Chapter 3- Happiness and Sorrow

"RAWWWR!" A Pokémon shouted at them.

"AHHHHHH!" They both screamed. The Pokémon was a huge, blue, dragon Pokémon. Gyarados.

"Why...is a Gyarados here?" The scared brunette asked.

"I...I have no idea"

"Well do something about it! I can't fight that thing!" She shouted and started to run away from the lake.

"Okay then, I will! Go Lucario!" Michael cried as he threw a poke ball into the air. An aura Pokémon stood in between him and the Gyarados. "Lu!" It cried.

"Lucario use Aura Sphere!" He commanded as the black and blue Pokémon threw a powerful Aura Sphere at the now scared Gyarados.

Sooner or later, the wild Gyarados went back into the lake and everything became quiet. Michael returned Lucario and went to go look for Kelly. But she was nowhere to be seen.

"K-Kelly...?"

"BOO!"

"WAHH!" He yelped. The brunette started to crack up. "D-don't scare me like that!" He yelled. "But I thought a strong boy like you wouldn't get scared at stupid things like a simple boo" She said, obviously teasing him.

"Shut up..." And he started to walk back to the Pokémon Center with Kelly right behind him.

The walk back to the Pokémon Center was quite. Obviously Kelly was thinking of a way to get a water type, and then she would just train it. But she didn't know how to get one, if only she chose Totodile. Michael was thinking of the same thing as well, how ironic. But he was also thinking of what Kelly could do with the Pokémon she already had. If Kelly doesn't get a water type, then Cyndaquil would struggle in the gym battle and she would definitely loose. But if she evolved her Wurmple and got either a Beautifly or Dustox. Then she would have a little chance. I guess we should work on evolving her Wurmple then. Michael thought as they reached the Pokémon Center.

They both entered the center only to be greeted by none other than Nurse Joy. But to their surprise, someone else was with her too.

"Oh Nurse Joy, your beauty shines like the sun on a warm summer day. Would you please-ACKK!" Next thing you know, he was on the floor being dragged somewhere by his Croagunk. (A/N: Sorry I just had to put that!)

"Who was that?" Kelly asked.

"I believe he is that Top Breeder named Brock, he was also friends with all of the gym leaders of this region and used to be the gym leader in Pewter City back in Kanto" Michael answered. (A/N: A little hint of the leaders)

"Oh, well that's cool" Kelly said.

"Hi there Kelly, any luck in capturing a water type?" Nurse Joy asked the young girl.

"Nope..." She said, looking down at her feet with a frown on her face.

"Well I think I can help" Nurse Joy said as she walked into another room.

"I wonder what she's up to..." Michael said. Kelly stayed silent as she waited for Nurse Joy to come back.

Just then, Nurse Joy came back into the main lobby with a Pokémon in her hands. A Marill to be exact. And guess what? It's a water type that's what!

"Hey that's a Marill!" Kelly exclaimed. Michael smiled.

"And it's a water type too" Michael said with the smile still glued onto his face.

"Yes and it doesn't have a trainer you see, it's a wild Marill that came one day to my Center badly injured. If you want Kelly, you can have it. Marill loves to make new friends" Nurse Joy explained as she handed the Marill to Kelly.

"Wow...I- I don't know what to say Nurse Joy. Thank you" Kelly said. She felt like jumping around, but she didn't want to start a scene.

"So would you like to come with me, Marill?"

"Marill Mar!" The blue Pokémon cried, obviously saying yes.

"Hey what a cool Marill you have" A brown-haired spiky man said.

"Oh you're Brock! And thank you" The young girl said. Marill jumped onto Kelly's shoulder.

"Yeah, that's my name! Don't wear it out" Everyone else sweat dropped.

"So Brock, what are you doing in the Mira Region?" Michael asked. Kelly looked curious as well.

"Well a friend of mines who is a gym leader in this region asked me to be his new referee so I agreed and I'm heading there soon, I just stopped here for a rest" He answered.

"Oh where's your friend, Brock?" Kelly asked.

"He's in Starlight City"

"That's very far away" Michael said. "It'll take you a while to get there by walking" He added.

"I know, but I do love to travel" He said as he walked off.

Later that day, Kelly and her Pokémon were training at the back of the Pokémon Center. She wanted to win her first badge so bad that she would stay here for months if she had to. First, she would train Marill since she needed Marill the most. Then she would train Wurmple and Cyndaquil. Her Pokémon were going to be strong when she walks out of this town. With a badge of course.

"Okay Marill, you're going to have a little battle against my Cyndaquil. It will help you both get stronger" The brunette said to her new team member. Marill nodded and stood in front of Cyndaquil and Michael.

"Let's see what moves you know Marill" She said taking out her PokeDex. This Marill knows the following moves: Water Gun, Iron Tail, BubbleBeam and Rollout. "Wow those are some great moves" Kelly said. She turned to Michael.

"Okay Michael whenever you're ready, just call out an attack for Cyndaquil!" She shouted.

"Sure thing! Okay Cyndaquil use Quick Attack!" He commanded Cyndaquil. The fire type quickly ran over to Marill, ready to give it a strong hit.

"Marill dodge then use Iron Tail!"

The blue coloured Pokémon quickly jumped out of Cyndaquil's way and used a powerful Iron Tail on it. "Quick Cyndaquil get out of the way!" Michael shouted. But it was too late; the Iron Tail had already hit Cyndaquil. Michael and Kelly gasped. "Wow! Marill you're very fast" Kelly said in an amazed voice. Marill just replied with a smile.

"Come on Cyndaquil! You can get up!" The boy encouraged the fire type. "Quil!" It shouted as it got up.

"Great! Now use Tackle attack!" He shouted.

"Cynda!" The fire type cried as it ran towards Marill with all its might. "Marill use Water Gun!" The blue coloured Pokémon nodded and let out a big water gun. "Cyndaquil use Quick Attack to dodge!" The fire type Pokémon nodded as well and quickly dodged.

"Okay I think that's enough for Cyndaquil right now, Wurmple do you want to battle now?" Kelly asked.

The worm like Pokémon nodded and slid its way over to Kelly. "Okay Wurmple let's see what moves you know" Kelly said, taking out her PokeDex once more. This Wurmple knows the following moves: Tackle and String Shot. "Well those aren't very good but I guess we'll have to stick with those moves until it evolves" Michael reassured Kelly. "Yeah I guess you're right, okay Wurmple use String Shot!" The brunette commanded.

The worm like Pokémon let out a white string from its nose (I think it's from its nose) and it wrapped around Cyndaquil. "Quil! Quil!" The fire type cried, struggling to get free. "Oh no, Cyndaquil!" Michael shouted.

Kelly's POV

This was going great! Not only is my Cyndaquil and Marill strong, but Wurmple is too. If I keep this up, I'll have my first badge in no time! "Alright Wurmple hit Cyndaquil with your best Tackle attack!" I shouted as I watched my Wurmple race towards Cyndaquil. "Cyndaquil use your Ember attack and break the string!" I heard Michael say. To be honest, I sort of admired him a bit. After all just by seeing him battle, you know he's a very strong trainer. I wonder if he has all the badges. Hmm...

"Ugh Kelly...?"

"Huh?" I said, snapping back to reality.

"Cyndaquil won the battle, you weren't paying attention..."

"Oops" I looked down at Wurmple. "I'm so sorry Wurmple" Just then my sweet Wurmple started to light up, um what was this called again? Oh yeah, evolving. WAIT! Wurmple is...evolving! HOLY CRAP! And so fast too!

Wurmple started to change into an oval-ish figure and when the light disappeared. I saw its new form. It was grey with red eyes, creepy, but cool too. I took out my PokeDex once more to see what it has to say about this Pokémon.

Silcoon, the Cocoon Pokémon. Silcoon is the evolved form of Wurmple. Using its thread to attach itself to a tree branch, it waits to evolve to its next stage. When it grows thirsty, it drinks the dew that collects on its string.

"Wow that's cool" I said.

"Yeah it sure is" Michael said, agreeing with me.

Later that day, Michael and I were in the Pokémon Center eating dinner with Brock. He told us all about his travels from Kanto to Sinnoh. I have to say, he really does love to travel. And so do I. I can't wait to go see the Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh regions and conquer all the gyms in the world! But right now I need to focus on beating nasty old...Paul.

Me: Well I hoped you enjoyed this chapter! And I'm sorry about the battle part; I'm not very good with battles yet. He he...Oh by the way, I realised that I update every 2 weeks. Ha ha! How ironic!

Dawn: Well I thought it was great

Paul: When do I come in?

Me: Soon, just wait your turn okay Paul?

Paul: Okay

Me: Thanks for reading! And please review, I'll update faster if you know what I mean ;)