Evan's current Pokemon on hand
Cyndaquil Level 8: Tackle, Leer, SmokeScreen, Ember
With Professor Oak
None
Evan sighed as he walked past Mr. Pokemon's house. How long more to Violet City, he thought. He turned back to face his two friends behind him and yelled, purposely increasing his volume with each word.
"Will. You. Guys. Stop. Arguing?" Evan shrieked. Matt and Crystal immediately kept quiet. Heck, they had been arguing all the way from New Bark Town! Evan sighed. "Look, if you guys keep bickering, I'll get distracted. And if I get distracted, we'll never get to Violet City!" He waved his arms in the air helplessly to prove his point. "Well, let's go!"
Crystal and Matt glared at each other, but decided to follow Evan's instructions. After awhile, they came to the entrace of a cave. "Dark Cave," Matt read the sign outside. He looked into the opening of the cave as Evan turned to Crystal.
"Where does that lead?" Evan asked.
"To be honest, I don't know," Crystal shrugged. "But what I do know is that it does not lead to Violet City. Violet City is over there," Crystal pointed to another direction.
"Violet City it is then," Evan walked away from the cave, followed by the other two. As he walked through the tall grass, he felt something like a wing brush on his leg. Evan looked down and raised an eyebrow.
"What is this thing?" Matt jabbed a finger at the wild Pokemon which had appeared. Before Crystal could answer, Evan's PokeDex did.
"Hoothoot, the Owl Pokemon. It always stands on one foot and changes feet so fast it's movements can barely be seen. It has a perfect sense of time and hoots at the same time every day. Some Trainers even use them in place of clocks."
"Hoot!" The Hoothoot jumped on Evan's arm. Evan was about to shake it off, but stopped himself when he saw that it meant no harm.
"Is it wild?" Matt asked, observing the Hoothoot.
"Looks like it," Crystal nodded slowly. "This is the first time I've seen a wild Pokemon taking such a likening to a stranger!"
"Heya, Hoothoot!" Evan smiled at the owl-like Pokemon perched on it's shoulder.
"Hey! Let go of that Hoothoot! It's mine!" A teen around the same age as Matt rushed over. He wore a blue suit of sorts and held up an empty bird cage. "Well, at least I think it is. After all, I've been trying to find it for a few days."
"So it's not yours," Crystal helped the teen wrap up his conversation.
"I'm Ron, one of the Gym Trainers in the Violet City Gym," Ron grinned. "That Hoothoot seems to have taken quite a likening to you. I'm not sure if I should catch it after all," he sighed. On cue, Hoothoot flew over to one of the empty Pokeballs that Evan kept on his belt. To his surprise, the Hoothoot pecked it, and the Pokeball sucked it in.
"Woah," Evan said, wide-eyed.
"You captured a Hoothoot!" Matt said in surprise. But was quick to add, "without exerting any effort at all." Evan was quick to recover from his surprise, though.
"Did you say you were a Gym Trainer of the Violet Gym?" Evan clarified. When Ron nodded, Evan continued on excitedly. "I'm gonna challenge the Violet City Gym!"
"Really?" Ron asked, interested. "What Pokemon do you have?"
"A Cyndaquil... and well, this Hoothoot," Evan held up Hoothoot's Pokeball.
"Huh!" Ron looked surprised. "And with that, you wanna challenge our leader? Forget about it!" He smirked. "You would probably lose! I suggest you give your Pokemon some strict training before you say anything about defeating our leader!" With that, Ron walked away.
"That guy was really rude!" Crystal commented. She turned back to Evan. "Don't worry, Evan! I'll help you train," she smiled.
"Alright! Cyndaquil and Hoothoot, come on out!" Evan sent out his two Pokemon.
"Cynda!"
"Hoot."
"We didn't even do a formal introduction before you just... I mean, I captured you, but I hope we become fast friends," Evan smiled. "I'm Evan!"
"Hoot," Hoothoot acknowledged.
"Quil! Quil!" Cyndaquil cried, as if introducing himself as well. Hoothoot gave a wise nod.
"Chikorita, Dratini, go!" Crystal revealed her Pokemon.
"Dratini?" Both Matt and Evan gasped. "Those are rare even in Kanto!"
"It was a gift from my mother," Crystal explained, smiling.
"Battle start!" Matt's hand sliced the air, indicating the start of the training.
I'm sorry if this was really short. Yes, Evan caught a Hoothoot, but like Matt said, without exerting any effort =P the party for Evan's team will be exactly the same as my Johto HeartGold team, but he'll also catch different Pokemon along the way. The next chapter, the trio takes on Sprout Tower.
