The Next Step
"The continuation of Dratini & Me"
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The story continues as Reshon and Norman heads down the road to Viridian City in 
order to take Norman's Marril to the Pokemon Center. 
"Hmm, who would have guess that the hometown of the great Professor Oak 
wouldn't even have a Pokemon Center," remarked Reshon as she did a twirl in her 
green dress with black stripes! "I mean he has done so many great things for 
pokemon, and still his own hometown of Pallet can't even afford a Pokemon 
Center!"
"Well, that is no surprise to me, Reshon," Norman yelled back as the two of them 
walked side by side. He then placed his hands in the pockets of his black jacket and 
commented, "Professor Oak was always a joke compared to Professor Aqualine, 
and it doesn't surprise me that he came from such a dorky town!" "I MEAN 
PALLET TOWN DOESN"T EVEN HAVE A GYM!"
"Humph!" Reshon commented as she followed his example, and suck her hands into 
the pockets of her black pants underneath the short green dress. "A gym, what is so 
important about that?"
Norman than face-faulted into the ground with one of those stupid expressions on 
his face. 
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Part 1
A pokemon in need
"Oh, my head," moaned Norman as the duo walked down the trail to Viridian. "What 
happen to me?" 
"You tripped and fell on your face," Reshon answered," just when I was going to ask you 
about a Gym." 
Norman than turned to her with both of his hands behind his back and smiled," Reshon, 
lets stop here a minute I have something to tell you."
"Hmmm, why do we have to stop here so you can tell me something?" Reshon 
questioned as they both stop walking.
"Because," then without warning Norman pull one of his hands from around his back 
tossing a pokeball into the air and releasing his purple butterfree, Breeze. " Breeze use 
Whirlwind!" 
The small bug-type pokemon than began to flap its wings furiously making Reshon's one 
ponytail fly straight up, and making a small tornado. Reshon in an effort to stop the 
pokemon reached into her backpack and pulled out her Pokedex. Then she pointed it at 
the pokemon, and Pokedex announced, "Butterfree, is a bug and flying type pokemon!" 
"This pokemon uses it wings to spread its strange powder," announced the Pokedex, 
"Butterfree, is weak against Poison and Fire type pokemon, but strong against Plant and 
Psychic type pokemon."
"Hmmm…isn't Growlithe a fire type?" "I'm pretty sure he is! "O.k., Growlithe, I choose 
you," Reshon yelled as she grab one of the pokeball from around her waist and threw it. 
Suddenly in a flash of light a sleepy looking pokemon appeared. It was red with black 
stripes and had a tuft of black fur on top of its head. The pokemon blink it soft brown 
eyes sleepily and yawned out," Growl," as its black tail wagged to and fro!
"Well, I guess that stupid thing that Professor Oak gave you is good for something," 
Norman yelled with a air of arrogance," But that still not going to help you!" "Breeze, use 
your stun spore!" 
"Growlithe, use your…umm!" "Oh, no I didn't know any of Growlithe's moves," shouted 
Reshon!
"Oh my," Norman yelled as he struggled to maintain from laughing," ha, ha, ha!
Reshon look away from the hysterical boy rolling around in the dirt to look at her 
pokemon to see what was happening to it. But to her surprise, Growlithe was doing one 
of its moves all by itself. Growlithe was shooting a thin spray of fire up at the spores 
incinerating them instantly. Then it turned to Reshon and yelled," Groooooow!" 
"Oh, thanks Growlithe," Reshon yelled as she turn her glaze from it onto the Butterfree. 
"Growlithe, use your ember attack!"
 Growlithe then turn it attention from the spores hanging overhead and shoot a gush of 
fire from its mouth aimed at the poor butterfree. The fire totally engulfed it, and when it 
had cleared the once beautiful purple butterfree was now an ashy gray. It then dropped 
from the air and fell onto the ground. Breeze had fainted, and Norman was no longer 
laughing.
"Ok, you want to play hard-ball," Norman yelled as he grabbed a pokeball from the belt 
connected to his black pants and tossed a pokeball into the air. "Go, Venonat!"
The ball open in midair to release the red light that hit the ground and formed into a 
pokemon that look more like a bush with a pair of huge red eyes and little arms and legs 
sticking out of it than a bug. This strange pokemon turned toward Growlithe with it two 
antennas pointed straight at it.
"Venonat, use supersonic," yelled Norman!
"Growlithe, use your Ember Attack," Reshon yelled after Norman!
Venonat and Growlithe fired their attacks at the same time. Growlithe shot out a huge 
gush of flames from his mouth, while Venonat used it antennas to formed a wave of 
multicolor circles and shot it straight at Growlithe. Both moves hit at the same time. 
Growlithe's move burned up the poor bug pokemon, and Venonat fell to the ground. 
Venonat had fainted! Meanwhile, Venonat's move had caused Growlithe to become 
confuse, and it was now hurting itself by bumping into the ground. So, Reshon and 
Norman simultaneously called back their pokemon 
"Oh, man, I only have one pokemon left," Norman mumble to himself as he toss out his 
final pokeball! " "Ok, I choose you, Flutter!"
"This is it Black Dratini," Reshon yelled as she pulled out her golden pokeball. "I choose 
you Black Dratini," she yelled as she threw the golden pokeball high into the air and 
watch with her beautiful brown eyes as the ball open.
The red lights from the two balls hit the ground at the same time revealing two different 
types of pokemon. One was a magnificent looking pokemon that looked a lot like a 
butterfly, except for the fact that it is ten times the normal size of most butterflies. The 
pokemon was blue all over except for its eyes, which was black, and the scarf around its 
neck, which is also black. The other was a serpent like pokemon colored in mostly black 
with a few white areas like on its belly, its nose, its ears, and a small round bump in the 
center of its forehead.
The two pokemon turned to face each other awaiting the command of their trainer.
"Lets go Flutter," Norman smirked," use your confusion attack!"
"Black Dratini, teleport," shouted Reshon.
Flutter fired it Confusion attack, which missed its target as Black Dratini teleported. The 
butterfree's attack continued on its way as Reshon, who was standing behind Black 
Dratini, dodged the attack.
"Vaaaaapo!" yelled a voice behind Reshon. 
Reshon turns around to see a blue pokemon floating in the air. Its long mermaid like tail 
thrashing wildly, while its four legs seems to be trying to run on air. Its neck was 
surrounded by a thin layer of skin that looks more like the poor pokemon had swallow an 
open umbrella, and its head had a three fins stick out of it. One of the fins were on top, 
and looked like it serve no purpose what so every, while the other two look like they 
might be the pokemon's ears.
"Wow, I wonder what type of pokemon that is?" Reshon asked as she pointed her 
Pokedex at it.
"Vaporeon," the Pokedex announce in its feminine voice," A water type pokemon." "It 
one of three evolutionary form of Eevee!" "Its cell structure is similar to that of water 
molecules, so it has the ability to melt away and become invisible in water."
"So cool," Reshon yelled," Black Dratini, lets catch it!" 
"Draaaaa," yelled Black Dratini as she started to prepare her hyperbeam attack. 
"Oh, no you don't," yelled Norman! "That pokemon is mine!" "Flutter, continue your 
confusion attack!"
The blue butterfree's eyes began to change from black to red as the Vaporeon started to 
scream loudly," Vaaaaaaaaa!"
"Now, slam it into that tree," Norman yells!
The butterfree then turned its head toward the tree, and Vaporeon was hurl from its place 
in the air toward the tree. It looked as if Norman was going to be victories, when just 
before the pokemon hit the tree it vanished in a flash of white light.
"Huh, what happen?" screamed Norman as the pokemon disappeared from his sight.
"Vaporeon," moaned a voice behind Norman.
"Huh," Norman turns to see the Vaporeon lying in Reshon's arms. "What, are you doing, 
Reshon?"
"Can't you feel it?" Reshon shouts back at Norman. "This pokemon belongs to someone 
who mistreats it, and you're not making it any better by trying to capture it that way!" 
Reshon then strokes its head lovely," Its Ok Seastar, I wouldn't let anybody hurt you."
"Drat, tini, dratini, tini," Black Dratini chimed in as Reshon continued to try to calm the 
Vaporeon down. The poor creature continued to shake, as if it knew that something bad 
was going to happen.
"What wrong, Seastar?" " Please tell me," Reshon pleaded as the creature continued to 
shake. Its black eyes were releases tiny teardrops of fear.
"Gee, I'm sorry," Norman apologized as he look on at the sad scene.
Suddenly the Vaporeon cried out," Vaaaapor, "as it was engulf in a red light, and 
disappeared from Reshon's arms. 
"Seastar, return," yelled a shadowy figure on the back of a flying bird-type pokemon as 
Vaporeon was sucked back into its pokeball.
"Hey, you give Seastar, back?" Reshon yelled up to the shadowy figure. 
"And you better do it now or else," Norman yelled also.
"Or you'll do what?" the shadowy figure replied in a mockingly tone.
"Flutter, use confusion on that Fearow!" Norman shouted as he pointed up toward it.
The blue butterfree then gained a reddish glow and then fired its attack at the Fearow. It 
was a dead on shot, and just when the attack was going to hit the shadowy figure smiled.
"Use reflect," the shadowy figure commanded, and a small glass equal to the size of the 
attack appeared below it.
The Confusion Attack then collided with the glass, and bounced off of it straight toward 
Reshon.
"AAAAAAh," she screamed as the attack spiral down toward her and Black Dratini.
The attack was about to hit them when the white light consumed them, and a single voice 
pieced the whiteness as someone laughed," so she is the one!"
"Reshon, Reshon are you all right?" someone cried in the darkness.
"Ooh, my head," exclaimed Reshon as the darkness cleared, and the person who was 
shouting her name became clear! "Norman, what happen?"
"You were knocked unconscious from the near miss by Flutter's reflected Confusion 
Attack," answered Norman. "You seem to be alright," he sighed as he went from a 
kneeling position over Reshon to a sitting position beside her. "I could have sworn that 
that attack was head on, but I'm glad it missed." "But…But, that lousy trainer got away 
with that poor Vaporeon," Norman exclaimed as he hit the ground with his fist!
"Oh, no Seastar," Reshon exclaimed!
"Yeah, and there is nothing we can do about it either," Norman remarked turning away 
from Reshon.
"Let's continue on our way to Viridian, maybe someone there can help us," Reshon said 
as she sat up. "Black Dratini, come here!"
"Dratini," yelled a small voice beside her.
"Here you go," she said as she reached down and places the serpent like creature in the 
backpack on her back. "Hey, Norman," Reshon called as she remember something," what 
was we battling about?"
"Oh, nothing I just wanted a rematch from the battle at Pallet." "It is can of hard to think 
that someone who doesn't even know what a gym is was able to defeat me in a pokemon 
battle." 
"So, what is a gym? Reshon question as she got up off the ground.
"A gym is a place where pokemon trainers go to battle for badges."
"And what is so important about badges?" Reshon questioned.
"Well," Norman started as he also pick himself off the ground," if you collect the eight 
badgers from the eight different gym leaders you'll be allowed to enter the Pokemon 
League with the hope of become a Pokemon Master if you win."
"Is that so, then I'll beat you to Viridian City," Reshon shouted as she sped away.
"Oh, no you don't, Reshon," Norman yelled as he race after her," come on Flutter lets 
catch them. 
The four of them raced down the path totally unaware of a shadowy figure watching them 
from above. 
"The legend is true, and the girl does exists!" "The boss will be very interested in this." 
"Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha!"
 
…To be continued!