Pokemon The Journey RS

by Penguinja

Brendan Seaview finds himself whisked of to the Hoenn region, known for it's vast nature, after his Dad Norman becomes a Gym Leader. Whilst not too keen on the move, he finds that there is a lot to like about this new world. However, the world's ecosystem is under threat, and Hoenn looks to be the epicentre of this disaster. Can Brendan and his new friends save the world?

6. Chapter 6: Living da vida Lotad

Chapter 6: Livin Da Vida Lotad

I was finally out the forest. The air felt so good after being out of it.

As soon as I got out, I found a small shop called Pretty Petals. I walked in.

"Welcome to Pretty Petals Flower Shop!" I saw two girls running it. "Tell me young sir. Have you been planting berries?" I was confused. What did she mean?

"You haven't done it?" asked the older of the Girls. "Well how about we get you started." She got me out a pail shaped like a round blue Pokémon. "This is a Wailmer Pail. You can water plants with it." I told them I was not interested in horticulture. "Nonsense. We will give you this for free."

The younger of the two came up to me. "These will get you started. I will give you an Oran Berry, which heals hp. I will give you a Pecha Berry, which heals poison. Finally, I will give you a Cheri Berry. It will cure paralysis. Water it from time to time."

After exiting the shop, I crossed a bridge over a pond. There I saw two twin Girls. They spotted me. "Mr Gym Leader's son?" one of them asked. "May we battle you?" I said sure and asked which one would battle me first. "Mia, want to explain?" said the Girl on the left. "Sure Tia. We will do a double battle. This is where you use two Pokémon at once rather that the usual one vs one format. They are very popular in Hoenn. Why not give it a try?"

I didn't see any harm in that.

"Go Seedot!" shouted Mia. "Come out Lotad!" said Tia. Along with a Seedot came a blue Pokémon with what looked like a lilypad on its back.

Lotad

019

Water/Grass Type

Water Weed Pokémon

1'08" (0.5 m)

5.7 ls (2.6 kg)

Lotad is said to have dwelled on land before. However, this Pokémon is thought to have returned to water because the leaf on its head grew large and heavy. It now lives by floating atop the water.

For this battle I used Taillow and Cascoon. "Seedot, use Bide!" Mia shouted and Seedot braced itself. At this point Taillow was already using Peck on Seedot. Oh dear. Cascoon used Poison Sting on Seedot to. This was not good. "Lotad! Use Astonish now!" Tia called. Lotad seemed to run up to Cascoon and shout at it. This clearly did damage.

I knew we had to attack Lotad at this point. Taillow used Peck and Cascoon used Poison Sting. Lotad was down!

At this point, Seedot let out it's Bide. It hit Taillow and it fainted. I thanked Taillow and sent out Poochyena. Cascoon used Poison Sting on Seedot. It was almost down. Seedot used Bide again, but this was our match. Poochyena used Tackle and slammed its body into Seedot's. It fainted.

"Waaaah we lost!" they both cried. I thanked them for the battle and said if it wasn't for them, I wouldn't know what double battles were by now. That cheered them up. "Let's get to the Pokémon Centre" Mia said.

I continued along. I was now on the outskirts of Rustboro City. Here I found some soft soil. I knew just what do to. I planted an Oran Berry and watered it.

"Planting berries?" I turned to see a Fisherman. "Sorry to interrupt, but I made some big catches and would like to try them out. My name is Ivan by the way"

That seemed fair.

"Go Magikarp!" the Ivan shouted as I saw the first non Hoenn Pokémon on my journey, and what a disappointment.

Magikarp

052

Water Type

Fish Pokémon

2'11" (0.9 m)

22 lbs (10 kg)

Magikarp is a pathetic excuse for a Pokémon that is only capable of flopping and splashing. This behaviour prompted scientists to undertake research into it.

I used Poochyena. "Magikarp! Use Splash!" Ivan shouted. Magikarp just flopped about on the ground. This was a waste of time. Poochyena used Tackle. "Magikarp, Splash again!" He was getting nowhere. Poochyena used another Tackle and knocked out Magikarp.

Ivan sent out another Magikarp. "Splash!" he shouted. What he was trying to accomplish was beyond me. Poochyena used Tackle. This was a Critical Hit and knocked Magikarp out.

I decided to switch things up for the final Magikarp. I used Cascoon. After another Splash, Cascoon used Poison Sting. It was basically Splash vs Poison Sting. I think you can tell who the winner was.

"I think I need to catch different Pokémon" Ivan said. "Hey. What's up with Cascoon?" I looked to see Cascoon glowing. Oh yeah! Once the glowing died, in Cascoon's place was a pink Pokémon with green wings.

Dustox

018

Bug/Poison Type

Poison Moth Pokémon

3'11" (1.2 m)

69.7 lbs (31.6 kg)

When Dustox flaps its wings, a fine dust is scattered all over. This dust is actually a powerful poison that will even make a pro wrestler sick. This Pokémon searches for food using its antennae like radar.

Wurmple -Lv 7 Cascoon -Lv 10 Dustox

With that, I headed on to Rustboro City.