Episode 28:
Free as a Butterfree

Deep in Celadon Forest, Icy awoke to a half-dozen Caterpie on top of him. “AHHH!!!” he screamed as he got up, sending the Caterpie flying. “Opps, sorry.” They crawled around looking for nice, juicy leaves to snack on. The rest of Icy’s pokémon also looked around for food. Icy found some bright red apples and shared them with the others. After breakfast, they all spent some time training and playing games.

Icy and his pokémon took a walk through the forest. Sunlight poured through the trees and sparkled off water droplets. It was such a beautiful day and Icy wanted to do something special with his pokémon. They found a clearing which had some rocks scattered and a few small flowers. Swarms of Butterfree fluttered overhead. Icy’s Caterpie looked up at their evolved forms with awe.

Finally, Icy decided to have a picnic with his pokémon. He sent Abra and Porygon to go find some good food. While they were gone, he set up the picnic. A few minutes later, Abra and Porygon returned with enough food to last the night. They put the food out and everyone ate.

After finishing their lunch, Icy let them play in the clearing. The Butterfree he had seen earlier that day came back and began playing with his pokémon. It would take a long time for any of Icy’s Caterpie to evolve into Butterfree. As he watched them, one stood out. It had green tipped wings and a light green body instead of the normal blue and was slightly smaller than the other Butterfree. Immediately, Icy felt a strange calling to it. Something inside of him was saying, this was the one. “I want that one...,” Icy thought.

Icy called Abra to his side, then called for the green Butterfree. Icy proposed a contest between Abra and Butterfree. If Abra won, Icy got to capture Butterfree, and if Butterfree won, Icy would give all the Butterfree lots of food. They agreed to the term and the contest began.

“Abra, he doesn’t look that tough, just use your confusion attack.” Abra fired his confusion attack at the Butterfree, who evaded it with amazing agility. Then, Icy noticed Butterfree glowing and just before it could fire its psybeam at Abra, Abra teleported. “Whoa. Looks are deceiving... No matter. Abra, psybeam now!” Abra’s psybeam knocked Butterfree clear out of the sky. Icy won the contest and captured the Butterfree.

They all spent the remainder of the day playing with the other Butterfree. Icy sat down caring for Butterfree’s wounds. After it was ok, they joined the others in their games. Icy was so happy with his new Butterfree that he decided to share his food with the Butterfree anyway. They promised to take Icy and his pokémon for flying lessons if they had the time the next day. Icy happily agreed and as the sun set, Icy wondered about all the pokémon he would see at the Pokémon Auction in Celadon City.