Pokemon Diamond & Pearl's Platinum Destiny

Chapter Four: VS Shinx

Dawn Pearl

After getting the pokedex from Professor Rowan, I went home to tell mom 'my' good news.

"So what cute pokemon did you get?" she asked me dying to know which pokemon I picked.

"Did you get an adorable Piplup?" She continued without letting me begin, "Or maybe a lovable yet gallant Chimchar?"

"Well actually I got the best one of the three," I assured her with a great big smile on my face as I pulled out my pokeball. "Come out Twiggy!"

I threw the pokeball and accidentally hit Glameow who was sleeping on the living room couch before running up the stairs. "Opps," I said as Twiggy came out of his ball and let out a forceful cry.

"TUR-TWIG!"

"Eww," My mom shrieked, "What is that?!"

"Well, thanks mom, way to be supportive," I said sarcastically because I knew she would get all dramatic of my Turtwig. I picked up my Turtwig and pouted, "I don't care what you say mom I picked Twiggy for being adorable in his own way."

"But, honey it looks so angry and unpleasant." My mom said putting in her 2 cents.

"Well, fine then," I said going upstairs, "I'll just leave!"

"You can't leave yet!" My mom demanded.

Knowing that this day would come, I took my pre-packed backpack and went back downstairs and found my mom blocking the door. "I suggest you move." I insisted nicely even I knew I was being rude.

"There's no way you're leaving this house with that thing," She said coldly

"Fine!" I yelled as if I was still 5 years-old thinking that I inherited my mom's dramatic nature. I walked to the kitchen; I saw my mother's eyes following me, thinking 'What am is she doing?' She quickly realized that there was a side door in the Kitchen but it was too late.

"Dawn wait!" I heard her cry as I opened the door and ran with Twiggy in my arms. I didn't look back but I heard her open the Kitchen side door. I knew she wouldn't yell because the neighborhoods would hear and she wouldn't want to ruin her sophisticated reputation.

I laughed to myself and Twiggy licked my arm to show a sign of approval. Continuing down the golden brown dirt road into route 201, I raced to Sandgem town to meet up with Lucas.

[Sandgem Town]

"Dawn?" I saw Professor Rowan waiting at the door of his lab holding and bag and journal that seem to belong to Jun.

"Yes Professor," I answered as I came out of route 201 and entered Sandgem town.

"Jun's mother came to my Lab to give Jun his journal and backpack but I told her Jun already passed by and left. Would you kindly give him these items when you see him again? You two seem to know each other well." He requested.

"Of course I'll give these to him," I gladly offered my assistances, putting Twiggy down and taking Jun's possessions from the Professor. "After all you left me keep Twiggy this is the least I could do."

"Where is Lucas?" I asked the Professor knowing that he could be waiting on me.

"He's in route 202 waiting for me to get ready," He informed. "If you see him tell him he can go ahead to Jubilife City without me."

"Right," I assured as I put on Jun backpack and gave my bag to Twiggy. "Ready Twiggy?"

"Tur-Twig!" Twiggy declared while biting down on my bag's handle.

"Let's go!"

Twiggy and I walked out of the town towards the north; we saw Lucas within the tall grass that ran up to my knees and completely covered Twiggy who was dragging my bag.

"Hey Lucas," I called for him and he responded by looking back at me and waving.

"Hey Dawn!"

"What are you doing?" I asked trying to keep the conversation going.

"Well, I'm trying to catch another pokemon for my team, I don't want Prinplup to make this journey to easy for me." He admitted. I was surprised not to hear any cockiness from that statement because I usually heard a lot of it from Jun.

"Cool, can you show me how?" I asked since I wasn't interested in catching anything in this route for myself.

"Sure," He promised before we heard rustling in the bushes.

"What's that?"

Lucas pulled out his pokedex and I mimicked him.

[Shinx]

All of its fur dazzles if danger is sensed. It flees while the foe is momentarily blinded.

Its forelegs have a muscle-based system of generating electricity.

"Alright Prince, go!" Lucas called for his Prinplup as I recorded the data.

[Prinplup]

It lives alone, away from others. Apparently, every one of them believes it is the most important. Its wings deliver wicked blows that snap even the thickest of trees. It searches for prey in icy seas.

"Wow Prinplup sounds like the best pokemon for Jun," I thought because of their egos.

The little cub like pokemon named Shinx tried to blind us with its dazzling fur but Lucas had his sights set on it.

"Okay Prince, use bubblebeam to slow it down," Lucas suggested.

Prinplup proudly stood up straight before bending over and releasing a stream of bubbles towards the Shinx.

The poor cub tried to run but quickly fainted after getting hit by the first row of from the attack.

"Wow, that was to easy," Lucas stated with a slight amount of disappointment. He grabbed an empty pokeball and tosses it at the fainted pokemon.

Me and Lucas watched the ball twitch three times before it pinged. I looked at Lucas and he looked at me.

"Good job," I said smiling.

"Thanks, I guess," He replied smiling back. "Maybe I sure get working on training Leo now."

"Sure," I said before noticing that the green forest scenery had turned bright orange. "But I think it's getting late, the Professor said we could go ahead to Jubilife City without him."

"Cool, We'll head there now and get to a pokemon center to rest up." Lucas recommended and I agreed so we continued through route 202 and hoped to reach the City before Nightfall.

-To Be Continued-

Okay next time we'll be seeing what Jun's been working on. Next time VS Starly. Hopefully I get it out before the holidays.

Dawn:

Turtwig (Twiggy) Lvl 7

Jun:

Chimchar (???) Lvl 6

Lucas:

Prinplup (Prince) Lvl 20

Shinx (Leo) Lvl 4