Chapter 7.
Pidgey, Ponyta and Ninetales
Shortly after leaving Viridian City, Raquaelle made her way into Route 2. As she walked through the grass, she turned her head this way and that, looking for Pokemon that her own could battle. As much as she wanted to find some new Pokemon, she also wanted to train the ones she already had so they could become stronger.
As she was walking, however, she saw a Rattata a couple of feet away. This Rattata looked just like the one she had, but this one was smaller, and its whiskers appeared to be twisted. Suddenly the Rattata stood up and looked at Raquaelle, its eyes wide.
Raquaelle smiled and took her own Rattata's Poke Ball. She pressed the button until it became its normal size, and then she threw it at the ground.
"Go, Rattata!"
The Poke Ball opened, and with a flash of light, Rattata came out of the ball and emitted its cry.
"Rattata, use your Tackle attack!" Raquaelle said.
The Rattata did as it was told, running towards the other Rattata at full speed, until it finally rammed into it. The other Rattata fell backward, the impact leaving it in a daze. Knowing that her Pokemon had caused it to faint, Raquaelle smiled and petted the top of Rattata's head.
"Way to go, little guy," said Raquaelle. "You may be small, but you've got potential. I can sense it..."
The Rattata smiled as it nodded in agreement and then Raquaelle recalled the Rattata to it's Pokeball and placed Rattata's Pokeball back onto it's slot on her belt. As she went back on her way, however, she saw another Pokemon in the field. It just so happened that this Pokemon was the exact one that her rival Maylene had, another Pidgey. And as if sensing her presence, the wild Pidgey looked up at her.
"I'm going to catch that Pidgey," Raquaelle said to herself with glee, "And Rattata shall help me."
Raquaelle took Rattata's Pokeball from it's slot and threw it at the ground."Let's go, Rattata!"
The Poke Ball opened, and with a flash of light, Rattata came out of the ball again and emitted its cry.
"Rattata, use Bite!" Raquaelle commanded.
The Rattata dashed toward the wild Pidgey, then leaped onto it and sunk its buck teeth directly into its neck. The Rattata wasn't all that strong, but the pain this attack brought was intense. Pidgey's eyes widened and pupils shrunk as it yelled out at the top of its lungs, then finally fell over as it fainted.
Raquaelle was surprised at how quickly the Rattata had taken out the Pidgey, but she was also impressed. As Rattata removed its teeth from the Pidgey and wiped its mouth with its front paw, Raquaelle took a fourth empty Pokeball from her pocket, she pushed the button on it so that it became its normal size, and then threw it at the Pidgey.
"Go Pokeball!"
The Poke Ball hit the Pidgey on the beak, 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.
Pidgey had been caught.
"Yes! I got a Pidgey!" Raquaelle said as she ran over to the Poke Ball and picked it up, placed it into the fith slot on her belt and walked over to her Rattata, picked him up gently and gave him a hug."Great job, Rattata!" said Raquaelle. "I didn't think you were that strong, too!"
As proud of itself as Raquaelle was for it, the Rattata relaxed and allowed its trainer to hug it. After a few seconds of hugging, however, a thought came to her mind. Raquaelle put Rattata down and took the Pokeball Mr Johnson had given her out of the fourth slot on her belt and took a look at it.
"I wonder what Pokemon is inside this Pokeball," Raquaelle said to herself and she pressed the button on the Pokeball causing it to open and a flash of light came out of it.
"Whoa...!" said Raquaelle as she winced in surprise.
The beam landed on the ground and materialized into an equine Pokémon with cream-colored fur, brown eyes and triangular ears with reddish interiors and Yellow and reddish-orange flames form its mane and tail.
"Wow...," said Raquaelle as her eyes widen and irises shrank in amazement, "What is that awesome Pokemon?"
Raquaelle pulled out her Pokedex and held it in front of the Pokemon, which displayed a picture of the Pokemon.
"Ponyta, a Fire Horse Pokémon. Its mane is made of intense flames."
"Sounds pretty awesome," said Raquaelle and she looked at Ponyta, "Hello Ponyta."
The Ponyta nodded its head and whinnied a bit to greet Raquaelle.
"You are in my Pokemon Party and you shall come with me on my adventure here in Kanto and defeat Gym Leaders to earn eight badges," said Raquaelle and the Ponyta nodded once more in understanding, suddenly some bushes started to rustle.
"Huh?" Raquaelle asked as she looked behind her.
The bushes continue to rustle as Raquaelle walked over.
"Hello? Anyone there?" Raquaelle asked.
Suddenly from the bush jumped a fox-like, quadruped Pokémon covered in thick, luxurious golden-white fur and it pounced onto Raquaelle.
"Whoa...!" said Raquaelle as she winced in surprise and she looked at the Pokemon with a surprise look on her face, "Hello?"
The Pokemon known as Ninetales looked at Raquaelle and bowed its head to greet her and Raquaelle got out her Pokedex and held it in front of Ninetales, which displayed a picture of the Pokemon.
"Ninetales, the Fox Pokémon. The evolved form of Vulpix. It has nine tails and a shining golden fleece. Ninetales are said to live very long lives."
"I gotta say, this is one cool-looking Pokemon..." said Raquaelle, she put her Pokedex away and took a fifth empty Pokeball from her pocket and showed it to Ninetales, "Ninetales, would you like to be my fifth Pokemon?"
Ninetales took a moment to think about this.
"I promise I will take very good care of you," said Raquaelle.
The Ninetales nods in response.
"Alright," said Raquaelle delighted at Ninetales's choice, she pressed the button on the Pokeball causing it to grow to normal size and threw at the Ninetales, "Go Pokeball!"
The Pokeball hit Ninetales, then it opened with a flash of light that sent Ninetales inside, then the Pokeball closed and fell onto the ground and the Pokeball shook a couple of times, then stopped.
"Got it!" said Raquaelle with delight and she walked over to Ninetales's Pokeball, pick it up and placed it into the sixth slot on her belt and then picked up Rattata's Pokeball and pointed it at Rattata.
"Rattata, return," said Raquaelle and Rattata was recalled to his Pokeball, Raquaelle placed Rattata's Pokeball back into the second slot on her belt and then pointed Ponyta's Pokeball at Ponyta.
"Ponyta, return," said Raquaelle and Ponyta was recalled to his Pokeball and Raquaelle placed Ponyta's Pokeball back into the fourth slot on her belt. When she looked up ahead, she saw that there were a line of trees, their leaves waving gently in the wind. In front of these trees was a sign, and Raquaelle walked up to it so she could read the words.
"Up ahead, Viridian Forest," Raquaelle read. "Hmm, I didn't know Viridian City had a forest, too."
Making sure she had all of her Pokemon with her, Raquaelle headed on to the Viridian Forest. Hopefully she could train her Pokemon here, and perhaps catch some more new ones she hadn't seen before.