Chapter 1: The Journey Begins
Heracross is using Megahorn to counter Azumarill's Hydro Pump! This battle isn't over yet, folks! "Yeah! Go, Heracross!" Meet Lloyd, a 15-year-old boy in the world of Pokemon. He was a kid with a dark complexion, black, curly hair, a red t-shirt, light-blue jeans, and a good-guy attitude. He was kind of chubby and about 5 feet 7 inches. The Megahorn made a direct hit! Azumarill's unable to battle! Yoshi of New Bark Town is the winner! "WOO- HOO! All right, Yoshi!" screamed Lloyd. Just then, Lloyd's mother walked into his room. "Are you still up?" she asked. "Sorry I woke you up, Mom. I'm just excited because I'm starting my Pokémon journey tomorrow with Sparky," he said, pointing to his loyal Pichu. "Well, you need to get some sleep." "Okay, Mom. Good night." "Good night, sweetheart."
The next day...
It was a peaceful day in Littleroot Town when a moving truck suddenly turned up to an empty house.
A fairly thin girl was in the passenger side of the truck. She was about 5 feet and 5 inches tall, wearing black, baggy, flare jeans, a waist length, black t-shirt with a white skull on the front, a purple sweat band on her left wrist, a purple watch on her right wrist, a small, silver, loop earring in each ear, a silver chain dog collar around her neck, steel toe boots with the steel on the outside, and a purple Pokéball belt with one Pokéball.
She sighed as she looked at herself in the rear view mirror. She had milky white skin and lavender eyes. She looked at her hair. It was waist length, wavy black hair with purple streaks dyed into it. She quickly put it up into a ponytail and got out of the truck to help unload.
She was surprised to see a group of Machoke already unloading the truck. She sighed.
"Well, now what?" she said to herself.
Meanwhile...
"Well I got my stuff and I'm ready to go!" said Lloyd.
As he walked out of his house, he noticed a moving truck at the empty house next door. "Looks like our new next-door neighbors are moving in today! Want to go meet em'?" he asked Sparky. "Pichu!" the little Pokémon agreed.
Lloyd saw a girl with wavy black hair with purple streaks standing by the passenger side of the truck. Whoa, he thought, she's beautiful. As he walked over, the girl saw him walking toward her. "Hi! I'm Lloyd Lee," said Lloyd, "and this is Sparky! Who are you?"
The girl extended her hand to Lloyd for a handshake. As they shook hand she said, "Hi, Lloyd. I'm Evelon Dufane. But you can call me Ev."
She then saw Sparky and smiled.
"Cool, you have a Pokémon to. I thought I'd be the only kid with a Pokémon!" she said as she reached back on her belt and got her Pokéball. It opened to reveal a Charmander. It was different because it had a black collar with small spikes on it. It also had a scar over its right blue eye.
"This is Draco. He has a bit of an attitude at times and is really over protective, but he's nice to good people. Though I have no idea where he got the scar from," Evelon said as she pets the Charmander fondly on the top of the head.
"So, where did you move from?" asked Lloyd. "I was born and raised here in Littleroot Town." Geez, thought Lloyd, I'm so nervous. I'm acting like I never met a girl before.
"I grew up in Fortree City. I'm 13. You?" she said, a little nervously. Draco rolled his eyes.
"I'm 15 years old," Lloyd said, hesitating. Sparky pulled on Lloyd's pant leg, signaling him to go to Professor Birch's lab. "Oh, yeah. I'm going to Professor Birch's lab. Wanna come with me?"
"Sure! I always wanted to meet him," she said, excitedly.
At Professor Birch's lab...
"Hi, professor!" said Lloyd, as he and Evelon walk into the lab. "Hmm? Oh, hello, Lloyd. And who is this young lady?"
"Hi, I'm Evelon Dufane. I just moved here," she said.
Draco gave a growl at the Professor.
"Draco! Back!"
Draco stopped growling but glared at Professor Birch.
"Excuse him, please. This is Draco. He's very protective," she said, patting Draco on the head.
Sparky perked up its ears. "Pi?" "Huh? What is it, Sparky?" Lloyd turned his head to see a boy with snow-white hair and a red and black bandana tied around his forehead. "Hey Lloyd!" the boy said. "Oh, hi Brendan! How are you? This is our new neighbor from Fortree. Her name is Evelon." "Nice to meet you." said Brendan.
"Hi! Are you a friend of Lloyd's?" she said as Draco gave another growl.
"Yeah. We've known each other since we were little. Hey, dad. Don't you need to do some fieldwork?" "Oh, no! I forgot!" Professor Birch ran out of the lab at an alarming speed. "I better get going too. Bye!" Lloyd looked at Evelon. "So you want to meet my folks?"
"Sure! You want to meet my mom?" she said, petting Draco to keep him calm.
"Sure! Let's go!" Lloyd followed Evelon to her house. Once inside, Lloyd saw a middle-aged woman sitting at the table. "I see where you get your good looks from," laughed Lloyd. Smooth move, doofus, Lloyd thought to himself.
Evelon blushed 20 shades of red. Draco looked like he was having fun watching them.
"Hey mum! This is Lloyd. He lives around here."
She got up and shook Lloyd's hand saying, "It's very nice to meet you Lloyd."
"Hey, Lloyd? Are we going to meet your folks?"
They walked over to Lloyd's house. As they walked inside, Lloyd's mom greeted them. "Oh, Lloyd. I thought you left already," his mom said. "Well, I started to leave, but I went to meet the new neighbors," he replied, pointing to Evelon. "Oh, hello. What's your name?"
Evelon smiled as they shook hands and said, "Hi! I'm Evelon Dufane. It's nice to meet you."
Draco gave a deep growl. Evelon rolled her eyes.
"Ignore him. He's protective. Come to think of it, the only other person besides me that he hasn't ever growled at is you, Lloyd."
Suddenly, out of the corner of her eye through the window, she saw some other kids arrive in Littleroot Town.
"Hey, Lloyd! There are more trainers. Let's go check it out!" she said as she grabbed his hand and lead him out and over to the group of new trainers.
"Whoa! Okay, I'm coming!" said Lloyd as Evelon pulled his arm. At the entrance of the forest, Evelon and Lloyd greeted the two kids. "Hi! I'm Lloyd Lee, and this is Evelon Dufane." Evelon waved her hand. "Who are you guys?"
"I'm Andrew," the boy said. "I'm here to get my first Hoenn Pokémon. I've got plenty from Kanto and Johto but now I'm going to start a Hoenn adventure."
"Then I take it you want to be a Pokémon master?" Evelon asked as Draco came up and growled at the other trainers.
"And I'm Tsura." She shot a nervous glance at Draco. "Err, did I do something to anger him?"
"Draco! Back!!" Evelon shouted.
The Charmander immediately backed off.
"Sorry, he's really over protective. He even growls at my mother from time to time. He never growls at Lloyd or me for some reason.... So what brings you guys here?"
"I came here from Petalburg City. I want to become a Pokémon trainer, you see, and I've heard that the best way to start is to get a Pokémon from Professor Birch's lab," Tsura explained.
"That's true," said Lloyd, "even though I didn't get Sparky there." He pointed at Sparky.
"I'm trying to get all the Pokémon I can, but I came here to Hoenn to enter a contest," Andrew explained. "The winner gets to go to Sky Pillar and gets the chance to capture the legendary Pokémon, Rayquaza. Legendary Pokémon are my new hobby."
"Really! That's the Pokémon I always wanted!" Evelon explained. "Wait, the professor will give you a Pokémon? No professor ever gave me a Pokémon."
"How do you get Draco then?" asked Lloyd as he gave a suspicious look.
"Oh, We had a really bad storm when I was 10. It even knocked down some of the trees in the forest. I went searching through there with Nurse Joy. That's when I saw Draco in the river. In the rush I had forgot that I was afraid of water, but I swam out and got him anyway. We've been friends since! I only caught him in a Pokéballs on my 13th birthday."
Tsura raised an eyebrow. "I thought Charmander die if their tails are exposed to water?"
"He was in the river, but holding on to a fallen tree," she said as she pets Draco as he shined up one of the small spikes on his collar.
"Hey, Lloyd. I'll see you later. I want to look for Pokémon. I'll be back!" She said as she ran off, Draco fallowing closely behind. They walked for a while until they came to a small meadow filled with feeding Pidgey.
Evelon and Draco crept through the tall grass until they were as close as they could get.
"Look for one that's different, okay Draco?"
"Charmander..."
That's when they spotted the largest Pidgey in the group. It had ruffled feathers at the front.
"That one, Draco. You ready?"
"Char!"
Draco snuck up to the Pidgey and jumped onto it. There was a struggle but the Pidgey broke free and flew out, trying to peck Draco. Draco turned quickly and hit it with his tail. The Pidgey was sent flying into a tree. The other Pidgey flew away in alarm. Evelon and Draco ran up to the Pidgey. She reached into a side pocket in her backpack and pulled out an empty Pokéball.
"Pokeball, go!"
She threw the ball and the Pidgey went inside. It rolled on the ground for a moment and finally stopped.
"Yes! We caught a Pidgey!! Come on, Draco. Let's go show Lloyd!"
She grabbed the ball and began walking back to Littleroot with Draco behind her.
Meanwhile...
Andrew then walked out of Birch Labs.
"Yeah! I got my Treeko! I hope it evolves soon."
"Looks like it's my turn now..." Taking a deep breath, Tsura turned around and headed towards the lab. She pushed open the double-doors and entered; the doors slammed shut behind her.
Several minutes passed. Finally, she exited. Oddly enough, she didn't have a Pokémon following her, nor was she carrying a Pokéball. Dejectedly, she marched back towards the others. "There was no more Pokémon left... just my luck. Andrew got the last one."
Evelon and Draco are walking back when they see a Bulbasaur sleeping against a tree. They immediately stopped in their tracks as it woke up and growled at them.
"Draco, go!!"
"Char!"
He leapt forward and used Ember on the Bulbasaur. The Bulbasaur's bulb suddenly caught on fire.
"Bulba!!!"
"Uh-oh. Put him out Draco!"
Draco swung his tail and hit the Bulbasaur right on the top of the head, rendering him unconscious. Evelon through a Pokéball without thinking and caught it. She immediately grabbed it and ran toward home, Draco right behind her.
She stopped when she saw Tsura.
"Hey! Did, you get your Pokémon?"
Tsura shook her head in response. "Nope. There were no more Pokémon left. That means I came here for nothing..." she sighed. "I'm going back home." She turned to leave, but stopped abruptly as she noticed the creature sitting in front of her-- It was the mouse creature she had seen in Oldale.
"Cynda!" it exclaimed. Tsura turned around and stepped aside, allowing them a better look at it. "Does anyone know if this Pokémon belongs to anyone? It followed me here from Oldale Town."
"Let's see. Draco, search!"
The Charmander began to sniff the little Cyndaquil. He then looked up.
"Char."
"Well, there you have it. It's a free Pokémon."
Evelon tossed Tsura an empty Pokéball.
"Now catch it! Quick!"
The Cyndaquil shuffled its feet and began to stand its ground. Anxiously, Tsura took a step backwards, tightly clutching the Pokéball. "Here goes..." she tossed it at the creature, and then watched expectantly. The ball began to glow faintly as it rocked from side to side once-- then twice-- then for the third time. The glow faded, and it stopped shaking.
In disbelief, Tsura picked it up and examined it. "Well, coming here wasn't such a waste of time after all..."
"Of course it wasn't," said Evelon. She suddenly remembered the Bulbasaur that needs medical attention. "I got to go! It was nice meeting you. And cool Pokémon by the way!" She said as she ran home.
Evelon runs home where her mother healed the Bulbasaur and Pidgey. She then walks out with PokéNav, the Pokéballs, and a strange device that looked like purple sunglasses.
"What's all that mom?
"Well I figure your going to go out on your adventure so I got you a PokéNav and this new device called a PokéMeter. It let's you see the stats of your Pokémon, including what fighting level they're on!"
"Awesome!" She took the Pokéballs and put them on her belt, she took the PokéNav and hung it around her neck, and she took the PokéMeter and let it rest at the top of her head (like you see some people do with sunglasses). She then hugged her mother.
"I'm going to miss you, Evelon..."
"I'm going to miss you too, mom..."
"I hope you turn out to be a great Pokémon master."
"But I don't want to be a Pokémon master. I want to be a Pokémon professional!"
"You go and become whatever you want. I'll still be proud of you no matter what! Oh, and stop at Professor Birch's lab on the way. He has something for you."
"Okay. Bye, Mom!" She waved as she grabbed her backpack and set off toward the lab. It then crossed her mind that Lloyd might be there. She didn't even notice that she began to walk faster at this thought. Draco did though and rolled his eyes as he followed her.
Later...
Andrew was talking to Lloyd. "So who was your first Pokémon?"
"Since I am a beginning Pokemon trainer, Sparky here is my only Pokemon," stated Lloyd. Just as Lloyd began to tell Andrew how he got Sparky, Evelon ran up to them. "Oh, Evelon. What's up?" asked Lloyd.
"Hi, Lloyd! I'm going on a journey! I'm going to travel the land. Are you going to go on a journey? Because if so, we could travel together!"
"Okay," said Lloyd, "let's do it! Oh, wait. I must go get something from Professor Birch. Then I gotta go get some stuff from my mom." Sparky hopped on his shoulder. "Ready to go see what Mom got us, Sparky?" "Pichu!" said Sparky. "Be right back."
A few minutes later...
"Okay, I'm back," said Lloyd. "My mom gave me a PokéNav and something called a PokéMeter. Evelon, you want to come with me to Professor Birch's lab?"
"Sure. My mom gave me a PokéMeter too," she says, pointing to the sunglasses-like devise on top of her head. "I have to get something from the professor too. Let's go!" she grabbed his hand and ran off to the lab.
When they got to the lab, Professor Birch's assistant said that Professor Birch wasn't back yet. "Okay. Thanks anyway, Joshua," said Lloyd, as he and Evelon walked the lab. "I wonder where he is, Evelon."
"I'm not sure. I heard he likes to work in the field more than the lab...you think he might be out there?"
"Yeah. Let's go check," said Lloyd. As they were walking to the forest, Lloyd and Evelon heard someone scream. "HELP!!!" screamed the voice. "What was that?" asked Lloyd.
"I don't know but it sounds bad! Come on!" she said as she grabbed his hand and they ran toward where the voice came from. Why do I always grab his hand? She shook these thoughts out of her head as they heard another 'Help!' "We must be close!"
When they got to where the screams were coming from they saw Professor Birch being chased by a pack of Poochyena. "Someone, HELP!" he shouted. "All right, professor! Sparky, Thundershock!" shouted Lloyd. "Pi-CHUUUU!!!" said Sparky, letting off electrical energy.
All the Poochyena yelp and run away.
"Wow, that's a lot of energy for such a little guy," she said as she pet Sparky on the head. She then turned to Professor Birch, "Are you okay, professor?"
Andrew comes running up behind them saying, "Jeez, you 2 took off so fast I could barely catch up."
Draco growled at him.
"Hi! I didn't know you were following us. Why are you following us?"
"I'm fine. Thank you," said the professor. "Well, that's good to know. So what did you want to give us?" asked Lloyd. "Oh, yes. Come to the lab, and I'll show you."
At the lab...
"This is what I wanted to give you. It's the latest Pokédex. There is one for both of you. Go ahead, take one!" exclaimed Professor Birch. There was a red Pokédex and a purple Pokédex. "I'll take the red one," said Lloyd.
"Yay! I get the purple one. Well I guess we're all set," stated Evelon. "You want to get started on our adventure, Lloyd?"
"Yeah!" exclaimed Lloyd. "Let's go! Hey, Andrew. Are you coming with us?" Lloyd gave Andrew a friendly look.
"We better get going. Andrew! If you want to come just follow us, okay?" She grabbed Lloyd's hand, getting that 'butterflies in the stomach feeling, lead him out to the entrance of Littleroot.
"You ready?"
"Sure! I've got my own Pokédex already so lets get going," said Andrew.
"Then let's go!" exclaimed Lloyd. As they walked away from Littleroot Town, the sun was setting. "Come on, guys! Adventure awaits!" shouted Lloyd as he ran toward Oldale Town.
To be continued...
Heracross is using Megahorn to counter Azumarill's Hydro Pump! This battle isn't over yet, folks! "Yeah! Go, Heracross!" Meet Lloyd, a 15-year-old boy in the world of Pokemon. He was a kid with a dark complexion, black, curly hair, a red t-shirt, light-blue jeans, and a good-guy attitude. He was kind of chubby and about 5 feet 7 inches. The Megahorn made a direct hit! Azumarill's unable to battle! Yoshi of New Bark Town is the winner! "WOO- HOO! All right, Yoshi!" screamed Lloyd. Just then, Lloyd's mother walked into his room. "Are you still up?" she asked. "Sorry I woke you up, Mom. I'm just excited because I'm starting my Pokémon journey tomorrow with Sparky," he said, pointing to his loyal Pichu. "Well, you need to get some sleep." "Okay, Mom. Good night." "Good night, sweetheart."
The next day...
It was a peaceful day in Littleroot Town when a moving truck suddenly turned up to an empty house.
A fairly thin girl was in the passenger side of the truck. She was about 5 feet and 5 inches tall, wearing black, baggy, flare jeans, a waist length, black t-shirt with a white skull on the front, a purple sweat band on her left wrist, a purple watch on her right wrist, a small, silver, loop earring in each ear, a silver chain dog collar around her neck, steel toe boots with the steel on the outside, and a purple Pokéball belt with one Pokéball.
She sighed as she looked at herself in the rear view mirror. She had milky white skin and lavender eyes. She looked at her hair. It was waist length, wavy black hair with purple streaks dyed into it. She quickly put it up into a ponytail and got out of the truck to help unload.
She was surprised to see a group of Machoke already unloading the truck. She sighed.
"Well, now what?" she said to herself.
Meanwhile...
"Well I got my stuff and I'm ready to go!" said Lloyd.
As he walked out of his house, he noticed a moving truck at the empty house next door. "Looks like our new next-door neighbors are moving in today! Want to go meet em'?" he asked Sparky. "Pichu!" the little Pokémon agreed.
Lloyd saw a girl with wavy black hair with purple streaks standing by the passenger side of the truck. Whoa, he thought, she's beautiful. As he walked over, the girl saw him walking toward her. "Hi! I'm Lloyd Lee," said Lloyd, "and this is Sparky! Who are you?"
The girl extended her hand to Lloyd for a handshake. As they shook hand she said, "Hi, Lloyd. I'm Evelon Dufane. But you can call me Ev."
She then saw Sparky and smiled.
"Cool, you have a Pokémon to. I thought I'd be the only kid with a Pokémon!" she said as she reached back on her belt and got her Pokéball. It opened to reveal a Charmander. It was different because it had a black collar with small spikes on it. It also had a scar over its right blue eye.
"This is Draco. He has a bit of an attitude at times and is really over protective, but he's nice to good people. Though I have no idea where he got the scar from," Evelon said as she pets the Charmander fondly on the top of the head.
"So, where did you move from?" asked Lloyd. "I was born and raised here in Littleroot Town." Geez, thought Lloyd, I'm so nervous. I'm acting like I never met a girl before.
"I grew up in Fortree City. I'm 13. You?" she said, a little nervously. Draco rolled his eyes.
"I'm 15 years old," Lloyd said, hesitating. Sparky pulled on Lloyd's pant leg, signaling him to go to Professor Birch's lab. "Oh, yeah. I'm going to Professor Birch's lab. Wanna come with me?"
"Sure! I always wanted to meet him," she said, excitedly.
At Professor Birch's lab...
"Hi, professor!" said Lloyd, as he and Evelon walk into the lab. "Hmm? Oh, hello, Lloyd. And who is this young lady?"
"Hi, I'm Evelon Dufane. I just moved here," she said.
Draco gave a growl at the Professor.
"Draco! Back!"
Draco stopped growling but glared at Professor Birch.
"Excuse him, please. This is Draco. He's very protective," she said, patting Draco on the head.
Sparky perked up its ears. "Pi?" "Huh? What is it, Sparky?" Lloyd turned his head to see a boy with snow-white hair and a red and black bandana tied around his forehead. "Hey Lloyd!" the boy said. "Oh, hi Brendan! How are you? This is our new neighbor from Fortree. Her name is Evelon." "Nice to meet you." said Brendan.
"Hi! Are you a friend of Lloyd's?" she said as Draco gave another growl.
"Yeah. We've known each other since we were little. Hey, dad. Don't you need to do some fieldwork?" "Oh, no! I forgot!" Professor Birch ran out of the lab at an alarming speed. "I better get going too. Bye!" Lloyd looked at Evelon. "So you want to meet my folks?"
"Sure! You want to meet my mom?" she said, petting Draco to keep him calm.
"Sure! Let's go!" Lloyd followed Evelon to her house. Once inside, Lloyd saw a middle-aged woman sitting at the table. "I see where you get your good looks from," laughed Lloyd. Smooth move, doofus, Lloyd thought to himself.
Evelon blushed 20 shades of red. Draco looked like he was having fun watching them.
"Hey mum! This is Lloyd. He lives around here."
She got up and shook Lloyd's hand saying, "It's very nice to meet you Lloyd."
"Hey, Lloyd? Are we going to meet your folks?"
They walked over to Lloyd's house. As they walked inside, Lloyd's mom greeted them. "Oh, Lloyd. I thought you left already," his mom said. "Well, I started to leave, but I went to meet the new neighbors," he replied, pointing to Evelon. "Oh, hello. What's your name?"
Evelon smiled as they shook hands and said, "Hi! I'm Evelon Dufane. It's nice to meet you."
Draco gave a deep growl. Evelon rolled her eyes.
"Ignore him. He's protective. Come to think of it, the only other person besides me that he hasn't ever growled at is you, Lloyd."
Suddenly, out of the corner of her eye through the window, she saw some other kids arrive in Littleroot Town.
"Hey, Lloyd! There are more trainers. Let's go check it out!" she said as she grabbed his hand and lead him out and over to the group of new trainers.
"Whoa! Okay, I'm coming!" said Lloyd as Evelon pulled his arm. At the entrance of the forest, Evelon and Lloyd greeted the two kids. "Hi! I'm Lloyd Lee, and this is Evelon Dufane." Evelon waved her hand. "Who are you guys?"
"I'm Andrew," the boy said. "I'm here to get my first Hoenn Pokémon. I've got plenty from Kanto and Johto but now I'm going to start a Hoenn adventure."
"Then I take it you want to be a Pokémon master?" Evelon asked as Draco came up and growled at the other trainers.
"And I'm Tsura." She shot a nervous glance at Draco. "Err, did I do something to anger him?"
"Draco! Back!!" Evelon shouted.
The Charmander immediately backed off.
"Sorry, he's really over protective. He even growls at my mother from time to time. He never growls at Lloyd or me for some reason.... So what brings you guys here?"
"I came here from Petalburg City. I want to become a Pokémon trainer, you see, and I've heard that the best way to start is to get a Pokémon from Professor Birch's lab," Tsura explained.
"That's true," said Lloyd, "even though I didn't get Sparky there." He pointed at Sparky.
"I'm trying to get all the Pokémon I can, but I came here to Hoenn to enter a contest," Andrew explained. "The winner gets to go to Sky Pillar and gets the chance to capture the legendary Pokémon, Rayquaza. Legendary Pokémon are my new hobby."
"Really! That's the Pokémon I always wanted!" Evelon explained. "Wait, the professor will give you a Pokémon? No professor ever gave me a Pokémon."
"How do you get Draco then?" asked Lloyd as he gave a suspicious look.
"Oh, We had a really bad storm when I was 10. It even knocked down some of the trees in the forest. I went searching through there with Nurse Joy. That's when I saw Draco in the river. In the rush I had forgot that I was afraid of water, but I swam out and got him anyway. We've been friends since! I only caught him in a Pokéballs on my 13th birthday."
Tsura raised an eyebrow. "I thought Charmander die if their tails are exposed to water?"
"He was in the river, but holding on to a fallen tree," she said as she pets Draco as he shined up one of the small spikes on his collar.
"Hey, Lloyd. I'll see you later. I want to look for Pokémon. I'll be back!" She said as she ran off, Draco fallowing closely behind. They walked for a while until they came to a small meadow filled with feeding Pidgey.
Evelon and Draco crept through the tall grass until they were as close as they could get.
"Look for one that's different, okay Draco?"
"Charmander..."
That's when they spotted the largest Pidgey in the group. It had ruffled feathers at the front.
"That one, Draco. You ready?"
"Char!"
Draco snuck up to the Pidgey and jumped onto it. There was a struggle but the Pidgey broke free and flew out, trying to peck Draco. Draco turned quickly and hit it with his tail. The Pidgey was sent flying into a tree. The other Pidgey flew away in alarm. Evelon and Draco ran up to the Pidgey. She reached into a side pocket in her backpack and pulled out an empty Pokéball.
"Pokeball, go!"
She threw the ball and the Pidgey went inside. It rolled on the ground for a moment and finally stopped.
"Yes! We caught a Pidgey!! Come on, Draco. Let's go show Lloyd!"
She grabbed the ball and began walking back to Littleroot with Draco behind her.
Meanwhile...
Andrew then walked out of Birch Labs.
"Yeah! I got my Treeko! I hope it evolves soon."
"Looks like it's my turn now..." Taking a deep breath, Tsura turned around and headed towards the lab. She pushed open the double-doors and entered; the doors slammed shut behind her.
Several minutes passed. Finally, she exited. Oddly enough, she didn't have a Pokémon following her, nor was she carrying a Pokéball. Dejectedly, she marched back towards the others. "There was no more Pokémon left... just my luck. Andrew got the last one."
Evelon and Draco are walking back when they see a Bulbasaur sleeping against a tree. They immediately stopped in their tracks as it woke up and growled at them.
"Draco, go!!"
"Char!"
He leapt forward and used Ember on the Bulbasaur. The Bulbasaur's bulb suddenly caught on fire.
"Bulba!!!"
"Uh-oh. Put him out Draco!"
Draco swung his tail and hit the Bulbasaur right on the top of the head, rendering him unconscious. Evelon through a Pokéball without thinking and caught it. She immediately grabbed it and ran toward home, Draco right behind her.
She stopped when she saw Tsura.
"Hey! Did, you get your Pokémon?"
Tsura shook her head in response. "Nope. There were no more Pokémon left. That means I came here for nothing..." she sighed. "I'm going back home." She turned to leave, but stopped abruptly as she noticed the creature sitting in front of her-- It was the mouse creature she had seen in Oldale.
"Cynda!" it exclaimed. Tsura turned around and stepped aside, allowing them a better look at it. "Does anyone know if this Pokémon belongs to anyone? It followed me here from Oldale Town."
"Let's see. Draco, search!"
The Charmander began to sniff the little Cyndaquil. He then looked up.
"Char."
"Well, there you have it. It's a free Pokémon."
Evelon tossed Tsura an empty Pokéball.
"Now catch it! Quick!"
The Cyndaquil shuffled its feet and began to stand its ground. Anxiously, Tsura took a step backwards, tightly clutching the Pokéball. "Here goes..." she tossed it at the creature, and then watched expectantly. The ball began to glow faintly as it rocked from side to side once-- then twice-- then for the third time. The glow faded, and it stopped shaking.
In disbelief, Tsura picked it up and examined it. "Well, coming here wasn't such a waste of time after all..."
"Of course it wasn't," said Evelon. She suddenly remembered the Bulbasaur that needs medical attention. "I got to go! It was nice meeting you. And cool Pokémon by the way!" She said as she ran home.
Evelon runs home where her mother healed the Bulbasaur and Pidgey. She then walks out with PokéNav, the Pokéballs, and a strange device that looked like purple sunglasses.
"What's all that mom?
"Well I figure your going to go out on your adventure so I got you a PokéNav and this new device called a PokéMeter. It let's you see the stats of your Pokémon, including what fighting level they're on!"
"Awesome!" She took the Pokéballs and put them on her belt, she took the PokéNav and hung it around her neck, and she took the PokéMeter and let it rest at the top of her head (like you see some people do with sunglasses). She then hugged her mother.
"I'm going to miss you, Evelon..."
"I'm going to miss you too, mom..."
"I hope you turn out to be a great Pokémon master."
"But I don't want to be a Pokémon master. I want to be a Pokémon professional!"
"You go and become whatever you want. I'll still be proud of you no matter what! Oh, and stop at Professor Birch's lab on the way. He has something for you."
"Okay. Bye, Mom!" She waved as she grabbed her backpack and set off toward the lab. It then crossed her mind that Lloyd might be there. She didn't even notice that she began to walk faster at this thought. Draco did though and rolled his eyes as he followed her.
Later...
Andrew was talking to Lloyd. "So who was your first Pokémon?"
"Since I am a beginning Pokemon trainer, Sparky here is my only Pokemon," stated Lloyd. Just as Lloyd began to tell Andrew how he got Sparky, Evelon ran up to them. "Oh, Evelon. What's up?" asked Lloyd.
"Hi, Lloyd! I'm going on a journey! I'm going to travel the land. Are you going to go on a journey? Because if so, we could travel together!"
"Okay," said Lloyd, "let's do it! Oh, wait. I must go get something from Professor Birch. Then I gotta go get some stuff from my mom." Sparky hopped on his shoulder. "Ready to go see what Mom got us, Sparky?" "Pichu!" said Sparky. "Be right back."
A few minutes later...
"Okay, I'm back," said Lloyd. "My mom gave me a PokéNav and something called a PokéMeter. Evelon, you want to come with me to Professor Birch's lab?"
"Sure. My mom gave me a PokéMeter too," she says, pointing to the sunglasses-like devise on top of her head. "I have to get something from the professor too. Let's go!" she grabbed his hand and ran off to the lab.
When they got to the lab, Professor Birch's assistant said that Professor Birch wasn't back yet. "Okay. Thanks anyway, Joshua," said Lloyd, as he and Evelon walked the lab. "I wonder where he is, Evelon."
"I'm not sure. I heard he likes to work in the field more than the lab...you think he might be out there?"
"Yeah. Let's go check," said Lloyd. As they were walking to the forest, Lloyd and Evelon heard someone scream. "HELP!!!" screamed the voice. "What was that?" asked Lloyd.
"I don't know but it sounds bad! Come on!" she said as she grabbed his hand and they ran toward where the voice came from. Why do I always grab his hand? She shook these thoughts out of her head as they heard another 'Help!' "We must be close!"
When they got to where the screams were coming from they saw Professor Birch being chased by a pack of Poochyena. "Someone, HELP!" he shouted. "All right, professor! Sparky, Thundershock!" shouted Lloyd. "Pi-CHUUUU!!!" said Sparky, letting off electrical energy.
All the Poochyena yelp and run away.
"Wow, that's a lot of energy for such a little guy," she said as she pet Sparky on the head. She then turned to Professor Birch, "Are you okay, professor?"
Andrew comes running up behind them saying, "Jeez, you 2 took off so fast I could barely catch up."
Draco growled at him.
"Hi! I didn't know you were following us. Why are you following us?"
"I'm fine. Thank you," said the professor. "Well, that's good to know. So what did you want to give us?" asked Lloyd. "Oh, yes. Come to the lab, and I'll show you."
At the lab...
"This is what I wanted to give you. It's the latest Pokédex. There is one for both of you. Go ahead, take one!" exclaimed Professor Birch. There was a red Pokédex and a purple Pokédex. "I'll take the red one," said Lloyd.
"Yay! I get the purple one. Well I guess we're all set," stated Evelon. "You want to get started on our adventure, Lloyd?"
"Yeah!" exclaimed Lloyd. "Let's go! Hey, Andrew. Are you coming with us?" Lloyd gave Andrew a friendly look.
"We better get going. Andrew! If you want to come just follow us, okay?" She grabbed Lloyd's hand, getting that 'butterflies in the stomach feeling, lead him out to the entrance of Littleroot.
"You ready?"
"Sure! I've got my own Pokédex already so lets get going," said Andrew.
"Then let's go!" exclaimed Lloyd. As they walked away from Littleroot Town, the sun was setting. "Come on, guys! Adventure awaits!" shouted Lloyd as he ran toward Oldale Town.
To be continued...