the moment [WILD]

[attr="class","smdbody"]Samson's eyes began to narrow, he could sense another Pokemon near by. This was his first chance to prove to Veronica that he was here to protect her and was worthy of being her starter Pokémon. A rustle from a nearby oran berry bush had both of them diverting their gazes left.

As Veronica caught sight of the wild Inkay a feeling of joy spread all through her body and an involuntary "Awww!" escaped her lips. "It is SO cute!" she exclaimed; her hands flew up to her lips to cover them - now was not the time to get distracted by the overwhelming cuteness of a Pokémon. She quickly shook herself out of it and and caught the attention of Samson who was pumping to go.

"Okay, Samson - this is it - show me what you've got, buddy!" Her arm extended and pointed toward the wild Pokémon, Samson's body tensed up, preparing for anything that could happen. "Start this off with a Water Gun," it felt unusual to command a Pokémon, she hadn't once done it in Twenty years. In her head she began to worry that perhaps she hadn't said it right and nothing would happen, her poor Poliwag would sit their confused and take a beating from the Inkay and she wouldn't be ale to do anything to help him.

Luckily, this wasn't the case. Samson gave a little nod and bounced into action. He inhaled deeply, before a gush of water began to fly out of his little mouth, aimed straight toward the wild Pokémon. He darted his body to the left almost automatically, and watched as Inkay got knocked back a couple feet and shook itself off in surprise. Perhaps the wild Pokémon wasn't wanting to fight, but it was too late now, the battle had started and Veronica wasn't about to give up now. "Good job, stay alert and use Hypnosis and another Water Gun!" she cried, a small croak distorted her words due to her nervousness. As the Inkay straightened itself out and glared at Samson it was far too distracted to noticed what he was doing. The Hypnosis attack and landed dead on, and no matter how hard she tried, the Inkay began to struggle to keep it's eyes open.

Samson knew this was the perfect time to land another Water Gun and repeated the move, inhaling and sending another fountain of water at the wild Pokémon. As the attack landed there was very little response from the Inkay as it had already fallen into a deep sleep, and it's unconscious body rolled across the ground, picking up dirt and grit. Veronica began to feel a little bit guilty for the poor Pokémon, she was taking a little bit of a beating. "Okay Samson, that's enough!"

Fumbling with the items in her handbag she managed to grasp an empty pokéball, giving it a little peck with her lips as a sign of good luck. Praying her aim was accurate and she'd done enough damaged to secure a capture, Veronica threw the mechanism, crossing her fingers whilst Samson kept a close eye on the Inkay - as much as he hoped the battle was over, he knew there was a chance he may have to keep fighting.

[attr="class","smdbody"]The Pokéball began to twitch on the ground, each time causing Veronica's body to tense up a bit more. Samson was still ready to fight, expecting the Inkay to break free and attack suddenly. To both of their surprises the ball let out a tiny ding and fell stiff. They did it. Veronica has caught her first Pokémon - excited she began to squeal and picked up Samson, twirling him around in the air and jumping. In a moment of pure joy she almost forgot to actually pick up the Pokéball containing her new team member.


Veronica gently took the ball and released the Inkay. The Pokémon simply floated in the air and stared at Veronica with blank eyes. Slightly nervous, she reached out her hand with a welcoming gesture and calming said "Hey there..." she cleared her throat in an attempt to sound less scared. "My name's Veronica, and this is Samson," she pointed to the Poliwag who was staring at the Inkay with confused eyes. "Welcome to out team... do you mind if I call you Jasmine? It's such a pretty named for a pretty Pokémon!" Veronica gave out a little giggle. The Inkay finally reacted and gave out a happy "Ink!" and rubbed up against Veronica's arm. Obviously the Inkay has come to terms with what was happened and seemed content to join Veronica.

After an hour of getting to know one another the three of them all began to set off again south. Veronica's plan was to make it through Ilex forest and get to Azalea town as quick as possible. Unfortunately she knew she had to train up her Pokémon first and add new members to the team to keep her safe. "Okay guys, keep an eye out for any wild Pokémon..." Veronica sighed, as much as battling had given her a thrill she was worried that was just beginners luck.

The Sun had just hit the center of the sky and Veronica could feel the sweet dripping down her forehead and decided to head over to a rather large tree to get some shelter and share water with her companions. As they reached their destination Veronica leaned against the bark, ignoring the scraping on her back as the shade was far more satisfying. As she stood there, enjoying the moment of relaxation a rustle caused her to dash forward and look above the spot she had claimed. A blue blur vanished back into the leafs of the tree - "A Pokémon!" Veronica cried out, gaining the attention of Samson and Jasmine. The Poliwag was ready to go into action, but it seemed before Veronica could say anything Jasmine was in front of Veronica, ready to take on the mysterious enemy.

"Oh? You want to try Jasmine?" Veronica questioned; the Inkay gave a nod and inched forward, awaiting a command from her new trainer. "Okay then! Knock whatever that thing is out the tree with your Tackle attack!" She cried out, and almost before her sentenced was finished Inkay was dashing towards the tree, disappearing into the same leafs that the blue blur had. Seconds later something fell to the ground... A Panpour was on the ground panting, grazed from the fall. Jasmine appeared after, a little disorientated, which lead to the Panpour shoot a stream of water straight at the Inkay. "Careful Jasmine! Keep him close with Constrict then show him your Foul Play attack!" Veronica's hands were clenched tight to her side, Samson staring surprising at his Trainer.

Jasmine shook off the attack and stretched out a couple of her tentacles to trap the Panpour who had just managed to stand up. With the wild Pokémon within her grasp Jasmine let out her Foul Play attack, using the Panpour's own strength against him. Seeming pretty worn out Veronica thought now would be a good time to through a Pokéball - this Panpour seemed like a good fighter and she could so with some more protection from the wilds. Once against she rummaged through her handbag whilst Jasmine's grip grew weak. Just as Veronica was able to find the Pokéball and have it firmly in her hand the Panpour had broke free of Jasmine's grip and tackled her against the bark of the tree. "Shit..." Veronica whispered, she had got far too distracted, "Jasmine - quick - use a peck attack!" She cried out, saying the first thing that came to mind. The Inkay tensed up and flew toward the Panpour, getting a direct hit in it's stomach and sending it flying. Quickly Veronica made aim an threw her Pokéball at the wild Pokémon, awaiting to see the results. Could Jasmine really carry on this fight?

[attr="class","smdbody"]At this moment in time Veronica couldn't care less about the pokeball that had just began to shake on the ground, she ran to her Inkay as a mother would to an injured child. She picked up her poor battered and bruised Pokemon and began to brush off the dirt; only to reveal gazing underneath. "Oh, Jasmine, you poor thing..." she sighed, reaching for one of the pokeballs she had clipped to her belt. "Take a rest for now, you did an amazing job," Veronica tapped the central button and a red light quickly returned the Pokémon into the comfort of it's new home. Samson, who had followed Veronica, had began tapping on her leg with his body, trying to get her attention; as she looked down she suddenly remember about the pokéball she had thrown, noticing it had stopped moving and the Panpour was caught. Slightly holding a grudge for what the water monkey had done she clipped it's pokeball onto her belt and didn't say a word.

Roughly ten minutes later Veronica had calmed down and was enjoying watching her Samson play around in a pond - the sun can slowly cleared away the puddles and dried up the mud - already this had caused her to feel a lot better. The Poliwag began shooting streams of water up into the air and dancing around the falling particles while the droplets which evaporated listening around him. "Oooh, super pretty!" Veronica teased, flicking her hair over her shoulder to insinuate the femininity of Samson. The Poliwag huffed up angrily and splashed Veronica with a water gun, yet she just laughed it off and picked up Samson, giving him a hug to show there were no hard feelings.

A tiny growl from behind caused Veronica to quickly spin around - and stood there was a Deino - she couldn't believe her eyes. She knew the Pokémon were rare in Unova, let alone Johto. Trying not to scare the Pokémon away she took a couple of steps backwards slowly placed Samson onto the ground. "Hey there... are you lost?" she questioned, one arm extended across the front of Samson to stop him making any sudden movements. She wasn't too sure what to do here... should she attempt to capture the Deino? She felt slightly bad, not wanting to startle it. "This is Samson; would you mind having a battle against him?" Veronica decided it was worth asking, and luckily the wild Pokémon gave a little head knock and leaped back - giving distance between the two of them - obviously he was used to battling.

"Ha! Okay then!" Veronica laughed, humored by the fact she had tried acting so calm with a Pokémon who obviously wasn't new to battling. "Samson let's start this with a wa-" before she even managed to give out an order the Deino was attacking, a purple ball of energy formed and flew toward Samson so quickly there was no time to dodge. "Cool, Dragon Rage!" Veronica exclaimed, a bit too happy to see the move for the first time considering it had just collided with her Pokémon. "I-I mean - Water Gun!" She tried to quickly brush past the unprofessional outburst and watched intensely and Samson sprayed water at the opponent, knocking him back a step or two, "Get up close with tackle!" she continued, the Poliwag quickly rushed toward Deino and they collided. Veronica noticed something odd; after the attack landed Poliwag was still making contact with the Pokémon. She shuffled over to the right to view from another angle and noticed Samson wincing in pain - Deino had used the close proximity to his advantage and landed a Bite attack!

"Oh god! Put 'em to sleep - use Hypnosis!" She shrieked, a bit panicked by how this battle wasn't currently in her favor. Samson managed to wriggle free of the Deino's grasp and let out the supersonic waves to hopefully immobilize his opponent - unluckily the Deino was too quick and managed to dodge. Veronica watched as the dragon Pokémomn began to tense up... what as he doing? Samson used this opportunity to gain some distance and waited on a command - it was in this moment Veronica realized what the Deino was doing, "Shit! Samson, it's using Focus Energy! Quickly use Water Gun and knock their balance!" her voice was beginning to crack and it seemed close to tears. Samson could sense this, and he wanted to prove to his trainer that everything was okay. Close to exhaustion the Poliwag used the last bits of his energy to let out a powerful Water Gun, being sure to get a direct aim at the Deino's head to cause as much damage as possible - as the attack ripped through the air at what seemed like slow motion Veronica had an idea. "Have Hypnosis trail behind!" Samson's eyes lit up as he knew this would work perfectly.

Just as the Deino seemed to come out of it's state of concentration it was hit with the Water Gun attack, causing the Pokémon to stumble, yet not completely fall over. Within a second or two the Hypnosis his dead on, leaving the Deino in a state of shock and then unconsciousness. Veronica gave out a yelp of happiness and reached for one of her empty pokéballs, quickly throwing it before anything else could happen. She watched as the Deino materialized into the tiny ball and it dropped to the ground. Veronica honestly didn't mind too much of outcome of this capture; she was just happy to have turned the fight around and have a chance at battling such a rare amazing Pokémon.

This was it. This is what she left home to do. These were the stories she wrote about as a child; and now she was living them.

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