From: AzNPiKaPi <aznpikapi@aol.com.angel> Subject: [PW!] Back to Old Man Andrews Date: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 7:30 PM Wind opened her eyes. A crack of light entered into her room. It was still quiet in the Pewter City Pokemon Center. The five pallet townies were still sleeping in their bunks. It was 6.00 AM. Wind put on her cargo pants and gray Nike sweatshirt. She wore a Brock's Diner shirt just in case it got hot. She walked into the lobby. She looked out the window and surprise surprise it was raining, the angle of the other angle completely deceived her. She groaned. Nurse joy was already busy at work making a breakfast. "Good morning Nurse Joy." "Good morning, what would you like?" Wind looked over the variety of foods, all of which seemed to resemble cafeteria food. "Umm...just a cup of coffee and a scone will do it." "OK, 4.50" 4.50 for coffee and a scone.. this isn't exactly Starbucks you know. Wind paid reluctantly and went back to the room. The food was mediocre but still tasted fine, and the coffee was a little flat, but still fine. She put on her blue FUBU windbreaker and her black Muk/Hello Nasty boater hat( hey it'd be so cool if they actually sold those...). Her pokemon were fed by Nurse Joy already and she was ready to go. It was now 7:00 AM. Her new shoes hit the floor as she picked up some food for her journey and tied her old shoes to the new hiking bag she bought. Her messenger bag was hooked on even though it was hanging off of her. Wind started getting camping savvy and was prepared. The pallet townies started to stir. One of them walked up to her. "Hey can we tag... I mean wanna tag along with us? We hear that Old Man Andrews is a great place and he's taking challengers at his unofficial Wild Pokemon Gym now. But it's close to the Diet Coke Bottle and..." "I know I know, fine you guys can tag along with me. I doubt Team Rocket would want to attack a bunch of 10 year olds from Pallet Town and pokemon tech anyway." Wind smiled a bit at her words realizing that's exactly what they'd like to do. But that wouldn't happen. For some reason despite the closeness of Old Man Andrews to the TR establishment, they're were never any problems, except for a few squabbles about paying bills. "All right, if you want to leave with me, we go in 20 minutes people, hussle!" Soon the pokemon center woke up and the room seemed to pass around her for a while. They finally all assembled at about 7:35. 30 minutes on the road wasted, Wind though. "OK let's go" After about an hour Wind was finding herself slowing down for the ten trainers. The three of the ten went to pokemon tech and wanted to be researchers. One of them wanted to be a breeder. Two wanted to be doctors. One just came along with friends but owned fragile looking Oddish. Three wanted to become pokemon masters. They wanted to become the Pallet Town Ten! And open an area just like Old Man Andrews. Their dreams seemed pretty Far-Fetched, but they were solid to the 10 friends. Wind felt slightly jealous of them and their carefree lives. She didn't have any goals at all. As far as she knew was homeless and wandering around. They had homes to go to at night. They were disappointed not many trainers challenged them over Mt. Moon. Wind's shoes benifited her but they townies took an along time. Finally they reached the bottom of the hill. "There it is, there it is children, behold the Diet Coke Bottle from hell!! Better take some snapshots" They looked on in awe but saw some people point at them, startled they sped away with Wind after them. After some extreme confusion and stress on her part, they reached old man andrews. Just in time for nightfall. "You guys all go ahead and get rooms. I have some business to care of." Wind then disappeared into the shadows and walked into the diner area. Old Man Andrew was serving up some soup to a Team Rocket member. He was exactly like she'd left him. Thin man with graying hair and a smile with a few teeth missing. A warm smile. It was good to be home. "Hey guess who?!" "Wind!" The old man hugged her like a daughter. "How have you been, I haven't heard from you in three months, I was so worried!" Wind smiled. "Let's go sit in the cafe. I think Darlene can take care of things. I've got a lot to tell you..." TBC On the next story.... Winds complete backstory summarized into an extremely long dialogue! This should help some people! Plus some a humorous turn of events in Cerulean City! A [WG] for Devon Jack Clearmountain. All on the next PW! When I first saw you I already knew There was something inside you Something I thought I would never find I look at you looking at me Now I know why they say the best things are free Gonna love you boy you are so fine Angel of Mine