PROFESSOR ROWAN
The two creatures flew out, and landed out in front of the two. Lucas began to run out to the grass, only to be chased by one of the Starly. "Jerry! HELP!" shouted Lucas, and he began to run in circles, attempting to get away.
"What?" asked Jerry, finally aware. He looked up and when he saw a bird staring at him right in the face, he gasped and yelled, "Ack! Wild Pokemon!"
"What do we do?" questioned Lucas, taking a breather as he thought about what to do.
"Um..." Jerry lifted up the briefcase and he heard something roll around and clank in there. "What the---?" Jerry quickly opened the briefcase. It was cushioned inside with green felt and what was rolling inside... were three shiny, Pokeballs. Jerry immediately grabbed two random ones and tossed one to Lucas, "Catch!"
Lucas caught the ball and gazed at his friend, "But... these aren't ours!"
"So what, we can explain later!" snapped Jerry, tossing his Pokeball. Lucas swiveled his attention back to his own battle. The bird just stood there, gazing at him with narrowed eyes.
"Ok... go!" Lucas tossed the red and white ball and it split open. With a red light beam, a small monkey Pokemon emerged. It was a fiery orange with a tan front and tan feet and paws. It's face was tan and it's eyes were big and red to the side. There was a tuft of orange hair at the top of it's head and it had a flame on it's butt.
The Starly looked at the opposing Pokemon with a smirk and moved in to tackle the Chimchar. Chimchar received the blow with a yelp.
After that, the monkey gazed at it's "trainer" needing a command.
"Oh!" gasped Lucas, unprepared, "Um... use scratch!" Chimchar lunged forward, claws outstretched and swiped at the Starly.
The Starly was hit hard, but not knocked out just then. It was hanging by a thread, but managed to chirp loudly, a growl attack. Chimchar shut it's eyes, cringing. When the sound waves came to a halt, the monkey opened it's eyes and lunged forward with one last scratch, scoring a critical hit and knocking out the Starly.
"I won... I won! Yes, Chimchar!" yelled Lucas with pride spread across his face. Chimchar gave a cheer, but then passed out. Lucas calmed quickly down from his victory cheer to notice the fainted fire Pokemon. "Oh no... return!" Lucas pulled out the Pokeball and with a red beam the Chimchar disappeared into it.
Lucas then looked around, "Where's Jerry?" he muttered to himself. Then he saw Jerry emerge from the tall grass with a turtle in his arms. Jerry seemed safe, but as for the turtle, it was scratched up.
Jerry turned his head to see Lucas, "Are you all right?"
"Yeah, how about you?" asked Lucas.
"I'm fine," answered Jerry, "Anyways, meet Turtwig." The turtle Pokemon waddled up cautiously on it's stubby legs to Lucas. It was mostly a pale green with a shell that was brown with black lines on and around it. It's feet were yellow, along with it's huge lower jaw. On top of it's head was what looked like a little sapling, two leaves sprouting from it's tip.
"But Jerry, these Pokemon aren't ours. They're that one guys... We need to return them," explained Lucas nervously. The last thing he wanted was to get in trouble with the one man and girl, along with his mom yelling at him for going into the tall grass.
"But they seem to like us. It's as if we're their trainers now," retorted Jerry. Lucas knew Jerry wasn't going to give in easily. When he got an opinion he stuck to it no matter how stupid it seemed.
All of a sudden, the heard a twig snap coming from the entranceway. Soon, the navy-haired girl emerged from the shadows of the trees. She ran quickly up into the tall grass, totally ignoring Jerry and Lucas, to the briefcase. She didn't even bother to look inside, instead just grabbed it and began to sprint back.
That's when she noticed a shocked Jerry and Lucas. Dawn became just as shocked when she noticed the Pokemon by them. She dropped the briefcase and came forward. "Oh my gosh, did you use those... You didn't..."
"Uh..." Lucas wasn't sure what to say. In fact, he would have been able to say anything as Dawn launched straight up to look the two in the eye.
"You guys will want to talk to Professor Rowan. He is NOT going to be happy," then Dawn took the case and ran out of the Lake area.
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Following Dawn's lead, the two boys rushed to Professor Rowan. He was just standing there. He looked like he was mad, but something about him made it seem like he looked like that all the time. "Let me see the Pokemon," he said, his sudden deep voice startling the two boys. They swiftly pointed to the Chimchar and Turtwig, who were close to taking a nap on the trail. "Hm... So it is. Come to my lab in Sandgem town, and bring these two with," Professor Rowan stood and turned to walk with Dawn down the path to Sandgem.
"...What? He could have totally just punished us and THAT'S all he did?" gasped Jerry.
"Let's be thankful that he didn't though. That's the last thing I wanted," explained Lucas. Jerry huffed realizing his opinion was beat and the two walked over to Twinleaf.
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"Oh, hi Lucas."
Lucas walked into his house. His mom was sitting on the couch. She had just turned off the T.V. and was now gazing at her son. "Hey, mom," said Lucas. His eyes were just staring blankly in thought. Lucas's mother was worried.
"Are you okay? Something on your mind?" asked his mom.
"No..." began Lucas, but he realized he couldn't lie to his mother about this. "Me and Jerry ran into this one man and a girl named Dawn..."
Once Lucas finished the story, his mother just stared on. "It sounds like you need to visit him," explained his mom, "But from what I think, that man you met was Professor Rowan. He's very famous around these parts and usually starts trainers on their journeys. A very stern man, but reasonable. I think you and Jerry should pay him a visit in Sandgem, it's the best thing to do."
"Okay... but would it be safe?" asked Lucas.
"With that Chimchar, of course. You'll have protection. Go upstairs into my room, I think there is a potion upstairs... It's one that I bought for my Pichu," explained Lucas's mom. Her Pichu squealed as it ran into the kitchen to eat more food.
Just as Lucas was about to depart up the stairs, Marcie came running into the house. "Oh, is Jerry here? Sorry I didn't knock, but I'm worried," she said, looking at the two that were by the couch.
"No, but Lucas saw him last," explained his mother.
"Yeah, he came into Twinleaf town with me. And I saw him run over to your house. But I don't know anything else," answered Lucas.
"He just ran into the house, said he needed to go to Sandgem and that he was going to be a Pokemon Trainer and left. What was that all about?" questioned Marcie.
"It's a long story, but Lucas needs to go to Sandgem too," explained Lucas's mom.
Marcie glanced at Lucas as if it were his fault that Jerry had just gotten up and gone. "Will you tell him to come home if he needs to go any further than Sandgem?" she asked.
"Yes, ma'am."
"Good," said Lucas's mom, "Now you should go, otherwise he may just rush off again."
"Fine, see ya," he said, and nearly ran out the door before he said, "Wait, I need the potion!" Lucas ran straight back in and up into his mother's room. In a drawer on her nightstand was a purple colored spray bottle. He ran down the stairs, stumbling a couple times, and put the bottle in his backpack and ran out the door.
"Boys," sighed Marcie as Lucas slammed the oak door behind him.
Lucas walked out of Twinleaf town. Everything now seemed weird. He had never been traveling... at least never by himself. But then again, he had Chimchar with, so he wasn't totally alone. As Lucas took a right turn, he saw patches of tall grass ahead. He was very nervous, and cautiously stepped in.
He stopped and looked around wildly, as if expecting a wild Pokemon to rush up and attack him. He saw rustles in the grass, but nothing near him. Slowly, Lucas made his way across the strip of grass covered land, only to meet somebody on the other end. "You're new around here!" he said. He was an older teenager, fairly tall and had light brown hair. He was wearing a red apron with a white t-shirt underneath. The guy wore jeans and brown shoes. "I'm Marcus, and I work at the Sandgem Pokemart!"
"Uh... yeah, I need to get going to Sandgem, see you around," said Lucas abruptly. For some reason he seemed to be following the rule he usually didn't follow; don't talk to strangers.
"Wait! How about I give you a free sample?" asked Marcus, chasing after Lucas who was beginning to walk away.
"A free sample of what?" asked Lucas, losing his patience. Sooner or later Jerry would be out of Sandgem and who knows if Lucas would be able to catch up to him after that.
"Why, a potion of course! Here, take it!" Marcus pulled another purple spray bottle out of his pocket and handed it to Lucas. Lucas quickly took it, thanking Marcus, and shoved it into his pack.
"Okay, see you around," said Lucas, and he began wading through the tall grass to Sandgem town. But all of a sudden, a beaver like Pokemon lunged out of the grass and at Lucas.
Lucas vs. Wild Bidoof
Lucas knew that now was a battle. A Pokemon was staring right at him. A Bidoof. He remembered going to the Sinnoh zoo with his mother and seeing dozens of the Pokemon. It was brown with eyes that had black spots around them. He had black paws and black around his nose, a red nose, and a tan face above his black nose area.
"Go, Chimchar!" shouted Lucas, flinging his Pokeball which released Chimchar in front of the Bidoof. "Use scratch!"
As Chimchar lunged forward, Bidoof flung itself to hit Chimchar. Chimchar was hit hard, but quickly got up with a glare on his face to attack the Bidoof with it's unfinished scratch attack. Delivering a powerful blow, the Bidoof was close to fainting. Bidoof attacked quickly, but Lucas was faster, "Quick, scratch again!" Chimchar hit the beaver which fainted upon the impact.
Lucas watched as the Bidoof fled away. Slowly, he began to walk to his destination... Sandgem town.
Keep watch for Chapter 3, Professor Rowan! More Dragons of Sinnoh coming your way!