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"LOOK OUT!" a female voice calls out. Some roller skater runs into me, sending us both tumbling down.
"Well, I'm sorry. Are you okay? I got out of control there," she apologizes.
"I'm okay. It's just that I'm sorta confused on how I got here," I reply.
"What? What do you mean? Wait, were you taken by the Azurill group too? By the way, I'm Rinka." the girl says.
"Hi, I'm Soso. What do you mean by Azurill group?" I ask.
"Oh, it's just a group of Azurills who lull victims to sleep and drags them here," Rinka says, leading me to the Pokémon Center. "By the way, you want to race?" she asks, changing the topic abruptly.
"Sounds like they're who took me, and I don't have roller skates."
"WHAT? YOU DON'T HAVE ROLLER SKATES?"
"Uh... No, and no need to freak out about it," I say, puzzled.
"It's absolutely appaling how you don't have roller skates. Here, beat me in a battle and I'll give you a spiffy new pair!"
"...Sure, why not?"
I beat her fairly easily, but she is a good sport about losing and hands over the 'spiffy new pair' of roller skates. I clip them on.
"Hey, you're pretty strong. Are you challenging the gyms?" Rinka asks me. I nod. "Cool, can I travel with you? I want to become the very best Roller Trainer!"
"Wait, what? That's sudden, but I don't mind. This is the first gym I'm challenging." I gesture towards the building behind the Pokémon Center.
"Oh? Can I come along?" Rinka asks me as we skate towards the gym.
"Of course! I meant to say that I'm relatively new, so I'm not very advanced. In fact, I got me Pokémon today morning!"
"Congratulations! Ziggy and I only skate and run around, but I've had him for a week now, so I'm new too," The brunette smiles and points to her Zigzagoon.
"Let's go to the gym!"
"M'kay. Let's go!"
An hour later, we reach the gym leader.
"WHO GAVE YOU THE FANCY IDEA FOR MAKING YOUR GYM A SPIDERWEB WITH NO VISIBLE GROUND AND ONLY STRINGS TO WALK ON?" I scream. Like, SCREAM. What can I say? I'm scared of most spiders.
"Well, I'm sorry you don't like it," the blond gym leader, Viola, says unapologetically. "Let's just start the battle, 'kay? One-on-one, two Pokémon each, only challenger can switch out. My lens are always pointed on victory!"
"Uh…"
"It's a slogan, deal with it."
"Fine. Go, Fletchling!"
"Come on out, Surskit!"
"Tackle!"
"Water Sport! Now!"
Surskit just sits there, spouting water on itself. I snicker to myself- Fletchling is not fire type... yet. Fletchling makes contact with the Surskit.
"Quick Attack!" I call. Again, Fletchling swoops down and topples the Surskit over. This time, however, it falls of the edge with a "Surskiiiiiiiittttttttt!"
"Return!" Viola calls before the poor thing hits the ground. An automatic disqualification of Surskit.
"Great job, Fletchling! Return!" I say. Red light engulfs the tiny red bird, returning it for a later fight.
"Vivillon! I choose you!"
"Fennekin, your turn!"
"Vivillon, use Infestation and then Harden," Viola says. I wonder briefly if we are allowed to give double commands like that, and then decide to try it out.
"Tail Wag, then Flame Charge!" The Infestation causes Fennekin to be rooted to the ground, and I can tell how much the sharp olive roots hurt her, even from afar. However, it does not hamper her ability to shoot out a powerful Flame Charge. The super-effective attack causes the Vivillon to fall down.
"Get back up, then use Tackle."
"Fennekin! Another Flame Charge!" Since Flame Charge increases speed, Fennekin goes first.
And…
And…
YES! Vivillon faints!
"Congrats. Here's your badge," Viola says.
Wait, what? Oh, right, the badge…
I JUST GOT MY FIRST BADGE! So the spider web was worth it…
"Thanks!" I say, grabbing my badge. It's shaped like a Leydyba, with a round green body split into two by a gold line, and a semicircle on top made of gold, as well. I put it into my badge case.
"Now get out of here, I got another challenger."
"...Aren't you pleasant..." I mutter.
"Sorry, I've been having a rough day. So get out."
"... I hope the other gym leaders are nicer." I mutter.
"Soso!" a voice calls from behind me. I turn around and see Calem doing a weird jig of trying to keep his balance on the web (and failing) and jogging towards Rinka and I.
"Who's he?" Rinka asks.
"Calem, another guy who got his Pokémon with me."
"Hi, Soso. Who's she?" Calem asks.
"And this is Rinka, a friend of mine who's going to be traveling with me," I say.
"Cool. Did you get your badge?" Calem asks.
"AHEM, she did, and now she needs to leave!" Viola suddenly snaps.
"Good luck facing this pleasant woman," I say with a wink to Calem and leave the gym through the stairs at the back, Rinka at my heels.
"I didn't get a chance to say it before, Soso, but good job on you gym battle!" Rinka says. We are sitting in a small café in Santalune, sipping cold lemonade.
"Thanks," I reply as modestly as I can.
"Hey! Soso!" Hmph. It is Calem again, sporting the Bug Badge as well.
"Yes?"
"I got the badge! But Viola wasn't in a very good mood. I heard, though, that she's usually really nice."
"Hm... Oh well. Where are you going?" I ask.
"Well, Route 4 is next. It's really pretty, with these gorgeous gardens!" Rinka says.
"Yeah, I am going there next. See you!" Calem runs off as quickly as he came.
"I guess we're heading there next?" I turn to Rinka.
"Sure! I heard there are a lot of skaters skating around the fountain there! I want to battle them!"
"Okay, let's go!"