Yolie waved goodbye to Growlie, Def and Marin. She glanced at her Pokegear and was proud to register two new numbers. The young trainer shuddered as she felt a cold breeze from behind her. She turned around and saw a automatic sliding door open, with proud trainer coming out. He grinned while holding a small badge. It seemed this was the gym, and this passing trainer just won a badge. She wanted that same feeling, badly.
With un-containable levels of excitement, she grabbed out her pokedex and skimmed through her Pokemon's current moves. She noted her pokedex did not have many Pokémon, and also noted that she never used her pokedex on Knope, yet she did find a spot for Trubbish. She realised that Pokémon she caught might be automatically registered into her dex.
Afterwards, she put away her Pokedex and took out her Pokegear to take a selfie in front of the gym. She figures this would make her friends so jealous! She couldnt wait to get this gym badge already and show it off to her peers back at home. Yolie proceeded to walk into the gym. The inside was quite basic, with burgundy colored walls. Two statues welcomed trainers at the entrance, each with what looked like a tablet. After yolie read the tablet, she found the names of numerous trainers. It was a list of trainers who had collected this gym badge. There was a field made up entirely of dirt and ground, and there were white markings that drew rectangular boundary points, with a pokeball drawn directly in the middle. Across the field was a young man wearing a blazer and a red button up underneath. His brown hair and brown pants matched the gyms general aesthetic accordingly, and Yolie was quite impressed with the monotype decor. The opposing trainer approached Yolie and waved his hand.
"We have another aspiring trainer for the day. Welcome to Grioru City Gym. I am it's leader, Lenox and I specialize in ground-type Pokémon. A lot of trainers generally choose me as their first gym to challenge, and a few of them have proven quite capable. However, I have also brought a short end to many trainers goals and dreams. Due to this, my colleagues tagged me with the moniker... The Make-or-Break trainer."
Yolie continued looking around while only half- listening. She felt too impressed by how official things felt, and the difference in energy between her and Lenox's adamancy.
"That's a fitting moniker since this gym is a ground-type gym, which is very rough and cold, and you call yourself a ground specialist. So when do I get my badge?" Yolie exclaimed.
Lenox gave Yolie a blank stare. He sized her up, and sighed empathetically.
"I take it this is your first gym battle, correct?"
Yolie nodded. "Yes! So do we battle or something now?"
Lenox went back to the end of the gym, where a pedestool rose from the ground. He picked out two pokeballs, and the pedestool slowly descended to its original state.
"Yes. Let us commence your test. I will be using two Pokémon. Are you ready?"
Yolie walked to the opposite end of the gym, and stood within a small rectangle at the end. She realised this is the spot where the trainer stands. But why was the field so large? It continued to baffle her as she replied.
"Sha, let's get this show on the road please."
Lenox closed his eyes and gripped the bridge of his nose with his fingers. He mumbled under his breath, but Yolie couldn't hear it. He gave a sharp look back at Yolie, and threw his pokeball into the middle of the field.
"Go! Sandile!"
Out burst his pokemon, in a battle ready position. It grinned with a confident smirk.
Yolie fiddled in her satchel for up to two minutes, searching for her pokeball. When she found one, she threw it unto the field, but nothing came out. She smiled nervously and spoke.
"Oops! Wrong one! There's nothing in that one!"
She began walking into the middle of the field when Lenox barked at her.
"What are you doing! Walking into the arena in the middle of a fight? You don't even have your selected pokemon prepared! Is this a joke?"
Yolie flinched, Speechless. She was caught off guard. She hesitantly walked on the field and grabbed the pokeball. She made her way back to her designated spot, and began searching her satchel once again. This time, she felt a warm pokeball, and decided to release the Pokémon next to her instead, just in case. Out of the pokeball came Eve, her shuppet.
Eve was kind of surprised by the scenario, and wasn't sure what was going on. Instinctively, she looked at Yolie, and then at Sandile, and entered the arena.
"That's right Eve. We are gonna have a battle. Oh my gosh, this is our first battle! Let's get pumped up buddy!"
Eve was excited to rumble, and bashfully twirled around on the battlefield. It gave another look at Sandile, but froze. It began to shudder. Yolie became concerned.
"What's wrong with my Pokemon?"
"It is being intimidated by my Sandile. Some pokemon have innate abilities. Naturally, Sandile looks pretty scary to some of his foes. I guess that isn't basic knowledge. Are you ready?"
"Y-yes!" Yolie replied. She sounded unsure of herself; she fidgeted as she accessed her pokedex to prepare for the battle.