Day 23
Sunny
Current location: Sentret Grotto
Current mood: content
Dear Diary:
The road to Azalea began by dipping down into a little patch of plains called the Sentret Grotto, so named because a lot of Sentret live there. Ash thought it would make a perfect spot to camp, so we made a temporary camp and stopped to rest, sharing our wares with any Sentret that happened to stop by...after lunch, we all took a nap--and believe me, we all needed it after walking for most of the night last night! The only other thing on the plains was a lone Sentret enjoying an apple...but since it was not bothering us, we let it enjoy its snack.
Content after eating, the Sentret tried to wake Togepi...and the only thing I remember next was Misty panicking and the rest of us running after a tank shaped like an Arbok--which just so happened to be owned by Team Rocket!
A Sentret came and told me what had happened: Togepi had befriended his sister, and they both had gone tumbling into Team Rocket's tank...which was now hurtling at warp speed to who knows where! Not only that, but Togepi was trapped inside. This gave Brock an idea: find the tank and attempt to slow it to a complete stop...so after Brock summoned Onix, we sped off after the tank...but my only question is: What does dressing up in military garb have to do with chasing a tank?
Once we finally caught up to the rogue tank, Brock (or should I say, Seargent Brock, he was getting into the role of a soldier) outlined his idea to stop the rampaging tank: dig a big hole and fill it with water...which would have gone quicker had Psyduck actually helped instead of swimming around...and thankfully, the plan worked! I raced inside to try and free Togepi from Team Rocket...but I wound up caught in the wires myself!
After what seemed like an eternity, I felt this sickening lurch--and we were screaming down the road again! Try as we might, we couldn't get the tank to stop--and it was careening towards a town! Thankfully, Charizard managed to stop us before any real damage was done--but not before I zapped the controls!
Misty was so relieved that Togepi was all right...and I am too, to be honest...
Until tomorrow,
Pikachu
Day 24
Sunny
Current mood: reflective, and a little sad.
Current location: On the edge of the Charific Valley, en route to Azalea Town
Dear Diary:
Charizard left our party today...he wants to train here in the beautiful Charific Valley, a reserve where Charizards have lived for hundreds of years.
How did we get here, you ask? You see, as we continued around a mountainous area, Ash was complaining about his feet hurting...and to put it bluntly, my feet were hurting too. Then, Brock remembered that where there's mountain peaks, you can make echoes by shouting. With that, he called "Hello" into the chasm below us; and I heard it echo twice...only to have it answered by an echo of "Unfair!" that sounded somewhat like Team Rocket! Inspired by this, Ash tried to yodel again...and this time, he actually sounded good!
About that time, a girl named Liza met us on the path...so while Brock drooled over her, she proceeded to invite us down to the valley to see some wild Charizards. Ash quickly accepted, and we were whisked away by Liza's Charizard, a lovely female named Charla.
I was totally unprepared for the sights of the valley: There were Charizard statues everywhere; but the Charizards themselves were interesting to watch as well. Some were snoozing by a hot spring, some were stretching their wings, and some others were playfully chasing each other. Ash summoned Charizard to come look around and say hello to the other Charizards, but the other Charizards just kept pushing him around, ultimately sending him flying into a spring. Liza saw this and told Charizard to remain there until he could find a way to become stronger. He stayed there until Team Rocket tried to break down the gates with a new robotic child...which got reduced to cinders.
Liza then asked Charizard if he wanted to train in the valley...and Charizard said yes. I think Ash shed the most tears as he embraced Charizard one more time...we watched him fly off as we looked for a place to camp tonight. I'm sure going to miss Charizard keeping me warm at night...and I think I can hear Brock singing his Wilhemina song to the valley, the echo makes it sound twice as pretty, and the words could also fit Charizard's leaving us, so I'll close with a small piece of the song...
Fare thee well, love,
Fare thee well, love,
Far away, you must go.
Take your heart, love,
Take your heart, love,
Will we never meet, again no more?
Good bye, Charizard...I miss you already...
Until tomorrow,
Pikachu
Day 25
Sunny, with a few clouds
Current mood: happy
Current location: Bloomingdale Town Pokemon Center
Dear Diary:
We arrived in Bloomingdale Town today, which is home to the world famous Sunflora Festival....and just seeing them smile makes me want to smile too! So, I'll try my best to keep smiling as I write this entry....
The sunshine made our water supply dry up...so after frantically searching for water, we found some pipes gushing with it...but before we could get any closer, a girl named Sunreeser came to fix the leaky pipe. Ash asked if she would let us get some water, and she quickly obliged after she noticed how dry our water supply was. Overjoyed by this, Brock went into "crazy romantic" mode and was about to serenade her until Misty dragged him away. (figured)
After a much needed break, Sunreeser invited us to her Sunflora greenhouse for the day...where we got to watch her water them! They all looked so happy singing in the "shower"...except for one, who had a frown on its face instead of a smile. Ash was concerned, so he asked why that Sunflora was frowning. Sunreeser explained that that particular Sunflora, which was named Sunny, was the one she was planning to enter in the Sunflora Festival, but Sunny was depressed about something. Sunreeser went on to tell us that if Sunny wasn't smiling again by tomorrow, she wouldn't stand a chance against the three time champion, Cirrus.
Inspired by this, Brock grabbed his guitar and started to sing practically every song he knew that was either a. happy, or b. involved the sun in some way. Sunny perked up a little on some of them, but it wasn't enough to merit a smile. I tried making silly faces, and that seemed to help...we spent the rest of the day making faces, telling jokes, singing songs--anything to get Sunny to cheer up! Despite all our efforts, Sunny didn't smile...I hope that she smiles in the morning...
Until tomorrow,
Pikachu