Hey guys! Are you ready for chapter 3?
Bonnie: Yup! As long we meet new Pokemon friends!
Japan: Wow, you sure are upbeat (Bonnie nodded)
Hungary: Before we start the chapter Leinne-chan, when you start pairing to others? I want to know!
Everyone: O_O
Bonnie: Wait, are you matchmaker or something?
Clemont: Bonnie, please don't.
Hungary: Why yes. Why did you ask?
Bonnie: Because you're gonna help me find a perfect wife for my brother.
Okay that's enough. You can play matchmaking later. Right we have chapter to start. I'm gonna say:Onto the show!
Serena had created a mess; there were a lot of different hats floating in her room.
"MOM! What should I choose?" She asked while showing two hats.
"This one," Grace selected the red hat.
"Okay, so I will go with this one." Serena decided, she decided to wear her pink fedora which had a black hatband and bow.
"When you already decided what to wear, why did you ask me then?" Grace questioned.
"I hadn't decided anything, but you decided the other one. That means the other one was less fashionable." Serena answered with a wink.
"Anyway your breakfast is ready." Grace informed and went downstairs.
Serena then went towards her desk and opened the drawer. She then took out a white and blue handkerchief, which had a pokeball on each corner. She quickly put it in her skirt's pocket and left her room to go down, where her mom was.
She then met her mom's Fletchling before sitting on the table and starting to eat her food.
"Serena, quickly eat and then you have to reach Lumiose City. And when you get your Pokémon and probably meet Ash, call me up." Grace instructed.
Serena just nodded her head; she then finished her food and quickly asked her mom. "How like I look?"
"Cute, as ever and now hurry up." Grace answered.
"Okay mom, love you and BYE." She said before leaving the house. She then met her mom's Rhyhorn before heading out towards Aquacorde Town.
"Ash here I come." She said in her mind.
As Ash, Alfred and their friends made way to Pokemon Center to register Pokemon League. Aah turned around to others and asked."So guys so what are you gonna to do now?"
"Well Ash, you see Bonnie and I were actually wondering if we could travel with you? You have shown how much you truly care about Pokémon, and we could learn a lot from each other on the journey."
"It would be an honor Clemont. Besides, traveling is always more fun with friends! But what about you Alfred? Would you like to travel with us?" Alfred grinned.
"Of course Ash, we love to. Plus, it will more fun if we travel together. What do you guys?" He turned to Maria and Kiku who nodded.
"Sure, why not. I wouldn't let you have fun all around." Maria said happily.
"Yeah. Same here." Kiku said.
"Great! We're gonna win this League!" Ash said as his friends cheered.
Bonnie rushed up to Ash and grabbed his hand, "Yay! Ash if you catch any cute Pokémon can you let me take care of them?"
"Sure Bonnie, would you like to start with Pikachu? He loves it when you pet his tail."
"I would love to Ash! Thank you so much!"
Bonnie took Pikachu and started to brush its tail vigorously. "Oh man, Pikachu. You're fur is all covered in dirt and grime. I'm gonna make sure that you look perfect once I'm done with you, Pikachu."
Pikachu looked at Ash in a way that said "You've betrayed me" before Ash said one last thing to Bonnie, "Oh, and Pikachu loves ketchup, you wouldn't mind treating it for me would you?" The Pokémon looked back at Ash, forgiving him for his misdemeanor over the promise of that sweet, red sauce. It smiled at its trainer and took the intense brushing that it was being given.
"Hehe. Let's go to Pokemon Center to get you register."
"Sure." Ash turned three nations.
"I suggest you three are going to register for Kalos League." Ash wondered
"No. Alfred and Kiku are. But for me, I don't know what I want to be." Maria said as she smiled sadly.
"Don't worry Maria, you will find your dream." Kiku assured as he patted Maria's shoulder to comfort her.
"C'mon, let's go to Pokemon Center!" Ash declared as they went to Pokemon Center.
After Ash, Alfred and Kiku registered for Kalos League, Ash was thinking where first gym is. He got the answer.
"Guys, let's go Santalune City where our first gym is."
"YEAH!" They choursed. They marched forward to Santalune City.
England opened his eyes and saw all surroundings. He saw all nations lying around the forest and he saw what he wearing. He was wearing black leather jacket underneath white polo, blue pants, bandana that looks like his flag and black and red sneakers. He had black bracelet that emblem keystone and black shoulder bag with two blue stripes.
"What the heck I am wearing!? I don't care. I'm gonna wake others up." England woke France up. France's eyes starting to open and he saw what he wearing. He was wearing purple trenchcoat underneath black long sleeved shirt, red pants, brown combat boots and he had necklace that emblem keystone and brown bag.
"Oh my, what happened? What am I wearing? It's so beautiful!"
"Shut up you frog! C'mon we're gonna wake up to others." England and France woke other nations.
"Aiya~. I feel like I being hit by a rock, aru~." China groaned while rubbing his head. He was wearing yellow long sleeve shirt familiar that wearing in world conference, gray baggy pants, and black boots. He had keystone clipped on his left chest and red and blue packback.
"Aw. That's really hurt. Are you alright, Kumajiro?" Canada said. He was wearing red jacket underneath white shirt, blue jeans, and blue and white shoes. He had blue bracelet that emblem keystone and white packback with two red thin stripes. But his bear, Kumajiro became a pokemon, a cubchoo.
"Cubchoo~" Cubchoo cooed.
"Kumajiro! What happen to you?" Canada asked in worry expression.
"Cubchoo~"
"I guess you became a pokemon now. Can't agrue do that." Canada smiled.
"Ughh.. My head, I being hit by rock or something." Spain groaned as he rubbed his head. He was wearing white polo shirt with red vest, blue pants, and black shoes. He had a triangle brooch with keystone on his right chest and black shoulder bag.
"Hey guys, are you alright?" Hungary said. She was wearing green sundress, yellow long sleeved jacket with three orange flowers, white pants and white ballet shoes. She had yellow flower hairclip with keystone on it and yellow bag on her back.
"Vee~. I guess we're all fine. We're not hurt after all." Italy chimed. He was wearing white t-shirt with light blue jacket, white pants, and royal blue shoes. He had same bracelet that England and Canada had but instead it's color white and blue packback on his back.
"So, what we to do now?" Spain asked as England stood.
"I suggest that we have pokeballs inside our bag, right?" nations nodded and took their pokeballs out in their bags.
"Uhmm.. What kind of pokemon we have? I think our pokemon is cute!" Italy said.
"Only way to find out." Canada said as England nodded.
"Okay, on the count of 3. 1 2 3!" They tossed their pokeballs so high and popped out to what kind of pokemon they have.
For England's Pokemon; Red Flogres, Mismagius, Mawile, Gyarados, Shiny Gallade, and Delphox.
For France's Pokemon; Milotic, Roserade, Beautifly, Glaceon, Audino and Glalie.
For China's Pokemon; Pancham, Lucario, Arcanine, Floatlez, Mienshao, and Medicham.
For Canada's Pokemon; Togekiss, Swampert, Venasaur, Latias, Klefki, and Kumajiro, a Cubchoo
For Spain's Pokemon; Charizard, Tauros, Leafeon, Typhlosion, Lapras, and Pidgeot.
For Hungary's Pokemon; Lopunny, Swanna, Liligant, Raichu, Altaria, and Wiggypuff.
For Italy's Pokemon; Pachirisu, Skitty, Vapereon, Whimsicott, Slowbro, and Abomasnow.
"Vee~. They're so cute!" Italy said happily.
"And powerful too, aru~." China added.
"Okay guys, I think it's time to call ourselves by names. I go first, my name's Arthur Kirkland." England who named Arthur.
"So I'm next. I'm Francis Bournley." France who now Francis with a wink.
"Okay, my name's Wang Yao, aru~." China said a.k.a Yao.
"I'm Matthew Williams." Canada said shyly a.k.a Matthew.
"So I guess it's turn now. I am Antonio Fernadez Carriedo." Spain said who now Antonio.
"My turn! My name's Elizaveta Hedervary but call me Liza." Hungary smiled a.k.a Elizaveta or Liza.
"Vee~. So I'm last, my name's Feliciano Vargas." Italy said a.k.a Feliciano.
"So, where are we anyway?" Matthew asked. Yao instantly knew.
"Well, I think we're in Kalos Region. But we are in Aquarode City." Antonio confused.
"But where we gonna find them? I want to see mi hija."
"According to the game, they are in Lumiose City. I hope they're fine in there."
"What are waiting for? Let's go to Lumiose City!" Liza declared as they marched to Lumiose City.
"Man I'm hungry." Ash moped. The six traveling companions were busy walking through a path carved into a dense forest.
Bonnie looked at him and said, "Yeah me too. Clemont can we please stop and eat?"
"Yeah. I can't walk anyway. I'm so hunrgy." Alfred whined as Maria rolled her eyes.
"You're always hungry, Alfred."
"Anyway, let's stop here and have some lunch. I've got all of my cooking utensils with me so I can fill us all up."
"Sure, I help you, Clemont." Kiku said.
"Thank you, Kiku." Clemont smiled.
They stopped in a clearing with a small picnic table shaded by a large apple tree. Clemont began to heat water in a pot as Ash, Alfred and gang released all of their Pokémon. "Alright you guys, let's get you some lunch."
All of the Pokémon cheered as Ash, Alfred, Maria and Bonnie set out plates for Pikachu, Charizard, Gible, Froakie, Bunnelby, Blaziken,Muchlax,Ampharos, Braviary, Latios, Chesnaught, Kiku's Pikachu, Gallade, Absol, Samurott, Sceptile, Talonflame, Delphox, Gardevoir, Slyveon, Lucario, Noivern and Empoleon. Bonnie, Ash, Alfred and Maria sat with the Pokémon as Clemont and Kiku finished making lunch for the human members. All six of them started eating under the shade of the tree, not knowing that they were being watched by a small mouse Pokémon from the tree above. The Pokémon was busy gnawing on an apple as it curiously watched the group. It leaned forward too far though, and dropped the apple on Ash's head. "Oww…what was that?"
Ash looked up to see the small Pokémon fall down in front of Bonnie. Bonnie stared at the strange Pokémon and yelled, "It's a Dedenne! You're such a cutie aren't you?"
Ash looked at the small Pokémon before pulling out his Pokédex to look it up. The Pokédex chirped to signal it was on and started to speak to Ash about the Pokémon,
"Dedenne, the Antenna Pokémon: Dedenne communicates long distance with other Dedenne by sending radio waves through its antenna-like whiskers."
"Wow, so I'm guessing that it's an Electric type."
"Not only that Ash, but its also a Fairy type." Kiku spoke up.
Ash looked at Kiku with a questioning expression and asked, "Is that a new type of Pokémon?"
"Yeah. Scientists just recently discovered this new type, and its shared amongst many already discovered Pokémon. Apparently Dragon types are at a serious disadvantage against them, I've never seen a Fairy type fight a Dragon type first hand though." Clemont explained
"Just like my Slyveon and Gardevoir. Isn't that right?" Maria petted Slyveon and she received a nodded from Gardevoir.
"Slyveon~." Slyveon soothed.
"Wow that's really cool, why don't you try to catch Dedenne then, Clemont?" Ash said to young inventor.
It was Bonnie's turn to interject, "Yeah, catch it Clemont! Let me take care of it, I want to take care of my first Pokémon!"
Clemont looked sheepishly at his zealous young sister and nodded, saying, Clemont looked over to Bunnelby and said, "Alright, Bunnelby, let's catch this Dedenne for Bonnie!"
Bunnelby stepped forward and readied itself to fight the Dedenne. However as Bunnelby prepared to fight, the Dedenne had different plans. The small Pokémon crawled up into Bonnie's hands and fell asleep. Clemont pulled out a Poké ball and said, "Well, this might be easier than I thought."
He touched the Pokémon on the head with the ball. A red light wrapped around the Pokémon and sucked it into the ball. The ball wriggled a couple times and dinged to signal that the Pokémon had been caught. Ash watched with slight amusement and said, "Well… I guess you caught Dedenne after all! Great work, I think."
"Yippee! I got a new friend! That one is a keeper!" Bonnie jumped up and down jolly.
Clemont released the small Pokémon, who appeared from its Poké ball and quickly curled up against Bonnie and fell asleep again. "Look how cute you are, I've got a satchel here that we'll put you in!"
Bonnie gently lifted the mouse and placed it into her yellow satchel that she carried across her body. The Pokémon slightly shifted and closed the front flap, giving it complete darkness to take its nap. Bonnie looked up at Clemont and whispered, "Thank you Big Brother, I promise that I will take good care of Dedenne!"
Clemont patted his sister on the shoulder and said, "I'm sure you will. Now, let's finishing eating lunch before it gets cold."
"Yeah! I haven't finish my lunch." Alfred said.
"Alfred, stop whining. You're making me a big headache." Maria grumbled while rubbing her temples.
"Kiku, they're always fighting?" Ash asked to Kiku.
"Yeah. But you get used to it." Kiku sighed.
After they had finished lunch, they continued walking along for a few hours, and decided to stop for the day. Even though there were a few hours of daylight left, they decided to stop early and get up early the next day. Clemont set up camp and began to tinker on a project that he was working on. Maria was making dinner for them with the help Kiku who instantly blush. Ash, Alfred and their Pokémon went out to a nearby creek to train for their upcoming match against Alexa's sister, Viola before the sun set on the horizon. "Alright Gible, you better not have become soft after staying on Professor Oak's ranch for so long. Let's see that awesome Draco Meteor on those rocks!"
Gible looked at the rocks Ash pointed at and launched a ball of energy high up into the air. When the ball reached its apex, it burst into many smaller pieces and rained down on the group of rocks, completely pulverizing every rock it aimed at. "Wow Gible, that was really strong, you have been practicing that attack haven't you?"
Instead of giving a traditional answer, Gible once again jumped onto Ash's head and bit down. "Haha! I'll take that as a yes! Great work, Gible!"
Ash then turned to Froakie and said, "Let's see what tricks you have, Froakie. I want to see your Water Pulse and Bubble."
Froakie looked at Ash with a look of conviction and jumped up high in the air. Ash was amazed at the speed at which it moved as it showed its attacks to him. Each individual power it showed hit the ground and launched dirt and rock a dozen feet up into the air. "Wow Froakie, you really are fast and strong to boot! We will do a lot of great things together, I can tell!"
It looked at Ash and yelled "Froakie!" in agreement with Ash's statement.
Ash looked finally to the yellow mouse on his shoulder and said, "Alright Pikachu, it's your turn! Show me a full powered Thunderbolt!"
Pikachu jumped off of Ash and into the air. It's cheeks sparked as it enveloped itself in lightning and arced it towards a nearby boulder. The move was powerful enough to burn a hole straight through the boulder, a feat of strength that was rivaled by only the strongest of electric type Pokémon. "That's the way Pikachu, I expected just as much from you!"
While Ash was training with his Pokemon, Alfred and his Pokemon watched what Ash and Pokemon doing.
"Wow. Ash was training so hard with his Pokemon for his first gym badge. What do you say, guys? Let's train hard like Ash did!" All Alfred's Pokemon roared in agreement.
"You're not alone, Alfred." Alfred turned and saw Kiku and Maria along their pokemon were walking toward to him.
"We will help you along the way. What do you think, guys? We're going help Alfred and Kiku for their first badges!" Maria raised her fist into air and their Pokemon cheered.
"You guys are best friends that I ever had." Alfred hugged Kiku and Maria along their Pokemon with tears of joy.
"Alfred! I need personal space! You know I'm not huggable person." Kiku said heasitantly.
"Don't push it, Alfred. Besides, we've always had each other back." Maria stated as Alfred wiped his tears.
"You're right. Let's start training!" They cheered.
After Ash, Alfred, Kiku, and Maria finished their training with their Pokémon, and returned them back to their Poké balls, Ash noticed a small bird Pokémon flying overhead. He landed down right in front of Ash, Alfred, Kiku, and Maria to get a drink from the creek. Ash pulled out his Pokédex to learn about these small red and grey bird.
The Pokédex spoke up, "Fletchling, the Tiny Robin Pokémon, although Fletchling's chirp is quite beautiful to hear, it is relentlessly tough with those who enter its territory."
"Are you going to catch it?" Kiku asked raven haired trainer.
"Yeah. But I know how to catch it." Maria looked Ash.
"Really? How?"
Ash looked at the Fletchling in front of him and grabbed some Pokémon food out of his pack. He extended out his hand to feed the Tiny Robin, as no doubt he would want some food to go with his quick drink. As he were taking the bits of food from Ash's palm.
Ash, Alfred, Kiku, and Maria noticed a blaze of fire speeding at them and Fletchling. They jumped out of the way just in time to dodge the ball of fire as it hit the ground. Ash looked up to see a larger red bird where the fire had been, it looked angrily at Fletchling and let out a screech to intimidate the Tiny Robin.
Alfred pulled out his Pokédex and pointed it at the bird. "Fletchinder, the Ember Pokémon, and the evolved form of Fletchling. Once in flight, Fletchinder can reach its top speed extremely quickly, giving it the edge in battle by attacking its opponents before they can get prepared."
Fletchling stared angrily at the larger bird. Ash, Alfred, Kiku, and Maria could see that the two Pokémon were about to have a duel to see if the Fletchling could use the creek that was within the Fletchinder's territory. The Fletchinder flew up into the sky and came back down, completely incased in fire. "Wow, that's Fletchinder's Flame Charge, look how fast it moves!" Ash said to Pikachu and nations.
They could only watch the battle as the Fletchling managed to dodge out of the way, but the larger bird used its boosted speed to hit it from behind with a Wing Attack. The Fletchling fell to the ground as the Fletchinder readied another Flame Charge. The small bird did not have the time to move out of the way, and it took the attack straight on and landed on the ground, completely unconscious. The Fletchinder attempted to go in for another attack until Ash ordered Pikachu to fire a Thunderbolt at the bird. The electric attack was enough to scare the bird away, and Ash, Alfred, Kiku, and Maria ran up to the fainted Fletchling. "Don't worry little buddy, we'll help you."
Ash said as he and three nations gently lifted the Tiny Robin Pokémon and ran back to Clemont and Bonnie. "Guys you need to help!"
"Fletchling is hurt!" Kiku exclaimed.
"What happened, guys?" Clemont asked as the young man from Kanto and Pikachu ran up to him.
"This little guy, he got hurt in a battle for territory against a Fletchinder. We managed to scare it off, but we couldn't reverse the damage that this Fletchling had taken." Maria explained.
Clemont looked at the Fletchling and examined it. "Looks like it got burned by the Fletchinder. In the heat of battle Fletchinder's body can get hot enough to burn a Pokémon that touches it."
Clemont then pulled out a small bottle and sprayed it onto the burned area. "This should help to cure the burn, but this Fletchling should rest here for the night, until it gets better."
Ash looked at the little bird, which opened its eyes weakly and saw Ash over it. Ash said to the Fletchling, "Don't worry, we'll wait here until you're better. Then, you and we will go back and fight that Fletchinder so that you can drink at that creek."
Pikachu came up to Ash and pulled on his sleeve. "Don't worry buddy, we'll stay out here with Fletchling, you should go and get some rest. We'll be at Santalune City tomorrow and I want you rested for your gym battle." Pikachu ran into Ash's tent and curled up in a ball inside Ash's sleeping bag.
"You should also get some sleep too, Fletchling. We want you to be strong for your next battle against Fletchinder." The Fletchling nodded its head and fell asleep again, it would show that Fletchinder that it was not to be pushed around, no matter its size, and with Ash's help it would beat the larger Pokémon.
It was late in the night when Ash felt Fletchling gently pecking on his hand. He looked up to see that he had fell asleep next to the Pokémon. "Hey, how are you feeling there, Fletchling?"
"Fletch! Fletchling!"
Ash could see that the flying type was quite stressed at the moment, and it pointed up into the sky. He put on his hat and gazed up at the night sky, and what he saw made him gasp. In the sky was the Fletchinder, covered in fire and flying circles around the camp. "It's taunting you to come out and fight it again. Are you ready to fight it again Fletchling?"
The Pokémon looked at Ash and nodded. It flew up into the air and called out to the Fletchinder. It slowly swooped down and stopped in front of Fletchling. "Alright Fletchling, listen to me and we'll get through this."
The two Pokémon stared angrily at each other until Ash called out, "Okay Fletchling, use Quick Attack!" Fletchling flapped its wings and swooped down to gather speed. Once it reached max velocity, the Pokémon flew upwards in an attempt to hit the Fletchinder from below. The dying light of the campfire was enough to allow the Fletchinder to see the incoming Fletchling. It dodged out of the way and ignited itself and flew after Fletchling.
"Watch out Fletchling, it's coming right for you!"
Fletchling looked below it to see the Ember Pokémon chase after it, enveloped in a ball of fire. Fletchling managed to roll out of the way as the Pokémon flew past.
"Nice work, Fletchling! It increased its speed though, so let's see if we can hit it with another Quick Attack!"
Fletchling nodded and flew up at high speeds to ram its beak into the Fletchinder's chest. The Fletchinder recoiled from the attack but chased after Fletching before gripping its talons on the Tiny Robin Pokémon. There, it began to peck furiously at the smaller bird, dealing massive amounts of damage. "Fletchling get out of there! Use Gust to pry yourself loose!"
Fletchling managed to free its wings and flapped them hard enough to create a strong wind current. The Fletchinder was caught in the current and sent sailing downwards from Fletchling. The Pokémon swiftly recuperated and gave another Flame Charge. The attack landed on Fletchling as the Fletchinder soared upwards into the sky. "It's gotten faster again Fletchling, watch out for another Flame Charge."
Sure enough, Fletchinder came back down and rammed Fletchling down to the ground. It landed on the dying embers of the campfire, launching the charcoal around and blanketing the area in darkness. Ash looked up at the Fletchinder and saw that its feathers were sparkling from the embers that settled on it during the multiple Flame Charges. He looked at Fletchling, who managed to get up out of the fire pit covered in black soot. If Ash didn't know it was there, it would be nearly impossible to see. That's it, we can see Fletchinder, but it can't see Fletchling.
"Great work getting back up, Fletchling. We have the advantage now, since Fletchinder can't see you, fly high and hit it with another Quick Attack."
The larger bird looked around to see where the attack was coming from, but in the dark it couldn't see the smaller Pokémon, until it was hit from above by Fletchling. Fletchinder looked around with a snarl and attempted to use another Flame Charge against Fletchling. Though it was faster than Fletchling, the Pokémon couldn't see its target in the night, making its speed essentially useless in this scenario. Fletchinder tired itself out too much from flying rapidly in a circle, leaving the battle right in Ash's hands. "Alright Fletchling, finish it off with Wing Attack!"
Fletchling came at the Fletchinder from the front and landed the finishing blow on its opponent. The larger bird fell from the sky and crashed on the ground. It slowly lifted itself up as Fletchling landed right in front of it. Ash watched as Fletchinder nodded its head at Fletchling, showing that it was impressed with the way Fletchling battled. The two birds, no matter their size, were now equals. The Pokémon then tried to lift off of the ground, but fell back down, too exhausted to sustain flight. Ash ran over to Fletchinder and said, "That was a great battle Fletchinder, you should really get some rest here for tonight, at least until you get your strength back."
The Ember Pokémon allowed Ash to pick it up and take it to a soft spot of grass to sleep. Ash pulled out a blue, spherical berry from one of the pockets in his backpack and gave it to Fletchinder. "Here you go, this Oran berry should help you recover."
The Pokémon ate the berry gratefully and set its head down on the ground to fall asleep. Ash looked over at Fletchling, who was busy cleaning the soot out of its feathers. "Fletchling, we really did it. We make such a great team."
He said. The Fletchling stop cleaning for a moment and stared at Ash. It realized that this trainer could help it grow stronger despite its size, but it had a duty to its flock, to lead them somewhere safe.
Bonnie and Maria woke up and came outside of their tent to see Ash, Fletchling, and Fletchinder asleep on the grass, as well as the ruined campfire. Clemont, Alfred, Kiku and Pikachu also crawled out of their tents to see the state of the campsite. "Wow! What happened out here? Did we miss something last night?" Bonnie asked.
"Ash! What's going here?" Maria asked in shock.
Ash slowly woke up and looked at Bonnie and Maria. He said, "You guys missed the pinnacle battle between Fletchling and Fletchinder. Fletchling and I managed to win after it was thrown into the dying embers of the fire. The cover of black soot made it almost invisible to Fletchinder."
"That sounds awesome Ash, but what's the Fletchinder still doing here?" Alfred asked curiously.
"It was too weak to move last night, so I took care of it until it got better."
Fletchinder and Fletchling woke up from their slumber and looked at the group. Fletchinder gave Fletchling another nod and flew up, soaring high up and away from the group.
Pikachu ran over to Ash and licked his face. Ash got up and lifted Pikachu up onto his shoulder. He then turned to Fletchling and asked, "So Fletchling, would you like to join us on our journey? I sure would like to have a strong Pokémon like you."
Fletchling looked down, slightly embarrassed. Pikachu jumped down off of Ash's shoulder and started to converse with Fletchling. After they were done, Pikachu ran back over to Ash and attempted to tell him what was bothering Fletchling. It took Ash a couple tries, but he eventually understood what Pikachu was trying to say.
"Fletchling can't come with us, it has a duty to its flock. Isn't that right, Fletchling?"
The Pokémon nodded and looked down. It was sorry that it and Ash had to part ways, but there was no other way. Ash then asked, "Is it alright if we see you off?"
Fletchling gave a chirp in the affirmative. It flew up and circled over the group as they packed up their tents and had breakfast. They followed Fletchling over to the creek where it and Ash first met. As it landed, the rest of its flock appeared from the trees and greeted their leader, who had been missing since yesterday. Ash looked at the Fletchling and said, "Well, I guess this is where we say goodbye. I hope to see you again someday."
As the group parted with Fletchling, Ash felt a gust of wind as the Fletchinder from before flew over his head and landed in front of the flock of Fletchling. Like the day before, all of the Fletchling fled into the trees except for the one. Ash watched as the two bird Pokémon conversed with each other, until something unexpected happened. The Fletchling called to its flock to join it, and introduced them to the larger bird and said goodbyes to all of the other Pokémon. Then it flew over to Ash and unclipped on of his empty Poké balls from his belt. "Wait, Fletchling, you can join me now?Did that Fletchinder promise you that it would protect the flock?"
The Tiny Robin Pokémon nodded its head and pecked on the Poké ball. A red light encased the Pokémon and pulled it back into the ball. The ball wiggled a couple times and dinged to signal that the Pokémon had been caught. "Alright! Pikachu we have another friend here in the Kalos region!"
Ash bent down to pick up the ball, and clipped it back onto his belt while Pikachu jumped up and down in joy next to him. Ash looked at the Ember Pokémon and said, "Thank you, Fletchinder, for everything."
The Pokémon nodded at Ash and flew off of the ground, followed by the entire flock of Fletchling. They waved goodbye to Fletchinder and the flock of Fletchling as they disappeared into the sky. Ash looked to his traveling companions and said, "Well, are you guys ready to go to Santalune City so I can get my first badge?"
Kiku was the first to speak up, "Yeah, Santalune is only a couple of hours away, so if we get moving now we can get there by lunchtime!"
Bonnie grabbed Ash's shirt and said, "2 Pokémon and a gym badge in little more than a day? I'm so excited to see what happens from here! Let's go!"
Bonnie started running towards Santalune City as Ash, Alfred, Kiku, Maria and Clemont raced to catch up, excited for the adventures of a new day.
Serena had finally arrived in Lumiose City. The hustle of all the people in the big city was very different than the small town of Vaniville. She watched as cars and buses went by in the streets, carrying their passengers to all corners of the city. In the distance she could see the heights of Prism Tower, a giant amongst most of the buildings in the city. She would have loved to take a stroll down Vernal Avenue to window shop all of the exquisite fashion stores, or to get a delicious lunch in one of the many different cafés that the city had to offer, but at the moment she was looking forward to getting her first Pokémon from Professor Sycamore.
As she made her way to the lab, she saw the destruction that the Garchomp wreaked on this area of the city. There were large areas of the street that were ripped apart, with pieces of asphalt and concrete thrown 20 feet down the street. Many buildings had serious structural damage, with some being torn down to the supports. It looked like a tornado had come through and ransacked the entire area. Serena looked at the relatively "unscathed" lab, considering it only had a few blown out windows and a large hole in one of the walls.
"Wow, is this all that one Garchomp can do?" She said as she approached the front door.
Serena walked into the lab's foyer and was incredibly surprised with what she saw before her. The room was full of papers and books strewn about the ground intertwined with piece of wood that used to be bookshelves. The walls were cracked from the shockwave of Garchomp blowing out the façade with a Hyper Beam. Professor Sycamore came into the room to see the young woman standing there. "Hello there, I'm Professor Sycamore. You must be Serena Gabena. You're mother called earlier and said you were coming to receive your first Pokémon. Sorry about the mess by the way."
"It's quite alright, I saw what happened on the news last night. Professor, who was the trainer that managed to calm down the Garchomp?"
"Oh, you're talking about Ash Ketchum, he's a trainer about your age from Pallet town."
So it is Ash! I knew it! I'm so excited to see him.
"Last I heard he was headed to Santalune City to get his first gym badge."
"Santalune City huh? Well Professor, I'm ready to get my very first Pokémon."
"Ah, splendid! Let's get the three choices out here for you! I'm sure you know about all of them by now."
The three Kalos starters made their way in front of Serena and Sycamore followed closely by one of the lab technicians. "Well Serena, here you go. One of these three Pokémon will become your new lifelong partner. Choose wisely."
Serena looked at all three of the Pokémon before she turned to Sycamore."They're all great choices, but I already knew which one I wanted before I came."
Serena kneeled in front of the fire fox, "Well Fennekin, what do you say? Do you want to join me on my journey?"
The Pokémon looked at its new trainer with a gleam in its eye. Finally it would go on an adventure with its own trainer and see far away lands, it leaped into Serena's arms and licked her face. "Fennekin, we're gonna have so many great adventures together."
"Fennekin!"
Sycamore smiled at the duo, "Looks like you two will have a great time together. Before I forget, Serena, let me give you your Poké balls and Pokédex." He handed her the 5 red and white balls and the small handheld Pokémon searching device. "And finally here is Fennekin's Poké ball, now go out there and explore the world of Pokémon."
"Thanks Professor. C'mon Fennekin, let's go!"
As she walked out the door all she could think about was how Ash would act when he finally saw her again, would he be surprised? Confused? Interested?
OKAY! THAT'S A WRAP!
Bonnie: Yippee! We got 2 new pokemon friends!
Philippines: I can't believe you wrote more than 5000 words.
Hahaha. I know right? I wrote in more than 24 hours.
Japan: (shocked)Huh!? Are you sure alright? There's lot work to finish it.
I'm okay, Japan.
Serena: Leinne-chan, when I get to see Ash?
In next chapter, Serena. See you next time! Paalam!