Silver saw a glimpse of a town entrance which he knew had to be Cherrygrove. So far he's gotten lost and had to retrace his steps for the last hour and he needed to get out of the forest for his own sanity.
Though Totodile was very useful, but he really underestimated her getting rid of the wild Pokemon. She was straight up bloodthirsty attacking any pokemon that was near him.
She was most likely trying to impress him and prove why she should stay out of her pokeball, but it was a relief for him not to glare any Pokemon away.
Immediately when they entered the town, Silver collapsed on a bench, exhaustion and hunger catching up to him. Finally! A good time to take a break.
"Oh hello there Sonny," An old man talked to him, "You look a little confused."
What? Did this guy lose some of his marbles? Well, he right that Silver is confused, he was confused because of him now.
"Don't worry! I'll show you around and how things work!" The old man, grabbed him by his arm.
For the last 5 minutes, Silver was dragged around the whole town, and told information that he had known since he was six. After being released from the torturous tutorial, he was back on a bench, trying to relax.
Then chatter came to his ears. He opened his, curious who came into the town, and saw two teenages, most likely around his age, maybe a little younger.
The boy looked over to Silver, and he waved at him. Startled, he waved back and the guy ended up walking towards him.
"Hi! I'm Ethan!" He said with an oblivious grin.
"Um, hi?" Silver replied, a bit softly. He didn't really know how to interact with others without being harsh.
"Is that your pokemon?" Ethan said looking at Totodile, who was picking at the grass.
"Uh..Ye…yeah." Why did he stutter?! It's a simple answer!
"Wanna have a battle?" He smirked as he said it, standing up taller. Could Silver get 5 minutes of rest? Is that too much to ask for? Apparently not.
Totodile looked up at her trainer with a excited look when she heard the word battle. He stood up, getting to eye level to Ethan since they were the same height, and said.
"Okay. Let's do this."
They found a good spot to battle with destroying the town, unknowing that someone was watching them. To Silver's surprised, Ethan wasn't using the Marill walking with him, but instead released what he assumed to be a fire type Pokemon.
"Don't worry Fireball, you can do this." Ethan cheered on him and a smirk crept on Silver's face. This seems to be a little too easy.
Totodile stood in front of him, ready for any command, with fire in her eyes. Let's start easy on this guy.
"Totodile! Use Scratch!" Silver called out and she responded exactly.
"Fireball! Hit him with tackle!" Ethan ordered.
"Leer!" He shot out, knowing it'll be good leverage against Ethan for his last move.
"Tackle again." It didn't faint her, know to hopefully end it.
"Totodile, finish this with Water Gun!" She quickly responded, and splashed Fireball, ending the fight.
"Wow, you're pretty good at this stuff. I should probably train more." Ethan said when he got to Silver.
"Don't worry Ethan. With time, you'll get better." A female voice said behind him, he turned around to see that marshmallow hat wearing girl Ethan was talking to earlier. "But hey, let me have a try!"