Authors Note: Well, this is episode 4. Now Jason makes a very important
decision. And yes, I know it's a bit early, but I didn't want to bore you
all with more lessons and stuff. This is the real kick off for his
adventure, and the following episodes will be really good, I promise...
Enjoy!
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Jason woke up to a terrible noise that cut through his ears like knifes.
Growlithe stood in defensive position at the door and barked, and Teddyursa were hiding under the bed.
Jason quickly put on his clothes, and Daniel got up slowly.
"Do you hear that?!" He almost shouted to Jason. "The school have some Spearows, they wake you up every morning at seven. You can't oversleep here, Jason..."
The screaming birds continued for almost ten minutes, and when the noise finally stopped, Jason couldn't hear a thing.
"I think I'm deaf" he said grimly with Teddyursa on his shoulder.
He followed Daniel to the dining room, still unable to hear anything.
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Ricky didn't sleep to well, and he were awfully tired when he walked down the stairs with Zigzagoon.
His roommate was named Brad, and he owned a very strange little Pokémon named Hoppip.
At least he was nice.
When Ricky got down to the dining room, all the other students were already there.
He made two sandwiches and grabbed a glass of milk. He sat down besides Ricky, and meanwhile, Zigzagoon ran over to the Pokémon corner, where the Pokémon got their food.
"Hungry?" he asked his older brother, who was eating his fourth sandwich.
"As always" Jason replied with a big smile.
"Why do I have to go in the lower classes?" he muttered. "There are only small children there, and me of course."
"Everyone between 6 and 10 years go in the lower classes. The rest, the ones between 11 and 15 years, go in the higher classes. That means..."
"...that I have to go in the lower classes..."
Ricky let out a deep sigh.
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The first three weeks went awfully quick, and Jason had learned so much since he started at the school.
This day, they had their lesson in the forest, and the sun smiled towards the students.
Their teacher, the highly ranked Pokémon scientist, dr. Frederick T. Edwards, wanted them to collect powder from Bellsprouts, and that powder would be one of the ingredients in a special potion.
To be able to collect the powder from a Bellsprout, they needed to make it faint, or put it to sleep first.
Jason and Daniel walked around in the forest. Growlithe walked ahead of them, sniffing with his nose on the ground.
"This is going to be easy" Daniel said with confident. "Bellsprouts are weak, and Growlithe has a type advantage over them. They won't stand a chance."
The conversation was interrupted when Growlithe started to bark. Two Bellsprouts stood in front of them.
"Teddyursa! Go!" Jason shouted, and Teddyursa jumped to the ground.
"Growlithe! Knock 'em out!"
The two Pokémon took aim on a Bellsprout each.
"Teddyursa! Scratch!"
"Growlithe! Ember!"
Growlithe let out burning flames from it's mouth, which almost knocked the Bellsprout immidiately. Teddyursa scratched the other, but the two Bellsprouts were strong, and they got on their feet (?) again, sending their vine whips towards Teddyursa and Growlithe.
Growlithe dodged the attack, but Teddyursa were caught.
"No!" Jason shouted, and the moment after, Teddyursa was thrown to the ground, unable to continue the fight.
"Growlithe! Ember!"
Growlithe sent out more flames, and Bellsprout fell to the ground, unconscious.
Growlithe tackled the other, and it fainted immediately.
"Good work, Growlithe!" Daniel said and smiled to his Pokémon.
"Teddyursa is too weak" Jason mumbled, scracthing Teddyursa behind it's right ear. "It's the second fight it loses. And it's only been in two fights!
"Don't worry, Jason. It will become stronger in time. It needs more training."
They collected the powder and returned to the place with the tables.
"I can see that some of your Pokémon got really hurt" dr. Edwards said, carefully looking at each one of them. "Bellsprouts aren't that weak, and it's vine whips can defeat a Rhyhorn. Remember, students. Do never underrestimate your opponent."
They all started to crush some starshaped leafs in their mortels, and then they put them in hot water together with the powder.
When the water had cooled of, they could see a thick, flower-smelling cream.
"Now, you will test it on your Pokémon." dr. Edwards said. "That's one of the reason I wanted you to collect the powder, so that your Pokémon would get som small scratches and wounds that we can test the cream on. "
Jason used the cream on a small scratch Teddursa got on it's forehead, and did the same on the rest of the wounds.
"The wounds will heal fully in about an hour" dr. Edwards said. "The class is over for today. See you tomorrow, students." ............................................................................ .........................................................
It was around midnight. Jason was awake, staring on the white ceiling. Teddyursa was asleep beside him.
Jason felt bad. Teddyursa was too weak. He should have caught another Pokémon.
He turned towards Daniel, but he was asleep, snoring like a Snorlax. Growlithe lied at his feets, also asleep.
Suddenly, Jason was hit by the feeling, that this wasn't his dream. He didn't want to be lectured by a gnabby old teacher. He wanted to discover the secrets of Pokémon all by himself.
He got up from the bed, took a few of his clothes out of the closet and packed them into his backpack together with his Pokéballs and potions, and the money he had left.
They wouldn't help him far. He had given most of his money to Amy after the fight, because so was the rules, and he wouldn't earn any money on winning fights, that was sure.
He put on his backpack, and he clipsed his PokéGear onto his belt. He leaved a note to Daniel, and he smiled when he realized how mad his parents would be when they found out.
And then he started to tie together the blankets that lied on the bottom of the closet into a rope.
When he was done, he gently woke Teddyursa up, and put him on his shoulder.
Then he tossed the rope out of the open window, and then he started to slowly climb down the wall.
Teddyursa buried his claws in Jasons shoulder to not fall off, and Jason gave up a small sound.
Suddenly, the hand-made rope began to fall apart as the blankets started to slip.
"Dammit!" Jason said quietly, and started to climb faster.
But not fast enough. Suddenly the rope broke, and Jason fell the last ten metres.
He smashed to the ground. He quickly got up to his feet, and he picked up Teddyursa, who'd landed a few metres away,.
He decided to walk through the forest, and he threw a last glance towards the school.
"Hope Ricky will do well when I'm gone" he mumbled and started to walk through the forest.
"No, wait!"
A familiar voice was heard, and Jason turned around. It was Ricky, dressed in his pyjamas. Zigzagoon stood right next to him.
"Where are you going?" Ricky asked, even though he'd knew what the answer would be.
"Away from here. I'm bored. The lessons are so boring that they could put a stone to sleep. I want to discover Pokémon and their secrets on my own. I'm leaving Altare now, and I'm not coming back."
"Wait! Let me follow you! I'll just go and get my stuff!"
"No!" Jason said, giving his brother a sharp look.
"But what will mom and dad say when they find out?"
"I don't know. And I don't care. Bye, Ricky."
Jason hugged his brother.
"I'm gonna miss you, Jason" Ricky said, wiping a tear from his eye. When he thought about, he felt really stupid.
Crying in the arms of his brother in the middle of the night, wearing a pyjamas.
"I'm gonna miss you too, Ricky. Take care of Zigzagoon and threat him well. Me and Teddyursa are leaving on a journey to become the greatest."
They hugged once more, and Jason disappeared into the woods. Ricky let out a sigh.
"Come on, Zigzagoon" he said. "Why are you so surprised? What did you think I was going to do? Just sit right here at a boring school, wondering how my brother's doing in the big world?"
Zigzagoon had a puzzled look on it's face.
"Aw, come on. I'll just go get my stuff, and then we'll follow that stubborn kid. He might get lost in the dark."
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Jason woke up to a terrible noise that cut through his ears like knifes.
Growlithe stood in defensive position at the door and barked, and Teddyursa were hiding under the bed.
Jason quickly put on his clothes, and Daniel got up slowly.
"Do you hear that?!" He almost shouted to Jason. "The school have some Spearows, they wake you up every morning at seven. You can't oversleep here, Jason..."
The screaming birds continued for almost ten minutes, and when the noise finally stopped, Jason couldn't hear a thing.
"I think I'm deaf" he said grimly with Teddyursa on his shoulder.
He followed Daniel to the dining room, still unable to hear anything.
............................................................................ .................................................
Ricky didn't sleep to well, and he were awfully tired when he walked down the stairs with Zigzagoon.
His roommate was named Brad, and he owned a very strange little Pokémon named Hoppip.
At least he was nice.
When Ricky got down to the dining room, all the other students were already there.
He made two sandwiches and grabbed a glass of milk. He sat down besides Ricky, and meanwhile, Zigzagoon ran over to the Pokémon corner, where the Pokémon got their food.
"Hungry?" he asked his older brother, who was eating his fourth sandwich.
"As always" Jason replied with a big smile.
"Why do I have to go in the lower classes?" he muttered. "There are only small children there, and me of course."
"Everyone between 6 and 10 years go in the lower classes. The rest, the ones between 11 and 15 years, go in the higher classes. That means..."
"...that I have to go in the lower classes..."
Ricky let out a deep sigh.
............................................................................ .........................................................
The first three weeks went awfully quick, and Jason had learned so much since he started at the school.
This day, they had their lesson in the forest, and the sun smiled towards the students.
Their teacher, the highly ranked Pokémon scientist, dr. Frederick T. Edwards, wanted them to collect powder from Bellsprouts, and that powder would be one of the ingredients in a special potion.
To be able to collect the powder from a Bellsprout, they needed to make it faint, or put it to sleep first.
Jason and Daniel walked around in the forest. Growlithe walked ahead of them, sniffing with his nose on the ground.
"This is going to be easy" Daniel said with confident. "Bellsprouts are weak, and Growlithe has a type advantage over them. They won't stand a chance."
The conversation was interrupted when Growlithe started to bark. Two Bellsprouts stood in front of them.
"Teddyursa! Go!" Jason shouted, and Teddyursa jumped to the ground.
"Growlithe! Knock 'em out!"
The two Pokémon took aim on a Bellsprout each.
"Teddyursa! Scratch!"
"Growlithe! Ember!"
Growlithe let out burning flames from it's mouth, which almost knocked the Bellsprout immidiately. Teddyursa scratched the other, but the two Bellsprouts were strong, and they got on their feet (?) again, sending their vine whips towards Teddyursa and Growlithe.
Growlithe dodged the attack, but Teddyursa were caught.
"No!" Jason shouted, and the moment after, Teddyursa was thrown to the ground, unable to continue the fight.
"Growlithe! Ember!"
Growlithe sent out more flames, and Bellsprout fell to the ground, unconscious.
Growlithe tackled the other, and it fainted immediately.
"Good work, Growlithe!" Daniel said and smiled to his Pokémon.
"Teddyursa is too weak" Jason mumbled, scracthing Teddyursa behind it's right ear. "It's the second fight it loses. And it's only been in two fights!
"Don't worry, Jason. It will become stronger in time. It needs more training."
They collected the powder and returned to the place with the tables.
"I can see that some of your Pokémon got really hurt" dr. Edwards said, carefully looking at each one of them. "Bellsprouts aren't that weak, and it's vine whips can defeat a Rhyhorn. Remember, students. Do never underrestimate your opponent."
They all started to crush some starshaped leafs in their mortels, and then they put them in hot water together with the powder.
When the water had cooled of, they could see a thick, flower-smelling cream.
"Now, you will test it on your Pokémon." dr. Edwards said. "That's one of the reason I wanted you to collect the powder, so that your Pokémon would get som small scratches and wounds that we can test the cream on. "
Jason used the cream on a small scratch Teddursa got on it's forehead, and did the same on the rest of the wounds.
"The wounds will heal fully in about an hour" dr. Edwards said. "The class is over for today. See you tomorrow, students." ............................................................................ .........................................................
It was around midnight. Jason was awake, staring on the white ceiling. Teddyursa was asleep beside him.
Jason felt bad. Teddyursa was too weak. He should have caught another Pokémon.
He turned towards Daniel, but he was asleep, snoring like a Snorlax. Growlithe lied at his feets, also asleep.
Suddenly, Jason was hit by the feeling, that this wasn't his dream. He didn't want to be lectured by a gnabby old teacher. He wanted to discover the secrets of Pokémon all by himself.
He got up from the bed, took a few of his clothes out of the closet and packed them into his backpack together with his Pokéballs and potions, and the money he had left.
They wouldn't help him far. He had given most of his money to Amy after the fight, because so was the rules, and he wouldn't earn any money on winning fights, that was sure.
He put on his backpack, and he clipsed his PokéGear onto his belt. He leaved a note to Daniel, and he smiled when he realized how mad his parents would be when they found out.
And then he started to tie together the blankets that lied on the bottom of the closet into a rope.
When he was done, he gently woke Teddyursa up, and put him on his shoulder.
Then he tossed the rope out of the open window, and then he started to slowly climb down the wall.
Teddyursa buried his claws in Jasons shoulder to not fall off, and Jason gave up a small sound.
Suddenly, the hand-made rope began to fall apart as the blankets started to slip.
"Dammit!" Jason said quietly, and started to climb faster.
But not fast enough. Suddenly the rope broke, and Jason fell the last ten metres.
He smashed to the ground. He quickly got up to his feet, and he picked up Teddyursa, who'd landed a few metres away,.
He decided to walk through the forest, and he threw a last glance towards the school.
"Hope Ricky will do well when I'm gone" he mumbled and started to walk through the forest.
"No, wait!"
A familiar voice was heard, and Jason turned around. It was Ricky, dressed in his pyjamas. Zigzagoon stood right next to him.
"Where are you going?" Ricky asked, even though he'd knew what the answer would be.
"Away from here. I'm bored. The lessons are so boring that they could put a stone to sleep. I want to discover Pokémon and their secrets on my own. I'm leaving Altare now, and I'm not coming back."
"Wait! Let me follow you! I'll just go and get my stuff!"
"No!" Jason said, giving his brother a sharp look.
"But what will mom and dad say when they find out?"
"I don't know. And I don't care. Bye, Ricky."
Jason hugged his brother.
"I'm gonna miss you, Jason" Ricky said, wiping a tear from his eye. When he thought about, he felt really stupid.
Crying in the arms of his brother in the middle of the night, wearing a pyjamas.
"I'm gonna miss you too, Ricky. Take care of Zigzagoon and threat him well. Me and Teddyursa are leaving on a journey to become the greatest."
They hugged once more, and Jason disappeared into the woods. Ricky let out a sigh.
"Come on, Zigzagoon" he said. "Why are you so surprised? What did you think I was going to do? Just sit right here at a boring school, wondering how my brother's doing in the big world?"
Zigzagoon had a puzzled look on it's face.
"Aw, come on. I'll just go get my stuff, and then we'll follow that stubborn kid. He might get lost in the dark."