Jennifer was traveling through Route 1 with Starla by her side as they made their way to Guren Town, where she could register for the Pokemon league.

"Starla, can you believe that my journey as a Pokemon trainer has officially begun? I'm sure you and Starfire are going to do great when we have are our first gym battle!" Jennifer said with a smile on her face as she looked at Starla.

"Meowth," Starla cried out faintly, briefly glancing at Jennifer.

"Aw, come on, Starla, we're going to have a fun journey no need to be mopping," Jennifer said, kneeling down and rubbing Starla's head."Also, surprised you haven't learned how to talk like your parents. Have you really lost your will that much," She muttered, remembering how hard she used to work on copying her parents.

Starla just shook her head and moved away from Jennifer's head. Jennifer sighed as she looked at Starla and then at the sky, deep in thought.

'It will be difficult getting through to her, but I don't plan on giving up trying.'

"Alright, why don't we stop for a break when been walking for a couple of hours now, and I think we both could use some lunch," She said."They're a nice spot under that large tree near the stream," She continued as she walked over to the tree with Starla closely behind her.

As they sat under the large with beautiful light green leaves on it. Jennifer sent out Starfire, her starter Pokemon.

"Flacub!" Starfire cried happily, smiling at Jennifer, and looked at Starla curiously, who was lying on the ground with her paws crossed in front of her.

"Starfire met Starla. She was a gift to me by my family," Jennifer said, digging in her bag for lunch.

"Meowth," Starla cried out, looking at Starfire in annoyance.

"Oh, don't be so rude. Starfire is part of the team," Jennifer said, pulling out two cans of food and a red dish and a pink dish. The cans had two different labels on them." Alright, Starfire, here's your lunch," She said, pouring food from the can that had a flame on it, signaling it was for fire-type Pokemon, into the red bowl and slid it towards Starfire.

"Flacub!" Starfire cried out happily, walking over to the red dish.

"Starla here is your lunch as well; pouring the can with a diamond-looking symbol on it into the pink dish and placing it in front of her.

"Meowth," Starla cried out, looking at the bowl and then at Jennifer.

"Come on; you know me; no need to be so in untrusting," Jennifer smiled softly.

Starla then finally took a bite of her food after turning away from Jennifer.

'Good deep, she does trust me. I knew that there was no way what happened could ever make her distrust me, even though it was really Persian who saved the day, not me.' Jennifer thought as she recalled the Pokemon hunters and when Persian came to the rescue.

Shaking her mind from the remainder of the incident, she pulled out a bag of chips and some ham sandwiches that her mother had made for her and smiled. She loved her mother's sandwiches, significantly how she cut them into hearts.

'Mother, I love how you always cut the sandwiches into hearts.' She thought, unwrapping the sandwiches and starting to eat her lunch and her Pokemon.

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After a couple of minutes of eating lunch, Jennifer was now cleaning up the dishes and her trash wrapper and just zipping it away in her pocket until she got to a place to throw away her trash.

"Flacub!" Starfire growled, gaining Jennifer's attention, and looked up from her bag and turned around."What's the matter, Starfire?" She asked.

"Fla!" Starfire growled, looking at the sky with narrow eyes.

"Huh?" Jennifer questioned and followed Starfire's line of sight and saw a strange shadow diving toward them at a fast speed.

'What is that heading towards us?' She thought, confused about what was flying towards them.

A high-pitched cry was released as the figure landed on the ground, which turned out to be a small, dark purple, slightly plump bird. On top of its head are three long crests of feathers. It has large blue eyes. It has a small orange beak and feet with three sharp toes. It also has long wings that curl at the end and a tail that points upward.

'Let's see what Pokemon that is.' Jennifer thought, taking out her pokedex and pointing it at the bird. Pokemon landed in front of them, letting out a loud cry.

"Croling, The Tiny crown bird Pokemon. A dark and flying type. This Pokemon is known to make homes in trees in the forest. They are often gathered in small flocks and significant territory."

'Well, that explains why it seems mad at us. We must be in its territory, but we're the rest flock.' She thought, putting away her pokedex.

"Croling, you're going to be mine!" Jennifer smiled."Starfire, use Tackle!" She commended.

"Flacub!" Starfire cried out, charging toward the tiny bird.

"Crol!" Croling cried out, flying up and avoiding the incoming tackle making Starfire crash into the ground.

"Starfire, get up, and Ember, up!"

"Flacub!" Starfire cried, lifting his head up and shooting a flame at Croling.

"Croling!" Croling cried out as the flame hit its wing. "Cro!" It cried, shaking off the pain as it flapped its wings, creating a powerful gust of wind and smacking Flacub into the tree.

"Fla!"

"Starfire, don't back down. Charge forward with Tackle, and then use Ember when you get close!"

"Flacub!" Starfire cried, running towards Croling at full speed soon as it got closer, it jumped up slightly and blasted Croling with Ember knocking it to the ground.

"Alright, Pokeball, go!" Jennifer shouted, throwing a Pokeball at Croling.

The Pokeball hit Croling on the head as it was sucked inside by a red beam. Starla lifted her head on up from her paws and glanced at the shaking Pokeball curiously as it shook for a while until it clicked with a light showing Croling was caught.

"Yes, I caught a Croling!" Jennifer cheered, running over and picking up the Pokeball containing her new Pokemon."We did it, Starfire!" She said, picking him up and hugging him and smiling, seeing Starla staring at her for once with a slight hint of emotion.

'It seems the battle caught her attention; hopefully, I can bring out more of that emotion.'

Jennifer strapped the Pokeball on her belt and walked over to her bag."Alright, time to go return Starfire," She said, returning Flacub to his Pokeball.

"Meow," Starla muttered, turning away from Jennifer.

"Starla, come on, let's get going," She said, putting her bag on her shoulder and started walking off with Starla following.

'The more she out with me, the more likely I can break through to her.' Jennifer thought as she and Starla continued their journey through Route 1.

To be continued...

Hey everyone, I hope you enjoyed the fourth chapter of Pokemon Destiny Quest. In this chapter, Jennifer catches her very first Pokemon, which ended up being a beautiful tiny bird Pokemon, on her way to Guren Town to register for the Pokemon league.

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