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Chapters 3: Setting Off Where New Winds Blow
"Angel honey, it's time to wake up." Clarissa said, knocking on the door of her niece's bedroom. Her dark purple hair fell to her mid-back, a white bandanna keeping the bangs off her forehead. A white sundress blowing softly in the breeze that came from an open window nearby, and her stomach was noticably protruding. "You don't wanna be late for your big day!"
"Thanks, I'll be down soon." Angelina yawned and sits up, stretching her arms. She looks out the window as the sun shined over the outskirts of Viridian City. She remembered why this day was so important and smiled. "That's right, my journey starts today!"
Angelina pulled the silk covered off and jumped out of bed, then headed to her bathroom. Just like the one she had at her grandparents' house on Crystal Island; with white walls, and everything made out of glass or crystal, except for the marble flooring and toilet.
After Angelina emerged from her shower, she brushed the knots and tangles from her hair and blow dried it. Then she changed into a black short-sleeved shirt with a flaming heart on the front and a blue jean pleited mini skirt with black shorts underneath and a chain dangling from one of the belt loops. She slipped on white knee high socks, black sneakers with white soles, then topped the look with her hair up in a ponytail with a rhinestone headband and bangs framing her face.
Charmander was still sleeping at the foot of the bed. Angelina snatched up her backpack and readied herself for her first day as a Pokemon Trainer. Inside her bag resided a few guidebooks, extra clothes, and her Poke-Gear she received from her father. She puts on her black fingerless gloves and stared out the window for some mental preparation.
Angelina returned her sleeping Pokemon to it's Pokeball and walked out of her bedroom and down the spiraling staircase reaching to the first story with hardwood flooring. "Onward to my journey; upward to my destiny; forward into the world!" she coached herself as she entered the dining room and sat down at the table.
In front of her was a plate with toast, sunny-side up eggs, a couple bacon strips, a glass of fresh Moo-Moo milk, and a tall glass of orange juice.
Clarissa sat on the chair across from her, saying, "It's every girls' dream to start her own adventure. I just hope you'll be okay on your own."
Angelina looked at her aunt's worried face while drinking a glass of orange juice, she wiped the crums from her mouth with a napkin and quietly saying, "Don't worry Aunt Clarissa, I'll be fine. I promise to visit every now and then. I have a father, remember?" Her aunt laughed and kissed the girl's forehead.
"Don't forget to call as well! Remember to visit Professor Elm along the way in New Bark Town!" Clarissa shouted as Angelina bolted out the door into the morning light, the summer air belting her lightly.
"Hey, Angel!"
"Huh?"
It was amazing—the entire town had flocked around the entrance gates of Angelina's house. Daisy ran up to her; she wore a dark blue tank top, a white skirt that barely made it to her knees, and dark blue sandals.
"What's everyone doing here?" Angelina asked her friend.
"The whole town is waiting to see you off!" Daisy explained. "After all, you're the one who will make Pallet Town famous once you become a Pokemon Master."
"Oh, that's right!" Angelina nodded.
"Hmph," Gary pouted with his arms folded.
"Don't worry, Gary." Daisy reassured her little brother. "You'll have your chance to be out in the world on your journey too!"
"Um, hey Angelina," Ash stepped forward, his face a little red and holds out a bunch of daisies. "Good luck on your journey."
"Thank you, Ash." Angelina smiled and took the flowers. "That's very sweet!" she patted the boy on the head, whom smiled in return.
"Well Angelina, this is goodbye," Daisy said, embracing her friend in a hug. "Have fun and be careful, and write to me about all of your adventures."
Angelina nodded and started to run down the driveway. All of the town clapped for her and cheered loudly as Angelina heads west for the Johto Region, and the beginning of her first journey.
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It took Angelina at least three hours to carefully make her way through a fog-covered forest and finally reach New Bark Town. She walked down the road, noticing lots of houses and tall buildings made her feel it was more than a quaint little town. She managed to capture a Hoothoot before arriving at a large white building that reminded her of Professor Oak's Laboratory. She heard what sounded like glass breaking and immediately rushed inside to see a young boy with long black hair spray painting on the wall.
"Hey, what do you think you're doing?" Angelina yelled, startling the boy as he grabbed a Pokeball from his belt and threw it.
"Totodile, battle standby!" the black-haired boy called out a blue crocodile-like Pokemon. It had a huge jaw filled with little sharp teeth, crimson spikes protruding along its back, and a pale yellow V-shaped pattern on its chest.
Angelina stared in curious wonder, taking out her Pokedex.
'Totodile, the Big Jaw Pokemon. Its well-developed jaws are powerful and capable of crushing anything. Even its trainer must be careful.'
Angelina grinned as she tossed out a Pokeball. "I choose you, HootHoot!" the white light revealed the owl-like Pokemon with large red eyes.
"Bite that weakling!" the black-haired boy ordered.
Totodile ran towards Hoothoot with his jaw wide open. Hoothoot flew out of the way and started pecking Totodile several times with its beak.
"Totodile, your Water Gun!"
Totodile released a spiral of water at HootHoot, and was knocked unconscious from the close contact.
Angelina sighed, "That's alright, HootHoot." she recalled the Pokemon and threw out her last hope, Charmander.
The black-haired boy laughed. "You can't win with a Fire-type! I win, hands down!"
"We'll see bout that." Angelina growled, turning to her Pokemon."Charcoal, just do your best. I know you can do it."
"Char!" the lizard smiled, knowing that his trainer believed in him. He wasn't gonna let her down.
"Pathetic!" the black-haired boy sneered. "Totodile, use Tackle!"
"Charcoal, Scratch!"
The two Pokémon lunged at each other recklessly. Charcoal's glowing claws smacked Totodile across the face, but Totodile slams its body into Charcoal and stumbled.
"Don't give up, Charcoal!" Angelina said. "Use Smokescreen!"
Charcoal opens its mouth and releases a thick black smoke, making it hard for everyone to see.
"You can't hide forever!" the black-haired boy yelled.
"Charcoal, Ember, now!" Unfortunately for everyone, the fire-attacked missed its target and ignited part of the laboratory.
"See ya, suckers!" and the boy disappeared.
Angelina began to worry, not having any Water Pokémon, the laboratory would be burnt to the ground. But suddenly, a trainer with messy dark blue hair and blue eyes came almost out of nowhere with a blue mouse-like Pokemon.
"Oh how cute!" Angelina said, taking out her Pokedex.
"Marill, the Aqua Mouse Pokemon. Its body is covered with water-repellent fur. Because of the fur, it can swim through water at high speed without being slowed by the water's resistance."
"Marill, Water Gun, now!" The trainer commanded the water-type attack seemed to be doing the job, but it wasn't enough. "Go Fearow, Whirlwind! Marill, keep using Water Gun!"
Another Pokemon was released from a Pokeball. It was a large brown bird with a vulture-like neck in shaggy feathers, a red coxcomb on its head, a long pointed beak, huge wings, and sharp talons.
'Fearow, the Beak Pokemon. Its huge and magnificent wings can keep it aloft in the sky. It can remain flying a whole day without landing.'
Fearow kept trying to blow the flames away, but the flames stayed lit. The sprinkler system kicked on and was of little help.
"Marill, use Whirlpool!" the aqua-mouse started going around in circles, spraying water everywhere.
"Fearow, Gust!"
Fearow blew the remaining flames away, and finally, the disaster ended.
"Who started this?" the trainer asked.
"It was some guy with black hair!" Angelina replied. "He has a Totodile, but I took care of him as best I could."
"Hmm…. well, that's good…. anyway, my name is Falkner."
"Greetings, I'm Angelina Murakami."
"I noticed you have a Hoothoot. It looked like it needed training." Falkner said. "I train bird Pokémon, and was wondering if you wanted to trade your Hoothoot for my Marill."
"Wow!" Angelina awed. "That Marill was awesome, and you want to trade it?"
"Yeah.…" Falkner nodded. "It may not obey you like it obeys me; you need Mahogany Town's Gym badge to use Whirpool."
"That's okay. I'll trade anyway." Even if Angelina would miss Hoothoot, she was sure Marill was a lot more powerful. Also, she hasn't known Hoothoot long enough to get attached to him. The trading machine inside Professor. Elm's lab still worked, and so Angelina traded her Hoothoot for Falkner's Marill.
It was only part of the lab that caught fire, Angelina headed to the room where new trainers chose their starters. On the table, she noticed that one of the three Pokeballs were missing. Angelina growled, she knew to blame the boy with the Totodile. She found a young man in his late twenties looking through a bookshelf. He had light brown hair, glasses, and was wearing a white lab coat.
Professor Elm turned around and smiled in delight at his visitor. "Hello, you must be Angelina. Thank you for saving my lab, repairs won't take very long, but I'm still quite shaken from the robbery. That poor Totodile, I hope its in good care."
"Yeah," Angelina agreed. "Is there anything you'd like me to do for you?"
A loud beeping signal startled Angelina as it came from the laptop on another desk. Professor Elm ran over to the computer and looked at it for about a minute, apparently reading a message thoughtfully. He sighed then shut it off, turning to them.
"I have an acquaintance called Mr. Pokémon. He keeps finding weird things and raving about his discoveries. Anyway, I just received an e-mail from him saying that this time it's real. It is intriguing, but my aide and I are busy with our Pokémon research. I'm conducting a new finding right now, and writing a research paper I want to present at a conference. We're pressed for time, and since you're new to Johto, I was wondering if you can go in our place?"
"I sure can, Professor!" Angelina answered happily.
Satisfied, Professor Elm smiled and exclaimed, "Thank you! You're a great help! Mr. Pokémon lives a little bit beyond Cherrygrove City, the next city over. It's almost a direct route there, so you can't miss it. But just in case, here's my phone number. Call me if anything comes up!" he grabbed Angelina's Poke-Gear from her bag and inserted his phone number into its database. He handed it back to her as she set it back in her bag.
"Okay, thanks, professor." Angelina waved goodbye as she walked out the door and began walking towards Cherrygrove City.
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It had taken Angelina a couple hours to walk through the forest and across the vast plains just to find her way to Cherrygrove City. She passed by wild Pokemon, but none of them caught her interest, and she battled some trainers so her Marill and Charmander could gain experience. She noticed the city was very bright and cheerful with flowers as she walked into the city limits.
"Beautiful, isn't is?" rasped a voice out of sudden.
Angelina jumped in surprise and turned to see an old man nearby. He was hunched over dressed in green clothing and a brown shawl wrapped around his shoulders. He rubbed his grisly beard that covered his face while he stepped to them slowly with his cane. He laughed joyfully watching the confused girl. "I'll take a guess that you're a rookie trainer?"
"Yes. I'm Angelina Murakami from Pallet Town." Angelina reached for a Pokeball at her waist. "And this is my Charmander. Go, Charcoal!" she threw the Pokeball and a red little lizard appeared.
The old man smiled at them both and spoke, "Well, you've got pretty good manners, that's for sure. If you like I can show you around the city and introduce you to important things you need to know to be a good trainer."
"Really? That would be so nice!" Angelina clasped her hands together with an eager face. "You hear that Charcoal, we're going for a walk around town!"
"Char! Char!" Charmander chirped happily. Angelina grinned at it, before following the old man who was now leading them around the city.
He walked over to the red roofed building and stopped in front of it saying, "This is the Pokemon Center. This comes real handy to help heal your Pokemon when they're injured." He continued to walk until he ended up at the blue roofed building. "This is the Poke-Mart. They sell items that would help you on your journey whenever you need it." He walked more till he reached the road leading outside of the city.
"This is the Route 30. This leads trainers to Violet City and have other trainers that will be looking for a battle." He strolled over to the lake and he said, "This is the sea. Many Pokemon live there if you can find a way to catch them without drowning." He continued to stroll until he ended up in front of a wooden shack. "And this is my house. Ah, that was a good day spent! Anyway, here's a gift for the beginning of your journey!" He handed her a small microchip and she looked at him with a confused look. "That is a Map chip for your Poke-Gear. It will help you if you get lost on your way to your destination. Thank you for your time and goodbye." He left her and Charmander alone and entered his house with them watching him.
Angelina smiled while she inserted the chip into her Poke-Gear and Charmander watched her curiously. She put the Poke-Gear back into her backpack as she turned to her Pokemon and said, "We should head to the Pokemon Center and rest for a while." It nodded gladly with a smile before it jumped into her arms and Angelina started to jog towards the Pokemon Center.
§To Be Continued§
*The title is taken from the Generation II slogan for New Bark Town "The Town Where Winds Of A New Beginning Blow".
*Angelina captures a Hoothoot after arriving at New Bark Town.
*Professor Elm's Lab catches fire from the battle; saved by Angelina and a mysterious trainer named Falkner.
*Falkner trades his Marill for Angelina's Hoothoot.
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