# Journies of Martha, Tea Time!

Author: QimmiQ
Tags: Human, Pokemon, Short, Violence, tea

#3 of The Journies of Martha

Well, I finally got off my ass and wrote this. I'm starting off where I left off (and a paragraph or two before, so it might easier for you folks)  
Thank you to anyone who reads this :)  
 

"My Name is Martha; I challenge you to a pokémon  
battle!"  
 

"I Candice accept the challenge. Let's do this!" Candice said very  
enthusiastically. "Get 'em Yena!" Martha called as she sent out Yena.  
"Go Sneasel!" in a burst of white light, Sneasel appeared. "Snea sol."  
it said with a glint in its eye.  
 

The battle was on. Candice versus Martha. "Sneasel, use Ice Shard!"  
Candice commanded. Unfortunately Yena was not fast enough, and the  
lump of ice hit Yena squarely in the chest. The Bite pokémon yelped  
in pain. "Yena! Hang in there!" Martha encouraged .Yena growled and  
sprinted to his opponent. "Yena, use Sand-Attack!" Sneasel's eyes were  
bombarded by a small wave of sand. "Good job, now use Bite!" Yena  
opened its maw wide and bit on Sneasel's forearm. "Not bad. You sure  
are sharp, but can you take this?" Candice said confidently. "Sneasol,  
use Icy Wind!" Sneasol opened its mouth, and super chilled air blasted  
across the field and hit Yena. Frost started to form across his fur.  
Yena staggered. "Yena! Are you alright?" Yena whimpered, but still had  
its fiery will. "Let's do our best! Let's try our trump. Use  
Payback!" Yena barked and Sneasol was pummelled by purple blows. The  
force the attack sent the Sharp Claw pokémon back.

 Both pokémon had suffered blows. Each looked beat up, Yena seemed weary. "Yena are you alright? Need to heal you up." she pulled out a potion and used it on  
Yena. He looked better. "I hope that helped. She is tough, but let's  
does our best!"  
 

"I got to hand it to you, you are doing decent. Your pokémon shouldn't  
know Payback, so it must have been a TM (technical machine). But let's  
finish this!" Candice called. "Let's do this! Go Yena!"  
 

Yena once again started to sprint. "Sneasol, Quick Attack now!" before  
Martha could call out a command, Yena was tackled suddenly from the  
side. Yena staggered and fell. Yena didn't stand up again. "Yena! Are  
you alright?" she called out, and returned the KO'd pokémon back to  
its pokéball. Yena seldom went in its pokéball. More out of habit  
than anything else.  
"There is a reason you're my idol Candice. Now for my last one. Go Aria!"  
Aria was sent out." Aria, use Poison Jab!" Aria's leg glowed purple  
and lunged for the Sneasol. It connected, Sneasol staggered. It showed  
signs of being poisoned. A look of pain flashed over its features and  
it fell. "Sneasol return!" light enveloped the fainted pokémon and  
returned to the pokéball.

"Now for my next pokémon. Go Piloswine!" Candice threw another  
pokéball and out came the Swine pokémon. "Aria, use Night Shade!"  
Piloswine dodged it and began to charge. "Piloswine, let's finish  
this! Use Stone Edge!" Aria was hit with a multitude of rocks. The  
blow was overwhelming. Aria fell and didn't rise.  
 

Martha had lost. She called back Aria and hung her head. She tried her  
best, but still Candice beat her. "You did great! I had lots of fun.  
Tell me, how many badges do you have?" Candice asked. "None..." Martha  
said sadly."None? For a first timer, you were amazing! But you need  
more practice. Practice for a while then challenges me. I'll be  
waiting here."  
 

She thanked Candice for her advice and left for the pokecenter. "Could  
you heal them please?" "Sure thing. Candice she is tough isn't she?"  
Nurse joy asked. "She sure is. I have to train harder. So then I can  
beat her." "Good luck." the nurse smiled. Martha left with Snowpoint  
City with a fiery resolve. She vowed to train her pokémon as best as  
she could for weeks, then challenge Candice.  
 

On her way out she noticed a young looking stranger walk into town. He  
had a bright orange/brown pokémon with him. He had a jacket, track  
pants and looked freezing. She rushed to him."Hi! You're coming here  
to challenge Candice?" she asked brightly. "Yup. I'm gonna beat her  
with my Monferno." he said as he patted his pokémon fondly. "Fer no."  
it said. "You look freezing. Here I'll help you." Martha offered/  
commanded. She insisted on have him place his weight on her shoulder.  
When they reached the pokecenter, she opened the doors for him and led  
him to the counter. Nurse Joy appeared and healed his pokémon. She  
noted three pokeballs. She noticed something shiny on his jacket. It  
was metallic and grey. A badge!  
 

Martha looked at him in awe. But the badge was different than the one  
Candice gave out. She knew because, years ago her mom showed her the  
Icicle Badge that she won. Since then she wanted one. The badge looked  
like a rock to her.

 "Let's sit you down. Would you like something to hot drink?" "Sure. What is there?" he asked. "I can make good tea. I hope it'll do for now. I'll add some spices to it to help warm you up quicker." "But-" he started but she wouldn't take no for an answer.

She opened her tea caddy and got hot water from Nurse Joy and started on  
the tea. She asked if his pokémon had any food preferences. He said  
not really. So she gave him some pokémon food.  
 

When the tea was ready she gave him a cup. The tea had no milk. He  
looked at her like she was crazy; she huffed to him that that kind of  
tea didn't need milk. He sipped the tea under her stern, but concerned  
stare.  
At first his face was impassive, and then puzzled, then a small smile.  
"It's good. I thought it would be mouth- blistering hot." he said  
sheepishly. "I made sure it wasn't. It takes experience to make it just right.  
There's more if you'd like." he declined the offer.

They sat in silence for a moment. "So, what's your name?" Martha  
asked. "Jonathon. You?" Martha's jaws dropped. Was this _the_ Jonathon  
that Vince told her about? She needed confirmation. "You moved here  
recently?" "Yes, how did you know?" he said suspiciously. "Oh my god!  
It's you!" she practically yelled out.

 She punched his shoulder good naturedly. "Ouch!" he said surprised. "Who are you?!" he said looking uncomfortable."I'm Martha. Nice to meet you again. I never thought I'd see you so soon!" she exclaimed. "M-Martha? Really?" he stammered.  
"Of course!" she grinned.  
 

Jonathon grinned and said "True. But what's with the tea? Only old people drink tea" "Tea is one of THE most popular drinks in the world! It's popular for a reason. There are so many flavours to make and try, and I infinite amount of strengths and flavourings. Tea is not just for old people" Martha said with dangerously; her eyes were gleaming. "Dude, it was a simple question. Not a rant..." Jonathon trailed off, at the look in Martha's eyes.  
"Tea is pretty good." he hastily added. "I'm gonna make me some as well. Just a moment."  
 

Martha retreated to the depths of her bag to get her tea caddy out.  
"I'll just go with ordinary for now." she produced a tea bag and  
dropped it into the mug and poured the hot water. She let it steep for  
a few moments. While she waited she chatted with Jonathon and took  
care of her pokémon. "Looks ready now."  
Martha poured her tea, added milk and sugar. She took two sips sat  
back and smiled. Contentment seeped into her. Slowly she retreated to  
the world within her mind. Contemplating about her current pokémon, their  
strength relative to Candice's pokémon, strategies. "Let's have a  
practice battle!" Jonathon suddenly yelled suddenly. She jumped,  
sloshing tea on her hands. The heat seared her hands she cried out in  
pain and the offending mug hit the ground. It cracked and chipped a  
little, but thankfully that was the extension of the damage. Tea once  
again was all over the floor.

Martha sighed sadly. Another casualty to Fate. "What was it you  
wanted?" she asked distantly. "I said a battle." Jonathon repeated.  
"Sure. Give me a moment." Martha produced a rag and mopped up the mess.  
"Let's go!" Jonathon called out. "I'm coming. I warn you: I have no  
badge, two pokémon and not much battle experience. Now let us improve  
our skills." Martha called out to him.

They walked to a clearing and started to battle. "Let's take 'em  
Staravia!" "Come on Yena!" Martha and Jonathan said. "Staravia use  
Ariel Ace!" "Stara via!" Staravia sped towards Yena.  
Yena was stuck and thrown back. "You okay Yena? Let's take them! Use  
Dark Pulse!" a dark wave pulsed off Yena's body. The attack rolled  
over Staravia, who staggered. The bird crashed to the ground, and  
quickly recovered. The grass swirled as Staravia took off.  
"Let's heat things up, Staravia return. Noctowl I choose you!" white light cascaded out of the pokeball. As Noctowl appeared, Staravia disappeared in a burst of red light.

"Noct owl." The owl like pokémon said. "Interesting. Noctowl what are you like?" Martha muttered. She pulled out her pokedex it chirped "When it needs to think, it rotates its head 180 degrees to sharpen its intellectual power." "Well that doesn't tell me much. But I'll go with it. Yena use Bite!" Martha called out. Yena lunged towards Noctowl, but fell short. Noctowl simply rose higher in the air. "Let's try a different tactic." Martha muttered to herself.

She had an idea. It would be hard on Aria though. She would withdraw Yena, and send out Aria. Staravia would have the type advantage. Perhaps Jonathon would drop his guard a little. Perhaps enough to tie down Staravia's wings.

"Well... Let's try this. Yena return!" Martha called. Yena dissipated in a red flash. "Go Aria!" Aria appeared in a white flash. To Martha's surprise Jonathon flinched a little.  
 

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