Chapter 14: The Island Life
"It's hatching, guys! It's hatching!" Lyla exclaimed.
They had finally made it to Dewford Island the night before and scrounged up enough money to check themselves into a hotel by the beach. It was morning and Eziray was getting ready to leave for her gym battle.
"Are you sure?" she asked, surprised that it was happening so soon. She joined Lyla in the other room and Aiden was already there, holding the egg in his lap. He looked up at the girls and frowned.
"Sorry Lyla, but I don't think it's going to happen just yet," he said.
"Awww! But why? I felt something moving around inside of it a minute ago!" Lyla said, taking the egg from him to inspect it.
"The pulsing's stopped and I'm not hearing any sounds or anything coming from within it. The pulsing was a good sign though! That means it'll hatch soon!"
"Man, I thought today was the day…" Lyla said with a sigh.
Eziray hesitated for a moment and Aiden cocked his head.
"What's up, Ez? Not gonna suggest that we go watch your gym battle to cheer Lyla up?"
"About that...I think we should spend the day at the beach instead!" she exclaimed.
Aiden and Lyla were absolutely stunned and questioned their friend's sudden decision. She explained that she wanted to get some more training in and ask the locals about their gym leader. Then she suggested that Lyla get some training in too. Excitement suddenly flooded over Lyla as she realized that she would get to go swimming in the ocean for the first time. She fantasized about it for a moment, imaging herself and Aiden partially naked together in the sand. Then she threw her arms around Eziray and hugged her, thanking her for the sudden and unexpected decision before running off to the bathroom to get ready.
When she emerged, she was dressed in a black bikini with hot pink zebra stripes and she smelled like piña colada. After Aiden had gone into the bathroom and shut the door behind him, Eziray began to laugh.
"New perfume?" she asked.
"Yeah, what's wrong with it? It's beachy, isn't it?"
"Lyla, it's gonna get washed off in the water! You know that right?"
"I guess I didn't think about that..."
The bathroom door creaked open and Aiden emerged, dressed in simple black swim trunks and holding a white towel over his shoulders.
"That was quick..." Lyla trailed off.
"I'm not a girl," he shot back with a playful grin.
"What's tha-" Lyla began but Aiden cut her off.
"Where's Eziray?"
"She was here a second ago..."
"You guys, let's go!" a voice called from outside. They looked out the window and Eziray was standing beneath it, dressed in a bright blue bikini with a yellow palm tree over one of the cups.
"How did you get out there so fast?" Lyla called to her. "...And when did you get dressed?"
Lyla, Skitty and Aiden raced down and caught up with Eziray who was already halfway from the hotel to the beach. It wasn't a long walk at all, five to ten minutes max, and once they got there, they threw their Pokeballs into the air and all of their Pokemon materialized, one-by-one.
"Muud!"
"Char!"
"Ooo!"
"Treecko..."
"YAY!"
"Tor!"
Skitty and Espeon were the only ones to remain silent. Skitty was already basking in the warm sand and Espeon wasn't particularly impressed but the other Pokemon's joy did bring a smile to her face.
Lyla was about to run into the water but Eziray grabbed her by the arm.
"Nuh-uh! Work first and then play! You have some training to do, as do I," Eziray said.
"Are you suggesting something, my dear friend?" Lyla said spunkily as she placed one hand on her hip.
"A double battle!" Eziray exclaimed. "Charo and Baby versus Skitty and Mudkip. Then Gracie and Speedy versus Espeon and Torchic. Are you two down?"
"You bet!" Lyla exclaimed.
"Definitely! Ladies first though; I'm gonna go relax for a bit. G'luck, Lyla!" Aiden encouraged as he spread out in the sand with his hands behind his head.
The girls and their Pokemon positioned themselves in the sand and thought about what their Pokemon needed work on.
"Alright Skitty, we definitely need to work on your stamina and endurance so we're really going to tire you out! And Mudkip...you're like a super monster so I don't really know where to begin with you..." Lyla trailed off.
"There's always room for improvement, Lyla. Work on his power or something," Aiden suggested.
"You're right," Lyla said with a smile.
"You can go first!" Eziray exclaimed.
"Alright then! Mudkip, use Water Gun on Charo. And Skitty, use Assist on Charo!"
Both Pokémon opened their mouths, charging for a moment, and both Pokémon fired a Water Gun. The two attacks spiraled around each other, creating one massive blast of water, as they came at Charo.
"Flamethrower Charo!"
"But why?" Lyla asked.
Charo's Flamethrower met the two Water Guns in the middle and fought against them the best he could.
"We're working on his power. I want to see a bigger flame, Charo!" Eziray urged.
Charo increased his power as much as possible but it was still not enough. The Water Guns were slowly overpowering him.
"Impressive enough! Baby, help him out with Twister!"
Baby whirled the tip of her tail around and around, whipping up a tiny tornado that she flung forward into the attacks. The attacks were absorbed into it and a red and blue vortex was now fast approaching Lyla's Pokémon.
"Skitty, get behind Mudkip and duck! Mudkip, use Bide!"
Both Pokémon obeyed so Mudkip took all the damage from the attack but released double the energy in a bright flash. Skitty took a little damage from Bide's impact but Charo and Baby took most of it even though they had ducked at the last moment.
"Iron Tail!"
As the flash faded, Skitty seemed to come flipping out of nowhere with her tail glowing and she slammed it into Charo's head.
"And Water Gun!"
Mudkip tried a gang attack on Charo with Water Gun but Eziray ordered Baby to stop it with Dragon Rage. Both attacks collided but extinguished each other because they were evenly matched.
"Let's try Metal Claw while Skitty is in range, Charo!"
"Use DoubleSlap to block it!"
Charo's claws began to glow brightly and he began to slash away at Skitty but she quickly smacked his wrists away with her tail, blocking each attempt he made.
"Fire Fang!"
As Skitty blocked the final Metal Claw attempt, he brought his fiery fangs down and sunk them into her tail. She cried out so he released and she began licking her tail in an attempt to cool down the burning sensation.
"Dragon Rage!"
Baby fired a powerful orange blast of energy at Skitty that knocked the Kitten Pokémon back quite a ways.
"Skitty!" Lyla cried.
"Finish her off with Flamethrower, Charo!" Eziray ordered.
"Not so fast! Mudkip, use Ice Beam!"
As Charo fired a Flamethrower, Mudkip froze it solid with Ice Beam, allowing Skitty to flee and return to her Mudkip's side.
"Baby, use Twister!"
Baby sent another Twister their way and they both dodged but as it turns out, the Twister was only a distraction. Baby was now wrapped around Mudkip, awaiting Eziray's orders.
"Thunder Wave!"
Baby shocked the now helpless Mudkip, leaving him completely paralyzed so Lyla called him back. It wasn't a serious battle by any means and she didn't want him to get hurt for no reason.
"Baby, use Dragon Rage! Charo, use Flamethrower!"
"Skitty, use Assist!"
As the two blazing moves neared, Skitty countered them both with Mudkip's Water Gun but it wasn't strong enough to overpower both and Skitty wound up taking both hits anyway.
"DoubleSlap!" Lyla ordered as Skitty struggled to stand back up. She wanted to forfeit right then and there but she knew that every time a Pokémon keeps battling when tired, they grow stronger and are able to tolerate more in the long run; and this was the kind of training that Skitty needed.
Skitty charged forward and began to slap Charo rapidly across both cheeks of his face but Eziray ordered Baby to use Twister so Skitty had to stop to dodge. Then Lyla ordered her to use Tackle so she charged forward and slammed into Baby.
"Charo, Flamethrower!"
Skitty flipped out of the way of yet another attack and when she landed, she took a knee, panting with exhaustion. Lyla sighed and decided that Skitty had had enough now and it was time to end the match. Since both of her Pokémon had stopped before any really major damage was taken, there was no need to rush them to the Pokémon Center so she decided to tend to them herself while Aiden and Eziray sparred.
"You first!" Eziray exclaimed.
"Fine by me, Espeon use Quick Attack on Speedy!"
Espeon bounded forward with white energy trailing behind her to boost her speed.
"You too, Speedy!"
Speedy was much quicker than Espeon and managed to zip around her and hit her from behind.
"Torchic, use Ember, quick!"
Torchic spat tiny discs of fire at Speedy but Eziray ordered him to use Detect. Speedy nodded and held out his arms as he began to glow blue so the embers split off into two different directions and extinguished on their own.
"TOR, TOR!" Torchic cried out in frustration.
"It's okay to miss, Torchic," Aiden said with a chuckle.
"But it's not okay to let your guard down when you do! Gracie, use Confusion!"
Torchic was lifted from the ground, kicking violently because he didn't understand what was happening, and then he was launched back and took quite a tumble but was otherwise okay. He didn't take it very well though; he stood up whining and stomping like crazy as a couple tears gathered in his eyes.
"That wasn't very nice," Aiden said with a smile, trying to stay light even though his Pokémon was throwing quite the tantrum and had now caught the attention of just about every person relaxing on the beach. "Espeon, use Psychic!"
Espeon, using a pretty much upgraded version of Confusion, sent a blast of psychic energy towards Gracie and it was so powerful that it could have blown her halfway across the beach if Eziray hadn't ordered Gracie to use Teleport to avoid it. She then reappeared behind Espeon, ready to attack.
"Swift!"
Without even looking, Espeon flicked her tail and sent a wave of bright yellow stars at Gracie which hit her before she could use Teleport again so she fell over and began rubbing her head.
"Up, Gracie! And use Teleport!"
Gracie got back on her feet and disappeared, reappearing beside Speedy so that she could avoid further damage.
"Speedy, use Quick Attack on Espeon!"
Speedy charged forward but Torchic suddenly jumped up above him and used Ember so Speedy jumped backwards to avoid it and didn't attempt to proceed towards Espeon. Torchic landed directly in front of him, shouting angrily because he was still upset.
"Torchic, I understand that you're angry, but you really need to wait for a command before you attack. I was waiting for you to cool off so that's why I didn't say anything…" Aiden trailed off. Torchic turned towards his trainer and began to throw a rebellious tantrum that didn't go on for very long before he began to glow.
"Is he using Bide?" Lyla asked, walking to Aiden's side to watch. "Wait, what's happening to him?"
Torchic was changing shape at this point and Aiden smiled. Lyla stared in awe as the glowing subsided and a Combusken stood where Torchic once did.
"It evolved, Lyla!" he exclaimed.
"Clearly! I had never seen it happen before. SO COOL!" Lyla exclaimed, holding up her Pokédex.
"Combusken, The Young Fowl Pokémon: During battle, the hot flame inside its body increases and it can let loose approximately ten destructive kicks per second," her Dex informed.
"It's hard to tell when a Pokémon will evolve because each one is different. Some evolve once they have reached a certain level of power, some will evolve because they are in a pinch and need an extra power boost, some evolve when under extreme emotional circumstances, some evolve when given certain items, and some just evolve when the time is right. In any case, a Pokémon who evolves will be stronger than they were before and their moves and/or attitude may change slightly," Aiden explained.
"Hey, Lyla, we're kinda busy here…" Eziray trailed off. Lyla was standing right in the middle of their battle, holding up Combusken's arm and examining his sharp claws.
"Combuskeh…" Combusken said, wondering what on earth was wrong with the girl as he jerked his arm away.
"Well, I'm not gonna lie, you were much cuter before –"
Before Lyla could finish her statement, Combusken blasted her in the face with an attack that was much similar to Flamethrower, except it was swirling.
"That must be Fire Spin," Aiden said, cocking his head.
"I WAS ABOUT SAY THAT YOU'RE MUCH COOLER NOW, GEEZ!" Lyla shouted angrily as she walked away. "Still a whiney little babe-EE!"
Combusken had fired yet another Fire Spin at her that she had to dodge as she was trying to finish her sentence.
"WELL SCREW YOU TOO THEN!" she yelled, this time running away to avoid further attacks.
"Alright guys, don't be intimidated! He may be stronger now but we've still got more training in than he has!" Eziray urged. "Now Speedy, use Pound on him!"
Speedy charged forward, readying his tail to use Pound but Combusken grunted as his right claw began to glow and when Speedy was close, he swung it upwards directly into Speedy's stomach. Speedy choked slightly as the force drove him back and he landed a few feet away.
"Must be Sky Uppercut," Lyla observed, scanning Combusken's moves with her Pokédex.
"Nice move Combusken, but I'd really rather you wait for an order. Anyway, finish Speedy off with Fire Spin!"
Combusken nodded and before Speedy could recuperate, Combusken singed him with a powerful Fire Spin attack. Speedy stood for a moment, trembling, before falling forward and flattening out on the ground.
"Speedy, return!" Eziray exclaimed, calling her Treecko back.
"Good job! Now Espeon, use Swift and Combusken, use Fire Spin again!"
"Gracie, use Teleport to get away!"
Gracie vanished and then reappeared behind Combusken.
"Perfect! Now use Confusion to lift Combusken!"
Gracie began to levitate Combusken with Confusion but he didn't get too high before Aiden ordered Espeon to use Psychic. The wave of Psychic energy that seemed to clamp down on Gracie's mind caused her concentration to break, releasing Combusken from the attack. Eziray smiled slightly,demonstrating her sportsmanship and forfeited.
"Wow, I didn't expect Aiden to win," Lyla said.
"Well keep in mind that I always had to be her sparring buddy in Kanto so she could prep for gym battles, so we know a thing or two ourselves," Aiden said, stroking Espeon's head.
"Speedy, come on back out!" Eziray exclaimed. He was pretty battered but okay for the most part. As Eziray tended to his wounds, Lyla came over to assist her and learn a few things about taking care of an injured Pokémon in case there is no Pokémon Center around.
"What's going on over there?" Lyla wondered, noticing a commotion farther down the beach when they were all finished.
A group of girls with surfboards were gathered around, all excited about something. Lyla and Eziray decided to go check it out. As it turns out, they were all gathered around a buff man with long, spiky blue hair and orange swim trunks on. He was holding a surf board, as was the Makuhita at his side.
"Oo, another Makuhita!" Eziray said, holding up her Pokédex.
"Makuhita, The Guts Pokémon: It toughens its body by slamming into thick trees and in battle, it will keep getting up and attacking its foe no matter how many times it is knocked down," the Dex informed.
"Brawly, you're like so cool!" one of the girls exclaimed.
"I bet every gym leader like totally wishes they were you!"
"Yeah! Your Pokémon are like so strong!"
"Maku!" the Makuhita exclaimed proudly.
"Thanks dudettes! I really appreciate it!" he exclaimed.
"Brawly…" Eziray trailed off.
"Yeah? Can I help you two beach bunnies?" the man asked, cocking his head. The crowd of surfer girls turned and smiled at Lyla and Eziray.
"Beach bunnies?" Lyla echoed.
"Your name sounds familiar…Brawly…" Eziray trailed off.
"Eziray, I think he's the gym leader," Lyla whispered.
"THAT'S RIGHT! Roxanne mentioned you on her test! You're Brawly the Gym Leader!" Eziray exclaimed as she suddenly realized who he was.
"In the flesh! But it would be a total bummer if you were lookin' to battle me right now. See, the waves are about to get wicked gnarly and they won't get this good for a while so I'm about to totally shred it up right now!" he exclaimed.
"Radical," Lyla said with a smile.
"Actually, I was gonna spend the day training anyway! How about tomorrow?"
"No can do, bro! I got a battle tomorrow with another dude!"
"Would his name happen to be Noah?" Eziray asked.
"Nah, different dude, dude! Tomorrow, I have a battle with a guy named Declan."
"Oh, I haven't met him…So how about the day after tomorrow then?"
"Fer sure, I'm stoked! Man, those waves are off the wall! Listen, it was nice meeting you but I gotta get me some of that! Surf's up everyone!"
The group of surfers raced off towards the water and Lyla sighed.
"Something wrong?" Eziray asked.
"He just seems like the complete opposite of Roxanne. Is he really a gym leader?"
"You shouldn't judge him until you see him battle, Lyla!"
"I guess you're right…where are you going?"
"What part of beach day don't you understand?" Eziray exclaimed with a laugh. "Go have some fun!"
"I suppose I've always wanted a tan…kinda hard to get one when you've grown up in a town that's pretty much blanketed with ash," Lyla said to herself with a shrug. She walked back to where they had trained and fished a towel out of her bag. Then she laid it out and flopped her body onto it, belly-down.
"Myaa," Skitty purred, curling up on top of her back.
"Doesn't the sun feel good, Skitty?" Lyla asked happily.
"I'm sure it does but you're going to get an awfully strange tan if you let her lay on you like that," Aiden said as he walked by her with a beach ball.
"Oh you're right! Skitty, get down!" Lyla exclaimed. Skitty obeyed and curled up next to her instead. "Where'd you get that?"
"I've been invited by a group of people to go play volleyball."
"Fun, where's Eziray?"
"Uh…" he trailed off, looking towards the water. Lyla turned and saw Eziray standing knee-deep in it, splashing a very agitated Charo.
"CHAR!" he exclaimed angrily, wiping salt water from his cheek.
"What's the matter, Charo? Don't like the water? Come on! What if we have to face a strong trainer with Water-types? What will you do then?" she teased.
"Poor Charo…" Lyla trailed off as Aiden joined a group of kids playing volleyball.
The trainers spent the next hour and a half basking in the sun, splashing in the water, and playing on the beach. They all did each of these activities at some point but Lyla wound up tanning again while Aiden and Eziray buried Espeon in the sand while she was sleeping. This gave Lyla an idea so she sat up and took her egg out.
"Does the warm sand feel good, little egg?" she asked as she pushed sand over the egg.
"Peeel," a Peliper squawked as it landed beside her.
"Can I help you?" Lyla asked.
"Paaa," it said, sniffing her.
"What are you hungry or something? I don't have any food, get lost!"
"PEEEEER!" it squawked, drenching her from head to toe with Water Gun.
"Mudkip!" Mudkip exclaimed.
"Mudkip?" Lyla echoed, looking up to find that Mudkip was sitting inside of the Peliper's mouth and she had actually been sprayed with his Water Gun.
"Pel-ii!" the Peliper exclaimed as it flapped its wings and took off.
"Muuuud-kiiiip!" Mudkip exclaimed excitedly as the Peliper flew along the beach.
"Skitty, use Assist!" Lyla ordered.
"MYA!" Skitty exclaimed as her body began to glow with Mudkip's Bide.
"God damnit," Lyla muttered.
"Muuuud!" Mudkip called to Aiden and Eziray as the Peliper flew over them.
"Was that?" Eziray wondered out loud.
"Yep, here comes Lyla," Aiden said as Lyla rushed towards them, holding her egg tightly against her body.
"MUDKIP'S BEEN KIDNAPPED!" she shouted as she ran by.
"So much for a beach day," Eziray said as they grabbed their things and chased after her.
The Peliper first led them to the center of the island but eventually headed north towards a forest, but that was the last that the trainers saw of him. The only thing they could do was wander aimlessly around the forest, hoping that they could find him. Pretty soon, Lyla didn't seem to be very worried anymore. She figured that Mudkip could take care of himself and would come back eventually so they may as well enjoy the forest.
It was a very quiet and tranquil there. There wasn't a single person or Pokémon in sight, but it was full of all sorts of tropical plants, fruits, and flowers. Lyla was shocked at how many species there were that she had never seen before and she stopped to admire every one of them. Most of the more colorful ones were growing along a small stream that ran through the forest. As Lyla inspected a pink flower that appeared to be related to a lily, a Magikarp swam by.
"What's that?" she asked, staring at it until it was out of sight.
"Just a Magikarp! They're pretty common though and kind of useless until they evolve…" Eziray trailed off.
"Hey, does anyone hear that?" Aiden asked, looking around. Everyone else silenced themselves and listened carefully. Muffled shouting could be heard nearby so they decided to investigate it.
They walked towards the sounds, having to bust their way through bushes and such and finally they reached a clearing with an old rotted tree and they discovered that the sounds were coming from Mudkip who had somehow lodged his head into a crevice of said tree. Now it seemed as if he was having trouble getting back out.
"Mudkip! How in the world did you manage that?" Lyla demanded, setting her egg on a stump and rushing to help him. Aiden and Eziray came over to assist as well, and while everyone was distracted, a wild Aron popped out of the ground, just beside the stump.
This Aron had dug tunnels all over the island and had made a hobby out of expanding his underground city. As he clumsily pulled himself out of the hole, he happened to bump into the stump and the egg rolled to the edge and balanced there for a moment until it fell and landed on the Aron's back as it walked away.
The Aron continued on its way without even noticing its passenger and didn't stop until it was deep into the forest. It looked around curiously, wondering where it should dig next, and spotted a berry bush full of bright blue berries. It wondered how they tasted and decided to investigate the bush. As it sampled one of these berries, a Plusle and Minun came rolling out from it. He stepped away from them as they bounced all over the place, rough housing and zapping each other spastically. He couldn't avoid them for long, however, and the Plusle eventually shoved the Minun into the Aron, causing the egg to fall off and roll along the ground.
"Pluh?" the Plusle said curiously, taking notice of the egg. The Minun and the Aron noticed too but Plusle was the first one to react. It scampered towards the egg and nuzzled it, deciding to become its mother as Minun ran over to see what it was.
"Pluh, pluh!" Plusle exclaimed happily.
"Mine!" Minun exclaimed as it lifted the egg over its shoulders and began to carry it away. Plusle followed close behind, prepared to catch it if it fell.
The two were brother and sister. They were both very young, practically babies themselves, but they had decided that the egg needed parents and they were delighted to fulfill that roll. They took the egg back to their nest which was located at the base of a hollowed-out tree. There, they laid it down in the pile of leaves that they had stored away and the Plusle began to stroke it as Minun went out to fetch more leaves. When he returned, he began to pile the leaves up around the egg, but the Plusle smacked his paws away and began to arrange them herself. He didn't like the way she was doing it however, so he pushed her aside and continued what he was doing. She did not appreciate this very much so she shoved him into the side of the tree. Completely forgetting about the egg, the two began to argue and push each other around until one of them bumped into the egg and it rolled out of the tree. Plusle grabbed it and ran away with it but Minun tackled her and stole it. The two continued to play keep away with it until Minun ran into a Hariyama that was resting beneath the shade of a tree.
"HARI!" it yelled angrily, not appreciating being woken up by the two little rug rats. It slammed its palm down, just barely missing the Minun, so the two abandoned the egg and fled as quickly as possible to go hide in their tree.
"Poochy-ena!" a Poochyena barked happily as it raced by and began to kick the egg along with its two front paws.
The Poochyena often wandered into town and joined into kids' soccer games quite often, kicking the ball around until their parents shooed it away. So he was a little more than obsessed with somewhat-round objects that rolled. He kicked it around for some time until he got bored with it and gave it one final swift kick that sent it flying high through the forest it. Luckily, it landed on and bounced off of the belly of a sleeping Slaking but it began to roll down a hill towards the freezing cold stream.
"Meeed…" a Meditite trailed off as it meditated under a tree.
This Meditite actually belonged to one of Brawly's underlings and it often went out to the forest to focus in peace, and train if it felt like it. Using all of its senses but sight, it detected the egg and extended its leg to stop it. Then it opened its eyes and grabbed the egg to examine it. Once it figured out that it had no use for it, it pitched towards the river where a wild Lotad was drinking water. The egg spun around in the leaf on its head, changing its direction as it flew off.
"Loh?" the Lotad asked, wondering what it had just felt.
The egg flew through the air a little ways, losing momentum until it was on the verge of falling, but kept going long enough to lodge itself down the throat of a Loudred who was scolding the Plusle and the Minun for something. The Plusle and Minun watched curiously as the Loudred's face turned a different shade of blue and it brought its hands up to its neck as it began to choke.
"Pluh!" Plusle exclaimed, panic-stricken.
"MINUH!" Minun ordered. She nodded and race forward, stopping just in front of the Loudred's feet. Minun then darted behind him and slammed into him, causing him to trip over Plusle and land on its stomach. Minun cheered as it jumped onto the Loudred's back with as much force as it could, causing the egg to shoot out of its mouth and fly far through the forest until it landed on a big leaf, then rolled across an old tree branch, and finally dropped into the stream where it floated quite a ways until it wound up back near the original tree stump and Skitty noticed it in the water.
"MYA!" she yowled. The trainers looked and Lyla bolted forward to save it
"HOW THE HELL DID IT GET IN THERE?" she demanded as she jumped in. It was very shallow and only came up to her waist but the mud was sticky and it was hard to keep up with the egg. When it was finally in reach, the Peliper swooped down out of nowhere and scooped it up into its beak.
"NOT YOU AGAIN! GIVE THAT BACK!" Lyla shouted.
Suddenly, the Peliper became outlined in blue and its mouth was forced open. Lyla turned and saw that Espeon was controlling the Peliper with Psychic and when she looked back towards the Peliper, the egg was now floating towards her. She grabbed it and turned back to Espeon to thank her but Espeon was glaring angrily at her.
"You are a terrible mother," she said, only so Lyla could hear as Aiden petted her as praise.
As Lyla held the egg, she realized something that made her heart drop. The egg was stone cold and whatever was inside it had stopped moving completely. She wondered if the cold water from the stream had possibly killed it and began to panic. Without telling Aiden or Eziray, she simply tore out of the stream and left the forest so quickly that Aiden, Eziray and Skitty couldn't keep up.
The three found her back at the hotel with the heater cranked way up. The place looked like it had been ransacked but the only things missing were blankets and towels. Lyla had taken every single one and wrapped them around the egg which was now sitting on a desk with Lyla's entire upper body covering it.
"I was afraid of that," Aiden said, understanding now. "But don't cook it, now!"
He came over and took the blankets away, leaving Lyla with a few towels.
"Is it going to be okay?" she asked sadly.
"I hope so…" he replied.
She sat at the desk all night, without eating or sleeping or moving, in complete silence as she offered her body warmth in addition to the towels in hopes that the Pokémon inside would survive. There was still no sign of life yet, but she refused to give up. She was determined to save it.
Author Notes:
One thing I don't think I've mentioned yet is that some moves, such as Fire Spin, look different and/or have a different effect in the anime from the game. For example, in the game, Fire Spin traps opponents in a vortex of fire, and in the anime, it's more like Flamethrower. And on that note, I may as well say that moves in the anime don't always look the same or have the same effect each time a Pokémon uses it (like Confusion/Psychic). Oh and for those of you who are curious about the term 'beach bunny,' it's just surfer slang for a girl who comes to the beach to watch surfers basically. Brawly is fun to write about; I love the surfer lingo! Anyways, as always, read and review please!