Chapter VII- Battle of the Cascade Badge
We slept at the pokemon center overnight since I was really beat the day before.
Pikachu got all peped up and Pidgeotto was ready as well. I was planing on using them
for my pokemon. Erika sat on the bench in the main room while I was in the ladies room
changing. When I came back out she was talking to Charmeleon about a stratagy to win,
and how he should use his speed not his strength to win. It was actually rather cute.
"Ready to go Erika?" I asked as I finished packing my sleeping bag.
"Just about, I think he needs a good luck kiss." She bent down and kissed his adorable
little nose then said, "We're gonna make it to the top!"
We walked out of the Pokemon Center and began to walk twords the gym when I
noticed that Erika hadn't put Charmeleon into his pokeball. Well, maybe he's
clostraphobic, like Pikachu. Pikachu followed behind me as we walked to the gym.
"I heard they train water pokemon at this gym. That's why I brought Pikachu with me." I
said and Pikachu looked up at me and smiled.
"This is going to be fun." Erika said to me and then added, "Look! There it is!"
It was a huge building that looked like a swimming pool and had a Stuffed animal
Dewgong over the entrance. As we walked down the road to the enterance, we watched
other trainers pep up their pokemon. There was one boy with a Raticate that was
amazingly fast. But there was another girl who had a Ivysaur that was bigger than any I
had ever seen.
"Well, who goes in first?" Erika asked as we looked down the corridor. "I think I went
first last time, so you can go first this time."
"All right Erika. Wish me luck!" I yelled back as I started down the corridor to the main
practice pool area. Pikachu waddled behind me back and forth his cute little tail swished,
just like Charmeleons'.
All of a sudden right after I walked into the room, a spotlight caught me and I was
introduced to the leader of the gym.
"I am Misty of the Cerulean City Gym. Who are you?" She asked as a platform with her
sitting on it was raised out of the pool.
"I am Marcy Blaze of Cinnibar Island. I have come to challange the leader of this gym, to
compeat for the Cascade Badge!"
"You have done you're homework Marcy! The Cascade Badge is only owned by skilled
trainers. Are you worthy of compeating for this badge?"
"Yes!"
"We will use two pokemon each!" As she stepped down from the highest level of the
platform, I realized that she was only a few years older than me. She must be a skilled
trainer to be a gym leader at such a young age!
"Go Staryu!" She yelled and dropped the pokeball into the pool. When it opened it
released a Staryu with a gem that shimered with all the colors of the rainbow.
"Go, Pidgeotto!" I knew that if she had a Staryu, then she must have a Starmie, so I saved
Pikachu for that battle.
"Staryu, Airborn tackle!" It began to spin and tried to tackle Pidgeotto, but he was just to
slow.
"Pidgeotto, Sand attack!" He rapidly flapped his wings causing dust and dirt to fly up
from the pool floor and into it's gem.
"Staryu! Try your Light Screen!" It formed a invisable wall around itself, so the attack
wouldn't have any effect.
"Pidgeotto! Do a Agility Quick Attack! Cofuse him, then strike!"
"What!" Misty shouted.
Pidgeotto flew rapidly in circles around Staryu confusing it, and when it let it's Light
Screen down, Pidgeotto dived into it, cracking parts of the gem.
"STARYU!" I never even considered that attack! "Staryu, return!"
"Pidgeotto, return!"
"Go, Starmie!" She yelled and threw the pokeball again, into the water. When it opened, a
Starmie flew out and flew in mid-air.
"Go Pikachu!" Pikachu jumped out infront of me and powered up.
"Starmie, Hydro Pump!" Misty yelled and Starmie dove underwater. There was a slight
movement of the floor, then a crack formed up the side of the pool.
"Pikachu, keep powering up, when I count to three, jump up and release a Thunder
Attack. Got it?" I said.
"Chu!" *Right* he said.
"One,....Two....Three Jump!" I yelled and he jumped up into the air just as the cracks
burst out water. "Now Pikachu, release the Thundre attack!"
"PIKA....CHUUUU!" And he let out a huge wave of Thunder that was carried by the
water gysers and to the rest of the water, parylzing Starmie.
"STARMIE!!" That was amazing! "Starmie return. I congradulate you Marcy! You are
more of a challange than I was led to belive. You have defeated me, and in doing so, have
earned the Cascade badge! Come over to this side to claim it."
"Pikachu you did it! That was terrific!" I picked him up and gave him a huge hug. I ran
over to the other side of the pool, where a Seel was sitting holding out his tounge with a
cascade badge on it.
"Congratulations Marcy, you earned it!" Misty said and called the Seel back after I had
taken it.
"Thank you Misty." I said, and was about to leave, when she said,
"Wait. Listen carefully. That Pikachu is a special one, not only because of his abilities,
but he has a secret inner strength. Take good care of him and good luck!"
"Thank you again!" I yelled and ran down the corridor with Pikachu in my arms.
"Erika!" I yelled, "I did it, I got my second badge!" I yelled out and Pikachu jumped from
my arms onto Charmeleons head.
"That's great! Was it hard?" Erika asked admiring the badge I held.
"It wasn't to hard, but I think you guys are going to need to use another pool!" I said and
sat down on the step.
"Great! Let's go Charmeleon! Wish me luck!" Erika yelled as she ran down the long
corridor.
Inside
"If you are here to challenge me, I suggest you use the other pool, I just got finished with
one awesome trainer!" Misty yelled out from another room. "Come to your left, there is
one there you can use."
"I am Erika of Cinnabar Island, and I have come to challenge the leader of this gym,
Misty, to earn a Cascade Badge." Erika said and watched as Misty walked out from the
dark shadow of the stadium-like seats.
"Very well Erika, we will use two pokemon each! Go Staryu!" She dropped the pokeball
into the water where then, a Staryy jumped out, landing on the floor in front of her.
"I'll choose, Charmeleon! Go!"
"A Cinnabar Island Charmeleon, this could be more interesting than I thought! Staryu,
underwater tackle!" It dived into the water and began to spin, creating a whirlpool.
"Charmeleon, use your Growl!" Charmeleon roared loudly and shook the ground, causing
the Staryu to stop spinning. It sprang out of the water, and tackled Charmeleon, knocking
him to the ground.
"Charmeleon! Use your Slash!" Erika yelled as the Staryu again tried to tackle him. He
jumped up, and over the charging Staryu, slashing the gem and part of the gold armor he
had.
"Nice job Charmeleon!" Erika yelled and made him come out for a rest.
"Staryu return. I commend you're Charmeleon, it's skills are most impressive, but, let's see
what you use for this! Go Starmie!" Misty yelled and threw Starmie's pokeball into the
water. It jumped out ready to fight.
"Go Clefairy!" Erika yelled and threw Clefairy's pokeball out. "Clefairy, use your Sing
attack!" Erika yelled.
"Starmie, use your tackle...Starmie?" Misty called out, but it was already to late, Starmie
was sound asleep. "Congratulations Erika! Come to claim your prize!"
"Great job Charmeleon! Great job Clefairy!" Erika yelled, and ran over to get her badge.
"You've done very well Erika, you earned it!" Misty said and gave Erika her badge. She
came running out to me and gave me a big hug.
Outside
"I'm guessing this means that you won?" I said and yelled "We did it!"
"We made it!." Erika yelled and pulled out the map.
"Where are we going next?" I asked.
"How about we go to the Pokemart and pick up some pokeballs and snacks, then the Bike
store to get our Roller Blades?" Erika suggested.
"That sounds good. Only problem is I don't know what size I am in Roller Blades." I said.
"That's no problem, we'll just keep trying on pairs until we find a pair that fits."
We walked dorn the street heading for the pokemart, which was just a few blocks
down from the Bike Shop and went inside. I went up and down the isles looking for some
potions while Erika was at the desk buying some pokeballs for the two of us.
"I'll be waiting ouside O.k.?" Erika said and stepped outside.
"All Right, I'll be right out!" I said and looked back to the shelf I had been looking for. I
took two potions and six candies for my pokemon, then went to the counter.
"That will be 660|p| please." The man at the desk said chearfully, and watched as I
counted out my money.
"Here you go. Thanks!" I said and picked up the paper bag with my stuff in it.
"Thanks again, and come back soon!" The man said and helped the next person in line.
I walked out and sat down next to Erika on the steps. I empyted the brown bag,
and put it into my back pack, then took out my wallet and counted out 1000|p| out and
gave it to her, then she handed me five pokeballs.
"So, where are we gonna go next?" I asked as I put the pokeballs away and took out the
Roller Blade coupons.
"If you want, we can go to the Bike Shop and buy a pair of Roller Blades." She said and
put her back pack back on.
"Sounds good to me! Come on Pikachu!" I said and threw my back pack back over my
shoulders.
"Pika Chu!" *Let's Go!*
"Come on Charmeleon!" Erika said and pated him on the head.
"Charmeleon CharChar Meleon!" *Sounds like fun Erika!*
We walked to the Shop and our pokemon followed behind us. Pikachu and
Charmeleon were the perfect pair, both of their tails swung back and forth in perfect
syncronization!
"I think this is it" Erika said folding up the map. We went inside and looked around at all
the shiney new bikes that sat on racks. There were red ones, and blue ones, even a green
one painted to looke like a tree! I think that one caught Erika's eye.
"Can I help you girls?" A man dressed in bycicle shorts and a Blastoise T-shirt asked us.
"Yeah, we're looking for where the Roller Blades are." I said and held up the two
coupons.
"Those are...Roller Blade coupons..." He said in dispair and pointed us over to the Roller
Blade section. "The girls section is on the right, and it's organized by color and size. I
fyou need any help don't hesitate to ask." the man said and returned to the desk.
We looked through pairs and pairs. I found a pair of size 9 Ice blue blades that had
a Vaporeon air brushed on it. Erika found a pair of size 10 blades that were redish-orange
with a Charizard. The only problem was that the wings were colored a creamish instead
of grenish blue. She went up to the desk, and the man explained that, that type of
Charizard is the one that can only be found on Cinabar Island, and he pointed out the blue
flame on it's tail. Erika was delighted and bought that pair. I, on the other hand also found
a pair of yellow Roller blades with a Raichu on it that was using a Blizzard attack. I also
asked about it and he explained that the picture that was on there, was of the legendary
PikaBlue, a Raichu that can use both water, and electric attacks. I asked him if I could
have them cutomized, a Vaporeon on the inside, and Raichu on the out. He said it would
be 50|p| extra, but I accepted it. And we were finally on our way.
We slept at the pokemon center overnight since I was really beat the day before.
Pikachu got all peped up and Pidgeotto was ready as well. I was planing on using them
for my pokemon. Erika sat on the bench in the main room while I was in the ladies room
changing. When I came back out she was talking to Charmeleon about a stratagy to win,
and how he should use his speed not his strength to win. It was actually rather cute.
"Ready to go Erika?" I asked as I finished packing my sleeping bag.
"Just about, I think he needs a good luck kiss." She bent down and kissed his adorable
little nose then said, "We're gonna make it to the top!"
We walked out of the Pokemon Center and began to walk twords the gym when I
noticed that Erika hadn't put Charmeleon into his pokeball. Well, maybe he's
clostraphobic, like Pikachu. Pikachu followed behind me as we walked to the gym.
"I heard they train water pokemon at this gym. That's why I brought Pikachu with me." I
said and Pikachu looked up at me and smiled.
"This is going to be fun." Erika said to me and then added, "Look! There it is!"
It was a huge building that looked like a swimming pool and had a Stuffed animal
Dewgong over the entrance. As we walked down the road to the enterance, we watched
other trainers pep up their pokemon. There was one boy with a Raticate that was
amazingly fast. But there was another girl who had a Ivysaur that was bigger than any I
had ever seen.
"Well, who goes in first?" Erika asked as we looked down the corridor. "I think I went
first last time, so you can go first this time."
"All right Erika. Wish me luck!" I yelled back as I started down the corridor to the main
practice pool area. Pikachu waddled behind me back and forth his cute little tail swished,
just like Charmeleons'.
All of a sudden right after I walked into the room, a spotlight caught me and I was
introduced to the leader of the gym.
"I am Misty of the Cerulean City Gym. Who are you?" She asked as a platform with her
sitting on it was raised out of the pool.
"I am Marcy Blaze of Cinnibar Island. I have come to challange the leader of this gym, to
compeat for the Cascade Badge!"
"You have done you're homework Marcy! The Cascade Badge is only owned by skilled
trainers. Are you worthy of compeating for this badge?"
"Yes!"
"We will use two pokemon each!" As she stepped down from the highest level of the
platform, I realized that she was only a few years older than me. She must be a skilled
trainer to be a gym leader at such a young age!
"Go Staryu!" She yelled and dropped the pokeball into the pool. When it opened it
released a Staryu with a gem that shimered with all the colors of the rainbow.
"Go, Pidgeotto!" I knew that if she had a Staryu, then she must have a Starmie, so I saved
Pikachu for that battle.
"Staryu, Airborn tackle!" It began to spin and tried to tackle Pidgeotto, but he was just to
slow.
"Pidgeotto, Sand attack!" He rapidly flapped his wings causing dust and dirt to fly up
from the pool floor and into it's gem.
"Staryu! Try your Light Screen!" It formed a invisable wall around itself, so the attack
wouldn't have any effect.
"Pidgeotto! Do a Agility Quick Attack! Cofuse him, then strike!"
"What!" Misty shouted.
Pidgeotto flew rapidly in circles around Staryu confusing it, and when it let it's Light
Screen down, Pidgeotto dived into it, cracking parts of the gem.
"STARYU!" I never even considered that attack! "Staryu, return!"
"Pidgeotto, return!"
"Go, Starmie!" She yelled and threw the pokeball again, into the water. When it opened, a
Starmie flew out and flew in mid-air.
"Go Pikachu!" Pikachu jumped out infront of me and powered up.
"Starmie, Hydro Pump!" Misty yelled and Starmie dove underwater. There was a slight
movement of the floor, then a crack formed up the side of the pool.
"Pikachu, keep powering up, when I count to three, jump up and release a Thunder
Attack. Got it?" I said.
"Chu!" *Right* he said.
"One,....Two....Three Jump!" I yelled and he jumped up into the air just as the cracks
burst out water. "Now Pikachu, release the Thundre attack!"
"PIKA....CHUUUU!" And he let out a huge wave of Thunder that was carried by the
water gysers and to the rest of the water, parylzing Starmie.
"STARMIE!!" That was amazing! "Starmie return. I congradulate you Marcy! You are
more of a challange than I was led to belive. You have defeated me, and in doing so, have
earned the Cascade badge! Come over to this side to claim it."
"Pikachu you did it! That was terrific!" I picked him up and gave him a huge hug. I ran
over to the other side of the pool, where a Seel was sitting holding out his tounge with a
cascade badge on it.
"Congratulations Marcy, you earned it!" Misty said and called the Seel back after I had
taken it.
"Thank you Misty." I said, and was about to leave, when she said,
"Wait. Listen carefully. That Pikachu is a special one, not only because of his abilities,
but he has a secret inner strength. Take good care of him and good luck!"
"Thank you again!" I yelled and ran down the corridor with Pikachu in my arms.
"Erika!" I yelled, "I did it, I got my second badge!" I yelled out and Pikachu jumped from
my arms onto Charmeleons head.
"That's great! Was it hard?" Erika asked admiring the badge I held.
"It wasn't to hard, but I think you guys are going to need to use another pool!" I said and
sat down on the step.
"Great! Let's go Charmeleon! Wish me luck!" Erika yelled as she ran down the long
corridor.
Inside
"If you are here to challenge me, I suggest you use the other pool, I just got finished with
one awesome trainer!" Misty yelled out from another room. "Come to your left, there is
one there you can use."
"I am Erika of Cinnabar Island, and I have come to challenge the leader of this gym,
Misty, to earn a Cascade Badge." Erika said and watched as Misty walked out from the
dark shadow of the stadium-like seats.
"Very well Erika, we will use two pokemon each! Go Staryu!" She dropped the pokeball
into the water where then, a Staryy jumped out, landing on the floor in front of her.
"I'll choose, Charmeleon! Go!"
"A Cinnabar Island Charmeleon, this could be more interesting than I thought! Staryu,
underwater tackle!" It dived into the water and began to spin, creating a whirlpool.
"Charmeleon, use your Growl!" Charmeleon roared loudly and shook the ground, causing
the Staryu to stop spinning. It sprang out of the water, and tackled Charmeleon, knocking
him to the ground.
"Charmeleon! Use your Slash!" Erika yelled as the Staryu again tried to tackle him. He
jumped up, and over the charging Staryu, slashing the gem and part of the gold armor he
had.
"Nice job Charmeleon!" Erika yelled and made him come out for a rest.
"Staryu return. I commend you're Charmeleon, it's skills are most impressive, but, let's see
what you use for this! Go Starmie!" Misty yelled and threw Starmie's pokeball into the
water. It jumped out ready to fight.
"Go Clefairy!" Erika yelled and threw Clefairy's pokeball out. "Clefairy, use your Sing
attack!" Erika yelled.
"Starmie, use your tackle...Starmie?" Misty called out, but it was already to late, Starmie
was sound asleep. "Congratulations Erika! Come to claim your prize!"
"Great job Charmeleon! Great job Clefairy!" Erika yelled, and ran over to get her badge.
"You've done very well Erika, you earned it!" Misty said and gave Erika her badge. She
came running out to me and gave me a big hug.
Outside
"I'm guessing this means that you won?" I said and yelled "We did it!"
"We made it!." Erika yelled and pulled out the map.
"Where are we going next?" I asked.
"How about we go to the Pokemart and pick up some pokeballs and snacks, then the Bike
store to get our Roller Blades?" Erika suggested.
"That sounds good. Only problem is I don't know what size I am in Roller Blades." I said.
"That's no problem, we'll just keep trying on pairs until we find a pair that fits."
We walked dorn the street heading for the pokemart, which was just a few blocks
down from the Bike Shop and went inside. I went up and down the isles looking for some
potions while Erika was at the desk buying some pokeballs for the two of us.
"I'll be waiting ouside O.k.?" Erika said and stepped outside.
"All Right, I'll be right out!" I said and looked back to the shelf I had been looking for. I
took two potions and six candies for my pokemon, then went to the counter.
"That will be 660|p| please." The man at the desk said chearfully, and watched as I
counted out my money.
"Here you go. Thanks!" I said and picked up the paper bag with my stuff in it.
"Thanks again, and come back soon!" The man said and helped the next person in line.
I walked out and sat down next to Erika on the steps. I empyted the brown bag,
and put it into my back pack, then took out my wallet and counted out 1000|p| out and
gave it to her, then she handed me five pokeballs.
"So, where are we gonna go next?" I asked as I put the pokeballs away and took out the
Roller Blade coupons.
"If you want, we can go to the Bike Shop and buy a pair of Roller Blades." She said and
put her back pack back on.
"Sounds good to me! Come on Pikachu!" I said and threw my back pack back over my
shoulders.
"Pika Chu!" *Let's Go!*
"Come on Charmeleon!" Erika said and pated him on the head.
"Charmeleon CharChar Meleon!" *Sounds like fun Erika!*
We walked to the Shop and our pokemon followed behind us. Pikachu and
Charmeleon were the perfect pair, both of their tails swung back and forth in perfect
syncronization!
"I think this is it" Erika said folding up the map. We went inside and looked around at all
the shiney new bikes that sat on racks. There were red ones, and blue ones, even a green
one painted to looke like a tree! I think that one caught Erika's eye.
"Can I help you girls?" A man dressed in bycicle shorts and a Blastoise T-shirt asked us.
"Yeah, we're looking for where the Roller Blades are." I said and held up the two
coupons.
"Those are...Roller Blade coupons..." He said in dispair and pointed us over to the Roller
Blade section. "The girls section is on the right, and it's organized by color and size. I
fyou need any help don't hesitate to ask." the man said and returned to the desk.
We looked through pairs and pairs. I found a pair of size 9 Ice blue blades that had
a Vaporeon air brushed on it. Erika found a pair of size 10 blades that were redish-orange
with a Charizard. The only problem was that the wings were colored a creamish instead
of grenish blue. She went up to the desk, and the man explained that, that type of
Charizard is the one that can only be found on Cinabar Island, and he pointed out the blue
flame on it's tail. Erika was delighted and bought that pair. I, on the other hand also found
a pair of yellow Roller blades with a Raichu on it that was using a Blizzard attack. I also
asked about it and he explained that the picture that was on there, was of the legendary
PikaBlue, a Raichu that can use both water, and electric attacks. I asked him if I could
have them cutomized, a Vaporeon on the inside, and Raichu on the out. He said it would
be 50|p| extra, but I accepted it. And we were finally on our way.