Yay! Another new chapter! Anyway, moving on… so here is chapter 3! I sounded weird there…


Chapter 3: Now The Journey Starts…

Last time we left…

"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.

Anyway, the girls did went back to their houses for a while to talk with their mother. While at that, Avegaille is having a little problem of her own if she should tell her mother about what she will be while she's having her journey in the Hoenn region with her friends.

Avegaille saw her mother in the living room, watching something on the television. She decided to come closer to her mother.

"Um, mom…" Avegaille murmured out nervously.

"What is it honey?" Mrs. Amethyst asked as she looked at her daughter.

"Uh, I was wondering, can I be a Pokémon Coordinator?" Avegaille asked out nervously.

"What? You're going to be a Pokémon Coordinator?" Mrs. Amethyst asked out surprisingly, sounding like she was very furious.

"But mom, I could be whatever I want to be while I'm on my journey, right?" Avegaille asked out again. She looked at her mother sadly.

"Your father is not going to be pleased when he hears this," Mrs. Amethyst said to her sadly. She stood up from her seat as she approached her daughter.

"But isn't that why we moved in here in the first place? To do new things besides being a trainer?" Avegaille asked out.

"Okay, I'll tell your father about this and I hope you met a friend who is good at coordinating," Mrs. Amethyst said as she sighed. She walked to the table and took the rectangular box lying there. Then, she gave it to Avegaille.

"What is it?" Avegaille asked as she looked at her mother.

"Your father wanted me to give this to you when you leave on your journey," Mrs. Amethyst replied. "I don't know if that will help you much on perfecting your coordinating skills."

"IAnd now, we shall announce the finalist who will compete for the Verdanturf Ribbon prize/I" the announcer from the television exclaimed out loud, interrupting the mother and daughter conversation.

"Huh? You're watching a Pokémon Contest show?" Avegaille asked as she looked at her mother.

"Yes, honey, and I expect to see you soon there," Mrs. Amethyst said to her as she smiled at her. "I think you should go now, your friends might be already waiting for you outside."

"Okay, mom, thanks," Avegaille said happily as she ran outside the house, carrying the box her mother gave to her.


As Avegaille got outside her house and placed the box she was holding in her bag, she saw May waiting right in front of her. She was a bit surprised as May quickly pulled her away and dragged her along until both of them got the chance to catch up with the boys.

"All right, is everyone here?" Brendan asked as he looked around.

"Like, yeah… we're here," May snorted out.

"Whatever…" Brendan murmured to himself. "Okay, let's get going!"


As the four of them walked out of Littleroot Town and into Route 101, Avegaille noticed some Pokémon near the trees. There was a group of Zigzagoons by the corner that she was looking at. And also, Avegaille had something in mind.

"Let's give out our Pokémon a nickname!" Avegaille exclaimed out as everyone looked at her and sweat-dropped. "You start, May…"

"Okay… I'll call my Torchic, Terra," May replied out as she took out a Pokéball and sent out Terra. She held her Torchic within her arms. "Okay, from now on, I shall call you Terra, okay?"

"Torchic!" Terra replied out happily.

"I'll call my Charmander, Charlie," Avegaille replied out as she took out a Pokéball and sent out her Charmander. She placed Charlie on her shoulders. "Okay, from now on, you will be call Charlie, is that okay?"

"Char!" Charlie replied out happily as he nodded.

"I guess giving out nicknames is kinda fun," Phil said to himself as he took out the Pokéball of his Treecko and sent him out. "Okay, Treecko, I shall call you Terk from now on, okay?"

"Treecko!" Terk exclaimed out happily as he jumped into Phil's arms.

Everyone looked at Brendan, who hasn't decided yet a nickname for his Mudkip. Brendan looked at them back nervously as he took out the Pokéball of his Mudkip.

"Well, have you decided a nickname for your Mudkip yet?" May asked Brendan as she looked at him.

"Will you give me a break, it's hard to nickname Mudkips!" Brendan exclaimed out. He sent out his Mudkip as Mudkip looked at him.

"Kip, kip!" Mudkip exclaimed out happily.

"You want Kipp as a nickname?" Brendan asked to his Mudkip.

"Kip! Mudkip!" Mudkip exclaimed out happily as he jumped up and down.

"Okay, I'll call you Kipp then," Brendan declared as he picked up Kipp from the ground and carried him in his arms.

"I want a Zigzagoon!" Avegaille exclaimed out to everyone.

Everyone sweat-dropped as they looked at Avegaille. She took out a Pokédex and pointed out that there were some that saw by the corner. May wanted to know to catch a Pokémon, so she decided to come along with her.

"I'll come with you then," May said as she and Avegaille ran off for a while.

As May and Avegaille ran off, Brendan and Phil decided to get ahead of them for a while by going off to Oldale Town. While at that, Avegaille came across a group of sleeping Zigzagoons.

"Okay, who wants to be captured?" Avegaille asked happily, waking up the sleeping Zigzagoons.

The Zigzagoons sweat-dropped as they looked at Avegaille. May was a little curious about their reactions. Then, the Zigzagoons quickly ran off, except for one. The last Zigzagoon looked at Avegaille curiously as he started to sniff at her.

"Oh? You want to be my trainer?" Avegaille asked to the wild Zigzagoon.

"Guguuh?" the wild Zigzagoon said confusingly.

"Um, I'll take that as a 'yes'," Avegaille said to herself as Charlie jumped down from her shoulder. "All right, Charlie, let's go! Use Scratch attack!"

"Char!" Charlie exclaimed out as he held up his claws and began scratching on the wild Zigzagoon.

The Zigzagoon tried to avoid the attacks and then tried tackling Charlie with all of his might. He was starting to weaken when Avegaille tossed out a Pokéball and tried to catch the Zigzagoon. The Pokéball sucked the Zigzagoon inside through a red light as it closed and fell on the ground. It started to wobble until it made a sound.

"Cool! You caught it!" May exclaimed out as Avegaille picked up the Pokéball on the ground.

"I'll bet he can do well in Pokémon Contests," Avegaille said to herself happily as Charlie clung into her leg. Avegaille looked down and smiled at him. "I'll bet you'll also do well in contests."

Charlie smiled at her as May approached her. Terra was still in her arms as she looked at May. Then, Avegaille lifted Charlie up to her shoulders again.

"Come on, I'll bet the boys already went ahead of us again," May murmured to herself as she began walking.

Avegaille quickly followed her, with Charlie along with her and the Pokéball still in her hands. As the two of them got to Oldale town, they quickly went to the Pokémon Center to see if the boys are there. While May was looking, Avegaille decided to heal up her Pokémon.

"Now where could those two be?" May asked to herself as she tried looking around the center. She sent back Terra to her ball for a while. Then, she saw Brendan and Phil entering the Pokémon Center as of now. She quickly approached them.

"Hey, you got here faster than I thought," Phil said nervously as he saw May's furious look. "I'll be right over there for a while…"

Phil quickly ran off and May was only left with Brendan to start her usual ranting.

"This is not going to be good…" Brendan murmured to himself as he saw May's furious look.

"What's the idea of leaving us, huh!" May asked out furiously as she stared at Brendan.

"Hey, come on, give us a break, we just went off early so that we could buy some items before we head off to Petalburg," Brendan explained. "Tell you what, this time we'll wait for you guys when it is your turn to shop, okay?"

"Sounds good enough," May murmured to herself as she was starting to calm down. Then, she got back to her furious mode. "But don't let it happen again or else!"

"Yes, your mistress," Brendan said nervously as May walked off. After May left, Brendan walked to Phil but he noticed that he was starting to talk with Avegaille already. The two of them were sitting at a table together.

"I'm having a little problem," Avegaille murmured out to Phil. She looked at him. "How do Pokémon Contests work, exactly?"

"Oh, forgot to explain that part," Phil said as he laughed nervously. "Tell you what, you can use this book for a while to get you started." He took out a book from his backpack and gave it to Avegaille.

"Okay then," Avegaille said as took the book and opened it to the first page.

"I'm sure that book will be useful to you," Phil said to her. He stood up as he saw Brendan standing behind Avegaille. "Anyway, talk to you later, okay?"

"Um, okay then," Avegaille said nervously as she went back on reading the book Phil gave to her.

As Avegaille continued reading the book, May was starting to get bored and as she saw the clock, it was almost six in the evening. She thought it would be nice to rent rooms in the Pokémon Center for the night.

"Wouldn't it be great, if we can all stay here for the night?" May asked, interrupting Brendan and Phil's conversation.

"Uh, I guess that would be nice," Phil remarked.

"Yeah, it was getting dark anyway," Brendan agreed. "But I'll be roommates with Phil for the night."

"I'll go with Avegaille then," May said out as she quickly approached Avegaille.

As May sat down in another seat with Avegaille, she noticed that Avegaille was too busy trying to understand what it means to be a coordinator through the book Phil gave to her.

"Hey, Avegaille," May said as she snatched the book away from her.

"I was reading that," Avegaille murmured out as she looked at May. "Oh, well, what is it, then?"

"Are you really sure you want to be a coordinator?" May asked to her.

"Yes."

"Well, looks like I can't change your mind then," May said to herself. "Anyway, we're going to stay in here for the night, I hope that is okay with you."

"Gives me more time, I suppose," Avegaille remarked as May handed back to her the book.

"Okay, then, we'll be roommates for the night," May added up as she stood up.


End of chapter 3

Sorry if the chapter is a bit short, I'll try to make it longer on the next one, okay?