When Katie left for her journey, she hopes to catch up to her cousin Ash so they, along with Misty and Brock, could travel together.  With her Pidgey, it seems as though that he and Katie would become good partners in the journey.  "Well, my Pidgey, I hope we can catch a lot of Pokemon together.  Don't ya think?'  Katie said while walking along.  A little while into the journey, she spots a Rattata in the woods and commands Pidgey to have quick attack.  Unforunately, no luck for because he ran away.  Disappointed, she continued to try and catch more.  When Katie got to a berry bush, she heard a cry of loneliness.  It turns out that it was a Raichu!  'Raichu!  What are you doing out here?  Don't you have a trainer?'  Katie asked, but Raichu shook his head.  'My Pokedex says that you live near powerplants.  Don't you want to be back home with all other electric Pokemon?'  Katie asked, but Raichu said 'Rai! Rai! Rai! Rai! Rai! Rai! Rai! Rai! Raichu! (I do have friends back home, but there's one trainer I had to avoid.  His name is Raphael Winters.  He should know better to treat his Pokemon as regular pets; also, he should know that Pokemon and humans have to work together to make lives easier and that's the way it is.).  'I see what you mean.  Maybe if I try to challenge Raphael to a battle, maybe he'll see that Pokemon and humans are supposed to work toegether.' Katie implied.  'Rai! Rai! Raichu!' (Yes!  It would really show Raphael what the word 'together' means!) Raichu said with a smile.  Katie gets down on one knee and says 'Raichu, would you like to come with me on my journey?'  Raichu jumps for joy as he magically goes into the Pokeball.  Soon, Katie was off on the journey along with a new friend in her Pokeball. 
By the end of the day, she reached Pewter City, Brock's hometown.  While walking around, she saw a little girl that lost something.  'Hey you!  Have you seen my little Zubat?  He was here a minute ago, but now he's gone!' she asked Katie.  'No, I haven't.  I just got here.  If you want I could help look for him.'  Katie replied.  They started looking for Zubat throughout the streets of Pewter City, starting from top to bottom.  All was not going so good until a sound came out of a tree.  'What do you think it is?' Katie asked the girl, 'By the way, what's your name?'.  'My name is Suzie.  My older brother Brock is a Pokemon breeder.' the little girl replied.  'Really?  That's what I've heard that from my older cousin Ash.  He says that Brock is doing a great job.  Is he the oldest in the family?  said Katie.  'Yes, and I'm the youngest of ten brothers and sisters.' replied Suzie.  Their little talk lead them to the tree where Zubat was stuck on a branch.  Katie called out her Pidgey to help get Zubat out of the branch with a gust attack.  Zubat was finally free from the tree's clutches thanks to the gusty winds of Pidgey.  'Thank you so much, um, what's your name?'  said Suzie.  'My name is Katie Brown' replied Katie.  'Would you like to come eat dinner with my family?' asked Suzie.  'Yes, thank you!' replied Katie as she and Suzie walked together to her house.
At the residence, Katie was greeted by Suzie's siblings and father.  'Nice to meet you, Katie!  Dinner will be ready in a short while.' Flint said as he shook Katie's hand.  Meanwhile, she talked to the kids about her journey and its purpose, which was to catch up with cousin Ash and become Pokemon masters together.  'Wow!!!!!!!!!' the kids shouted when suddenly Flint shouted 'Dinner's on the table!!!!!!!'.  The kids scurried onto the table and had enough to eat for one night!  'Katie, would you like to spend the night with us so you can rest up in time for your next stop on your journey?' Flint asked.  'Yes, thank you.  Anyone can be a friend of mine.'  Katie said as she cleared her plate.  Later, the kids got ready for bed and when it was lights out Katie told some jokes which the others laugh.  The laughing kept Flint up for half an hour.  Then, he managed to keep the kids down by saying 'If you kids can't sleep, you can't get anything done tomorrow.'  That quote really made the kids go to sleep.
The next day, Katie was about to say good-bye to Flint and his family when Suzie asked him 'Daddy, can I go with Katie on her journey?  I wanna become a Pokemon breeder just like Brock!'  Flint had some serious thinking to do, but after some consideration, he decided to let her go on the journey after all.  What's going to happen in the battle against Raphael Winters in Vermillion City?  Stay tuned to find out!!!!!!!!!