Chapter 2: poke balls and maps
Pikachu woke us up in the morning, and after breakfast, we packed up and started along the path. Surprisingly, no Pokémon attacked us, and we got to Viridian city before noon. We went to the Pokémon center right away.
"Welcome to the Pokémon center" Nurse Joy said "how may I help you?"
"Do you have a place we could spend the night?" I asked, knowing it would take a while to find a map.
"Sure, but you should look at the shop first, you might find something you like" she said
"Thanks" I said, leaving with Aqua and Pikachu
We went to the Pokemart, and went up to the cashier "hello, would you like to buy or sell something?" he asked, then he saw the pokedex "wait, do you know professor Oak?"
I nodded "yea, he gave us our first Pokémon" I said
"Great! Could you deliver this package to him?" he asked
"Sure" I said, taking a package he handed to me
"Thanks" he said as we turned to leave.
We got back to Pallet town by mid-afternoon, and went to the laboratory. "We have a package for you professor!" Aqua said as we came in
I gave him the package and he opened it "oh, It's the poke balls I ordered" he said. "You guys can have some" he then gave each of us six
"Thanks!" we said in unison
"No problem, I think Grey's sister has something for you, you should stop by their house" he said
We took his advice and went over to the house. A small girl came to the door "oh, you two are Grey's friends, right?" she asked "here, this was delivered to our house on accident" she gave each of us a map. "Bye!" she closed the door without another word.
We headed back, but we weren't as lucky this time. A Pidgey flew down and tackled Aqua. "Pidgey!" it cried
"GET IT OFF GET IT OFF GET IT OFF!" Aqua cried as the Pidgey pinned her down
"Go, Squirtle!" I yelled, throwing its poke ball
"Squirtle!"
The Pidgey looked at the Squirtle, then went to scratch it. Squirtle rolled out of the way quickly. "Use Tackle!" I called, and Squirtle hit the Pidgey.
I wanted a second Pokémon, and I knew Pidgey could use the move fly, so I threw a poke ball at it. The poke ball started shaking, and I hoped it would stick. Suddenly it stopped shaking and clicked.
"Did you catch it?" Aqua asked
"I think so" I said, picking up the poke ball. I tossed it in the Air and the Pidgey came out
"Pidgey!"
"Yep, it's caught" I said, returning both Pidgey and Squirtle.
Pikachu looked at me "we should head towards the forest now, don't you think?" she asked me. I could understand her because of the earring, which is a translator, but I couldn't understand the other Pokémon for some reason.
I looked at the sky, which wasn't dark quite yet surprisingly. "Yea, I'm just going to stop by the Pokémon center first" I said as we headed back to town.
After clearing the arrangements with Nurse Joy, and healing our Pokémon, we headed towards the forest. We didn't get far before Aqua saw something.
"Look at that one!" she cried, pointing to a Caterpie on a tree "it's so cute!"
"Well, you could try to catch it" I suggested to her
"Oh yea!" she said taking out a poke ball "go, Charmander!" she threw it
"Charmander!"
The Caterpie jumped down and crawled over to face the Charmander "Oh my gosh it's adorable!" she cried.
"You still have to weaken it" I said
"Oh yea" she said "umm…" uh oh, she didn't know his moves
"Growl and scratch are what it knows" I said
"Charmander use scratch!" she said, and the Charmander obeyed, knocking the Caterpie back. The Caterpie then used string shot, and the Charmander started going slower.
"Throw a poke ball now" I said, knowing she would knock it out if she wasn't careful.
"Ok!" she said, throwing a poke ball. Despite the Caterpie being weak, it knocked the poke ball back, and it hit Aqua "Ow!" she said.
By the time we looked back, the Caterpie was gone "aww, I wanted to catch it!" Aqua said, disappointed.
"Maybe you'll get the next one" I said.
We were close to the forest now, so I decided to set the tent up. Pikachu and Pidgey collected Firewood, Squirtle went to get fresh water (I felt bad using it for my needs), and once the wood was ready, Charmander lit the fire. I was reluctant to use him like that, but I he did it on his own, so I let it be.
Later, the Caterpie came back. "Look Alex! It came back!" Aqua cried
"Maybe it wants you to catch it now" I suggested.
"Ok!" she said, throwing a poke ball at it. The poke ball barely shook once before it clicked. "YAY!" she cried, immediately letting Caterpie out.
Suddenly, a group of Butterfree flew by. Their wings glittered in the moon light, making them a wonderful sight "wow, their beautiful" Aqua said
"They sure are" I replied
"I'd love to have one!" she said
"I'll make sure you get your wish Aqua" I said, glancing at the Caterpie
"Thank you!" she cried, hugging me. It was a promise I could defiantly keep, especially since she had its basic evolution form. The Caterpie crawled up to me
"Caterpie!" it said
I smiled and rubbed its head gently. I hated bugs, and petting a caterpillar was NOT on the list of things I looked forward to, but Pokémon were something else, and I had to admit, this little guy was pretty cute. So was the Pidgey, not to mention our starters.
"Unless you want to sleep with them, you should return your Pokémon to their poke balls" I said, returning my Pokémon.
"Ok!" Aqua said, returning hers "good night"
"Night" I said as I fell asleep.
Second chapter done! Yay! Remember: I love criticism, reviews encourage me, and I'm open to input. also remember that if you want either of my characters to catch a certain Pokémon, name the Pokémon and the character and I'll probably put it in. bye for now!