The story so far...Ash discovers a gym on the route just before Mahogany. This is a gym in a totally different league to the rest (literally). Ash battles hard, and wins the Change badge. Now the leader, Ad, is showing him around the gyms of the Alternative League.

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon, but I do own Ad, and a couple of other things too numerous to mention. This story is by Penpal's chum. If the name "The Alternative League" has been used before, then...drat. Sit back, grab some popcorn and enjoy the second chapter, ingeniously titled...

No Taking Chanceys

"Where are we headed off to now?" asked Ash to Ad. Ad looked at the map, and fumbled around with it for a second.
"We have to go to here. No, hang on. Ah yes, this one. It's Azalea Town."
"Whoa," said Misty. "Thank God we can use Fly, or we'd be walking all the way there!" She laughed for few seconds.
"There is a problem though," said Ad, and Misty stopped suddenly.He continued, "To get to the Gym, we have to walk through Ilex Forest."
"Oh dear." Brock sidled over to Ad. "I don't think that'll go down well with Misty. She hates bugs."
"I just hope she didn't hear," whispered Ad back, as Misty fell to her knees in realization of what Ad had said.

"This was a bad idea..." said Misty as she grabbed onto Pidgeot for dear life.
"Hey, you think you've got problems? I guess you don't know how hard it is to ride a ghost," muttered Ad.
Ash checked his watch. "Hey, Goldenrod is right below us. Take me down, Heracross!"
Heracross descended, and the others followed on their Pokémon.
In Goldenrod City, Misty ran to the shopping centre, with Ash, Ad and Brock trailing after her.
"What do you think you're doing?" bellowed Ash to Misty as they neared the centre. Misty stopped for a moment.
"I'm getting some Repel before we go into that icky forest!" She dashed off again into the centre. Ash sighed.
Before too long (although the three waiting outside would have begged to diifer) everyone was ready. Ash steppedinto the forestfirst, joined by Ad and Brock. They were almost past the first bend when Ash realised that something was up - or, rather, not up where it should be.
"I am not going into that forest again! I can remember what happened last time, you know!" cried Misty from outside the forest.
---Flashback---
"I don't like this," said Misty as they walked through the forest. "I keep getting a feeling I'm being watched."
Ash looked back at Misty, eyes closed. "Oh, you're just being silly." He opened his eyes. "Take that back take that back take that back!"
"What is it?" said Misty. Over Misty's shoulder Ash could see a pair of red glowing eyes. He held up his Pokédex.
"Scyther. This Pokémon has two sharp wing blades, which it uses to attack," it blurted. Misty looked, trembling, behind her. The Scyther burst out of the shadows.
---The present---
"You're right," said Ash thoughtfully. "That was pretty nasty. But now you've got those Repels that won't happen."
Misty looked at her feet. "O.K. then. If you're sure," she said, stepping forward into the forest.
They walked silently through the forest, Misty clutching a bottle of Repel and spraying it at everything even vaguely resembling a tree in the vicinity. And then, in the bushes, something rustled.
Ash noticeda small pink feather snagged on a thorn. Hebeckoned the others towards the bush, and for a moment they stood there, motionless. Suddenly, a Chansey popped out.
"What's that?" said Ash, taking out his Pokédex.
"Chansey. Whoever eats a Chansey egg is said to become blissful and kind for a long time afterwards," it stated.
"It could do Gary some good to eat one of those," Ashmused, "so I'm gonna catch it! Pikachu, go! Use Thunderbolt!" A bolt of lightning came down, hit Pikachu and bounced onto Chansey. It stopped dead in its tracks, covered in soot.
"Alright then, PokéBall, go!" shouted Ash. At that moment, a small girl appeared. Ash dropped the Ball.
"Please don't hurt Chance!" she cried out.
"Who are you?" said Misty to the girl.
"Never mind who you are, do you want to know who I am?" said Brock, dazed. Misty grabbed his ear and pulled him away.
"I'm Eliot," said the girl, calmer now,"and this is my Chansey, Chance. We have a problem. You see, Chansey wants to evolve, but I've trained her as hard as possible, and used all my Evolution Stones, but it won't work. Do you know how I can evolve her?"
Ash got his Pokédex out, and asked 'what level does Chansey evolve at?'.
"No data," said the Pokédex.
"Dumb machine," said Ash, annoyed.
There was another noise in another nearby bush, although no-one noticed, except Misty. She emptied an entire bottle of Repel into it before returning to Chance.
Meowth yelped, and made to run away.
"It's just a spray, Meowth," said Jessie. "There are more important things - like capturing that Chansey!"
"Yes," said James. "If what the twerp's Pokédex said is true, anyone who eatsthe egg becomesreally happy."
"Happy enough to give us a pay rise, do you think?"
James nodded his head slowly. "Yeah. If we feed it to the boss, he might even promote us!"
All three of them thought about what it would be like to become Senior Grunts - or even Giovanni's guards.
"Right then," said Meowth. "Our mission: capture Chance the Chansey!"

"I can't think of a thing."
Ash sighed at hearing what Misty said. "That's everyone."
"Well, perhaps we should go to the Pokémon Centre to see if they know anything," suggested Brock.
"Yes. We need to heal our Pokémon after our fly as well."
There was a cackle. "When we've finished, you won't have any Pokémon to heal!"
"Oh no..." said Ad.

"To protect the world from devastation!"
"To unite all people within our nation!"
"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"
"To extend our reach to the stars above!"
"Jessie!"
"James!"
"Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender now, or prepare to fight!"
"Meowth, that's right!"He leapt towards Chance."Now the motto's finished, let's grab Chansey!"
Eliot stood in front of Chansey. "You can't take Chance!"
"We already have!" shouted James, as a long Hitmonlee-style arm came out of the Meowthballoon and grabbed Chance. It struggled to get free, but couldn't.
"Sunflora, I choose you!" shouted Eliot, and the plant burst out of its PokéBall. It sent a Vine Whip out, and the vine fumbled with the claw. It managed to prise Chance out.
"You won't get away that easily!" shouted Jessie as the claw came back.
"Chance, no!" shouted Eliot. There was a slight pause, and then Chansey took an egg and hurled it into the claw. It grabbed it, and thought it was Chance. It returned to its base.
"This attack is called Egg Bomb," said Dexter from the Pokédex.
"Stupid robot arm!" yelled Jessie.
James looked at the arm as it jerked away from the hole it came out of. "I don't think you should have said that."
The arm picked up Team Rocket and hurled them into the air.
"Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off...AGAIN!" shouted Meowth as they flew off.

Eliot ran up to Chance. "Wow, you were brilliant!"
She hugged Chansey and lifted her up into the air."Chance, I want you to know this, above all else. Whatever happens,I love you." Chance glowed for a few seconds. Eliot stepped back.
"What's happening to Chance? Chance?"
"Chansey is evolving into Blissey through happiness," said the Pokédex.
"Wow," gasped Misty. "How romantic."
"Ohh...Blissey!" cried Eliot in happiness.
And so, the heroes set off away from Ilex Forest, happy in the knowledge they had helped Eliot evolve her Chansey.

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