We head down the muddy roads of route 1. The rain drizzles lightly on our heads. "Hey Steve," I tell him. "Yeah?" he replies. "Wanna have a pokemon battle?" "Sure," he accepts. We both toss out our pokeballs. A huge flash of light, and our pokemon pop out. "Marill!" Marill says. "Aron!" my pokemon says. The battle is on.
"Aron, use Iron Defense!" A think glow appears around it's body. Then his steel armor shines. "Marill, attack with bubble!" Steve says. "Aron, dodge!" he barely gets out of the way of the incoming attack. What moves does Aron know? I think to myself. At level 7, only Tackle, Tail Whip, Iron Defense, and Rock Throw. "Rock Throw!" I command Aron. A huge chunk of earth comes out of the ground. It starts spinning rapidly and is then chucked at Marill. It gets knocked back a few yards when it hits directly.
I try to use Iron Defense before he attacks again. "Iron Defense!" The glow and then his armor shines, right before he gets hits by tackle. It barely does anything. "Rock Throw!" I counter. Another chunk of earth, rolled up into a ball and hardened. It shoots. "Tackle!" Aron gets just enough speed to hit the rock from behind. It splits into multiple bullets, like a shotgun. Three of them hit him, and they seem to hurt pretty badly. "Bubble!" Steve commands his pokemon. It misses and make a large puddle where Aron took the Earth out. "Marill, use tackle!" Steve says. Marill charges. It hits Aron and they both stumble into the puddle. Aron quickly jumps out.
"Finish him with tackle!" He barrels straight into the water and knocks Marill out. "Good game," I say to him, and he returns the phrase. We stay the night in a clearing near the main path. The next day, we walk into Accumula Town. The two of us quickly rush into the Pokemon Center. We enter and walk up to the desk. We give our Pokemon to Nurse Joy. She quickly heals them, and returns them back to us. "Have a nice day!" she says. We walk out of the sliding doors of the building.
There's not much to do, so we continue on. It's a short walk, only about a mile. We still have to stop and camp though. I wake up first, so I make entries on Marill and Aron. Later, I'll let Steve draw the pictures. I open my pack and take out one of my pokeballs. I send out Aron. "Aron, see that Pidove?" I ask him. He nods. "Use Rock Throw on it," I command him. The same move routine. It hits Pidove directly, and it's super effective. It's almost fainted. I chuck a pokeball. It rocks once. Twice. Then, three times. I caught a Pidove.
I hear a rustling from the camp. Steve must've waken up. "Ready to go?" I ask him. "Yeah, let's do it," he replies. We walk on the path and make it around 8 in the morning. We stop at the restaurant for breakfast. We get in-seat entertainment. After the battle, Cilan comes to challenge me to a battle. If I win, I get my first gym badge. Chili challenges Steve. Cress is the ref for both off us. "Ready, set..."