Here's another chapter for y'all! This one was actually pretty fun to write so I hope you like it!
"Ughhh... My head..." The Shiny Drilbur groaned as he opened his eyes. He looked around to see that he was in one of those... Pokemon Centers that he only saw from a distance.
"How did I get here?" He asked himself until he laid eyes on a pair of humans with several Pokemon by his bedside. Two Pokemon in particular caught his attention.
"Hey! You two are the ones that attacked me!" Drilbur exclaimed angrily at the Mudkip and Shiny Furfrou.
"Not on purpose!" Captain retorted.
"You were ze one who got in ze middle of our battle." Bijou huffed.
"Guys, quit fighting. It was an accident." Said a tiny human from atop the Mudkip's back... Wait, what?
"Great, just great! First I'm taken from home and now thanks to those attacks I'm hallucinating! I'm seeing a teeny-tiny human in front of me!" He ranted, seemingly forgetting about everyone there.
"You're not hallucinating, Drilbur. I'm real and before you ask: yes, I can understand you." Eve sighed as she got off Captain and hopped on the bed.
Still somewhat skeptical, Drilbur gave Eve a quick poke in the stomach. Confirming her not to be a figment of his imagination, he opened his mouth in surprise but closed it again.
"Good thing those attacks weren't so strong anyway or you guys would REALLY be in trouble!"
"Oh really? Then why did you end up fainting?" Clementine pointed out.
Drilbur made an odd choking noise. "Gaaah, weeell, you caught me of guard! That's why! If I had been ready for I would've given ya both an epic butt-whoopin'!"
"Oh yeah?! Time to prove it!" Captain exclaimed as he hopped on the bed.
"Don't!" Eve said getting in front of him to stop the Mudkip from making a scene.
"Eve, as much as I want to know what's going on, can you ask him what a Pokemon from the Unova region is doing in Hoenn?" Shawn said.
"Wait, I'm in Hoenn?!" Drilbur exclaimed in shock.
"You... didn't know?" Eve asked him slowly.
"No! Last thing I remember I was battling a Banette when suddenly some dude with a gun showed up behind it and shot me! Next thing I know I wake up in a cage! I busted out though!"
"Poachers..." Eve growled at the explanation and for a split second her hair flashed with light again.
Margie looked at the small human with slight interest. 'There it is again... What was that?'
But this time she wasn't the only one who noticed.
"Whoa... does your hair always do that?" Drilbur asked.
Eve blinked at the question. "Do what?"
"Light up like that!"
"Huh?"
"What is it Eve?" Adelaide asked in concern.
"He's saying my hair lit up. But that's crazy..." Eve said, running a hand through her long blonde locks.
"It's true, sweetie..." Margie spoke up. "The same thing happened during the battle earlier. Not just you; Captain glowed too."
"Really?" Captain asked with a tilt of his head.
Before she could respond a shadowy portal (Phantom Force) appeared in the room and a pair of Banette came through and grabbed Drilbur from behind.
"Hey, let me go!" Drilbur exclaimed as he got dragged in the portal.
"Oh no you don't!" Eve shouted as she grabbed on to the Ground-type's claws.
"Stay out of this, shrimpy!" Mocked the female Banette as she forcefully swatted her away with a hand. Luckily Clementine caught her before she fell off the bed.
"You're welcome." The Eevee said flatly.
"HELP!"
"Zip it you!" Hushed the male Banette. Shawn tried to grab them but all three as all three of them disappeared into the portal.
"No!" He exclaimed punching the bed in frustration.
"I'm getting Nurse Joy!" Adelaide said but before she left the room she saw Eve hop on Romeo's back as Margie was trying to open the window. "Eve what are you doing?"
"Romeo, Margie and I are going to look for Drilbur!" Eve responded with a surprising amount of determination.
The St. Mark's eyes widened in shock until Adelaide found her voice. "Are you insane? You can't go out there-!"
"Because I'm too small?" Eve finished the sentence. "I've survived this long with this height, I'm not letting it stop me now!"
Adelaide stopped in surprise with the young girl's vigor. Especially that she was now seeing the rainbow glow in her hair that happened for a moment; that and her green eyes looked more vibrant than usual.
"She's right, Mom." Shawn spoke up (after getting over the sight himself). "We don't have time to argue.
Seeing that she was outnumbered, Adelaide sighed in defeat. "Alright... Just please be careful, Eve."
"I will."
"Besides I'm sending back up with her!" He opened another Pokeball, out of which came a burst of light that formed into an Inkay.
"You called?" The Inkay said in a nasally male voice as he turned towards Shawn.
"Beethoven, I need you to join Eve here to look for a kidnapped Drilbur." Shawn explained to the Dark/Psychic type. When Beethoven saw who his trainer was referring too his beak gaped in shock.
"I get you might have questions but I'll explain later. Can you please help me?" Eve pleaded.
Shaking off the surprise, the Inkay floated towards her. "Not a problem, miss. Happy to help."
"Let's go!" The shrunken human announced as she and the three Pokemon flew out the window.
"Good luck, Eve..." Captain said quietly to himself.
But then he noticed Clementine was unnervingly close to him. "What?"
"Margie said that glowing phenomenon that happened to Eve also happened to you." Clementine said as she started smirk. "I must know more..."
The Mudkip gulped nervously. 'I REALLY don't like that look on her face!'
...
"DRILBUR! DRILBUR DRILL!" Drilbur shouted as the burly poacher he escaped from earlier gave him a tranquilizer shot to knock him out.
"My client better pay me well after all the trouble this one Shiny put me through." The poacher grumbled as he threw the Mole Pokemon back in the cage. "You two stay in the truck and keep an eye on it."
"Banette! Bane!" The two Ghost-types saluted as they got into the trunk of the truck where the cage was. As the truck started to drive off, no one saw the Murkrow, Butterfree and Inkay flying above them.
"There he is! I see Drilbur!" Margie exclaimed, her Compound Eyes ability going to work.
"Margie, head back to the Pokemon Center! Lead the St. Marks or anyone else to where we are! The rest of us are going to try to break him out!" Eve said, still mounted on Romeo.
Margie nodded at the plan before flying away and Romeo and Beethoven dove towards the truck.
"Hey, those dopes followed us! Get 'em!" One Banette exclaimed as they prepared Shadow Balls.
"Allow me, my friends! Hypnosis!" Beethoven assured as the yellow circles on his body glowed a bright light on the two Ghost-types.
Since the two Banette had Cursed Body rather than Insomnia for an Ability the attack put them to sleep as the two Pokemon stealthily flew to the cage in the trunk.
"Drilbur! Are you ok?" Eve called out to him but Drilbur was already out cold.
"Something must have sent the poor fellow to Dream Land." Beethoven deduced.
"Well let's hurry and get him out of here!"
"Relax, Little Lady! I got this!" Romeo assured as he went over to the lock and pecked the inside a few times until the lock snapped open. "Badda bing, badda boom! It is open!"
"How did you do that?" Eve asked.
"A little lock picking trick that my old flock knew. No biggie!" The Murkrow bragged.
"For stealing?" She said flatly.
Romeo froze. "Uhhh..."
"We'll talk later."
The group tried to make a sneaky getaway, but it was at that moment the poacher checked his rear view mirror, only to see a Murkrow and Inkay trying to sneak away with his Drilbur. "What the-!? Hey!" He instantly ran around back and confronted the group. "Hold it right there, you little Rattata's!"
"Uh-oh, he spotted us!" Romeo gulped.
The poacher quickly noticed the two unconscious Banette. "Arceus above...! I knew I should have caught ones with Insomnia! Useless!" He quickly took out a Poke-Ball. "Zangoose! Get out here!" A blast of light shot out of the ball, before forming into a menacing looking Pokemon.
"Where do you punks thinks youse is going, eh?" The Zangoose growled.
"Allow me to handle this!" Beethoven volunteered. "Hypnosis!" The lights on his head began to glow again.
"Zangoose! Protect!" Zangoose held up its claws, forming a green barrier which shielded the Normal Types vision from the sleep inducing lights. "Crush Claw!" Its claws then glowed a dark purple, before slashing Beethoven, making him cry out before being thrown back into a tree.
"Romeo! Use Haze so we can escape!" Eve whispered.
"Roger, Little Miss." Romeo saluted, before breathing black smoke over the area.
"Aerial Ace!" Zangoose suddenly jumped out of the smoke with perfect accuracy, and slashed Romeo with its claw, making the Murkrow crash into the ground.
"Ack! Aerial Ace, an always hit move! No fair!" Romeo complained.
"We'll just have to fight, then!" Eve persuaded. "Use Wing Attack!"
"Roger!" Romeo flew forward, both wings extended out.
"Brick Break!" Zangoose raised its claw up and waited until the Murkrow was close before bringing it straight down on the bird Pokemons head, making it fall back into the dirt.
"Did you forget about me?" Beethoven suddenly flew over and used Tackle on the Zangoose, making it stagger back.
"Your a real pain in my kester, ya know that!?" Zangoose hissed.
"Brick Break!" The poacher commanded again, and Zangoose swung its claw, only for Beethoven to spin out of the way and grab Zangoose's arm, before suprprisingly lifting it into the air and slamming it into the ground.
"Oh, that must have hurt." Beethoven giggled. "Foul Play inflicts more damage the higher your power is, y'know."
"Why, you-!" Zangoose grabbed Beethoven and brought the little Pokemon up to his face. "Why don't I show you that power, then?"
"Oh dear..." Beethoven gulped.
But just then, Romeo hit the Zangoose in the back with wing Attack, making it drop the Inkay in shock.
"Crush Claw!" Zangoose roared angrily as it held up its claws and slashed at both Pokemon, only for both of them to fly out of the way.
"Here we go, Romeo!" Eve encouraged.
"Ready, Little Lady!" The Murkrow agreed.
As the two of them prepared themselves, Eve's hair for a fleeting moment gained the multicoloured aura from before once again, and Romeo gained a thin white veil.
"Dark Pulse!" Romeo fired its attack alongside Beethoven's Psybeam, both attacks hitting Zangoose head on and making it crash back with swirled eyes.
"Darnit!" The poacher growled as he returned his Zangoose. "Whatever! It doesn't matter! As long as I have that Drilbur then-!" He was cut off as Romeo and Beethoven swooped over to the unconscious Drilbur and picked it up, only for the poacher to see Eve on Romeo's back. "...Eh?" But the two Pokemon picked up the third before he could talk again. "H-Hold on a second! That was-!"
Just then a bolt of lightning hit him in the side like a taser, making him fall to the ground, twitching violently as a Magnemite appeared, using Thunder Wave.
"BZZT! CAPTURE SUCCESSFUL!" The Magnemite announced. "I DESERVE A RAISE! BZZT! MORE SWEET POKEBLOCKS!" Police cars quickly joined the little Pokemon, and surrounded the poacher.
"Waitwaitwaitwaitait!" The poacher pleaded as he was forced into the back of one of the cars. "Hold on! I have to tell you! There was this kid! A stupid little kid! On the back of a Murkrow! Tiny, I tell you! I gotta cpture something like that! C'mon! You gotta let me go!" The officers simply looked at each other.
"BZZT! CLEARLY DELLUSIONAL." Magnemite commented. "APPLYING THUNDERSHOCK THERAPY! BZZT!" The poahcer scramed as the police Pokemon zapped him once again.
Later...
As Eve tried to save Captain from Clementine experimenting on him and Shawn giving Bijou a long overdue bath, Adelaide called Mr. Stone to describe what happened earlier.
"So... let me get this straight. Eve was glowing?" Mr. Stone said with a raised brow.
"Her hair was." Adelaide clarified. "I know it sounds crazy Mr. Stone but I saw it right in front of me! She was so determined to save that Shiny Drilbur that it happened for a few seconds and according to Eve's Butterfree and my son's Inkay it happens during battle too. At least that's what Eve translated, anyway..."
"Was Eve aware of this happening?"
"Not until that Drilbur pointed it out. I don't even think she can control when it happens..." Adelaide explained.
Mr. Stone looked pensive for moment. "Hmmm... I can't say I have a clue of what's going on but maybe I should call Professor Birch to examine Eve himself when you get to Fortree."
"That would be appreciated, thank you."
"MOM! I HAVE A BATHING EMERGENCY WITH BIJOU AGAIN!" She turned to see Shawn chasing a soapy Bijou around the lobby.
"Gotta go..." Adelaide said flatly before hanging up. 'Seriously she doesn't mind getting different haircuts but baths are off the table?! That Furfrou is one big contradiction!'
The next day...
"Alright, is everyone ready to go?" Adelaide asked everyone.
"We're ready, Mom!"
"Yes, Mrs. St. Mark."
As the group made the to their truck they stopped to see Drilbur staring at them.
"Is something wrong Drilbur?" Eve asked from on top of Captain.
Drilbur started to timidly kick the dirt beneath him "Um... well... If you don't mind... maybe... Icancomewithyou!"
"A-Are you sure?" Eve asked in surprise. "I thought maybe Nurse Joy can find a way to send you back to Unova..."
"What, so the next yahoo can come after my sparkly butt?! No way! I feel safer with the tiny human who saved my life!"
Eve couldn't help but blush and smile at the complement.
"He wants to come along does he?" Shawn guessed.
"Yeah."
"Well tell him to hurry up and hop in!" Mrs. St. Mark laughed. "Don't want to keep your folks waiting!"
Drilbur grinned wildly as he and Captain hopped in the trunk with the other Pokemon. "You won't be disappointed! Maybe I can help with these two get whipped into shape!"
"Watch it, buster!" Captain yelled at Drilbur.
"Maybe we should teach you a lesson, you andouille..." Bijou (now groomed with a Star Trim) growled.
"Bijou, please show some decorum." Reina sighed at her daughter.
Eve couldn't help but sigh too. Between Drilbur and the whole hair debate, things in her life are going to get more interesting.
Andouille- twerp
Well they're you have it! Also... I want an opinion: what's a good nickname for Drilbur? I've been trying to come up with one since I started this story and I got nothing good enough. Any ideas?
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