The Story of Silver Ketchum
Chapter 3- A New Friend
The rest of Monday flew by extremely fast. Tuesday came in the blink of an eye for Silver. And then, after a teary goodbye from her parents, Silver walked out of Pallet Town for the first time in her life, with Mew at her side.
When Pallet Town was out of sight, Silver and Mew began exploring the long grass all around them for new Pokémon. Nothing appeared all day. Around 6:00, Silver suggested that they find a spot to camp. Mew found a small clearing surrounded by trees and bushes. It seemed like the perfect spot. But, just as Silver was about to sit down and rest, something crashed out of the bushes behind her.
"Mankey!" it screeched. Silver flipped out her Pokédex, having absolutely no idea what the thing was.
"Hello, I am Albert, your new Pokédex," a mechanical voice droned. "What sort of information do you require?"
"Uh, what is that thing?" Silver asked, pointing Albert at the round, fuzzy animal.
"Mankey, a monkey Pokémon. This Pokémon manages to survive by its superior adaptational and evolutional qualities. Mankey have very short tempers and are fighting type Pokémon."
"Finally, a Pokémon to fight!" Silver said. "Mew, battle it!"
Mew stared at her, confused.
Silver sighed. "Mew, when I tell you to battle, you have to use your attacks to fight, okay?"
"Mew! Me-Mew! Mew!"
Silver smiled. Mew jumped in front of the Mankey, which was getting tired of being ignored. It instantly tried to knock Mew out with its Karate Chop attack.
"Mew, Amnesia attack, now!" Silver yelled. Mew stared intently at the Mankey, seeming to hypnotize it. The Mankey staggered, and tripped over its own tail.
"Maaan…" The Mankey couldn't get up.
"Good job, Mew! Pokéball, GO!" Silver enlarged a ball to shot-put size and threw it at the Mankey, which was instantly sucked inside. It wobbled around madly, and… the Mankey broke free, scurrying off into the foliage.
"Oh, well…" Silver picked up the fallen Pokéball, and she and Mew proceeded to set up camp for the night.
They set off toward Viridian City the next day, along the peaceful path of Route 1. Mew was almost drop-kicked by a Nidorino, which also refused to be caught, and needed to use one of Silver's Potions. During the middle of the day, Silver realized something.
"Hey, I wonder why we haven't run into any trainers yet?" Silver thought out loud, "It's weird- oh, great. Me and my big mouth." She had just spotted a boy, about her age, leaning against a tree. He couldn't see Silver or Mew, though. He was feeding a Poliwhirl.
"Mew, be really quiet, let's just try to sneak past. I don't want to get in any battles while I have only one Pokémon."
Mew looked miffed. "Sorry, Mew. I didn't mean it that way."
They tried to sneak past but just as they were almost a safe distance away, Mew stepped on a fallen twig, which broke with a loud snap. The boy might not have heard it, but the Poliwhirl sure did.
"Whirl, poli! Poli!" it croaked, pointing directly at Silver and Mew. Silver promptly groaned and slid to the ground.
"Are you okay?" the boy asked. He walked toward them.
"Uh, yeah." Silver knew exactly what was coming. Or did she? There was something different about this kid.
"Cool. I'm Jacen." He helped Silver to her feet. He was taller than he had originally looked, much taller than Silver.
"I'm Silver. You- you don't want a Pokémon battle?"
"If you want…" Jacen reached for one of the Pokéballs on his belt.
"No- I only have one Pokémon, and it got hurt not very long ago, and it's not really powerful since I just started yesterday…"
"That's okay. I'm looking for water Pokémon, not trainer battles."
"Why water Pokémon?"
"I'm trying to beat the Pewter gym leader. I've lost to him three times in a row. I figure that I need to rethink my strategy. Water Pokémon are strong against rock."
Silver nodded. That seemed like a good strategy. "I'm jut trying to find Viridian City, never mind Pewter."
"Hey, I'll come with you. I was just about ready to start heading there myself."
Silver smiled. "I could use someone who knows more about training than I do."
Just then a fierce rustling noise began coming from the bushes to their right. After a moment a two-headed bird burst through.
"A Doduo!" exclaimed Jacen. "Try and catch it, Silver. Psychic power is pretty good against Flying power."
"Mew, go!" Silver yelled. Mew dodged the two pecking heads and used Swift. Razor-sharp stars of light sliced the Doduo, draining its health. But the bird wasn't about to faint yet. It began scratching and pecking at Mew with its Fury attack. When Mew was thrown by a particularly nasty kick, Silver ran to her, with Jacen right behind. Silver picked Mew up and healed her with another Potion. Mew struggled, wanting to keep fighting the Doduo.
"Are you sure, Mew?" Silver asked cautiously.
"Mew!" Mew jumped out in front of her adversary.
"Then use your Psychic attack!" Silver called.
Bolts of psychic power suddenly knocked the Doduo to the brink of unconsciousness. "Pokéball, GO!" Silver yelled. The Doduo was transformed into energy and drawn inside. It hardly put up a fight, and the light on the ball quickly faded.
"All right! We did it, Mew!" Silver grabbed the ball containing her new Doduo. Mew jumped happily into her arms.
Over dinner, Silver and Jacen got to know each other. He was from Celadon City, and had come to Pallet Town a month ago to begin training. He had four Pokémon, an Arbok, a Raticate, a Graveler, and the Poliwhirl.
In the morning, the trio set off for Viridian City, totally oblivious to the fact that they were being watched with very observant eyes…
To Be Continued