pokemon adventure

chapter fifty

Chapter 50

The Extreme pokemon race, Phanpy

And the Loyal Nine Tails

The gang were now on the way to Mahogany Town, where Ash could get his seventh gym badge. Right now they came to a town called Eggseter Town. It was a beautiful town, surrounded by mountains, valleys and hills. Just as the gang were about to head over to the town, they had an unexpected surprise. They saw Gary Oak riding on a skateboard, which was being pulled by Arcanine, around the green hills. "Hey Gary" Ash called out. Gary noticed the gang and greeted them at once. "It's been a while since we last saw each other," said Gary. "So Gary, what's with the skateboarding?" asked Ash. "Well Ash, Arcanine and I are going to enter the pokemon extreme race" answered Gary. "What's that?" asked Ash. Gary didn't answer; instead he and Arcanine took off. The gang also noticed that other trainers were skateboarding with their pokemon. "I guess they are all practicing for this pokemon extreme race" said Brock.

The gang had a meal in a restaurant in Exeter Town. But Ash kept thinking about the extreme pokemon race. "I think I want to enter this race," he admitted to the others "but I don't know a thing about this extreme pokemon race". "Perhaps I can help," said a voice. The voice belonged to an elderly man, who was sitting near the gang in the restaurant. "I participated in the extreme pokemon race a few times in my time," said the man "so I will gladly help you practice for the race". "Really?" asked Ash "thank you sir". The man introduced himself as Mr Shellby and the gang introduced themselves.

Mr Shellby gave the gang a ride on his Tauros and cart. "So Mr Shellby, what is the pokemon extreme race about?" asked Ash. "Well Ash, the pokemon extreme race is a sport that has been a tradition here in Exeter Town for a long time," said Mr Shellby "you see a long time ago, before cars, trains, buses and bikes were invented, people used pokemon to travel from the countryside to town, especially when there was an emergency. And even though there are now cars and all of that around, the people still love to ride with pokemon, so we came up with the sport for them to enjoy".

Just then Tomo noticed a house, with some people holding pokemon eggs. "Is that a pokemon day care center?" he asked. "It is Tomo," answered Mr Shellby "there are lots of pokemon day care centers around here. In fact my wife and I run one too". "Wow, could we visit it please?" asked Tomo. "Yeah can we?" asked Misty "it's been a while since we last visited a day care center and we love looking at pokemon eggs". "Certainly," said Mr Shellby "I will gladly take you there".

Mr Shellby brought the gang to his pokemon day care center and introduced his wife to the gang. "It's not nice to have some company here" said Mrs Shellby. Mrs Shellby was taking care of a pokemon egg. Apparently there were lots of pokemon eggs in Mr and Mrs Shellby's daycare center, and some baby pokemon were walking about too. The gang could not take their eyes off the pokemon eggs and baby pokemon.

While Misty, Tomo and Brock were helping Mrs Shellby care for the pokemon, Mr Shellby helped Ash with practicing the extreme pokemon race. Mr Shellby lent Ash his old kit for the sport; a skateboard and some equipment that trainers held on to while the pokemon pulled the skateboard. Apparently Ash was good with skateboarding; he had done a lot of skateboarding and mountain boarding lots of times as a younger kid. Ash had decided to use Bayleef as she was the right size for this, and she was strong and fast. Gary had noticed that Ash was practicing for the extreme pokemon race. "I warn you Ash," said Gary "I won't be going easy on you in the race". "Neither will I, on you, Gary" replied Ash. Thanks to Mr Shellby, Ash and Bayleef got the hang of the extreme pokemon sport, and they were ready for the race tomorrow.

The next day it was time for the extreme pokemon race. Those who were not in the race were sitting in seats and there was a camera and screen for the audience to see what was happening in the race. Tomo, Misty, Brock and Pikachu were in the seats. Ash and Gary, with Arcanine and Bayleef, were at the starting place with all the other participants and pokemon. The rules were the participants had to race all the way to Mr and Mrs Shellby's daycare center, pick up a dummy race and to race back to the starting line, which will become the finish line, holding the dummy egg. The winner would receive a gold trophy, with a pokeball on top, and the winning pokemon would get a medal. "I'll see you at the finish line Ash" said Gary. "It will be me at the finishing line first Gary" replied Ash.