“Cya people’s!” I shouted as I ran out of school to get on my bus, it’s always packed full. You have to get on it fast to get a good seat. Today, on the bus ride home I just looked out the window and thought about stuff, mostly about Pokemon. Me and my friend Josh had been talking about it back at school. What would it be like to be in Pokemon? I’d love it! To have my own Pokemon! I wouldn’t care what it was, just as long as I had one. “To be a Pokemon trainer... that be really cool,” I thought as I stared out the window on the bus. It drove on, stopping occasionally to let off people at there houses for about 25 min, then it stopped all together. I looking out my window, realizing I had no idea where we were. This wasn’t the last stop, it wasn’t a stop at all. The bus had stopped on a dirt road. “Hey Katie, the bus broke down. We all have to get off.” It was one of the grade 7’s. “Great!” I muttered, “ I’m gonna miss Monster Rancher! It’s on in 15 min!” I walked to the front of the bus and hopped off. Good thing it was sunny out side, or it could have been really bad. I stood alone by the road. I looked around at were we’d stopped, the strangest thing was that I couldn’t recognize where we were. “ Oh yeah, our new route, what a great place to be stranded on.” I could hear Phil the driver muttering to himself, mostly cursing. We were going to be here for a long time. I kicked a rock along the ground and muttered to myself. That’s when I saw it out of the corner of my eye, I couldn’t believe it at first, but when I looked closer I was almost sure of it. A Pokemon was sitting out in the field! A Jiggy-Puff! I couldn’t believe it! I had to get a closer look. I checked the crowed around me, no one would see me leave. They were all on the other side of the bus. So I took off towards what I thought was a Jiggly-Puff. The grass in the field was tall so it was hard for me to run in it. I kept running until I was 10 feet away from the creatures. Wow! It was a Jiggly-puff. It’s little puffball body, it’s swirling hair, it’s huge big blue eyes, and the voice it had. It was singing. I’m gonna catch it! I thought, I’ll use my coat! I took off my coat and slowly approached the Pokemon. It didn’t move, maybe it hadn’t seen me yet. Then, I sprang. Too slow. I slammed in to the ground, the Jiggly-puff had already moved. I quickly jumped up, just in time to see it running in to the forest. “Come back Jiggly-puff! I have to show you to my friends!” I yelled like a idiot as I ran after it. It ran in to the tree’s, I followed. Deeper and deeper I ran in to the forest, never taking my eyes of the little puffball. Then it stopped running, so I did too, I was winded. As I tried to catch my breath, I looked around at my sounding’s, nothing but trees, moss, fungus... forest stuff. The Jiggly -puff sat on a old tree stump. It started at me, angry at first. Then a grin grew across it’s face. “Jiggly-Puff! Jiggly Jiggly-puff!” It sort of squeaked at me. Then it started to dance around. “Oh, sooooooo cute!” I yelped. I started to walk toward it but... couldn’t! I was stuck. I tried to move my feet, but I couldn’t! I looked down to my feet and horror struck me. I was sinking in to the ground... wait... not the ground... a black hole! “ AHHHHHHH!!!” I screamed frantically as I tried to get out of the hole... no go... I was stuck bad. I looked over to the Jiggly-puff, it was still dancing. “ Please let this be a dream... Please let this...” I frantically prayed as I was being pulled down deeper and deeper in to the darkness below. Then, I couldn’t speak.. couldn’t breath.. couldn’t think. I was in total darkness. Total darkness. Was I dead? *!FLASH !* I was in bed. It was all a dream! “I’m alive!!” I screamed. Wait... I wasn’t in my room. This was getting strange. I pinched my arm... it hurt. I could feel pain! This wasn’t a dream! “So, your up?” “AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!” I screamed! What was going on. I jumped out of the bed and ran over to the wall. I turned to face the voice, but I still hung against the wall. “Hey, hey. Don’t be afraid.” A voice said, I knew that voice. I looked at them and tried focused my eyes. They aren’t that good. Oh my god! It was him. Professor Oak! From Pokemon. “I’m professor Oak. What’s your name?” He asked me. What was my name..... oh yeah! “Katie!” I yelled in excitement... but also in utter amazement. How’d I get here? Was it the Jiggly-puff’s fault? “Katie, eh? Are you from Pallet?” He asked. “Um no... I mean.... Yes I am... I mean....” “Calm down, are you or not?” “I am from Pallet town Professor Oak.” I said. “ I wanna be a Pokemon trainer! That’s why I came here.” I lied, but I loved the way this was going. “ Well then, you’ll have to be more responsible then. Trying to touch a wild Fearow. That bird could have killed you!” “I did?” I couldn’t remember that happening. “Yes, some one found you just in time and brought you here.” He answered. “Oh..... um... well.... I really want to be a trainer. I won’t be so stupid next time.” I managed to choked out. “Oh, you want to be a trainer? Well your in luck! I just got some new starter Pokemon. If you want I can start you one your journey today.” I jumped up with excitement! “YES! YES! I WANT TO BE A TRAINER! I WANNA CATCH THEM ALL!!!” “Well, aren’t you energetic.” he laughed. He stood up and began to walk out of the room, I followed and spoke again. “Pokemon’s my life! I know 154 Pokemon names! I know their moves and status too.” I said. “Yes, you sound like you must know allot, maybe more then me.” He laughed softly. He kept on walking, and then we came to a large open room. I looked around it, there were 2 other people in the room. I recognized one of them. It was Gary! Gary Oak. He turned and look at us with a smirk on his face. “Hey gramp’s, is this the dummy who was attack by the bird?” He laughed. I just stared at him in silence. “Hey Gary, leave her alone. She just wanted to become a trainer, a little too much.” The professor said. Then he walked over to the table in the front of the room. On it 3 poke balls sat. I knew what they were. Charmander, Squtile and Bulbasaur. Professor Oak looked aimlessly around the room, “What’s up Grampus?” Gray asked. “Um... I think some one’s missing. Oh well, let’s get started.” He sighed, “Ha, just the same as the show... I bet it’s Ash!” I thought with a grin. “Anyways, as I was saying. These are the 3 Pokemon that you will choose from to help you on you adventures to come. They are the grass Pokemon Bulbasaur, the Fire Pokemon Charmander and the water Pokemon Squirtle. You may each chose one of them. Katie,” He said turning to face me, “ You seem like a spirited young person, you chose first.” “A girl, go before me??” Said the other person in the room, he wore a red shirt that said, #1 on it. “Now now, don’t get angry, you’ll get one too, now Katie, chose a Pokemon.” I stood there, their eye’s all on me. I had to think about this.......... thinking done! I’d chose one of my favorite Pokemon. “ I chose,” I continue to say, “ I chose Bulbasaur!” Professor Oak pick up it’s Poke Ball and handed it to me. “Bulbasaur is now your Pokemon Katie.” He said. I smiled. My very own Pokemon! No one would believe this! If this was a dream, I never wanted to wake up from it. “ Katie, you’ll need this to begin your adventure. This is my own special Poke Dex.” Said professor Oak. He handed it to me, “ It records all Pokemon you own and have seen. It will be very helpful to you on your way. Take these also, they will get you started on your adventure,” He handed me 5 Poke balls. “Thanks, I won’t let you down. I’ll become the strongest Pokemon Master in the whole world!” I laughed. “Well then Katie, I guess were rivals. Good luck.” Gary said as I began to leave the lab. “Yeah, good luck Gary,” I said back to him. I was so happy. When I got out side of the lab, I looked around for a nice spot to try out my Bulbasaur. I took it over to the grass across the street, “Hum... I wonder how it accutly comes out? Maybe I throw it.” So I did. Then I heard a zapping sort of sound, then my Pokemon appeared. The Poke ball bounced back in to my hands. “Bulaba?” said the bulb like dinosaur creature. I sat on the ground and looked at it. It looked back at me. I smiled. “I’m your new trainer buddy. I’m Katie.” It walked over to me, so I patted it’s head. It smiled back at me, I guess it liked me already. “Well, I guess I should give you a name. How about Slasher? That’s the name of my Venusaur in my game boy game,” “Bulba...” it shook it’s head. “What about dino?” Again the same response. “ Well bud, I don’t know what to call you.... wait... bud? How about Buddy?” It look at the ground, I guess it was thinking about the name. Then, it nodded it head. “Bulba bulbsaur!” He liked the name. “All right, your new name is Buddy! Nice to meet you.” I shook it’s paw All right Bud, I hope we can be friends. I promise I won’t try to hurt you, but to be come master we gotta catch Pokemon!” “Bulbasaur!” He said happily. “Good, all right. Then for now it’s just you and me. Let’s go in to town and buy some stuff.” We walk in to town, Buddy at my side. I wouldn’t keep him in a Poke ball. He was my new and only friend in this world of Pokemon. I went in to a shop and bought Buddy a Bandanna. He picked out the color, Red. On it in black marker I wrote BUDDY. He liked it. I bought some Food and drinks. We ate some and packed the rest in to the back pack I bought. It was strange. I already had $300 that I’d found in my jeans pocket. I didn’t know what to do after that, it just suddenly occurred to me that this was impossible! How could I be in a TV show. I looked around, it was so strange. The place looked real, but I knew it wasn’t. “How I get here?” I asked my self, realizing that I didn’t know how to get home. Then, a cloud of dust formed in front of me, swirling around. Then it came towards me. I tried to run, but it threw me to the ground. I couldn’t see, the dust was stinging my eyes badly. I rubbed them, and when I could see again I stood up. I was surround by darkness, as black as space with no stars or planets. All I could see a strange dressed man hovering above the ground. “Where am I!” I yelled, the man answered in a loud, echoing voice. “You are in the realm between worlds. I, have brought you here.” “The what?” I asked, not much of a realm if you asked me. “I am Gorloth, the time sage. I make sure time and places do not get tampered with by other creatures.” “Then you must be doing a lousy job of it!” I answered angrily, trying not to freak out. I was terrified. “Why am I here?” “It is an unfortunate mistake that you have come upon this land. That creature you saw some how passed through worlds, from it’s own to yours. I was trying to retrieve it when you stumbled upon it. I mistakenly transported you to it’s world.” “Well, that’s OK I like it here. Though, I wanted to know how I get home?” “You can’t.” He said, never changing his tone of voice. Always stern, and bold. “What do you mean, I can’t! You got me here all mighty sage! Now you have to send me home!” Now I was really scared. Never see home again. Never see my family and friends ever again. Pokemon training was great in all, but this wasn’t a game anymore. It was my real life. “There is one way. One way that may send you home.” He answered. “How!” I yelled frantically. “The only way that I may send you is if you complete the story.” “The story? What do you mean?” I asked. “You must catch 151 Pokemon, and become a Pokemon Master, that is the only way to complete this story, the story of Pokemon.” Not much of a game anymore. This was serious bissnus, I could get killed! “Is that the only way.” I asked again. “Yes. There is one thing I can do to help you out on your journey,” “What?” I asked. But it was all gone. I was back on the grass. In Pallet town. Buddy stood be side me. “That was strange,” I said standing up and looking towards the path which lead to my destiny. “What was strange?” Asked Buddy. I looked at him wide eyed. “You can talk???” I yelled. “I could always talk, I just didn’t understand you so clearly until now.” was his answer. I thought about it alittle. That must have been what the sage did for me. Now the rest was up to me. I had to start some time. “Let’s go Buddy, we have a adventure waiting for us.” I said, starting up the path which lead out of Pallet, and on to the real Pokemon world. The funniest thing happened after that. As we were walking up the path which lead out of town, we heard a bunch of muttering. It was coming closer by the second. Then a figure came in to view. Some one in there Bahamas was coming up the path at an incredible speed. I laughed when I finally realized who it was. “Ash, he better hurry up if he wants to get a good Pokemon.... hehehe!” “Who’s Ash?” Asked Buddy. He ran right in to me, knocking me into the dirt. “Hey!” “Sorry, I’m in a big hurry....” Ash yelled as he voice trailed of in to the distance. “Ha!... He’s already to late! Oh well, I’ll have to get him back for this later.” I got up and dusted myself off. Buddy look confused. “Let’s just keep going for now, we’ll worry about Ash Later.” I answered. He shook his, “What ever...” We continued on out of Pallet, and into the world of Pokemon!
“Look!” I yelled to excited to keep quiet. “ It’s a PIDGY!” “Keep it down, it’ll hear you! And remember, it understands every thing you say!” We were hiding behind a tree on the out skirts of a large field. The wind was nice and calm, the area around the tall grass was deserted, except for us, and the other Pokemon. “Let’s catch it!” I replied, inching around the tree. Buddy didn’t follow. I started to become angry, “ What’s your problem? Are you scared?!?” I taunted. That only made Buddy angry at me and he crouched down behind the tree, “What if I am scared!” He yelled, “ I am at a disadvantage here! I’m as you say a grass type Pokemon, while that’s a bird! Your a trainer, you should know not to send my kind out against a bird!” “Oh... oh yeah I forgot!” I said slapping my face. How could I forget that grass Pokemon are weak against flying Pokemon? Now I was stumped, what could I do? How would I catch a Pidgy? “Why don’t you catch it yourself! If your such a good trainer?” Buddy sarcastically said lifting his head away from his paws. He stood up and walk over to my belt and swatted at one of my poke ball’s. It fell to the ground with a loud thump on the soft grassy ground. Then he nudged his nose against it making it grow to it’s full size. “Cya!” He shouted as he entered the poke ball, “Call me if you need any help!” With that, and a flash of light he was gone, inside the poke ball. “Great!” I yelled. How would I catch this Pokemon? I inched a step away from the tree. Then I looked down to find a rock I could use, I’d try what Ash had tried. I found a nice shaped rock and clenched it in my fists. I looked over towards the Pidgey, aimed the rock and.... The sun shawn in my eyes so bright that it blocked out my vision and I through the rock in the wrong direction.. or so I thought. I looked over to where the Pidgey had been, it was gone. “DRAT!!” I yelled, stamping my feet. I’d missed a perfectly good Pokemon! Then I heard it from above, “You’ll wish you never set foot in this meadow trainer, I’m gonna teach you a valuable lesson you’ll never forget!” It dived, I dogged. I landed hard on the dirt, rolling over as I landed. I stopped rolling when I hit the tree. The barked scratched the back of my head. “Owwwowowow! You dumb bird! I’ll take you down!” I shouted as I got to my feet, I ran my hand over my head and found blood on it as I looked it over. I was mad. “You made me bleed!” The Pidgey shook, but for only a second. I flew like it had seen(or heard) a ghost. It started to circle around me, I couldn’t see it that well because the sun’s rays hurt my eyes. “You speak our language? How odd...” it said from above me. “So what?” I exclaimed, staring at my hand furiously. “What are you? You do not look like one of us? How do you speak our language?” It answered once more. “I’m human, but not from this world. Well... I am from Earth, but not from this Earth. I’m from an alternate universe! I was given this power from a very powerful being.” I answered. The Pidgey stopped circling at that and landed softly just a few feet away from me. “You seem very interesting, my leader would probably like to meet a creature like you, you may come willingly to be taken to him.” “Nice choices,” I muttered quietly to myself, then said to the Pidgey, “Sorry, but I don’t have the time to chat with some Pidgey-king or what ever. I have to be going now. B-bye!” I said turning around towards the path that lead to Viridian city. “You have no choice human, you will speak to Spear... or die.” It said standing in front of me and narrowing it’s eyes. “Spear eh, what a stupid name! I like my name much better. Katie, it’s allot nicer then SPEAR!” I laughed. What a dumb name to name a Pidgey-King. “What did you say human?” A new voice replied in a mocking way. It came from behind me. “You heard m........e.......e.....?” I answered turning to face this mystery voice. I had been the dumb one, no wonder it’s name was Spear. I now faced at least 25 Spearows, and a huge Fearow. “O...no...” I cried in a tiny squeaky voice. I turned back to the Pidgey, “WHY are you in a group with a bunch of spearows and that thing?!?” I said frantically, I felt like I was going to be sick. “Born and raised with them, I am called Bomber. I am not weak like most of my kind....... but that is not important.” The Pidgey answered hopping over to join his family. He looked strange with them, 25 tough looking Spearows, the Fearow, and one Pidgey. “I see you have meet my lieutenant, Bomber, he’s a good kid, talks to much, but a good kid. I am Spear, leader of this area’s Spearow tribe. You have insulted my name. But your are different from most humans, what is your name.” The biggest Fearow asked. “My names Katie, I come from an alternate universe. Ha! Beat that bird boy!” I mocked, though I really wasn’t in the position to be the one mocking. The Fearow grew angry. “You seem to be a quite dumb human to think you can beat me. I could kill you right now human.” It replied dryly, never changing it’s angry look. It started right at me, so did the other 25 birds behind him. I was way out numbered! I gulped, this was the end for me. Fear washed over me like a wave. I began to sweat, even though it wasn’t really that hot out. I could tell that Spear scented my fear. He replied calmly, “But.. I will give you a chance. Battle with one of us with one Pokemon. If you win, you may go free, but if you lose..... death.....” Great! I had two choices, Get Buddy and me killed. Or get myself killed. Which to pick. “Chose now Katie, or pay your penalty for insulting me!” Spear yelled, I jumped backwards. I wasn’t gonna give up, I had to fight him! I choked back my fears, threw away my worries of death, and approached the flock of birds, I was determined not to die, maybe a miracle would happen, but until then... I had to fight. “I’ll fight you, with the only Pokemon I got. Not a fair fight, but it’s better then dying like a coward!” “Good choice.... your opponent will be.... Bomber!” I sighed in relief, I thought I’d be fighting Spear. Bomber on the other hand looked startled. “What?” He stammered, “ Why me?” He hopped up and down. The other bird started to squawk, they all wanted to fight me. They hushed as their leader spoke. “She insulted you, and she challenged you to a battle did she not? Will you back down from a challenge? Will you be a coward?” Bomber looked down, then answered in a low, almost sad sounding voice. “No, I’ll battle,” Then he lifted his head and I could almost see sparks in his eyes. Not a good sign for me. “ I’ll battle in the name of our tribe! I shall not be beat by a simple human child.” He stepped forward. “Good,” was all the leader said in reply. With that word, a great sound a wings began. Sand and dirt flew, clouding my vision, as they took to the sky in a huge group. All that was left on the sandy ground was me, and a single Pidgey. I was sure I could win now. “Chose your Pokemon,” It said. I smiled, I knew I could win this. “Fine then, I will.” I answered. “ Buddy, GO!” I flung the poke ball infront of me. ZAP! Buddy appeared infront of me feet. The Poke ball bounced back in to my hands, I placed it back in it’s place. “Let the battle begin!” Yelled Buddy. Never thought I’d hear that from him. The Pidgey smiled devilishly almost. Buddy ran towards the bird, head down ready for a tackle attack. It was no use though, the Pidgey leaped in to the air right before impact. “To slow Bulbasaur! Now it’s my turn.” The Pidgey Bomber answered. He was really fast. He dived at Buddy, to quick for Buddy to even turn around. He used a peck like quick attack and slammed his beck deep into Buddy’s shoulder. Buddy yelped in pain. Laughing, Bomber arched his wings and flew back up into the sky. Buddy was shaking his shoulder allot, but he still wanted to battle. “I’ll get you!” He yelled angrily to the sky, shooting his vine whip’s high up trying to slap Bomber out of the sky, but Bomber flew to high for Buddy’s attack to reach. Bomber swooped back down and successfully landed another few attacks on Buddy while Buddy fought back helplessly. We were losing big time. “Let’s end this!” Bomber shouted from high up. “I’ll show you why they call me Bomber!” Folding his wings to his sides, Bomber began an extremely fast dive towards Buddy, who was still trying to shake off the Pidgey’s last attack. He never saw it coming. Faster and faster Bomber dived down from the sky, looking like he was going to crash right into Buddy’s back, but right before Bomber hit he opened his wings and through his talons forward, aimed towards Buddy’s bulb. Buddy couldn’t dodge his attack at all. “Buddy, look out!” I yelled, but my cries were no help. Bomber grabbed on to Buddy’s bulb on his back, and with mighty flaps of his short wings, lifted him up off the ground. Up and up into the air they went, higher and higher. Then it hit me, he was gonna drop Buddy, and the impact of the ground at that height might be enough to kill him! “Buddy!” I called in desperation. They were now 10’s of meters off the ground. I couldn’t do a thing but stand below and watch, but I had to do something! Anything world help. I got an idea, one last resort. “Buddy! Vine whip! Wrap them around it’s neck!” I yelled up in to the air. I hoped he could hear me. “Here we go little grass creature!” Bomber shouted as he released his hod of Buddy. The ground was 35 or more meters away from their feet. But Buddy had heard me. Two small whip like vines shot out from under his bulb, quickly wrapping around the Pidgey’s neck. He was almost a small dot to me from where I stood. I heard the Pidgey cry out in rage, it began to fly round and round, trying to shake Buddy off his neck. It was no use. Buddy held on with all his might. The vines warped tighter around the pidgey’s neck. What happened next was a dream come true. I could see it very plainly. Bomber was falling, his wings didn’t even flutter as he fell. They just sort of stuck straight up as he raced towards the ground. He was falling fast. He had Buddy’s weight pulling him down as he fell. Buddy retracted his vines back in to his bulb and now fell alone. I ran over to the spot he was falling to, stuck out my arms, and caught him as he slammed in to me. I was knocked off my feet on to the ground. A second or so later another creature slammed in to the ground, harder then I we. I wondered if Bomber had survived the crash. I lay on my back, I was having a hard time breathing. Buddy struggled out of my hands and ran over to where the Pidgey had crashed at. After I regained my breath, I staggered to my feet, dusting my self off and hurried over to see my opponent. He was not far away from where I stood. I ran over to him, and stood by Buddy. He looked down at the Pidgey sadly. “I must have strangled it to tight..” was all he said. I looked at him, then back to the injured bird. I knelt down and touched his chest. He was still breathing, but barley. I stood back up, “He’s still alive, but only barley.” I told Buddy. It was hard to believe even that though. It’s right wing was bent up, broken. His beck the looked broken too. His legs were stretched out under his body, one was anyways. The other was bent to his side.. His eyes were tight shut. His left wing was bent in half. There was blood running down his face, it made a puddle beside his head. I heard a flutter from behind me, and I turned to face Spear once more. He looked sad. No one said a thing for a second or two, then Spear finally said, “I saw it all... you are a very skilled trainer.” “Thanks....” I said, not too happy about myself at that moment. I’d almost killed a Pokemon, and if it didn’t get help soon it would die. Second of silence pasted once more. The only sound to be heard was our breathing and the sound of the tall grass as it rustled back and forth by the cool breeze that blew. “ I want you to take Bomber with you.” Spear said looking at me. I was speechless. “ If you don’t take him to a help center soon, he will die. Only you can help him now.” Said Spear, breaking the silence once more. I didn’t know what to say, so all I did was nod. I reached for one of my poke balls, took it, and threw it toward where Bomber lay. He was pulled in to it with no hassle at all. Bomber was now my Pokemon. I could almost see a tear in one of Spear’s eyes. “ I found Bomber as a baby. His parents had been killed by hunters, and he was left to die. We don’t usually take in birds that are not our kind, but I just couldn’t leave him alone. I had lost my parents almost the same way when I was young, so I felt sorry for him.” I didn’t know what to say, so I just kept my mouth shut. He continued, “He was almost like a son to me, that is how I raised him. As my son. Please human, take care of him. Please....don’t let him die.” Spear turned his head away from me so I couldn’t see his face any more. I never knew Fearows cried, I thought the were fearless. “I’ll take care of him. I won’t let you or him down.” I answered. After Spear had flown back to his flock, I watch the clouds go by, just thinking to my self about home. I don’t have time to think about home now, I thought, I have to get Bomber to a Pokemon Center. Fast. I walked over to the poke ball I had thrown and picked it up. I had a life to save, I had to be quick. “We gotta hurry to Viridian City, Buddy.” I said looking down at him, he nodded. He started to head towards the path to Viridian city, I slowly followed. Operation: Save Bomber was now at hand.
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