A START: THE STORY OF SYDNEY KETCHUM FROM THE KETCHUM FILES                  
PART I
Chapter 4 Pichu and the Spearow
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	As the smoke cleared off the arena, all eyes were watching. Hoping. When 
the smoke finally cleared only two pokemon stood. Eevee and Absol.
	"Houndour, Poochyena, Pidgey, Caterpie, and Growlithe are unable to 
battle." the ref said.
	"Return." we said.
	"Ok. Now we doing old school." He said
	"Let's get this show on the road. Eevee, double team."
	"Absol. Use a tackle." He said. Absol went through a Eevee. "What?"
	"You just got a fake. It would have done some damage if you actually hit 
Eevee."
	"Arrrg." He snarled. "Find the real one. Use an Aerial Ace."
	"Eevee, use a hidden power to block. Then follow up with iron tail."
	"Absol?"
	"Absol down. Eevee up. Little girl and Eevee up."
	"Ok. So I was wrong. You arn't weak. " He walked away into the forest. I 
walked into the pokemon center.
	"Is the Pichu's owner coming back?" Nurse Joy asked. I shook my head. 
"This poor Pichu. She'll be alright, but I'm afraid there is nowhere I could put 
her."
	"Can I have her Nurse Joy?" I asked. "I mean trainers like Pichu's 
original trainer don't deserve Pokemon."
	"You're absolutly right. If you wish to see Pichu, follow me."
	I followed her to the recovery room. There in the first row of little beds 
was Pichu. Pichu had her face in the pillow tossing and turning. I rushed over 
to her and picked her up. She started to hit and thrash in my arms but stopped 
after a few seconds. Pichu woke up and looked at me with big round eyes, 
terrified shown yet adoration was in her eyes. I asked the Pichu "Would you like 
to travel with me?"
	"Pi. Pi. Pichou."
	"Ok its settled. Lets go get some dinner."
	I walked out of the pokemon center and into the forest. I looked 
everywhere for where I had put my huge cooking pot. I found it in a clearing 
that had a drawn battle field. I picked it up and moved it to a place where a 
supply of firewood was already in a stone surrounded campfire setting. I got out 
some pre-packaged pokemon food and bowls out. Pichu climbed an apple tree and 
grabbed an apple. Then she threw it to the ground. She repeated this several 
times until she had six apples on the ground. She climbed down and started to 
move them near the bowls. "Oh. I see. Do you want apples with your supper."
	"Pi Pichou."
	"Ok." I grabbed my multi tool and started to chop the apples into cubes 
and put it on a plate. I then preceded in opening cans of pokemon food and 
pouring it into the bowls. Then, I pulled out my arrowhead knife and flint to 
light a fire since Growlithe was playing somewhere with the rest of my pokemon 
besides Pichu. I then fished a rice sandwich out of my backpack. This was my 
supper. This and a apple. I went to my backpack and pulled out a canteen. I 
checked it. It was empty. So I made my way to a small river. It was the clearest 
and cleanest water I had ever seen. I put my canteen in the water and started to 
fill it up. While I was, a teenage girl came along. She had curly light brown 
hair, crystal blue eyes and was about six inches taller than me. She looked at 
me. It looked like she'd seen a ghost.
	"Hello." I said. "I'm Sydney Ketchum. What's your name?"
	"Riley Ketchum."
	"Really? You have the same last name as me." 
	"I know, Sydney. I'm your sister. Or at least one of them."
	"How many do I have then?"
	"Ummm...five."
	"Five sisters! That makes seven kids."
	"No. Eleven."
	"Eleven! Where are all of them?"
	"Lisa and I live at the Elite four Headquarters in Viridian city. David... 
umm no one really knows. Terry is on a journey here in Kanto. Kyla has run away. 
Kenny is on a journey. Jordan is missing. Joey and Angel are with dad. Ash of 
course is on a journey."
	"That's a ton of people."
	"You said it."
	"So...What are you doing near Pewter?"
	"Waiting for Lance."
	"Ok. Do you want to come have supper with me and my pokemon?"
	"Sure."
	She followed me to the campsite where I decided to get the soup fixed 
instead. I got potatoes and some other vegetables out along with some broths. I 
put the broths in the added the vegetables. "So...Why are you waiting for 
Lance?"
	"He's going to register me as his protege in the Elite four. I'm the 
referee for the time being until he registers me as his protege."
	"Ohhhh." 
	"Hey Riley!"
	"Lance! I wasn't expecting you yet. Lance, this is my sister Sydney. 
Sydney, this is Lance."
	"I know who he is. I watched him on TV night before my journey started."
	"Really. Are you a fan?"
	"No. I watching my big brother."
	"Ash?"
	"Yeah. I also have four others."
	"But three were born on the same day as you." Riley said.
	"Oh." I looked over at the pot and went over to my backpack and got out 
three bowls and spoons. "Dinner." I said to Lance and Riley. Then I got out some 
smaller bowls for my pokemon and poured in some of mom's homemade Pokechow. Then 
I crushed some pokeblocks in the mix to get it even better. Then I got the 
serving spoon and put the potato soup in the bowls. I gave the bowls to Lance 
and Riley. When I sat down I heard a noise. "Spear. Spear."
	"Pichou." Pichu jumped  up from her meal and ran up the nearest tree. 
"Piiiiiiiiiiiiiichuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu." The small electric mouse shocked 
some thing coming for us. Pichu's Thunder lit up the sky. Pichu jumped down the 
tree and resumed eating. She gobbled her food up and jumped to the nearest tree. 
She stood firmly on the tallest branches. She sat in a position  that looked 
like she was about to jump. She twitched her ears listening for something. She 
heard it and pounched into action. She said. "Pi Pi Pichuo!" I looked into the 
sky. There was about a hundred or so Spearow heading toward camp. Pichu sprang 
out of the tree onto the lead Spearow. She then said 
"Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiichuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!" She zapped the Spearow with all her might. The Spearow then sent the 
rest of them to trees. The Spearow landed and started to talk to Pichu. Pichu 
then looked at me and said in a questioning voice, "Pi Pi?"
	I nodded. "You want to battle? You can battle."
	"Pichu!" She said happily.
	"Use a quick attack."
	"Pi Pi Pi." 
	"Spearow!!"
	"Use double team!"
	"Pichu." She said teasingly.
	"Spearow."
	"Pichu watch out. It's using a dive bomb. Use a thunderbolt!"
	"Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiichuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
u." 
	"Spearow?" 
	"Go! Pokeball!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
	"Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Boong."
	"Yay! I caught a Spearow."
	"Pi. Pichu!"
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