Pokemon: New Generations
Axon, Christy, and David walked in the deep dark Viridian forest. They all huddled together, afraid of what might pop out at them.
"Maybe we made a mistake," Christy quivered holding Plusle close, "Maybe we shouldn't be traveling in the forest at night."
"Okay then," David stopped turning to them, "We'll set camp for the night."
"Right here? In the middle of the forest?" Axon looked at David in disbelief. David pulled out his sleeping bag.
"Sure." David said. "You guys go get some firewood. I'll pitch up the tent."
Axon and Christy both looked at each other, then made their way into the bushes to look for some firewood. They scrambled the ground for sticks and logs, Plusle and Minun helping as well. When they finally had enough they began to turn around and walk away when suddenly, a small, round, bird pokemon hopped out into the open.
"Cool, a pidgey!" Axon exclaimed. "I've got to catch this."
"But Axon," Christy said holding a whole pile of sticks and twigs, "What about the firewood? David's waiting for us."
"Just let me catch this Pidgey." Axon said piling his firewood on to Christy making her weak in the knees. "Then we'll go back. I promise."
"O-Okay." Christy studdered, barely keeping herself off the ground. "But please hurry. I'm barely standing."
"Sure." Axon nodded then turned down to Minun. "Ready Minun? We're about to catch our first pokemon. Go get it." Minun jumped up in front of Axon, ready to battle. The pidgey turned to Minun and jumped backwards.
"Don't let it get away. Tackle it." Minun jumped up and tackled down Pidgey. "That was easy. Now thundershock!" Minun let out a thunder attack that paralyzed Pidgey. Axon quickly reached into his pocket and pulled out an empty poke-ball.
"Go poke-ball!" He shouted as he threw it at the Pidgey. The poke-ball sucked up the bird pokemon and fell to the ground. It teetered back and forth for a while. Then a click sound. Pidgey was caught. "Hooray! We just caught our first pokemon Minun."
"Okay that's great. Now can we please get going?" Christy begged trembling.
"Oh yeah," Axon turned to Christy, putting away his new pokemon and took his pile of sticks back. "Sorry. Let's get this firewood to David. Come on Minun."
Axon and Christy made their way back to David. Axon was very excited for his new pokemon. When they got back, David and Charmander had just finished tying up the last part of the tent. David looked up at Axon and Christy as they approached and Charmander ran over to play with Plusle and Minun.
"All finished! Did you get the firewood?" David said standing up.
"Yeah, here you go!" Christy said as Axon and her handed David the firewood. David sat down and began piling the firewood in the right position.
"Why are you so happy?" David joked looking up at Axon as he arranged the sticks.
"Well," Axon began, "I just caught my first pokemon. It's a pidgey. It's resting right now so I'll show you a bit later."
"That's cool." David said standing up and turning to Charmander. "Okay Charmander. Light the pile of wood on fire with your flamethrower." Charmander turned around from playing a game of tag with Plusle and Minun, and let out a huge fire blast on the wood. A flame stayed on the pile, making a nice campfire for the gang.
"Thank you Charmander." David smiled. Charmander turned back around and began to continue to play with Plusle and Minun.
"Well then," Christy said reaching into her bag and pulling out her sleeping bag. "If there's nothing else to do, then let's go to bed. Plusle, Minun, Charmander, it's time to go to sleep." The three pokemon looked sad when they heard the news and sadly walked over.
"Good night." David said sliding into his sleeping bag.
"Don't let the forest bugs bite." Axon joked pulling his sleeping bag out, then sliding into sleep as well. Minun snuggled in next to him. Plusle next to Christy, and for the first time, Charmander next to David. The three of them slept soundly with smiles on their faces.
The next morning, Axon and David were woken up by a frantic Plusle. Axon put his head up and rubbed his eyes. He looked over at David who was just as confused.
"What's wrong Plusle? It's too early, go back to sleep." Axon said half awake. Plusle shook her head and began to shake Minun who was still asleep. Minun slowly opened his eyes and listened to Plusle.
"Plu! Plu! Plu!" Plusle jumped around. Minun quickly jumped up and began to tug on Axon's shoulder, as Plusle ran over to wake Charmander.
"Now your acting strange Minun." Axon said looking at Minun and tried to concentrate to tell what it was saying.
"Axon, look." David shouted pointing over to where Christy was sleeping. Axon looked over at the spot. Christy and her sleeping bag were gone.
"Christy!" Axon exclaimed looking around for Christy. "Christy! Christy! Where are you?"
"Christy!" David began to call out as well. He looked closer at the spot where Christy was sleeping. There were drag marks. "Hey Axon, take a look at this."
Axon scrambled over to David and looked at the track. "It looks like someone just came and dragged her away in her sleeping bag while she was still asleep."
"Or worse," David looked up. "Something."
Charmander, Minun, and Plusle jumped in front of Axon and David. They signaled to follow the tracks.
"These tracks lead straight into the trees." Axon said, "Whatever took her should be in there. Are you up for this?"
"Yeah." David nodded then turned to the pokemon. "Lead the way you guys." Axon reached into his pocket and pulled out his poke-ball.
"I just remembered. Go Pidgey!" Axon shouted throwing it into the air. Pidgey appeared. "Listen Pidgey, I know we haven't known each other very long but my sister is missing. Could you please fly up, and see what you can see?"
Pidgey nodded then flew away happily. "Thank you Pidgey. I owe you one." Axon waved. David and him set off to find Christy. They followed the tracks for about an hour when they decided to take a rest.
"Man," David panted sitting down. "How much further till we find Christy?"
"I don't know." Axon said putting his hands on his face. "Whatever took Christy didn't want to be found. It's counting on us getting too tired."
Plusle, of course, was not ready to rest until she found Christy. Pidgey swooped down from the sky, returning from its search. Axon looked up.
"Pidgey, did you find anything?" Axon asked. Pidgey shook it's head no. "Oh well. Thanks for trying Pidgey. Return." Axon retrieved Pidgey into it's poke-ball. Plusle tugged on David and Axon, urging them to move on.
"Okay, okay. We're moving." Axon said standing up. Suddenly, there was a scream coming from not far away. "That scream, it sounded like Christy."
"Let's hurry." David jumped up. They both ran following the tracks. Soon they came out of the trees and arrived at a small, round lake. Axon and David were stunned at what surrounded the lake. There were loads of Totodile and Croconaw all formed in a circle. They seemed to be praising something.
"Look at all the Totodile." Axon said with his eyes widened.
"And the Croconaw." David added. "What do you think there doing here?"
"I'm not sure, but it looks like their praising something." Axon said looking around. Plusle jumped in front and pointed inside the circle of all the water pokemon. There was someone there. It was Christy all wrapped up in her sleeping bag , looking terrified.
"Christy!" Axon and David both shouted running to the lake. The Croconaw and Totodile all turned around and guarded the lake, making it impossible for them to get to her. Christy looked up.
"Axon? David? Is that you?" She called out trying to see past the pokemon.
"Yeah its us." Axon said looking at all the pokemon around him. Suddenly, the Totodile and Croconaw sent a powerful water gun attack at Axon and David and their pokemon, sending them blasting back. Axon quickly jumped up.
"Hey! That's no fair." Axon shouted at them. David got up and made sure the flame on Charmander's tail was still lit.
"Are you okay Charmander?" David asked. Charmander nodded. David turned to the Totodile and Croconaw with an angry face. "What do you think your doing? You could've really hurt Charmander. We're just trying to help out our friend." The Totodile and Croconaw did not back down.
"Let's teach them a lesson." Axon turned to Plusle and Minun. "Use you thundershock attack you guys."
"Axon, no! Wait!" David shouted. But it was too late. Plusle and Minun sent out a thunder attack that shocked Axon, David and Charmander, but not the Totodile and Croconaw. "Axon, were wet. Don't you know water conducts electricity?" David mumbled on the ground.
"Guess I forgot?" Axon muttered. The Totodile and Croconaw all laughed. Axon jumped up. "I'll show you to laugh at me." Axon charged at them. The pokemon moved causing Axon to run straight into the lake.
"Axon!" Christy yelled watching the scene from a rock in the center of the lake. Axon flipped over underwater. He opened his eyes and looked down at the bottom of the lake. A big dark figure was charging right at him. Axon quickly turned the other way and began to swim to surface. But he could not swim fast enough. The big monster smashed into Axon, knocking him out of the water and into the air.
"Waaauuuugh!!" Axon screamed as he flipped in mid air. David's eyes grew wide as he watched what was coming out of the water. Axon plopped onto the ground and looked up at David.
"What's wrong David?" Axon asked looking at David's expression. David pointed with a shaky finger behind Axon.
"F-F-Fer-Fera-F-Ferali.." David studdered. Axon turned around, now stunned as much as David.
"Feraligatr!" Axon exclaimed. The Feraligatr ran over to the rock in the middle of the lake and picked up Christy with it's teeth, then held her up above it's head with it's hands. The Croconaw and Totodile began praising again in some type of dance.
"No, put me down." Christy yelled. "Let go of me. Axon, David, get me down from me here."
Axon shook his head and jumped up, "Let go of my sister. What do you want with her?" The Feraligatr stopped and turned to Axon. Feraligatr began to communicate.
"Ferrr! Ferrrraar! Graaaawwr! Ferrrraarrar!" Feraligatr roared. Charmander turned to David and began to explain. David concentrated as hard as he could on Charmander.
"Char! Char! Mander! Man!" Charmander jumped around. David turned to Axon hoping that he heard correctly.
"Axon, Charmander told me what Feraligatr said." David explained, "He's saying that, for years they've waited for a young maiden from the town of pallet. Last night one of the members was strolling through the forest, and came across our campsite," Axon looked over at Feraligatr and continued to listen to David, as the Feraligatr continued to talk, and Charmander continued to explain to David.
"When it saw us," David continued, "it was originally going through Christy's bag looking for food, when it came across her poke-dex. The poke-dex fell open and showed her information. As soon as it saw that she was from pallet town, it immediately ran back to get the other members. They came back and carried Christy off in her sleep."
"You kidnapped my sister?" Axon said growing angry. "You give her back now!" Feraligatr began to roar even louder. Charmander continued to explain to David.
"It says never," David continued, "We've waited too long for this day. The day when our princess will come to rule us. We will not lose her to an infant boy."
"You can't just take her away from us. That's my sister and you're going to give her back if you like it or not." Axon turned to Plusle and Minun . "Okay guys, aim a thunder attack at Feraligatr. Use all of your power."
Plusle and Minun used all of their mite to send a thunder shock at Feraligatr. Feraligatr sent a super strong water gun attack at the two of them before the lightning could hit him. This blasted the electricity back to them, giving it a double effect when it hit them. Plusle and Minun blasted back, soak and wet. Axon and David quickly ran to assist them. Feraligatr, still holding Christy, dived under the water.
" Wait, no! Put me down." Christy screamed as the Feraligatr jumped in carrying her. All of the Croconaw and Totodile dived in after him. Plusle quickly shook her self dry, then ran into the water, faster then Axon and David could see. Axon jumped up.
"Oh no!" Axon exclaimed, "She'll run out of air down there. Come on Minun." Minun jumped onto Axon's shoulder as he jumped into the water. David picked up Charmander.
"We'll stay up here. I don't want your flame to get wet." David said looking over to the side of the lake. There was a Totodile with a scar across it's right cheek. It seemed to be ignoring the scene. "Why isn't that Totodile following the others?"
Under the water, Axon plunged deep into the bottom, desperately trying to keep up with Feraligatr and his sister. Plusle was not far ahead of him and Minun was still hanging on to him. The lake was a lot deeper then he expected. A little too deep for a lake in fact. Axon looked at Christy as she struggled to break free. He saw her gradually losing breath as Feraligatr pulled her even deeper into the water. Her eyes began to close. She was losing too much air. Plusle began to swim even faster.
One of the Croconaw turned around and sent a huge bubble flying towards Plusle, Minun and Axon. The bubble missed Plusle and came for Axon and Minun. They didn't expect it to do anything, but it blasted them both out of the water.
David looked over as Axon and Minun came flying out of the water and plopped onto the ground. He quickly ran over to see if they were okay. Axon's eyes were closed, so was Plusle's. David heard the water swooshing around behind him. Charmander began frantically tugging on David. David turned around to see the water rising higher and higher into a tidal wave. David began desperately shaking Axon to wake up.
"Come on Axon. Wake up, Wake up!" David exclaimed. Axon slowly opened his eyes.
"W-what. David, what's going on?" Axon said quickly sitting up. He looked down at Minun who was beginning to come to. He also began to look around for, Plusle but she was nowhere to be found.
"It's the water." David said pulling his backpack on, "Feraligatr must be using surf. We have to get out of here."
"Wait!" Axon halted, "Where's Plusle. She was with me a second ago."
"Axon we don't have time." David said looking back at the huge forming tidal wave. "Let's go now."
"No, we can't" Axon protested. "I couldn't save Christy but the least I can do is save Plusle. It can't breathe that long under water." Minun tugged on Axon, showing that they needed to leave.
"See Axon, as worried as Minun is, he knows we need to leave." David said nervously looking at the water. "He must know Plusle will be okay, she's his sister. The best we can do is save our own lives so we can come back and save them both later."
"Fine," Axon sighed, "Let's get out of here." They all began to run back into the trees, but the water was too fast. It engulfed them all and dunked them under. It carried them far from the lake. Axon, David, Minun, and Charmander all tossed and flipped under the water as it carried them through the forest. The water began to drain and the four of them were placed on the ground. All of them passed out.
David began to open his eyes. He quickly looked over to make sure Charmander's flame was still lit. It was still burning brightly as ever. Axon opened his eyes. He made sure Minun was okay. Minun opened his eyes. So did Charmander.
Charmander looked around for David. When it spotted him he ran over and hugged him. David smiled as he hugged Charmander. He looked over at Axon who's head was in his knees. Minun was patting his back.
"You can't blame yourself Axon." David sympathized.
"I couldn't save either of them." Axon muttered.
"I don't mean to sound mean Axon but," David hesitated, "what makes you think you have to save everyone?"
"It's not that," Axon put his head up, "But, when I was little, I had to do everything my parents told me. I guess part of me always felt helpless. That's why when I started my journey, I made sure I would never feel that way again. Looks like I'm back where I started."
"That's stupid." David muttered.
"What did you say?" Axon asked accusingly getting angry.
"I understand that you come from a rough family," David continued, "But, putting that much pressure on yourself is pointless. Everyone fails sometimes. But you know what?"
"What?"
"You haven't failed yet." David encouraged, "We can still go back to that lake, and get Christy back, and find Plusle. It's not over yet Axon."
"You're right." Axon stood up, "Let's get going. We're not leaving this forest until we find Christy and Plusle."
David smiled and stood up with Charmander on his shoulder. Minun smiled and hopped on the top of Axon's head. Axon laughed a little and they all set off to find their way back to the lake.
Suddenly, there was a rustle in the bushes. A Totodile quickly came stumbling out in front of them. Axon jumped in front of David enraged.
"A Totodile!" Axon shouted picking the Totodile up. "You're with those other ones aren't you. Where's my sister. Tell me now!"
"Hold on Axon," David halted, recognizing the specific Totodile. It was the Totodile with the scar on it's cheek. "I think this one might be different. What's your story little guy? Why aren't you with the others?"
The Totodile squirmed out of Axon's grip and began to explain. Charmander turned to David and explained as well.
"Okay, it's saying it had a disagreement with it's group," David explained, "It doesn't believe in having a ruler for them. While everyone was waiting for the maiden to come, it was secretly hoping that she wouldn't come because it knew everything would change. A couple weeks ago, it got into an argument with Feraligatr about the situation. They battled, and it lost. The battle left the scar on it's cheek. The Totodile was banned from the group. It came back today when it heard all of the commotion.
"Axon, this Totodile is a refugee." David acknowledged.
"No way," Axon turned down to Totodile, "I'm sorry. I just assumed that-" Totodile
Nodded.
"Totodile, can you show us the way back to the lake?" David asked. Totodile nodded
again. David and Axon followed it. They walked for about a half hour when they arrived
back at the lake. It was completely deserted. The lake was full again. Axon and David
looked around getting worried.
"Do you think they're still under water?" Axon asked.
"How do we get them to come back up?" David said. Totodile jumped in front and
walked up to the lake. It whistled in a weird way. Suddenly, the water began to bubble
and all of the Croconaw and Totodile hopped out of the water. Last but not least,
Feraligatr exploded out of the water, and onto the rock in the middle of the water. It was
still holding Christy, and now also clutching Plusle. They were both passed out, but still
breathing. Axon and David sighed in relief when they saw they were still breathing.
Feraligatr looked down at the banned Totodile, and began to growl. Minun turned to Axon and translated.
"What's it saying?" David asked.
"'What are you doing back here?'" Axon forwarded what Minun was telling him, "'You've been banned, I told you that you were not welcome back here.'" Totodile courageously began to answer back.
"'What you're doing is wrong.'" Axon continued, now quoting Totodile. "'It's not right to take an innocent girl and force her to stay here. This group doesn't need a leader. It has survived this long with out one. It was meant to be free.'"
"'That's nonsense. This girl will stay here and rule us just like we waited." Feraligatr roared then sent a powerful water blast at Totodile. Totodile only fell but did not back down. All the other members of the group jumped up prepared for battle. David quickly pulled out a poke-ball.
"You can't take them all on your own." David said throwing up the poke-ball. "Ariados, help this Totodile take down the rest of these guys."
Ariados appeared from the poke-ball. The two of them began attacking the other Totodile and Croconaw. David ordered Ariados with the right attacks accordingly. Axon snuck off out of sight with Minun and pulled out a poke-ball. He released pidgey.
"Alright Pidgey, I've got another job for you." Axon said, "I need you to take Minun over to that little rock in the middle of the lake, but you have to stay out of sight of Feraligatr. Can you do that for me?"
Pidgey nodded happily. Axon turned to Minun, "Listen Minun, once you get over there I need you to do two things for me. First, I need you two wake Plusle and Christy up. Once you've done that, I want you and Plusle to attack Feraligatr from behind. Got it?"
Minun nodded. "Okay, Good luck guys, and be careful." Axon whispered running back out into the open. Minun hopped onto Pidgey's back and they flew high enough where no one could see them.
Axon watched as Totodile struggled to fight. No matter how much it was knocked down, it would still get back up. Even with Ariados it wasn't strong enough.
Its right about everything, Axon thought, they don't need anyone to rule. Pokemon don't need that. All they need is to rely on each other, just like I need to rely on my friends; and Totodile isn't going to give up until it convinces all of its members of that. Axon continued to watch in pain.
Meanwhile, Pidgey and Minun began to lower down onto the rock in the middle of the lake. They were just far enough so that they landed behind Feraligatr. Minun jumped off of Pidgey and ran over to Plusle. He shook her frantically.
"Min! Minun! Mi! Mi!" Minun cried shaking Plusle. Plusle began to open her eyes. Minun smiled and hugged her. Plusle hugged back. Minun shook his head and ran over to Christy. Plusle followed. They both began shaking her. Pidgey ran to help. Christy began opening her eyes.
"Wh-what?" Christy muttered in confusion. She opened her eyes wider then shook her head and sat up. Plusle and Minun jumped into her arms. "Plusle, Minun, where's Axon and David."
Minun pointed over on land. Christy looked over. She was about to jump up when she saw the huge Feraligatr with it's back turned in front of her. She backed up slowly.
"What are we going to do?" She whispered. Minun turned to Plusle and explained the plan. Plusle nodded then turned to Feraligatr's back. Christy backed up and picked up Pidgey making sure it was out of the way. Plusle and Minun both let out a powerful thunder attack at Feraligatr. Feraligatr winced in pain. It turned around with a dead look on its face. Plusle and Minun both jumped back. Feraligatr spun around and whacked the two of them onto land. Axon ran to them and picked them up.
"Are you guys okay?" Axon cried bending down to aid them. Axon looked over at Feraligatr who was roaring in rage. All of the Croconaw and Totodile ignored Ariados and went directly at the refugee Totodile. "What are they doing?"
"It's Feraligatr," David explained returning Ariados and picking up Charmander "He says that 'Totodile has brought this tragedy upon' them. He's ordering them to attack only that Totodile.
"I'm ending this right now." Axon put Plusle and Minun down and ran over to the battle. He dived down over Totodile. "You leave this Totodile alone. All it once s to help." They did not listen and continued to come closer. David ran over beside Axon.
"It doesn't want to fight you. It just once to explain something." David tried. The pokemon still did not listen. Christy stood up behind Feraligatr.
"This is ridiculous." She shouted, "its right about everything. You don't need a ruler. You need to stop attacking that Totodile." They still did not retreat. Suddenly, Christy got an idea.
"Fine," Christy continued, "You want a ruler? You've got one. As your ruler I order you to turn around to me this instant." The Totodile and Croconaw all paused and turned around. Axon and David looked at each other. Christy turned her head to signal them to get Totodile away. They both nodded and Carried it to the side.
"Now I order you to come closer." She stated. They all came closer. "Now, all of you put your feet in the water." They all followed Christy's order. Christy looked up at Feraligatr who was not following.
"Hey Feraligatr, you have to listen to your ruler too." David shouted smiling. Axon was confused as he watched Feraligatr hesitantly put his feet in the water. David whispered something in Axon's ear. Axon's face lit up. He bent down and whispered something in Plusle and Minun's ear. They both smiled and nodded. They ran up to the water and stuck their Minus and Plus shaped tails in the water and let out a simultaneous thunder shock. All of the Totodile and Croconaw screeched in pain. Feraligatr roared in pain as well. Plusle and Minun ceased the attack. All the "shocked" pokemon fell to the ground, including Feraligatr.
"Quick! Now's your chance." David shouted. Christy nodded and jumped into the water. She swam as fast as she could to shore. Axon and David helped her onto land. Christy hugged the both of them. Plusle jumped into her arms. Christy smiled then turned to Feraligatr and the rest of his followers.
"I'm sorry that I had to do that." Christy said, "But that just proves this Totodile's point. You don't need a leader to tell you what to do."
"Yeah, all you need to do is rely on each other," Axon smiled, "I'm learning to do that with my friends too. We couldn't have done this if we didn't count on each other. Once we did that everything turned out okay, and things will for you too."
Feraligatr stood up and nodded. It signaled at the rest of the Totodile and Croconaw. They all jumped into the lake. Feraligatr was about to follow when it turned to the one Totodile and nodded at it. Totodile's face lit up.
"Hey, it looks like Totodile's been accepted back into the group." David smiled.
"That's great." Axon said, "Well, as fun as this has been, we need to get going or we won't get to pewter city until a long time."
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot." Christy giggled.
"Thanks for everything Totodile." David said
"Take care of yourself." Axon smiled, "and make sure none of those other guys step out of line." The three of them walked back into the trees. Totodile watched sadly as they walked away.
As the three of them walked Axon and David asked Christy questions about her adventure.
"Well I woke up with this huge Feraligatr in front of me and then you guys came." She shrugged.
"Well, we packed up camp so let's keep going until it starts getting dark." David said. A rustle in the bushes made the three of them turn. The same Totodile from before came out in the open.
"Hey look," Christy pointed, "It's that same Totodile from before."
"What are you doing here?" Axon bent down, "Did that Feraligatr ban you again?"
"No, It wants to come along with us." David smiled, "It looks like you just got a new pokemon."
"Me?" Axon jumped, "But what about you? If it weren't for you I would've crushed this little guy, remember?"
"Yeah, I remember." David laughed, "But it seems to have more of a bond with you. Plus, I don't think Charmander will get along too much with a water type."
"I guess your right." Axon smiled and turned to Totodile holding up an empty poke-ball. "There is a home for you right in here if you'd like. How about it, do you want come along with us and be my pokemon?"
Totodile jumped happily nodding. Axon threw the poke-ball. It sucked up Totodile and fell to the ground. The poke-ball clicked immediately. Axon picked up the poke-ball and smiled.
"Hmph," Christy crossed her arms. "I don't see why I didn't get a choice if I wanted it or not."
Axon looked up at Christy. "Well, It's because you don't really know Totodile like we do."
"Oh really? I don't?" Christy said sarcastically, "I was just surrounded by a huge group of them. I think I know it better then both of you."
"This Totodile is different though," Axon explained, "It needed a trainer that understood it to catch it."
"You didn't even catch it." Christy smirked, "It came to you willingly. Probably out of pity."
"What?" Axon stood up beginning to get angry, "That's a lot of nerve from someone who hasn't even caught a pokemon yet."
"Come to think of it, he's right Christy." David added, "You haven't caught a single pokemon since we started our journey."
"Well I--" Christy stopped. Her eyes grew wide realizing what she had done, or in this case, what she hadn't done.
"Well fine." She shook her head clear. "Let's keep moving. I'm a trainer too. I'll catch a pokemon before we take a step out of this forest. Let's move people. We have traveling to do."
Axon and David looked at each other and laughed. Minun and Charmander laughed as well. They followed her through the forest that would lead them to their next destination. Pewter City.