Nadia walked up to the edge of the route north of the city, the cobble street slowly giving way to grass and dirt as she continued, she could see a few people meandering around the edges of the road, some tending to their Pokémon while others seems to be troweling the grass. Before continuing, she felt Bunnelby's Pokéball shaking on her belt. She grabbed it and released Bunnelby.
After Bunnelby blinked back into existence after being in the Pokéball it looked around for a brief moment before looking up and seeing Nadia smile.
"Nico! You did it!" Nadia said rubbing his cheeks as he nuzzled her hand.
"Now that I'm a trainer I can let you stay out of your ball." She said. As Nico finished hopping around happily Nadia and Nico heard the sound of rustling in the grass nearby.
Nico jumped to an active pose as Nadia took a defensive one. Neither one of them were quiet ready for what happened next as a shockwave blasted both of them. Nadia rebalanced herself as she tried to get her ears to stop ringing, thats nothing to say for what Nico was going through at the moment. Slowly a small pink Pokémon walked through the now parted grass with tears in its eyes. Nadia didn't even hesitate as she walked forward to see what was wrong with it. It had bite marks along its back and its left ear was bleeding.
"Oh you poor thing..." Nadia said, pulling a potion from her pack. She gingerly sprayed its injuries with the potion until it stopped sniffling with the force of a hairdryer.
Nico stomped on the ground to get Nadia's attention. Something else was rustling in the grass. Nadia stood up from her crouched position holding the pink Pokémon in her arms as she readied for battle again. A small black wolf-like Pokémon walked out with its teeth gnashed at Nico.
Nico made the first move, rushing down the Pokémon as it flinched. Nico landed a solid hit in the Pokémon chest which flung it back into the grass, the sound of yipping could be heard as it ran away back into the woods.
Now that the momentary danger had passed, Nadia returned her attention to the small Pokémon she was holding. It was still sniffling a little bit, but at the same time was looking directly up at her with big eyes.
"I should get you some help, lets take you to the Pokémon center." She said, scratching behind the Pokémon's ear. Which much like Nico, it seemed to love.
As Nadia walked back down the street toward the Pokémon center for the third time that day, this time with not one, but two Pokémon with her, she started to feel that familiar feeling she had walking down the street back in Lumiose. For just a moment it didn't feel like she walking down a new city street in a new region. It felt like she was walking down the same cobble streets she would walk down to get back and forth to school, just one foot in front of the other walking forward, walking home. All too soon, she managed to make it back to the Pokémon center yet again.
"Oh my! What happened?" Nurse Joy said with a concerned look as she rushed from behind the counter to meet Nadia on the floor.
"I was just beginning to walk down route 116 when this Pokémon walked out crying, though not before blowing my ears out." Nadia explained. Nurse joy tenderly grabbing the Pokémon.
"Oh dear, Whismur have a habit of doing that. I assume you didn't catch it yet because its not in its Pokéball?" Nurse Joy said.
"Yes, that is correct." Nadia said.
"Well then… I'll have to patch up the poor thing the old fashioned way." Nurse joy said moving swiftly over to her spot behind the counter. She pulled out a few things from behind the counters, a few Cottonee swabs, some disinfectant, and a large bandage. She got to work cleaning the cuts and bite marks as Nadia watched in awe of the precision and gracefulness in which Joy worked. A few moments later she placed the bandage on the Whismur's back.
"Did you have plans on catching this Pokémon?" Nurse Joy asked. Nadia looked down at the Whismur and then around the room blankly for a few moments.
"I am not quite sure, I don't know much about it." Nadia replied.
"Oh, that's easy to fix. As I'm sure you figured earlier, its name is 'Whismur', they like to spend their time around caves where they can echo better. They mostly eat berries, though they occasionally will eat plants if they berry supply is low. When scared, they can create an incredibly loud sound that can cause pain in the unprepared. They evolve twice, once into Loudred, then into Exploud. As you can tell by the names, their voices only get louder. Though that's not always a problem, as they grow older they acquire the ability to direct the sounds they make in a specific direction. You almost wouldn't hear them if you were standing behind them. Besides their sound abilities, they can also become quite strong. Nothing extraordinary mind you, but can lift a boulder about the size of themselves. That goes the same with their evolutions. About this one specifically, Its a boy, and he looks to be about three years old, you can tell by its color pattern, they don't get this shade of pink until about that time." Nurse Joy explained.
"Well, that does sound lovely, but really its up the whismur. I wouldn't want to take him with me if he didn't want to go." Nadia said.
"Just in case you do want to catch it, here is a spare Pokéball." Nurse Joy said handing Nadia the ball.
"Thank you." Nadia said. She took up the now happy Whismur in her arms and made her way out to Route 116, again.
Nadia, once again standing at the edge of route, this time holding a Pokémon.
"Alright little guy, time for you to get back to your home." Nadia said as she sat the Whismur down on its bottom where she found it. The Whismur looked around for a moment before looking back up at Nadia, then over to Nico. It then began to cry as it walked over to Nadia's leg and began tugged on Nadia's socks.
"Aw, don't cry little one, you're not in trouble..." Nadia said, it didn't seem to help however as the Whismur just sat down on the ground in front of her. Nadia looked down at Nico and Nico could feel her doing that thing again.
She wanted to know if he was OK with having the Whismur. Nico looked over to the Whismur crying and recalled his first memory. Nadia was sitting at a table while he was sitting on the ground next to her. He was hungry but didn't know what to do to tell her, so he started crying. He remembered her bending down and petting his ears. She knew what he wanted and he didn't even need to ask.
The feeling Nico had when she did that was something he wouldn't trade for the world, and it seemed like she wanted to do the same for this Whismur too, who was he to say that she shouldn't?
Nico looked back up to Nadia and gave a nod. Nadia smiled her big smile at Nico and looked over to the Whismur.
"Hey little guy," She started, momentarily making the Whismur stop crying.
"Do you want to come with me and Nico?" She continued.
The Whismur looked up at her again, he could feel a strange feeling when he looked up at her. She wasn't saying anything, but its like he could see in her eyes and know what she wanted. She wanted to take him along on her journey. She was so nice to him and he didn't want to leave her. Whismur jumped up and down on the spot making happy noises as Nadia smiled again.
Then she pulled out the Pokéball Nurse Joy gave her before and placed in on the ground in front of Whismur. He walked up to and with a quizzical look before looking to Nadia one more time. Then he knew what he needed to do.