The Chase || Silver & Ethan
Ever since Silver had come to Johto, he had been fascinated by the tales of Legendaries in the region. Ho-oh and Lugia served as guardians of the region, depicted everywhere in art and local mythos. He had sought them out, though not with much fervor. As much as Silver would have loved to lay claim to a Legendary creature and show once and for all his power as a Trainer, he knew in the back of his head that it was wholly unlikely.
The trio of Legendary Beasts, on the other hand, were fair game. Silver had only caught glimpses of the beasts once, when he had visited the Burned Tower in Ecruteak City. Through the gaping hole in the floorboards he had seen them, the mighty, vicious creatures that were said to roam Johto: Entei, Raikou, and Suicune. Their power was a force to be reckoned with, capable of great violence and destruction. Silver couldn’t help but want one.
The only issue is that he had no idea where to start. The Legendary beasts roamed Johto aimlessly with no rhyme or reason. They were rarely ever spotted. According to local legend, they only appeared to the most worthy of Trainers. It wasn’t every day that one could just happen to stumble across one of these great beasts. There was no way he could find it on his own, but Silver had an idea where he might be able to get a little help.
Silver had not been the only one to spot the Legendary beasts in the Burned Tower that day. No, his obnoxious rivals had been there too. It seemed almost a perfect fit. Three rivals, three Legendaries. Silver had lost total interest after a particularly hard loss to his rivals, and he gave up any interest of wanting to catch a Legendary then and there. It just wasn’t worth it. They’d just want to hog the beasts anyways. But now that encounter could finally come in handy. Surely his rivals, with their Pokedexes on hand, were able to obtain an incomplete record of the beasts. Something to track them with. Silver knew that these Pokedexes could do that, so long as one had encountered a Pokemon before.
If he could just get one of them to agree to lend him their Pokedex, then Silver was in business. It seemed unlikely that he could ever get a Pokedex from Kris. If he wanted it from her, he’d have to pry it from her cold, dead hands. Lyra was nice, but she still didn’t trust him. There was no way she was lending her Pokedex to him. Ethan, on the other hand, might just be the right target. He was friendly, kind, and actually kind of liked Silver. That was promising, to say the least. Out of everybody, it seemed like Ethan was his best shot.
Ethan lived both in Newbark Town as well as on the outskirts of Goldenrod City. His grandparents had a daycare located just on the tail-end of Route 34. He had a feeling that his rival might be there. After all, Ethan had told him that he often helped around the daycare, more often than not.
Silver pushed open the doors of the daycare, and looked around the immediate area. No one was at the counter, nor was anybody around, it seemed. He slowly strolled towards the counter and set his hands upon it. On the desk was a call bell, old-fashioned, but cutesy. There was no better time to hit it than now. Silver tapped the bell with his palm. A hearty, metallic ‘ding’ rang throughout the empty lobby. Feraligatr snuffled at the bell before striking it hard with his fist. Silver pushed his Pokemon’s arm back as another louder ring bounced off the walls. Soon, he could hear the sound of footsteps rapidly drawing closer to the lobby. Ethan appeared out of the back room.
“...Feraligatr hit the bell,” Silver began, crossing his arms. He paused before he spoke again. How to broach the subject? Surely he didn’t want to be completely straightforward. Flat out asking immediately would likely not get him anywhere. They’d have to ease into the conversation, if he could. He had to get this Pokedex. He just had to. “Uh. So. How has the daycare been going...?”
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