Meeting Cowell and Powell

Stacey and Simon were walking through the grass. They decided to release their pokemon. Firstly, Simon brought out Squirtle, which he named Squirty. Then he released his Volbeat, which he didn't nickname. Then Stacey sent out Charmander, which she called Goldflame, and her Illumise, which she didn't nickname. Simon's belly started to rumble.

"We didn't have any breakfast, did we?" Stacey asked.

"No, we'd better get some" Simon replied.

"But we don't have any money" Stacey pointed out.

"Should we go home?" Simon asked. Then there was a voice behind them.

"My brother and I challenge you to a pokemon battle" a voice behind them shouted. Simon and Stacey spun around. There were two boys, both with red hair. The only difference was that one of them had a strip of blue in his hair, and the other one had a strip of blonde in his hair.

"Are you going to battle us or what?" the boy with blonde in his hair shouted.

"First of all, what are your names?" Stacey asked. Then she noticed the name tags on their shirts. The boy with blonde in his hair was Powell, and the boy with blue in his hair was Cowell.

"Duh" Powell said, pointing at his name tag.

"We've just noticed" Simon said.

"Are you even going to battle us?" Cowell shouted.

"Okay, okay, we are!" Stacey shouted. "How many pokemon will be battling?"

"Each person should have one pokemon to battle with" Cowell said. "You should know that. Our grandfather Professor Oak told us"

"Your grandfather is Professor Oak? You act nothing like him. You two are horrible. He's nice" Simon said. Powell and Cowell got very angry at this.

"We're a lot like him. We're smart and we're rich" Powell told them.

"If Professor Oak is also rich, why are they snobs and Oak not?" Stacey whispered to Simon. They both giggled.

"Come on" Cowell moaned. "Let's battle! Go, Caterpie!"

"Go, Weedle!" Powell called.

The two pokemon came out. Stacey got her pokedex out to check Caterpie, and Simon got his pokedex out to check Weedle.

"Caterpie, the worm pokemon. It's short feet are tipped with suction pads that enable it to tirelessly climb slopes and walls" the pokedex said.

"It's shiny!" Stacey exclaimed.

"So is weedle!" Simon exclaimed. He checked the pokedex.

"Weedle, the hairy bug pokemon. Often found in forests, eating leaves. It has a sharp venomous stinger on it's head" Simon's pokedex said.

"Stop checking our pokemon, battle us!" Powell shouted.

"Okay, go, Volbeat" Simon called.

"Go, Illumise!" Stacey called.

"Weedle, start off with Poison Sting on Illumise!" Powell commanded. Weedle jumped at Illumise.

"Illumise, dodge it!" Stacey said. Illumise tried to dodge the attack, but Weedle hit her. Illumise fell to the ground.

Cowell, who was also the referee, said "Illumise is unable to battle, gladly. The-"

Illumise had gotten up.

"That's it! Use tackle!" Stacey called.

Illumise tackled Weedle. Weedle fainted.

"Weedle is unable to battle, sadly. The battle will continue without Powell" Cowell said.

"Volbeat, tackle Caterpie!" Simon said. Volbeat charged at caterpie and sent it flying in the air.

"Caterpie, use string shot!" Cowell said.

"Volbeat, dodge it!" Simon said.

Caterpie used string shot, but it missed and hit a tree branch. Caterpie was thrown in the air and landed on the tree branch, knocked out.

"Caterpie is unable to battle. The victory goes to these two kids" Cowell said.

"Here's half of our money" Powell said. He gave them 1000 pokesalary.

"Thanks. We'll be going now" Stacey said. They returned their pokemon and ran off to Viridian City.