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The Start of a New Adventure (Pokemon)

Her happiness for Matthew and Hope was short lived as she was immediately called to the arena by Brandon and the excitement she felt turned into nervous butterflies fluttering inside her stomach. Matthew had been incredible the way he took out Oliver's Rhyorn with just one blow. Hope had been readying herself for an attack the entire fight and that one hit was enough for an instant KO. She doubted her and Budew would be able to do the same. There were still a couple of things working in her favor, one she had the type advantage with Budew being a grass pokemon and if she played her cards well and worked together with her pokemon she might evolve. Evolution would really help her in the battle with Brock. So Rose decided the goal of this battle was going to be to get Budew to evolve.

Before she made her way into the arena she quickly high fived Matthew and smiled, winking at Hope who was standing next to her trainer proudly.
"Good job you two!"

Rose walked out onto the stone floors of the Pewter Gym, the rubble left behind after Oliver's and Matthew's battle was still spread across the field. There were no more stones left to hide behind so she couldn't use the same strategy as Matthew had. In fact she hadn't even thought of a strategy at all. It was difficult to plan out a strategy when she didn't know her opponent before hand. All she knew was that she would be facing a rock pokemon and hopefully that would be enough. There were two other apprentice trainers left standing next to Oliver, a girl and another guy both equally though looking, boasting some serious muscle. It was kind of intimidating to go up against.

Let's just hope for the best. Rose thought as she retrieved Budew's poke ball from her bag. She threw it gracefully up into the air and it burst open followed by a brief flash of light. After the light had dimmed down Budew revealed herself standing idly on her tiny feet, watching her surroundings with a look of wonder in her eyes. Rose wanted to make sure Budew knew what was going on and that she was about to battle an actual pokemon owned by another trainer. It wouldn't be so easily chased away by a stun spore attack.

"Budew!" Rose called out to her pokemon. It turned its tiny body to face its trainer, holding her vines to one side to let Rose know she was listening. Rose took a deep breath, trying to calm her beating heart. It was fluttering like a hummingbird inside her chest.
"We....We're going to battle another pokemon......" "You just need to try your best and........I believe in you" She added with a smile of encouragement. It was true, she believed Budew could do this and if anything looks could be pretty deceiving. Rose looked from Budew to the apprentice trainers to see who her opponent was going to be. They were talking among themselves and she couldn't hear them from the other side of the arena. Usually she didn't mind waiting but she was already incredibly nervous and she just wanted to start this thing. Budew and here were as ready as they'd ever be.

Finally after what seemed like an eternity the only girl in the group of apprentices stepped forward taking out her own poke ball. She pointed at Budew who was standing ready, a determined expression on its small face.
"Are you sure you wanna use that pokemon?" The girl had a questioning look on her face, seriously doubting Budew was capable of battling another pokemon. The fact that an apprentice trainer in a gym doubted her choice of pokemon caused her Rose to momentarily doubt herself too but she quickly brushed it off, determined to let nothing get in the way of her goal.

"I am sure, I trust Budew" Rose replied without an second thought, her earlier doubts completely gone away.
"Alright then it's your funeral" Oliver who was standing behind the girl snickered quietly.
"Don't be mean Jen, I like her she got guts" Oliver said to Jen after he gave Rose a quick wink. Rose pretended she hadn't noticed and focused on the arena as the battle was about to start.
Jen threw her poke ball straight at the ground with what felt to Rose as unnecessary force. It released a tough looking geodude, with two massive arms and no visible legs. Her opponent wasted no time and immediately sent Geodude after Budew, luckily it wasn't particularly fast.
"Geodude use tackle now!"

Rose was about to call out to Budew and tell her to dodge but instead Budew jumped up with surprising speed something Rose had never seen her do before. It left her baffled for a few seconds but she quickly remembered they were battening and she had the perfect opportunity to land an attack now.
"Budew use stun spore on Geodude." It would make the already slow rock pokemon even slower, making it easy picking for Budew. The tiny bud released a orange yellowish cloud of spores from the two vines on her head. The cloud made its way to Geodude and it followed Budew as she landed on the ground after her jump. Geodude got completely covered in it and looked severely hampered by it.
"Damn it" Jen growled as she watched Geodude get the full force of the stun spore attack. Now she would have no chance to hit that annoying bud even if she wanted to. Jen attempted to hit Budew with a couple of tackle attacks but they all failed, Geodude was slowed down too much.

"Be careful Budew" Rose said, warning her pokemon. Budew was darting around Geodude but if it managed to struggle through its paralysis she could easily be hit.
"Keep your distance from Geodude" Then seemingly out of nowhere and with speed Rose hadn't expected Geodude suddenly hurled a piece of stone straight at Budew. What Rose hadn't seen was Jen using the rock polish attack in between her attempts at hitting Budew, so Geodude was faster than normal right now. The rock throw attack hit Budew and Rose gasped fearing for her pokemon. She had to keep herself from running into the arena and check if she was okay. Budew fell face down onto the ground and couldn't get up right away. She struggled and used her vines to push herself up. When she was standing Rose could see the attack had done some pretty big damage. There was a way she could turn this all around and if her plan worked she'd probably win this battle in no time.

Rose kept a close eye on her opponent and her speedy Geodude. Another stun spore wouldn't work so she had to face it head on.
"Budew, get ready!" She called to her pokemon. Budew shook off the impact of the fall and looked ready to continue fighting.
Good... now let's do this.
"Now use absorb on Geodude"
Budew began to glow with a soft green light standing perfectly still. Jen saw this as an opportunity to land another attack sending in her Geodude to tackle Budew but before he made it over to the tiny bud he began to glow with the same green light. Only where Budew was looking peaceful and restoring her health Geodude was being drained of his. After the attack was done Budew was as good as new but Geodude couldn't even lift his arms anymore. It had no juice left in him to continue and Brandon saw this too. There was a moment of silence in which Rose just couldn't believe what had just happened.

Brandon pointed at Budew and her a cheerful smile on his face.
"Geodude isn't able to carry on fighting. Rose and Budew win!"
"Congratulations!" Brandon called out to her with a happy wave.

I can't believe this, she was stunned. Rose didn't know it could be this easy, did she just win her first pokemon battle. The young girl just stood there not really knowing what to say. She looked over her shoulder to face Matthew, with a look of disbelief on her face.

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I am if you want to.

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Good luck with your exams Partisan! (the ones you haven't done yet) :)

Also TJ you can have Warren roam the camp and meet some of the other characters, get some interaction going. Just a thought ^.^

The Start of a New Adventure (Pokemon)

I'm almost done with my post, I'm pretty sure I'll get it done tomorrow. I wanted to include the evolution part along with the battle and Brock appearing maybe?

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I did just post but I'm open to collaborate :)
Should someone want to of course ^.^

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Well it's easy to create a few female NPC's of course, but Floure definately won't be lonely XD
At least she has some eye candy ;)
Sometimes you need a bit of girl talk though so I'm glad for it.

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Floure

The rain was pelting down on her body relentlessly and the young fortune teller had grown weary of it. The row to the commanders tent stretched out to the far end of the camp and from what she could tell she wasn't even halfway there. She let out a frustrated sigh and continued to walk onwards stomping the ground with unnecessary force. All it did was cause her boots to sink further into the mud. She had to be careful though, with her measly height she might topple over trying to get out. Was there really nothing she could do to hurry things along?

There were only a handful of women in the row, most likely soldiers wives, cooks and seamstresses. They were all common women and while not unattractive by any means, they were very ordinary. Dressed in dull tones and simple formless dresses that did little to show their bodies. Floure stood out like a rose in a patch of weeds, though really the competition was so poor it wasn't hard. She made a point to seek out possible competitors in her line of work and judging from the women around the camp, none of them plied the same trade as she. If they were, they were doing nothing to draw potential customers. Perhaps the men around these parts liked that about women but she wouldn't be caught dead dressed like that, not even on her worst day. Floure knew she was going to do well here, people were always drawn to the exotic and different. Back home she was just one of many Traveler girls but here she was the only one.

It could be fun to test the water for a bit. She was bored to death anyway. A playful smile spread across her face. So far it had been a miserable day so she needed to enjoy herself. Floure untied the bright fuchsia shawl around her waist and draped it over her head to keep herself from getting soaked any further. She attempted to fix the mess of her hair, her curls were being weighed down by the rain making them appear longer than they actually were. Right in front of her was a man who had polished his armor in such a way that it shone even in the heavy rain fall. It was the perfect mirror to see how she looked. The image was distorted but she didn't look half bad, there wasn't much else to be done to improve it anyway.

Floure stood on her toes to look ahead and see who was standing farther along the row. A couple of places in front of the mirror knight was a young man, he was looking sideways so Floure could see his face and quite a handsome face at that. It looked like he was on his own and from his expression she could tell he was just as miserable as she'd been moments ago. Floure took a deep breath and went to stand next to the knight who'd been in front of her.

"Hello good sir"
"Do you see that man standing over there? He's my cousin." She said, pointing to her "cousin" standing in front. The knight looked down at her incredulously, not knowing where the young woman had suddenly appeared from. From the way she addressed him however he could tell she was a rude commoner.
"Yes I see him, what of it?" He practically sneered while he adjusted his grip on the shining helmet he carried in his right arm.
"Well I wanted to go and greet him, would you mind keeping my place in line?" Her words were accompanied by the most charming of smiles, her shimmering eyes able to disarm the man without even drawing a weapon of her own. Before the mirror knight had time to respond the young woman had already hurried off to the front of the line. Floure giggled as a series of profanities were thrown after her that would make even the Pretender blush.

She rushed to the young man's side and hooked his arm in hers before he even knew what was going on.
"Oh cousin it is so good to see you after all this time!, bless the Monarch for our meeting"
The young man didn't know how to respond and struggled to utter even a word, he had never seen this woman in his entire life. When he looked down at her, he was again at a loss for words. This time however at her appearance. She was indeed very pleasing to the eye, even in this horrendous weather.
"I know I'm speechless too!" Floure exclaimed dramatically, continuing to play along causing quite the scene. More than one pair of eyes were glancing at the couple quite oddly. And that was her cue to leave.

After a another series of charming smiles and honeyed words Floure had finally reached the commanders tent. She stepped inside, relieved to finally have a roof over her head. It was considerably less crowded inside the tent, most people passed through quickly and continued on their way. Floure was in no rush to go back outside and took her sweet time drawing the water from her hair, letting it drip on the floor.

"NEXT!" The booming voice nearly caused her to jump out of her skin and left her clutching her chest trying to calm her beating heart. The source of the voice was a stern looking man sitting behind a large table which was covered in open books. When no one came to the front he slammed his fist onto the table causing the inkpots to quiver dangerously.

"Hurry up foolish girl" The man standing behind her said, tired of waiting in the foul rain. Her heart was still beating like that of a hummingbird and the closer she got to the table the more she felt like running. The man sitting behind the registry looked like one of the Servants she'd seen roaming Coedwin castle. He was exactly the type of man she wished to avoid. The chance he knew the Robed Swords were after he was slim to none but the sight of the Monarch's cross around his neck was enough to make her stomach churn. When she stepped forward to write her name in one of the books she kept her face down, afraid to look him in the eye. She was taught to write by her grandmother but she also noticed a lot of the common folk simply put an X in the books, as they didn't know how to write. It was safer to do the same and pretend she couldn't write. The comfort of the tent had been a relief to her before but after seeing the commander she didn't know how fast to leave the tent in favor of the rain.

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Oh! Bless the Monarch, another woman in our midst. Finally I was beginning to think I'd be the only one XD

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I got off to a good start with my post, hopefully I won't change my mind when I continue tomorrow XD

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I can totally see her walking up to Terryn, a man of deep faith and say: "I'm Floure Camlo and I'm here to service your men, a pleasure to meet you" XD

Honestly she'll probably use her alias now that I think of it and she'll pass herself of as a cook or seamstress, both of which she's not particulary skilled it.