Chapter 3: Viridian City
I walked happily behind my new master and friend as we traveled through the forest. I smiled happily, looking left and right at my surroundings as I walked. The day was sunny, yet in the forest, where no sun could reach, the air was very cool, yet a tad warm, which was comfortable to me. I breathed in deeply, taking in the climate of the air and exhaled happily as I continued to walk.
I looked up upon hearing a noise and watched as a Butterfree flew over us, veering off into the forest for a purpose. Perhaps it lived somewhere in there, or maybe it was just out on a morning flight. Then again, there might have been a certain favorite food it liked that was somewhere that way. Who knows? I could have gone on with my thoughts if Charcoal had not suddenly asked me a question.
"So," he said. "Mind telling me what a pokemon like you was doing there by that lake?"
"I just stopped there briefly," I answered him. "I was planning on getting up and heading out elsewhere, but now being caught seems like it's going to be fun. So what kind of things do you think we're going to be doing?"
"Well," Charcoal said. "As far as I know, we're going to be in battles and stuff. Plus, I think I heard something about battling in these gym things. I think it's some sort of gym battle. I'll have to do some digging into that."
"Cool!" I said. "So where are you from?"
"Originally I was born nearby a volcano on some sort of island or something," Charcoal told me. "I grew up learning all the information I could about the world when I was one day captured by this gray haired man in a white coat. Then I got trapped in that red-and-white ball for who knows how long before I ended up in another town called Pallet."
"How far away is that?" I asked.
"Some miles from where you were at when my master found you," Charcoal replied. "So, I'm curious to know what color Eevee you were. You don't get to see a lot of shiny pokemon these days."
"I was a red Eevee before I evolved," I replied.
"Interesting," Charcoal said as sunlight suddenly blinded me for a minute.
I stopped and blinked several times, trying to get my focus back. When it did, I immediately recognized the city I was in last before getting myself captured. I couldn't remember if that was yesterday or a week ago. But I didn't really care. I was just happy I was on the move again.
"Well guys," my master said, looking out over the city. "We've made it. And to think that it isn't even lunch time yet."
Lunch? That rang a bell in my head. I was busy focusing on many other things at once that I had completely forgotten to eat breakfast. And even as I thought about it, my stomach began growling, indicating that it was hungry. I noticed that both my master and Charcoal were staring at me, hearing my growling stomach as well.
"Guess you're pretty hungry, being that I didn't allow you to eat breakfast before capturing you, huh Zack?" my master asked, obviously looking guilty that he had done so without much thought.
"It's fine," I replied with a smile. "I didn't think much of it either."
"Well then come on," my master said. "There should be a Pokemon Center down there somewhere that will allow you to eat."
"Great!" I said. "I'm starving."
"As am I," Charcoal said as we followed our master down.
Silence occurred between the three of us as my master searched for this so called center thing. People were walking in many different directions, crossing streets, entering buildings, and strange moving objects were slowly moving past us and stopping at a cross way. Plus they were loud, but hey, it was a city. And this was everyday life in the city as I observed when I was here last.
"Aha!" my master said, stopping before a building. "Here we are. The Pokemon Center."
My eyes lit up with excitement. I was actually going inside a building. My mind began running through al the possibilities that might be going on in there and what I might run into while being in there. Charcoal went in first, scooting around our master, said master following Charcoal in, which I didn't find too strange.
I went in to follow next, but as my head went in, I stopped suddenly, something cutting off my air supply as an invisible force began squeezing at my neck. I was caught by surprise right then and tried turning my head to see just who or what was preventing me from going inside, not to mention squeezing the life out of me. Unfortunately, the pressure on my neck prevented me from doing so.
I began thinking of a strategy to rid this thing from killing me when suddenly, the pressure subsided, the invisible force squeezing at my neck disappearing. I rubbed at my now sore neck while I glanced up at my master.
"I'm so sorry Zack," he said. "I should have kept the door held open."
Ah! So that's what it was. This "door" was the reason my neck was hurting, but other than that, I felt perfectly fine.
"It's all right," I said with a smile.
My master sighed with relief saying, "I'm glad you're understanding. Come on."
I followed my master into the building, looking around in excitement. People were everywhere walking in many different directions. Some even walked behind some walls, leading them elsewhere. I, however, had stopped at a huge table looking thing and plopped myself down while continuing to look around excitedly.
I could see people staring at me with shock and surprise because of my rings. Most of them walked away, muttering something I couldn't hear, yet I probably knew that they were jealous that I belonged with an owner such as the one I'm with now.
"All right you guys," my master said, getting me to look up at him. "Time to go back into your pokeballs."
I rolled my eyes and moaned once more, flattening my ears.
"I know you don't like it," my master said. "But I promise you that when Nurse Joy is done checking your health, I'll let you both back out."
"Fine," I said reluctantly.
"It won't be that long," Charcoal said. "Just a quick check up and then you're out again."
I watched then as Charcoal was returned to his ball before I followed, returning to the imprisonment of my torture.