Silver's Status
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Pokemon:4 (Cyndaquil, Butterfree, Bellsprout, Egg)

Chapter 15: Travel to the Hoppip Field

Silver continued his journey down Route 32, knowing of the good he did for the friendly fisherman he
had encountered. Silver was looking forward to arriving in Azalea Town. Silver came across a large,
open field. Several pink Pokemon were scattered among it. They all had two green leaves on their
heads. Silver checked the Pokedex and found out that these Pokemon were Hoppip, and that they were
Grass Pokemon.

"That is so cool!", Silver said to himself. He turned around and saw that Crystal had caught up to him.

"Silver, i'm going to go on ahead to Azalea Town", she said, "are you coming?'

"I'll catch up", Silver said. Crystal shrugged and went on her way. Silver walked in the direction of the
field.

"There are so many Hoppip here", he said, "I should capture one".

"Don't be so sure of that", a friendly voice said told him. Silver turned around and saw a man behind
him. He was dressed like a farmer.

"Those Hoppip belong to me!", he said. One of the Hoppip floated toward the farmer.

"Hoppip!", it said joyously. Silver was astonished.

"You mean all of these Hoppip belong to you?", Silver asked.

"Yep!", the farmer said, "all mine". Silver couldn't believe his eyes. There were about a hundred or so
Hoppip floating about in the field.

"My name is George", said the farmer, "and I herd Pokemon".

"That's amazing!", Silver said. He was completely amazed. These Hoppip were Healthier than the
Healthiest Hoppip. George obviously had done a superb job with the Hoppip.

"My family has been Pokemon Herders for generations", George said, "My father was known for herding
Tauros, my grandfather herded Miltank, and so on".

"That is so cool!", Silver said. He still couldn't believe all the Hoppip that roamed the grassy fields.
George took Silver back to his cabin for a snack. As Silver munched on an apple, George told Silver
all about Pokemon herding and how difficult, yet rewarding it was.

"All the Hoppip are accustomed to me and are my best friends", George said, "I simply couldn't let
anyone take all of them from me".

"What happens to all of those Hoppip?", Silver asked George.

"As they get strong enough, I release them", George said. He sounded more like a trainer than a herder,
but he was a herder.

"Maybe you can help me with the Hoppip", George said. Silver's eyes lit up.

"I would love too, and my Pokemon can help out too!", Silver said. He pulled out his Pokeballs, "Come
on out, everybody!". Cyndaquil, Butterfree and Bellsprout came out of their Pokeballs.

"This is great, I could use all the help I can get", said George happily. Meanwhile, two shady figures
watched Silver and George exit the cabin. They were Mitch and Julie, the two Team Rocket members
that tried to steal Silver's egg at the Violet City Pokemon center, and now they were back for more.

"That kid still has that egg", Julie said sternly, "We just have to steal it".

"I wonder what it could be", Mitch said.

"I wonder too, but we won't know until we steal it and it hatches", Julie told him. She and her partner
laughed

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"Cynda!", Cyndaquil cried playfully. It had it's eyes closed as Bellsprout and 5 or 6 of the Hoppip went to
find someplace to hide.

"How will this make Hoppip stronger?", Silver asked George.

"Playtime is good exercise for Hoppip", he explained, "and hide and seek is their favorite game".
Silver looked in Butterfree's direction and saw it dancing with the other Hoppip. It turned out that there
were actually forty Hoppip in all, rather than a hundred. Suddenly, smokebombs fell from the sky. Silver,
George and the Pokemon started to cough. Silver looked up and saw a hot air balloon with a giant R on
it.

"Who are you", Silver yelled. It was Mitch and Julie. they laughed sinisterly.

"We're the masters of all that's wrong", Mitch said.
"Hear us sing our villanous song", Julie said.
"Stealing Pokemon every day and night", Mitch said.
"Going against what is right!", Julie said.
"Mitch", said Mitch.
"Julie", said Juliel.
"We're Team Rocket, faster than light", said Mitch.
"Give us your Pokemon or get ready to fight!", said Julie.

"What do you want?", Silver yelled.

"You know what we're here for, and that's the egg", Mitch yelled. Silver held on tightly to his egg. Julie
pressed a button on a remote and a crane popped out of the basket of the balloon and took the egg.

"Hey!", Silver yelled. Mitch and Julie just laughed in unison.

"We finally have your egg and there's nothing you can do about it!", they both yelled. Silver looked defeated,
but all was not lost. All of a sudden, the Hoppip all came together and started travelling high speed at the
balloon.

"Huh?", Mitch said, "You think you can beat us!".

"What are they doing?", Silevr asked.

"They're helping a friend in need", George said. The hoppip tackled the crane and broke it, so the egg
fell. Silver caught it.

"No way!", Julie shouted, "You can't beat us!". The Hoppip rammed the balloon and made a hole in
it.

"Well, maybe they can", said Mitch.

"WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON!", Julie screamed. The air left the balloon, sending Team Rocket far away.

'Look's like Team Rocket's blasting off againnnnnnnn!", they screamed. Silver thanked George and the
Hoppip for all their help, returned his Pokemon to their Pokeballs and was about to be on his way when
George stopped him. He put a Hoppip into a Pokeball and handed it to Silver.

"This is for you", George said, "For helping me with the Hoppip". Silver's eyes lit up again.

"Thank you, thank you so much!", Silver cried, taking the Pokeball from George. He now had a new
friend. Silver thanked George once more and then headed toward Azalea Town once more. He looked
at the Pokeball in his hand. He knew Hoppip would prove to be a great Pokemon.