Chapter 20: The Sleeping Snorlax and Planning

"So where to next?" Aaron asked.

"Well," Andy said looking at the map. "We can go south to Norffas or West to just out of Redneval."

"What?" the two younger trainers asked.

"Andy. You have the map upside down." Marie stated.

"Oh. Right. We can either go north to Saffron or East to just out of Lavender."

"That's more like it." Marie said.

"Hmm. Which way to go?" Aaron asked.

"I know a way to determine." Andy spoke up.

"How?" Marie asked.

"Eenie Meenie Miny Moe…" Andy started.

Aaron and Marie facefaulted.

"Can you believe him?" Marie asked.

"Not really. Even though he did do this a lot of times when we would get lost in forests."

"Great." She said sarcastically.

"We go east." Andy announced.

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A few days later,

"East?" Marie asked. "East is blocked."

Sitting right in the middle of the road, a Snorlax was blocking the way.

"Maybe we can wake it." Aaron suggested.

"Have you ever tried to wake a Snorlax. It's about as easy as giving a Charizard a bath." Andy told him.

"Check to see what the Pokedex has to say." Marie ordered.

"Snorlax. The Sleeping Pokemon. Its stomach's digestive juices can dissolve any kind of poison. It can even eat things off the ground."

"Sounds like you Aaron." Andy joked.

Aaron just glared.

"Ok. I'm going to see what my notebook has to say. Here it is. Snorlax. Sleeping Pokemon. Heigth 6'11. Weight 1012 lbs. I don't have anything here."

"Great. I knew we should have gone north." Aaron said looking at Andy.

"So why didn't you say anything?" Marie asked.

"Were you going to listen to me?"

"Probably."

"Hey Aaron. Have you tried out your pokeflute yet?" Andy asked so he wouldn't have to hear another argument.

"No."

"You have a pokeflute?" Marie asked. "I never pictured you as the musical type."

"For your information, it was once my mother's."

"Oh." Marie quickly became quiet.

"Why haven't you tried it out yet? Can't you read music?" Andy asked.

"I can read music. I just don't know any songs." Aaron admitted.

"I have a song." Marie said pulling out some sheet music from her backpack.

"What all do you have in there?" Andy asked.

"My notebook of all the pokemon known some music, my portable television, and some girl stuff that you don't need to know about."

"You had to ask?" Aaron asked. "Let's see."

Aaron played the song that is played in the Silver Game.

"Snore" (Yawn)

"It's waking up." Aaron said.

"Snore Lax" (Food)

The Snorlax got up and walked away.

Marie wrote something in her notebook.

"What are you writing?" Andy asked.

"Snorlax can be awoken by the sound of the Pokeflute." She told him.

"You should also put down: If it's not sleeping, it's eating." Aaron laughed.

"Cute." She said sarcastically even though she wrote it down.

"We probably should plan our route." Andy suggested.

"Good idea." Aaron said.

"I think, when we get to Route 12, we should go south. That way, we can hit Fuchsia and Cinnabar." Marie said.

"Good plan. And then we can go back to Fuchsia and then travel Route 17 to Celadon. Then we can hit Saffron and then go north to Cerulean." Andy finished.

"What about Pewter and Viridian?"

"After Cerulean, we can cut through Mt. Moon." Marie told him.

"Alright." They agreed.

TBC