Chapter XII- Lavander Town
As we walked out together, and our pokemon followed, I realized,
"Where are we going to go next?"
"We were going to route #8 to catch some new pokemon." Erika said adn pulled out the
map.
"We half to walk all the way back through Saffron?!" I asked.
"Charrr!" *No!*
"Raichu Raaai Chu Raichuu!" *Charizard and Pidgeot can fly us.*
"Now that's a good idea!" Erika said and Charizard lowered his neck to let her on, but she
still couldn't quiet reach his back, so he pushed her up with his nose.
"Pidgeot! Fly me to route #8" I yelled and threw his pokeball into the air. He landed next
to me and I jumped on. "Come on Raichu!" He jumped up and I caught him, then put him
on my lap.
"Charizard, route #8 should be somewhere in that direction. Fly that way." She pointed in
the direction of Saffron City, and Charizard lifted up.
"Pidgeot, follow Charizard." Pidgeot flapped his wings hard and began to fly behind
Charizard.
"This is so cool!" Erika yelled out.
"You can say that again!" I yelled and Pidgeot flew up next to Charizard.
"Do you see Saffron yet?" Erika asked.
"Nope not yet. But there's route #7...Oh wait! There it is!" I yelled out as people watched
us fly overhead.
"If that was Saffron than route #8 should be right over here. Slow down Charizard!"
"Slow down Pidgeot!"
"That's it, down there. Land here Charizard." He began to slowly glide to the ground.
"Right here Pidgeot!" I said and he followed Charizard down. We landed at the same
time, side by side, and then got off.
"According to this map, we can catch numerous pokemon, including Growlithe and
Vulpix." Erika said, once again pulling out her map.
"That's great, let's start looking!" I yelled and called back Pidgeot for a well deserved rest.
We walked around for a while, but we couldn't find any pokemon. Then I remembered
the candy I bought at the store.
"What are you doing?" Erika asked as she watched me skate and fumble through my back
pack.
"Looking for the candies I bought. Oh! Here's one." I placed it on the gound infront of me
and gave the next one I found to Erika. I found the Third candy, but shoved it into
Raichus' mouth before she noticed it.
"Raichu! Rai!" *Tastes good!*
"What tastes good Raichu?" He looked up at Erika with his mouth full and quickly
scanned the ground for an apple. He found one and picked it up, showing it to Erika.
"Oh." She took her candy not allowing Charizard to eat it, put it on the ground to lure a
pokemon.
"I'm hiding over here if you need me!" I whispered and stuck my hand out of the tall
grass.
"Gotcha! Now Charizard, I know this is hard, but you have to stay down and stay low.
Understand?" Charizard shook his head yes. "And most importantly, don't eat the candy!"
We waited for a few minutes and Charizard was still sitting in the same position,
just as Erika was. Then there was a rustle in the bushes. She moved some of the grass
slowly, just so she could see with one eye. It was a group of Abras! She waited to see who
got the candie from the others because that was the one that was the strongest. A girl
Kadabra came out of the bush and knocked the rest over then took the candy. That was
the one that she wanted.
"Charizard Go!" She shouted, and he leeped at the Kadabra who tried a confusion attack,
but it didn't work. Charizard slashed it then gave it a good Ember attack. "Great
Charizard! Pokeball go!" She threw a Greatball at the Kadabra and instantly caught it.
Then it was autamaticly transfered to Blaine. I almost lost my chance to catch my
pokemon watching hers. A Ninetails walked out of the bushes with some young Vulpix,
probobly part of her community. They each took a little of the candy, but she pushed them
out of the way. That was the Ninetails I wanted.
"Raichu go!" I watched as He jumped out of the bushes and tail whipped the Ninetails.
She swipped her claw and scratched his paw. This got him furious. He bit her flank, and
she fell down.
"That's o.k. Raichu, just be more careful next time. Pokeball go!" I threw a pokeball at it
and instantly captured it. "Are you o.k.?" The pokeball was transfered and me and Erika
came out of hidding.
"Raichuuuu! Rai chuu Raa!" *Ouchhhh! My paw hurts!* Raichu said licking his paw.
"Oh, my poor baby! Come'er." I picked him up and kissed his paw. "Don't worry, the
people at the Pokemon Center will take care of you." I said and scratched his head.
"Well, we had better get moving if we want to reach Lavander Town by dark." Erika said
and hopped on to Charizard. "I did it!" She yelled triumphantly.
We kept going on until we finally entered Lavander Town. It was a creep place,
with a tall building in the middle of it.
"That must be Pokemon Tower!" I yelled pointing to the tall building. Erika examined the
map a little more, and ocasionally looked up, then said,
"Yup. That's it all right. But before we go in there we had better stop at a pokemon center
first."
"I think Raichu wants to eat!" I said as I looked down and watched him point to his open
mouth.
"Oh! That's soooooo cute!" Erika said and looked at the map, then put it away. "The
pokemon center should be right that way!" She said and pointed in front of us from on top
of her Charizard.
We finally made it all the way to the pokemon Center and dropped off our
pokemon we were going to keep with us. I dropped of Raichu, Pidgeot, and Gyrados.
Erika dropped off Charizard, and Shellder. The others that we didn't leave with nurse Joy,
we were going to transfer to Blaine so we could get our pokemon that we caught. I went
to one phone, and Erika went to the one next to me. We opened two channels to Blaine,
and I transfered my Clefairy for my Arbok, my Charmander for Ninetails, and my Horsea
for Eevee. Erika transfered her Clefairy and left an empty spot in her line up for a Gastly
or Haunter she was planning to catch at Pokemon Tower. She transfered Pidgeotto for her
Arbok as well, then her Staryu for Kadabra, and her Squirtle for her Eevee. We dropped
all of our new pokemon off and picked up our other ones then got a sandwich from the
deli next door to the Center. As we were walking back eating our sandwiches, I muttered,
"White Blaze..."
"What!?" Erika asked and stopped munching on her lunch.
"I think that's what I'll call my Ninetails."
"White Blaze?" Erika thought for a moment as she walked then reponded, "That's a
perfect name!"
We got back to the pokemon center and picked up our pokemon then continued to
explore the town. I broke off bits of my sandwich for Raichu to eat as we walked.
"Whats that?" I said to Erika as I pointed at two large buildings that must have been 30
floors each.
"I don't know." She said, and pulled out the map as Charizard looked over her shoulder.
"It says here that those two buildings are where they keep the records of all the pokemon
trainers in the Indigo Leauge. All of their names, official battles, and all of the pokemon
they have nicknamed." She said as she brushed Charizards nose out of the way.
"We're registered trainers, ya think they have a folder or two for us?" I asked as I gave
the last bit of my sandwich to Raichu.
"Maybe! Lets go look." She said and we skated over to the buildings. A sign sat out
infront betweenv the two, that said, 'Trainers welcome! If you have nickenamed a
pokemon/want one to be nicknamed or caught/evolved a rare one, please register them
here.'
"Do you think they know about Raichu?" I asked as I finished reading the sign, "That day
when Raichu evolved, Nurse Joy asked me all sorts of questions."
"Maybe, why don't we go have a look?" Erika said and handed the map to Charizard, who
carefully put it back her bag. "Thanks Charizard! :)"
"Chari zard! =:)" *Your Welcome!*
I picked up Raichu and skated twords the first building on our right. As we skated closer,
the building seemed to grow, it got taller and taller as we came closer and closer.
"WOW!!!" Erika yelled and looked straight up. I looked up also, it looked as if it was the
tallest building in the world, when you're standing right next to it.
"Well, let's go..." But before I could finish, a woman opened the doors infront of us, and
said,
"You girls are trainers correct?" She shuffled through a pile of papers she held and began
to talk rather fast, "You've caught Eevee's lately, am I correct in saying so? And if so,
then you must be...." She looked at me quickly, then at Erika, then went back to thumbing
through her papers, "Marcy...ah yes...the one with the rare Pikablue?! Eevee's are very
rare in the wild because they have so many natural enemies and because people love their
soft coat, some people will even pay some one to find them and make them into fur coats!
A terrible tragedy! That's why when ever we find a trainer who has captured one, we try
to contact them right away! We try to pinpoint where the Eevee's live so we can protect
that area. The same with the pikachu's as well, because they are so rare! Is that a Cinnibar
Island Charizard????!!!!" The lady suddenly realized the huge Charizard standing
bewildered behind Erika. "Oh my gosh!!!! I've never seen one, I've only heard stories of
their exsistance!! Where did you find it??!! Can I take some quick pictures of it!!!???
OHHHHH!!! I'm so excited!!! Oh, speaking of pictures, have you girls gotten your
trainers license yet? You need it to pass back through this town! Ohhh!!" She continued
to examine Charizard as she spoke, taking measurments, pictures, examining his teeth,
which he didn't exactly appreciate. "Oh, I'm sorry!! Who do you belong to?" She asked
him as she examined his claws.
"CharChar" *Erika* as he pointed with his other claw, the Lady procced to finish writing
down notes, and began to examine Raichu.
"Ah! The Pikablue!" She pulled a small flashlight out from her jacket.
"Rai chuchu Rai-Chu!" *My name is Rai-Chu* He growled and would have bit her
finger, but I grabbed his ear.
"Raichu!RaiRai!" * But Marcy!*
"I'm sorry! You don't like being called Pikablue?" She took her hand away from his
mouth and put it palm up.
"Pikablue, Rai Rai chu. Raichu chu Rai Raichu!" *I am a Pikablue. But my name is
Raichu!*
"I'm sorry. Can you forgive me?" She gave him a smile that he couldn't resist, and he
squirmed around in my arms, just enough to pop out his tail and put it into her hand.
"Is this how you say hello?" She asked getting ready to write it down.
"Raichu Rai chu rai 'Raichu'" *This is how Raichu's and Pikachu's say 'Friends'* Raichu
said ploping his tail over my arm.
"Here." I said and put him onto the ground, so he could readjust his position.
"Raichu! Rai chuchu Rai chu!" *Thanks! Usually they interlock tails!* He said wiggling
his tail around.
"Really? This is fasinating! Can I measure your tail?" She said writing down more and
more information. "There! All done! You girls can go inside and get you licenses if you
have at least 10 pokemon caught each.
"I think so." We both began to count on our fingers. "Yeah! Ten exactly!" Erika yelled.
"Me too! Let's go!"
"Good luck girls!" She yelled and stopped another trainer on his way inside.
As we walked out together, and our pokemon followed, I realized,
"Where are we going to go next?"
"We were going to route #8 to catch some new pokemon." Erika said adn pulled out the
map.
"We half to walk all the way back through Saffron?!" I asked.
"Charrr!" *No!*
"Raichu Raaai Chu Raichuu!" *Charizard and Pidgeot can fly us.*
"Now that's a good idea!" Erika said and Charizard lowered his neck to let her on, but she
still couldn't quiet reach his back, so he pushed her up with his nose.
"Pidgeot! Fly me to route #8" I yelled and threw his pokeball into the air. He landed next
to me and I jumped on. "Come on Raichu!" He jumped up and I caught him, then put him
on my lap.
"Charizard, route #8 should be somewhere in that direction. Fly that way." She pointed in
the direction of Saffron City, and Charizard lifted up.
"Pidgeot, follow Charizard." Pidgeot flapped his wings hard and began to fly behind
Charizard.
"This is so cool!" Erika yelled out.
"You can say that again!" I yelled and Pidgeot flew up next to Charizard.
"Do you see Saffron yet?" Erika asked.
"Nope not yet. But there's route #7...Oh wait! There it is!" I yelled out as people watched
us fly overhead.
"If that was Saffron than route #8 should be right over here. Slow down Charizard!"
"Slow down Pidgeot!"
"That's it, down there. Land here Charizard." He began to slowly glide to the ground.
"Right here Pidgeot!" I said and he followed Charizard down. We landed at the same
time, side by side, and then got off.
"According to this map, we can catch numerous pokemon, including Growlithe and
Vulpix." Erika said, once again pulling out her map.
"That's great, let's start looking!" I yelled and called back Pidgeot for a well deserved rest.
We walked around for a while, but we couldn't find any pokemon. Then I remembered
the candy I bought at the store.
"What are you doing?" Erika asked as she watched me skate and fumble through my back
pack.
"Looking for the candies I bought. Oh! Here's one." I placed it on the gound infront of me
and gave the next one I found to Erika. I found the Third candy, but shoved it into
Raichus' mouth before she noticed it.
"Raichu! Rai!" *Tastes good!*
"What tastes good Raichu?" He looked up at Erika with his mouth full and quickly
scanned the ground for an apple. He found one and picked it up, showing it to Erika.
"Oh." She took her candy not allowing Charizard to eat it, put it on the ground to lure a
pokemon.
"I'm hiding over here if you need me!" I whispered and stuck my hand out of the tall
grass.
"Gotcha! Now Charizard, I know this is hard, but you have to stay down and stay low.
Understand?" Charizard shook his head yes. "And most importantly, don't eat the candy!"
We waited for a few minutes and Charizard was still sitting in the same position,
just as Erika was. Then there was a rustle in the bushes. She moved some of the grass
slowly, just so she could see with one eye. It was a group of Abras! She waited to see who
got the candie from the others because that was the one that was the strongest. A girl
Kadabra came out of the bush and knocked the rest over then took the candy. That was
the one that she wanted.
"Charizard Go!" She shouted, and he leeped at the Kadabra who tried a confusion attack,
but it didn't work. Charizard slashed it then gave it a good Ember attack. "Great
Charizard! Pokeball go!" She threw a Greatball at the Kadabra and instantly caught it.
Then it was autamaticly transfered to Blaine. I almost lost my chance to catch my
pokemon watching hers. A Ninetails walked out of the bushes with some young Vulpix,
probobly part of her community. They each took a little of the candy, but she pushed them
out of the way. That was the Ninetails I wanted.
"Raichu go!" I watched as He jumped out of the bushes and tail whipped the Ninetails.
She swipped her claw and scratched his paw. This got him furious. He bit her flank, and
she fell down.
"That's o.k. Raichu, just be more careful next time. Pokeball go!" I threw a pokeball at it
and instantly captured it. "Are you o.k.?" The pokeball was transfered and me and Erika
came out of hidding.
"Raichuuuu! Rai chuu Raa!" *Ouchhhh! My paw hurts!* Raichu said licking his paw.
"Oh, my poor baby! Come'er." I picked him up and kissed his paw. "Don't worry, the
people at the Pokemon Center will take care of you." I said and scratched his head.
"Well, we had better get moving if we want to reach Lavander Town by dark." Erika said
and hopped on to Charizard. "I did it!" She yelled triumphantly.
We kept going on until we finally entered Lavander Town. It was a creep place,
with a tall building in the middle of it.
"That must be Pokemon Tower!" I yelled pointing to the tall building. Erika examined the
map a little more, and ocasionally looked up, then said,
"Yup. That's it all right. But before we go in there we had better stop at a pokemon center
first."
"I think Raichu wants to eat!" I said as I looked down and watched him point to his open
mouth.
"Oh! That's soooooo cute!" Erika said and looked at the map, then put it away. "The
pokemon center should be right that way!" She said and pointed in front of us from on top
of her Charizard.
We finally made it all the way to the pokemon Center and dropped off our
pokemon we were going to keep with us. I dropped of Raichu, Pidgeot, and Gyrados.
Erika dropped off Charizard, and Shellder. The others that we didn't leave with nurse Joy,
we were going to transfer to Blaine so we could get our pokemon that we caught. I went
to one phone, and Erika went to the one next to me. We opened two channels to Blaine,
and I transfered my Clefairy for my Arbok, my Charmander for Ninetails, and my Horsea
for Eevee. Erika transfered her Clefairy and left an empty spot in her line up for a Gastly
or Haunter she was planning to catch at Pokemon Tower. She transfered Pidgeotto for her
Arbok as well, then her Staryu for Kadabra, and her Squirtle for her Eevee. We dropped
all of our new pokemon off and picked up our other ones then got a sandwich from the
deli next door to the Center. As we were walking back eating our sandwiches, I muttered,
"White Blaze..."
"What!?" Erika asked and stopped munching on her lunch.
"I think that's what I'll call my Ninetails."
"White Blaze?" Erika thought for a moment as she walked then reponded, "That's a
perfect name!"
We got back to the pokemon center and picked up our pokemon then continued to
explore the town. I broke off bits of my sandwich for Raichu to eat as we walked.
"Whats that?" I said to Erika as I pointed at two large buildings that must have been 30
floors each.
"I don't know." She said, and pulled out the map as Charizard looked over her shoulder.
"It says here that those two buildings are where they keep the records of all the pokemon
trainers in the Indigo Leauge. All of their names, official battles, and all of the pokemon
they have nicknamed." She said as she brushed Charizards nose out of the way.
"We're registered trainers, ya think they have a folder or two for us?" I asked as I gave
the last bit of my sandwich to Raichu.
"Maybe! Lets go look." She said and we skated over to the buildings. A sign sat out
infront betweenv the two, that said, 'Trainers welcome! If you have nickenamed a
pokemon/want one to be nicknamed or caught/evolved a rare one, please register them
here.'
"Do you think they know about Raichu?" I asked as I finished reading the sign, "That day
when Raichu evolved, Nurse Joy asked me all sorts of questions."
"Maybe, why don't we go have a look?" Erika said and handed the map to Charizard, who
carefully put it back her bag. "Thanks Charizard! :)"
"Chari zard! =:)" *Your Welcome!*
I picked up Raichu and skated twords the first building on our right. As we skated closer,
the building seemed to grow, it got taller and taller as we came closer and closer.
"WOW!!!" Erika yelled and looked straight up. I looked up also, it looked as if it was the
tallest building in the world, when you're standing right next to it.
"Well, let's go..." But before I could finish, a woman opened the doors infront of us, and
said,
"You girls are trainers correct?" She shuffled through a pile of papers she held and began
to talk rather fast, "You've caught Eevee's lately, am I correct in saying so? And if so,
then you must be...." She looked at me quickly, then at Erika, then went back to thumbing
through her papers, "Marcy...ah yes...the one with the rare Pikablue?! Eevee's are very
rare in the wild because they have so many natural enemies and because people love their
soft coat, some people will even pay some one to find them and make them into fur coats!
A terrible tragedy! That's why when ever we find a trainer who has captured one, we try
to contact them right away! We try to pinpoint where the Eevee's live so we can protect
that area. The same with the pikachu's as well, because they are so rare! Is that a Cinnibar
Island Charizard????!!!!" The lady suddenly realized the huge Charizard standing
bewildered behind Erika. "Oh my gosh!!!! I've never seen one, I've only heard stories of
their exsistance!! Where did you find it??!! Can I take some quick pictures of it!!!???
OHHHHH!!! I'm so excited!!! Oh, speaking of pictures, have you girls gotten your
trainers license yet? You need it to pass back through this town! Ohhh!!" She continued
to examine Charizard as she spoke, taking measurments, pictures, examining his teeth,
which he didn't exactly appreciate. "Oh, I'm sorry!! Who do you belong to?" She asked
him as she examined his claws.
"CharChar" *Erika* as he pointed with his other claw, the Lady procced to finish writing
down notes, and began to examine Raichu.
"Ah! The Pikablue!" She pulled a small flashlight out from her jacket.
"Rai chuchu Rai-Chu!" *My name is Rai-Chu* He growled and would have bit her
finger, but I grabbed his ear.
"Raichu!RaiRai!" * But Marcy!*
"I'm sorry! You don't like being called Pikablue?" She took her hand away from his
mouth and put it palm up.
"Pikablue, Rai Rai chu. Raichu chu Rai Raichu!" *I am a Pikablue. But my name is
Raichu!*
"I'm sorry. Can you forgive me?" She gave him a smile that he couldn't resist, and he
squirmed around in my arms, just enough to pop out his tail and put it into her hand.
"Is this how you say hello?" She asked getting ready to write it down.
"Raichu Rai chu rai 'Raichu'" *This is how Raichu's and Pikachu's say 'Friends'* Raichu
said ploping his tail over my arm.
"Here." I said and put him onto the ground, so he could readjust his position.
"Raichu! Rai chuchu Rai chu!" *Thanks! Usually they interlock tails!* He said wiggling
his tail around.
"Really? This is fasinating! Can I measure your tail?" She said writing down more and
more information. "There! All done! You girls can go inside and get you licenses if you
have at least 10 pokemon caught each.
"I think so." We both began to count on our fingers. "Yeah! Ten exactly!" Erika yelled.
"Me too! Let's go!"
"Good luck girls!" She yelled and stopped another trainer on his way inside.