Today I'm going to see the new and last Harry Potter movie with Ashley and Alicia! I'm excited! This means I need to write my two chapters before 5:45 today. Joy.
Elasywe, you have your wish. =P
Disclaimer: Pokémon, along with any people, places or things from it are not mine, nor do I claim it to be. The only thing I do own is myself and the dream this all started from.
"Hey, look Paula, it's Jenn!" Samantha exclaimed as I entered the Pokémon center.
I looked to my right, towards the table. Paula and Samantha were sitting together with some papers in front of them.
"We didn't think you or Dana would make it here before we went off to challenge Brock tomorrow morning," Paula explained.
"I see," I said, joining my two friends at the table, "Didn't Dana go with you guys through the forest?"
"She was going to, but she decided to take the western path so she could do a bit of training with the Pokémon she caught before we left Viridian," said Paula, "you probably past her without even knowing it."
"Ah," I commented, "So, what's with the paper?" I asked gesturing to the pieces on the table, all of which had messy writing scrawled across them.
"Strategising," Samantha replied, "we have my Squirtle, but Paula's Charmander needs experience too, since they're both only at level 9."
"Let me guess," I mused, "you two skipped as many battles as you could."
Samantha grinned, "You know me too well."
"What kind of plan do you two have?" I asked, trying to decipher the writing on the paper.
"We want to double battle," Paula said, easily reading her own writing off of the papers, "But Charmander is weak to Brock's Onix. His Geodude is not too bad though, since it doesn't know a Rock Type move. To top it all off, Brock's Pokémon are level 12 and level 14, so they're much stronger than ours."
"You could wait until Charmander's at level 13," I suggested, thinking back to when I used a Charmander in my LeafGreen game, "It'll learn Metal Claw at that level, which will make it able to hold its own."
"That'll take too long," Samantha said, the tone of her voice told me that Paula had probably already suggested this method.
"We aren't going to wait, which means Charmander will be weak and won't be able to damage them," Paula continued, "That puts us at a huge disadvantage."
"You could go back to Viridian City and catch a Mankey," I said, trying to make another suggestion, "Put Charmander in, and then switch out to Mankey."
"Going back through that forest will take even longer than waiting for Charmander to gain the levels!" Samantha said, obviously frustrated with this predicament. I wondered how long they'd been strategising.
"Well there isn't much else you can do..." I started.
"I think I should level Squirtle up once more and let it learn Withdraw," Samantha interrupted, "Then I'll use it as a shield so Charmander can't be hit."
"My problem is that I don't think it's allowed," Paula interjected, "We need a Plan B in case the guy at the door of the Gym, who I assume knows the rules of battling, tells us we can't use that plan."
"Well I don't know what to tell you guys," I threw my hands up, giving up, "You'll have to either wait for one thing, or wait for the other."
Samantha sighed, "Or we could take our chances, and buy as many Potions as possible."
"I guess that'll have to be our Plan B," Paula let out a sigh herself, "I don't like it, but if I lower both Pokémon's attack they won't be able to damage us as much."
"And I could go after Onix first, so that it won't be a problem for as long," Samantha added.
I smiled, "And this is why you two are such a great team. You two are just too good."
The three of us ate bacon and eggs again for breakfast, though none of us were too keen to touch the bacon because of our last breakfast together.
"Hey," I said, and idea popping into my head as the three of us returned our plates to Nurse Joy, "You mentioned levelling Squirtle up again for your first plan. You could battle me, though I can't guarantee you'd win."
"You're on," they said in unison, neither of them eager to ignore the challenge I had just made.
The three of us walked outside to an area clear of people.
"Shall we double battle?" Samantha asked.
"May as well," I replied, "I have two Pokémon with me."
We all threw out our Pokéballs, a Squirtle and a Charmander on their said, Bulbasaur and Spearow on mine. I knew this battle could be a real challenge, since Charmander already knew Ember.
After our glass screens popped up, I started thinking about a strategy. The screen indicated that Spearow would get to attack first, then Charmander, then Bulbasaur, then Squirtle.
"Spearow, use Peck on Charmander," I commanded. It figured I should take Charmander out first. I also knew I didn't have any special attack lowering moves, so I was sort of stuck.
Spearow struck the Charmander, doing enough damage for Charmander's health to go down almost half because of the STAB and Charmander's low defence stat.
"Charmander, use Ember on Bulbasaur," Paula said, calm, even in the heat of battle.
"Hold on Bulbasaur!" I called out to my little Grass Pokémon.
Once the smoke from the fire had blown away I looked at Bulbasaur's health. He had managed to hold on, his health in the red zone, but barely at about 8 HP. I wondered if he had a nature that boosted his special defense.
I thought for a bit, what would Samantha do when it came to her turn? She could finish me off in a heartbeat, so I bet she would. But I also knew that Squirtle a fairly low attack stat and I knew Samantha would have to use Tackle to have any chance of taking me out, since Bubble wouldn't do much. Then an idea hit me, but I knew I'd have to heal this turn.
I pulled out a Potion and gave it to Bulbasaur, here you go, little Buddy. The Potion healed him up, and he was ready to take another hit.
"Squirtle, use Tackle on Spearow," Samantha called out, less calm than the other part of the duo, easily excited by the battle. The attack managed to do about a quarter worth damage to Spearow, about 7 HP.
That move confused me, but as I thought about it, it made sense. She knew Bulbasaur couldn't harm Squirtle because it hadn't learned a damaging Grass Type move yet. This made Spearow a bigger target. She was a higher level, and had a STAB attack. Why she used Tackle? That was one thing I had trouble explaining to myself. Possibly to see how much it would do to Bulbasaur when she used it on him, or maybe to attack Spearow's slightly lower special defence. But whatever caused her to do it I was grateful for, because it helped me to figure something out.
I laughed to myself; my plan was almost definitely going to work now, all I had to hope for were no critical hits.