Team Fellowship went into the wilderness of Route 1.

"Jeffrey, I've been thinking of being the Water PokeMon trainer," said Diane.

"It's your choice of what you want to be."

"What about you?"

"I prefer a diversity of PokeMon because there are other elements besides Grass, Water, Fire, Electric, Fighting, and Psychic."

They stepped into the area with tall grass and something came out. It was a rat-like PokeMon Jeffrey recognized as Rattata and Diane checked, "Rattata, the Mouse PokeMon, a Rattata is cautious in the extreme. Even while it is asleep, it constantly moves its ears and listens for danger. It will make its nest anywhere."

"What type is it?" Diane asked.

"It's Normal type; its attacks have no special effect and are weak against Rock and Steel PokeMon. Normal-type PokeMon are vulnerable to Fighting attacks but Ghost attacks had little effect on it."

"What do I do?"

"Your PokeMon gain experience from fighting other PokeMon, starting from the ones living in the wilds."

"Go Squirtle!" Diane clicked the button of the PokeBall to call out her PokeMon.

"Squirtle," it jumped into her arms out of fear.

"Don't worry, Squirtle, I'm here to look after you. Do as I say and fight," she mollified and placed Squirtle into the fight. She checked to see that Squirtle's first moves were Tackle and Tail Whip. Jeffrey knew that Rattata had the same moves as the Squirtle.

"Tail Whip!" she ordered and Squirtle wagged its tail.

"Lowering stats of your opponents can give you the advantage," Jeffrey gave a tip.

Though wild Rattata's defense was lowered, it Tackled the Water PokeMon.

"Squirtle's injured."

"When you inflict enough damage to your opponent to defeat it, you get experience."

"Tackle!" she ordered her PokeMon to fight back and the wild Rattata used Tail Whip. "Tackle!" the wild Rattata was defeated and Squirtle gained its first experience. "Good job, Squirtle," she praised and it leapt into her arms with joy.

Something came out from the grass and jumped at Jeffrey. "It's a Pidgey, a Normal and Flying type PokeMon," he recognized the PokeMon that appeared like a bird.

He checked the PokeDex, "Pidgey, the Tiny Bird PokeMon, it has an extremely sharp sense of direction. It can unerringly return home to its nest, however far it may be removed from its familiar surroundings."

"What do you know about Flying type?"

"Flying type is strong against Bug, Grass, and Fighting types. However, Flying attacks are weak against Rock, Steel, and Electric PokeMon. Flying PokeMon are vulnerable to Rock and Electric attacks. I'll try and recruit it," Jeffrey spoke as he prepared to take on it and knew that Flying PokeMon could provide air support. "Transform," Jeffrey changed form to fight.

The wild Pidgey Tackled Jeffrey but the Machop dodged the attack. He used a normal attack that defeated the wild Pidgey.

"That looks like a Tackle," Diane commented on Jeffrey's normal attack.

"It does look like a Tackle, however there is no special effect if a normal attack is used on Ghost, Rock, and Steel PokeMon," said Jeffrey.

"How do you recruit PokeMon?"

"I have to be stronger than the PokeMon I would recruit and have to defeat it first. From where I come from, the defeated PokeMon would respawn to join us."

Jeffrey holding the banner attempted to recruit a Pidgey by taking on more of them, while Diane toughened her Squirtle by fighting the wild PokeMon and it learned the Water attack Bubble. As a Machop, Jeffrey taught both her Squirtle and his Charmander how to do a normal attack. Someone was watching them without being noticed.

"Any luck?"

"None of the Pidgey was willing to join our team even if I'm holding the banner."

"Pika," said Pikachu.

"It looks like none of the PokeMon would join this team," said Gardevoir.

"Hey children," it was an old man in the tall grass. "It looks like you cannot have PokeMon to join you by defeating them; you'll have to catch them. I'll show you," a wild Pidgey jumped onto him. "Rattata, I choose you," the old man called out his Rattata. "Rattata, Tackle!" he ordered his PokeMon to tackle the wild Pidgey. The wild Pidgey Tackled, "Dodge it!" the old man shouted causing Rattata to move aside. "Tackle!" he ordered. The wild Pidgey took sufficient damage and was not defeated. The old man clicked the button of the PokeBall and threw it at the weakened wild Pidgey. The PokeBall sucked the PokeMon in and shook while there was red light in the button. When the red light was gone, "That's how you catch a PokeMon," said the old man.

"Thank you," said Diane.

"You're welcome!" the old man turned to Jeffrey. "Now tell me, that was educational, was it not?"

"It is," said Jeffrey.

"And here, take this, too," the old man gave the duo a Teachy TV. "If there's something you don't understand, watch that. It will teach you about the basics of being a PokeMon Trainer."

Jeffrey encountered another wild Pidgey and this time, "Go Charmander." Unlike Diane's Squirtle, Charmander bravely faced the Pidgey. "Scratch!" Charmander gave a Scratch to the wild Pidgey that fought back with Tackle. "Dodge it!" the boy ordered and Charmander jumped aside. "Normal attack," Charmander weakened the wild Pidgey with the normal attack that it learned from its trainer. "Charmander, return!" Jeffrey called the PokeMon back and threw a PokeBall at the wild Pidgey. The ball sucked the weakened wild PokeMon and landed into the ground then shook until the red light faded. Jeffrey was not feeling good when he caught a new PokeMon.

Jeffrey decided to toughen his Charmander by fighting wild PokeMon and it learned the Fire attack Ember. The boy and girl found out that under the banner, the PokeMon's attacks were slightly enhanced. At the same time, Team Fellowship continued forward.

Author's Note

Here's a list of wild Pokemon living in Route 1:

- Lv. 2 - 4 Pidgey = 50%

- Lv. 2 - 4 Rattata = 50%