A START: THE STORY OF SYDNEY KETCHUM FROM THE KETCHUM FILES                  
PART I
Chapter 3 
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	As I made my way to Pewter city, I encountered a wild Caterpie. 
	"Caterpie. The worm pokemon. Caterpie has suction cup feet that it uses to 
plant itself on trees."
	"Go Roars."
	"Growlllll!"
	"Use a flamethrower."
	"Cookerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr."
	"Use a Fire Spin."
	"Cooker?"
	"Alright. Go Pokeballllllllllllllllllllllllll."
	"Beep. Beep. Beep. Doon."
	"Alright. A Caterpie."
	"Growlll."
	As I walked on, I encountered four kids about twelve years old.
	"Who are you?" I asked.
	"Prepare for trouble." A girl with brown dreadlocks said.
	"And make it double." A boy with dreadlocks said.
	"To protect the world from devastation." A girl with blond curls said.
	"To unite all people within our nation." A boy with blond curls said.
	"Jen." Girl with brown curls said
	"Jem." Boy with brown curls said
	"Jimmie." Boy with blond curls said
	"Jayme." Girl with blond curls said
	"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light.” The girls said.
	"Surrender now or prepare to fight." The boys said.
	"Arooooooooo." A dog like pokemon said.
	"Poochyena. The Bite pokemon. At first sight, Poochyena takes a bite at 
anything that moves. This Pokemon chases after prey until the victim becomes 
exhausted. However, it may turn tail if the prey strikes back."
	"Surrender all your pokemon." Jen said.
	"Never! Go Eevee!"
	“I’ll battle her." Jem said. "Go Poochyena."  
	"Eevee. Use a hidden power."
	"What's that?!" Jayme said.
	"Eevee'll show ya." I said. "Release your hidden power!"
	"Arrrr."
	"Return."
	"Eevee, give 'em a hidden send off. Hidden Power."
	BOOM. "Team Rocket blasts off again."
	"Thanks Eevee. That took care of them."
	"Vewee."
	"Let's stop for lunch."
	I went through my bag. Mom had packed a huge pot for cooking stew. "Go!"
	"Vewee." "Growwwll." "Cooker." "Pidgey." 
	"Can you go get some sticks for a fire?"
	"Vewee! Growll! Cooker! Pid!"	
	They walked (or in Pidgey's case flew) to the forest. Within seconds, 
Pidgey flew back. "Pid. Pid." And then flew off into the forest. I ran behind 
her. There I saw in the middle of the forest, a small bruised mouse like 
pokemon. 
	"Pichu. The little mouse pokemon. Pichu's love apples and will steal them 
from stupid trainers."
	"Thanks Pidgey." I bent over the Pichu. It was weak and very pitiful. I 
picked her up. I then started to run with the Pichu in my arms until I found 
what I was looking for: a Pokemon Center. I ran in the door. I said, "I found 
this Pichu in the forest injured so I picked her up." 
	"There was no need for it, kid. It's too weak to even fight." A teenager 
in the corner of the room said. "I mean, weak pokemon need to be... abandoned. 
What are you ten? You wouldn't understand. Us more expirenced do. Now run along 
and fight with your little weaklings."
	That was it. I thought. I gotta show him who the real weakling is and it 
ain't me. "Hey. You wanna show me how 'weak' I am. There's a clearing not too 
far from the Pokemon center."	
	"You got it. How many you got?"
	"Four."
	"Fine. Four on Four it is. But let's do it advance style."
	"Advance style?"
	"Four by Four challange. We have four out at a time. Basically a minor 
league with a major league twist."
	"Ok. Sounds good to me. Lemme gather my pokemon first."
	I went into the woods. There I found my four pokemon waiting for me where 
I found the Pichu. "You guys up for battle?"
	 "Vewee!" "Growwwll!" "Cooker!" "Pidgey!" 
	"Alright. Let's go."
	I walked back to where the teenager was waiting. "The ref is one of my 
friends. So no funny buisness."
	"I'm more worried about you cheatin'."
	"Lets go!"
	"Vewee!" "Growwwll!" "Cooker!" "Pidgey!" 
	"Go Houndour. Growlithe. Poochyena. Absol."
	"Houndour. The Dark Pokemon. Around dawn, its ominous howl echoes through 
the area to announce that this is its territory."
	"Absol. The dark pokemon. Absol has the ability to fortell the coming of 
natural disasters. It lives in a harsh, rugged mountain environment. This 
pokemon very rarely ventures down from the mountains."
	"Ladies first, ya little weakling."
	"I'm not a weaklin'. Go Pidgey, Fly into the air."
	"Weak. Go Absol. Aim a razor wind right at that little pitiful excuse for 
a Growlithe."
	"Pidgey! Dive Bomb, Absol."
	"Growlithe take the dive bomb."
	"Growwl."
	"Growlithe down. Pidgey up." the ref said.
	"Lenny! It's so and so is unable to battle. Not Growlithe down."
	"Ok."
	"Eevee, Hidden power Absol."
	"Absol, counter with Hyper Beam."
	BOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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WHAT WILL HAPPEN? WILL THE STUPID ABUSIVE TEENAGER'S POKEMON PREVAIL? FIND OUT 
ON THE NEXT CHAPTER OF "A START: THE STORY OF SYDNEY KETCHUM FROM THE KETCHUM 
FILES