{[( Alright, here we go, chapter 2! Hope you guys will enjoy. I'm pretty much making things up as I go, but here's hoping that leads somewhere good.)]}

Luna had been walking for a long time, and even traveled past the spot where her dad told her he first saw Ho-Oh on his own Pokémon journey. She had battled a few wild Pokémon, but unfortunately, she wasn't able to catch any of them. But at least she made it here. "There it is. Viridian City." She said with a smile.

She made her way down into the city, searching around for a Pokémon Center to stay at. "Well, hello there." A woman said, politely.

"Huh? Oh, hi Officer Jenny! Hey, do you know where the Pokémon Center is? I'm a trainer and I wanted to find somewhere to stay for the night." Luna said smiling.

Jenny smiled. "You just started, huh? Sure, I know the way. If you want, I can take you there myself."

"Yeah! That'd be-" That was when she remembered what her dad told her about when he accepted a ride from Viridian City's Jenny. "N-no, I think I'll be okay. I just need to know what way to go so I can call my parents and let them know I'm safe."

Jenny smiled. "Awe, what a sweet kid. What's your name."

"I'm Luna Ketchum from Pallet Town." She said, smiling.

Jenny smiled. "Oh, you're Ash Ketchum's daughter then? Wow, I thought you might be coming through here soon, but you got here faster than I thought."

"Huh? Why do you say that?" She asked a bit confused.

She smiled. "Your friend Sasha came through a little bit ago. She asked if you were here yet and when I told her no, she just ran off."

Luna looked down. "So that means that she's already been through Viridian City… has she battled the Gym yet?" She asked.

Jenny shook her head. "No, the Gym Leader here though probably shouldn't be your first one. It's got a pretty strong leader."

Luna nodded. "So, I should come back later on then."

"Come on, I'll give you a ride to the Center." Jenny said, motioning to her motorcycle.

Luna smiled. "Okay." She followed her to the bike and climbed into the side car. "Wait a minute…" She said quietly. But it was too late, Jenny had taken off and now Luna had to hold on tight just to keep herself from being thrown out of her seat.

To her credit, Jenny did get her to the Pokémon Center in no time at all, but Luna still felt her stomach turning a bit. "Are you alright?" Jenny asked.

Luna nodded, stepping out of the side car slowly. "Yeah, I'm alright, my stomach's just feeling kind of…" She stopped herself, not wanting to make Jenny feel bad for how she drove her here since she did help. "Hungry. I haven't had anything to eat for a bit. I'm gonna go inside now. Thank you Officer Jenny!" She said, running inside.

"No problem, kid. Good luck with your Gym Challenge!" Jenny shouted.

Luna smiled back to her and continued inside. "Alright, first things first. I've got to-"

"Well well. Fancy meeting you here." A familiar voice said.

She smiled and turned to the person who'd said that. "Uncle Brock! What are you doing here?"

Brock smiled. "I was just here to help out Nurse Joy with a couple things. She had a Pokémon that she was having trouble figure out what was happening and she called to ask for some assistance. I guess the Pokémon has this rare virus called PokéRus."

"That sounds horrible…" Luna said, sadly.

"Actually, it's a good virus." Brock said. "It causes the infected Pokémon to become stronger more quickly for a short time. Maybe a week or two at most. But, it's harmless to the Pokémon. Nurse Joy just wanted to confirm that was right before telling the trainer."

Luna smiled. "Well, you are the best Pokémon Doctor in the region."

He shook his head. "You give me too much credit. I was just the closest professional. Anyway, what are you doing here? Are you on your Pokémon Journey?"

Luna nodded. "I just started it. Wanna see my friend?"

Brock smiled. "Sure."

"Alright then. Charmander, come on out!" She said, excitedly and tossing the ball up in the air, letting her Pokémon out of it's ball.

"Char char!"

Brock smiled. "Ah, a Charmander, huh?"

She nodded. "It was the last one there, but I kind of feel like I was meant to pick Charmander. I wouldn't have it any other way."

He smiled and nodded. "Looks like it's nice and healthy. Do you have any other Pokémon?" He asked.

She shook her head. "No, I have trouble with getting them to stay in the ball. The PokéDex says that wild Pokémon are jealous of Pokémon that are trained by people, so why do they still break out?"

"Some Pokémon need proof that you'll be a good enough trainer for them to allow themselves to be caught." Brock said. "Though not all Pokémon want to be captured."

Luna nodded. "I guess that makes sense. Still, I wish I caught at least one other Pokémon. I bet Sasha's already got, like, 20 of them."

Brock shook his head. "I don't think that's possible."

"You think she failed at catching Pokémon too?" She asked.

"No, but you were both only given five PokéBalls. It wouldn't be possible to catch more than that unless you had more." Brock said.

Luna awkwardly looked down. "Right."

He smiled. "Hey, cheer up. Sooner or later you'll catch plenty of Pokémon."

Luna nodded. "Yeah, you're right!"

Brock nodded as well. "So, think you'll be stopping by the Pewter Gym?"

She smiled. "Of course! I'm gonna make that my first badge ever!"

He laughed a bit. "Alright then, I'll look forward to it."

"Huh?" She said, confused. "But I thought you weren't the Gym Leader anymore."

He shrugged. "I wouldn't mind coming in for a battle with you. But just try not to use an electric-type Pokémon against mine, alright? They won't really be doing much unless you accidentally turn on the sprinklers."

Luna looked at him with narrowed eyes. "Why would I do that? Everyone knows electric-types are weak to ground."

Brock laughed a bit. "Well, Luna, I'd better get going, but I'll see you at the Gym, alright?"

She nodded. "Right. Bye Uncle Brock!" She said, turning around and running over to the phones.

"Ring-ring-ring! Ring-ring-ring! Phone call! Phone call!" The phone began going off at the Ketchum house.

Luna sat on the stool, kicking her feet and humming before Misrty's face appeared on the screen. "Oh, Luna!"

"Hi mom. I wanted to let you know that I made it to Viridian City." She said.

She smiled. "Wow, you got there even faster than your dad."

"Is that Luna?" Ash shouted, running over to the phone. "Luna!"

"Hi dad." She said. "Oh, I saw Uncle Brock here too. He said he was helping Nurse Joy with something."

Ash smiled. "That's great!"

Luna nodded. "So, how was your walk to Viridian City? Anything exciting happen?" Misty asked.

"Well, I uh… I fought a Sentret." Luna said, awkwardly. "And I battled a couple Pidgey." She wasn't quite sure what to say since she hadn't caught anything. "Oh, before I left though, I saw something amazing!" She looked over on the wall and then pointed to one of the four tiles. "Dad, I saw it too, just like you did. I saw Ho-Oh!"

Ash and Misty looked at each other with big smiles. "That's amazing, sweetie." Misty said.

"You know, if you saw Ho-Oh, that means it wanted you to see it." Ash said, smiling

Luna looked surprised. "Really? Ho-Oh wanted me to see it?"

Ash nodded. "Yeah. It only lets itself be seen by trainers that it truly thinks are worthy of seeing it."

She had a look of awe on her face. "I thought the PokéDex was just exaggerating…" She said, smiling. "So Ho-Oh let me see it because it thinks I'm a worthy trainer."

"You don't need that to know you'll be a great trainer, Luna." Misty said, smiling. "Just believe in yourself and you'll be fine."

Luna nodded. "Right. I'll make you proud."

"Luna, we're already proud of you." Misty said, happily. "Oh, and Grandma says good luck and that she's sorry she couldn't see you off."

Luna smiled. "It's fine. She kind of smothers me anyway. She is who packed my bag after all."

Ash nodded. "Yeah, she can be like that. Anyway, we'll let you go now, Luna. Get some rest."

Luna nodded. "Okay, I will. Good night."

"We love you Luna." Misty said, smiling.

"I love you too." She said, hanging up the call.

Misty breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm glad she got there nice and safe."

Ash nodded. "Come on, let's get to bed. It's been a long day for both of us."

Misty nodded and the two of them went to their room and quickly fell asleep.

Luna smiled, turning to her Charmander. "Alright, Char-"

"Hey, stop that!" A boy shouted. "Stop biting me!" He said, annoyed at a small Pokémon.

Luna pulled out her PokéDex, to see what it was.

"Poochyena, the Bite Pokémon. It has a very tenacious nature. Its acute sense of smell lets it chase a chosen prey without ever losing track."

"Poochyena, I said stop!" He shouted again. He was dressed in a red and white jacket and a green t-shirt with a pair of black jeans. His hair was orange.

Luna smiled and came over to the boy. "Excuse me." She said, Charmander by her side. "I'm sorry, but I couldn't help but overhear. Is your Poochyena acting up?"

The boy nodded. "Yeah, she is and I don't know what's gotten into her. She gets this way about this time every night." He said, sighing. "Maybe she just doesn't like me."

Luna looked down at Poochyena, giving it a smile. "How old is she?"

"Uh, I'm not sure. I just found her and she seemed to like me at first, so I took her home." He replied.

She took a closer look at it. "Looks like it's pretty young. She's probably just playing and excited because it's night time. Poochyena looks like she really likes it when it's night time." She smiled and patted the small Pokémon on the head. "She's probably also still having her teeth come in. If you give her something to chew on, maybe she'll stop biting as much."

"Huh? Her teeth? You think she's that young?" He asked, looking to the Poochyena. "Alright then, what sort of thing do you want to chew on, Poochyena?" He asked.

The Pokémon, of course, didn't reply. "Here, it's not a toy, but I do carry some hard treats for Pokémon I come across. Maybe those will help." Luna said, pulling out a box and handing him one of the treats. "Give this to her. She's your Poochyena after all so you should feed it to her."

The boy nodded. "Okay, thank you, uh…"

"Luna. My name's Luna." She said, happily.

The boy smiled. "Luna, huh? My name's Ryan. So, are you a Pokémon trainer?"

She nodded. "Mhm. I just started today, but I'm gonna be a Pokémon Master someday, just like my dad."

Ryan smiled. "Wait, your dad?"

"Uh-huh. My dad's Ash Ketchum." She said, proudly.

Ryan's eyes widened. "Your dad's a Champion? That's amazing!"

She smiled brightly. "Yeah. My dad's the best. My mom used to be the Cerulean City Gym Leader too, so battling in my blood."

Ryan nodded. "Sounds like it. Good luck on your journey. With parents like that, there's no way you'll fail."

She smiled. "Thank you. What about you? Are you a trainer?"

Ryan sighed and shook his head. "No. To be honest, I don't know what I want to be." He knelt down and feeding the treat to Poochyena.

Luna was caught somewhat off guard by what he'd said. "Why don't you come with me?"

"Huh? What do you mean?" Ryan asked.

She smiled. "Come travel with me. Who knows, maybe if you do, you'll find out what you really want to do."

He smiled. "Thank you, but I wouldn't want to intrude on your adventure like that."

"It's not intruding if you're invited." She giggled a bit. "Come on, it'll be fun. Besides, adventures are always more fun if you have a few friends to join you."

Ryan saw the smile on her face, and sighed. "Let me think about it, alright? If nothing else, I'd have to tell my parents I'm leaving home."

She nodded. "Take all the time you need. I'll be heading off through the Viridian Forest tomorrow, so if you want to join me you'll have some catching up to do. Even more if you wait longer." She gave him a few extra treats for Poochyena. "Okay, I better go check into a room now. I've had a big first day and tomorrow's gonna be even bigger. Tomorrow for sure, I make my first Pokémon capture!" She said, confidently. "Good night." She said, walking away.

"Good night. And thanks, Luna." He said, smiling. He looked down at Poochyena, who watched Luna walk away before turning back to him. "Let's go home. I'll give you another one of these when we get back." Poochyena barked a bit and the two left the Pokémon Center.

"Hi Nurse Joy." Luna said, approaching the counter.

She smiled. "Well hello there, Luna."

"You know my name?" She asked.

"I overheard you speaking with Ryan. Thank you so much for helping him. I'd have done it myself, but by the time I was able to, you were already talking and Poochyena seemed to have calmed down."

Luna smiled. "I hope he accepts my invitation. My dad always used to travel with other people. That's how he met my mom."

She nodded. "Ah yes, I remember him. Though, I was only in training at the time. It was my older sister who was working here back then."

Luna nodded. "I'd like to stay and talk, but I'm pretty tired from my walk here today and I really need to sleep."

Joy smiled. "Oh, of course. Here, I'll watch your Charmander over night for you." She said, placing a tray on the table.

Luna nodded. "Charmander, return." She said, the red beam pulling it into the ball. Afterward, she placed the ball on the tray and Nurse Joy returned to her with a room key.

{[( And there's chapter 2. I wanted to accomplish more in this one, but I feel like the amount I wrote was enough. Next time, I'll probably have a bit more happen.)]}