CHAPTER TWO
First encounter
Lucas burst through the gates of Sandgem, into the woods he had strangely never been allowed into.
"Alright Turtwig, Let's see you!" He shouted with glee, hitting the button on his Pokéball to release the strange Turtle. The Turtle was transported out of the ball in a beam of red light. The strange Brown shelled, green skinned turtle with a twig growing from it's head stared at Lucas for a second, as if confused, then leaped at him.
"Gah!" Lucas yelled, in fright. Turtwig fell, and made a sad face at Lucas.
"Oh. You just wanted to play with me. Okay." He said, and picked up the turtle. He poked the turtle on one side, causing it to turn. Lucas then did the same to the other, to his amusement.
"Okay, Buddy. Let's go catch you a friend!"
Turtwig made an agreeing grunt. The two new friends walked off into the distance.
Two hours had passed, and the two had not seen one wild Pokémon.
"Where are all of them?" Lucas asked to himself. Turtwig made a confused snort. "Ah well. Not point in stopping!" They continued northward, to city. After a mile or two, Turtwig suddenly stopped dead in his tracks. He yelped in fear, looked to the trees on his left, and ran through the underbrush to Lucas.
"What's wrong? Do you see a Pokémon?" Turtwig shivered, and nodded in agreement. Lucas turned around and picked him up. "It's okay, Turtwig! It's probably just a little Starly, or a bido- AHH!" He screamed. A huge, 7 foot tall buck Stantler burst from the bushes, bellowed, and charged Lucas and Turtwig.
"GAH! TURTWIG, USE TACKLE!" Lucas yelled, backing away in fear. He tripped over a root as Turtwig leapt from his arms and barreled into the charging Stantler. The huge Buck did not stop though, and sent Turtwig flying with one simple movement. The Stantler barreled towards Lucas, and tried to crush him. He caught Lucas, digging his Hooves Into Lucas's Sleeves. Lucas struggled against it, but the beast pushed it's snout into Lucas's Chest.
"TURTWIG, USE RAZOR LEAF!" Lucas shouted with the last of his energy. He saw leaves flying towards the Buck. Startled, and hurt, The buck pushed harder into Lucas, almost knocking him out, then charged away into the brush. As Lucas's Vision dimmed, he saw Turtwig walk up to him, and lick his face, wondering what was wrong.
"Huh? Wha… What happened? Where am I?" Lucas's eyes opened, showing the dark night sky. He was inside a sleeping bag.
"You tell me what happened. I'm Dawn. I found you laying out in the snow, unconscious with this little guy on top of you." A Girl in a Blue skirt and sweater stood over him, holding Turtwig.
Lucas sat up, disoriented. "It… It's my Fifteenth, so I got this guy as a starter. We were looking for wild Pokémon when a Stantler attacked us. Turtwig scared it off."
"That explains why your Chest is all bruised up."
"You… You looked at my chest?"
"The Stantler had already pretty much torn your shirt off."
Lucas looked down, and saw himself wearing a dark sweater.
"Am I still on Route 202?"
"Yeah. We'll get out of here tomorrow, after you heal up some more."
"How long was I out?"
"Maybe 6 or 7 Hours. I don't really know."