Chapter 2: Welcome
So here I was trapped inside this red and white ball I've seen so many times in my life that were used to try and capture me all the time, but luckily managed to avoid. Ironically, now I've been caught in one and have no clue what was going to happen, but knew something was bound to happen sooner or later.
As I spoke, I felt my self being freed from my imprisonment back out onto the ground I lied upon moments before. I was a bit disoriented at first, almost forgetting where I was for half a second before the scenery reminded me of where I was. I blinked a couple of times before turning about to see Charcoal walking over towards me.
"Welcome to the team, Zack," Charcoal said, holding out a paw as he stopped before me. I looked down at the out held paw and was wondering what he was going to do with when he said, "You're supposed to shake it."
I looked up at him, blinked once, and looked down at his out held paw before I raised my paw and gripped it firmly.
"Now what?" I asked.
"Now this," Charcoal said as he began to move his paw up and down. "This is a shake."
"I know," I said smiling.
"If you knew, then why did you stand there looking at it?" Charcoal asked.
"I really don't know," I replied. "Guess I'm still a bit disoriented."
"I guess that can happen to most pokemon," Charcoal said as he released my paw.
"All right, Umbreon," the human said suddenly, getting my attention. "We need a good name for you. How about Breo?"
"Breo?" I questioned to Charcoal.
"He likes naming pokemon," Charcoal told me.
"Oh," I said. "Well it's not Breo. It's Zack."
"You don't like that name?" the human asked
"How can I like it when I have a name?" I asked him, though I knew he wouldn't be able to understand me.
"Easy there, buddy," the human said, obviously thinking I was upset. "I'm just trying to find a good name for you."
"I'm not Buddy either," I said. "It's Zack."
"Man," the human said, seeming frustrated. "This is hard trying to name you. Charcoal, what do you think we should name him?"
I looked over at Charcoal who was pondering in thought. Amazing how I know so many words! So after enough pondering, Charcoal walked straight up to his- I mean our master and sliced his paw horizontally through the air before slicing it downwards at an angle before slicing it again horizontally.
"Z?" the human asked.
Charcoal nodded his head in response before raising both his paws into the air until they came to a point above his head.
"Z, A," the human said, getting the memo of the message.
Charcoal then curved his right paw in a downward slope.
"Z, A, C," the human spelled out. "Zack? You think we should name him Zack?"
"Yup," Charcoal nodded.
"Cool!" the human said. "A blue-ringed Umbreon named Zack! Thanks for the help, Charcoal."
"Any time," Charcoal said as he returned to me.
"What was that all about?" I asked him.
"I like strategizing my ideas in different ways," Charcoal said. "And in battle, I like knowing what moves my opponents have before I strike."
"So you like being a strategic pokemon," I said, getting to the point.
"You catch on fast," Charcoal said, somewhat surprised by my conclusion.
"Well gang," the human, my master, said. "We don't have further to go before we get to Viridian."
"He means the city, right?" I asked Charcoal.
"You've been there?" Charcoal asked.
"I've been around here and there," I said just as my master was taking out another red-and-white ball.
"A bit of a long trip," he said. "You guys might want to return to your pokeballs."
I groaned slightly, really not wishing to return to the imprisonment of the ball I lived in. My ears drooped which got my master to reconsider.
"You don't really want to be inside, do you?" he asked, lowering the ball a bit.
"No," I said, shaking my head.
"Well, I guess not every pokemon trainer keeps their pokemon in pokeballs, so I guess I can let you guys stay out if you want," my master said.
"It will give me some fresh air to breathe for once," Charcoal said.
"Well then gang, let's go," my master said as he walked straight into the woods with Charcoal and me following.