Chapter three: other side of the kingdom
On the other side of the kingdom of Hyrule were people who associated with creatures called Pokémon. Three of these people were Professor Oak, Gary Oak, and Ash Ketchum.
A young boy with dark hair came down the stairs quickly and into the kitchen.
"Hey Professor Oak, did you manage to fix my Pokédex yet?!" the boy asked.
"Yes Ash, but I still have no idea how or why your Charmeleon destroyed it," Professor Oak said, he held up a small red electronic device.
"Does this mean I can go back to searching for Pokémon?" Ash asked.
Suddenly the door opened and a taller boy stepped inside.
"I wouldn't count on finding any...something strange is going on with the boarder mountains..." the boy said, sweat was dripping down his face and from his dark red hair.
"Something is going wrong?" Ash and Professor Oak asked at the same time.
Everybody raced to the window and the red head pointed to the mountains.
"You're definitely right, Gary...those mountains are smoking!" Ash said.
Indeed, all the mountains visible on their side of the kingdom were smoking.
"All the Pokémon have gone into hiding, no one can catch them and bring them to safety now," Gary said.
"Gee, I just wonder what the other mountains are like...do you suppose they could be smoking too?" Ash asked.
"Our biggest rivals? The Hylians will be find, I'm sure," Gary snapped.
Ash sighed and continued watching the smoking mountains, wishing he could be out trying to capture Pokémon. Since Ash was distracted, he did not notice when Pikachu accidentally knocked a pot of a counter and got stuck underneath. Gary laughed a little.
"What's so funny?!" Ash demanded.
"Your Pikachu just got himself into a little mess!" Gary said.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Ash asked.
Professor Oak just watched the two boys, amused much.
"Your Pikachu is now stuck under that pot over there!" Gary said.
Ash sighed and walked over to the pot and freed Pikachu.