ChapterIII- Pewter City
We had stayed at the Pokemon Center that night since all of the hotels were
booked. It wasn't so bad, we got to sleep on the couch, and at least they gave us pillows.
Then the next morning, I went to pick up our pokemon we had left the day before and
change into a fresh pair of clothes.
"Here are your pokemon Marcy!" Nurse Joy said. "And yours too Erika!" She pushed two
trays toward me and I politely answered, "Thanks. See you later Nurse Joy!" I removed
our pokeballs, giving Erika hers, and placed the trays with the rest of the stack. "Oh,
Marcy, I forgot to tell you some thing." Nurse Joy yelled out as I began to cross the room.
I walked back and she motioned me toward her closer. Erika kept going and told me she
was going to start packing up her stuff.
She began softly, "Marcy, I hate to say this, but the scar on that Pikachu's eye is most
likely permanent. I very sorry. We did every thing we could to fix it, but nothing seemed
to help. It will probably only go away when it evolves, and maybe not. I'm very sorry."
I was stunned for a moment and couldn't believe what I was hearing, but, there was
nothing I could do about it.
"Thank you for telling me Nurse Joy." I said slowly.
"You're all right?" She asked because as she described me, I was very pale.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I'll just have to find a way to explain that to Pikachu. Thanks." I said and
walked off in Erika's direction.
"What's wrong, are you all right?" Erika asked an stopped packing up.
"The scar on that poor Pikachu might be permanent. I feel so bad for it. It wasn't a fair
fight." I said and sat down on the couch staring at it's pokeball in my hand.
"Marcy, there was nothing you could do, you shouldn't blame yourself." She came over
and sat down next to me, "You didn't know that Charmander was to much for it. Like you
said, 'We learn to be better by making mistakes.' and next time, you'll be more careful."
Erika's words were much better than any medicine. And I knew that she was right.
"You're right. Thanks, you really are my best friend." I stood up and said proudly, "Now,
on to Pewter City..." I turned around to offer my hand, "Together. You and me forever."
"Right! Let's go!" Erika took my hand and stood up. We both starred for a minute, then
remembered that we had to finish packing. We both laughed and packed away our
sleeping bags, books, food, and medicine bag (for the pokemon).
We walked out the door together, and Erika pulled out the map to see which way
we should go.
"Let's see, if we take Route #2, we can cut through Viridian Forest and make it to Pewter
City in no time." Erika said as she traced the route on the map with her finger.
"All right then, we'll see if we can get there before sun down." I said and followed Erika
across town, heading for Route #2.
"Wait, do you think we should stop at the PokeMart to get some more pokeballs, in case
we run into some Pokemon want to catch?" Erika said and stopped.
"Might be a good idea. In case we see that Butterfree again." I said and we took a short
detour.
"Hello, how can I help you girls?" The shop keeper asked. He stood behind a glass
display case. It had Pokeballs, Potions, Antidotes, to cure burns and paralysis, and
awakening, to wake up any sleeping pokemon.
"How much are the pokeballs?" I asked and pointed to the item.
"Those are 200|p| a piece. Would you like to buy some?" The man asked politely.
"Yes please, oh, say, eight? How much would that be?" Erika asked.
"That'll be 1600|p|" Said the man as he opened the cash register.
"That's good. Marcy, you pay half and I'll pay half then we'll split them."
"All right. Let me see what I have." I pulled out my wallet from my back pack and
counted out 800|p|. I gave it to Erika and she handed it all to the man.
"Here are your pokeballs girls, happy hunting!" The man said cheerily and handed me the
small bag.
"Thanks" Erika said and we both went outside.
"Here you go, I take four, and you take four." I said and took the pokeballs out, tossing
them and the bag into my open back pack.
"Great, now, let's try this again." Erika said and threw her back pack on.
When we reached the entrance to the forest it was about 10:30. We traveled on
through the forest at an actually pretty fast pace, especially since I don't like bugs.
(especially Beedrill) We were almost at the edge of the forest, when Erika thought she
saw that Butterfree again, but it turned out to be only a gliding Pidgey. It's to bad too, we
could have used it.
"Hey do you wanna stop for a while and eat something. In all the excitement, I forgot to
eat breakfast." Erika said as her stomach began to growl.
"Yeah sure. We're close to the exit." I said and my stomach began to growl too. Erika
pulled out a blanket and two ham sandwiches with cheddar cheese out.
"Did you bring anything to drink?" I asked as I devoured the sandwich.
"Nope...didn't think of it." Erika said as she munched on an apple.
"That's all right." I said and continued to eat.
"So, what do you think Pewter City will be like?" Erika asked me after she had finished
her apple.
"I...don't know, I've never been there." I said finishing off my sandwich. "That was good."
I laid back onto the blanket and looked up at the sky.
"I hope it has some new pokemon to catch, I'm tired of seeing the same old ones. Pidgey,
Rattata, Caterpie, Weedles..." Erika said as she munched on her sandwich.
"I know what you mean. Even seeing a Kakuna would be nice." I said and closed my
eyes.
"Well, I guess we should be going, it's about 11:00." Erika said and packed up the rest of
her sandwich.
"Yeah, you're right, let's go!" I yelled and jumped up to help her fold up the blanket.
We finished packing up 'camp' and walked to the exit of the Forest. The view of
Pewter city from the forest was magnificant. It looked like almost the whole town was
made of rock.
"It's amazing!" Erika yelled.
"That is so cool!" I yelled. "Let's go!" We both raced tword the town and stopped at the
Pokemon Center.
"Hey Marcy, look at this!" Erika yelled holding a brochure.
"What is it?" I asked and walked over to where she was sitting after I dropped off the
Pokemon.
"It's a brochure about the Museum of Science here in Pewter City! They have skeletons of
rare pokemon, a space exhibit, and this stone they call old Amber which they say here
contains a misquito with the blood of an Aerodactyl!"
"That's amazing!"
"Maybe we should go after the battle with Brock."
"That would be cool. Hey, why don't we go now, while our pokemon are healing up?"
"I guess so." We both headed out the door and made their way, following the map in the
brochure, to 'The Pewter City Museum of Science'.
"It's huge!" I yelled, tilting my head back trying to see it all.
"Let's go in!" Erika said and we both stepped inside.
"Hello there, it will be 100|p| for both of you to enter. Would you like to come in?" A
man asked. He was dressed in a red captians outfit.
"Yes please, here you go." I said and handed the man 100|p|.
"Marcy! I would have paid for myself!" Erika insisted.
"Nope! This is my treat." I said and we looked around at all of the rare fossils.
"Hey look over here Marcy!"
"Whats up?"
"The old Amber Stone!"
"Cool. I bet the scientists back on Cinnibar Island would love studying that." I said an
took a close look at it. Then a man in a white Lab suite approched us.
"Did I hear Cinnibar Island? Are you girls from there?" The man asked fixing his huge
glasses.
"Yes. That's our home town." Erika said.
"Really, have you ever been to the Pokemon Reserch Lab?" He asked and straightened his
coat. I looked at Erika and said,
"Yeah. Ton's of times, my dad works there." I said and the man went into a very dramatic
pose.
"Would you do me the favor of bringing this to Cinnibar Island. If you want, as a reward,
you can keep the Aerodactyl that is inside of it, rare pokemon don't matter to me, it's the
thrill of discovery that lights my fire!"
"Sure....No problem..." Erika and I both stepped back a bit as not to be hit by the wrath of
crazy.
"Here! And good luck!" He yelled handing us the Old Amber stone. He yelled Thank you
as he ran to the back to tell his colleagues.
"Let's go before the whole gang comes out and decides to thank us!" I said and we both
ran out before he came back. We ran all the way back to the Pokemon Center, where
Nurse Joy had our Pokemon ready for us.
"Thanks Nurse Joy!" I said
"Thanks!" Erika said. "Onto face Brock. Ready!?"
"Right!" I yelled and we proudly marched out of the Pokemon Center, heading for Brocks'
gym.
We had stayed at the Pokemon Center that night since all of the hotels were
booked. It wasn't so bad, we got to sleep on the couch, and at least they gave us pillows.
Then the next morning, I went to pick up our pokemon we had left the day before and
change into a fresh pair of clothes.
"Here are your pokemon Marcy!" Nurse Joy said. "And yours too Erika!" She pushed two
trays toward me and I politely answered, "Thanks. See you later Nurse Joy!" I removed
our pokeballs, giving Erika hers, and placed the trays with the rest of the stack. "Oh,
Marcy, I forgot to tell you some thing." Nurse Joy yelled out as I began to cross the room.
I walked back and she motioned me toward her closer. Erika kept going and told me she
was going to start packing up her stuff.
She began softly, "Marcy, I hate to say this, but the scar on that Pikachu's eye is most
likely permanent. I very sorry. We did every thing we could to fix it, but nothing seemed
to help. It will probably only go away when it evolves, and maybe not. I'm very sorry."
I was stunned for a moment and couldn't believe what I was hearing, but, there was
nothing I could do about it.
"Thank you for telling me Nurse Joy." I said slowly.
"You're all right?" She asked because as she described me, I was very pale.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I'll just have to find a way to explain that to Pikachu. Thanks." I said and
walked off in Erika's direction.
"What's wrong, are you all right?" Erika asked an stopped packing up.
"The scar on that poor Pikachu might be permanent. I feel so bad for it. It wasn't a fair
fight." I said and sat down on the couch staring at it's pokeball in my hand.
"Marcy, there was nothing you could do, you shouldn't blame yourself." She came over
and sat down next to me, "You didn't know that Charmander was to much for it. Like you
said, 'We learn to be better by making mistakes.' and next time, you'll be more careful."
Erika's words were much better than any medicine. And I knew that she was right.
"You're right. Thanks, you really are my best friend." I stood up and said proudly, "Now,
on to Pewter City..." I turned around to offer my hand, "Together. You and me forever."
"Right! Let's go!" Erika took my hand and stood up. We both starred for a minute, then
remembered that we had to finish packing. We both laughed and packed away our
sleeping bags, books, food, and medicine bag (for the pokemon).
We walked out the door together, and Erika pulled out the map to see which way
we should go.
"Let's see, if we take Route #2, we can cut through Viridian Forest and make it to Pewter
City in no time." Erika said as she traced the route on the map with her finger.
"All right then, we'll see if we can get there before sun down." I said and followed Erika
across town, heading for Route #2.
"Wait, do you think we should stop at the PokeMart to get some more pokeballs, in case
we run into some Pokemon want to catch?" Erika said and stopped.
"Might be a good idea. In case we see that Butterfree again." I said and we took a short
detour.
"Hello, how can I help you girls?" The shop keeper asked. He stood behind a glass
display case. It had Pokeballs, Potions, Antidotes, to cure burns and paralysis, and
awakening, to wake up any sleeping pokemon.
"How much are the pokeballs?" I asked and pointed to the item.
"Those are 200|p| a piece. Would you like to buy some?" The man asked politely.
"Yes please, oh, say, eight? How much would that be?" Erika asked.
"That'll be 1600|p|" Said the man as he opened the cash register.
"That's good. Marcy, you pay half and I'll pay half then we'll split them."
"All right. Let me see what I have." I pulled out my wallet from my back pack and
counted out 800|p|. I gave it to Erika and she handed it all to the man.
"Here are your pokeballs girls, happy hunting!" The man said cheerily and handed me the
small bag.
"Thanks" Erika said and we both went outside.
"Here you go, I take four, and you take four." I said and took the pokeballs out, tossing
them and the bag into my open back pack.
"Great, now, let's try this again." Erika said and threw her back pack on.
When we reached the entrance to the forest it was about 10:30. We traveled on
through the forest at an actually pretty fast pace, especially since I don't like bugs.
(especially Beedrill) We were almost at the edge of the forest, when Erika thought she
saw that Butterfree again, but it turned out to be only a gliding Pidgey. It's to bad too, we
could have used it.
"Hey do you wanna stop for a while and eat something. In all the excitement, I forgot to
eat breakfast." Erika said as her stomach began to growl.
"Yeah sure. We're close to the exit." I said and my stomach began to growl too. Erika
pulled out a blanket and two ham sandwiches with cheddar cheese out.
"Did you bring anything to drink?" I asked as I devoured the sandwich.
"Nope...didn't think of it." Erika said as she munched on an apple.
"That's all right." I said and continued to eat.
"So, what do you think Pewter City will be like?" Erika asked me after she had finished
her apple.
"I...don't know, I've never been there." I said finishing off my sandwich. "That was good."
I laid back onto the blanket and looked up at the sky.
"I hope it has some new pokemon to catch, I'm tired of seeing the same old ones. Pidgey,
Rattata, Caterpie, Weedles..." Erika said as she munched on her sandwich.
"I know what you mean. Even seeing a Kakuna would be nice." I said and closed my
eyes.
"Well, I guess we should be going, it's about 11:00." Erika said and packed up the rest of
her sandwich.
"Yeah, you're right, let's go!" I yelled and jumped up to help her fold up the blanket.
We finished packing up 'camp' and walked to the exit of the Forest. The view of
Pewter city from the forest was magnificant. It looked like almost the whole town was
made of rock.
"It's amazing!" Erika yelled.
"That is so cool!" I yelled. "Let's go!" We both raced tword the town and stopped at the
Pokemon Center.
"Hey Marcy, look at this!" Erika yelled holding a brochure.
"What is it?" I asked and walked over to where she was sitting after I dropped off the
Pokemon.
"It's a brochure about the Museum of Science here in Pewter City! They have skeletons of
rare pokemon, a space exhibit, and this stone they call old Amber which they say here
contains a misquito with the blood of an Aerodactyl!"
"That's amazing!"
"Maybe we should go after the battle with Brock."
"That would be cool. Hey, why don't we go now, while our pokemon are healing up?"
"I guess so." We both headed out the door and made their way, following the map in the
brochure, to 'The Pewter City Museum of Science'.
"It's huge!" I yelled, tilting my head back trying to see it all.
"Let's go in!" Erika said and we both stepped inside.
"Hello there, it will be 100|p| for both of you to enter. Would you like to come in?" A
man asked. He was dressed in a red captians outfit.
"Yes please, here you go." I said and handed the man 100|p|.
"Marcy! I would have paid for myself!" Erika insisted.
"Nope! This is my treat." I said and we looked around at all of the rare fossils.
"Hey look over here Marcy!"
"Whats up?"
"The old Amber Stone!"
"Cool. I bet the scientists back on Cinnibar Island would love studying that." I said an
took a close look at it. Then a man in a white Lab suite approched us.
"Did I hear Cinnibar Island? Are you girls from there?" The man asked fixing his huge
glasses.
"Yes. That's our home town." Erika said.
"Really, have you ever been to the Pokemon Reserch Lab?" He asked and straightened his
coat. I looked at Erika and said,
"Yeah. Ton's of times, my dad works there." I said and the man went into a very dramatic
pose.
"Would you do me the favor of bringing this to Cinnibar Island. If you want, as a reward,
you can keep the Aerodactyl that is inside of it, rare pokemon don't matter to me, it's the
thrill of discovery that lights my fire!"
"Sure....No problem..." Erika and I both stepped back a bit as not to be hit by the wrath of
crazy.
"Here! And good luck!" He yelled handing us the Old Amber stone. He yelled Thank you
as he ran to the back to tell his colleagues.
"Let's go before the whole gang comes out and decides to thank us!" I said and we both
ran out before he came back. We ran all the way back to the Pokemon Center, where
Nurse Joy had our Pokemon ready for us.
"Thanks Nurse Joy!" I said
"Thanks!" Erika said. "Onto face Brock. Ready!?"
"Right!" I yelled and we proudly marched out of the Pokemon Center, heading for Brocks'
gym.