Chapter 4

"Great. Now where am I supposed to sleep?" Andraia asked herself, looking around the stone grey town.

She sighed, not knowing what to do. She walked over to a big rock in the center in the town and sat down.

"Hey!" called a voice.

Andraia turned to see a girl, maybe a couple years younger than herself, standing there.

"Hi." Andraia replied.

"What are you doing out here all by yourself?" the girl asked, brushing back a curly lock of brown hair from her face.

"Trying to decide where I can stay tonight. I'm not sure of what to do." Andraia admitted.

"Come stay with me!" the girl grinned.

"Are you sure?" Andraia asked.

"Yup!" the girl smiled, "By the way, the name's Danielle, but everyone calls me Dani."

"Nice to meet you. I'm Andraia."

Dani started off down the street. Andraia crawled off the rock and followed after her. They soon came to a small house just out side of the town. Dani opened the door, and Andraia jumped. Eight other kids bounded out of the house and out into the yard. They ran around yelling and hitting each other with sticks.

"Sorry." Dani said, slightly grinning.

"Are they all your brothers and sisters?" Andraia asked in awe.

"Yup. And I have an older brother too. But I never get to see him anymore." Dani sighed, looking at the ground.

Andraia stood there, trying to decide what to say to Dani. Suddenly, Dani looked up at her and grinned.

"Well, let's go to my room.!"

Andraia followed Dani down a flight of stairs and into the first door on the bottom. Dani's room was brightly lit with candles and lanterns. Posters of pokemon covered the walls, and even part of the ceiling was too. Andraia walked over to the desk and looked at the photos that lined the desk. One picture had Dani hanging on the arm of a boy a little older looking than Andraia.

"Is this your brother?" she asked Dani.

"Yeah. He's off with some kid on his pokemon journey." Dani sighed, looking at the picture.

"Are you a pokemon trainer?" Andraia asked, looking at the pokeballs on Dani's bed.

"Not really. I do have two pokemon though." Dani smiled, proud of herself.

"Hey, me too." Andraia laughed.

"Andraia, would you like some popcorn?" Dani asked.

"Sure."

Dani smiled and walked out of the room. Andraia sat down on the bed, unsure of what to do. She found a remote, so she flipped the tv on. A pokemon match was on.

'Finally!' she thought, ' Something to do!'

Andraia yawned and watched the matches. Within a couple minutes, she fell asleep. Dani walked in with the popcorn. She took on look at Andraia, and laughed. She grabbed a blanket and covered Andraia.

Andraia yawned and opened her eyes. She had to blink a couple times for her eyes to adjust to the darkness of the room.

"Dani?" she asked, looking around.

But Dani was nowhere to be found. Andraia shrugged and headed back upstairs. Dani wasn't there either.

"Hm... Weird." Andraia muttered, "Oh well, I guess I can go challenge the gym leader."

Andraia walked out of the house and headed down the road towards the stone building that was labeled " Pewter City Gym".

"Welcome!" announced a voice, as Andraia walked into the gym.

Andraia gasped as she saw who stood in front of her.

"Dani!" she gasped.

"Yup! My brother's Brock!" she said, proudly, " With him gone, I am in charge of the gym."

"Well, I challenge you to a battle!" Andraia told her.

"One on one!" Dani retorted, "Cubone!"

"Butterfree, Go!"

"Cubone, use Leer!"

"Butterfree, Confusion!"

Butterfree dodged the small pokemon and blasted him with a confusion.

"Hang in there! Use Bone Club!" Dani cried.

"Watch out Butterfree!" Andraia exclaimed.

The small pokemon flung his bone at Butterfree. Butterfree just barely avoided it, and blasted it with another confusion. The small pokemon swayed slightly, before falling over.

"Cubone!" Dani cried, "Grrr... all right, you get the Boulder Badge."

She tossed a small stone over to Andraia. Andraia looked down at it, and her face broke into a huge grin. She looked back over at Dani, and her smile faded away. Dani looked upset.

"Hey Dani, why don't you come with me?" Andraia asked.

"What?"

"Come with me. Traveling alone is so boring!"

"Well, I... um... Do you really want me to?"

"Yes!"

"Sure, I'll come with you!" Dani grinned.

Andraia smiled and held out her hand. Dani grabbed it and the two girls shook hands.

A/N: There we go. Sorry, I've been so bust lately I just haven't the time to type!

TigressDevyn