Chapter 2-I Avaiy Life

Miraw sat down in the short grass. Vulpix sat down with her and whistled quietly. Skitty 
chased its pink tail around while the others continued to sit.

“Vulpix?” Miraw asked.

“Yeah?” Vulpix replied while watching Skitty’s game of chase with her tail.

“Do you think I should train both of you here then continue on to the next town or should 
I head there first?”

“I’d prefer training here first. After all, I am only on level five.”

“That’s what I thought,” Miraw said. “Oh well, let’s start training.” Miraw only got time 
to stand up before another trainer that looked around the age of thirteen found her.

“Training?” she asked. The other trainer had dark brown hair with dark blue eyes. She 
wore an orange short-sleeved shirt and black pants made for exercise. She had small, 
midnight blue diamond earrings. The trainer was wearing a black glove on her right hand.

“Would you like to battle me?” the girl asked. “Oh, and my name’s Avaiy.”

“Mine’s Miraw and I’d love to battle you!”

“All right then.” Avaiy took a Pokeball of her belt and enlarged it. “Go! Poochyena!” She 
threw the ball on the ground and a Poochyena came out in a flash of light. It growled 
softly at Miraw as she pointed her Pokedex at it.

*Poochyena, the puppy Pokemon

Poochyenas will eat anything edible if they are hungry. It digs holes to store food that it 
has not yet eaten. Poochyenas are usually found on the first few routes of a trainer’s 
journey.*

“Vulpix! Get out there and fight!” Miraw shouted. Vulpix jumped in front of her trainer. 
“Use Ember!”

“Vulx!” Vulpix opened her mouth and let a few burning embers come out. The embers 
burned Poochyena’s fur, leaving it blacker than before.

“Try a Bite!” Avaiy shouted, startling Miraw.

“B-but, Poochyena don’t learn Bite until level thirteen! Yours can’t be any higher than 
six!”

“Correct, but, if two Pokemon are bred that both know the same move, and their 
offspring can learn that move by leveling up, there is a very good chance that it will be 
born with that move. In other words, My Poochyena knows Bite, Tackle, Howl, and 
Poison Fang.”

“Another egg move…” Miraw sighed.

“Poochyena, Bite!” Poochyena leapt forward and bit Vulpix’s leg. Vulpix cried in pain as 
the attack took effect. After a few seconds, Poochyena let go.

“Heat Wave!!” Miraw cried. Vulpix’s eyes glowed a red color as she built up heat inside 
her. She breathed out a wave of intensely hot air. The blast of air collided with 
Poochyena and knocked it out just like that.

“Return,” Avaiy sighed. She placed the red and white ball back on her belt and pulled off 
another ball. This one was purple and had red hearts covering it. Miraw recognized it as a 
Friendship Ball, which worked better on Pokemon who had different genders than yours. 
Her next Pokemon must be a male.

“Go, Growlithe!” Avaiy flung the Friendship Ball out of her right hand. It landed on the 
ground with enough force to break an ostrich egg and opened up. A flash of red light 
formed a male Growlithe. Miraw pointed her Pokedex at it.

*Growlithe, the puppy Pokemon

Growlithes are very loyal to their original trainers. They will bite, bark, or roar at 
anyone who dares attack their trainers. In some cases they have burned the attackers. 
They are commonly found in four or more routes in each continent and more rarely in 
areas where Vulpixes are found.*

“Growlithe, use your Bite technique!” Avaiy yelled. Growlithe bounded forward and bit 
the leg that Poochyena had bitten earlier. Vulpix cried in pain but stood firm. She wasn’t 
about to give up.

But Miraw was about to give up using Vulpix. She knew no moves that Growlithe was 
not resistant to. But then she remembered: Heat Wave! The attack had a base damage of 
one hundred and was even more powerful than Flamethrower. On Growlithe, it had a 
base damage of fifty and with STAB, well, it’d still be strong.

“Heat Wave!” Miraw shouted to her Vulpix. She nodded and rose her internal body 
temperature again. She let out another blast of hot air, this time hotter than the last one. 
By pure luck, it scored a critical hit.

Even though Growlithe was not even hit by the tinniest spark of fire, he was scorched. 
His normally orange fur became a dusty brown. His eyes were duller and the stripes 
blacker.

Avaiy realized that Growlithe would not do very well against this fox. She decided it was 
time for Miraw to switch Pokemon. In other words, she had already planned her next 
move.

“Growlithe, scare that Vulpix away with Roar!” Avaiy yelled. Growlithe took in a deep 
breath, and then exhaled a terrifying roar. Vulpix was automatically returned to her 
Pokeball and Skitty came out of hers.

“Why did you send me out?” Skitty asked her trainer.

“I didn’t choose to send you out. Avaiy’s Growlithe used Roar,” explained Miraw. “Now 
use Attract!”

Skitty nodded and slowly walked up to Growlithe. She rubbed the dog softly with her 
tail. He started to drool.

“Growllllll,” Growlithe said. He started following Skitty around, making Avaiy laugh.

“It’s not everyday you see a Growlithe fall for a cat Pokemon,” she laughed. “Go on 
ahead; he’s not paying attention to me.”

Miraw laughed too. “Yeah, you’re right. Skitty, use Tickle!”

Without turning around, Skitty tickled Growlithe with her strange tail. Growlithe laughed 
silently for a little while, and then turned the laugh into a soft growl.

“Growlithe, use your Ember!” Avaiy cried. Growlithe blew some flames out of his 
mouth. They all came in contact with Skitty, and she winced in pain.

“Now, Skitty, end this with your Tackle!”

Skitty charged into the love struck Growlithe. The attack sent Growlithe flying into a tree 
and knocked him out.

“Return,” sighed Avaiy. She pressed the button on her Friendship ball and Growlithe 
disappeared in a flash of red light. She walked up to Miraw and shook her hand. “That 
was a great match. I really enjoyed it. Actually, I’d like to see more of those enjoyable 
matches, so I’m tagging along with you, whether you like it or not.”

“Well, I like it, so it really doesn’t matter,” Miraw replied.

“Great!” Avaiy exclaimed. “I’m looking forward to it.”
“Dragon!” A Dragonair slithered out of the bushes near Miraw. It stared at her with its 
sparkling blue eyes. It blinked, and then slithered up to the young trainer.

“Ummmm…” Miraw said.

“Nair!” it said. Miraw believed this meant “Happy to see you again!” but she didn’t 
understand it. When had she met this thing? Or was it the same Dragonair that she had 
seen before? After Miraw pondered this, the serpent Pokemon tapped one of her balls 
with its horn. The ball fell on its head, and immediately sucked it in. The ball shook one 
time, and the Dragonair was caught.

Miraw stared at the Pokeball in disbelief. A Dragonair had tapped the ball and let Miraw 
capture it.

“Ummm… I think you should let it out,” suggested Avaiy. Miraw nodded and threw the 
Pokeball on the ground. It opened up and Dragonair came out in a flash of red light. 
Miraw pointed her Pokedex at the creature.

*Dragonair, the serpent Pokemon

Some Dragonairs are able to fly, but nobody knows how they do it without wings. Some 
believe that they call up a hidden power in their orbs that mysteriously lets them fly like 
Togetics. They are found in the deepest part of lakes and ponds, where only Super Rods 
or diving Pokemon can reach. Even then, they are still as rare as Chimechoes.

At level 18, Dragonair should know Wrap, Leer, Thunder Wave, and Twister. This one 
knows…*

“Wait a second. ‘This one knows?’” Miraw asked.

*…Wrap, Leer, Thunder Wave, Twister, Surf, and Dragon Rage.*

“DRAGON RAGE???!!!” Miraw yelled. “And only four Pokemon learn an HM move 
naturally, and those four are Goldeen, Seaking, Salmanace, and Rayquaza!”

“Does it really matter?” asked Dragonair. “For all I know, my father was a Kingdra and 
my mother was a Dragonite. They were both set free by trainers because they believed 
that powerful creatures such as Kingdra and Dragonite did not deserve to be stuck in tiny 
Pokeballs without being let out. They both knew Dragon Rage and Surf.”

“That about sums it up,” Avaiy agreed. “It does make sense.” Miraw nodded at her new 
Dragonair before remembering that she needed to check her Pokemon’s levels. She threw 
Vulpix’s Pokeball on the ground and pointed her Pokedex at the fox when she came out.

*Your Vulpix is on level 7 and knows Ember, Tail Whip, and Heat Wave.*

“Still no change in moves,” Miraw noted.

“Vulpix don’t learn their third move until level 9. That’s when they learn Roar,” Avaiy 
told Miraw. Miraw pointed her Pokedex at Skitty, who was already out of her Pokeball.

*Your Skitty is level 7 and is very close to level 8. It knows Growl, Tackle, Tail Whip, 
Attract, and Tickle.*

“You don’t need to tell me Skitty’s next move Avaiy. I already checked when I first got 
her and she learns Sing at level 13.”

“Mwahahahahahahahahahahah!!” someone cried. Miraw, Avaiy, Skitty, Vulpix, and 
Dragonair ignored the evil laugh and continued to walk, or, in Dragonair’s case, slithered, 
torwards Fiehea Town. A Team Aqua Grunt jumped out of a nearby tree and purposely 
landed on his head. Miraw and the others continued to walk.

“Hey!” the Aqua Grunt yelled after getting his head out of the ground. “You can’t just 
ignore me! This is my first job!! Go, Trapinch!”

Upon hearing this, Dragonair turned around and looked at the Trapinch. Miraw spotted 
Dragonair looking behind her, and turned around too. Avaiy and Miraw’s two Pokemon 
followed suit.

“Finally! I caught your attention!” the Aqua Member shouted. He jumped for joy, giving 
Miraw enough time to get Trapinch’s data.

*Trapinch, the Ant Pit Pokemon.

Trapinches dig inescapable holes to capture their prey. They do not need to drink any 
water until evolution, and due to their holes, they can only drink water when it rains 
unless they could fly. Trapinch are found on any and all desert routes.*

“Trapinch, use Bite on that Dragonair!!” the Aqua Grunt yelled. His Trapinch slowly 
walked over to Dragonair, then bit her tail. She winced in pain, but the attack didn’t 
really do that much.

“Dragonair! Use your HM move! Surf!” Miraw shouted her orders. “And who in the 
world are you!?”

“Skylar,” the Team Aqua Grunt, Skylar, grumbled as Dragonair fainted his Trapinch in 
one hit with Surf.

“On behalf of Team Aqua,” he started yelling, “I will someday steal all of your Dragon 
Pokemon!!”

“Team Aqua is dedicated to raising water levels, dummy,” Miraw told Skylar.

“And Team Rocket is the only team that steals Pokemon,” Dragonair reminded him.

“So, I’ll start my own team! I’ll name it after me! It’ll be Team Skylar, dedicated to 
capturing every single Dragon Pokemon!!” Skylar yelled. “And I’ve already started! 
Look!” He pointed to his fainted Trapinch, and then remembered that he was supposed to 
be returning him to his Pokeball. He embarrassedly pressed the button on his only 
Pokeball, and Trapinch disappeared in a flash of red light. He then ran into a tree.

“Ouch…” Skylar said. He changed direction and ran out of the girls’ sight. Miraw 
returned Vulpix and Skitty to their Pokeballs and patted her newest Pokemon on its head.

“Good job Dragonair,” she told her Pokemon. Dragonair rubbed her softly. Surprisingly, 
her body was smooth. Miraw had imagined it to be rough and scaly. She pressed the 
switch on the Pokeball Dragonair had chosen to be caught in, and recalled her serpent 
Pokemon in a flash of red light.

*Author’s Note: Wohoo! Second chapter complete! Hope you liked it, and please 
remember to review. It makes me happy. I believe I’ve already decided on the name of the 
next chapter. It’ll probably be Champion Fight. What could I mean by that?*