A Unknown Friend It had been an uninteresting rest of yesterday but today was going to be different as the teachers explained we would all get to catch a Pokemon that roamed around the school there were plenty of room to find a good one to train. Eurydike was already off before I could talk to her at all I guessed that she wanted to get ahead of the competition. I had been given a Poke ball with a Pokemon I could use to catch on that I ran into. But so far all the Pokemon had ran away before I could even see what Pokemon was in the Poke ball. Sighing I kicked a small rock as I walked around in the forests I thought to myself was I even going to find a Pokemon that fit me? I could not keep thinking like that though I had to catch one no matter what. Hearing a twig break behind me I turned around and there was a Pokemon I had never seen before was I so distracted to even not notice it? Looking over it seemed like a Pokemon not many had seen it the Pokemon was staring at me with its big red eyes saying "You want to try to face me?" Taking one last look over it I thought it sort of looked like a dog with its big ears but it had a big blue tail like a fox and black feet. It's arm had rounded white bumps on the back of its forepaws, a black chest and 'mask' like markings on it's face. But something seemed off about it its neck was unusually colored red and did not seem like it was supposed to be but that did not matter to me either was. Grabbing the Poke ball that had the Pokemon in it I threw it into the air like all of them do when a Pokemon is inside it opened and with a white light a Charmander came out saying "Char Char." The Pokemon had jumped back and was readying for the fight. Yelling to Charmander I said "Scratch Attack!" Even a level newly hatched Charmander had that move I watched as my Pokemon charged at the Pokemon but it was too fast and it used a Quick Attack once Charmander thought it was close enough. It went and skidded back towards me but it stood back up even it did not want to be defeated. My next move would work better I commanded Charmander by saying "Growl it now!" It followed my orders and open it's mouth to let out a Growl attack it hit the Pokemon but left it unchanged. Looking at the Charmander it charged it by using another Quick Attack hitting Charmander once again. This Pokemon was too fast and the Charmander could not take another hit like that again it was panting hard barely able to stand up. The opponent Pokemon was readying for another Quick Attack and was coming at full speed. It was going to be the end until Charmander opened it's mouth and spat out fire hitting the opponent dead center. Charmander must have used its ember attack but that was not the main point that weird Pokemon was still standing and was going to put up a fight till the end but one good hit with scratch attack would stop it. Yelling my last command "Use scratch attack while it's tired!" Leaping forward Charmander used scratch on the Pokemon hitting it once again and sending it flying into a tree from the force. It tried to stand up only to fall back over right after and this was the time to use my Poke ball grabbing the custom blue colored one from my belt I threw it towards it. The Pokemon had no energy left to fight it off and it hit taking the Pokemon inside with a red light, it fell to the ground lightly and started wobbling as the center button flashed. Hardly breathing as I waited to see if it was caught was hard it moved and flashed three times until it finally stayed still. Jumping into the air I had caught my first Pokemon all on my own immediately I sent Charmander back into its poke ball for a good rest and grabbed the poke ball off the ground. This new Pokemon would be called Rikua and I wrote that on it's poke ball with a marker. When I finally got back to the school everyone else had finished before me I sighed the sun was already setting and the nurse of the school was waiting for me by the door. Walking over to her to hear her ask "How was your first time battling Flame?" It was tiring but I was not going to admit that I replied "It was perfect I caught a cool Pokemon too." I handed the Poke ball that was clipped to my belt to her as we walked to the care center of the school. She said "Let me restore this Pokemon's health so it will be all good can I have your other Pokemon too?" I shook my head yes it was not mine so it did not bother me that she was taking it back. Dropping the ball with the Charmander into a bin next to the heal machine she set the ball with my newly caught Pokemon into the machine and restored its health. Right before it was done I heard her gasp looking over to her she said in surprise "How did you manage to catch a Riolu out here?" I said in return to her "There's no way I caught one of those they are too rare to find anywhere around here." Grabbing a book from behind a counter she turned the pages until she had front the one she was looking for turning it towards me as she pointed at the picture of a Pokemon. I looked down only to see the Pokemon I had just caught and bold words saying Riolu above it but something seemed off about the picture pointing to the neck of it I asked "Are there neck supposed to be this color?" She turned around to the machine it had dinged while we were talking grabbing the poke ball she gave it to me while saying "Of course they are all of them have that color." Looking to my poke ball I sent out the Pokemon inside with a white light it came out and stretched. Quickly looking over it she said "Well yours must just be special then." Squatting down to its height I looked at it, and it looked back and said to the nurse "Well either way it's still my friend." Once I had said that though it turned it'd head away and crossed it's arms well it would be after some time anyway.