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Diary Entry 9: The School of Hard Knocks


#16: Pidgey- Fantasy (Joe's).

I evolve into Pidgeotto at level 18.

#17: Pidgeotto- Fantasy (Joe's).

I evolved from Pidgey at level 18, and evolve into Pidgeot at level 36.

#18: Pidgeot- Fantasy (Joe's).

I evolved from Pidgeotto at level 36. Now I'm fully evolved.

#25: Pikachu- Ash's.

Misty and Ash had a war of words this foggy morning, this time about the vehicle I fried. Brock tried to butt in but Misty hit him on the head with a log. Meanwhile, I tried to look cute to get them to calm down for a few seconds (though obviously that didn't work). We stopped for some cooldown-quickening breakfast, and while Brock was busy with making our meal, Ash and I walked in the woods.

It was just the two of us, the first time in quite a while, and it was nice. I hate to admit it but it was true. Then, all of a sudden, we saw a huge light in the fog. As we got closer, we saw a bunch of stupid-looking humans interrogating a human on a strange device that made him run in place. He eventually fell off. Since this went against Ash's 'making friends' philosophy, he had to intervene. They said they were students of some sort of Pokemon technical school and left because they didn't want to fight. Good, because I would have easily shocked all of their nerdy butts.

Now that the jerks were gone, I decided to try out the place-running device. There were many colorful buttons on display and I accidentally pressed on all of them. I felt like my back feet were going to melt right on the thing, it was going so fast. I fell back off in what had to be 10 seconds, but felt like an eternity. I stepped away from that darn contraption when the fog lifted to reveal an absolutely magnificent human dwelling place. This must have been the school.

We discussed more things at the machine, such as facts about Pidgey's evolutionary family (boring) and the identity of the leader of the class, a girl named Giselle. Apparently, Ash was determined to grill into her that what she was responsible for was wrong, but him and Brock were going gaga over her when the only nice nerd showed us a picture. (Why would he have that anyway?)

When we got inside, the nice nerd dissed Misty's ability to win a fight. Not Brock, just Misty. Then he said he could beat Misty and proved it by beating Starmie in a computer simulation. No wonder he was picked on by everyone else, he was rather moronic about how reality worked. So Misty quickly kicked his butt (or more accurately his Pokemon's) with her real Starmie. Surprisingly, as if that butt-kicking was a signal, Giselle came inside and told him how horrible he was for not remembering that Starmie had been in an actual fight before. At that instant, I realized why we were there: to stop the nice nerd from getting bullied by the other nerds.

Since Giselle was a jerk, Ash and Brock were blushing like mad, and I had no say in the conversation, Misty challenged her to a battle. Giselle had the muscle to back up her confidence... or at least her overgrown Geodude did. It almost killed Starmie when it hit them out of the window. I hoped that Starmie would heal themselves up eventually. Giselle saw it fit to laugh at Misty then talk to her students about how "levels" and types were everything. Finally, Ash stopped with his 'blushing wannabe boyfriend' routine and called her out on her crap.

She went off on him for being out for two months with only three Pokemon and two badges. Fine, fine, I didn't really know how fast the journey should've been. But then this courageously vain woman had the absolute gumption to call me a bad Starter. The worst part? She said I'd be suited more for a small girl! This was one of the few times so far that Ash and I had the same desire: beat her in a Pokemon fight because she is pure evil. So she took out another Pokemon, one my size with a giant bone in its hand.

I tried to shock it but it spun my Thunderbolt away with its club. Now I knew this was a Ground type I was facing, and so I got smacked around a few times. Unlike last time, I didn't have a sprinkler system to rely on, so I had to rely on other tactics, such as making funny faces, biting, and smacking it around with my paws. Eventually, I made it hit itself with its own bone and it fell down, crying like a baby. I didn't feel like a jerk in any way whatsoever for that. Then Team Rocket showed up... for about 10 seconds before being pelted with Pokeballs by the Nerd Brigade. I'm glad they're on our side now. After a nice dinner, we left the school. Hopefully, we'll actually reach this Vermilion place before we reach the 3-month point.

#52: Meowth- Team Rocket's.

We were followin' the twerps around when Jessie and James started bawlin'. Apparently, we made it over to this prestigious human school for trainin' Pokemon that they flunked outta. As an outcast myself, I cheered 'em up by puttin' on my Sherlock Holmes impression. It was too good, because they started cuddlin' on me.

We spied on the twerps a little bit... until Jessie punched James in the face. That was normal behavior, but at least this time, we weren't caught for it. Since everyone was outside, we decided ta take the opportunity ta steal the kids' Pokemon. A course, we got our tails handed to us with Pokeballs. That's why I don't like 'em, they hurt a lot when they're thrown and the trainer doesn't wanna catch ya.

#70: Weepinbell- Joe's.

I beat Misty's Starmie in a video game, surely I could beat it in real life. Right? Nope. I didn't even last against a Water Gun. I hope I can actually learn some moves before we go get some badges.

#75: Graveler- Giselle's.

Apparently, Giselle wanted me out to teach poor little Jojo the lesson that type advantages aren't everything. So I rolled a Starmie out of a window and into the pool. Haha! I'm still as strong as ever!

#104: Cubone- Giselle's.

Now that that Lavender Town incident is over, I've gone over to the Pokemon Technical Institute to fight on Giselle's behalf. I don't care that she was mean to everyone else. She was like my own mommy to me. ...Sorry, crying a bit, getting over it little by little... okay. So I was fighting a Pikachu. He was pretty funny but I tried to be as serious as you-know-who and tried to beat him down. Then he hit me several times, bit me in the tail, turned my memento around, and made me hit myself in the face with my bone. So I cried because I lost so horribly. I hope Giselle can forgive me.

#121: Starmie- Misty's.

The opponents were Weepinbell and Graveler. One was to prove to a young human named Joseph that reality did not equal games when it came to battling. One Water Gun ensured that objective. The other was to protect Joseph from another young human named Giselle. That was... not nearly as successful. I am glad that my gem could heal itself on its own.


Next time, Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village.