(Authors comment; Okay, this takes place sometime in Pokemon Johto after Misty catch's Poliwag It hasn't evolved yet and yes this is my first pokemon fanfic I ever wrote so yes I would like feedback. An thank's to my buddy Suicune3k I finally got my fic edited decently. Yeah I wrote this because I got inspiration from so many great fics Iv read online so enjoy,Its the only one of its kind that I know that doesn't exist yet. So on to Part 1 of Where The Trail of Discovery goes...by me Misty & of course edited by her great bud Sui!)
Where The Trail of Discovery goes....
Part 1 A New Encounter
It was a nice, beautiful day.
The sun was out; the Pidgeys were singing as Ash, Misty, and Brock traveled to the next city. But there was one thing wrong: they were lost thanks to Ash.
“We always get lost when Mr.Pokémon Master is giving directions!” said Misty, now frustrated, which caused Ash to turn around and yell, “NO WE DON’T!”
“YES WE DO!” Misty shouted at the top of her lungs.
“NO WE DON’T!”
“YES WE DO!”
And this continued until Brock yelled, “Stop it! You two are giving me a headache.”
Later as they continued, something ran past them in a hurry. They heard it but they couldn’t see it.
“What was that?” asked Brock.
“Yay, a Pokémon!” says Ash as he pulls out his Pokédex and pointed it to the large Fire dog Pokémon standing in front of them. It said, “Arcanine the Legendary Fire Dog Pokémon that evolves from the puppy Pokémon Growlithe.”
Ash then looked at the picture of Arcanine in his Pokédex and then again at the one standing in front of them, and noticed that the original has black stripes with reddish-orange fur and not dark purple fur with a black mane and black spots like the one looking at them, so he decided to capture it.
He called Pikachu, his mouse-Pokémon companion that rides everywhere on his shoulder, but was nowhere to be seen. Ash turned to Misty and Brock and asked, “Do you guys know where Pikachu is?”
After a moment of thinking, Brock said that he could still be sleeping. Ash decided to check his backpack, and opens it to see a golden yellow ball of fur. He shook Pikachu awake, and sees Pikachu’s pointed black tipped, long golden-yellow ears perk up.
“Hey, Pikachu I need you to battle Arcanine so I can catch him,” said Ash.
Pikachu then answers Ash by opening his cute little brown eyes and rubs the sleep away, then leapt out and stood in front of his master, ready to battle Arcanine.
“Pikachu, Thundershock!” said Ash.
With that, Pikachu sent lighting bolts that raced towards Arcanine, but to their surprise, Arcanine leapt high into the air and vanished, causing Pikachu to miss. Then Ash looked around for the Arcanine, wondering where he had gone.
Later, Misty made plans with Ash to capture the Arcanine, while Brock looked for a location to set up camp. But while he does, he finds a fourteen-year-old girl with blonde hair lying unconscious next to a giant cave in the middle of the forest, and calls Ash and Misty for assistance.
They came and helped Brock lay the girl against a nearby tree. When she stirs, they ask her if she's all right. As she opens her emerald eyes she said with a sigh, “I’m fine..well, sort of.”
Then she held out her hand as she said, “Hi, I’m Silvia.”
As Ash accepts it he said, “I’m Ash Ketchum, from Pallet Town. I’m training to be a Pokémon Master.”
After Ash finished, Misty began her introduction with, “I’m Misty and I’m training to be the best Water trainer.”
Next, Brock comes in and said, “I’m Brock, and I’m training to be the best Pokémon Breeder.”
And so as they continued to talk, Pikachu interrupts, and they look down to see Pikachu impatiently tapping his foot with his arms across his chest, looking up at Ash.
“Um..uh, sorry buddy,” said Ash with his hand behind his head, then picked up Pikachu and introduced him.
“Ahhhh... What a cute Pikachu!” said Silvia as she petted Pikachu, who was purring with joy. Silvia then invited Ash and company over her house for lunch, and so they went.
As they ate, Brock asked Silvia about what happened to her in the forest, but she said nothing. And as Ash ate, he noticed a large scratch on Silvia’s arm.
“Hey Silvia, how did you get that scratch on your arm?” asked Ash as he gestured to her arm.
“Well, a Pokémon did it,” answered Silvia.
Misty now asked in total surprise, “A Pokémon?”
Then Brock asked, “Why did it attack you?”
“It was a purple Arcanine with spots,” she answered.
Next they mentioned that they saw the same Arcanine, and then decided the Arcanine attacked Silvia because she was next to an Arcanine packs’ cave. So later Silvia decided to tell of a Pokémon she seen that nobody hasn't since they saw the same Arcanine. Silvia started by saying that it looked like an Entei, except he had a mane made of burning flames and that it only comes out at dark, and that it can’t be weakened or captured by any Pokéballs that exist to capture Pokémon, so she's making her own.
Ash, Misty and Brock then volunteered to help her weaken it or catch it. And as they waited eagerly, Silvia added the finishing touches to her Pokéball; but little did they know another conversation was going on.
“What a stupid human! She thinks she can catch me! Ha, ha, ha!”
The other continued, “Boss, that's not all.”
“What?!” the larger one asked with fiery red eyes. “You’re guarding my domain, right?”
A Growlithe replied, “Yes, sirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Of course! But that's not it; she’s making her own Pokéball!”
And in the same forest...
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“Meowth! Whad don't capture dat Pikachu?” asked Meowth through the walkie-talkie, not believing his ears.
The boss then told Meowth to look for a rare Pokémon that's a Fire/Steel type which is as black as the night and as red as the magma that flows from a volcano. Moments later, Jessie and James came with some firewood and Meowth tells them the boss called, and they too are shocked by the sudden change in the boss' plans.
Then when it got dark, Ash, Misty, Brock, and Silvia rushed out the door, ready to battle the Entei look-alike.
Ash, excited, said, “Oh yeah! I’m going to see a rare Pokémon!”
“Ash! quiet down!” said Misty, and continued, “So Silvia, you said the Pokémon goes to the river behind those bushes?” and pointed a finger to the bushes in front of them.
“That's right,” replied Silvia.
“WELL, LET’S GO!!” added Ash.
“No, we can’t, or the Growlithe will attack.”
“Well then, we’ll just need to come up with a well thought-out plan,” said Brock.
“Don’t worry, I’ll take care of him!” said Ash, so sure of himself, Misty just rolled her eyes in response.
Ash headed for the bushes, just to come face to face with a red-eyed, snarling Growlithe.
“Ash!!!” yells the gang in panic, worry clearly written in their voices.
“Hey, Growlithe come and get me!” said Ash in a playful mood.
“Ooh, he's beginning to bug me!” said the Growlithe through clenched teeth as he bore his teeth at Ash, and bolted after him.
“Hey, Growlithe you’re too slow! Pick it up!” said Ash as he runs off with the Growlithe close behind, and goes deeper into the dark forest, disappearing out of sight.
“Well, I guess that's our cue to go!” said Silvia.
“All right!!” said Misty and Brock in agreement.
“What?! That stupid mutt..” said the Pokémon in front of them as he stepped out of the surrounding shadows, revealing his mane of flames along with his two large curved fangs hanging from the sides of his mouth.
“You want to capture that?” stuttered Misty in fear.
“That's right!” said Silvia with a smile.
“Look at those eyes full of hatred,” says Brock uneasily while a drop of sweat runs down his face.
“Don’t forget those razor-sharp claws!” Misty added.
“Well, it’s time!” said Silvia as she held a Pokéball, ready to battle. She looked at the Pokémon and threw the Pokéball at it, adding, “GO MARRIL! WATER GUN IT!”
Marril released a powerful stream of water towards the large Fire-Lion Pokémon, but he countered with Flamethower, causing the water to turn to steam when it hit.
“HA! YOU THOUGHT THAT LITTLE BLUE RAT CAN HURT ME!” said the large Fire-Lion Pokémon with a victory grin.
“Let me try! GO STARMIE!” said Misty as she released Starmie. “STARMIE, WATER GUN NOW!”
But before Starmie can act, the large Fire-Lion Pokémon countered with Fire Spin, causing water to drip off the wall of blazing hot flames that surrounded the Fire-type. Then it charged for Starmie at top speed and when he got close to Starmie, he bit its jewel with his large front massive powerful fangs and under the pressure it shatters in a million pieces.
“Oh no, Starmie!” cried Misty as she ran to her Pokémon and wrapped her arms around it, then recalled it back to its Pokéball.
Next, Brock stood in front of Misty and Silvia and said, “It’s my turn to give it a shot!”
Then he threw his Pokéball and yelled, “ONIX, BIND IT NOW!!”
Onix bound the Fire-type, but the Fire-type jumped out of Onix's rock-hard grip and leapt right on top of his head. Brock, now feeling the victory, turned to Onix with a smile and said, “Onix, you know what to do!”
And with that, Onix lifts his rock hard tail high into the air and gave it a powerful swing toward the top of his head. But before his tail struck, the Fire-type leapt off, causing Onix to knock himself out into a total K-O.
“Onix!” said Brock. Worried about the safety of his rock-Pokémon, he called him back.
Now Misty said, “Well I guess its all up... Do you have any other Pokémon besides your Marril, Silvia?”
“Yes I do. I have Vaporeon and Golduck,” she said as she released her new Water Pokémon.
Then Misty released Poliwag and Goldeen and said with Silvia, “WATER GUN!!!”
A big powerful stream of water from both teams which team up an make a massive tidal wave heading for the Fire-type, but the Fire-type just bolted off, leaving all the Pokémon scratched and lying on the ground in a total K-O.
They returned their Pokémon in defeat. Brock added, “Something's wrong, Ash should of been back by now.”
“You’re right, we’ve got to look for him!” said Misty with great determination.
(WoW! I hope you enjoyed it so far and sorry I left that cliff hanger thing but hey I love cliff hangers! Anyways they just leave you wanting more and im sorry it was really long but Hey, its the opening to AAMRN with action along with adventure. Well later until Part 2 The Search For Ash!!)