Yay! Another revised chapter! Anyway, read on to see what awaits this chapter…


Chapter 2: A True Calling

Last time we left…

"Well, now, we should go to the professor's lab," May interrupted as she went in front of Avegaille.

"Um, yeah, of course," Avegaille said nervously as she saw May in front of her.

"I'll come with you two," Phil added as he went near them.

And now, after a few minutes of walking to the Professor's Pokémon Lab in Littleroot Town, the three trainers have finally arrived as they entered the lab. The three of them saw the professor in front of his experimenting table, with the two Pokéballs on top. Avegaille was a bit puzzled, knowing that there were always three beginning Pokémon in every region.

"Oh, you finally arrived," Prof. Birch said to them as the three of them came closer. "Phil and May, since you two were that awesome while I was in trouble, I want you to have the Pokémon that you used earlier."

"Really? That's awesome!" Phil exclaimed out as Prof. Birch handed to him the Pokéball that had Treecko inside it.

"I was getting a bit attached to the Torchic, anyway," May murmured out as she held the Pokéball in her hands.

"Wait, professor, usually, there are three starter Pokémon, so how come you only have two?" Avegaille asked, interrupting the professor.

"My son had the last Pokémon, if you want to see it, you should go meet him in Route 103," Prof. Birch explained. "In fact, why don't all the three of you go and meet him. He has an extensive history as a trainer already."

"You mean the white haired kid with the Hoenn colors going around?" May asked as she looked at the professor. Then, she looked at Avegaille and Phil and both of them seem to want to meet Brendan. "Well, I guess if we must."

"Great! Tell him that I told you to ask him about what is it like to be a trainer," Prof. Birch said to them.

"Okay, professor, we'll do that," Phil said as he went out of the lab.

"Hey, wait, come back!" Avegaille exclaimed out as she quickly followed Phil until she got outside the lab.

May sighed as she followed Avegaille out of the lab. When she finally got outside, she saw that Phil was a bit ahead of Avegaille. She tried to catch up with Avegaille at least so that both of them could get to Phil easier.

"Hey, Avegaille, slow down!" May exclaimed out as she ran to catch up to Avegaille. She managed to reach Avegaille's shoulder as she pulled it towards her to make Avegaille face her.

"Oh, May, sorry, I was just trying to, you know…"

"Well, forget about it, let's just try to catch up with the mysterious trainer," May said to Avegaille as the two of them quickly walked until they eventually reached Oldale Town.


As they walked around town, they saw a Pokémon Center, a Mart and a few houses around town. They also saw two roads leading to another route, but their destination was Route 103, so they took the road at the northern part. As they continued to walk, they finally caught up with Phil and also managed to find Brendan, looking at a tree.

"Okay… maybe somebody should call his attention," Phil murmured out as he saw May and Avegaille coming near to him.

"I'll do it!" May exclaimed out happily as she picked up a small rock form the ground and threw it at Brendan's head.

"Ouch! Who threw that rock?" Brendan demanded as he turned around and saw three trainers in front of him. He noticed that May was chucking to herself. "You threw that rock?"

"Yeah, do you have a problem with that?" May asked in a teasing manner. She continued to chuckle.

Brendan was starting to get irritated as he looked directly at May. So, he decided to pitch in a battle with her. He took out a Pokéball from his bag and sent out his Mudkip.

"What's going on?" May asked as her chuckling started to slow down.

"It's a Pokémon battle, stupid," Brendan exclaimed out irritably.

"Are you calling me stupid!" May exclaimed out furiously. "I'll bet you can't take on two Pokémon at the same time." She took out her Pokéball and sent out her Torchic.

"Let's have a double battle!" Phil interrupted as he went near Brendan. "I'll team up with Brendan." He sent out his Treecko as it prepared itself for battle.

"I guess I could go along with May," Avegaille murmured to herself as she took out a Pokéball and sent out her Charmander.

"Double battles?" May asked as she looked at Avegaille. "How do those work?"

"I have no idea…" Avegaille murmured back as she looked at her Charmander. She sighed out as she braced herself for the first attack. "Okay, Charmander, use Fire Spin!"

"Char!" the Charmander exclaimed out as it started to blow out large flames of fires until it surrounded the opponent's Pokémon.

"Torchic, your turn!" May exclaimed out. "Use Scratch on the Mudkip!"

"Toorchic!" the Torchic cried out as it jumped inside the circle of fire and began to attack the Mudkip.

"Treecko, try to get out of the spinning fire!" Phil ordered out as he looked worried that his Pokémon might faint out.

"Now is my chance," Brendan said to himself. "Mudkip, use Water Gun on the Torchic!"

"Torchic, counteract it and use Scratch again!" May quickly ordered out as she heard Brendan's command.

Mudkip used Water Gun as Torchic quickly avoided it and went behind Mudkip. While at that, Treecko was able to get out of the spinning fire at it quickly approached Charmander.

"Charmander, use scratch!" Avegaille quickly ordered as Treecko was about to attack Charmander.

"Treecko, try to avoid it and use pound!" Phil quickly exclaimed out as he saw that Charmander was about to attack Treecko.

"Torchic, use scratch again!" May ordered out. She was getting a bit worried that Mudkip might actually attack her Torchic with another water attack.

"You won't get away that easily!" Brendan exclaimed out to May. "Mudkip, try to use Water Gun again!"

"Mudkip!" Mudkip exclaimed out, knowing what Brendan just said. It quickly avoided Torchic's attack and used Water Gun.

The Water Gun was only able to wash away the spinning fire within them, but it missed Torchic again. On, the other hand, Treecko was starting to slow down as Charmander continued to avoid its attacks.

"All right, for the final move! Charmander, use Ember!" Avegaille exclaimed out as Charlie jumped up high on Treecko and used Ember on it. She saw that Treecko fell on the ground with swirls on its eyes.

"Weird effect," May murmured to herself as she saw the fainted out Treecko. Then, she went back to her own battle. "Torchic, use Scratch again!"

"Torchic!" Torchic cried out loudly as it quickly charged up to Mudkip and scratched with all its might to try and faint out the Mudkip.

The Mudkip quickly fainted on the ground as Brendan quickly went near him and took out his Pokéball.

"Mudkip, that was a good fight, return!" Brendan called out as a red light came out from the Pokéball he was holding and Mudkip was returned to its ball.

"Okay, Treecko, come back!" Phil exclaimed out as he took out Treecko's Pokéball and sent him back.

"Looks like we won!" May exclaimed out to Avegaille. She turned to Brendan. "That's what you'll get the next time you call me stupid!"

"Whatever, girl," Brendan murmured to himself. "Come on, let's get back to my dad's Pokémon lab." He quickly jumped off the ledge as he quickly ran off to Oldale Town.

"Meh, I'm not much into Pokémon Battles," Phil said as he looked at Avegaille. "I'm more of a Pokémon Coordinator, to where I come from."

"Pokémon Coordinator?" Avegaille asked as she looked at Phil curiously.

"Yeah, in Lilycove City, there's a Pokémon Contest hall there," Phil started. "Pokémon Coordinators compete in Pokémon Contests in which they do appeals while they try to faint out their opponents' Pokémon. The winner gets ribbons instead of badges and when they get five ribbons, they can compete for the ultimate prize, the Ribbon Cup, in the Grand Festivals."

"Cool! I want to be one too!" Avegaille exclaimed out.

"But you are so good at Pokémon Battles," May quickly interrupted as she went in front of Avegaille.

"Let's talk about this later, right now, I have to get Treecko to a Pokémon Center," Phil said to them as he jumped off the ledge the same way Brendan did and went off to Oldale Town.

"Why want to be a Pokémon Coordinator all of a sudden?" May asked Avegaille after Phil left.

"I promised to myself that I would try to find another thing to be while I'm having my journey besides being a trainer," Avegaille explained. "And this is it! I'm going to be a Pokémon Coordinator!" She looked at May happily.

"Well, if you really want to be one," May murmured out. "Come on, let's go to the Pokémon Center in Oldale Town before we head back to the Pokémon Lab in Littleroot."

The two of them sent back their Pokémon in their balls as they walked off to Oldale Town the same way the boy trainers did. The managed to arrive there quicker than they went off to Route 103. The quickly went to the Pokémon Center for a while to heal up their Pokémon and quickly went out of the center to get back to Littleroot Town as fast as they can.


After a few hours, the girls have finally managed to get to the Pokémon Lab. They saw that Prof. Birch was waiting for them with Brendan and Phil. Both of them quickly went near the professor as he had something on his desk.

"Brendan told me here that all of you had a double battle," Prof. Birch said to them. "So, how did it all went out?"

"Tough, but we managed to win," May replied out happily.

"You just won by luck," Brendan murmured out to himself.

"What was that, Bread Head!" May exclaimed out furiously. She quickly stared at Brendan furiously.

"Where did you get such names?" Avegaille asked to May as she and Phil sweat-dropped.

"Anyway, enough of the fighting for a while, I have something to give to all of you," Prof. Birch quickly interrupted as he went in front of May. He took out a Pokédex as he gave one to May and went off to give Avegaille and Phil their own Pokédex.

"A Pokédex, so cool, but what does it do?" Avegaille asked as she opened up her Pokédex and tried to scan it around the lab.

"Oh, yes, the Pokédex automatically records the data of any Pokémon you have seen or caught," Prof. Birch explained. "You should try to see as much Pokémon around you as you can to find out more about them. And yes, here are some Pokéballs to catch Pokémon too." He gave to each trainer six Pokéballs.

"All right, I'll do my best," Avegaille said to Prof. Birch as she went near May. "Come on, May, we should start our journey right away."

"But I'm not yet finish arguing with Bread Head here," May wailed out as Avegaille pulled her arm.

Phil and Brendan sweat-dropped as May quickly went in front of Brendan to continue their argument. Also, Prof. Birch almost had forgotten something that he should tell to the four trainers right away.

"Oh, yes, all of your parents, including me, have talk about something and we decided that all of you should travel together on your way in earning badges and joining Pokémon Contests. I know that you might not like the idea, but the Pokémon world is a very dangerous place and it is really best if you have other people to rely on when you are in trouble," Prof. Birch told them.

"But Avegaille and I already planned on travelling together," May said out.

"Then, why not Brendan and Phil join the group?" Prof. Birch asked.

"Um… well, if they want to that is," Avegaille said nervously as she looked at Phil.

"Okay, I'll join you ladies," Phil said happily as he went near them.

"Hey, you're not going to be the only guy in that group, I'll join too," Brendan protested as he went behind Phil. He looked at his dad. "So, when do we leave?"

"Right now!" May exclaimed as she and Avegaille quickly went out of the Pokémon lab.

Brendan and Phil shrugged as both of them followed the girls outside the lab. As they got out, they noticed that both of them have disappeared.

"They just probably went back to their houses," Phil said to Brendan. "Let's just wait for them here…"

"Do you really want to join those two? They seem kind of annoying," Brendan told to Phil. "Especially that May girl."

"Don't sweat it, they're okay to me," Phil said without a worry.


End of Chapter 2…

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