As of this chapter, the story finally takes off, what sort of amazing adventures will our heroes have? Will they see their old classmates again? And what was up with Jack's strange feeling the evening before? Will his best friends really drift apart? Lets find out!
The following morning, Jack awoke and went through his normal morning routine at home. He picked up Bulbasaur's pokeball and met Diego out by the gate to Route 1.
"You ready to go?" Diego asked, excitement written all over his face.
"Yeah, Im ready." Jack replied, deep in thought and conflicted about something.
"Well snap out of it, I don't want to be late, you know how Renée gets when she's angry!" Diego states, causing the two boys to shudder in fear
The boys were walking through Route 1, it was neither long nor short but it was easy to go through they eventually had to go through tall grass when suddenly...
A wild Ratatta appeared!
"Cool! Lets see what Charnander can do!" Diego exclaimed, ready to battle
"Charmander, use Scratch!" He ordered, his pokemon scratching the Ratatta, damaging it, it retaliated using Tackle, causing some decent damage!
"One more time!" Diego stated, once again damaging the pokemon, through it seemed as though Ratatta was hurt in the slightest, at injured Charmander with Bite, causing serious damage!
Charmander immediately started glowing with a red aura, its tail flame beginning to burst!
"That's Charmander's ability, Blaze!" Jack stated
Charmander immediately shot a fireball out of his mouth it hit Ratatta and the flame had burst into a larger ball of fire before turning into smoke
"WOAH!" Diego shouted, shocked at his Charmander's power, the two worried if the Ratatta was ok, it was knocked out but otherwise just fine, it quickly woke up and ran off. The boys then continued off towards Viridian City
Meanwhile at a village near Mt. Silver several minutes earlier...
"Are you girls all packed up and ready to go?" Renée and Julia's mom questioned
"Yeah mom! Julia and I are all ready!" Renée answered
"I'm so proud of you two, stay safe ok!" She continued
"Growl!"
"Looks like Growlithe wanted to say goodbye also!" Julia stated, petting the canine pokemon
"Julia let's hurry! I don't want to be late! If the boys beat us, they'll never let me hear the end of it!" Renée exclaimed, and so they too were off.
At Viridian City the boys made it to the Pokemon Center about 20 minutes early, they were waiting for the girls when they saw a familiar face
"Snow!? What are you doing here?" Diego asked forgetting the fact that Snow lived in Viridian City, Jack facepalmed at Diego's mistake
"Diego, I live here!" Snow reminded him, causing Diego himself to facepalm, after he realized his mistake
"So Snow, what are you planning to do on your journey?" Jack questioned
"Isn't it obvious!? I'm gonna collect all 8 badges in Kanto and beat the Pokemon League!" Snow stated with pride
"Well you're going to have to beat me first!" Jack proclaimed
"Don't forget, I'm in it to win it too!" Diego announced
The three glared at each other, confident that they will be the winner. Snow eventually stopped glaring at the two.
"Well, I wish I could stay, but I'm off to get my first badge in Pewter City! If you want to get to the League, you'll need the 8 badges first!" Snow said, leaving the two boys, a few minutes later, the twins had arrived
"WE'RE HERE! WE'RE NOT LATE!" Renée shouted, startling the 2, Jack checked his watch, and sure enough, the time was 10:59, the girls just barely made it on time.
"Haha, glad you two could make it!" Diego chuckled
"So should we get a move on then?" Jack asked
"Yeah!" Julia, Renée, and Diego cheered in unison
Route 2 was split in half from because of the Viridian Forest, aside from that, it was very similar to Route 1
The group went along the way peacefully, until they came across a small grey pokemon, it looked like a baby hyena or a puppy, Jack scanned it with his pokedex...
"Poochyena: The Bite Pokemon; It has a very tenacious nature. Its acute sense of smell lets it chase a chosen prey without ever loosing track." The pokedex stated
"Cool! Alright, lets see what you can do Bulbasaur!" Jack proclaimed while sending out his Bulbasaur
"Bulba!"
"Ok, lets see a Tackle!" Jack ordered, Bulbasaur tackled the Poochyena it attacked back with its own Tackle
Bulbasaur then sprouted a seed out of the bulb on its back and launched it at the Poochyena, the seeds began draining its energy!
"I hope this works!" Jack pleaded, throwing the pokeball at the wild pokemon
It shook a few times before a light flashed on the pokeball and there was an audible 'click' signifying that the pokemon had been caught
"Alright!" Jack cheered, proud that he captured his first Pokemon
"Yay Jack!" Julia cheered, happy for her friend
From the nearby bushes a pair of eyes had been watching the group, whoever it was watching them seemed to have their own pokemon
"Looks like we might have found a worthy challenge, wouldn't you say Spinarak?" The figure asked
"Spina-rak!"
From above a Zeppelin seemed to also be spying on the main group they focused a camera on Jack
"There! That boy keep an eye on him, he appears to have potential!" A woman's voice called out
"Yes Empress!" A voice answered
"Shall we proceed on with the plan at Mt. Moon?" A different voice asked
"But of course!" The woman replied, still watching the camera that was focused on Jack
And that's that! Sorry if this chapter seemed short and uneventful, but I promise you, things will get better, but you're probably asking these questions: Who was that person in the bushes? What's with the zeppelin and who is in it? What do they want with the heroes, Jack specifically? What are they planning at Mt. Moon?
These questions will be answered in due time, although one will be answered in the next chapter, let me know your opinion on this one though, how did you feel about Jack catching Poochyena? Review what you think! ^_^
