Acacia, Lickitung, and a Cool Pokémon Journey
Part 12
"Where's the next closest gym from here?" asked Acacia. Manny was holding a map and Lickitung was laying down under the shade a a palm tree.

"Palm tree?" wondered Manny, "What's a palm tree doing in a temperate zone?" Lickitung reached up with its tongue to grab a coconut from the tree, only to have its tongue bitten by the head of the Exeggutor it was sitting directly underneath.

"Liiiickkiiiii!!" which is Lickitung for, "WAAAAAAAAHHHH!!"

"Whoa! An Exeggutor! That'd be a great catch!" said Acacia.

"Not if I get to it first!" countered Manny, "Go Moltres!" Moltres came out in a firey blaze. "Fire vs. Grass. An easy battle," said Manny.

"Not so fast! Go me!" said Acacia.

"What do you mean, go you?" questioned Manny. Acacia did a transformation to the ultimate fire Pokemon, Entei!

(For those who are G/S impared, Entei is a one of the three new legendary dog Pokemon. Raiku is the electric dog, Suikun is the water dog, and Entei is the flame dog. Entei also stars in Pokemon 3: Lord of the Unknown Tower. Thanks to www.upnetwork.com for the info!)

A simple fire blast from Acacia/Entei brought down Exaggutor, she changed back to herself and they both threw their Pokeballs at the same time. But both were blocked by another Pokeball, thrown by a little 8 year old boy with chocolate brown hair in a mushroom cut and glasses.

"Yes! I caught my first Pokemon! Wahoo!" exclaimed the kid.

"Hey kid," said an angry Manny.

"Yeah, what?" said the boy, suddenly stopping his victory whooping.

"Didn't you see we were going for that Pokemon? We weakened it!" shouted Manny, backing the boy up against a tree.

"We?"

"Well, mostly her, but couldn't you be more polite you little punk?!" said Manny, following up with a few words he shouldn't have said.

"Manny! Shouldn't you be a little more leaniant? He's just a kid. Do you want me to get the soap?! Then stop it!" scolded Acacia. She stepped up to the cowering boy, "What's your name? Why are you training so early?" asked Acacia in her 'Babysitter' tone.

"I, uh, um, gulp, my name's Todd. My dad gave me permission to start early. I was just making my first catch. I was allowed to START early but I wasn't allowed to be given a POKEMON early. I didn't have anything to fight Pokemon with, so I waited for you two to be done with Exeggutor and caught it myself. Please don't hurt me!" fearfully explained Todd.

"Well, that I can understand. Hey kid, who's your dad anyways?" asked Manny.

"His name's Seymour. He's a scientist," said Todd more calmly, "He sent me my permission by mail 'cause he's off living with Clefairy and Clefable in Mt. Moon,"

"What?! Who would leave a kid alone for the rest of his life expecting Pokemon training will make up for it?! The nerve! You say he's in Mt. Moon is he?" steamed Acacia.

"Uh huh," said Todd.

"Um, Acacia, you're not going to do anything stupid are you?" asked Manny.

"No, just what's right!" stormed Acacia. She grew and grew and grew until she had turned into a 30 storie high Clefable.

"CLEFABLE, FABE!" boomed Acacia/Clefable.

"Translation: OUTTA MY WAY!" said the Pokedex. She stomped in the direction of Mt. Moon. She soon found a group of Clefairy and Clefable with a man who looked very much like Todd. Must be Seymour. He looked like he knew how to
speak Pokemon. Here is a translated converstion between them.

"SEYMOUR, WHY DID YOU ABANDON YOUR SON!" thundered Acacia.

"Wahh! What in space's name? Todd? Is he here?" fumbled Seymour in Clefable language.

"YOUR SON IS A HUMAN BEING, NOT A POKEMON YOU CAN JUST ABANDON! GO HOME AND TAKE CARE OF HIM!" said Acacia/Clefable.

"But the Pokemon," said Seymour.

"NEVER MIND THEM. THEY CAN FEND FOR THEMSELVES!" said Acacia. Just then, at the wrong time as always, Ian and this time his Fearow flew onto the scene.

"What a perfect form for you to test my latest invention Acacia! This will make you a Pokemon permanently!" cackled Ian.

"NO!" said Acacia. She transformed back.

"Too late. I've set the laser to Clefable. Nice knowing your human form Acacia!" said Ian. He pressed the trigger. Acacia dodged it but who should come running up behind her but Todd. He got hit by the beam!

"No, Todd!" screamed Seymour. But Todd was already starting to change.

"ARGH! This wasn't supposed to happen! It's meant for someone 10 or older, not little kids!" fumed Ian, who simply flew away from his problem. Todd's legs were Clefable legs, but human sized. He had the same type of arms. He had Clefable ears sticking out of his head and Clefable wings protruding from his back. He was the ultimate Poke-freak of nature.

"Todd," said Seymour, tears streaming from his eyes. But a note dropped from the sky as he hugged his Clefable son. It was from Ian and it read,

Dear Mr. Scientist,

Sorry about your son. It was not meant for children, so it will wear off in three weeks. Until then, I suggest that you keep him away from civilization. Otherwise, your boy may be taken away by the government for research. He can stay with you and live with the Pokemon. That way, you won't have to leave him alone.

Yours not so sincerely,
Ian Brandon

"Oh well. Wearing off in three weeks is better than never wearing off. Will you be OK Todd?" asked Seymour.

"Yeah dad. But there's a bright side. Look," he said. He flapped his new wings and hovered ten feet above the ground, "I can fly, just like Clefable!"

"That's wonderful," he said. He turned to Acacia, "Thank you for bringing me to my senses. I won't leave him alone ever again," Just then, Manny came running up behind them.

"Hey Mr, here's your son's Exeggutor. Do you still want it Todd?" asked Manny, who kind of backed up upon looking at Todd's new features.

Naw, that's OK. I don't need any Pokemon until I'm 10. You two keep it," said Todd. So they entered Mt. Moon and said goodbye to the Clefairy/Clefable family, still fighting over who got to keep Exeggutor. Eventually, it was stolen by a passing TR group though, so the argument was unnessecary.