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Chapter 4: rocks everywhere
Aqua woke me up that morning
"Good morning Alex!" she said cheerfully, it was obvious she was excited
"Morning Aqua" I said sleepily.
After changing and eating breakfast, I went to tell Nurse Joy we were leaving
"Do you know how to get to the gym?" she asked
"No" Aqua said
"Go past the museum and the path will take you there" the nurse said
"Thanks" we said in unison as we headed out.
It wasn't long before we got to the Gym, and it was amazing. The Gym had a main path, with some side paths that wound around, and a battle field at the end. There were places I knew trainers should be, but there weren't any, just one at the end.
We walked up to the end, and were met by a man "you must be the people I heard about" the leader said
"You heard of us?" I asked, surprised
"A boy named red was with a girl named Leaf, they told me two trainers were probably going to challenge me today" he said
"Oh…well, here we are" I said awkwardly.
"I'm Brock" he said
"I'm Alex and this is Aqua" I replied, introducing ourselves
"You know only one of you can challenge me right now, correct?" Brock asked
"We know, we expected more people" I replied.
He nodded "you caught us at a bad time, but I'll still battle you if you would like." He said
"I'll battle you first, then we'll wait until you're ready to battle again" I said
"Ok" he said, and then he threw a poke ball "go Geodude"
"Geodude!"
"Go Squirtle!" I said, throwing my own poke ball
"Squirtle!"
"Squirtle, use tackle!" I called, and Squirtle obliged, but missed
"Geodude, Rollout" Brock said. Squirtle didn't get out of the way fast enough, and he was knocked back.
"Squirtle, Tackle again!" I called. I expected him to tackle, but he didn't listen. I don't mean that in the fact that he ignored me, I mean that in the fact that instead of Tackling, he used another move: Bubbles.
Don't ask me how it worked, but it did, and Geodude was knocked out. "Whoa" I said, surprised
"New move?" Brock asked, I nodded "good, he's learning. Go Onix!" he threw a poke ball
"Onix!"
"Squirtle, use Bubbles!" I called, and Squirtle obliged, but it missed
"Onix, Rock Tomb" Brock said. Squirtle barely got out of the way
"Bubbles again Squirtle!" I called. This time it hit, and Onix was knocked out.
I returned Squirtle as Brock returned Onix "good job Alex, you're a natural" he said
"Thanks, I guess" I said
He reached into his pocket and pulled out two things "this is the Boulder badge, it allows you to use Flash outside of battle" Brock said, handing me a badge.
"Thanks!" I said
"I'm not done" he said "this is a gift, for showing me that theirs a trainer with good potential" he said, handing me a disk. "It contains Rock Tomb, one of my favorite moves"
"Thank you Brock!" I cried
"I'll battle you as soon as I get my Pokémon healed, ok Aqua?" he said
"We'll wait" she said as Brock walked off "I think don't think he has another to give me"
"It's fine, we'll share it, I'm sure Leaf and Red are doing the same" I said, putting the disk in my bag
"Thanks, you're the best" Aqua said, hugging me. Brock came back shortly after
"Ok, are you ready Aqua?" he asked her
"As ready as possible" she said
"Go Geodude" he said, throwing the poke ball
"Geodude!"
"Go Caterpie" she said
"Caterpie!"
"Are you sure about that?" Brock asked
"Well, I don't have many others" she said
"Your call" he said "use rollout!" Geodude obliged
"Slow it down with string shot!" she called. Caterpie was able to stop it very quickly. "Tackle now!" Caterpie obliged, and after a few Tackles, the Geodude surprisingly was knocked out.
"Wow, your impressive" Brock said
"Thanks" Aqua replied
"Go Onix!" Brock said, throwing a second poke ball
"Onix!"
"Caterpie, Tackle!" Aqua called, Caterpie obliged again
"Onix, Rock tomb" Brock said. Somehow the Caterpie dodged
"Tackle again!" Aqua said. Caterpie obliged, and the Onix was knocked out
"Yay!" Aqua cried in excitement as Brock returned his Pokémon, but the Caterpie wasn't done yet, and it started glowing. "h-huh?" Aqua asked, confused.
The Caterpie glowed brighter, and the light visibly shifted. After a few minutes, the light faded, revealing a Metapod
"Metapod!"
"w-what happened to Caterpie?" Aqua asked
"It evolved, it's a Metapod now" Brock said
"I-is that good?" Aqua asked
"Yes, Metapod will keep Tackle and String shot, so you should be able to get it to evolve again." I said
"You mean it's not done?" Aqua asked
"Pokémon are complicated Aqua" Brock said "but you're on your way to learning"
"Thanks, I guess" she said, returning her new Metapod
"Here, you more than earned this" Brock said, handing Aqua a badge "you don't need an explanation, do you?"
"I don't, thanks" Aqua said
"Don't be upset about Caterpie" Brock said
"It's just…I caught it because of how cute it was, but Metapod isn't that cute…" Aqua said
"You're focused more on appearance than strength, aren't you?" Brock asked
"Yea, kind of" Aqua replied
"well, train that Metapod, and I'm sure you'll be happy it evolved" Brock said "now, I don't have another Rock Tomb to give you, but I'm sure you guys won't mind sharing that one, will you?" he asked
"We'll share" we said in unison
"Good, I have a feeling you two will be great trainers" he said "good luck!
We walked out and started towards through the route. It wasn't long before we reached a cave, and the sun was starting to set. We found a Pokémon center, and Nurse Joy let us stay for the night. I decided to keep my Pokémon out so that they weren't kept in their poke ball all the time. I soon fell asleep.
Another chapter done! I don't really have anything to say here… remember: I love criticism, reviews encourage me, and I'm open to input. Also remember to name any Pokémon you want my characters to catch, as well as the character who will catch it. Bye for now!