Myra set out with her new Ponyta, slightly embarrassed because of the burnt section of her shirt. "Gee thanks Ponyta, now we're going to have to stop by my parent's house, we're going to be so far behind!" Ponyta just tossed her head and happily snorted, oblivious to Myra's lecture.

After finally convincing Pidgey to stop trying to peck his eyes out, Roger registered his pokèdex and started up the road. He noticed the same boys he saw earlier on the side of the path. "Hey!" said the redhead, "Do you wanna battle us?" Roger saw that the redhead and the mischievous guy were teamed up, leaving him to battle with the nerdy boy. Seeing the challenge, he accepted. "What's your name?" He asked the boy.

"Nick," he replied, "I'm not sure how good I'll be, I wasn't very good at the battle simulator in school."

"Don't worry," Roger said, "Just do what I say and we'll win."

Buck, the redhead, and Cam, the mischievous one, looked ready to go. Their Squirtle and Geodude would be tough to beat, but Roger felt sure there was a way. His Pidgey was flying in quick circles around Nick's Eevee, who was trying to protect it's ears from Pidgey's dives. "Ok, if your Eevee growls at them, my Pidgey can stir up some sand so they can't attack as easily."

Myra finally escaped her parents house and walked out onto the path. Right in the center of the road, she saw a group of rowdy guys battling their pokèmon. "Idiots," she thought to herself, "they're never gonna make it to the next town in one piece." Further up the road she could see more people flocking together like Spearow. She took one last look behind at the town she had called home for so long. It was a little sad to be leaving the small town, but she was also excited to start her own journey. Right as she was about to leave she heard soft sobbing beside the Inn. She looked, and there was a girl with pale skin and jet black hair. She was built like a Blastoise, and Myra immediately looked around for someone the girl had probably beat up, but then she realized it was the girl herself who was crying! She didn't know what to do, and she didn't have to, because the girl looked up and quickly dried her tears. "Sorry my name is Della."

"I'm Myra."

"Would you mind walking with me until we get to Fuchsia City? That's where my family is. I just don't know if I can make it all that way alone."

"Sure, where's your pokèmon?"

Just then a small Sandshrew peaked out from behind Della. It looked about as scared of the prospective of travelling as Della was. Myra felt a little bad for her since she was also starting to miss her family. "Let's go, hopefully we can get to Viridian City before we have to sleep for the night."

Roger was looking smug and very triumphant at his Pidgey, who was breathing heavily and looking exhausted. Nick was dancing in circles holding out his Eevee, who was also looking very tired. "We won!" Nick exclaimed, "We beat them!" Cam and Buck were holding their passed out pokèmon, though Buck was having a hard time holding up the solid Geodude. Roger was pleased with the outcome, not to mention his Pidgey was now too tired to attack his head more. He saw two girls walking by, and noticed one of them was the charred girl from the lab, she was pretty.

Buck called out, "Hey! Do either of you have any berries we could use?"

The tall girl nodded and reached into her bag and handed them two yellow berries. Cam and Buck reached out for them, and then gave them to their pokèmon. As they hungrily munched on their berries, the girls started back on the road. "Wait!" Cam called, "Do you want paid back?"

The tall girl responded, "No, it's alright. My dad gave me plenty before I left."

"Alright thanks!" The four boys said all at once.

Geodude and Squirtle were looking much better, but were now taking turns throwing some dirty looks toward Pidgey and Eevee.

Myra thought the boy she talked to was pretty cute. Della seemed to think so too, and was much more vocal about it. "Awe man! We should've got his number, we could've called him sometime to battle."

"It's alright Della," Myra said, "we're all going the same way, we'll probably see him at the Pewter City Gym."

Up ahead, Myra was starting to realize that there was more excitement in store. There seemed to be a flock of agitated Spearow bearing down on a small group of trainers. The woods were not as calm as she once believed, in fact, right now it seemed downright terrifying. She didn't want to show Della her fear, but Della seemed oblivious of what was going on, instead she was throwing happy looks at her Sandshrew, who was struggling to keep up with Ponyta's longer stride. Myra wanted to get to Viridian City before night, but she also didn't want to attract the attention of the horde of angry Spearow. Right as she was debating whether to slow down, she realized the group of people they were following, were running straight toward them!

There were two girls and a boy, with a female Nidoran,male Nidoran, and Pikachu being chased by about fifteen Spearow. Myra shared a look with Ponyta, who snorted and charged. "Use your ember Ponyta!" Myra said. Ponyta lept over the bruised and battered pokèmon and flames erupted from its mane and tail, and then a shot of flames flew from its mouth. All of a sudden the Spearow were showered in flames, and a few from the front dropped. "Sandshrew, sand attack!" Della shouted. The timid Sandshrew looked determined, and a puff of sand flew as it began to run around the flock, covering the atmosphere. With a bound of courage, the other pokèmon who were being chased joined in on the fight. Ponyta was running around happily shooting flames out of it's mouth whenever it came across a Spearow not covered in flames.

Within seconds the battle had completely turned around. "Great job Ponyta!" Myra exclaimed. Ponyta trotted over with it's head held high. The Spearow were now flapping into some smoking trees, looking beaten and tired. Ponyta stood with her head held high, and Sandshrew was looking confident and pleased at how the battle had gone. Myra looked behind her and saw that down the path, the cute boy had a look of surprise on his face; he quickly looked away and joined the conversation with the rest of the boys. But she had seen the look in his eyes. He was impressed. And even though Della was smitten with him, Myra really wanted to impress him again. Then, without warning, her sleeve caught on fire. Ponyta didn't seem to appreciate her loss of attention, so Myra turned to the enthusiastic pokèmon and rubbed her soft muzzle, thanking her.

When the boys reached Viridian City, Roger was exhausted. The four had to take turns carrying Geodude because he was so heavy. Even the energetic Pidgey tried to help, but it was not strong enough yet. Unfortunately for Eevee, Pidgey seemed to think the little pokèmon was playing tag, because Pidgey kept flying in circles, swooping down towards her every few seconds. By the time they got to the pokècenter, everyone was completely exhausted except Pidgey, who seemed to have boundless energy. When they walked in there were trainers spread across the whole floor. The boys had taken so long with their battle that they were one of the last ones to arrive. They dropped off their pokèmon for the night and decided to camp at the edge of town. Roger saw that the pretty girl was camping with a group near by. He wondered if he would have the chance to talk to her. Nick got out his saxophone and played a low jazzy number. Roger's eyes started drooping as he thought about the next morning.