By the time Misty and I were back at the house, Pikachu seemed to be feeling better.

"Hey guys!" Ash said

"Hey Ash, how's Pikachu?" Misty said.

"Um I don't know. Hey Pikachu, you feeling better buddy?"

"Pika Pi!"

"That's great!"

"Wow that stuff does work fast! How come there's nothing like this in stores?" I said.

"Well there is, but it's very expensive." Jacob said "You wouldn't even find it if you went shopping for pokemon supplies. It's so expensive that most stores can't even afford to put it in the store."

"How did you get any then?" Misty asked.

" I grow it here. The reason it's so expensive is because it takes 5 years for the plant to fully grow. But when it does grow, I pick the little leaves and replant the seeds. I mash up the leaves and add a little water and put them into small bottles like... hold on," Jacob started rummaging through his cabinets. "like these!" He held up a medium sized, rectangular box, full of tiny little glass bottles filled with a dark green substance.

I'm guessing it was the poison medicine."Take one."

"Huh?" I said

"Go ahead. Each of you. Take one."

"Seriously?" Ash asked.

"Yeah! I've got plenty! I use them just in case one of my pokemon poisons another. That hasn't been happening that much lately. My supply's been piling up."

"Thank you." Misty said.

"I think we should get going. Violet City and my first gym badge awaits!" I said.

"Well don't let me keep you from stopping you. Goodbye and good luck!" Jacob said as we started to walk away from his house and back on the path to Violet City.

Just to summarize the events that happened after we left Jacob's house, I realized how long it would take to get to Violet City. I looked at the map and saw a shortcut that would take us a shorter time to get there. It ended up getting us lost. So now we're lost in the middle of the woods.

"I thought you knew where you were going Volt? Where are we now, huh?" Misty said angrily.

"I told you already, I was looking at the map. We were on the right track. I just got distracted. Then..." I said.

"Then what? You got us lost?!"

"Well," Misty shot me an angered look. "Yeah"

"That's what I thought."

"Come on! Let's all get along! We're all friends here!" Ash said.

"Shut your mouth, Ash! You did the exact same thing back in Kanto!" Misty said.

"Who's there?" A voice said. I don't know from where, but it sounded familiar. I couldn't put a face to it.

"What was that?" Misty asked.

"It was a voice, Misty." Ash said. We started walking towards the voice. We heard rustling in the bush next to me. Then a person came out fast and accidentally knocking me onto the ground. I looked up to who knocked me down and I saw a very familiar face.

"Reese?" I said as I hurried to my feet. I took a closer look. It was her. Brown hair and green eyes. Blue shirt and short shorts.

"Yes. And you are?" Reese said. Then her eyes widened. "Oh my gosh Volt! How could I ever forget your face!?" She gave me a quick hug.

"It has been a long time though. What 2 years?"

"Yeah." I heard someone clear their throat behind me.

"Oh yeah. Reese, this is Ash and Misty. They're traveling with me. Ash and Misty, this is-"

"I'm Reese! Me and Volt used to be best friends back in pokemon school."

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

"Well it took a while but I just got my first gym badge back in Violet City."

"That's where we're headed! I'm going to get that badge too!"

"Your headed to Violet City? Well your not going to like to hear this but you passed it already."

"What?!"

So sorry this is such a short chapter. I promise the next one will be longer. Thank you all for the follows reviews and favorites. Please tell me what you think of this story and what I should do to make it better.