Chapter 7: Make a Good Catch
Before leaving New Bark Town, Silver said goodbye to his mom, and headed off to Violet City.
It seemed that all the Pokemon in the world were afraid of him now, because he had not run
into anything on Route 29. When he arrived in Cherrygrove City, he went to the Pokemon
Center.
"It's no fair", Silver said to himself, "why can't I find any neat pokemon?". Nearby, there
was a group of trainers. They seemed to be bragging about the number of Pokemon that they
had each caught.
"I caught 10 Pokemon already", one trainer said.
"Well, I caught 15, so haha", said another.
"Both of you are beat", said another trainer, "I caught 30!".
"Hey kid!, how many did you catch?", trainer #1 yelled out to Silver.
Silver sighed, "one", he said. The two other trainers started laughing, but trainer #1
didn't.
"Stop that you two!", he shouted, "After all, he's probably a beginner, and both of you
already have Mineral Badges. Why, you should have at least both 50 Pokemon by now". The
other trainers looked embarassed. They ran out of the Pokemon Center, crying.
"Thanks", Silver said.
"No problem", said the trainer. He then recognized Silver's face.
"You're Silver!", the trainer said.
"How'd you know?", Silver asked.
"My little sister, Crystal, told me all about you", he said, "My name is Dude".
"Hi Dude", Silver said.
"I can see you're having trouble with catching Pokemon, maybe I can help!", Dude said.
"Thank you", Silver said. Dude took Silver to Route 30, where a wild Rattata was waiting
for them. Dude pulled out a Pokeball and threw it. A Ledyba came out.
"Ledyba, Ledyba!", was it's cry.
"The best way to catch a Pokemon is to weaken it first, then you throw an empty pokeball",
Dude said, "Ok Ledyba, use Comet Punch!".
"Ledybaaaaa!", Ledyba cried as it used it's many arms to punch the Rattata.
"Rattataaaaaa...", it said. It looked weak. Dude pulled out an empty pokeball and threw
it. In a flash of light, Rattata disappeared into the pokeball. The pokeball wobbled back
and forth for a while. Then there was a ding sound. The Rattata was caught.
"That's all there is to catching Pokemon", said dude, "Look, there's a wild Caterpie, now,
remember what I taught you". Silver pulled out his pokeball and got an empty one ready.
"Go, Cyndaquil!", Silver yelled, throwing the pokeball. Cyndaquil came out.
"Cynda!", it yelled.
"Use Tackle!", Silver commanded. Cyndaquil rushed at Caterpie and made contact. Caterpie
looked weak.
"Now's my chance", Silver thought, "My first capture". Silver threw the empty pokeball.
It hit Caterpie...
(To be continued...)
Before leaving New Bark Town, Silver said goodbye to his mom, and headed off to Violet City.
It seemed that all the Pokemon in the world were afraid of him now, because he had not run
into anything on Route 29. When he arrived in Cherrygrove City, he went to the Pokemon
Center.
"It's no fair", Silver said to himself, "why can't I find any neat pokemon?". Nearby, there
was a group of trainers. They seemed to be bragging about the number of Pokemon that they
had each caught.
"I caught 10 Pokemon already", one trainer said.
"Well, I caught 15, so haha", said another.
"Both of you are beat", said another trainer, "I caught 30!".
"Hey kid!, how many did you catch?", trainer #1 yelled out to Silver.
Silver sighed, "one", he said. The two other trainers started laughing, but trainer #1
didn't.
"Stop that you two!", he shouted, "After all, he's probably a beginner, and both of you
already have Mineral Badges. Why, you should have at least both 50 Pokemon by now". The
other trainers looked embarassed. They ran out of the Pokemon Center, crying.
"Thanks", Silver said.
"No problem", said the trainer. He then recognized Silver's face.
"You're Silver!", the trainer said.
"How'd you know?", Silver asked.
"My little sister, Crystal, told me all about you", he said, "My name is Dude".
"Hi Dude", Silver said.
"I can see you're having trouble with catching Pokemon, maybe I can help!", Dude said.
"Thank you", Silver said. Dude took Silver to Route 30, where a wild Rattata was waiting
for them. Dude pulled out a Pokeball and threw it. A Ledyba came out.
"Ledyba, Ledyba!", was it's cry.
"The best way to catch a Pokemon is to weaken it first, then you throw an empty pokeball",
Dude said, "Ok Ledyba, use Comet Punch!".
"Ledybaaaaa!", Ledyba cried as it used it's many arms to punch the Rattata.
"Rattataaaaaa...", it said. It looked weak. Dude pulled out an empty pokeball and threw
it. In a flash of light, Rattata disappeared into the pokeball. The pokeball wobbled back
and forth for a while. Then there was a ding sound. The Rattata was caught.
"That's all there is to catching Pokemon", said dude, "Look, there's a wild Caterpie, now,
remember what I taught you". Silver pulled out his pokeball and got an empty one ready.
"Go, Cyndaquil!", Silver yelled, throwing the pokeball. Cyndaquil came out.
"Cynda!", it yelled.
"Use Tackle!", Silver commanded. Cyndaquil rushed at Caterpie and made contact. Caterpie
looked weak.
"Now's my chance", Silver thought, "My first capture". Silver threw the empty pokeball.
It hit Caterpie...
(To be continued...)