Before reading this I the Spellchecker has myseriously vanished for some reason so this chapter is NOT spellchecked .. at all (Except for what I did myself) so pointing out every mistake isn't needed because I'll spellcheck the chapter once it does work. I uploaded it anyway for those that did want to read the chapter.
So I'm sorry for all the mistakes !

"A fan points out your traits, a friend points out your flaws and an enemy will show you your flaws the hard way and no matter how evil the way might just be it works the most efficient"

Melinda Bloomer (18th November, 2001)

Chapter Twelve

Enter Garret

Because there, standing in front of me was Ryan.

And as my still-working memory reminds me, he is an annoying, rich kid.

Yeah that's him.

I remember him too well.

He looked down at Josh, Danny and me with a sneer before simply saying "So peasants, how is life faring for the humble low-lifes ?"

I glared, Josh glared, Danny looked confused and whispered "who's this ?"

I didn't bother to whisper "This person here made me go through Eterna Forest"

He nodded like he understood, to me having to go through Eterna Forest is a huge crime.

Ryan looked at Danny for a while before saying "So .. I see that you have another peasant following you like a lost Poochyena .. pity"

Josh sighed and rolled his eyes "What do you want ?"

Ryan smiled a rather fake smile "My Growlithe, so give him back"

Josh and I shared a look before shrugging "We don't have it"

Ryans face started getting red "Yes you do !"

"Nope .. sorry"

"That's .. no .. you are lying ! Now give me back my Growlithe !" he snapped, face getting even redder and a vein popped up.

And then the double doors opened again as Gardenia stormed out, "You there !" she hissed at Ryan "You are the brat that came here 2 years ago .. I remember you !"

Ryans face suddenly paled as he gulped "Yes that's me" he managed to say with a shaky voice.

"And I made you promise not to return here .. Leave you stupid little brat before I call my pokèmon on you !"

Ryan grimaced and turned to me and Josh once more "Give me back my Growlithe or else .. " the rest of what he wanted to say was cut off by Gardenia mumbling "10 .. 9 .. 8-" and he was gone.

She looked at me then "Do you know the guy ?" and I nodded while Josh explained our relationship with him.

Gardenia looked angry after we told her our story "That damned brat killed my Roselia with that Growlithe of his .. I forbade him from ever setting foor in my city again but he's such a stupid dumb annyoing brat that he thinks his money gets him anything"

She continued her mumbling about brats and money for a while before her head snapped up.

"I remember what I wanted to ask you in the first place, I called Roark to tell him two of his newbie-challengers won my badge but he didn't know you . you never challenged him ?"

I scrachted my head and grinned "Yeah .. that Robby guy .. he .. well .. I didn't know he existed untill your secretary pointed him out so I didn't challenge him .. "

Gardenia looked shocked before she let out an angry yell as she kicked a trashcan "I lost to some first-timer oh .. Damn !" she yelled again before storming back inside the Gym.

I feel so loved.

Danny and I talked about each of our respective battles while walking to the pokèmon center while Josh let out Lola to hug her some more to which the little Lotad happily obliged to.

In the center Nurse Joy congratulated us on our wins and she admitted that she didn't think I would make it .. nor did the rest of the center.

We packed our things and bid Iz and Taylor goodbye and we walked towards the Gym because that's were the Cycling Road was, from there on we would walk underneath it (we don't have enough money for bikes) and then pass Oreburgh and cross Mt. Coronet to get to Hearthome .. why ? Because Josh wants to participate in a contest.

That's why Danny and I have to walk for about a week, to give Josh his chance of dressing-up and creating 'super-stylish' moves.

Yeah .. it's a stupid reason but he followed us to Eterna so .. we'll just nod and smile like we did during classes.

Nod and smile.

Even though it's not cool.

Totally not cool.

As we neared the entrance to the Cycling Road we saw to guys with black jackets standing in front of the door, their bikes standing next to them.

"Anneh' uff ye guys a .. Jeehaacob ?" he slurred.

I looked around me and quickly kicked Josh his leg who was ready to speak and whispered "Don't talk" before turning to the 2 guys and I quickly thought of names.

"I'm ... Ca .. rlos .. Carlos .. and these here are .. Mar .. cellos … and Ko .. Kosmo ?"

The guy nodded and scribbled something down.

"Anneed anneh uff ye saawn a Growlithe ?"

Danny shook his head "Carlos, Kosmo and I haven't seen one"

"oowkaaayh ye can gooh now"

We swiftly entered the boring grey building and Josh looked at me with raised eyebrows "Shrimp honestly ? Carlos Marcellos and Kosmo ?"

I shrugged "Bob and Lola ?" I countered.

"Touchè" he said with a smile before we made our way to the end of the building, once more being forced to sign some forms about how they weren't responsible for being run over by some idiot on a bike .. you get the picture.

We walked down the narrow stairs that spiraled down to the ground and then once we hit the ground I looked up, the Cycling Road was towering above us and provided us with shadow from the sun and I could hear the sounds of enigines and tires screetching against the road.

I let my pokèmon out, even Bob, and Danny and Josh did the same (Yes even Paul got out, no unnamed Beautifly didn't get out) and Nate looked at me with a weird look.

"What ?"

He continued looking at me.

I grew uncomfortable.

He kept looking at me, his face growing annoyed.

Then I got it, "Yeah we won .. Bob made it so yeah .. we'll get stronger from now on?"

This seemed to please him ever so slightly as he grunted and I gave him an awkward pat on the head, avoiding his posionous spikes in the progress.

"Yeah .. you did great Nate" I quickly withdrew my hand and looked at Goliath who was skipping around Bob who was .. being herself I guess.

Danny and Josh were chatting about some random thing involving contests,butter and sparkles.

And I ? I was busy thinking about my next gym badge, the one from Maylene .. the Fighting-Type leader.

Pokèmon that can beat you up within a minute .. that's just so awesome ! not.

That meant that Bob would have a serious disadvantage .. Nate and Goliath might have a chance if they can keep the opponents away from them but one hit will knock out Goliath and even though all the books say that Posion is good against fighting I don't think Nate will enjoy being used as a punching-bag.

With that in mind I came to a horrifying conclusion. I need another pokèmon.

I walked towards Danny and tapped his shoulder "Err .. I need another pokèmon .. yeah .. can you please help me ?"

He nodded shyly before sating the obvious "For Maylene right ?"

I nodded as well "Yeah .. I have this feeling that it won't work with just Nate"

He thought for a moment "You are right .. Piper and I will help !" Piper looked at Danny when she heard her name but then continued trotting in front of us.

Danny and I went into our 'catch-a-pokèmon' mode which means pointing out every pokèmon we saw to one another untill we grew annoyed and stayed silent.

Josh didn't really help, he kept pointing out the 'cute' ones.

It was then that he pointed to a purple-ish blur that flew from a tree and Danny quickly said "That's a Gligar I think .. "

I hesistated for a moment before turning towards Goliath "Goliath Fire Punch that Gligar !" I yelled.

Goliath wasted no time, as he started running his ear once more catched fire and as he jumped he hit the Gligar in mid-air, the purple-ish pokèmon screeched in pain and a silver-white glow appeared around it as it pummeled to the ground only to take off again.

"Don't let it go Goliath just hit it with " I fumbled in my pocket for a moment untill I found my note with pokèmon-moves "err .. Frustration ? yeah that !" and Goliath jumped up again only to be hit in the chest by a ray of purple needles fired from the Gligars mouth .. it could use poison sting !
Goliath looked furius as he jumped up again and started hitting the Gligar in such a quick succesion that the hits and blows were nothing but brown blurs untill the Gligar crashed into the ground did Goliath calm down enough to stop hitting the other pokèmon.

I stared for a good minute before searching through my backpack and quickly found out that I had none.

Oh crap.

"Danny can I borrow a pokèball please ?" I gave him my poor attempt at a kicked-Poochyena expression and he handed me his red-and-white sphere without hesistating, such a good guy.

I threw the ball at the pokèmon lying unconscious in the grass and after wobbling for a few seconds it made the famous 'Ping' sound indicating that I had caught another pokèmon.

And I decided to call him (I do know the difference between a female Gligar and a male Gligar) Garret.

Garret the Gligar.

Now I just had to hope he doesn't turn out like any of my other pokèmon (Except Goliath .. he's awesome)

Disclaimer: Not mine.

I'm a zombie, this week killed me so the chapter isn't great/long/what I wanted but it's not awfull (in my mind) so I'll upload it anyway.
No spellchecker for some reason so many mistakes .. which ads to my great mood (They made us watch modern-dance or something and I dislike dancing, no offence to dancers, and we didn't get any sleep resulting in me throwing shoes at the girls in my room + being very cranky) and they made us eat stuff that could rival the 'canned something' in its gross-ness.
Clearing things up:
1. You suck at making names. Yes I do and Garret the Gligar is another example of that fact.
2. Why another pokèmon ? Because after thinking a lot he just couldn't do the gym without one (Nate will probably refuse to battle fighting-types) so I took a Gligar (And yes they can be caught there !)
3. Ryan + weird talking guys ? Ryan has the money to hire others to do his work, he's the best rival ever.

Reviewers:
Omega the Omniscient:
Yeah windsurfing is cool, and my mom liked it a lot so it's even better.
Anyway, you worked hard to get up-to-date with the chapters and I hope you liked visiting your cousins in Wisconsin ! (To me that would be awesome because I've only been to Belgium, Luxemburg,France and Germany)
And no Goliath isn't invincible (sadly) and I like Pierre the Evil Frenchman he reminds me of my uncle, except his name isn't Pierre nor is he evil .. but he's French!
And poor Tunnel-Digger we'll miss him .. not much.

Hope you like this chapter as well !

Neelyn8r:
I love Bob as well, Bidoof are hated by so many .. how can someone even consider hating poor Bob ? I can't and Jacob can't.
Nate listens for one reason and one reason only, did you find out which reason ? I did (But then again it's my story)
Hope you like this chapter as well !

Next chapter might take some time because my schedule is still full but it'll be better and I'll spellcheck this chapter once I'm given the chance to.
And don't hesistate to leave a review .. I like those and they make me write faster.