Chapter 2
Ash and Sabrina were walking up the path towards Route 1 from Pallet Town. As they walked, they were talking to each other and were deciding whether to take the Gym challenge and to compete in the singles or doubles league.
After a 30 minute walk, they reached the entrance to Route 1 and were about to leave Pallet Town, when they were swarmed by the residents of Pallet, who shouted horrid names, phases and throwing rocks. It was obvious to anyone who watched that the town still hate the children for their abilities. Just as Delia arrived, she saw what was happening and ran home crying. It was now that Delia was certain on moving to a town more accepting of Ash and Sabrina's gift.
Later that day, Delia called her husband's old friend to see if there were any places available in Vermilion, Celadon, or Saffron City. Luckily, there was 2 houses about to go on sale in Saffron and 1 in Celadon. After look at the house in Saffron, a ranch on the outskirts of the city seemed perfect. Next, she made a call to Professor Oak, to make him aware of the situation, and to ask that her Pokémon (Mr. Mime (F), Charizard (F), Sylveon (F), Altria (F), Gardevoir (F), Crobat (m), and her prized Mitotic (F)) be given to her, as well as updating Ash's Pokedex. She also ensured that her Ace Trainer/Breeders' Licence was re-newed.
She called Ash to tell him that she would be moving to Saffron City and that she had already sorted out their Pokémon, which were to be teleported to their new home. Ash and Sabrina waited for Delia on Route 1.
Once Ash hung up the phone from his mum, he turned to Sabrina. "Is it okay for mom to tag along? He asked. Sabrina knew that having a veteran trainer accompanying them was useful, as they would be able to get advice along the way. After a moment, Sabrina smiled and nodded in affirmation. A short while later, Delia arrived and they walked until they found a beautiful river. They decided to take a break, and Delia offered to cook dinner whilst the two kids went and searched for Pokémon to capture. As they kids wondered off, Delia was left alone with the picturesque view; the blue sky and the river reflected a stunning image, and the breeze made the trees appear to shimmer slightly.
As Ash and Sabrina wandered through the woods, careful not to go too deep, for fear of getting lost, they felt a psychic cry for help. It felt fuzzy and weak, and as they ran in the direction of the cry, they sensed the presence of some other people. Cautious of the danger they could be putting themselves in, they hid in the bushes close to where they felt the presences. This gave them a great view of the surroundings, without exposing themselves. As they scanned the area, they counted 8 souls in total; 4 humans and 4 Pokémon, with 2 of the Pokémon fading fast.
The 4 humans were poachers and were loading 2 baby Pokémon into a truck with a large J on the side. An absol and a zoroark were clearly bleeding heavily from multiple wounds. Ash and Sabrina were silently crying as they knew they could not save them, but were determined they could save the young Pokémon. As the poachers lowered their guard, believed they had gotten away with their heinous crime, Ash and Sabrina took the opportunity to strike. They glanced at each other, calling out Ralts and Abra. The poachers were taken aback by the appearance of the young trainers, and between them, sent out 3 Zubats and a Gloom. Ash and Sabrina were clearly out matched. Knowing the gloom was an evolved, and therefore, more powerful Pokémon, Ash offered to fight the Gloom, whilst Sabrina took on the Zubats.
(Sabrina's Battle)
"Zubat use Supersonic on that Abra" commanded the first poacher. Zubat readied its attack, whilst Sabrina countered with "use teleport to dodge, then use confusion, and follow it up with Zen Hedbutt!" This was powerful enough to knock out one zubat, and damage the other two. Zubat retaliated with bite, and the poachers would hope that this would cause abra to flinch, thus giving them another turn. The bite inflicted heavy damage to the Pokémon, but due to abra's ability 'inner focus', it did not flinch. This was Sabrina's chance to close in on the poachers. "Abra! Finish this with confusion, followed by ice punch, then another confusion to knock out the poachers!" Abra executed this sequence of attacks and the battle was over swiftly. Looking around, Sabrina saw a large length of rope, which could have been used to tie up the young Pokémon. With the help of abra, Sabrina tied up the poachers, to prevent them escaping when they woke up.
(Ash's Battle)
**Ralts' Trace Ability copied Glooms Chlorophyll** buzzed the Pokedex.
Ash wasted no time. "Ralts! Use misty terrain, then use fairy wind on gloom" Ash commanded. The poacher arched his eyebrow at the young trainer. Surely the boy would stand no chance against the gloom? "Gloom, use sunny day then use solar beam on the maggot" the poacher hissed. Ash wasn't about to give up. "Ralts, use Confusion! Full power! Try to divert its course, then use shadow sneak, followed by confusion" This powerful delivery was enough to knock out the gloom. Ash then used his psychic powers to knock out the remaining poacher and tie him up with rope that Sabrina threw to him. They were glad they paid attention in class when they were taught how to tie knots.
After the poachers were tied up, the two kids went to the back of the van, and to their surprise, it was loaded with Pokémon. Pokémon such as Pidgey, Spearow, rattata, 2 eevee, zoura and absol were crammed into a small space in the back of the van. Ash noticed that all of these Pokémon were shiny, and they immediately released them from the cages. All of the Pokémon left, except absol and zoura who ran to the dying Pokémon. ~ Memma~ the two young Pokémon cried out, as the parents were fading. The adult Pokémon were gasping for breath, and with each painful breath they took, their wounds were bleeding more. It was clear that the adult Pokémon were not going to survive, and this was the end. With the last bit of strength they had, the adult Pokémon gestured for their offspring to approach them. The zoroark whispered "Go with those children, let them catch you. They have saved them all, and they will be good to you, I know it" The adult Pokémon nodded to Ash and Sabrina to catch their children, and with that, the adult Pokémon faded away completely. Ash knew that being so young, these two shiny baby Pokémon would be a target for other poachers, as they couldn't survive on their own.
With heavy hearts to what they just witnessed, Ash captured absol and Sabrina captured zoura. Ash made a call to the police, alerting them to the events that had just taken place, and gave them the location of the tied up poachers. Ash and Sabrina decided to head back to the camp, but before they could reach the clearing of the forest, two shiny eevee approached the two trainers and started to growl. They challenged the two novice trainers to a battle. They decided to use their new friends, to see what they were capable of.
Ash sent out absol and Sabrina used zoura.
(Battle 2 Ash & Sabrina vs Eevee Twins)
Ash told absol to use scratch and Sabrina told zoura to use scratch. The eevee took the attacks, then returned with tackle followed by shadow ball on the two dark Pokémon. This stung quite a bit, but both of the dark Pokémon used night slash to knock out the eevee twins. Ash and Sabrina used a Friend ball to catch them.
Ash and Sabrina told Delia everything when they arrived at camp, and Delia rung officer Jenny to confirm that the poachers had been apprehended. All the way to Viridian City, the two kids got chewed out by Delia. As the arrived at Viridian, they were stopped by Officer Jenny, who asked to see their I.D's. Ash and Sabrina handed over their Pokedex, whereas Delia used her old P*DA that she got from Orra, when she was a travelling trainer.
Once Jenny left, they all headed to the Pokecenter for the night, to rest up the Pokémon. Delia gave Ash and Sabrina some breeding manuals on raising young Pokémon, making Pokémon food, and one on berries and herbs. Delia said her goodbyes and caught a bus to Saffron, and Ash and Sabrina headed to viridian forest.
To Be Continued