Chapter 7: A Rhyhorn Race

"I wonder where my next Pokemon could be…" Ash wondered. Gavin was walking next too Gale, as Gale hated being in his ball.

[Gavin! I'm hungry.] Gale stated.

"Ok, ok fine." Gavin said. He fed Gale some special Poke puffs, as Gale was very, very picky. Gale gobbled up the Poke puff, and then Ash seemed hungry as well.

"Hey I think we should stop for lunch." Clemont suggests, and we agree. While the food is being prepared, Bonnie is playing with Eclipse, Dedenne, and Fletchling, Serena was telling Ash about Rhyhorn races, and Gavin ran into the forest to train with Umbra and Gale.

20 Minutes Later

"Guys, food is ready!" Clemont says. Everyone rushes to the table, and starts gobbling down on some food. Serena informs everyone on Rhyhorn races, and everyone seems to at least be somewhat interested, and decided to participate in an upcoming race. After lunch, we make our way to the race track, and watch it for a bit.

"You know, this is actually one of the easier courses." Serena comments.

"Ya sure know a lot about this stuff." Ash praises.

"Yea, and theres a special race anyone can be in tomorrow as well!" Serena says.

"I want to join!" Ash says. We walk over to the course, where you can choose your Rhyhorn and practice. Gavin, and Ash decided they wanted to participate in these races. Serena teaches them how to approach a Rhyhorn correctly, and how to ride it. In the meanwhile, Team Rocket had been doing their stalkerish spying from the trees, and immediately form a plan to catch, Gale, Pikachu, and all the Rhyhorn.

While teaching us how to get on a Rhyhorn, Ash tries to jump on it, but instead jumps over it. The next try, Ash gets on the saddle, but the wrong way and flops like a fish, until he eventually goes head first onto the ground. Serena eventually shows us, and the Rhyhorn makes it about 50 feet, when randomly throws her off. Then all the Rhyhorn just surround her, and tickle her. Then Bonnie jumps in, while the guys just watch. After about 5 minutes of this they get back to practice, and Gavin apparently gets and controls the Rhyhorn with ease.

"How did you do that?" Ash asks, amazed.

"It's plain and simple. You just have to treat it with respect, and be calm and gentle with it." Gavin says. Ash eventually masters this by the end of the day, and everyone but Clemont and Gavin is a muddy mess. It was time to race.

The Next Day

The gang arrive at the track and assigned their numbers. The race starts, and Ash has a shaky start, and is left behind, while Gavin is with the rest of the pack. In the meantime, Team Rocket was camping in the forest trail, setting up a trap. Around 5 minutes later, Gavin was going through the forest, even though everyone was gone. Suddenly a net came out and caught him, and the Rhyhorn fell into this jail cell, type trap.

"Rhyhorn! Are you ok?" Gavin asked lying on the ground. Sadly, he didn't have any of his balls with him, but he knew how to escape simple nets and ropes like these. He fiddled with the net for a bit, almost done. By now, Ash had arrived.

"Hey whats going on-" Ash said, as he suddenly got caught by the trap. Team Rocket does their stupid motto, and drive away with a train of Rhyhorn and Ash's Pikachu in jail cells. Suddenly, right before getting away, Gale showed up out of the jungle, and used Ice Beam on the wheels, which froze it. Now that Gavin had escaped, He unleashed the beast on Team Rocket.

"The Darkness has taken us this far…now, it's time to go beyond. Gale, Mega Evolve!" Gavin said. Gale Mega evolved, and Team Rocket tried to escape, but Gale used Megahorn, which slashed through everything, and decimated the truck. By now the gang was here, and they launched a mega attack on Team Rocket, and it was over, and the race had been postponed.