As Ash ran towards Gary's direction he heard screaming, and Pokemon cries to his left, he ran towards them. After running to the screams, there he saw it. Gary limp on the ground, and the same Fearow as earlier, making it's way to Ash, but Ash couldn't scream, he couldn't move. He just stood there, as the Fearow...

Waking up in a cold sweat again, Ash heard the cries once more. He ran towards them, as fast as his tired legs could. When he made it there, Gary's Eevee was fighting off some Spearow, as his massive Pidgey faced off against the Fearow. The Pidgey was clearly outclassed however, "Gary, I'm here to help!" Ash said, as Eevee dodged Sand Attacks.

"Bout time, Ashy-boy! This Spearow flock jumped me out of no-where!" Gary states, dodging attacks. Ash releases his Pokemon, and then remembers something. 'Ah shit the eggs' Ash thought.

"Gary! Where is your egg?" Ash asks, and the other boy nods.

"Mine hatched earlier! I caught the pokemon before they got here! What about yours?" Gary replied, Ash curses.

"Mine is at my Training spot, it should be safe!" Ash says, then curses once more dodging a Spearow's Peck. "Verglas, Scratch! Apex, use Air Cutter!" then hears something.

Due to repeated usage of the move, Scratch. Your Alolan Sandshrew, Nickname Verglas, has learned the Move: Crush Claw.

Ash noticed Verglas' claws get thicker and longer. As he slashed at the Spearow's bodies, he looked towards Apex, who was shooting razor like winds at the Spearow's in the same way she uses Gust, unknown to him, a Spearow had escaped from his Pokemons wrath and had snuck up on him, as he was about to congratulate Verglas on unlocking Crush Claw he was tackled, and Sand was kicked in his eyes. As he tried pushing his attacker off, a massive roar filled the forest. He heard something land near him on with a loud, thud. As his attacker tried running away, it was kicked away and a familiar weight now stood upon him. As Ash removed the sand from his eyes, he noticed that the person who saved them was none other than Professor Oak.

"Sorry for being late. A mischievous Pikachu keeps eating my lab's cables." The Professor said, and Ash noticed that he had a Great Ball in his hand.

"Now boys, Hop on Dragonite here, and we'll take you to the Viridian Center." He continued,

Ash nodded thankfully but then said, "Sorry, Professor. But I left my egg in my training spot, I can't leave without it."

The Pokemon Professor nodded, "Alright then Ash, just point to where it is when you are on Dragonite and she'll take you there." Oak finished.

As Ash and Gary got on Dragonite, after it flew high into the sky, Ash pointed towards a spot and Dragonite took off, going wherever it needed to.


After Ash got his egg, they made it to Viridian where they went in the Pokemon Center.

"Hello Nurse Joy, Can you check our Pokemon and his egg? My egg hatched earlier, but his is still not hatched." Gary said, Ash nods,

"Alright boys, I'll need your ID first to know that these Pokemon do infact belong to you." She replies, and they hand her their Pokedexes which act as their ID, She thanks them and they hand her Their Pokemon, and Ash his egg.


As they are about to head out, Professor Oak stops them. "Hello boys, sorry if I'm interrupting anything. But, I would like your time." The Professor says, as they nod to his words, he continues, "As you probably know, I caught that fearow earlier, I saw Gary battle it before Ash arrived, but Ash never got to properly battle it. So, I would like to have Ash battle the Fearow."

Ash nods, and says "Of course, Professor. Never got to give it a piece of my mind!" The Professor chuckles, and leads them to an Arena.

As they arrive to the Arena, Ash hands the egg to Gary and makes his way onto the Field, he releases Verglas and Apex and gives them basic instructions and details on what they were about to do.

"Oh, and Ash! Don't forget to get it to battle you instead of trying to escape!" The Professor instructs, As Ash nods, the Elder Oak taps a button on his Great Ball, releasing the Fearow. As it is released it shrieks loudly making Ash cover his ears.

"Verglas, Powder Snow it, Apex, Air Cutter!" Ash orders and his team quickly obey, as a ball of frozen snow compacts in front of Verglas' mouth Apex is flapping her wings to release Razor like winds at The Fearow, as Verglas shoots the ball of frozen snow, Apex flaps her wings into a Gust to boost the Powder Snow to add Momentum. As the Powder Snow hits the Fearow dead in the wing, it turns towards Ash and glares at him, it squawks and starts spinning going into Drill Peck. Ash curses and barely dodges in time.

"Crush Claw it, Quick Wing." Ash states to his loyal companions, they comply and go in for their respective attacks. As Verglas' Claws grow and thicken, Apex dissapears in a Dash, and Rams it's hardened wings into the Fearow's body. As the fearow Squawks Verglas comes over and Slashes at its wings, tearing feathers off, he gets one last claw at it's foot before it starts flying away. Once Again it goes for a Drill Peck, but this time Ash was ready.

"Powder Snow, Rapid Fire! Gust!" Ash says to his trusty friends. Verglas opens his mouth and Small, bullet like Snow fires off in the direction of the Fearow, with Gust boosting their momentum, there's nothing it can do before it's hit. As the Powder Snow hits the Fearow, it suddenly disappears, 'Shit it knows Quick Attack' Ash thinks, and his Pokemon can do nothing before it rams into him and is about to finish him, when a red light envelops it.

"You did wonderfully Ash!" The Professor praises, "You might have lost, but you faced the threat smartly and couragesly." Ash nods and gets up, Gary quickly runs towards him and slams his egg into his hands. Suddenly it starts to crack. Ash pulls out his Pokedex, carefully holding the egg with his other hand, as the Egg fully hatches, Ash pulls the Pokedex towards the Mystery Pokemon and it scans,

Skrelp, the Mock Kelp Pokemon. It drifts in the ocean, blending in with floating seaweed. When other pokemon come to feast on the seaweed, it feasts on them instead. This Skrelp is a female and has the Ability: Adaptability, which boosts the attack power of moves of the same type. She knows the moves:

Tackle

Smokescreen

Acid

Water Gun

Tail whip

Haze

Dragon Tail

Twister.

Ash grins at his newly hatched Pokemon, this would turn into a beast.