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Viridian City was once a small settlement in Kanto. Now it was a bustling city full of shops restaurants, and other businesses. There was a Trainer School, Pokémon Center, several PokéMarts, and a Gym. The site of all the people going about their everyday activities took Sammy's breath away. She had never been around so many people at once. Scarlett had been to Viridian City several times and was used to its size. Ella had seen many big cities in Sinnoh and was eager to make friends with everyone. Topher just stood with them, looking unimpressed.
"I'm from Saffron City," he explained, "the tenth most populous city in the Pokémon world. Viridian City may seem big, but it's nothing compared to Saffron and Celadon."
"Sammy's never left Pallet Town," Scarlett told him. "Let's expose her to one city at a time."
"You mean you've never been able to go anywhere, not even on vacation?" Ella said in shock.
Sammy though for a moment. "Nope, the only vacation-like thing I did was when the fair came to Pallet Town. Even then, Amy made sure I didn't have fun." Ella gave her a look of sympathy. "So, what should we do first?"
"Well the logical option would be to check in to a Pokémon Center-" Scarlett began.
Ella interrupted her with a loud squeal. "SHOPPING SPREE!" She grabbed Sammy, Scarlett, and Topher and dragged them into the nearest store. A few seconds later they all ran out screaming.
"My eyes," Topher cried. "My beautiful eyes!"
"Never take us into one of those stores again," Sammy said, on the verge of tears.
"I'm sorry," Ella apologized. "I had no idea there would be a store like that. We don't have those in Sinnoh. Here, this one seems much better." It was a cute little store that sold hats. Scarlett had a feeling that her three friends would spend a great deal of time in there.
"If you don't mind, I'd like to go and pick up the package for Professor Oak," Scarlett said. They all looked at her, disappointed she was leaving. Scarlett smiled. They did care. "It shouldn't take me very long. How about we meet at the Pokémon Center in half an hour."
"That's fine," Sammy said. She wasn't sure if she would feel comfortable with just Ella and Topher. She still didn't know very much about them. Actually, she didn't know all that much about Scarlett either.
Sammy actually ended up having a really good time with her two other companions. She and Ella tried on almost every hat in the store. Then they went to a store that sold nail polish, a store that sold sunglasses, and a store that sold accessories for Pokémon.
"So Pokémon can actually wear clothes that help them in battles?" Sammy said in amazement as she stared at the racks of tiny clothing.
"Only sometimes," Ella replied. "There are scarfs that help boost your Pokemon's looks, and others boost their Speed and other stats."
"Stats?" Sammy said in confusion.
"Stats are what determine how a Pokémon performs in battle," Topher explained. "The stats are Attack, Special Attack, Defense, Special Defense, Speed, and HP. They aren't normally used unless you're a 'serious battler'. Even Chris McLean doesn't pay much attention the raising them like some people do. But that's called EV Training and it's only for the nerdiest of battlers. Most accessories have no effect on the Pokémon at all." He grabbed a small red vest with bulging pockets and several layers of padding. "Hmm, an Assault Vest. Helps protect from Special Attacks but prevents the use of Status moves." He looked at the price tag and almost fainted. "Never mind."
Ella pulled out a white linen scarf. She examined it for a few seconds. "Let's see how this looks on Eevee," she suggested. Sammy sent out Eevee, who stared at the scarf. "This is a Silk Scarf. It boosts Normal-type attacks." She tied it around Eevee's neck. "Oh my gosh, it looks adorable!"
"Yeah," Sammy agreed, "but I can't afford it. Actually, I can't afford any of this stuff. My parents didn't give me any money when I left. Sort of because I stormed out of my house..." Her voice trailed off.
Ella produced a plastic credit-card from out of nowhere. "I'm sure this will cover everything." She dragged them to the front counter and placed the Silk Scarf, a red hibiscus for her Bulbasaur, and a pair of shades for Topher's Squirtle in front of the clerk.
"You don't have to buy this for us," Topher argued.
"What's the point of having friends if you can't share your wealth with them?" Ella asked as the clerk swiped her card and handed her a shopping bag which she handed off to Topher. "Well, where should we go now?"
Sammy checked the time on her Dex. "Well I think it's time for us to meet Scarlett at the Pokémon Center. Where is that?"
"Follow me," Topher said. "I stopped by Viridian on my way down to Pallet Town. My aunt gave me her Haunter to protect me from wild Pokémon, not that it ever listens to me. Actually, I should probably send it back to her once we get there." The two girls followed Topher to a large white building with a red roof. Pokéball symbols decorated the various walls and objects inside.
The inside of the Pokémon Center was spacious and clean. There was a counter where they all dropped off their Pokémon to be healed up. Several computers were lined up along the left wall. Strange machines lined the right. Scarlett was sitting at a small glass table, a large package in front of her. Topher ran off to return his aunt's Haunter, so Ella and Sammy sat with Scarlett.
"What's in the box?" Sammy asked as she sat on one of the chairs.
"I'm not sure," Scarlett replied. "Professor Oak mentioned that it was very important and that I had to bring it back to him right away."
What the girls didn't know was that while they were talking, somebody else was listening in. Three mysterious people were watching Scarlett and the package through the security feed. They had climbed in through the vents and had managed to hack into the footage. They each wore matching black shirts with a red D on the front and silver pants. The shortest of them, a chubby guy with purple hair, pointed to the package.
"Oh what evil things we'll be able to do with the contents of that parcel," he said deviously.
"The mysteries of the box will soon be revealed," agreed the other guy. He had a green robe over his out outfit. A fake grey beard was taped to his face.
The final person, a girl with curly blonde hair, scoffed. "Y'all mean you don't have any idea what's in that there box?"
The two guys looked awkwardly at one another. "Well...no," said the taller one." The girl grabbed him and pinned him to the wall of the air duct.
"Listen here wizard!" She shouted. "I didn't climb through this vent, ruin my nails, and sit here for two hours while Max hacked the doohickey to get us the movin' pictures, just for a box that might not even have anything in it!"
"Quiet yourself Sugar," the shorter guy, Max, hissed. "We will soon find out what's in that package. Just you wait. Now my minions, let's cause a distraction."
"When do we tell him we're not his minions?" Whispered Sugar. The "wizard" shrugged.
"Leonard!" Max snapped. The "wizard" looked at him. "Can you do something to get them all in one spot?"
Leonard thought for a moment. "Well I suppose I have the spell for this. Uh, just close your eyes and chant my name or it won't work." Max and Sugar followed his orders without question. Leonard closed his eyes as well and began to speak in gibberish. Unknown to all of them, a Mr. Mime popped out of one of Leonard's Pokéballs. Mr. Mime waved his hands around. The three thieves floated out of a vent and into a room filled with hospital beds. They opened their eyes and looked around.
"How is this a distraction?" Sugar asked. "We're just in another part of the Pokémon Center."
"I must have mixed up my spells," Leonard said nervously. "Oh, what are you doing out Mr. Mime? Well I suppose it is time for me to teach more about the ways of magic. The pink, jester-like Pokémon cocked his head to one side. The group of four made their way through the back of the Pokémon Center so that they could see what was going on out front. Scarlett was chatting with her friends, the package still on the table. The boy that Scarlett's two friends had entered with was stilling waiting to use one of the Trading Machines."
Sugar pulled out a white paper packet and flipped through it. "Well it says here that that's Scarlett. She's Professor Oak's assistant. He must've sent her to get the package."
"Who are the other three?" Max asked.
Sugar shrugged. "Doesn't say anything about them in this packet. Maybe the wizard can read their minds to find out who they are." Leonard closed his eyes and began to chant. Mr. Mime scratched his head nervously. He was just going to have to let Leonard fail at this one.
"They must have some sort of protection spell up," Leonard mused. "Perhaps they are fellow wizards. We should take the parcel as well as them. The boss is always looking for new recruits right?"
"That's the smartest thing I've heard all day," Sugar agreed. "All right wizard, cause a distraction."
Leonard turned to Mr. Mime. "All right Mr. Mime. Let me show you how to do a Misty Terrain spell." Leonard began to speak in tongues and do jazz hands. Mr. Mime sighed and copied him, making sure to stand by his Trainer so the others thought it was Leonard causing pink mist to fill the Pokémon Center. Max stared in awe, and Sugar applauded as everyone looked around in panic.
"Everyone please remain calm," Nurse Joy said. "This is just a Misty Terrain attack. A Pokémon probably used it on accident."
"That's what you think," Sugar giggled as she, Max, Leonard, and Mr. Mime rushed towards Scarlett. "Trap 'em wizard!"
"My mana is draining," Leonard explained. He looked at Mr. Mime. "Trick Room!"
"Mime!" Mr. Mime held out his hands and a large box made of transparent green energy appeared around the table, the girls, Leonard, Sugar, and Mr. Mime. Max grumbled something about being left behind and began to work on a way to stop anyone from getting to the police. Nurse Joy reached for the telephone.
"Time to EVIL!" Max cackled. He pulled out the device he had used to hack the security cameras. With the push of a few buttons he was able to block out any phones, computers, PokéDex transmissions, and Trading Machines.
"Oh come on!" Topher complained as he placed the Haunter's Pokéball on his belt. He seemed completely oblivious to what was going on in the Pokémon Center until he turned around and saw his friends trapped in a box. "Don't worry guys, I'll come and save you!"
"Don't!" Scarlett shouted. "This is a Trick Room. Anything that enters it will be trapped inside."
"So how do we get out?!" Ella cried.
"You won't be gettin' out," Sugar growled. "Now hand over that package!"
Scarlett looked at the package on the table. "No, this is for Professor Oak. If you want it, you'll have to get through me!"
"Okay then," Sugar smirked. She grabbed a Pokéball off of her belt. "Go Mankey, and don't come back until you have that package!" A small, cream-colored monkey Pokémon with a long tail and pig-like nose popped out of Sugar's Pokéball. He slowly ran towards Scarlett. "Oh fudge-nuggets!"
"Trick Room makes slower Pokémon fast and faster Pokémon slow," Scarlett explained. "Magnemite use Thunderbolt!" Her main Magnemite materialized in the air and shot lightning at Mankey.
"Mankey!" The Pig Monkey Pokémon cried.
"Low Kick!" Sugar ordered. Mankey lunged at Magnemite and planted his foot in its face. Magnemite was thrown into the ground with a sickening crunch.
"We've got to help Scarlett," Sammy said to Ella and Topher. The latter was standing just outside the Trick Room.
"Who are you people?" Topher asked.
"It seems we forgot to do our intro," Max said. He pulled out the device and evil-themed music began to play. Max, Sugar, and Leonard began to recite their motto.
S: You've strayed too far into our path.
M: For that you will surely face our wrath.
L: Carrying out our boss' orders without a second guess.
All: Our persistence is what will ensure our success.
S: Sugar
M: Max
L: Leonard
S: Team Drama, causing chaos at every turn.
M: So battle us, you have a painful lesson to learn.
L: Forcefield!
Everyone in the Pokémon Center stared at the three members of Team Drama. Topher coughed awkwardly. "Uh, can we just fight these guys. Go Rattata!" He threw out the Mouse Pokémon towards Max.
Max screeched. "Ew, a rat! Get away get away get away!" Rattata chased after Max, nipping at his feet.
In the Trick Room, Bulbasaur and Eevee had been sent out. "Shadow Ball!" Sammy ordered. Scarlett had explained the Ghost-type attacks would work well against Psychic-types like Mr. Mime. The blob of ectoplasm struck Mr. Mime in the chest.
"Psybeam," Leonard shouted. Mr. Mime let a beam of psychic power flow from his hand. The beam hit Eevee, throwing him into one of the Trick Room walls. Eevee stood up weakly.
Ella's Bulbasaur, now with the red hibiscus behind her ear, fired three green seeds at Sugar's Mankey. The seeds opened up and began sucking energy from the Fighting-type. Sugar turned to Ella and focused on her Bulbasaur. "Nobody puts clothes on their Pokémon but me!" Sugar snarled. "Mankey, use Karate Chop!"
"But you're Mankey isn't wearing anything-" Ella began.
"No, don't hit her Bulbasaur. Hit her!" Mankey changed targets to Ella.
"Use SonicBoom!" Shouted Scarlett. The tips of Magnemite's magnets glowed white. Arcs of white energy hit Mankey, sending him back to Sugar.
"Oh, this isn't fair," Sugar whined. "All right wizard, show us that one spell you've been a workin' on!"
Leonard gulped. "Okay then. Da me quid I volo!" Mr. Mime quickly waved his hands around. The package that Scarlett held closely to her chest disappeared and reappeared in Mr. Mime's hands.
"Not that spell!" Sugar moaned. "The one that cause pain!"
"I don't have enough energy to do that spell," Leonard explained. He turned to Mr. Mime. "All right my apprentice, take them out with Psybeam." Mr. Mime fired his attack at Bulbasaur. The attack did super-effective damage, sending the Grass/Poison-type crashing into Ella.
"Oh my head," Ella groaned. She went limp on the ground.
"Karate Chop on Magnemite," Sugar ordered. Mankey slammed his hand down on Magnemite's face, knocking out the Electric/Steel-type. Mankey made sure to snatch the two extra Pokéballs from Scarlett's belt.
"Give those back," Scarlett snapped. "What do you need that package for?!"
"Uh," Sugar said awkwardly. "Let's open it and find out." She pulled a nail-file out of her pocket and sliced the box open. She pulled out two PokéDexes. "Now what are this button machines?"
"PokéDexes?" Scarlett said in surprise. "But why would he have me pick up PokéDexes if he makes them in his lab?"
"Shadow Ball!" Sammy ordered. The attack hit Mr. Mime. The walls of the Trick Room quivered. Things might not be going so badly after all.
Topher and Max wrestled on the floor for the device that the Team Drama member was using. It was mostly a one-sided battle, Rattata and Topher easily outnumbering him. Max still had an iron grip on the device. Topher was running out of ideas to get it, until Rattata waved his tail on Max's noise. The villain began to giggle and suddenly he was rolling on the floor with laughter.
"You aren't even touching him anymore," Topher remarked to Rattata, who shrugged. Topher sighed and stomped on the device. It smashed into several pieces.
"You fool!" Max cried. "You will pay for what you have- he he, ha, Aha ha ha!" Rattata was once again tickling Max's face with his tail. Topher rolled his eyes and looked over at the Trick Room. Leonard had his hand pointing at Eevee, who was floating in the air. Behind him and Sugar was Mr. Mime, he seemed to be one actually levitating Eevee. Suddenly, Eevee was thrown into the glass table.
"Eevee!" Sammy cried as the table shattered into tons of pieces. She knelt by her starter, glass cutting into her knees.
"Oh no, Sammy!" Topher yelled.
"Your only choice is to join Team Drama," Sugar said. "Or we'll make sure even a Pokémon Center can't fix you up!"
"Mankey!" Sugar's Pokémon agreed evilly. Sammy looked like she was just about ready to join them for the sake of her Pokémon.
"I know you never listen to me," Topher said to the Pokéball had had failed to send back to his aunt, "but Chris McLean would never let his posse get hurt, so neither will I." A purple spectral Pokémon with a gaseous body and two disembodied hands floated out of the ball. She flew at the Trick Room and passed through the walls. "All right!"
Haunter curled her left hand into a fist. It became surrounded in spiritual energy. Haunter let out a cackle as she punched Mr. Mime in the stomach, knocking him to the floor. The walls of the trick room shattered and disappeared. Topher rushed over to help Ella to her feet. Sammy slowly stood up, cradling Eevee in her hands. They all stared at the Team Drama trio.
Now realizing that they're last Pokémon was Mankey, Sugar quickly returned the Fighting-type to his ball. "You know, now that we've gotten what we came here for..."
"Take that!" Max shouted, throwing one of the PokéDexes at Topher. Topher ducked and the PokeDex broke as it hit the ground. "Ha ha! Now we've got the only one!"
"You dopey-eyed city kid!" Sugar yelled. "We had the only two. You just made things bad for us!"
"Oh," Max replied.
"Let's get out of here before we have nothing to bring back to the boss," Leonard said. "Smokescreen!" He dropped a smoke bomb onto the ground. There was a lot of coughing coming from inside the cloud, but when it cleared they were gone.
"They got away," Topher said in disappointment.
Scarlett nodded solemnly. "I'm not sure what was so important about that PokéDex that it had to be shipped here, but it's not good that it's in the hands of those...idiots. But we have more important matters."
Nurse Joy walked over them with a pink egg-shaped Pokémon named Chansey. "Thank you for fighting off those criminals. I'm sorry they got away with whatever they stole from you."
"It wasn't your fault," Scarlett replied curtly. "Have you ever heard of Team Drama?"
The nurse shook her head. "I've only been in Kanto for a few months, but I've never heard of them until now. Maybe you could ask my third cousin in Pewter City. Anyway, allow me to heal all of your Pokémon." She took Eevee, Magnemite, Rattata, Haunter, Bulbasaur, and even Ella back to the operating rooms.
"That's the second time Eevee's gotten hurt and there was nothing I could do about it," Sammy said after a tense silence. "This isn't what I left home for. I didn't leave so I could be attacked by thieves and getting lost in tall grass. I left so I could get away from someone that wanted to hurt me, not find other people with the same intent."
"I didn't sign up for this either," Topher replied. "I figured that by now I'd at least be in Cerulean City signing autographs. But that's life. My aunt told me before I left that I had to make the most of this journey. I didn't listen to her because I was too excited about filming the Topher Show. But think about what we did today. Team Drama could have really hurt someone today, and we might have stopped it. Ella got hurt today, and I don't think she left Sinnoh for that. But when she gets better she'll be back to singing and dancing."
"If she gets better," Scarlett reminded him. Topher glared at her. "Well I suppose there's only 13.4% chance she suffered major brain damage."
"Not helping," Topher muttered. "Look Sammy, we'll be fine. The Pokémon Center has free rooms for Trainers. After a good night's sleep we'll be back on the road."
Sammy smiled. "Yeah, thanks Topher."
"Don't mention it," Topher replied. "I'm going to go send Haunter back to my aunt. She still doesn't seem to like me...Haunter, not my aunt!" He walked off towards the Trade Machine. "Yeah Topher, you're one awesome host."
Meanwhile, Team Drama had snuck over to the Viridian City Pokémon Gym. Awaiting them on the top floor was an office. Inside that office was their boss. The boss of Team Drama made sure nobody could see his face by wearing a yellow mask with an expressionless face. Sugar, Leonard, and Max stared nervously as the man (his gender was the only thing certain about him) inspected the PokéDex. "And this was all that was in the parcel, correct?" They all exchanged nervous glances. "Perhaps I wasn't clear," the man continued, his voice filled with venom. "Am I correct in assuming this was the only thing in the package?"
"U-um, no sir," Leonard mumbled. "There was second PokéDex, but it broke during our mission."
"FOOL!" The man shouted. Leonard jumped back to hide behind Sugar. "Professor Oak made the order in absolute secrecy with the utmost urgency. You don't often see that in a Pokémon Professor. And now, because of you, we only have half of what I need. If you had failed I would have dismissed you from Team Drama and had you all killed."
"What do you plan on doin' with us?" Sugar asked, before adding, "Sir."
"You have a new mission," the boss explained. "Ever heard of Mt. Moon? It's the only major source of Moon Stones in the world. Go there and bring back as many Moon Stones as you can. And if you fail...well I hope you remember that nobody else knows who or where you are." With that, he sent them out of his office.
So now Team Drama has been added as antagonists. I struggled to find Pokémon for Max, so I just opted not to give him one yet. He's kind of like the Meowth of Team Drama anyway. So now I decided that I'll give sneak peeks of the next episode. I'd also appreciate it if you check out my other two Total Drama/Pokémon crossovers. As always, read and review!
Next time on Dramas of a Pokémon Journey!
It's Scarlett's last day before she journeys back to Pallet Town!
Ella: So what should we do to celebrate?
Scarlett: Oh nothing big, it's not like I'm graduating college.
But there plans take a different turn.
Topher: Wow, a real member of the Elite Four!
When Scarlett meets her match!
?: I fail to see how your intelligence even begins to compete with mine, but I suppose we shall put that to the test.
Exciting huh? Feel free to guess who our mystery Elite Four member is. Hint: It's a Total Drama character.
