Chapter 9-I demonstrate what NOT to do in the woods

You know that feeling when you wake up, and your brain isn't exactly "on"? You need to sit there for a second, and let your head catch up. That's what I was feeling. I was alone, covered in grass, had drool on my face, and it was dark. I got up, and brushed myself off. I looked around to see where the others were, but there was no one in sight. I checked my stuff next. My poke balls were still in the pouch on my waist. I checked my bag, and saw half of my stuff was missing. I looked around, and saw my stuff was all over the ground. There were my cloths, my sleeping bag, and my chewed into stash of food.
"Ok, so I'm alone in the woods, it's getting darker, and I have no food." I said to myself. I checked my Poke gear for the time. It was six o'clock at night, and soon I wouldn't be able to see the trail. Not to mention I was hungry. So I walked around, and scavenged for food.

Now this, I do not advise doing, and you'll see why pretty soon. Ok, so I looked around, and found some mushrooms. I figured that it wasn't a good idea to eat them, but I was in a life and death situation. I cleaned them a little with some water from my water jug, and ate them. They tasted kind of funny. I can't really describe the taste, but they still tasted pretty good. I got up, and started walking some more, and started to feel dizzy. I stopped walking, and soon the feeling was gone. Next, things started to feel weird. I started to walk again, but I saw glowing trees. It turned to the middle of the day, and there were lollypops growing from the grass, and flowers that turned into butterflies. I looked at a pond, and it was pink. I ran up to it, but stopped when I saw what was in front of it. It was Fire Heart, only he was giant.

"Hello there Robert." he said in a big, squeaky voice.
"OH MY GOD FIRE HEART!" I yelled as I ran up to him, and gave him a great big hug.
"Fire Heart you really are the best Cyndaquill ever."
"I know! How are you doing?"
"I feel great! I was just walking in your awesome forest."
"Oh, it's not just my forest."
"Than who else dose this belong to?"
"My good friend Hoothoot." Then, I saw Hoothoot flying out from the forest. She landed right in front of me, and yes, she was just as giant.
"Hello Robert! I see you've seen our strawberry river." She said in a wise voice.
"You guys own a strawberry river! You guys are so AWESOM!"
"Let's go on an adventure!" said Fire Heart.

It was an awesome, fake time that I didn't really have. We frolicked through the lollypop meadows , and rode a whale across the strawberry river, and said hi to big foot. Then, we decided to fly. But Hoothoot wasn't the only one who flew, but even Fire Heart magically flew. I was flying on Hoothoots back, and I saw a flying castle.
"HEY! HEY! THERES A BIG CASTLE IN THE SKY!" I yelled.
"Yes. That's the great sky caste, where the best people in the world live." said Hoothoot.
"OH! CAN WE GO THERE?" I asked.
"No. It's guarded by the evil young nasty man." said Fire Heart. I looked, and saw young nasty man. He was levitating in the air, wearing a cape, and gad a goatee. He had evil eyebrows, and a mullet. He was also very pale, and had red eyes. He was the ideal evil villain. So I somehow flew up (yes now I can fly) and started fighting with him, grappling in the air.
"WHY MUST YOU BLOCK MY JOY!" I yelled at him. He just laughed at me like crazy. I head butted him, and we both flew apart. Then, I was falling. I was falling in the sky, until I felt something slam into my head. That brought me somewhere in a tree, falling on branches. I got knocked around some (which helped break my fall) and started rolling on the ground. Then, after rolling around for a while, I fell off a ledge, and stopped.

I went from feeling great, to being in a lot of pain. I was wet, scratched up, had dirt, and grass in my mouth, my… everything hurt, and my fore head was bleeding. I felt like I was going to throw up, and my hat and bag were missing. I walked back where I had rolled on, and found my bag covered in dirt, and my hat in a tree. I looked at my poke balls, and saw my two pokemon. I brought them out of there balls, and they were normal sized. They both shot me a concerned look.
"I think that I'm ok." I lied. They still didn't look re assured. I decided that I would just set up camp there. With the help of Fire Heart I started a fire. I put my wet cloths next to the fire, and thought of the next thing to do. I was hungry, and my pokemon were hungry, so we once my cloths were dry, we scouted for food. I couldn't find much (except for more mushrooms) until I saw someone in a sleeping bag. They were fast asleep, and had there back turned, and they were sleeping under a big leaf . They also had there bag lying next to them. Now I know what you're thinking. There's no way you steal from some random traveler. Well I did. I know. I know. That was a horrible thing to do, but come on. I have been through too much today. You know I have, and you would do the same. I didn't take too much. Just enough for one night. I doubted they would even notice, in fact they didn't even notice me taking it. (yes I know they were sleeping).

The next few days weren't so bad. I was able to find some berries, and battle a few passing trainers. Fire Heart and Hoothoot stopped worrying that I didn't know what I was doing, because I stayed away from most trouble. We also didn't run into that team rocket guy. In a few days I was close to Violet City. I was so excited for multiple reasons. First, I would get a nice place to sleep. Second, I could still restock because of the money I still had, and the money I won from beating other trainers. Third, I was about to get my third badge. I took out Fire Heart and Hoothoot, and they looked stronger. Who knew a few days in the woods would make you so much stronger.
"Alright guys. Are you ready for our first gym battle?" I asked them. They both shared a worried glance like they weren't. "Yeah. I'm not ready either." I admitted. "What if we have a good nights sleep?" I asked. They both let out a sound of releaf at the sound. It was getting late as it was. I figured that in the morning, we would be at full strength. I rubbed my fore head which was kind of scabby. My hair covered most of it, so I didn't really worry. I shrugged, and walked into town.