"This is such a nice place" Sierra thought to herself as they stopped at the entrance so Chase could get a map. "I wonder if-" Her thoughts were cut short by a sudden shout. "You there!" a girl about Sierra's age in a green striped shirt was pointing at her. "Yeah you! I challenge you to a Pokemon battle!"

"My first battle!" Sierra thought to herself. Then out loud she said, "I accept. Go Tepig!"

"Go Snivy!" the girl had apparently been training her Snivy, because it looked tougher then the one at Juniper's lab.

"Snivy, use tackle!"

"Good move," Sierra thought. "Tackle isn't affected by type disadvantages."

"Tepig, dodge and use ember!"

"Snivy, jump out of the way and use vine whip!" Snivy leaped gracefully over the ember attack and launched two vines out of her golden collar. One hit Tepig in the face, and the other hit her on the leg. Tepig grimaced, hurt by the move just enough to get mad.

"Tepig, use ember right in front of you!" Tepig snorted pockets of fire in front of him. "Now tackle the ember, keep going, and hit Snivy!" Tepig charged through the embers, enveloping herself in fire, and charged Snivy. Tepig had learned flame charge! He smashed Snivy, knocking her back a couple yards to the feet of her trainer, where she lay fainted. "Snivy! Good job! Return and rest. She put him back in his pokeball and turned to Sierra. "Great fight! You're really clever!"

"Thanks! You put up a good fight um..."

"Christy. But my friends call me Chris. Nice meeting you-"

"Sierra."

"Cool, nice name. Well, guess I'd better get to the Pokemon Center."

"Ok, bye!"

As Chris ran off to get to the Pokemon Center, Sierra realized that she had no clue where she was, and Chase, who had the map, was nowhere in sight.

"Hey Chris! Wait up!"