{[( Alright, here we go, chapter three!)]}

"The sun rises and Luna ventures off into the forest. She walks confidently as the takes in a deep breath to start her day." Luna said, narrating again. "As she walks into Viridian Forest, she can't help but wonder what new friends await her."

"Alright, let's try this again! Use bubble!" A girl shouted. "Now Icy Wind!"

Luna made her way toward the shouting person. "Wonder what that's about." She said, stepping through the trees.

A girl, with long brown hair pulled into a ponytail and dressed in a white short sleeved collared shirt and black jeans shot out her hand. "Now, use Swift!"

The Pokémon she was commanding sent out a flurry of stars at the frozen bubbles in the air, causing them to shatter and sparkle as they slowly fell around it.

Luna smiled, her eyes sparkling as much as the ice crystals before she pulled out her PokéDex.

"Seel, the Sea Lion Pokémon. The protruding horn on its head is very hard. It is used for bashing through thick icebergs."

She suddenly got the idea of Seel smashing it's head against an iceberg repeatedly, making her giggle a bit. "Wait… I didn't know Seel could learn Bubble or Swift…" She said, surprised. "I guess if Lanturn can know Earthquake though, anything is possible."

"That was perfect Seel! We'll win the Pewter Contest for sure!" The girl shouted.

Luna smiled and clapped, causing the girl to notice her. "That was amazing!"

The girl smiled. "Oh, I didn't know we had an audience this time." She said. "Look at that, Seel, your first fan."

"Seel!" The Seel began clapping too as Luna came over.

"You said something about a Contest right? Are you a Pokémon Coordinator?" She asked.

The girl nodded. "Well, at least I'm going to be one. I can't really say I am until I've entered a contest." She replied. "I'm Natalia, but everyone calls me Nat."

Luna gave a big smile. "Hi, Nat. My name's Luna. Everyone just.. Calls me Luna." She said a bit awkwardly.

Nat giggled. "So, what brings you to the Viridian Forest?"

"Well, actually, I was making my way through to Pewter City. There's a Pokémon Gym there and I'm gonna challenge it." Luna said, confidently.

Nat smiled. "Oh, taking on the Gym Challenge, huh?" She said. "Well, I'm heading that way too, though I guess you already knew that."

Luna nodded. "I might have overheard."

She nodded as well. "Alright then. Well, if we're going the same way, we might as well go together. No sense in splitting up, right?"

Luna smiled. "Right."

The two of them set off on the trail through the forest.

"So your dad's the Champion huh?" Nat said, snacking on some berries as they walked. "That's cool. I bet you have loads of people get all geeked out when they talk to you, huh?"

She nodded. "Yeah, it's kind of embarrassing sometimes, but I'm really proud to be his daughter. I feel bad though, because people always overlook my mom."

"Your mom's Misty, right? The former Gym Leader in Cerulean City?" Nat said, passively. "She really wrecked people with her Gyarados back in the day, from what I hear. Rumor has it that she was the strongest Water-type Gym Leader while she was still there."

Luna looked surprised. "How did you know that?"

"Isn't it public knowledge that Ash Ketchum married Misty Waterflower? Kind of a big thing to overlook. Sure she's not a Champion, but she's still one of the best Water-type Specialists in the world." She said, confused.

Luna smiled. "She really is. Oh, I almost forgot, my dad's friends with a few Pokémon coordinators!" She said, excitedly.

"Really? Anyone I would know about?" She asked, popping another berry into her mouth.

Luna scratched her head. "Maybe. One of them is Dawn Berlitz."

Nat nodded. "From the Sinnoh region, right? She's pretty good. I've been wanting to see her live, but she never comes through Kanto."

Luna smiled. "And the other one is his friend May Maple. He used to travel with both of them and… huh?" She looked next to her to see that Nat was gone. "Nat?"

Nat had stopped dead in her tracks staring at Luna. "Your dad knows May?... Like Petalburg City, May? Daughter of Norman, the Gym Leader, May?"

Luna nodded. "Yeah. Her brother is Max, who's come in the top 8 of the recent Kanto League."

Nat looked at her, frozen for a moment. "May is one of the greatest Coordinators of all time. Her and Marina Kris are, like, my heroes!" She said, excitedly. "Wait, does your dad know Marina too?"

Luna tried to think. "I don't know. But May probably does. I can ask my dad if you want."

"Yes, do it! I want to meet them!" Nat said, grabbing onto Luna's shirt.

Luna nodded. "Uh.. sure, but first we have to get to Pewter City so I can call him…"

Nat smiled. "Then what are we just standing around for? We've got a city to get to!" She said, striding forward energetically.

Luna smiled. "Alright then." She said following along.

After some time, the two of them both decided to sit down and have lunch. "Wow, this tastes amazing, Nat!" She said, biting into a sandwich.

"That's what you get when you make jam from fresh berries." Nat said, confidently. "Hey, sorry for going all firecracker on you before. I just… I'm a really big fan of those two." She said, awkwardly.

"I understand. Though, you didn't seem so enthusiastic when I brought up Dawn. Do you not like her?" Luna asked.

She shook her head. "No, it's nothing like that. It's just, the first contest I ever went to was one that both May and Marina were in. I've never seen Dawn in person before, but I think she's very good."

"I understand that, I guess." Luna said, taking another bite out of her sandwich.

Nat noded. "It's kind of like… you know the Johto Champion, Jimmy Gold?"

Luna nodded. "Yeah, my dad battled him once on the top of Mt. Silver. He says the match ended in a tie, but I think my dad actually won."

Nat giggled. "Well, imagine if you were there to see that battle happen."

"See it happen?" Luna said, picturing it. "That would be amazing!"

"Right, and now picture him battling, say, Jasmine from the Olivine Gym." Nat said.

Luna looked down, thinking about that. "I mean, I heard she's good, but I don't know her and I've never really seen her battle… oh, I get it."

Nat smiled and nodded. "I bet if you meet her and see her battle first hand, you'll think she's awesome, but until then she's just a strong trainer that you've heard about and maybe seen a few times on tv."

Luna smiled and nodded as well. "I understand. Well hopefully you'll get to see Dawn someday. She's really nice."

"I look forward to meeting her, then." Nat said, finishing the first half of her sandwich. Luna stood up suddenly. "Something wrong?"

Luna smiled. "Look at that!" She shouted, pulling out her PokéDex.

"Combee, the Tiny Bee Pokémon. At night, Combee sleep in a group of about a thousand, packed closely together in a lump. Female Combee are said to be very rare and are the only ones known to evolve."

"A Combee, huh? How do I tell if it's a girl or not?" She asked, curiously. "Well, that doesn't matter. I'm gonna catch it anyway."

"Wait, you're not even going to check? Not to be rude, but since male Combee don't evolve, it's not going to be very strong." Nat said.

Luna smiled. "A Pokémon's strength has nothing to do with evolution! All that matters is that the Pokémon and their trainer have the passion to keep pushing forward. Charmander let's do this!"

Charmander came out of the ball. "Char Char!"

"Charmander, use scratch on that Combee!" She shouted.

Charmander ran at Combee, jumping up and hitting it to the ground with it's claws. "Now, Charmander, use Ember!"

Charmander spun around rapidly, causing the flame on it's tail to toss small bits of fire onto the Combee.

"This is it!" She said, excitedly. She spun the hat on her head around and took one of her empty PokéBalls. "PokéBall, go!" She shouted, tossing the ball at Combee, causing it to be pulled inside.

The ball fell to the ground, the button blinking red as it shook on the ground. After a moment though, the light stopped blinking and the ball remained still. Luna's determined face slowly grew into a big smile. "We… we did it. We actually did it! Charmander, we finally did it! We caught a Pokémon!"

"Char! Charmander!" It said, excitedly.

Nat smiled. "She's that excited about catching a Combee, huh?" She said, shaking her head. "Wish I could be like that."

"Alright, Combee, come on out!" She said, tossing it's ball in the air, Combee appearing in front of her. "Here, have this." she said, handing it a couple of Oran Berries.

Combee cautiously ate them out of her hand, but afterward it appeared to be happy. "Let me introduce myself. Hi Combee, my name is Luna. And this is my buddy Charmander. We're on a quest to become a Pokémon Master and from this day forward, you and are are going to be friends!"

Combee smiled, and bounced around a bit, happily. "Sorry we kind of jumped you like that, but I was just so happy to see a Pokémon and you were just so cute, I had to catch you." She pulled out her PokéDex and scanned Combee. "Hm… ah! Nat, Combee's a girl!" She shouted.

"Wait, seriously?" Nat asked, looking over to it. "Is that what that red part means? I've never seen a Combee with that on it before."

Luna smiled. "Well, since all three of your faces are smiling, I'm guessing you're happy. Come on, we were just sitting down to eat. I'll give you some Pokémon Treats. I have some that I've heard are really popular with bug-type Pokémon."

Nat smiled and sighed a bit. "She just caught it and she's already treating it like she's known it forever. I wonder what parent she gets this from." She said, taking a bite out of the second half of her sandwich.

After they finished eating, Charmander went back into it's ball, but Luna kept Combee out of the ball, talking to it as they walked. Nat couldn't help but smile at the enthusiasm that she had with her Pokémon. She told Combee stories from before she got Charmander, jokes, she talked about her parents. She just seemed to not run out of things to say, but after a while the sun began to set, and Nat suggested that the two should set up camp for the night.

After a small meal for dinner, the two trainers and their Pokémon fell asleep, both eager to get up in the morning and continue through the forest.

{[( I realize there's not really conflict, but I don't really know how to introduce one at this time. I want to develop the characters and their relationships a bit more before throwing more stuff into it. It could be a while, but I will have some sort of evil team show up.)]}