You know you are not stronger than Norb so you are going to make a break for it. Becoming a raichu isn't going to be just a test of strength but also of wit. You'll have to pick your battles carefully. He is charging toward you but you wait to the last second and dodge left. He misses and you dash off. Norb chases but you are much faster than him and soon, he disappears behind you. After a short chase, he gives up. You hear him yell curses at you but they fade in the distance.
You head down the path a bit further. You end up at the river's edge. It's the watering hole, this is where you spent many hot days playing as a young pichu. This is also where you first heard the story of Thunder Mountain. You really have no idea where to go. Rumors have it that the mountain is to the northwest but those are just old stories. No pikachu from your tribe has been there and back in many generations.
You look around; It's a nice spring day. You see a path heading south along the river and a path heading north back into the forest. The river flows from the north to the south. There is a female rattata drinking from the river. Sitting at the water's edge is a slowpoke with its tail in the water. You could try and ask one of them for directions. The water is slow and deep here and you could swim across but the tribe always said not to go out too far, there are fish predators out there. You remember a young pichu swam out a little too far once and was pulled under by a dark shadow. He never came up. What do you do?
