Aureolin finished getting ready and was now inside Morty's gym. It was pitch black inside. Aureolin had all his Pokémon inside their pokeballs and walked straight off into a hole and ended at back at the entrance. He found amusement in doing this, so after he was done falling, he went straight toward a light source. It was coming from trainers of the gym. After defeating them all, he finally found Morty.
"Well then, let's get started," Morty said. Then he sent out Gastly. Aureolin sent out Croc. Gastly used Curse when commanded and then Croc was cursed. Croc hit it with a Bite. Then Gastly was told to use Mean Look and that made Aureolin unable to switch Pokémon. Then Croc was ordered to finish it off with bite and made Gastly faint. Morty returned Gastly and sent out Haunter. Croc was struggling with the effects of the curse. Haunter then used Hypnosis and Croc fell asleep. Aureolin tried to wake up Croc, but it was no use. Haunter finished Croc off with a Dream Eater that was a critical hit. Aureolin's next Pokémon sent out was Chuck. Chuck used Night Slash and knocked out Haunter. Gengar was sent out next. Gengar used Hypnosis and Chuck was put to sleep. Since Chuck was unable to attack, Gengar used Dream Eater and Chuck fainted. Jenna was Aureolin's last Pokémon. Gengar tried to hit Jenna with Hypnosis, but missed. Jenna then came after Gengar and bit him. Gengar used Hypnosis again, but this time Jenna went to sleep. Gengar used a couple attacks on Jenna, but they weren't that effective. Jenna woke up and looked pretty worn out, but was able to bite Gengar with a critical hit and Gengar fainted. Morty returned his Gengar.
"That was a great battle. You've earned this," Morty said. He then gave Aureolin the Fog badge and a TM with Shadow Ball and pokedollers. "Well, the next place you should go to is Olivine City to get the next badge. Good luck with your journey."
"Thanks," Aureolin said. After that Aureolin went and healed his Pokémon at the Pokémon center.
Aureolin finished healing his Pokémon and was heading toward the next route after checking up on the Togepi. Nothing new has changed since the last time he checked in. Aureolin wondered if he'll ever be happy. He then suddenly heard noises coming from his backpack. He stopped to check what was inside and found an Eevee with the Thunderstone in its mouth. It then evolved into Jolteon. Aureolin was a little confused about this at first, but then remembered about the egg Amber had given him. He then checked to see if this was his by putting it inside it's pokeball, and it worked. The Jolteon looked pretty cool to him and couldn't wait to see what he can do. He sent it back out and said, "Hello there. I'm Aureolin and we'll be traveling together. Do you like the name Spike?" The Jolteon seemed happy as he jumped on Aureolin. "Okay, Spike it is then." Spike seemed really found of Aureolin by how affectionate he was being. Aureolin was fine with that because he really wanted no more problems with his Pokémon with what happened with Jenna and what's happening with Ariel. Though, it reminded him of the Togepi, and that made him want to keep Spike more. Aureolin pat him on the head and went to go train Spike.
Aureolin spent the rest of the day training Spike. Sometime after midnight he went back to the pokecenter and went to bed. He felt like Spike was really getting the hang of battling. The next day Aureolin checked his supplies to see if anything in his bag was damaged after Spike hatched. Nothing important seemed wrecked, so he decided to continue on with Spike at his side. When he got toward the end of town however, he ran into Snow and Amber. Amber had Princess out, which is now an Espeon. Snow had Kiwi out.
"Oh hi Aureolin! You still hanging around here?" Snow asked.
"No, just got Morty's badge here and now on my why to Olivine," Aureolin said.
"Oh so he's back? That's great! We got the badge in Olivine, but are unable to cross the water there without Morty's badge."
"Well, we should get going then, huh Snow?" Amber asked.
"Yeah we should. Well good luck with your next badge Aureolin."
"I hope you like Jolteon," Snow said.
"Yeah, he's great," Aureolin said. Spike had been hiding behind Aureolin, so Aureolin whispered, "They won't hurt you, Spike…" But this did not seem to comfort him.
"Well, bye Aureolin." They all waved good-bye and went their separate ways. As they were leaving though, Princess turned and looked at Spike for a moment before running after her trainer.
It was quite difficult to travel with Spike. He kept wandering off and playing around. Though, Aureolin had no problem with this. After all, it was Spikes first time being able to do this. Also, the weather is nice and warm, and it looks like a nice day for Spike to play around. Though, he did note to keep an eye on him. Spike then wanted to race, and Aureolin was up for that. He lost badly though. They arrived at a small farm in the middle of the route. It seemed to only have Miltank. Spike tried to play with them, but they seemed to ignore him.
"Come on Spike, let's get going," Aureolin said. Spike gave up and they continued to Olivine. Aureolin really enjoys his new friend. But then his mind went to the Totodile that he gave to Gray. Does Gray still have it, and how was he treating it? He hoped that he wasn't holding a grudge against it. He also wondered how Amber was doing against Morty. Aureolin thought he was pretty tough and for a second, it looked like he might lose. Though he figured since she has gotten this far, she has a really good chance with Morty. Aureolin then wondered how he would do against her.