I ran into Viridian City with Pikachu in my arms, trying to find the Pokémon Center. "Hold it!" a female voice called as a hand grabbed my shirt. I stopped and turned to see a female officer. "And just where do you think you're going with that Pokémon?"

"It's my Pokémon, and it's hurt, I've got to get it to the Pokémon Center," I said. She looked down at Pikachu in my arms as she spoke softly to me, "Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you maybe stealing it. Just show me your ID and you can go."

I looked at her in confusion, "ID? But, I-I don't have any. You see, I just came here from Pallet Town." She smiled, "You know, you the fourth person I've seen today from Pallet Town."

"The fourth?" I repeated before looking away angrily, "That mean Gary's here." The officer looked at me in confusion, "It's very unusual for someone who carry's a Pokémon in her arms and not in a Poké ball. How do I know you didn't steal that Pokémon? Especially since you don't have an ID."

"Please, let me through, I wouldn't steal a Pokémon, and I've got to get Pikachu to the hospital," I begged. "Please, miss." She smiled, "Hey, what's that in your pocket?" I looked at her in confusion, "What?" I looked at my Pokédex and pulled it out, "This?"

The officer smiled as she took it from my hand, "This is perfect. A Pokédex! This will solve our problem." I looked at her in confusion as she opened it up, "Let's see, if you're the real deal." She held it up and my Pokédex spoke with my picture appeared on the screen, "I am Dexter, a Pokédex programed by Professor Oak for Pokémon Trainer, Ashley Ketchum of the town Pallet Town. My program is to provide Ashley information and advice, regarding Pokémon and their training. If lost or stolen, I can not be replaced."

I took back Pokédex, "Oh, my Pokédex, I didn't knew it was also my ID." I looked at the officer, "Can I take Pikachu now to the Pokémon Center, Miss?"

"I'll take you there in no time at all," the officer said and winked before leading me to a police bike. I sat on the side-car of the bike as the officer started the bike. "Sit back, hold on, and don't yell," She said before driving us off. I looked down at Pikachu, "Don't worry, Pikachu, you'll be okay."

"There it is," the officer said and I looked up ahead to see a gigantic building. "That's the Pokémon Centre?" I muttered. "This is tricky, hold on," the officer said. "Wh -" I started but was cut off when she zooms us on the bike up over the steps, sliding through the opening doors and stopped right in front of the desk when a nurse was standing behind.

"We have a drive-way, you know?" the nurse stated. "This is a Pokémon emergency," the officer said. I quickly got off and looked at the nurse, "Please, help my Pikachu."

"We'll do what we can," the nurse said before looking at the computer, "I need a stretcher for a small electric Pokémon." Two Chansey, a pink, ovoid Pokémon, came over with a stretcher and I put Pikachu on it gently. The nurse looked at me and the officer with a soft smile, "He will be okay." She looked at the Chansey, "Rush this Pokémon to the Critical Care Unit."

The Chansey did as she asked and walked away with Pikachu. The nurse put gloves on and looked at us again, "We'll began the treatment right away."

"Pikachu will be okay, right?" I asked, "Is there anything I can do?" The nurse smiled, "Just leave everything to me." I nodded, "Okay..." The officer saluted, "It's in your hands. I know you will get the Pokémon in excellent care."

"You got there just in time," the nurse said. "That's my job," the officer said before looking behind us, "Oh my goodness, I left my motorcycle parked in front of the desk." The nurse chuckled, "Next time use the drive-way."

The officer laughed nervously as she walked away. The nurse looked at me, "What is your name?"

"Ashley," I answered. "Well, Ashley, you'll have to wait in the waiting room," She said before walking away. "But..." I trailed off before the doors closed. I stared at the doors sadly, "Pikachu..."

I didn't know how long I was sitting at the chair, waiting. I keep glancing to the doors in hope that they will open and Pikachu will come out. I looked past the doors to the booth of phones and got up. "I'll call home," I said and walked closer. I sat down and dialed the number. I waited until I heard Mom's voice, "Hello, this is the Ketchum residence."

"Mom?" I asked. Mom's face quickly appeared in the screen with a smile, "Oh, hey, honey, is everything okay? Where are you, Ash?"

"I'm at the Pokémon Center in Veridian City," I answered. "You already in Veridian City? It took your father 4 days to get there when he started Pokémon training," Mom said, "Oh, he will be so proud."

"Yeah... proud," I trailed off sadly. "Oh, Ashley, you doing fine," She said. "Honey, you're growing up right before my eyes. Spreading your wings and flying like a Spearow." I sighed, "I feel more like a falling Pidgey."

"I won't let you talk about yourself that way!" Mom scolded. "Just be confident. You can do anything you set your mind in to. Do you understand?" I smiled a small soft smile, "Yeah. I understand." Mom smiled, "Okay, goodnight, sweetheart, I love you."

"I love you, too, Mom, goodnight," I said before we hung up. I sighed softly as I put down the phone and stood up. I looked back to where I set my backpack and noticed there was a painting on the wall behind the desk. I walked closer and saw there were four Pokémon there. One of them was what I was sure I saw earlier with Pikachu.

"Whoa," I whispered. The computer of the nurse was ringing, meaning there was a call, and I walked around the desk to answer it. "Uh, this is Ashley," I said. "Ash," I heard Professor Oak's voice. "I'm over here."

I turned around as one of the painted Pokémon moved, and I saw Professor Oak in the screen, but his back was facing me so I looked at him in confusion. "It's me, Professor Oak, don't you recognize me?" He asked, letting out a small chuckle. I raised an eyebrow, "No, I do, just not used to be greeted by the back of your head."

He quickly looked over his shoulder, "Oops." He quickly typed and turned the camera in his computer, "Wrong camera. There." He cleared his throat, "I just spoke to your mother and she tells me you already make it to the Pokémon Centre in Veridian City, is that correct?"

I looked at him in confusion, "Well, if I didn't, then I wouldn't be speaking to you right now."

"You couldn't - Oh, that's right, I dialed the Pokémon Centre in Veridian City and you were able to answer," the Professor said. I blinked in confusion, "Uh, yeah, because that's where I am."

"Mmm," the Professor hummed with his arms crossed over his chest, "I suppose that prove this. The other Pokémon trainers made it there with no problem, and I'm pleasantly surprised that you made it there so soon. I admit, when you left, I had my doubts that you could handle your Pikachu." I looked away with my eyebrows raising. "But when my grandson, Gary said you won't have a single new Pokémon by the time you've got to Veridian City, I've bet a million dollars that he be wrong!"

I looked at him in shock and started to get a little nervous. "Uh... Well money isn't everything," I said before I pointed at the painting of the Pokémon I saw earlier, "But, I did see a Pokémon like that one. It flew right over the rainbow."

"Don't talk such nonsense," the Professor said, "You couldn't see this Pokémon. Trainers search their all lives and never seen it." I raised an eyebrow, "It sure looked like it. I know what I saw. Pikachu seen it with me, too."

"You must be mistaken," the Professor said and I rolled my eyes. There was a door bell ringing and Professor looked toward it, "Ah, there's my Pizza. Coming!" He got up and ran away from the computer, but quickly got back, "It was very nice talking to you, Ashley, and good luck."

With that said, he walked away and the screen turned black. I sighed and shook my head, "I'm sure I saw that Pokémon."

"Now I've got you!" A familiar voice yelled behind me. I turned around and saw the same girl with the orange short hair, holding up her bike that looked destroyed while breathing heavily. "I knew I'll find you here."

I looked at her in confusion, "You were looking for me? What happened to your bike?" She looked at me angrily, "What happened to my bike?! You what happened to it! That what left of it after you stole it to save your Pikachu," She said. "Now I can see -"

The girl was cut off as she lost her balance and fall down with her bike. I gasped slightly and quickly ran around the desk to help her. I hold out my hand, "Here, let me help you."

The girl slapped my hand away angrily, "I don't need your help. And you gonna pay for what you did to my bike." I looked at her angrily, "Hey, I didn't do anything on purpose, besides it's just some bike. And I can't do anything about that now until -"

The girl cut me off as she got up angrily, "I don't want your excuses, kid! I just want a new bike right now!" I looked at the doors of where Pikachu is in sadness, "It's my Pikachu. He isn't doing good."

The girl's face finally softed as I continued to look at it. "Is it very serious?" She asked gently. "Yeah... I think so," I said, "And I can't do anything about it but to wait." The red light above the doors disappeared and the doors opened. The girl and I saw the nurse, her Chansey, and Pikachu walking out, and we quickly ran closer.

"Pikachu?" I asked and saw that Pikachu was sleeping. "You're Pikachu is resting," the nurse said, "It's a good thing you got in here so fast. The procedure went well, and he should be fine."

The Chansey walked away as the girl and I smiled up at the nurse. "Thanks to the Pokémon Center," the girl said. "Yes, thank you so much," I said. "Now, your Pokémon need a good rest in the recovery room," the nurse told me, "You should go in there with him, Ashley."

"Okay," I said before looking at the orange girl, "Listen, I'm sorry about your bike, but I need time to make things right." She looked at me angrily, "No way!" I looked at her in confusion and she continued, "You should take care of Pikachu now, we'll settle this later."

"Okay?" I asked in confusion. An alarm started to ring and the officer's voice came out through the microphones, "Your attention please, our Viridian City's radar center had detected an air craft belong to a gang of Pokémon thieves. If you have a Pokémon in your possession, act with extreme caution."

Right after that, two Poké Balls hit through the window glass and two Pokémon came out.

"Koffing."

"Ekans."

Koffing started to fill the room in smoke. "What - who are they?" I asked. Two shadows appeared in front of us. "Don't be frightened, little girl," a women said. "Allow us to introduce ourselves," a man said. The smoke disappeared and we saw them.

"To protect the world from devastation," the woman said. "To unite all people's within our nation," the man said. "To denounce the evils of truth and love," the woman said. "To extended our reaches to the stars above," the man said. "Jessie," the woman introduced. "James," the man introduced. "Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light," Jessie said. "Surrender now or prepare to fight!" James said. Suddenly a Meowth hopped down in front of them, "Meowth! That's right!"

"What are you talking about?" I asked. "She just doesn't get it, does she?" Jessie said. "How can I? You don't make any sense," I said. "We're here for the Pokémon," James said. I looked at them angrily as I moved closer to Pikachu, "You are not getting Pikachu."

"Pikachu?" Jessie asked before she scoffed, "We're not interested in your precious electric rat."

"We seek for only rare Pokémon," James said. "You're wasting your time. This is a center for weak and injured Pokémon," the nurse informed.

"Well, that maybe so, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if we find some little Pokémon gems among all the junk," Jessie said. "You starting to get on my nerves!" I said. "Isn't that cute? She's annoyed," James said, "Koffing, attack!"

"Ekans, go!"

Koffing used smoke screen as Ekans was running over to us. We ran off into a room with Poké Balls before suddenly the power flickered off. "Hey, the lights," the orange girl said. "They must've cut the power," the nurse said but then smiled slightly, "But we've got our own Pika-power sores."

Inside the room, there was a generator machine with a lot of Pikachu inside, running and powering up the center. "Oh look at all the Pikachu!" the orange girl said with a big smile.

A computer turned on and the nurse sat down. "We must save those Poké Balls," the nurse said. The Poké Balls were grabbed one by one to a machine as she talked to someone on the computer, transferring all the Poké Balls to another Pokémon center. "This is the Viridian City Pokémon center, we have an emergency situation."

Suddenly smoke broke through the doors and Koffing smashed through the doors, smashing into the Poké-Ball shelves, causing the Poké Balls to fall on the floor. "Get those Poké Balls," the nurse said.

"Right," I said and grabbed a Poké Ball. "This is war! Don't just hold em'! Throw em'!" The orange girl told me. "Alright, Poké Ball, go!" I said and threw the Poké Ball to reveal a Pidgy, but it got spooked by Ekans.

"Oh, come on," I muttered before throwing another Poké Ball, only to reveal it was empty. "What?!" I asked. "Some of the Poké Balls are empty," the nurse said. I threw another one to reveal Ratitat, but it got spooked too by Ekans.

The orange girl stepped in with a Poké ball, "I guess I'll have to take care of this my own way. You grab Pikachu and get out of here, I'll take care of this three clowns."

"That's a pretty big talk coming from such a little lady," Jessie said. "At least you right about the 'pretty' part, thanks for the compliment," the orange girl said. "That girl thinks she's pretty," James said. "I agree with her, I think she's pretty too. Pretty pathetic," Jessie said. The orange girl looked at them angrily, "I'll show you. Poké Ball, go!"

She threw the Poké Ball to reveal a Goldeen, which Jessie and James looked very confused by the Goldfish Pokémon. "Goldeen, return!" the orange girl said, pointing the Poké Ball to the Pokémon, and it went back inside.

"That's her best shot?" Jessie asked. "She's all washed up," James said. "You know as well as I do that a water Pokémon can't battle on land, I was just worming up," the orange girl said. "Worming up?" I repeated in confusion. What was she up to?

She looked at me over her shoulder, "Just get Pikachu out of here." I nodded, "Right." I took Pikachu in the stretcher out of the room but Ekans and Koffing were following me. The stretcher bumped into the girl's bike, and I fell backward. Pikachu woke up, but he was still weak, "Pika, Pika."

All the Pikachu ran closer and jumped into the stretcher. I watched in confusion before they used Thunder Shock, which hit Jessie, James and their two Pokémon. The Pikachu stopped, and my Pikachu came up on the top of them, looking better. He smiled, "Pikachu!"

"Pikachu!" I said with a smile. "Do I have to do everything myself?" Meowth asked after he hopped in front of Jessie and James. "That mouse is cat food. Meow! Just wait, Pikachu, you mine."

Pikachu looked at me as I stood next to him and the Pikachu, "Pika, Pika, Pika, Pika." I looked at him in confusion, "Pika? Pika?"

"Pika!" Pikachu said. "Pika, Pika power?" I asked. "Pika!" Pikachu said, nodding. "So, you want more power," I said before grabbing the girl's bike. "What's this?" Meowth asked. I set the bike upside down and started pedalling, "Let's just say, Pikachu and I are gonna generate a little excitement for you, Meowth," I said.

The light on the bike started to get brighter and brighter colours as Pikachu leaped on it, absorbing the energy. Pikachu blasted Team Rocket with electricity before they suddenly blasted off with smoke covering everywhere.

I stopped and looked up at the big hole before looking at Pikachu. Pikachu looked at me and the two of us smiled, and chuckled.

The morning after the mess from Team Rocket was sorted out, I was ready to go with Pikachu on the journey. Nurse Joy walked closer with Officer Jenny. "You ready to go, Pikachu?" I asked. "Pika," He answered with a nod. "Good luck," Nurse Joy told me. "Be careful on the way," Officer Jenny said.

"I will, thanks," I said. "Hold it," the same orange girl said as she walked closer. She stood right in front of me, "If you think I'll let you go on your own then you are so wrong."

"Huh?" I asked in confusion. "Pika?" Pikachu asked. "You owe me for my bike," She said, "So you're stuck with me." I looked at her in shock, "What? No way!"

She ignored my words and continued, "Now, since we going together, you should know my name, Ashley." I rolled my eyes and put my hands on my hips. "My name is Misty."

"Great," I muttered before looking back at Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny with a soft smile, "Again, I'm really sorry for all the mess."

"That's all right," Nurse Joy said. "Goodbye," I said before heading out. "Wait up," Misty said. I looked down at Pikachu as he walked beside me, "Let's go quicker."

"Pi," Pikachu agreed with a nod before the two of us took off. "Hey, wait for me!" Misty yelled as she ran after us, "You not getting away from me!"