Pokemon Pearl - Iron Island

Before I got supplies, I went ahead and used an extra copy of Pokemon Pearl I got from a friend (barely started) to get the other two starters for Diamond/Pearl, a Chimchar (Fire, Male, Lv. 5) I named Samuel, and a Piplup (Water, Male, Lv. 5) I named Darius. I'm going to train them when I get to Y, when I plan on training my whole collection of Pokemon. I went to the Poke Mart and bought healing items and Pokeballs, then I went to Sailor Eldritch to sail to Iron Island.

I got to the island, and when I went up some stairs I found a house that was obviously lived in, but empty. I assumed the owner must be somewhere on the island, and headed further up to enter a cave. The cave entrance had steel beams and oil cans around, obviously there was some kind of construction going on in the caverns. There were two sets of stairs to go deeper into the cave, and I took the stairs on the right, and made my way through a ways before encountering a Trainer.

The Trainer, a Picnicker, sent out Staravia, and I sent out Marcus, and the attack of both Pokemon was cut by Intimidate on each other. Marcus tried to use Take Down, but missed, then it hit Marcus with Endeavor for great damage. Staravia then used Quick Attack for minor damage, and then Marcus went high, and when he Flew down to strike he knocked it out in that one blow. Next up was Cherrim, and I sent out Lucius to fight it. Lucius used Ember, and it did massive damage, then Cherrim used Sunny Day which I figured would only hurt it against a Fire-Type like Lucius, and yet to my surprise it blossomed in the light, showing itself to be an adorable little Pokemon. Unfortunately I needed to take it out, and I had Lucius use Fire Spin to do minor damage, but keep it in a vortex. Lucius got hit by Magical Leaf for minor damage, and Cherrim got a bit of damage from Fire Spin. Lucius finished it off with Stomp, and I won the battle.

I found a Super Repel and an Escape Rope while I explored the cave, and came across a Graveler that I took out with Marcus using Close Combat. I also came across an Onix, but knocked it out before I could catch it. Marcus grew to Level 36 after that fight, and I kept onward. I found an elevator platform that brought me down further into the earth, and I decided to continue to the right again. I found a couple Workers running around this area, and I fought and beat them. One of them told me he worked in this cave, before it was shut down. The other told me that they were apparently there to make sure the lifts worked properly. After the battles, Alexander grew to Level 36, and he wanted to learn Wake-Up Slap but I declined, not seeing any real use outside of Competitive Battling. I grabbed a TM23 (Iron Tail) before moving on.

Before heading to the left path, I managed to catch an Onix (Rock/Ground, Male, Lv. 31) and found an Iron. I met up with a man named Riley down the left side, a Trainer who offered to team up with me in the cave. I accepted his offer, and just like the previous times he healed my Pokemon as we went through the cave. I talked to Riley, and he told me the cave used to be a fairly thriving ore mine, but the iron ran out and now there's only Pokemon around. He also told me that he was considered for the Canalave Gym Leader by it's current leader, Byron, but told me that Byron's son Roark was also to be considered. Before we continued on, he told me that the Pokemon here were agitated for some reason.

I went up against a pair of Hikers, and they sent out Zubat and Graveler, while I sent out Maria and Riley sent out Lucario. Lucario used Bone Rush against Graveler for great damage, then Maria hit it with Mud Bomb to knock it out. Maria got hit by Zubat's Wing Attack for minor damage, and Machoke was sent out. Maria's Quick Claw activated, and she hit Machoke with Body Slam for great damage and paralysis, then Lucario used Metal Claw against Machoke. Zubat used Confuse Ray to confuse Lucario, then Machoke used Submission on Maria for great damage but got knocked out by recoil. Maria grew to Level 36, and with Quick Claw activating again used Body Slam to take Zubat out in one hit. Golbat was sent out, and Lucario used Metal Claw for great damage, but then Golbat hit both Maria and Lucario with Air Cutter for minor damage. Maria hit Golbat with Body Slam for great damage, bringing it to the red. Maria's Quick Claw activated again and she hit it with Water Pulse to knock it out, and Lucario snapped out of confusion. Finally Onix was sent out, and was hit by Lucario's Steel Claw for great damage, and then got finished off by Maria's Water Pulse.

I continued on, doing training against wild Pokemon since I had my team constantly healed by Riley. While training, I found a couple items, and both Lucius and Annabelle both grew to Level 36. I continued training, found an Iron Plate and a Magnet, and both Alexander and Maximus grew to Level 37. I continued around the cave and Marcus grew to Level 37, and I fought against several Trainers. After defeating all those Trainers, Maria and Annabelle grew to Level 37, and I tried to catch a Steelix and failed, but at least Lucius grew to Level 37 after that battle.

I got to the end of this area, and I found a couple of Team Galactic Grunts standing by the lift. I went over, and Riley figured that it must be the Galactic Grunts responsible for agitating the Pokemon. He warned them against bringing trouble into his mine, revealing that he owned it all, but the Grunts told us that they would take all the Pokemon they wanted, and that they were working to take ALL the Pokemon from Iron Island. Riley grew angry, as did I, and we fought the Galactic Grunts to stop them.

The two Grunts had a lot of Pokemon for this, and they sent out Zubat and Glameow, while I sent out Marcus and Riley sent out Lucario. Marcus' Intimidate cut the Galactic Pokemon attack, and then Marcus hit Glameow with Close Combat to take it out in one blow. Lucario hit Zubat with Force Palm for good damage, but it was otherwise ineffective, then he got hit with Wing Attack for minor damage. Stunky was sent out, and Marcus used another Close Combat for massive damage, which took out Stunky in one blow, then Lucario hit Zubat with Metal Claw to do massive damage and knock it out. Zubat and Croagunk were sent out next, and I had Marcus fly up high, while Lucario used Bone Rush against Croagunk to great effect, knocking it out in just two hits. Zubat missed it's Wing attack against Lucario, then Lucario hit it with Quick Attack for great damage, before Marcus Flew down and knocked it out. Finally a Golbat was sent out, and Marcus used Take Down to do massive damage and bring it to the red, then he took minor damage from recoil. Golbat used Mean Look to keep Lucario in the fight, but it didn't help at all as Lucario's Metal Claw knocked it out, and Marcus grew to Level 38 upon victory. The battle was won, and we kicked Team Galactic out of Iron Island.

After the two Galactic Grunts left, Riley offered me a Pokemon Egg, which I accepted, but unfortunately I had no space to hold it. He told me he'd wait there for me, and I made my way out of the cave. On my way out I found a Shiny Stone, then I went down a few ledges to meet the Sailor who brought me over, and we went back to Canalave City.

My Pokemon are well trained now, I'm sure they'll be able to take on anything and everything that the Canalave Gym can throw at them!

Current Team:

Marcus (Staraptor, Normal/Flying, Lv. 38)
Alexander (Machamp, Fighting, Lv. 37)
Lucius (Ponyta, Fire, Lv. 37)
Maximus (Luxray, Electric, Lv. 37)
Annabelle (Torterra, Grass/Ground, Lv. 37)
Maria (Gastrodon, Water/Ground, Lv. 37)