Chapter I- Cinnabar Island
Ah, lovely, fiery Cinnabar Island, home to some of the greatest fire Pokemon.
This is where me and my best friend, Erika, live. We are both 15 years old and currently
work at Blaines' gym. We both love Pokemon, but neither of us were brave enough to
run off on a never-ending journey without the other, so we decided never to go anywhere
else but Pokemon Mansion to check out what was hiding in there. There were tons of
Ponyta, Growlithe, Vulpix, and a few Magmars, but no starting Pokemon that we could
capture with one pokeball and say, "it was my first Pokemon."
One day, we were cleaning up the fire marks on the outside battle field when
Blaine approached us.
He said, "Girls listen to me. I know that you both love Pokemon, and I know you will
take care of them so, I want you to have these, and go start your own Pokemon journey,
together."
He handed us each a pokeball, and we questioned what was in them.
"A Ponyta?"
"A Growlithe?"
"A Magmar?"
The two of us went back and forth looking at each other.
Then he continued, "I don't want you girls to let them out until you need them, I want to
surprise you. And here, you'll need these too."
He handed use each five other empty pokeballs to capture more Pokemon in.
"Thank you Blaine. I don't know how we can repay you." Erika and I said.
"You girls have worked here for a long time, and done a marvelous job...you deserve it."
Blaine said and handed Erika a map.
"This map will guide you, I marked all of the cities, and I suggest you try Pewter city first.
My Charizard will fly you to Viridian Forest where you can catch some wild Pokemon to
battle Brock with."
"What about our parents...Did they say this was O.K.?" Erika questioned.
"Don't worry, I made sure that they understood. They said they were proud of you and to
enjoy yourselves." He steeped back and hurled a pokeball, then yelled, "Charizard!"
The pokeball hit the ground and the massive Charizard emerged, stood there for a
moment, then lowered it's back so we could climb on.
"Charizard, fly Marcy and Erika to Viridian Forest, let them off, then fly back here. I wish
you the best of luck girls, with your journey, and your Pokemon. Who knows, you may be
battling me some day. Good-Bye!"
Blaine waved good-bye to us as the Charizard flapped it's huge greenish blue wings and
took off.
I could tell it was going to take us a while to get to Pewter city when I couldn't see
where the water met the land anymore. We flew over a huge ocean, and I asked Charizard
to stop and let us look around.
"Char, izaard, char" He said *alright, but only for a little while* He flew down to a little
peninsula that jutted out into the sea.
"According to this map, the town ahead of us is Pallet, and the route we're on now is
#21." Erika said folding back up the map.
"I've got an idea! How about we fish for a while?" I said and pulled a branch off of a
bush.
"Sounds like fun!" Erika said and did the same.
"We can use the vines from some of these trees as fishing line!" Erika said and pulled off
a vine, cut it in half, and handed one half to me.
We both tied the vine onto our branches while Charizard took a nap in the shade of a tree,
being careful not to burn it.
"All right, let's try it out!" I yelled and threw in my vine. "O.K" Erika threw in hers.
A few minutes later, I felt something tug at my branch and I pulled it up.
"It's a Horsea!" I yelled and grabbed the pokeball Blaine gave me. It hopped onto the land
and stood in an offensive stance. "Pokeball go!" I shouted, and it hit the ground,
releasing, none other than....a Charmander.
"Oh how cute!" Me and Erika both screamed. "Let's see what mine is!" Erika said.
"Wait, you don't need yours yet, this is my battle, just wait, you'll catch something too." I
said and turned back to the battle.
"Charmander, scratch attack!" I yelled, and she delivered a devastating blow.
The Horsea came back with Bubble attack, and slowed my Chamander down. She shook
her head about as the bubbles hit her face.
"Hold on Charmander, come back with an Ember attack!" She quickly shook it off and
opened her mouth, letting out bursts of fire, charring the Horsea to a crisp.
"Pokeball, go!" I yelled, and threw an empty pokeball at it. It hit the Horsea on the head,
and it materialized into the pokeball. It closed and dropped to the ground, wiggling a bit,
then it was still. "I did it! We did it! We caught Horsea!" I yelled and picked up the
pokeball with my new Pokemon in it. "Thank you Charmander!" I said and patted her
head gently. I didn't really want her to go back into her pokeball, so I let her go over and
sleep with Charizard.
"Hey, Marcy, I think I got a bite!" Erika said and pulled hard on the branch.
"Must be some catch to be pulling you in!" I joked and grabbed onto her branch to help
her.
"On three, pull your hardest." She said.
"One,"
"Two,"
"Three!" I yelled and we pulled as hard as we could, and pulled out of the water...
"A Staryu!" Erika yelled and grabbed the pokeball Blaine gave her. It jumped out onto the
land and shook the water off of it.
"Go Pokeball!" Erika yelled and threw it onto the ground. It opened and let out a
Charmander.
"Oh it's so cute! I love it!" Erika yelled and looked at it.
"It's the same as mine." I said.
"No, look. Your Charmander has blue eyes, mine has green." Erika said and kneeled
down to look at it.
"Your right! It must be a color variation. I've never seen that before!" I said.
"All right Charmander," Erika said standing up, "let's go. Flamethrower Attack!"
The Charmander opened it's mouth and let out a huge streak of blue fire.
"It's blue!" We both yelled and wondered.
The Staryu was engulfed by the huge streak and toasted. But he wasn't done yet. It came
back with a hard tackle attack, launching itself into the air and spinning like the blades of
a Helicopter. It hit Charmander square in the jaw, and knocked him down. He struggled
to get back up, and made it to his feet.
"Come on Charmander! You can do it! Try your Slash attack." Erika yelled out and got an
empty pokeball ready.
Charmander raised it's claws and sliced swiftly downward, scratching the gem on the
Staryu. It dropped to the ground, it's gem flashing, then it faded out.
"Pokeball go!" Erika called out and threw the empty pokeball at the Staryu. It knocked it's
gem and Staryu materialized into the pokeball. It dropped to the ground and wiggled, then
it was still.
"We did it! We did it Charmander! Good job!" She hugged it and picked up Staryu's
pokeball. "Charmander, return!" Erika yelled, and Charmander materialized into the
pokeball.
"That was great! And fire pokemon are weak against water pokemon too." I said.
"Thanks. Well, I guess we can go, unless you want to fish some more." Erika asked.
"No more fishing for me thank you." I said and went over to wake up Charizard.
"Charmander, return!" I yelled and called back my Charmander.
"Wake up Charizard we're ready to go." Erika said and patted Charizards nose.
"Char...Chariz...ard...Char." He said *All right, I'm up. Let's go.*
The two of us got onto Charizard and we were off again. We flew across water for
a little while, then we flew across Pallet Town, and past route #1 which lead to Viridian
City.
"Chariz...ard, Char..ar." He said. *We'll stop here so you can heal up your pokemon.*
He landed us just outside the Pokemon Center, where we stopped to drop off our
pokemon, and to grab something to eat. They had a place in there where you can eat while
you wait for your pokemon.
"So what do you think." Erika asked.
"About what?" I asked as I took a bite out of my sandwich.
"We probobly should have captured a Pidgeotto while we were on that peninsula." Erika
said, picking up a potatoe chip.
"There were Pidgeotto there? We should have grabbed one!" I said swallowing hard.
"Oh well, they wouldn't have done too much good anyway." Erika said and ate the
potatoe chip.
"Why?" I asked, putting my sandwich down.
"Brock, the leader of the Pewter city gym, trains rock type pokemon, almost impossible to
beat." She said, picking up another potatoe chip.
"Don't be so down in the dumps! Rock is weak against water and ice. I have my Horsea
and you have your Staryu. Besides we'll see if we can find some Pidgey in Viridian
Forest."
"That's true!" Erika said and felt better.
Suddenly, a rather old lady approched us and asked,
"Are you girls heading for Viridian Forest?"
"Yes mam, who are you?" Erika said.
"My name is Ellen Raner, and I want to know if one of you would like to do me a favor."
"Depends on what it is." I said suspiciously.
"I need one of you, or both, to catch me two Pikachu. I will gladly trade them for two
Squirtles."
"Is that all?" Erika asked.
"That's all. My grandson and grand daughter are both pokemon trainers, and I wanted to
give them both a Squirtle for their birthday. I got the two Squirtles for them from
Professor Oak in Pallet Town, but they wanted Pikachu's. I asked if he had any more left,
but the two that were there were owned by someone else."
"Well, that's not a problem." Erika said.
"My name is Marcy Blaze. And this is my best friend Erika Crimson." We both stood up
and shook her hand sealing the deal.
"Where should we meet you?" I asked.
"Oh, I'll be here waiting for you to return. We'll trade them then." Ellen said and sat down
on the bench.
"We'll be back as soon as possible." I said.
"Nice meeting you!" Erika said, and the two of us went over to the counter to claim our
pokemon..
The Nurse Joy at the counter asked in her polite way,
"Welcome to our Pokemon Center, are you here to heal or pick up your pokemon?"
"We came to pick up our pokemon, Blaze, and Crimson."
"I'll be right back." Nurse Joy said and went into the back room. When she came back,
she had two trays with our two pokeballs.
"Your pokemon are fighting fit. We hope to see you again." She smiled and handed us the
trays.
"Thanks." we both said and took our pokeballs putting the trays back with the stack.
"Erika wait. I'm gonna buy us some apples for later..." I said and went over to the counter.
"Onto Viridian Forest!" I yelled out and ran over to Charizard, who was once again,
catching up on his Z's under the shade of a nearby tree.
"Come on Charizard, we gotta go!" Erika yelled.
"Charizard, Char, Izard." He said *Last stop Viridian Forest!*
Ah, lovely, fiery Cinnabar Island, home to some of the greatest fire Pokemon.
This is where me and my best friend, Erika, live. We are both 15 years old and currently
work at Blaines' gym. We both love Pokemon, but neither of us were brave enough to
run off on a never-ending journey without the other, so we decided never to go anywhere
else but Pokemon Mansion to check out what was hiding in there. There were tons of
Ponyta, Growlithe, Vulpix, and a few Magmars, but no starting Pokemon that we could
capture with one pokeball and say, "it was my first Pokemon."
One day, we were cleaning up the fire marks on the outside battle field when
Blaine approached us.
He said, "Girls listen to me. I know that you both love Pokemon, and I know you will
take care of them so, I want you to have these, and go start your own Pokemon journey,
together."
He handed us each a pokeball, and we questioned what was in them.
"A Ponyta?"
"A Growlithe?"
"A Magmar?"
The two of us went back and forth looking at each other.
Then he continued, "I don't want you girls to let them out until you need them, I want to
surprise you. And here, you'll need these too."
He handed use each five other empty pokeballs to capture more Pokemon in.
"Thank you Blaine. I don't know how we can repay you." Erika and I said.
"You girls have worked here for a long time, and done a marvelous job...you deserve it."
Blaine said and handed Erika a map.
"This map will guide you, I marked all of the cities, and I suggest you try Pewter city first.
My Charizard will fly you to Viridian Forest where you can catch some wild Pokemon to
battle Brock with."
"What about our parents...Did they say this was O.K.?" Erika questioned.
"Don't worry, I made sure that they understood. They said they were proud of you and to
enjoy yourselves." He steeped back and hurled a pokeball, then yelled, "Charizard!"
The pokeball hit the ground and the massive Charizard emerged, stood there for a
moment, then lowered it's back so we could climb on.
"Charizard, fly Marcy and Erika to Viridian Forest, let them off, then fly back here. I wish
you the best of luck girls, with your journey, and your Pokemon. Who knows, you may be
battling me some day. Good-Bye!"
Blaine waved good-bye to us as the Charizard flapped it's huge greenish blue wings and
took off.
I could tell it was going to take us a while to get to Pewter city when I couldn't see
where the water met the land anymore. We flew over a huge ocean, and I asked Charizard
to stop and let us look around.
"Char, izaard, char" He said *alright, but only for a little while* He flew down to a little
peninsula that jutted out into the sea.
"According to this map, the town ahead of us is Pallet, and the route we're on now is
#21." Erika said folding back up the map.
"I've got an idea! How about we fish for a while?" I said and pulled a branch off of a
bush.
"Sounds like fun!" Erika said and did the same.
"We can use the vines from some of these trees as fishing line!" Erika said and pulled off
a vine, cut it in half, and handed one half to me.
We both tied the vine onto our branches while Charizard took a nap in the shade of a tree,
being careful not to burn it.
"All right, let's try it out!" I yelled and threw in my vine. "O.K" Erika threw in hers.
A few minutes later, I felt something tug at my branch and I pulled it up.
"It's a Horsea!" I yelled and grabbed the pokeball Blaine gave me. It hopped onto the land
and stood in an offensive stance. "Pokeball go!" I shouted, and it hit the ground,
releasing, none other than....a Charmander.
"Oh how cute!" Me and Erika both screamed. "Let's see what mine is!" Erika said.
"Wait, you don't need yours yet, this is my battle, just wait, you'll catch something too." I
said and turned back to the battle.
"Charmander, scratch attack!" I yelled, and she delivered a devastating blow.
The Horsea came back with Bubble attack, and slowed my Chamander down. She shook
her head about as the bubbles hit her face.
"Hold on Charmander, come back with an Ember attack!" She quickly shook it off and
opened her mouth, letting out bursts of fire, charring the Horsea to a crisp.
"Pokeball, go!" I yelled, and threw an empty pokeball at it. It hit the Horsea on the head,
and it materialized into the pokeball. It closed and dropped to the ground, wiggling a bit,
then it was still. "I did it! We did it! We caught Horsea!" I yelled and picked up the
pokeball with my new Pokemon in it. "Thank you Charmander!" I said and patted her
head gently. I didn't really want her to go back into her pokeball, so I let her go over and
sleep with Charizard.
"Hey, Marcy, I think I got a bite!" Erika said and pulled hard on the branch.
"Must be some catch to be pulling you in!" I joked and grabbed onto her branch to help
her.
"On three, pull your hardest." She said.
"One,"
"Two,"
"Three!" I yelled and we pulled as hard as we could, and pulled out of the water...
"A Staryu!" Erika yelled and grabbed the pokeball Blaine gave her. It jumped out onto the
land and shook the water off of it.
"Go Pokeball!" Erika yelled and threw it onto the ground. It opened and let out a
Charmander.
"Oh it's so cute! I love it!" Erika yelled and looked at it.
"It's the same as mine." I said.
"No, look. Your Charmander has blue eyes, mine has green." Erika said and kneeled
down to look at it.
"Your right! It must be a color variation. I've never seen that before!" I said.
"All right Charmander," Erika said standing up, "let's go. Flamethrower Attack!"
The Charmander opened it's mouth and let out a huge streak of blue fire.
"It's blue!" We both yelled and wondered.
The Staryu was engulfed by the huge streak and toasted. But he wasn't done yet. It came
back with a hard tackle attack, launching itself into the air and spinning like the blades of
a Helicopter. It hit Charmander square in the jaw, and knocked him down. He struggled
to get back up, and made it to his feet.
"Come on Charmander! You can do it! Try your Slash attack." Erika yelled out and got an
empty pokeball ready.
Charmander raised it's claws and sliced swiftly downward, scratching the gem on the
Staryu. It dropped to the ground, it's gem flashing, then it faded out.
"Pokeball go!" Erika called out and threw the empty pokeball at the Staryu. It knocked it's
gem and Staryu materialized into the pokeball. It dropped to the ground and wiggled, then
it was still.
"We did it! We did it Charmander! Good job!" She hugged it and picked up Staryu's
pokeball. "Charmander, return!" Erika yelled, and Charmander materialized into the
pokeball.
"That was great! And fire pokemon are weak against water pokemon too." I said.
"Thanks. Well, I guess we can go, unless you want to fish some more." Erika asked.
"No more fishing for me thank you." I said and went over to wake up Charizard.
"Charmander, return!" I yelled and called back my Charmander.
"Wake up Charizard we're ready to go." Erika said and patted Charizards nose.
"Char...Chariz...ard...Char." He said *All right, I'm up. Let's go.*
The two of us got onto Charizard and we were off again. We flew across water for
a little while, then we flew across Pallet Town, and past route #1 which lead to Viridian
City.
"Chariz...ard, Char..ar." He said. *We'll stop here so you can heal up your pokemon.*
He landed us just outside the Pokemon Center, where we stopped to drop off our
pokemon, and to grab something to eat. They had a place in there where you can eat while
you wait for your pokemon.
"So what do you think." Erika asked.
"About what?" I asked as I took a bite out of my sandwich.
"We probobly should have captured a Pidgeotto while we were on that peninsula." Erika
said, picking up a potatoe chip.
"There were Pidgeotto there? We should have grabbed one!" I said swallowing hard.
"Oh well, they wouldn't have done too much good anyway." Erika said and ate the
potatoe chip.
"Why?" I asked, putting my sandwich down.
"Brock, the leader of the Pewter city gym, trains rock type pokemon, almost impossible to
beat." She said, picking up another potatoe chip.
"Don't be so down in the dumps! Rock is weak against water and ice. I have my Horsea
and you have your Staryu. Besides we'll see if we can find some Pidgey in Viridian
Forest."
"That's true!" Erika said and felt better.
Suddenly, a rather old lady approched us and asked,
"Are you girls heading for Viridian Forest?"
"Yes mam, who are you?" Erika said.
"My name is Ellen Raner, and I want to know if one of you would like to do me a favor."
"Depends on what it is." I said suspiciously.
"I need one of you, or both, to catch me two Pikachu. I will gladly trade them for two
Squirtles."
"Is that all?" Erika asked.
"That's all. My grandson and grand daughter are both pokemon trainers, and I wanted to
give them both a Squirtle for their birthday. I got the two Squirtles for them from
Professor Oak in Pallet Town, but they wanted Pikachu's. I asked if he had any more left,
but the two that were there were owned by someone else."
"Well, that's not a problem." Erika said.
"My name is Marcy Blaze. And this is my best friend Erika Crimson." We both stood up
and shook her hand sealing the deal.
"Where should we meet you?" I asked.
"Oh, I'll be here waiting for you to return. We'll trade them then." Ellen said and sat down
on the bench.
"We'll be back as soon as possible." I said.
"Nice meeting you!" Erika said, and the two of us went over to the counter to claim our
pokemon..
The Nurse Joy at the counter asked in her polite way,
"Welcome to our Pokemon Center, are you here to heal or pick up your pokemon?"
"We came to pick up our pokemon, Blaze, and Crimson."
"I'll be right back." Nurse Joy said and went into the back room. When she came back,
she had two trays with our two pokeballs.
"Your pokemon are fighting fit. We hope to see you again." She smiled and handed us the
trays.
"Thanks." we both said and took our pokeballs putting the trays back with the stack.
"Erika wait. I'm gonna buy us some apples for later..." I said and went over to the counter.
"Onto Viridian Forest!" I yelled out and ran over to Charizard, who was once again,
catching up on his Z's under the shade of a nearby tree.
"Come on Charizard, we gotta go!" Erika yelled.
"Charizard, Char, Izard." He said *Last stop Viridian Forest!*