*********************************************************************** Shadow Master Fanfiction created by Slyphiad. Pokemon and its associated characters are copyright by Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc and 4 Kids. *********************************************************************** Chapter 1 - Shadowy Beginning "Alex, I'll be away for a little while. I'm not sure when I will be back. I know that you had wanted to become a Pokemon Master so I give you this book as a present. Study the book while you also have to keep training. If I don't come back until you're 10, go and see Prof. Vahn. Before you go, test yourself first in the hidden spots that I used to take you when you were little, there will be a special prize waiting there for you. Don't forget to bury the books and scrolls later where you find the prize. Oh yeah, give Prof. Vahn this letter." With that, he walked off towards the dark gloomy forest leaving Alex behind crying. 5 years later… He gazes outside, at the wet, dark forest, as the voice echoes in his head again and again. "Two more days! Just two more days! I'll be ten years old that means I can start my Pokémon training. Before that, I will have to test myself in the hidden spots. With all the skills that I've got, I knew I could make it." With that in his mind, he rises up from his seat determined. He walks up to his room and snuggles up to his bed. In an instant, he falls asleep. "Another new day!" He yawns, rubbing his eyes. "Today, I'll take my test. OK! Let's get ready!" In a flash, he's ready to go. He goes outside and does his usual warm up. A little while after, he looks up, squinting, at the sun. "Ah! It's already ten." He thought then jumps up to one of the trees in a flash of light. As he hops swiftly from one tree to another, he got to the hidden spots faster than he thought, quicker than he ever remembered. He surveys the area and sees some obvious traps lying around. "Is this what he meant by a test? What a joke!" He grinned. He jumps down, trying to get away from all the traps while setting them away. "Yup! I cleaned them up. Now, where is the special prize that he mentioned before?" He remarks pretentiously as he cleans up his hand. A huge black net goes up as if on cue and traps him. "Oh no! Where did he get this thing anyway?" He keeps struggling but the more he struggles, the more it traps him inside. After a little while, he gives up and thinks of another way. "Aha! I know I'll just cut this with my knife. Why didn't I think of this before?" He thought as he reaches out for his knife hidden inside his thick black leather boots. He starts to cut the net and in a couple of minute, he was out of there. He jumps down cautiously then surveys the area once more. He then starts to walk around searching for his prize when suddenly hundred of arrows come out dashing after him. "Not again!" He rolls down over to another area only to find that he is in for another trap. "Man! It's so dark in here!" He said as he stumbles upon his feet. Soon he become aware of his surroundings, he walks around tapping the wall. "This wall is too fragile to be climbed. There must be another way. " Shortly after, he gives up and sits down. As he is about to sit down, he slips over and accidentally pushes the trigger button. The wall, exactly in front of him, slides open revealing a new hidden passage. He gets up and enters the passage. Suddenly the door closes behind him as fast as the eye could blink. "Now, I'm trapped here. Oh, well! I guess I have to walk and find my way out of here." He grumbles as he walks deeper and deeper into the passage. In a little while, he notices that the passage seems to grow brighter and brighter. He turns around a corner when he sees really bright light shining through. He runs excitedly hoping that he would come back to the outside world. What he finds disappoint him, it is only a room lighted by so many torches. But what he finds next take over his disappointment. It is letter written with his dad's writing. It said: Congratulations… Along with this, I present to you three pokéball underneath the box. It contains the most rare and strongest Pokémon. Promise not to use them until you are sure to have the skills to control them. Good luck on your journey and take care. He's excited but somehow feels sad deep inside. He then whispers, "I promise I won't." He looks at the wooden box underneath the letter, opens it slowly and inside he find three golden and white sparkling ball. He takes out the pokéball and then put the scrolls and the books inside. He closes the box again. As he's putting his pokéball inside his bag, he saw a switch not far away. "That must be the button to get out." He thinks. He walks over and presses the button. Click…then a wall opens up revealing the outside world. He walks outside and breaths in the fresh air. He then notices that this place is so close to his house. He walks back to his house and spent a night there. The next day… "Huaaaa…" He yawns, stretching all his muscle. He gets ready as soon as possible. He remembers that once his dad told him before he's gone that when he goes out, he should wear his casual clothes not his training clothes so as not to attract attention and he also should not use his skills unless in the verge of danger. So he uses his best casual clothes, his blue and white T-shirts and black baggy shorts. He takes out his bag with the Pokéball inside it and slings it over his shoulder. "Now, I'm ready to go. Wait! I forgot the letter. Where did I put it last night? Aha! There it is." He picks up the letter and put in his pocket. He walks outside and glances at the house for the last time before he's gone in a flash of light. He comes out later on up on a road, outside the forest, towards Valiantor Town. He skips excitedly and sings a song until he reaches the town. Once he gets there, he is amazed at all the big houses and buildings that he'd never seen before. He then realizes that he shouldn't be wasting time. So he asks a lady politely about Prof. Vahn's house. The lady tells him that his place is up on the hill on the west of the town. He says thank you then runs towards the west. Shortly after, he arrives at a huge house with a Prof. Vahn's name written on the gate. He rings the bell and waits. A couple of minutes later, a kind voice and footsteps are heard. "Who is it?" Before Alex could reply, the door open up. The door's opened by a quite tall, around 5'8", old man in a white lab coat. Alex thinks that he looks somewhat scary but there's a genuine kindness shown from his face, which makes him feel better. "Hi…there. How I can help you?" He says smiling. Alex replies, "Hmmm…I'm looking for Prof. Vahn." "I'm Prof. Vahn, young man. Would you like to come in?" Alex just nods then walks in. "Would you mind if we go to the lab while we are talking since I've got lots of work to do? So, umm…what can I do for you?" He says. Alex then said, "My dad told me to come here when I'm 10 and to give you this letter." He takes out the letter from his pocket and hands it to Prof. Vahn. He then opens the letter carefully and read it. He stops short and turns around to face Alex. Alex looks up at him, scared that there's something wrong with the letter. Prof. Vahn says, "So…you're Alex." Alex nods hesitantly. The Professor says, "In this letter, it says that your dad wanted me to help you to become a Pokémon Master. Okay…then that's settled." Alex's dumbfounded at how quick the Professor would help him. "Only with that letter, he would help me. What did he wrote in there anyway?" Alex ponders then thinks he better asks the Professor straight about it. "Why do you just say yes straight away? I thought a Professor would be too busy to even bother about a little kid." He asks honestly." The Professor just smiled at him. "Why would I say no to the request of the famous and unbeatable Pokémon Master? Anyway he used to be my friend. Oh…here we are at the lab. Come in…" "What do you know about him, Prof.?" Both of them sit before the Professor starts the story. A couple of years ago, your father were a well-known Pokémon Master. He was a mysterious one though. We were both quite a good friends. Everything went fine. He was married and had a son. That's you. Until one day, your mom died of an accident that's when you're around 6 months or so. He then disappeared. No one knew where he went. Until 5 years later, he turned up happily and told to me all about you. He asked me a favor to help you with the license, first Pokémon and so on. I asked him why couldn't he just do it himself. He looked, for a brief of second, troubled and scared. So I asked him what's his problem. But he wouldn't answer me. Then he's just gone. "That's all I know about him. Well, that's the story behind the disappearance of him. The rest you know it yourself." He's smiling. "Now let's get to the license and your first Pokémon. I'll arrange your license right away. It should be ready by tomorrow. Your first Pokémon will be a surprise. You should stay here for tonight since you have nowhere else to go. It's a bit late now. I better show you to your room." He then rises up and shows Alex to a guest room. Alex just quietly follows behind the Professor. He seems to be still in shock by the news. "Don't worry about it Alex. I'm sure your dad is fine." That's the last thing he says before he closes the door. Alex then takes out his sleeping bag and lays it on the floor. He gets inside and ponders about the things that had happened that day. Soon after, he falls asleep, exhausted from the day. He opens his eyes and looks around at the surroundings. "Where am I?" He thinks for a while before all the things that happened yesterday flowed in. He gets up and changed. When he is about to open the door, he notices a piece of paper on the floor underneath the door. He picks it up and read it. It's from Professor Vahn. It says that Alex should meet him in the lab. He does as he was told. Once he arrived at the lab, he knocked on the door before he walked in. "Good morning, Professor." "Good morning, Alex." The Prof. Vahn gets up from his chair and handed a small red machine to Alex. Alex takes it then says, "What is this, Professor?" "That's your license. It's called Pokédex. It will show your identity, how many Pokémon you have seen or captured and all the information about it. I'll show you how it works." The Professor then shows Alex how to use it. "So, that's how you use it. Thanks, Professor." He said. "Alex, come here. Now, I'll give you your first Pokémon and another five pokeball. Your first pokemon is a Dratini." He says as he handed a pokeball to Alex. He takes it and said, "Thanks. Go! Dratini!" From the pokéball, a red beam shots out from the pokéball and formed a Dratini, a blue snake. He then uses his pokedex to analyze it. _______________________________________________________________________ Dratini Type: Dragon Height: 5'11" Weight: 7.0 lb Evolution: Dragonair - Dragonite _______________________________________________________________________ Alex then kneels down, picks up the Dratini and hugs it. He gets up and says, "Professor, do you mind if I stays here a little while longer. I would like to know more about this town?" Alex queries. "Sure…you can use the same room as last night. Oh…yeah, here's a map of the Pokémon world and each Pokémon location is listed there." He smiles. Alex then runs outside after putting the Dratini back in the pokéball. He goes around the town asking for information. The town has only an Item shop and a Pokemon Center. After he thinks he had found out enough information, he walks north towards the Pegasus forest. As he walks there, he passed a lot of grassy areas. He then sees a Pidgey not far away from where he is. He takes out his Pokedex to analyze the Pidgey. _______________________________________________________________________ Pidgey Type: Normal/Flying Height: 1'00" Weight: 4.0 lb Evolution: Pidgeotto - Pidgeot _______________________________________________________________________ He then walks stealthily towards the Pidgey. The Pidgey somehow notices him and starts to attack him using Sand-Attack. He takes out Dratini and chucks it in the air, "Go, Dratini!" The small blue snake comes out but he's hurt from the Sand-Attack. "Use Thundershock." From Dratini then comes out tiny sparks before a lightning shot out and shocks the Pidgey. Alex then throws a pokéball at the Pidgey. Pidgey is sucked inside and the ball shakes for a while before it stops. "Hoorraaay! I caught my first Pokemon! A Pidgey!" He screams, hugging his Dratini. Afterwards, he meets with a couple more Pidgey at a level lower than the one he caught that he shocks easily. As he starts to enter the forest area, he notices a Caterpie and analyzes it. _______________________________________________________________________ Caterpie Type: Bug Height: 1'00" Weight: 6.0 lb Evolution: Metapod - Butterfree _______________________________________________________________________ "Okay...Pidgey, now it's your turn." A brown bird comes out. "Use Sand-Attack now!" The bird then starts stirring up cloud of sands blinding the Caterpie. It uses String Shot everywhere but none hits the target. "Pidgey, it's weak now. Use your Gust attack." The pidgey creates a really strong wind that picks up the Caterpie and slams it on the ground. Alex throws pokeball at the Caterpie. It shakes for a while then stops. He picks it up, "Man, two pokemon a day. What a lucky day!" He returns Pidgey then says, "Good job, Pidgey! It's getting late. I better go home now or Prof. Vahn will be worried." He skips out of the forest when a boy, looks older than him, comes up to him, "Do you want to battle?" Alex accepts it. "Okay, the battle will be two on two. Deal?" The boy just shrugs his shoulder, "Fine with me. Go Sandslash." A yellowish brown mole with spikes on his back comes out. Alex takes out his Pokedex to analyze it. _______________________________________________________________________ Sandslash Type: Ground Height:3'03" Weight: 65.0 lb Evolution: - _______________________________________________________________________"Dratini. ..GO!" A small blue snake comes out. "Sandslash, Use Dig." Sandslash then quickly digs the ground then vanishes underground. "Watch out, Dratini. I don't know what kind of attack this is but it doesn't sound good." "NOW!" As soon as the boy says that, the Sandslash comes out right under the Dratini, charging against it. Dratini's thrown into the air and lands a couple of meter away from Alex. He then runs over and picks up Dratini gently, "Dratini, are you okay?" The Dratini though opens his eyes full of determination nods then jumps from his hands, ready to battle. "No Dratini, you're hurt. You can't battle anymore." He takes out Dratini's pokeball and pointed it at Dratini to call it back. But Dratini looks back at Alex, refusing to return. Alex understood. "Okay, we can do it together. Use your water gun." Out of Dratini's mouth, water comes gushing out at the Sandslash. "Oh...no! Sandslash, quick Dig underground." Before the Sandslash could do that, he's shot by the water and weakens straight away. "Alright! Now use your Wrap." Dratini then stops the water, goes around the Sandslash to strangle it. The boy grins, "Wrong move!" As Dratini's about to stranggle it, all Sandslash's spikes prick it. "Sandslash, Tackle now!" Sandslash then jumps out Dratini and rams against it. Dratini's flown right smashing into Alex's legs. He kneels down, cradles Dratini gently. Dratini looks up before it faints. "Dratini returns!" A red beam shots out of the ball and Dratini vanishes. "What Pokémon should I use now? The Sandslash already weak now but both of my Pokemon are also really weak after the battle." He thinks. "Okay, I choose you Caterpie." A green caterpillar comes out. The boy starts cracking. "You think you can beat my Sandslash using that. Funny joke..." "Caterpie, use String Shot!" The Caterpie then shoots out a white of strings. Soon, the Sandslash's covered by the strings and unable to move. "Oh! NO! Sandslash, try to get out!" "Caterpie, Tackle now!" The Caterpie rushes forward and rams against the Sandslash. The Sandslash's thrown into the air smashing right into the boy. At the same time, the Caterpie starts spraying a white substance over its head that cover its whole body then glow really bright, before it evolved into a Metapod. Alex checks out Metapod data on the Pokedex. _______________________________________________________________________ Metapod Type: Bug Height: 2'04" Weight: 22.0 lb Evolution: Butterfree _______________________________________________________________________ The boy stands back up, returns Sandslash, "Good job, Sandslash. Go! Honey- Killer." A big bee comes out. Alex checks the pokemon out from his Pokedex. _______________________________________________________________________ Beedrill Type: Bug/Poison Height: 3'03" Weight: 65.0 lb Evolution: - _______________________________________________________________________ "Metapod, use String Shot!" The white strings shot out from Metapod but the Beedrill managed to dodge them. "Honey! Use Pin Missile!" Thousands of pins are shot out. "Metapod, watch out." Metapod is hit and fainted straight away. "Metapod! Good job! Return!" "Honey- Killer returns!" The boy then comes forward and says, "That was a good match. I didn't think that your Caterpie could beat my Sandslash. My name is Danny. What's yours?" "Alex. That was a good match. How many badges do you have? With all that strong Pokemon, you must have more than 3 badges." He says as they shake hands. "I started around 6 months ago and only managed to get 3 badges. How do you get that Dratini? It is an extremely rare Pokemon, you know." "Oh...that, I only got it today from Prof. Vahn. Dratini is my first Pokemon." "WHAT! You got that from Prof. Vahn. I don't know how you manage to get it from the famous Prof. Vahn. So...uhm...where are you going to?" "I will stay in this town for a couple more days to train a little bit and capture more pokemon. How about you?" "I will go to the next town for the next badge. I hope we will meet again later. Nice to meet you." "Nice to meet you too! I better go now or I'll be late. Bye." "Bye." Alex feels disappointed that he loses but on the other hand, he thinks that he also learn something from Danny. He goes to the Pokemon Center to get his Pokemon heal up then he goes back to Prof. Vahn's Laboratory. The next morning... "Huuaa...Yesterday was an exhausting day. But...I found two Pokemon and a friend. Yup! Today, I will go training again so I won't be beaten again." Alex's thinking inside. He gets ready then he dashes straight to the Pokemon Center in the Valiantor Town. "Hi...Nurse Joy." "Hi...Alex. I got your Pokemon ready. Just wait the minute." He takes a seat nearby and waits. A moment later, Nurse Joy comes out holding a tray of pokeballs. "Here is yours, Alex." Alex stands up then takes all his Pokeball, "Thank you, Nurse Joy." He runs to the Item Shop next and buys some Potions, more Pokeballs. "Now, I'm ready. Let's go back to the Unicorn Forest. I hope I'm lucky today." On his way to the Forest, he battles a couple of Pidgey with Dratini and Metapod. After that, he keeps walking that's when he feels that he step on something. A sleeping Rattata is shocked and it attacked Alex. "Oh...I'm sorry Rattata. I didn't mean to disturb you." However, the Rattata keeps snarling at him. He takes his Pokedex to analyze it. _______________________________________________________________________Rattata Type: Normal Height: 1'00" Weight: 8.0 lb Evolution: Raticate _______________________________________________________________________ "Okay, Pidgey. Let's battle!" A small brown bird comes out. The Rattata then seems to be angrier, it comes forward and bite Pidgey. Pidgey isn't ready yet and get bitten. "Pidgey, use Sand Attack." Pidgey blows sands to the Rattata blinding it. "Now, use your Gust attack." Pidgey blows a strong wind, which throws the Rattata a couple of meter away. "That's enough. Go, pokeball." Rattata is sucked inside but soon is out of there again. "He's not weaken yet. Use your Gust attack again." Once more, the Rattata is thrown. Alex tries again to capture it. This time, it works and he captures a Rattata. "Alright, we did it." He pats Pidgey and returns it. He takes out Rattata and gives it some Potion. It is soon back to normal. The Rattata looks back at him gratefully before he's returned to the Pokeball." He reaches the forest soon after. There, he battles with a couple of either Pidgeotto, Raticate or a Metapod. He takes them out pretty quick. Soon, he hears something rustling from the bush nearby. He walks over to the bush carefully so as not to scare it away. When he peeks through, he sees an Eevee that's trapped in between the tree's roots. It cries out painfully. Alex takes a pity on the Eevee and decides to help. He carefully and gently pulls out Eevee's legs from between the roots. After a couple of minute of struggling, the Eevee's then freed from the trapped. He sprays some Potion on Eevee's legs then patched it. _______________________________________________________________________ Eevee Type: Normal Height: 1'00" Weight: 14.0 lb Evolution: Vaporeon, Jolteon or Flareon _______________________________________________________________________ "Eevee, you'll be okay soon. Now you can go back to your home." He says as he shoos it away. Eevee refused. So Alex tries to walk away from it but the Eevee with its hurt leg keep following him. Alex soon notices and kneels down beside the Eevee. "Now! Don't you want to go back to your home." The Eevee still refused. "So...Do you want to come with me, Eevee?" The Eevee then nods eagerly. "Welcome to our groups, Eevee." He says happily as he cuddles him up. He takes out a Pokeball that the Eevee, with its own will, nuzzles the button and is sucked inside. He decides to look at the map at that moment to make sure he's lost. He finds out that he's that far away from the entrance of the Forest and that he could catch a Bulbasaur, Caterpie, Metapod, Weedle, Beedrill, Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pikachu, Ponyta, Eevee and Scyther. "Wow! There are so many different types of Pokemon in this forest and I've only caught 4 of them. I need to move on then." As soon as he finished saying that, a Pokemon had just jumped in front him. He isn't sure what it is, as he only sees a glimpse of it. He thinks that it might be a Bulbasaur. He then runs after it soon he lose the Pokemon. He realized, "I've been running pretty far now. I don't even know where I'm now. This is really bad." He's so exhausted after the running so he decides to take a rest first before finding his way out. Suddenly, a Bulbasaur comes out in front of him. It looks like it is the Bulbasaur that he's been chasing. _______________________________________________________________________ Bulbasaur Type: Grass/Poison Height: 2'04" Weight: 15.0 lb Evolution: Ivysaur - Venusaur _______________________________________________________________________ "Why do you bring me here?" "Bulbasaur bulba bulba bulbasaur." It said. Now Alex is more confused than ever. Just then, the Bulbasaur attacks him. "So, you want to battle huh! I'll give you one. Go, Dratini." A tiny blue snake comes out. "Use Ember now." A gush of fire comes burning the Bulbasaur. It burns the Bulbasaur who's a bit slow . In its desperate time, it seems to use Vine Whip attack as a long slender vine comes out from under the bud towards Dratini. "Dratini, watch out!" Dratini, who notices this first, then stops its Ember and managed to dodge it in the nick of time. Unfortunately, it doesn't realize of the second vine and get whipped. "Dratini, you've done a good job. Return! I choose you, Metapod! Use Harden." A green cocoon comes out and uses its Harden attack, where it hardens its cocoon as Bulbasaur keeps whipping it. A little while later, Bulbasaur starts to be tired where on the other hand, nothing seems to affect Metapod. "Okay, Metapod. Use Tackle now." The Bulbasaur's too tired to move quick enough to dodge it, is thrown to land on its back. Alex then throws a Pokeball at the Bulbasaur. It shakes and shakes longer than usual before it stops. He picks up the Pokeball, "Hooooooorrrrraaaay! I got a Bulbasaur." He sings excitedly jumping when suddenly, Metapod starts to crack open and from inside, a light glows and out comes a Butterfree. He then analyzes it with the Pokedex. _______________________________________________________________________ Butterfree Type: Bug/Flying Height: 3'07" Weight: 71.0 lb Evolution: - _______________________________________________________________________ He's so overjoyed not only he catch a Bulbasaur, his Metapod evolves into a Butterfree. The fact that he lost in the forest strikes him again. It makes him depressed then suddenly he got an idea. He takes out all his Pokemon and releases them. "We're here lost in the forest. Do any of you know how to get out?" They all look at each other and start talking in their own language. After that short conversation, Bulbasaur emerges out and pulls him, "Bulba bulbasaur bulba." "Are you showing the way out?" Bulbasaur nods, "Bulba." "Okay then, Bulbasaur leads the way!" For a little while, they all walk together until Alex starts to see things that are familiar to him again. "Thanks Bulbasaur, up until here I will know how to get home. He then cuddles him around saying thank you for showing the way as the others just look happily at them both. When he did that, his Pokedex falls out of his pocket and points straight at the Pokemon hiding away. The pokedex then analyze the Pokemon. _______________________________________________________________________ Weedle Type: Bug/Poison Height: 1'00" Weight: 7.0 lb Evolution: Kakuna - Beedrill _______________________________________________________________________ Alex then starts to look at the source of the sound. He's sure that it was his pokedex sound. He then notices the small red machine. As he's picking it up, a small yellowish orange caterpillar with horns at both its head and tail walks out shyly. Every single Pokemon just stares at it. "Butterfree, I choose you!" Butterfree then comes forward. "Use your Sleep Powder." Butterfree then flies over and sprays a white powder over the Weedle. The Weedle falls asleep soon after. He chucks his pokeball at it. It catches the Weedle straight away. He picks it up and starts to do his typical 'Hooray' after he caught a Pokemon. Weedle's pokeball suddenly vanishes. He opens up his pokedex to store his Butterfree and exchange it with Weedle. He then returns all the Pokemon then runs to the Pokemon Center to heal up all the Pokemon. After he drops all the Pokemon, he walks slowly back to Prof. Vahn's Laboratory. He wakes up early in the morning the next day. He packs up all his stuff then walks over to Prof. Vahn's Lab. He knocks on the door and walks in. "Good morning, Prof. Vahn. I hope I'm not bothering you with your work now." "Good morning, Alex. No...no...you're not bothering me at all. Is there anything that I can help you with?" "No, I would just like to say thank you for letting me stay here. I'll leave the town today." "Oh...okay then." He says as he leaves his work and walks Alex out. "Bye, Alex. If you need anything, just call me." "Okay, bye Prof. Vahn. Thanks for everything." He says then runs towards the city while waving at the Prof. Once he arrives in the city, he goes to the Pokemon Center first thing. "Hi...Nurse Joy. Is my Pokemon ready yet?" "Hi...Alex. It's ready. Just wait a minute, I'll go and get it." Alex waits for a while before Nurse Joy comes out and hands Alex his Pokemon. "Alex, would you to do me a favor? While I was looking for some herbs back in the forest yesterday, I found an injured Growlithe so I brought it here and healed it up. But now, it doesn't want to go back to the wild. I can't take care of it. I think it will be better off with you than me. Can you please take care of Growlithe for me?" She says looking worried. "Oh...okay, if you think I can then I will." Nurse Joy looks relieved. She goes and takes the Growlithe. "Growlithe, meet your new trainer, Alex." Growlithe looks back at Nurse Joy sadly. Nurse Joy then explains everything to Growlithe. The Growlithe somehow understood and goes inside the pokeball provided by Alex willingly. "Thank you, Nurse Joy. I promise I will take care of Growlithe." He opens his Pokedex to store his Pidgey and exchange with the Growlithe. _______________________________________________________________________ Growlithe Type: Fire Height: 2'04" Weight: 42.0 lb Evolution: Arcanine _______________________________________________________________________ He also goes to the Item Shop to stock up on some of the items. After that, he's back on the road to the Forest. On his way there as usual, he battles some Pokemon using Weedle and Growlithe. In those battle, his Weedle evolves into Kakuna. "Congratulations, Weelde for evolving." He then returns Kakuna back. _______________________________________________________________________ Kakuna Type: Bug/Poison Height: 2'00" Weight: 22.0 lb Evolution: Beedrill _______________________________________________________________________ He reaches the forest earlier than usual so he takes a rest for a little while. He releases out all his Pokemon and gives them some rest. When they finish taking a rest, he returns all the Pokemon then continues walking deeper into the forest. Once in a while, he battles with other Pokemon. After the last battle, Rattata starts to glow really bright then suddenly it evolves into a Raticate. "Good job!" He says happily as he pets Rattata on the back before he returns Rattata. _______________________________________________________________________ Raticate Type: Normal Height: 2'04" Weight: 41.0 lb Evolution: - _______________________________________________________________________ After a little while, he runs into some trainer, which he beats easily. Kakuna then evolves into Beedrill. "Cool! Now, I've got my own Beedrill." As he hugs his Beedrill, a pokemon comes out. It's a Pikachu. _______________________________________________________________________ Pikachu Type: Electric Height: 1'04" Weight: 13.0 lb Evolution: Raichu _______________________________________________________________________"Beedrill , you've done enough! Good jobs, return now! I choose you, Bulbasaur!" A green lizard with a bud on its back comes out. "Bulba bulbasaur." "Pika pikachu." "Bulbasaur, use your Razor Leaf." Sharp leaves are flying out from under its buds towards the Pikachu. Pikachu then uses its Thundershock which clashed with the leaves. It looks like the Thundershock is stronger than the Razor Leaf. "Use your Vine Whip now! Bulbasaur, quick!" Bulbasaur then uses its vine to whip Pikachu. Pikachu isn't ready yet to tackle the Vine Whip got caught in the whip. When Pikachu nearly fainted, Alex throws the pokeball. It shakes a while then *Ding*. He'd caught a Pikachu. Before he could pick it up, it is teleported back. He can't wait to use his Pikachu so he swaps it with Beedrill and Raticate with Pidgey. As he continues walking further into the forest, he continues battling with other Pokemon. In one of the battle, his Pidgey evolves into a Pidgeotto. "Pidgeot pidgeot." He pets Pidgeotto while congratulating it. _______________________________________________________________________ Pidgeotto Type: Normal/Flying Height: 3'07" Weight: 66.0 lb Evolution: Pidgeot _______________________________________________________________________ He's so excited that day so many of his Pokemon had evolved. Then it's started to get really late so he decides to camp in the forest. When he wakes up the next morning, he sees a Ponyta's eating grass near where he camps. He thinks, "This is my chance to catch that Ponyta." _______________________________________________________________________ Ponyta Type: Fire Height: 3'03" Weight: 66.0 lb Evolution: Rapidash _______________________________________________________________________ He sneaks up to it, afraid he might scare him. "Dratini, I choose you!" He whispers. At that moment, the Ponyta notices him sneaking. The Ponyta then stops grazing and turns around. It starts neighing that's enough startled Alex. "Dratini, use your Water Gun attack!" Dratini spurts out a gush of water that the Ponyta dodges easily. For just a brief second, Alex thought that the Ponyta actually sneers at him. He shakes off the thought. "Dratini, try to use Bubble." Bubbles are blown out towards the Ponyta but this time the Ponyta get hurt. It neighs in pain. The Ponyta then tries to use Ember attack. But it didn't hit Dratini right on the target. "Use Tackle." The Ponyta then uses it Agility attack. Dratini confused. "Watch out, Dratini." Out of nowhere, Ponyta rams against Dratini. Dratini's thrown backwards a couple of meters away. "You've done well, Dratini. I choose you, Growlithe." A dog with an orange stripes across its body comes out. "Growl growl." "Use Agility then Tackle." Growlithe moves so fast that can barely seen with a naked eyes. The Ponyta is confused at where the Growlithe might be. Suddenly, the Growlithe is seen charging into Ponyta. Ponyta goes flying into the air. It's weakens drastically it can't move. It tries to stand up but fall down again and again. Alex throws the pokeball at it. It's caught without any struggle and teleported straight away. "Hu...that was one tough battle." He wiped the sweats off his forehead. He releases Dratini, heals it up and takes out all the pokemon to let them have some fun. Shortly after, Alex returns all of them and packs up. He continues on walking to the other side of the forest to reach the other town. As he walks he battles lots of Pokemon using mostly his Dratini, Eevee or Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur managed to evolve during the battling into Ivysaur. _______________________________________________________________________ Ivysaur Type: Bug/Poison Height: 3'03" Weight: 29.0 lb Evolution: Venusaur _______________________________________________________________________ Not so long after Bulbasaur evolved into a Ivysaur... Alex is walking down the path in the forest when he's surprised by the attack of a green ninja-like Pokemon with its big slashing knife. _______________________________________________________________________Scyther Type: Bug/Flying Height: 4'11" Weight: 123.0 lb Evolution: - _______________________________________________________________________ It seems that the Scyther is protecting its terittory however, Alex didn't realize that. He calls out his first Pokemon, Dratini. "Go! Dratini! Use Blizzard." A snow storm blows amazingly only around the Scyther blocking the vision. The Scyther falls down in pain. The storm stops shortly and the vision is cleared. Alex tries to catch the Scyther unfortunately the Scyther breaks out of the pokeball. It has become more angrier for this trainer couldn't understand and had tried to capture it. The scyther flies forward and slashes wildly at Dratini. "NO...DRATINI." Dratini looks hurt badly by all the slashing. Scyther's slash is getting weaker and weaker at each time. Until it falls down, fainted. Alex is too worried about the condition of his Dratini, he rushes forward and checks out all the wounds. After he was sure that the wounds are not serious, he turns to look at the Scyther. It looks badly injured. He suddenly feel pity towards the Scyther. He knows that all Pokemon are good and they never meant harm to the human and that this Scyther must have its own reason for attacking him in the first place. He captures the Scyther and runs to the nearest Pokemon Center. Unaware to him, a pair of eyes is observing his every actions from a tall darkest tree nearby. The eyes observe him as he runs bringing the pokeball of the injured pokemon till he is out of sight. The eyes gleam and then vanish. Who's the owner of the mysterious eyes? Will Alex arrive in time to the Pokemon Center to save the Scyther? *The End of Chapter 1* Slyphiad Email: Slyphiad@ignmail.com