As I was walking along the path to the next town, a wild Vulpix ran onto the path and blocked my way.
I looked at the Vulpix and said to no one in particular, "Vulpix is a fire-type."
I knew that having a fire-type Pokemon on my team might give me an edge in battle.
So I said "Go Pidgey, and use your tackle attack."
Pidgey tackled the Vulpix and then it learned gust.
Then I said, "Pidgey, use your gust attack."
Pidgey gusted the fox and it collapsed, so I threw my poke ball and caught Vulpix. I then decided to raise my Pokemon some so that I would have better chances of winning against the Violet City Gym leader. I raised all my Pokemon to level twelve before I continued my walk to Violet City. I could see the town on the horizon when a Pokemon trainer named Kelly saw me, walked over, and challenged me to a Pokemon battle. Kelly sent out Totodile, so I sent out Mareep because I knew that electric-types had an advantage over water-types. Mareep came out of its poke ball and so did Kelly's Totodile, and the battle got underway. Little did I know that I was being watched by Lance, the Dragon Master, himself.
Kelly said, "Totodess, use your water gun attack."
Then I said, "Mareep, use your thunder shock attack."
Mareep shocked Totodile, and victory was mine because Kelly only had one Pokemon, at the time.
After the battle, Kelly said, "I forgot to catch more Pokemon to add to my team."
Then she said and asked, "Wow, you're pretty tough. Can I have your phone number?"
I gave her my phone number and she said, "I'll call you sometime for a rematch."
We waved goodbye to each other and she went one way to catch more Pokemon and I headed into town. The first thing I did in this town was to heal my Pokemon before I went up against the Violet City Gym leader. I went to the gym, and I still had no idea that Lance was watching me, for he was in a place near the battlefield where I would battle the gym leader. When I walked into the gym, Lance ducked out of sight and went to a place where he could see me, but I couldn't see him. I was a little nervous as I looked for the gym leader because I had been told by my parents' years ago before they both died that gym leaders are tougher than your average Pokemon trainer. Back then, I didn't know whether I wanted to be a Pokemon trainer or not. It was after my parent's deaths that I made my decision to become a trainer. So when I made my decision to start my Pokemon journey it was at the age of fifteen and I got my trainer's license at the same time. Well when I found the leader it turned out, was no other than my childhood friend, Falkner. Falkner and I both had two things that we both shared was that are parents were both dead and that we were both orphans.
Falkner looked up, saw me, jumped up, fell over, got up again, slipped on a banana peel, fell back on the floor, and then he got up and this time he didn't do an unexpected comedy act.
The first thing I said was "Falkner you really need to look before you leap or you may end up hurting yourself."
Lance saw the comedy in Falkner's actions and he asked himself "Good god, what has gotten into that gym leader?"
Then Falkner turned and said to me "Well Rosella, long time no see. It's been a long time since I last saw you."
"Falkner, I came here to challenge the leader and since you're the gym leader I would like to challenge you to a battle." I said.
"Very well." Falkner said.
Then he said "Let's get this match on the road."
We both went to the field where we would battle.
Falkner then said, "Rosella, we will have a two on two Pokemon battle."
Next he said "Let's get started, I'll start with Pidgey, go."
I said, "Okay, go Sentret."
Our Pokemon came out of their poke balls and faced each other, then the announcer came on the loud speaker and said "Falkner, the Violet City Gym leader faces Rosella, the challenger from New Bark Town. At stake is the Zephyr badge! Let the battle begin!"
Falkner said, "Pidgey, use your gust attack." Then I said "Sibyl use your quick attack."
Sentret's quick attack knocked Pidgey out with one hit, and Lance and Falkner both thought to themselves, "Wow, she's better than I thought.
Then Falkner said in a fairly disappointed tone of voice, "Pidgey, return."
After he recalled his Pokemon he yelled to Rosella, "Not bad, but let's see how your Sentret pairs up against Pidgeotto, go!"
Pidgeotto emerged from its poke ball and the two Pokemon faced each other and the announcer said, "Begin."
Falkner said, "Pidgeotto, mud slap attack."
Mud Slap hit Sentret and knocked it out. I recalled Sentret and then said, "Go Mareep!"
Mareep emerged from its poke ball and faced Pidgeotto.
"Pidgeotto, use your tackle, attack." Falkner called.
Then I said, "Mareep, use your thunder shock attack!"
Mareep thunder shocked Pidgeotto, and it fainted and I had won the match.
Falkner said, "Amazing, you're way better than the two trainers I battled before you. These two trainers tried to defeat my birds with poorly trained fire and water-type Pokemon, but you're way better than those two! So I present you with the Official Pokemon League Zephyr badge."
After he handed me the badge, he walked me out of the gym. While Lance looked on from the terrace as Falkner waved goodbye to his childhood friend, and Lance realized that Rosella was a special friend to the gym leader, and he wished he had a friend like Rosella. As Rosella became a small speck on the horizon, Lance could tell that Falkner already missed her.