It was a hot, sunny day. Sweat dribbled down Misty's forehead. Three other girls trailed behind her, each of a different color hair. The Cerulean sisters, Daisy, Lily, Violet and the youngest, Misty were off on Vacation from their gym back in Kanto. For the past two hours they had been hiking up to the National Park, a large, grassy area in the world of Jhoto. Every weekend the owners of the park, two boys, would hold a bug catching contest. Many insect-like pokemon lived here. "Its almost like the Safari Zone", Misty muttered as she stepped inside the air conditioned building leading out to the park. She and her sisters stared through a large window revealing the park's contents. Trainers scattered all over were tackling bug pokemon with their's and tossing pokeballs confidently, like there was no tomorrow. "What are they doing?" Lily asked, turning to a boy standing behind a desk. "Well, it's Saturday. Those trainers are competing in a bug catching contest. My brother and I are terribly sorry, but its already begun and there is no space for you four to enter." The boy's eyes showed sadness. He looked about eighteen. "I-it's okay". Misty was trembling as she staggered back. "We aren't bug pokemon fans." Misty hated bugs as much as her sisters. "Oh, don't be such a fraidy cat, little sister", Daisy shot Misty a glance that showed much expression, and Misty could tell Daisy was a bit startled, too. "On the other hand," the teenaged boy continued, "I can make arrangements for you to come watch the judging." "That'd be great!" Misty exclaimed. At least one event before we unpack and head for a hotel. It was my idea to come to the National Park first, so why not add some fun to it? Misty thought to herself. The group followed the boy around the park and into another building. "Now what?" Violet asked, rolling her eyes up to the ceiling as the boy left them there and exited into the park. "Well, wait I guess," Misty answered sacastically. "What did you think?" "Well, you're not the smartest, little sister, so we could've done something more amusing than wait", Daisy spat. Misty's face turned a bright red. "Like what!" "Like look around the room", Lily replied, walking off to the corner of the room. Suddenly, the door burst open and a rampage of trainers barged in, and took their places in front of another desk. The two boys sat at the other side of the desk. "Alright everyone", the first boy said. "I'm going to be the judge. Hand your balls to my brother." There was an uproar of voices handing the balls to the other boy, but it finally died down. Everyone was silent as the boys each used pokedexes on the pokemon, finding the strongest one. "Who caught this?" One boy would call out, the other scanning the crowd for an answer. The announcement was finally made. The boy who was titled "judge" cleared his throat and declared, "Poke Maniac Elmer who caught a Pinsir came in first..." It soon ended. Everyone headed outside. Lily opened the door and shrieked. Misty, Violet and Daisy rushed to see what happened. A large Scyther stood before them. No one else was afraid of bug pokemon so they had run past it. But this group couldn't. |
