With her Magikarp on hand, Mai had retracted her earlier decision to decamp in Viridian City, and had instead chose to travel to Pewter City. "No point in getting it out if I'm not going to use it", she stated. After exiting the Pokémon Center, she unleashed her sea-serpent like Dratini just for precaution in her travel along the way. The crowd that had been out front of the Center had decreased in number, and Mai could only but think about what she could accomplish by winning. Brushing her short, dark hair back into its tradition placement, she proceeded to depart from Viridian City onto Route 2 - which would lead her through to Pewter City, post-Viridian Forest.
The forest was known for its dense environment, where many bug-typed pokémon took residency at. As she entered the forest, barely any light was able to shine through due to the high density of trees - making her hair appear even more darkened than it had been before. As Mai continued along, the sound of nearby creatures wasn't heard. It seemed that, possibly, for once none of them would arise. But, how could this be? She thought. This was a large and dark forest, there had to be some somewhere. Continuing to navigate through the route, she noticed a Weedle, a caterpillar-like creature, simply eating leaves. Mai decided not to bother it, as she had no reason to. She was simply relieved there'd been some form of life here. It wasn't her first time traveling along this pathway, but she was more used to the ambient noise, other voices, forest sounds, that kind of thing.
Before exiting the forest, her uncertainly was invalidated when a wild pidgeotto appeared out of nowhere, and attempted to attack. Apparently, Mai had invaded its claimed territory, its nest must've been nearby, she supposed. "Ack! Dratini! Dragon Rage!", she ordered to her pokémon. The attack managed to hit, and the pidgeotto could undoubtedly feel the effects; but the attack was not without reply. The pidgeotto made its offset with a quick attack, injuring Mai's Dratini. She rallied the Dratini to mount another attack, the Dratini unleashed a Thunder Wave at the pidgeotto, paralyzing it, and used a slam to end the duel. The pidgeotto fainted, however, the move gave Mai's pokémon damage due to recoil. Mai ran towards her Dratini, and stroked its blue back with a gentle touch "Good boy. Let's get you rested up until we reach Pewter City", she said in an empathetic voice. Rather damaged by the battle, she recalled the Dratini to its Pokéball, and reached the end of the forest.
Eventually, she reached the haven of Pewter City. After a rather fulfilling day, Mai made no other stops, and went to the city's Pokémon Center. Upon reaching the clinic inside the center, she asked for her severely battle worn Dratini to be healed, "I'd like to have this one here revitalized, please". Handing over the containment ball that held her pokémon, she waited patiently until the process was finished. Now, she officially decided to end her day in Pewter City, and would get training in with her Magikarp, among others, tomorrow at Mt. Moon, located along Route 4.