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So I started over last night. Going to give a quick recap:

I pick Cyndaquil again. Name him Ash II this time.
On Route 29 I caught a Pidgey and named him Tweety
On Route 30 I caught a Caterpie and named her Luna.
In Dark Cave I caught a Geodude and named him Rocky
On Route 31 I caught a male bellsprout and named him Vic
In Sprout Tower I caught a Gastly and named her Sadako
On Route 32 I caught a Mareep and named him Dom.

Falkner's gym provided good experience for Dom. The battle with Falkner was a little more difficult. Pidgeotto nearly took him out, but I switched at the last moment for Ash II who dodged an attack and took out Pidgeotto's last remaining health. The Roost's were a tad annoying, but we managed to get out without casualties.

I decided not to hatch Togepi this time, just to save myself some time and energy in case the worst came down to it.

Ash II evolved into Quilava while fighting a wild pokemon

In Union Cave I caught a Sandshrew and named her Kate.
On Route 33 I caught a Zubat and named him Batman
While helping save the slowpoke, Dom evolved into Flaaffy.

Bugsy's gym once again proved little difficulty. To fight Bugsy himself, I bring Ash II, Tweety and Rocky. I figured Rocky could use the Experience points. Bugsy starts with Scyther, and the battle starts out rough. Gust doesn't do as much damage as I had hoped, and Scyther brings Tweety down to 1 HP. Naturally, I swap out, and send out Ash II. He too gets down to 1 HP before I take out Scyther. They were both some very close calls. Once he sends out his last two pokemon, I let Rocky deal with them and he has no trouble doing so. A very close call.

Before leaving town, I evolved Luna into Metapod and then Butterfree. On my way out of town, Nathan challenged to me a battle. I let Tweety do a bit of work, but he gets cursed and I have to send out Dom to take out his Croconaw and his Zubat. Both prove formidable, and almost take out Dom. But almost isn't good enough, and I beat him. After the battle, Tweety evolved into Pidgeotto.

In Ilex Forest, I caught an Oddish and named him Rad.
On Route 34, I caught another Drowzee and named her Elizabeth.

Once in Goldenrod City, I played a lot of Voltorb Flip and got a Dratini who I named Smaug. I also traded Elizabeth for Muscle the Machop. I train Muscle on the gym trainers as well as outside the city until he's Level 19. Then... I'm ready to face Whitney. Or at least... so I think.

I lead with Dom, who takes out her Clefairy pretty easily. She then brings out Miltank and the real battle begins. She uses stomp, and gets paralyzed. But she consumes a berry to heal herself of paralysis. Luckily, I chose to use Thunder Wave, which paralyzes her back. I then use a turn to swap to Muscle, who gets off a couple Karate Chops before Miltank takes him down. Muscle did his job well, getting Miltank down to the Orange. I knew this was a possibility going into the battle. I'd have to sacrifice Muscle. But was Dom up to the task? Thanks to Paralysis, Dom goes first -- one thunderbolt finishes it off. Miltank goes down. The Plain Badge is mine. Well after Whitney cried about losing. (How do you think I felt, monster?)

On Route 35 I caught a Nidoran and named her Poison.
Togepi hatches in the Park, and I named him Puck.
In National Park I caught a Sunkern and named her Fleur

While battling a trainer on Route 36, Poison evolved into Nidorina.
I caught the Sudowoodo on Route 36. I named him Leif.
Then on Route 37 I caught a Stantler and named him Dasher.

In Burned Tower, I catch a Rattata and name her Minnie. I also soundly beat Nathan. Piece of cake! Kate evolves into Sandslash. The Gym Trainers give me no trouble. Then I have a decision to make: Who to bring to the battle with Morty? Poison is a given. She has Bite, which I know will prove useful. Next is Sadako. Then I bring Ash II and Dom. I do a bit of training in Burned Tower until everyone except Dom is level 25 (Dom is level 24). Sadako evolves into Haunter during training.

Morty starts with his gastly. I start with Sadako, who uses Shadow Punch. It takes one hit to knock it out. He sends out Haunter, who takes a couple of Shadow punches before going down (after a super potion from Morty). Next up Gengar... his ace. But I also have an Ace up my sleeve. Sadako knows Sucker Punch, which she uses, and gets the first hit -- and Gengar goes down! After that, a Shadow Punch is all it takes to bring down his last Haunter. I get the Fog Badge!

Afterwards I realize I can trade evolve Sadako, so I do and Sadako evolves into Gengar.

On Route 38 I caught a Magnemite and named it Mags.

And that's where I quit for now. Lots of progress, and finally past Whitney and her Hell Beast of a pokemon!

Current Team:
Sadako (Gengar, Level 26)
Dom (Flaaffy, Level 24)
Ash II (Quilava, Level 25)
Poison (Nidorina, Level 25)
Smaug (Dratini, Level 22)
Tweety (Pidgeotto, Level 22)

Boxed:
Fleur (Sunkern, Level 12)
Rad (Oddish, Level 5)
Batman (Zubat, Level 6)
Minnie (Rattata, Level 13)
Vic (Bellsprout, Level 3)
Mags (Magnemite, Level 16)
Luna (Butterfree, Level 10)
Leif (Sudowoodo, Level 20)
Dasher (Stantler, Level 15)
Rocky (Geodude, Level 16)
Puck (Togepi, Level 11)
Kate (Sandslash, Level 22)

Deceased:
Muscle (Machop, Level 19)