Ellie was awaken by the constant poking of her cheek. She could only guess who the culprit was.
"Mmm, let me sleep a little longer," she mumbled, turning over and pulling the blanket over her head.
"Dra-dratini," a cry came out from the serpent pokemon.
"Totodile!" another cry from the crocodile pokemon.
"Ugh! Fine! I'm getting up!" She said. Ellie sat up and yawned, glaring at the two pokemon.
"The sun is barely up! I could have slept some more," she complained, getting out of bed. She slipped on her glasses and dug through her bag.
Ellie finally found what she was looking for. First she pulled out the pokemon food and fed both of her pokemon then she pulled out a extra pair of plain red converses, blue jean shorts, and a red t-shirt with a black pokeball design.
"I'll have to get my other clothes washed in Violet City," she said. She looked at Azura and Nila.
"Back in the pokeballs both of you till we get out on Route 30," she said, the addressed pokemon looked at her as she pressed the buttons to their pokeballs making them disappear with a near blinding light. She quickly picked up the room as best as she could and gathered her things.
Ellie walked downstairs feeling so happy she could skip, but of course she didn't that would be silly. When she finally made it to the lobby she was greeted by the resident Chansey.
"Oh hi there, cutie pie," She said with a smile. Chansey pointed to her injured hand.
"Well I guess it couldn't hurt. Please go ahead," she said. Chansey quickly changed her bandages and walked away. Ellie turned around to face Nurse Joy.
"Please come again anytime. Chansey has really taken a liking to you," the nurse said, giggling.
"I'll try and stop by again!" Ellie replied, handing the room key back to the nurse.
Ellie walked out the door and first headed towards the restaurant. She ordered a hot chocolate and bread to go. She figured it would be enough to hold her over till she got to Violet City. She waited for her food and set out north till she hit Route 30. Once there she released both Azura and Nila, who happily began to chase each other as they walked along the path. Ellie watched them amused while she finished off her bread and enjoyed her hot chocolate.
She passed a lone house but other then that there only seemed to be wilderness around. She looked perplexed when she came onto a fork in the road. Which way should she go? She didn't want to come to a dead end and have to spend even more time outside. She had quickly decided that sleeping outside was horrible.
"Uh let's go left I guess," she said to Azura and Nila who were ahead of her. She spotted a couple of people down the road so she once again returned her pokemon to their pokeballs. They didn't seem happy about it but Ellie didn't want to risk the chance of any thieves around. She would like to keep her pokemon.
A young boy approached Ellie and asked for a battle.
"I'm Joey," he said. Ellie stared at him.
"Fine, I need money anyway," she replied. She didn't give her name to him and he seemed to be a little angry she acted like it was already a won battle. Ellie went for Azura's pokeball but hesitated when the boy sent out a low level Rattata. She reacted by sending out Nila.
"Ok, Nila. This is your first battle against a domesticated pokemon. However, I know you can beat this Rattata," she said.
"Don't let it get close. Assault it with Water Guns," she ordered. Nila nodded at Ellie's encouragement.
"Rattata, use tackle!" Joey cried out. The tiny rat lunged forward at Nila. Ellie looked at Nila.
"Water gun," she simply said. Nila complied and hit Rattata dead on. However, the battle wasn't over yet but it would be soon.
"Tackle again," Joey ordered. The tiny rat lunged forward again trying to connect with Nila and cause damage.
"Water gun," Ellie said. Once again Nila hit the Rattata dead on and stop it in it's tracks with the jet of water.
"Quick attack, Rattata!" Joey ordered, becoming desperate. Ellie didn't have time to react and Nila was hit directly by the attack. Ellie grimaced.
"Are you okay?" She asked. Nila got back to it's feet. She was proud of her new pokemon, she wasn't sure how strong she was yet so it was nice to see she could at least take a hit.
"Water Gun, followed by scratch," Ellie ordered. Nila hit the rat with a jet of water and then came out with claws out and sharp to quickly administer the finishing blow.
Joey quickly returned his Rattata.
"Here's your prize money," he said, handing her the money.
"Only 64 pokedollars? You can't even buy an antidote with that!" Ellie cried, returning Nila to her pokemon before stalking off. She ignored the other trainers who wanted a battle after seeing her battle with Joey. She finally noticed that she had been hiking for a while but she was making good time and should reach Violet City by Midday. Then she would go and reserve a room at the Pokecenter. Perhaps she would reserve a match at the Gym as well. She tried to think who was the Gym Leader but she couldn't remember it off of the top of her head.
She finally reached Route 31 some time after that and Dark Cave caught her interest. Ellie was for sure going to explore it before she left Violet City but she was more focused on getting to Violet City first. She thought about releasing Azura and Nila from their pokeballs but she was wary of the people along the route. Instead, she sighed and walked on alone. She walked right past a bug catcher who tried to battle her but he quickly gave up. She pushed onwards, anxious to get into the City and to sit down where she wouldn't be worried about bugs or anything of that nature.
When Ellie finally reached the gate she was exhausted. It was pretty late already. She hadn't even realize she had been walking so long but she figured it was probably because she took lots of breaks in between to drink water and rest her legs. She sighed as she realized she wouldn't have much time to do much of anything.
She hadn't even realized it because she was busy watching Azura and Nila play. It was probably a good thing she turned all of those other battles down. She would have been out there for another hour at least! Ellie finally walked on and entered Violet City. She walked along the path until she came onto the Pokecenter.
"Huh, conveniently placed!" She said as she walked inside.
Ellie walked up to the counter and was greeted by a Nurse Joy.
"Hello, and welcome to the Pokemon Center. We restore your tired Pokemon to full health. Would you like to rest your Pokemon?" The nurse asked.
"Um yes, please," Ellie replied. She already knew they did but it was still a little bit of a shock to be honest.
"Ok, please hand over your pokemon. It may be a couple of minutes," the nurse said. Ellie handed over her pokeballs and left her name. She went to go sit down and watched the television. There wasn't any other trainers since most were out training or eating.
"In other news, Professor Elm has released his statement confirming that a pokemon had indeed been stolen from his lab. The boy's name has been released to be Silver, and he is said to be distinctive because of his flaming red hair," the reporter said. Ellie could see the lab in the background past the lady. A police drawn sketch appeared on the screen and Ellie laughed.
"That's why he seemed to be in such a hurry," she said to herself recognizing the boy as the one that shoved her.
"However, it seems that Elm has no intentions of taking any legal action against the thief. Reporting from New Bark Town, this is Karrie signing out." the news then switched to some story about a Meowth that got stuck in a tree.
Ellie yawned and looked up as her name was called. She walked up and got her pokemon from the nurse.
"I want to stay in a room tonight," she said.
"Of course!" the Nurse said and handed her a room key. Ellie tucked it into her traveling bag.
"Um, who is the gym leader in this town?" She asked. The nurse looked at her.
"Falkner of course! They call him the The Elegant Master of Flying inherited the gym from his father. Of course he ends up sending a lot of trainers my way so you might want to look into getting a Electric type for an advantage. Both of your pokemon will have even standing with his flying pokemon, but I would want some insurance!" The nurse rattled on.
"You can find some really adorable Mareep on Route 31," the nurse added, excitedly.
Ellie considered this. She hadn't expected a flying specialist so early on in her journey and she had seen Mareep on television before. They were really cute and their evolved forms were cute as well.
"Thank you Nurse Joy!" She said, before turning away to walk out the door.
"Ellie!" A voice called. Ellie turned around only to see Lyra on the staircase.
"Let's battle! A two-on-two battle of course!" Lyra said, giggling.
"Fine, let's take this to the arena," she said. Lyra and Ellie walked onwards as Lyra excited began talking about the Egg she delivered and about Silver.
"I still can not believe Professor Elm isn't going to try and get the pokemon back!" Lyra finished as the finally arrived. Ellie took her side not bothering to reply. She let out Azura, wanting to end this battle quickly. Lyra let out a tiny Pidgey and Ellie snorted.
"Surely you can't expect to beat me with that thing!" she said, laughing.
"We'll see," Lyra said, giggling as if Ellie hadn't been let on to some joke.
"Pidgey, Tackle!"
"Azura, Bind!"