Chapter 2- Poké Gear and the Bag from Dad
When Mom sees Megan, she tentatively reaches a hand out to let her sniff. Megan, unfortunately, shies away from Mom and hides behind my legs. "Its ok, Megan. This is my mom." But she stays behind my legs.
"Oh, almost forgot! Your Poké Gear is back from the repair shop. You do remember how to make a phone call, right?" she hands me it.
"Yes, Mom. I remember. Just open up the Poké Gear and select the person you want to call." She beams a smile at me and then runs upstairs to her room. I am about to leave when she calls for me to come up. "What is it?" I ask once I'm in her room.
"Your father left a lot of items and things for you to take with you if you ever got a Pokémon. You'll have to switch bags, since he told me never to touch the items. Don't worry! He thought you might like this!" she pulls out an over-the-shoulder bag with pink and silver stripes from under her bed. I immediately take off my current, and very old, bag of same style and accept the one that Dad packed for me.
"It's heavy!" but I put it over my shoulders so it's hanging on my left hip. "I'd better get to Cherrygrove, then over to Mr. Pokémon's house. See you later Mom!" I rush out of my house as fast as I can with the heavy bag. Just as I pass by the Lab, I see the redhead still staring in the window. I just shake my head at him and keep going.
"Wait!" I stop when I hear the Prof's voice. "I'll give you my number, just in case you need to call me." I plug his number, written on a scrap of paper in bad handwriting, into my Pokégear. "Have a good trip to Mr. Pokémon's house." He goes back to his lab before I can tell him about the redhead. He probably knows anyway, that boy's been staring into the Lab for Arceus-knows-how-long! I think before I leave town and enter Route 29. I walk southwest until I reach the trees, then I head west and go around the bumps in the route. I see a gate up ahead, and not knowing which direction Cherrygrove is, I head towards it. I don't read the sign, but I go into the gate and ask the seemingly-friendly guard which direction Cherrygrove City is.
"If you need to get to Cherrygrove, get back to Route 29 and go west. You'll see some white fences. That marks the start of the city limits."
"Thank you sir! You are most kind!" I leave the gate and head west, making sure not to jump over the bumps in the road. I come upon a Sentret in the tall grass. "Oh! A Sentret! Go Megan!" she timidly goes in front of me to face and battle the wild Pokémon. "Use Tackle!" she uses it, but the Sentret faints after one hit! "Aww, I wanted to catch it. Oh, well. Next time." I beckon Megan to follow me into Cherrygrove City. We walk towards it, but I feel a shiver come down my spine when I think of my dad and what he had to have gone through to get all the items in my new bag.