The gang were now on the way to Mahogany Town, where Ash and Lillie could get their seventh gym badge. Right now they came to a town called Eggseter Town. It was a beautiful town, surrounded by mountains, valleys and hills. Just as the gang were about to head over to the town, they had an unexpected surprise. They saw Gary Oak riding on a skateboard, which was being pulled by Arcanine, around the green hills. "Hey Gary" Ash called out. Gary noticed the gang and greeted them at once. "It's been a while since we last saw each other" said Gary.
"So Gary, what's with the skateboard?" asked Lillie curious about the skateboard. "Well Lillie, Arcanine and I are going to enter the pokemon extreme race" answered Gary.
"What's that?" asked Ash. Gary didn't answer; instead he and Arcanine took off. The gang also noticed that other trainers were skateboarding with their pokemon. "I guess they are all practicing for this pokemon extreme race" said Brock.
The gang had a meal in a restaurant in Eggseter Town. But Ash kept thinking about the extreme pokemon race. "I think I want to enter this race," he admitted to the others. "but I don't know a thing about this extreme pokemon race" "Perhaps I can help" said a voice. The voice belonged to an elderly man, who was sitting near the gang in the restaurant. "I participated in the extreme pokemon race a few times in my time,so I will gladly help you practice for the race". Said the man.
"Really?, thank you sir" said Ash. The man introduced himself as Mr Shelby and the gang introduced themselves.
Mr Shelby gave the gang a ride on his Tauros and cart. "So Mr Shelby, What is the pokemon extreme race about?" asked Ash. "Well Ash, the pokemon extreme race is a sport that has been a tradition here in Eggseter Town for a long time,You see a long time ago, before cars, trains, buses and bikes were invented, people used pokemon to travel from the countryside to town, especially when there was an emergency. And even though there are now cars and all of that around, the people still love to ride with pokemon, so we came up with the sport for them to enjoy". said Mr. Shelby
Just then the kids noticed a house, with some people holding pokemon eggs. "Is that a pokemon day care center?" Tomp asked.
"It is Tomo," answered Mr Shelby "There are lots of pokemon day care centers around here. In fact my wife and I run one too". "Wow, could we visit it please?" asked Amber . "Yeah can we?" asked Molly with them all having puppy eyes.
"it's been a while since we last visited a daycare center and we love looking at pokemon eggs".said Misty.
"Certainly,I will gladly take you there". Said Mr. Shelby.
Mr Shellby brought the gang to his pokemon day care center and introduced his wife to the gang. "It's no nice to have some company here" said Mrs Shelby. Mrs Shelby was taking care of a pokemon egg. Apparently there were lots of pokemon eggs in Mr and Mrs Shelby's daycare center, and some baby pokemon were walking about too. The gang could not take their eyes off the pokemon eggs and baby pokemon. They even saw a Goomy, A dragon type pokemon from Kalos. Rotom scanned it "Goomy, the Soft Tissue Pokémon, and the weakest of all Dragon-types. In order to keep its body moist, Goomy lives in places where it's dark and damp."
Goomy approached Amber and she petted it. Goomy started to purr with delight. While the others help Mrs. Shellby take care of the baby pokemon and eggs. Mr Shelby helped Ash with practicing for the extreme pokemon race. Mr Shelby lent Ash his old kit for the sport; a skateboard and some equipment that trainers held on to while the pokemon pulls the skateboard. Ash was good with skateboarding; he had done a lot of skateboarding and mountain boarding lots of times as a younger kid with his mom and Riley. Ash decided to use Bayleef as she was the right size for this, and she was strong and fast. Gary had noticed that Ash was practicing for the extreme pokemon race. "I warn you Ash, I won't be going easy on you in the race". Said Gary.
"Neither will I, you're on Gary" replied Ash. Thanks to Mr Shelby, Ash and Bayleef got the hang of the extreme pokemon sport, and they were ready for the race tomorrow.
The next day it was time for the extreme pokemon race. Those who were not in the race were sitting in seats and there was a camera and screen for the audience to see what was happening in the race. Lillie and the others were watching from the stands, Ash and Gary, with Arcanine and Bayleef, were at the starting place with all the other participants and pokemon. The rules were the participants had to race all the way to Mr and Mrs Shelby's daycare center, pick up a dummy race and to race back to the starting line, which will become the finish line, holding the dummy egg. The winner would receive a gold trophy, with a pokeball on top, and the winning pokemon would get a medal. "I'll see you at the finish line Ash" said Gary.
"It will be me at the finishing line first Gary" replied Ash.
"Good luck Ash!" cheered Lillie.
Soon the race had started. The competitors passed through the starting point and came to the mountain section of the course. At that time Ash and Gary were in the lead, and neither one of them was giving up. Arcanine and Bayleef were running as fast as they could to stay in the lead. After running through the mountain section, they ran through the valley, until they finally reached the Shelby's daycare center. Mr and Mrs Shelby were happy to see Ash and Gary. "You two are doing well for your first time in extreme pokemon" said Mr Shelby, giving Ash and Gary their dummy eggs.
Ash and Gary were about to leave, when suddenly Arcanine began to bark loudly. "What's wrong Arcanine?" asked Gary. Arcanine was staring at the daycare center. "Arcanine senses intruders in there" said Ash. Ash was right as Team Rocket came out of the day care center, carrying real pokemon eggs in a basket. "Hey put those eggs back!" shouted Mr Shelby "they are not yours!" "On the contrary they are old man!" said Jessie.
"These pokemon will make a good part to Team Rocket." said James. They were about to flee with the eggs until Ash told Bayleef to use vine whip to grab the eggs. "You aren't taking the eggs anywhere Team Rocket" said Ash. Gary had Arcanine make the crooks leave with flamethrower. Team Rocket's butts caught on fire and they ran away in fear."We're blasting off again!" they shouted. Mr and Mrs Shelby thanked Ash and Gary for saving the eggs, and then Ash and Gary continued on with the race.
Everyone in the audience had seen what had happened, on the screen, and they were relieved that everything was okay now. "Thank goodness that Ash and Gary were there" said Peter.. "Yeah otherwise Team Rocket would have gotten away with the pokemon eggs" said Brock. Right now the racers were racing through the mountain section again. Ash was having trouble with trying to overpass Gary because the road on the mountain section was a bit narrow. But then Ash had an idea; there was a slope near where they were now and it turned to the road of the race. There was no rule saying that the racers couldn't take another route of the race, so Ash had Bayleef jump the slope to catch up to Gary. The audience went wild over Ash's stunt. "All right big brother!" cheered Amber. "That's my Ash" cheered Lillie. Gary was impressed too. "Hey Gary, last one to go over the line is a rotten egg" said Ash. "You're on Ash" said Gary.
Ash and Gary were near the finish line, and Arcanine and Bayleef were running as fast as they could to get to the finish line first. "Go Arcanine!" said Gary.
"Go Bayleef!" said Ash. It was close, but Bayleef got over the finish line first by a nose. Ash and Bayleef were both surprised and happy that they had won the race. Gary congratulated Ash for his win. So Ash and Bayleef got the golden trophy and medal, and everyone clapped and cheered for them.
With the race now over, Gary got ready to leave. "I'll see you at the Johto League Ash" said Gary. "I will be there Gary" said Ash. Then Gary left for his next destination. The gang was just about to get ready to leave too, but Mr and Mrs Shelby stopped them. "Before you go Ash, my wife and I would like to present you with this gift" said Mr Shelby. Mrs Shelby was holding an incubator, with a pokemon egg in it. "This is to say thank you for rescuing our eggs" she said. "Wow, thank you" said Ash, accepting the gift. He was happy to be receiving a pokemon egg. The gang said goodbye to Mr and Mrs Shelby and left Eggster Town. They even let Amber take Goomy after seeing how well she bonded with the small dragon pokemon.
Scene Change.
Ash had been excited ever since he got his blue pokemon egg from Mr and Mrs Shelby a few days ago. Sure he had a pokemon egg before, but it was exciting to see a baby pokemon hatch out from its egg. Right now Ash was checking his egg. "What pokemon do you think it is?" Lillie asked Ash. "I don't know," said Ash "but I don't care what pokemon will come out of this egg. I'll be happy with whatever pokemon it is". "I have to say Ash," said Brock "this is going to be the second time that you'll become a dad to baby pokemon." Dragonair was out looking at the egg. All their pokemon was out enjoying the break before they resumed their course for Mahogany Town. "You're right about that Brock" chuckled Ash.
Suddenly the egg began to glow white, which meant it was going to hatch. Ash took the egg out of the incubator and placed in onto a blanket. Everyone watched in excitement as the egg hatched; the pokemon was a small blue elephant pokemon, with red marks. "It's a Phanpy" said Brock. "Awesome" said Tomo. "Ah it's so cute" said Molly..
Ash looked at Phanpy as Rotom scanned him" Phanpy, the Long Nose Pokémon. The Pre-evolved form of Donphan, Phanpy uses its powerful snout to express affection, not realizing its strength can send you flying."
"Hi Phanpy, I'm Ash, your trainer". said Ash. He slowly moved his right hand towards Phanpy to stroke it; he moved it slowly so not to frighten Phanpy. Ash gently tickled Phanpy on the ears and under the chin. Phanpy liked it with a smile.
Ash took the pokeball off the top of the incubator and enlarged it. He sent Houndoom to the lab so he can catch the pokemon that hatched from the egg."Okay Phanpy, I'm going to catch you" he said. He tried to return Phanpy to the pokeball, but Phanpy didn't want to go into the pokeball. "Come on Phanpy,I'll let you out of the pokeball again once I've captured you" He said. . He tried to return Phanpy again, but Phanpy just dodged the pokeball beams again. "I think Phanpy just wants to stay out and play a bit more" said Lillie. "Well then we'll let it play for a bit, and then I'll try to catch it again later" said Ash.
So the gang spent the rest of the morning playing with the new born Phanpy. Apparently Phanpy was strong and very energetic for a baby pokemon,. Phanpy got on well with Pikachu and the other pokemon. "Phanpy will be a great pokemon to use in battles,Being a ground type; it will be great against electric, fire and rock type pokemon". said Ash. "I can't wait to see it battle" said Amber.
After a few hours of playing, the gang decided that it was time to keep going. Ash was just about to return Phanpy to the pokeball, but trouble occurred. Team Rocket was in the area and they were after Ash's newly hatched Phanpy; they thought Phanpy would be a great member for them. But Ash was not going to let Team Rocket take Phanpy away. He commanded Pikachu and Greninja to send Team Rocket away with thunderbolt and ice beam. As usual Team Rocket got blasted away again.
With Team Rocket dealt with, the gang could hit the road again. This time Phanpy did go into his pokeball. It made Ash relieved that Phanpy was being obedient now. So the gang continued on their journey, with a new friend in Phanpy.
The gang were still continuing to Mahogany Town, but they had come to a very foggy area. "I don't like this fog, it's creepy and it's hard to see where we're going". Said Misty, "We better not continue on, it's too risky like this, especially since we are on a mountain area. I mean we can fall off one of these ledges without even knowing it was there". Said Brock,
At that moment a beautiful woman, with a Ninetales beside her walked up to the group. "You trainers can take shelter in my mansion," she said "it's not far from here". "That will be great thank you" said Misty. Amber and Molly looked at the woman. 'Weird,' Molly thought 'I feel some strange energy coming from both her and her Ninetales'. The woman, named Lokoko, guided the gang out of the mist. "My home is near here" she said. Suddenly, like magic, Lokoko's home appeared; it was a huge mansion. "Wow, what a place!" gasped Brock. Amber felt that something was weird about how they suddenly ended up at a mansion, and had a bad feeling about this women.
Lokoko led the gang to one of the big rooms of the mansion and served tea to them. Lokoko's Ninetales seemed to like Brock a lot and kept on nuzzling him. "Ninetales probably likes you a lot Brock, because you remind her of her owner" said Lokoko. "Is the owner here?" asked Brock. "I'm afraid not,you see the owner of Ninetales and this mansion went on a journey years ago and he hasn't come home since. There were other servants, apart from me, looking after the mansion, but they all left. So now it's only me and Ninetales staying here and we keep on waiting for the master to return" said Lokoko. The gang felt sorry for Lokoko and Ninetales.
Suddenly Misty noticed something; she was looking at a mirror, which was reflecting Ninetales. But Lokoko was standing next to Ninetales and she had no reflection. Misty started to feel creeped out. Ash notices Misty's pale face and decided that they talked privately. He asked Lokoko to excuse him, Lillie, Amber, Peter, Molly, Misty and Tomo for a moment, and they went into a hallway.
"You won't believe this;" said Misty, nervously, "but Lokoko didn't have a reflection in the mirror". "Really?" asked Tomo. "Yes" said Misty. "I must admit this; But ever since we met Lokoko and first stepped into this mansion, I've been feeling a strange energy from both Lokoko and Ninetales". said Amber
"What does that mean Amber?" asked Lillie,
"We think that this manor and Lokoko are not real, just an illusion." said Molly.
"What shall we do?" asked Peter.
"We need to find out about Ninetales and her owner" replied Ash. They all agreed with Ash to find out the mystery with Lokoko and Ninetales.
They started to search some rooms for any clues. They searched rooms away from where Lokoko, Brock and Ninetales were; that way they wouldn't realise what they were doing. So far they found nothing about Ninetales except old books and other old things. Just then Tomo opened the door of another room and he became surprised. "Hey look at this painting on the wall" he said to Ash and Misty. When Ash and Misty saw the painting, they were surprised. The painting was a portrait of Ninetales and a man, who looked exactly like Brock. "That man must be Ninetales owner" said Misty. Ash noticed two things on a desk in front of the portrait. There was a diary and a green and white sort of pokeball. "Hey this is one of the very old fashioned pokeballs, what they used hundreds of years ago," said Ash picking up the pokeball "Prof Oak once showed me what very old pokeballs looked like".
Amber and Molly studied the pokeball. "We feel a strange strong power coming from this pokeball big brother" said Amber. ". Lillie picked up the diary to read what it said. She said "This diary is about Ninetales,and it says about when the owner went on a journey". Suddenly she went very pale in the face. "No way, the date of this is two hundred years ago". Said Lillie "No way" said the others. "Yes way,and if this was two hundred years ago, then that means the owner should be dead by now".said Lillie. "It also means that Lokoko is actually dead too," said Ash "but Ninetales wouldn't be dead though. Ninetales can live up to a thousand years old, which means Ninetails is over two hundred years old now". Lillie said since Ninetales live longer lives. "What can we do?I mean since Brock resembles the master, it means Ninetales thinks Brock is her owner, and it also means that he might be in trouble". Said Misty. "We need to get out of here," said Ash "but one thing first, we need to find out what happened to the master."
"Leave it to me" said Bria before she vanished back into time. "While Bria is getting information, we will help Brock" said Ash. "We better be careful though," said Peter "I mean that Ninetales might be very strong since it's over two hundred years old".
"True, but we have no choice" said Ash.
"Especially with Brock in trouble" said Lillie.
When the gang went to look for Brock, they found him outside with Lokoko and Ninetales. Brock looked like that he was in a trance. Ash sent out Croconaw and told to attack Ninetales with water gun. Ninetails sensed the attack and dodged the attack. Brock somehow managed to break from his trance. "Hey, what are you doing?" asked Brock. "Brock look at Lokoko" said Misty. Brock looked at Lokoko and saw that she was disappearing. Suddenly the mansion changed from new to very old. Windows were broken as the manor itself looked on the verge of collapse. "We knew it," said Amber.
Molly said "Everything was an illusion".
Ninetales began to get angry and started to attack the gang with fire spin. Ash, and the gang led Brock and Ninetales to the room where they found the portrait, the pokeball and the diary. Brock was surprised to see the portrait of the man, who looked like him. Ash, Lillie and Snowy tried to reason with Ninetales by telling her that Brock was not her owner. Ninetales wouldn't listen and started to attack again. She used confusion and psychic to defeat Croconaw. Ash found that odd that Ninetales knew psychic moves because Ninetales couldn't use psychic moves like that. To stop Ninetales from attacking, Brock held up the pokeball and used it to return Ninetales, which she accepted.
Lokoko appeared and thanked Brock for returning Ninetales to her pokeball. "You are a ghost aren't you Lokoko?" asked Peter. "Yes I am,The truth is I died a long time ago and I stayed with Ninetales to wait for the master to return" said Lokoko. "What exactly happened?" asked Amber. "I shall explain" said Lokoko. Brock let out Ninetales to listen to the story too. The story was that two hundred years ago, before the owner of Ninetales went on his journey, he said to the staff and Ninetales that he would return within one month. But a month went and the owner didn't return. Months and years went by and the owner still didn't return. As the years passed the servants died of old age, and Ninetales was left all alone at the mansion. Lokoko died too, but her spirit stayed behind so that Ninetales wouldn't be alone. After a hundred years passed, Ninetales felt that her owner wouldn't be alive anymore so she tried to leave the mansion to start a new life somewhere else. But for some reason a strange power was keeping Ninetales trapped within the mansion, and she couldn't leave. So Ninetales stayed alone in the mansion for two hundred years. The gang felt sorry for Ninetales. "It must be because of that strange pokeball that Ninetales isn't allowed to leave" said Ash.
Bria suddenly returned to the past. "I saw what happened to your trainer. He passed away from a heart attack before he can return to you." said Bria. Ninetales cried on hearing how her trainer died. Molly approached Ninetales and petted her. "Don't cry Ninetales, I'll be your new owner. I know what's it's like to be alone" She said to the fox. Everyone became surprised with what Molly said "I'll never be able to replace your old owner, but I will take care of you". Ninetales nuzzled her face happy to hear that. . "It seems Ninetales accepts Molly''s offer" smiled Ash. "I'm happy to hear that," said Lokoko before she said "Please take good care of her Molly. Ninetales has been alone for two hundred years."
"But first we must destroy the pokeball connected to Ninetales. It will keep her from leaving the manor" said Bria.
Ash set the pokeball down and he smashed the pokeball with his foot. The Pokeball smashed into a million pieces. Molly caught Ninetales with a normal pokeball and she had her in her party since she had an open slot. Lokoko started to disappear. "I can finally rest in peace now, goodbye and thank you". She said before disappeared into the afterlife. "The master and Lokoko won't have to worry about Ninetails anymore,"because I will take care of Ninetales till the day I die". Said Molly "It makes me wonder who will look after Snowy when i die" said Lillie petting Snowy. Now that the fog had cleared, it was now safe for the gang to continue on their way to Mahogany Town. And Molly was happy to have a Ninetales.
End of chapter.
Alright sorry about the wait. Next chapter will be Lance and the Red Gyarados.
Ash's pokemon- Greninja(male),Pikachu(male), Lugia(male),Dragonair(male), Starcloud-Solgaleo(male),Metang(genderless), Rockruff(male), Quilava(Male), Bayleaf(female), Lanturn (male)Croconaw (male), Phanpy(male), Noctowl (male)
Lillie's Pokemon-Litty-Incineoar(male),Snowy-ninetales(female), Ember-Typhlosion(female),Nebby-Lunala(female), Midday-Rockruff(female) Celebi-Egg, Arachne-Ariados(female), Sylph-Kirlia(female), Aqua-Marill(female)Berg-Alolan Sandshrew(male)
Tomos pokemon- Bulbasaur(male), Kangeskhan(female),Blastoise(clone), Slugma(male), Donphan(male)
Amber's pokemon-Teddiursa(female), Gardevoir(female),Elekid(female), Cubone(female), Goomy (male), Cyndaquil(female)
Misty's pokemon-Greninja(male), Togepi(female), Croconaw(male), Suicune(male) Staryu (Genderless),Corsola(female)
Brocks pokemon-Steelix (male), Pupitar(male), Crobat(male), Midnight Lycanroc(male) Celebi(female), Rhyhorn(female)
Peters pokemon-Entei(male), Feraligatr(male),Tyranitar(male), Rockruff(male), Donphan(female), Dragonite(male)
mollys pokemon-Mimikyu(female), Beldum(Female), Rockruff(female), Teddiursa(female)Ninetales(female),Corsola(female)
at the ranch-Ash's pokemon- Kingler(male), Haunter(male),Sandslash(male, Butterfree(Male), Pinky-Butterfree(female), Scizor(male) Rapidash(male), Gyaradoes(Female)Muk(Genderless),Magneton(Genderless),Magmar(male),Electabuzz,(male),Onix(male) ,Umbreon(male) Rhydon(Male),Kabutops(male), Omaster(Male),Aerodactyl(male)Mewtwo(male),Mew(female, Nidoking(Male),Aegislash (male), Venasaur(male), Blastoise(male), Pidgeot(female), Primeape(male), Lapras(male)Snorlax(male)Lucario(male), Miltank(female), Hitmonlee(male), Beedrill(male)Charizard (male)Flareon(male),Vaporeon (female),Jolteon (male), 3 Eevees (two female,one male), Fearow(male), Heracross(male), Larvitar(male), Murkrow(Female),Houndoom(male)
Lillies Pokemon Fable-clefable (female),Mystic-Milotic(female),Queen-Nidoqueen-Female, Star-Staryu(genderless),Gem-Starmie(genderless), Ebon-flareon(male),Eva-sylveon(female), Eve-Eevee(Female) Vines-Weepenbell(Female) Midday-Rockruff(Female), ,Sora-dewgong(female), Mama Lapras, Peeka-Pikachu(female),-Gira-Girafarig(female), Flower-Venasaur(female),Mara-Ampharos(female)
Ambers pokemon-Pikachu(female), Vilplume (female),Azurill(female), Sunkern(female),Bulbasaur (male),Poliwag (female),growlithe (female) Abra (female),Wooper(male)
At the cerulean gym. Tentacruel(Male) Seaking(male), Lapras(male), Cloyster (male), Blastoise (male), Blastoise(Female), Wartortle(Female), Two Squirtles,(Male, Tentacool(Male), Golduck (male), ,Vaporeon(Female,), Krabby(male),Krabby(female), Kingler(Male), Slowpokes(Two male,one Female)Primarina(female), Venasaur(clone), Starmie(Genderless), Horsea(Male), Kingdra(male) Slowking(male),Wooper(male), Wooper(female), Marill(Female), Azurmarill(female), Articuno(male) Octillery(male), Chinchou(female) Dratini, five Remoraid, Lanturn(male) four Chinchou(three females, One male), Mantine(Male) and Three Mantyke(Two Female,One Male), Two Mareanies(Male,Female), Bruxfish(Female), Toxapex(Male), Rockruff(male), Two Poliwags(male,Female), Three Poliwhirls(Two male and one Female), Poliwrath(male).
At the Pewter gym. Sandslash(female),Magneton(Genderless),Diglett(Female), Diglett(Male),Rhyperior(male), Ninetales(male), Onix(female), Golem(male), Miltank(female),Kabutops(male),Omastar(Male),Omanyte(Male),Kabuto(male)Charizard(Clone), Rhyhorn(female) Charizard(clone), Pineco(male), Chansy(female), Magcargo(male)Tyranitar(male, Eight Shuckle. four male and four Females)Midday Lycanroc(Male), Midnight Lycanroc(Male, Nine Rockruffs(four Male and five Females) Geodude(male)
With Jenny-Rhyhorn(Female), Scyther(male), Pikachu(male), Venonat(male), Electabuzz(Male), Eevee(female), Magby(male), Houndour(male, Shuckle(male)
At elms lab- Peter- Houndour(male), Skorupi(male,), Tentacuel(male), Pichu(male)
Molly-Kingdra(male), Sunkern(male), Unown(A), Horsea(Female)