The Pokeball suddenly opened, and the Pidgey flew out! It soared away, dropping a hard rock on Cirruna's head as it did so.
"Ouch! Anyway, there goes my chance at getting Luntique back. Darn Pidgeys..." Cirruna growled, trying to hold back her tears. She could not hold them in anymore, and she began crying.
"I HATE Pidgeys, and my Doduo hates me!" she bursted out angrily.
Then, Cirruna tucked up behind a smooth, brown and fairly large rock that was to the right of the main route. She always tucked up out of sight when she was really angry. It was a childhood habit. She just cried for a few minutes, ignoring the world around her. But soon, she started to think.
I won't become a Champion just sitting here. To be a Champion, I have to get up and do something. So what if I've lost my starter? He hates me, and I can easily catch a common Pokémon to replace him. So, I'll go find a Sentret or something. And I can catch a replacement Flying Type, like Spearow.
Then, Cirruna heard something in the distance.
"Duo. Do. Do~duo."
It was faint, but Cirruna could hear it quite clearly. It sounded like a Doduo! Then, Cirruna heard it again, but clearer. Cirruna looked ahead. She could see two beige beaks in the distance, then two brown heads, then a brown body. Cirruna recognised these quite clearly. They belonged to a Doduo; Luntique! Luntique came closer to Cirruna.
"Luntique, do you want to work with me now?" Cirruna asked. Luntique just turned both of his heads away at the offer. Guess I'll try reverse psychology or whatever it's called now.
"If you don't want to work with me, I'll just go catch an even more awesome Flying Type, like Spearow, to replace you," Cirruna boasted. This made Luntique take a glance at Cirruna.
"Duo," Luntique responded. He took a few steps toward Cirruna, when...
Whoosh! Another bird Pokemon soared down from the cloudless skies. It was mostly brown, with a black underbelly and red wingtips.
"Row! Spearow!" it cried as it evilly glared at Luntique. Its white talons were firmly embedded in the dirt. However, instead of facing it, Luntique backed off, hiding behind Cirruna. Cirruna ran away from the Spearow, closer to the main route. Luntique was clearly scared of it, and Cirruna couldn't beat it if her Pokemon couldn't even attack it. The Spearow soared away when Cirruna fled. Luntique sped after Cirruna, and soon overtook her. Thus, Luntique was on the main route first.
Soon after, Cirruna caught up to her Doduo.
"Luntique, do you want to be my partner?" Cirruna asked.
"Doduo!" Luntique replied enthusiastically.
"Then let's head to Cherrygrove!" Cirruna exclaimed. She began running towards Cherrygrove, but Luntique just glanced around. He was looking for something, but what? Both of his heads were looking in different directions, scanning the grass. Eventually, he saw the grass shake. He ran over to the patch, and chased out the thing shaking it. As the thing ran away from Luntique and towards Cirru, it revealed itself to be a Pidgey. As it approached Cirru, it looked up at her with curiosity.
Why did Luntique have to bring a Pidgey to me? But it is a Pokémon, so I might as well battle it. Wait, what attacks does Doduo know? Tackle seems like a no-brainer, though.
"Luntique, use your Tackle attack!" Cirru commanded, but Luntique just stared at her, confused. In that time, the Pidgey had managed to get a Tackle attack in. The charge inflicted a bit of damage to Cirru's Doduo, but Luntique could withstand it. So he doesn't know Tackle. Well, maybe Peck? A no-brainer for Pokemon with a beak.
"Luntique, try a Peck!" Cirru exclaimed. One of her Doduo's beak glew and extended, before Luntique charged beak ready to strike the TinyPidgeon Pokemon. The Pidgey retalitated with Tackle, however the Peck attack hit the Pidgey before it was able to connect with Luntique. The Pidgey was bruised by the Peck, but it survived the attack. After the Peck had hit, Luntique paused for a few seconds, before sprinting back to Cirru. The wild Flying Type used this time to kick up a cloud of dust around itself.
"Try another Peck!" Cirru cried. Her Doduo tried to strike the Pidgey with one of his beaks. The Pidgey managed to dodge, and some dust found its way into Luntique's eyes.
"Peck again, Luntique!" Cirru exclaimed. Luntique extended his beak, but he could not seem to see anything. The wild Pidgey jumped out of the dust cloud and Tackled Luntique. Then it rested for a while- it was getting tired from battling. I'm in a tough spot now. My Doduo can't attack, and Pidgey is gaining the upp-
BEEP! BEEP!
A beeping noise snapped Cirru out of her thoughts. It was her Pokedex that was beeping. Cirru pulled the red mini-encyclopedia out of her pocket. She hadn't a clue about how to use it, however. Instinctively, she held it in front of her Doduo.
Doduo, the Twin Bird Pokémon. It runs faster than it can fly. It is a Normal/Flying Type, and it has the ability Early Bird. This Doduo knows the moves Peck, Growl, Quick Attack and Mirror Move.
Mirror Move, huh? I'm sure I can work out a strategy with that. Just then, the Pidgey zoomed at Luntique, in a Tackle Attack. Also, Cirru had an idea.
"Luntique, take the attack, and send it back with Mirror Move!" she commanded. Luntique fearlessly took the attack. Then, he charged at the Pidgey with Tackle, which damged it quite a bit.
I might as well catch it for my team. The more Pokemon the better.
Cirru reached into her bag, and pulled out a Pokeball. She threw the red and white sphere at the Tinybird Pokemon, after she had increased its size. Cirru watched the Pokeball wobble...