Chapter 2- Partners
After a short breakfast of surprise carrot cake, Janith left, her already-packed clothes, snacks, sleeping bag, and PJ's in her backpack. She wished her mom luck by herself at home, and went on merrily an our after dawn. Right before she could start on, what her map in her pokedex called, Route 1, she was stopped by Reed who also had a backpack and ready to go. He was in fresh blue jeans, a white T-Shirt, and a light gray sweater. "Hey!"
"Hey," Janith replied. Reed and her were walking side by side now. "So, what's your plan?"
"Well, uh. Let's see: participate in Pokemon Contests," Reed replied. Janith had no idea what it was, but it sounded pretty interesting. "You?" Reed asked.
"I wanna beat the Elite Four and participate in the Pokemon League," Janith said happily.
"Good luck. And BTW, a Pokemon Contest is where you battle other players and beat them in a spectacular way. You combine moves and make your pokemon look good and their pokemon look bad. "
"Cool!" Janith was pretty impressed.
"There is a Pokemon Contest in every large city and there's also a Gym Battle in each city," Reed said.
"Gym battles?" Janith asked.
"Oh. Well you have to get all the badges from the Gym leaders, each in a different city before you can challenge the Elite Four or participate in the Roguno League," Reed informed her.
"Oops. OK then. Change of plans. What's the closest city?"
Reed looked at his map displayed on his pokedex and said that Oaklore City was the closest city for a Gym battle.
"Then Oaklore I will go to!" Janith pointed northeast.
"I'm kinda coming too, cuz there's also a Pokemon Contest there," Reed said.
There was an uneasy silence between them and then Janith broke the awkward moment, "So, you're coming with me?"
"I guess so," Reed replied. And the rest of the morning was set to uncomfortable silence between the two as they turned onto Route 2.