Drakes Pokemon on team-
1. Electabuzz (m) lv.30 Abi: Vital Spirit-Light Screen, Shock Wave, Swift, Low Kick
2. Primeape (m) lv.34 Abi: Anger Point-seismic toss, low kick, Rage, karate chop
3. Gyarados (f) lv. 35 Abi: Intimidate-Dragon Rage, Twister, Aqua Tail, Ice Fang
4. Kangaskhan (f) lv. 34 Abi: Scrappy-Dizzy Punch, Rock Tomb, Double Hit, Hyper Beam
5. Dodrio (m) lv. 32 Abi: Early Bird-Aerial Ace, Quick Attack, Rage, Pursuit
6. Scizor (m) lv.37 Abi: Swarm-Double Team, Metal Claw, Iron Defense, Razor Wind
Pokemon unable to battle- Charmeleon (m) lv.34 Abi: Blaze-Flame Burst, dragon rage, Flamethrower, Fire Fang
Pokemon with Prof-
Weepinbell (f) lv. 31 Abi: Chlorophyll-Vine Whip, Energy Ball, Synthesis, Growth
Kadabra (m) lv.31 Abi: Inner Focus-Shock Wave, Reflect, Psybeam, Ice punch
Chapter 37
"What is going on?" Drake asked, basically yelling at Tessa, who had her back to a tree. Montana and Tony took place beside her, trying to comfort her.
"Zan…Zan…Zangoose!" Tessa screamed, crying her heart out. Montana and Tony flinched from the harsh noise coming from her quiet mouth. Drake knew about Zangoose, they were very hostile Pokemon, often attacking travelers, but they lived in Hoenn and were rarely seen anywhere else.
"What are you talking about?" Drake asked calmly. Tessa pointed her small, fragile hand that was shaking at a Pokemon near the river. The Pokemon looked like a wild cat like creature with long claws and stripes along its fur. Drake recognized it as a Zangoose, but opened his PokeDex to get information.
"Zangoose, the Cat Ferret Pokemon. It has feuded with Seviper for many generations. Its claws are its biggest weapon. This Pokemon is a Normal type, and can be very territorial and dangerous. They live in Hoenn, and are rare anywhere else," said the PokeDex in a robotic voice.
"Great, how is a Hoenn Pokemon here in Kanto?" Montana asked with a hint of sarcasm. Drake laughed quickly before grabbing a Pokeball, he was ready to protect his friends if need be. The Zangoose didn't notice them, until Tessa broke through Montana and Tony's hold, throwing a rock at it.
"Tessa!" Tony yelled as he witnessed her throw the rock at its head and turn around. The Zangoose ran at Tessa, claws outward.
"Go, Electabuzz," Drake said, hitting the attacking Zangoose with his Pokeball. Electabuzz appeared in front of it with his arms crossed. "Use Low Kick!" Electabuzz spun, kicking Zangoose's legs out from under it. Zangoose landed hard, fainting as it hit the ground.
"Zan!" Drake heard as he saw a bigger Zangoose with blue stripes instead of orange. The shiny Zangoose jumped in front of the injured one in front of it. The shiny Zangoose's claws glowed with a green halo around them. He slashed at Electabuzz, forcing him into the underbrush.
"Whoa," Drake said shockingly. Tessa was scared to death upon seeing the shiny Zangoose, passing out in front of Drake. Drake knelt down to make sure she was okay. The Zangoose picked up the injured one, jumping back into the trees. Drake recalled Electabuzz, and put Tessa over his shoulders. The group walked back to their camp cautiously, awaiting a surprise attack by the wild Pokemon.
"Drake, her tent is that one," Montana said, pointing at the green tent with pink outlining. Drake carefully put her down on her sleeping bag. He walked out of the tent, looking at Tony and Montana eating the stew he cooked.
"I wonder what that was about," Drake asked, sitting down at the little foldout that they bought in Lavender.
"I don't know, but I do that someone is having a birthday tomorrow," Montana laughed as she slapped Drake on the back. Drake choked on his stew, almost letting it come out of his mouth. However, Tony laughed so hard that he spit up his stew all over Montana. Drake swallowed hard, laughing out loud.
"So, you think that is funny? Well, I'm going to bed!" Montana cried, walking to her purple and white tent with her feelings hurt. "Why are guys so insensitive?" Drake and Tony laughed a little more after she ran into her tent. They later picked up the mess and went to bed. Drake was having a nightmare.
"Drake, help me!" A voice said as Drake ran through a mysterious forest. Drake was getting blasted at by Beedrill with their Twineedle attack. He was moving through trees like a ninja, dodging the harmful stingers.
"Drake, save me!" the same voice shouted, sounding more distressed. Drake was sweating like a dog from running through the forest. He stopped out of nowhere. The Beedrill were no longer chasing him. He was staring at some strange statue that looked like a Pokemon, but his dream wouldn't tell him which one. He was now kneeling in front of the statue with some odd object in his hand.
Then, Tessa was behind him. She took the object and ran. Drake stood to chase her, but felt a sharp shooting pain in his back. He fell back to his knees, looking to see what was happening. He saw Mason with a bloody knife in his hand.
The dream stopped, and Drake sat forward. He was breathing hard with sweat dripping off his forehead. He stood up, walking out of his tent. The moon was still in the sky, leaving darkness on the Earth. Drake grabbed a flashlight and his belt that carried his Pokemon. "I need to relax and wash up."
He looked cautiously around as he walked to the stream, but he secretly wanted to meet the Zangoose again. Drake found the stream, quickly getting undressed. He covered himself with his towel, and released his Pokemon. He jumped in, doing a cannonball. Gyarados fall his lead, jumping in the water. Scizor rested on a tree branch, Electabuzz stayed away from the water so he wouldn't accidentally shock Drake, Primeape put his feet in the water, Kangaskhan washed her baby, and Dodrio bathed himself. Drake loved seeing his Pokemon all getting along.
Drake thought long and hard about the dream. He wondered who the Pokemon was, or why Mason killed him. He also wondered why Tessa didn't help him. Could she be trusted?
He got out of the stream, getting dressed quickly. He recalled all of his Pokemon, except Scyther, he was the strongest and he wanted to make sure he was safe as the sun lit up the morning sky. When he got back to camp, Tessa was sitting at the fire with all her Pokemon out. Charizard sat back with her, Doduo laid by her something obviously wrong with her, Arbok was coiled around a tree asleep, Sandslash was rolled up into a ball under Tessa, Persian was nuzzling her shoulder, and Scyther was on a tree branch alone like his father.
"You okay?" Drake asked as he recalled Scizor. Tessa did the same except for Persian and Charizard.
"Yeah, I just hate…Zangoose," she answered.
"Why?"
"Well, it's very personal," Tessa said, holding back from her friend.
"Please tell me, it might help," Drake pleaded.
"Yeah," Tony and Montana added in unison. They sat beside Tessa, Montana holding her in her arms.
"Well, it is a long story. After I escaped from the orphanage I found my sister, Lauren, who got adopted in Vermillion. We stayed with each other, and she took me on her Pokemon journey. She passed the trainer exam and was given one of the starters: Charmander." She made a quick look at Charizard. "We started off from Vermillion and went backwards. Pewter to Cerulean back to Vermillion and to Lavender, that's as far as we made it. We left Lavender, and headed down this same route. We stopped at the same stream, and everything. At that stream, that shiny Zangoose attacked us. My sister tried to protect me, but I was knocked out in the process. I had no Pokemon to protect me. She injured the Zangoose, but it had a pack of Zangoose and other wild Pokemon that it bred with or something. They mobbed over us like we were nothing. I saw my sister die. Her Pokemon were killed as well. Except for Charizard, I woke up and she was still alive. I stole her Pokeball from my sister's belt and ran. I never looked back. I tried to take her with me, but she was so big. I have nightmares every night, and I can't get over it," Tessa cried, now letting go of soft tears.
"That is horrible, did you tell the police?" Drake asked. Tessa was crying too hard, but he took it as a no. Montana hugged her tightly, comforting her friend. Tony joined, as did Drake.
"It is all over with now, but I would rather us leave as soon as possible," Tessa suggested as she stopped crying.
"Wait, how did Charmander become a Charizard," Tony asked.
"Well after I ran away, I went back to Vermillion. I met up with Meowth and Charmander stayed with me. She wanted to get stronger, so I let her go around and battle trainers and wild Pokemon. One day she came back and she was a Charmeleon. Same with Meowth, I have only had about a dozen battles," she explained.
"Wow," Drake said in amazement. They packed up, and left. They traveled down Route 8, watching out for Zangoose. The group was quite, they were all shocked by Tessa's story.
All of a sudden a Zangoose, the same young Zangoose that Electabuzz knocked out the day before, came out and stared the group down. The Zangoose motioned them towards the forest, as if it wanted to lead them somewhere. They followed through the forest. Drake made a quick move to get his Pokedex. He put a Pokeball on the screen transferring it to Gary, and he typed in his requests name. Seconds later another Pokeball appeared.
"What are you doing?" Montana whispered. Tessa was so scared she was hanging on Tony. Tony didn't seem the least bit scared, he had come a long way since they met him.
"I thought we might need to translate something, so I switched Dodrio and Kadabra," he explained. He saw five Zangoose run through the trees, jumping down to surround them on all sides. Tony looked around and saw Rattata, Raticate, Pichu, Pikachu, Mankey, Primeape, and many other recognizable Pokemon. They all followed as if something big was going to happen. The shiny Zangoose was standing in the middle of a clearing; it was looking around as if it was the king or something.
They were lead right in front of the Zangoose, but the other Pokemon bowed before leaving to the sides of the clearing. There were easily more than a hundred Pokemon in this part of the route. Zangoose started speaking, but Drake interrupted it.
"Do you mind if I release my Kadabra, so he can translate?" The Zangoose nodded, saying that he could. Kadabra popped out of the ball, landing beside Drake. The Zangoose started to speak again, and Kadabra translated to Drake, and Drake told the others what it was saying.
"As the Queen of this area, I declare that you explain why you attacked my youngest child."
"My friend, Tessa, has a fear of your kind. You see you killed her sister, and she was left alive along with her sister's Charmander, now Charizard," explained Drake. Tessa was crying again.
"I knew I recognized that girl. Her and her sister caught one of my first children. I have mated with almost all of the males that were originally in this valley. Now, I control what goes on. All of these Pokemon here are my children, and they will obey me no matter what, so I suggest you watch what you say or we will attack. Now, I have brought you here to make a deal."
"What deal?" Drake asked.
"Well, instead of killing all of you for attacking my son. I challenge Tessa to a battle with Charizard. If they win, I will show you all a shortcut to Celadon, but if I win we attack. Now, if we attack I will let y'all bring out y'all's Pokemon, but I doubt it will make a difference." Drake looked at Tessa, who was now standing tall.
"I'm tired of being afraid," she said as she walked up to the shiny Zangoose. "I accept."
Zangoose jumped back, ready to battle. Tessa took out another Pokeball, releasing Charizard. She saw Zangoose, so she charged with her jaw wide open. Zangoose jumped out of the way, clawing Charizard in the process. "Charizard, it is time to show them not to mess with us." Charizard nodded. "Let's do this for Lauren." Charizard lifted her head high, releasing a powerful roar that shook the trees and gave the group goose bumps. The surrounding Pokemon ran back to their dens, leaving only a handful of Pokemon to watch the battle.
Zangoose's eyes glinted as she ran at Charizard with he claws giving a light green aura. She slashed at Charizard. "Dodge!" Charizard used her powerful wings to fly over the attack, but Zangoose was quick and delivered a blow to her back. Charizard landed roughly, roaring from the hit.
"That was X-scissor, you have to be ready!" Tessa warned Charizard. "Now use Aerial Ace!" Charizard went back in the air, but in the blink of an eye she was smashing into Zangoose. Zangoose was hurled into the dirt.
Zangoose got up angrier than ever. This time, she got close to Charizard and tried to fight hand to hand combat. "Tessa that is Close Combat!" Drake exclaimed, warning Tessa.
"You want to fight hand to hand? Well, Charizard use Hone Claws and Slash!" Tessa ordered. Charizard rubbed her claws together, sharpening them sharper than ever. They began to glow with immense power. She fought Zangoose perfectly. The two Pokemon were in sync, until Charizard landed a blow that knocked Zangoose down to the ground. "Yeah, good job!"
Zangoose got up, wiping the dirt from her face. Zangoose sharpened her claws as well, using her own Hone Claws. She jumped in the air to get an angle on Charizard. Her claws glowed as if it was a Slash attack, but then the burst with energy. Tessa knew this attack as Crush Claw. Zangoose landed the hit, hurting Charizard. Charizard stood, but with bruises and cuts on her.
"Are you okay?" Tessa asked, worried that she would give in. Charizard lifted her head high, releasing a powerful flame into sky. Zangoose smirked at the attempt to intimidate her. "Time to unleash Flamethrower and don't hold back!" Charizard aimed down Zangoose, firing a strong flame at the Cat Ferret Pokemon. Zangoose tried to dodge, but Charizard never stopped and caught her in mid air. Zangoose fell to the ground with a loud thud. Her fur was blackened, but not burnt off. Zangoose tried to lift herself up, fainting during the process. The other Zangoose and Pokemon growled at the sight. Charizard roared at them, saying, "I'll take you all on!" They backed away as they sensed her anger.
An old looking Sandslash walked up, bowing to the trainers. He must have been second in command. He pointed at the fainted queen, ordering the lesser Pokemon to take her to get healed. He then pointed at a treeless path that would lead them to Celadon by nightfall. The group left without saying a word.
A few minutes later after they were far away from the clan of Pokemon, Tessa hugged her Charizard. Tears falling down both their eyes, "You would have made her proud," Tessa cried. She recalled her Pokemon as did the whole group.
"Oh, by the way, happy birthday," Montana cheered, hugging Drake.
"I totally forgot from all the excitement today," Drake blushed, rubbing his head. They all gave Drake a hug, giving him the warmth of friendship.
They walked along the path, noticing wild Pokemon cower from them. "Word must travel fast," Drake thought to himself. From all the excitement, he was ready to battle Erika, the Celadon City Gym Leader.
"Hey, Drake," Tony said as he was looking at his own PokeDex.
"What?"
"I was reading up on Celadon and it says October 13th is the day of flowers. The whole town will basically be closed for it. There is a parade and everything," Tony explained.
"Sounds cool, so I guess battling Erika is going to have to wait for a day," Drake sighed.
"Well, following the parade there is a battling tournament only using Grass types."
'That sounds fun," Montana said, popping her head into the conversation.
"Well, I guess we have a decision. We will sign up for the tourney," Drake said as he saw the lights of Celadon. They were finally there.
A/N- Hey everyone. I hope you had a good Thanksgiving! I did. I'm glad I can update twice this week. I would like to say that Tessa was made by musa lover. Thanks for such a great character. This chapter was dedicated to her. Please review! I would very much like see what you all think about it. Review!