A/N: Sorry for not updating, but I was busy with my other stories. Here's chapter four!

Chapter Four- Choices

Sierra's P.O.V.

" Alright Brendan, bring it on!" I said.

" Okay then, Go Finny!" he cried calling out his Mudkip.

" Finny?" I asked.

" It was all I could think of. Muddy didn't sound right and Kipper was too common. Since the fin on its head works kind of like radar, it must be a big part of Mudkip. So I named it Finny after the fin," Brendan explained.

" Uh huh, I see. Well then, Go Flare!" I cried, sending out Torchic.

" Flare?" asked Brendan.

" What s wrong with Flare?" I asked.

" Nothing, I like it, it's better than Finny, but why Flare?"

" Well besides Blaze, it's all I could think of, and Blaze is too common like Kipper. Plus Blaze is for a boy, and my Torchic's a girl," I said. " So what do you think of Flare?" I asked Torchic. (These guys have poke translators so they can understand what their pokemon are saying). " I think that's a really cool nick name," Flare answered.

I smiled. " Good," I said. " Now lets go kick some butt, use Peck attack!"

" Finny dodge, and use water gun," Brendan said.

" Flare, dodge and use quick attack!"

" Finny dodge and use mud slap!"

" Flare dodge and use… um use… try peck again!" I called. It hit! " Finally, a hit. I thought I was going to die if I heard the word dodge again," I said.

" Well, it's going to be coming out of your mouth, Finny use water gun!" Brendan commanded. It hit too.

" Oh no, first they kept dodging, now they might keep hitting," Sara said.

" I think Torchic won't be able to go on if it gets hit by water gun or mud slap," Lilly said.

" I agree, it's not really that possible, Torchic's not that strong yet," Misty said, looking back at them from her position as judge.

" Oh gee, thanks a lot guys!" I said sarcastically. " And it's Flare!" I added. But I knew it was true.

" Tackle Finny," Brendan said.

" Dodge with quick attack and then hit," I said.

" Stop what you're doing and hit when it comes close," Brendan called. Our attacks hit, both of them so we both took some damage.

" I think its time Sierra, unleash your attack!" Misty said.

" Okay then Flare, your turn to shine, just like Poochyena. Just like we rehearsed it now Flare, use distraction!" I yelled. Trochic started but never finished it was too tired. Another water gun hit it and it fainted. Okay, so you're probably wondering what distraction is, right? Well it's a fake attack I taught Torchic. It can use ember to start a fire. Not a big one, but big enough so that water pokemon will start outing it out and stop paying attention to the battle. It was great, but it didn't work.

I wouldn't tell Brendan what distraction would do. Finally he got bored, stopped asking and traveled off in an opposite direction than the way we're going.

" Hey, Sierra, what kind of pokemon do you want to catch?" Sara asked, knowing I wasn't too bummed about my loss.

" I'm going to catch a Clampearl and make it evolve into Gorebys (how do you spell that?) " I'm going to catch an Eevee, and make it evolve into an Umbreon, and I want a Shroomish and a Ralts too." I said.

" And as for nicknames, my Torchic's already Flare (did I mention our starter pokemon stay out of our pokeballs?). " M y Poochyena will be Mighty for when it evolves into a Mightyena, my Eevee will be Midnight, my Clampearl Mermaid because I can't think of anything else, and… oh yeah, Shroomish can be Spore, and Ralts can be Magic," I continued.

" Ralts are very hard to raise," Lilly spoke up (just to let you know, she's the shyest one in our group).

" Then I'll catch an Abra and call it Magic," I said.

" Cool," said Sara. Then we headed for Petalburg City.