Now me and NightFlame are standing at the entrance of Route 1, once I take a single step forward, I will officially leave home. Frankly I am kind of nervous, I have never been away from home by myself. I could just turn around, go back home and quit, but my pride wouldn't let me, once I accept a challenge I would not back down no matter how hard it is and besides there is something at a cost here, if I give up I won't be able to go to the fashion university in Unova and I would have to do something for mom in return, and seeing how she never makes deals unless it is of great interest for both parties I don't want to find out what she has in store. I know she is not planning on doing anything mean or bad, she is my mother after all, but what could she possibly want so much so as to make a deal with me?
I look behind me to look at the town one last time, before taking my first step into route 1, I have officially left Pallet town. I take a deep breath and continued walking, not once looking back.
NightFlame and I have been walking for some time now, nothing exciting going on not even a wild Pokémon. I wonder, how far is Viridian city exactly? Suddenly I hear the sound of bushes rustling beside me and I stop on my tracks, out of the bushes stepped out a bird Pokémon with brown feathers who started nipping at the ground. I don't know what Pokémon is that so I decided to take out my pokedex.
"Pidgey, the tiny bird Pokémon. It's a flying and normal type, a common sight in forests and woods. It flaps its wings at ground level to kick up blinding sand." The pokedex said.
"Flying type eh? It might be useful for a later battle. NightFlame you're up." I said. NightFlame stepped towards the Pidgey and it turned in our direction narrowing its eyes.
"NightFlame use Scratch!" I commanded. NightFlame raced forward and scratched the Pidgey, it let out a cry of pain. Suddenly the Pidgey took flight and dived towards NightFlame.
"Dodge it!" NightFlame side stepped just in time as the Pidgey came flying towards him.
"Now use Scratch again!"
NightFlame then scratched the Pidgey again. The Pidgey then fell to the ground and was struggling to get back in the air. Now is my chance! I quickly searched through my bag for a poke ball, once I finally found it… The Pidgey was gone! I looked around astonished in search for the injured Pidgey, how could he have escaped? He was injured, how was he able to recover so quickly and escape without me noticing? I tighten the grip on my poke ball in frustration and anger.
"Okay, let's calm down. The Pidgey is injured so how far could he have gone? I think it would be for the best if we split up for now, so we would have a better chance at finding it. I will go this way and you go the other way, if you find it try to pin it down so it won't get away again and call me, okay?" I told NightFlame.
"Char…" NightFlame let out a sad and I guess worried cry.
"Look I know you are my only pokemon at the moment and it is risky going about in the woods without a pokemon always by your side, but what other option do we have? Aside from just forgetting the Pidgey or to go find another one. We already battled it and weakened him, he is as good as mine. Besides it won't be for long, if I need your help I will call you, okay?" I assured him.
"Char." He lets out an unsure cry.
"That's the spirit! Now let's get going." I say trying to be cheery and ignoring his worries.
I am aware this isn't the best of plans and any other trainer would have forgotten the Pidgey by now and went on with their lives. But I am not like most trainers, I didn't went on this journey because I wanted to, I went on this journey because my mother wanted to and because we have made a deal. My mind shall not change so easily, I won't let her win!
I wondered around in search of the Pidgey but was also paying attention to any sounds, in case NightFlame found it instead of me. I must find it quickly, the clouds are darkening and I fear a storm is coming, and I definitely don't want to be outside when it hits. After looking through some bushes I finally found it, it was weakly pecking at the ground probably searching for food. I was about to call NightFlame when I realized that if I called him now, it would alert the Pidgey of my presence and would probably fly away, I cautiously take the poke ball out of my bag as to not make any noise. My plan now is to catch it without using NightFlame to weaken further, it won't be that hard since it is already weak from the previous battle.
I stepped out of the bushes and quickly tossed the poke ball at it, unfortunately the Pidgey took flight before the poke ball could catch it and went by it. I groaned in frustration and annoyance.
"Fine go! No one wants you anyway! Why would I want a useless pokemon like you?" I shouted in anger after it left.
However I was interrupted from my temper tantrum by the sound of a poke ball hitting something and catching it. I looked around in confusion and went in the direction where I thought I heard the noise was coming from, only to find a poke ball shaking on the ground. I realize then that it was MY poke ball, the one I previously throwed in an attempt to catch the Pidgey, but it seems that I caught something else.
"Huh. What are the odds? I just hope that I caught something that isn't useless and weak."
But suddenly the poke ball burst open in a bright flash of light, signifying that the pokemon broke free before I could actually capture it. The flash cleared to reveal a yellow pokemon with black stripes, wings, stings at the end of its arms and red eyes. I don't know what that is so I quickly take out my pokedex, it said:
"Beedrill, the poison bee pokemon. It's a bug and poison type, it flies at high speed and attacks using its large venomous stingers on its forelegs and tail. They are used to jab its enemy repeatedly."
I cautiously look up from the pokedex to stare at the Beedrill in front of me. It narrowed its eyes and buzzed angrily at me.
"Nice Beedrill… Good Beedrill." I say as I started to back away slowly. I don't know what I was trying to accomplish talking like an idiot, but what a surprise, it didn't work. The Beedrill suddenly took flight and charged, aiming its stingers at me. However before it actually got the chance to attack me, I jumped to the side, narrowly missing it and landing on a nearby bush.
I quickly got up and ran. I should have known it was a bad idea to part ways with NightFlame, now I don't have a way to defend myself against the angry Beedrill chasing after me. I ran as fast as I could, but no matter how fast I run I can still listen to the angry bustling of its wings behind me. Unfortunately for me, I wasn't paying much attention to where I was going and ended up tripping on a stupid rock, fell, and as a bonus I got my knee scraped.
"Oh great." I muttered before turning back to the pokemon right in front of me, the angry Beedrill raised his stings in my direction, ready to attack me. I closed my eyes and flinched, waiting for the blow to hit. But it never came. I opened my eyes only to see a gold lizard using scratch on the Beedrill to keep it away from me, I then realized that the gold lizard was in fact NightFlame. Wonder how he was able to find me in the first place though.
The Beedrill stumbled backwards as NightFlame continued to scratch it. Once the Beedrill was down, NightFlame turned to me. "Char Charmander?" He questioned which I assume means if I am okay.
"Yeah I am fine. Now that the Beedrill is down I can finally capture it!" I was interrupted by a series of buzzes coming from the hurt Beedrill. In no time at all, a huge group of Beedrills came flying from the trees, all buzzing angrily at us.
"You know what NightFlame? I think I changed my mind, I think we should run!" I shouted and proceeded to run away from the angry group of pokemon with NightFlame running right beside me.
The Beedrill are really fast, for no matter how fast we ran they were always right behind us. I know that NightFlame is a fire type and they are super effective against bug types, the only problem is that he doesn't have any fire moves.
"Quick question, you didn't happened to have learned any fire type moves in the short time we were apart, did you?" I asked him.
"Char!" he said while shaking his head.
"That's what I thought." We were running for some time now and the Beedrills weren't giving up. At least it couldn't get any worse.
Immediately rain started to pour heavily from the skies and lightning flashed. Note to self, never say or think that a situation couldn't get any worst, or it will!
I started to get tired from running so much for so long, and the Beedrills were able to catch up with me. Suddenly the Beedrills started to attack me with their stingers, I was able to dodge the attacks due to my fast reflexes thanks to my dance classes. NightFlame came to my aid once again, scratching any Beedrill that gets too close to us. However I know we won't last for very long, I was getting tired and slow from all the exercise and NightFlame can only attack for so long.
As I continued to dodge the Beedrills attacks, the sound of heavy rain was interrupting my senses and didn't notice the Beedrill that was standing, or rather flying behind me. I suddenly felt a sharp pain coming from my shoulder and I cried out in pain, I looked at my shoulder to look at the wound. It was bleeding but not a lot, the real problem is that the Beedrill attacked me with one of his stingers, one of its big, poisonous stingers.
I immediately started to feel weak, feeling the effects of the poison start to take effect. I kneel down clutching my shoulder and tried to stay awake. I was surrounded by an angry horde of wild Beedrills, with no sign of NightFlame in sight. I guess when he saw that I got injured he took this chance to get away, frankly I don't blame him.
But I was suddenly saved by a bright and hot light that came out of nowhere, which I soon realized that this light was actually fire. The Beedrills were chased away by the fire and they left.
I look to see who it was that saved me, but due to the poison now running in my veins my consciousness started to fail me. All I can see are blurred shapes getting closer and closer to me. I closed my eyes as fatigued took over me, and as I lost my consciousness and felt someone pick me up, all could think was: "Great idea mom!"
Hey guys, this is flower1815 here I wanted to apologize for the long wait but it is finally here, is just that I lost a bit of my inspiration but I will continue to update. Just be patient you guys! Anyway, next chapter a new point of view will be introduced. I hope you guys enjoyed it and see you guys later!