marthy and sneasle continued there walk through the regions many wonders, untill finally they reached the base of a small mountain. "were finally there! the great and mighty Mt.Mortar! here well be able to catch some strong fire and fighting pokemon.." just then a houndour jumped from a rock. "Sneeze!" sneasle said, pleazed to have a fight. "ok, lets show him our power! use ice fang, then intercept with a shadow claw!" sneasle nodded and jumped, and bit on houndour's back. "houuuuun!!!" the hounder yelled in pain. still suffering from a frozen back, sneasle swiftly launched its claws onto its back. the houndour, who still wasnt done, fastle let out a roar of fire from its mouth. "sneasle! dodge quick, then freeze his mouth shut!" sneazle already knew to dodge, and while still in mid-air was able to freeze the houndour solid! "go, pokeball!" the pokeball caught the entire frozen pokemon, and began to move. one wiggle...two wiggle...three...click! " All Right! awsome job, sneasle, we just got a houndour! now we will be able to have a fair chance against our first gym leader in violet city!"

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