Chapter 8.

Viridian Forest

The first things Raquaelle saw when she headed into the Viridian Forest were miles of trees and acres of fauna. Raquaelle was sure there would be at least one Pokemon living here, however; this was a forest, after all. Raquaelle walked through the forest, turning her head this way and that as she listened to the chirps of the bird and bug Pokemon living around her.

"Alright, I have a Charmander, a Rattata, a Caterpie, a Ponyta, a Ninetales and a Pidgey," Raquaelle told herself, "But maybe I can find some different Pokemon here..."

Just then, crawling in one of the trees, Raquaelle saw a beige-colored Pokemon that looked like a bug. It looked different from her Caterpie, however; this bug had little red spheres where its legs would be, a large red nose, beady eyes and a sharp-looking object on its head, as well as another sharp-looking object on the end of its back.

"Hey, what Pokemon is that?" Raquaelle wanted to know.

She pulled out her Pokedex and opened it up, revealing a picture of the Pokemon.

"Weedle. The stinger on this Pokémon's head guarantees that any attacker will get the point right where it hurts."

"You know, it kind of does look dangerous..." Raquaelle stated. "But I bet my Pokemon could take it down."

Raquaelle took Pidgey's Pokeball from her belt.

"Pidgey, come on out!" Raquaelle shouted as she threw the Pokeball.

The Poke Ball opened and a flash of light came out, revealing her Pidgey. It was chirping bravely.

"Pidgey! Use Tackle on Weedle!" Raquaelle shouted.

The Pidgey went flying towards Weedle, then collided with it, sending it to the ground and the Weedle laid there unconscious.

"Now there's my chance to catch it," Raquaelle said as she took a sixth empty Pokeball out from her Pocket. She pushed the button on it so that it became its normal size, and then threw it at the Weedle.

"Go, Poke Ball!"

The Poke Ball hit the Weedle right on the sharp-looking object on its head and the ball opened, revealing a flash of light that surrounded the Weedle and brought it inside. The Poke Ball closed, then fell to the ground. It shook a couple of times, the button having turned a shade of red, but ultimately stopped. The button went back to its normal color as well.

Weedle had been caught.

"YYYYES!" Raquaelle cheered as she jumped, then ran over to the Poke Ball and picked it up. "I've got a Weedle!"

Now that she had gotten her sixth Pokemon, Raquaelle recalled her Pidgey with its Poke Ball before she placed it in the fifth slot of her belt and she put the Pokeball containing her newly caught Weedle away into her backpack before walking on through Viridian Forest.

Raquaelle had only walked a few miles when she saw a very small avian Pokémon, it had rough, brown plumage on its head and three brown tail feathers, it had narrow, dark brown eyes with white pupils and a short, hooked beak that was light pink and the feathers covering its wings were pinkish red with lighter tips, and it had a beige underside with two thin, horizontal stripes and its light pink feet had two toes in front and one in the back. Black feathers covered its back.

"What is that Pokemon?" Raquaelle asked herself.

She pulled out her Pokedex and opened it up, revealing a picture of the Pokemon.

"Unlike Pidgey, Spearow has a terrible attitude. It is very wild and will sometimes attack other Pokémon and humans."

"Hmm, sounds like it could be a tougher Pokemon than Pidgey," said Raquaelle as she put her Pokedek back in her Pocket, "I should catch it!"

Raquaelle took Charmander's Pokeball from her belt and threw it.

"Come on out, Charmander!"

Charmander emerged from the Pokeball.

"Char Char!"

"I need you to weaken that Spearow so I can catch it," Raquaelle said to Charmander while pointing to the Spearow.

"Charr," said Charmander as he nodded in understanding.

"Charmander! Use Scratch!" said Raquaelle.

The Charmander brought its arm up for Spearow to see, then raked its claws against the Spearow's face. It cringed in pain.

"Now use Tackle!" said Raquaelle.

The Charmander ran toward the Spearow, then leaped and tackled it to the ground and Spearow laid there unconscious.

"Alright, now let's see if I can't catch it!" Raquaelle said to herself as took the 1st of the 5 Pokeballs that she brought from the Poke Mart in Viridian City out of her backpack and then threw it at Spearow.

"Go, Poke Ball!"

The Poke Ball hit Spearow on the beak, opened, pulled Spearow in and closed. Raquaelle watched in anticipation as the Poke Ball fell to the ground and shook slightly, after a few minutes the Pokeball stop shaking and the button went back to its normal color as well.

Spearow had been caught.

"YES! Spearow is mine!" said Raquaelle as she did a fist pump and ran over to the Poke Ball and held it up for her Charmander to see,

"And it's all thanks to you, Charmander!"

"Char," said Charmander with a smile.

Raquaelle looked at the Poke Ball she was holding.

"I'm going to take good care of this Spearow," Raquaelle said to herself, "I want him to be one of my coolest, strongest Pokemon..."

Raquaelle then put Spearow's Pokeball into her backpack, zipped it closed, put her backpack back onto her back, returned Charmander to his Pokeball, put Charmander's Pokeball back into the first slot on her belt and resumed on her walk through Viridian Forest.

After an hour of walking, Raquaelle decided to stop for rest.

"I think I shall have a little break," Raquaelle said to herself, "Perhaps there's a place around here where I can rest for a few minutes..."

Raquaelle sat down next to a tree and opened her backpack.

"I hope Mom packed some food for my Journey," said Raquaelle as she put hand into her backpack and she pulled out a couple of things, then finally pulled out a lunchbox.

"Ah, here we are," Raquaelle said with a smile.

As Raquaelle turned to look inside her back again she saw a brown parcel at the bottom of her backpack.

"What the...?" Raquaelle asked herself.

"Hm," Raquaelle said to herself as she pulled out the parcel, "I don't remember putting this in my backpack..."

Raquaelle saw a folded up piece of paper that was attached to the parcel, she unfolded it and began to read the writing that was written on it:

"Dear Raquaelle,

When Lumpy told me that you were heading off to the Kanto region to start your Pokemon adventure,

I decided to prepare this care package for you and while you were not looking your mother put it in your backpack.

Have a lovely Pokemon adventure love from Mrs. Marilyn Moose"

"How sweet of her," said Raquaelle as she smiled gratefully, "I wonder what she sent me, though..."

Raquaelle opened the package and saw a Water bottle, some sweets and 3 chocolate bars, 3 orange, a bag of sliced apples and 2 bananas.

"How convenient!" Raquaelle said with a smile and then she put the care package to one side and started eating the food in her lunchbox.

"I'm sure the care package will definitely come in handy," Raquaelle thought to herself, suddenly brushes nearby started to rustle.

Raquaelle turned to look at them.

"Huh?"

The brushes rustled some more and Raquaelle stood up and walked over to the bushes and bent over, trying to see what Pokemon was moving within them. Suddenly out of bushes jumped a plant-based Pokémon with a stem-like brown body, two single green leafs on each side of its body, a yellow bell-shaped head with what appear to be pink lips at the end and beady black eyes.

"Whoa!" said Raquaelle with surprise, "What's this Pokemon?!"

Raquaelle pulled out her Pokedex and opened it up, revealing a picture of the Pokemon.

"Bellsprout the Flower Pokemon. A carnivorous Pokémon that traps and eats bugs. It uses its root feet to soak up needed moisture."

"Hmm, I don't think I've seen this one either," Raquaelle said as she put her Pokedex back in her pocket, "But I bet it'll be useful!"

The Bellsprout just stood and looked at Raquaelle in a fond sort of way.

"Huh? Do you... like me?" Raquaelle asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Bellsprout," said Bellsprout with a nod.

A smile slowly appeared on Raquaelle's face and she went back to her backpack pulled out the 2nd Pokeball she had brought from the Poke Mart and held it in front of Bellsprout.

"Bellsprout would you like to join my Pokemon team?" Raquaelle offered.

Bellsprout thought for a second and then nodded.

"Sprout."

"Alright!" said Raquaelle and she threw the Pokeball at Bellsprout, "Go Pokeball!"

The Pokeball hit Bellsprout right on the mouth, then open and sent it into the Pokeball, the Pokeball closed, landed on the floor, shook a couple of times and then stopped.

"Gotcha, Bellsprout!" said Raquaelle as she did a fist pump and then she picked up the Pokeball and looked at it with a smile, "I think you and I are gonna get along great."

Raquaelle walked back over to her backpack and put her newly caught Bellsprout's Pokeball into her backpack.

"Time to continue on," Raquaelle said to herself and she put her lunchbox back into her backpack, closed her backpack, put her backpack on her back and resumed her walk through Viridian Forest.

A few minutes later, Raquaelle came across a sign that read, "Now Approaching Pewter City." Raquaelle smiled.

"Ah Good," Raquaelle said to herself and she walked passed the sign and into Pewter City.