Heyyy, you made it through a chapter! Congrats...now let's see you make it through another lD *shot* Anyhow, when we last left our young heroine, she had just obtained a pokedex and pokenav from Professor Birch, presents to show his gratitude for helping him out of a sticky situation. In the process Ambra even makes a new furry friend! Now she and Axel are heading to the next town..and who knows what awaits the young duo?
When we reached Oldale town, I couldn't help but be a little disappointed. I know I wasn't gonna see a gym right away, but I was kinda expecting it to be at least a little interesting. It was nothing like the cities my brother had described to me. No Goldenrod or Jubilife here. Just a few houses, a Pokemon Center, a couple stores, two people arguing loudly... Wait, what?
"What do you mean I can't pass through?" The girl shouted, voice thick with an unfamiliar accent.
"I'm sorry ma'am, but it's too dangerous." The man opposite her insisted.
"Dangerous how?"
The man sighs and points to something on the ground "See that footprint?"
"What about it?" the girl asked, looking less than impressed.
"Well that, ma'am, is the footprint of a dangerous Pokémon. It's been causing trouble around here for weeks, you see."
The girl rolls her eyes. "I think I can handle one Pokémon."
"I'm sure you can but-"
"But nothin'! I need to get dere NOW." The argument went on like this for what felt like a long time, and I was getting a headache from listening. But as I turned to leave, I smacked into something. Or rather, someONE. I looked up to see the same girl from before. The worst part? She still looked really mad.
"Watch where ya goin'!" she screamed.
I flinched slightly before answering, "S-Sorry! I didn't mean to!"
She looked at me for a minute before calming down and sighing. "No...I'm sorry. Ya didn't do anythin'." She grabbed my arm and pulled me up. "It's just dat stupid artist guy!" Artist guy...? "He's got no right blockin' da path. Dis never would've happened where I come from..."
I looked at her questionably. "Your not from here?"
She shook her head and confirmed my suspicions. "Nah, I'm from Kanto."
"Oh." I had heard a little about the Kanto region from Gina. She and her friends use to go every year to watch some races on Nomads Independence Day or something. We then talked about some random stuff for a while. She told me about some of the badges she received before she and her mom moved here, and I told her a little about Hoenn.
"Well, dis is my stop." I looked up to see her walking towards one of the houses I saw earlier. I'm guessing that's the house she and her mother had moved into, as she told me just before.
"Oh." There was an awkward silence. "Soo...see you around?" I asked.
"Uh, yeah. See ya." She walked up to her house. In the middle of this, I could've sworn that I heard her say thanks, but when I turned to check, she was gone.
I woke up feeling an extra weight on my chest. It took a minute to focus on a pair of big, red eyes staring back at me. Boy, was that startling. "Ahhh!" I lost my balance and crashed to the hard wooden floor. Axel barked and watched me curiously. I sat up rubbing my head. "Jeez Axel, only two days and you're already trying to kill your trainer? Not a good sign." He whined guiltily, ear drooping.
"Oh, I was just kidding!" Somehow, that cheered him up. He barked happily and pounced on me, knocking me back to the floor. "Axel!"
After we got some free breakfast in the Pokemon Center and managed to get Axel back into his pokeball, I decided to explore Odale Town a bit. I never got the chance yesterday because of that girl...what's her name? Guess I forgot to ask. (real smart of me, eh?) "Oh well," I sighed out loud, more to myself than anyone else. "Might as well do some shopping now, I guess."
The store may have been small, but it still had a lot of good supplies for my journey as a Pokemon Trainer. I took my time examining the shelves. It'd probably be a good idea to get some pokeballs, potions, maybe some anti-
Something had bumped into me at that point and interrupted my train of thought. "Ouch!" I went crashing to the floor again. Why do I keep getting hurt? I looked up to see a familiar face peering down at me in concern. It took me a few seconds to register who I was staring at.
"YOU!" we shouted at the same time, earning the both of us strange looks from the cashier plus a few other people in there. I mouthed an apology to the cashier before she pulled me up. (Wow, deja-vu...)
"Huh. I didn't think I'd see you again, kid." she smirked.
"Yea, 'just getting some stuff for the road before I head off."
"Really? Where 'ya headin'?"
I shrugged, "I dunno." I hadn't actually thought of which gym I'd challenge first, let alone which town I'd even go to. "I guess I'll go to Petalburg City first." Though it was gonna be a problem if whats-his-name is still blocking the path... "Hey." She looked over at me. "That path the Artist guy was blocking...is he still there? Where does it go anyway?" If there's one thing I'm bad at- its directions.
"Thank the Birds, no. He left a while ago." I was confused by her comment, but said nothing. "And shouldn't ya know where it goes? You are from dis region, right?" Crap- she got me there.
"Well, um... I am... but, err..." I stuttered nervously. There was no way I wanted to tell her about my awful sense of direction.
A small smirk appeared on her face. "You're new at dis, huh?" I blushed. Was it really that easy to tell? "Dat's okay." She points in one direction, "See dat path over dere? Dat's Route 103- pretty much a dead end unless you have a Pokémon dat knows Surf." She then turned to where we last saw Artist Guy. "And dat's Route 102- which goes all da way to Petalburg."
I thanked her for the directions and we said our farewells. I was about to continue on to Petalburg when a thought suddenly occurred in my mind. I ran back and managed to catch up to her. "Hey!" I called to get her attention. She turned around.
"Somethin' wrong kid?" she asked.
I shook my head, "Well, uh... I was wondering..." my voice stopped working for a second.
"...Yea?" she encouraged me to continue.
I took a deep breath. "..C-can I travel with you?" It was silent for a while until she let out a sigh. I couldn't tell if she was annoyed, tired, or just unsure.
"I guess-"
I cut her off excitedly. "Really? Oh, grazie! Grazie!" I tackled the taller girl in a tight hug and then started jumping up and down. I stopped when she gave me this weird look and I scratched the back of my head in embarrassment. "Sorry about that, I'm not usually like this."
She sweatdropped but passed it off as nothing. "Can we just go now?"
"Sure." We stood there a little longer.
The girl began to look annoyed. "Well...?" she asked a little impatiently, "What are we waitin' for?"
"...Your name." I stated bluntly. She fell to the ground in exasperation before she turned to me and smirked.
"Vera. The name's Vera."
I smiled, "Nice to meet you. My name's Ambra." While I said this, I struck a pose, which made her sweatdrop once more.
"Please don't do dat again. Ever."
"Sorry." It was at this moment that Axel picked the perfect time to pop out of his pokeball. Vera eyed him curiously.
"I assume dat's ya starta?"
I turned my attention back to Vera, trying to keep him from jumping all over us. "Huh? Oh yeah, his name's Axel." Axel barked in response to his name and started running around in circles.
"Hmm... Cute. Now meet my starter!" She threw out a pokeball and out of it appeared the strangest Pokémon I've seen yet. It looked sort of like a blue bush, except it had wiggling tentacles and little red shoes. Those shoes kind of looked cute. Its eyes rest on the black body under the tentacles, if there even IS a body under there.
"What is that thing?"
Vera huffed disapprovingly. "She is not a thing! Dis is my Tangela, Vye," she stated proudly. Said blue Pokemon looked at me curiously.
"A Tangela, huh?" I picked her up and she lightly wrapped her tentacles around my arm. I smiled "You know, it's actually sort of cute when you think about it." But no sooner would I have said that when she tightened her grip. "Uhhh... ok, you can get off now." I nervously stammered, trying to shake it off me. Thankfully, Vera managed to pull her off and set her on the ground.
Axel barked at her a few times before daring to get closer. Vye made a cooing sound and tried to wrap her tentacles around Axel. He whined uneasily and ran behind me, which was pretty funny. A little wolf pup afraid of a plant. Me and Vera giggled at the two. Axel didn't seem too happy about that, and with a final warning growl walked back over to me and we continued onward, my Poochyena eying her warily the whole while.
Awww *sniffs* this is the start of a beautifully dysfunctional friendship 8"D. But I'm sure this will all work out for the better, don't you? Once again, reviews are appreciated and encouraged~
Oh and before I forget:
1] Grazie- Thank you
2] Yes, her new friend is a seemingly hot-tempered Kantan girl. This is going to be fun~ BD
3] "Artist guy" is the guy who blocks your path in the very beginning of the game, but only temporarily.