Hey guys! Chapter two is here. If you are reading this, it means that the first chapter was interesting enough that you wanted to continue reading! Yay! Also, if you notice 'snivy' being spelled 'snicy', don't be mad, I hit c instead of v a lot and don't catch it sometimes. Same with other typos. Well anyway, I hope you enjoy!
Chapter 2: Route One
Clover stepped out onto route one with Tony by her side. Her heart pounded with excitement, and her breathing was coming quickly; a broad smile was spread across her face. We're actually starting our journey! she thought. They stepped into the waving, tall, green grass, which was rustling in the breeze. "I heard pokemon hide in the tall grass," said Clover. "Maybe we should train a little."
Tony nodded. "Maybe this is a good chance to bond with gothita." He sent out his pokemon and bent down to its level. It stuck up its nose in the same way as before and let out another 'hmph'. Tony sighed. "Gothita, I know you don't like me very much, but your my pokemon now," he said gently. "You'll have to do what I tell you in a battle." The gothita rolled its eyes. "I have an idea," said Tony thoughtfully. "It's a psychic pokemon; I should be able to talk to it through my telepathy." He looked into the gothita's eyes and the irises in his eyes glowed softly. The gothita returned the stare, the same happening with its eyes. Clover stood and watched, wishing she could know what they were talking about. After about a minute, they broke eye contact. Tony stood up.
"What'd you say?" asked Clover eagerly.
"I asked it why it didn't like me. She said that she didn't think I was strong enough, but once it found out I was a psychic she decided that I was strong enough to train it. She promised to behave," Tony told Clover. The gothita squeaked in agreement. It seemed to be less snooty now.
"Well that's good," said Clover. "You won't be disappointed," she promised the pokemon. "He's really strong." She turned to Tony. "Should we train now?"
Tony nodded. "You bet," he said.
"You always say that," Clover said in a mock whine as they started down the trail with their pokemon. Tony raised his hands defensively.
"It's just my thing," he said, playing along. Clover rolled her eyes jokingly.
"Let's just train." Almost as soon as she said that, a patrat jumped in front of them. "Go Snivy!" said Clover. Snivy jumped in front of her to face the patrat. "Use tackle!" The grass snake dove at the patrat, bringing it to the ground. The patrat shook him off and jumped to its feet. It used sand attack, kicking dust into snivy's eyes. Snivy closed his eyes and backed up, shaking his head. "You can do it Snivy! Use tackle again!" He squinted through the sand. Seeking out his target, he dove for the patrat again. Snivy reached his target, dragging him once more to the ground in a cloud of dust. He scrambled off of the other pokemon and wiped the last of the dust from his eyes. The patrat had fainted. "Well done Snivy!" congratulated Clover. "You won your first battle!" Her pokemon puffed out its chest in pride, clearly happy that he made a good impression on his new trainer.
"Wow, that was a good battle," said Tony. "I think you'll be a great trainer. Now it's my turn." They continued on a small ways before being stopped by a lillipup. It yapped at them and stood in a defensive stance. "Go gothita!" Tony exclaimed. Gothita flipped gracefully to stand in front of Tony. "Gothi," it said. "Use confusion!" ordered Tony. The pokemon's eyes flashed and the lillipup jolted as if struck. It growled and tackled Gothita. The fixation pokemon stumbled and fell under the lillipup. The puppy pokemon jumped off of her. "Finish this with a pound!" said Tony. She ran up to the lillipup and hit the pup hard, knocking it to the ground, passed out. "Good job Gothita!" said Tony.
"You're pretty good yourself," commented Clover. "Why don't we get to Accumula and heal our pokemon, then we can battle each other."
"You bet," Tony said, slightly sarcastically. Clover giggled and playfully punched him in the side. "Let's go. It's just up ahead," he said, pointing to the buildings ahead. "Then we can battle."
Well there you are! Chapter two! Sorry for the shortness, I just thought it was a good stopping point. Thanks for reading, and please leave a review, good or bad. I could use any constructive criticism. Or if you want to just leave a review and say how much you don't like it, that's fine too. ^_^ Hope you enjoyed.