Three Down
#1 of Cassidy's Journey
Cassidy recently started her pokémon journey across the region of Kalos. The young hex maniac's end goal is to conquer the elite four using her four trained pokémon. While on her vast adventure, the teen slowly falls into a deeper variation of love with her starter pokémon that she can communicate with telepathically, her braixen.
This is Cassidy's current outfit description. It would be a hassle to describe within the story:
Smooth; laced, black high boots with steel buckles lining each side of them.
Black leggings and a short, thin black skirt worn over them with a single violet stripe lining the right & left sides.
Solid black gloves extending to her elbows in length. Dark purple lacings cover the upper half of each glove. The gloves end at the top of her hand.
A tght-fitted, very smooth button-up black jacket. Not soft, made from leather material. It conceals her neck.
Black, bobcut styled hair with dyed purple highlights visible at the ends.
"That's three down... Five more to go." Cassidy placed Shalour City Gym's rumble badge to the right of her other two resting inside of her small black case. She just finished battling gym leader Korrina, and her pokémon had gone through quite a fight during that encounter. All except for her braixen. He wasn't much of a fighter, and Cassidy never had him battle unless it was necessary.
She slipped the case into her zip-up pouch kept on the left side of her hip and exited the gym, walking to the local Pokémon Center. Cassidy gave three out of four of her pokéballs to the nurse once inside. She sat in one of the chairs by the door while waiting with other trainers. Cassidy couldn't believe she was progressing through Kalos's gyms so quickly. She heavily trained her pokémon last year while eighteen, and in three months, Cassidy conquered three gyms across the region.
She pulled a folded paper map from her jacket pocket and opened it. It displayed a detailed layout of Kalos. "Coumarine..." It's the city next door to Shalour. Cassidy would have to pass through Route 12 to get there. Coumarine City was her next location.
It took a few more minutes for Cassidy's pokéballs to be returned to her at the counter. She thanked the nurse and left the center promptly. She wasn't one to typically socialize or interact with others, not even with other hex maniacs like herself. Cassidy dropped her pokéballs into her bag and started toward Shalour City's exit. The warm afternoon sun reflected off of her pretty, emerald-colored eyes and shone against her pale skin. It let Cassidy know she had many hours left before evening would arrive. Couriway Town was where she resided, and Cassidy was currently on the opposite side of the region. It would take her a while to get back home, but that was the last thing she was worried about. Cassidy had to leave Coumarine City's gym in the dust. The gym's leader specialized in grass types, so as much as Cassidy didn't want to use her beloved starter pokémon, it would be wise to do so. She saw her braixen as more of a loving companion than a pokémon she would use to battle with regularly. Of course, Cassidy had him trained well, and he could put up a tough fight, but it simply wasn't in his nature.
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With Shalour City behind her, Cassidy strolled along the mixed terrain of scenic Route 12. Grassy ground with a few trees sprinkled about made up most of the route, but sandy terrain with a small body of water ahead of it divided the route into two sections. Cassidy had to stride across the river to get to the other side. Her outfit was soaked as a result, but Cassidy knew it would dry quickly under the sun. After she was back on land, Cassidy took the route's long dirt path and entered the city in roughly three minutes. She looked up at Coumarine's cloudless sky, then ahead at the many skyscrapers and roads built around a blue ocean. Coumarine was a relatively large city. Cassidy had quite a walk ahead of her. The climate was slightly cooler than it was in Shalour due to Coumarine being a port city. She saw many trainers and pokémon walking about as she traversed west along the roads and past grass patches and trees sprinkled throughout the city, buildings both compact and tall towering above.
Coumarine would give Cassidy her fourth badge, and in turn, would bring her one step closer to challenging the Elite Four.