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Chapter 12: a flash of silver
The loud cry woke me up. I got up and saw Aqua had been waken up by it too.
"Do you think it's the same as last time?" Aqua asked sleepily.
"I don't know, but I'll find out" I said, walking out. I saw red and leaf running up, but the source of the noise wasn't visible
"Did you hear it too?" Leaf asked, obviously scared
"Yea, do you know what caused it?" I asked
"We thought you might know" Red said.
Before anyone could say anything else, a large silver bird swooped down and landed a little bit away. It let out a loud cry and looked at us. I recognized this as the Pokémon that had visited us at mount moon.
"Wh-what Pokémon is that? Leaf asked, obviously scared by the huge Pokémon. Considering it was about the size of a tree, I didn't blame her.
"I'll catch it, don't worry" Red said
"Red, that's not a good idea" I said
"It showed itself for some reason" he replied, throwing a poke ball "go, Pikachu!"
"Pikachu!"
The bird Pokémon gave a loud cry, I couldn't tell what emotion it portrayed though.
"Pikachu, use thunder!" Red called. Pikachu didn't move "Pikachu?"
The Pikachu stood still, staring at the large bird Pokémon, who didn't do anything.
"What's wrong with him?" Red asked rhetorically. I looked at Pikachu, who had come out with me, and found she was in the same mesmerized state, even though I hadn't sent her into battle.
"I don't know my Pikachu is acting the same way" I said, curious about what happened.
I took out my Pokedex to try to scan the Pokémon "unknown Pokémon" I said.
"Huh, so the Pokedex doesn't have it programmed" Red mused
"The Pokedex can gather data on most Pokémon here, but it needs an upgrade to gather every Pokémon's data" Leaf said.
Red returned his Pikachu "maybe it only affects certain Pokémon" he suggested
"I don't think so" I said "but I'll try" I threw a poke ball "go, Wartortle!"
"Wartortle!"
The bird watched, not reacting "Wartortle, use bubble beam!" I called. Wartortle didn't move, but he also didn't seem to be in the trace Pikachu was in. "Wartortle, use Bubble beam!" I repeated, hoping to get it to listen. It didn't move.
"Maybe I was wrong" Red said
"No, he's choosing not to move" I said.
Just then Aqua came out of the tent "whoa, its back?" she asked
"Yea, but the Pokémon won't attack it" I said
"Don't attack then" Aqua suggested
"What do you mean?" I asked, returning Wartortle
"I mean, speak to it directly" she said, stepping up to the bird. I could tell she was nervous, which made me question why she choose to speak herself.
She spoke in whispers, so I couldn't tell what she was saying, but periodically, the bird would give a quiet call, as if speaking. Suddenly, with a loud cry, the Pokémon took off and flew away.
"What did you say to it?" I asked
"I asked it what it wanted, and after a while of what could be considered talking, it was satisfied" Aqua said
"Did you figure out what it wants?" Red asked
"It doesn't seem to want anything, it was just curious" Aqua replied.
"Well, we should head off before it gets too late" I said.
We went through Digletts cave to continue. While there, Aqua and red caught Digletts while me and Leaf caught Dugtrio.
When we got to the end of the cave, Leaf turned to us "oh, I almost forgot, we have something you might want." She said, giving us a disk.
"What's this?" I asked.
"It's Flash, we got it from someone near here" Leaf said "we had gone ahead a bit before the sun set, and we got this"
"Wait, so this is your only one?" I asked
"Well, it's our second one" Red said "it allows you to illuminate dark caves. It'll come in handy in Rock tunnel"
"Wait, isn't Rock tunnel dangerous?" I asked
"It is" Leaf said "and that's why we've decided we want to travel with you guys"
"Well, we loved your company on the route, so why not" Aqua said
"That was one day, I was talking about until the Elite four" Leaf said
"Wait, you want to travel with us permanently?" I asked
"It's mostly her idea, but I figured it was better that way" Red said.
I figured it would be good to travel together, my only concern was gym battles "what about when we challenge gyms?" I asked
"We don't need to stick together all the time. There will be some times where me and Leaf go to train or catch Pokémon" Red said
"Come on, aren't you guys the ones who wanted to travel together in the first place?" Leaf asked
"Yea, we were" I said "I guess we should stick together"
"Yay!" Aqua and Leaf cried simultaneously with joy.
The sun was low in the morning sky, so we made it to Cerulean city at around noon. After dinner, we found the tree blocking us from going to route 9. After getting past that, we headed towards Rock Tunnel. It was midafternoon by the time we found the Pokémon center.
"Huh, maybe we should explore the power plant" Leaf suggested, looking at the map.
"I heard a legendary Pokémon lives there" Red said.
"if you can find the way, we'll go" I said. We looked for it for about an hour, before Aqua saw it.
"I found it guys!" Aqua called "it's over there!" she pointed to a building that was on a piece land downstream. We could get there, but there was a wall blocking our way, and no one had surf.
"We'll come back to it later, right now we don't have surf though." I said
"Ok, maybe later" Leaf said.
I got into bed as soon as Red made arrangements with Nurse Joy, and I fell asleep thinking about the mysterious bird.
Another chapter done! The bird Pokémon that I've been describing doesn't really have a name yet, but I'll try to think of one. Remember, I love criticism, reviews encourage me, and I'm open to input! bye for now!