Celadon City was a big town, Austin first checked out the enormous Mall that was one of the prides of the City. Austin went inside and when he got to one floor there were these strange stones. "Hey Mister," Austin began, "What do these gems do?" The man looked at Austin, "Why, these aren't gems, they're evolution stones, they make certain Pokemon evolve, here, have this Leaf Stone for free, see how you like it." The man said politely. 'Wow, that was cool,' Austin thought, 'especially since those things are so expensive!' He went onward to the next level, and there was a drink machine, Austin got some water for later. The department store was cool, but he wasn't here for shopping, he came for a gym badge, but first, he wanted to see what these stones did. "Weepinbell, come out real quick!" Austin called on Weepinbell; it was the only grass type with him. "Here Weepinbell, try this out." Austin placed the Leaf Stone on Weepinbell and it began to evolve. It was much larger, and had rotated upside down, and now had a large Leaf with a Vine attached to it, this was a Victreebel.
Austin headed to the new Gym, but he didn't know what to look for, so he figured he could just take his chances. As he walked in a girl wearing a Kimono walked up to him. "I am Erica, the leader of this gym, and you are?" Austin nodded, "I am Austin, from the Town of Pallet here tot challenge you!" Erica smiled, then with that, let this gym match begin, we will each use three Pokemon. The proceeded forward into a room with several trees and plants, this wasn't like the gym's he had fought before, wait, could this gym be a… "Tangela, start me off!" Erica called Tangela, a small Pokemon, covered in vines, only eyes, and two red feet were visible from the mass of vines, this confirmed it, this was indeed a grass type gym. This was going be easy for Austin by comparison to other gyms, "Pidgeotto, you're up!" Austin used Pidgeotto, its Flying attacks, could stop a grass type cold. "Tangela, use Vine Whip!" It got Pidgeotto, but only pulled it closer, bad mistake, "Wing attack, at such close range, Tangela was nearly beaten, as it started getting up, "Double-Edge!" Pidgeotto tackled Tangela taking it out.
"Alright then, try this, Victreebel, go!" Erica used a Victreebel, just as Austin had just gotten. "Acid!" The Victreebel spat acid, which was all it took for Pidgeotto; Double-Edge takes a tool on the user. 'Hmm,' Austin thought, 'Poison's weak to ground, so I'll try...' Austin pulled out a Pokeball, "Dugtrio, go!" Austin called on Dugtrio, who had been so helpful when fighting Surge; maybe it could duplicate this success. "Use Dig!" Dugtrio went underground, but Victreebel was ready to fight when it resurfaced. "NOW!" Austin shouted, Dugtrio came up, with a hard tackle, but Victreebel shot a beam of Light at Dugtrio. That was Solar Beam, while Dugtrio was underground, Victreebel was charging sun light. Being a ground type, it was weak to grass attacks, so this left Austin with one option. "Charmander, you can do this!" Charmander came out, and this was its kind of fight. "Use, Flamethrower, now Charmander!" Charmander shot a blast of Fire at Victreebel, knocking it out in one shot.
"Well Austin," Erica said, "I didn't know you had a Charmander, this could be tough, but I can't let you have our Badge, Vileplume, go!" He final Pokemon was Vileplume a blue Pokemon, with a large flower growing from its head. "Now Vileplume, Stun Spore!" Vileplume used Stun Spore, and Charmander was paralyzed, this was bad, speed was one of its main weapons. "Now use Mega Drain!" I green beam shot from Vileplume to Charmander, absorbing its health. Austin only had one shot, "Charmander, Slash!" Charmander cut Vileplume, as it held its side in pain, Austin called the final shot, "Flamethrower!" Charmander shot a blast of Fire, at Vileplume, knocking it out, Austin won his fourth Badge, but this was close, he learned never under estimate someone.
"Austin," Erica said, "Here is your badge; I want you to make it to the Pokemon league with your abilities." Austin nodded, "Thank you Erica, I'll do me best." So on that note, Austin left the gym, wanting to try out the Celadon Game Corner.