Chapter Thirteen: Capturing a Chikorita

We biked into the long grass.

"I found a cherubi! Go! Treecko!" Heather called. Suddenly, a wild Chikorita appeared right in front of me!

"Go! Thunderbolt!" I called, throwing a pokéball. "Thunderbolt, Discharge!" I called. Thunderbolt charged electricity in his fur and shocked the Chikorita. It couldn't move! I threw the heal ball that Jeni gave me at the Chikorita. The ball opened and the Chikorita was sucked in. The ball shook once, twice, three times before I heard a click. That meant the Chikorita was captured!

"YES!!!!" I screamed.

"What?" my friends asked alarmingly.

"Oh, nothing. I just caught my first pokémon . . . ." I said.

"Really?? Awesome!" Nik said.

"Huh? Then how come you had 4 pokémon?" Greenalia asked.

"I got them all for my twelfth birthday." I said.

"Ohhh, that makes sense." Greenalia said.

"What are you going to call it?" Erin asked.

"Chi-chi. The Chikorita's a girl." I said. We got back on our bikes.

"The mountains are so beautiful." I said and sighed. Nik nodded and looked in my eyes.

"Why are you staring at me like that?" I asked him.

"Oh, no reason." He said distractedly. Greenalia raise her eyebrows as her normally expressionless face twitched into a tiny smile.

"What?" I asked her.

"Oh, nothing." She said.

"Why is everyone giving me funny looks?" I asked. Garrison laughed.

"Two people hardly counts as 'everyone', Leela." He said.

"I'm really tired. Can we make camp for the night?" Hannah asked.

"Sure. Nik, Heather, and Garrison, can you guys help me with the tents?" Greenalia asked.

"Sure!" They said.

"I'll start a fire and cook dinner. Leela, want to help me?" Erin asked.

"Sure." I said. Erin and I had taken a course in survival, so we knew how to start a fire. I looked in Greenalia's provision bag. I laughed. Greenalia must've been fond of macaroni and cheese, since there were more than a few boxes. There was also some dried berries and Perfect Apples.

"What's in there?" Erin asked.

"Let's boil some water and cook some macaroni and cheese." I said.

"Sure, good idea." Erin said. We started the fire. I grabbed a cooking pot I took from my house.

"Hannah, can I borrow your Starmie?" I asked.

"Sure, you can borrow Ruby. Catch!" Hannah said. She tossed me the pokéball that Ruby was in. I caught it with both hands.

"Nice catch!" A voice behind me said.