Chapter 3.

Catching Rattata and Caterpie

With a few steps into a patch of grass, Raquaelle exited Pallet Town. She now knew that there would be wild Pokemon waiting for her to find them, but as long as she had Charmander by her side, she felt more prepared.

As Raquaelle was walking through the grass in Route 1, she saw a purple Pokemon that looked like a mouse. It was sniffing around, looking for food. Raquaelle's eyes lit up.

"What's that?" Raquaelle asked. She put Charmander down and pulled out her Pokedex and opened it, revealing an image of the Pokemon she'd just seen.

"Rattata, the Mouse Pokemon," the Pokedex said. "This Pokemon will make its home anywhere. If you find one, there are likely many more in the same area."

"Hmm, that Rattata could come in handy," Raquaelle said to Charmander, "Want to help me catch that Rattata."

"Char," said Charmander as he nodded to say yes and he got into a battle position and emitted his battle cry.

"Charmander!"

"Charmander! Use Scratch!" Raquaelle commanded.

Charmander ran straight towards the Rattata and raised his right arm up and raked his claws against the Rattata and Rattata fell to the ground, stunned and then Charmander returned to Raquaelle. She pulled out an empty Poke Ball and pressed the button, causing it to grow to its normal size.

"Go, Poke Ball!" shouted Raquaelle as she threw it at the Rattata.

The Poke Ball hit Rattata right on the nose, then opened with a flash of light. The flash surrounded Rattata and brought it into the Poke Ball, which then fell to the ground. As the button turned red, the ball shook a couple of times, but then stopped. The button turned back to its normal color.

Rattata had been caught.

"All right!" Raquaelle said in delight. She ran over to the Poke Ball, picked it up and held it up high. "I caught a Rattata!"

"Charmaaa!" Charmander cheered as he jumped with joy.

"Great job, Charmander," Raquaelle said. She walked back over to him and bent down to pet his head. The Charmander seemed to enjoy it. Suddenly there came rustling from some nearby bushes and Raquaelle looked over to where she heard the noise and out from a bush crawled a small green Bug-type Pokémon that resembled a caterpillar.

"Hmm, what's that Pokemon?" Raquaelle pulled out her Pokedex, which displayed a picture of the Pokemon.

"Caterpie, the Worm Pokémon," said the Pokedex, "Caterpie uses the suction cups on its feet to climb trees and feed on its favorite leaves."

"I bet that one could be useful, too," Raquaelle said as she put her Pokedex away. She looked at Poke Ball that contained her newly caught Rattata and threw it at the ground. "Go, Rattata!"

With a flash of light, Rattata came out of the Poke Ball, eyeing the Caterpie.

"Ratta!"

"Rattata, I need you to weaken that Caterpie so that I can catch it," said Raquaelle pointing at the Caterpie, "Can you do that?"

Rattata nodded in understanding.

"Okay then," said Raquaelle, "Rattata! Use Tackle!"

Ratatta ran towards the Caterpie and lunged at it, tackling it to the ground. Caterpie laid there where it was, stunned from the attack.

"That oughta do it!" said Raquaelle and she pulled out another one of her empty Poke Balls, pressed the button and threw it at the Caterpie, "Go, Poke Ball!"

The Poke Ball hit the Caterpie on the head, then opened with a flash of light that surrounded Pidgey. It then sent it into the ball, which closed and fell to the ground. The button turned red as it shook a couple of times, then stopped. The button turned to its normal color.

Caterpie had been caught.

"Yes! I got a Caterpie!" Raquaelle said as she ran over to the Poke Ball and picked it up. She then went back over to Rattata and petted the top of his head proudly, "Way to go, Rattata, I knew I could count on you!"

Rattata enjoyed the attention he was receiving and then Raquaelle placed Caterpie's Pokeball into her backpack, she recalled Rattata to his respective Pokeball, placed Rattata's Pokeball into her backpack, zipped her backpack closed, put her bacpack on over her shoulders, picked up Charmander in her arms and continued on her way towards Viridian City.

But as Raquaelle walked away, she was unaware she was being watched by a fox-like, quadruped Pokémon covered in thick, luxurious golden-white fur. It smiled with impressive as it had seen Raquaelle catch Rattata and Caterpie, so the fox-like, quadruped Pokemon walked out of the brush it was hiding and ran off in the direction Raquaelle went in order to catch up with her.