Pink, Day 35: Simply shocking.

Hello, and welcome to the Pokémon Center!

With the Pokémon-athon over, it was time for everyone to clean up and pack everything away.  Applejack included.  She was happy with her winnings and gave me a share of them (three thousand Pokémon dollars!) as a farewell gift and for helping Fluttershy.  Applejack also allowed me to keep the Ponyta for a while.

She said she had a friend in Goldenrod City called Twilight Sparkle (weird name if you ask me, though since you didn't, carry on reading) but for some reason her friend hadn't been responding to calls or emails.  Applejack put a letter in a saddlebag she attached to Fluttershy's saddle and asked if I could take the letter and Fluttershy to Twilight.  If Twilight wasn't there then Applejack wanted me to call her right away and let her know of the situation.  Applejack would go herself but she had a family to take care of and for the moment wasn't able to go very far.  Especially not as far as a different region.

I said my goodbyes to Applejack and led Fluttershy across the path towards Vermillion City.  It was time I won a badge.  Uncle Gio would be opening Viridian City Gym in a few days and I wanted to be there to see him.  Perhaps he could figure out why people were calling me Nurse Joy all the time as I couldn't see why.

Upon reaching Vermillion, I spotted a group of people clearing up a wreckage that probably was once a building.  There was an old man stroking a soot-covered Rapidash and some people around him, hugging him.

I stepped off Fluttershy and put her in a Pokéball since Applejack didn't give me one.  The Pokéball disappeared.  Well bloody heckers, I guess I do have a limit.  But why was it seven Pokémon?  Where had this Chansey even come from?

Anyway, I decided to keep moving, heading right for the Vermillion Gym until I was met by the most formidable force in all the land.

A bush.

I could burn it down but the city seemed to have had enough of fire for the moment.  It was time to do some surfing!  Vaporeon practically refused and tried to run away but oohhhh nooo, that Pokémon was going to do as it was told!  After ten minutes and a few bruises, I managed to sit upon Vaporeon and I began my journey across the water.  Two seconds later, I got back on land.  If you can't cut the bush, surf round it!

Next, I walked to the Pokémon Gym and entered.  The place was crazy with people running around bins situated in rows across the room.  Right ahead were two gates of electricity that were powered by some machine and beyond them stood a tall fierce man.  I surmised he was the Gym Leader.

While I surveyed the area, a trainer challenged me to a battle.

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Electric Pokémon are bloody horrible.  Once I heal my Pokémon at the Center, I am going to come back and beat this trainer up.  Nurse Joy style!  Oh just wait, he will be hating on me because I'll be stylin' on him!

We hope to see you again soon!

Nurse Pink J-J-J-Mc-J-c-Q-o-u-yyyyyyyyyyyy