You run down the path as quick as your legs will take you, your mind racing. 
"OhCrapOhCrapOhCrapOhCrapOhCrapOhCrap! WhatDoIDo!? WhatDoIDo!? What do 
I do!?" The path quickly swerves away out from under your feet and you tumble into 
a small pond. As you pull yourself out of the muck you have an idea and make your 
way to the bottom of the slope. 
 
"Hurry! I can't hold on much longer!" Green shouts as she see's you emerge from the 
brush. 
 
"Just hang in there a little longer!" you shout back, "I have a plan!" You reach for 
your belt and throw both your pokeballs into the air summoning both Jet and Icarus. 
"Icarus, use Gust to clear a path down the cliff! Jet once that's done use Ice Beam to 
make a slide!"  
 
Icarus chirps in acknowledgement and quickly gets to work blowing away all the 
scrub brush and debris from the cliff. True to form Jet uses his Ice Beam to form a 
gently cradling slide downwards but before he can finish... 
 
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" Green screams as her grip finally slips and she falls 
into the mouth of the ice slide. 
 
"Oh Shi-" you say, "Quick Jet, use Watergun to soften her landing!"  
 
Jet does as commanded and quickly turns the side of the cliff into a giant muddy 
slip&slide. Green continues screaming as she slides down the slope gradually 
picking up speed. You run towards her to catch her, but she's moving so fast that 
when you make contact, its like you got tackled by a professional linebacker and you 
both roll back together a good 5 yards as one giant tangled muddy ball of flesh. 
Eventually you come to a stop and lay dazed and winded, unsure of exactly what just 
happened. 
 
"THAT was your plan!?" Green demands as she shakily gets to her feet and inspects 
her injuries. "You could have gotten me killed! Are you retarded?"  
 
You gradually pull yourself up and hold your shaken head for a second.  
 
"Hey you're alive right! It's not like you gave me much time to think! You ok 
though?"  
 
"Nothing a few bandaids and a day at the spa wont cure." She says as she cracks her 
neck. "Look at me though! I'm all muddy and disgusting now! You ruined all my 
clothes!"  
 
You roll your eyes and think to yourself Typical woman, always thinking about 
looking good...then again, all that tight waterlogged clothing... and mud... A stupid 
grin crosses your face and a trickle of blood runs down your nose.  
 
"Uhh, Red? You're sort of bleeding there." She points to your face, which you quickly 
try to cover up. "Here let me get that for you ya spaz" She takes a handkerchief out 
of he pocket and leans over to wipe your face clean but being so close to her, having 
her touch your skin gently, just makes it bleed more. "Since when are you such a 
bleeder?" She leans in closer, her bosoms gently brush your chest and suddenly the 
bleeding stops. "Huh, that's weird." 
 
"Heh heh, what can I say, I guess the blood went somewhere else."  
 
"Hey, as long as you're not bleeding. But MAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaan! What are we 
going to do now?"

"Cheers Red, you got us all muddy-- where am I going to get my clothes clean?" 
 
"Um... I suppose Jet could wash us off. . .?" 
 
Green gives you an evil look, she knows exactly what you were thinking when you 
suggested that. 
 
"Well, alright. You gotta look the other way!" 
 
You turn around to let Green get on with it. 
 
"Jet, could you use Bubble please?" 
 
'...Maybe she wont notice if I get a quick peek' you think to yourself. 'Okay I'll give it 
a go...' 
 
You turn round to see Green staring daggers at you. 
 
"You perv!" she says as she throws a spare Pokeball between your eyes. You turn 
away, humilitaed, but feeling an odd sensation of thrill along with shame. 
 
"Charmander, use Ember, and Icarus use Gust" 
 
Charmander creates a thin shot of flame whilst Icarus fans the hot air toward Green.  
 
"Right, Red, let's heal up our Pokemon and head for the Gym" 
 
You visit the Pokemon centre and heal up the grateful Pokemon.

When we last left our intrepid pokemon trainers Red and Green, they had just 
escaped the treacherous grasp of the dark Mt. Moon. Green caught her first 
pokemon, a Clefairy, after battling a pair of Team Rocket Grunts. Onwards they go, in 
search of the next badge at Cerulean. But to get there they must first get through 
Route 4.... 
 
"...Red, my feet hurt," Green complains.  
 
"Don't, worry, Green, before you know it we'll be in Cerulean City and we'll get 
plenty of rest." You give Green a sly wink as you say rest, and this elicits a slight 
smile at the corners of her mouth. "But before that, i should find a grass pokemon to 
help out with the battle at Cerulean Gym. I've heard Misty's water pokemon are 
tough to beat."  
 
"Why don't you just use my Pichu?" says Green. 
 
"Because any gym badge i get, i want to be my own accomplishment using my own 
pokemon..." you notice Green frowning. "...no offense." 
 
You leave the beaten path through the forest you're walking through to try and find 
some kind of grass pokemon. You're walking and you notice something lying under 
a nearby bush, so you go over to investigate. Alright! You found an Ultra Ball! You 
tuck it into your bag, deciding to save it for later use.  
 
You decide to sit down for a while to enjoy a lunch of berries and some crackers that 
Green had in her bag. The two of you are munching and chatting when all of a 
sudden something snaps the cracker right out of your hand. You sit up quickly. 
 
"What was that!?" you exclaim.  
 
"What was what?" Green looks at you like you're nutty. 
 
"Something just stole the cracker right out of my hand!"  
 
"Yeah, probably your mouth..."  
 
Just as Green says that there's a rustling right beside you in the brush. You step back 
cautiously as a a flying green blade slices through the underbrush and a wild 
Grovyle enters the small clearing and rushed up to your lunch and...swiftly devours 
the whole thing in a matter of seconds. It's plump and fat now, and it shoots a 
stream of seeds out of its mouth--probably all the berries, or maybe it's just Bullet 
Seed. 
 
You whip out your pokedex and aim it at the suddenly sleepy creature. "Grovyle, the 
wood gecko pokemon," it says. "Its strongly developed thigh muscles give it 
astounding agility and jumping performance. "  
 
"Wow," Green says. "A Grovyle that knows Leaf Blade is pretty strong, but it also 
knows Bullet Seed? That's pretty rare." 
 
"Cool!" You reach for Jet's pokeball, but Green stops you.  
 
"Red! Don't! Grovyle are very fast pokemon, and would likely just run away! It looks 
sleepy, let it fall asleep before you do anything!" Thank god for Green. What a smart 
gal she is.  
 
Sure enough, after a few minutes, there is a soundly sleeping Grovyle at your feet. 
You remember what happened last time you tried to catch a pokemon without 
weakening it, but this time it's different. Grovyle is already sleeping, plus you 
remember you have that Ultra Ball in your bag that you found! You quickly stand 
back a bit, cross your fingers, and toss the Ultra Ball at it. It's beamed inside and.. 
 
one ding... 
 
"C'mon...." 
 
two dings... 
 
"Pleasepleaseplease..." 
 
three dings... 
 
"Pleeeeeeeeeeease!" 
 
It's caught! You actually caught a wild Grovyle just by it being asleep!  
 
"AWESOME! I caught a Grovyle!" you say as you dance a little jig. 
 
"Ahem..." Green says with a look on her face.  
 
"Oh....thanks for the advice, Green! Couldn't have done it without you!" You snag her 
hand in yours and you head on to Cerulean.

Red stares at the pokeball that just caught him a very strong Grovyle, as Red and 
Green walk into Cerulean 
 
" Its so pretty here!" Green Exclaims 
 
She seems a little aroused so you take your chance. You reach for her hand and Grab 
it, and she looks at you happily. 
 
"OK, Wheres the pokecenter at?" 
 
"Well, look for a red roof" 
 
" Hmmmmmmm..." 
 
You spy one right next to a house. For some reason, all the pokecenters look the 
same that youve encountered. You put it in the back of your haed to ask about after. 
You walk into the center and immediatly go to the counter. A woman greets you. 
 
"Welcome to the Cerulean city pokemart, would you like me to heal your pokemon" 
 
"Yes, maam" (as if anyone talks like that anymore) 
 
She takes the 3 pokeballs and the 3 Green has and put them on a machine. The 
pokeballs are glowing, and a tune comes out from somewhere. You wonder where 
 
" Here Are your pokemon!" She returns the pokemon to you. "Have a nice day!" 
 
As you walk out, you glance towards Green. 
 
" Did that seem odd to you?" The question was never answered. 
 
" Look, red we can stay at a pokeinn (made it up)"  
 
You enter the biulding, and learn that the nights are free if your a pokemon trainer. 
Wonder how they get their money. 
 
You get to your room and there is some one standing there.

You step into the PokŽ-inn room, noticing that the door is slightly open. Wary, but 
not too suspicious, you step into the room, and quickly look around. Nothing. 
Probably the cleaners forgot to lock the door. 

"Hello, Red," A snotty voice from the bed on the corner of the room haughtily calls at 
you. "I see that, despite all my warnings, you and Green have gotten a room 
together. This will not do." 

"Hello, Blue." You reply between clenched teeth, hands moving towards your 
PokŽballs. "What your cousin and I do in our private time is none of your concern." 

"Red, don't." Green pleads, stopping your hand from taking out your PokŽballs. You 
almost yield, when Blue retorts. 

"Leave off, cousin. What Red and I do in our private time is none of your concern." 
It's with this remark you finally understand where the Coolface you saw on internet 
forums draws inspiration from. "Now get out of the way, bitch." 

"NO. ONE. CALLS. GREEN. A. BITCH!" You furiously reply, literally seeing red (later 
you realise it's just your hat that fell over your eyes).  "Go, Jet!" You call out, 
revolving your hat so that it faces backwards on your head. 

"Huh. Obvious decision." Blue replies. "Go, Pikachu!" 

Realising that Jet is in danger, you decide to take evasive action. 

"Ice beam, and then Skull-Bash, Jet!" You scream at the top of your lungs, hoping 
against all hope that you're fast enough. 

"Pikachu, Agility." Blue responds calmly, yet too late. Pikachu is frozen, with Jet 
dashing towards him at top speed. Contact! The ice shatters, leaving a fainted 
Pikachu, and a panting Jet. 

"Nicely done!" You call out to Jet, who smiles at you. 

"Your Wartortle may be good, but he's no match against my Ivysaur!" 
"Vinewhip, Ivysaur!" 

"Withdraw, Jet!" 

Too late, as Ivysaur's vinewhip caught the poor Wartortle's head and feet, and 
started swinging him wildly about, suddenly throwing him at a bedside table, which 
collapses. 

"Damn! Jet, return! Go, Icarus!" Your Pidgey emerges out of its PokŽball, screeching. 

"Ivysaur, sleep powder!" Blue commands. 

"Blow the powder back at him with your gust, Icarus!"  
With another screech, he obliges. Ivysaur fell asleep! 

"Return, Ivysaur! I would fight you with the rest of my pokemon, but they're 
currently healing at the PokŽcentre, because I trained them hard! I guess you can 
have this." He says, handing you 300´, and leaves the room. 

"We won!" You exclaim, hugging Icarus, who is suddenly glowing in a faint white 
light. The light grows stronger, and finally becomes blinding. When you look back at 
where Icarus, your Pidgey, was in your arms, you see a Pidgeotto. At first 
disconcerted, you realise your Icarus has evolved! "Congrats, Icarus! Now we're 
really ready to take on the world!" You feel a bit sad you didn't get an opportunity to 
test out your new Grovyle in battle. You take out Jet and lay him on the bed, spraying 
some potion on his wounds, which immediately heal. 

"Tortle?" He asks weakly. Seeing you, he breaks into a smile, and falls asleep. 
Seeing as it is getting late, and you intend to challenge misty tomorrow, you decide 
to go over your battle strategies with Green. 

"I think you should loan my Pichu for the battle, seeing as Water is weak against 
Electricity, thus having two PokŽmon who are strong against Misty's Water." 
Before going to sleep, you contemplate Green's proposition.

You wake up the next morning to the standard 'Official Pokemon League Spearow Call Alarm Clock' that's 
in every room. You can't believe you almost caught one of those rats with wings. Although, Fearow is kind 
of cool. You slap yourself in the face. Your mind is wandering. You need to concentrate on the upcoming 
batt- Is that Green's underwear on the floor!? You bend down and pick it up. You admire it's beauty for 
another few seconds. 
 
"Red, what are you doing with my underwear?" Green mumbles, still half-asleep. 
 
"Err..." you answer, "I was going to do some... laundry." 
 
Green sits up and raises her eyebrow. She's wearing a white tank top and her hair is messed up from laying 
on the pillow. "You? Laundry? Put my underwear down you creep!" She throws her pillow at your head. 
 
You catch it and toss it onto your bed. "So, are you coming? Or should I go alone?" 
 
"I'm coming, I'm coming," she yawns, "Give me twenty minutes to get ready." 
 
"Yeah, alright." 
~---~
Within a half hour, the two of you are out of the Inn and walking to the Pokemon Gym. Green turns to you 
and says, "So does The Journal say anything about this Gym?" 
 
"Oh, hold on. I'll check." You take the book out of your bag and flip through the pages. You read them 
silently to yourself. "The page of him at the Gym is torn out. All I have is a page about him trading a 
Graveler he caught in Mt. Moon to someone here in town. He got something called an Absol. I haven't 
heard of that Pokemon. Do you know anything?" 
 
Green shrugs, "Beats me." 
 
"Remind me to check the Pokedex after the battle." 
 
"Will do." After walking for another few minutes Green says, "Oh! I almost forgot! Are you going to name 
your Grovyle?" 
 
You think for a moment, "I can't think of anything. AutumnLeaf? Twigs? Branches?" 
 
"Lame, lame, super-lame." she says. 
 
"Well, whatever maybe something will come to me later."
~---~
You finally reach the Gym. It's a large dome-shaped building with a large painting of a Dewgong on top of 
it. You and Green walk inside and are greeted by the smell of chlorine and pool water. There is a large pool 
with many different Pokemon and trainers swimming around. You admire some of the girls in bikinis and 
then turn to Green. "So what does this Misty, look like?" you ask. 
 
"What?" she asks. Don't you hate that annoying echo when you're at an indoor pool? 
 
"I said," you yell, "What does this Misty chick look like?" 
 
"You mean me?" You turn around and see a beautiful, skinny girl about your age come out of the pool. 
She's wearing an orangish bikini and has reddish hair that reaches to the bottom of her neck. She flips her 
back and then puts a towel over her shoulders. She smiles at you, "Are you here for a battle?" 
 
"Y-Yeah! Battling! Pokemon! B-Badge!" you manage to say. 
 
Green punches you in the arm. She whispers to you, "Red, get your eyes off of her chest!" 
 
Misty frowns, "My eyes are up here. Hello?" 
 
You blink your eyes a few times and then look her in the eyes, "Yes. I'm here to challenge the Cerulean 
Gym!" 
 
Misty puts on a jacket and puts her hair in a side ponytail, "Follow me, I'll show you to our battlefield." 
You and Green follow her to a smaller pool in a back room where there are several mats, each about the 
size of a queen sized mattress, floating in the water. "This will be a two-on-two battle," Misty says standing 
at the far end of the pool. She jumps to the mat closest to her. "Ready?" 
 
You jump to the mat on your side of the pool and almost fall in. Once you regain your balance, you reply, 
"When you are!" 
 
She takes out a Pokeball and presses the button on it. You watch as it increases to full size. She brings back 
her arm, "Misty calls, Staryu!" Out of the flash of light, the star shaped Pokemon comes out and stands on a 
mat in front of Misty. 
 
"I choose you, Jet!" You toss the ball and out comes your Wartortle standing on a mat on your side of the 
pool.  
 
"Staryu! Water Gun!" The Staryu shoots a blast of water from its top point. 
 
"Jet! Jump into the water!" Jet dives into the water as the Water Gun just misses him. "Now, Tackle!" Jet 
swims though the water at a high speed, making you realize that you appropriately named him, and rams its 
body into Staryu, knocking it into the water. 
 
"Staryu! Show it your Tackle attack!" The starfish swims after Jet and rams itself into him. 
 
"Bite it!" Jet closes its jaws on the Staryu, digging its teeth into it, "That's it! Now don't let go!" The Staryu 
flails around trying to shake Jet off, but its no use and it eventually faints. "Yeah! Way to go, Jet!" 
 
"WART WAR-TORTLE!" Jet says happily. 
 
"Not bad! Staryu, return!" Misty says. She takes out a new Pokeball, "But now you're really in for it! Misty 
calls, Starmie!" Out from the Pokeball comes a Pokemon the looks very similar to Staryu, except in that its 
bigger and is colored purple. "Surf!" she calls. The Starmie jumps into the air and comes down into the 
water with a huge splash, causing a huge wave to crash into Jet! Jet fainted! 
 
"What!? That was quick! Return!" you aim the laser and bring Jet back to its ball. "Go! Grovyle!" You toss 
the ball and out comes the newest addition to your team. "Bullet Seed" 
 
"Starmie, dodge it!" Starmie moved out of the way with time to spare.  
 
"Dang! That thing is just too fast for long range attacks! Grovyle, move in closer!" Grovyle jumps along 
the mats much quicker than you expected. "Leaf Blade!" The leaves on Grovyles forearms started to grow a 
bright green. They then morphed into two larger blades which he then slashed Starmie with. It's Super-
Effective! Starmie fainted! "Yes! I won!"

"Yes! I won" 
"Red you were amazing!" says green as she runs up to you. You feel her arms wrap 
around around you, then feel yourself blush. 
"Uhh, thanks..." you say, caught offguard 
 
"Wow" you hear Misty say, "You battled really well, I can see the bond you share 
with your Wartortle. I haven't had a battle that intense for a while." 
 
"Yeah... Intense is... good" you mutter, realising that both Green and Misty have 
caught you looking at Misty's... assets, once more. 
"Uhh- I mean that was a good battle." 
 
"Well, here it is, the Cascade Badge" Misty says as she hands you what looks like a 
blue teardrop. 
You open your jacket and attach it next to the Boulder Badge. 
"Also-" continues Misty "I like your Wartortle, so here's a tm" 
 
"So Red, any ideas for Grovile's nickname?" asks Green.

"Wow Green, rude much? Way to just interrupt her," you say just trying to distance 
yourself from the information overload. "You were saying, Misty?" 
 
"This TM contains Water Pulse. It's a pretty strong water attack that might leave 
your opponent confused. Use it wisely." She explains as she hands it to you. 
 
"Cool, will do! Jet, come here! I gotcha something good!" The blue turtle does as 
requested and you use the TM on him. "Awesome dude, you learned Water Pulse!" 
you shout and throw up a peace sign. 
 
"WORT WORT!" replies and mimics your peace sign. In your exuberance though 
both of you hold your poses just a moment longer than socially acceptable and the 
air around you fills with awkwardness. 
 
"Ummm..." Misty finally speaks up, "is there anything else I can help you with here 
then? I do have a gym to run."  
 
"Uhh, well now that you mention it...I don't suppose I can just...maybe..oh, I dunno... 
stick around a bit and uhh...possibly watch you swim?" Your face goes red almost as 
fast as Misty's. "Clearly just to see how you train and everything! Maybe pick up 
some pointers! That was a tough battle and your training got you where you are... 
well I thought maybe I could try out what works for you!" 
 
"Oh. Well," Misty coughs embarrassed, "we do have some bleachers up there," she 
points behind her. "Gotta admit, I thought you were going someplace else with that. 
You should really try to state things more clearly." 
 
"Oh, ha ha I'm sorry," you apologize and jokingly punch yourself in the head. 
"Sometimes my mouth just runs faster than my brain."  
 
Misty giggles and says, "That's ok. It happens to the best of us every now and then. If 
you follow those stairs right there, you can make your way up and seat yourselves." 
 
"Oh thank you! I can't wait to watch you in action! Working up a sweat! Water 
glistening off your skin, clinging to you as you move..." Both your faces go red again 
and her eyes bug out as she watches a trickle of blood run down your nose. 
 
Out of nowhere 
 
-SMACK- 
 
"I'm terribly sorry for him," Green says and bows slightly, "He's borderline retarded. 
Please don't press charges!"  
 
Misty is still shaken though an angrily shouts out "SECURITY! Get this pervert out of 
here!"  
 
Before they show up though, Green hooks your arm and practically pulls you out of 
your skin in a charge for the door. Jet still standing there, shrugs, bows to Misty and 
chases after you. You keep running well after you get outside and come to rest a few 
block over in a small park. 
 
"You really are a piece of work, you know that." Green tells you. 
 
"Well its not like I lied to her!" you say defensively. "I DID want to see her training 
techniques and I DO want to see her all wet and glistening and I DO talk faster than I 
think!"  
 
"You're an idiot. A genuine, certifiable idiot. Let's count the ways in which you are an 
idiot! First there's..." 
 
"Gex" you say, interrupting her. 
 
"Huh?" she says distracted. 
 
"Gex." You repeat. "You asked me what I waned to name Grovyle. I think I'll call him 
Gex." 
 
"Uhhhh ooookaaaaay..." she utters completely dumbfounded.  
 
"Yeah, Gex sounds good. Gex it is then." You reach for your Grovyle's pokeball and 
release him. "Come on out Gex!" One flash of light later, there's a fully formed 
pokemon in front of you. "So do you like your new name Gex?" Gex smiles and nods 
in agreement. "Good." You say smiling. "Now what?"

"Gee I don't know, oh mighty pokemon master!" Green says bitterly. Clearly she's 
still pretty miffed. "What does your greatness plan to do?" She glares at you with a 
fierce death eye, which probably would have sucked the life out of you had the loud 
gurgling of her stomach overwhelmed the glare and replaced it with a look of beet 
red embarrassment. 
 
"Well I guess we're getting lunch then. It'll be on me. My treat!" you suggest as you 
dig through your bag looking for the map.  
 
"Fine, in that case I'll order everything on the menu...twice." She says trying to 
sound as angry as she was a few seconds ago. 
 
"Ok sounds good to me. As long as you're happy" you say with a fake smile. Damn, 
my bank account aint gonna be happy with this one you think as you look at the map. 
"So what are you in the mood for? Chinese buffet? Italian? There's a Barbecue & Grill 
place a few block from here?" 
 
"Just whatever's closest. Thanks to your escapades I'm to tired to walk far." 
 
"Would it help if I said I'm sorry?" 
 
"Nope, but you can try it anyways." 
 
Guh, women. "Ok then, I'm really sorry that I'm an idiot. Can you please forgive me?" 
Even though it wasn't my idea to run out of there and sprint halfway across town 
 
She sighs. "Apology accepted." 
 
"Wait...Really?" you ask shocked. Wow, that was easy 
 
"Well yeah. The way I see it, you were born mentally handicapped and if I don't 
come to term with that sooner or later then I don't think I could handle putting up 
with you much longer." 
 
What the fu- "Hey, you're not going to leave me are you?" 
 
"I'm still here aren't I?"  
 
You decide not to push the matter as it seems you're back in her good graces, if only 
for the time being.  
 
"So where are we going for lunch?" she asks. 
 
You return your gaze to the map. "Well there's a steakhouse one block north from 
here and a pizza place half a block east." 
 
"Oh you are SO not cheaping out with pizza. Steak it is." She announces proudly. 
"And since my legs are tired you can carry me there!" 
 
This Bitch! "You're kidding right?" 
 
"Nope," she says with a flirtatious smile. "Not in the least bit." 
 
I swear to God if I wasn't trying to get back into your pants...[i/] "Fine, hop on then." 
You say as you bend low so she can mount you and carry her piggy back to the 
storefront. [i]Then again, carrying involves touching and them boobies feel pretty nice 
back there. If only I could turn my face around... She climbs onto you whistling 
contentedly and you begin walking your block of shame. Damn, bitch put on weight 
since I last carried her like this. Then again we were ten at the time... 
 
Soon, you arrive at the restaurant, place her back on the ground, are seated and 
place your orders. An awkward silence falls over the both of you. Finally Green 
breaks the lull in the conversation and speaks up. 
 
"Soo... did you ever look up that pokemon from the Journal?' 
 
"Huh, what chu talking 'bout?" 
 
"You know, the Absol? That the guy traded his Graveler to get?" 
 
After a brief look of cluelessness the lightbulb click and you remember what she's 
talking about. "Oh right, I never did, lets look it up in the pokedex now" you say as 
you whip it out.  
 
"Absol, the Disaster PokŽmon. Absol live in steep mountainous regions, and rarely 
venture down into areas inhabited by humans, but should an Absol be seen by 
humans, it is said that catastrophe is soon to follow." says the mechanized voice. 
 
"Wow, creepy." Green says. 
 
"Yeah for real. I wonder if there are any around here?" 
 
"Who knows. It says it lives in the mountains so I doubt it. Besides, It sounds like 
bad luck so I really hope not." 
 
"I guess, but it sounds really powerful..." 
 
Your meals then arrive and you begin eating. The conversation turns to less 
depressing topics and it's fairly clear that you once again on Green's good side. You 
finish the meal, (sadly) pay the (hefty) bill and wander back onto the streets, with no 
set destination.

Walking down the street, you notice a smallish river with a bridge made of what 
appears to be gold or some other shiny metal crossing it. A small boy with an odd 
hat is standing a little further down the bridge. 

"Excuse me, where does this bridge lead to?" You ask the boy. 

"This is the Nugget Bridge. Five trainers, including me, stand guard on it and 
challenge every trainer that passes. Any trainer who defeats all of us gets a prize. So 
far we haven't handed out any." 

"Well, it's about time you did! Go, Jet!" 

"Go, Caterpie!" 

For a moment you just stand there, trying to understand. Did he just send one of 
Kanto's weakest Pokemon against a mid-level Wartortle? 

"Water pulse, Jet!" 

Jet nods, and without a second's hesitation, sends a ball of water crashing at the 
poor Caterpie from his mouth. Caterpie fainted! 

"Beginner's luck!"  

Yeah right. You think. 

"Caterpie, return! Go, Weedle!" 

You try to disguise a chuckle. Another weak bug? 

"Weedle, poison sting!" 

"Jet, withdraw! 

Jet withdraws into his shell, just as the Weedle lunges at him, horn first. 

"Now, Jet, bubble!" You decide to humiliate the young trainer. 

A stream of bubbles emerges from Jet's mouth, popping over the Weedle. Weedle 
fainted! 

"You're too good! Weedle, return! Metapod, go! Harden, Metapod!" 

"Heh." You're doing all you can to refrain from laughing in his face. " Jet, skull bash 
that Metapod!" 

Jet nods and lowers his head, before galloping towards the Metapod. Metapod 
fainted! 

"Argh! Metapod, return! Kakuna, go!" 

You burst out laughing. 

"Jet, ice beam!" 

Again, the enemy is easily dispatched. After returning Jet, you continue down the 
bridge towards the next challenger. 

"Hah! Think you can beat me? Well, think again! Go Pidgey!" 

Deciding that Icarus would have a better chance against a flying enemy, you send 
him out. 

"Pidgey! Gust!" 

"Icarus, quick attack!" 

Icarus dives at the Pidgey, who flaps her tiny wings with all her might, conjuring up 
a small whirlwind. Icarus is buffeted, but continues regardless. Flying higher up, he 
breaks into a dive, and stabs pidgey with his beak. 

"Nicely done, Icarus! Now you use your gust!" 

Without waiting for the Pidgey to retaliate, Icarus starts flapping his wings furiously, 
sending a wave of air at the defenceless Pidgey. Pidgey fainted! 

"You did your best. Pidgey, return! Go, Oddish! Absorb, Oddish!" 

"Icarus, peck!" 

Icarus dives at the Oddish, giving him a nasty wound with his beak. The oddish 
quickly recovers, and clins onto Icarus, draining away HP. 

"Damn! Icarus, gust!" 

"Oddish, poison powder!" 

Icarus whirls up a whirlwind, but is struck by a wave of poisonous spore before 
releasing it. Icarus is poisoned, and Oddish fainted! 

"Icarus, return!" You hand his Pokeball to Green, who sprays some antidote on him. 

"Go, Gex!" 

"Go, Bell!" ERleasing a small Bellsprout. 

"Gex, razorleaf that bitch!" Too late, you realise that the small girl is right next to 
you, and blush apologetically. 

The girl, seemingly oblivious of your last remark, is unfazed. 

"Vine whip, Bell!" 

The small Bellsprout sends two vines from its arms towards your newly acquired 
grovyle, whose own arms have transformed into small, sharp leaves. Dodging the 
vines, Gex performs a somersault, lands behind Bell, and hacks at her frail body. The 
Bellsprout and Gex, without waiting for orders, continue fighting, Gex rolling on the 
ground and pounding at Bell's roots, and Bell absorbing some of his HP back, Gex 
lunging for another strike with razor leaf, and Bell whipping him mid-lunge. 
Deciding enough is enough, you call Gex back, and give Jet another go. 

"Ice beam, Jet!" 

Without Bell getting a chance to recover from the recent onslaught, Jet releases a 
wave of ice at her, freezing her in place. Bell fainted! 

"Nice work! Return, Jet!" 

You continue along the bridge in a similar fashion, finally reaching the other side, 
and a sixth person. 

"Congratulations on beating the Nugget Bridge Quintet! Here's your prize!" He says, 
handing you a gigantic piece of gold. "Fine fighting there! I was wondering, would 
you like to join up with Team Rocket?" 

"Shove off, moron!" You spit at him. "I've had enough of your shit, Team Rocket!" 

"You're not getting away with that, you little ****!" The man growls, going red in the 
face. At first you think it odd for him to fancy you, when you realise he already sent 
out an Ekans, and was waiting for your response. 

"Go, Gex!" 

"Ekans, wrap that little ****er!" 

"Pound, Gex!" 

Dodging Ekans' wrap, Gex rolls closer to him and pounds his body. Ekans takes the 
oppurtunity and bites Gex on the hand, luckily not poisoning him. 

"Gex, razorleaf him!" 

"Ekans, try to wrap him again!" 

Gex lunges at the Ekans, but is stopped mid-jump by Ekans' tail wrapped around his 
body. Ekans squeezes him, and Gex gives out a little shout of pain. 

"Try to hack at him from here with your razorleaf!" 

"Ekans, poison sting him!" 

Just as Ekans opens up his mouth to spit out his venom, Gex hacks at his neck with 
his arm. Ekans fainted! 

"Never mind, Ekans. Return! Go, Zubat!" 

You look up Zubat in your Pokedex. 

"Zubat. Forms colonies in perpetually dark places. Uses ultrasonic waves to identify 
and approach targets. Type: Poison/Flying." 

"My Gex wouldn't be very effective against Flying Poison type. Return! Go, Icarus!" 

"Zubat, leech life!" 

"Icarus, gust!" 

Icarus again makes a small whirlwind by flapping his wings, and releases it just as 
Zubat is about to bite him and leech his HP. Zubat is blown away, but returns again, 
and this time manages to bite Icarus and leech HP. It isn't very effective. 

"Icarus, peck him!" 

"Zubat, astonish!" 

Zubat flies at Icarus, who is climbing up in the air, getting ready to dive. Zubat used 
astonish, and makes a startling face at Icarus. Down on the ground you flinch, but it 
doesn't affect Icarus. Ah, the trusty Ghost immunity! Icarus finished his ascent, and 
dives straight down at Zubat, who is almost cut in half by the sheer force of the 
attack. Zubat fainted! 

"Zubat, return! Argh, I'm gonna make you pay!" The grunt says, drawing out a knife. 

"Icarus, blow them away!" 

Icarus starts flapping his wings rapidly, this time creating a strong whirlwind attack. 
The Team Rocket grunt is blown away to a small strip of land parallel to the bridge 
and a sheer cliff. Looking up ahead, you see a lighthouse, with its beacon lit, as it is 
getting rather late.

As you leave the bridge the early evening sun is beginning to set, casting a haze of 
inviting colours over the overcast horizon. 
 
"Oh, Red, it's starting get awfully cloudy..." Green says unenthusiastically. "That 
looks like a lighthouse up ahead, maybe we should see if we can find shelter there." 
 
"Good idea...but we've still got about 30 minutes walk. I hope it doesn't rain." You're 
already gloomy that you didn't get some sort of prize for beating down 5 trainers in 
a row, especially after they said they would, so now you don't need the rain to **** 
up your mood any more than it already is. Dirty Team Rocket... 
 
The two of you walk about ten minutes before it starts raining. After another couple 
minutes you hear the distant rumbles of looming thunderclouds and the rain picks 
up. Large raindrops are pelting you and Green as you do your best to keep her 
warm, the wind having picked up and assaulting your face with stinging rain. You're 
hugging each other tightly as you walk up this slippery hill, and as you make it up 
you can see more and more of the lighthouse. Its light is on and rotating, flashing 
outwards the signal of a safe haven for the travelers of the ocea--  
 
WHOOOOSHHH!!!! 
 
Suddenly a huge flying beast flies directly over you as you crest the hill. Green 
screams and frantically clutches at you, the sight of this behemoth freezing both of 
you in your tracks. It doesn't seem to notice you as you gape at it, but then it looks 
right into your eyes. Shit, we're both dead. This thing is going to eat us alive! Your 
mind is racing. The pale crimson glow of its eyes seems to pierce your very being, 
shaking you to the core. Green has gone silent; she is too afraid to make a single 
noise. 
 
Yet the beast does nothing and carries on as if you had never existed to it. "Green! 
Run for the lighthouse!" you yell over the raging weather, squinting so as not to 
allow the wind to drive the rain and chill into your eyes. Green is shivering and cold, 
very scared, and seems to be on the verge of crying so you grab her hand and half 
run, half-drag her to the lighthouse steps. The beast, meanwhile, is still barely visible 
flying around the lighthouse bay. 
 
You walk up to the door and throw it open, rushing into the warm darkness of the 
lighthouse interior. Green hugs you tightly, desperate for your warmth and comfort 
from the relentless rain. You don't mind at all hugging her equally as tightly back, 
grateful for the seeming forgiveness of the blunder at Cerulean's gym.  
 
"Th-th-thanks, Red," she whispers, her teeth chattering. She leans up and kisses you 
in a way that makes you know she's serious. "I...R-red...we've been friends for a long 
time...i've hated you at times but i've always known that through everything, you've 
been my best friend. Now i feel something else, something i haven't felt before. 
Red..."  
 
She pauses.  
 
"Red, i lo--"  
 
She is suddenly cut off by someone else's voice: 
 
"Ah, Red, so happy you could show up. I was beginning to worry."  
 
You've got to be kidding me, you think. How the hell is he here already? A light is cast 
by the glow from an angry-looking Jolteon, silhouetting a very familiar figure on the 
staircase's rounded wall. This guy is so lame!  
 
Green is fuming. "Blue, i've had enough of your shit! What are you even doing here? 
All you do is patronize me and try to put me down any way you can. Im sick of it! Im 
sick of YOU! Leave us ALONE!"  
 
She releases Charmander, Pichu, and Clefairy. She has a clear intention to knock the 
laughing Blue clear into next week.

You touch Green on the shoulder and whisper into her ear, "Don't worry Green, give 
it your best shot! I believe in you." She turns around and kisses you long and hard, 
probably more to spite Blue than out of her actual want to kiss you at that second, 
but hey you'll take it. You notice the smirk on Blue's face has receded slightly as he 
watches his cousin basically make out with his arch-rival, but when Green turns to 
face Blue again his annoying smirk is back and turned up to 10.  
 
"Haha Green, you really think you can take me on? I already have three badges and 
you haven't even gotten to the next city yet! You don't even know how to battle 
properly! Go, Ivysaur, Pupitar, Nuzleaf!"  
 
Pupitar and Nuzleaf? You've never seen these before so you whip out your pokedex 
and it bleeps out some information. "Pupitar, the hard shell pokemon. Its shell is as 
hard as sheet rock, and it is also very strong. Its thrashing can topple a mountain," 
and "Nuzleaf, the wily pokemon. Nuzleaf is a forest-dwelling PokŽmon that is skilled 
at climbing trees. Its long and pointed nose is its weak point. It loses power if the 
nose is gripped."  
 
"Green, did you hear that?" you ask as she nods in acknowledgment. You then 
realize that her pokemon won't stand much of a chance if it's a three on three, so 
you step in between the two cousins and lay down some rules first. "Alright Green, 
Blue, i'll be refereeing this match. You may use one pokemon at a time, and the 
winner will be determined by whoever's pokemon are the last standing! Ready, GO!"  
 
For a second Green and Blue don't do anything, their eyes locked, their faces 
contorted into anger-filled masks. Then Green makes the first move: 
 
"Ok Pichu i choose you!" 
 
Then Blue does the same: 
 
"Nuzleaf! Show her how we do, but give her a chance first and use Growth!" Nuzleaf 
obeys and kneels, closes its eyes and releases a faint aura around its body. It gets 
back up, appearing stronger and pumped up.  
 
"Pichu, use Encore!" Green shouts to her tiny electric pokemon. Pichu begins 
applauding and cheering, throwing Nuzleaf off. It worked! Nuzleaf must use Growth 
for four more turns before using another move!  
 
Nuzleaf gets on its knees again, using Growth.  
 
"Pichu, use Sweet Kiss!" Pichu runs up to the kneeling Nuzleaf and plants a big kiss 
on its cheek. Nuzleaf doesn't seem to notice. It failed! 
 
Nuzleaf once again is forced to use Growth.  
 
"Ok Pichu use Sweet Kiss again!" Pichu again runs up to Nuzleaf and kisses it on 
both cheeks this time. It worked! Nuzleaf is confused!  
 
Nuzleaf tries to use Growth again, but is spiral eyed and wobbly as if it were drunk. 
As it bends to its knees, it falls flat on its face. Nuzleaf hurt itself in its confusion! You 
look at Blue, who is somehow keeping his cool. He doesn't seem worried about his 
Nuzleaf, not even attempting to return it in its incumbency.  
 
"Pichu, use your Charge and get ready for your next attack!"  
 
"Piiiiiiiiiiii...." Pichu is charging up! 
 
"Nuzleaf, are you finished screwing around? Use Faint Attack!" The effects of Encore 
have worn off, and Nuzleaf tries to concentrate. It dashes forward, its figure fading 
and becoming invisible. Faint Attack never misses, you think. What's going to 
happen?  
 
Nuzleaf suddenly reappears, not behind Pichu as Faint Attack usually would but 
right in front of the wall. It's in mid-stride, and as it materializes it runs straight into 
the wall. It hurt itself in its confusion! "Nuzleaf, QUIT IT! ATTACK THAT PICHU!" 
Blue is infuriated.  
 
"Alright Pichu, now use the biggest, best Thundershock you've got and aim right for 
its nose!"  
 
"PiiiiiiiiiiiiiiCHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!" Pichu is on all fours, its tail 
pointed at Nuzleaf. Its cheeks crackling with electric energy, it releases one mother 
of a Thundershock directly at Nuzleaf's nose. You've never seen such a small 
creature use such a huge electric attack. Nuzleaf faints! 
 
"Nuzleaf is unable to continue! This round is awarded to Green!" you shout. Green 
did a damn good job in this first battle, you think. That was a really smart round she 
played, and you let her know it. "Great job Green! Show him what we're made of!"  
 
"Grrrrrrrrrrr," Blue is really angry. "Ivysaur, come on out! Vine Whip that Pichu!" 
Ivysaur appears out of its pokeball and launches two green vines out of its flower 
right at Pichu. They strike it right in the face, doing considerable damage to the 
diminutive pokemon, but its not fainted yet. 
 
"Pichu don't let it bully you like that! Use Thundershock on it!" Pichu obeys, 
launching a weaker-than-before charge of electricity at the Ivysaur. It's not very 
effective, doing minimal damage.  
 
"Ha! Green don't make laugh! Ivysaur, use Razor Leaf!" Ivysaur braces itself and 
then launches a dozen or so sharp, stiff leaves at Pichu. Critical hit! Pichu has fainted.  
 
"Pichu is unable to continue the battle! This round goes to Blue," you say. "You can 
do it, Green!"  
 
Green thinks for a second before saying, "Alright Charmander let's go! Use your 
Smokescreen attack!" Charmander obliges, blowing a large plume of smoke out of its 
mouth and at Ivysaur. Ivysaur is consumed by the smoke, making it difficult for it to 
see.  
 
"Ivysaur, use Razor Leaf again!" Blue shouts. You stifle a laugh at the foolishness of 
that attack as the hard leaves simply bounce off Charmander, doing barely anything. 
It's not very effective. 
 
"OK, Charmander! Use Flamethrower, and make it a good one!" Charmander leans 
back, puffs it chest up, and then hurls out if its mouth a big stream of fire. You can 
hear Ivysaur's shriek, almost pitying it. Its super effective! Ivysaur faints!"  
 
"Ivysaur is unable to continue! This round goes to Green," you declare. Blue is really 
ticked off now, but a disconcerting grin crosses his face. 
 
"Alright, Pupitar! Finish off the rest of these pathetic pokemon!" You remember the 
pokedex entry about Pupitar being able to level mountains. You swallow a gulp and 
wish Green luck. You know it's an uphill battle for her--Pupitar is a rock/ground 
type, giving it a huge advantage over Charmander and Clefairy both. This could get 
ugly. "Pupitar, use your Sandstorm attack!" Blue shouts. Pupitar shoots sand out of 
its mouth into a whirlwind, whipping up a vicious sandstorm inside this lighthouse. 
Blue and Pupitar are unaffected, but the sand is sticking to both yours and Green's 
wet bodies. Charmander isn't taking it too well, either, as it takes a small amount of 
damage.  
 
The vicious sandstorm is still blowing as you hear Green say, "Charmander! Use 
your Metal Claw attack!" That's right, you think. Metal Claw is super effective against 
rock! Charmander runs up to Pupitar and slashes it with its hardened, silvery claws. 
It's super effective! Pupitar appears to have taken moderate damage but still has a 
long way to go.  
 
"Pupitar, finish this ugly lizard off with your Rock Slide attack!"  
 
At first nothing happens. Then slowly, chunks of rock and cement begin coming out 
of the lighthouse walls and floor. Then in one single moment all of the pieces of 
material fly straight at Charmander, burying it completely under a pile of rubble. It's 
super effective! 
 
"Charmander!" Green runs over to the pile, desperately digging out Charmander. At 
least she reaches it, but it's fainted. 
 
You slowly mumble, "Charmander can no longer battle. This round goes to Blue." 
You pause, then you add, "Green...you don't have to do this. We can leave now if you 
want." She turns around and looks at you, pure determination and will crossing her 
face which is now streaked with dirt, sand, and grime.  
 
"No Red. I need to do this. Im sick of Blue and his antics. He needs to be dealt 
with....so Clefairy! Go!"  
 
You watch Clefairy appear before the two of you. A Normal type against a 
Rock/Ground type. This certainly won't be easy, you think, as the Clefairy and Green 
stare down Pupitar and Blue. As the sandstorm rages on, the atmosphere is as tense 
as it can possibly get--this is no regular battle. This is between blood relatives whose 
relationship has soured over the years, each one bent on proving their superiority 
over each other. Green might even be trying to impress you. 
 
The seconds are long and seem to drag on endlessly as the stare down continues. 
This is it, you think to yourself. Whoever wins this one battle will have proven to be 
the better family member. They both seem reluctant, until Blue finally makes the 
first move. "Pupitar...end this once and for all with your Earthquake attack!" 
 
Pupitar slams the ground with its full force as you again recall the pokedex entry. 
The ground begins shaking, first slightly, then more and more until it's a full fledged 
earthquake, richter scale and all. The ground begins to split open directly between 
Pupitar and Clefairy, but Clefairy holds her ground. You hear some very, very 
alarming groans and crunches from above, and the whole lighthouse is now shaking. 
Bits of sand and debris are falling from the ceiling and walls as the quake and 
sandstorm both rage on, and it becomes apparent that this whole lighthouse could 
come tumbling down at any second. You already know what Green is going to do, 
and you realize it might be the only way to get out of this battle alive. She looks at 
you, you give her the thumbs up, and she yells to Clefairy. 
 
"Clefairy! Use Metronome!"  
 
Clefairy lifts its arms and begins wagging them back and forth. Time is going by 
slowly now as if everything is in slow motion.  
 
The door to the lighthouse suddenly flies open and youngish man with brown hair 
and a blue shirt stumbles in. "Wait! You're destroyi--"  
 
His sentence is cut off as he stumbles into you, and then you both stumble into 
Green, and then the three of you stumble into Clefairy... 
 
...just as she releases her Metronome attack.  
 
You brace yourself for the worst, closing your eyes....

...but the worst never happens. You open your eyes and the tangled mess of limbs 
and people is somehow alive and well. You're confused for a moment as you look 
around and notice you're back in the rain and the storm. Clefairy must have used 
Teleport! You're thankful you somehow got out of that close, close call--wait, are you 
flying!?  
 
"Argh! Get off me you creep!" Green says as she kicks the stranger in the shin. 
"Wait...where are we? 
 
Both yours and Green's eyes grow wide as you look at each other and realize at the 
same time that you're on the back of the beast you saw in the rain!

"Well, time to introduce myself. I'm Bill, and i guess you've just met my Dragonite," 
the stranger says in an almost taunting voice. In usual circumstances, this would 
have to call for you to make a smart remark back, but being on the back of a dragon, 
other things, like holding on for dear life, seemed higher on the "to do" list. Green 
seemed to be feeling the same when she had decided to look downward. Being 5000 
feet in the air doesn't do much for the nerves, you think to yourself. The wind 
blowing on you does feel exhilarating, though. 
 
"GET ME DOWN," Green screams like an angry Exploud. "I CAN'T DEAL WITH 
THIS!!" 
 
"Here, hold my hand for stability," the stranger Bill says as his hand reaches out. 
"The first time I did this I almost cried. Don't worry, you're doing better than my 
first time." Green, so scared and confused, decides to listen to him and grab on to his 
hand. As he is turned around, you get a better look at the guy: he has black hair that 
comes down to just right over his shoulders. His eyes are a warm shade of brown, 
the kind that make you feel at home. His facial features almost suggest someone who 
is full of life; distinct, but not over exaggerated. Oh God, you think to yourself, he's 
one of those adventure guys that all the girls fall for. Your thoughts all of a sudden 
travel from holding onto dear life to the fact this guy is clutching Green's hand right 
now. You quickly shake the idea off and try to just stay secure on the dragon. 
 
After about 10 more minutes, Bill's Dragonite lands on the top of a tower in some 
town. All three of you get off. You jump off the Dragonite as soon as you can. Bill and 
Green stay up on the creature. 
 
"Man, I love this view," he says with an honest smile. He looks out to see a storm 
forming on the East, while a beautiful sunset is occurring in the West. You realize 
that you've been wandering around for some time now, even if you didn't realize it. 
Green seems to be admiring it with him over near the edge. You realize that he had 
been saying that to her. Your blood is starting to boil. 
 
"Isn't it beauti..." 
 
"GOTTA CATCH EM ALL!" a maniacal voice says suddenly. All of a sudden, you are 
pressed to the ground. The sound of a Houndoom growling is heard in your ear. 
Don't make a move, you think. You hear other people all around you say things like 
"PULL," "Make sure it doesn't bite," "the shot should go here," and "stay on the 
ground." 
 
"RED!!" Green screams. 
 
"GREEN!!" you scream. 
 
 
"ORANGE!! ALRIGHT, WE'VE ALL HAD OUR FUN WITH COLORS! NOW SHUT UP!!!" a 
man shouts at you two. You both stay silent. You hear a loud roar from the 
Dragonite. It bellows so fiercely that you feel the ground shake beneath you. All of a 
sudden, Dragonite goes silent. You hear shuffling, then the sound of a Pokeball 
capturing something, and then all of the people running off. The growling of the 
Houndoom gets more distant every second. 
 
It has become completely silent. You finally get the courage to look up as you see 
Green lying on the floor 10 feet away from you, petrified with fear, while the man 
who called himself Bill unconscious about 20 feet away from Green. The Dragonite is 
gone. You run over to Green, scared for your life that she may be hurt. 
 
"Green, are you ok?" you say as she starts to get up. She gives a glance up to you like 
a sad Pikachu, with tears rolling down her face. 
 
"Red, I'm going to do this for real this time, no jealousy, no gags, no issues, the real 
deal. If we die on this, I want you to know where we stand." 
 
She leans in and kisses you. 
 
This is unlike any other kiss you've had with her. I mean, she did kiss you over by 
the lighthouse, but that was jealousy. This kiss wasn't harsh or full of lust or just as a 
joke. It was the most passionate kiss you have ever received. 
 
"OH SHIT!!!" 
 
You pull apart in embarrasment, subconsciously expecting someone to be freaking 
out about you two kissing. You both look to your right to find that Bill had woken up. 
 
"MY DRAGONITE!!! WHERE DID THEY GO WITH HER??!!" he stops to catch his 
breath. He sits there silently contemplating for a moment. He seems to be thinking 
deeply. "What are they doing in Lavender town, anyway?" he says under his breath, 
but loud enough for you two to hear.

You turn to Bill who seems to be in deep thought, muttering under his breath.  
 
"Umm excuse me? Mind telling us what that was all about?"  
 
For a minute, Bill doesn't notice you have spoken and keeps muttering words you 
can't make out. 
"HEY!" you shout, finally gaining his attendtion "I asked you a question" 
 
Bill tilts his head, a strange look on his face and turns to you.  
 
"Hmm? What? Oh sorry, lost my head for a moment there, must have knocked it 
when we crashed..." 
 
Green looks at Bill and shouts at the top of her lungs "YER WELL NOW THAT YOUR 
BACK IN THE REAL WORLD, DO YOU MIND TELLING US WHAT IS GOING ON!?!" 
 
Bill jumps up and runs to Green,startling her and putting his hand across her mouth. 
 
"SHHH! Don't you know where we are?" 
 
Green nervously shakes her head staring at Bill with a look of fear on her face. 
 
"We're in Lavender Town...you know? With the GHOSTS of long lost pokemon" 
 
At the very mention of Ghosts, Green turns white, pushs herself away from Bill and 
screams 
 
"GHOSTS!?!??! AHHHHHHHH!!!!" 
 
You pick yourself up from the spot on the ground where you have been sitting and 
go to hug Green. 
 
"Hey, it's ok, nothing bad's gonna happern, I promise" You say in a soft voice. 
 
Green looks at you, with a intense stare....before breaking into laughter! 
 
"HAHAHAHAHA oh Red, you goof!" She says, breaking the hug. 
 
Suddenly there's a noise behind you in the bushes 
 
You and Green both jump around and look to see where it's coming from. 
 
"Who's....there!?" You shout, trying to sound tough to impress Green. 
 
The noise comes again, before a Old woman holding a touch and wearing all PURPLE 
appears. 
 
"Oh my! What are you's doing here at this time of night! I heard your screams from 
my house" She says, slowly walking towards you. 
 
Before you can say anything, Bill pipes up "Ahh yes, you see we crashed here"  
 
"Crashed?" The woman says with a shocked look on her face. 
 
"Yes, crashed" Bill repeats. He walks toward you and Green, putting his arms over 
both of you. "If you don't mind, I think we should get these 2 inside somewhere 
warm, they have had a rough night" 
 
"Ah yes, come, come to my house, it's not far" The woman says. You notice she has a 
small grin on her face. Maybe she fancys Bill you think, before pushing the thought 
to the back of your mind. You follow her to her home. 
 
Once inside, she asks if you would like something to drink. Green says she wouldn't 
mind a small cup of hot coco to warm herself up. You and Bill both pass. 
 
The old woman turns to grab a cup from a drying rack near by and as she picks it up, 
it falls...RIGHT THROUGH HER HAND. 
 
"Oh dang....i thought i could hold this form longer!" shouts the old woman. 
 
Bill steps in front of you and Green "Now what game is this your playing!" he 
demands. 
 
The woman laughs and turns to face you "This is no game" she says with a grin on 
her face before dropping to the ground only to reappear...in the form of a giant 
GENGER! 
 
You all recoil in fear as the house begins to fade away, as it is in fact one giant 
illusion..

The three of you look in shock at the Gengar. You didn't know ghost pokemon could shapeshift... 
 
"What are you doing, Gengar? You have no idea what we just went through," you say. "This is no time for 
games, we have to go!" You wheel around and the three of you walk through the front door of the 
cottage...only to find yourself walking through the back door and back into the cottage. Great, this Gengar's 
got us trapped in this stupid cottage while Bill's Dragonite is getting further and further away. Just to be 
sure, you turn around and walk out the back door, and sure enough you're walking into the cottage through 
the front door. You look out the window, and everything seems as it was before you got trapped in here, 
except there's a thick, hazy fog that blankets the surrounding area. 
 
"Haha you can't escape, now we're going to have some fun!" Gengar says as several Ghastly appear and 
begin taunting the three of you. They're swirling around your head as Gengar laughs like a crazed serial 
killer. Green is clutching your arm as you lean over to Bill and whisper, "Alright Bill, got any ideas?"  
 
"Actually, i do. This shouldn't be too hard...go! Umbreon and Espeon!" Bill throws two pokeballs in the air 
and out pop Umbreon and Espeon, the two Eeveelutions that ghost pokemon hate. "Umbreon, use Helping 
Hand and then Espeon use Psychic on that Gengar!" The two pokemon obey--Umbreon's front paw begins 
glowing, then it gives Espeon a high five. The glow is transferred to Espeon's paw, and then travels up to 
the orb between its eyes. The orb begins glowing, first red, then orange, then yellow, then white, and then 
finally a weird shade of pinkish. Espeon then releases a powerful wave of pinkish energy at the Gengar, but 
at the last second the group of Ghastly form a wall in front of it. They all faint, but Gengar takes no 
damage, letting out a downright evil chuckle. 
 
"Haha, you're no match for my power! Taste a little bit of Shadow Ball!" Gengar pulls back its arms and a 
dark, inky ball begins to form and then grow between its hands.  
 
"Argh, Umbreon! Counter it with your Shadow Ball!" Bill commands. Umbreon touches its ears together 
and then the same dark and inky ball begins growing. Gengar releases its Shadow Ball first, and then 
Umbreon does the same. They collide, and instead of dissipating they combine to form an even bigger ball 
that stays in the middle of the room between your party and Gengar.  
 
It's time to take some decisive action, you think. "Icarus! Come on out and use your Whirlwind to blow the 
Shadow Ball back at Gengar!"  
 
Green joins in on the action, too. "Clefairy! Stand in front of all our pokemon and absorb any ghost attacks 
that come our way!" That's right, you think. Clefairy is immune to Gengar! Good thinking, Green! 
 
Icarus whips up a violent wind, and the Shadow Ball begins slowing making its way over to Gengar. It tries 
to move out of the way, but Icarus keeps blowing it in its direction.  
 
"Ok Espeon now use Psychic again!" Espeon obeys and uses Psychic. It lands this time, throwing Gengar 
into a frenzy. It starts running around frantically, knocking over things in the house. In its crazed state, it 
manages to stumble directly into the Shadow Ball. You can see Gengar's face in the dark ball, a look of 
terror crossing its formerly grinning face. The ball then collapses on itself, shrinking quickly until there is 
nothing where the ball just was.  
 
You all breathe a sigh of relief, until you hear Gengar's creepy voice echoing through the house. "You may 
have beaten me here and now, but i'll be--no! Wait! Giratina my lord, don't! NOOOOO!!!!!"  
 
"Wow, that Gengar wound up in the reverse world," Bill says as he returns Espeon and Umbreon to their 
pokeballs, and you and Green do the same with Icarus and Clefairy. "Giratina, that pokemon the Gengar 
was talking to, is the supposed ruler of the reverse world. I guess it's real," he continues. "But enough of 
that. I need to thank you two. You guys really know how to use your pokemon well," Bill says. "That 
would've been a close one if you hadn't pitched in. Hey, what's this?"  
 
He walks over to the table in the kitchen of this decrepit cottage, and picks something up.  
 
It's the exact same journal you found back in Pewter City! 
 
You grab it from Bill and hold up the two journals side by side. Surely enough, they are identical. They 
both have red covers with the same stylized yellow border. The pages feel the same, the ink is written in the 
same style, and they are the exact same dimensions. They even have identical stains on the back cover! 
You open it up, expecting to see the same thing thing as on your copy of the journal. Instead, it reads in 
neat print:
If you wish to see your Dragonite again, you will come to the top floor of Pokemon Tower in Lavender Town 
by tomorrow at 3 o'clock PM sharp...alone. Any later and your pokemon will be destroyed.
 
Bill has a worried look on his face. "My Dragonite...i found it when it was just a baby Dratini. It was stuck 
on the beach under the hull of a motorboat...i brought it back to health and it evolved into Dragonair. We 
battled...it's my best friend...Dragonite..." he trails off. He looks like he's about to pass out any second.  
 
"Bill, you're not going to lose Dragonite. I promise we'll get it back some way," you say in an effort to 
console Bill.  
 
Suddenly one of Bill's pokeballs falls off his belt and clanks against the ground. It opens, and a small, pink, 
jellyish pokemon appears. It's...a Ditto?  
 
Then you get your inspiration. You turn to Bill and say, "Ok Bill, here's the plan. We're going to Lavender 
town with you. That Ditto is going to transform into you, and it's going to meet whoever wrote this instead 
of the real you while we watch from somewhere."  
 
"Wow, good idea Red," Green says with a look of admiration.  
 
"Yes, it is as very good idea." Bill says. 
 
The next morning you set off for Lavender Town. It isn't far away, so you make it in fairly good time--it's 
noon by the time you're in the Pokemon Tower. Bill lets out Ditto and instructs it to transform into him and 
go in his place to meet the pokemon thief. You still have 3 hours before the meeting.

You attempt to leave the house that the Gengar had trapped you in prior to being 
sucked into the Otherworld. 
"What if we're trapped!?" says Green, worried that the jinx Gengar had put on the 
house was still active. 
"Don't worry," you say, trying to act confident and masking the fact that you just 
realised exactly the same thing; if you, Green and Bill were trapped in here, that was 
it, you were going to starve to death, "it'll be fine." 
You push open the front door, expecting to come in the back door, but fortunately, 
the door leads back in to Lavender Town. You hear yourself sigh a breath of relief in 
your head, and wonder if Green or Bill noticed. 
 
"Thank heavens for that!" says Bill, "Now, shall we go and have a look around?" 
 
"Sure," says Green, "I'm sure Red would love to catch a Gastly!" 
 
Your face drops at the thought of trying to command a prevolution of a Pokemon 
that almost banished you to certain doom, "Uhh, yeah, of course, let's go get one!" 
 
"A Gastly or a Haunter would mean a great deal into my studies of how the ghosts of 
Pokemon are reincarnated into these 3 common forms, the three being Gastly, 
Haunter, and... Well..." Bill says, trailing off at the thought of that hideous Gengar. 
 
"So what do you actually study, Bill?" says Green, as you all go into the Ghost tower, 
wandering around aimlessly, while slowly but surely becoming aware that the 
longer you are in this creepy, cold, horrible place, you are looking more and more 
over your shoulder, expecting something to be right behind you. "How did you end 
up being less of a Pokemon trainer and more of a fanatic and a scientist?" 
 
"It all actually came from when I caught Dratini," said Bill, his eyes giving the 
impression of reminisce, "when I found it, I became intrigued as to why different 
species of Pokemon were rarer than others, how and why they evolved, and why 
different Pokemon who were raised in different areas, or in different regions of the 
world, all evolved in to the same thing. So I studied long and hard, catching different 
Pokemon, such as Espeon and Umbreon, and Dragonite, and I began investigating, 
with the help of Professor Oak, Professor Birch, and many of their colleagues who 
are all in high up places with names and so many Ph. D's that you could swim 
through them. This is a very small reason on why I'm so upset about Dragonite 
going missing; my research is not complete. On top of that, I've lost my oldest and 
best friend, and a valuable companion who I hope is okay." 
 
"I don't mean to startle you guys," you say, your voice shaking, "but look!" 
 
Fast approaching you is a moderate sized group of Pokemon; several Gastly, a few 
Haunter and a few Cubone. You call out Gex, Jet and Icarus, Green calls out Clefairy 
and Pichu, and Bill calls out Umbreon and Espeon. 
After a flurry of attacks, only Gex, Clefairy and Espeon on your side are left 
conscious, and out of the mob, only a Haunter, Cubone and Gastly remain

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"What shall we do!?" said Green, as her Clefairy stood its guard infront of her, 
stopping the opposing Gastly getting to its master, though quite visibly exhausted by 
the battle. 
"Keep going! There can't be many more left! Are you okay, Gex? Can you keep 
going?" you say, as he noticed the fatigue startling to set in on Grovyle, who was 
circling around, trying to watch a Gastly and a Cubone. 
"Gro! Gro-vyle!" 
"Good on you, Gex. Now, Vine whip that Cubone!" 
 
Grovyle unleashes a thick vine from its wrist, just as Cubone launches its 
Bonemerang attack. The vine swipes away the airborne bone, and strikes Cubone in 
the stomach. Cubone goes to the floor, quite clearly winded. 
"Now, Grovyle, use quick attack and finish it off!" you say, just as Haunter, who was 
dancing with Espeon, appears in front of Grovyle's path, waiting and ready with the 
paralysing lick attack. You glance over, and Espeon is frozen. Not only that, but so is 
Bill. 
 
Though Grovyle has only had a brief amount of time with you as a trainer, he senses 
that you don't want him to quick attack the Haunter, because it may well be game 
over with only Clefairy left to play the field against 3 Pokemon. Grovyle instead 
retreats.  
 
You bump into Green's back, and you notice that the Haunter, the recovered Cubone, 
and the Gastly, have you cornered in this huge place, where you feel that surely, 
nobody would hear you scream. That is, if you weren't left paralysed and could 
actually scream. 
 
"What do we do!?" says Green, almost green out of fear. 
"I... I don't know," is all you can muster, "we can't let the ghosts get anywhere near 
us or our Pokemon, that's for sure." 
"So we're doomed, then!" Green squeaks, as the trio of Pokemon advance 
agonisingly slowly, the grins and shrieks of laughter from the Haunter and Gastly 
getting louder and higher pitched. 
Brave little Clefairy takes a step forward and starts ticking its hands. "It's using 
metronome!" you say, "what a brave soul." 
 
Suddenly, everything in front of you starts glowing with a brilliant white light. 
Haunter and his team are temporarily blinded by it! 
"Sunny Day! What luck! Grovyle, use solar beam attack now!" you yell as you race 
towards Bill's Espeon in an attempt to free it from paralysis.  
 
Grovyle launches a ferocious attack with the power of Clefairy's artificial Sun so 
close to it. As the Sun disappears, you can see Haunter, Gastly and Cubone sent to 
the other side of the hall from the force of the attack. Haunter and Gastly don't seem 
very effected by it, but they are still temporarily blinded, you hope that you have 
enough time to get Espeon back in the game before they get their sight back, or you 
may be back to square one again. 
"Espeon, I'm going to use a paralysis heal on you. I can't get to Bill just yet, but 
please listen to my orders until this is over, okay?" you say frantically as you fumble 
for a paralyse healing spray. You use it on Espeon, while constantly looking over 
your shoulder. Gastly is still dazed by the sunlight, but Haunter is back in the game 
and fast on the attack! 
 
Just as you think its too late, Espeon springs back to life and immediately the gem on 
its head glows a brilliant purple. You jump out of the way just in time as it releases 
an enormous Psybeam towards the Haunter. Haunter launches a night shade attack, 
but it is overshadowed in power by the psybeam, which stops the purple ghost in its 
tracks, and knocks it out cold before it starts to fall from the air. 
 
"Pokeball, go!" you hear Green cry as she throws a pokeball at the Haunter. The 
Haunter puts up no struggle for defence, and it is caught instantaneously. 
"Got your nerve back, then!" you say, angry, as you secretly wanted that Haunter, as 
a bit of a failsafe, just in case another ghost pokemon tried to trap you. 
"Yep!" giggles Green. 
 
"Clefairy!" you hear a cry as Cubone and Gastly are back on their feet. Cubone's 
Bonemerang makes a direct hit with Clefairy, knocking it out cold. 
"Grovyle! Use vine whip on that Cubone! Espeon, can you conjure up another 
Psybeam for me?" 
 
Both of the Pokemon jump to action to defend Green and her injured Clefairy. 
Grovyle is the first to respond, with a powerful vine whip attack that stuns Cubone, 
followed up by another violent thrash of a second vine to seal the deal. 
"Pokeball, go!" you yell, thrusting a pokeball at the Cubone, which is also caught 
with no troubles. 
 
You turn around and Espeon is launching psybeams left, right, and centre, trying to 
hit the Gastly, but to no avail. The Gastly has found its stride again, and is proving to 
be a real pain. 
"Espeon, confusion attack!" you hear. Bill has made a full recovery from paralysis, 
and Espeon launches a confusion attack. It is not a visible wave like psybeam; it is a 
direct mind-to-mind manipulation. Gastly looks stunned and starts to fall from the 
sky, where Bill throws a Pokeball, and catches the Gastly, who manages to put up a 
little bit of a fight, but not enough to escape from its new home. 
 
"Thank heavens!" you hear Bill cry, "now lets get out of here and to a Pokemon 
centre, fast!" 
 
You all turn to leave the tower, and as you do, you notice an envelope on the floor. 
You pick it up, and you see that its addressed to Bill, in scruffy handwriting. You 
think it may be from the person who stole Bill's Dragonite.