~ Lucky Lunar Wing ~

Chapter One

"What's that?" Roselio asked. He was a male Roselia and was the leader of the Red Bow rescue team although he was the youngest between his friends. He usually wears a cute red bowtie and a bright smile on his face, but now he was frowning.

He and Froslass, the brains of Team Red Bow, were staring at something that was hanging on a cord around their fellow teammate Staraptor's neck.

"What, this?" Staraptor said in a flat voice. "Oh, it's nothing. It's just the Lunar Wing of a Cresselia. It isn't special or anything. It's usually used to wake people up from Darkrai's nightmares, but at other times, it's a popular good luck charm."

"Ohh, it brings you good luck?" Roselio gasped.

"Hmm, yeah," Staraptor said. "I mean, I don't know."

"What do you mean, you don't know?" Asked Froslass.

"Well, it's just that I don't feel its luck and magic anymore. My life seems to stay the same, Lunar Wing or no Lunar Wing."

"I think it's definitely giving you good luck," Roselio said. "Remember last weekend on one of our rescue jobs when this Golem tried to use Stone Edge on you but missed?"

Staraptor rolled his eyes. "That could've happened even if I wasn't wearing the Lunar Wing," he said in exasperation. "Like the time that Muk missed you with its Sludge Bomb."

"So the time when you volunteered to help Chimecho set the table at Wigglytuff's Guild and then you tripped and the glassware all flew into the air, but instead of falling to the floor, they luckily arranged themselves on the table could also have happened without the Lunar Wing?" Froslass asked skeptically.

"Huh? What? When? I've already forgotten," mumbled Staraptor. "Oh, tell you what. You can have it. It no longer means anything to me." He handed the wing to Roselio.

"Really? Wow! Merci-" Roselio was about to say when a new voice interrupted him.

"Hey! What's this I hear about lucky amulets?"

Breloom, the three's loudmouth of a friend from another rescue team called Team Overgrow bounced into the Red Bow base. "Hello, you three! What's going on?"

"Oh, I was going to give away my Lunar Wing." Staraptor shrugged as if it was no big deal. "I'm getting bored of it."

"Hey! May I have it?" Breloom asked excitedly. "I want some good luck for a change."

"Of course," Staraptor said, and Breloom literally grabbed the amulet out of Roselio's hands (err, roses). "Thanks!" He called, and he bounded out of the base. "Yay! I've got a good luck charm, I've got a good luck charm~"

Roselio was left staring. "Hey, that's mine," he cried meekly, but no one heard him over Breloom's shouts.

Froslass sighed. "Well, consider it lost, Roselio," she said. "Whenever something reaches Breloom's hands, it's gone."

The next day, Staraptor had soccer practice. He loved soccer, especially because he was the striker of the Treasure Town team. He invited Froslass and Roselio to come and watch.

Froslass went gladly, but Roselio was actually reluctant. Unlike his friends, he didn't like and didn't understand soccer.

To Roselio, Staraptor seemed to be doing these weird techniques until he had reached the opposing team's side and he was just in front of their goal.

"Staraptor's gonna score!" Froslass cried.

Staraptor didn't score.

At the last minute, Staraptor suddenly tripped over his own feet and fell with an embarrassing thud. The ball rolled away and was caught by the opposing team's goalkeeper.

The whistle blew.

"That's it for today," said the coach, a strict Hitmonlee. He was heading straight at Staraptor.

"Staraptor isn't gonna score, he's gonna get into trouble instead," Froslass prophesied dolefully.

Froslass was right - he did get into trouble with Coach Hitmonlee. He went home in a daze, wondering why this has never happened before.

Then it hit him - it was because he had the Lunar Wing.

Which is now in Breloom's hands.

"Whenever something reaches Breloom's hands, it's gone," Froslass had said. But against all the odds, Staraptor was going to get his Lunar Wing back, if it's the last thing he did.