Hey guys! I should have mentioned this last time but this is the very first story I have written in my life so please be considerate with my efforts. If you notice any grammar or spelling mistakes or have a problem with the plot be sure to let me know and I will do my best to fix those problems in the future chapters. If you have a suggestion for the story by all means put that into your reviews as well. I am open to all suggestions. Also some reviewers had said that I needed to start a new line for each dialogue but by the time I saw those reviews I was more than halfway through this chapter so I will make sure I change that for the next chapter. Anyways I'll stop talking and let you read. I hope you guys like it. Please review.
Chapter 2: The First Wild Encounters
Ash, Garchomp, and Dawn had finally arrived at the front door of Professor Rowan's lab. Dawn knocked on the door and waited until one the professor's assistants opened it.
"Ahh, good morning you two, Professor Rowan has been expecting you," he said. He led them through the hallway until they arrived at the room where there was a lab. "Professor Rowan, the two trainers you've been expecting have just now arrived," his assistant told him. The professor looked up from his work and greeted them with appreciation. "Welcome you two," he said in a low voice. "You are now considered pokemon trainers and each new trainer receives one of the three starter pokemon, a pokedex, six pokeballs, and a badge or ribbon case. The three starter pokemon that I hand out to new trainers are the following: the fire type, Chimchar, the grass type, Turtwig, and the water type, Piplup. So which pokemon will you choose?" He asked.
"Dawn you should go first since you don't have a pokemon yet," Ash kindly coaxed his friend. "Alright then! I'll choose Piplup," she stated. "Pi piplup," said the blue penguin pokemon in happiness. "In that case I'll choose Chimchar," Ash quickly decided. The whole time Turtwig was busy eating and didn't even realize what was going on. Professor Rowan gave Ash and Dawn their pokedexes, pokeballs, a badge case for Ash and a Ribbon case for Dawn. "Good luck you two," he said affirmatively. "And call me from time to time," he told them. They nodded for a yes and started their journey.
Ash and Dawn have been walking for about two hours and still no sign of a single pokemon. Dawn asked "Ash aren't you going to put Garchomp in his pokeball?" Ash replied "I tried that yesterday but Garchomp hates being in its pokeball. You know pokemon have personalities too and that was Garchomp's personality." Dawn understood what he meant. Another few boring minutes ticked by with no pokemon appearances, but that changed when they heard a patch of grass rustling nearby. "Dawn wait!" Ash whispered loudly. Dawn stopped in her tracks and looked at the place Ash was looking at. "What?" she whispered back. "I think I heard a pokemon," he replied. Sure enough he was right after a few seconds of waiting a Larvitar appeared from behind the tall grass, which was strange because Larvitar usually live in the mountains, not in an open field of tall grass. "Awesome, it's a Larvitar," Ash cried in excitement. Ash's loud voice startled the little creature which was about to run away. "Okay this one's mine," Ash announced to Dawn. "Go Chimchar use scratch on Larvitar." Chimchar got within striking range of Larvitar and landed a few back to back scratches. Now, Chimchar use ember. Chimchar fired a series of fire bullets towards Larvitar sending it flying into a nearby tree. Larvitar struggled to regain its momentum. Ash saw this as his chance and threw a pokeball at it. The pokeball opened and caught Larvitar and landed on the ground with a soft thump. The pokeball shook a few times before it dinged. Ash jumped in joy and yelled "I just caught my very first pokemon." "Garrr, Chimchaaaar!'' Chimchar and Garchomp also yelled in joy at Ash's first successful catch.
All this time Dawn was staring in awe as Ash made his first catch seem surprisingly easy. If she wants to win the Jubilife pokemon contest she would have to catch at least one pokemon before then and begin work on her first appeals round combination move.
"Well we better get going if we want to catch more pokemon," Ash said.
That comment snapped Dawn out of her dazed trans and brought her back to reality. "You're right Ash I need to catch a pokemon so let's go," Dawn said.
The two of them resumed their walk and for about fifteen minutes they haven't come across another pokemon which made Dawn nervous. Dawn was thinking in her head, "my mom was a top coordinator in her days as a pokemon trainer and I want to be the best I can be, maybe even better than her, but I haven't caught a single pokemon yet and the Jubilife contest is coming up soon. I better step it up a notch."
Piplup who was in Dawn's arms noticed her awkward silence and chirped loudly at her asking her what's wrong. "PI PIPLUP PIP!"
Dawn snapped back into reality once more. "Huh?" "Oh Piplup, I'm alright, no need to worry," Dawn told the penguin pokemon.
She turned towards Ash and asked him if they could take a break to eat lunch. "Ash, we should take a lunch break. What do you say?"
Ash responded back in agreement. "Sure! And while we're eating, maybe a pokemon will appear so you can catch it."
Dawn brought out the sandwiches that her mom had packed for her and Ash, while Ash set up the picnic spot. Garchomp dug through Ash's backpack for his food and offered some to Chimchar and Larvitar, but they seemed more interested in the Pinap berries in a nearby tree. A few minutes had passed by until there was a soft rustling in the nearby grass. No one noticed this interruption except for Piplup who ran towards the noise. Dawn noticed Piplup running off and stopped him in his tracks.
"Hey Piplup! where are you going?" "Come back here, I don't want you to get lost," Dawn yelled in worry. Piplup turned around and told Dawn that there was a pokemon nearby. "Piplup Piplup, Pip!" cried Piplup pointing to where he heard the noise.
"You heard something over there?" Dawn asked. Piplup nodded for a yes.
All of a sudden a small brown furred pokemon popped out of the tall grass showing its cute face. "Vee evee" the pokemon cried. Ash saw the pokemon and ran over in excitement.
"Hey it's an Eevee! Dawn you should catch it would make a perfect pokemon for your appeal rounds in a pokemon contest." Dawn agreed.
"Alright Piplup, ready to battle?" Dawn questioned Piplup. Piplup simply answered by getting into a fighting stance.
"Okay Piplup use Peck," Dawn called out. Piplup made a mad dash for Eevee extending its beak. The wild Eevee evaded by jumping to side and dug underground. Ash saw this and knew what Eevee was up to and warned Dawn.
"Dawn lookout, Eevee knows the move dig. It can come behind Piplup or from underneath."
Dawn thanked Ash for the advice and kept a close eye at the ground near Piplup for any sign of Eevee's underground movement. Dawn saw a few pebbles shaking to left of Piplup and told Piplup to jump.
"Piplup….Eevee is coming at you from the left, jump as high as you can," Dawn called out.
Piplup jumped up and half a second later Eevee dug back above ground to strike but it was too late. Dawn took this as an opportunity to strike.
"Piplup, use bubble now!" Piplup shot an array of bright blue bubbles at Eevee knocking it off balance. Dawn quickly threw a pokeball at it. The ball captured Eevee and shook for about ten seconds before finally giving a ding. Dawn and Piplup leapt up into the air cheerfully.
"Piplup! We did it! We caught our first pokemon friend!" Dawn yelled hugging the little blue penguin.
"Congratulations Dawn! You caught your first pokemon," Ash said beaming at her strangely quick capture.
"Thanks Ash, I actually thought I was going blow my first try but it worked," Dawn replied.
Well now that you caught your first pokemon lets celebrate by eating lunch and then it's off to Jubilife city. The two sat down and ate their lunch alongside their pokemon.
When lunch was over they packed their gear up and continued their trek to Jubilife city, which would be easy if they go through Bewildered forest, but there was only one catch. That forest is filled with Stantler that love to mess with trainers by hallucinating them. But it was a risk they would have to take to get Jubilife city in time for Dawns first pokemon contest.
Ash and Dawn once again resumed their journey towards Jubilife city. The party of two and their pokemon began walking down the hilly dirt path. A few exciting moments went by as they walked until they were rudely interrupted. Something big knocked Ash, Dawn, and their pokemon off their feet causing them to hit the ground hard. Something or someone from behind snickered mischievously.
They turned around to see who or what did that only to completely surprised.
AND BAM! CLIFFHANGER! You guys will have to wait and find out what kind of trouble Dawn and Ash just got into. Feel free to guess who or what diverted them from their journey. I would like to add one more thing. My computer screen is having problems so my dad will be shipping it somewhere to get it fixed, so I won't have my computer for about ten days. I don't when he will be sending it so hang tight. The next chapter could take up to two to three weeks to update because of this issue. But don't worry I will still work on my story whether or not I have my computer. Please review.
