Somewhere in Hoenn, a shiny female Mightyena is grooming a strange looking Poochyena. This Poochyena has a leaf sprouting from his head. They are both hiding behind a bush. A regular female Mightyena approaches.

"Oh there you two are!" she calls out.

"What's up, Lillian?" the Shiny Mightyena asks, pulling her tongue away from the Poochyena.

"Not much... I was just getting bored.. And you know it is never good for me to be bored!" Lillian says, "Still grooming Fraizer, I see."

"Hi! Timber is very good at styling my fur! I look so tough!" Fraizer says, wagging his tail.

"Nice... If only you were tough..." Lillian says.

"I will be, one day, won't I?" Fraizer asks.

Lillian looks at the Poochyena and sighs.

"If you'll train more. You haven't trained since the Wurmple incident in the woods," Lillian says.

It was the battle against a Wurmple that caused Fraizer to sprout his leaf.

"I learned a lot from that fight," Fraizer says, grinning.

"Did you? Did you learn a new move?" Timber asks.

"I learned Howl and Sand Attack," Fraizer says, smiling proudly.

"You can't hurt anybody with those moves," Lillian says.

"I still have Razor Leaf and Tackle," Fraizer announces.

"Good, good..." Lillian says.

She turns around and ends up staring a Tepig right in the eyes.

"Ahh!" Lillian cries out, leaping into the air.

The Tepig doesn't say a word but continues staring creepily.

"Get it away from me!" Lillian cries out, hiding behind Timber.

"Aw, you're afraid of a little Tepig? It's so little!" Timber says.

"And it isn't a Hoenn Pokémon which means it must have used some sort of dark magic to get here!" Lillian wails.

"Oh no, I know no magic. The Professor brought me here," the Tepig says.

"It speaks!" Lillian cries out.

"Oh come on, I thought you were mean and uncaring one. How can you be afraid of a starter Pokémon?" Timber asks.

"Sorry if I frightened you all. I'm bored is all," the Tepig says.

"Hey! Want to battle?" Fraizer asks.

"Sure! Let's go for it!" Tepig says with a snort.

Lillian and Timber watch from the pushes as Fraizer takes on the Tepig.

"He does realize that's a fire type, right?" Lillian asks.

Fraizer kicks sand into the Tepig's face. Tepig tries to retaliate with a tackle, but misses.

"I don't know if that really matters. Tepig is too young to know any fire moves," Timber replies.

Fraizer tries Razor Leaf on Tepig, but it barely hurts. The leaves burn up before they can damage too badly.

"Eek! This isn't good!" Fraizer yelps.

"Gotcha!" Tepig cries out, successfully tackling Fraizer.

Fraizer squirms, trying to get free, but Tepig holds him down.

"Fraizer's going to faint! Oh no!" Lillian wails.

"He won't... He's my boy... He'll make it this time..." Timber says, but she's nervous too.

Fraizer tackles back, sending Tepig flying.

"Take that!" Fraizer cries out.

Tepig pulls himself off the ground, trembling.

"You're tough..." Tepig says.

"Do you surrender?" Fraizer asks.

"No!" Tepig cries out.

Tepig tackles Fraizer again, grinding him into the dirt. Fraizer lets out a yelp and faints.

"I win!" Tepig says, panting and sweating.

"Ahhhhh! I told you Timber! I told you Tepigs are scary!" Lillian wails.

"Oh Fraizer!" Timber cries out, running over to the puppy.

"Well, I gotta go. The Professor will be mad if he finds me missing!" Tepig says.

He turns and leaves. As soon as Lillian is sure the pig has left, she jumps out of the bushes and joins Timber at Frazier's side.

"Got anymore golden Oran berries?" Timber asks.

"Just one," Lillian says, "Then we have to go harvest some again."

"Can I use it?" Timber asks.

"Of course. Frazier's a part of our pack now, I can't let a pack member stay injured!" Lillian says.

Lillian hands over the golden Oran berry. Timber takes it with her teeth and creates another revitalizing purée. It works, of course, and Fraizer gets up.

"That hurt..." Fraizer says, wincing.

"Too bad you didn't gain any experience..." Lillian says with a sigh, "But be careful next time. If you see a Tepig, run!"

"Which I can do," Fraizer says with a grin.

"Good job, though. What little you did was spectacular," Lillian says.

"You really think so?" Fraizer asks.

"Yeah! I can see the potential shining within you!" Lillian says.

"And I will try my best to unlock that potential!" Fraizer says.

"Good boy," Lillian says.

She licks Fraizer's head, being careful not to lick his leaf off.

The End