Here we go. These are kinda short, but I'll be posting a complete version later. Hope you like it.
Chapter Eight
I awoke early the next morning to a bright sun and clear sky. I guess my luck had finally changed for the better. I had a new badge, a new pokémon, and a new gym to beat. I didn't take time to check out the city as I headed straight to Viridian City, via Pidgeot. On my way to Viridian, I passed over my hometown of Pallet. I didn't drop in though. The only people who would've cared that I had arrived would've been Nurse Joy, the Chanseys, and Prof. Oak. I passed it by and headed onto the final gym. Long story short, the final gym leader used ground and rock pokémon, so Blastoise made short work of them. I had finally earned the Earth Badge, the eighth and final badge! I went back to the pokémon center and healed my pokémon. Using Pidgeot, I completely skipped over Victory Road to get to the pokémon league. I arrived in the League office in a matter of minuets after leaving the Center. If I had gone through Victory Road, it would've taken me days to get through.
"Please sign your name in here." the clerk at the front desk said as he handed me a small clipboard and a pen. I signed my name and looked back through the pages. Gary's name wasn't there! I finally beat him to something! I gave back the clipboard and the man gave me a slip of paper and told me to come back in four hours for my turn. Luckily, there was a small store there. I spent the four hours and a good hundred dollars on things for my pokémon before it was time for me to go in.
"Go right through here. Good luck!" the clerk said as he showed me to a door. I walked through it to find myself on a large dock, surrounded by water. Water and Ice pokémon swam in the water or sat on the dock. A woman in her mid-thirties stood in the middle of the room.
"My name is Stephen and I've come to challenge you to become the Pokémon Master!" I proclaimed.
"Fine then." the woman said. "I am Loreli. Believe me, you'll never make it past me. Use only the six pokémon you have with you right now. Go, Jynx!"
"Go Scyther!" I cried as I threw a pokéball. "Get it with your Slash attack!"
Scyther flew at Jynx, it's blades ready to strike when Jynx grabbed him out of the air with her strong arms and kissed him right on the face. Scyther's eyes rolled into his head and he passed out.
"Aauuw!" I cried. "Scyther, return! Go, Dragonair!"
"Go Slowbro!"
"Dragonair, use your Dragon Rage!"
"Slowbro, Confusion!"
Dragonair charge up for Dragon Rage when he suddenly began to glow a soft blue. It then turned it's head around and blasted the Dragon Rage at it's own body! It fell unconscious from the pain. I quickly returned it.
"Hah! Two down, four to go." Loreli crowed. "Go, Lapras!
"Your turn Pidgeot!" I shouted.
"Lapras, sing!"
Lapras began to sing a haunting melody and Pidgeot promptly fell asleep.
"Pidgeot! Wake up!" I cried. Still, Pidgeot remained asleep as I returned it. "Let's go Nidorino!"
"C'mon Dewgong!" Loreli commanded.
"Nidorino, use your Horn Drill!" I stated.
"Dewgong, let's have an Ice Beam!"
Nidorino charged at Dewgong, but it's attack missed and it was frozen in a block of ice by Dewgong. I returned it and it left a large, Nidorino shaped whole in the center of the ice.
"Last one little boy, make it good!" Loreli mocked. "Go Cloyster!"
"Cloyster!? Of all the times not to have Pidgeot!" I wailed. "Okay, my final pokémon. Go, Blastoise!"
"Cloyster, Aurora Beam!"
"Blastoise! Hydro Pump!"
Cloyster fired it's beam at Blastoise. Blastoise fired it's water cannons into the beam, trying to stop it. However, both blasts continued and both pokémon were knocked unconscious with one hit. I was out of pokémon!
"No! I can't lose!" I cried as I returned Blastoise.
"Stop whining." Loreli said coldly. "You can try again about eight months from now."
"Eight months?!?" I wailed. I dragged myself out the door, my head hanging low.
I lost. I became more and more depressed as the reality of the situation set in. All of my training, all of my work and dedication. I had defeated all eight Gym leaders and almost every trainer who challenged me. Most of my pokémon were in their final forms, so powerful that they sent me into awe. But still, it wasn't enough. My hopes and dreams were cruelly snuffed out in a matter of minuets. My pokémon didn't even stand a chance against Loreli's. Sadly, I made my way through Victory Road on foot, ignoring any wild pokémon or trainers I saw along the way. After a few days, I emerged, still depressed as when I first started through it. I headed back to Viridian City to get my pokémon healed. As they were healing, I decided to go for a walk to clear my head. As if I hadn't been walking enough already.
I made my way up to a tall hill to think. Staring over the horizon, I saw the sunset, a dazzling array of colors. Orange, red, magenta...dozens of colors blended into a majestic painting across the ever darkening sky. I made my decision then to train harder and try again. Next time, I would win! Next time, I would become the pokémon master!
I trained my pokémon rigorously for the next half year. I exposed my pokémon to their natural weaknesses. I used Blastoise to fight a person's Venusaur, my Pidgeot against an Electabuzz. I trained myself. I made strategy after strategy, plotting and planning endlessly. I worked out with my pokémon. I kept my pokémon out of their balls whenever I could. We trained until we were ready to drop dead from exhaustion, then we trained some more. I never asked more of my pokémon than I would of myself, and I kept pushing myself more and more. The seventh month passed and my now Nidoking could beat even a ghost pokémon. My pokémon and I were at out peak when the eighth month rolled around.
We were pumped. We were ready. This time, we would win!
I rode Pidgeot past Victory rode again. Thanks to the tough training, it grew to amazing strength and agility. It kept on growing in size as well, it's muscular wings reaching twenty five feet across. I arrived at the Pokémon League and strolled confidently into the main office. I signed in and walked back through those big doors to the Elite Four again. I knew that this was the last time I'd go through them as a trainer. After today, I would be exiting them as a pokémon master!
Once again, Loreli stood in the center of the room. She didn't even remember me. I was almost insulted. With my pokémon at their powerful stages, we blasted her halfway into next week. We plowed through Bruno and Agatha without a sweat. Then..then we reached Lance, the dragon trainer. Adrenaline was shooting through my veins as the battle began. Our pokémon fought fiercely, Blastoise against Dragonair, Pidgeot against Gyrados, Nidoking against Aerodactyl, and finally Dragonite against Dragonite. The battle was long and hard. Loreli, Bruno, and Agatha gazed in awe as the battle raged on. Finally, after the battle was over, the victor stood, his hands raised in triumph. Lance...was the victor.
My head hung in shame, I left the league, defeated and dejected. I was in shock. I couldn't believe it. All those months of training, wasted. I blazed through the Elite Four only to be crushed in defeat and shame by the final trainer. I flew over Victory Road and back to Viridian City. I camped out on my hill for days, never moving from there. I finally decided to go back to Pallet Town. Maybe Prof. Oak would have a job for me there. I went back to the Viridian City pokémon center to heal my pokémon. While they were being treated, I decided to head back up to my hill for one last look before I left. I pushed the crosswalk button and started across when it said to. I heard a horrible screech, like someone dropping a Snorlax on a Persian's tail. I looked to my left to see bright lights! Another horrible screech! Then.....!
Chapter Nine
An old man sits in his favorite old chair, quietly stroking his loyal pet Growlithe's head as he watched the news on his television set.
"Last night, a horrible car accident occurred, causing the tragic death of a young pokémon trainer." The newscaster informed. "The trainer could not be identified. Police couldn't get his identification from his pokédex, which was completely destroyed. Paramedics say that the boy died on impact from being hit by the car, which was traveling at four times the legal speed limit. The driver was profoundly drunk and he is in custody at the moment. His pokémon were left at the pokémon center and will be put up for adoption."
"On a lighter note, pokémon trainer, Ash Ketchum has become the newest pokémon master. That's all for tonight. God send and drive safely." the newscaster said as the man turned off his set.
"That poor kid." the man said to his Growlithe. "It's a crying shame, it is. A crying shame..."
The End...