The Life and Times of Ash Ketchum
Pokemon: Ash Catches a Pokemon!
Everyone settled down to watch the next episode of the series as it flashed on screen as "Ash Catches a Pokemon"
"Oh, so we get to see Ash's first capture?" Clemont asked, excited at what it could be.
"Is it the Caterpie from the last episode?" Bonnie asked around.
"Nah, I bet Ash caught a Pidgeot or something straight away." Max exclaimed.
"You'll see." Misty said mysteriously as the others looked to her for confirmation.
They watched as the ball shook violently before settling and with a small noise, stopped entirely.
"I DID IT! I CAUGHT CATERPIE!" Ash yelled excitedly as the others in the room cheered for him.
"Well, even if it is a Caterpie, it's still a great Pokemon." Dawn smiled.
Misty just looked a bit off colour.
They watched as Ash taunted Misty about her fear of bug Pokemon on the screen.
"Wow, Ash was really mean about that." Serena sighed, frowning at the young Ash on screen.
Everyone laughed though as Misty took of screaming as Ash let Caterpie out of his ball.
They watched as Caterpie rubbed itself against Misty with affection and Misty insulted it, before Caterpie looked devastated.
"Aww poor Caterpie!" May, Bonnie, Serena and Dawn cooed.
"That was mean, Misty." Max berated.
"I'm sorry, Caterpie was amazing really!" Misty cried.
They saw as Misty tried and failed to stalk Ash and lamely claimed it was for her bike.
"Oh, Misty, are you sure you didn't have a crush back then?" Brock teased.
"Don't let the bed bugs bite." Ash taunted Misty as she tried to go to sleep.
"You kinda deserved that one Misty." May admitted.
Caterpie and Pikachu bonding on the tree stump made everyone smile.
"Aww, they're already great friends!" Clemont exclaimed.
They saw as Caterpie watched the Butterfree flying overhead and staring out, wishing to join it in the air.
"Aww, Caterpie." Bonnie sniffled, tears in her eyes as she thought of this brave Pokemon. (Just wait until Butterfree's Goodbye)
Misty yelled again at Caterpie and they watched as it sadly slunk back to the tree stump and returned itself to its ball.
"Wow, you were really mean Misty." Dawn said, frowning at her.
"I'm so sorry, I keep saying this!" Misty yelled.
"A Pidgeotto?" Serena said, looking as the new arrival was challenged by Ash. "I'd love to see one of those."
"They're amazing Pokemon." Misty said.
They watched as Pidgeotto began to mercilessly attack Caterpie in the battle and Ash quickly called it back.
"At least Ash won't let his Pokemon get needlessly hurt." Clemont smiled.
They watched as Ash threw another Poke Ball and caught the Pidgeotto as well.
"Yay! Go Ash!" Bonnie yelled.
"Way to go Ash!" Max cried.
Misty began to berate Ash on his tactics and yell about how "The Pokemon trainer's judgement is more important than anything else and unfortunately for you, the Pokemon trainer needs to have a brain!"
"Oh that's harsh." Brock smirked at Misty, who was still reddening.
"So, we meet again." Said a familiar voice.
"Oh no…." everyone in the room groaned.
"No, not this again." Ash said, causing everyone to laugh.
"Oh, Ash, that was beautiful." Dawn grinned.
"We're kinda busy right now." Ash said again as Team Rocket finished their motto.
"We should try that next time when they pop up to annoy us." Serena said to Bonnie and Clemont, who nodded to her.
Jessie and James began to kick Meowth as it explained why they wanted Pikachu so badly.
"I never thought I'd say this…but poor Meowth." Max said as the others nodded, Meowth may be a pain, but no Pokemon deserved to be mistreated like this.
They watched as Team Rocket called out both Ekans and Koffing for the fight and Ash complained about cheating, before Misty told him to use two as well.
"The Pokemon League rules say only one at a time."
"Wow, Ash sticking to the safety and rules?" Dawn said "Isn't he the first to be reckless usually?"
"Sure is, he got bolder." Misty said.
They watched as Pikachu went down to a Sludge attack and Ash used Pidgeotto, and how it was quickly outnumbered and forced to defend against Team Rocket's Pokemon.
"Oh no Pidgeotto!" Everyone except Misty cried, who knew how the battle ended, being there at the time.
"Buzz off." James said, flicking Ash in the head as he charged at Team Rocket and sending Ash flying.
"Hey!" Everyone angrily yelled at James attacking Ash like that.
"Now Caterpie, you're my only hope. Just give it your very best shot!" Ash yelled, sending Caterpie out after Pidgeotto's defeat.
They watched as Caterpie took Ekans and Koffing down with some String Shot attacks, tying them up, before Team Rocket fled.
"You may have won this time, but we'll be back." Team Rocket yelled.
"When aren't you back?" Serena said.
"Hopefully they'll give up one day." May said, all of them knowing that probably won't ever be the case with how stubborn Team Rocket were.
They watched as Misty went to pet Caterpie as a Thank you, before it began to evolve, turning into Metapod, the fastest known evolution of a Caterpie ever, according to Dexter the Pokedex.
"Hey, maybe that means you can keep changing and go onto the next stage right away." Ash called out happily.
"Go Metapod go!" Bonnie cheered.
Ash ran off as Misty chased, to go explore the Forest and find more Pokemon, before making their way to Pewter City. As they ran towards the distance, the screen faded to black.
"I guess that's it for this episode, what episode is next?" Brock asked as Serena went over and checked the screen.
"It says….Showdown at Pewter City." Serena replied.
"Oh, hey! This is where I come in!" Brock cheered.
"You're from Pewter City?" Clemont asked, intrigued. "I know they have a great Pokemon fossil resurrection service there."
"Yeah, before I met Ash and Misty, I was the Gym Leader there, I'm assuming this will be our battle in the next episode." Brock said.