[ WP ] Oak 's words echoed ... `` There 's a time and place for everything but not now ! ''

I needed to beat Misty. 
 
 From arriving at Cerulean City, it took several hours to get to the city gym, and it took another half hour to make it through, but at last Misty stood before me, her Staryu ready for battle. I reach into my backpack and threw out a fossil. 
 
 `` Go Helix Fossil!'' 
 
 `` *M__☹♦❢❢❢*!'' Professor Oak's voice rang through the air. `` Now is n't the time to use that!'' 
 
 Misty stood in disbelief at the fossil I had thrown before her. I searched my backpack, before finding a Poké Ball. I take it out, and throw it at her Staryu. 
 
 `` You ca n't catch other people's Pokémon!'' The voice scalded me. `` Do n't be a thief!'' 
 
 I fumbled around my backpack some more, before I found a Poké Ball containing one of my own Pokémon. I threw it at the floor and out came a Pidgey. 
 
 `` Go Bird Jesus!'' 
 
 *** 
 
 After a close victory, I've managed to beat Misty and earn the Cascade Badge. But my erratic journey was only just the beginning...
