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"We're on the road to Viridian city!"

Isn't that a song? Sure feels like she's heard those words said to a tune. Tabitha bobs her head ever so slightly to the melody that now plays in her head. She smiles from ear to ear as she tosses a red and white ball upward. A burst of light leaps from the dual colored sphere and shoots to her shoulder, taking shape as it lands.

"Ema!" The flying squirrel cries as it settles onto Tabitha's shoulder. This Emolga isn't much better than his trainer when it comes to staying still. He attempted to race professor Oak's ceiling fan, which got him confined to his Pokeball (before his dizziness sent him crashing into something important) while the good Professor spoke to Tabitha about her new Pokédex.

"What do you say? Wanna race there?" According to Professor Oak, route 1 isn't very long, and it's pretty much just a straight line from Pallet to Viridian, so they should be able to speed right through and onto the next city.

"Mo!" Ziggy hops, spreading his wing-like arms.

"Alright! Three. Two. One!" Tabitha breaks into a run, her little companion leaping from her shoulder to become air born. For a few minutes the world becomes a blur of tall grass to push through and ledges to leap over. Tabby could see a fallen tree coming into view, though she gave it little thought, she could just jump over it—or she could if someone wasn't in the way.

In front of the tree is a man, a sales clerk, if his clothes were anything to go by, and he was waving his arms around, as if trying to flag down the hyperactive blonde and her electric squirrel. Tabitha comes to a stop a few feet from the man, and Ziggy once more lands on her shoulder.

"Phew. I was afraid you were going to run right past me!" The mart worker smiles for a brief second, before his expression slowly becomes more of a grimace. "If you climbed over them, they might have attacked."

The salesmen gestures to the branches of the fallen tree—where an unsettling amount of Sicloon and Cascoon are now lining the road. Though the creatures can't really move around, they are shaking with agitation, and look like they're ready to fire off a round of poison stings at anyone who tries to cross their path.

"Guess they can't just walk away from here without feet." Tabitha frowns. If they can settle them down, she could carry them all to another tree, but how do you calm down a bunch of agitated cocoons? Hmm.

The blond looks around for something to use, and though she finds nothing, an approaching figure catches her eye. New person? Maybe they'll have an idea.

"Heeeey!" Tabitha calls, waving to the brunette girl. "We need a hand clearing this road block!"
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Quinn felt confident leaving his parents. I mean, it was their fault that he was doing this anyway. If they had stayed in Pastoria City, he would've been perfectly fine. But now he had to do something to see Crasher Wake again. And if this meant that he had to go on a pokemon journey with Croagunk, he would.
Before he left Vermillion City, he visited the pokecenter in town. Quinn remembered something that Crasher Wake told him about Kanto. Wake said that there was this guy named Professor Oak, and that he lived in Pallet Town. He told Quinn about the professors in all of the regions, and know the advice came in handy. Wake said that if you ever went to a different region by yourself when you were older, any of those professors would help you.
When Quinn got to the small, quiet town of Pallet Town, he traveled immediately towards the professor's laboratory. Quinn told Professor Oak of the situation he was in. Professor Oak suggested that he do the pokemon gym challenge. If he is able to defeat the Elite 4 and Champion, then maybe the cruise ship that is in Vermillion City would let a little boy like you ride the ship to an entire different region all by yourself. To help with this, Professor Oak gave Quinn a Pokedex, a small amount of money, and some pokeballs. He was going to give Quinn one of the starter pokemon of Kanto, but Quinn mentioned that he already had a pokemon. So on that note, the two said their farewells and Quinn went on to Route 1 in search of the first pokemon gym.


Quinn ran onto Route 1 with a smile on his face.
"This is it! I'm gonna go see Mr. Wake again!" Quinn shouted with glee as he starts to skip. Route 1 was a nice and peaceful route. You have your Pidgey's chirping and your Rattata running around having fun. Quinn decided to let Croagunk out of his pokeball. He got it out and threw it on the ground, releasing the pokemon.
"Hi Croagunk! Long time no see! Sorry I haven't let you out of your pokeball in a long time, but you'll be out a lot more! We're going to travel on a journey together!" Quinn exclaimed.
"Croagunk!!!" Croagunk replied happily and the two did their air-handshake, as they don't risk touching each other any more after Quinn learned he had the ability Poison Touch. So the two started traversing Route 1 together. Everything was going fine, until something caught his eye.
There was a group of Ledyba frolicking, and then there was the one Ledyba who was by himself. It reminded Quinn of himself. So naturally, Quinn wanted to catch it, as he felt a kindship with the pokemon. So he walked up to the Ledyba very carefully, not to scare it off.
"Hey, little guy. I like you. I was just like you are now when I was living in Pastoria City. I was lonely but I was a fun guy. You seem like the same. I want you to come with me on my journey." Quinn told the Ledyba. The Ledyba slowly started to smile, but then stood up, stared at Quinn for a couple of moments, then made a taunting gesture with his hands that said, Come at me.
"Oh, I see. You want me to fight you. Is this about your friends? You want to impress them?" Quinn asked. Ledyba smiled in response.
"Well alright. But you'll regret challenging us! Right Croagunk?" Quinn said. Croagunk nodded in agreement and jumped in front of the Ledyba.

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