Pokemon: A New Journey

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Stork and I entered Pewter City at around 8:00pm. We were dead tired from walking, and my Growlithe needed to go into the pokécenter because he got a nice bump in the head from my new Oddish, who was also put into the pokécenter for treatment. My Togepy had been sleeping for the rest of the way to Pewter in his pokéball, so when we found a hotel to stay at, he was a lively as ever. Stork and I, on the other hand, were dead tired from walking. We each collapsed in our beds and turned on the TV. Right now, there was a long infomercial about the newest inventions for pokémon on the Non-Stop Pokémon channel, so we walked over to a nearby restaurant and ate like there was no tomorrow.
My Togepy quietly drank some water on our table as Stork started to tell me about who I would be facing tomorrow, "I think his name is Brock. He's a trainer of rock time and its rumored he has a Geodude and an Onix. Anyway, he's very determined to win, so you might want to watch out for your pokémon when they're battling."
"Ok," I replied nervously. I then asked, "How do you know all this?"
"Well, my friend's brother's cousin in-law's nephew's son began his pokémon journey a couple of years ago, so it sorta got around."
"Uh, yeah," I said with a crack in my voice.
"So, anyway," he began, trying to make conversation, "how do you like your new Oddish?"
"He's great," I replied, "He's also the first pokémon I ever caught."
"Oh yeah. So that means he's sorta special."
"Yep, and I can't wait till he evolves."
Our food then came, and we ate happily, seeing that the last thing we ate were some cookies on the way there. My Togepy came up to my salad and poked at it with curiosity.
"Hey, stop that," I said with a laugh. He looked up at me with a confused look, and then back again at my salad. He quickly grabbed a piece of lettuce and quickly waddled to the other side of the table. There he say down and started chomping happily on the lettuce.
"Togepy!" he said with a grin.
Stork then said with a smirk, "At least he's getting his leafy greens."
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As usual, we woke up the next morning at around 10. After we had left the restaurant, we made a quick trip to the grocery store to pick up some eggs and bacon for breakfast. We also picked up some snacks for later. As I cracked the eggs, Togepy saw me and screamed, "TOGEPY!"
"Oh, yeah. Well, you see, um…these aren't Togepy eggs…see, um these come from chickens and… um, they were never living or anything," I said nervously, trying to comfort him.
So, anyway, Stork and I ended up eating bacon for breakfast.
My Growlithe and my Oddish were still sleeping when I got them back from the pokécenter, so I waited for them to wake up before I went and challenged Brock for the Boulder badge. While they were sleeping, I looked up Oddish's moves in my pokédex.
<Oddish's current moves are ABSORB and POISON POWDER>
"Ok," I said to myself.
Stork had gone out for another hour to look for more pokémon, while I continued to wait for my pokémon to awaken. I watched pokémon battles on TV, some were Haunter against Kadabra, Raticate against Ditto, and Hitmonchan against Raichu. After about 2 hours, Stork returned with a huge smile on his face.
"What are you so happy about," I asked him.
"Well, there's a couple reasons. One, there was another trainer in the woods who I battled. I used my Caterpie and," he stopped as he pulled a pokéball from his waist and opened it. A green, dull-eyed thing came out. I pointed my pokédex at it:
<METAPOD: The evolved form of Caterpie. Metapod is a pokémon at a cocoon stage, where it will soon evolve into Butterfree with enough experience. Like Kakuna, the only move it knows is HARDEN>
"So, you got yourself a Metapod," I said, "What's the other part of your good news?"
He then returned Metapod to his pokémon and grabbed another one. A red light shot out and formed the shape of a bird pokémon.
"Remember that Spearow that attacked us?" he asked with a grin, "Well, I think this is that Spearow."
The Spearow appeared on the floor and let out a cry, "Spearow!"
This awoke Growlithe, who then proceeded to bark, which woke Oddish, who began to run frantically around in circles. In all the pandemonium, my Togepy began crying.
Stork quickly held out Spearow's pokéball and yelled, "Spearow, return!"
I then quickly grabbed two of my pokéballs and commanded Growlithe and Oddish to do the same. There were bright flashes of red light everywhere, lighting up the room with a luminescent glow. Then, there was silence, well, except for Togepy who was slowly starting to sniffle his tears.
"It's ok, buddy," I comforted him as I gave him a piece of lettuce, which was now one of his favorite foods.
After cleaning up our hotel room and paying for a broken vase, we headed to the Pewter City Gym. Out front, there were several kids playing, the oldest being about 8 years old. He confronted us, and asked us if either of us wanted to battle him. Stork quickly agreed, "I'll battle you!"
So, an area was cleared for battle and all of the younger kids and I made a circle around the battleground. The fight then began:
The younger boy called out his first pokémon, "Rattata, come out!"
Stork then yelled, "Spearow, let's do it!"
"Rattata, tail whip!"
The Rattata ran to the Spearow and got his tail ready. Spearow just stood there. Right when Rattata was in hitting distance, he swung, but Spearow was to fast and flew up quickly. The Rattata then stumbled around and landed on his back.
"Spearow, peck attack!" Stork screamed.
The Spearow dove down at the dazed Rattata and hit him hard in the gut with his beak. The Rattata flinched in pain, but got back up and waited for his next order.
"Rattata, tackle it while its on the ground," the young trainer yelled.
The Rattata immediately jumped at Spearow, who was caught off guard.
The Spearow hit the ground and the trainer then yelled, "Hit it again with Quick Attack!"
The Rattata jumped at the injured Spearow and hit him once more. Spearow collapsed in a faint.
"Spearow re-huh?" Stork asked confusingly as the Rattata started to glow and grow bigger. It then screamed, "Raticate!"
I pointed my pokédex at the newly evolved Raticate:
<RATICATE: A rat pokémon. The evolved form of Rattata, Raticate, possesses even larger fangs and is very powerful. One of its most powerful moves is HYPER FANG>
"Uh-oh," I quietly said to myself, "Stork's in for it now."
After Stork had returned Spearow, he yelled, "Weedle, go!"
The yellow bug popped out but was extremely frightened when it saw the large, brown rat towering over it. "We-dle-le," it stuttered in a scared voice.
"It's, ok, Weedle, your more powerful than this rat. Poison sting, now," Stork exclaimed.
The Weedle obeyed, despite how scared it was. It lunged at the Raticate, its stinger facing forward.
The young boy then screamed, "Raticate, dodge the stinger!" But it was too late. The boy had hesitated and the needle dug into the Raticate's neck. The Raticate's vision faded as it collapsed onto the ground.
"No!" he screamed, "That was my only pokémon!" He quickly returned his pokémon and sprinted towards the pokécenter.
Stork was about to return his Weedle when it started to glow. "It's evolving!" a young girl said from the crowd. We all stared in awe as the Weedle grew a hard crust, which covered its body. It became a yellow pokémon, resembling Stork's Metapod. I then remembered what my pokédex said about Metapod and Kakuna being very similar.
"This must be a Kakuna," I thought out loud.
"Cool," Stork exclaimed, "Two evolved pokémon in one day!"
We then remembered what we were there for in the first place, to win the Boulder Badge.
Stork then said to me, "I'm going to go put my pokémon in the pokécenter. I'll meet you in there in about 10 minutes, ok?"
"Sure," I said as I walked in and opened the doors.
When I opened the doors, my mouth dropped down. There were kids sprinting around in every square foot of the gym. They were playing on rocks and huge boulders that dotted the large room. In the middle, trying to calm them all down was a middle-aged man who was yelling and practically pulling his hair out of his head.
"Um…Is this a bad time?" I asked the man.
"Oh. Sorry, you caught me off guard. No, its not a bad time, I'm just trying to calm these kids down. Hey, Joseph, get down from there!" he yelled as he ran over and grabbed a small child who was climbing on top of an exceptionally large boulder.
"Ok," I replied, trying to ignore all the kids, "I'm here to battle Brock for the Boulder Badge."
"Oh, Brock. Well, see… he took off a couple months ago with his friend, um…Ash. I think that's the name."
"Is it Ash Ketchum, by any chance?" I asked the frenetic man.
"Yeah, that's it. He's on a pokémon journey with him."
"Oh, well then who do I talk to to get a Boulder Badge?"
"A Boulder Badge. Well, that'd be me," the man replied, "By the way, I'm Flint, Brock's father."
"I'm Austin Ketch-I'm Austin."
"Well, nice to meet you. So, let's battle!" he enthusiastically replied. Right then, Stork walked into the gym.
"Where's Brock?" he asked.
"I'll explain later" I said, turning back to Flint, who was clearing the children off of the battle area.
"Ok, Graveler, go!"
A walking rock popped out of the pokéball. I pointed my pokédex at the strange pokémon:
<GRAVELER: A rock pokémon. The evolved form of Geodude. Graveler are rumored to be made of the strongest rock on the planet, causing them to have a very strong defense>
"What are the best pokémon to use against it?" I asked it.
<Graveler are weak against Water and Ground pokémon>
"Well, I don't have any water pokémon," I thought to myself, "But Togepy is part Ground. Togepy, go!"
My Togepy came out of his pokéball, groggy from just waking up. He then saw the pokémon and got ready for battle.
"Togepy!" he yelled in a determined voice.
"Ok, Togepy, pound!"
My Togepy started running and then jumped high in the air.
"Graveler, defense curl!" Flint yelled. His Graveler tucked his arms and legs in and my Togepy hit the hard rock.
"Togepy!" I screamed.
He hit the ground once again, but got back up, determined to win.
"Togepy, let's put it to sleep! Sing attack!"
He started to sing and the Graveler's eyes started to dull until they finally closed and he hit the ground.
"Graveler, return!" Flint cried, "Squirtle, go!"
He then said with a red face, "My son always used rock pokémon, but Graveler was my only rock pokémon, so I had to get another pokémon."
I then called Togepy back and opened my pokédex. "What's good against water?"
<The best pokémon to use against water are plant and ground pokémon>
"Ok. Oddish, go!"
My Oddish popped out with a happy grin, "Oddish! Ish!"
"Squirtle, water gun!"
The water hit Oddish, only causing him to fall back. He immediately got up and waited for his next command.
"Oddish," I screamed, "Poison Powder!"
Oddish squinted his eyes and let a green powder shoot out from his leaves. They sprinkled down on Squirtle who then wobbled dizzily around until he hit the floor.
"Squirtle, tackle!" Flint screamed frantically.
The Squirtle slowly got up and started jogging at Oddish with dull eyes. He then lunged, but hit the ground and closed his eyes right in front of Oddish.
"Oddish!" he screamed as he jumped up and down.
"Way to go, Oddish!" Stork yelled from a corner.
"Togepy!" my Togepy screamed.
"Well, good job Austin," Flint said as he returned his Squirtle, "Here's your Boulder Badge."
I looked at the badge with eyes wide. "My first badge!" I exclaimed as I showed it to Stork.
"Way, to go, Austin!" Stork said with as much excitement.
After saying goodbye to Flint and his children, we walked outside to find the sun setting behind the mountains.
"Well," I said with a sigh, "This was an interesting day."

TO BE CONTINUED
Coming Up in PART VI:
The gang leaves Pewter in hopes of finding more pokémon. Will they be successful?