Hello everyone! I've taken up meshing Pokémon sprites! It's actually quite fun, but can be difficult. When I finish some more I may put a link to some on my page. I'll tell you about it if I do.
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.
I walked up through where the electric locks had been only a minute before inhaling deeply. I figured I should be fine for the battle if I just switched back and forth between Ivysaur and Kadabra.
"Hey, kid!" I heard a voice call from up ahead of me. I looked up and saw a man with blonde hair in an army uniform, "What do you think you're doing here?"
"I'm here to challenge you," I said, surprised that the Gym leader was stupid enough to need to ask why someone was in the Gym.
"You won't live long in combat! Not with your puny power!" he said mockingly.
"Um, it's my Pokémon that will be doing the battling," I pointed out, "Who cares about my power?"
"I tell you, kid, electric Pokémon saved me during the war!" the Gym leader continued on his rant, oblivious to what I had just said, "They zapped my enemies into paralysis! The same as I'll do to you!"
"My Pokémon, you mean," I remarked, my watch lighting up, sending the panel out in front of my face.
The Gym leader, Lt. Surge, sent out a level 21 Voltorb, which would be a fairly easy Pokémon to defeat. I sent out Ivysaur and used a Leech Seed once Voltorb had finished with its Sonic Boom. My next move was to switch out to Kadabra. Voltorb used Screech before Kadabra had a chance to hit it with a Psybeam, knocking it out.
When prompted by my screen I switched back in to Ivysaur, my plan seeming to work well. Lt. Surge's next Pokémon was a level 18 Pikachu, no challenge at all. Ivysaur was much faster than the Electric mouse, putting a Leech Seed on it quickly. Pikachu used Thunder Wave to Paralyze Ivysaur, which could be an annoyance when I battled Surge's next Pokémon. I sent out Kadabra next as Pikachu used Double Team, which would also be an annoyance. Luckily Kadabra's Psybeam managed to hit Pikachu, though its evasiveness had risen, causing the little Pokémon to faint.
Again I switched in to Ivysaur to put a Leech Seed on Surge's last Pokémon, his level 24 Raichu. The Raichu used Double Team, which worried me; it could make the Leech Seed miss. Fortunately Ivysaur wasn't fully paralyzed and managed to put the Leech Seed on the Raichu on the first try. I switched in to Kadabra while Raichu used Double Team again. The Psybeam Kadabra unleashed with his psychic power wasn't quite powerful enough to knock the Raichu out, but the Leech Seed managed to do its job, draining the Raichu of the last of its health.
Once the battle was over Lt. Surge congratulated me and gave me a badge, the Thunder Badge, and the TM for Shock Wave. Lt. Surge told me to use it on an Electric type Pokémon, this wasn't my plan though.
I exited the Gym before I opened my bag and took the TM out of my TM Case. I didn't quite know how to use the weird disc, but I knew I could figure it out. I took Kadabra out of his Pokéball and gave him the TM. My watch lit up and shot the glass panel out. The text on it read, 'Kadabra wants to learn the move Shock Wave. However, Kadabra already knows four moves. Should a move be deleted and replaced with Shock Wave?' Underneath this text there were two options 'Yes', and 'No'.
I clicked on the yes option and it took me to a screen with Kadabra's moves. I got rid of Reflect to teach the TM to my Pokémon.
Kadabra handed the disc back to me. This was surprising, in the games the TM disappeared after you used it, why was the disc still here? I shrugged my shoulders and put the TM back into the case, maybe the whole world of Pokémon was like generation 5, reusing TMs. If this was the case I certainly wouldn't complain about it.
I went back to the PokéCenter to heal my Pokémon quickly; eager to continue on to wherever it was I should go next.
"Oh," Nurse Joy said as she handed me my Pokéballs after healing the Pokémon inside them, "You're Jenn, correct?"
"Yes," I replied.
"Professor Oak called for you," she said, "Just use the PC to call him back through Bill's PC."
"Um, alright," I said taking my Pokéballs back and heading to the right of the desk, "Mew?" I whispered, wondering if she was still following me around, since she hadn't said anything for half a day now.
"Yes," she replied, probably through telepathy since she wasn't whispering.
'This probably has something to do with her idea to send the empty Pokéball," I thought, nervous for what awaited me when I called Oak, 'Why did I listen to her?'
"Hey, I heard that!" Mew said through the telepathy.
'Wait, what?' I thought, 'You can hear my thoughts?'
"Of course I can," she replied, "If I can project my voice into your head why would I not be able to hear your thoughts?"
I sighed and sat down at the PC, turned it on, inserted my Trainer Card, and chose 'Bill's PC' from the list of options. It made the dialling, and then ringing noises before Professor Oak appeared on the screen.
"Oh, hello Jenn," Professor Oak said, "I think you sent me the wrong Pokéball. There wasn't a Pokémon in it. I'll send it back to you."
"No, Professor Oak, wait," I said, I knew I needed to confess why he had an empty Pokéball, "You need to keep it. You see, I caught a Pokémon that needs my help, but I don't want to use her on my team so I don't want her to take up space in my party."
"A Pokémon that needs your help," Professor Oak pondered, "Well, I guess it would be fine, as long as you don't battle with her. Then again, you can't without the Pokéball. Do you mind if I ask what kind of Pokémon it is? You know I research Pokémon, so the data from whatever Pokémon is valuable."
'Mew, get in front of me so no one behind me can see you,' I told her through my mind, 'I think I owe it to the Professor to let him know.'
"Fine," Mew said. I felt her place her feet on my legs. She then materialized.
"Oh my," Oak exclaimed.
*Note* Don't worry, I told all of my friends that when they made their move lists for their Pokémon (yes, they chose all of their Pokémon and moves) that they didn't have to worry about using a TM twice.