Nils, Ren and Firenze arrived at Mt. Tormen which turned out to be a very tall mountain which seemed like it could take two days to climb.
"Well this is it," said Nils, "Are you guys ready?"
"Wait," said Ren who was pointing at a rock with a bit of red sticking out, "There's something over there."
Firenze decided to investigate and when she went to the rock, she found something that made her very happy.
"Oh my gosh, it's a Slugma," said Firenze excitedly, "I've always wanted one."
"It seems injured," said Nils right after he and Ren went to see the Slugma.
"There's no Pokemon Center nearby so I guess I'll just have to to heal it myself," said Firenze as she brought out a Potion and an Oran Berry. "Here, this will make you feel better," Firenze said as she used the Potion on Slugma and then fed it the Oran Berry.
Slugma then felt better and thanked Firenze for healing it.
"Hey Slugma," said Firenze, "Would you like to come with me?"
Slugma nodded happily and Firenze tossed a Pokeball at it which was a successful catch.
"So that's how you catch Pokemon without battling," said Ren who was amazed at how Firenze and Slugma became friends.
"Anyway," said Nils "Let's start climbing the mountain."
The trio started climbing and it was kind of hard at first but managed to get the hang of it. When it became night, they reached a small cave that seemed empty, the trio decided to rest in there for the night.
The next morning, Nils, Ren and Firenze woke up because they heard a strange sound that seemed to be coming closer to them. The trio ran out of the cave and were then followed by a Skarmory that appeared to be angry at them.
"I think that cave is Skarmory's home," said Nils who felt foolish for not investigating the cave last night.
"I think we have to battle it," said Firenze who knew running wouldn't solve the problem.
Just then, Firenze's new Slugma went out of his Pokeball all by himself and stared at Skarmory as if they had met before.
"I think Skarmory was the one who injured Slugma," said Ren, "That's why we found him in that condition."
"And I bet Slugma wants a rematch with Skarmory," said Nils, "That must be why he went out of his Pokeball by himself."
"Slugma," said Slugma in a way that told Nils and Ren that their guesses were correct.
"Well then," Firenze said to Slugma, "We'll battle Skarmory together." "Use Incinerate," said Firenze and Slugma managed to hit Skarmory with the move which was super effective.
After getting hit by Slugma's attack, Skarmory attacked back with Air Cutter which only lead to Slugma dodging it.
"Use Incinerate again," commanded Firenze only for Skarmory to dodge this time and then use Rock Tomb which successfully hit Slugma and did a lot of damage.
"That must be how Skarmory injured Slugma last time," said Nils as he knew Rock Tomb was super effective on Slugma.
"In that case," said Firenze, "Use Yawn."
Slugma used the selected move and it hit Skarmory. Skarmory then used Rock Tomb again and once again, it hit Slugma but then fell asleep due to being hit by Yawn.
"Now use Ancient Power," Commanded Firenze and Slugma used the chosen attack which caused some damage. "Use Incinerate," and Slugma once a again used Incinerate which caused more damage than the first time because Ancient Power raised Slugma's stats.
Skarmory then woke up but instead of fighting back, it admitted defeat and flew away.
"Well that takes care of things," said Nils, "Now let's continue climbing."
The group then continued to climb the mountain and then made it to the top just half an hour after their lunch break Satisfied with their successful climb, the three travelers entered Tormen City and found the Pokemon Center where they could heal their Pokemon, especially Slugma.