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Getting Stronger

The next morning, everyone woke up in the Rolling Fields of the Wild Area. The sun was shining very intensely today. After breakfast, they talked about what they were all going to do for today before the Gym Challenge opening ceremony tomorrow.

"So what's the plan, bro?" asked Luna.

"I want to train up my Pokemon some more. I plan on exploring more of the Wild Area while doing so. Maybe I can find some more Pokemon for my collection." said Lincoln.

"I want to catch some more Pokemon for myself. But I also want to train my Bunnelby and my Tympole." said Lana.

"I want to check out the area around the Watchtower Ruins for some more ghost-type Pokemon." said Lucy.

"I really need to get some more Pokemon for my team also. I also want to train Roggenrola, too." said Luna.

"I also want to find some more Pokemon for my team. And I'll also train my Ralts and Purrloin for a bit." said Clyde.

"I want to find some new Pokemon for my team and train my Ralts and Bounsweet." said Leni.

"Sounds like we all have plans for today." said Lincoln. They soon finished eating breakfast and took down their camp.

"Should we meet back here for lunch?" asked Leni.

"Good idea, Leni." said Lincoln. He pulls out some of the Oran Berries they managed to find yesterday and hands them out to everyone. After that, everyone went off on their own. Leni was checking out a grassy area near the train station when she heard a rustling.

"What was that?" asked Leni. She looks to see a red-brown foxlike Pokemon with six tails coming out of the grass. Leni's eyes widen with delight. "O-M-GOSH! You are one of the cutest things I've ever seen. What Pokemon are you?" Leni asked as she pulled out her Rotom Phone and points it at the Pokemon.

"Vulpix, the Fox Pokemon. While young, it has six gorgeous tails. When it grows, several new tails are sprouted." said the pokedex.

"EEEEEEEE! I totes want to capture you." said Leni as she pulls out Ralts' pokeball. "Come on out, Ralts." Leni releases Ralts and she gets ready. "Okay, Ralts. I don't want to hurt that Pokemon too much, so let's try using that Hypnosis move." But before Ralts could do anything, Vulpix quickly moves towards Ralts and slams into her. "Ralts! Are you okay?" Leni asked. Ralts looks at Leni and nods. "Okay, now use Draining Kiss." Ralts runs at Vulpix and kisses its forehead. Ralts' injury from the Quick Attack healed, but the attack itself didn't look like it did much to harm Vulpix. "Now use Hypnosis." said Leni. Ralts' eyes glowed blue and a soothing wave of energy comes out and hits Vulpix, making it drowsy and making it fall asleep. Seeing an opportunity to catch Vulpix, Leni grabs an empty pokeball, enlarges it, and throws it at Vulpix. The pokeball hits Vulpix and sucks it in, then wiggles a few times before clicking. Leni runs over to the pokeball and picks it up. "Yay! I caught a Vulpix." Her Rotom Phone chimes and she looks at it to see information on Vulpix on the screen. "Okay, this says that my new Vulpix is a girl, she knows Ember, Tail Whip, Disable, and Quick Attack. She has an ability called Drought which makes the weather sunny when she's out. That can come in handy when I want to have a nice beach day." Leni then releases her Vulpix and wakes her up. She then has her eats two of the Oran Berries to heal her. "I hope I didn't hurt you too much. I really want us to be friends. Do you want to be friends?" Leni asked. Vulpix sniffs Leni, then suddenly leaps into her arms and nuzzles her, making Leni giggle. After that, Leni started to train her Ralts, Bounsweet, and Vulpix all over the Wild Area. While training, Ralts learned Teleport and Psybeam; Bounsweet learned Sweet Scent, and Vulpix learned Spite and Incinerate. Leni also went into some Pokemon Dens, collected Watts from them, and battled some Dynamax Pokemon. None of the ones she found she felt comfortable with so she let them go and kept the items she found. Lucy was checking out Watchtower Ruins for more ghost Pokemon and to train her Duskull and Gastly. As she looked around, she saw a Pokemon Den with a red pillar of light coming out of it not far from where she is. Curious, she walks over to it and when she did, her Rotom Phone comes out of her pocket and absorbs the energy from it.

"300 watts collected and stored." said the Rotom Phone. Lucy suddenly gets sucked into the Den. Once she was in the Den, she looks around and she sees a humanoid Pokemon with a purple head and a black and white body with a tuft of black hair on its head and a white bow on each side of its head. Lucy takes out her Rotom Phone and points it at the new Pokemon.

"Gothita, the Fixation Pokemon. Though they're still only babies, there's psychic power stored in their ribbonlike feelers, and sometimes they use that power to fight." said the Rotom Phone. Lucy looks at the Gothita.

"Although you're not a ghost type, you look like my kind of Pokemon." said Lucy. "And I guess psychic type Pokemon are my type of Pokemon also, seeing how I've done some fortune telling." She throws Duskull's pokeball and lets him out. "It's best if I use Duskull. Gastly is part poison, so psychic type attacks could really hurt her." Lucy then returns Duskull to his pokeball and uses her Dynamax Band to make it bigger. She throws the now enlarged pokeball and releases Duskull, now bigger. "Duskull, use Max Phantasm." Duskull summons furniture made from ghostly energy and launches them at Gothita, causing super effective damage, due to Max Phantasm being a ghost type attack being strong against psychic type pokemon. The move also lowers Gothita's defense. The Gothita unleashed rings made from psychic energy and they hit Duskull. "Duskull, one more Max Phantasm." Duskull launches another Max Phantasm and it hits Gothita, doing more damage than before due to its defense being weakened. Gothita suddenly explodes with energy and freezes in place. Lucy uses her Dynamax Band to enlarge an empty pokeball and she throws it at Gothita, it sucks it in and it falls to the ground, it wiggles around for a few seconds until it stops and it shrinks back to its regular size, indicating its capture. Lucy walks over to the pokeball and picks it up. "Gothita is mine." She then returns to the Wild Area with a Technical Record with the move Zen Headbutt, as well as a Big Mushroom, and a Mago Berry. Lucy takes out her Rotom Phone and uses it to learn about her new Gothita. "Okay, this says Gothita is a girl, she knows the moves Pound, Confusion, Play Nice, Tickle, and Psybeam. This also says she has the ability, Competitive, which increases her special attack when another stat is lowered. She lets Gothita out of her pokeball with her back towards her. "Hey, Gothita." Gothita turns around scared like everyone else Lucy popped up from behind. "Look, I apologize for hurting you, I just really wanted you on my team, so you think you can forgive me and be my friend?" asked Lucy, giving Gothita an Oran Berry. She eats it and looks up at Lucy and smiles. "I take that as a yes." She returns to Watchtower Ruins to train her Pokemon. Within time, Gastly learns Spite and Duskull learns Confuse Ray. Once Lucy felt she trained enough at Watchtower Ruins, she decides to explore the nearby Dappled Grove. As she looks around, she sees a Pokemon Den with light coming out of it. She goes up to it, collects some more Watts from it, and it sucks her inside. When Lucy regains her senses, she sees a Pokemon that looks like a ghost with its head inside a tree stump. Confused, Lucy pulls out her Rotom Phone and points it at the new Pokemon.

"Phantump, the Stump Pokemon. After a lost child perished in the forest, their spirit possessed a tree stump, causing the spirit's rebirth as this Pokemon." said the pokedex, surprising Lucy.

"A ghost Pokemon created from the spirit of a deceased child? That makes me want this Pokemon." said Lucy as she takes out a pokeball and uses her Dynamax Band to make it larger. She then throws it, releasing Gastly, and making her grow. "I'll fight ghost with ghost. Plus the pokedex says Phantump's part grass-type, so being part poison-type, Gastly should have an advantage. Gastly, hit it with Max Phantasm." Gastly releases a Max Phantasm move which does super-effective damage to Phantump. Phantump stares at Gastly then launches seeds around her which sprout up and shine a bright light, damaging Gastly a little. "That must've been Max Overgrow. It's a grass-type move, so Gastly's poison-type trait gave her some resistance to it." Lucy stares at Phantump some more. "Gastly, hit it with one more Max Phantasm." Gastly does so, doing enough damage to cause it's energy to explode, freezing it in place. Lucy grabs her last pokeball, uses her Dynamax Band to make it grow, then throws it at Phantump. The ball hits it and sucks it in, then falls to the ground, wiggles around a bit, then clicks. Lucy runs over and picks up the pokeball. "I caught Phantump." Lucy says. She is soon brought out of the Pokemon Den, along with some berries, an Energy Ball TR, and another Big Mushroom. She looks at her Rotom Phone at the information that appeared on the screen. "This says that my Phantump is a girl, she knows Astonish, Tackle, Branch Poke, Leech Seed, and Confuse Ray. She has the ability Natural Cure which will cure her of any status condition when she's returned to her pokeball in the midst of battle." Lucy then looks at the TR she got. "This is for a move called Energy Ball. Perhaps I should teach this to Phantump." She places it on the button of Phantump's pokeball and it starts to spin and glow. After a while, the TR falls off and breaks apart. "It appears to have worked. I'll try it out later and make sure." She then releases Phantump from her pokeball and gives it some Oran Berries. Phantump then stares at her. "Greetings, Phantump. I don't know who you used to be in life, but perhaps we can still be friends if you so desire." Phantump stares up at Lucy and nods.

"Phan Phan Phantump." says the Phantump.

"I really need Lincoln here with his PokeTranslators to translate what you're saying or get my own, soon." says Lucy. After that, Lucy continues on her way. As she walks through Dappled Grove, she picks berries from the trees. She soon sees a Watt Trader and goes up to him. "Greetings." Lucy says to the Watt Trader out of nowhere, scaring him a little.

"Oh. Hi, young lady. You scared me a bit." said the Watt Trader.

"I have that effect on people often." said Lucy.

"What can I do for you?" asked the Watt Trader.

"I used my last pokeball a minute ago and I'm wondering if you have any for trade." said Lucy.

"Yes I do. I have Dusk Balls right here." said the Watt Trader, holding out black and green pokeballs.

"Dusk Balls? What are they like?" asked Lucy.

"They're pokeballs that are most effective either in dark places or at night." said the Watt Trader.

"I'll take two. Those sound like my kind of pokeballs." said Lucy.

"That'll be 100 Watts." said the Watt Trader. Lucy transfers the Watts to the Watt Trader and he gives her two Dusk Balls.

"Thank you." said Lucy as she walks off. After walking around a bit longer, she enters the Rolling Fields area. She soon comes across another Pokemon Den with a light coming out of it that's almost surrounded by cliffs. Lucy goes up to it, collects the Watts and enters it. She looks around and sees a pale purple Pokemon with batlike wings and ears flying in place. Lucy takes out her Rotom Phone and points it at the new Pokemon.

"Noibat, the Sound Wave Pokemon. After nightfall, they emerge from the caves they nest in during the day. Using their ultrasonic waves, they go on the hunt for ripened fruit." said the pokedex. Lucy thinks about her pet bat Fangs back in Royal Woods and she stares back at the Noibat.

"I'm going to capture this Pokemon." says Lucy as she pulls out Duskull's pokeball and uses her Dynamax to enlarge it. She throws it and lets out Duskull, who grows to Dynamax size. "Okay, Duskull. Use Max Phantasm." said Lucy. Duskull uses Max Phantasm on Noibat, doing damage to it. Noibat looks at Duskull and summons what looks like a purple tornado with orange energy blades around it out of the ground which surrounds Duskull, doing damage to it. "Hang in there, Duskull." Duskull shakes himself, getting himself back to his senses. "Use one more Max Phantasm." said Lucy. Duskull hits Noibat with one more Max Phantasm, doing enough damage to freeze Noibat in place. Lucy takes out one of her Dusk Balls, makes it larger, and throws it at Noibat. The Dusk Ball sucks in Noibat, falls to the ground, shakes around a bit, and clicks. Lucy picks it up in triumph. "Noibat is mine." She looks at her Rotom Phone at the information about her new Noibat. "My new Noibat is a boy, he's part flying-type and part dragon-type; he knows Absorb, Tackle, Gust, Supersonic, and Double Team. His ability is Frisk which allows him to check an opposing Pokemon for an item it may be holding." She leaves the Pokemon Den and picks up the berries, a TR for Dragon Claw, and a bone. "Hmm. I wonder what this bone is from. Oh, well. I'll hold onto it." said Lucy. She looks at the Dragon Claw TR she got and decides to teach it to Noibat. Once that was done, she continues to explore. At an area called Motostoke Riverbank, Luna is walking by it. She takes the time to gather Watts from any Pokemon Den she came across and to train her Roggenrola by battling wild Pokemon. Withing time, Roggenrola learns Smack Down. As she nears the bridge going across the river, she sees something near a tree nearby. She walks over to it and sees that it was a Wishing Piece.

"Oh yeah. I found a Wishing Piece. Now to find a Den to use it on." said Luna. She sees one across the river and crosses the bridge. She walks over to the Pokemon Den and gathers Watts with her Rotom Phone. After that, she drops the Wishing Piece into it and a purple pillar of light comes out of it. Luna gets close to the Den and she gets pulled into it. When she regained her sesnses, she looks around and sees a giant purple Pokemon that looks like its wearing a diaper. Luna takes out her Rotom Phone and points it at the Pokemon.

"Toxel, the Baby Pokemon. It stores poison in an internal sac and secretes that poison through its skin. If you touch this Pokemon, a tingling sensation follows." said the Rotom Phone. Luna throws Roggenrola's pokeball and lets her out. She then returns Roggenrola to her pokeball, enlarges it with her Dynamax Band and throws it, releasing her as a giant. "Okay, Roggenrola, use Max Quake." Roggenrola burrows into the ground and goes towards the Toxel and the ground explodes below it, causing super effective damage, due to Toxel being part electric and part poison types, thus being very vulnerable to ground type attacks. Roggenrola returns to the surface. The Toxel flails its arms and a large bolt of lightning comes out of the sky and hits Roggenrola. "Bummer. Roggenrola isn't part ground, she would have resisted that. No problem. Roggenrola, use Max Quake again." Roggenrola burrows into the ground and towards Toxel and hits it again. Once Roggenrola returns, Toxel explodes with energy and freezes. Luna enlarges an empty pokeball and throws it at Toxel. It gets sucked into the pokeball and it falls to the ground. It shakes a few times until it stops and shrinks to its regular size. Luna picks up the pokeball. "Rock on! I caught Toxel." She leaves the Den and picks up a berry, a big gold nugget, and a TR containing Wild Charge. Luna takes out her Rotom Phone and uses it to learn about her new Toxel. "Okay, this Toxel is a boy, the little dude knows Belch, Tearful Look, Nuzzle, Growl, Flail and Acid. The little dude has the Rattled ability, which increases his speed when he's hit with a bug type attack, a ghost type attack, or a dark type attack and when he's intimidated." Luna looks up the Belch move. "Okay, for the little dude to use this move, he needs to eat a berry. I'll let it hold on to the Sitrus Berry I found. This berry restores more health than an Oran Berry." She lets Toxel out of his pokeball. Luna leans down and feeds it an Oran Berry. She then gives the Toxel the Citrus Berry to hold onto. "I hope things will be cool between us after that battle." Luna says to Toxel. Toxel smiles in response. Luna returns Toxel to his pokeball and goes back across the bridge to find his siblings and Clyde.

End of Chapter 11

Authors' Note: With the votes from the poll and reviews for if Lola should Lincoln and the others in Galar, Lola will be joining the others in Galar.

Pokemon Lincoln has with him: Scorbunny (M), Rookidee (F), Nickit (M), Magikarp (F), Yamper (F), and Riolu (M).

Pokemon Lincoln has in his collection: Scorbunny (M), Rookiedee (F), Skwovet (M), Butterfree (M), Wooloo (F), Nickit (M), Magikarp (F), Chewtle (M), Zigzagoon (M), Yamper (F), Hoothoot (F), Dottler (F), Purrloin (M), Grubbin (M), Arrokuda (M), Lotad (F), Seedot (M), Pidove (F), and Riolu (M)

Pokemon Clyde has with him: Ralts (M), and Purrloin (F).

Pokemon Leni has with her: Ralts (F), Bounsweet (F), and Vulpix (F)

Pokemon Lucy has with her: Duskull (M), Gastly (F), Gothita (F), Phantump (F), and Noibat (M).

Pokemon Lana has with her: Bunnelby (M), and Tympole (M).

Pokemon Luna has with her: Roggenrola (F), and Toxel (M).