From: saint84@my-deja.com (saint84@my-deja.com) Subject: [PW!] The Start of a Journey Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon Date: 2000/04/08 "Well Tumbleweed," Taron said to the sandshrew walking next to him. "I really don't know why you want me to become your trainer. But, if we're going to make this work better than with your last trainer you have to do something for me." He stopped and knelt down in front of the squat pokemon. "I'm blind tumbleweed, so I need you to be my eyes. Can you do that?" Tumbleweed nodded. "shwew." "Good, well then it looks like the first thing I need, is a license." they began walking, Tumbleweed leading, Taron following. The nearest place to get a trainer's license was a town called Fuschia City. They were heading in that direction. Along the way Taron wished that he had a pokeball with him, because he encountered many interesting types of pokemon. But of course he wouldn't be aloud to capture them, even if he did. Finally they reached Fuschia City. He'd been there before in the course of his wanderings, but never with an actual purpose. Tumbleweed led him towards the pokecenter. He walked nervously up to the counter. "Welcome to the pokemon center." A cheerful voice said "How may I help you?" Taron "stared" blankly for a moment, Tumbleweed tugged on his pant leg. "sandshwew!" It said. "Huh? Oh, sorry. I was just wondering if you could tell me where I can get a pokemon trainer's license?" Nurse Joy smiled. "Of course, you can get one right here." She ducked behind the counter for a moment and appeared with a few sheets of paper. "Just fill out these forms and you'll be all set." Nurse Joy was wondering why he was just starting now, but, being ever polite, didn't mention it. Taron took the papers, felt them for a moment then handed them back to her. "Uh, you wouldn't happen to have these in Braille, would you?" Nurse Joy stared for a moment confused. "OH!" She laughed silently, that's why, he's blind. "No, I'm sorry, we don't." Taron slumped a bit. "But, if I ask you the questions and write down your answers, we can just use these forms." Taron grinned. "Okay." So with Nurse Joy's help Taron filled out the forms, and soon he had a brand new Pokedex in his pocket, and a complimentary pokeball for Tumbleweed. "Thanks alot Nurse Joy!" Taron said grinning. Nurse Joy smiled back "my pleasure" Taron walked out of the pokecenter, his pokemon Tumbleweed by his side, eagerly awaiting the adventures to come. However, they would have to wait until tomorrow