The adventure continues, a new capture is made and the first major battle takes place


Jack had just caught his new Poochyena and was admiring its stats and move set, it had particularly high stats despite how young it looked, it knew the moves Tackle, Howl, and Sand Attack

"I have to admit Jack, I'm impressed!" Renée complimented, Jack smiled at his first capture

"Yeah it was cool! But the next pokemon I see will be mine!" Diego proclaimed, he saw what looked like a bug pokemon, it was green and had a small horn "There!" He signaled pointing in the direction of the bug pokemon

"EEEEEEEEK! IS THAT A BUG!? EWWWWWWW!" Renée screamed

The pokemon quickly ran away into Viridian Forest where it ran up to a Trainer, he had brown eyes and raven hair, his skin was pale, he wears a plain midnight blue shirt and black jacket, he wore light blue jeans and sneakers.

"Diego! What were you thinking running off like that!?" Jack questioned his friend as he and the girls caught up with Diego, the group noticed the boy with the pokemon, Diego scanned the pokemon in his pokedex:

"Spinarak: the String Spit pokemon; it lies in the same pose for days on its web waiting for unsuspecting prey to wander close"

"I see you've taken notice to my Spinarak, though I can understand why, it's a strong fighter!" The boy turns to look at Jack "I saw you catch that Poochyena earlier, I want you to show me how strong you are, my name is Alan and I challenge you!"

"Well Alan, I accept your challenge!" Jack replied, eager for his first battle

"To make things fair I will only use Spinarak, you're free to use any pokemon you have." Alan stated

"Alright then! Let's go!" Jack challenged, and so the battle was on, Alan used his Spinarak

"Alright Poochyena! Let's see what you can do!" Jack sent out his Poochyena

"Make your move!" Alan said, letting Jack make the first move

"Not smart! Use Sand Attack!" Poochyena kicked sand into Spinarak's face blinding it

"Use Night Shade!" Alan ordered, a dark cloud enveloped Spinarak and Poochyena, when the cloud disappeared, Poochyena appeared to take bad damage

"Use Tackle!" Jack commanded, Poochyena tackled Spinarak which caused it to be blown back several feet before crashing into a tree, Spinarak struggled to stand up afterwards.

"Im impressed, nobody has caused that much damage to Spinarak before, but its not over yet! Spinarak, use Leech Life!" Alan said, impressed with Jack's tenacity and his Poochyena's power, his Spinarak leaped up and landed on Poochyena and bit it, draining its energy, causing Poocheyna to be knocked out

"What kind of move was that!?" Diego asked, confused Renée was too scared of the Spinarak to say anything and Julia was focused on watching the battle

"Leech life is a bug type move that drains the opponents energy, Dark type pokemon are weak to bug type moves, making this an easy victory! Send out your next pokemon!" Alan boasted

"Alright, you asked for it! Bulbasaur, finish it!" Jack sent out his Bulbasaur

Alan smirked and chuckled a little bit, thinking he had this victory in the bag

"Spinarak, Night Shade!" Alan ordered using the same technique as before

Bulbasaur jumped back before the dark cloud reached him

"Nice one Bulbasaur!" Jack complemented his pokemon

"Now Leech Seed!" He continued, Bulbasaur shot a seed at the Spinarak

"Spinarak! Constrict!" Alan said, his Spinarak leaped onto Bulbasaur and proceeded to squeeze the bulb on its back, causing immense pain to Bulbasaur

"Saur!" Bulbasaur shouted in pain

Jack stood there shocked, unsure of what to do. Suddenly his Bulbasaur expelled a cloud of blueish-green spores from its bulb at Spinarak who was still squeezing Bulbasaur, Spinarak fell off of Bulbasaur, it was fast asleep, Jack took this opportunity to finish Spinarak off

"Bulbasaur, use Tackle!" Jack exclaimed, finishing the Spinarak off, securing his first victory, Alan was shocked, but smirked

"I'm impressed, you're the first person to beat my Spinarak!" Alan admitted "Here, the least I can do is heal your pokemon for you" Healing Jack's pokemon, Renée was STILL scared of Alan's pokemon.

"Congrats Jack!" Julia cheered, happy for her friend's victory

"We'll meet again Jack, and next time... things will be different!" Alan stated, the group watched him go


During the groups trek through Viridian Forest, Diego was still a little upset over not catching a pokemon

"Im still going to catch a pokemon Jack, just wait and see!" Diego said confidently, he saw a small yellow body with a little black tail

"There! This time its mine!" Diego said chasing the figure who ran away startled

"Watch it be another trainer's pokemon again!" Renée said, she calmed down after the encounter with Alan

The group followed the figure until it tripped, it was holding an Oran Berry, it was a small, yellow, mouse-like pokemon Renée scanned it with her pokedex

"Pichu: the Tiny Mouse pokemon: It is not yet skilled at storing electricity, it may send out a jolt if amused or startled"

The Pichu was about to cry because it dropped its berry, its cheeks were beginning to spark, Diego, worried that he and his friends would get shocked, took the berry and gave it back to Pichu, who smiled back at Diego. He accidentally dropped one of his pokeballs in the process, Pichu noticed it and went to give it back to him, activating it and getting caught in the process.

"Well I guess thats one way of getting a pokemon!" Julia chuckled

The group continued onward, making their way to Pewter City, close to the exit, they came across a mysterious figure. The group walked up to it and found out it was a young woman, she was dressed as a nun, she had soft platinum blond/ grey hair, she greeted the group.

"Hello there children, what brings you out here? She asked

"We were on our way to Pewter City, Miss!" Julia answered with a friendly smile, the woman smiled back at her

"It must be enjoyable traveling with your friends, oh, its rather rude of me not to introduce myself, I am Meridia!" She said bowing

"My name is Julia!" Julia said, returning the greeting

"I'm Renée, Julia is my sister!" Renée continued

"I'm Jack!"

"The name's Diego!"

"Its so very nice to meet you all! Unfortunately, I can't stay long, I must take my leave. Best of luck to all of you!" Meridia said, leaving in the direction the kids just came from.

The 4 then continued onward to Pewter City


And that ends the chapter! What did you think? Did you enjoy the first rival battle of the story? Who is Meridia specifically, is she with those mysterious people in the zeppelin, is she dangerous? Let me know in the reviews if you have any ideas, or how you felt about the chapter