CHAPTER 4: Training Montage!

"… I'm not waking her up!"

"But we cant grab ourselves something, and get nothing for her!"

"Should we wake her up?"

"Maybe… wait, she's moving!"

I roll over in bed to see Alto in a pillow nest beside me, and Ash and Misty sitting on Misty's bed, staring at me. Yawning, I sit up and stretch.

"What's all this ruckus about?" I ask, leaning over to see what time it is. It's 8:45am.

"Oh! Good morning, Serena! We were just about to go down to the cafeteria and grab something to eat, and were wondering if you wanted something? We'll bring it all back here so we can eat together and discuss today's plans!" Misty explains.

"Oh, wel, in that case! I'll take any kind of breakfast sandwich or bagel, and a coffee, if possible. Double Double." I smile wearily at them.

"Alright! We'll be right back!" Misty grabs Ash's hand and leads him out the door.

I take the time that I have without them to shower and get dressed. I'm just running a brush through my hair when they walk in again. Alto is still nestled in his pillow nest.

"We got you two breakfast sandwiches with ham and egg, and also an apple juice and a coffee. Double Double!" Ash smiles as he hands me my breakfast. "Thanks guys! I needed this!" They pull up the cool rolling chair and the loveseat, and we all sit in a kind of triangle.

"Okay! First order of business! How is everyone this morning?" I ask, sipping the steaming beverage in front of me.

"I'm great! Had an awesome sleep! The couch is way more comfy than it looks! Plus, I don't feel nervous anymore!" Ash goes first, between mouthfuls of his bagel.

"And Misty? How are you?"

"I'm so good, thanks! Had an awesome sleep, and now I'm raring to go! And how about you, Serena? How are you feeling?" Misty adds.

"I'm amazing! Mostly excited for today! I've been wanting to do some hardcore Kanto-nized training with Alto, and Ace needs some TLC as well!" I smile, taking a bite of my sandwich.

"Who's Alto and Ace?" Misty inquires.

"Alto! Take a shoulder please!" I whistle tree times, and Alto slowly wakes up, and groggily hops onto my shoulder. He nestles into my neck, purring.

"Alto is a Chatot, a flying type pokemon native to Sinnoh, the region I come from. And, Ace! Come on out!" I take out Ace's pokeball, and release him.

"PIIID?!" He flies out in a flurry of feathers, and lands, none to gracefully, in the middle of the triangle. "Pi… Idgey?" He purrs, terrified.

"Come here, buddy!" I reach out my hands, and he climbs readily into my arms. I slowly pet his back feathers.

"Whoa! That's so cool! Can I show you mine?" Misty gasps.

"Please!" I move back a bit.

"Horsea and Goldeen! Reveal yourselves!" She tosses two pokeball's into the triangle, and two pokemon appear. A blue seahorse, and a beautiful white and pink fish. I whip out my pokedex.

Horsea

The Dragon Pokemon

If Horsea senses danger, it will reflexively spray a dense black ink from its mouth and try to escape. This Pokémon swims by cleverly flapping the fin on its back.

Ability; Swift Swim

Move Set; Water Gun, Smoke Screen, Bubble Beam, Leer

And

Goldeen

The Gold Fish Pokemon

Goldeen loves swimming wild and free in rivers and ponds. If one of these Pokémon is placed in an aquarium, it will shatter even the thickest glass with one ram of its horn and make its escape.

Ability; Water Veil

Move Set; Horn Attack, Water Pulse, Supersonic, Peck

"Whoa! Both Water Types, huh?" I ask.

"Oh yeah! Only water types for me!" Misty beams, stroking Horsea's snout.

"Oh, oh! My turn!" Ash says, reaching for his pokeball.

"WAIT! I have flying types, and Misty here has water types. So, let us return ours before you take him out." I return Ace and Alto (much to his disapproval), while Misty returns her two.

"Alright, go ahe-"

"PIKACHU GO!" Ash tosses the pokeball, and Pikachu hops out. I realize that I forgot to scan him yesterday, so I do so now.

Pikachu

The Mouse Pokemon

This Pokémon has electricity-storing pouches on its cheeks. These appear to become electrically charged during the night while Pikachu sleeps. It occasionally discharges electricity when it is dozy after waking up.

Ability; Lightning Rod

Move Set; Tail Whip, Growl, Thunder Shock

"Chu!" He scoffs, turning and walking to the window.

"Pikachu has some attitude issues…" I explain to Misty.

"Oh, I get it. Don't worry, Ash! He'll warm up to you eventually!" She assures him, but Ash is already on his way to hug Pikachu.

"Um, Misty! We need to back up!" I grab her and take a flying leap behind the bed.

"Why? Wha-"

"CHUUU!"

After, we pack up all our stuff, then head to the pokemart to get supplies.

"Alright, don't break anything! I'll be right back." I say, leaving them in the aisle, and walking to the register.

"Hello Ma'am! What a beautiful day to shop! How can I help you today?" The smiley cashier gushes.

"Hello sir! I was actually wondering if you guys sold potions? And antidotes?" I ask, taking my wallet out.

"Of course of course! And how many of each would you like?"

"Um, ten potions and five antidotes, please!" I say.

"Alrighty, miss! That will come to… 3500poke!" He smiles.

Grimacing, I hand him the cash, and he hands me my merchandise.

"Thank you for shopping with your local pokemart! We hope to see you again!" He waves as we walk out. I put the potions and antidotes into my backpack.

"Alright! Let's get going then!" Smiling, we start walking towards viridian forest.

It takes us less than ten minutes to arrive at the forest entrance, a small building with a sign announcing; "WELCOME TO THE REGION FAMOUS VIRIDIAN FOREST!"

"Okay, so what the plan again?" Ash asks for the tenth time.

"I am going to train for a couple hours, maybe even all day. You and Misty are going to rush to Pewter city and rent us a room, then come back to train if you want. If you don't, meet me in the cafeteria at nine o'clock. Got it?" I sigh.

"Okay! Nine o'clock! Got it!" He smiles and nods.

"Okay! I'll see you guys soon, I'm going to go get started! See y'all later!" I smile and wave as they walk along the trail. After they get out of eye sight, I start trekking through the tall grass.

It doesn't take long to find my first victim.

"CATERPIEE!" It screeches.

"Ace, go!"

After a couple hours, it's roughly 4:45pm, and we've made a lot of improvement!

Ace learned Gust and Quick Attack, and Alto learned Mimic!

"Alrighty guys, how are we feeling?" I Say, passing them both opened cans of pokefood.

"Prrrr." Alto purrs.

"Pid!" Ace exclaims, hopping around happily.

"Great! Well, should we call it a day?" I ask.

Both birds shake their heads vigorously.

"Well, alright! Lets keep it going! We can move closer to the exit so we can leave quicker."

At around 8:30pm, we start to head into Pewter City.

Ace is so tired he sleeps in my arms the whole way back, and Alto stays firmly on my shoulder.

It doesn't take long to reach the pokecenter, so I return my weary pokemon so I can heal them.

"Hello dear! Would you like me to take care of your tired friends?" Nurse Joy asks.

"Please and thank you!" I sigh as I hand the tired pokemon in their pokeballs to the nurse.

"Alright then, just give the machine two minutes!" She runs into the backroom.

Just as I'm going to slouch into a chair, I see Misty and Ash walking out of the room hallway.

"Hey! ASH! MISTY! Over here!" I wave as I sit.

"Oh, Serena!" They rush over and sit beside me.

"How are you? How's Alto and Ace?" Misty asks.

Just as I'm going to answer, I hear the words flying type in the conversation a couple feet in front of us. It's two young boys, bug catchers as their referred to.

"… better stay away! She's super strong, and I wouldn't want to mess with her. Especially with only Bug types!" One finishes.

"Excuse me, but I overheard your guy's conversation and you mentioned something about a flying type?" I interject.

"Oh, yeah! Every night on route 2, there is a super strong Noctowl that comes to train when there are no trainers around. She has been going for years, and no one can beat her! She always flies away before anyone can!" The youngest exclaims.

"That's more than enough information than I needed. Thanks, guys!" I go to turn away, but the older one grabs my arm.

"You're not SERIOUSLY thinking about trying to beat her, right?" HE asks nervously.

"Oh, of course not!" I say,, and his nervousness washes away with a wave of relief.

"Oh, good…"

"I'm going to catch her."

Authors Note:

Alright! Bit of a boring chapter, but they need to get pushed out of the way so the more interesting chapters can be released! Anyways! A wild Noctowl that no one can beat? Leave it to Serena to go out of her way to try to catch a flying type! Okay then, don't forget to review and let me know what you want in the coming chapters! What flying types should Serena catch?

Okay, here's a question for the reader!

If Serena had to catch one of these two Bug/Flying types, which would you choose, and why?
-Ledyba

-Butterfree

Answer after reviewing! Thanks so much, and get ready for an action filled chapter!

~ Austin