Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon. I do own Andy, Aaron, Marie, Eric, Sam, Bill, and Greg. Greg will only be talked about b/c he's in Hoenn. There might be some other characters later on.

( ): Pokemon Translation
Ages:
Ash/Aaron: 13
Misty/Marie: 14
Brock/Andy: 17

Chapter 3: Battling Falkner

"Ok Dodrio. Let's go!"

"Pidgeotto! I choose you!"

"Dodrio! Agility!"

"Pidgeotto! Quick Attack"

Because Dodrio was fast, Pidgeotto's quick attack missed.

"Dodrio! Tri-Attack!"

"Pidgeotto! Dodge and use gust!"

Pidgeotto flew out of range and unleased a gust attack hitting Dodrio dead on.

"Now Pidgeotto! Use quick attack again!"

"Dodge Dodrio!"

Dodrio jumped high, but was unable to completely dodge the attack. When Pidgeotto hit Dodrio, it went tumbling.

"Oh no."

"Now Pidgeotto! Finish it off with Wing Attack"

Wing Attack was a direct hit.

"Dodrio is unable to battle. The winner is Aaron." The announcer called.

"Well done Aaron. You have certainly improved since I last battled you." Falkner said.

"Thanks. Considering it took me three tries to defeat you last time."

"Great job bro." Ash called from the sidelines.

"Yeah"

"Hey. What's happening to Pidgeotto?"

Pidgeotto started glowing white and grew before everyone's eyes.

"Pidgoooottt" (It happened)

"Pidgeotto evolved."

Aaron grabbed his pokedex.

"I meant to do this when I saw Ash's Pidgeot."

"Pidgeot. The Bird Pokemon." The mechanical voice informed, "It spreads its beautiful wings wide to frighten its enemies. It can fly at Mach 2 speed."

"Cool."

"Congratulations Aaron."

"Thanks. Pidgot! Return!"

"Now Ash. I believe you're up next."

"Yep"

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"Hoothoot! Go!"

"Noctowl! I choose you!"

"They even call pokemon the same way." Marie whispered to Misty talking about the twins.

"You make it sound like it's a bad thing." Aaron told his girlfriend.

"Hoothoot! Tackle!"

"Noctowl! Dodge and use Take Down."

"Hoothoot! Watch out!"

Hoothoot managed to dodge the Take Down attack but just barely.

"Hoothoot! Use Hypnosis!"

"Use Your Hypnosis Noctowl!"

Noctowl's and Hoothoot's Hypnosis attack hit each other and cancelled out.

"Use Take Down, Noctowl!"

Noctowl rushed toward Hoothoot and had a direct hit this time.

"Hoothoot is unable to battle! The winner is Ash."

"Great job Noctowl. Return!"

"That was a great battle Ash. Tell me. Where did you get your Noctowl? It looked different from the others."

"I got Noctowl between Azalea Town and Goldenrod City."

"He's well trained."

"Thanks. Hey Falkner. How come you didn't use Pidgeot?"

"Pidgeot's wing broke in a battle. He still has a few weeks before he is completely healed."

"Oh."

"So, I take it you are on your way to Azalea next?"

"Yep."

"Good luck at the Silver Conference."

"Thanks. Bye Falkner." Everybody called.

With that, our heroes left the gym.