I decided to start walking down the dirt path from my hometown Cherrygrove City, to Violet City. That's where I'll have to go to continue on my journey, when I suddenly hear.
"Hey you there, yeah you in the blue long sleeve shirt with black shorts. Hi nice to meet you my name is Cindy, and I have heard a lot about you and the whole Pokemon stealing scandal."
"Yeah that was a complete mess, hi my name is Thomas and I was actually right about to start my Pokemon journey officially, before you showed up."
"Oh sorry, I was just curious where you might be headed?"
"Violet City, it is the next town on my journey. Luckily, I have been there a couple of times, so I think I know the way." In my mind, I was wondering why she was so keen on knowing where I was going, until she said.
"Oh really, I have never been, you think you could maybe help me find the way. You see, I have never left New Bark Town, so I'm new to all of this."
"Sure, I'll help you, but under one condition."
"Okay, what is the one condition?"
"I want you to battle me with the starter Pokemon you just got from Professor Elm." To make my Vulpix stronger, I knew I had to test my Vulpix's strength against some of the strongest beginner Pokemon.
Cindy replied with surprisingly amount of enthusiasm to the question I asked her. "Are you kidding, of course I'll have a Pokemon battle with you."
"You can have the first move then, you'll need it." I said that with a lot more confidence than I actually had in my Vulpix though.
"Alright then, if you say so. Go Cyndaquil!"
"Looks like it'll be a fire Pokemon against a fire Pokemon then, go Vulpix!" Lets see what the Pokedex says about Cyndaquil, Cyndaquil the Fire Mouse Pokemon. It is timid, and always curls itself up in a ball. If attacked, it flares up its back for protection."Like I said, you have the first move."
"Alright then, Cyndaquil use Tackle!"
I just told Vulpix to do the first thing that came to my mind. "Vulpix dodge that attack!" Fortunately it was able to get out of the way in time. Then I figured I'd better go on the offense, so I decided to start attacking."Vulpix use Ember!" It was a direct shot. She replied quickly.
"It's gonna take more than that to knock out my Cyndaquil! Cyndaquil use your Smokescreen attack."
Suddenly the battlefield went black and I couldn't see, out of know where Cyndaquil came charging out of the black smoke with a Tackle attack. It nailed my Vulpix on to the ground."Vulpix, oh my god Vulpix are you okay, can you get up?"I was afraid my Vulpix had been knocked out, but then it started to slowly get back up to."That's the spirit Vulpix, now finish it off with another Ember attack!"
"Not so fast, Cyndaquil dodge it!"
Just as it was about to hit, Cyndaquil jumped out of the way and kept on dodging the Ember attacks. I wasn't exactly sure how I was going to handle the immense amount of speed Cyndaquil had, but I just went with my gut and kept on commanding Vulpix to attack.
"My turn, Cyndaquil end this with one last Tackle attack!"
"Vulpix, use one more Ember attack on Cyndaquil!" Vulpix was too fast with it's ember attack for Cyndaquil to avoid it, the match was over. I ran over to make sure her Cyndaquil wasn't hurt,"I think Cyndaquil has been burned Cindy. Hold on a second I think I have a burn heal in this backpack somewhere. Ahah got it! Here you go." We took a quick stop for her Cyndaquil to get a little better and then we headed out for Violet City."Looks like we'll actually have to stop for the night if that's okay with you."
"Yeah it's getting really dark out here, did you bring a sleeping bag?" Asked Cindy.
"Yeah, did you?"I asked wondering wether she packed for her journey already.
"Yeah I did, we can wake up early tomorrow and continue to Violet City."I have one question for you Thomas before we call it a night."
"What is that?" I asked curiously.
"Why have you not put your Vulpix in its poke ball this whole time?"
"Since this is my first Pokemon I feel a special connection to it, isn't that right Vulpix." Vulpix responded in agreement. Besides would you like to be kept in a ball for very long periods of time and then come out probably only to battle.
"You're right, come on out Cyndaquil. You want to stay out of your poke ball right?" Cyndaquil responded with an obvious yes."Good night Thomas."
"Good Night." I responded in a tired tone.
"Wake up Thomas, we'd better get on our way if we want to make it Violet City by midday."
"Yeah, just give me one more minute to sleep." I was really tired from our last battle yesterday, even though I wasn't the one actually fighting.
"Come on Thomas we losing precious time." Said Cindy with a sense of urgency in her voice.
"Okay, okay, but um do we have anything to eat for breakfast."
"That actually never quite crossed my mind." Said Cindy with a puzzled look on her face.
"I have an idea, my Mom taught me how to make some shakes that you only need to berries to make, and there also pretty filling."
"That sounds good, what kind of berries do we need?"
"See that the issue, I'm not actually quite sure what berries we need. You know what though, why don't we just play, Guess Which Berries Taste Good Enough To Go In A Shake game." We both broke down laughing, but later decided that was actually our best plan. So we set of scavenging for the best looking fruits, and after about an hour of looking we finally found enough berries to make shakes for each of us. It was one of the most disgusting things I've ever tasted but it was filling so we drank with looks of disgust on our faces." Well we'd better head out then I guess, I think we're about 2 Miles or so away."
"Yeah that's a good idea." She said, with an exhausted expression on her face." Finally Violet City, I didn't think we'd make it but surely enough here we are! Where are you heading first?"
"Where else, the gym of course!" I said with the same tone of excitement when I was allowed to go on a Pokemon journey."
