Thoughts

"Dialogue"

'Pokemon speak'

… moment of silence, usually an awkward one

Pokedex info

The Rival Appears!

Unknown person's pov

I looked at the cover of Coordinators Weekly, the hottest magazine for coordinators everywhere and anywhere. The next contest, and my next destination, Pewter City. The stone path that I walked along, it made my feet feel frozen solid. I guess it's because I'm not used to such cold areas, I'm more used to the hot terrains of Iron Island. Beside me, Fluffy, my newly evolved monferno, walked along the trail, happily singing a song I know very well.

'If you're strong you'll survive and you'll keep your alive, it's the battle frontier, pokemon!' He has always been a goof ball ever since I found him. It's a surprise that he can be this happy, even after what's happened to him. We continued up the rocky path, only to come across a sign saying: Viridian City.

Normal Pov

We were resting at the pokemon center once more, getting ready to head off to the Viridian Forest. After finding news that the Viridian Gym is closed down for some repairs we decided to head off to the next city. Pewter City to be exact, but first we need to cross the Viridian Forest.

I looked over to our little 'gang', seeing Eric putting Jared into a headlock and Amy giggling in the background. I giggled too; Eric is always the entertainment around here. On a 24 hour basis he is cracking jokes, or obsessing over bacon, it always brings a smile to our faces.

"Here are your pokemon miss" I looked over to where Nurse Joy was standing and the weirdest thing caught my eye. A girl, shorter than I've ever seen. At a first glance you would think she's a little kid. Long blonde hair swept behind her, leading all the way down to mid back. She wore an assortment of red, black, and orange, the color of flames. A red bandana was placed on the top of her head, clashing against the bright blonde called her hair. She wore an orange shirt with a black flame vest over it. She wore dark red baggy shorts, but the strangest thing was, she wore no shoes. Her feet were bare, no socks, and no shoes. A dark line of ash traced the edge of her feet, indicating she must've walked a long way. Did she walk on a volcano or something?

Suddenly, the girl turned and saw me staring at her. Without a word she walked over, fury plastered all over her face.

"What's with the stare!?" the girl questioned, anger dripped from every word she said. What's her problem?

"Nothing! You're just… different."

…

"DIFFEREN'T HOW!?"

"Well… I-I" I didn't know how to answer to her, she's just so… short tempered. A pokemon I've never seen before walked up behind her and pulled onto the back of her vest.

'Calm down friend, we don't want to start another unnecessary battle.' whatever pokemon that was, it sure was nonviolent, kind of strange for a pokemon, I thought all pokemon loved to battle.

She took in a deep breath and turned back to me. "Look, I don't do this often so take me seriously and forget about my height, I'm sorry for blowing up in your face like that. People usually make fun of me because of my age and my height." She apologized, her right eye twitching as she did so.

"I guess I shouldn't have been staring then.." I chuckled, trying to make things less awkward.

"Hmph, whatever." Why is she so stubborn!? I can tell instantly I won't get along with this girl. She was way too stubborn for my own good. A bright flash of white and beside me Growlithe appeared. Instantly the girl's eyes lit up at the sight of the fire dog.

"A growlithe!" She kneeled down and started petting Growlithe, and Growlithe nuzzling into the affection. "You know, your growlithe seems tense, are you raising it well?" She asked with a hint of anger on the edge of her tone. Why is she so mad all the time!?

"Yes, I train with her everyday." A blank stare arose to her face, spreading from her face, to her pokemon's face as well.

"That's a laugh, her fur isn't as sleek or shiny as normal growlithe, and it should have more poise, this growlithe runs around like a hyper active idiot."

…

Ok, now THAT just crossed the line. NO one and I mean NO ONE calls my growlithe a hyper active idiot!

"What's your problem!?" I yelled at her shoving her a little.

"You're the one who was staring at me like I'm some sort of short freak!" She retorted, shoving me back. A crowd started forming around us, the girl looked at all of the people and backed up a little. A look of shock replaced the fury that was once on her face.

A little girl from the crowd took one look at the girl in front of me and yelled, more like screeched, "Hey look! It's the pyro pixie!" The who what? I went to look at the girl, but she wasn't there. Where'd she go?

"So what are we doing?" Eric asked, I needed to catch up to Amy, she already has two pokemon, while I still only have one.

"We're going to find a pokemon so I can catch it." I answered simply, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"But why just me? Why not Amy? After all she's your sister." Eric asked me, poking me in the shoulder, a normal habit when he asks someone a question.

"She wanted to train Butch, so I decided I needed to catch another pokemon." I didn't want Eric to know that I was actually jealous of Amy, I don't know why though. One thing stayed on my mind, that girl, I never found out her name when I think about it, or find out what pokemon that was.

Taking out my pokedex I scrolled through the many pictures of pokemon until I came across the one just like hers.

Monferno, the playful pokemon, to intimidate attackers, it stretches the fire on its tail to make itself appear bigger.

A monferno huh? That's new to me, I hope I meet her again, then we'll se whose fire type is better.

It wasn't until that I slammed into a giant log in front of me, a.k.a, a tree. A chuckle was heard from above. We both looked up to see the girl I saw before, she was sitting up in the tree, the bottom of her feet were black, like ash.

"What do you want!?" I yelled up at her. She laughed and jumped down from the tree and landed on both feet.

"A battle." That was all she said, or all she needed to say. "Let's do a two on two pokemon battle, the first one to have both their pokemon faint loses."

"I-I don't exactly have two pokemon yet." The girls eyes bugged out, the next thing that I heard was: "How can you call yourself a pokemon trainer and only have ONE pokemon so far!?" She kept on laughing, and I couldn't take it anymore. I ran out of the area, tears forming in the eyes.

It wasn't until I tripped over a tree root that I noticed I was a far ways away from Viridian City. Trees surrounded the area, and there were bug pokemon everywhere. It was the Viridian Forest.

Hours passed and I was no where near the entrance to the forest. For what it seemed like the hundredth time, I passed a tree with a X on it. Wait… I've seen that tree before… oh great I'm going around in circles!! Ugh… wait, I can use Growlithe to get me out of here!

"Growlithe come and help me out!" The small fire puppy appeared in front of me, excited to get started with her task. "Growlithe, can you track the sent of the city? Track any sent of smoke." With the construction of the new restaurant there's bound to be smoke from the machines. Growlithe yipped and started sniffing around. In a random direction she ran off barking as she did so. Rushing I ran after her.

Two different barks were heard up ahead. One was Growlithe, another was a pokemon I don't quite know. I heard that bark before, but I'm not sure what the pokemon was. Coming into a clearing I saw Growlithe with an electrike.

Electrike, the lightning pokemon, using electricity stored in its fur, it stimulates its muscles to heighten its reaction speed.

The electrike saw me and instantly it ran up to me like I was a long lost friend. What an electrike was doing in the Viridian Forest I'll never know. Something seemed to be wrong, I looked down, and it was missing one of its hind legs.

"Oh my god! What happened to you!?" The electrike started to back off, I don't know why though. Growlithe came up next to me.

'Nicole, he's been through a lot, his old trainer abandoned him when he had to get his leg amputated after a fight with a colony of beedrill.' A wave of sorrow washed over me, I couldn't help it, I-I just sorry for the poor dog. I held out my hand to the electrike, this pokemon needs me.

"I won't hurt you, and I wont abandon you, unlike your old trainer did. I want to be your friend, just like Growlithe is your friend." My words must've broke through because the electrike nuzzled into my hand, licking it as well. I added, "Do you think you can get us out of this forest?" The electrike nodded and ran forward, with me and Growlithe following behind him.

The silhouettes of Eric, Jared, Amy, and that girl were up ahead. Growlithe ran towards Eric and tackled him to the ground. He started laughing with Growlithe covering him in a foot deep layer of slobber. I giggled at the sight, the others broke into laughter, all except for the girl she glared at me. Then, she looked down at the electrike.

"So, you finally have a second pokemon?" She pondered, raising one eyebrow.

"Uh, no, electrike just helped me out of the forest." I admitted, time for her to start laughing again, ugh. But what happened next, no one was expecting. Electrike got up on one leg and knocked a pokeball off my belt and tapped it open with his nose, going inside of it. The ball eventually stopped wiggling, the red light turning off. Electrike is now my second pokemon. "Um… I guess he is now my second pokemon…"

I corrected awkwardly.

She smirked, and raised the eyebrow again. "Well then, pathetic excuse for a pokemon, he only has three legs, not to mention he won't stand a chance against my blazing fire types!" She proclaimed.

"Grrr, my pokemon can so kick your pokemon's butts!" I yelled at her, one thing came to mind. "By the way, what's your name?" I added stupidly. She fell to the ground, Sweatdrops running down her head.

"The name's Mick, and don't you forget it! I'm the number one fire coordinator around Sinnoh, and soon to be Kanto!"

"My name's Nicole, the person to kick your sorry little behind!" I exclaimed, getting into battle stance, the same with Growlithe. Mick drew out her pokemon's pokeball. The wind blew softly against the field, the perfect battle setting.

What will happen next time? Who will win the battle? Find out next time!