Ashley's kanto adventure

Tales of a feather

Heading outside, Ashley finds her mom and a small group of supporters outside ready to wish her luck as she heads out on her Pokémon journey.

Ashley's mom gets weepy at the thought of her daughter finally leaving to start her life as a Pokémon Trainer. She notices her daughter's starter and smiles.

"He told me what you did to get me Growlithe, thank you so much mom, I will promise I'll do everything I can to make sure he's grown to his potential." She said and bent down to Growlithe's level. "Hey Growlithe, this is my mom, she's one of the reasons I want to become a good trainer." She said happily, making her mother giggle at her daughter.

Growlithe wagged his tail happily at seeing his trainer's mother before and gave a long sniff around her legs, memorizing her scent. Delia knelt down a bit and gave Growlithe a rub behind his ear, making him thumb his tail excitedly.

"Well mom, I got to get started on moving if I want to beat Gary." She gave a wave to her mother as her and her Growlithe started walking.

Ashley and Growlithe begin their long journey, walking beyond the outskirts of Pallet Town.

She smiled widely when her and her starter Pokémon entered Route 1 and gave a happy giggle which Growlithe gave a bark.

"Say Growlithe." She said, catching his attention. He yipped at her curiously. "My dream is to become one of the top Elite Pokémon trainers, and I was hoping you'd be right there with me along with any other Pokémon friends we get along the way?" She asked him shyly. He barked at her in agreement making her smile. "Alright then, that's our dream, we'll go catch at least a Pokémon or two on our way to the Pewter City Gym, which specializes in Rock-type Pokémon, we'll train for a few weeks until then." He barked in agreement and wagged his tail at the word training.

"So what would be good to have on our team is a Water-type and perhaps a Flying and Fighting-type. So what do you say Growlithe about getting some new friends?" She asked the Puppy Pokémon who wagged his tail in agreement.

They continued to walk around until finally what looked to be a giant Pidgey perched on a tree branch. It was staring at them, curiously. Ashley looks up Pidgey in the Pokédex and finds that the eclipse-sized bird is a Flying-type Pokémon which is gentle, easy to catch, and a good choice for a beginning Trainer.

Ashley is happy at the chance to test Growlithe's skills and sends him into battle.

"Alright Growlithe, let's catch it and make it our first battle, what do you say buddy?" She asked her starter. He barked out a challenge as he stood in front of the bird Pokémon in a battle stance.

The gargantuan-sized Pidgey spread its wings and glided down to the earth's surface, landing a few feet shy of Growlithe.

The Tiny bird Pokémon squawked a challenge of its own and fluffed its feathers, facing Growlithe and flapped its wings in the air. Ashley could see the bird was preparing for what seems to be a powerful Gust.

"Growlithe, don't let that Pidgey use its Gust and use Ember!" She said firmly. The Puppy Pokémon barked affirmative and puffed in a huge breath and shot multiple bolts of fire that quickly hit the Tiny bird Pokémon, making it squawk out in pain and started flapping its wings as sand was spewed up at the Puppy Pokémon.

"Dodge and use Tackle, Growlithe!" She shouted.

The Puppy Pokémon did as commanded and started running, effectively dodging the Sand Attack and gave a running start, ramming into the Tiny bird Pokémon with a solid hit. It laid dizzily a bit on the ground as Ashley throws a Poké Ball at Pidgey. The ball connects and Pidgey is drawn inside, the Poké Ball shook for a few seconds before finally stopping.

Ashley gave a wide grin and bent to take her Poké Ball and bent down to Growlithe's level, he was breathing heavily but otherwise, he was fine. She took out two bowls and filled them with water, she pushed one towards Growlithe who happily lapped up the water.

She threw the Poké Ball in the air and Pidgey came out with a chirp. It had some scratches on it but she noticed it didn't seem to be in pain. "Hi there Pidgey, my name is Ashley and this is my friend and starter Growlithe, I was wondering if you would be willing to join my team to hopefully one day become an Elite Trainer in the world." She asked the bird hopefully. The Tiny bird Pokémon observed the human girl before it and eyed the Growlithe and saw it seemed to be in a good shape and remembered the battle from before and knew the girl was good.

Having decided, the bird chirped yes and lowered its head to Ashley, showing affection. Ashley grinned happily and rubbed the Tiny bird Pokémon's head. "Thank you Pidgey, You have no idea how much that you agreeing to be our friend meant to me. I was wondering, if you wouldn't mind if I scanned my Pokédex to see what moves and what gender you are?" She asked, holding out the device.

Pidgey gave a nod and stood still as the girl pointed the Pokédex in its direction. "Pidgey, the Tiny bird Pokémon, this Pidgey is female and has the moves of Gust and Sand Attack." She put the Pokédex away and gave the Tiny bird Pokémon a gentle rub, smiling when she cooed happily.

"Now, we'll move on a bit more and find a lake that we can camp next too, we'll be looking for a Water-type Pokémon for our first gym in Pewter city gym, which specializes in Rock-type, so we'll be training for a few weeks till then." Pidgey and Growlithe nodded at the plan and followed their trainer onward.