Chapter One: Time at Home

"Sceptile, Leaf Blade! Gible, use Dig! Bayleef, Razor Leaf!" Ashley called out.

Gible tunneled around the area, shifting the soil on the surface. Sceptile ran through the area, using Leaf Blade to cut up all the weeds he could find while racing against Bayleef who was doing the same. The two grass types stopped when all the weeds in the area were gone. Ashley went around tallying up the points.

"Well it looks like Bayleef won this round, Sceptile; she cut up the most weeds. So the record is now Sceptile-15, Bayleef-10. Good work, you two. Now let's see which one of you can catch Gible," Ashley said as they turned and tried to catch Gible.

Ashley shook her head then walked around to the front of the house, knowing it would take them a while to catch the little land shark. On the side of the house Donphan, Momo, (youngest female Milktank-Angel named her) and Miss Milk (Ren named her) were using Rollout to make rows in the newly tilled soil. Quilava would go in between them and use Quick Attack to plant seeds. Totodile, riding on top of Staraptor, was watering the seeds with a Water Gun from the air.

Ashley smiled and then went up to the front of the house. Unlike the side and back, the front was finished and growing. The Oran, Cheri, Chesto, Pecha, Sitrus, Rawst, Leppa, and Persim berries were already bearing fruit. While the Lum, Figy, Wiki, Mago,, Lapapa, Razz, Bluk, Nonab, and Wepear berry plants were still growing. Pikachu used Thundershock to knock some berries off the trees while Swellow cut some off with Aerial Ace. Buizel was catching the berries in a basket.

"Okay, guys, I think that's enough berries for today. Buizel, you go near the lighthouse and practice the Whirlpool attack you're learning. Swellow, you go let Momo and Miss Milk know they can take a break. Tell Quilava to go practice his fire attacks by the ocean, and tell Totodile that he can relax. You and Staraptor can either relax, talk with the wild flying types, or practice you air battling skills. I'll wait for Sceptile and Bayleef to come see me with Gible, then I'm taking the berry basket to the General Store to sell them," Ashley said. Swellow gave a quick salute before flying off.

Buizel went off to the lighthouse. Pikachu hopped onto Ashley's shoulder as she went to her own patch and picked some fruits and vegetables. She put them in a basket. A tap on her shoulder made Ashley turn. Sceptile stood with a small pout. Bayleef, however, had Gible in her vines.

"Well, the catch-the-Gible score is now Bayleef-13, Sceptile-7, Quilava-5, and Ashley-1. Don't worry about it, Sceptile. We all have our off days. It's break time. Gible, you stay here and play for a bit, but don't destroy anything, okay?" Ashley said before walking off. When she got close to the Machop Construction something was trying to grab the basket. Lifting up the basket she saw a familiar sight.

"D-Duskull!"

"Well, hello to you too, Duskull. You looking for Harvey again or do you just want some munchies?"

This Duskull was an oddity of sorts. It was smaller than average and loved the sunlight. The first time she met the little ghost Pokemon was when Totodile went off for a bit and came back dancing in a conga line with a shiny Ralts, Kirlia, Chatot, shiny Shinx, Drifloon, and Duskull himself. Ashley didn't even want to know where he went or what he did. While Ralts, Kirlia, Chatot, Shinx, and Drifloon only came by for food and fun every now and then, Duskull liked to hang out around the townspeople more than the other wild Pokemon. He also really liked Harvey and stays with him the longest.

"Dusk-skull!"

"Alright, you can come with us to see Harvey."

Ashley started walking again. Going into the store, she saw Harvey taking a jelly jar off Lady's head.

"Hey, Harvey. Lady tried to steal Oran berry jam from your fridge again?" Ashley guessed.

"Yes, hon. She always forgets it's harder to get her head out of the jar than to get it in," Harvey said, pulling the jar off her head. Duskull grabbed the jar from Harvey and placed it on a high shelf.

"Thanks, Dusk. So, I see you've brought your next shipment. Just leave it on the counter, hon, and I'll send you the money tonight." Duskull started playing with Lady. *sigh* "I wish I had some Pokeballs with me so Duskull could join the team."

"Oh, that's right. It takes about two months for the Pokeball companies to send something here because it's so far out and not very well-known."

"Yeah, it takes a while."

Smiling, Ashley reached into her pocket and put the contents into Harvey's hand.

"Oh! Pokeballs!"

"I gave you three Healballs, two Lureballs, two Friendballs, two Greatballs, and a Moonball, along with five regular Pokeballs. Keep them, and put them to good use."

"Oh, I will, hon. Dusk, come here for a minute," Harvey said. Duskull went over to Harvey as he expanded a Pokeball and put the others in his work apron pocket. "Dusk, do you want to be a part of my team?"

"Dusk!" exclaimed the ghost Pokemon before his new trainer pressed the center button and he disappeared in a flash of red light. Three shakes and a 'ping!' later, Duskull was captured inside the Pokeball. Harvey called him out and said to Duskull, "Welcome to the family, Dusk!"

Dusk did a few happy laps around the store.

Suddenly Tobi ran into the store panting, "Tobi need help! Tobi need help!"

"Whoa! Hold on, Tobi. Where's the fire?" Ashley asked.

Tobi took a deep breath and said, "Tobi and brother and Angel were playing near tall grass. Pokemon got angry and attacked us. Tobi got scared and ran. But brother and Angel didn't follow!"

"Oh crud. That's not good! Lady, come with me; we need to do something!"

"Ferret!" Lady said before hurrying after Harvey. Duskull followed behind Lady.

"Come on, Pikachu! We have to go as well!" yelled Ashley with Tobi not too far behind.

"Pika!"

When they got to the tall grass they saw a Shelgon and a Mightyena attacking each other while a Swablu and a shiny Riolu were both attacking two Kirlia, one shiny and one not.

Ashley recognized the Kirlia and said, "When did the shiny Ralts evolve?"

"Now's not the time to be thinking about that, hon! I'll take the Mightyena and the Swablu along with the green Kirlia. You take the Shelgon, the Riolu, and the shiny Kirlia. They're too close to Ren and Toby for my liking."

Ashley saw the two hiding behind a nearby tree.

"Right. Pikachu, use Thundershock on the shiny Kirlia and shiny Riolu. Then use Volt Tackle on Shelgon!"

In doing so Pikachu paralyzed both the shiny Pokemon who clearly had less experience. Seeing the two disappear inside the Pokeballs she threw, Ashley turned her attention to the Shelgon.

Harvey seemed to be holding his own. Shelgon released a Dragon Breath.

"Pikachu! Use your tail as a spring and jump off the ground!"

Pikachu used his tail to push himself up higher than he normally would, dodging the Dragon Breath.

While he was in the air, Ashley called, "Quick! Spin yourself around and use Volt Tackle."

In doing so, Pikachu became an electric spinning missile that hit Shelgon with a lot of force. The Shelgon, who already had sustained damage from the fight with Mightyena, went down.

Ashley threw an Ultra ball, effectively catching the Pokemon.

Sighing, she went and picked up the Pokeballs containing the three new Pokemon she now had.

She called out to Harvey, "You doing okay?"

"Yup!" He bounced over. "I just added four new members to the team in one day! But I think we should get them over to see Doctor Jun."

…

At the island clinic Dr. Jun wiped his brow as he came out into the waiting room.

"They're all healed and ready to go," Jun said, handing Harvey five Poke balls (Lady, Dusk, Mightyena, Swablu, and Kirlia) and Ashley three Pokeballs as Pikachu ran up to her to climb onto her shoulder. "Then children are unharmed but grounded."

"I see. That's good-that they aren't hurt, that is," Ashley said, thinking.

"By the way, Ashley, Mayor Rosa asked if you could do something for her. She probably wants you to do something in Unova. She stopped by earlier to look for you," Jun said.

"Oh! Harvey, could you-" Ashley started to ask, but Harvey held up one hand.

"Don't worry, hon. I'll watch over your ranch. Just leave me a list of things to do and call to update me," Harvey said.

"Thanks. Now I have to go talk to the Mayor."

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Dear Readers,

I would just like to apologize for the delay. Weirn gives me the chapters to edit and type up, and first I lost the pages, then I had some trouble putting them in order. So I apologize.

-DuckieLover151