Before heading out to Twinlead Town, stop by the Pokemon Center to heal any battle damge your pokemon has suffered. To heal your pokemon, talk to the receptionist at the counter, and confirm that you want them healed. She will put your pokeballs in a special machine, and a few seconds later they will ve completely healed of all damage.

You will notice that there are stairs in the Pokemon Center leading up and down. For now, ignore these and head out of the Pokemon Center.

Enter the Poke Mart. There won't be many items there yet. You should see only 4 items for sale: Poke Ball, Potion, Antidote and Paralyz Heal. For now, buy a couple of potions and head out.

Finally, remember that TM Prof' Rowan gave you? It contains quite a nice move, called "Return" which gets more powerfult he more your pokemon loves you. I suggest you teach it to your starter pokemon.

Bring up the menu by hitting "X" then select "BAG" and hit "A". Press the right arrow a few times to select the TMs & HMs pocket. You should see one TM there called "No. 27 Return" X 1 , meaning you have one of those. It will disappear once you use it. Read the description of the move. It says that Return is a "full-power attack that grows more powerful the more the user likes its trainer." Select it and press "A"

You will now see some more information about that move. It is of type "Normal", it has 20 PP (meaning you can use it 20 times before it runs out and needs to be replenished by going to Pokemon Center), the power has 3 dotted lines since it is not constant it depends on how much your pokemon likes you. And the accuracy is 100 meaning it has a high accuracy and should hit most of the time.

Select "USE" It will say it booted up a TM that contained "Return" and ask if you want to teach it to a pokemon. Choose "YES" and then choose the pokemon you want to teach it to (currently you only have your starter pokemon). Notice that it says "ABLE!" under the pokemon's name, meaning that pokemon can learn this move. Not all pokemon can learn all moves. Congratulations! You've now used your first TM and you should see the move "RETURN" the next time you battle. Its pretty powerful especially when your pokemon is happy, so you should use it a lot.

Close your bag. Head west, back to Twinleaf Town. You can now go down through the ledge if you want to avoid the tall grass. Though how about entering the wild grass and battling a pokemon to try out this new move? That is up to you!

When you reach Twinleaf Town, head over to your home again. Your mother will give you dinner and let you rest. Then you will tell her about how you are going to help Prof' Rowan. She will give you her blessing and also give you a Journal which you will use to record your adventures. This will help you remember what you did last, especially after you've not played for a long time.

Your Rival's mom will now enter asking where her son is. She will then give you a parcel to give to him. She will tell you that he is probably headed to Jublife city. This will be where you need to head to as well.

First, head to Sandgem town which is on the way. Explore the town and the houses, talk to people who will always help you with some friendly advice.



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