Chapter 1: The Beginning
It was a late-afternoon day. As I was walking down the city streets, I looked at all the stores that sold Pokémon items. From shirts to potions to soviniers. I walked to the Vermilion City Gym and watched Lt. Surge beat up a couple weak trainers with his Raichu. Surge didn't have any trouble at all. A little while afterwards, I went up to my brother's friend, Amy's, house. I had some of her delicious brownies and played a game of tag with her own Raichu. After the game, she offered me some hot tea.
"Still can't find a Pokémon?" she asked me.
"Nope. Professor Oak won't have any ready, tame Pokémon for weeks" I told her.
"That's a shame" she told me.
"Wish I could use Raichu. It would be able to win easily for me" I said.
"Of course, you wouldn't really be training it now, would you?" she asked me.
"Guess not" I replied back.
After saying good-bye to Amy & Raichu, I headed down to Route 11, near the Diglett's Cave, to catch a Pokémon. My brother, Zach, gave me a Poké Ball after he quit his Pokémon journey thanks to family problems. I searched for some good Pokémon, but all I could find were weak Pidgeys. I spotted a Drowzee as I was heading home.
"All right! A Psychic-type will be useful!" I shouted.
Unfortunately, Drowzee woke up & heard me. It then teleported away.
"Perfect. How am I supposed to get a Pokémon at this rate?" I asked myself.
As I was heading home, I decided to watch the boats sail in and out of the harbor. Just then, I heard a bike riding up behind me. I turned around, and barely got out of the way before a bike skid past me. I looked at the rider and it was none other than Randy, the guy I hate the most in the entire world. I shifted my brown, wavy hair and dusted off my blue shirt with a yellow stripe.
"Geez Matt, you ARE too slow" Randy said, laughing at me.
"What do you want sleezball?" I told him.
"I just wanted to know if my dear friend finally managed to capture a Pokémon?" Randy asked.
"Why do you want to know?" I asked him.
"Cause I wanted to show you this!" Randy exclaimed, as he enlarged a Poké Ball and opened it.
"Fetch'd Far Far!" the strange bird Pokémon squaked.
"I got Farfetch'd here from a contest from Silph. I won first place and got Farfetch'd. The thing is, this one is more powerful than any of that old geezer, Oak's, Pokémon!" Randy told me in a snotty voice.
This got me down even more. This means he's going to start his journey way before me, and I'll never be able to beat him! For some reason, Randy has always found to like picking on me. Probably because I'm not as strong as him or maybe it's because he has won so many competitions. I just shrugged him off and went home. Randy yelled something at me and laughed his head off. I ignored what he said.
At home, I was eating dinner with Zach & my dad, while mom was washing dishes.
"Hey Zach, I got a question"
"Shoot little bro" Zach said.
"Do you think I could have one of your Pokémon as a starter?" I asked my brother.
"Sorry little guy. I need to use them to help with the rebuilding of the S.S. Anne into the S.S. Aqua. Tell ya what. When we're done, I'll letcha have one, OK?" Zach replied.
"OK I guess" I said back, and sighed. By the time he gets done, Oak will have new starters in.
I had put my dishes in the sink when Mom asked me to take the trash out.
It was about 9:00 PM and was really dark outside. I turned on the porch light so I could see. As I opened the dumpster to put the trash in, something flew out. Startled, I fell over and dropped the bag. I shook my head and looked up. There was something on the roof. A small, blue figure spead it's wings and lunged at me. Luckily, I dodged it. The creature flew around and attacked me again. This time it got part of my shirt.
"Sure is fast" I told myself. I wondered what I was going to do when I saw the garden hose a few feet away. Dodging the monsters next sweep, I grabbed the hose, turned it to max, and attached the spray head on.
I aimed the hose at whatever the thing was, as it came back again. Taking aim, I fired the hose, and struck the monster. It flew back a few yards, shook its head, and charged again. I shot a couple more blasts, but the monster dodged. I managed to get part of the wing, and the monster landed on the side of the house. Knowing this was my one chance, I grabbed the Poké Ball from my pocket, enlarged it, and threw it. It slammed into the creature, opened up, and gobbled the monster up. The ball shook a few seconds, then sealed whatever it was inside. Surprised, I walked up to the Poké Ball and picked it up. I smiled, and jumped up and down, acting like a lunatic.
"Wahoo! I finally captured a Pokémon! All right! I gotta tell everyone!"
I shouted and ran back into the house.
"What was all the ruckuss dear?" Mom asked me.
"Oh nothing much, except that I finally got my first Pokémon!" I exclaimed.
Everyone was surprised. Zach wanted to know what I caught. I grabbed the Poké Ball and opened it. Out popped the blue creature as it flew around the kitchen.
"Bat Bat! Zu-bat!" it yelled.
"Whoa, a Zubat. What's one of those doing out here?" Zach asked.
"Who cares. I caught it and I'm gonna use it!" I shouted.
Mom & Dad were proud of me. They called Professor Oak & told him the good news. He agreed to see me tomorrow morning. That night, I could barely sleep..
I let my brand new Zubat hang from the ceiling to sleep. The next morning, after breakfast, I gathered my things and went down to the dock with Zach. He got out our small speedboat that we managed to get dirt cheap, and drove me & Zubat to Professor Oak's. When we finally got there, Zach told me to get back to Vermilion as soon as I can. I promised him & ran up the steps to Oak's lab. Inside were dozens of Pokémon.
"Ah, you're finally here!" Oak said, "Here is your Pokédex & 5 Poké Balls for you to start out with" Oak told me.
After getting my stuff, I left his lab and headed out to Route 1. Zubat followed close behind. Soon after getting onto the Route, I put my backpack down and searched for some Pokémon. There were nothing but Pidgeys. I sighed and decided one would have to do. I was about to throw a Poké Ball when I heard a rustling. I looked behind me and a Rattata was digging through my backpack! It took a snack cake from my pack and ran off. I chased after it, and soon enough dived for the Rattata. I missed, but sent the rat crashing
against a rock. Dizzy, the Rattata just laid there. I took the opportunity to throw a Poké Ball. It slammed on Rattata, and after a few seconds, clamped shut on it. Estatic, I showed my catch to Zubat. No sooner had I grabbed my backpack did I spot a strange bird. I whipped open my Pokédex to analyze.
"Spearow. A Flying-type Pokémon. Unlike Pidgey, Spearow has a terrible attitude. It is very wild and will often attack other Pokémon and humans."
"Cool. A Pokémon like that would make a great catch! OK Rattata! I choose you!" I yelled as I threw the Poké Ball.
Rattata stood, poised for battle. Spearow saw Rattata and decided it was lunch time. Spearow flew at my Pokémon and pecked it hard. Rattata flew back.
I called for a Tackle, but it didn't do a whole lot of damage. Spearow flew up in the air, grabbed Rattata's tail, and slammed it against a rock. Weak, Spearow went in for the kill. Luckily, I was able to return Rattata before it became Spearow food. I next called Zubat. Zubat flew high into the air, ready for battle. Spearow tried pecking, but Zubat was too fast, and out flew Spearow.
"OK Zubat! Time for Wing Attack!" I shouted to my Pokémon.
Zubat nodded and flew straight at Spearow. Smacking it with it's wing. Spearow rolled back, but shook it off. Zubat repeated a few more times, and I threw a Poké Ball. The ball fell to the ground, shook a few times, and stopped. I captured my third Pokémon! I grabbed the Poké Ball from the ground and petted Zubat for its good job. I decided it was time to head to the
PokéCenter in Viridian, but as I started, a boy came up to me and stopped me.
"Sorry kid, if ya want to pass through here, you have to beat me in a Pokémon Battle!" the boy said.
"Heh. I accept that challenge!" I replied.
"But if you lose, I get your Pokémon!" he said.
"What?" I asked in surprise.
The boy grabbed a Poké Ball and threw it. Out popped a two-headed bird.. I pointed my Pokédex at it.
"Doduo, the flightless Pokémon. Because its wings are so small, it cannot fly. However, it can run at high veloicities"
"All right then, I'll choose Spearow!" I shouted.
"Spearrrrrrr!" exclaimed the bird.
The battle began. Doduo tried pecking Spearow but Spearow easily dodged it and pecked Doduo. Using Leer, Spearow frightened Doduo to get an open shot. Eventually, Spearow managed to weave in and out between Doduo's heads, pecking it repeatedly, and making the two heads tie each other up. Beaten,
the boy recalled Doduo. He decided to use a Pidgey next. I figured this would be easy. Pidgey tried to Gust, but Spearow was too fast and pecked Pidgey hard. Pidgey tried to blind Spearow with Sand Attack, but Spearow's Growl overcame the sand. Spearow then gave one final Peck and Pidgey fainted. Calmly, the trainer
recalled his Pokémon. I figured I had this wrapped up, however he called out his top Pokémon.
"Pidge-yo!" called the Pokémon.
It was Spearow vs. Pidgeotto. My Spearow tried to Peck, but Pidgeotto was faster. It sent my Spearow crashing to the ground. It tried to get back up, but the Pidgeotto grabbed it with its talons and pecked repeatedly until Spearow was beaten. I recalled my Pokémon. Since Rattata was too weak to fight, I had
only one option.
"OK Zubat! Let's do it!" I shouted.
Zubat flew into battle, but the boy made some finger motions, and Pidgeotto used Whirlwind to blow the bat away. Zubat hit a tree and was knocked out.
"Hey that's cheating!" I shouted.
"I do what I have to to win" he replied.
I picked up Spearow and let him rest near me. I had only one choice left. I picked my last Poké Ball and threw it. Out popped Rattata. Still weak, Rattata didn't seem to have a chance. Pidgeotto attacked, and hit Rattata in the jaw, knocking Rattata back a few feet. It got up again and Tackled Pidgeotto, but it didn't do much damage. Then Pidgeotto clawed Rattata as it fell to the ground. The bird flew into the air & dived to finish it.
"Rattata! Quick Attack!" I shouted to my Pokémon.
Rattata did as it was told and jumped towards the bird, sending it to the ground. Pidgeotto recovered in time, but Rattata jumped on it and rode it into the sky. Pidgeotto twirled around & around trying to make Rattata fall, but it wouldn't budge. Finally, Rattata was thrown off, but not after chomping down on Pidgeotto's wing. The bird cried in agony as Rattata came down and slammed the bird hard to the ground. It bounced off the ground and onto a rock, fainting it. The trainer recalled his Pokémon, stunned. I ran up to Rattata and hugged it.
"You did it Rattata! I'm so proud of you!" I shouted.
Angry at his loss, the bird trainer called another Pidgeotto,and said to use Gust on me & my Pokémon. We got caught in a tornado.
"I always get what I want" said the bird keeper.
It looked like I had it, when I saw Zubat awaken from earlier. In a desperation move, I shouted an order.
"Zubat! Use Supersonic!" I yelled out.
Zubat had no idea what was going on until it saw the Pidgeotto. Obeying my command, Zubat sent out sonic waves that made the Pidgeotto scream loudly, stopping their Gust. Rattata, Spearow, & I fell down hard after the Gust ended. Confused, the Pidgeotto accidentally Gusted itself, thus catching the bird keeper in the tornado. As the tornado went away, I thanked Zubat.
Zubat nodded, but could barely fly. I picked up Rattata, Spearow & Zubat.
"I am very proud of all of you today" I said to them.
All three gave a weak smile. I smiled back.
"What do you say we rest up in Viridian?" I asked.
With that, I carried my Pokémon into Viridian City, and into the Pokémon Center.
To be continued...
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