chapter 2: Into the wild

as i started out into the forest i realized just how helpless i really was, everywhere there were multiple pokemon, rattatas, pidgeys, beedrills, and many more, sure i was the strongest of the litter but compared to these guys i was a runt and weakling. i was very scared and it didn't help when a Beedrill looked at me like breakfast, it swooped down towards me but luckly because i was so agile i managed to dodge from it's stingers and send it reeling away with an ember blast. i realized that it was becoming night, and my flaming tail would be a perfect beacon for predators to come find me, so i decided to find shelter. eventually i came across an empty burrow that smelled like it hadn't been used in years, so i decided to crawl in and look around, the place was quite roomy so i picked a spot on the floor and curled up to go to sleep.

i had no dreams that night only nightmares, nightmares of flames billowing up around me and then being buried by the ground in a massive earthquake by an Aggron, then sinking farther and farther underground eventually extinguishing my tail flame. i woke up breathing heavily and checking to see if my tail was still lit, i then looked outside and saw it was daytime, so i decided to go out and look for food, i figured some sitrus berries would do. (hey every pokemon except grass types eat both meat and berries) so i went out looking and eventually found some, so i gathered some up and returned to the burrow, but halfway there i met a pokemon who would soon be my rival. as i was halfway from the burrow i got shot in the back by a water gun which made me drop the berries.

"Ok who did that!?"

"it was me fire breather. Tidal's the name and you have just passed by my territory." Tidal was a Squirtle who seemed like he always looks for trouble and he just found some.

"well my name's Emburn and i'm afraid you just messed with the wrong pokemon, cause you're going down"

"oh is that so?, well then i guess we need to settle this now"

"i couldn't agree more" with that we lunged at the other, each hitting with a scratch attack at the same time but then i followed up with an ember and he followed with a water gun, the blasts connected and exploded in a cloud of steam with it i charged forward and landed a tackle on him but he twisted around and landed a bite, it hurt but i managed to throw him off of me. We fired again, ember and water gun, and in that cloud we each landed a scratch which sent us rolling on the ground.

"th-this round was a tie, but mark my words Emburn, we will meet again and i will win." with that he limped off into the woods, i used my remaining strength to get to the sitrus berries and eat one to restore some stamina.

"that was an intense fight. Tidal, heh i'll remember that name and when we meet i will be ready." i walked back to the burrow where i put down the berries and i ate another to refill my strength. night had fallen and i curled back up to go to sleep, this night i had no dreams or nightmares it was just a black emptiness all night. i woke up feeling a little stronger than yesterday, then i realized that the fight with Tidal was a pretty good workout, but it was one i wasn't ready to do again just yet. i crawled out of the burrow and decided to do some exploring, i explored the woods and the canopy of greenery above me and i actually fought back against anything trying to attack me, the Beedrill came back but this time i taught him good and sent him falling to the ground, not dead, but hurt enough to get the message across. finally to end this little exploration i went to see what was in the tall grass.

for a while there was nothing much but then i heard some thumping footsteps, then i became really worried at what might come out of that grass. the thumping continued until whatever it was revealed itself, it was unlike any pokemon i've ever seen before, it was as tall as a freshly evolved charizard but it had hair on it's head some weird fur covering it's body except for half the arms and legs along without covering it's face. it had peachy skin and strange hands, that's when i realized that mom told me about these creatures and that they were called humans or something like that, she said that they could speak to pokemon but we couldn't speak to them unless we had psychic abilities. this human looked down at me and smiled.

"hey there little fella how are you doing?" i simply stood there not saying a word but then he pulled out a shiny orb that was half red and half white with a button in the middle.

"i see you're all alone how would you like to come with me?" this human seemed very nice, and he really seemed to like pokemon so i decided to nod my head yes, he then bumped the orb onto my head which opened up and i was absorbed into it. inside was like some strange rocks that were shiny all plated around me and glowing, but then the plates started to form shapes and then the inside took the shape of a forest but with no pokemon other than me. i stood amazed at what just happened but on the outside i heard the human say.

'i finally have my first pokemon, and it's a charmander too, this has been a really good day for me." i smiled, happy to make someone else happy, then the forest changed back to glowing plates and i was transported outside in a flash of light.