pokemon adventure

chapter hundred fifty four

Chapter 154

The Johto Festival,

The Lilypad Contest

And The Tag Battle

Today had come to a village. They were all hungry and were just about to go get something to eat, but then they noticed something. A Marill was stuck between two houses. Pikachu, Growlithe and Piplup pulled Marill out at once. "Hey Marill are you okay?" asked Ash. Marill wasn't hurt and it was happy to be free again. Dawn looked at Marill on her pokedex and thought it was a very cute pokemon.

Suddenly a girl wearing a white cap with a red ribbon ran up. "There you," she said to Marill "and how did you get here?" "Is Marill yours?" asked Dawn. "Yes, but it keeps on wondering off" said the girl. She returned Marill to its pokeball and introduced herself as Lyra. The gang also introduced themselves. Lyra liked Piplup and scanned him on a pink and white pokedex. "Nice pokedex" said Dawn. "Thanks this is one of the newest model of pokedex in the Johto region" said Lyra. "Wait are you from Johto?" asked Ash. "Yes, have you heard of it?" asked Lyra. "Brock, Tomo and I travelled through the Johto region a couple of years ago" answered Ash. "Wow, then you lot should come with me," said Lyra "I have something cool to show you".

The cool something was a small festival was being held in the village. "This is the Johto festival;" said Lyra "the people who are running the festival, including me, have been traveling everywhere to help promote the Johto region". "Nice" said Ash. Suddenly a ring tone was heard and Lyra took out a gadget from her pocket. "Hey a pokegear" said Ash, remembering the pokegears back in Johto. Lyra answered her pokegear and a boy on the phone spoke up, saying they needed Lyra back. "I'll be right there" said Lyra. Just then a big tv screen and a commercial featuring Lyra was on. Lyra showed off a commercial of the Johto region with shots of Ecruteak City, Goldenrod City, Olivine City and Blackthorn City. "That does bring back memories" smiled Ash, who was watching the commercial.

Lyra led the gang to a stall what she was working with. At the stall was a man and a boy who wore glasses and they were selling things from Johto as Moomoo milk, apricorns, berry pots, rage candy bars and apriblenders. "Oooh moomoo milk" said Tomo, who loved the stuff a lot. He brought some right away. "You like moomoo milk young man?" asked the man. "I do," answered Tomo "I also like the cheese, ice cream and other thinks you make with moomoo milk". "Well then have this as well" said the man. He produced some ice cream, make from the moomoo milk. Tomo had some ice cream at once and so did Ash, Dawn and Brock. The boy introduced himself as Khoury and the man was his dad. Lyra explained Khoury's dad was the one in charge of the festival.

Dawn noticed a Totodile sitting behind the stall and looked at it on her pokedex. It belonged to Khoury. Piplup wanted to say hello, but Totodile was distant. "Sorry my Totodile is always like that," said Khoury "and it won't eat any of the food I make for it". Brock tasted some of the food and saw it was a bit too sweet. "Do you have any chesto berries?" he asked Khoury. "Yes I do" said Khoury, presenting a basket of chesto berries. Brock crushed a few chesto berries into powder and sprinkled it onto Totodile's food. Totodile ate the food up at once because it tasted better with the chesto berries; the berries made the food less sweeter. Khoury was amazed by this. "I'm studying to become a pokemon doctor, so I know a lot about pokemon breeding, so I'll give some pokemon food recipes I know" said Brock. "Thank you" said Khoury. "Did you get Totodile from Prof Elm Khoury?" asked Ash. "Yes I did, do you know Prof Elm?" said Khoury. "Yes, Brock, Tomo and I met him when we went to the Johto region about 3 years ago" said Ash. "Really?" said Lyra.

Before Ash could say anything else Totodile spoke up. "I think Totodile is reminding you of the show that's about to start" said Khoury. "Oh I nearly forgot about that" said Lyra. Lyra was putting on an expedition about Johto region pokemon. She introduced herself to everyone at the festival and said she was from New Bark Town in Johto. The big TV screen showed images of a Chikorita, a Cyndaquil and a Totodile, and Lyra explained about them being the starter pokemon you get in Johto. Next Lyra tossed a pokemon and out came a Chikorita; it was hers. Dawn looked at Chikorita on her pokedex. "No doubt Lyra chose Chikorita as her starting pokemon" said Brock. Suddenly Lyra pointed to Dawn and asked her to battle her and Chikorita. The reason was as Lyra knew that Piplup was a Sinnoh starter pokemon. Lyra thought it would be perfect to hold a battle between a Johto starter pokemon and a Sinnoh starter pokemon for the show. Dawn was surprised but went up onto the stage. Lyra told Dawn that if she won the battle she would get a fabulous prize. Dawn liked the sound of prize and she and Piplup agreed to battle at once. Khoury's dad became the referee.