Viridian City Revisited

Day 20

We arrived back in Viridian, to challenge the gym. It was the first place I went, and the machine in the door read my Trainer Card, letting me in.

I challenged Cassie to a 1-on-1 battle, 3 Pokemon each.

I started with Beedrill, she went with Nidoking.

Beedrill got in some great hits, but got hurt itself. It eventually KOed Nidoking after Nidoking used Dig, and Beedrill followed it into the Tunnel, KOing it with unavoidable Fury Attacks.

Cassie then sent out Dugtrio.

Dugtrio used Dig, hitting Bulbasaur badly. Then I realised that Pokemon could be KOed underground....

I told Bulbasaur to Leech Seed the ground, then use Sunny Day. This led the seeds to quickly become big trees with long roots. Dugtrio got stuck underground, then I sent out Nidorino, who used Earthquake, which was ultra-powerful on the trapped Dugtrio, KOing it.

Then came Cassie's Rhydon, which instantly charged at Nidorino, KOing him in one hit.

I sent out Bulbasaur, but her Solarbeam was beaten back by Rhydon's Fire Blast, KOing Bulbasuar.

I had to go with tired Beedrill, who hit quickly with a Signal Beam, toppling Rhydon over. Beedrill then went it with Twineedle, KOing it, and earning me the Earth Badge, and my ticket to the Indigo League.

I shook Cassie's hand and left the gym, heading straight for Victory Road, after healing up.

We made our way right up to the entrance, then we camped there, wanting to be refreshed for the journey.

Training Camp

Day 13

We got up early, to check all our supplies. I made sure that we had plenty of food, water, spare PokeBalls, PokeFood, Energy Drinks, Food Bowls, Sturdy Shoes, Sun Hat, Rope, Healing Equipment and a Tent. Whe we were totally ready we set off, hoping to find a good camping place quickly.

After an hour or so, we found a nice flat space, perfect for a camp. I sent everyone out. There was lots that needed doing.
Bulbasaur and Nidorino went to get firewood.
Beedrill and Electrode went to search for nearby Berries.
Ekans and Gastly made the sleeping area out of big logs in a square, and leaves.

I put up the tent, and as soon as I was finished, Bulbasaur and Nidorino returned with loads of firewood. Then they went off to look for leaves to sleep on. Ekans and Gastly helped them.
Beedrill and Electrode returned shortly after with lots of Apicot and Salac berries.

We soon had four sturdy logs, a huge pile of leaves, a medium sized fire, and plenty of berries.
Nidorino backed up, facing the massive pile of leaves, and charged into them, knocking the pile over. Then everyone joined in, spreading the laves out, having leaf fights. We were soon all exhausted, with a perfect bed.

Then Electrode lit the fire with a spark, and everyone huddled around, as it was getting windy. After that, we all settled down for a good nights sleep.

Day 14

As soon as dawn broke, everyone was up, relit the fire, and started to toast some berries for breakfast. When we were all full, we got started on the activities.

The Day was split into 15 different sections.

Section 1: Breakfast

Toasted berries, Pokemon Food, whatever would give everyone high energy for the rest of the day. This woke all the Pokemon up, and got them raring to go.

Section 2: Warm Up

This was exercises, push-ups, sit-ups, that sort of thing. This got all the Pokemon's muscles working, as well as making them physically stronger. The Pokemon used this to compare their skills, seeing which Pokemon could do the most push-ups in a minute, that sort of thing.

Section 3: Team Skills

Team 1:

Beedrill
Gastly
Bulbasaur

Team 2:

Nidorino
Ekans
Electrode

Team Skills was all about working as a team. Doing things such as collecting leaves, in competition with the other team. This made the Pokemon work together, to win. There were often fiendish plots too, with Team 1 digging a big hole, which all of Team 2 fell into, for example.
All the Pokemon enjoyed the competition, and just got better and better.

Section 4: Stat Skills

Stat Skills was how the Pokemon worked on their individual skill, such as accuracy, reactions, Attack Power.

Attack Power was worked on using Physical Attacks and moves, such as improving their Tackle Attack.

Defensive Power was teaching the Pokemon how to defend well, to lessen the attacks power, take hits straight on, and conceal weak spots.

Speed was simple sprints, slaloms, shuttle runs. Dodging attacks was also incorporated into this.

Accuracy was aiming attacks at targets, either standing or moving.

Stamina was developed by long distance runs, using the same attack repeatedly, and even holding their breath.

Reactions were developed by seeing how fast a Pokemon could react to a trainer's command. or dodge an oncoming attack.

Every Pokemon liked this, as it meant that they could find out how good they were personally.

Section 5: Lunch

Most of lunchtime was spent bickering and bantering about the earlier exercises. I added extra Vitamins and Minerals to the Pokemon's lunches, such as Calcium and Iron.

Section 6: Battle Skill

Battle Skill was about using the arena. Being able to swim, hide behind obstacles, climb trees all came into this. It was also about countering Pokemon that were utilising the arena.

Section 7: Battle Conditions

Conditions was about using the conditions, such as rain, snow, sun, to the Pokemon's advantage. Such as Bulbasaur's Solarbeam, which powered up in Sunlight.

Section 8: Battle Combinations

Combinations was about combining attacks to give them more power, or deplete an oncoming attack's power. This involved combining attacks, launching attacks from the air, charging up other attacks.

Section 9: Battle Abilities

Abilites was about learning about each Pokemon's unique ability, such as Gastly's Levitate, Ekans' Intimidate. This was really liked, as the Pokemon could learn something about themselves.

Section 10: Battle Types

This was learning about which moves did extra damage, or less damage, to certain type Pokemon.

Section 11: Battle Practice

Battle Practice was random match-ups, which rotated every time a Pokemon took a hit. This was the Pokemon's favourite round, as they could go all out against the other Pokemon.

Section 12: Warm Down

This was healing and relaxing time, so that the Pokemon weren't too hyped up.

Section 13: Supper

Supper was another round of food, also with supplements.

Section 14: Games

Pokemon liked this, as they played tag, hide and seek, all sorts.

Section 15: Night Exercise

The night exercise was usually a sneaking around, using darkness game, often involving silent ambushes, and using cover.

Then it was bed time ,and all the Pokemon were so tired, they dropped straight off, ready for the next day.

Days 15, 16, 17, 18

These days were spent doing all the exercises.

Day 19

This was the last day, and we all hiked to the summit. There every Pokemon planted a berry, to show that they had been there.

Then we all slowly made our way down to Cerulean City, happy with the weeks work.

When we all arrived in Cerulean, it was getting dark, so we camped there.

Cinnabar Island

Day 12

We flew down to Pallet Town, I wanted to talk with Professor Oak before we headed to Cinnabar. About my new Ekans.

I went up to his lab, and knocked, being shown in by Tracey.

I talked to Oak about the next gym, and he said that Bulbasaur and Beedrill wouldn't be much help, and suggested using Nidorino.

I also showed him Ekans, which he said was a Shiny Pokemon, which is a Pokemon with the same abilities, but differently coloured. Ekans was still sick. Oak examined it, and said that allEkans had was a Common Cold, which was less dangerous than the Poison Cold that it could have caught. He also said that Ekans has had PKRS in the past, which was cool.

I then realised that my ferry to Cinnabar was about to leave, so I had to say goodbye, and sprint to catch it.

I did catch it safely, just in time. It took an hour or so to reach Cinnabar, then we got off, and headed straight for the gym.

I challenged Blaine. but it was roasting hot inside his gym. It was only just bearable.

We had a double battle, which started with Electrode using Flash to stun Rapidash, so Ekans could get in a Bite. It worked, but then Rapidash used Agility, and Arcanine Howl.

Both of Blaine's Pokemon kept doing this, and they were impossible to hit. Salvation only came when my Pokedex told me that Ekans could use Haze, which eliminated stat changes. I told Ekans to use it, and it slowed Rapidahs down and calmed Arcanine. It also left a dark smog, making visibility difficult.

Electrode then used Flash on Rapidash, blinding it temporarily, followed by Ekans using Poison Sting to KO it.

We tried the same combo again on Arcanine, but Blaine told it to jump up in the air. Electrode charged up, then let rip with an almightily strong Thunderbolt, maximising damage as Arcanine was in the air. It was an instant KO.

I had got the Volcano badge, only one more to go before the Indigo Championships.

I left the gym, happy with the achievement.

I asked Ekans whether she felt up to a round against Cassie now, but I reckoned that all my Pokemon needed training.

I suggested that we hike over Mt. Moon, for a training camp. Ekans loved the idea, so did everyone else. We set off at once for Mt. Moon.

We arrived and camped, wanting to be totally refreshed for the days ahead.

Fuchsia City

Day 11

The nurse in Fuchsia knew nothing about my Ekans either, oh well.

We decided to head for Koga's gym, then maybe the Safari Zone as a treat afterwards.

We entered the gym, ready for anything.

I challenged Koga to a double battle, and he agreed. I sent out Bulbasaur and Electrode, he chose Muk and Weezing.

Electrode's Thunderbolt and Bulbasaur's Solarbeam combo were really good, doing loads of damage. Electrode then used Explosion, doing yet more damage, but KOing Electrode.

Weezing then used Explosion itself, but Bulbasaur jumped up in the air, being forced high by the blast. He then used Body Slam on Muk, KOing it easily.

I got the Soul Badge, and we were another step closer to the Indigo Championships.

We then visited the Safari Zone as a reward for everyone's hard work getting 6 badges.

All the Pokemon enjoyed making friends with all the exotic Pokemon that were around, and I took some good photos. When it got dark, we left, ready to move on to Cinnabar.

We camped outside a Psyduck's pen, where all her baby ducklings were sleeping peacefully.

Saffron City

Day 10:

We got up early, and headed into Saffron. gastly was up to the challenge, so we went straight for the gym after breakfast.

I challenged Sabrina, and we battled.

Gastly easily beat her Kadabra, with a brilliant Shadow Punch. Electrode's Explosion did for the Alakazam, after Electrode was almost KOed in one hit by a Psybeam. We had got the Marsh Badge!

We left the gym, and there wasn't much to do, so I hired a flying Pokemon, and we flew to Fuchsia.

When we arrived, we decided to have an early night, ready for the next gym battle with Koga.

Celadon City

Day 9

We woke up, and headed towards Saffron, and the Underground Path. As we reached it, three Growlithe attacked. Aaron caught one, Maria caught one, but I defeated mine. We then moved on to Celadon safely.

As we entered the City, we split up. Maria and Jin were heading for the Game Corner, Aaron the department store, and me the gym. He said out goodbyes, and I headed for the gym.

I challenged Erike to a one-on-one battle, and we started, Beedrill easily cuting swathes through Erika's Vileplume. We soon won. We got the Rainbow Badge, and now we're halfway to all 8 badges.

We left the gym, and headed for the department store.

I zoomed around, not liking shopping, I got one of each the evolution items, some power-up drugs, and some healing stuff. I left the shop, and headed to the Game Corner.

I played the slots, winning a little, but my big win was on a Pokemon Dash.

I bet on Meowth #2, and it sped home 1st, winning me 500 coins. Brilliant.

I wanted to buy a Pokemon, but they all looked weak. A crate at the back caught my eye. I picked it up, and inside was an Olive green and Yellow Ekans. It looked ill. I wanted to take it out of the cramped crate, and heal it up. I paid the assistant all of my 650 coins for her, and unlocked the crate. I ran to the Pokemon Center to heal it.

Nurse Joy said she had never seen anything like it. Ekans was healed, and looked a lot better. I left for Saffron, as Aaron had headed for Fuchsia.

On the way to Saffron, we camped, it was getting dark.

Rock Tunnel

Day 8:

We woke up late, hoping that all the nocturnal Zubat in Rock Tunnel would have gone to sleep by the time we entered.

We all healed in the nearby Pokemon Center, and then we were ready to take on Rock Tunnel. He walked into the dark cave, with Voltorb ready to use Flash.

On the first floor, we took down several Zubat, but then there was a massive group of angry Mankey. Voltorb managed to stun them with Flash, then Thunderbolt. We managed to scramble up the ladder to the next floor.

Voltorb just got better and better on the next floor, beating two trainers and countless Zubat. We reached the exit, ready for Lavender Town.

The fresh air was great as we headed to Lavender.

When we arrived as soon as we were healed, Voltorb was ready to go Ghost Hunting in the Pokemon Tower. So we set off. After lunch of course. Bulbasaur couldn't let us forget that.

We went into the darkened tower, and I remembered it from that sad day a few years ago, the day Aron died.

I visited the grave. Dad wanted Aron to be buried here, in Lavender, rather than in Mt. Pyre, because Aron had loved the ghosts there.

I left an Oran Berry on the grave, as a sign of respect.

Then we moved on, to do some Ghost hunting.
Unfortunately, the first Pokemon we found was a Cubone, which Voltorb beat. Voltorb then evolved, turning into an Electrode. I was so proud of it. It had worked so hard since Bill's Cottage.

We then moved on to Ghost hunting, and we quickly found a Gastly. Electrode weakened it, and I threw a PokeBall, only for Gastly to escape. Electrode then hurt it more, and then I did catch it, at last. Gastly joined the team, at long last.

Then we beat some more Gastlys, before exiting, and bumping into Aaron Nightshadow and Maria Wolff.

I soon found out that Gastly was pretty badly behaved, and kept doing impressions of me behind my back.

We headed for Celadon, for the next badge.

Then we camped out, ready for a gym battle the next day.

Vermilion City

Day 7:

After we slept the night in the Pokemon Center, we headed for Vermilion, wondering what challenges were in store for us.

As we arrived, we headed to the Pokemon Center, and healed everyone.

They we decided to check out the Pokemon Fan Club there.
As we went in, there was a rampaging Psyduck, which was causing havoc.

The chairman didn't know what was wrong with it.
I suggested that the trainer told it to use Calm Mind, and as soon as Psyduck used it, it calmed down, and was fine.
I then had a chat with all the trainers there, as well as the Chairman, who gave me some tips for the gym. I can't wait to try them out.

We then headed straight for the gym.

We challenged Lt. Surge, and the match started.

Nidoran beat his Voltorb, because Nidoran can ground Electric Attacks.

Nidoran then evolved into a Nidorino, which was really amazing.

Then we had a Double Battle, Nidorino and Bulbasaur v Pikachu and Riachu

Nidorino and Bulbasaur pulled off some great combination moves, and Nidorino shielded Bulbasaur from a super-powerful Thunder attack. So I switched him out, and sent out Voltorb.

Bulbasaur then KOed Pikachu, and Voltorb showed off it's Explosion attack, hurting Bulbasaur, and KOing Riachu, to earn me the Thunder Badge.

As soon as we left the gym, we healed up.

Voltorb was really pumped up afterwards, so we headed for Rock Tunnel while he was on the high.

As we went along Route 11, Voltorb was beating Spearows and Rattatas, and was getting more and more powerful. He wasn't a baby any more.

While we were going down Route 9, I realised that I needed Flash to get through Rock Tunnel, so I taught it to Voltorb, who was really happy with the attack.

As we arrived at the start of the Tunnel, the sun was setting, so we camped there for the night.

Cerulean City

Day 6:

I walked down into Cerulean after sleeping in a little late. I walked to the Pokemon Center, healed, then headed for the gym. It was the biggest building in the whole city, and unmistakable, as it had a large Dewgong painted above the door. I went in, pushed the doors open, and saw Misty training with her Staryu. I challenged her and she agreed , sending out Staryu. I quickly sent out Bulbasaur, and she ddi a great job, pulling off a combo we had been working on. Staryu fainted, and Misty went with Starmie. I sent out Beedrill, who fought hard, but was KOed by Starmie. I sent out Nidoran, who finished off the tired Starmie, to earn me the victory.

I obtained the Cascade badge, and I stuck it to my trainer card. We left the gym, and healed up again.

We decided to check out the cape, and set off North.

Nidoran got into all sorts of mischief, eventually getting stuck to a tree by accident. I had to pull him out. It's all to do with his Mischievious nature. I had checked with Professor Oak, who had said that every Pokemon has a nature, a personality. I tested all my Pokemon, and they came out as...

Bulbasaur - Lazy
Beedrill - Sensible
Nidoran - Mischievous

I carried on up the cape, and soon got into a battle with a Trainer.

He sent out Pidgeotto, I went with Nidoran. Nidoran did really well, and beat the Pidgeotto.

The trainer directed me to a tall man, who gave me a gold nugget, like this:


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We carried on up the cape, and Bulbasaur showed off it's Laziness by falling asleep, and had to be carried.

We pushed out way through all the Hikers, and arrived at Bill's house.

I knocked, and Bill opened the door. He showed me through into a big room, which was very messy. He quickly showed me into his garden, which was where he kept all his rare Pokemon.

He went to fetch what looked like a massive PokeBall, but turned out to be a Voltorb, an electric Pokemon. Bill asked me to look after it, as it really wanted it's mother. I accepted it, to see if I could make it come round. It had a Timid Nature.

I took the low road all the way back to Cerulean, and headed towards Vermilion after healing up once more.

Mt. Moon

Day 5:

We healed up and made sure everything was ready in the Pokemon Center at the foot of Mt. Moon. I stepped outside, only for Jin to appear, jumping about for some reason. He said that he was going to go and enter the Pokemon Contest in Cerulean City, and he disappeared into Mt. Moon.

I shrugged, and got going into Mt. Moon soon after him.

Mt. Moon

I found my way quite easily through the first floor, and there were loads of footprints of experienced Fossil Hunters, and they all led to the stairs up to the next floor.
When I reached the stairs a mysterious trainer jumped out at me. He wanted to battle. I agreed, and sent out Kakuna. He sent out an Umbreon, which I checked out on my Pokedex. It was an evolved form of Eevee.

We battled, and Kakuna easily beat the badly trainer Umbreon. It had been evolved too soon, and didn't trust the trainer.
The mysterious trainer then threw a Pokeball at my Kakuna! I shielded it, and withdrew Kakuna. We sprinted for the stairs, and luckily the trainer didn't follow. What sort of trainer tries to catch other trainer's Pokemon? I had heard of 'Snagging', but that was only in the Orre region, and only on Shadow Pokemon.

I got to the next floor, and tried to put these thoughts to the back of my mind.

The next floor was really hard to navigate, it was so dark! Nidoran didn't know which way to go either! I though it might, as it lived near the mountain. I just headed towards the lightest part, and eventually found the exit.

Route 4: Mt. Moon Exit - Cerulean City

As soon as I had exited, some strange trainers tried to give me an item, the BlueLightBall. They said it made Pikablu more powerful. I checked out 'Pikablu' on my Pokedex, and it said that there was no such Pokemon. It was about to give the fake trainers a piece of my mind, but they had all disappeared.

I carried on through the Route, and an Old Man walked over to me. He asked about the BlueLightBall, then gave me an item called a Moon Stone. It looked a bit like this.


I put it in my bag and carried on to Cerulean, training Nidoran and Bulbasaur up along the way. I had heard that Misty was a powerful trainer, and was difficult to defeat. Brock was certainly quite hard.

We camped outside the city, ready for the next day.

But just as we were setting up the tent, a wild Oddish attacked.

Kakuna finished it off brilliantly, and started to evolve again. It's shell had been really hot lately, so I was really proud of him.

It evolved into a Beedrill, which I checked out on the Pokedex. It had learned the attack Twineedle.

Beedrill helped put up the tent, and we camped there. I was really proud of Kakuna for evolving again.

Inside Mt. Moon, I took a photo of Bulbasaur and Nidoran battling a Zubat using my Flash.

Pewter City II

Day 4:

We slept in a bit longer today, after all the hard training of yesterday. When we got up, both Bulbasaur and Kakuna wanted to challenge the gym again. So we packed everything up and made our way to Pewter again.

Pewter Gym

We arrived in the gym and challenged Brock to a rematch. Bulbasaur got hurt beating Geodude, but she eventually did KO it.
Then Brock sent out the massive Onix again. I sent out Kakuna. Both Pokemon struggled to really damage each other, until Kakuna got a hit with String Shot, and stopped Onix from moving. Kakuna then finished Onix off with some powerful Poison Stings.

Brock gave me the Boulder Badge after the battle, and I put it safely on my Trainer Card. We shook hands, and I left to heal my Pokemon at the Pokemon Center.

When I arrived at the Center, to my surprise I found Jin and Maria in there! Bulbasaur was quite badly hurt, so the Nurse took him away on a stretcher. She said she would be alright. I took a seat.

Jin said that they had been to Mt. Moon, but had come back for me. While I was waiting for my Pokemon back, both Jin and Maria disappeared again! I shrugged.

When I received my Pokemon back, we set off to Mt. Moon.

Route 3:

We walked along Route 3 for a while, then I saw a contest between two male Nidoran. They were charging at each other with their poison spikes. I decided to sketch it.

When the had finished, the loser looked really badly hurt. I took it back to Pewter Pokemon Center, where it was healed.

I returned to Route 3, but it wouldn't got back to the other Nidoran. It wanted to stay with me! I caught it in a Pokeball, and checked out it's PokeDex entry. Then we carried on to Mt. Moon.

At the foot of Mt. Moon, we stayed the night. It was going to be a hard challenge getting all the way through it, so we needed a good night's sleep.

In the gym, I took a picture of Kakuna using String Shot on Onix.

Pewter City

Day 3:

We arrived in Pewter just after the sun rose, wanting to get an early start. First I visited the Pokemon Center to heal my Pokemon. Then I got out my map of the City, to see what I could do here.
There was a gym, which I hoped to beat, and a Museum. I visited the museum first, as it was supposed to be very interesting. I had once been on a day trip with my Dad to visit the Museum in Slateport, and I loved it.

Pewter Museum

I paid my entrance fee, and went to the nearest exhibit. It was a fossil of a Kabutops, an ancient Pokemon. I got out my notebook, and made notes on all the Fossilised Pokemon.

Omanyte:

One of the ancient and long-since-extinct POKéMON that have been regenerated from fossils by humans. If attacked, it withdraws into its hard shell.
A prehistoric POKéMON that lived in the primordial sea, it swims by twisting its 10 tentacles about.
Although long extinct, in rare cases, it can be genetically regenerated from fossils.

I was interested in the regegeration of Fissils, so I asked one of the scientists which lab did it. He told me that the big lab on Cinnabar Island as the best place.

Omastar:

An OMASTAR uses its tentacles to capture its prey. It is believed to have become extinct because its shell grew too large, making its movements slow and ponderous.
Its tentacles are highly developed as if they are hands and feet. As soon as it ensnares prey, it bites.
Despite having strong fangs and tentacles, it went extinct when its heavy shell made it unable to catch prey.

Kabuto:

It is a POKéMON that has been regenerated from a fossil. However, in rare cases, living examples have been discovered. KABUTO have not changed for 300 million years.
This POKéMON was regenerated from the fossil of an ancient creature. It protects itself with a hard shell.
A POKéMON that was regenerated from a fossil found in what was once the ocean floor long ago.

Kabutops:

KABUTOPS once swam underwater to hunt for prey. It was apparently evolving from being a water dweller to living on land as evident from changes in its gills and legs.
It swims freely through water. It catches prey with its scythe-like arms and drains the victim's fluids.
Its sleek shape is perfect for swimming. It slashes prey with its claws and drains their fluids.

Aerodactyl:

AERODACTYL is a POKéMON from the age of dinosaurs. It was regenerated from DNA extracted from amber. It is imagined to have been the king of the skies.
It was regenerated from a dinosaur's genetic matter that was found in amber. It flies with high-pitched cries.
A ferocious, prehistoric POKéMON that goes for the enemy's throat with its serrated, sawlike fangs.

All the Fossilised pokemon looked really interesting, and I sketched a few.

Aerodactyl
Kabutops
Omastar
Kabuto
Omanyte
Dome Fossil (Kabuto)
Helix Fossil (Omanyte)
Old Amber (Aerodactyl)

After I had finished in the museum, I left, as it was lunchtime, and Bulbasaur was getting hungry. I visited the gift shop and bought a Sticker for my Trainer Card, to show that I had visited.
We found a bench, and we all tucked in to food, sandwiches for me, PokeFood for Bulbasaur and Weedle.

When we had finished, I decided to sketch Weedle. I just had the perfect look of happiness.
When I had finished the drawing, I showed it to Weedle. It loved it. I gave Weedle a PokeTreat, and put my Sketchbook away again. I decided to go and have a go at the gym. I stood up and made my way over t the gym.

Pewter Gym:

I went into the large gym, which was dominated by the massive Boulder Stadium. Brock was stood at the back, so I walked up to him and challenged him. He agreed, and we battled.

Brock's Geodude was pretty good, and was fairly defensive. Bulbasaur did really well to KO it. The Onix was really tough. It beat Bulbasaur easily and had even less trouble dispatching Weedle. I lost, and thanked Brock for the battle. He said that Bulbasaur and Weedle were really determined! I left the gym to go and heal, then more training in Viridian Forest.

Viridian Forest:

Weedle and Bulbasaur trained lots until it was nearly dark. Just as I was about to pack up and go home, Weedle beat a Caterpie, and started to glow. His whole body changed shape! He had evolved. I got out my PokeDex, and it told me that Weedle had evolved into Kakuna. Kakuna looked really powerful. I put the PokeDex away. Surely I could beat Brock with a powerful Kakuna on my side!

We camped outside the forest, near to a small lake, for the night.

Viridian City

Day 2:

We arrived in Viridian after a good night's sleep.
I first went for a look around the city, but Jin was keen to get going on to Pewter. I told him I wanted a look around. I did a tour of the City. There wasn't much there, except a Route leading to Indigo Plateau, and a Powerful Gym. I returned to the Pokemon Center to find that Jin had left for Viridian Forest.
I headed towards Route 2, which leads to Viridian Forest, to start training Bulbasaur.

Route 2: Viridian City - Viridian Forest

I trained Bulbasaur for ages here, she was really enthusiastic. We battled loads of wild Pidgeys and Rattatas. In an especially fierce battle with a Rattata, my PokeDex started beeping.

I took it out and opened it. It said that Bulbasaur was now powerful enough to use Vine Whip. I tested it on the Rattata, and it knocked it out in one! I was really proud of Bulbasaur. She had worked really hard to learn the new attack.

Then I saw Jin's Pidgey. It seemed to want us to follow it. We followed it into Viridian Forest.

Viridian Forest

I rushed in to the Forest, wondering what was wrong with Jin. It seemed that he had slipped and broken his leg.
A trainer called Maria appeared as well, she had started just after us.

I was thinking of a way to get Jin out of the forest, when a wild Weedle attacked. Bulbasaur battled it, and I caught it!

My new Weedle was put straight into action, strapping up Jin's leg with a surprisingly powerful String Shot. All the Pokemon helped carry Jin out of the forest.

Route 2

We rested near the forest's entrance, and Jin called for an Ambulance using his cell phone. I sent out Weedle to practice String Shot a bit more. Jin's Pidgey and Charmander helped him train. When the Ambulance arrived, I chose not to get in, I wanted to go through the forest. I waved goodbye to Jin and Maria for a while, and set off into the forest, Bulbasaur and Weedle behind me.

Viridian Forest

We trained all the way through the forest, and by the time we found the exit, Weedle and Bulbasaur were looking really powerful. We exited the forest after that, to go on to Pewter. As we left the forest, the sun was just setting, so we camped just outside the forest for the night.

Just before we left the forest, I took a self photograph with the Camera my Parents gave me for becoming a Trainer. It caught Weedle using String Shot on a wild Caterpie. This is how it came out:

The Adventure Begins: Pallet Town

Day 1:

I arrived in Pallet Town, feeling a little seasick. Those long-distance ferries are really rough, but I managed. The seasickness soon wore off as I set foot in Pallet. Lot's of countryside, same as Fortree, my hometown. I was supposed to go to the newly-built Pokemon Center first, so I headed straight there.

When I arrived there was practically no-one there, except for Nurse Joy.
She handed me the Official Trainer Registration form, which I filled in. She gave me a Trainer Card, with my picture on it, but it didn't have my name on. She explained that it would be put on when I received my first Pokemon. I thanked her, and turned to leave. But then another boy arrived, just starting out as a Trainer as well. We soon became friends. His name is Jin Grapefruit, and he is from Twinleaf Town, Sinnoh. We chatted for a bit.

Soon after I met Jin, another Trainer entered. He was a bit older. His name is Orethon, and he was a little bit rude when we said hello. We soon set off for the Lab, Professor Oak's lab. I knew Tracy, the legendary Pokemon Sketcher worked there. He is my hero. Anyway, we walked the short distance to the lab after being given my 5 Pokeballs.

Professor Oak's Laboratory.

He knocked on the door and Oak opened it. I was a little nervous, meeting such a great man, but he was actually really nice. We went through to the sitting room.

Jin chose Charmander as a first Pokemon, Orethon chose Squirtle, and I got my very own Bulbasaur! She is really playful and nice. He chatted a bit, and I finally got my name on my Trainer Card, in black letters. Harry Dark. I saw Tracy, and talked to him, he is as nice as everyone says he is. He gave me a few tips on sketching.

After that, we left the lab for Route 1, which led to Viridian City.

Route 1: Pallet Town - Viridian City

We walked along this route for a while, I was keeping an eye out for Berries. I had never seen any of the Kanto varieties, save for 1 which an old man had.
Jin got attacked by two Pidgeys, and I sent out Bulbasaur for her first battle. Bulbasaur was great, KOing one of the Pidgeys. Jin caught the other one. I think me and Bulbasaur are gonna get along really well.

We made it all the way to Viridian City after that, I was pleased. We met Orethon again on the way, but he didn't want to travel with us. It had been a long day, so we stayed the night ijust outside Viridian.