Kay was stood at the beginning of Route 1. She stared at the long route spread in front of her which was seemingly filled with unavoidable patches of long grass. She shuddered to think what sort of Pokémon would jump out to attack her and her cousin here. She knew there would be Watchogs and Stoutlands and she was dreading meeting up with the group of Jigglypuffs and Wigglytuffs that the two girls had already been warned about.
The more Pokémon she remembered lived in this area, the less she wanted to travel to Nuvema town and meet Professor Juniper. She voiced her worries to Charlie. "Maybe this was a bad idea."
Charlie rolled her eyes and smiled. "Don't Torchic out now Kay. You've come so far!" Charlie was still knelt on the floor rummaging through Kay's heavy black bag. "Your mum has packed way too much stuff, I can't even find this damn repel!" She was obviously starting to get frustrated and without another thought she lifted the bag up from the bottom allowing all of Kay's possessions to spill out on to the floor.
"Charlie!" Kay protested finally tearing her eyes away from the frightful sight that is Route 1.
"Ah! There it is!" Charlie reached down on to the pile and grabbed the small canister of repel which had fallen on top. She then stood up suddenly, pointing the canister with both her hands at Kay. "Hands up and legs apart now mam!" She demanded.
Kay rolled her eyes but obliged, sliding her legs a part and reaching her arms out as far as she could, she then closed her eyes tightly. Charlie smiled, stepping over the pile of Kay's stuff. Charlie shook the canister and sprayed it over Kay's arms, body and legs until it was empty. "All done!" She announced proudly and flung the canister on top of the pile on the floor.
Kay let out a long breath of air before blinking her eyes open and dropped her arms to rub the spray in further. "What about you though Charlie?" Kay asked as she noticed that Charlie had not sprayed any on herself.
"Pfft. I am Charlie Unagi, no Pokémon would dare challenge me." She laughed. "Besides, I have my big strong Blastoise in my party and-" She paused, noticing that Kay was mainly concentrating on repacking her bag. Charlie tapped her foot on the floor impatiently.
Kay glanced up at her. "I am listening… all my attention doesn't have to just be on you, you know." She smiled as she pushed the last couple of items into her bag and flung it over her shoulder. "Are you and your big strong Blastoise ready then?"
Charlie ignored Kay mocking her and reached into her bag pulling out one of her red Pokéballs, which presumably had Blastoise tucked up inside of it. She held it out in front of her making a very dramatic pose. "We're ready for anything that the Unova Region can throw a- WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!?" She screeched jumping behind her younger cousin Kay.
Kay turned just in time to see a small Patrat running off into the grass, obviously startled by the loud noise. "It's just a wild Patrat. Are you sure you're ready for anything?" Kay asked her older cousin, genuinely worried about her.
Charlie coughed awkwardly and came out from behind Kay. "Yes I shall be fine, I have never seen all the Pokémon in this region before. I have never encountered them before." She then took her first step into the long grass.
"Of course!" Kay smiled. "I forgot you don't have Patrats in Kanto. Guess you will discover a lot of new Pokémon here in Unova then!" She began to follow her cousins lead, wincing when she first stepped into the long grass, but still putting on a brave face.
Kay jumped off Route 1 clapping her hands together happily. "I did it! I did it!" She repeated. She twisted round to face Charlie. "I've finally been through the long grass!"
Charlie clawed her way out of the grass. Dragging herself along the floor on her stomach. "Good for you Kay, I am proud of you." She gave her a very enthusiastic thumbs up before face planting the ground.
Kay span around, now looking away from her overly dramatic cousin, toward the end of Route 1. She could see a parting between the trees which lead to a wide open space. "That must be Nuvema Town!" Kay rejoiced pointing toward the small town. She looked down at Charlie who was still lying on the ground groaning. "Oh come on Charlie! I want to meet Professor Juniper!" She grabbed Charlie's wrist and started to drag her across the ground. "Come on! We have to do it for your Charmeleon-Ah!"
She was suddenly pulled down by Charlie, who presumably was trying to pull herself up. Kay found herself sprawled on the ground behind her multi-coloured cousin who was now charging down the remainder of Route 1 toward the town. "For my Charmeleon!" She screamed.
Kay smiled at Charlie's new found enthusiasm, and chased after her down the path. "Wait for me Charlie!" She shouted as she stepped into Nuvema Town for the first time.