***My laster chapter(probably) before Christmas...Hope everyone has a MERRY Christmas, o yeah this chapter is a "filler" it's just here...lol***

~A Berry Berry Good Day!~

The gang just made it out of Goldenrod City, Dustin accquired a badge from the leader Whtiney and now thier headed to...

"Ecruteak City," Shane informed the group as they walked through a small patch of woods, "It's one of the oldest cities in Johto."

"Sounds...lame," Dusitn sighed, "But atleast I'll be able to get my fourth badge!"

"Or atleast try," Shane added.

"I'm so ready for a nice long break," Jen changed the subject, "I'd love to see somewhere to rest and play."

"I know what you mean," Dustin replied, "But where are we going to find somewhere to relax around here?"

"Maybe right there," Shane pointed to a small lodge on the left.

"What's that?" Dustin asked and ran near the building, there was a sign in front of it. "Balinda's Berry Service," Dustin read the sign.

"Berry service?" Jen asked confused walking to the sign.

"That's what is says," Shane smirked as he read it, "Why don't we go check it out?" He started to walk to the door.

"Might as well," Jen said as she and Dustin followed Shane.

Shane knocked on the door, "Hello..."

The door was opened by a beautiful girl with shimmering long hair. "Hello?" she answered, "How may I help you?"

"Are you Balinda?" Shane asked, dazzled by her looks.

"Yes," she smiled, "Silly me want you come in?" She offered, Shane and the other two walked in the room, it was a normal living room with a couch, loveseat, and a green carpet.

"I'm Shane," he introduced himself, "This is Dustin and Jen," he pointed to the two.

"Hi," Jen smiled.

"Hey," Dustin waved.

"Did you come to buy some berries?" Balinda asked, "I just picked some fresh berries this morning."

"Uh no," Shane twitled, "We just need a place to rest."

"Why didn't you say so?" Balinda smiled, "Follow me," she walked outside and around the house to a small spring.

"Wow," Dustin, Jen, and Shane said together amazed by the water's beauty.

"This is a natural spring," Balinda smiled, "Good for your skin and your pokemon," she added. "Help yourself, if you need anything call me."

"SWEET!" Dustin said he walked to a small outhouse by Balinda's hosue and changed into his yellow board shorts.

"This is the life," Jen had changed into her red two piece after Dustin.

"Finally," Shane walked out of the outhouse after the two and had changed into his brown bathing suits.

"Come on out you guys," Dustin took out his pokeballs and ultraball and released his pokemon.

"Larv!"

"TOTO!"

"Ted!"

"Lava!"

"Chika!"

Dustin smiled as all five of his pokemon came out, "Relax guys, have some fun," Dustin smiled at his pokemon.

"Larv," Larvitar walked under a tree and started to sleep.

"TOTODILE!" Totodile did a belly flop into the spring.

"Ted..." Teddiursa climbed up a tree and hung onto the branch.

"Lava," Quilava chirped some and curled up, slowly going to sleep.

"Chika!" Chikorita layed down and flip it's leave to protect it's self from the sun.

"Good idea Dustin," Jen enlarged her pokeballs and netball and sent out her pokemon.

"Reep!" Mareep ba'd and layed by a tree.

"Dish!" Oddish sat down by Chikorita.

"Ril!" Marill jumped into the lake and started playing with Totodile.

"Free!" Butterfree flew onto a tree branch and started to eat some of the berries on the tree.

"Ok then," Shane smiled and sent out his pokemon for a long break.

All of them chirped and flew to seperate branches.

"Now for some fun!" Dustin jumped into the spring and swam to his Totodile, who was playing with Marill.

"Totally," Jen dove into the spring and swam to the bottom, it was amazing, so peaceful and silent, she then merged to the top.

"Make room for me!" Shane hopped in the spring, "This feel so good..."

"Is everyone ok?" Balinda walked out in a one piece suit colored green.

"Yeah," Dustin replied, "This place is amazing."

"Thanks," she walked to the spring and sliped in, "It's all nature, the berries around it put pollen to clean it."

"So what's your berry shop?" Jen asked as she splashed some water at Marill.

"I pick and sell berries to help pokemon," Balinda responded, "My pokemon Noctowl helps me," she looked up and her Noctowl flew by.

"WHOA!" Shane admired the owl as it flew above them, "I love Noctowl, I wish my Hoothoot would evolve."

"My Noctowl is my best friend," Balinda replied, "I've trained it to use Foresight to search for berries at night."

"Noct," Noctowl flew onto the branch where Shane's Hoothoot was. "Noct noct," Noctowl chanted 'Hello.'

"Hoothoot," Hoothoot replied, 'How did you evolve?'

"Owl," Noctowl was confused, 'Huh? I just did why?'

"Hoo," Hoothoot cleared things up, 'Shane's had me for a while and I want to evolve and impress him.'

"Noct," Noctowl added, 'You should eat some of these fresh berries.' Noctowl tried to explain.

"Hoo," Hoothoot chirped and picked a berry, it ate it. Noctowl flew off.

"Where's it going?" Jen asked Balinda.

"To get some more berries," Balinda explained, "Noctowl loves finding berries."

Meanwhile Kym and Ken were stranded in the rugged path.

"Where are we going?" Ken whined as they walked.

"I don't know," Kym was getting mad.

"Owl!" Noctowl flew by them.

"Look!" Ken pointed, "A Noctowl!"

"Ohh..." Kym laughed, "Let's get it!"

"Right!" Ken shouted. "Good thing we have the latest Alpha technology, Air Baloon in a snap!" Ken sat down a box and pressed a button on it.

"POOF!" it made the sound and smoke went everywhere, as it cleared a Team Alpha baloon appeared.

"TO THE SKY!" Kym said, jumping in the baloon.

"HERE WE GO!" Ken started the baloon up and they went airborn.

"OWL!" Noctowl screamed as Kym threw a fish net and caught the pokemon, she tugged it in.

"We got it!" Kym laughed, "YES!"

"Did you hear something?" Balinda asked, hearing her pokemon cry.

"Sounded like Noctowl," Shane said.

"Oh no," Balinda got out of the spring, "I gotta find it!"

"I'll help!" Shane got out and the two ran into the woods, Hoothoot followed Shane.

"What should we do?" Dustin asked.

"They can handle it," Jen said and continued playing with Marill.

"TEAM ALPHA!" Shane pointed in the air through the woods.

"Who are they?" Balinda asked.

"Thieves," Shane replied. "HAVE YOU SEEN A NOCTOWL?"

"YOU MEAN THIS ONE?" Kym laughed and showed them the netted Noctowl.

"MY NOCTOWL!" Balinda shouted, "HAND IT BACK!"

"Nope!" Ken laughed.

"GO FARFETCH'D!" Shane said, but nothing happened, "O yeah," he relized his pokemon and pokeballs were at the spring.

"I don't have anymore pokemon," Balinda sighed.

"HOO!" Hoothoot flew to Shane.

"Hoothoot?" Shane looked at his pokemon, "What are you doing here?"

"Hoo hoo!" Hoothoot chirped flaping up and down.

"You want to fight?" Shane pointed to the baloon, "OK THEN GO GET NOCTOWL BACK!"

"HOO!" Hoothoot flew near the baloon.

"LICK GHASTLY!"

"Ghas..." the ghost appeared in front of Hoothoot.

"FORESIGHT!" Shane shouted from the ground.

"HOO!" Hoothoot's eyes sent a red flash, stunning Ghastly. "HOO!" Hoothoot used Take Down on Ghastly.

"Oh no!" Kym shouted, scared.

"HOO"! Hoothoot jumped into the baloon and started to peck at the net.

"KICK IT!" Ken shouted as Hoothoot pecked through the net.

"OWL!" Noctowl was free and it flew into the air, Hoothoot followed.

"NO!" Kym and Ken said in together.

"GUST!" Balinda and Shane commanded to their pokemon.

Both owls hooted and flaped their wings hard, creating a tornado, sucking up Team Alpha and blowing them out of sight.

"Owl," Noctowl landed by it's master.

"Oh Noctowl," Balinda petted her pokemon.

"Good job Hoothoot," Shane said as his bird pokemon landed by Noctowl.

"Hoo!" Hoothoow chirped and then started to glow.

"It's evolving!" Shane was so glad.

Hoothoot grew into a new pokemon, "Noctowl!" it chirped emerging from the white light.

"WOW!" Jen said as she and Dustin ran to the two, Shane's pokemon following behind Jen and Dustin.

"Your Hoothoot evolved!" Dustin said, "Congrats."

"Thanks," Shane smiled.

The gang had said good bye to their new friend Balinda as they walked down a path to the next city.

"Your Noctowl rocks," Dustin said, looking into the sky and seeing the magnificent owl fly above them.

"It does doesn't it?" Shane smiled as they continued no their way.

***Sorry this chapter was dumb IMO but hey atleast Shane's Hoothoot evolved so maybe it did have a point, I've decided to do more chapters after Christmas(maybe not til after News Years) but anyways have a MERRY Christmas.***