Story 3 - An Encounter. (4-28-02)
Zephyreon set its paws gently down on the soft soil of Viridian Forest's floor and ceased the beating of its massive wings. Rather than waiting for it to bend down, Celeste slid the distance from its back to the ground, Eon following suit. She gave Zephyreon one final thankyou pat on the head, then got out her Pokeball and called it back. Rather than putting it back in her backpack however, she clipped it to her belt, along with another pokeball she pulled out.
"There we go, Eon. Now we're all ready to train! What should we do first? I know, why don't you run over there in the bushes and see if anything's nesting? Drive it out and we'll battle!" Celeste exclaimed as she hopped up and down, Eon doing the same before giving a little squeal as it ran into the brush off to the side of the road. Before long, Eon came tearing out of the bushes yipping close at the tail of a Caterpie. When they both made it into the clearing and instinctively faced each other, Celeste cheered and began the battle.
"All right, Eon! Good work! Now, let's start off our extermination with a tackle attack!" She called, coming up and staning close behind Eon.
Eon bared its teeth and began the charge at Caterpie. Caterpie easily sidestepped the attack, sending Eon charging into a tree. Celeste cringed as Eon peeled itself away from the tree, stumbling slightly as it got back into the ring of battle. As soon as it regained its footing and sense, Caterpie shot a string shot attack at it, immobilizing it. Celeste stared in disbelief at the trussed Pokemon, but had one last hope.
"Eon, try blowing a sand attack! Then chew through the webbing and get back on your feet!" She called, slightly less enthusiastically than the first time.
Unfortunately, before Eon had a chance to take a breath to blow dust at it, the Caterpie tackled it and took Eon out, then retreated back into the forest. Celeste ran to Eon's side and began peeling off the string shot with one hand and getting a potion out of her backpack with the other. She managed to get Eon back on its feet and restored everything except its pride.
"Well, I guess this training business is a little harder than we thought. I always here stories about beginner trainers tearing through Viridian forest and wiping the floor with Brock, but of course everything has to be hard for us..." Celeste mused sadly, stroking the fur on Eevee's head. It mewed sadly as it laid its tiny body on the ground.
"I guess we'll just have to train extra-hard before going to see Brock! Well, let's try out someone else and see how they do. This time though, we'll wander together until we get attacked by something, how does that sound?"
Eon nodded its head in agreement, then jumped into Celeste's arms. Celeste stood up and walked off the beaten path in search of a battle opponent. Before long, she startled a Pidgey.
"Excellent! Ok, we'll try someone new, just like I promised! Alpestreon, go!"
Celeste threw her pokeball, and the red beam formed yet another labratory Pokemon. Alpestreon stood about 4 feet tall from the ground to the tip of its ears, but was much less awe-inspiring than Zephyreon had been. Its fur coat was composed of long green grass, very soft to touch. It's large, bushy tail was made of a golden-brown hay, with the tip covered with lily petals that overlapped each other like scales. The mane around it's neck was made of white lily petals as well. It had cuffs of brown thorns around its feet and spiraling up its legs, and the same thorns wrapped around its long pointed ears and the top of its head. Clustered around the base of its head were clumps of fragrant Victoria White Forget-Me-Nots. Around its neck on a silver chain was a poison seed, and its face bore the same round black eyes and tiny nose and mouth that all the Eeveeloutions had in common. It's head came up to Celeste's waist.
When it materialized, Celeste became excited, not seeing any way it could lose. She got her pokedex out of her back pocket as Alpestreon positioned itself facing the Pidgey about four feet in front of it.
"Here we go, Alpestreon! Teach it who's boss with a vine whip!"
The vines around Alpestreon's legs unwound themselves from its legs and feet and lashed at the Pidgey. The Pidgey, looking very scratched but very much agitated, countered with a gust attack. Alpestreon had to brace itself against the high winds and subjected itself to cuts of its own from debris that was flying around due to the wind.
"We're still in the game! Wrap it and squeeze!"
Alpestreon did exactly as it was told, moving quickly up to the Pidgey's side and wrapping its thorny vines around the small bird. Pidgey struggled valiantly against the wrath of the vines, but to no avail. Just as Alpestreon was about to relinquish its grip, thinking that Pidgey had passed out, the bird struggled frantically with its feet, kicking up a sand attack. This distracted Alpestreon enough that the Pidgey wriggled free of the vines and flew away, very badly battered. Alpestreon began running after it, but the bird flew up into the treetops, far from its reach.
Celeste stood and watched the bird fly away in disbelief. That was two battles her pokemon had failed to win. It looked as if it would be a hard road ahead. But she decided a few words of encouragement would be better for her poor Pokemon.
"Good job Alpestreon! You'da beaten it if it hadn't flown away! A draw is better than a loss, right?" She consoled the poor Pokemon as she applied potion to its wounds. Its head came about waistlevel to her, and it licked her hand with a sad look in her eyes.
"I'll tell you what, we'll just find another pokemon to beat, ok?" Celeste said as she put the cap back on her potion. She didn't have that much with her, she had suspected her special lab-bred pokemon would fare much better than they actually were. She'd have to stop soon at a Pokecenter rather than waste her precious, expensive supplies. As she was preparing to go back into the brush, a Butterfree fluttered across the clearing. Excitedly, Alpestreon stood below it and growled.
"All right, another battle! Alpestreon, I choose you!"
The Butterfree decended down to the level of Alpestreon, but before Celeste could even call out an attack, the Butterfree launched into a tackle attack. While Alpestreon was trying to regain its bearings, the Butterfree sprinkled stun spore on it, then flew off untouched into the forest.
"Alpestreon! Are you OK?" Celeste cried as she ran over. The pokemon seemed to be in a great deal of pain, judging by the look in its eyes. Celeste didn't have any paralyz heal since she hadn't anticipated running into any stun spore in Viridian Forest, so rather than fixing it in the field, she sucked Alpestreon back into its pokeball, scooped up Eon in her arms, and ran through the forest to Viridian City's Pokemon Center.
"Boy, we aren't starting off very well, Eon." She managed in between gasps of breaths. "At this rate we'll be eaten alive in this forest before any of you gain a level!"
Zephyreon set its paws gently down on the soft soil of Viridian Forest's floor and ceased the beating of its massive wings. Rather than waiting for it to bend down, Celeste slid the distance from its back to the ground, Eon following suit. She gave Zephyreon one final thankyou pat on the head, then got out her Pokeball and called it back. Rather than putting it back in her backpack however, she clipped it to her belt, along with another pokeball she pulled out.
"There we go, Eon. Now we're all ready to train! What should we do first? I know, why don't you run over there in the bushes and see if anything's nesting? Drive it out and we'll battle!" Celeste exclaimed as she hopped up and down, Eon doing the same before giving a little squeal as it ran into the brush off to the side of the road. Before long, Eon came tearing out of the bushes yipping close at the tail of a Caterpie. When they both made it into the clearing and instinctively faced each other, Celeste cheered and began the battle.
"All right, Eon! Good work! Now, let's start off our extermination with a tackle attack!" She called, coming up and staning close behind Eon.
Eon bared its teeth and began the charge at Caterpie. Caterpie easily sidestepped the attack, sending Eon charging into a tree. Celeste cringed as Eon peeled itself away from the tree, stumbling slightly as it got back into the ring of battle. As soon as it regained its footing and sense, Caterpie shot a string shot attack at it, immobilizing it. Celeste stared in disbelief at the trussed Pokemon, but had one last hope.
"Eon, try blowing a sand attack! Then chew through the webbing and get back on your feet!" She called, slightly less enthusiastically than the first time.
Unfortunately, before Eon had a chance to take a breath to blow dust at it, the Caterpie tackled it and took Eon out, then retreated back into the forest. Celeste ran to Eon's side and began peeling off the string shot with one hand and getting a potion out of her backpack with the other. She managed to get Eon back on its feet and restored everything except its pride.
"Well, I guess this training business is a little harder than we thought. I always here stories about beginner trainers tearing through Viridian forest and wiping the floor with Brock, but of course everything has to be hard for us..." Celeste mused sadly, stroking the fur on Eevee's head. It mewed sadly as it laid its tiny body on the ground.
"I guess we'll just have to train extra-hard before going to see Brock! Well, let's try out someone else and see how they do. This time though, we'll wander together until we get attacked by something, how does that sound?"
Eon nodded its head in agreement, then jumped into Celeste's arms. Celeste stood up and walked off the beaten path in search of a battle opponent. Before long, she startled a Pidgey.
"Excellent! Ok, we'll try someone new, just like I promised! Alpestreon, go!"
Celeste threw her pokeball, and the red beam formed yet another labratory Pokemon. Alpestreon stood about 4 feet tall from the ground to the tip of its ears, but was much less awe-inspiring than Zephyreon had been. Its fur coat was composed of long green grass, very soft to touch. It's large, bushy tail was made of a golden-brown hay, with the tip covered with lily petals that overlapped each other like scales. The mane around it's neck was made of white lily petals as well. It had cuffs of brown thorns around its feet and spiraling up its legs, and the same thorns wrapped around its long pointed ears and the top of its head. Clustered around the base of its head were clumps of fragrant Victoria White Forget-Me-Nots. Around its neck on a silver chain was a poison seed, and its face bore the same round black eyes and tiny nose and mouth that all the Eeveeloutions had in common. It's head came up to Celeste's waist.
When it materialized, Celeste became excited, not seeing any way it could lose. She got her pokedex out of her back pocket as Alpestreon positioned itself facing the Pidgey about four feet in front of it.
"Here we go, Alpestreon! Teach it who's boss with a vine whip!"
The vines around Alpestreon's legs unwound themselves from its legs and feet and lashed at the Pidgey. The Pidgey, looking very scratched but very much agitated, countered with a gust attack. Alpestreon had to brace itself against the high winds and subjected itself to cuts of its own from debris that was flying around due to the wind.
"We're still in the game! Wrap it and squeeze!"
Alpestreon did exactly as it was told, moving quickly up to the Pidgey's side and wrapping its thorny vines around the small bird. Pidgey struggled valiantly against the wrath of the vines, but to no avail. Just as Alpestreon was about to relinquish its grip, thinking that Pidgey had passed out, the bird struggled frantically with its feet, kicking up a sand attack. This distracted Alpestreon enough that the Pidgey wriggled free of the vines and flew away, very badly battered. Alpestreon began running after it, but the bird flew up into the treetops, far from its reach.
Celeste stood and watched the bird fly away in disbelief. That was two battles her pokemon had failed to win. It looked as if it would be a hard road ahead. But she decided a few words of encouragement would be better for her poor Pokemon.
"Good job Alpestreon! You'da beaten it if it hadn't flown away! A draw is better than a loss, right?" She consoled the poor Pokemon as she applied potion to its wounds. Its head came about waistlevel to her, and it licked her hand with a sad look in her eyes.
"I'll tell you what, we'll just find another pokemon to beat, ok?" Celeste said as she put the cap back on her potion. She didn't have that much with her, she had suspected her special lab-bred pokemon would fare much better than they actually were. She'd have to stop soon at a Pokecenter rather than waste her precious, expensive supplies. As she was preparing to go back into the brush, a Butterfree fluttered across the clearing. Excitedly, Alpestreon stood below it and growled.
"All right, another battle! Alpestreon, I choose you!"
The Butterfree decended down to the level of Alpestreon, but before Celeste could even call out an attack, the Butterfree launched into a tackle attack. While Alpestreon was trying to regain its bearings, the Butterfree sprinkled stun spore on it, then flew off untouched into the forest.
"Alpestreon! Are you OK?" Celeste cried as she ran over. The pokemon seemed to be in a great deal of pain, judging by the look in its eyes. Celeste didn't have any paralyz heal since she hadn't anticipated running into any stun spore in Viridian Forest, so rather than fixing it in the field, she sucked Alpestreon back into its pokeball, scooped up Eon in her arms, and ran through the forest to Viridian City's Pokemon Center.
"Boy, we aren't starting off very well, Eon." She managed in between gasps of breaths. "At this rate we'll be eaten alive in this forest before any of you gain a level!"