HGSS: Johto Saga
Season 1 Opening: Believe in Me
Part 3
The High-Flier
Ethan looked on over a hill and saw a quaint town sitting in the distance.
"That must be Violet City. Almost there, too!" He said eagerly.
He zipped down the hill and entered the small, quiet town.
Taking in the sights, he breathed the fresh air.
As he's walking with his eyes closed, he suddenly bumps into someone. He turns to see that it was the same girl he'd met before, Lyra.
"Oh, hey Lyra. What are you doing in Violet City?" He inquired.
"Hey Ethan. I got my started pokemon so I thought I'd start my adventure. I left while you were dealing the stolen pokemon," she explained perkily.
"Oh okay. Um, do you know where to get registered, exactly?" Ethan asked.
"I'll show you. It's the same place you get registered for Pokemon Contests! Come on!" Lyra tugs him away towards a Pokemon center. As they enter, she thrusts him toward the counter.
"Um, hello. I'd like to register for the Johto League," he said in a shaky voice.
"Okay, I just need your Pokedex," Nurse Joy asked. Ethan handed her the device. She slid it into a machine and his picture and the two pokemon he has were entered into the system. "All set Ethan. Have a nice day!"
"Thank you Nurse Joy," he replied as he took his Pokedex back.
As he exited the building, he noticed someone in the air, hang gliding over the city with a Pidgeotto. Crowds of people were gathering to watch this boy.
He soon swooped down and skidded to a soft landing.
"Hello everyone. Just another day of hang gliding!" He expressed.
"You're so good, Falkner!" A crowd of girls screamed. Within that crowd was Ethan's friend Lyra.
He squirmed over to her and pulled her out of the crowd.
"Lyra, who is he?" He whispered.
"It's Falkner, the Gym Leader," she said in a calm and collected voice.
"The Leader? Then I need to battle him! Huh?" He was cut short when two figures in a black garb started walking towards the Gym Leader.
"Out of our way, punks!" One of them barked at Lyra and Ethan.
Falkner's expression dropped to grim as he saw those two coming towards him.
"Who are you?" Falkner asked.
"You don't need to know that right now. Give us all of your Flying type pokemon now!" One of them said hatefully.
"Absolutely not! Pidgeotto, use Whirlwind!" His Pidgeotto swooped down and flapped its wings violently. The two men were not fazed.
"Go, Koffing!" They both yelled. Two Koffing were sent out.
"Lyra, we'd better help him out! Cyndaquil, let's go!" Ethan sent out his Cyndaquil. Lyra sent out her Marill.
"Marill use Water Gun!" Lyra ordered.
The Marill spit the tight water stream and it bashed a Koffing to the ground. Falkner ordered his Pidgeotto to use Wing Attack. It slammed into the other Koffing.
"Cyndaquil, use Ember!"
"Marill, use Water Gun!"
"Pidgeotto, use Featherdance!" The three pokemon fired their moves and the two people were thrown into a jumble of trees.
They all withdrew their pokemon.
"Thanks for helping me. What are your names?" Falkner asked.
"I'm Ethan and that's Lyra. I also heard you, Falkner, were the Gym Leader," Ethan replied eagerly.
"Yes, I am. I'm guessing you want to battle me? If you do, meet me in my gym in one hour. We can battle then! See you there." Falkner then waved them off, with a hand in the air.
Ethan grinned. "Then I guess we have that time to train!"
Outside the Pokemon Center, Ethan battles a trainer.
"Onix, use Iron Tail!" The pokemon rushes forward and slams its tail into the ground.
"Cyndaquil, use Ember like we practiced a few minutes ago!" Cyndaquil fired Ember gently so that it could in turn swallow it. Its fire burned bright and intense. "Now, use Tackle!" Cyndaquil rushed forward and slammed into the rock snake.
The boy withdrew his pokemon. "That was a good match, guy!" The boy grinned. He then ran off, making little kid noises.
"Well, I think it's time for our Gym Battle!"
Later, in the Gym...
Ethan walks in with Lyra. They look around, not seeing the Gym Leader. They then see a gear in the ground. Stepping on it, they are lifted about twenty feet. Another floor has Falkner standing on it, waiting.
"Okay, Falkner! I'm ready." Ethan challenges.
"All right then!" He presses a button on the wall and stage flies up through the air and out the roof of the gym. The roof closes and the field sets down, making it much larger for battle purposes. "Go Pidgey!" He sends out a small bird, similar to the one Ethan saw a trainer attempting to capture when he started his journey. He pulled out his Pokedex.
"Pidgey the Tiny Bird Pokemon. Common in grassy and forest areas, it is very docile and while chase away enemies by flapping up sand."
"Go Hoothoot!" Ethan sent out his first pokemon. He held up the Pokedex to it.
"Hoothoot can use these moves: Peck, Hypnosis, Foresight and Confusion."
"Cool." Ethan expressed.
"Pidgey, use Sand Attack!" Pidgey reared forward and jerked to a stop, flapping its wings and sending dust, dirt and wind towards Hoothoot.
"Hoothoot, propel yourself into the air by springing your legs!" Hoothoot slammed one of its feet onto the ground and was immediately in the air.
"Now, use Peck and come down fast!" Hoothoot span a bit and its beak started to shimmer white. It then darted down speedily.
"Pidgey, ram into it with Tackle!" Pidgey swooped into the air, but Hoothoot collided and sent it packing hard into the ground.
"Pidgey return. Now, go my Pidgeotto!" He sent out the larger bird pokemon he used before.
"Pidgeotto the Bird Pokemon. It renders its prey immobile by using well-developed talons then carries the prey more than 60 miles to its nesting grounds, if necessary."
"Hoothoot, use Peck!" Hoothoot darted across the ground, its beak shining.
"Pidgeotto use Wing Attack!" Pidgeotto flew towards Hoothoot and slammed into it with wings shining as brightly as Hoothoot's beak.
Hoothoot fainted instantly. Ethan recalled it. "Go, now, Cyndaquil!" He sent out his small fire pokemon.
"Pidgeotto, use Twister!" Pidgeotto flapped its wings roughly and created a spinning vault of high pressure wind. It then span down towards Cyndaquil.
"Cyndaquil, use Ember straight into the vortex!" Ember shot straight through it and sliced through the sides, creating a rip and the twister slowed down and lost pressure. "Cyndaquil, hop over it and use Ember!" Cyndaquil vaulted itself over the twister and shot Ember directly at Pidgeotto. It was a clean hit. Pidgeotto shook it off.
"Pidgeotto, use Wing Attack!" Pidgeotto darted towards Cyndaquil, who had just landed.
"Cyndaquil, use Smokescreen!" Cyndaquil released the black puff of smoke, concealing Pidgeotto. "Now, jump above it and release a full power Ember!" Cyndaquil jumped high and released the strongest Ember it could muster, showering the entire field with it, clearing the smoke, Pidgeotto was revealed being pounded with Ember. "Finish it Cyndaquil! Use a full power Tackle!" Cyndaquil did a flip then straightened itself. It slammed into Pidgeotto, fainting it quickly.
Falkner withdrew his Pidgeotto.
Outside...
Falkner presents Ethan with a wing shaped badge. "Here is your Zephyr Badge! Good job on beating me, not many people do it as easily as you did, Ethan. Good work!" Falkner congratulated.
Ethan accepted his badge and cheered with Hoothoot and Cyndaquil.
"Yes! We won! That's one step closer to the Johto League...and we're gonna climb all of those steps!"
The next day...
"So, Lyra, where should we head next...?" Ethan asked, looking at the map on his PokeGear.
"We?" Lyra said, her eyes shimmering.
"Yeah, we're traveling together aren't we?" Ethan asked tentatively.
"Oh, well, um, yeah! I think we should," she blurted, now looking at her PokeGear, "head over to Azalea Town. It's southwest of here...um, let's go there," Lyra blushed.
"Okay, then. Off to Azalea Town!"
