Pokémon Forums Story Rewrite Book 1 Chapter 2
Book 1: The Start of a Journey
Chapter 2: Farewell and Safe Travels
After some much needed food Arlo said his farewells to Jax for the day and made his way home to talk to his parents. It was not safe for Snivy to ride with Arlo on the bike as he did not have a basket or something for his new partner to go so he sent him back to his Pokéball. Arlo made it home and entered the garage to put away his bike. Arlo then let out his new partner and opened the door to the inside and saw his Mom and Dad watching a new movie. It has some familiar action star in it and it looks half decent, decent enough if you shut your brain off and look at the cool explosions. Snivy climed up Arlo to get a better look and seemed to be quite interested in the film.
“Hey sweetie, we left you a meatball sub in the oven if you want.” Mom said.
“Thanks mom but I already ate. Mom, Dad…” Arlo said with a pause “I need to talk to you about something.”
“Yeah what do you need buddy.” Dad said.
Arlo paused the movie and took a seat in the living room with Snivy sitting on Arlo’s lap.
“Hey Arlo, you didn’t tell us you got your new Pokémon already” Dad said with curiosity.
“Yeah, this is my Snivy” Arlo said “I haven’t thought of a name yet though.”
“Oh my god what a cute little Pokémon!” Arlo’s Mom said with excitement.
Snivy left Arlo to greet Arlo’s parents, Snivy seemed to really enjoy meeting new people and was ecstatic to say hi and receive pets.
“Aren’t you just a cute little Pokémon, huh!” Mom said while petting Snivy.
“Vee vee!” Snivy said with glee.
“This is a nice new Pokémon, but I don’t think this is what you wanted to talk to us about” Dad said.
“Yeah…” Arlo said followed by a brief pause “Mom, Dad… I am gonna be going on a Pokémon journey.”
“Pokémon journey… well I suppose you’re 18 now so you could go on one but what about university?” Dad said with some concern.
“Most people take a gap year, I suppose Arlo could take one too. It will be good for him.” Mom said trying to reassure Dad “But we will miss you sweetie.”
“Aww jeez Mom I’ll call you when I can. I am bringing my cell phone anyways so I will be able to call you anytime Mom.” Alro said trying to reassure his Mom but playing his words carefully to not have Mom calling him every day.
“Well that sounds good sweetie. But sill be careful, the outside world can be pretty unwelcoming.” Said Mom.
“I know but I’ll be fine” Arlo said with a smile “After all I do have a new partner by my side.”
“That is true sweetie, and what a cute one he is too!” Mom said as she went back to petting Snivy.
“Come on, let’s watch the movie” Dad said “I think you’ll like it.”
“Alright” Arlo said.
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Arlo woke up alone on his bed with Snivy not in his room, chances are Snivy slept in the living room or with Mom. Arlo went to brush his teeth and got changed into something more suitable. Before Arlo went down he decided to take some time and think as he was feeling both happy and sad. Tomorrow is the day he would go on his adventure to become a Pokémon trainer which he was quite excited for. Unfortunately today is also the last day he can spend with his Mom and Dad before leaving for his adventure. Arlo had agreed to leave with Jax and his sister and tackle the league together so at least he wouldn’t be completely on his own, well Snivy would be there anyways. To be qualified for the league one must travel to the various Pokémon gyms across the Turterra region and beat their respective gym leaders. By beating them you get a Gym badge, proof of victory, eight badges are needed to challenge the Pokémon league and the regions Champion.
Arlo made his way down and saw a grand feast waiting for him. Mom, Dad, Jax, and Jax’s sister Daisy were down there at the dining room table and it seems like the food was just served. Snivy was there too, playing with Jax’s Mudkip and what seems to be Daisy’s shiny Scorbunny. Scorbunny is a white rabbit Pokémon that can stand on its two legs. On its nose it has a yellow patch above it and for the top half of its ears it turns into a gradient of yellow, similar to its feet. It also has yellow inside of its ear and a yellow patch on the base of its feet.
“Mom, Dad, you didn’t have to do this for me.” Jax said with a smile on his face “You already did enough for my birthday. And you didn’t have to bring Jax too, it must have been hard and expensive to cook such a large meal.”
“Don’t sweat it Arlo” Dad said “You are leaving the house to go do great things you might as well have one great meal before you go. Plus you might as well share it with your friends too.”
“And don’t worry sweetie” Mom said “I also made sure that your new partners aren’t left out of the meal.”
Arlo saw that the Pokémon had a lot of berries and veggies to eat.
“You sure weren’t kidding Mom, thanks.”
“Come on Arlo” Jax said “We shouldn’t let this delicious food go cold, let’s dig in!”
Arlo and Jax found a spot at the table and began devouring the food. Daisy saw that the food was disappearing fast and joined in the horde. The food was delicious, Arlo could tell that Mom and Dad poured her heart and soul into this meal.
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Only some potato wedges remained, the three were stuffed to the brim with food. Daisy was also stuffed and seemed completely out of it, holding her stomach in pain. Arlo had eaten supper with Jax’s family before and Daisy usually doesn’t overeat but this time she ate as much as Arlo did and she was not used to it.
“Man Arlo, I don’t think I can even touch the desert.”
“Jax… No matter what happens…” Arlo was struggling with talking and let out a long belch “Oh man I forgot what I was saying… I am gonna grab some desert.”
“Maybe you should take it easy Arlo” Daisy said with concern.
“No… I can do it.”
Arlo stood up and took a large piece of brownie with a large scoop of chocolate chip ice cream. Without a second thought Arlo managed to scoff the entire piece down with the ice cream. Arlo then went to the couch and lied down, grabbing his stomach in pain while trying to boot up something to play.
“Oh man Arlo you are a champ” Jax said in shock. “I’ll join you man, boot up some Halo 3 we can do some FFA with Daisy.”
“Sure I’m down” Daisy said.
“Ok” Jax said, completely out of it.
The trio booted up some games and played for hours, their Pokémon came to watch and they all seemed to be having a fun time. Jax and Daisy became too tired to leave and after a while the three ended up sleeping in the living room.
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Arlo woke up with Snivy sleeping beside him. Arlo could hear Jax talking to himself rather loudly.
“Ok so I have my Steam Deck with me, enough supplies to last me and my Pokémon until we reach Silverberry, plus there is at least a month of entertainment on the SSD” Jax was checking his phone for videos.
Arlo spoke up a bit “Hey Jax, maybe you should quiet down. Daisy is trying to sleep.”
“Good point. Let’s hope she didn’t hear me.”
Both Arlo and Jax turned their heads at Daisy and saw her completely passed out.
“Yeah we’re probably fine” Jax said “I would wake her up but she gets cranky.”
“Yeah I hear you” Arlo said then came up with something mischievous “Don’t worry Jax, I have an idea.”
“I mean if you can wake her up without getting her to freak on us then go ahead.”
Arlo first made sure that his parents were gone before heading through the garage to the front door. Arlo knew that he would hear it if Daisy knew what he was doing but he took the risk anyways. With that Arlo rang the doorbell as many times as he could, watching to see if Daisy got up. Arlo saw Jax’s face turn pale in disbelief as Daisy started getting up in a fit.
“Who is ringing the bell like that!” Daisy said with a loud tone “I am trying to get some sleep!”
Arlo took that as his queue to sneak back through the garage. Arlo then somehow managed to make it to his bedroom undetected and quickly changed into some pajamas. Arlo then ran down the stairs to the living room to present the façade of an abrupt wake up.
“Man who rang the doorbell like that, I’ll go take a look” Arlo said.
Arlo checked and no one was there.
“No one there” Arlo said with a sigh “Man I barely got any sleep last night I was looking forward to it. Anyone want breakfast, we have leftovers.”
“Sure Arlo, what’s in the fridge?” Jax asked.
Arlo checked and found a lot of berries, they were for the Pokémon but they are also Arlo’s favorite kinds of berries.
“Well, I don’t think the Pokémon would mind if we took some of their leftovers.” Arlo said as he took the berries out and saw some potato wedges “It seems we are having leftovers.”
“Sounds good” Jax said.
“Alright just give me a moment to get changed and brush my teeth” Daisy said and headed off to the bathroom.
“Close one Arlo” Jax whispered to Arlo.
“Eh whatever, she’s up now. Now let’s get the best berries before Daisy tries to take them.”
“Sounds good.”
The three eventually all ate their breakfast, with the Pokémon waking up soon after and wondering where their food went. After some time Arlo made sure his bag was packed with all of the essentials someone would need for a new adventure. After Arlo made sure he was ready he found his partner and his travel mates and spent his final moments at home.
“Man…” Arlo said “I still can’t believe I won’t be coming back here for a while.”
“Man I can’t believe it either” Jax said with a sigh.
“You know we could always come back” Daisy said “We could teach a Pokémon how to fly and it could take us back.”
“Yeah but it would have to be pretty large to carry our weight, like Charizard big though” Jax said.
“Not true” said Arlo “You can fly on a Hoothoot.”
“No way man how is a small Pokémon like that supposed to carry our weight!” Jax said.
“No it’s true” Daisy said “You can fly on a Pidgey and Chatôt as well.”
“Man next you’re gonna tell me that you can surf on a Magikarp” Jax said.
“No, but you can surf on a Wishiwashi” Daisy said with a chuckle.
“Somehow that is worse” Jax said.
The three laughed for a good while.
“Well…” Arlo said “I suppose we should say our farewells to the town and head off.”
Jax and Daisy nodded in agreement and the three started getting up. They put away their Pokémon and got on their bikes and went to Jax’s house. Jax and Daisy wanted to say their farewells before they left. Some time passed and the three left for Silverberry through the Wild Rose road, a path recommended by some of the more veteran trainers as a good starting point for new trainers. The three reached the border of Dogwood marked by a sign, the entrance for the Wild Rose road was only a few minutes away. Arlo stopped for a moment to take it in.
“Once we pass this sign we begin our journey, there is no turning back after this” Arlo said “Is there anything we should do before leaving?”
“Actually, yeah there is” Jax said “The one thing all Pokémon trainers have to do at the start of their journeys: a Pokémon battle!”
Jax took a brief pause to work himself up.
“Arlo!” Jax yelled “I challenge you to a Pokémon battle!”
“Sure but I didn’t exactly pack much resources to heal after the battle” Arlo said with some concern.
“A Pokémon trainer always comes prepared for moments like this, I’ve got you covered Arlo” Jax said with a smile “Alright… Mudkip, I choose you!”
Jax sent out Mudkip for his first battle and Mudkip seemed to kind of know what he was doing.
“Alright…” Arlo said “Let’s do this Snivy!”
Arlo sent out Snivy who was eager to have some fun.
The two trainers were ready to battle, each with their Pokémon sent out. At this moment in time Arlo and Jax were no longer friends, they were opponents competing to win a battle.