Bulbasaur: Evelyn's first Pokemon
"Oh Boy! My very first Pokemon! I can't wait to start on my Pokemon Journey and get into Pokemon League!" Eveyln shouted. Then she looked fondly down at her new Pokemon, Bulbasaur. She had gladly accepted Bulbasaur as her first Pokemon because of its tough appearance but cute green bulb on its back; she knew it would be a great addition on her team and would be a strong Pokemon. She had promised Bulbasaur that he could remain out of his Poke'ball as long as he would behave. As she was about to leave, Professor Oak, the person who had given her Bulbasaur, told her that if her Pokemon didin't evolve, it was perfectly normal. Pokemon didn't always evolve because they belived that they were fine just the way they were. Evelyn promised herself to remember this, because the Professor had said that Bulbasaur would evolve on Level 16. "You and I are going to be great friends! I'm sure of it!" grinned Evelyn. Bulbasaur just shrugged and glanced down the road. He didn't care very much for his new trainer, but he was ready for danger that was just around the corner! In Evelyn's world, people had Pokemon instead of animals. Each Pokemon had special powers and sometimes evolved into a new, more powerful but similar species. Most Pokemon lived in the wild, but if you were to catch one, you would become a Pokemon Trainer- if you had the license, which were given to people at the age of ten or older. Each Pokemon was caught in a Poke'ball, a red and white sphere the size of an apple, but the Pokemon usually had to be weakened by another Pokemon in order to catch it. So far, the Pokemon number known was 151, but any people were pretty sure that there were more…
Ash Ketchum, Evelyn's Next door neighbor
Evelyn had just turned ten, and had just received her Pokemon Trainer's License. Ash Ketchum, her next door neighbor, Gary Oak, who lived across the street, and another kid was going to get their Pokemon Licenses too, but Evelyn was the first. After receiving her first plant Pokemon, Bulbasaur, she had been handed five Poke'balls and a Poke'dex to help her on her journey. Racing outside, she grabbed her backpack and raced down the road, with her Bulbasaur close by. Suddenly, Bulbasaur paused and sniffed the air. "What's the matter Bulbasaur? Is something wrong?" asked Evelyn. " Is there a new Pokemon that I can catch?" Bulbasaur grunted in reply, then shouted, " Bulbasaur! Bulba! Saur!" and leaped into the grass. There, he found a wild Evee! It was very lively, with black shiny eyes and a fox-like expression. It cocked it's head and twitched it's long ears. . " Wow! An Evee!" cried Evelyn in excitement,"Poke'dex, give me the stats on this Pokemon!" "Evee, a evolution Pokemon. Evee can transform to any of these three Pokemon, depending on the stone: Water Stone, Vaporeon, Thunder Stone, Jolteon, and Fire Stone, Flareon." Explained Dexter. "Oh…really? Alright, Bulbasaur! We've gotta catch it!"cried Evelyn, then paused. "I don't even know what attacks Bulbasaur has! Oh well, I'll just take a wild guess." Continuing on, Evelyn yelled, "Use your Leech Seed attack! Drain its energy away!" " Bulbasaur!" shouted Bulbasaur as it shot out a seed from the top of its bulb. The seed flew onto Evee and sprouted, wrapping thousands on vines around Evee, sucking its energy away. When the Evee was unconscious, Evelyn threw her first Poke'ball. "Poke'ball, GO!" she shouted. The throw was a successful one, and Evee was captured. "Alright! GREAT Job Bulbasaur! Now that I've got you and Evee, I can do just about anything!" said Evelyn. Bulbasaur grinned. "Bulba! Saur!"
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Chapter 2: Gotta Cacth 'em all!
"Eevee, and Evolution Pokemon"
"Hmmm, now what can and Evee do? I don't want to evolve it, though I do know that Vaporeon or Jolteon would be my best bet if I were to evolve Evee." Thought Evelyn. "What moves does my Evee have?" Evelyn consulted Dexter. " Dexter, what are Evee's attacks? Please follow with some of Bulbasaur's attacks." "Evee, an evolution Pokemon. Evee's attacks include, Tackle, Sand Attack, Quick Attack at Level 27, Tail Whip at 31, Bite at 37, then Take Down at 45. Bulbasaur, the grass Pokemon. It's attacks include: Tackle, Growl, Leech Seed. At Level 13, Bulbasaur learns Vine Whip, then Poison Powder at 20. Razor Leaf at 27, and Growth at 34. Sleep Powder at 41, and Solar Beam at 48 to finish Bulbasaur's attacks." The mini computer said. "I wonder what Level my Evee is at. I guess I could always try it out in a Pokemon Battle, or get it to show me it's moves. Now I know that my Bulbasaur is also at least at Level 7. That's pretty good!" said Evelyn to herself. She called her Bulbasaur over and released Evee from it's Poke'ball. " I'd like to know what Level you guys are at, so I'm going to ask you to do some attacks that you are to do." She explained to both Pokemon. " I hope you are comfortable with this!" " Evui!" chirped Evee. It nodded its head and looked eager to start. " Bulbasaur…" said Bulbasaur, pacing around. He was ready for anything. "Great! Lets' start out with Evee." Said Evelyn. "Evee, do your Quick attack!" "Ui!" shouted Evee as it raced across the field, scaring the Rattata and Pidgey pokemon away. "Good Job Evee! Now do your Tail Whip!" commanded Evelyn. At this command, Evee paused. It didn't know Tail Whip yet. It looked defeated and sad. Evelyn comforted Evee by saying that it was perfectly okay that it didn't know it's next move yet. Evelyn then called for Bulbasaur, telling it to do Vine Whip. Bulbasaur proudly extended two long vines from its bulb and used them to cut through trees and whip the nearby plants to shreds. "Impressive, Bulbasaur! Now try Razor Leaf attack!" cried Evelyn, excited that her Bulbasaur knew such powerful moves. Bulbasaur's razor leaf proved to be very powerful, and nearly scared the wits out of Evee. After a strong sprinkle of Poison Powder, Evelyn concluded that Evee and Bulbasaur were at the same Level of 27. Bulbasaur could learn Growth as it's next move and Evee could learn Tail Whip. Picking up her backpack and returning Evee to it's Poke'ball, Evelyn continued on her way. She turned to Bulbasaur. 'Bulbasaur, isn't It a great day to start my Pokemon Journey? Everything is going right for me, and now I've got two strong Pokemon! I wonder what Pokemon I'll catch next…" Overhead, a Pidgey flew by. Evelyn raised her eyebrows at Bulbasar. She asked whether it would like to take on Pidgey, or should she send Evee? Bulbasaur said that it would take on the bird Pokemon.
Pokédex: Dexter, the mini Pokemon computer
Bulbasaur prepared itself for battle. Evelyn commanded Bulbasaur to do Poison Powder, but it was blown away with a strong Gust attack. Biting her lip, Evelyn told Bulbasaur to do the Vine Whip attack. This time, it worked, and now Evelyn had a Level 26 Pidgey in her hands. Although Pidgey was to have evolved at Level 18, it had forced itself to stop evolving into Pidgeotto because it was happy the way it was. After congratulating herself and Bulbasaur, Evelyn continued on her way. After a few battles with bug catchers in the area, Evelyn made her way out of her hometown of Pallet and past the Viridian Forest, and into Pewter City. After healing her Pokemon in the Pokemon Center, Evelyn walked onwards until the city border. As she was about to continue out of Pewter, a young boy stopped her. "Hey! You seem like a tough opponent when it comes to Pokemon Battling! Have you taken on Brock yet?" he asked. "What buisness do I have with him?" asked Evelyn. "Well, have you ever thought about entering Pokemon League and being the Ultimate Pokemon Master?" the boy said. "Uh, er, well….Yeah! But what does Brock have to do with me?" Evelyn asked. "Brock is a gym trainer, so he's much tougher than most local trainers. To get into Pokemon League, you need each gym trainers' badge as proof you are qualified to enter Pokemon League." The boy answered. "So you mean I have to beat each gym trainer in each town, defeat them, and get their badges so I can enter Pokemon League?" asked Evelyn. "Yup! I think there are seven gym trainers in all. As you know, the Pokemon League trainers are very, very, hard. After you beat them, you are then given the title of Pokemon Master. The Gym Leader's can help your Pokemon Level up and improve your knowledge on Pokemon and Pokemon Strategy. After each defeat, the gym leader's will award you with their badges. So, are you going to take Brock on? He specializes in Rock Pokemon by the way…" the boy said. "You know, I think I will take on Brock! My Pokemon are all fit and ready!" Evelyn smiled to herself. This was going to be a piece of cake!
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Chapter 3: The first challenge Geodude, one of Brock's Pokemon
"Who goes there?" asked Brock as the door to his gym slowly creaked open. "Me, Evelyn from the Town of Pallet! I've come to take you on and get a Boulder Badge!" "All right. One Pokemon for each of us. I choose Onix! Poke'ball, go!" A huge Onix sprang out of the Poke'ball. Evelyn was shocked. She analyzed it on Dexter. "Onix, a rock Pokemon. One of the heaviest Pokemon in the world, Onix's Bind attack can sometimes crush the enemy." Dexter explained. "okay…umm, go Bulbasaur! Razor Leaf attack! We'll show 'em size doesn't matter!" cried Evelyn. "Bulbasaur!" said Bulbasaur as he launched his Razor Leaf attack. The Onix did not like this one bit. Some parts of it's rock hard body were chipped off, and it groaned and roared. After Poisoning it with Poison Powder, Bulbasaur finished it off with Tackle attack. "Good, but not good enough!" shouted Brock. " Go, Geodude!" Geodude appeared out of it's Poke'ball. Evelyn didn't need Dexter this time. She released her Evee. Maybe if it took on a strong opponent, it could Level up to get Tail Whip! "All Right Evee, do your Quick Attack!" shouted Evelyn. Though this attack wounded Geodude, it wasn't enough. Geodude fought back by hardening it's skin with Defense Curl. Evelyn was frustrated. "Evee, do your sand attack! Blind the enemy!" Evelyn shouted. Waves of sand rose high into the air. Geodude couldn't see! Evelyn then commanded Evee to finish it off with Tackle. This attack was very successful, and Evee learned Tail Whip in a matter of seconds. Brock admitted defeat, and the next thing she knew, Evelyn had gained a Boulder Badge! Bulbasaur had grown by three levels, and Evee by four.
Beating the local trainers nearby was a simple task, and Evelyn finally got to Mount. Moon. Here, it was dark and gloomy, and Evelyn couldn't help but feel a little scared. Suddnely, it appeared that she wasn't alone in here. Mysterious figures in black, who called themselves Team Rocket, challenged her to battle them, with strange Pokemon like Ekans, Koffing, Weezing, Arbok, and Raticate. It seemed like they were looking for fossils in Mount. Moon and sell them for cash. Evelyn was sure they were up to no good, but she made no comment. On the way out, Evelyn caught an adorable Clefairy at Level 31. Evelyn was very happy with her latest findings. Next stop, Cerulean City!
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Chapter 4: Group Challenge!
Entering Cerulean was a piece of cake, and Evelyn decided to rest up while she was there. Bulbasaur enjoyed staying in the Pokemon Center, where he sat by the electronically- run waterfall and admired the brightly colored horsea, seaking, and goldeen water pokemon. Evee pranced about in the fields outside. Evelyn decided to meet the famous Poke'maniac, Bill. He had long stopped his journey as a Pokemon trainer and had gone into the buisness of studying rare Pokemon. He was the one who invented Poke'dex! Evelyn had to first cross a bridge to reach Bill. As she took her first step, a young girl stopped her. "This is Nugget Bridge. If you can beat all of us five trainers positioned on the bridge, you get a prize! You can only cross the bridge this way, so if you don't want to try us, then beat it!" "Fine! I except your challenge!" Evelyn shot back, angry that the girl was so stuck-up and impolite. "Very well! My name is Lass, and I'll make sure that you don't win! Meowth, go!" Lass shouted. "Fine! The Poke'mon I choose is: Pidgey!" Evelyn cried out and she threw the Poke'ball. "All Right Meowth, use PAY DAY attack! Swipe the money off that dopey trainer and make sure you do the atttack double on that stupid bird!" Lass shouted. "Dopey, am I? Pidgey, let's show 'em that you aren't stupid! Quick Attack!" Eveyln commanded. Lass's Meowth swiped $20 off Evelyn and used it's pay day scratch to hurt Pidgey. Fortunately, Pidgey dodged this terrible attack and did Quick Attack, knocking Meowth to the ground. Meowth then did Scratch attack, but missed, giving Pidgey a chance to do Gust, blowing the enemy away. Evelyn won the battle and proudly picked up her $20 that rightfully belonged to her and received a large amount of $30 from the now-unhappy Lass. Pidgey grew one Level up. Suddenly, it started glowing. It was evolving! "Oh Pidgey, are you evolving because of me?" cried Evelyn. " Thank you! I know you enjoyed being a wild Pidgey, but now that you are evolving into Pidgeotto, we'll be even stronger! Thank you so much!" "Pidgey…otto!" cried Pidgey as it stretched out it's wings to turn into Pidgeotto. "Pidgeotto, you are the best!" Evelyn told her bird Pokemon. She turned to her other Pokemon and grinned. "But don't worry, I still like you all too."
Evelyn's second opponent was a young Bug Catcher. He sneered and said, "I'm next! Getting tired? I specialize in Bug Pokemon, and I'll be sure to win! Go, Caterpie!" "That's easy. Bird gets bug, so… I choose you! Pidgeotto!" Cried Evelyn. "So, you wanna play hard ball, eh? Caterpie, String Shot!" commanded Bug Catcher. Caterpie spat a strong string of silk from it's mouth and brought Pidgeotto down by wrapping it up with it's silk. Evelyn was dumbfounded; that was her first defeat, and with a evolved Pokemon! "That's alright Pidgeotto, you can try again next time!" said Evelyn sadly. "But now, I choose you, Bulbasaur!" "Bulbasaur!" cried Bulbasaur. " Bulbasaur, do Growl attack! Bring it's attack down!!" commanded Evelyn. After the growl, Evelyn told Bulbasaur to do Poison Powder to get rid of the Bug Pokemon. This was extremely successful, and Bulbasaur learned Growth after another battle with a Weedle. Evelyn decided to go back to the Poke'Center to heal her Pokemon.
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Chapter 5: A new friend!
Nurse Joy
"Nurse Joy, could you please heal my Pokemon for me?" asked Evelyn. "Right away!" smiled Nurse Joy. " Chansey? Please take Evelyn's Poke'balls and place them in the healing chamber!" "Chansey!" three cute pinkish Pokemon with eggs in their pouches stepped into the room. One of them walked in front of Evelyn and held out it's hands (paws? ) for Evelyn's Poke'balls. "Oh. Here you go!" Evelyn said, handing her Poke'balls to the Chansey. " Nurse Joy, where did you get Chansey? I've heard that it brings the trainer good luck when you have one, and I was thinking of catching a Chansey!" "Oh, every Poke'Center always has a Chansey or two, because of their gentle nature and their special healing moves. This Chansey has been here for a long time and has helped me with the patients for a while. I'd hate to part with it, but I have a Poke'mon in the back that you might like." Said Joy. "Sure! What is it?" asked Evelyn curiously. "You'll see! Wait here while I get it!" said Nurse Joy. After a while, Nurse Joy came out of the back room and handed Evelyn a Poke'ball. Evelyn released the Pokémon from it's Pokéball. "Charmander, Charmander!" shouted the fire Pokemon. It was in perfect health and the fire at the tip of it's tail was burning brightly. It's red skin glowed, and the dino-like Pokemon came up to Bulbasaur and hugged it. Bulbasaur grunted but smiled. "Now isn't that cute?" smiled Evelyn. "Joy, are you sure you want me to take this Charmander? It seems happy here." "No, I'm sure it would like the life of traveling around with a trainer like you. It was left here in it's Poke'ball a few weeks ago in bad shape, but I nursed it back to health. The trainer has never come back for it. Charmander is very friendly, and I'm sure it would be a nice addition to your team." "Thanks Nurse Joy! I'll take good care of Charmander!" said Evelyn. "But wait! Do you happen to know what Level Charmander is on?" "Oh, This Charmander is on Level 33. In a few more Levels, it will learn Flame thrower!" replied Nurse Joy. "Thanks! I'll be going now!" said Evelyn.
"Clefairy, Metronome!" "Charmander, Slash attack!" "Pidgeotto, Whirlwind!" "Bulbasaur, Razor Leaf!" "Eevee, Sand Attack!"
Evelyn finally beat all the trainers on the bridge, and her Pokemon had gone up by at least one Level. Unfortunately, her Pidgeotto was beginning to ignore orders because she didn't have enough badges. See, the more badges you got, the more Pokemon would obey you. If you didn't have any badges, Pokemon wouldn't even listen to you in battle. Evelyn only had the boulder Badge, but that just wasn't enough for Pidgeotto. So, Evelyn decided to challenge the trainer in Cerulean City. But, not before another one of those mysterious figures in black came and challenged her. " Congratulations! You have beaten all of the trainers on Nugget Bridge! Here is your prize!" said the man. "Uh, thanks!" said Evelyn as she was handed a small piece of gold. She didn't really need it anyway; she could always sell it so she could buy more Potions for her Pokemon. "Say, would you like to join our gang? It's called Team Rocket, and it's run by our really cool Boss, Giovanni. He thinks you are qualified enough to join. We specialize in using Pokemon for bad purposes. So, do you want to?" "No Way! I would never do anything with Pokemon that makes people suffer! I have to continue on being a Pokemon Master!" shouted Evelyn. "Well, I see you need some convincing! " laughed the man evilly. "Pokemon Battle time! Go, Raticate!" "Uh oh! This was unexpected! Alright then, Charmander go! Rage attack, now!" Charmander continued fighting again and again, biting and scratching Raticate until it's fur was nearly gone and it was near to tears. "Oh, Raticate, return! Go Ekans!" shouted the man clad in black. " This should be easy….Bulbasaur, go! Power up with Growth attack, then use Vine Whip!" "Bulbasaur!" cried Bulbasaur as he extended his vines and wrapped them around Ekans. But Ekans had other ideas. It did glare attack! Bulbasaur was paralyzed! "Oh no! Bulbasaur! No matter! I've got Paralyzed Heal! One spray and you'll be good as new!" said Evelyn. She reached inside her backpack and pulled out her first aid box. After a few sprays of Paralyzed Heal, Bulbasaur was back in action. He threw Ekans up and down with the vines that were wrapped tightly around it. The snake Pokemon fainted after a while, so the evil trainer called it back and sent out Golbat! "Gol,Bat!" said the Golbat. It did Bite attack on the Evee that Evelyn had sent out. Evee winced and licked it's wound. Then, it did Quick Attack, then Tail Whip to bring down Golbat's defense. After a tackle attack, Evelyn had won the battle and Evee grew another level.
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Chapter 6: A talking Pokemon?
After turning the Seel back into a human, the person introduced himself as Bill. He gave her an SS Anne ticket.
"I was given five free tickets for my hard work and research on Pokemon for the cruise ship, SS Anne, but I just can't stand fancy do's. Why don't you go instead of me? Many Pokemon trainers are boarding the ship, and you might just learn more about Pokemon!" explained Bill.
"Oh, thanks!" said Evelyn. As she was about to leave, Bill told her to take a look on his PC. He stored some information on some rare Pokemon, and he thought he might need it for her Poke'dex.
After saying good-bye, Evelyn returned to the Cerulean City Pokemon Center. She reported to Nurse Joy that Charmander was doing fine, and that it was very happy. Healing her Pokemon so that they were ready for another unexpected battle, Evelyn ran to the Pokemon Gym. Inside, she saw beautiful aquariums and a large pool. She saw three gorgeous girls talking to a redhead.
"Misty, are you sure you want to leave? We might need you if we don't have anymore Pokemon to battle with!" said the blonde girl.
"I want to leave! I'm tired of being the runt of the so-called "Sensational Sisters! When I come back, I'll be the ultimate Pokemon Master!" said the redhead, probably Misty.
"Well, if you want to leave, so be it! There are only THREE sensational sisters, and one loser, anyway!" said a girl with black hair.
"Hey! Who are you?" asked the third girl with short hair.
"Uh, Me? Um, well, I'm Evelyn from the town of Pallet, and I've come to challenge this gym's Gym leader!" replied Evelyn. "Do you know where I can find him?"
The Blondie smiled. "Were the gym trainers here! We're world famous!"
"Huh? You guys are the gym trainers?" asked Evelyn, clearly confused.
"You can refer to us guys as girls! " said the black-haired girl. "We don't really battle, we just make ourselves beautiful most of the time. As for her," she said, pointing to Misty, "She's the more serious gym trainer around here. We three sensationally pretty sisters are just here for back-up. Besides, we are tired of battling people who keep beating us. If you really want to challenge us, challenge our sister, Misty!"
"Fine! Misty, I challenge you to a Pokemon Battle!" she told Misty.
"Hmph, Fine! You'll be sorry you ever saw this face!" Misty replied.
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Chapter 7: The loss and the win
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Chapter 8: Pika Power!
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