Chapter 4

We join our friends early the next morning. Again, walking through the Viridian Forest.

"Misty," said Ash looking over at his red-haired companion, "I thought you said this was a shortcut."

Misty rolled her eyes at him,"smart-ass," she said, "look Ash we'll get there when we get there, okay." Her patience was wearing thin.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha," laughed Pikachu, as he was being thrown in the air by his trainer. His laugh broke the uncomfortable silence.

"Look Ash," said Misty, taking off at a run, "we're here," she said.

Ash quickly caught up to her.

'Finally ,' he thought, 'We're here.'

'Ash's right. That was helllllla long,' thought Pikachu, 'Shortcut my ass.'

The two trainers and their electric pokemon, gazed upon "The famous City of Rock: Pewter City."

'Home of Rock Pokemon,' thought Ash.

"Okay Ash," said Misty, "lets get going."

As they stepped off towards the entrace to Pewter City, (still being in Viridian Forest, albeit the end of it), they felt a...

pause

"Ash, did you feel that?" Asked Misty, looking over at her friend, worry begining to show on her face.

"Huh," said Ash, as he held Pikachu in the air.

"Hahahahaha, Ash. Throw me again...yay," cried Pikachu.

RUMBLE

RUMBLE

RUMBLE

"WTF, this is serious Ash."

Ash paused from his game with his Pikachu partner to look at his companion.

RUMBLE

RUMBLE

RUMBLE

All three companions screamed as the ground broke underneath them, causing the three of them to disappear from site. One of them happened louder than the rest. However, they didn't stop. They keep on going down the hole, before hiting a slide, that lead them through the dirt and grime. Finally they were shot out the end of the slide, to end up on a dusty floor.

"OUCH! That f*ckin, hurt!" Shouted Ash, jumping to his feet and grabbing his backside in obvious pain.

"Ash, watch you language!" said Misty, and she dusted herself off.

Pikachu snickered on the side. All three of them looked around at where they now found themselves. A dark dusty cave.

"Ash?" asked Pikachu.

"Yeah," said Ash, still wiping the dust off.

"That was a very girly scream," he said, quite frankly.

"I don't know what your talking about," replied Ash, turning away from his companions, a red blush growing on his cheeks.

"Uhuh," quipped the pokemon.

"Where are we?" asked Misty, as she shivered from the cold breeze.

"I don't know," said Ash, "but, wherever the breeze came from should be able to lead us to where we need to go."

"Yeah Ash," said Pikachu, "I can smell other Pokemon here."

"Awesome," said Ash.

"Yeah," said Misty, "you gotta remember to thank Professor Oak for that Poke-Translator."

"I know thats right. . ." Ash stopped suddenly, staring at. . . "Pikachu, where are we?"

"Yeah," Misty continued for Ash, "and what is THAT?" she finished, pointing one finger towards the humongous space ship.

"I don't know-" started Pikachu, but was interuppted as a pale blue light, shot from the ship directly to the ground.

Ash, swept up Pikachu from the ground, and grabbing Misty, ducked behind a pile of rocks.

"Ash! What are you do-". Ashs' hand had covered her mouth.

"Quiet Misty. We don't know what's going on. We need to be careful."

Then the blue light stopped. A small object was seen on the floor before the ship started to rise, causing rock to fall.

"Oh shit," screamed Ash, "Misty, get Pikachu outta here, I'll be right back!"

The young trainer, ran over to the spaceship where it was trying to take off, only to be stopped by the roof. He slid under the hunking mass of metal to grab the wooden trunk, before running to catch up with his friends. Catching up to them was not as hard as he had expected. They had not gone far. Running past them, he motioned for them to continue.

"Pikachu?" called Ash, still running.

"I'm here!" called Pikachu, from below and a little behind.

"Take the lead, we need to get back outside before that ship brings the whole mountain down on top of us.

"WHAT!" Screamed Misty, taking the lead.

"Don't worry Misty," said Pikachu, "my nose will get us out of here."

"Quit talking," said Ash, "we need to focus on getting the hell out of here."

. . .and so the three of them ran, trusting the electric pokemon to lead them out to safety.

15 MINUTES LATER

"Ash..." panted Misty, "how. . .much. . .longer."

"Ask. . .Pikachu," was his reply.

"We're. . .almost. . .there," said Pikachu, gaining speed. "I. . .can smell grass. . and rocks."

Ash's face vaulted as he heard the word "grass".

'Not grass, we can't be back in that blasted forest' He thought in frustration.

Breaking out of the cave in a dead sprint, they had just enough time to look up, to see the spaceship blast out of the side of the mountain, leaving a trail of smoke, landing somewhere in the distance."

"Oh well," said Ash, "nothing we can do for them now."

Pikachu nodded his furry yellow head, before climbing up on his Trainers shoulders. Mistys, shoulders hug in slight disappointment before her eyes lit up again.

"So. . .Ash?" asked Misty, looking over at her friend.

"Yeah Misty?" He replied.

"What's in the box?" She pointing to the wooden trunk he was holding.

"Trunk." Said Ash.

"Huh," she said, confused.

"You said, wooden box, its not a box, its a trunk."

She fixed Ash with a small playful glare, "does that REALLY matter?" she asked.

"Probably not," he said with a chuckle in his voice. "To answer your question. . .I don't know," shrugged Ash, "but let's find out." He finished, sending her a quick grin.

"Finally," exclaimed Pikachu.

Misty and Pikachu, looked over Ashs shoulder as he opened the trunk to reveal velvet lining. Set inside of the lining were two pokemon eggs. White with pink dots, across the whole egg. Ash smiled as he looked down at the eggs. Closing the lid of the trunk to keep them safe, he looked back at his friends.

"Two Pokemon eggs." Said Ash in excitement. "White with pink dots all over. I guess whoever dug that whole actually did us a favor. . .wonder where we are now though?" He turned his head to look at Misty. "So Misty. . .?"

"Yeah Ash?" she said, a questioning glance on her face.

". . .are we there yet?" He asked her, in an innocent voice.

She looked at him in confusion for a second, before she burst out in laughter. Soon joined by both Trainer and Pokemon. This continued on for some time. Finally gathering there bearing, they began to quiet down.

"Really," began Ash, "how far ARE we from Pewter now."

Misty looked around at where they were, before pulling out her map. Fifteen minutes later, she pointed over to a metal fence overlooking the mountain. Ash walked over to the fence before looking down. There, right below them, were a set of cement stairs, that led down to a dirt road. He let his eyes wonder down the road to a wooden sign.

WELCOME TO PEWTER CITY

(TIME SKIP/COMMERICAL BREAK)

They had finally made it. They were now in Pewter City. They were walking through a small village, when. . .

RING RING RING, RING RING RING, PHONE CALL PHONE CALL, RING RING RING, RING RING RING, PHONE CA-

" Uhhh hellllllo," said Ash, turning on the video phone, "Ash here, who is this?" asked Ash, at not recognizing the number.

"Yo, Ashy boy," came a voice, from a black screen.

"Gary is that you?" Asked Ash.

"Yep, can't you tell?"

"Nope," said Ash, "turn on your video phone, dumb dumb."

"Oh," said Gary,"right." Fumbling noises were heard over the phone, before Ashs pokedex screen showed a boy with brown hair, and a purple shirt. "We never exchanged numbers. I had to call grandpa to get yours. Whose your friend?"

Ash looked over his shoulder to see Misty eying the boy. Turning back to his phone, he replied, "That's my friend Misty, she's coming with me on the Kanto Circuit. Well we got each others numbers now."

". . .so are you in Pewter yet?"

"Yeah, just got here, walking towards the Pokemon center. . .I think." Said Ash, turning his head to look for the Poke-Center.

"Oh really, that's where I'm at. I'll meet you outside, kay?" Said Gary, as the video phone showed the boy getting up and walking outside. "Hey Ash!"

The boy on the phone waved his hands in the air. Looking up he saw Gary running towards him.

"Yo! Gary! Whats up!" The two boys ran towards each other and gave one another a man hug.

"Finally," exhaled Misty, "the Pokemon Center, hey," she said, turning to the purple clad boy, "I'm Misty," she did a little twirl, "from Cerulean City. Where do you know Ash from?"

"Oh," said the boy, "N-n-ice, to meet you," he stuttered, before blushing and looking down in embarrasment.

Walking through the Pokemon Center, the three trainers, along with Pikachu (on Ashs head), and a light brown Evee (in Gary's arms).

"We grew up together in Pallet Town," said Ash, rolling his eyes at Gary.

"Y-yeah," said Gary, "P-p-pallet T-town." He ducked his head and walked towards the counter where a lady in a nurses outfit stood, waiting.

Watching his friend walk towards the counter, Ash chuckled.

"What?" Asked Misty, as she watched Gary walk away.

She turned back towards Ash, as she noticed him talking off Pikachu's collar. "Oh," said Ash, "Gary is just a little shy around girls."

"Oh," said Misty, a blush appearing on her face.

"Yeah," said Ash, "Anyway, looks like Gary has the right idea. Lets go take care of our Pokemon."

She nodded her head and followed as they delivered their Pokemon to nurse joy.

"Great! Your Pokemon will be ready in a couple of hours. Enjoy the city while you wait!"

"Can we actually get some lunch?" asked Misty.

"Sure, no problem," said the Nurse, in a happy, overexcited voice, "Go ahead and get yourselves a table over there in the lobby."

"Great thanks," said Misty.

She lead the way over to the table. "So," she started, "how long have you been in Pewter for?" she asked Gary.

"Only a couple of hours. Just been seeing the sites. Did you guys see the big explosion earlier?"

"Yeah," said Ash, "we saw it."

Pikachu, nodded his head in agreement.

"Wonder what happened. . "

The two trainers decided not to comment. "So anyways, have you guys heard about something called The Trainers Arena?"

"Umm, no," said Ash, "I don't think so."

"I know I haven't," said Misty.

"Well," began Gary, "it's pretty cool. They are owned and operated by trainers and the money that they bring in. They have a battle area, with various rules and then there's also a trading area."

"Wow," said Ash, "that does sound pretty cool."

"Useful too," put in Misty.

"So," said Gary, "after lunch why don't we check it out?"

"Sounds good to me," said Ash.

"And," said Misty, "you still gotta do something with what you found earlier."

"Thats right," said Ash, "I'll call the Professor after lunch."

WELL THATS THE END OF THAT CHAPTER. HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED IT.

WHAT POKEMON DOES GARY HAVE? ANY IDEAS?

WHAT ARE THE POKEMON IN THE EGG?

NEXT CHAPTER! SHOPPING! TRAINERS ARENA! ASH GETS ONE NEW POKEMON! (BESIDES THE WOODEN TRUNK)

IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO SEE LET ME KNOW AND I MAY ADD IT. PLEASE READ AND REVIEW.