I Don't own Pokemon, nor do I own anything related to it. The only thing I own are my OCs

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Chapter 7: A New Addition!

Leaves crunched under Mandy's feet as she padded through the thick of the sun's bright ray's shine through the leaves of the trees, reflecting off her chocolate brown hair. A light hearted tunewas being hummed as her eyes scanned for signs of life among the green underbrush.

Suddenly, arustling sound was heard. The teen quickly ducked into a near by bush. Slowly, a little caterpiller like creature emerged. It's body was long and green with yellow circles running down it's sides. A bright orange antennae was atop it's head, right above it's big black eyes.

"A Caterpie." Mandy pointed her Pokedex at the creature.

"Caterpie, the worm Pokemon.

Caterpie has a voracious appetite. It can devour leaves bigger than its body right before your eyes. From its antenna, this Pokémon releases a terrifically strong odor."

'Okay, fire is strong against bug, but Charmander helped me catch bith Pidgey and Rattata, and since flying is also powerful against Caterpie, I'll use Pidgey for a change.'

With her plan fully formed, the female triner jumped out of the bushes.

"Caterpie, I challenge you!"

The tiny bug's body tensed in acceptance. "Okay! Pidgey, come on out!"

In a white flash, the bird appeared on the battlefield. Caterpie seemed to coil up in fear for a moment, before starting to charge Pidgey.

"Pidgey, fly up and use gust!" The tiny bird immediately flew up in the air, then began to beat it's wings furiously, mind blowing Caterpie back and right into the base of a tree.

"Dive doen with Peck!" His beak began to glow and the small bird flew down, hitting the dazed bug and knocking it out cold.

"Alright! Poke ball, go!" The sphere flew out of Mandy's gloved hand, tapped Caterpie, and suck it in with a red flash. Both trainer and Pokemon waited tensely as the poke ball rocked back and forth, center aglow with a red light. A few seconds later, the center turned white and the shaking stopped. Both Mandy and Pidgey quickly made their way over to the red and white sphere.

"We did it! we caught a Caterpie!" She shouted with glee, Pidgey in her left hand and Caterpie's poke ball in her right. "You did great Pidgey!" She snuggled her first capture happily before returning it to his respective poke ball.

About an hour later, a loud scream pierced the quiet forest and Mandy's ears, followed by a buzzing sound. Soon, a girl about her age came running out of a patch of bushes. Her hair was platinum blond and was for the most part loose, save for a single, small braid on the right side of her head. She wore a light blue tank top with a beaded collar, with a matching knee length blue skirt. Her feet had sandals on them. Her ocean blue eyes were filled with terror. The girl ran right past Mandy, to scared of whatever was coming after her to take notice of the confused red-clad trainer.

But soon the haze surrounding what was chasing the the girl in blue was cleared as the sourse of the buzzing was made known. Several angry Beedrills came out from the thick trees. Much like the girl, they too took no notice of Mandy's presence.

She soon took chase of the girl and the hoard of Beedrill, determined to help the girl and drive away the bee Pokemon. When she finally caught up with the group, she saw that the girl was cornered in a group of trees, back up against one of the trunks and eyes filled with tears. She had to act quickly.

"Charmander, use Ember!" The small lizard Pokemon appeared in a bright flash, and spewed forth a bright stream of fire, hitting the group of bee Pokemon dead-on. Singed and spooked, they flew off, back to their nest. The blond trainer rose to her feet, her tears of fear turning to tears of joy and a bright smile on her face, she raced over to the girl who helped her and wrapped her in an embrace.

"Thanks so much!" she said, tears streaming down her face, "You saved my life! I accidently tripped into a Beedril nest and they chased after me and... Thank you!"

"You're welcome, they didn't hurt you did they?"

"Not me, but my Jigglypuff was poisoned and I don't have any antidotes." Her face was sad and plagued with guilt.

"Don't worry, I've got some. Just let me see her and I'll make her well." A ray of hope came into the blond girl's eyes. She gently detached a poke ball from her brown leather belt and opened it.

Out popped a round, pink pokemon. It's body was light pink and a perfect sphere, with two ears and a tuft of pink fur on the top of it's head. It's limbs were small and rounded. It's crystal blue eyes were half opened and cloudy due to it's poisoned state.

Bending down on one leg, Mandy placed her bag on the ground and grabbed an antidote from inside it. The balloon Pokemon stepped back a little, hesitant to trust this new and strange human.

"It's okay Mallow, she's going to make you better!" The blue clad trainer said, reassuring her Pokemon. The red clad trainer then sprayed the yellow medicine on the poisoned Pokemon, making a soft yellow glow surround the pink Pokemon for a few seconds. When the faint glow faded away, Mallow's eyes opened fully and a smile appeared on her face.

"Puff!"She said, bouncing about happily. Both Mandy and the blonde girl couldn't help but laugh with the restored pink ball.

"Thanks for everything, I'm Nicole, by the way." She said, hand outstretched.

"You're welcome, and I'm Mandy." She shook her hand, a smile on her face.

"So, where are you headed, Mandy?"

"Pewter City. I'm headed there for my first Badge. You?"

"Not sure really. I'm a aspiring Pokemon Breeder, so I'm going where the wind takes me. Hey, why don't we travel together? It's not much fun traveling alone."

"Really? You... You want to travel with me?" Tears welling up in her eyes.

"Of course! Your so kind and I can tell you've got a lot of talent."

Tears soon trickled down her soft face.

"Did I say something wrong?" A worried look decorated Nicole's face.

"No, No!" Mandy said, quickly wiping away her tears, "It's just, back home, I never had any friends. I was always alone. I'm just happy to actually have a friend for once. And, of cource I accept your offer!"

"Yay! Come on, let's go!" The two new friends ran off deeper into the woods.

A/N: Sorry this chapter was so short! Nicole is based off an old friend of mine and Mallow is the nickname for her favorite Pokemon. Please Review!!

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