Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon
"This is not good" said Lucas
"They have found the items" he said
"Yes" said Mesprit nodding her head
"That must be how they are going to awaken them" she said
"What are you talking about" asked Brendan
"Some Legendary Pokémon have items that they leave behind in the world" explained Lucas
"These items can be used to awaken and control them or be used to empower them if given to them" he continued
"They are usually very hard to find" he finished
"Is that why they were trying to power up that meteorite" asked Brendan
"Yes" said Lucas nodding his head
"I wonder why they machine wouldn't work" asked Brendan
"That's because I took the real one and gave them a rock I picked up off the ground" said Mesprit smiling
"Really" asked Brendan
"Yep" said Mesprit
Brendan started laughing at that.
"Thank you for your help Brendan" said Lucas
"But I didn't do that much" said Brendan
"You fought the big bad guy" he said
"That's because the other one was too busy laughing at watching his rival making a fool of himself and getting his butt kicked" said Mesprit
"Yes" said Lucas nodding his head
"I'm sure if they didn't get that call, he would have made his move and we would have had to have fought him as well" he said
"Ok" said Brendan
"I will see you later" he said as he left
Lucas and Mesprit left as well and made their way back to the cable car station. Once there, Lucas asked "Is there a way to Lavaridge Town from here"
Mesprit put her hand into Cheryl's bad and took out the PokeNav Plus.
"I've seen Celebi use this enough that I should be able to use it" thought Mesprit
Mesprit looked at the map and saw they could take the Jagged Pass to get there.
"We can take the Jagged Pass to get there" said Mesprit
"It's right below the cable car station" she said
"Great, another ominous sounding path" said Lucas sighing
They walked out onto the Jagged Pass and looked down. They saw it was made up of a series of ledges that they had to jumped down.
"This looks like it's going to be fun" said Lucas sarcastically
They both jumped down the series of ledges battling trainers and finding items along the way. When they arrived at the bottom they found themselves on Route 112 on the other side of the ledges that they saw before.
There were two flashes of light as Cheryl and Suicune came out of their pokeballs.
"Here you go" said Mesprit holding out Cheryl's bag
"Thank you" said Cheryl taking it
"I am so glad that I didn't go there" said Suicune shivering
"Yeah" said Cheryl nodding her head
"Whose stupid idea was to build a bridge right out over an active volcano" she said
They walked down Route 112 until they arrived at Lavaridge Town. They saw it was a small town with only a Pokémon Center, Pokémon Mart, the gym, and an herb shop. But they did see a hot spring was connected to the Pokémon Center.
"A hot spring" exclaimed Suicune seeing it
"That is just what we need after going to that volcano" said Mesprit
They went into the Pokémon Center where Lucas got his Pokémon healed and they booked a room for a few days. They then went to the hot spring to relax. Ho-Oh and Giratina came out of their pokeballs to relax as well.
After a nice, long, and relaxing soak they left the Pokémon Center to go explore the town. Just outside the hot spring was hot sand that people were buried in relaxing. An old lady came up to them and said, "Excuse me"
"Yes" asked Lucas
"Are you trainers" asked the old lady
"We are" said Lucas nodding his head
"Could you take this egg then" asked the old lady holding out a Pokémon egg
"Sure" said Cheryl taking it
"Thank you" said the old lady
"I thought I could hatch it by burying it in the hot sand but found out it needs to be around Pokémon to hatch" she said
"We will take good care of it" said Lucas
"Thank you" said the old lady bowing
Their next stop was the Pokémon Mart where a Black Belt outside it asked, "Do you know how to dance"
"No" said Lucas shaking his head
"Take this" said the Black Belt holding out a TM
"With it you can learn the Suh-words Dance" he said
"That is Swords Dance" said Lucas taking it
"That is what I said" said the Black Belt
They all went into the Pokémon Mart and restocked their supplies before they left. Their next stop was the herb shop where Lucas got some Charcoal. They then went to their last stop, the Pokémon Gym.
Lucas found out it was a Fire type gym and that he needed to train some. So, they all went back to the Pokémon Center for the night.
The next day Lucas started his training. But once again he found out he didn't need as much training as he thought he would.
The next morning Ho-Oh and Giratina came out of their pokeballs as they all went to the Lavaridge Pokémon Gym. They all went inside and saw it was an indoor hot spring. They looked around and all they saw was a trapdoor.
"This looks fun" said Suicune sarcastically
"Here going nothing" said Lucas
They all stepped on the trapdoor and it opened and they all fell. Mesprit caught them all and gently set them down on a wooden platform below.
"Thanks" said Lucas
They all stepped off the wooden platform into the water. They looked around and saw another wooden platform near them. They all stepped onto the wooden platform and a geyser of water shot them back up to the higher floor. They came through a trapdoor and they all jumped off.
"This is going to get annoying" said Lucas
"I like it" said Giratina
"You would" said Cheryl
They made their way through the gym using the trapdoors and geysers until they finally arrived at the gym leader. She was a red-haired girl wearing a flame print tube top and jeans.
"Welcome challengers" exclaimed Flannery
"That didn't sound right" she mumbled
"Who dares to enter my gym" she shouted
"That didn't sound right either" she mumbled
"You are new at this aren't you" asked Lucas
"Is it that obvious" asked Flannery
"Yes" said Cheryl nodding her head
Flannery just looked down at that.
"I just took over as gym leader from my grandfather and don't have much experience" said Flannery
"You are actually my second challenger" she said
"Who was your first" asked Lucas
"Some green haired kid with a Gallade" said Flannery
"The final evolved form of a male Ralts" thought Lucas
"It must have been Wally" he thought
"I will prove that I deserve to by a gym leader by defeating you" exclaimed Flannery
"The battle between Flannery the gym leader and Lucas of Twinleaf Town is about to begin" said the referee
"Go Slugma" shouted Flannery throwing a pokeball
"Go Pelipper" shouted Lucas throwing a pokeball
"Slugma vs. Pelipper, begin" said the referee
"Pelipper, Brine" commanded Lucas
Pelipper shot a glob of water at Slugma knocking it out.
"Slugma is unable to battle, Pelipper is the winner" said the referee
"Return Slugma" said Flannery
"Go Numel" she shouted throwing a pokeball
"Numel vs. Pelipper, begin" said the referee
"Pelipper, Brine" commanded Lucas
Pelipper shot a glob of water at Numel knocking it out.
"Numel is unable to battle, Pelipper is the winner" said the referee
"Return Numel" said Flannery
"Go Torkoal" she shouted throwing a pokeball
"Torkoal vs. Pelipper, begin" said the referee
"Pelipper, Brine" commanded Lucas
Pelipper shot a glob of water at Torkoal knocking it out.
"Torkoal is unable to battle, Pelipper is the winner" said the referee
"The victory goes to Lucas of Twinleaf Town" he shouted
"Return Torkoal" said Flannery
"Return Pelipper" said Lucas
"I lost again" cried Flannery
"What a way to start my career with two losses" she said
"Maybe I'm not cut out to be a gym leader" she said looking down
"I'm sure you will get better with time" said Lucas smiling
"Thanks" said Flannery looking up
"Here is the Heat Badge as proof of your victory" she said holding it out
"Thank you" said Lucas taking it
"You will need to head to Petalburg City for the next gym" said Flannery
"Thank you for telling me" said Lucas
"I am going to start training so that I don't ever lose again" exclaimed Flannery
Lucas and his 'family' left the gym and ran into May outside of it.
"Hey Lucas" said May seeing them
"What did you need May" asked Lucas
"These just came in and I wanted to give them to you" said May holding out the Go-Goggles
"What are they" asked Lucas taking them
"They are Go-Goggles" said May
"They will allow you to see in that sandstorm in the desert" she explained
"Thank you for them" said Lucas
"No problem" said May
"Since you got the Heat Badge, do you want to go back to Petalburg City with me" she asked
"Not right now" said Lucas shaking his head
"Oh, ok" said May
"I will see you later" she said as she left
Once she was gone, Cheryl said "That is the second time she has asked that"
"Is she trying to get together with you" she asked growling
"I'm sure she was just trying to be nice" said Lucas
"Besides, you three are all that I will ever need" he said
Cheryl, Mesprit, and Suicune all smiled at that as they all went to the Pokémon Center for the night.
