Archie was proud of himself. Finally a trainer, he rode his arcanine through route two, the path leading to Rustboro city, the first Pokemon gym in Hoenn. Archie had studied gym leader strategies, and he knew the gym leader,Roxanne, used rock-hard rock type Pokemon. His partner, Treeko, would be perfect take on Roxanne.
Just then, Archie heard a sound coming from the tall grass nearby. Arcanine turned to face it, prepped and ready to face any potential threat and protect its trainer. Out of the grass appeared a Poochyena, gnarling at Treeko, who had jumped off to protect his trainer. It used tackle, sending the weak Treeko
into him. Archie fell off, being cornered by other Poochyenas that were showing up. They started biting his legs, as he was crawling away, calling out for help. He thought he was doomed. He thought it was the end. That was when he found the true potential of his Pokemon. Treeko came in with a devastating pound, sending a group of poochyenas aside. He climbed on the back of one, riding it round into other Pokemon, when a Mightyena caught him in his jaws and threw the wood gecko Pokemon into a swarm of poochyenas. It closed in on him, when Arcanine showed up and grabbed it by the neck with a devastating fire fang. It shook free, and they started circling round each other, daring each other to go first.
This was when Archie realised he was in a battle now... he had only seen it battle when he was young, protecting him as they hadn't found a home yet. Spending each night in caves, all alone in the world. A terrible thing for a child to go through. He vaguely remembered it knowing flamethrower, and so he shouted the first command to his Pokemon.
"Arcanine, use flamethrower!"
The burning heat was too much for the mightyena, as it jumped above the fire and used bite to roll the fire dog onto his stomach, gnashing at it's underbelly. That was when Treeko snapped. It was usually a nervous wreck, but seeing his trainer and his newfound friend, tormented by such a beast, made it scream a piercing scream. They charged at each other, screaming at the top of their lungs. But something was wrong... treeko was glowing... Archie didn't quite understand what was happening, until it emerged with a leaf growing out of it's head, striking the mightyena away. Yelling "Grovyle!" It charged and kicked away the mightyena, forcing it to retreat. The strange part was, from a bush he heard someone say "Mightyena, return!" He ran over to find a person dressed in red, running into the next area. He hopped on arcanine and they darted after them.