The forest connecting Routes 2 and 3 was pretty dark, but Nazga, Ixana, and I entered unafraid just the same, it's not like there was really any Pokemon in there strong enough to beat us.

Anyway, after a lot of walking, we encountered our first wild Pokemon in the forest, he didn't really seem like much, just an average Fletchling, but Nazga and Ixana seemed to like him, and we walked away with a new teammate.

He seemed pretty annoying to me to be honest, he picked up on every little twig snap that happened around us, and he acted really scared, I'm not sure whether or not he was faking it all, but it seemed to really get Nazga's attention, she was comforting him every time....

The "pretty bird," named Tshell by Ixana was pretty weak at first, he actually almost lost to a trainer's Bunnelby, but he was a pretty good worker, and he was getting strong pretty quickly.

He was even starting to warm up on me, he was pretty good at keeping away the bug Pokemon that seemed to think the leaves in my hat made good food.

By the end of the forest, he was pretty strong, not as strong as I was, and not nearly as strong as Nazga, but he was doing pretty well, might even be good enough to help us tackle the first Gym with just a little bit more training.

But then we reached the end of the forest, it was a pretty good journey, we met our new friend Tshell, and got a lot stronger in the forest, now it was time for the next part of the adventure