Chapter 12
A boy with jet black hair stood behind them, standing next to him, a blue dinosaur with a big bulb on its back, a Bulbasaur, stood next to him. "Hey, I remember you!" Alicia exclaimed. "You were at Professor Oak's Lab when he gave us our first Pokémon." She took out her Pokédex. "Bulbasaur, it bears the seed of a plant on it's back from birth. The seed slowly develops." the mechanical voice said. "Researchers are unsure whether to classify Bulbasaur as a plant or an animal. Bulbasaur are extremely calm and are difficult to capture in the wild."
"Yeah, I picked Bulbasaur because it was so cool." Christopher said. "You're Alicia, right?" She nodded. "I'm about to go through the woods to get to Pewter, and I need some experience. That's when I heard you say you're interested in a battle. So, you want to?" Alicia thought about the question, then looked at Brazen. Brazen nodded and pounded his chest with his fist.
"Okay, I'll battle you. But, I'll have you know, this is my first real battle." she said.
"That's okay, it's my first battle, too. If you don't include the wild Pokémon we battled." Christopher said, taking out a Poké Ball and making it bigger. "Let's begin!" He threw the Poké Ball into the air and it burst open, revealing a brown, bird-like Pokémon, a Pidgey. Alicia ran up to it.
"Oh, hi Pidgey!" she said, petting it. She took one of its wings and opened it up, looking at the wing span. The Pidgey looked at its Trainer in confusion.
"What are you doing?" Christopher asked.
"I tried to find a Pidgey while I was on Route 1 but I couldn't find one. It is so adorable!" she responded. "Ever since I was tiny, I loved Flying-type Pokémon. I loved how they could soar into the sky and be free." Alicia snapped back into reality. "But I'm not going to hold back on it, either!" Volkner leaned up against a tree and smiled slightly. That would explain why she wanted a Butterfree so bad. he thought. Alicia turned towards Brazen and pointed at Pidgey. "Go get 'em, Brazen!" The Charmander nodded at his Trainer and walked up to the battlefield, swinging his arms like a muscle-born champion. "Start with a Scratch attack!" Brazen raised its hands, showing its claws and ran at Pidgey with its claws extended.
"Pidgey, Sand-Attack now!" Christopher commanded. Pidgey opened its wings and flew into the air. It hovered above the ground and flapped its wings hard, kicking up sand and blowing it at Brazen. The sand hit Brazen and it stopped to wipe the dirt from its eyes. "Now, Tackle it!" he yelled. Pidgey flew into the air and twisted around, diving down at Brazen, who was still wiping dirt from its eyes.
"Brazen, Pidgey's coming right for you! Use Ember attack!" Brazen, still blind from the Sand-Attack, started to spin around, the embers of its tail flame coming off and preventing Pidgey from getting close to Brazen.
"Pidgey, Gust attack!" The Pidgey cooed then flapped its wings hard, creating a miniature tornado that was heading towards the spinning Charmander.
"Brazen! Look out!" Alicia called out. Brazen finally wiped the rest of dirt from its eyes and looked to see the tornado coming at it, and it jumped out of the way. "Smokescreen!" Charmander opened its mouth and released a black smoke everywhere, covering the battlefield.
"Hiding won't help!" Christopher said, smirking. "Pidgey, blow the smoke away with Gust attack!" Pidgey cooed and flapped its wings, blowing away the smoke.
"String shot, now!" Alicia called.
"What?" Christopher gasped, watching as a white string fired from the black smoke and tied up Pidgey's wings, making it fall to the ground. The smoke blew away to show Caterpie in front of Alicia instead. Very impressive. Volkner thought. Alicia used the cover of the Smokescreen to recall Charmander and switch to Caterpie so her opponent wouldn't guess her strategy.
"Awesome job, Caterpie." Alicia said. "Now, let's use a Tackle attack, at full power!" Caterpie cried out and sped at the Pidgey on the ground at full speed tackled the Pidgey. Pidgey flew through the air, and with its wings tied up with String Shot, landed on the ground with a thud and fainted.
"Pidgey?" Christopher called to his Pokémon. "Crazy! A Bug-type beat my Flying-type?" He recalled his Pidgey.
"That was awesome, Caterpie!" Alicia called. Caterpie looked at her, then started to glow white. "Oh, no! Caterpie!" Volkner walked up to her.
"Don't worry, your Caterpie is evolving." he said. Alicia looked at Volkner and smiled. When the glow faded from Caterpie, it was now a big, green cocoon with eyes. "Metapod." it said. "Your Caterpie was at a high level, so it just needed a little push for it to evolve."
"Wow, that's the first time I've ever seen a Pokémon evolve! That was so cool!" Christopher said, taking out a red Pokédex and scanning Metapod. "Metapod, Caterpie's next stage. It has encased its body in a hard shell. This specimen reached this stage faster than any previously discovered Pokémon of this variety." "Metapod is awesome. But, we aren't done yet, I still have another Pokémon, right Bulbasaur?" "Bulba!" it said, smiling at its Trainer. "I choose you!" Bulbasaur ran up in front of its Trainer and in front of Metapod.
"You ready Metapod?" Alicia called. "Meta." it replied.
"Bulbasaur, use Tackle attack!" Christopher commanded. Bulbasaur started running after Metapod, ready to slam into it. Alicia checked her Pokédex quickly.
"Metapod, Harden!" Alicia called. Metapod, on its Trainer's orders, started to glow greenish-white. Bulbasaur slammed into Metapod, but bounced back, a small red bump on its head formed where it hit Metapod.
"Oh, yeah, forgot about that." Christopher said. "Bulbasaur, Vine Whip!" Bulbasaur recovered and two dark green vines came out from under the bulb on its back and grabbed Metapod. "Now, toss it!" Bulbasaur swung its vines and tossed the Cocoon Pokémon into the air.
"Catch yourself with String Shot!" Alicia commanded. Metapod shot a white string from the middle of its body onto a tree branch, and slowly let itself slide down. "I know that Metapod can't move a whole lot, but with Harden and String Shot, it doesn't need to!"
"Let's see you Harden and String Shot your way out of this! Bulbasaur, Leech Seed!" Bulbasaur nodded at its Trainer and a seed emerged from the hole on its bulb. The seed then shot at Metapod.
"Metapod, Harden attack!" she called. Metapod once again started to glow greenish-white, but the seed stuck into Metapod and vines came out of the seed, covering it. Metapod's whole body started to glow red as the Leech Seed sucked out Metapod's energy. "Oh, no!" Alicia cried, taking out Metapod's Poké Ball. "Metapod, return!"
"Now, we're tied." Christopher said. "Great job, Bulbasaur!" "Bulbasaur!" it said to its Trainer, nodded to him.
"Brazen, we can't lose our first battle!" Alicia said, throwing Brazen's Poké Ball. Out came Brazen, fully healed and ready for battle. "Brazen, Scratch!"
"Bulbasaur, Tackle!" Christopher called. Both Pokémon ran and slammed into each other and tried to push the other down. "Vine Whip, Bulbasaur!" Before Alicia could react, a dark green vine came out of Bulbasaur's bulb and smacked Brazen across the face, making it tumble back. "Now, tie it up with Leech Seed!" Christopher commanded.
"Brazen, use Growl attack!" Alicia called. The Charmander stood up and before Bulbasaur could sprout its Leech Seed, it yelled its name loudly, causing the air to distort around it. Bulbasaur stopped the Leech Seed and got down to cover its ears with its front paws. Christopher and Alicia did the same thing, too. "Brazen, Ember attack!" Brazen stopped crying out and released bolts of red fire from its mouth at Bulbasaur. The Seed Pokémon bounced back and got up slowly. "Brazen, Ember once more!"
"Bulbasaur, Vine Whip now!" Christopher said. Brazen opened its mouth and fires multiple balls of red fire at Bulbasaur and Bulbasaur sent a dark green vine at Brazen. The two attacks hit their opponents at the same time, and both Pokémon fell to the ground. "C'mon, Bulbasaur, stand up!."
"You can do it, Brazen!" Alicia said. But both Pokémon lay on the ground, fainted.
"That's enough, both Pokémon are unable to battle!" Volkner said. "This match is a tie."
"That battle was awesome, Alicia. I'm proud to call it my first one." he said, walking up to Alicia and holding out his hand. She shook it, then walked up to Brazen.
"Are you alright?" she asked. It looked at her and smiled slightly. "Char." it said. She put it in its Poké Ball. Christopher did the same with his Bulbasaur.
"Your Pokémon just need a nap in their Poké Balls, and they'll be good as new." Volkner said. "Now, we have to go through the Viridian Forest."
"Hey, you're going through the woods too, right?" Alicia asked Christopher. He nodded. "Why don't you come along with us? If that's okay with Volkner, of course."
"Hey, I'd love to." Christopher asked. They both looked at the older man. He sighed and nodded his head whist rolling his eyes. They both cheered and the group walked towards the entrance of the Viridian Forest.
This chapter came out pretty good for me not having any idea what to do when I sat down to do this. I think I'm going to do a Bonus Chapter next, with Volkner and Flint's first battle. Anyways, thank you everyone for reading and thank you Serpent's Ballet for reviewing every chapter. You don't know how excited I get to see your response. And finally, questions, comments, or suggestions, PM me, put it in a review, or my email.