Chapter 2
Sean had just recieved his first Pokemon, Growlithe. And is about to start his Pokemon journey.
"Thanks again for the Pokemon, Maple!" he said sounding all happy and enthusiastic.
"Any time, Sean. Just remember, you can only hold 6 at a time. So if you ever ant more, use the PC in the nearest Pokemon Center. Also, that remonds me." Maple got out 5 PokeBalls, and a Pokedex out of her pocket.
"Take these. These will aid you in your quest of Pokemon. The PokeBalls can be used to catch wild Pokemon. Start off by weakening the wild Pokemon for good help, as there is a chance to it. After you've weakened it, simply throw a PokeBall at that wild Pokemon and if it rattles 3 times, then glows red. You've caught it. If not, just try again." she explained to her. Sean had taken this all in to mind.
"And what's that small red machine thing?" he asked her, sounding interested.
"Oh, this is the Pokedex. This is what is used to store the data of the Pokemon you've captured. Also, it will give you some info on the Pokemon you have seen too!"
Sean had recieved the items, and put them in his pocket, they didn't fit so well. "I wish I brought my bag, then they'd be alot more easier to-"
and then he got reminded.
"Oh! I have to go back to Cinnabar to get my things! After all, I'm not completely organized yet!"
"That's fine, take as much time as you want. As soon as you arrive back here, you can take that Route up north, but be careful. Wild Pokemon are in that area, and all the others with that type of grass." Maple explained.
Sean nodded, and heard the noise of a boat.
"I think this is the boat for you, Sean. Have a nice adventure!" Maple said.
Sean walked to the docks. Maple waved to him and he waved back. He started to think to himself, about which moves Growlithe had. That was one thing he forgot. The boat made one final noise and started moving slowly.
"Maple! Wait!" he shouted, by the side of the boat, his head facing the lab. "What is it?!"
"Which move does Growlithe have!?"
"Well, it should only have Bite for now! Just get it to use that for now!" the words weren't very clear to him, he thought she said "Light".
The boat had then went into the river which separated Pallet Town from Cinnabar Island. This boat wasn't as fast as the last one. It was moving rather slow down the river, however it felt relaxing. He took a look out of the sea. There were alot of rocks that were grey, which were floating on the surface.
Since Sean was relaxed, he thought he'd send out growlithe for the first time, so they could get to know each other. He got the ball out, with Growlithe in it and pushed the small white button in the middle of it. A red beam had shone from the ball, when it was opening, and then the beam was actually Growlithe. Once out, its tail was wagging a lot. It seemed quite loyal to Sean.
Grolithe jumped into Seans arms, it seems like they liked each other already. It had stayed with him throughout the journey, looking rather evil at the other passengers on the boat. This reminded him to check his PokeDex. He pushed the red button at the top, which looked like the on switch. Once on, he pointed it at Growlithe, and a picture came up with a voice that started talking.
"Growlithe, the Puppy Pokemon. Very friendly and faithful to its owner. It will try to repel enimies by biting and barking."
Growlithe barked. Sean thought to himself, "Oh, so that's why it's so friendly with me, and it explains the look it gives to the other passengers."
Cinnabar was then in view, Sean couldn't wait to show his parents his new Pokemon.
He got off the boat, with Growlithe. He had one last look around his town. He'd miss it all.
He walked up to his house door. There was a note on it.
"Hi, Sean. We are out at the moment.
I'm sorry I won't be able to see your new Pokemon,
but I registered my number on your phone.
Your key is in your coat pocket.
Have fun on your journey,
keep in touch."
This noat made him realize, he would walk away from his parents for a while. However, this wasn't going to stop him.
He used his key on the door, turned it and opened the door.
He took a look around his house, and the family photos. He decided to take one off the wall and take it with him.
He then went up his stairs into his room. His computer was still on, he decided to spend a few minutes saying goodbye to his friends. One of them, Kairi, was also starting out as a trainer, she was already slightly ahead of him though. Then he switched off the computer and took his mobile phone, lucky bracelet and a notepad and pencil. He then put every item into his bag, and walked back downstairs into the kitchen. He thought he'd make a quick lunch. He micowaved a sausage roll and wrapped it in paper. His Growlithe was still in the hallway, chewing on one of the shoes on the floor. It then turned to Sean with a sausage roll in his hand. He then grabbed the key off the table, this was it. This time he was leaving, and leaving for a long time. His Growlithe followed him out of the door. He shut the door and turned the key, this was goodbye from home.
He walked towards the docks, the queue was quite long and the boat had not yet arrived. He had to wait a few minutes for the schedueled boat to arrive. Growlithe saw something on the Cinnabar Beach, it was climbing onto the edge of the rocky surface. It was the blue pokemon with long tentacles, 2 eyes and large jelly spots. A jeelyfish Pokemon, Tentacool.
It was slithering along the city, terrifing all the citizens. Growlithe was barking at them like they were criminals. That was when Sean though, "Hmm, this could eb a good oppertunity to start a great battle for the first time!"
"Alright Growlithe, let's get rid of these Tentacools!" he commanded to Growlithe. The Tentacool at the front had purple glowing tentacles, it was about to use Poison Sting. "Uh oh, Growlithe avoid it!"
Growlithe jumped to the other side of the way the Tentacool had slammed its tentacles. "Alright! It missed!"
This was the time to start actually using attacking moves for himself, Growlithe was looking ready to attack. "Alright Growlithe use..." he forgot what the move was called again, that's when he remembered that it sounded something beginning with B and sounding like light, this gave him one idea. "Bite!" he commanded to the Growlithe. It then started baring its fangs, with its eyes looking threatening. Then it started to charge up at a fast speed, and attacked with very sharp fangs. This attack was very powerful, as it was its first. "That was amazing Growlithe! Well done!" Sean had shouted with enthusiasm. That Tentacool had then had spiralling eyes, and stopped moving. It was knocked out. The Growlithe had then used Roar, to scare off all the other following Tentacools, all retreating one by one to the sea.
"That was amazing! You rocked that Growlithe!" Sean said while stroking the fur on Growlithe.
The boat had appeared at the docks. The line was getting smaller as the boat was getting more full. "Only 30 seconds left until the departure." said the driver.
Sean had ran to the boat, it was extremely cramped, but he had fitted.
Then before he knew it, the boat had started moving right through to Pallet.
These passengers were amazed to see him on the boat.
"Wow, were you the one with that Growlithe? I was amazed by that way you got rid of those Tentacools! You must be very expirienced." one of the old men on the boat had told him. This made Sean flattered, he only had just started.
"Yes, well, I'm not that expirienced, infact, I only just started! I'm starting my journey as soon asd we get-" then the boat had stopped. "Huh? We're here already?"
Then all the passengers had got off the boat. When Sean had got off, he walked down to the Route 1 grass enterance, and then he and Growlithe had started walking through.