Okay, so I'm trying REALLY hard to look over my writing this time! ^_^ Expect this chapter to be slower and have better grammer! Thanks for all of your support! Some of these words may not appear because of my stupid writing program. The words, 'powder' and maybe even, 'leader' may not appear. I'm just letting you know!
Nicole decided to be the referee for April's battle.
"Alright, April sends out a Togepi! Leader Selena uses her trusty Bulbasaur! Selena, you have the first move!"
"Gladly, Flower, use Vine Whip, dear!"
Bulbasaur lashed out vines from her bulb and they went straight for Togepi. The vines snatched Togepi and held her in an iron grip. April gulped.
"Togepi, use Yawn!"
The small spike ball Poke'mon yawned. Flower became drowsy, and loosened her vines on Togepi a bit.
"Hurry Flower, attack her with Leech Seed while you still hold her!"
"Bulba...?" ("Wha...Oh!") she said groggingly.
Flower continuously shot seeds at Togepi, who was trying to block them as well as she could. Flower finally dropped the little Poke'mon, and Togepi fainted.
"Er...Togepi is unable to battle! This round goes to Leader Selena!"
Selena smirked and held out her next Poke'ball.
"After you, dear." she said politely.
"Don't mind if I do! Come on out, Silver!"
April threw her Poke'ball into the air. It exploded and April's Eevee appeared onto the field. Selena began to release her Poke'mon as well.
"Fight for me, Butterfree!" Selena had let her Butterfly Poke'mon onto the battlefield.
"April, you have the first move!" Nicole called from the sidelines.
"My pleasure! Eevee, use Quick Attack!"
Silver let out a battle cry and charged forward, her furry feet pounding the grass.
"Butterfree, use Gust followed by Sleep Powder!" Selena commanded, determination in her green eyes.
Butterfree began flapping her wings at an immence speed, sending gusts of wind back at Silver. She was knocked into the wall, and slid down. Silver was barly standing.
"Now!" the leader said.
Butterfree nodded and unleashed some sort of shiny powder from her wings. Butterfree then used a gust of wind to get it over to Silver. The powder floated down to the swaying Eevee. Her head fell to the ground, and she fainted.
"Silver is unable to battle, this round goes to Gym Leader Selena!" Nicole announced, becoming worried for her new friend.
"Darnit! Silver, return! Let's go, Turtwig!"
Even though Butterfree was still able to be on the field, Selena switched her out.
"You did great, Butterfree! Bellossom, let's win this!"
Her last Poke'mon was so cute! She had to red flowers on her head and a completely red body. It looked liked Bellossom was wearing some sort of grass skirt.
"Selena, you get the first move!" Nicole announced, shrugging when April gave her a look.
"Thanks, dear! Bell, use Magical Leaf!"
"Bellos!"
The flower Poke'mon let loose purple, green and blue leaves. They floated above her before the leaves turned on Turtwig.
"Hurry, Turtwig use Gi-" Before April had the chance to call her attack, the leafs struck Pine, one after the other.
"Tur! Tur! Twig!" ("Ow! Ow! OUCH!)
The leaves caused a great amount of damage. Pine could barely stand.
"Pine, use Leaf Storm, now!"
Turtwig tried to use her Leaf Storm attack, but, she didn't have the energy.
"Now's your chance, Bellossom! Use, Lead Blade, now!"
Bellossom struck Turtwig with more razor sharp leaves. That attack was just enough to make her faint.
"Turtwig is unable to battle, the victory goes to Leader Selena!"
April fell to her knees.
I can't believe I lost!
"Great job...Pine, return..." April recalled her Poke'mon and began to walk towards the exit, Nicole following behind her.
"Wait!" Selena called.
April spun around and looked at the leader.
"I haven't had a battle like that in a while! I know you didn't win, but you can always challenge me again later!"
The brown haired girl smiled and nodded. She walked out of the gym into fresh air.
Outside
Veronica met the two outside of the gym. She was just finishing up the berry she was eating and talked with her mouth full.
"Wow," she said, "...that was quick. So, did you win?"
April shook her head sadly.
"Um..." Veronica looked the new girl up and down. "...who's your friend?"
April looked at Nicole and became embarrassed.
"Oh, right! Veronica, this is Nicole Firebird! Nicole, this is Veronica Stone!"
The two girls shook hands and April returned to her thoughts.
Even my Turtwig lost to Selena. I'm going to need a place to train. But not just any field, I need one that will guarantee me a win next time...
"Hey, Nicole..." she asked, a little hopeful.
"Yeah?" she asked, leading them to the Poke'mon Center.
"Do you know a place in Opaque Town where we could train? Not just any place either, but one that would get me a win at the gym next time." April explained, entering the Poke'mon Center.
Nicole thought for a bit as the three handed their Poke'mon to Nurse Joy.
"I'll have your Poke'mon ready in a moment. Please wait in the Break Room until then."
April and Veronica followed Nicole into the Break Room. It looked like a small resturaunt and had a few tables. The three sat down and waited for a waiter.
"Oh, I know where you could train! There's this well not too far from here. It's called Azurill Well. But, the problem is, most trainers are too afraid to train down there."
April was about to ask a question when the waiter came by. It was a young girl, by her name tag, she could tell her name was Worker Harley. She had dark brown hair and blue eyes. She wore a white shirt, matching skirt, roller skates, and a hat like someone would wear in a burger joint.
"What can I get for you three?" she asked, taking out a pad and pen.
April looked at the menu a bit before deciding.
"Can I just have a cheese burger, no onions, with fries and a Soda Pop?"
"I'd just like some water..." Veronica stated, not very hungry.
"I would like a medium coffee and a cheese burger." Nicole ordered, already getting hyper just thinking about it.
The worker wrote down the trio's orders and skated into the kitchen. April continued the conversation from earlier.
"Why don't trainers go into Azurill Well, Nicole?" she asked, resting her head on her hands.
"Well..." Nicole started, "...people say there's geneticaly altered Azruill and the evolutions of them. It is said that those Poke'mon have moves that water types can't even learn. I think that's just a load of manuar." Nicole explained, stating her opinion.
"Water types can only learn water, normal, and some ground moves. I don't think that rumor is true either." Veronica agreed.
April thought of what to say, but was cut off when the waiter dropped of their food. The trio ate and talked at the same time.
"I think we should talk to an expert before we go down there," April said, "...Like a professor or something."
"The only person like that would be me, April. Professor Elm had been on vacation here a few weeks ago. He only came to see the sights of Colornaut. The professor left last Wendsday." Nicole explained, setting down her coffee.
"Then..." April concluded, "...I guess we'll just have to figure it out on our own."
April stood up and put her money on the table to pay for the meal.
"Let's go get our Poke'mon."
April, Veronica, and Nicole recieved their Poke'mon from Nurse Joy and headed out towards Azurill well.
"Is there anything else you know about the well, Nicole?" Veronica asked as they walked.
"Yeah, a friend of mine said she got her Eevee to evolve down there."
"Evolve?" April become confused. "How would you get them to evolve without a stone?"
Nicole shrugged. "My friend said she found a Leaf Stone and used it to evolve Eevee into Leafon."
April's eyes twinkled and she became excited.
"A LEAFON? I've been wanting one of those since I was a little girl!"
Veronica looked at her weird. Nicole just smiled. They soon arrived at Azurill Well. It was a round hole made of stone. A ladder poked up from the darkness.
"Who's going down frist?" Veronica asked, realizing she's never been down in the well herself.
"I guess I will." April said, climbing onto the ladder and already making her way down.
"I'm coming right behind you!" Nicole said, going down after her.
Veronica sighed before following the two trainers down into the darkness.
"I hope these two don't get into trouble..." she mumbled, the darkness swollowing her.
Alright! ^_^ Another chapter done! YAY! I tried to get more detail into this chapter and I checked my grammer! Leader Selena acually has four Poke'mon! :D April just lost on her third!
