in his arms.
"That's Team Rocket," said Professor Oak.
"No, not the Pokémon Egg," said Mr. Pokémon.
"Don't worry, I will get it back," said Benson, "Go Doduo."
Doduo charged towards Zubat using its Peck attack. Zubat just flew out of the way to dodge it, the smoke was not helping out at all.
"Zubat," said the man, "Use Supersonic."
The Zubat made a high pitch squeak which made Doduo confused and knock itself out by hitting a wall.
"No!" said Benson going to help Doduo.
Silver looked around, Professor Oak, Mr. Pokémon, Haru and Clara seemed like they could do nothing to help out.
"Ok! Go Caterpie," said Silver.
"It's too dangerous," said Professor Oak.
"Leave it to me!" said Silver taking out his Pokedex to see what moves Caterpie has.
POKEDEX Caterpie: Moves: Tackle, String Shot END
"Ok! Caterpie use Tackle," said Silver as Caterpie squirmed across the ground trying to jump and hit Zubat.
"Ha! You think a small bug can hit Zubat," said the man, "Zubat use Leech Life."
Zubat had dived down to bite Caterpie on its side causing Caterpie to be injuried badly.
"No! It's pointless!" called Clara.
"You can't give up," called Haru.
"Caterpie, you can do it," called Silver to his small Bug Pokémon.
Caterpie was suddenly engulfed by a white light, energy was being released around it as it started to change form, a bigger bug appeared from the energy. Silver fished out his Pokedex for some information.
POKEDEX Metapod: The Cocoon Pokémon: The evolved form of Caterpie: It prepares for evolution by hardening its shell as much as possible to protect its soft body. END
POKEDEX Metapod: Moves: Tackle, String Shot, Harden END
"Yes, Metapod," said Silver happy that is small bug evolved.
"You think that will stop me Zubat use Leech Life," said the man.
"Metapod use Harden!" called Silver.
Zubat dived down a bit Metapod, Metapod had been covered with a shiny coat around itself. Zubat had broken its teeth when it bit Metapod.
"No! Impossible," said the man.
"Metapod use Tackle," said Silver as Metapod launched itself knocking out Zubat.
"Ok! Now Pidgey grab the egg," called Silver.
Pidgey appeared behind the man taking the egg to Silver, who caught it in his arms. Clara was surprised by how Silver was able to win, despite what she said earlier to him.
"No!" said the man trying to run.
"There is no escape," said Silver, "Metapod use String Shot!"
Metapod had aimed its String Shot at the man and his Zubat preventing both of them from moving. As the man struggled, Professor Oak walked up.
"It's over for crooks like you with trainers like him," said Professor Oak.
"Oh! I forgot!" said Silver taking out his Pokedex.
POKEDEX Zubat: The Bat Pokémon: Capable of flying safely in dark places. It emits ultrasonic cries to check for any obstacles. END
Later that day, an officer came by with a blue uniform, she had been told what had happened and now was placing the man in the car to drive him off.
"Officer Jenny, thank you for coming," said Professor Oak.
"No, no you should thank that boy," said Officer Jenny.
"Yes, his was quite the trainer beating a Team Rocket member even though he has just started his journey," said Mr. Pokémon.
"Well, will be off, with this crook caught, we might be able to find out who brought back Team Rocket after three years," said Officer Jenny stepping into the car and driving off.
Professor Oak had left the house and headed to Goldenrod City for his radio show while Silver and Benson stayed at Mr. Pokémon's since it was getting late.
"Thank you for letting us stay," said Silver.
"It's not a problem, I am glad that you helped rescue this egg," said Mr. Pokémon, "Also, my granddaughters had asked me if they could travel with you."
"Well, the more the merrier," said Silver.
"He said yes," said Mr. Pokémon to the girls.
"Yeah! You hear that Clara," said Haru happily.
"I am only coming along because I can't bear to see the poor skills you have as a trainer," said Clara mocking Silver.
"Thanks a lot!" said Silver, "Oh! Can I make a phone call?"
"Yes you may, the phone is right over there," said Mr. Pokémon.
Silver decided that he should call Professor Elm to tell him what had happened and about the egg.
"Well, that was quite an adventure you had, seems like I trusted the right person for the job," said Professor Elm.
"What am I supposed to do with this egg?" asked Silver.
"I would like you to hatch it for me," said Professor Elm, "As part of research, I would like you to hatch that egg and see what Pokémon it is."
"Really!" asked Silver.
"Yes! After what happened today with you, it seems like it's best for the egg to be with you," said Professor Elm.
"Thank you!" said Silver turning off the phone and dialing his mother.
"Hi mom," said Silver as he told her about the adventure he had as well.
"My god!" said his mom, "I hope you weren't hurt."
"Don't worry, we will watch over him," said Haru barging in on the phone call as well as Clara.
"My, who are you?" asked his mom.
"I am Clara, this is Haru, we will look after your son," said Clara in a nice tone compared to what she usually said to Silver.
"Ok!" said his mom," At least I have nothing to worry about anymore."
"Bye!" said Silver quickly handing up, "Why did you two do that?"
"Because, it's fun!" said Haru.
"Well looks like I have to bring out my other Doduo tomorrow for all of you to ride on," said Benson.
"This is going to be fun," sad Clara.
Later that night, Haru and Clara started to pack their bags as they get ready to head out tomorrow.
"Clara, you don't have to be so mean to Silver," said Haru.
"I think it's the only way he will grow as a trainer," said Clara, "He does have the potential to be a great Pokémon Trainer if he knew more information."
"That I can't disagree with," said Haru.
In the other room, Silver had sneezed as he looked at his Pokeballs happy that he was finally starting to become a better trainer, but still cannot believe that Haru and Clara are coming.
"Why does it have to be me?" asked Silver.