CHAPTER FIVE- Two New Friends- and a New Pokémon!
“WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR???!!!” screamed an enraged Secret.
I tried to twist my head round to see the person who had spoken, but the Thundershock had half-paralysed me. Two boys came round and stood near me. One saw what had happened and fumbled in his backpack, coming out with a Paralyse Heal and sprayed it on me, and after a minute my nerves came back. I climbed painfully to my feet.
“Hi,” I said awkwardly. “Thanks for healing me. Not nice being paralysed.”
“Hi.”
“Err… what’s your name?”
“Me? I’m Jedidia. And he’s H. Hippo.”
“I AM NOT H. HIPPO!!!!!!!!!”
yelled the second boy in a fury, setting upon Jedidia. “I’M
FRED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
“Are you on a Pokémon journey as well?” I asked.
“Yeah,” Jedidia said, fighting off H. Hippo- err- Fred.
“Erm- wanna come with us?” I asked.
“Sure!” Jedidia said. “Are you OK? That Pikachu shocked you pretty hard back there.”
“Um- I’m fine,” I said, embarrassed. “What Pokémon do you have?”
“That’s Foamy over there. I started with him,” Jedidia said, indicating a sweet Squirtle behind him.
“And I’ve got Water Gun and a Weedle!” Fred said proudly.
“Wow! You’ve got a Waninoko?”
“AND a Weedle!”
“H. Hippo called it Butter,” Jedidia snorted. “He thought it would evolve into a Butterfree!”
“I AM NOT-”
“Hey,” interrupted Danielle. “What’s that over there? I thought I saw something move.”
I walked over to some bushes and peered in. “Meowth! Two of them!”
“All right!” Jedidia said, coming over as well. “I get the one with the silver charm!”
“Well, I’ve got the Meowth with the gold one!” I said.
“Uh-uh-uh,” Danielle said. “I was the one who saw
them.”
“Oh, c’mon,” Jedidia said.
“You’ve got Spiteful Sparky, Hippo’s got Butter, it’s time we caught
some Pokémon!”
“Spiteful Sparky???!!!” Danielle said angrily.
“Go, SECRET!” I cried. But Secret didn’t come. Turning around, I saw her locked in a furious battle with Sparky.
“Secret, NO!” I yelled, dragging her away.
“What? That STUPID Pikachu shocked you!!!!!!! That hurts!!!!! Don’t you want me to get back at it?”
“Sparky can wait. Look over here!”
Secret hopped over. “Hey, cool! Meowth!”
“Okay then, Secret, Tackle!!!!”
“Which one?”
“The one with the gold charm!”
“But they’ve both- oh!”
Secret ploughed into the Meowth. It looked stunned, but shook it off.
“MEEEEEEOWTH!!!!!!!” it yelled, scratching Secret. Secret scratched back. The Meowth scratched again. So did Secret. After a few rounds exchanging scratches, Secret Tackled the Meowth to the ground and took advantage of the pause to scratch it firmly across the face, just below the charm. The Pokémon fainted instantly.
“Pokéball, G-“ I started to say, before I realised that I didn’t necessarily have to take Ash’s corny line, I just chucked the Pokéball. The Meowth was sucked in. The ball didn’t even wiggle. I was actually surprised, though I should have known better; a fainted Pokémon is a guaranteed capture. Unless you give it time to recover and run off with your lunch.
“Well done, Secret!” I said, patting my Vulpix. “Now Meowth needs a name.” I held the Pokéball containing my new Pokémon up in front of me. “I think I’ll call you… Stardreamer.”