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.