And so the adventure continues, I'm not 100% sure if a main character catching or receiving a pokemon is considered filler, in the actual series, filler episodes tend to have the main characters doing nothing of consequence or nothing actually important to the story. But I'm going off track, here's Chapter 7 and the return of one of the graduates!


The group had exited Viridian Forest safely and were on the other side of Route 2.

"Finally out of there! If I see another bug, I'm going to flip!" Renée exclaimed

"We're almost to Pewter City guys!" Julia cheered

"Isn't there a gym in Pewter City?" Diego asked

"Yup, the Gym Leader's name is Forest if I remember correctly." Jack answered, not completely sure of who was the leader, as ever since Brock left, nobody really worked for the gym until recently


Once they entered Pewter City, the group immediately went to the Pokemon Center, where they saw a familiar face.

"Yuki!?" Julia asked

"Julia? Is that you?! And Jack, Diego, and Renée are with you too! Its great to see you all again!" Yuki stated, hugging the group "It's good to see you all made it through Viridian Forest just fine!"

"Well we're not going to quit just because of a few bugs!" Julia responded

"Pleaseee, do not mention bugs again!" Renée whined, prompting the group to laugh, Nurse Joy approached them

"Excuse me, are you two Julia and Renée by any chance?" She asked

"Yes we are, do you need us for something Nurse Joy?" Julia answered

"Your mother is on the video phone, she wanted to speak with you" Nurse Joy stated, she led them to the video phone, their mom was om the other end.

"Hey mom, you wanted to talk to us?" Renée began

"Hello girls! I'm glad you made it through Viridian Forest, although I called because something serious happened. I'm afraid that Growlithe ran away!" She stated, the twins gasped at this realization

"R-ran away, b-but why!?" Julia asked, on the verge of tears

"I don't know, I tried to stop him but he just kept running east, who knows where he could be now..." She continued, her words trailing off


Meanwhile, Growlithe was just fine, he was running through Route 2, it sniffed the air, searching for something, he appeared to find the scent he was looking for and he dashed towards Viridian Forest

Inside, he just kept running, not sure of where he would end up until he suddenly heard a voice...

"Woah, its a Growlithe! I HAVE to catch it!" It said, Growlithe turned its head in the direction of the voice, it was a young boy, he appeared to be 12 or 13, he send out a Rattata to battle Growlithe, Growlithe stood his ground, not going to turn down a fight

"Rattata, use Quick Attack!" He ordered Rattata dashed towards Growlithe hitting him hard

Growlithe retaliated by Biting Rattata and slamming it down back to the ground

"Rattata, fight back with Bite!" The Trainer said, Rattata jumped onto Growlithe and bit its head, however Growlithe shook Rattata off and burned it with an Ember making it faint!

"Wow! This Growlithe is strong! But I'm not quitting, Go Pidgey!" He exclaimed, sending out his 2nd pokemon, several other trainers heard the commotion and gathered around the Trainer and Growlithe, watching in awe

"Pidgey, use Gust!" The Pidgey blew up a harsh wind that sent Growlithe a few feet back, but Growlithe barely took any damage from it, he fought back with a wicked Bite that knocked Pidgey out of the sky and crashing back onto the ground, quickly knocking it out

"Oh man, that was my last pokemon!" The youngster said, upset by his failure

"Hey! If he couldn't catch that Growlithe, then maybe I can!" "That Growlithe is SO strong, it would be awesome on my team!" "EEEEEEK! It's so cute! I HAVE to catch it!" The other trainers called, Growlithe quickly dashed away, he was looking for a trainer, but they were not the ones he was looking for.


Back at the Pokemon Center in Pewter City, Julia and Renée informed the others of their dilemma

"I don't understand, why would your Growlithe run away?" Jack asked

"Im so sorry this happened!" Yuki added, upset for her friends

"Don't worry, we'll help look for him!" Diego stated, confident that there was still a chance to get Growlithe back

"I appreciate the help but I'm not sure we can find him." Renée admitted with distress in her voice, Julia was outside crying, unsure of what to do

"Nonsense! Where there's a will, there's a way!" Diego replied, his confidence spread to Jack and Yuki

"Diego's right, we can't just sit here and cry, we'll find him, even if we have to go back through Viridian Forest!" Jack added

Yuki pondered for a moment "I know just who can help!" She announced sending out her Vulpix "Growlithe and Vulpix are natural allies, maybe with Vulpix's help we can find him!" This idea brought a smile to Renée's face

"I don't know how to thank you guys enough!" She said, she then went to tell Julia if the idea, Julia then immediately ran back inside, a glow of hope on her face, her eyes were red from crying

"Are you really going to help us?!" She questioned, the others nodded in approval, a big smile came upon Julia's face


Growlithe had just barely escaped a trainer who came close to catching him, he continued running until he was trapped by a rock formation, a few trainers found Growlithe, there were 2 girls and 1 boy, one of the girls pulled out a pokeball when suddenly...

"Stop!" A voice called out, the 3 trainers turned around and saw Meridia standing there!

"That Growlithe does not belong to you!" She stated

"We found this Growlithe first, we earned it!" One of the girls said

"If you will not listen to reason, then listen to my Clefairy!" Meridia stated, sending out a Clefariy

"Clefairy!" It called out

"So you want a battle eh?" The boy said, stepping up to accept her challenge "Well you're going to regret it, Go, Beedrill!"

"Clefairy, use Sing!" Meridia ordered, Clefairy proceeded to sing a sort of lullaby that put Beedrill to sleep, leaving it unable to attack!

"Come on Beedrill! Wake up!" The boy called

"Now Clefairy, finish it with Meteor Mash!"

Clefairy's hand began to glow a light grey/white/gold color, it charged towards Beedrill and gave it a hard punch, sending it rocketing to the rock wall, the Beedrill was knocked out afterwards

"Oh crud!" The boy said, recalling his pokemon and running off scared, the two girls he was with followed suit

Growlithe was also scared, he had no chance to escape, Meridia approached him... and started to pet him, giving him a very sweet smile

"Come with me, I will bring you to the Trainer you're searching for!" She told Growlithe, who reluctantly followed her


The main group had gone back to Route 2, believing that Growlithe could have made it to Viridian City by now, they were just about to re-enter Viridian Forest, but Renée was too afraid to go back in, she was shivering at the thought of it.

"Come on sis! Don't you want Growlithe to be ok?!" Julia said, trying to coax her sister into facing her fears, Renée let out a sigh, knowing that she HAD to go back into Viridian Forest

"Oh fine... but only for Growlithe!" Renée replied, however they didn't need to go back into Viridian Forest, as the next thing they saw was Meridia walking towards them, she had Growlithe behind her, Growlithe saw Julia and Renée and ran towards them, licking their faces and barking in joy.

"I assume this Growlithe belongs to you two?" Meridia asked, giving the group her sweet smile

"I-it is, how can we ever thank you Meridia!?" Julia asked, she was crying tears of joy and hugging Growlithe

"There's no need to thank me, I only did what I believed to be right, I apologize for cutting this reunion short but I must take my leave, safe journeys to all of you!" She said before turning around and going back into Viridian Forest


The 5 went back to the Pokemon Center to inform the twins' mother that Growlithe had been found

"I'm so glad Growlithe is safe, it looks like he wanted to join you! Why not take him along with you, I'll send over his pokeball!" Julia and Renée's mother said

"Thanks mom! We'll take good care of him, I promise!" Renée replied

"I'm sure you will! Take care you two, visit whenever you can!' Her mom said before turning the phone off, Growlithe's pokeball came a little after.

"So Diego and Jack, are you going to challenge the Gym Leader?" Yuki asked, the two nodded in approval, eager for a battle with the Gym Leader

"Well I think I'll stay with you guys for a while and watch your battle!" She said

"Great, then you can watch me win!" Diego announced


And that finishes Chapter 7, so Renée gets to take care of Growlithe! Meridia was so nice in helping the twins out! How strong is Growlithe anyway, but how strong is Meridia? Next time:The first Gym Battle! Stay tuned, review and hope you enjoyed! ^_^