Belle's Journal

When I left the lab--I wasn't actually thinking I would run into my first pokemon.... I didn't even think that it would be a Caterpie either, poor little thing looked so frighten..... It didn't seem to want to fight, so I took a different approach to it, especially since it had gotten hurt on its fall down froma tree.

The little pokemon seemed to realize this when it started to go up the tree where it came from, it looked at me expecting me to follow--I decided it'd be for the best. I followed finding some slippery goop that almost ended with me falling off the tree. I thought this was what the Caterpie was trying to ask of me--to get rid of the goop. Didn't seem like it though as it kept climbing when I was cleaning the goop, and it started to move away some leaves above me--why I wasn't sure until I looked up after finishing cleaning the goop.

It was small and yellow, at closer inspection--my thoughts were correct--it was a pokemon egg! Why it was there? I really wasn't sure, but I had to get it out of the tree before Caterpie's string shot had worn off and the egg might've fell to the ground, and break. That was something the Caterpie didn't want--so I told him I would take it instead, and it became interesting at that as Caterpie decided to become my partner along for the right.

I was happy to have a new partner, I went as far as naming him Canas. Teal had taken his place at sitting on the egg to keep it warm as I started to figure out how to get it off the tree. That's when it appeared, I heard Teal cry out as I noticed something fly over ahead of us, then something coming in our direction missing us the first time--a Skarmory! It must've have wanted the egg to eat, but we weren't going to give him that chance, and Teal went out to battle Skarmory.

I don't know how it happened, but somewhere along the battle I ended up hanging upside down on the branch holding the egg tightly by string shot trying to send it down. Caterpie and me decided that was the best action as Teal continued lower the egg inch by inch, but then it turned to the worst as the string shot was breaking. I had to act quick or the egg would be a goner, I noticed how Skarmory had lost balance and ended up taking a nose dive into the earth below us--good job Teal!

However that was pride was short lived as the string broke and the egg started to go down--I did the only thing I did--I let go of the tree to catch the egg, I held onto Caterpie protectively as I caught the egg holding it near me as well..... I'll tell you one thing--I won't be doing that again anytime soon--my back is still sore from the landing! Though the best part of this encounter was that Skarmory had finally decided that there was no point in attacking anymore now that I had the egg safely in my arms.

Seemed like it didn't want it's butt handed to him by Teal either as he turned and flew away--leaving Teal, the Caterpie I've now named Canas, and the egg alone. I had Teal return to his pokeball as me and Canas traveled to the nearest pokemon center to get everyone checked out and better before continuing on with my job and adventure--I'll tell you one thing--it's definitely going to be a wild one!