My Pov
I walked into the forest nearby, hoping to catch some more new Pokémon. I started looking around before I saw a boy. He noticed me.
"Excuse me, are planning on taking on the Striaton Gym?" the boy asked.
"Yes." I said.
"There's something you should know. There are three Gym Leaders." the boy said. Three? I thought back to facing Liza and Tate, so it didn't surprise me. "The Gym Leaders each use these Pokémon." He took out three Pokéballs and threw them. Three monkey-like Pokémon appeared. I pointed my PokéDex at them.
"Pansage, the Grass Monkey Pokémon. It's good at finding berries and gathers them from all over. It's kind enough to share them with friends." Then Pansear. "Pansear, the High Temp Pokémon. Very intelligent, it roasts berries before eating them. It likes to help people." Then Panpour. "Panpour, the Spray Pokémon. The water stored inside the tuft on its head is full of nutrients. It waters plants with it using its tail." the PokéDex said. I looked at each of them.
"Cilan uses Pansage, Chili uses Pansear and Cress uses Panpour. And they chose which one based on the starter Pokémon you picked." the boy said.
"I chose a Tepig." I said.
"That means you'll be facing Cress. Here, I'll give you this Pansage." the boy said.
"What? Oh, no. I couldn't just take your Pokémon." I said.
"My family always give Pokémon to people who may need them more. Besides, Pansage already seems to like you." the boy said. I looked at the Pansage who was eyeing me and smiling. The boy handed me Pansage's Pokéball and decided to call him Sage. I took it, thanked the boy and searched for more Pokémon. I came across the debris of a building. I noticed a small pigeon-like Pokémon. I pointed my PokéDex at it.
"Pidove, the Tiny Pigeon Pokémon. This very forgetful Pokémon will wait for a new order from its Trainer even though it already has one." the PokéDex said. I felt like I need to catch it. I need to train up my new Pansage. The Pidove attacked.
"Pansage, dodge it and use Scratch." I said. Pansage jumped and scratched it. I took out a Pokéball and threw it at Pidove. It wiggled and the light on the ball went out. I picked up the Pokéball. I put it in my bag. I was just about to leave when I heard a cry. Sage hopped on my shoulder and I hurried in the direction. I saw two people from Team Plasma have a poor Pokémon pinned down. I pointed my PokéDex at it.
"Munna, the Dream Eater Pokémon. This Pokémon appears before people and Pokémon who are having nightmares and eats those dreams." the PokéDex said. I had to help it.
"Hey! What are you people doing to that poor Munna?!" I asked, yelling.
"We need Dream Mist that only Munna and Musharna can produce. Since we can't find Musharna, Munna will have to do." the Plasma Grunt said.
"I don't think so. Sage, Scratch attack." I said. Sage scratched both of their faces, allowing Munna to squirm free. Then it flew toward me. I held out my arms and Munna jumped into them. "Shh! Munna, it's okay. I won't let them hurt you."
"Give back that Munna!" the Grunt demanded. The grunts sent out a Patrat and Purrloin.
"Sage, Vine Whip. Hoppy, Quick Attack." I said. Pansage shot a vine, wrapped it around the Purrloin and slammed it down on the ground and knocked it out. Hoppy rammed into Patrat and knocked it out. The grunts returned them and ran off. I noticed the injuries on Munna. I placed my hand on Munna and focused. My hands glowed and healed Munna's injuries. Munna looked at itself. It then nuzzled my cheek. "Munna, do you want to come with me?"
"Munna!" Munna exclaimed. I searched through my bag and found the Premier Ball I had gotten. I threw it in the air and it slightly hit Munna's head, causing it to go into the ball. It fell back in my hand, wiggled three times before the light on the ball went out. The light came back and the ball shrank. It had done that with my Pidove who I was calling Ruru. I decided to call my Munna, Musha. While it sounded like a girl name, this Munna was a boy. I went to the Pokémon Center and sent Ruru and Musha to Professor Juniper. I healed my Pokémon and headed to the Gym, which was actually a restaurant. I walked in and saw a red curtain with a flame in the middle. On the floor were three buttons(green, red, blue)and each had a different shape in the middle(leaf, flame, raindrop). Then I heard a voice over a speaker.
"Welcome challenger! In order to get to the Gym Leader, you must first answer three questions. In front of you is a fire symbol. In order to advance foward, chose the correct button for the type that is supper effective against Fire." the voice said. This was easy. I stepped on the Water button. It didn't take long to get through the other tests and I soon came face-to-face with the Gym Leader. Or should I say, Gym Leaders? Three boys stood there, each dressed as a waiter. One had red hair and eyes, one had green hair and eyes and the other had blue hair and eyes.
"Welcome to the Striaton Gym. I'm Cilan. These are my brothers, Chili and Cress." the boy said.
"Who was your starter Pokémon?" Chili asked.
"My actual starter was my Eevee, Hoppy, but here it was my Tepig, Gigi." I said. Cress stepped foward.
"That means I'll be your opponent." Cress said. We both took our places. "Go, Panpour."
"Go Sage." I said.
"Panpour, Double Team." Cress said. Multiple Panpour circled around Sage
"Sage, use a Vine Whip and spin around." I said. Sage spun around really fast, destroying the duplicates until it hit the real Panpour.
"Panpour, Scratch." Cress said. Panpour scratched Sage. "Now Water Gun." Panpour shot a spout of water and hit Sage.
"Sage, try Work Up." I said. Sage's body became covered in a light red aura. Then Sage jumped into the air and shot seeds from its mouth, hitting Panpour and knocking it out. That was Bullet Seed. Cress returned Panpour and walked over to me.
"Very impressive. As proof of your victory at the Striaton Gym, I present you with the Trio Badge." Cress said. I took it and looked at it. It was shaped like a bow tie, similar to those worn by the Striaton Gym Leaders. It also bore a resemblance to an opened pea pod, which contained two large peas; one green and one blue, with a smaller red pea at the center. I went outside and sent Sage to Professor Juniper in exchange for Ruru. I went to the Pokémon Center and healed all my Pokémon. Right as I left, an otter-like Pokémon ran up to me. I pointed my PokéDex at it.
"Oshawott, the Sea Otter Pokémon. The scalchop on its stomach isn't just used for battle-it can be used to break open hard berries as well." the PokéDex said.I looked around for a Trainer. That's when a boy came running toward us.
"Oshawott!" the boy called. He stopped and caught his breath. "Don't run off like that."
"Osha." Oshawott said.
"Sorry about that. I'm Cheren." the boy greeted.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Cinder." I greeted.
"Cinder? Oh, Professor Juniper forgot to give this to you." Cheren said. Cheren gave me a pink and black badge case.
"Thank you!" I said. I placed my Trio Badge in the case. "Say, Cheren... could you travel with me?" He seemed surprised I asked that all of a sudden. "Sorry! It's just... I've gotten use to traveling with other people. Sorry."
"It's fine. I wouldn't mind traveling with someone. I've already earn the Trio Badge so we can head to the next city." Cheren said.
"Great. Let's go!" I said. We headed to the garden that was on the outer part of the city.