Chapter Twelve! As usual, leave comments, predictions, and thoughts below, I love hearing them! If you like the story, like it or add to favorites to stay updated!

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While everyone else was having fun, eating lunch, and playing with Pokémon, Daisy sat sulking in the shade of a tree. She knew she was being stupid, but now that she'd seen and met Ivy's Cleffa, she'd become undeniably jealous. She loved cute Pokémon and she wanted every cute Pokémon, ever.

She picked Mudkip as her starter because it was so damn cute, and even though it had now evolved into the much less adorable Swampert, she loved it to death. She chased Vulpix for weeks trying to catch it because she couldn't get that cute little face out of her head. She worked hard for Roselia's trust to catch it, because she was so in love with its adorable face, grace and power. She worked hard to win a Contest in Kanto where the prize included an Eevee egg, because all Eevee and its evolutionary forms were the cutest, including Jolteon, which her Eevee had evolved into. And, she'd turned the Hoenn forests upside down in search of a Skitty, one of the cutest Pokémon ever, in her opinion.

She knew she couldn't have Cleffa, and it wasn't like she wanted to take it away from Ivy, who was, honestly, her best friend in the world. She just wanted one of her own. At the very least, she wanted Ivy's to like her, and she couldn't control her jealousy as she watched Ivy toss a giggling Cleffa in the air and catch it, only to hug it close to her face.

Daisy may have been sulking, but everyone else was having a ball.

Ash, who found that his sister's Gyarados was actually a total sweetheart, rode up and down the river, standing on the Pokémon's head as he hung onto the crest there, Pikachu laughing along on his shoulder. Peter was currently engulfed in Muk's mucky body, in one of it's infamous hugs. Ivy set Cleffa down on the ground so it could meet Peter's Audino and Chansey, who immediately started mothering the Pokémon. Chansey even removed the egg in its' pouch, handed it to Audino, and placed Cleffa in its pouch, petting its head as the three Pokémon and Ivy smiled. All the other Pokémon seemed beyond happy to be playing with each other, as Dragonite, Charizard and Skarmory raced across the sky, while Bulbasaur and Ivysaur had a playful wrestling match with their vines. Swampert and Wartortle compared how high they could aim their Hydro Pumps. Skitty playfully nipped at Arcanine's fluffy, as Vulpix seemed to be blushing up at the larger Fire-type. Pidgeot took Jolteon on its' back for a sky-high ride, as Roselia, being its normal self, napped in a patch of long grass.

Then, Daisy spotted it - a bright, shiny green egg, sitting all by itself, in the long grass by Roselia.

And she knew she had to have it.


"Ugh, I'm sick of looking!" Jessie screeched, furious. They'd been wandering the woods for about five minutes, but it felt like an hour to her. "Where are all the damn Pokémon around here?!"

"Well, no Pokémon are going to come around if you keep hollering like that," James scolded in a hushed tone.

By some sort of miracle, or just another one of the strange coincidences in the Pokémon world, a Pokémon just happened to wander out of the bushes as soon as James stopped speaking.

"What's that Pokémon?" Jessie asked, as they watched the little thing stumble around.

"Why, that's a Gothita," James answered. "It looks injured, or weak."

"Hm," Meowth muttered. "Lemme go talk to it."

So, that's what Meowth did, as Jessie and James watched a few feet off. Finally, Meowth turned around to translate.

"This here Gothita hasn't eaten in a coupla days," he said. "It's starvin', and has been lookin' for food. That's why it's so weak. It says it'll do anything to fill it's belly."

"Even willing to be captured?" Jessie inquired.

Meowth looked back at Gothita, who nodded yes furiously.

"Hm, I have some Pokémon food right here," James mused, pulling a can from his small bag. Kneeling to the little Pokémon, he offered, "Here you go."

"Goth!" the Pokémon screeched, devouring the whole can in mere seconds. As soon as it was finished, it took it upon itself to grab a Pokéball from James' pocket and let itself inside, way too easily allowing itself to be caught.

"Well," James muttered, staring at the enlarged Pokéball in his hand. "That was easy."

"Whatever," Jessie scoffed. "Can we go get my Cleffa now?"

"We really have to do that?" James whined. "The twerps have overpowered Pokémon and I'm really not in the mood to get pummeled by them today."

"Isn't that why you caught that Gothita in the first place?!" Jessie hollered. "I don't care if you get pummeled by the twerps' Pokémon, I just want my little cutie!"

"Fine," James and Meowth sighed, knowing they had to obey her to avoid her wrath.


"Where the hell did that egg come from?" Peter asked, suddenly noticing the green egg Daisy was cuddling.

Everyone stopped what they were doing to stare at her. She looked back at them with overdramatic innocence.

"I found it," she informed them. Pointing a finger, she added, "Over there, in the grass, all alone. It needs a mother too."

"But it probably already has a mother, Daisy," Peter tried to explain. "You can't just take Pokémon eggs that you find in the wild!"

"Why not?" she inquired.

"Because its real mother is probably on her way back here to get it, and a Pokémon mother will not be happy to find that a teenage human has abducted her egg," Peter shot. "Just put it back!"

"No!" Daisy wailed, hugging the egg even closer to her in defense. "Ivy had an egg and I want one too! Now I found one and it's mine!"

Ash and Ivy shrugged at each other, not knowing what else to do.

"But Ivy didn't take hers from the woods," Peter replied. "Her dad got it for her, probably from a verified Pokémon ranch."

"Whatever," Daisy shrugged, sticking her nose in the air. "I'm keeping the egg, and you can't stop me."

Looking over his shoulder at Ivy, Peter asked, "Can't you explain this to her?"

Shrugging again, ivy responded, "There's no explaining things to Daisy when she gets her her mind set on something."

Peter crumbled. He hated not being able to rationalize with people. It was one of his biggest pet peeves, people who wouldn't listen to

him, especially when it came to rationalization.

Before anyone could say anything else, they heard a group of people reciting a motto of sorts, that was particularly familiar to Ash.

"Prepare for trouble!"

"And make it double!"

"To protect the world from devastation!"

"To unite all people within our nation!"

"To denounce the evil of truth and love!"

"To extend our reach to the stars of above!"

"Jessie!"

"James!"

"Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"

"Meowth, that's right!"

"REALLY?!" Ash screamed, just as exasperated as his Pikachu was. "You idiots followed me to Abuna too?!"

"Ash, who are these people?" Ivy asked, leaning closer to her brother.

"And how the hell is that Meowth talking?" Peter inquired.

Sighing, Ash explained, "That's Team Rocket. They're just some idiot criminals who always are trying to steal Pokémon."

"You're not gonna take our Pokémon!" Daisy hollered, shaking her fist with the arm her egg wasn't in.

"Don't worry, farm girl," Jessie brushed off. "We don't want your Pokémon."

"We're not even after that Pikachu," James piped up.

"All I want is that little cutie in the girl twerp's arms," Jessie said, pointing a finger. "Hand it over. It's going to be my personal pet! I just can't resist how cute it is!"

"My Cleffa?" Ivy asked. "No way."

"Then we'll have ta take it from ya!" Meowth screeched. "Show 'em, Jimmy!"

"Alright," James nodded, pulling out a Pokéball. "Gothita, go!"

Just as his newly caught Pokémon emerged from its Pokéball, Ash aimed its Pokédex at it, which said: "Gothita, the Fixation Pokémon. Gothita watches Pokémon and Trainers with an intense stare. Its bow-like feelers amplify its Psychic powers."

"Gothita, use Psybeam!" James hollered.

As Gothita launched the attack, Ivy called, "Dragonite, use Protect!"

The large orange dragon roared as it leapt in front of the group, putting up a protective shield that easily deflected Gothita's attack. James, Gothita and Meowth all winced. They knew this would be a failure before it began, but now it was really going downhill.

"NO!" Jessie shrieked, stomping her foot. "Stop hiding behind Protect and fight us like real Trainers!"

"Fine," Ash and Ivy agreed, smirking at each other.

As if the siblings could read each other's minds, they each launched their Pikachus into the air, as they commanded, "Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!"

The two Pikachus linked hands to strengthen their electric attacks, and screamed their name as they sent powerful electric bolts at Team Rocket. As usual, they were fried, but this time, with twice the strength and power. The subsequent explosion caused the three, and newly recruited Gothita, to go flying into the air.

Just like the old days, the screamed, "We're blasting off again!"

"Well," Ivy sighed, as she watched them disappear into the sky. When her and Ash's Pikachus landed back on their shoulders, she added, "They suck at Pokémon stealing."

"Yeah," Ash nodded. "But I just have feeling that they're up to something else besides stealing Cleffa."