Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon or any of its characters. I only own Lilly Revere, her mother (who will remained unnamed), and my precious laptop.

I am so so so so sorry! I did not forget about this story, and yes I do intend on continuing it, I just have a lot on my plate right now and, by the time August comes around, I should be able to update more frequently! Please forgive me!

Ages: Lilly- 15

Giovanni- 43

"I can't believe I did that!" Lilly told Charmander as they finally made their way back into the Pokémon center.

Charmander chuckled as Lilly continued her rant about herself as she made her way back up to the counter.

"I mean, really! I knew Brock was a pervert but I never even thought of it being possible that I had an inner pervert! Oh, the shame!"

A light giggle sounded from in front of Lilly and she looked up at the cause of the offending noise, only to come face-to-face with Nurse Joy. Lilly looked startled.

"I didn't realize that I had made it back to the Pokémon center already. Hope you didn't mind my ramblings Nurse Joy."

Nurse Joy giggled again before shaking her head, "No, not at all. Though I do suspect you were introduced to the perverted nature that is Brock?"

Both women shared a look before breaking out in another fit of giggles. Eventually, both women calmed their laughing down enough for Lilly to hand Ryuu's Pokéball and ask for her to heal him of any injuries he might have received from the Gym battle. Nurse Joy nodded as she moved off into the back room to heal him. Lilly sighed as she glanced around the room before her eyes landed on the video chat booth.

'Might as well give Giovanni a call now, since I've beaten my first Gym already.'

Recalling Charmander, Lilly made her way over to video booth number 4, since the previous three were filled. Typing in Giovanni's private line on the key pad, Lilly pressed the green button before sitting back and waiting for him to answer the call. She didn't have to wait long, for a scowling view of Giovanni's face appeared on the screen. He seemed distracted with paperwork though, so he had yet to glance up at the screen to see who had called him.

"What is it now?" he asked in a gruff voice, most likely annoyed at whoever had called him.

Lilly huffed, "Well what's gotten your panties in a twist, Mr. Smiles-and-Sunshine?"

Giovanni's head flew towards the screen and a small smirk stretched its way across his face, "I didn't expect for you to call me this soon on your journey. And I apologize for my response earlier, I'm having problems within the Team and it's not enjoyable."

Lilly tilted her head to the side, "Anything I can do to help?"

Giovanni chuckled but shook his head, "No I believe I have everything handled over here. If I need your help, trust me, I will call you. On a brighter note, how is your journey so far?"

Lilly smirked, "Just got my first badge not even an hour ago."

Giovanni's eyes widened, "You're already in Pewter?"

"That bike you sent me came in handy getting both to and from Viridian pretty quickly. By the way, thanks for remembering my birthday."

Giovanni shook his head amused, "Like I would willingly forget your birthday."

Suddenly, the Pokémon center intercom came on, "Lilly Revere, your Pokémon are fully healed and are ready for pick-up. Please make your way towards the front desk to retrieve them."

Lilly turned her head to check over her shoulder, "Guess I better let you go. I'm leaving towards Cerulean City today and will most likely camp just outside Mt. Moon so I had better leave soon."

Giovanni nodded, "Alright. I will update you on anything I can't handle."

Lilly nodded back in thanks, "Thanks. Lilly out."

Lilly terminated the call and, after staring at the blank screen for a few seconds, slid out of the booth and made her way over to the Pokémon center front desk.

It was about noon by the time Lilly was biking down Route 3 towards Mt. Moon, pack strapped to her back and egg and container both safely wrapped in a towel located in the front pouch of her bike. She had already beaten two younger trainers earlier on, wasting no time defeating them with Charmander and, so far, she hadn't had another run-in with any other trainers. She thought it was odd, since, in the games, she could have sworn there were at least five or six trainers located on this path, but those thoughts were soon demolished when the Mt. Moon Pokémon center and the entrance to Mt. Moon came into view.

Lilly decided that she would skip out on the Pokémon center, realizing that Ryuu barely received any damage on his end of the battles. Slowly, Lilly slowed to a stop in front of the Mt. Moon entrance and hopped off her bike. Lilly turned in a circle, getting a good look at her surroundings before turning back to her bike and folding it in multiple ways before sliding it into her pocket (Don't tell me you've never wondered where the players in the games kept their bikes at?).

Lilly carefully placed the egg into her pack, surrounding it with the towel for extra protection before sliding the pack onto her back and walking towards the entrance of the mountain. Now that she stood at its base, the mountain was actually quite massive and intimidating.

'Oh well, better get this over with,' thought Lilly as she began her journey through Mt. Moon, 'Not like there's anything that could kill me in there…right?'

After getting lost over seven times in the god-forsaken mountain, Lilly finally emerged from the opposite side of Mt. Moon over five hours later. Blinking her eyes multiple times to rid it of the sun spots, Lilly checked her Pokédex for the time and cursed aloud. The time read 5:28pm and if she didn't set up camp soon, it would be too dark to see. Looking round, Lilly spotted a calm looking spring and decided to set up camp near there. Lilly set her bag against a tree nearest to the spring and called out Charmander. The red fire Pokémon came out with an excited 'Char' before looking up at his mistress, wondering why he was called out.

"Charmander, do you think you could go and find wood for a fire while I stay here and set up camp?"

Charmander nodded and saluted to Lilly before running off into the woods. Lilly shook her head at her energetic Pokémon before turning back to the camp site.

'I need to build a fire pit before Charmander gets back, so that will be first.'

Lilly began gathering medium sized rocks from the shallows of the spring and brought them to the center of the campsite before placing them in a circle. Nodding to herself, Lilly got to work on the rest of the campsite, sleeping bag, and food. By the time Charmander returned with the wood, the campsite was almost done, all that was left was the food, which still needed to be cooked. Lilly took the firewood from Charmander and placed it in the fire pit before turning towards Charmander and asking him to perform a small 'Ember' at the wood.

In no time at all, the fire was blazing. Lilly scooted closer to the fire and slipped into her sleeping bag, hoping to get warmer, faster. Charmander was dosing on the opposite side of the fire pit, curled into a ball with his flaming tail closest to the fire.

'This has been a pretty decent day, though; I had thought we would have been able to battle more. I wonder why there weren't as many trainers, though. It is odd…'

Lilly's thoughts began to slow down as she drifted off into a dreamless sleep until a large splashing noise began in the spring near where she and Charmander had set up camp. Lilly and Charmander jumped up, ready for a possible battle when they glanced into the spring and noticed something thrashing about. Lilly pulled a Pokéball off of her belt, "Go, Ryuu! Help that Pokémon!"

Ryuu materialized into the spring and with a sudden 'Carp!' Ryuu dove under the water. A few seconds later, he appeared behind the unnamed, struggling Pokémon and carefully grabbed ahold of it with his mouth and began the slow trek backwards, back towards the shore where Lilly and Charmander were patiently waiting. When Ryuu and the unnamed Pokémon were closer to the shore, Lilly turned towards Charmander.

"In the large zip pocket of my bag, there is a first aid kit. Can you bring it to me Charmander?"

Charmander saluted towards Lilly before scurrying off.

Lilly quickly moved into the water and plucked the struggling Pokémon off of Ryuu's back and into her arms. Even with the full moon, it was much too dark to identify the Pokémon in her arms. Believing the Pokémon to be hurt or injured, Lilly quickly scurried back to shore and towards the campsite fire, where Charmander was waiting for her with the first-aid kit. As Lilly set the Pokémon down in front of the fire, she finally realized that it was, in fact, a Dratini that seemed to have gotten itself wrapped up in an old spool of fishing wire and was unable to get itself free.

"Shh, little one, shh…. I won't hurt you, I promise. I just wish to help you."

The Dratini seemed to understand Lilly's wished and stopped struggling but decided to glare at her instead, as if this entire mess was her fault.

"Oh, now stop glaring at me!" exclaimed Lilly as she shuffled through the first-aid kit for a pair of scissors, "It's not my fault that you weren't paying attention to where you were going! Just be grateful that I was here and want to help you instead of capturing you."

At this, the Dratini stopped glaring at her and looked up at her, confused.

"I know, I know. Most people would be all over your species, since you can evolve into Dragonite, but, right now, you're a Pokémon in need, and I can never turn a blind eye at that….Ah Ha! Here they are!"

Lilly finally pulled out a pair of miniature scissors and turned back to Dratini.

"Now let's get you out, shall we?"

Five minutes later, and Dratini was swimming around in circles back in the spring, scratch and fishing wire free. Lilly recalled both Ryuu and Charmander before turning back to the young Dratini.

Lilly giggled into her hand, "Well, I'm glad you're feeling better. You be safe now Dratini, alright?"

Realizing that Lilly was about to leave, Dratini made a grunting noise before swimming towards her.

"What are you doing, Dratini? Don't you want to go be with your friends?"

Dratini shook its head as it pulled itself onto the shore and stared Lilly down.

"Wait….You want to come with me? On my journey?"

Dratini nodded once, a firm nodded that stated that that was its final decision.

Lilly thought for a moment, "Well, alright then. Here," said Lilly as she pulled a Pokéball out of her belt," catch, Dratini!"

The Pokéball bounced on the ground once before tapping Dratini on the nose and engulfing it in a red beam before sucking it into the Pokéball. The Pokéball wiggled, once, twice, thrice, before, finally, the Pokéball stopped moving and 'Ding'-ed in confirmation of her catch. Lilly nodded to herself and picked up her new Pokémon before pulling out her Pokédex and turning it to her Pokéball. The Pokédex dinged to life as it examined the Pokémon inside.

'Dratini, the Serpentine Pokémon, Dratini are called the "Mirage Pokémon" because so few have ever seen them. Only their shed skins have been found.'

Lilly pressed another button, causing the Pokédex to continue with its speech.

'Dratini: Female

Length: 4ft

Status: Normal

Moves: Twister, Thunder Wave, Wrap, Leer

Level: 11'

"Well then," stated Lilly as she rotated the Pokéball in the palm of her hand, "guess this makes you the third member of my team, Dratini….fourth, actually, but only if you count my mysterious egg."

Lilly shook her head as she placed Dratini's Pokéball on her belt, she needed to stop talking to inanimate objects, sooner rather than later.

Finally, after the fiasco was over, Lilly returned to the campsite, only to see the first rays of sunshine beginning to make their way up and over the horizon.

"Greeaat, just what I needed, little to no sleep before a gym battle…..lucky me (insert heavy sarcasm here)."

It took about 30 minutes for Lilly to repack all of her gear and put the fire out before she was on the road again, biking down Route 4 towards Cerulean City. As the morning rays of light lit up the road, sky, and surrounding forest, Lilly sat back and coasted down a small hill, allowing the breeze to ruffle her hair and clothing.

'I wonder how everyone else is doing… I have to remember to call Professor Oak later and update him on where I am.'

Lilly suddenly jerked her bike to a stop, skidding her bike sideways until it came to a stop at the top of a hill. Down below, sat Cerulean City, basked in the morning light that reflected off of the many bodies of water that surrounded it. Pulling out her Pokédex, she snapped a picture of the beautiful scene before continuing towards the city.

'Who knows,' thought Lilly, 'maybe I can put together a photo album of some of the places I've been…..Then again, I'd have to go back to Pewter and get a picture.'

A.n. CUT! Hope you guys liked it, and I'm sorry that it has been taking me so long to update. Schools almost out (most likely already out by the time I post this) and with finals and my volunteer job (not to mention 4-H), my life is kind of hectic. Hopefully I can still find time to update, but I AM NOT giving up on this story, so don't you worry!