I awoke in the morning after sleeping like a baby. In my dream I pictured myself and Spike walking along a dirt track on a Pokémon journey, though wasn't so sure about following that road. I liked Mossdeep, and since I met Snow it had gotten even better.
Snow and I had arranged to meet on the local bus; we were going out for the day. As I was waiting, leaning against the rusting metal bus stop, the wind blew and the clean bus pulled up. I sat down on the turquoise seat next to Snow. We spoke, though nothing was mentioned of what happened before she ran off from me outside the museum.
Outside the modern looking Pokémon gym, Snow and I both hopped off the bus.
"Hey Parker have you ever thought about Pokemon battling?" she asked, gazing up at the impressive structure.
I had, and I thought it was a pretty cool thing. A gym challenge may be a hard task, but I really wanted to give it a go now I had this opportunity laid out in front of me.
We walked inside. It was huge! The battlefield was made of rock with random areas of water set into it. Two people dressed in matching outfits stood at the rear of the gym, talking quietly. On noticing us, they stopped and presented themselves to us.
"I heard they're new leaders," Snow whispered, "So they're probably not as tough as some others." It was encouraging, so I stepped up to the plate to face the unknown.
"The rules – it's a double battle," announced one of my opponents. They threw a Pokéball each, forming the creatures Lunatone and Solrock. I sent out Gary and Spike to face them. Spike landed on land and Gyarados in the little area of water in the gym. Solrock and Lunatone were levitating up in the air mysteriously.
"Solrock, Lunatone tornado combo!" cried the duo in unison, beginning the fight. Their Pokémon understood the unusual command. Lunatone used ice beam and Solrock used fire spin around it and it was heading right toward Gary.
"Dive!" I ordered. Gary got out of the way and the tornado combo hit the water and made a large splash, sending smoke into the air. "Now Spike, quick attack."
"Lunatone use reflect." Spike charged, though was blocked by a barricade of psychic energy. He crashed headstrong into the force field, rebounding and skidding across the rocky floor. Struggling, he got up and regained his balance quickly
The battle raged on, all four Pokémon becoming steadily more tired. Gyarados in the pool was forming a white ball of energy in his jaw. Suddenly, Gary released his hyper beam and Liza and Tate didn't see it coming and it hit Solrock directly! Solrock spun around rapidly due to the blow, and was injured but not completely weakened.
"Now Lunatone protect Solrock." Spike and Gary then surrounded Solrock and Lunatone - this looked as if it would be a blow out.
"Spike shadow claw and Gary, use crunch," I ordered. Lunatone and Solrock were back to back and surrounded, with little space to make a break for it or to defend themselves. Spike's glowing claw and Gyarados' sharp bite harmed the two defenders immensely. The two fell out of the air, crashing to the ground lifelessly. Spike fell down too, and Gyarados flopped casually into the water, his head bobbing up through the surface contentedly.
"Wow I won?" I asked myself quietly. It clicked in that I had. "Yay!" I yelled in celebration.
"That was an awesome battle!" Snow called out from the stands.
"Well I guess you have earned your mind badge," said one of the leaders, walking over and handing me a small brooch. I looked at it in awe; my first of hopefully many badges.
