Austin and the Young Six Pokémon Journey: the Sinnoh Region

Austin and the Young Six were walking a dirt road that looked like it stretched out for miles ahead. As they were walking the path, they all looked very exhausted.

“Wings... where are we even going?” Austin asked exhaustedly.

“We are coming up to a small town named Sandgem Town. We will go there for a some rest and perhaps get more pokeballs.” Wingdings said as he is looking at a map.

“How did you get a map?”

“Before we left, Professor Oak gave me a map to get around the region. He also gave us some poke dollars to buy stuff at the pokemart and some poke food to feed your Pokémon.”

“Does everything start with the word poke?” Gallus asked curiously.

“Yes, most words start with poke in them.”

“Why?”

“No clue.” Wingdings shrugged.

As the group continued to walk, their stomachs started to growl.

“How about we take a small break and I’ll make some food.” Wingdings said to the group.

“Sounds good to me.” Smolder said.

The group went off the dirt path and on the grass. Wingdings set up a small cauldron with a fire starter on the bottom. The group set up a small table for them to eat instead of eating on grass.

“We should let our Pokémon out to eat too.” Austin said to the Young Six.

They all nodded and took out their pokeballs and threw them on the ground and their Pokémon came out. They set up some bowls on the grass for the Pokémon to eat off of. Austin took the poke food out of his bag and placed it in every bowl. The Pokémon made some happy noises and began to chow down, except for Piplup.

“Piplup are you going to eat?” Austin asked Piplup.

“Piplup!” Piplup moved his bowl away from him.

“Please Piplup, you need to eat.”

“Pip.” Piplup crossed his arms.

Piplup started to sniff and something caught its attention. Piplup then got up and started to waddle away from the group.

“Piplup, where you going?” Austin said, worried.

“Let’s go get him Austin.” Sandbar said to Austin.

“Right!”

The two ran to the direction of where Piplup was. After searching for a minute, they saw Piplup eating some berries.

“Oh thank goodness you didn’t wander off too far from us.” Austin said in relief.

As Piplup was chowing down on the berries, a wild Pokémon fell on Piplups head. Piplup, now angry, starts yelling at the Pokémon. Austin and Sandbar went closer to the Pokémon and saw that it had a grassy coat on it. It has a spiral tip on its head and has wooden feet. It’s eyes were the only thing that wasn’t covered.

“Who this Pokémon?” Sandbar asked Austin.

“Let me check my Pokédex.” Austin took out his Pokédex and pointed at the Pokémon.

Burmy (Grass Cloak), the Bagworm Pokémon.

To shelter itself from cold, wintry winds, it covers itself with a cloak made of twigs and leaves.

“A Burmy?” Sandbar said.

As they saw Piplup still yelling at Burmy, Austin had an idea.

“Why don’t you catch this one as your partner!” Austin said to Sandbar.

“But how am I gonna catch it?” Sandbar asked.

“Using a pokeball.”

“Oh right the professor gave us five of them. Alright I’m going to catch it.”

Sandbar took a poke ball out of his bag and threw it at Burmy. It contact Burmy and a red glow took Burmy into the pokeball.

One tick...

Two tick...

The poke ball then reopened and Burmy reappeared.

“Aww that was close.” Austin said

Burmy looked at them with an angry look.

“I think Burmy want to fight.” Austin said to Sandbar.

“But how can I fight without a Pokémon?” Sandbar asked.

“You can use my Piplup to catch him, right bud.” Austin said as he looked at Piplup.

Piplup looked at Austin with a battle face

“Pip!”

“He’s all yours.” Austin said.

“What moves does he have?” Sandbar asked Austin.

“Oh let’s see here.” Austin took out his Pokédex again and looked at Piplup’s status.

“Piplup knows the moves pound and growl right now.”

“Alright. You ready Piplup.”

Piplup nodded and readied himself. Piplup and Burmy looked at each other with intense eyes.

“Piplup use pound!” Sandbar commanded Piplup.

Piplup flipper glowed white and Piplup charged towards Burmy, but Burmy used a blue energy shield and reflected Piplup’s pound.

“What was that move?” Sandbar said to Austin.

“That was the move protect. The only way to hit it is behind it.” Austin said to Sandbar.

“Right. Piplup use pound but go behind Burmy!”

“Piplup!”

Piplup’s flipper glowed white once again and Piplup charged at Burmy again. Burmy used protect again, but Piplup went behind it swiftly. Before Burmy could react, Piplup hit Burmy with the pound. Burmy landed on the ground with swirly eyes.

“Nows your chance, use your Pokeball!”

“Right!”

Sandbar threw another pokeball at Burmy. It hit Burmy directly and a red glow sucked up Burmy again. The button on the center started to blink and the pokeball started to move.

One tick...

Two ticks...

Three ticks...

...

*click*

The center stopped blinking and the ball stopped moving. Sandbar caught a Burmy.

“Did I do it?” Sandbar asked Austin.

“Yes. You caught Burmy.” Austin smiled.

Sandbar took the pokeball and opened the pokeball. Burmy reappeared and looked at Sandbar.

“Burmy!” Burmy smiled.

“I... I did it!” Sandbar said happily.

“I saw. Good for you man.” Austin smiled.

“Thanks Austin, but I couldn’t do it without your Piplup.”

“I’m sure Piplup enjoyed it since Burmy bumped his head.”

“Thank you Piplup.”

“Pip.” Piplup smiled.

“We should go back to the group and show off your first starter.”

“Yeah!”

Sandbar returned his Pokémon back to its pokeball and the two returned to the group. As they saw the group, they saw Gallus using his Pikachu to fight a frog Pokémon.

“What’s that Pokémon?” Sandbar asked Austin.

“I’m not sure. Let’s see.” Austin pointed his Pokédex at the frog Pokémon.

Croagunk, the Toxic Mouth Pokémon.

It makes frightening noises with its poison-filled cheek sacs. When opponents flinch, Croagunk hits them with a poison jab.

“A Croagunk? Hmm let’s see if they need help.” Austin said.

“Yeah.”

Austin, Sandbar and Piplup ran over to Wingdings.

“Wings what’s going on here?” Austin asked Wingdings.

“While you were looking for Piplup with Sandbar, we were ready to eat some food, but this Croagunk came over and started to eat our food. As we were trying to get rid of it, Ocellus wanted to catch it for a partner, so Gallus is trying to help catch it.” Wingdings said.

“Wow... is he having any trouble?”

“He was at the beginning, he kept using quick attack, but Croagunk kept dodging it. But I gave him a quick lecture and he understood. He is now actually having a fighting chance against it.”

“Pikachu use Thunder Shock!” Gallus commanded Pikachu

“Pika!!” Pikachu jumped up in the air

“Pika! pika! Pikkka!” Pikachu started rub his cheeks and tiny lightning bolts came off.

“Chuuuuuu!!!” A big lightning bolt came off of Pikachu and towards Croagunk.

The lightning bolt hit Croagunk directly and made Croagunk fall on the floor.

“Nows your chance Ocellus, throw the pokeball!” Wingdings said to Ocellus.

“Right!” Ocellus said.

She threw the pokeball at Coragunk and Croagunk was sucked into the ball.

One tick...

Two ticks...

Three ticks...

...

*click*

The pokeball stopped moving and the light in the center stopped blinking. Ocellus have caught Croagunk.

“I... i did it.” Ocellus said.

“Yes. Yes you have. Great job.” Wingdings clapped.

“With a little help from me.” Gallus said.

“Thank you Gallus and Pikachu!” Ocellus said happily.

“No problem.”

“Pika!” Pikachu said happily.

The rest of the group clapped for Ocellus.

“T-thank you everyone.” Ocellus said shyly.

“Oh and guess what everyone.” Austin said excitedly.

“What is it Austin?” Wingdings asked.

“Sandbar caught his first Pokémon too!”

“Really that’s so cool!!” Silverstream said happily.

“What Pokémon did you get?” Wingdings said intrigued.

“I’ll show you.” Sandbar said.

He took out the pokeball and threw it on the ground and Burmy appeared.

“Burmy!” Burmy said happily.

“Woah! What is that Pokémon?” Smolder said curiously.

“This is Burmy. It’s a bug type Pokémon.” Austin said to the group.

“Woah.” The group said in unison.

“It kinda suits you Sandbar.” Silverstream said to Sandbar.

“How’s that?” Sandbar asked.

“You both have green skin. HA!” Gallus snickered. Smolder bumped his shoulder. “Ow!!”

“What he means by that is that you look good with that Pokémon.” Smolder said.

“Thanks Smolder.” Sandbar smiled.

“No problem.” Smolder smiled back.

“Well after we been interrupted by that Croagunk, I’ll make a new batch of soup and we’ll hit the road. Wingdings said to the group.

“Okay!” The group said in unison.

Wingdings made a new batch of soup and the group gave their Pokémon some more food, with Burmy and Croagunk part of their group. After everyone eat and the Pokémon eat their meal, they hit the road again. It took around 15 minutes to get to Sandgem Town. It had a few houses, a Pokémon center and a pokemart.

“We should heal up our Pokémon at the Pokémon center.” Austin said to the group.

“Is that where we go to get our Pokémon healed?” Sandbar asked.

“Yep! The Pokémon center always has the red pokeball sign on the building.”

“And what about the blue sign?” Sandbar pointed a hoof at the blue pokeball sign.

“Oh! That the pokemart. We can buy more pokeballs or pokeballs that are better. You can also buy potions to heal our Pokémon too.”

“Oh potions, just like Zecora.” Silverstream said.

“Uhh... sure, but less unpredictable.”

“Now let’s get your Pokémon healed up.”

“Right!” The group said in unison.

As the group went into the Pokémon center, they didn’t notice that they were being watched.

“Are you thinking what I’m thinking.” A voice said.

“Oh yeah. And you mean...” another voice said.

“Yes you dunderhead.”

“Right then... let’s capture these trainers Pokémon.”

To Be Continued...