Traveling the Same Path 104: Clefairy's Power
Ryan arrived at Pewter City dragging a very delusional Eric. He had been punched in the stomach and then was weakened by using a Hyper Beam, a move he could use because of his psychic capabilities. Ryan dragged his friend to the hospital. He had to wait for Eric in the Waiting Room.
"Ahh! Death! Ahh! Death!" Eric screamed all the way down the hall.
Only a few more minutes. Only ten more agonizing minutes. Then the doctor will have to deal with him. Only TEN…, Ryan thought.
"Oh the hell with it. WHERE ARE YOU DR. HOBA!" Ryan yelled.
"I'm right here Mr. Catcatch. Please calm down, you're disrupting the other patients." Dr. Hoba silenced him.
Dr. Hoba was a good college student in the University of Yale. He took a course in Dealing with Psychic Patients, which he earned a Master's Degree in. He came from China with his mother and sister until they were departed. After that day forward Dr. Hoba never saw his family again and he swore that he would become the best damn doctor in America even if it killed him. Of course this isn't really important to the story, but we have to fill a half an hour of reading.
"Thank goodness you're here Doctor. I had to spend three hours dragging along a scared and weakened and delusional Eric. I tell ya it was NOT delightful," Ryan explained.
"All right, just sit down, Mr. Catcatch. I'll be done with Mr. Woo in about an hour." (Ryan's Note: Woo is Eric's real last name as much as Catcatch is mine [And it isn't])
In an hour, Dr. Hoba told Ryan, who was bored to tears; "Your friend is going to be all right, however…"
"However what?" Ryan asked.
"His state of weakness is similar to that a Pokemon suffers after using a Hyper Beam."
"Ooooo-KAY, that would explain a lot."
"There's just one problem, only two or three psychics ever used Hyper Beam, and not one of them survived."
"Aaaah! Death!" Eric interrupted.
"He'll need three or four days before he's completely healed, and when these hallucinations stop."
"THE WALLS ARE MELTING AGAIN!!!!" Eric interrupted.
"*Sigh* You should check into a hotel or something Mr. Catcatch. This'll be over soon."
"HELP ME CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS!!!!" Eric interrupted once again.
-----TWO DAYS LATER-----
"Pewter City Museum, admission, 50 cents. That's cheap," Ryan walked into the museum, threw in two quarters, and looked around. He made a beeline for the Pokemon exhibit, and saw the largest, most powerful thing he ever saw. It was a skeleton of an Aerodactyl.
Ryan was impressed by this colossal fossil. He ran right up to it in awe. The panel read, "Aerodactyl, a rare and prehistoric Pokemon. It was said that Aerodactyl became extinct millions of years ago, when the Earth's climate became much colder and wetter, causing its rock formation to deteriorate."
"Man, this Pokemon was huge, powerful. I wish I had one," Ryan said.
A museum employee overheard that. He went to Ryan
"So, you like Aerodactyl?" he said.
Ryan's first response was not to say "Yes." Ryan's first response was to grab Pidgeotto's Pokeball and hold it defensively and threaten to throttle him if he came too close.
"Hold it kid, Hold it. I'm not here to kill you or anything. I'm here to make you an offer."
Ryan relaxed, but still kept a strong grip on the Pokeball.
"You see, kid, we have the power to bring Aerodactyl back. This old Amber," he held out a small yellow rock, "contains crystallized Aerodactyl blood. My colleagues laugh, saying there is no way we can clone this into a living, breathing Aerodactyl. There is some truth to that, there's no way we can clone it, but there is a lab in Cinnabar…they could do it. But I can't go there. I'm asking you to get it cloned when you reach the island. After you prove me right, I'll let you keep the Aerodactyl. What do you say?"
Ryan thought for a minute, then said, "All right. What have I got to lose?" He held out his gloved hand studded with rhinestones.
The yellow rock was placed in his hand.
"You won't regret this. With that Aerodactyl, you could become big," the man walked away.
Ryan put the rock in his Aerobag and went upstairs to the second floor of the Museum. There he saw a large… MOON STONE! He was amazed by the sight. Never has he seen such a large chunk of rock. A man dressed as a scientist saw him and went over to talk to him.
"I see you're interested in the large Moon Stone. We recovered it during a long and hard expedition. While recovering this rock some fragments were dropped. We were forced to leave them because the Pokemon residents were upset and they started to attack us. I want to strike you a deal you cannot refuse," he said.
"And that would be…?" Ryan asked.
"I'm willing to let you buy this Stone for the low, low, low, low price of 50 dollars with a receipt. I usually charge 10 dollars, but it's on sale."
"You don't say."
"I do say."
"All right then. When are you going to get some guys to help me break this thing?"
"That's your problem kid. Here's your receipt."
"Gee thanks."
Ryan took the receipt as the man took off.
"Hmm. He forgot to take my money, oh well."
Ryan figured that he could use his Pokemon to help crack this Rock. He took a Pokeball from his belt and threw it on the ground.
"Seel, I choose you!" Ryan bellowed.
"Seel, Seel," the Pokemon clapped its flippers.
"Seel, use headbutt!" Ryan commanded.
The water Pokemon obeyed and headbutted the Moon Stone several times creating a large crack. Although the other tourists watched in horror as the great Moon Stone was being destroyed, one brave soul called the cops. The rock was split into two by the time the cops came by. Ryan was arrested on the spot, mainly because it isn't hard to miss a guy who is destroying a large hunk of rock and his orange suit seemed to scream "arrest me!"
"What are you doing? I bought this Moon Stone fair and square. See this receipt?" Ryan handed the receipt to the female officer.
"Let me see this," the female officer took the receipt and held it to the light, "It says here 'Ha ha ha ha ha! You've been gypped. Send my regards to Bruno in jail for me.' That's no receipt. You're under arrest."
"Time to search you," the officer said.
"But why?" Ryan asked.
"To see if you've stolen anything else."
"Oooooooo-KAY!"
"There's a fine for insulting an officer you know."
"Uhhg. There's a fine for about anything."
The officer searched his aerobag to reveal the Old Amber.
"What's this? Another stolen object?"
"No you don't understand. That was given to me by a person who works here."
"Yeah right. That's what they all say."
Ryan was brought into the station where he was locked up in jail. Meanwhile, Eric was still recuperating. Eric dreamed that Ryan was in trouble. With that thought in his head he promised to live through the next few days so he can save his friend.
-----TWO DAYS LATER-----
Eric was refreshed and finally free from the hospital, he didn't enjoy being around sick people and having to eat the horrible hospital food. He remembered his last words to Dr. Hoba when he left.
"Thank God I'm free! Now I'll never have to see you again! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAAA!"
Eric left to help his friend at the station. He got there in no time at all. He opened the door and demanded to see the officer who arrested Ryan.
"I was the one who arrested Mr. Catcatch," a female officer stood up.
"I demand that you release my friend Ryan, IMMEADIATELY!" Eric yelled.
"And why should I? You have to pay the bail to release him."
"If you don't release him right now, I'm gonna do something to ya. Something bad."
"You better watch what you say to me, there's a fine for threatening an officer."
"No, you better watch out, because…that's a nice blouse, and I'm a bleeder!"
She looked at him strangely and said, "Would you like to know the fine?"
"Certainly Officer…Jenny," he said, concentrating hard.
"$1,000, in cash."
Eric's jaw hit the floor.
"Well, what's Ryan's bail?"
"For destroying a priceless artifact and stealing another one, $3,000"
His jaw dropped once again.
"How do you do that?" Officer Jenny asked.
"Never mind."
Suddenly, a man came through the door. It turned out to be the man who gave the Old Amber to Ryan.
"Wait! Don't execute that boy!"
"We weren't going to execute him," Officer Jenny said.
"Oh. Then I'm not needed."
"Hold it pal!" Ryan said, "You can clear my name. You gave me the Old Amber."
"I suppose so, but I'm too tired from running over here."
Everyone in the room facefaulted. Eric decided to rest at a nearby Hotel. The next day, the man from the museum went with Eric to the Police Station.
"Okay. It's time to tell my story. I remember it as if it were yesterday."
"Uh. It was yesterday!" Eric told him.
"Oh that's right! I have a bad memory you know. What's your name again?"
Everyone facefaulted from the statement. The man told about how the Old Amber was obtained and what he wanted Ryan to do with it. He also told of a man named Seymour. He didn't work at the museum, he was a stray. They fed him, gave him clothes, and gave him a place to stay. Each night he would "sleep over" at one of the museum workers' house. He was a nut case. He would constantly try to persuade people to buy the moon stone each day. As the months flew by the large moon stone got smaller and smaller with each trainer who took the bait of buying the moon stone. Most of them, once their parents bailed them out, quit Pokemon Training because of the traumatic experience.
"Okay. You are free to go," Officer Jenny said.
"Yay! I'm free! Free! Free as a bird!" Ryan yelled.
Eric knocked Ryan over the head with a blunt object. He then bowed, clasping his hands together.
"Forgiveness, please," Eric said with a thick Chinese accent.
"Ahm thwee, thwee, thwee isu bhud!" Ryan gibbered as Eric dragged him out of the station.
The next day, when Ryan came to, they went to earn their first badge.
The system would be simple: Ryan would go to the Gym first to defeat Brock, because his Bulbasaur would be stronger against Brock's rock types. Eric would raise up his Chameleon and Horsea to fight against Brock.
Ryan left for the Gym, as Eric left the city.
Or, more likely, tried to leave.
He ran up against a youngster, who had tall spiky hair and slitted eyes. He said, "Have you been to Brock's Gym yet?"
"No, why?"
"You can't leave the city without fighting Brock, Haven't you read the Pokemon League manual?"
"It didn't mention anything about not leaving Pewter without battling Brock."
"Look at this," the youngster showed him a copy of the manual.
"Listen kid," after reading the Brock portion, "I doubt that the Pokemon League makes last-minute handwritten additions in the margin."
"Well, if you want to leave the city, you'll have to fight Brock." With that, He grabbed Eric by the shirt collar, and dragged him into the Gym.
Ryan was in the middle of a fight, as his Bulbasaur was in the middle of Vine whipping an angry Onix. He said, "Uh, Eric, what are you doing here?"
"To put it in exact words, this kid came and dragged me here, and he said I couldn't leave unless I fought Brock," he took a good look at Brock, "Do you have a younger brother?" he said to Brock.
"I have six," he said.
"I think it was one of them."
"Oy, just tell him to buzz off, they usually pull stunts like this."
Eric left the Gym hearing a loud THUMP behind him, caused by a fainting Onix.
He went over to the kid and said "Hey, let me pass!"
"I told you, you have to fight Brock first."
"Yeah, yeah, I heard you the first time. Bite me."
Suddenly, the kid ran up and bit Eric's arm.
"Ow, Ow, I didn't mean literally. Get offa me! That's it! Go, Charmeleon!"
The dinosaur-like Pokemon came out with a loud "Mel!"
"Toast this sucker! Ember!"
"Go, Ekans! Get him!"
The Ekans appeared.
Charmeleon used Ember.
Ekans used Wrap.
Charmeleon broke free and used Scratch.
Ekans used Poison Sting.
Charmeleon used Leer.
Ekans used Leer.
Charmeleon used Ember and KOed it.
The youngster sent out a Metapod, but Charmeleon got it in one Ember.
Then the youngster said "Clefairy, I choose you!"
A small pink Pokemon came out.
"What's that?" Eric said. He took out his Pokedex.
"DING! Clefairy, a fairy Pokemon. This rare and elusive Pokemon is almost never seen by humans. Its special attack is Metronome, learned at level 35."
"What level is this Clefairy at?"
"17."
"Charmeleon, Ember!"
"Clefairy, Sing!"
Clefairy sang a very soft and soothing sounding song. Charmeleon was out like a light.
Eric used an awakening on Charmeleon.
"All right. Charmeleon use Ember!"
"Clefairy use Pound."
Charmeleon used Scratch.
Clefairy used Pound.
Charmeleon used Ember.
"Okay, Clefairy use Metronome!"
"What? That's impossible it has to be at level 31 to have Metronome!"
"There's a TM for it idiot."
"Clefairy, Clefairy, Clefairy, Clefairy," Clefairy chanted.
Clefairy used Hydro Pump on Charmeleon. It fainted easily.
"Charmeleon, return!"
The dinosaur-like Pokemon went back in the Pokeball. Eric threw down another Pokeball. Out came Horsea!
"Okay Horsea use Ink Blast!"
A blast of ink shot at Clefairy and it was blinded.
Clefairy attempted to use Pound and Metronome, but its aim was off.
Horsea kept on using Bubble on it.
With its last ounce of strength, Clefairy used Metronome. It used Explosion. The blast was large, but it wasn't even near Horsea so the effect was non-lethal.
The youngster threw his final Pokemon out. It was a Sandshrew.
"This should be easy, Horsea! Don't underestimate him though! Ink Blast!"
Sandshrew was blinded. It used Slash and it actually hit!
Horsea retaliated with a Bubble attack.
Sandshrew used Sand-Attack. Unfortunately it threw it in its trainers eyes instead of Horsea's.
Horsea finished it off with another Bubble.
Eric collected his money and rushed to the Pokemon Center. He healed up his Pokemon and ran to the Pewter City Gym. He met up with Ryan, who proudly held his Boulderbadge.
"Cool! You beat Brock?"
"Was there any doubt? Besides I've been waiting for you for 15 minutes! I won by the time you left the Gym."
"That explains the thump I heard when I left."
"How was that kid?"
"KOed my Charmeleon, but I showed him. No one calls me an idiot and gets away with it."
"I think I'll show this kid who's boss. Catch ya later, he, he, he!"
Ryan got to the intersection where the kid stood. He went up to him and said "I challenge you!"
"Oh, you do, do you?" He said, "Well, prepare to fry, HA HA HA!"
"Let's just settle this, If I win, you stop harassing travelers. If I lose, I never come back here. Pikachu, I choose you!"
"Kachu!" the electric chinchilla yelled as it was called (Ryan's note: I have a chinchilla and I think Pikachus are chinchillas. And there's nothing you can say to make me think otherwise.).
"Go, Ekans!"
Pikachu used Thunderwave.
Ekans was fully paralyzed.
Thundershock.
Paralyzed.
Growl.
Paralyzed.
And Finally, Thundershock.
He sent out Metapod again.
"Pikachu, Return! Go Caterpie!"
Metapod used Harden, Caterpie used Tackle. Harden, then Tackle. Harden, then Tackle. Then finally, Harden then Tackle.
"Good job, Caterpie," Ryan said.
"Brrrr!" It said. Then it started to glow.
In ten seconds, Caterpie was a Metapod.
"Yes! I got Metapod! Metapod, return!"
He sent out Clefairy, Ryan sent out Bulbasaur. One vine whip got him. If you want to know how the battle with Sandshrew went, well, we have to keep a G rating, so I won't tell you.
"Good job, Bulbasaur, re – Bulbasaur?" Bulbasaur started to glow, and its petals started to bloom. It was an Ivysaur.
"YES! Bulbasaur evolved into Ivysaur! Do you still want to obey me?" Ryan asked Ivysaur.
He responded by jumping on Ryan and licking his face.
"Okay Ivysaur, I get the point!"
Eric appeared on the horizon, looking exhausted, but carrying a Boulderbadge.
"Hey Eric, How'd it go?" Ryan asked.
"Spearow managed to reach level 10 before fainting, Weedle didn't listen, and got KOd, and Charmeleon didn't last half a nanosecond. At least Horsea survived, barely."
"Well, just one question, where are we gonna keep these things?"
"I'm gonna pin mine onto my trenchcoat."
"Now I wish I'd bought one of those 'Badge Booklets' at the A-P Reserve in Platinum Town. Carole was giving us 75% off! …Hey! The reserve! I got these boots at the reserve!"
With that, Ryan took the Boulderbadge and pinned it onto his first buckle on his right boot.
"It fits! I've got eight boot buckles, I'll put eight badges on them!"
"Well, it's on to Mount Moon!"
And so, Eric and Ryan head for Mt. Moon, on the way to Cerulean City. But there are many questions about our heroes. What new Pokemon are they going to catch? What new battles are they going to fight? What new enemies are they going to make? Will Eric use Hyper Beam again? Will Ryan resurrect Aerodactyl? Who designs Ryan's clothes? I mean, Ryan, orange jumpsuits, Hellllll-O! The boots and gloves don't help you either. Why is there no word that rhymes with orange? Can a Clefairy understand the concept of orange? Why is the episode called "Clefairy's Power" when Clefairy only appears for like, six paragraphs? There are more questions I could ask, but then I'd be fired for giving away the plot, but the most important question is, will Ryan and Eric become great and powerful trainers, or will they disappear in anonimity like insignificant insects, like those who came before them?
How should I know?