Mitch and Charmander are hiking up a steep forested path that is starting to turn into more rocky terrain as they walk. " With how its looking, we should arrive at Mt. Moon within the hour and once we get through there, we should make it to Cerulean City," Mitch says as Charmander hops from rock to rock. Eventually, they pass through a small muddy area and on the other side, Mitch notices some muddy footprints coming out it. He stops to look at the tracks and turns to Charmander, " does something about these tracks seem familiar to you," he asks as he pulls out his Pokedex. He opens up a special app on the Pokedex that is designed to scan footprints to determine the exact Pokemon that made them. He points the Pokedex at the track as it quickly scans them and starts going through the Pokemon database.
" Bulbasaur, the Seed Pokemon, Bulbasaur likes to take a nap in the sunshine. While it sleeps, the seed on its back catches the rays and uses the energy to grow." " Are you serious!, Charmander, we have to follow this tracks and see if we can catch up to that Bulbasaur, so we can have a chance to catch one, they're a very rare Pokemon to find in the wild," he excitedly yells as he sprints up the path following the tracks as Charmander struggles to keep up with him, " Char, Char, Char, Char, Char, Char, Char, Char, " it gasps as it chases after its over excited trainer.
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" Come on, Charmander, try to keep up," Mitch hollers at the Fire type as it struggles to keep up with me. The environment has changed and the trees have been replaced by large rock formations they get larger and larger as the path continues, Eventually, the muddy Bulbasaur tracks fade way and Mitch stops, squats down, and tries to catch his breath. " The tracks may have ended, but," " Chaaaaaarmaaaaaander," Charmander, not looking where is is going, slams head first into Mitch's back knocking both of them to the ground. " You ok, little buddy," he asks " Charmander, Char," it replies as the get back to their feet. " Sorry, for pushing you too hard. The tracks are gone, but giving where they stopped there's only one way it could go: Mt. Moon. Let's go see if it's there," Mitch says as they begin to walk forward.
After a few minutes of walking, the two of them stand at the entrance to a large cave. A sign next to the opening to the cave says " Mt. Moon." " Let's go," Mitch says as they walk into the cave. As they travel, through the cave the only pokemon that they see are large groups of Zubat, small groups of Paras, more Zubat, a Clefairy every once in a while, and some more Zubat. " I don't think there's a Bulb," Mitch begins to say as he steps into a large puddle of water that he didn't notice until he was right on top of it. There is a set of tracks that are on the other side of the puddle and they are the same size and shape as the Bulbasaur tracks from earlier. They follow the tracks, but they end up leading to a large hole in the ground. Charmander and Mitch look at each other and as if reading each other's minds, Charmander hops up on to Mitch's Shoulder, " Brace for Impact," he says as he jumps down into the hole. They land and Mitch's legs almost give out on him, but he catches himself at the last second. Charmander's tail flame gives them plenty of light to see as two thin green vines lash out at them. Charmander swats the vines away with Metal Claw and points its tail flame in the direction the vines came from revealing an angry Bulbasaur. " Bulba, Bulba, Bulbasaur," it aggressively shouts before wincing in pain. Mitch looks down and sees that Bulbasaur's front right leg is severely injured.
" Ok, front what I can tell, Bulbasaur stepped on a part of the ground that was unstable, feel through, and injured its leg in the fall, if we can get it to the Pokemon Center it should get healed in no time. The closest one is the one in Cerulean City, so let's get there as fast as possible," Mitch explains as he reaches for the injured Grass/ Poison type. " Bullllllbaaaa," it growls as it points its head at Mitch, its head flashes white for a second, and it lunges headfirst at Mitch as it strikes into him with a Skull Bash attack. Mitch is knocked against the cave wall as Bulbasaur yells out in pain from its leg wound. " Chaaaaaarmaaaa," " Stop," Mitch yells as Charmander prepares to use Ember on Bulbasaur. " Bulbasaur, it's ok, we're here to help you, we're not going to hurt you," he quickly says as he scoops the panting in pan Pokemon. Struggling to avoid falling unconscious from its leg pain, Bulbasaur begins to weakly strike Mitch's body with Vine Whip. Mitch ignores the weak attack as he turns to Charmander " We have to find a way out of here and fast," he exclaims.
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Mitch, still holding the injured Bulbasaur in his arms, and Charmander jump down a couple of ledges ( the exit to Mt. Moon can be seen behind them) and into a grass field. Bulbasaur has stopped hitting Mitch with its vines as it has finally realized that Mitch and Charmander are trying to help it. The entrance to a town is seen and a road sign next to it says " Welcome to Cerulean City" Mitch runs into the town and quickly finds the Pokemon Center.
He runs up to the counter and hands a slightly shocked Nurse Joy the injured Bulbasaur. " Nurse Joy! I found this wild Bulbasaur injured in Mt. Moon, can you please heal it for me," he asks. " No problem," she says as she takes Bulbasaur from Mitch and begins to take it back to the healing machine in the back room. A scared Bulbasaur is about to start striking Nurse Joy with Vine Whip when it sees Mitch smiling at it and Charmander , who has jumped up on the counter, giving it a thumbs up and pulls its vines back under its bulb.
A few minutes later, Nurse Joy comes back carrying a healthy and happy Bulbasaur. " Bulba, Saur, Bulba," it happily cries out upon seeing that Mitch and Charmander are still there. Nurse Joy sits Bulbasaur down on the counter as Mitch walks up to greet it " Hey, you feel bette," before Mitch can finish his question, Bulbasaur jumps down from the counter, lands at Mitch's feet, uses Vine Whip to grab an empty Poke Ball on Mitch's belt, and taps its head against the capture button. It gets sucked into the ball and after a few seconds, the capture noise goes off. Mitch picks up the ball containing his new Pokemon and turns to Charmander " Well, I guess that means we've made a new friend, what do you say we rest here for the night and go challenge the Cerulean Gym in the morning," he asks. " Charmander, Char, Char," it happily replies as they both smile.

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Mitch's Kanto Journey
FanfictionMitch Harper is a ten year old living in Pallet Town in the Kanto Region of the Pokémon world. Being ten means that Mitch can now set off on his Pokémon journey. What Pokémon will Mitch catch? Who will he battle? Where will his journey take him? W...