Treecko was about to get hit by an ember attack.
I was nervous. "Uhh..." I bit my lip.
"Treecko! Dodge and use pound!" Treecko dived out of the way & charged at Torchic.
"Torchic!" called Kate. "Counter with ember!"
"Just keep going!" I told Treecko.
Whack! Torchic flew backward.
"Get up! And peck that Treecko as hard as you can!" Kate commanded. Torchic dove in for the hit. "Treecko, absorb!" I shouted. Torchic lay helplessly on the ground as it got it's energy drained. "No, Torchic! Return!"
As the battle ended a man watched from afar. "Good battle," he said. "He might be the one", he muttered.
"I won! I won! I won my first battle! We did it Treecko! Hooray!" "Treecko, tree!" Treecko celebrated.
"Good job," Kate congratulated. "But next time we meet, it's gonna be a whole lot tougher." She winked at me.
And with that, we split up.
I headed over to the path Prof. Birch told me about. Route One.
"Here we go, Treecko." I called him back into the Pokeball.
I was about to take my first step on my Pokemon journey.
"Wait, Zack, wait!" It was my mom. "Your dad and I got you this." She handed me a brand new PokeDex. "Thanks, mom!" "Bye Zack." She hugged me and ran back to the house.
I put the PokeDex in my pocket.
I walked down the path, ready for the journey ahead.
To be continued...