HGSS: Johto Saga
Season 1 (Opening: Believe on Me)
Part 2
Happy Trails
Ethan stumbled as he descended the small hills leading to Cherrygrove City.
"Whoa!" He shrieked as he tumbled head-first down the hill. He rolled until he stopped in front of an old man. He shook it off and stood up.
"Oh, hello youngster. And what might your name be?" He asked with a potent grin.
"Hi mister, my name's Ethan," Ethan answered brightly.
"Ah! Well, well. That's a nice young name there. Tell me, are you familiar with facilities around the Johto Region?"
"Well, I know about Po..." Ethan was cut off as the man started walking away, waving a hand signaling for Ethan to follow. "Oh, okay."
Ethan started behind him. The man stopped in front of a small building with a sign out front. "This is called a Pokemart. It's where you can buy essentials and different types of things for battle use. Next to it is a Pokemon..." Ethan cut him off.
"Center. Pokemon Center, where Nurse Joy takes your pokemon gladly and heals them. Right. That, I know about," Ethan said confidently.
"Right, right. Well, I hope my little tour has helped! Bye now!" The man took of in a whir.
"That was strange. I actually knew what all this was...anyway, I'd better be heading up Route 30."
As Ethan was walking towards the Route, a scream came to his ears. He turned to face a small lake. A man was in the middle of the lake, water pokemon surrounding him every which way. "Help someone! Help!"
Ethan hurried over. "Help! I can't reach my pokemon, I'm too scared! Help!"
Ethan breathed easily. "Go Hoothoot!" He threw his pokeball and the flying pokemon came out and landed on a rock in the water.
The pokemon gazed up. Ethan wasn't sure what they were. The had smooth heads, and two large red spots.
The jumped up and two tentacles shot out towards Hoothoot. "Hoothoot! Dodge it and use Confusion!"
Hoothoot jumped sharply over the two pokemon and its eyes glowed blue. Suddenly, the pokemon were levitating. Hoothoot lobbed them farther away and they were gone, out of sight when they were submerged into the clear water.
The man started swimming towards the water's edge, still recovering from his potential shock. "T-Thank you!" He stammered through loose breath.
Ethan helped him out of the water. "You're welcome. Glad to be of service to someone in need. Hoothoot return!" Hoothoot was recalled to its ball. Ethan helped the man to the Pokemon Center and then he headed out.
On Route 30, Ethan walked on, noticing the trainers battling, different types of pokemon being used: Rattata, some bug pokemon he could sort of identify and some others.
Soon, he found a quaint little house sitting out in the prairie, or what sort of was a prairie. More of a grassland, forest hybrid.
He rapped on the door and awaited an answer. Suddenly, the door creaked open and a bright eyed man appeared before him. He was wearing a brown suit and a business hat.
"Hello! You must be Ethan. Professor Elm was telling me you were on your way over. Nice to see a young, bright face! Come on in, child!" Ethan greeted him as well and walked in, taking note of the intricacy of the inside, or moreover how neat and tidy everything was. All book were arranged alphabetically on the shelves, from how to make "Apricot Apples" to "Zangoose v. Seviper: The History", the glass tables placed in direct alignment with the leather couch, and a desk with a computer placed so that the screen was perfectly protected from any sunlight that would shine in through the four windows in the house.
"Please, I have something for you. My good friend, Professor Oak from Kanto, wanted deeply to present you with a Pokedex after he gave another young girl one not too long ago. He, however, was not able to make it to Johto today. So now I present you with the latter, a Pokedex!" He showed Ethan a very well crafted red device.
Ethan slid it open and a screen appeared. It read "Hello, I am Pokedex version VI, Mogen. I will serve as your pokemon scanning device."
"Awesome. Thank you, Mr. Pokemon."
"Well, you probably need to get going! Shove off now, Ethan!"
Ethan waved him goodbye as he departed from the building. As the door closed gently behind him, his PokeGear beeped at him.
He flipped it open and Professor Elm's face popped up.
"Ethan, I need you back at the lab, quickly! Something's happened. Head over here ASAP! A pokemon's been stolen!"
Elm's face bleeped off and Ethan closed his PokeGear.
Ethan quickly sped of down the path.
In Cherrygrove City, Ethan was about to head down the leaving path as someone smacked into him.
He looked up from the ground to see that it was the same red-haired boy from before. But now, he had changed his outfit. He was wearing a black shirt with red seams, blue jeans and red and black shoes.
"Huh? Hey, aren't you the same guy that was peeking in on my business back at Elm's lab?" He said coldly.
Ethan stood up and glared at him. "Yeah, why?" He notices the pokeball on his waist. "Hey, what pokemon do you have there?"
The boy smirked. "You wanna see it so bad, why don't we have a battle?" He threw the ball and a Totodile was summoned from it. Ethan whipped out his Pokedex.
"Totodile, the Big Jaw Pokemon. Totodile has the habit of biting anything with its developed jaws. Even an experienced trainer needs to be careful."
Ethan grimaced. "Go, Cyndaquil!"
"Totodile, use Scratch!"
Totodile started bolting towards Cyndaquil.
"Cyndaquil, use Smokescreen and ram it with Tackle!" Cyndaquil reared back and released a cloud of smoke. Cyndaquil then sped into the smoke and collided directly with Totodile, throwing it back.
Totodile skidded on the ground, but gained its bearings and stood up.
"Totodile, Water Gun!" Totodile released a stream of water and it hit Cyndaquil directly, knocking it out.
"Cyndaquil! Return." Cyndaquil is called back.
"Hmph, I'm done here. I don't care what Elm says about me. I'm gone." He returned his pokemon.
"Wait, what's your name?" Ethan asked behind him.
"Why?"
"I just want to know."
"So you can report me?"
"Probably not, I just want to know," Ethan explained.
"My name's Silver." Silver walks out of sight.
Ethan nods, hollering back his name. He then takes off back to New Bark Town.
In Elm's lab...
"His name was Silver. That's what he told me," Ethan says to Elm.
"Thank you Ethan. I can't believe someone would come in here and take the last pokemon. And Totodile too. Well, I hope he has his history with handling abrasive pokemon. Totodile can be rough. Well, Ethan, I guess you'd better be going again. You should go to Violet City, that's where the first Gym is, that is if you're going for the Johto League."
"Johto League?"
"Yeah, it's where you travel around the Johto Region battling the 8 Gym Leaders: Falkner of Violet City, Bugsy of Azalea Town, Whitney of Goldenrod City, Morty of Ecruteak City, Chuck of Cianwood City, Jasmine of Olivine City, Pryce of Mahogany Town, and Claire of Blackthorn City. But, each leader gets stronger by each place. Be careful and good luck."
Ethan heads out and Elm sighs a happy sigh.
