Thoughts

"Dialogue"

'Pokemon speak'

Pokedex info

It's time to show the world what we can do…

I spread my arms out wide as the wind blew past me, letting the moment sink in. I was finally a pokemon trainer, along side with my partner, Growlithe. She was chasing her tail as we waited for Amy to come, along with her partner Cuddles. She was gathering up some last minute things from her room.

Clothes, a sleeping bag, a tent, food, water, pokeballs, pokedex, medicine for pokemon, what else could she need? I'll never understand the mind of the Amy, even if she is my sister. Amy came rushing out of the house with her backpack slung casually over her shoulder, and a camera held tightly in her hand. Something seemed missing though…

"Hey Amy?" Her head whipped around to my direction, confusion plastered all over her face. "What is it Nicole?" I pointed down to her feet. "Where's Cuddles?"

…

"OH CRAP!" A blast of gust blew into my face as Amy rushed back into the house. What am I gonna do with her? A continuous tapping was felt on my shoulder. Turning my head around I saw Amy with Cuddles cradled in her arms.

I turned and faced Amy. "Are you ready to go NOW!?" Amy nodded repeatedly, appearing to be excited. I can't blame her, I'm excited too. We're finally going on our pokemon journey. It's the start of a new era in the Jameson family. Motioning with my hand, Amy followed me when I started to walk toward the path to Viridian City.

"I'm on the road to Viridian City, meet my friends along the city, we're on the road to Viridian City, I got a badge and the power to play!" The echo's from Amy's singing traveled down the path with us, veins spread across my forehead. It was as clear as day that having Amy sing the same chorus over and over was getting annoying. At first her singing was cute, but now it's just annoying.

A sudden ruffle from the bushes startled Amy out of her singing. My attention was also caught by the sudden movement. Grabbing Growlithe's pokeball I got ready for anything that might come my way. Out from the bushes came a small purple and white rat, its tail was curled up into a small spiral. It was so cute, I had to catch it! Pulling out my pokedex it read:

Rattata the mouse pokemon, cautious in the extreme, its hardy vitality lets it live in any kind of environment.

So, it's a rattata. A normal type, this pokemon should be pretty useful in my team, not to mention it's so darn cute! Amy seemed to have the same idea as me when she pulled out Cuddles' pokeball. An anime vein grew on my forehead. "Back off Amy! I'm catching the rattata!"

"No way! I am!" Another ruffle from the bushes was heard. We both looked to the rattata's direction, only to find it gone. Our bickering wasted time and the rattata had time to get away. Aw man and I really wanted to catch it!

With sad sighs Amy and I started to head to Viridian City once more, occasionally stopping to take a look at the scenery. Little talk was made, either it was because of the loss of the rattata, or because we were both nervous about the journey.

The silence didn't last for long when a loud grumble was born from Amy's stomach. It must be noon time; you never need a clock with Amy around, her stomach always growls when it's breakfast, lunch, and dinner time. No need for a clock!

I started looking for a soft patch of grass; I don't want to sit on hard ground when eating lunch. "Come on Amy, stop spinning and help me look for a spot!"

"But I'm hungry!"

"Then help me find a spot so we can eat than!"

"FINE!" Amy stormed off; I could practically see steam coming out of her ears. I hope she doesn't get lost. Sighing I took a look around the area, it sure was beautiful. Flowers blanketed the land, a sweet scent was always in the air, and it looked like the perfect spot.

Amy came rushing back an hour later with a pokeball held in her hands, she was bouncing up in down joyfully.

"What's up Amy?" I questioned. She giggled and held out her pokeball.

"I caught a pokemon, that's what!" I jumped up and hugged Amy. As annoying as she can be, I'm happy she caught her first pokemon. Amy threw the ball up into the air and out came a lizard with its tail on fire popped out. The pokedex read:

"Charmander char!" 'Hiiiiiiiiii!!' It said. Great, it's another Amy. The charmader started to twirl around, trying to get its tail. I had to admit, it was pretty funny. Although, charmanders are pretty rare around here, so how could Amy catch one?

"Amy, how did you catch that charmander?" Amy had a shocked look on her face. Did I say something wrong? The pokedex read:

Charmander, the fire lizard pokemon, from the time it is born, a flame burns at the tip of its tail. Its life would end if the flame were to go out.

That's quite a good pokemon, I'm kind of jealous. That just means I'll have to work harder!

"Her name is Butch!" A girl charmander… named… Butch… that's definitely Amy for ya.

"Fine, how did you catch… Butch" I said, trying not to giggle at the nickname. Amy's eyes lit up, apparently she's been wanting me to ask that question.

"Well, after I went to go look for a place to eat, I heard a pokemon screech. So I got out Cuddles and we ran off into that direction. It turned out to be a charmander that was being bullied by a charmeleon, so Cuddles and I went into action…" On and on she went about her heroic rescue of Butch. Basically she used bubble beam on the charmeleon a few times. But something seemed fishy, how could a beginner trainer beat a charmeleon so easily?

"In the end, it was water gun that-" Wait water gun!?

"I thought you said it was bubble beam that defeated the charmeleon?" I questioned leaning close into Amy. Sweat was running down her forehead.

"Uh… Uh…" She stuttered.

A new voice interpreted out conversation, "She had help from me, I had my abra use confusion on the charmeleon. I think Amy just wanted to make it seem like she did the rescue." A boy that seemed to be 11 stood a few feet away from us. He had shaggy brown hair that fell over his eyes like curtains. He had a green and black polo shirt on, along with baggy black shorts and white skater shoes. A white backpack was held within his grip. He continued, "The name's Jared, how about you?" apparently directing the question at me.

"My name's Nicole, it's nice to meet you." He nodded as a response. Next to him was an abra, the pokedex read:

Abra, the psi pokemon, Even while asleep, it maintains a telepathic radar. It teleports when it feels threatened.

Amy had her pokemon out of their pokeballs, maybe I should let my Growlithe out too. "Come on out Growlithe!" I said, tossing her pokeball into the air. Growlithe instantly went over to Butch and sniffed her. With a happy yip, they started chasing each other, with Cuddles trying to keep up, but falling and squirming to get up as a result. Jared's abra went over to the table, which I set up not to long ago, and fell asleep.

Together, Amy, Jared, and myself, started to dig into lunch. It turns out that Jared is traveling around with his friend Eric, and they too are entering the pokemon league. They have traveled all the way from the Johto region to the Kanto region. Their parents both got jobs for working for Silph Co. So they decided to enter the Kanto pokemon league.

The peace didn't last long however, for a houndour crashed into the clearing and jumped on top of Jared and started licking his face. Along with the houndour a boy around the age of 12 appeared. He had long blonde hair that most was hidden under a blue and grey baseball hat. He wore a white t-shirt that had 'BACON RULES' on the front in big black letters, and he had navy blue slacks on that matched his hat. The sound of scuffling came from the bottom of his sandals when he walked towards us, I'm taking a wild guess that he's Eric.

Laughing he took the houndour off of Jared and returned it to his pokeball. "Heh heh, sorry about that, he can get carried away sometimes. By the way, I'm Eric." He said introducing himself, making my guess correct. I giggled at his foolishness, a light blush spread across his cheeks, making me giggle only more.

"It's alright, we were finished anyways, and my name's Nicole, the girl with the curly black hair is my sister Amy." I said, introducing myself, which is a hard thing to do when you're trying to hold back giggles.

A silence soon followed through, trying to strike up a conversation Amy asked. "So where are you two heading?"

They both answered "Viridian City, we're challenging the gym there!" They punched the air when they said that, it's like they're brothers.

"Awesome we're heading there too!" Amy squealed with joy. I wonder why she's so happy, I could never understand the mind of Amy. Jared's eyes seemed to light up at that. "Awesome, maybe we can travel together!" Amy and I exchanged glances, I nodded and Amy jumped up into the air yelling "Yeah!"

New friends with us on our journey, so far. I just hope I catch my own pokemon soon….

So together, Amy, Nicole, Jared, and Eric head to Viridian City. But what is up with Amy these days? Will Nicole ever catch her own pokemon? Find out next time.