Piper explained her story to Quickfire as they walked home. She seemed to understand; at any rate, the Ponyta didn't seem to think she was insane. They arrived at the house surprising late; it was 6 'o' clock. Pipers "mum" was laying out a delicious looking meal on the table, complete with PokeBlocks for her new Pokemon.
"Oh my, what a beautiful Ponyta! A Shiny!" Quickfire stepped forward, and Piper's "mum" immediately fell in love. They all came to the table, and enjoyed the meal; Piper noted that food had never tasted this good in her world. Just as they were about to have a dessert of chocolate gateaux with ice cream (none for Quickfire; she was a fire Pokemon, after all), the videophone rang. Pipers "mum" answered it, and on the screen appeared the image of a man with long blonde hair and a lab coat.
"Hey, Daisy. How's life in the Bleu household?" Mrs Daisy Bleu, as she was apparently called, giggled.
"Great, Greg; Piper got her first Pokemon today, and she's going to start her journey tomorrow! How's life on Cinnabar?"
"Great; we're working on cloning Pokemon now! So, who's this lucky Pokemon?" Quickfire stepped forward with Piper, who was almost instantly forgotten in her father's excitement to see the Shiny. After some time, Mrs Bleu looked at the clock.
"Oh, it's seven thirty! It's time for Pokemon Centre! Bye, honey!" Mirs Bleu switched off the video phone, and rushed to the TV. She turned on a sort of vets show but with Pokemon. Piper shrugged, and watched not only this, but What not to let your Pokemon wear, Ready Steady Pokeblock and Growlithe Girls. At 10 'o' clock, Piper went to her room, and went to bed. Quickfire stood at the end of her bed, dozing off, as if to protect her. Piper smiled.
"It's been a good first day." And she switched off the light.
Piper woke up once again at 8 'o' clock and realised that today was the day she would start her Pokemon journey...wow, that sounded stupid when spoken aloud. She got out of bed, and looked in her wardrobe. There was good-sized bag inside, midnight black and deep purple. She packed two changes of clothes inside it, but with enough room to carry many potions and the like. She dressed in jeans decorated with stitched flowers, the high-tops from the previous day, a black T-shirt and a purple jacket. Comfortable for a long day of walking. But she was missing something...
"Aha!" Piper found a purple bandanna with the usual Pokeball design on it. She smiled.
"Ni! Ni!" cried Quickfire, looking happy. Satisfied, they headed downstairs, where Mrs Bleu was making French toast for breakfast. Piper had never tasted it before, and was at first sceptical of the "eggy bread". But she and Quickfire were soon tearing into them like there was no tomorrow. At 9 'o' clock, Piper was ready to leave. Mrs Bleu was fussing.
"OK, my number's in the PokeNav, you can call me any time, have you got enough money?" Piper nodded, and after giving Mrs Bleu one last hug, she and Quickfire set off. After heading to the store to buy some Potions, Pokeballs and some heals, she left town. She saw Ash Ketchum, still trying to control his Pikachu. Smiled and waved at him as she passed, but before he could reply, two fast moving blurs rushed towards them; it was Mrs Ketchum and Mrs Bleu. They both gasped for breath then delivered an all-important message.
"Did you pack enough underwear?" Both kids did an anime fall in exasperation.
"Yes, Mom…" Ash muttered, and Piper nodded. The two mothers beamed.
"OK, then. Hey, Daisy, would you like to come over for a cup of tea?"
"Oh, yes, we could have a wonderful chat!" And the mothers were off, so after hastily saying goodbye to Piper and Ash, they left. Piper glanced at Ash; he was once again trying to drag his Pikachu along. Quickfire gave them a weird look.
"OK, so I'll see you around…good luck with Pikachu!"
"Thanks…" Said Ash, and they took separate paths. Piper grinned; she had just met Ash Ketchum, from the cartoon. She and Quickfire carried on walking.
As they walked through the grass, they saw Viridian city approaching.
"C'mon Quickfire, let's go!" they started running, when out of the grass came… a wild Bulbasaur!
"Bul! Basaur…" he growled; this Bulbasaur wasn't happy. Piper gave a start; this could her first Pokemon battle!
"OK Quickfire, let's rock and roll…no? OK, let's battle!"
Quickfire left in front of the Bulbasaur.
"Use Ember attack!" Quickfire released a smouldering flame from her mane, and severely damaged the Bulbasaur. It used a surprisingly powerful Tackle, but Quickfire recovered quickly. Piper knew she had to finish this soon.
"OK, use Tackle!" Quickfire rammed into Bulbasaur, and before he could react, Piper took a Pokeball out her bag, and threw it at the Bulbasaur. It wriggled for a moment, then the Pokemon was captured!
"WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I'm gonna call you Tank, cos that tackle was like a tank!" Quickfire tossed her head in amusement, and they continued on the road to Viridian City.
OK, first of all, I know there are continuity errors, like the timeline and the Bulbasaur in a place where there are only Rattata and Pidgey, but…it's my fiction! Sorry for begging for reviews, I'm a sad and lonely person… I do not own Pokemon or any of the shows that were parodied in this chapter.
