Pokemon: A New Journey

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As I walked up the path towards Viridian Forest, I kept the egg wrapped in a towel so it would stay warm. There was a flock of Pidgies flying above my head.
"Man, I wish I could catch some pokemon now. I can't wait until my egg hatches. Then I'll be able to catch as many pokemon as I want." I thought to myself as I neared the forest.
Soon, I confromted a funny-looking pokemon. It was purple and had sharp fangs, but it was only a couple inches high. I pointed my pokedex at it;
<RATTATA: A rat pokemon. Rattata come out in day to search for food such as nuts and berries. Rattata are also known to be scavengers>
"Well, he's not getting my food," I said as I quickly hurried along. The rattata soon sprinted off into some bushes.
After a few hours, I reached Viridian Forest. A sign on front read:
VIRIDIAN FOREST: ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK
"OK, fine," I said with a shrug as I continued.
The forest had crisp air and the smell of pine all around. There was a clear-cut path that edged its way through the woods. As I hurried along, I heard a distant voice:
"Pidgey, go!"
"Whoa," I thought to myself, "A pokemon battle!" I soon sprinted over to the source of the sound and found myself in a clearing. A boy that looked a little older than me was facing a small bug pokemon. I pointed my pokedex at the pokemon:
<CATERPIE: A bug pokemon. This pokemon uses suctions on its body to inch its way around with great speed>
"Cool." I thought, "That kids lucky."
The boy then commanded to his Pidgey, "Pidgey, gust, now!"
The Caterpie responded quickly and quickly jumped to the side. The pidgey's gust just hit the ground and diminished.
"Aw man," the boy whined, "OK, Pidgey, watch out for-" The boy didn't have time to finish his sentence. The Caterpie shot a long strand of a white substance.
I pointed my pokedex at it: <Caterpie's first move, STRING SHOT, lowers the speed of its opponent>
The pidgey was stunned a little, but not finished. The boy then yelled to his pidgey, "Try gust again, Pidgey!" The pidgey obeyed and this time the Caterpie had no time to respond. The gust of wind hit him hard and he hit the ground.
"Pokeball, go!" the mysterious boy yelled as he tossed a red and white pokeball at the caterpie. After a few seconds, the light on the pokeball indicated that Caterpie was caught.
"Yes!" the boy said, happy that he had finally captured him. "Pidgey, return!"
I then came out of hiding and confronted him, "Hey, that was pretty cool."
"Oh. Thanks. You watched the entire fight?"
"Yep," I replied, "And it was a good fight at that.
"Thanks," he then remarked, "Oh, by the way, my names Stork. Or, at least people call me that because I'm so tall.
"I'm Austin Ketchum. From Pallet"
"Oh, you're from Pallet? I'm from Viridian City. I just came back to the woods to try out my new pokemon. My dad gave it to me for my birthday."
"Oh, you mean your pidgey?" I asked.
"Yep. I want to evolve him into a Pigeot so he can help me catch other pokemon. So, what about you? What pokemon do you have?"
I replied nervously, "Well, er…um, you see, I don't really have a pokemon yet. All I have is this Pokemon egg," I said as I showed him my egg.
"Oh cool!" he replied in awe, "You know, if I didn't know better, I'd say thats the egg of a-"
He was interrupted when the egg started shaking back and forth. A crack started to work its way around the middle half of the egg.
"It's hatching!" I cried out happily.
The crack finally made its way around the circumference of the egg, causing the top half to pop off, revealing my new pokemon, well, um, I really didn't know what it was. It was yellow, and had a cute face. Its head was spiked all the way around the top.
"That's what I thought," Stork said as two hands and two feet popped out of the shell, "Its a Togepy."
"A what?" I asked him as I pointed my Pokedex at it:
<TOGEPY: A grass/physic pokemon. Togepy wear their shell their whole life, never revealing their bottom half. Togepy believes that the first pokemon or human it sees is its mother and is imprinted with the image its whole life>
"Cool," I said out loud. The Togepy looked at me and then said "Togepy!*" in a really cheerful voice. (*I don't know what it sounds like, so until I do, I will have it say Togepy to talk) It must think I'm its mother, so I picked it up. Soon, it motioned to get down, so I put it down. It then climbed onto its feet and waddled over to Stork. It stared at him for a few seconds and then waddled over to the pokeballs at his waist.
"Gepy!" it said as it pressed on one of the pokeballs. A caterpie popped out that seemed very weak. The two began conversing between each other, so Stork and I let them be as we talked with each other.
"So," I asked him, "How did you know what a Togepy is?"
"Well, my dad had one once, but it wasn't alive when I was born. All I saw were pictures of him and my dad."
"Oh, cool," I said.
"Yep. Hey, are you on your way to Viridian City?"
"Yeah," I replied, "Do you want to come with me?"
"Ok. At Viridian we can stop and get our pokemon healed, and then head over to my house to eat and sleep," he said.
I then looked at my Togepy. It had fallen asleep, so I pointed one of my pokeballs at it and said, "Togepy, return!" A red glow then emitted from the pokeball and swallowed Togepy into it. After Stork did the same, we got up and headed to Viridian City as the sun began to set.

TO BE CONTINUED
Coming Up in PART III:
Stork and Austin enter Viridian. Who will be the next member of Austin's team?