I woke up the next morning and went downstairs. My mom was down there. Ash and Misty were too. I was the last one up. Like that doesn't surprise me. My mom saw me.
"Oh Volt! You're finally up!" She got out of her seat and came over to me with a blue shoulder bag with a flap on the front. "This is your father's bag from when he started his pokemon journey. Oh, all the memories. I met him on his journey and traveled with him. We traveled together for years! I met him when we were only 10! I was just going along, minding my own business, when he came and stole and demolished my bike, just so he could save his out of control pokemon. Oh what a sweet guy, cared so much for his pokemon."
"Okay mom." I said to my mom, who seemed to be day dreaming.
"That sounds like me and you Misty!" Ash said. Misty let out a nervous laugh. "Did he ever give you your bike back?"
"Yeah, but sadly, that was the last day we ever traveled together. We met up a few other times though. Well anyways, here you go." She handed me the bag. It felt heavier than it should've been. "Open it." I smiled and looked inside to see a small berry tin. It was filled with my favorite berries. There was also pokeballs in it. I noticed one had a flame symbol on it. I picked it up and looked curiously at my mom.
"It's Growlithe." she said "Your dad caught this pokemon to give it to Bolt when he stared his journey, but he left so that didn't happen. I contacted your dad last night to tell him you were starting your pokemon journey. He told me to give Growlithe to you."
"Really? Wow thanks!" I put the pokeball back and noticed Electabuzz's pokeball was in there too. I slung the bag over my shoulder. "Well, let's go!" My stomach growled very loud."You know, how about we eat first?" I sat down and ate my cereal, then we left.
We walked down the path to Cherrygrove City.
"So Ash," I said "What pokemon do you have?"
"I have a lot, but I only brought Pikachu with me."
"Pika Pi"
"What about you Misty?"
"Yeah Misty, what pokemon do you have?"
"Well I'll show you." she took her bag and opened it. Then she got out a pokeball. "Go, Gyarados!" It came out of its pokeball, and that was the biggest pokemon I've ever seen.
"Wow Misty," Ash said "I thought you were scared of Gyarados."
"I was, but then I got over it."
"How?"
"I'll tell you later." I held up my pokedex to it. It said, Gyarados, the atrocious pokemon. Once it begins a rampage, Gyarados will burn everything down, even in a harsh storm.
"Wow, dangerous pokemon." Just then, a giant net came over Gyarados. It picked it up high. I looked up to see a hot air balloon that looked like a Meowth had the net attached to it. Gyarados was squirming and trying to get free, but it couldn't.
"Hey! Give it back!" Ash screamed at the people in the hot air balloon.
"You know those people?" I asked Ash.
"Yeah they're Team Rocket. They follow us around and try to steal pokemon."
"Team Rocket? I thought they disbanded!"
"Oh look James," said the lady in the balloon," the twerps got a new friend." Then the guy, whose name was apparently James said,
"And to let you know, Team Rocket never disbanded, we went into hiding!"
"James! You weren't supposed to tell them that!"
"Sorry, I was caught up in the moment!"
"Since you're new, let us introduce ourselves. Prepare for trouble!"
"And make it double!"
"To protect the world from devastation!"
"To unite all peoples within our nation!"
"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"
"To extend our reach to the stars above!"
"Jessie!"
"James!"
"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"
"Meowth, dats right!"
"Wait," I said"The pokemon can talk?"
"Quit stallin kid!" the Meowth said, "Jessie, James, let's get outta here!"
"Oh no you don't, " said Ash running towards the balloon, "Go Pikachu! Use thunderbolt!" A giant yellow electric bolt went up to the balloon and struck it. But nothing happened. Team Rocket started laughing.
"We thought ahead this time. We electric-proofed our balloon!" said James. Electric-proofed huh? Well I'm the only one with a free non-electric type pokemon, Growlithe.
"Go, Growlithe!" I knew it's moves already. "Growlithe, use Ember to burn a hole on the balloon!" It shot out a thin beam of fire at the balloon and it popped, dropping Gyarados. Team Rocket shot off into the sky.
"We need an all move proof balloon next time!" said James
"If only we had the money James." said Jessie.
"Do you guys know what's happenin now?"
"Team Rocket's blasting off again!" they all said at once. Misty rushed over to Gyarados.
"Gyarados, are you okay?" It slightly nodded. "Alright then, Gyarados, return!" Just then I got tackled by Growlithe. I got up.
"Good boy! I can't wait until I get to do a battle with you!" I called it back in it's pokeball. Then we continued going.
"Volt, what city are we going to?"
"Cherrygrove City. I've been there so many times. That's where my old school is."
"You went to school?" Ash asked.
"Yeah, why, didn't you guys go too?" they shook their heads. "Wow. I guess you don't have to in Kanto. Well in our school, you start going there when you're six and you can stop when you're ten. But you don't have to. If you want to be a pokemon researcher or professor then you stay after you're ten, but if you just want to be a trainer, then you stop at ten."
"Ah. Volt what do you want to do when you get all the badges?" Ash asked.
"I uh haven't really thought about that. Ooh! I know! I want to compete in the tournament at the Indigo Plateau," I said, "and challenge Elite Four and Champion!" Ash and Misty's eyes widened.
"Are you serious?! They are supposed to be the toughest trainers around!" Misty said.
"I know, but I mean if you want to be a pokemon master."
"I want to do that too!" Ash busted out. "I'll defeat all the Johto gym leaders again and challenge the Elite Four and Champion! I'll do it all with you Volt!"
"Yeah! We'll be pokemon masters together!" Misty sighed.
"You guys can talk the talk, but can you walk the walk?"
"Maybe not now," I said, "but I bet I can beat your Gyarados!"
"Oh you're on! Go Gyarados!"
"Go, Electabuzz!"
"Misty, I hope you know you're at a huge type disadvantage. Electabuzz is an electric type, which is strong against both of Gyarados' types, water and flying." Misty ignored Ash.
"Gyarados, use tackle!" Oh great. This was a bad idea. This Gyarados is seriously huge. This tackle would be the end of the battle for sure. Then an idea struck me.
"Electabuzz, run around Gyarados and use thunder shock!" It did as I said. It still got a little hurt, but not that much. The thunder shock sent Gyarados to the ground with a loud thud. It wasn't out though.
"Again Gyarados!" This time, Electabuzz had no time to move, Gyarados moved faster. The battle was over. Electabuzz was knocked out. I called it back in its pokeball. Misty laughed.
"That's why you don't challenge the gym leader from Cerulean City! And also the water pokemon master!"
"You're a gym leader! Heck, if I would've known that, I wouldn't have challenged you!" I yelled out. Misty smirked.
"Well that's Misty for you." Ash said. Misty frowned at him, but kept on walking. We walked for a while until we came up on a hill. At the bottom of the hill was Cherrygrove City.
"Well, we're here! Cherrygrove City! One city away from Violet City, and my first gym battle!" We went down the hill and entered the pokemon center. Inside right in front was a main desk with a nurse Joy. To my right was a lounge area. Orange couches made a U shape around a coffee table. There was a fireplace and above it was huge flat screen TV. Then there were stairs, probably leading to the rooms upstairs. To my left were a bunch of video phones. And two doors, probably leading somewhere where pokemon go to heal. We went up to the front desk.
"Hello!" said the nurse Joy. "Welcome to Cherrygrove City's pokemon center. May I help you?"
"Yes could you heal our pokemon?"
"Sure could! Just put them on the desk and we will heal them for you!" Ash's Pikachu jumped on the desk. Misty put Gyarados' pokeball on the desk. I put my Pokemon's pokeballs on the desk. "Only four pokemon?" We nodded "This won't take long! Come back in a little bit for your fully healed pokemon."
"Thank you nurse Joy." we all said together. We went over to the couches. The TV had on one of my favorite shows. It tells you about different legendary pokemon across all the regions. Today it was about Raikou, which honestly is my favorite legendary pokemon. Many many years ago, when the burned tower was on fire, three pokemon were trapped in the fire.
Then Ho-Oh came and gave them the power to survive the fire. Raikou, Entei and Suicune were their names. The legendary trio of Johto. Amazing huh? Just then a voice came over a speaker.
"Ash, Misty, and Volt, your pokemon are all healed up!" We collected our pokemon and went off to sight see. Even though I been here hundreds of times, that was 2 years ago though, when I had school and everything. I barely come here because I never need to. It was the same still. The smell of the flowers that bloomed on the trees at this time, filled the air. All of them covered in pink flowers, eventually to be covered in deep red cherries. The sounds of kids playing got louder as we got close to the school.
"That was you're pokemon school right?" Ash asked, pointing to the building up ahead.
"Yep." I responded quietly.
"I didn't go to pokemon school when I was little. Probably because I was too smart for them all!" Ash boasted.
"Oh please," Misty retorted "You were probably so stupid they kicked you out! If it wasn't for me and Brock you'd probably still be in Kanto!"
"You didn't go to pokemon school either, Misty!"
Misty frowned at him. "My sisters were my teachers! I swear, your so,"
"So what?" They were in each others face now. I pushed them apart.
"Can you guys not fight? I want to get to Violet City for my first gym battle soon, but you guys fighting is slowing us down." They stopped fighting and we continued walking. We reached the edge of Cherrygrove City. Next is Violet City, and my first gym battle! But I know this is going to be a long journey there, but it'll all be worth it when we arrive.
So, what do you think? I know that the pokemon school is actually in Violet City, but oh well. My story. Anyways, please tell me if you like it! If not, tell me what I can do to make it better!