Annika awoke the next morning to a wift of air smelling like eggs, her favorite food. She lifted herself up and tapped Espeon. When the Pokemon didn't move, she lifted Espeon off and crawled out and saw Robbie cooking over the fire.
"You guessed what my favorite food was," Annika said with a laugh as she stood up and walked over. Behind Robbie she noticed Meganium, Kingler, Meowth, and Farfetch'd were eating with Robbie's six, and Espeon's bowl was untouched.
"Your Espeon must still be sleeping," Robbie said as he handed Annika a plate.
"Yeah," Annika replied. "Where did you get your eggs?"
"There is a village about a mile south of here," Robbie said as he ate a bite of his eggs. "They call the town Venonat Village, and Venonat and Venomoth are all over the town, if you could believe that they loved Venonats that much."
"I love Venonats!" Annika said with a yelp as she quickly scanned around. "I tried to find one back in New Bark, but no one had one or had actually ever seen one."
Robbie laughed. "My mom has a Venonat, and she preens over it like a prized rose bush. It gets seriously annoying once she starts to forget to cook meals except for her Venonat and her Doduo that lives in the backyard. My dad says she could at least fix food for his Mr. Mime and my Pokemon, too."
"She is a good woman, then, if she cares about her Pokemon like that, but I am going to catch one today!" Annika ran off into the forest around them, and Espeon trotted out of the tent behind her, her tail sticking up in the air as if to show dominance.
"Hurry it up, then!" Robbie called after her. "I promised the town leader that we would meet with him later to see if we could help him find some lost Venonat eggs."
"Alright, Robbie," Annika said without looking as she finally disapeared into the woods.
Once Espeon caught up with Annika, they began to walk around. It was then a Dunsparce swaggered by, not noticing them. "Espeon, tackle it!"
"Espe!"
Espeon dove out at the Dunsparce, giving it a hard tackle. The Dunsparce fell back, not fainted. Grabbing a Pokeball, she lobbed it at the Pokemon. And soon she had caught the Dunsparce.
"I didn't catch a Venonat, but I caught something that might still be of use," Annika told Robbie as she walked back into camp followed by a happy Espeon, the Pokeball resting in her hands. "Okay, come on out!"
The Dunsparce quickly materialized infront of Robbie, who stood there with a smile. "Now you have a full team! Congratulations!"
"Thanks," Annika said as she walked over to her tent and pulled out her backpack and sleeping bag, rolling the sleeping bag up and sticking it in. "Now you were saying about some lost Venonat eggs."
"Oh, yeah," Robbie said as he picked his pan up and walked over to the small stream to wash it off. "The town leader, the man who ran the stand selling food, said that the breeding center on the other side of town, a farm type place with a hundred or so Venonat and Venomoth, was robbed last night and twenty one eggs were stolen, all of the eggs currently there. Twenty of those were to be hatched and given to the newest class at their school as their graduation present, their town tradition."
"We'll get them back if we know what actually happened," Annika said as Espeon walked over to her bowl and Annika fixed the Dunsparce his own, plain bowl, since the rest of the bowls were decorated as was Annika's little gift to all of her Pokemon.
"A small Venonat that was supposed to be guarding was the only witness," Robbie said. "That is why I told him you could help."
Annika grinned. "I'd be glad to help," she said.
"You guessed what my favorite food was," Annika said with a laugh as she stood up and walked over. Behind Robbie she noticed Meganium, Kingler, Meowth, and Farfetch'd were eating with Robbie's six, and Espeon's bowl was untouched.
"Your Espeon must still be sleeping," Robbie said as he handed Annika a plate.
"Yeah," Annika replied. "Where did you get your eggs?"
"There is a village about a mile south of here," Robbie said as he ate a bite of his eggs. "They call the town Venonat Village, and Venonat and Venomoth are all over the town, if you could believe that they loved Venonats that much."
"I love Venonats!" Annika said with a yelp as she quickly scanned around. "I tried to find one back in New Bark, but no one had one or had actually ever seen one."
Robbie laughed. "My mom has a Venonat, and she preens over it like a prized rose bush. It gets seriously annoying once she starts to forget to cook meals except for her Venonat and her Doduo that lives in the backyard. My dad says she could at least fix food for his Mr. Mime and my Pokemon, too."
"She is a good woman, then, if she cares about her Pokemon like that, but I am going to catch one today!" Annika ran off into the forest around them, and Espeon trotted out of the tent behind her, her tail sticking up in the air as if to show dominance.
"Hurry it up, then!" Robbie called after her. "I promised the town leader that we would meet with him later to see if we could help him find some lost Venonat eggs."
"Alright, Robbie," Annika said without looking as she finally disapeared into the woods.
Once Espeon caught up with Annika, they began to walk around. It was then a Dunsparce swaggered by, not noticing them. "Espeon, tackle it!"
"Espe!"
Espeon dove out at the Dunsparce, giving it a hard tackle. The Dunsparce fell back, not fainted. Grabbing a Pokeball, she lobbed it at the Pokemon. And soon she had caught the Dunsparce.
"I didn't catch a Venonat, but I caught something that might still be of use," Annika told Robbie as she walked back into camp followed by a happy Espeon, the Pokeball resting in her hands. "Okay, come on out!"
The Dunsparce quickly materialized infront of Robbie, who stood there with a smile. "Now you have a full team! Congratulations!"
"Thanks," Annika said as she walked over to her tent and pulled out her backpack and sleeping bag, rolling the sleeping bag up and sticking it in. "Now you were saying about some lost Venonat eggs."
"Oh, yeah," Robbie said as he picked his pan up and walked over to the small stream to wash it off. "The town leader, the man who ran the stand selling food, said that the breeding center on the other side of town, a farm type place with a hundred or so Venonat and Venomoth, was robbed last night and twenty one eggs were stolen, all of the eggs currently there. Twenty of those were to be hatched and given to the newest class at their school as their graduation present, their town tradition."
"We'll get them back if we know what actually happened," Annika said as Espeon walked over to her bowl and Annika fixed the Dunsparce his own, plain bowl, since the rest of the bowls were decorated as was Annika's little gift to all of her Pokemon.
"A small Venonat that was supposed to be guarding was the only witness," Robbie said. "That is why I told him you could help."
Annika grinned. "I'd be glad to help," she said.