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At the start of the day, Barry challenges me to a Pokemon battle. He loses pretty handily, and I don't lose a single pokemon.

I chased a galactic grunt around, before beating him too.

Afterwards, Cynthia gives me some medicine for the psyducks and a charm to deliver to her grandmother. I deliver it, and then meet Cyrus. Apparently he's the leader of Team Galactic, and really likes to tell random people this. Cynthia's Grandma gives me surf, but before I can use it I have to earn another badge!

I return to Hearthome City and enter the gym. I answer all the questions wrong on purpose. Some of the trainers are really rough. Garrus nearly went down to a Gengar, but was saved by Volt Switch. Batwoman came through -- to think a pokemon I once thought might be expendable, is now one of my most valuable allies. No pokemon are expendable. I know that now. We may lose some lives along the way, but everyone contributes in their own way. Shelly evolved into Gastrodon during this time as well.

When I'm ready to face Fantina, I stashed everyone in the box except Owen, Ron Weasely and Garrus. I start with Ron Weasley, who bites Driftloon. Driftloon uses Fly, though, and on my next turn I use an X Attack. The next bite takes Driftloon down. Aftermath, however, takes Ron down to about 1/2 health. I play it risky when she sends out Gengar. Ron Bites again, and... Gengar Flicnhes! Another bite, and Gengar goes down. It disables bite in the process. I recall Ron Weasley and send out Garrus. A bite takes it down significantly, but Mismagius outspeeds Garrus, and gets two attacks, using one to confuse him. At that point.. I had a decision to make. Garrus can't risk using volt switch, so I can switch to Ron -- potentially sacrificing him. Or I can switch to Owen and she gets a free hit on him. I go with my trusty starter and send Owen out. He takes the hit, dealing only about 1/5th of his healthbar of damage. Owen outspeeds Mismagius, and knocks it out the rest of the way with FlamWheel. I win the battle, and my fifth badge!

On Route 218 I caught a Mr. Mime and named him Marcel. Then Barry challenged me. I started to wonder why he considers himself my rival. No, Maylene is my rival. After what her Lucario did to Angry Bird... After defeating him, he tells me I'm ready for the next gym. I figure if he can do it, how hard can it be?

In the gym, BB-8 evolves into Bronzong.

Getting ready to face Byron, I return to the pokemon center and placed all my pokemon in the box except Owen, Shelly and Ron Weasley. Garrus was too high of a level, and I didn't want to take him to the Steel Gym leader anyway.

Byron started with his Bronzor. I started with Owen. Flame Wheel hit a crit, and Bronzor was down. Next came Steelix. I withdrew Owen, and sent out Ron Weasley. This turned out to be a fatal mistake... Steelix used Earthquake, and it took Ron Weasley down to Critical health. I then had three choices: One, use a Hyper potion (the only One I have) and hope Steelix doesn't use Earthquake again. Two, use Surf and hope it takes out Steelix. Three, Recall Ron Weasley and send out Shelly. I didn't want to waste a turn swapping out, and I figured a Surf could take the beast down. It'd worked well so far. There was only one problem: It had Sturdy. Ron did enough damage to take Steelix out. But Sturdy prevented it from going down. Another Earthquake, and Ron Weasley was gone. He'd been with me so long. I still remembered picking him over Poseidon the Gyarados. I thought we could make it to the league together. Become champions. But it wasn't meant to be. I gritted my teeth, and sent out Shelly. Byron used a hyper potion. Shelly used Surf. Byron used another Hyper potion. Shelly used Surf. Shelly used one last Surf, which took Steelix down. Ron Weasley had been avenged. Last up was Byron's Bastiodon. Shelly used Surf, which took it down a bit below half health. It ate a berry, but I figured another surf would finish it. Bastiodon's moves weren't effecive against Shelly. She used surf again, and the sixth badge was mine. I'm not sure I could have saved Ron. Maybe if I had chosen another pokemon in his or Shelly's place. I'm sorry, friend. You served me well.

At this point, I decide to try to find pokemon in places I hadn't had an encounter yet. My team was dwindling at a pace I wasn't sure I could handle.

On Route 211, I caught a meditite and named her Faith. Then in Lost Tower I caught a Gastly and named him Peeves. And in Wayward cave I caught a Gible and named him Wrex. Satisfied that I had found what I could, I went to take on Team Galactic.

At Lake Valour, I effortlessly take down Commander Saturn. Revenge does a bit to Garrus, but Volt Switch gets him to safety, and lets Batwoman finish the job.

Lake Verity is another story. Where my journey began. Would it end here too? A double battle against a pair of Team Galactic Grunts takes longer than I'd like. But it's when I get to Commander Mars the trouble began. Garrus gets poisoned, but shakes it off. Purugly did some serious damage with a scratch. Not feeling safe with him out there, I call for him to use Volt Switch and send out Owen who defeats Purugly with ease. The Golbat I worry about, but as it turns out I shouldn't have. Owen takes it down with one hit as well. Then lastly Bronzor, who goes down to one flame thrower. After the battle, Wrex evolved into a Gabite. Up next, finding out if Barry's okay at Lake Acuity. But that will have to wait until tomorrow.

Current team:
Owen (Infernape, Level 44)
Garrus (Luxray, Level 43)
Batwoman (Crobat, Level 39)
BB-8 (Bronzor, Level 34)
Shelly (Gastrodon, Level 38)
Wrex (Gabite, Level 24)

In The Box:
Zootopia (Girafarig, Level 21)
Jiminy (Kricketune, Level 20)
Sadie (Ponyta, Level 22)
Poseidon (Gyarados, Level 20)
Darwking (Psyduck, Level 19)
Joy (Blissey, Level 28)
Conker (Pachirisu, Level 29)
Muffy (Bidoof, Level 11)
Sally (Wooper, Level 22)
Dudette (Graveler, Level 32)
Marcel (Mr. Mime, Level 30)
Faith (Meditite, Level 28)
Peeves (Gastly, Level 17)

Cemetery
Rhonda (Machop, Level 6)
Rose (Roselia, Level 22)
Angry Bird (Staravia, Level 32)
Fifi (Stunky, Level 23)
Ron Weasley (Floatzel, Level 38)