January 18, 2047
A fresh new day has arrived! Off with the old day, off with the past! It's gone, it won't come back! It-
" At the time of the tone, it will be 3 'o clock p.m., January 17, 2047."
BEEEEEEEEEEEP!
Ooooops. Guess I messed up.
January 17, 2047
Now THAT'S better! So maybe the day wasn't over YET, but I had my rest and my energy's back! Now to get prepared for the Cerulean City gym!
I knew water types had weaknesses to electricity and grass, but I knew nothing of those kind of elemental attacks, ALMOST nothing. I looked around the town for a while for something that would help me, but after about half and hour, no help.
That's when a weird though came to my head: It's been a while since I checked my own level! If it was high enough, I wouldn't need any more aids. I took it the level status machine from my, "invisible," pocket and directed it at myself.
I watched some of the hustly in the shopping streets as the level-machine analyzed. The machine beeped, and a number appeared on its monitor screen…
Error? What? A system malfunction? Or was it me? DNA mix-up? What's going on??? AUGH!
The monitor went blank for about a second and then a new number poppued up.
LEVEL EIGHTEEN?!?!?!?! THAT'S IT? THAT'S ALL? THAT'S PATHETIC! THAT'S HORRIBLE! THAT'S…..
" Um, whatever you are, will you please be quiet? This is a LIBRARY."
Bad move. " Sorry," I said to the librarian.
I relieved my anger by attacking a Farfetch'd I spotted outside the library. Its dancing had really annoyed me. It was also to test out the new moves I had learned! TMs 21 and 24, Mega Drain and Thunderbolt. Told ya I'd find some way to beat Cerulean's water types! The TMs cost me quite a bit, but it would be worth it when I get me next badge.
I opened the gym's door as slowly as I could…
" HAH HAH! We've GOT ya!"
My legs nearly collapsed. The floor shook! Suddenly I wasn't on the gym. Mr feet were off the ground, but I didn't want them to be! A scientifically involuntary action.
A clear substance surrounded me, enveloping me in a bubble of some sort. I was trapped!
I shoved and pushed, but the bubble was like rubber, just bouncing if I hit it. It shook so much I had to hold myself up by placing me hands on the, "walls." It wasn't all that comfortable. Why was this happening?
A strange turqouis-haired man approached. I could've sworn it was James from Team Rocket, but this one had messier hair and higher hunched shoulders. He was definitely part of Team Rocket, however. The man took a quick look at me, blinked in surprise and then put his gloved hand on his forhead and sighed.
" Looks like we've got ourselves the Pokémon itself and not the trainer!" he said in a voice that sounded EXACTLY like a toad's, " Cassidy, get over here! You missed the catch again, but I'll need some help getting this one in a Pokéball!"
Cassidy… I've read that name in a book I found before. That's right! One time when I had gotten rid of Team Rocket they left behind some kind of log that showed their association's history all the way from how it started. Cassidy and his partner Butch had the same ranks as Jessie and James. I searched through my memory for their pictures. Like James and Jessie II, Butch and Cassidy had to be followers of their originals as well.
Cassidy arrived at the scene. She had bright blonde hair that was put into two pigtails, yet I found Jessie's fact to be more attractive. At that point I remembered what Butch and Cassidy I looked like. Gese, there weren't too many similarities!
" The mean gym leader and her pupils tried escaping again. Good thing Raticate was ready," Cassidy said in a carefree manner, patting her nearby Raticate on the head. The original Cassidy had only one large ponytail (ponyta + tails= ponytails, that's what I had learned)
" We should do these kind of raids more often! They're really fun!" Butch chuckled, trying his best effort to make it sound evil.
" Hmph," Cassidy mumbled, not being in the best mood, " Evil work is never, 'fun!'"
" Forget it, we need to get this feller into a Pokéball so we can bring it to the boss!" Butch pointed a finger at me triumphly. An image flashed in my mind of the original Butch. After some comparing, I decided that he looked more like James than his own original.
" Luckly, the boss gave me this Hyper Ball to use just in case," Cassidy said, giving the ball in her a hand a short peck with her lips.
" Hey, the boss gave YOU a Hyper Ball and I still get regular Pokéballs? That's no fair!"
" Well, I only got one. I asked the boss to change my paycheck a bit, and because I was his trusted member, he agreed!" Cassidy put her hands on her hips and raised her head high.
Butch down-shifted for a second, but then regained his confidence. "I'm your career-long partner, so you'll give me a share of your rewards, won't you?" His face went soggy-eyed and it really scared me. I never knew Butch and Cassidy could act so much like Jessie and James!
" MAYBE," Cassidy said, twirling the Hyper Ball with her index finger, "right now it's CAPTURE time! Raticate, get set!"
Butch instantly snapped out of his bad mood and headed over to the control panel nearby. " Releasing bubble trap NOW!"
The level was pushed up! I came back down the same way I came up, just backwards. I was free! Of course, Raticate was ready to snipe me away.
Woosh! WHUMP. I swiftly went into the air and flew over the Raticate, who had attempted to paralyze me.
" Er, I guess the Body Slams won't work," Butch said, rolling his eyes, " Maybe we should try using the water Pokémon we stole from the gym leaders!"
" Right," Cassidy said as she picked up a bucket full of Pokéballs, " A Flying cat means we've got ourselves an ultra rare Mew or Mewtwo, we'll need more water power!"
The blonde pigtailed girl chucked the balls in the bucket as if she were tossing out water from it. She then called for all of the Pokémon to come out. There had to be a least a dozen of them.
FWOOSH! Random water Pokémon appearched, including Tentacruel, Blastoise, Seaking, Gyarados, Slowbro, Kingler, Seadra and Lapras. A Vaporeon came out of the pool. I guess it was hiding there, waiting for some battle to do. This Vaporeon was short snouted, so it probably wasn't Jessie of the one from Pokétopia, just another water Pokémon.
" Okay, everyone, soak this Pokémon 'til it's SOGGY!" Cassidy yelled, pointing at me.
A dozen against one? That's not battle, that's…that's…er…
Well, it's not battle, that's for sure! So now I had an excuse to use my Barrier. I was Bubblebeamed, Water Gunned, Hydro Pumped, and other water attacks I had no idea existed. The Kingler's Crabhammer had no effect on my Barrier. I Swifted away the annoying crab and kept on with my defense.
" Lapras, ICE BEAM!"
" Are you sure it's at that high of an experience level?" Butch said.
The Lapras attempted to execute the attack. After floating in the gym pool for a few seconds, question marks appeared around it.
" I told you, Cassidy!" Butch commented, sighing out a cloud from his mouth.
I shoved away the Blastoise and Golduck who were attacking my Barrier. I began building up an electric ball with my hands. Looking forward, I saw Cassidy's rage build up.
" Don't YOU go telling me what's right or wrong!" she yelled, almost knocking Butch over with her breath.
" Gese, sorry!" Butch muttered, " You don't have to act like JESSIE."
Cassidy stopped for a moment, surprised at what she had just done. Playing with her hair, she said, " ANY woman is better than the loud-mouth ugly had!"
" Hmm, I suppose. What about that whining loser, James, is it?" Butch replied.
Cassidy stuck her tongue out in disgust. " He's got to do something with that terrible hair color! Blue, ew! I hate it!" she said, shuttering at the presence of the word, " blue."
" That's not the part that bother's me…"
The conversation I was listening to was getting pointless. The ball in my hands was going to overload soon. It was time to get this problem over with!
Butch tried to finish his sentence but I interupted and asked if he had forgotten someone. He and Cassidy took one glance at what was in my hands and…
" AH! What the heck IS that thing?" Butch yelled with his eyes wide open.
I smiled. " It's just a little…"
ZAP! FOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Electrocution everywhere!!!
" THUNDERBOLT!"
All of the water Pokémon were taken out by the shock. Butch and Cassidy received the worst damage, I don't know how (WATER conducted electricity more).
The gym security and the gym leaders finally managed to break free of whatever trap they were in. Butch and Cassidy were arrested, so I could finally go fight the gym leader for the Cascade Badge. I went over to an orange haird woman and asked her where the gym leader was.
" You're talking to her!" said the girl, " However, if you're looking for a Cascade Badge, you've already earned it! By the way, the name's Shampoo."
Shampoo, what a name.
" I don't have anymore Pokémon to battle with, heh heh," we both stared at the mounting heap of unconscious Pokémon I had thunderbolted. She didn't get any argument from ME!
Charizard caught up with me in the Pokémon Center. I propped myself onto a random bed and fell asleep.
January 18, 2047
SHOPPING!!!
Gotta head for the Pokémart! Hey, what was that huge stadium doing over in the distance? I didn't remember seeing anything there before! Charizard and I went over to investigate. Apparently, some magicians had set up a masic show in the middle of a street. Magicians? I LOVE magicians!
" Where do you think you're going?" Charizard grabbed my tail as I tried to volunteer for one of the magicians tricks, " A KADABRA could do a better job than ANY human!"
" Are there ANY actual Pokémon trainers out there?" the magician yelled out, searching the audience.
" Listen to that, they want Pokémon TRAINERS, not the Pokémon THEMSELVES! You aren't legible to volunteer, so let's get moving on," Charizard argued.
" Not to worry! I've still got a human transformation stored in my brain somewhere."
So with that said, I snapped into my scientist transformation and raised my hand up nice and high. Naturally, the magician's assistant chose me! Charizard gaped as I walked up onto the dome stadium.
The red-haired magician asked me to select my best Pokémon and send it out. Ideas flashed through my brain. Finally, I just pointed to Charizard. To my surprise, Charizard actually went up onto the stage? Had he given up and surrended? I chuckled to myself at that thought.
The blue haired assistant (who had a very shrill voice) led Charizard into a large box. The box itself looked like a huge treasure chest, with a visible flap that looked like a pet door. The magician waved her hands around in a peculiar way and yelled, " Abra, Kadabra, Alakazam!"
A Meowth suddenly jumped out of the pet door! He did a flip in the air and landed next to the magician and took a deep bow. Some of the audience clapped, and a few people even CHEERED! I didn't see why this was so fascinating.
" The huge Charizard has been reduced to a Meowth!" the magician announced.
" Charizaaaaaaard!" the Meowth bellowed, imatating a Charizard the best it could. More of the audience cheered at this, surprised it said, " Charizard," instead of, " Meowth." Humans are SO gullible. It's obvious that this Meowth just had the ability to speak other languages.
The audience slowly faded away as the magician closed the show. They packed up their stuff, and I approached them, asking for, "my Charizard," back.
" I don't know what you're talking about," said the magician as she stuffed the treasure chest into the back seat of their van.
" My Charizard, he's in that chest. He's mine," I said as if I were talking to a 5-year old human They continued to look at me with confusion.
I gave up on the baby talk and stomped my human feet towards the chest, but the assistant shoved me over. She accused me of attempting to steal their supplies. I ignored her and tried to pry open the chest.
LOCKED! There were two different keyholes on the side.
" Are you looking for THIS?" said the magician, dangling the keys to the chest with her fingers playfully. The keys were dangling… right over a sewege manhole! The magician tossed the keys into the air.
Down, down, down the keys fell, slowly into the disgusting manhole. I froze stiff, only able to watch the keys hurl toward the sewege. One split second before it fell into the manhole, the magician caught the keys. That's when I finally realized it! The magic trick really WAS a trick, they'd just taken Charizard for KEEPS!
" Give me back my Charizard!" I shouted.
The magician and her assistant chuckled evily.
" If you want him back you'll have to go through US first!" the assistant smirked, tone changing from a female's voice to a male's (!!!), " Koffing, go!"
" Ekans!" the magician said, send her Pokémon out with the assistant's. I remembered seeing these two from somewhere… who were they?
A loud banging sound from the chest stopped us. Charizard burst out of his confinement and glared at the magician, who almost went into a spasm.
" AHHH!" the assistant yelled, " What'll we do NOW?"
" There's only one thing we CAN do!" the magician said, " Ekans, GO GET 'EM!"
" Koffing, use your Smokescreen!" the magician spat in a gleeful mood.
A large puff of gas cought out of Koffing, and it made everything extremely hard to see. Charizard went over to my side and started flapping his wings sideways. Woosh! The smoke disappeared as fast as it came, and I smiled as the assistant gaped.
ZANG! Ekans popped out of nowhere… on Charizard's antannae! Or knobs or ears or whatever you want to call those things that jut out of the back of Charizard's head. The snake had a firm grip chomping on Charizard.
At that moment I realized that my transformation had run out, and I was back to myself again. I hadn't transformed that much, so I haven't learned to stay in transformation for long periods or completely control switching back to my normal being. This time I took it to my advantage, and I got rid of the rockets with a single Swift attack!
Enough with that stuff, I had to continue on my way to the Pokémart! I bought some Hyper Potions (they were on sale!) and LOTS and LOTS of food goodies! I personally liked Cerulean's seafood the best, so I bought some tuna and fish. Afterwards Charizard and I relaxed at a restaurant. I got a good night's sleep with a full stomach and plenty of a fun-packed day!
January 20, 2047
Battle #2; Masked man; Thunder Badge
" Wartortle, Water Gun!"
Suddenly, I just couldn't the trainer's voice. IT made me think of a really cheesy movie, with cheesy actors and cheesy lines. Did I say he was cheesy?
Too dazed thinking about cheesy-ness, the Wartortle caught me off guard and drowned me a little bit from its Water Gun. Steam pouring from the top of my head, I glared at the Wartortle, who quickly stepped back.
" DON'T," I stomped up to it, " PISS," raised a hand, " ME," made a fist, " OFF!"
WHACK! I knocked the Wartortle out of its shell. They look REALLY funny without those shells, he, he! The masked man (wearing a hood) called back his Pokémon, and sent out…
Yellow skin, red cheeks, black tips on the ears, lightning bolt tail. PIKO! I rushed up to hug my long-lost friend.
BZZAP! Piko electrified me! Why? Why would he do that? I've been looking for him for such a long time, why was he defying me?
I took a good look at the Pikachu. It sure did LOOK like Piko…
" WHY'D YOU TRICK ME, YOU LOUSY PIKACHU?!?!" I yelled in a fury, " Take a Confusion attack!"
As the Pikachu disappeared back into its Pokéball (swirls were over its head), the trainer rewarded (MONEY!) me and said that a tough trainer named A.J. was nearby. He suggested that I had a match with this person. I wasn't in the best mood, but I went to check anyhow. Charizard was strangely interested in coming with me.
After following the masked man's directions, I found myself in front of a circus-like tent. I went inside, expecting to find A.J., but instead I heard… disco music? What was that Hitmonchan doing? Why were there partying Rattatas all over the place? Why was there a Butterfree and a Venomoth gossiping about A.J. leaving?
" Hi!" a nearby Sandshrew called in the Pokémon language, " How y'all doing?"
" Where's A.J.?" I asked.
" Gone, he's gone! Celebrate!" the Sandshrew began jumping for joy and went to join some chatting Rattatas.
Disappointed, I left the little circus and started to head back to the Pokécenter, Charizard trailing behind. Something was disturbing him, as if he was having a deep suspicion for all of this.
Then, in a split second, his expression changed into a frightened look. What-
WHAM! Another Charizard appeared out of nowhere! It had rammed my Charizard pretty hard in the stomach. " My," Charizard did somersaults in mid-air.
I took a quick glance at the Chariard. He was HUGE! Almost twice as large as the Charizard I knew. His fangs were more numerous and his wings were double sided; the back was also that blue-greenish wing skin color.
FLACK! " Evil," Charizard whacked, " Good," Charizard with his tail, scorching his face. Good Charizard attacked with one wing, but the defender caught it! Reacting swiftly, good Charizard blew a Flamethrower. I was confident that the other Charizard had no escape, but he DID! He flew straight up out of the Flamethrower's reach. Where was he going to attack next?
Looking above, I saw the opponent zoom around in circles, gaining speed with every 360 degrees (don't get me wrong, I HATE math!). Good Charizard must've spotted him, too, and he charged after him. With mind reading I found that Good Charizard was going to grab Evil Charizard's neck. Up above the Evil Charizard had a huge blur of thoughts, I couldn't comprehend what he was thinking…
WHAMMMM! Before I knew what had happened good Charizard was hurtling back down to the ground, a few hundred feet fall. I was still a whole battle stadium away! That's a hundred feet, how could I get to him?!? I rocketed myself towards Charizard, kept on falling and falling. He was knocked unconscious! That Evil Charizard's TOUGH!
I didn't have time to admire the enemy! Charizard needed help, his life was in danger! Life slowed down, each second become 10 times longer, at least that's what it looked and felt like…
I flew down, reaching my arms out for Charizard. He was still a couple dozen feet away, would I be able to reach him? A few things worried me. Why was that Charizard attacking my Charizard? In my brain I had millions of answers to that question. I tried concentrating on getting Charizard to safety… concentrate, CONCENTRATE!
No use! A voice in my head continued to say, " Let him keep his pride, Charizard pride. Let him keep his pride, Charizard pride. Let him keep his pride…" It got to the point where my vision just went BLACK. I couldn't see anything for several moments. Blinded!
White spots appeared. Color erupted from some of them. My vision came back like a puzzle being assembled piece by piece. When I was able to make out what I was seeing, I discovered that I was in Pokétopia… Why?
Lost and confused, I walked forward and past a few trees. I followed a few mumbles that I heard to the left. Pokétopia… it looked so different. Some of the trees were smaller, there were more bushes, and nobody else was around. Did something bad happen while I was gone? And how did I suddenly GET here?
The mumbled, I soon recognized, was Mewtwo's. I caught sight of him… with Charizard! Mewtwo had a Vulpix in his hand at the scruff of the neck. He helf the fox in front of Charizard.
" You'll be the one to take care of this Vulpix I found, " Mewtwo announced, " He'll be our first resident of our newly founded Pokétopia!" Charizard accepted the Vulpix and fondled with it for a while. " Newly," founded?
Maybe it was from the past instead of the present. At least that would explain all the differences in the area.
My eyesight flashed again and I was suddenly in another area, where Charizard and Vulpix were having a good time laughing. It was so cute! My smiling stopped when I heard that voice in my head again, " Charizard pride, this is Charizard pride!"
" A Charizard stakes his pride the moment it has evolved from a Charmeleon," the voice rambled, " Every Pokémon had their own pride, but Charizards have the highest level of it among all the others."
" Charizard pride my BUTT," I said to the voice, " Get me back to my Charizard!"
" As you wish."
FLASH! I was rocketing towards a falling Charizard again. I shouted for him to wake up… and he DID! But he was only a few feet from smashing into the ground! Charizard opened up his wings, and at the very last moment (2 inches from the groun!) gained altitude once more. He zoomed off without saying a single word to me.
I dragged myself as quickly as possible to catch up with Charizard. In an instant we found Evil Charizard, and Good Charizard charged. I would've stopped him, but that pride thing before kept me back. The only thing I could do was watch them battle…
Evil Charizard didn't see anyone come up to him. Good Charizard's clawed hand was suddenly on the fire Pokémon's face… SLASH! Blood gushed out of the three gashes on Evil Charizard's muzzle. Thick, red liquid dripped down his face and fell down, down, down hundreds of feet, waiting to hit something or someONE. But… I shouldn't be describing that sort of thing.
Evil Charizard dropped altitude and we followed. He was clenching his muzzle in deep pain, cringing and moaning. It was as if he'd never felt suffering before and the shock of it was tremendous. I was afraid I was right about that…
Eventually, the evil Charizard landed on top of a thick green tree (leaves were coming back already?) to tend his injury. Good Charizard asked if he had enough. Maybe my friend just wanted some payback in pride…
" You speak that nasty human tongue," Evil Charizard growled in a muffled Pokémon voice (his hand was still on his muzzle), " I though I finished you off!"
' Think again,' I thought to myself, of course nobody else heard.
" Nasty? I find it a gift, this human language. It's much more complex than most ofhter Pokémon languages. Give it up."
Evil Charizard just looked up to glare at his target. " I underestimated you…"
In less than a second, fire shot out of Evil Charizard's mouth! He let go of his muzzle to reveal the three black strip marks, the scar from the attack that was from a worthy opponent. Ooo, this is so much fun to say!
Anyhow… the flame hit Charizard straight on (I'm tired of saying Good Charizard)! He was hurt, but it was certainly no big deal. Evil Charizard groaned when he saw that he STILL hadn't won, so he continously attacked his fire-breathing and physical combat. Charizard was able to defend against most of them, but he couldn't land any hits himself.
Occasionally Charizard burned a few inches of skin on Evil Charizard, but it was nothing compared to the beating he got back. Did he have any chances of winning? The other Charizard was too large and too strong for him. A ball of fire caused Charizard to completely lose balance and surrender to the ground, struggling to get into the air again.
Evil Charizard quickly followed, strutting up to his victim. With his hand he yanked up Charizard's horns (that's what I'll call them…), and a disgusting cracking sound contaminated my ears. Ugh! Charizard grimaced at the pain of it, including the pain from all the beating.
" In the end you were just another Charizard," Evil Charizard grumbled hatefully. He threw Charizard several yards away and prepared another attack. One more hit and Charizard would be finished!
I was about to attack the Evil Charizard when something stopped me… that voice! " Don't you dare interrupt, it'll hurt his pride."
" What the heck is this pride thing anyhow?" I said back. Evil Charizard was still charging up, making sure to make the last hit a good one. Charizard could barely get on his feet.
" A code of honor, of course! All those times Charizard fought Vaporeon, it was because she had stolen part of his pride, the Vulpix. Wouldn't YOU be peeved if someone stole away something precious to you?"
" Like if someone stole my friend Charizard?" I said, lowering one eye in suspicion.
" Friend? That word would not be appropriate."
What…?
" Not for THIS case, at least."
That did it, the stupid voice was getting on my nerves. How did it know so much about us anyhow? " Show yourself!" I shouted, creating a small psychic ball.
I heard an object being fired… Evil Charizard had sent out a huge fireball! This was the end…
Charizard suddenly managed to stand up, ready for the impact. He raised an arm in the direction of the approaching ball of flames. And then… the fireball disintegrated! It was gone right before it would've hit Charizard's claws. A shield appeared in front of him, glowing bright red. He'd just created a psychic barrier!
Evil Charizard gawked. He pointed his tail fire at Charizard and called out, " Flame Torpedo!" Sharp, burning triangle-like objects shot out of the fire! Charizard's psychic barrier protected him once again. Irritated, Evil Charizard used an attack called Blade Wing, and shot blades from his wings. What was up with these weird attacks?
The blades easily bounced off the barrier.
" I've got one more special attack that even a psychic barrier can't defend against," Evil Charizard growled, taking his left arm back and grabbing his wing. " BLADE WING DEATH STRIKE!"
Evil Charizard's left wing transformed into a deadly scythe! He gave a smirk and then charged…
The world seemed to switch to slow motion. I turned to face Charizard. His expression was unusually calm, unafraid. Unafraid of death even. He went down on all fours, grabbed his own left wing and charged. How could he possibly think his wing could beat a scythe? It was cheese going against a knife! No offense to my Charizard…
Crack! Charizard's wing was moving in double jointed positions. I turned around and covered my eyes in disgust. I heard a loud clash and two objects landing back on the ground. I feared the end of my Charizard…
I let go of my eyes and turned around, seeing that both Charizard still seemed intact.
" So…" Evil Charizard groaned in his booming dragon voice, " You're a strong one. However…" An opening appeared in his stomach. It spread outward, making him slowly disappear part by part.
Before his head was gone, he mumbled, " the nightmare is only beginning…"
Charizard's eyes snapped open. Some blood splurted out of his neck as he repeated, " the NIGHTMARE?" before blacking out.
A fresh new day has arrived! Off with the old day, off with the past! It's gone, it won't come back! It-
" At the time of the tone, it will be 3 'o clock p.m., January 17, 2047."
BEEEEEEEEEEEP!
Ooooops. Guess I messed up.
January 17, 2047
Now THAT'S better! So maybe the day wasn't over YET, but I had my rest and my energy's back! Now to get prepared for the Cerulean City gym!
I knew water types had weaknesses to electricity and grass, but I knew nothing of those kind of elemental attacks, ALMOST nothing. I looked around the town for a while for something that would help me, but after about half and hour, no help.
That's when a weird though came to my head: It's been a while since I checked my own level! If it was high enough, I wouldn't need any more aids. I took it the level status machine from my, "invisible," pocket and directed it at myself.
I watched some of the hustly in the shopping streets as the level-machine analyzed. The machine beeped, and a number appeared on its monitor screen…
Error? What? A system malfunction? Or was it me? DNA mix-up? What's going on??? AUGH!
The monitor went blank for about a second and then a new number poppued up.
LEVEL EIGHTEEN?!?!?!?! THAT'S IT? THAT'S ALL? THAT'S PATHETIC! THAT'S HORRIBLE! THAT'S…..
" Um, whatever you are, will you please be quiet? This is a LIBRARY."
Bad move. " Sorry," I said to the librarian.
I relieved my anger by attacking a Farfetch'd I spotted outside the library. Its dancing had really annoyed me. It was also to test out the new moves I had learned! TMs 21 and 24, Mega Drain and Thunderbolt. Told ya I'd find some way to beat Cerulean's water types! The TMs cost me quite a bit, but it would be worth it when I get me next badge.
I opened the gym's door as slowly as I could…
" HAH HAH! We've GOT ya!"
My legs nearly collapsed. The floor shook! Suddenly I wasn't on the gym. Mr feet were off the ground, but I didn't want them to be! A scientifically involuntary action.
A clear substance surrounded me, enveloping me in a bubble of some sort. I was trapped!
I shoved and pushed, but the bubble was like rubber, just bouncing if I hit it. It shook so much I had to hold myself up by placing me hands on the, "walls." It wasn't all that comfortable. Why was this happening?
A strange turqouis-haired man approached. I could've sworn it was James from Team Rocket, but this one had messier hair and higher hunched shoulders. He was definitely part of Team Rocket, however. The man took a quick look at me, blinked in surprise and then put his gloved hand on his forhead and sighed.
" Looks like we've got ourselves the Pokémon itself and not the trainer!" he said in a voice that sounded EXACTLY like a toad's, " Cassidy, get over here! You missed the catch again, but I'll need some help getting this one in a Pokéball!"
Cassidy… I've read that name in a book I found before. That's right! One time when I had gotten rid of Team Rocket they left behind some kind of log that showed their association's history all the way from how it started. Cassidy and his partner Butch had the same ranks as Jessie and James. I searched through my memory for their pictures. Like James and Jessie II, Butch and Cassidy had to be followers of their originals as well.
Cassidy arrived at the scene. She had bright blonde hair that was put into two pigtails, yet I found Jessie's fact to be more attractive. At that point I remembered what Butch and Cassidy I looked like. Gese, there weren't too many similarities!
" The mean gym leader and her pupils tried escaping again. Good thing Raticate was ready," Cassidy said in a carefree manner, patting her nearby Raticate on the head. The original Cassidy had only one large ponytail (ponyta + tails= ponytails, that's what I had learned)
" We should do these kind of raids more often! They're really fun!" Butch chuckled, trying his best effort to make it sound evil.
" Hmph," Cassidy mumbled, not being in the best mood, " Evil work is never, 'fun!'"
" Forget it, we need to get this feller into a Pokéball so we can bring it to the boss!" Butch pointed a finger at me triumphly. An image flashed in my mind of the original Butch. After some comparing, I decided that he looked more like James than his own original.
" Luckly, the boss gave me this Hyper Ball to use just in case," Cassidy said, giving the ball in her a hand a short peck with her lips.
" Hey, the boss gave YOU a Hyper Ball and I still get regular Pokéballs? That's no fair!"
" Well, I only got one. I asked the boss to change my paycheck a bit, and because I was his trusted member, he agreed!" Cassidy put her hands on her hips and raised her head high.
Butch down-shifted for a second, but then regained his confidence. "I'm your career-long partner, so you'll give me a share of your rewards, won't you?" His face went soggy-eyed and it really scared me. I never knew Butch and Cassidy could act so much like Jessie and James!
" MAYBE," Cassidy said, twirling the Hyper Ball with her index finger, "right now it's CAPTURE time! Raticate, get set!"
Butch instantly snapped out of his bad mood and headed over to the control panel nearby. " Releasing bubble trap NOW!"
The level was pushed up! I came back down the same way I came up, just backwards. I was free! Of course, Raticate was ready to snipe me away.
Woosh! WHUMP. I swiftly went into the air and flew over the Raticate, who had attempted to paralyze me.
" Er, I guess the Body Slams won't work," Butch said, rolling his eyes, " Maybe we should try using the water Pokémon we stole from the gym leaders!"
" Right," Cassidy said as she picked up a bucket full of Pokéballs, " A Flying cat means we've got ourselves an ultra rare Mew or Mewtwo, we'll need more water power!"
The blonde pigtailed girl chucked the balls in the bucket as if she were tossing out water from it. She then called for all of the Pokémon to come out. There had to be a least a dozen of them.
FWOOSH! Random water Pokémon appearched, including Tentacruel, Blastoise, Seaking, Gyarados, Slowbro, Kingler, Seadra and Lapras. A Vaporeon came out of the pool. I guess it was hiding there, waiting for some battle to do. This Vaporeon was short snouted, so it probably wasn't Jessie of the one from Pokétopia, just another water Pokémon.
" Okay, everyone, soak this Pokémon 'til it's SOGGY!" Cassidy yelled, pointing at me.
A dozen against one? That's not battle, that's…that's…er…
Well, it's not battle, that's for sure! So now I had an excuse to use my Barrier. I was Bubblebeamed, Water Gunned, Hydro Pumped, and other water attacks I had no idea existed. The Kingler's Crabhammer had no effect on my Barrier. I Swifted away the annoying crab and kept on with my defense.
" Lapras, ICE BEAM!"
" Are you sure it's at that high of an experience level?" Butch said.
The Lapras attempted to execute the attack. After floating in the gym pool for a few seconds, question marks appeared around it.
" I told you, Cassidy!" Butch commented, sighing out a cloud from his mouth.
I shoved away the Blastoise and Golduck who were attacking my Barrier. I began building up an electric ball with my hands. Looking forward, I saw Cassidy's rage build up.
" Don't YOU go telling me what's right or wrong!" she yelled, almost knocking Butch over with her breath.
" Gese, sorry!" Butch muttered, " You don't have to act like JESSIE."
Cassidy stopped for a moment, surprised at what she had just done. Playing with her hair, she said, " ANY woman is better than the loud-mouth ugly had!"
" Hmm, I suppose. What about that whining loser, James, is it?" Butch replied.
Cassidy stuck her tongue out in disgust. " He's got to do something with that terrible hair color! Blue, ew! I hate it!" she said, shuttering at the presence of the word, " blue."
" That's not the part that bother's me…"
The conversation I was listening to was getting pointless. The ball in my hands was going to overload soon. It was time to get this problem over with!
Butch tried to finish his sentence but I interupted and asked if he had forgotten someone. He and Cassidy took one glance at what was in my hands and…
" AH! What the heck IS that thing?" Butch yelled with his eyes wide open.
I smiled. " It's just a little…"
ZAP! FOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Electrocution everywhere!!!
" THUNDERBOLT!"
All of the water Pokémon were taken out by the shock. Butch and Cassidy received the worst damage, I don't know how (WATER conducted electricity more).
The gym security and the gym leaders finally managed to break free of whatever trap they were in. Butch and Cassidy were arrested, so I could finally go fight the gym leader for the Cascade Badge. I went over to an orange haird woman and asked her where the gym leader was.
" You're talking to her!" said the girl, " However, if you're looking for a Cascade Badge, you've already earned it! By the way, the name's Shampoo."
Shampoo, what a name.
" I don't have anymore Pokémon to battle with, heh heh," we both stared at the mounting heap of unconscious Pokémon I had thunderbolted. She didn't get any argument from ME!
Charizard caught up with me in the Pokémon Center. I propped myself onto a random bed and fell asleep.
January 18, 2047
SHOPPING!!!
Gotta head for the Pokémart! Hey, what was that huge stadium doing over in the distance? I didn't remember seeing anything there before! Charizard and I went over to investigate. Apparently, some magicians had set up a masic show in the middle of a street. Magicians? I LOVE magicians!
" Where do you think you're going?" Charizard grabbed my tail as I tried to volunteer for one of the magicians tricks, " A KADABRA could do a better job than ANY human!"
" Are there ANY actual Pokémon trainers out there?" the magician yelled out, searching the audience.
" Listen to that, they want Pokémon TRAINERS, not the Pokémon THEMSELVES! You aren't legible to volunteer, so let's get moving on," Charizard argued.
" Not to worry! I've still got a human transformation stored in my brain somewhere."
So with that said, I snapped into my scientist transformation and raised my hand up nice and high. Naturally, the magician's assistant chose me! Charizard gaped as I walked up onto the dome stadium.
The red-haired magician asked me to select my best Pokémon and send it out. Ideas flashed through my brain. Finally, I just pointed to Charizard. To my surprise, Charizard actually went up onto the stage? Had he given up and surrended? I chuckled to myself at that thought.
The blue haired assistant (who had a very shrill voice) led Charizard into a large box. The box itself looked like a huge treasure chest, with a visible flap that looked like a pet door. The magician waved her hands around in a peculiar way and yelled, " Abra, Kadabra, Alakazam!"
A Meowth suddenly jumped out of the pet door! He did a flip in the air and landed next to the magician and took a deep bow. Some of the audience clapped, and a few people even CHEERED! I didn't see why this was so fascinating.
" The huge Charizard has been reduced to a Meowth!" the magician announced.
" Charizaaaaaaard!" the Meowth bellowed, imatating a Charizard the best it could. More of the audience cheered at this, surprised it said, " Charizard," instead of, " Meowth." Humans are SO gullible. It's obvious that this Meowth just had the ability to speak other languages.
The audience slowly faded away as the magician closed the show. They packed up their stuff, and I approached them, asking for, "my Charizard," back.
" I don't know what you're talking about," said the magician as she stuffed the treasure chest into the back seat of their van.
" My Charizard, he's in that chest. He's mine," I said as if I were talking to a 5-year old human They continued to look at me with confusion.
I gave up on the baby talk and stomped my human feet towards the chest, but the assistant shoved me over. She accused me of attempting to steal their supplies. I ignored her and tried to pry open the chest.
LOCKED! There were two different keyholes on the side.
" Are you looking for THIS?" said the magician, dangling the keys to the chest with her fingers playfully. The keys were dangling… right over a sewege manhole! The magician tossed the keys into the air.
Down, down, down the keys fell, slowly into the disgusting manhole. I froze stiff, only able to watch the keys hurl toward the sewege. One split second before it fell into the manhole, the magician caught the keys. That's when I finally realized it! The magic trick really WAS a trick, they'd just taken Charizard for KEEPS!
" Give me back my Charizard!" I shouted.
The magician and her assistant chuckled evily.
" If you want him back you'll have to go through US first!" the assistant smirked, tone changing from a female's voice to a male's (!!!), " Koffing, go!"
" Ekans!" the magician said, send her Pokémon out with the assistant's. I remembered seeing these two from somewhere… who were they?
A loud banging sound from the chest stopped us. Charizard burst out of his confinement and glared at the magician, who almost went into a spasm.
" AHHH!" the assistant yelled, " What'll we do NOW?"
" There's only one thing we CAN do!" the magician said, " Ekans, GO GET 'EM!"
" Koffing, use your Smokescreen!" the magician spat in a gleeful mood.
A large puff of gas cought out of Koffing, and it made everything extremely hard to see. Charizard went over to my side and started flapping his wings sideways. Woosh! The smoke disappeared as fast as it came, and I smiled as the assistant gaped.
ZANG! Ekans popped out of nowhere… on Charizard's antannae! Or knobs or ears or whatever you want to call those things that jut out of the back of Charizard's head. The snake had a firm grip chomping on Charizard.
At that moment I realized that my transformation had run out, and I was back to myself again. I hadn't transformed that much, so I haven't learned to stay in transformation for long periods or completely control switching back to my normal being. This time I took it to my advantage, and I got rid of the rockets with a single Swift attack!
Enough with that stuff, I had to continue on my way to the Pokémart! I bought some Hyper Potions (they were on sale!) and LOTS and LOTS of food goodies! I personally liked Cerulean's seafood the best, so I bought some tuna and fish. Afterwards Charizard and I relaxed at a restaurant. I got a good night's sleep with a full stomach and plenty of a fun-packed day!
January 20, 2047
Battle #2; Masked man; Thunder Badge
" Wartortle, Water Gun!"
Suddenly, I just couldn't the trainer's voice. IT made me think of a really cheesy movie, with cheesy actors and cheesy lines. Did I say he was cheesy?
Too dazed thinking about cheesy-ness, the Wartortle caught me off guard and drowned me a little bit from its Water Gun. Steam pouring from the top of my head, I glared at the Wartortle, who quickly stepped back.
" DON'T," I stomped up to it, " PISS," raised a hand, " ME," made a fist, " OFF!"
WHACK! I knocked the Wartortle out of its shell. They look REALLY funny without those shells, he, he! The masked man (wearing a hood) called back his Pokémon, and sent out…
Yellow skin, red cheeks, black tips on the ears, lightning bolt tail. PIKO! I rushed up to hug my long-lost friend.
BZZAP! Piko electrified me! Why? Why would he do that? I've been looking for him for such a long time, why was he defying me?
I took a good look at the Pikachu. It sure did LOOK like Piko…
" WHY'D YOU TRICK ME, YOU LOUSY PIKACHU?!?!" I yelled in a fury, " Take a Confusion attack!"
As the Pikachu disappeared back into its Pokéball (swirls were over its head), the trainer rewarded (MONEY!) me and said that a tough trainer named A.J. was nearby. He suggested that I had a match with this person. I wasn't in the best mood, but I went to check anyhow. Charizard was strangely interested in coming with me.
After following the masked man's directions, I found myself in front of a circus-like tent. I went inside, expecting to find A.J., but instead I heard… disco music? What was that Hitmonchan doing? Why were there partying Rattatas all over the place? Why was there a Butterfree and a Venomoth gossiping about A.J. leaving?
" Hi!" a nearby Sandshrew called in the Pokémon language, " How y'all doing?"
" Where's A.J.?" I asked.
" Gone, he's gone! Celebrate!" the Sandshrew began jumping for joy and went to join some chatting Rattatas.
Disappointed, I left the little circus and started to head back to the Pokécenter, Charizard trailing behind. Something was disturbing him, as if he was having a deep suspicion for all of this.
Then, in a split second, his expression changed into a frightened look. What-
WHAM! Another Charizard appeared out of nowhere! It had rammed my Charizard pretty hard in the stomach. " My," Charizard did somersaults in mid-air.
I took a quick glance at the Chariard. He was HUGE! Almost twice as large as the Charizard I knew. His fangs were more numerous and his wings were double sided; the back was also that blue-greenish wing skin color.
FLACK! " Evil," Charizard whacked, " Good," Charizard with his tail, scorching his face. Good Charizard attacked with one wing, but the defender caught it! Reacting swiftly, good Charizard blew a Flamethrower. I was confident that the other Charizard had no escape, but he DID! He flew straight up out of the Flamethrower's reach. Where was he going to attack next?
Looking above, I saw the opponent zoom around in circles, gaining speed with every 360 degrees (don't get me wrong, I HATE math!). Good Charizard must've spotted him, too, and he charged after him. With mind reading I found that Good Charizard was going to grab Evil Charizard's neck. Up above the Evil Charizard had a huge blur of thoughts, I couldn't comprehend what he was thinking…
WHAMMMM! Before I knew what had happened good Charizard was hurtling back down to the ground, a few hundred feet fall. I was still a whole battle stadium away! That's a hundred feet, how could I get to him?!? I rocketed myself towards Charizard, kept on falling and falling. He was knocked unconscious! That Evil Charizard's TOUGH!
I didn't have time to admire the enemy! Charizard needed help, his life was in danger! Life slowed down, each second become 10 times longer, at least that's what it looked and felt like…
I flew down, reaching my arms out for Charizard. He was still a couple dozen feet away, would I be able to reach him? A few things worried me. Why was that Charizard attacking my Charizard? In my brain I had millions of answers to that question. I tried concentrating on getting Charizard to safety… concentrate, CONCENTRATE!
No use! A voice in my head continued to say, " Let him keep his pride, Charizard pride. Let him keep his pride, Charizard pride. Let him keep his pride…" It got to the point where my vision just went BLACK. I couldn't see anything for several moments. Blinded!
White spots appeared. Color erupted from some of them. My vision came back like a puzzle being assembled piece by piece. When I was able to make out what I was seeing, I discovered that I was in Pokétopia… Why?
Lost and confused, I walked forward and past a few trees. I followed a few mumbles that I heard to the left. Pokétopia… it looked so different. Some of the trees were smaller, there were more bushes, and nobody else was around. Did something bad happen while I was gone? And how did I suddenly GET here?
The mumbled, I soon recognized, was Mewtwo's. I caught sight of him… with Charizard! Mewtwo had a Vulpix in his hand at the scruff of the neck. He helf the fox in front of Charizard.
" You'll be the one to take care of this Vulpix I found, " Mewtwo announced, " He'll be our first resident of our newly founded Pokétopia!" Charizard accepted the Vulpix and fondled with it for a while. " Newly," founded?
Maybe it was from the past instead of the present. At least that would explain all the differences in the area.
My eyesight flashed again and I was suddenly in another area, where Charizard and Vulpix were having a good time laughing. It was so cute! My smiling stopped when I heard that voice in my head again, " Charizard pride, this is Charizard pride!"
" A Charizard stakes his pride the moment it has evolved from a Charmeleon," the voice rambled, " Every Pokémon had their own pride, but Charizards have the highest level of it among all the others."
" Charizard pride my BUTT," I said to the voice, " Get me back to my Charizard!"
" As you wish."
FLASH! I was rocketing towards a falling Charizard again. I shouted for him to wake up… and he DID! But he was only a few feet from smashing into the ground! Charizard opened up his wings, and at the very last moment (2 inches from the groun!) gained altitude once more. He zoomed off without saying a single word to me.
I dragged myself as quickly as possible to catch up with Charizard. In an instant we found Evil Charizard, and Good Charizard charged. I would've stopped him, but that pride thing before kept me back. The only thing I could do was watch them battle…
Evil Charizard didn't see anyone come up to him. Good Charizard's clawed hand was suddenly on the fire Pokémon's face… SLASH! Blood gushed out of the three gashes on Evil Charizard's muzzle. Thick, red liquid dripped down his face and fell down, down, down hundreds of feet, waiting to hit something or someONE. But… I shouldn't be describing that sort of thing.
Evil Charizard dropped altitude and we followed. He was clenching his muzzle in deep pain, cringing and moaning. It was as if he'd never felt suffering before and the shock of it was tremendous. I was afraid I was right about that…
Eventually, the evil Charizard landed on top of a thick green tree (leaves were coming back already?) to tend his injury. Good Charizard asked if he had enough. Maybe my friend just wanted some payback in pride…
" You speak that nasty human tongue," Evil Charizard growled in a muffled Pokémon voice (his hand was still on his muzzle), " I though I finished you off!"
' Think again,' I thought to myself, of course nobody else heard.
" Nasty? I find it a gift, this human language. It's much more complex than most ofhter Pokémon languages. Give it up."
Evil Charizard just looked up to glare at his target. " I underestimated you…"
In less than a second, fire shot out of Evil Charizard's mouth! He let go of his muzzle to reveal the three black strip marks, the scar from the attack that was from a worthy opponent. Ooo, this is so much fun to say!
Anyhow… the flame hit Charizard straight on (I'm tired of saying Good Charizard)! He was hurt, but it was certainly no big deal. Evil Charizard groaned when he saw that he STILL hadn't won, so he continously attacked his fire-breathing and physical combat. Charizard was able to defend against most of them, but he couldn't land any hits himself.
Occasionally Charizard burned a few inches of skin on Evil Charizard, but it was nothing compared to the beating he got back. Did he have any chances of winning? The other Charizard was too large and too strong for him. A ball of fire caused Charizard to completely lose balance and surrender to the ground, struggling to get into the air again.
Evil Charizard quickly followed, strutting up to his victim. With his hand he yanked up Charizard's horns (that's what I'll call them…), and a disgusting cracking sound contaminated my ears. Ugh! Charizard grimaced at the pain of it, including the pain from all the beating.
" In the end you were just another Charizard," Evil Charizard grumbled hatefully. He threw Charizard several yards away and prepared another attack. One more hit and Charizard would be finished!
I was about to attack the Evil Charizard when something stopped me… that voice! " Don't you dare interrupt, it'll hurt his pride."
" What the heck is this pride thing anyhow?" I said back. Evil Charizard was still charging up, making sure to make the last hit a good one. Charizard could barely get on his feet.
" A code of honor, of course! All those times Charizard fought Vaporeon, it was because she had stolen part of his pride, the Vulpix. Wouldn't YOU be peeved if someone stole away something precious to you?"
" Like if someone stole my friend Charizard?" I said, lowering one eye in suspicion.
" Friend? That word would not be appropriate."
What…?
" Not for THIS case, at least."
That did it, the stupid voice was getting on my nerves. How did it know so much about us anyhow? " Show yourself!" I shouted, creating a small psychic ball.
I heard an object being fired… Evil Charizard had sent out a huge fireball! This was the end…
Charizard suddenly managed to stand up, ready for the impact. He raised an arm in the direction of the approaching ball of flames. And then… the fireball disintegrated! It was gone right before it would've hit Charizard's claws. A shield appeared in front of him, glowing bright red. He'd just created a psychic barrier!
Evil Charizard gawked. He pointed his tail fire at Charizard and called out, " Flame Torpedo!" Sharp, burning triangle-like objects shot out of the fire! Charizard's psychic barrier protected him once again. Irritated, Evil Charizard used an attack called Blade Wing, and shot blades from his wings. What was up with these weird attacks?
The blades easily bounced off the barrier.
" I've got one more special attack that even a psychic barrier can't defend against," Evil Charizard growled, taking his left arm back and grabbing his wing. " BLADE WING DEATH STRIKE!"
Evil Charizard's left wing transformed into a deadly scythe! He gave a smirk and then charged…
The world seemed to switch to slow motion. I turned to face Charizard. His expression was unusually calm, unafraid. Unafraid of death even. He went down on all fours, grabbed his own left wing and charged. How could he possibly think his wing could beat a scythe? It was cheese going against a knife! No offense to my Charizard…
Crack! Charizard's wing was moving in double jointed positions. I turned around and covered my eyes in disgust. I heard a loud clash and two objects landing back on the ground. I feared the end of my Charizard…
I let go of my eyes and turned around, seeing that both Charizard still seemed intact.
" So…" Evil Charizard groaned in his booming dragon voice, " You're a strong one. However…" An opening appeared in his stomach. It spread outward, making him slowly disappear part by part.
Before his head was gone, he mumbled, " the nightmare is only beginning…"
Charizard's eyes snapped open. Some blood splurted out of his neck as he repeated, " the NIGHTMARE?" before blacking out.