"WHAAAAAAAT?!"
Davin was horribly shocked. He had made his way across the bridge that led to Eterna City, but when he arrived at the gym, there was a sign on the doors that read, "Sorry, but the gym leader is currently unavailable. She has gone to Floaroma Town to do important business and will return as soon as possible."
"That's just great." Davin said with his head lowered. "Now what am I going do?" He stood there in thought for a few seconds until he suddenly lifted his head up and smiled. "Of course! The sign said the gym leader is at Floaroma Town, which is..." He looked up the location on his Pokegear. "...right next to Route 205, and I can get there easily by going through the Eterna Forest. That way, I can ask her if she'll have a gym battle with me there; it's perfect!"
With his plan set in mind, Davin made a quick stop at Eterna's Pokemon Center before heading out on his travel.
Davin entered the first part of Route 205 that lead to Eterna Forest, which consisted of a big pond that could be crossed over using the wooden bridge that was built and the typical trees and grass; there was also one tree that was colored unusually gold.
"Let's see..." Davin said as he walked across the bridge, looking at his Pokegear. "The entrance to the forest should be just up ahead, so once I'm in there, I'll have to try to get through the forest's-" With his attention paid on the Pokegear while he walked, Davin bumped into something and fell on his back.
"Eh... what the-?" Davin looked up to see what he walked into and saw a large green and white Pokemon who was asleep; he got out his Pokedex for more data.
"Snorlax, the Sleeping Pokemon. Snorlax can digest any kind of food, even if moldy or rotten. What sounds like its cry may actually be its snores or the rumbling of its belly."
Davin checked out the Pokegear. "It says that Eterna Forest is straight ahead, but... it looks like this Snorlax is blocking the entrance." He stood up from the ground, walked over to it, and pushed on its head. "Hey! Wake up! I need to get through!"
"Snoooorrrrr..." It snored. Davin continued to push, but it just wouldn't budge.
"Egggh! How am I going to get this thing out of the way?" He held his chin and tapped his foot thoughtfully. "I guess there's no other way." He sent out his Magnemite from its Poke ball. "Zapter, I want you to use Thunderbolt to wake this Snorlax up."
"Magnemite." It nodded and faced the creature, releasing a blast of electricity that zapped Snorlax's body, but the bear-like Pokemon continued to snooze.
Davin gasped with astonishment. "Try Electro Ball!" The hurled sphere exploded upon connection, but to no avail.
"Mirror Shot!" The energy beam fired from Zapter's eye with no luck.
"Gyro Ball, and hit it hard!" Zapter spun forward and struck it in the stomach; the only outcome was making it jiggle.
"Ugh... Zapter, come back." He motioned for it to come to his right side as he released Chikorita. "Hana, use Leaf Storm!"
"Chika!" She whipped her leaf to summon the hurricane of leaves only to have them bounce off of Snorlax's body.
"Solar Beam!" Collecting the necessary energy she needed, Hana fired the beam, which created an explosion and had no effect on Snorlax.
"Agggggghh!" Davin screamed in frustration. "Maybe a combined effort will get it out of the way!" His remaining Pokemon were brought out from their confinement.
"Tempest, use Aerial Ace, and Corazza, use Brine!" Starly went first and rammed its target with its body, and Kabuto released the blast of saltwater to soak the Sleeping Pokemon's head. Though both were powerful, Snorlax STILL kept on napping.
Dropping his head, the trainer spoke, "What does it take?! How can a Pokemon sleep after getting hit with so many different moves? To me, this is totally crazy!" He sighed and had his head down for about 10 or 20 seconds until he suddenly brought it up.
"I GOT IT!" That startled his Pokemon as Davin quickly took out his Pokegear and began pressing buttons. "If I remember correctly, the Nurse Joy from Caligo Town who gave me this said that the Pokegear has a radio, which means that maybe I can find a station that can wake up Snorlax."
He scanned through various channels, such as Pokemon music, Street Corner, Professor Oak's Pokemon Talk, and the Variety Channel, until he came upon a specific channel titled, "Poke Flute."
"This'll work. Professor Cypress once told me that a Poke Flute can awaken any Pokemon, and since it's on the radio, I'll just use it to wake up Snorlax." Davin pressed the select button, but a notice came up that said, "This station is only available in the Kanto region."
Instead of getting upset, Davin smirked. "Ohhh, I think we can fix that." He looked in his backpack, took out a screwdriver, opened the back part of the device, and began tweaking a few bolts. Eventually, he finished what he was doing, selected the Poke Flute channel, and a soft soothing melody began to play. Zapter and the others were intoxicated by the music and started to dreamily move their bodies to it.
"Come on... wake up..." Davin mentally prayed. To his joy, he heard Snorlax irritably grunt a few times and slowly aroused from its sleep as it sat up. "YES! It's finally awake!" But the celebration was cut short as he saw Snorlax glare at him, a glare he thought only existed on the faces of monsters in his nightmares.
He uttered a small 'Eep!' as he turned the music off. "Uh... sorry to have woken you, Snorlax, but... we just wanted to get to the forest, a-and you were blocking the way in, so... we had to wake you up... Y-You understand, right?"
"SnorLAAAAAAAXX!" It bellowed with its stubby arms up in rage. Snorlax then rolled its body towards them at high speed.
"EVERYONE, LOOK OUT!" Davin and the Pokemon hopped out of the way of the oncoming attack. "Remind me to never wake up a Snorlax ever again!"
"Snooor!" It bounced into the air and was planning to crush them with its body.
"Zapter, Thunderbolt!" Zapter came forward and used its moves, but Snorlax kept on falling, regardless of it, and landed on the Magnemite. When it picked itself up off the ground, the Magnet Pokemon was immobilized, causing Davin to recall it.
"Corazza, use Metal Sound!" The shellfish released the loud ringing sound and Snorlax yelled as its ears were suffering.
"Keep it up, Corazza! Tempest, use Wing Attack!" Starly's wings glowed as he flew forward and struck Snorlax with both of its wings.
"Now, Hana! Follow with Petal Dance!" The twister of petals surrounded the large Pokemon as they dealt damage to its body. However, Snorlax managed to break free from them and despite Corazza's Metal Sound still being heard, it created a light blue ball in between its hands and threw it at Kabuto, creating an explosion and sending it flying into the air.
"Corazza!" Davin cried as it landed on the ground, unconscious. As soon as he recalled it, the big bear used Rollout and came for Tempest and Hana. "Combine Whirlwind and Leaf Storm to stop it!" Both moves were successful, but Snorlax knocked them into the air when it made contact. It kept going, circled past Davin, came back around, and struck the two again before they hit the ground.
"Return!" The red light engulfed them as they returned safely to their Poke balls. When Snorlax stopped rolling, it stood on its feet as it gave Davin the same glare it did earlier. "What can I do? Snorlax is fast, so even if I run, there's no doubt it'll catch and hurt me. Above all, it's too angry to hear me out." Snorlax started to charge at him with its body engulfed in the aura for Giga Impact. Davin closed his eyes and placed his arms across his head and body to try and defend himself.
"Garchomp, Dragon Rush!"
Davin opened his eyes at the voice as he saw a dragon-like creature dive down from the sky behind him with a light blue aura engulfing its body. Snorlax and it collided into an explosion with the former forcibly flung out of it.
Davin looked to his right and saw a woman with long blonde hair (some of it covering her right eye) with black ribbon-like accessories in it, wearing an all black attire consisting of a shirt, pants, and a long coat.
"Now, Flamethrower!" Out of the smoke, a blast of fire was shot out and struck Snorlax while it was in the air, leaving severe burn marks on its body when it fell.
The woman stepped forward. "Snorlax, this boy means no harm to you. Please, go back home and rest."
"Snor-lax?" It said with confusion. It looked over at Davin with a normal gaze, making the boy feel a bit uneasy, and it simply turned around and walked away.
"Phew." He breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you so much. If you hadn't come when you did, who knows what would've happened to me?"
"No problem." She smiled as her Pokemon flew to her side.
"And who's this Pokemon?" Davin said as he opened up the Pokedex.
"Garchomp, the Mach Pokemon. It is said when Garchomp runs at high speed, its wings create blades of wind that can fell nearby trees."
"Your Garchomp is amazing! You must've trained it really well for it to be that powerful."
"Why, thank you. It's always nice to hear compliments like that."
"Uh..." Davin twiddled his fingers. "Would it be alright if I... pet it?"
She giggled. "Of course, go ahead!"
He approached the slightly intimidating Pokemon and gently rubbed its head. Garchomp enjoyed that and it let out a happy growl, which made him smile and laugh a bit.
When he stopped petting it, he faced the woman. "My name's Davin."
"Glad to meet you. I'm Cynthia." A question popped into her head. "By any chance, are you planning on entering the Sinnoh League?"
"Yeah. That's the reason why I woke that Snorlax up, to get to Floaroma Town and battle the Eterna gym leader. There was a note at the gym saying she was there and I figured instead of waiting, I'd go there myself and see if she would battle me there."
"Hmm... well, you know, you can get to Floaroma Town by going back to Route 207, walking through Oreburgh City and Oreburgh Gate, heading north of Jubilife City, and going across Route 204."
"Yeah, but I figured that going through the Eterna Forest and going through the second half of Route 205 would be better, considering it's a bit of a shortcut."
"I see... On another note though, I saw how your Pokemon battled and they honestly didn't look too good."
"Don't let that fool you. In truth, I'm an experienced trainer and I've competed in two leagues, where I made it to the top 4 in the first one and the top 3 in the second. But I left most of my Pokemon back home because I felt like if I trained with Pokemon I caught here in Sinnoh, I would raise them to be the best that they could be to win this league."
"An interesting method." Cynthia stated. She recalled Garchomp to its Poke ball and turned her back to him. "I get the feeling that you and I will meet in battle one day, Davin."
He was a bit confused by the statement, but smiled and said, "I hope so, 'cause I really want to battle against Garchomp and see what it can do when my Pokemon become stronger!"
Cynthia nodded. "We'll just see."
She waved goodbye as she walked off into the distance. Davin looked back and smiled before entering the Eterna Forest, now more determined than before.