Shadow's Journey through Kanto

Shadow was walking through Route 1, hoping to find some Pokémon to catch. However, this was harder than he thought it would be.

“Come on, why is finding a Pokémon is so hard?” thought Shadow with a bored expression.

Then, suddenly a bird came out from the grass, Shadow stood right in front of it. He knew exactly what it was and eagerly got out his Pokéball to battle it.

“A Pidgey, they are very common here, let’s go, Charmander!” shouted Shadow as he tossed Charmander out for battle.

“Use ember!” Charmander shot an ember at Pidgey which caused a lot of damage, perhaps even a burn.

“Go, Pokéball!” Shadow tossed the ball at Pidgey, it shook three times before a click signaled that the Pidgey was caught.

Shadow checked his Pokédex for data: Pidgey, the tiny bird Pokémon, a common sight in forests and woods. It flaps it’s wings at ground level to kick up blinding sand. said the Pokédex.

Shadow smiled as he continued his journey towards Viridian City, his first capture in hand.

He arrived at the city to see that it was not a big city, but more like a small town like Pallet Town, the only difference being a gym standing imposingly over the rest of the “city”, a large CLOSED sign on its doors.

Shadow decided to capture more Pokémon before continuing so he walked towards Route 22.

As he arrived at the grass he encountered a male Nidoran which was acting violent.

“I’m going to catch that Nidoran” said Shadow as he sent out his Charmander.

“Use Ember!” Charmander fired an ember at Nidoran, however Nidoran was too fast and dodged it. He then used a powerful Horn Attack on Charmander which did a lot of damage.

“Okay, use Scratch!” Charmander got up and scratched at Nidoran, it did damage, but not enough to knock it out.

“Go, Pokéball!” said Shadow as he tossed a ball at Nidoran, it shook three times again and Nidoran was caught with little resistance.

Shadow picked up his Pokédex to see it’s data: Nidoran, The Poison Pin Pokémon, it’s large ears are always kept upright. If it senses danger, it will attack with a poisonous sting.

“Whoa, it sounds pretty strong” said Shadow.

“Of course, it’s strong, Nidoking is one of the most powerful Pokémon a trainer can naturally obtain in this part of the region.” said a voice, Shadow turned around to see Sunset Shimmer.

“Oh, hey, Sunset, I didn’t know you were here” greeted Shadow.

“I was here in the neighbourhood, wanna have a battle?” asked Sunset with a smirk on her face.

“Sure, I accept your challenge!” said Shadow as he sent out his Charmander and Sunset sent out her Squirtle.

“Use Ember!” shouted Shadow as Charmander fired another ember at Squirtle, but it used it’s shell to protect itself.

“What a weak Ember! Use Bubble!” shouted Sunset as Squirtle shoots bubble from it’s mouth while Charmander tried to dodge it.

Shadow was panicking, he didn’t know what to do, he keep telling Charmander to attack over and over again but each hit had little effect.

“Let’s finish this, Squirtle, use Tackle and Bubble!” shouted Sunset.

Squirtle tackled Charmander to the ground and use bubble which did a massive damage at Charmander and fainted.

Sunset returned Squirtle back to it’s ball. “How weak! I must be very strong or you’re just terrible!” she boasted as Shadow just stood there in shock.

Just attack and attack, how predictable are you? You didn’t even keep type advantages in mind!” she said with cocky grin.

“Face it, Shadow, you’ll never complete the Pokédex with that weak Pokémon and your bad strategies!” She laughed as she walked away while Shadow stood there with tears in his eyes.

Later that evening, Shadow sat near a river, thinking about what happened.

“Why? Why couldn’t I beat her? Was I really that weak?” he thought as he was hitting himself in the head with his pokéball.

“Nah, Sugarcube, it ain’t like that” said a female voice. Shadow turned around to see a orange coated mare with a blonde mane and a cowboy hat.

“Who are you?” Shadow asked as he was looking at the mare.

“Mah name is Applejack, and I’m the Pewter City Gym leader” answered Applejack back with a small smile.

“I saw your battle before and I have to say you and your Pokémon were not in sync” she explained, that made Shadow very confused.

“Not in sync? That’s a lie!” shouted Shadow.

“Hey, I’m being honest here, don’t you know anything about Pokémon type?” asked Applejack once more.

Shadow thought about this long and hard, he remembered Sunset just now talking about type advantages but he didn’t really get what she was getting at. “No, I don’t.” he admitted.

Applejack smiled at the truth. “Well, until you arrive at Pewter City, you must learn about the Pokémon types.” she said as she started to walk away.

“I see…” mumbled Shadow to himself as he continued his journey.

Shadow walked through Route 2, Viridian Forest and defeated many trainers there with ease. “Bugs are weak to fire,” he noted. As night time came, he arrived at Pewter City.