The Croissant
Shell shook a bottle of spray paint. Holding it up, she covered Croissant's wings with toasted brown pain. Then, she added lighter hues of brown, then darker hues. Croissant shook its head. It did not like being spray painted like some canvas.
"Ugh," Bell said as Shelly stood back and sprayed a lightly over Croissant with gold, "this croissant will NOT please an Instinct… I know!" Bell took a red silk ribbon out.
"Great idea!" Shell exclaimed. She grabbed the ribbon and made a bow around Croissant.
"Uhh, I wasn't going to do that." Bell informed.
"Then what were you going to do?"
"Tie you up. I DON'T WANT RAICHU TO EAT MY POKEMON!"
"Haha very funny," Shell sighed.
Quinci walked in, "OMG! Croissant looks so good… THAT I WANT TO EAT HIM! But why are you painting Bell's salamence like a pastry?" Croissant's wings now resembled a giant croissant.
"Well, we're going to-"
"Whatever," Quinci shrugged, "As long as it works."
The Mystics called out their water pokemon and began leaving the dome from hatches in the glass, leaving the Valors to decide their means of transportation. Most of the Valors just hitched a ride with some Mystics. When Shelly broke the surface of the water on her gyarados, she spotted a flash of red in the water. Someone was trying to ride a rapidash across the ocean. She facepalmed so badly that her head hurt afterward.
Above, the night sky glittered with stars. She hoped they could make it to the base by sunrise. One of the stars began to glow red, and became larger and larger as it flew down at her.
"Yo Shell!" Quinci called. "Can I ride on your gyarados? My wings are hurting."
"Um…" Shell scratched her head. "Sure?"
"Probably from those circus tricks you were doing," Bell rolled her eyes, as she passed them on her salamence. "Show-off."
"Hey!" Quinci cried indignantly, "IT WAS AWESOME!" Shell shrugged.
"Wanna know what's awesomer?" Bell said, "This disguise!" She gestured to Croissant's wings.
"I still don't get it," Quinci crossed her arms. "Boooring."
"Well," Shelly said, "This is the plan." She created tiny ice sculptures of the Instinct base and salamence. She began to explain the idea, and soon, the three were laughing.
