I really do need to get better at updating at regular times. Sorry again. )=

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.

Once I had healed my Pokémon, and had a nice chat with Dana headed off to the Safari Zone. I needed to pick up an item in there, as well as another Pokémon. My first goal though was to get the items I needed to get in the Safari Zone. I would pay to go catch the Pokémon another time.

I entered the Safari Zone building, paid my 500 Poké dollars and entered the Safari. I walked over to the east, then north, avoiding the grass for now. I then entered another area, in which I travelled east. I walked through the patch of grass, and then up the stairs in the cliff. I then took the stairs down the cliff that were just to the west of the ones I had just climbed. Then I travelled north until I was forced to climb another set of stairs, and then descend another set over to the east.

I picked up the item lying on the ground over by the rest house. The item was a Full Restore. Though it wasn't one of the things I was planning to pick up it would probably come in handy some other time.

I then continued my travels through the Safari, this time to the north, then the west, and exiting the area I was in. In this new area I went west and climbed up the second set of stairs I came across, and then descended another set to the south west. Then I headed north, and then east until I came across an item.

The item I was seeing was one of the items I wanted, the TM for Steel Wing, to teach to Fearow. Though it wasted a few precious steps I picked it up and put it in my bag. I also decided to pick up another item, a Protein, as I headed along the northern pathway to the west.

I then turned to the south when the pathway turned in that direction and followed it into the next area.

In this area there was another item I needed to pick up, the Gold Teeth. These teeth belonged to the Warden of the Safari Zone, and if you brought them back to him you'd get something in return. I also collected another item, the TM for Double Team after heading to the west.

Eventually I stumbled upon a house. This was the last place I needed to visit before I caught the Pokémon I wanted, if I had enough steps left to do it in. In this house was a man, along with two computers, four bookshelves, and a whole bunch of boxes.

"Ah! Finally!" the man exclaimed, "You've reached the secret house. Well, then again, I don't know if you're the right person. Would you happen to be Jenn?"

"Yes, actually," I replied, "Why?"

"Your friends left a message for you," he replied, "I was beginning to worry I'd forget it if you took any longer to get here. You were the first person to get here since they left, so I figured you were her."

"Well I am," I said, "Now what was the message?"

"Um," the man said, "Uh... Well this is embarrassing. I've forgotten."

I sighed, "Great."

The man continued to think, then shook his head, "Well, I can't remember for the life of me," he replied, "But I can at least give you the prize for getting here."

The man handed me a blue disc, which I knew contained Surf, a move crucial to get to other places in the world, and also a powerful Water type move, which I would definitely be teaching Poliwhirl.

"Oh," he said, "I remember now," the man exclaimed, "The one said that they're going to catch Articuno now that they had the Surf HM. The other said that it wasn't likely, and asked for your help to make sure...uh...the first girl didn't skip over anything important. I can't remember their names though..."

"Ashley and Alicia," I sighed.

I exited the house and took a few moments to teach Steel Wing to Fearow and Surf to Poliwhirl, getting rid of the much weaker Peck and Water Gun. I then thought for a moment. I didn't need to teach Poliwhirl any more moves until I replaced Body Slam with a TM later, so I gave the Water Stone I had picked up in Celadon to him. He then grew about a foot, making him only a foot shorter than I was now. He also visibly slimmed, though he was still wide in the shoulders. His hands grew as well. Poliwhirl was now Poliwrath.

I now headed down to the water to the south of the house in which I got the Surf HM and dropped the line of the Super Rod into the water, waiting patiently to catch something. After several hooked Pokémon that I threw back I finally hooked the Pokémon I wanted.

The Pokémon's light blue and white, snake like body was unmistakable, a Dratini. I quickly threw a Safari Ball at the level 20, female I had caught with the fishing rod. Unfortunately it broke out of the ball and fled back into the water.

I went through the same, long process, throwing back many Seakings and Goldeens before I finally landed another Dratini. It very well may have been the exact same one, a female at level 20. I again threw a Safari Ball at it, which again failed. This time though the Dratini didn't flee, so I threw another ball. This one failed after shaking three times and then the Dratini fled. I knew this would be a long day.

Eventually I managed to land a Dratini, also female, and also level 20. I wondered if there was another Dratini in this water, or if it was the only one. This time I threw six Safari Balls at the Dratini, all of them failing. I then threw a seventh and watched as the ball shook one, twice, and three times. I then waited to hear the satisfying click, which, after a while of waiting in complete agony over the suspense, it did.

After celebrating my capture of this elusive Dratini I decided to go back out into the area that was attached to this one to wander around in the grass to see if there were any interesting Pokémon, since I hadn't picked out any final member for my team. I figured I may as well since I still had some steps left to waste.

I came across a female Nidoran, which wasn't very interesting. Sure, a Nidoqueen would be an interesting Pokémon, and a good defensive wall, but I figured that another part Poison type wasn't needed, since I already had Venusaur. The next Pokémon I stumbled across did catch my eye though. It was hard not to though when you look like a moving fossilized dinosaur.

A Rhyhorn was what I was looking at. It would certainly make a good Pokémon; except for its many weaknesses. I pondered it for a while as the Rhyhorn looked at me, waiting for me to do something.