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Evan's current Pokemon on hand
Quilava Level 26: Quick Attack, Defense Curl, SmokeScreen, Flame Wheel
Noctowl Level 23: Hypnosis, Reflect, Foresight, Confusion
Flaaffy Level 22: Tackle, ThunderShock, Thunder Wave, Cotton Spore

With Professor Oak
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"Whew! We're finally out of there," Crystal panted. "H-Huh?" The girl felt her bag shaking vigorously. The egg was soon found to be the cause.

"Does that mean it's hatching?" Evan asked, looking at the egg. "I wonder what kinda Pokemon it'll hatch into!"

"I think it'll be better for me to carry this egg like that until it hatches," Crystal hugged the egg tightly. Evan nodded and looked at the sign beside him which announced that they were at Route 34.

"We'll be reaching Goldenrod soon," Evan grinned, looking at his Pokegear. "Let's hurry!"

"So you're going to Goldenrod City, huh?" A young boy stepped out. "My name is Samuel! I'm training here. So you are Trainers? What luck! Let's battle!" Samuel threw a Pokeball. "Go, Rattata!"

"Great, a battle first thing in the morning! Just what I needed!" Evan smirked. "Flaaffy, you're on!"

"Flaaff!" Flaaffy called out. "Flaaffyyy! Flaaf!" The pink-coloured Pokemon said in a sing-song voice.

"We'll make this a three-on-three battle. What do you say?"

"Fine with me," Evan shrugged.

Samuel observed Evan's Flaaffy closely. "That Flaaffy looks impressive, but it's no match for my Rattata! Use Hyper Fang!" Rattata leaped towards Flaaffy and chomped down on the Pokemon, sending Flaaffy wheeling back.

"Cotton Spore!" Evan ordered.

"Quick Attack!" Rattata had rammed into Flaaffy's stomach and knocked the Pokemon down in an instant. Rattata then jumped away, glowing white and evolving into it's next form.

As Flaaffy stumbled back up, it was once again knocked down by a strong Quick Attack from a different Pokemon. Looking up, Flaaffy saw a new Pokemon, the evolved form of Rattata - Raticate.

"Woah," Matt blinked. One moment he'd saw a cute purple rat knocking Flaaffy down with a strong Quick Attack. The next moment there was a different, brown and cream-coloured rat knocking Flaaffy down again with another stronger Quick Attack. This Samuel kid sure acted fast.

"Get up and use your Cotton Spore!" Flaaffy got back up and used Cotton Spore, lowering Raticate's speed.

"You must have thought that using Cotton Spore would have lowered Raticate's speed, giving you a better chance of attacking," Samuel nodded his head. "That's true, but we have a way to counter this. Scary Face!"

Suddenly, Flaaffy was paralyzed with fear and unable to move.

"Uh oh," Evan gasped.

"Quick Attack, Raticate!" Samuel yelled. Quick Attack boosted the user's average speed for a moment and allowed it to be able to damage the opponent in the blink of an eye. Thus even with the Cotton Spore effect, Quick Attack allowed Raticate to move at normal speeds.

Soon, Flaaffy was once again on the ground, groaning in pain.

"Hyper Fang!" Raticate leaped into the air and landed with it's fangs slamming into Flaaffy. The Wool Pokemon released a loud shriek from it's mouth before fainting.

"Oh my," Evan recalled Flaaffy. "Flaaffy couldn't even touch him!"

"My training has paid off," Samuel chuckled.

"Your turn, Noctowl!" Evan called forth his Owl Pokemon. Noctowl gave out a cry before swooping in on Raticate. "The Cotton Spore effect's still there! Use your Confusion attack!"

Noctowl's attack hit and did a fair bit of damage. While Raticate was still recovering from the Confusion, Noctowl attacked with another. The two Confusion attacks hit Raticate hard and confused him.

"Raticate, Hyper Fang!" Samuel called. Raticate leaped high up, but due to it's confused state hyper-fanged the air instead of Noctowl. To make things worse for Samuel, Raticate landed on it's head instead of it's feet. Evan couldn't resist a chuckle as he commanded Noctowl to use another Confusion.

"Raaatttiiiicaaate!" Raticate cried as it was hit by yet another Confusion. Samuel gritted his teeth as Raticate's eyes rolled. Recalling Raticate, Samuel called up another Pokemon, a Spearow.

"So fighting a Flying Pokemon with another... interesting strategy," Evan looked at Samuel's Spearow.

"Spearow, fly in with a Peck attack!" Samuel cried.

"Reflect!" Spearow's attack bounced back to itself, sending Spearow flying back. "Hypnosis!"

"Dodge it, and use Fury Attack!"

"Reflect!" Evan smirked. With Reflect, no attack could hit Noctowl!

"Pursuit!" Spearow dealt it's attack. Before Evan could shout Reflect, the attack had hit Noctowl.

"I'll need to save Noctowl for that boy's third Pokemon. His Reflect attack will come in handy," Evan reasoned with himself. He brought up his Pokeball to recall Noctowl.

"Pursuit!" As the red beam shot out from the Pokeball to bring Noctowl back into the ball, Spearow's attack hit the Owl Pokemon. Before Noctowl could cry out in pain, it had been recalled.

"Oh no! Pursuit deals more damage when the target is recalled to it's Pokeball during that turn!" Crystal warned.

"Crap," Evan took out Quilava's Pokeball. "Well, no use whining about that now. Quilava, get in there and use SmokeScreen, followed by a fiery Flame Wheel!" Evan flung the Pokeball into the air and Quilava was released. Evan's Johto starter fired smoke from it's mouth, blinding Spearow, Samuel and Evan too. The last Evan saw of Quilava before the smoke got into his eyes was Quilava balling itself up.

Soon, Evan heard the sound of something ramming against another. He cheered silently, knowing that Flame Wheel had worked. However, his happiness died down when the smoke cleared to reveal not a Spearow, but a Fearow.

"It evolved?" Evan was in disbelief. First Rattata, and now Spearow?

"Heh heh! Fearow, use Agility!" Samuel grinned triumphantly as his newly-evolved Pokemon picked up speed. "Now, Fury Attack!"

"Defense Curl!" Evan shouted quickly. There was no time for Quilava to dodge. Quilava balled itself up, and Fearow's constant pecking did nothing to it at all. Suddenly getting an idea, Evan called for Quilava to use Flame Wheel. Since it had already balled itself up, all Quilava had to do was bring on the flame! Fearow was suddenly pecking at a fiery ball of fire, and the large Flying Pokemon backed away, it's beak burning.

"Argh! Again!" Samuel commanded.

"Flame Wheel, but stay in your position!" Evan said quickly. Fearow was moving too fast to stop and was soon pecking at a ball of fire again. It flew backwards, the fire at it's beak burning stronger than ever, and slowly cutting away it's health.

"SmokeScreen!" Quilava filled the entire area with smoke again. With Fearow blinded, Quilava was able to use two more Flame Wheels and an added Quick Attack to knock Fearow out.

"Damn!" Samuel clenched his fists and one hand was raised with a Pokeball to recall his fainted Pokemon. "You were lucky that time. Let's see how you face off against Sandshrew!"

"Why do so many Trainers own Sandshrew? Is it really that good?" Evan frowned.

"Shut up! My Sandshrew is different from the rest! Show 'im, Sandshrew! Scratch!" Sandshrew pounced on Quilava and landed it's attack. "Poison Sting, then Fury Swipes!" Sandshrew's claw glowed purple and it scratched Quilava again, leaving a purple mark. The Ground-type then scratched Quilava furiously. When Sandshrew was done, Quilava was lying on the ground, it's eyes rolled.

"Impressive," Evan had to admit. He recalled Quilava. "But as long as I've still got one Pokemon standing, I'll win this battle! Go, Noctowl! Confusion attack!" Evan's Noctowl unleashed it's attack, knocking Sandshrew off it's feet but not confusing him.

"Rollout!" Sandshrew curled itself into a ball like what Quilava had done earlier and shot towards Noctowl like a cannonball. The attack was too fast for Noctowl to react and it was damaged.

"And now, evolve!" Samuel smirked. Sandshrew glowed white, and soon it was replaced by a Sandslash.

"Woah," Evan gasped. He could tell that Crystal was gasping too, and that Matt wasn't gasping but thinking the same thing they were thinking. It was unusual for not one, not two, but three Pokemon to evolve continuously after each other during a battle.

"Scared now, are ya?" Samuel chuckled. "Don't worry. Sandslash here will put this match to an end, fast! Sandslash, Swift!" From Sandslash's claws came stars. Getting hit by the stars, Noctowl was sent spiralling downwards, and was soon hovering dangerously just above the ground.

"Fury Cutter!"

"I'm not going to get hit again! Noctowl, Reflect!" Noctowl's shimmering mirror appeared, and Sandslash's attack was reflected. Growling, Sandslash tried another Fury Cutter, but the attack was reflected again.

"Swift!"

"Reflect!" Evan hoped for the best. He knew Swift was an attack that was impossible to miss, but he had to try. The stars slammed into Noctowl's mirror and Noctowl tried it's best to reflect it. However, the attack broke through the mirror. Fortunately, most of the stars were able to be rebounded, and they hit Sandslash. The two Pokemon were knocked to the ground, but eventually Noctowl stood back up with much effort.

"Looks like Evan wins, kid!" Matt called to Samuel. Evan thought Samuel was not going to take losing lightly, but he was wrong.

"It seems I'll have to train more," Samuel said sheepishly as he recalled his Sandslash. After a nice, long petting session from Evan, Noctowl went back into it's Pokeball as well.

"I look forward to facing you when you have trained," Evan smiled. The two of them exchanged Pokegear numbers and Samuel promised that they would have another battle again. After bidding the boy farewell, Evan and his companions continued their journey towards Goldenrod City.

Crappy ending, I know. Tsk, tsk. Does anyone here know what Beast Quest is? Just a random question, y'know? In the next chapter Evan and his friends reach Goldenrod City(finally)!