Chapter II- Viridian Forest at Last
We only had to fly about 5 minutes before we reached Viridian Forest. it was a
glorious site. Especially for Erika, who was glad to be back on the ground again.
"Good-Bye Charizard, and Thank you for all of your help. Say Hi to Blaine for us!" Erika
said we both waved him a fond farewell.
"Well, are you ready?" I asked.
"As ready as I'll ever be." Erika said, and the two of us marched into the dark forest
together. We walked on for a little bit, but didn't find any pokemon at all. It was hard
enough to find any pokemon at all, let a lone some Pikachu's.
"I have an idea!" I said and opened up my back pack. "Pikachu's can't resist apples!" I said
and pulled out two apples, placing them on the ground about six feet apart.
"That's a great idea!" Erika said, and ran over to hide in a bush.
"Right!" I said and ran over next to her. "We have to capture two each, if we want one for
ourselves."
"O.K. But we have to find Ellen hers first." Erika said and sat down on the ground. I did
the same. We sat for a few minutes until we heard something nibbling at one of the
apples. We both popped our heads up slowly. There were two Pikachu's fighting over the
same apple. I gave Erika the thumbs up and we both dived out of the bush to confront the
Pikachu's.
"Go Charmander" I yelled and threw out her pokeball
"Go Staryu!" Erika yelled and threw out his pokeball.
"Erika! Water is weak against Electric type!" I yelled "Call him back!"
"I know, but he's the fastest one I have! Staryu, tackle attack!" Erika yelled and Staryu
hurled itself into the air and spun around like the blades of a helicopter. It hit the Pikachu
in the stomach, knocking the wind out of it.
"Charmander, Slash attack!" I yelled, and she slashed it right across the nose, scratching
it's eye bad. "Easy Charmander, we don't want to hurt it to bad." The Pikachu fell to the
ground, tears running from it's big brown eyes. "Oh. How can I hurt something so cute.
Just one more ember Charmander, and not to hot." She opened her mouth and let out
small bursts of fire, hitting the little mouse. "Pokeball, Go!" I yelled and threw the
pokeball. It hit the Pikachu on its back and he materialized into the pokeball. It dropped
to the floor, wiggled around a bit, then stopped. I went over and picked it up. I couldn't
help feeling sorry for it. I then put it away and watched Erika finish her battle.
"Staryu, water gun attack!" She yelled and he jumped up into the air, pointing the tip of
his star forward and letting out a blast of water. It thrust the Pikachu into a tree trunk.
"Pokeball go!" Erika yelled and threw the pokeball at the Pikachu. It hit him on the head
and he materialized into it. It dropped to the ground, wiggled a little and stood still.
"All right! Great job Staryu!" Erika said and grabbed the pokeball with her new Pikachu
in it.
"Great, now we have to find two more for ourselves. But we had better move away from
here. They'll be expecting us here." I said and called back my Charmander. "Charmander
return."
"Staryu return." Erika said, calling back her pokemon.
We walked on for a while where we found a tall patch of grass. It was thick and it
appeared to have some movement.
"What do you think?" Erika asked.
"Pidgey, maybe Pidgeotto. No Pikachu." I said examining the movements carefully.
"Well, let's try here." Erika said and pulled two apples out of my back pack, placing them
a good six feet apart, but far enough from the grass to lure any thing in there out.
"Good, let's hide." I said and jumped into a bush not to far from the apples. Erika
followed.
A minute later we heard something, no, two things walk out of the grass. It sounded like
two Pidgey, but when we looked up, there were two Pidgeotto trying to eat the same
Weedle.
"Gross." I whispered.
"I know, but we gotta go. Let's get'em." Erika said knocking some sense into me.
We jumped out of the bushes and both called out our Charmanders.
"Let's go Charmander!" I yelled.
"Charmander, slash those Pidgeotto!" Erika yelled
Erika's Charmander jumped on top of the Pidgeotto and began slashing its back,
rather slowly actually. The Pidgeotto threw him off and it began to peck at Charmanders
head, chasing it about.
"Charmander, turn around and launch an Ember attack!" Erika yelled out. He turned
around and spit out tounges of blue fire at the Pidgeotto. It was burned and fell to the
ground.
"Good Job! Go pokeball!" She yelled and threw the pokeball, but the Pidgeotto hit it back
to her with it's wing.
"It's still strong enough to fight. Charmander return!" She called back Charmander and
threw out her Pikachu's pokeball.
"Erika! It's still to weak!" I yelled.
"Pikachu! Just one Thundershock!" Erika yelled out, ignoring my warning. The Pidgeotto
slowly got up and kicked up some of the dust on the floor, launching a nasty sand-attack.
It hit the Pikachu in the eyes, and it fired random bolts of thunder, one almost hit Erika,
then it almost had my Charmander, the last two finally hit both of the Pidgeottos and they
were fried.
"Pokeball Go!" we both yelled and threw the pokeballs. Mine hit my Pidgeotto on the
head, and Erika's hit hers on the back. They both went into the Pokeball considerably
easily.
"That was an interesting attack, what do you call it?" I asked sarcastically.
"You were right, I'm sorry." Erika said as she picked up the pokeball with her Pidgeotto
in it.
"That's all right. We learn to be better by making mistakes." I said and went over to pick
mine up.
"We still have to find two more Pikachu's." Erika said.
"Don't worry, if their here, we'll find them." I said and we began to walk down the path,
when we spotted two Pikachu's sleeping on stumps.
"What luck!" Erika said and placed two more apples in the road.
"I don't think their getting up any time soon." I said as I listened to them snoring. "Maybe
we might be able to capture them without a battle since their sleeping."
"Maybe, do you think we should try it?" Erika asked grabbing an empty pokeball.
"It's worth a try. If we can catch two without hurting them, it's probably better for all of
us." I said and grabbed one of my empty pokeballs.
"Pokeball go!" We both yelled and both landed on their heads. They both went inside the
pokeball which fell off of the stump as they wiggled around, but suprisingly, they stayed
in.
"That was almost to easy." I said looking surprised.
"I know. Suspiciously easy." Erika said cautiously going over to the stump.
"Are they in there?" I asked and walked over to her. She picked up both of the pokeballs
and said, "Yup, they're both inside."
All of a sudden a pokemon flew past us.
"Did you just see that?" I asked amazed.
"Did you?" Erika asked stunned.
"That pokemon must have put these Pikachu's to sleep." I said still starring where it flew
past us.
"We should catch it!" Erika yelled out and began to run after it.
"What was it?? Erika! Wait. We have a promise to hold up. Remember? Two Pikachu's
for two Squirtles. We had better get going." I said turning towards the entrance.
"You're right. It's almost dark too." She turned around and walked beside me all the way
back to Viridian City. It took us about 30 minutes to get back to the Pokemon Center, so
by the time we got back, the sun was just visible on the horizon.
"I hope Ellen is still there waiting." I said as we walked into the pokemon center. Once
again as always, Nurse Joy was at the counter. We dropped off the rest of our pokemon
except for the two Pikachu's we had promised Ellen, and since we didn't use them in
battle, they didn't need to be healed. I grabbed a bagel and cream cheese, and a slice of
pizza while Erika bought two sodas.
"Hey, do you see her anywhere?" I asked.
"Nope, do you?" Erika asked glancing over the room.
"Oh! There she is. Ellen!" I yelled out and went over to sit down at the table with her.
"Move down Marcy!" Erika said and bumped me into the corner. I smiled at her and she
laughed.
"Oh girls you're back so soon! Did you catch two Pikachu's?" Ellen asked taking out two
pokeballs.
"Just as we promised!" Erika said and took the two Pikachu's pokeballs.
"You don't know how much I can thank you girls. I needed these Pikachu so much. I
know! Here, take these..." She pulled out two slips of paper that looked like tickets.
"Please, this is strictly pokemon trading." I said.
"Go ahead and take these, besides I don't need them. For all of your troubles, these are
two vouchers for a 70% discount on any pair of roller blades in the Cerulean City Bike
shop." Ellen said and gave me the vouchers and the Squirtles' pokeballs.
"Thank you very much. And here are your Pikachu's." Erika said.
"It was nice to meet you girls, and thanks again." Ellen slowly got up and left. Erika
moved to the other side and we both finished our supper.
We only had to fly about 5 minutes before we reached Viridian Forest. it was a
glorious site. Especially for Erika, who was glad to be back on the ground again.
"Good-Bye Charizard, and Thank you for all of your help. Say Hi to Blaine for us!" Erika
said we both waved him a fond farewell.
"Well, are you ready?" I asked.
"As ready as I'll ever be." Erika said, and the two of us marched into the dark forest
together. We walked on for a little bit, but didn't find any pokemon at all. It was hard
enough to find any pokemon at all, let a lone some Pikachu's.
"I have an idea!" I said and opened up my back pack. "Pikachu's can't resist apples!" I said
and pulled out two apples, placing them on the ground about six feet apart.
"That's a great idea!" Erika said, and ran over to hide in a bush.
"Right!" I said and ran over next to her. "We have to capture two each, if we want one for
ourselves."
"O.K. But we have to find Ellen hers first." Erika said and sat down on the ground. I did
the same. We sat for a few minutes until we heard something nibbling at one of the
apples. We both popped our heads up slowly. There were two Pikachu's fighting over the
same apple. I gave Erika the thumbs up and we both dived out of the bush to confront the
Pikachu's.
"Go Charmander" I yelled and threw out her pokeball
"Go Staryu!" Erika yelled and threw out his pokeball.
"Erika! Water is weak against Electric type!" I yelled "Call him back!"
"I know, but he's the fastest one I have! Staryu, tackle attack!" Erika yelled and Staryu
hurled itself into the air and spun around like the blades of a helicopter. It hit the Pikachu
in the stomach, knocking the wind out of it.
"Charmander, Slash attack!" I yelled, and she slashed it right across the nose, scratching
it's eye bad. "Easy Charmander, we don't want to hurt it to bad." The Pikachu fell to the
ground, tears running from it's big brown eyes. "Oh. How can I hurt something so cute.
Just one more ember Charmander, and not to hot." She opened her mouth and let out
small bursts of fire, hitting the little mouse. "Pokeball, Go!" I yelled and threw the
pokeball. It hit the Pikachu on its back and he materialized into the pokeball. It dropped
to the floor, wiggled around a bit, then stopped. I went over and picked it up. I couldn't
help feeling sorry for it. I then put it away and watched Erika finish her battle.
"Staryu, water gun attack!" She yelled and he jumped up into the air, pointing the tip of
his star forward and letting out a blast of water. It thrust the Pikachu into a tree trunk.
"Pokeball go!" Erika yelled and threw the pokeball at the Pikachu. It hit him on the head
and he materialized into it. It dropped to the ground, wiggled a little and stood still.
"All right! Great job Staryu!" Erika said and grabbed the pokeball with her new Pikachu
in it.
"Great, now we have to find two more for ourselves. But we had better move away from
here. They'll be expecting us here." I said and called back my Charmander. "Charmander
return."
"Staryu return." Erika said, calling back her pokemon.
We walked on for a while where we found a tall patch of grass. It was thick and it
appeared to have some movement.
"What do you think?" Erika asked.
"Pidgey, maybe Pidgeotto. No Pikachu." I said examining the movements carefully.
"Well, let's try here." Erika said and pulled two apples out of my back pack, placing them
a good six feet apart, but far enough from the grass to lure any thing in there out.
"Good, let's hide." I said and jumped into a bush not to far from the apples. Erika
followed.
A minute later we heard something, no, two things walk out of the grass. It sounded like
two Pidgey, but when we looked up, there were two Pidgeotto trying to eat the same
Weedle.
"Gross." I whispered.
"I know, but we gotta go. Let's get'em." Erika said knocking some sense into me.
We jumped out of the bushes and both called out our Charmanders.
"Let's go Charmander!" I yelled.
"Charmander, slash those Pidgeotto!" Erika yelled
Erika's Charmander jumped on top of the Pidgeotto and began slashing its back,
rather slowly actually. The Pidgeotto threw him off and it began to peck at Charmanders
head, chasing it about.
"Charmander, turn around and launch an Ember attack!" Erika yelled out. He turned
around and spit out tounges of blue fire at the Pidgeotto. It was burned and fell to the
ground.
"Good Job! Go pokeball!" She yelled and threw the pokeball, but the Pidgeotto hit it back
to her with it's wing.
"It's still strong enough to fight. Charmander return!" She called back Charmander and
threw out her Pikachu's pokeball.
"Erika! It's still to weak!" I yelled.
"Pikachu! Just one Thundershock!" Erika yelled out, ignoring my warning. The Pidgeotto
slowly got up and kicked up some of the dust on the floor, launching a nasty sand-attack.
It hit the Pikachu in the eyes, and it fired random bolts of thunder, one almost hit Erika,
then it almost had my Charmander, the last two finally hit both of the Pidgeottos and they
were fried.
"Pokeball Go!" we both yelled and threw the pokeballs. Mine hit my Pidgeotto on the
head, and Erika's hit hers on the back. They both went into the Pokeball considerably
easily.
"That was an interesting attack, what do you call it?" I asked sarcastically.
"You were right, I'm sorry." Erika said as she picked up the pokeball with her Pidgeotto
in it.
"That's all right. We learn to be better by making mistakes." I said and went over to pick
mine up.
"We still have to find two more Pikachu's." Erika said.
"Don't worry, if their here, we'll find them." I said and we began to walk down the path,
when we spotted two Pikachu's sleeping on stumps.
"What luck!" Erika said and placed two more apples in the road.
"I don't think their getting up any time soon." I said as I listened to them snoring. "Maybe
we might be able to capture them without a battle since their sleeping."
"Maybe, do you think we should try it?" Erika asked grabbing an empty pokeball.
"It's worth a try. If we can catch two without hurting them, it's probably better for all of
us." I said and grabbed one of my empty pokeballs.
"Pokeball go!" We both yelled and both landed on their heads. They both went inside the
pokeball which fell off of the stump as they wiggled around, but suprisingly, they stayed
in.
"That was almost to easy." I said looking surprised.
"I know. Suspiciously easy." Erika said cautiously going over to the stump.
"Are they in there?" I asked and walked over to her. She picked up both of the pokeballs
and said, "Yup, they're both inside."
All of a sudden a pokemon flew past us.
"Did you just see that?" I asked amazed.
"Did you?" Erika asked stunned.
"That pokemon must have put these Pikachu's to sleep." I said still starring where it flew
past us.
"We should catch it!" Erika yelled out and began to run after it.
"What was it?? Erika! Wait. We have a promise to hold up. Remember? Two Pikachu's
for two Squirtles. We had better get going." I said turning towards the entrance.
"You're right. It's almost dark too." She turned around and walked beside me all the way
back to Viridian City. It took us about 30 minutes to get back to the Pokemon Center, so
by the time we got back, the sun was just visible on the horizon.
"I hope Ellen is still there waiting." I said as we walked into the pokemon center. Once
again as always, Nurse Joy was at the counter. We dropped off the rest of our pokemon
except for the two Pikachu's we had promised Ellen, and since we didn't use them in
battle, they didn't need to be healed. I grabbed a bagel and cream cheese, and a slice of
pizza while Erika bought two sodas.
"Hey, do you see her anywhere?" I asked.
"Nope, do you?" Erika asked glancing over the room.
"Oh! There she is. Ellen!" I yelled out and went over to sit down at the table with her.
"Move down Marcy!" Erika said and bumped me into the corner. I smiled at her and she
laughed.
"Oh girls you're back so soon! Did you catch two Pikachu's?" Ellen asked taking out two
pokeballs.
"Just as we promised!" Erika said and took the two Pikachu's pokeballs.
"You don't know how much I can thank you girls. I needed these Pikachu so much. I
know! Here, take these..." She pulled out two slips of paper that looked like tickets.
"Please, this is strictly pokemon trading." I said.
"Go ahead and take these, besides I don't need them. For all of your troubles, these are
two vouchers for a 70% discount on any pair of roller blades in the Cerulean City Bike
shop." Ellen said and gave me the vouchers and the Squirtles' pokeballs.
"Thank you very much. And here are your Pikachu's." Erika said.
"It was nice to meet you girls, and thanks again." Ellen slowly got up and left. Erika
moved to the other side and we both finished our supper.