Yes the upcoming trade is a call back to the Gentlemen and Farfetch'd in the original Pokémon game. And Farfetch'd aka Dux was a beast. Anyway now then yes Ashley will get Primeape and no he will not be forgotten and neither will Pidgeot as she will get them back later.


(Chapter Ten - The S.S. Anna)

The quintet group looked on the large cruise liner with pure utter excitement and amazement seeing it up close and personal. Misty and Giselle were giddy and Brock noticed various women in swimsuits and other cruise-like attire and was blushing. Erik looked excited as did Ashley as they noticed various trainers heading. Erik then noticed a trainer riding a large Persian and he said: "Once this is over, let's use our Pokémon to transport us. Onix and Rhydon may be our fast mode of transportation for now to save time on our journey."

Everyone blinked and thought about it. The third month is upon them soon enough, and the League is closing in fast, riding Pokémon like they do in the Alola region will greatly help them. As the group boarded the ship Erik whistled seeing everything and the group were in absolute awe at this and Erik grabbed a pamphlet and it said: "Okay, says here we can allow our Pokémon out, but under a certain weight limit, so Graveler, Onix and all those heavy are out."

Off in the distance Jessie, James and Meowth disguised as tourists notice the twerp party and see Luna the Eevee, Clover the Ivysaur, Shisa the Growlithe, Tessen the Scyther and Shockrock the Geodude. They then saw Ashley's Pikachu, Butterfree, Pidgeotto, Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle. Next came Misty Staryu, Shelder and Tentacruel. But then came Brock's Zubat and Scyther. Then finally Giselle's Cubone, Sandshrew, and both Rio and Rina. Everyone began to check out the cruise ship and decided to meet back in the VIP section of the food court.

Misty went out onto the deck and gaped seeing the massive size swimming pool and cheered. Seeing trainers and Pokémon with a sign that said small water types only, Golden, Shelder, Staryu and Starmie then Misty began swimming as Tentacruel sat underneath an umbrella having a nap and watching Misty's stuff. Brock was walking around the shop areas gathering supplies when they made port and hit the road. Looking at the various shops and smiling, the VIP tickets provided fifty percent off everything, so the budget they had was amazing. Looking at the list he smirked and was glad Misty, Ashley and Giselle would do their own feminine shopping, stopping he looked around and noticed a blue haired man being scammed by a Magikarp salesman, shrugging he continued walking. As for Giselle, she was in a saloon with her Pokémon getting pampered, being a VIP had its perks as the saloon was one of the few areas reinforced for some heavy Pokémon.

Ashley was in the trainer area and watched a gentleman with a black Raticate battling a Starmie. Holding up her dex it said: "Raticate, the mouse Pokémon and Alolan form. A dark and normal type as well as the evolved form of an Alolan rattata. It makes its Rattata underlings gather food for it, dining solely on the most nutritious and delicious fare."

She blinked and was surprised Theodore would evolve to gain puffy cheeks. Watching the battle she was completely excited. But for Erik, he was nearby as it was a Pokémon playground and daycare and he was surprised to see many Pokémon from all over the world. Erik stretched as he looked about and saw a gentleman talking with a young man who wore pilot clothing and had a birdcage in hand as a Pidgeot and Fearow by his side with a Spearow, Pidgeotto and Doduo behind them. The man was trying to talk the young man out of the Spearow and was willing to trade a Farfetch'd but the pilot declined and walked off. Walking over Erik then asked: "Uh, sir I couldn't help but overhear you want a Spearow?"

He nodded and said: "It is true young man. My Farfetch'd l, Dux and I had recently come from the Galar region where we found this odd Farfetch'd and I was hoping to trade him for a Spearow as none are in the Galar region."

Erik held up Sparrow's ball and said: " Well, I just caught her recently and she has been causing issues for the others. I'll trade with you."

The man looked and said: " Thank you kindly young man. Come I'll show you to the trade machine."

The duo walked to a slick subway sandwich machine with it being red with the top half having a screen the duo went either side and inserted the balls of the traded Pokemon. Soon the trade began as both vanished and then balls appeared on either side as on the screen showed the image of the two Pokémon. Taking the Pokéballs, the Gentlemen bowed and said: " Thank you young man."

Farfetch'd cheered and the duo walked off. Erik walked back to the group who was at a viewing dex over the others as he said: "Hey guys, check it. You know that Spearow I caught because of her attacking us and kept on it."

Giselle then said: "Yeah, why?"

Erik smirked and held up the Farfetch'd ball and said: "I traded her for a Farfetch'd, now it's time for a meet and greet!"

Tossing up the ball it released a dark brown duck Pokemon with a monobrow and carried a ginormous leek and Brock asked: "Is this a Farfetch'd?"

Ashley pulled out her dex and it said: "Farfetch'd, the duck Pokémon and Galarian form. A fighting type. The Farfetch'd of the Galar region are brave warriors, and they wield thick, tough leeks in battle."

On the Farfetch'd back was a normal leek that was held in a sheath as a small strap was seen on the front. The Galarian Pokémon looked around and looked to Erik, at first he thought it was another stupid trainer. But on a closer look it's eyes widened sensing power radiating and oozing off of him and he bowed. Erik smirked and patted his new Pokémon and said: "I think I'll call you Lancelot."

The duck looked up and nodded at the name and Misty asked: "Lancelot like the knight of the round table?"

Erik chuckled and said: "It's suita him."

Shock and Shisa greeted their fellow region variants who nodded to them. At the party we're eating Ashley sighed in bliss tasting all the great food and Erik chuckled. Brock was examining the food as he ate it, identifying the ingredients in hope of making it himself. Erik then asked: "So what did everyone do?"

Ashley said: "Battling, some guy wanted my Butterfree for his normal Raticate, but I declined and he had an Alolan one as well."

Brock then said: "I did some shopping and got us enough supplies for two months, not having to worry about a budget it great."

Giselle brushed her hair and said: "Spa day, my Pokémon are looking stunning."

Misty and Ashley gave her a blank stare, but Misty then said: "Checked out the pool, it was huge."

Erik then said: "All agreed, this was a good idea."

Hearing his phone rang, he pulled it out and saw it was the Professor and he said, putting it on video call: "Hey Professor, we are on the SS Anne right now."

Oak then said: "That's great, anyway Erik I am calling to let you know. It seems Bumblebee has taken upon himself to be the ranch security after we had some poachers try to take some of the Pokémon."

Ashley then asked: " Is everyone okay?"

Oak nodded and said: " Yes, Clefairy l, Erik's other Scyther and Krabby had also joined in on it as well. Krabby checked by the waters and Clefairy had been checking areas the two of them couldn't reach. Stalhrim has helped me poop a proper cold zone for any ice types that are not tied to the ocean itself. But tlTheodore has gobbled up all of the food that was about to spoil and we'll…" appearing on screen munching on a watermelon was an Alola Raticate and Erik said: " Theo really."

Theo waved and greeted them and the Professor said: " I'm not mad actually, it saves much on disposal cost. But Theo and Stalhrim are ready to travel again soon."

Erik smirked and said: " Sweet, hey Professor, I'll send Geodude and Clover over there. I am sure they won't mind helping out with the others."

Ashley then said: " Maybe Bulbasaur would like to help out as well. What do you two say? You two, want to help keep the peace at the ranch."

Both evolution and pre-evolution cheered, liking the idea and seeing some friends again. Shockrock nodded and flexed, willing to show the others his skill. Erik chuckled and sighed as they entered their cabin. It was a two bedroom cabinet with a large bathroom, a living room, two bathrooms and a pool table. Brock whistled and said: "Noice."

Setting their stuff down Erik plopped on the couch as Luna got in his lap and curled up as he turned on the television. Misty and the girls decided to take a bath together for some odd reason and Brock was playing in the pool. Turning the channel it showed the news and it said: "Onto the newest topic has been confirmed of the strange rumor going around the trainer web. Raising Kanto trainer Erik Pinder from Pallet town has been confirmed to draw shiny Pokemon toward him from his starter an Eevee to his second Scyther. Professor Oak mentioned when he first met him at his summer camp when he was eight years old, Erik preferred mainly Pokémon over human contact. According to his record he has won every battle as well as beaten Lt. Surge who has been known to be quite brutal in battles that most trainers drop from the league because of it."

Changing the channel showed an aid for a theme park with giant mechanical Pokémon called Pokémon Land. Next channel was about a steakhouse and he continued till it was the Detective Pikachu movie. Setting Luna on the couch as she began watching the movie he joined Brock at the pool table. Dawn the next day Erik yawned as he got off his bed and emerged into the living room and saw all the Pokémon sleeping and covered up, he notice Rhydon and Onix are still in their ball and found Goldeen, Staryu, Starmie and Tentacruel in the bathtub that was big for six adults. Today was another day on the cruise ship and they'll enjoy it completely. Giselle laid on a sundeck chair and sighed enjoying the ocean by relaxing. Meanwhile off on the horizon a periscope emerged from the water and locked sigils with the S.S. Anna underneath the ocean was a submarine with the letter "R" on it.

Back on the ship, Erik noticed the parascope through a pair of mounted scopes on deck and frowned, submarines were usually out in open ocean unless they were in port being repaired. Frowning he walked away and saw the Pokémon playing together as Charmander was beside Ashley being petted. Erik suggested helping Charmander grow more trusting to humans and so far it is working. The fire started with its head on her lap sleeping. Looking at the sky, Erik pulled out the rainbow Wing and wondered when he'll see the legendary bird again and hoped to battle him some day.

Meanwhile in the shadow a Pokémon watched him closely and vanished in an instant. But on top of the ship, a pink feline Pokémon that was hovering was watching him with interest. Erik then said: "Will we face off one day?"

But across time and space itself, something was amiss in the world of Tamriel. Gathered in the throne room the Emperor and his royal family and friends gathered in the memory of the fallen prince. An Akaviri shrine of the dead was present with a small portrait of him. But as the candles were lit, a pillar of fire erupted, scaring everyone. But falling from the flames was an Elder Scroll with the emblem of Arceus. The Emperor Tiberius Septim grabbed it and the flames morphed and formed a golden dragon and said: "Heed my words Joor, for the lost son still lives. The words of all Bormah, Talos and Alessia had seen the child as he lives amongst beings who have a symbiotic relation with titans of all various shapes and sizes. Heed these words, for the lost prince shall grow in strength and when the day comes he returns, a new era and beginning shall be born, so it is written at the dawn of time."

The flames disperse and the scroll unraveled and showed Erik with Luna as he was doing pushups with his Pokémon on his back. They saw Ashley come over in a red one piece swimsuit and she asked: "Hey brother, whatcha doing?"

Erik then said: "Training, I'm about to hit the gym with my Pokémon, why?"

She looked at him and asked: "Why do you want to train when you're on a luxury liner?*

Looking up at her he said: " Because it's a time to relax and a time to train, and right now I want to train."

The Pokémon got off as he wore gym shorts and walked off to enter a room with people with small muscular builds to being overly jacked and fighting type Pokémon resided. Going over as Shockrock went to a punching bag and began punching it, Tessen walked to a training dummy as did Lancelot, Shisa with Clover and Luna jumped on treadmills and began running. Erik laid on a bench with fifty pounds and began bench pressing for two hours before going to a punching bag and began boxing with it. Erik's eyes hardened and his energetic blue eyes showed they settled and became warrior eyes and he began punching the bag. After his two hundredth punch he socked the bag off and sent it across the door and hissed as his knuckles were slightly blooded. Chansey walked over and started bandaging his wounds after using a heal pulse and he thanked the nurse Pokémon who also checked on his Pokémon who looked exhausted and he sighed and muttered: "We are straight ng, but not strong enough. If my old man's journal was correct about Salaquine's weak spot in the void, I'll need a way to get on and out."

Stroking his chin he and his Pokémon left and went to the food court and grabbed tons of food and found everyone else and he sat down and saw Ashley devouring it like a Snorlax and he joked saying: " Are you sure you're not a munchlax? "

Giselle, Brock and Misty laughed and Ashley tossed an orange at him which he caught and said: " So did anyone see anything unusual."

Misty then asked: " No, why?"

Erik was cutting his steak and said: " Earlier on the deck, I saw a periscope from a submarine off near some rocks. It wouldn't have bothered me, except the scope was aimed at the ship and we are not in fully open waters."

Brock hummed and said: " That is strange. I did see three people that looked like Jessie, James and Meowth though."

Giselle looked confused and said: " Could be a consequence."

Misty then said: " Now that you mentioned it, I noticed a lot of people eyeing rare Pokémon while wearing trench coats and fedoras."

Erik then said: " This ship could be a target for team Rocket."

Ashley then said: " Then we should warn everyone."

But Brock stopped her and replied: " On what grounds, besides hardly anyone would listen."

Erik then said: " Except the Captain himself. I'll speak to him later. Right now act casual, and if I am right, which you can ask Ashley, which ninety-nine percent of the time I am usually right about these things, then we have trouble."

She nodded and said: " It's true, his guesses are only bad against guessing what's for a meal."

Finishing his steak, he moved onto his mash potatoes and macaroni with cheese, with a side of spear pickles, fries, BBQ meatballs and some melon. Sipping his drink he sat it down and Giselle said: "What happened to your hands?"

Eating a meatball he replied: "Training, started getting back into my martial arts."

Eating, he sighed and leaned back a little and frowned before saying: "A storm is coming."

The group looked at him and he said pointing up, above them was a flock of bird Pokémon fleeing from the direction they were heading. Looking at them he said after finishing: "Prepare for the worst guys. Things are not always humble and peaceful."

Later that evening, Erik fully clothed was speaking to the Captain in his quarters who was feeling a bit seasick. He said: " I hear your concerns young man, and it is true the crew has seen some questionable things, and our instruments seem to be glitchy at times."

Erik then said: " Then we can agree that something is afoot."

Captain Cutter nodded his head and said: " Yes, if what you say is true then we must prepare."

Erik then said: " Have your crew act like everything is fine and you pick up a storm on the horizon and have them make preparations."

Cutter smirked, using that as a cover up and said: " Very well, you beat be leaving. Good luck son."

Erik tilted an invisible hat and said: " You to Captain."

Returning to his quarters he turned on the television to a rerun of last year's indigo Plateau and he said: "Captain believe me. "

Misty then said: "That's great news."

Erik nodded and said: "True, but we still don't know if a large force will board the ship."

Brock stroked his chin and the girls looked around cautiously as for Erik he kicked back acting as if nothing was wrong and then he patted Shiva's head and said: "Let's enjoy the peace while it lasts guys."

The quadruplets looked at their eldest brother as he and his friends planned for a future counter strike. Watching him take a sip of tea he looked toward their direction as no one else around him was watching and did the jack-in-the-box flip off surprising them. He gave a wink and made a cutting motion with his thumb and throat before going back to drink his tea. He knew someone had been watching him for a minute and wanted to have some fun. Sighing he said: 'Good tea, wonder if we can get this off the ship?'


The orphaned Cubone in Lavender Town will be joining Erik on his adventure and will evolve into an Alolan Marowak before then. Also a cruise episode and Misty and Erik finally got an actual thing going. Will Ashley join in on this, or will it be mainly a brother and sister thing, a sister who will get jealous of her brother's attention being stolen? Also Giselle will be getting an Alolan Diglett sometime later as she will send one of her Pokémon home to her mother. And yes Erik will have a Kleavor and Scizor, it is fitting since he has two bloody Scythers and Kleavor suits Brock in this time period also by the Paldia region, Erik and Ash will be sixteen.

Erik's Pokémon

Luna's moves: Baddy Bad, Detect, Sizzle Slide, Headbutt.

Clover moves: Grassy Terrain, Razor Leaf, Bullet Seed, Petal Dance.

Shisa moves: Rock Slide, Flamethrower, Bite and Dig.

Tessen moves: Steel Wing, Wing Attack, Slash, Silver Wind.

Shockrock moves: Protect, Thunder Punch, Rock Throw, Take Down.

Lancelot moves: Sky attack, Brutal Swing, Rock Smash, Fury Cutter.

Erik's PC Box -

Bumblebee - Bug Bite, Venoshock, Poison Jab, Twineedle. Stalhrim moves: Metal Claw, Ice Shard, Ice Punch, Slash. Theodore moves: Counter, Crunch, Super Fang, Quick Attack. 2nd Scyther moves: Unknown.

Ash's Pokémon -

Pikachu's moves: Electro Ball, Zippy Zap, Double Kick, Thunderbolt.

Butterfree's Moves: Bug bite, Air Cutter, Bug Buzz, Psybeam.

Pidgeotto's Moves: Mirror Move, Steel Wing, Sky Attack, Aerial Ace.

Bulbasaur's Moves: Giga Drain, Bullet Seed, Vine Whip and Sleep Powder.

Charmander Moves: Flamethrower, Dragon Rage, Seismic Toss, Fire Fang.

Squirtle's Moves: Withdraw, Water Gun, Aqua Jet, Muddy Water.

Ashley's PC Box -

Clefairy's Moves: Disarming Voice, Mimic, Sing and Minimize. Krabby Moves: Unknown.

Misty's Pokémon -

Goldeen moves - Aqua Tail, Aqua Ring, Scald, Water Pulse.

Staryu moves - Camouflage, Bubblebeam, Whirlpool, Psychic.

Starmie moves - Hydro Pump, Swift, Psychic, Recover.

Shelder moves - Ice Shard, Clamp, Water Gun, Aqua Ring.

Tentacruel moves - Water Pulse, Bubblebeam, Toxic Spikes, Scaled.

Brock's Pokémon -

Graveler moves- Rock Slide, Bulldoze, Bide, Fissure.

Onix moves - Stealth Rock, Dig, Earthquake, Dragon Breath..

Rhydon moves - Rock Throw, Rock Blast, Drill Run, Smackdown.

Zubat moves - Poison Fang, Air Cutter, Confuse Ray, Leech Life.

Scyther moves - Night Slash, Steel Wing, Fury Cutter and Mimic.

Giselle's Pokémon -

Cubone moves: Thrash, Bone Club, Bonemerang, Iron Head.

Graveler moves: Rock Blast, Ancient Power, Mega Punch and Rock Polish

Sandshrew moves: Dig, Slash, Magnitude, Sword Dance

Nidorino moves: Double Kick, Helping Hand, Drill Run, Toxic

Nidorino moves: Helping Hand, Bite, Beat Up, Stomping Tantrum.

Jessie's Pokémon -

Ekans moves - Crunch, Poison fang, Wrap, Dig.

James's Pokémon -

Koffing moves - Rollout, Clear Smog, Smokescreen, Sludge.

Magikarp moves - Splash, Tackle, Bounce.

Meowth moves - Payday, Scratch, Foul Play, Bite.