Author's Note:
Big things are happening now, folks. Here we are with the next chapter of the Bonnie story. I think this one should be fun. Something might be happening in it. I suppose we'll see. Anyways, hope you enjoy. I'll have more to say at the end.
Chapter 17: The Flying Pirate
"Ah, the seas are good today. We're in for some good sailing!"
Bonnie looked back from where she was at the front of the boat, seeing Briney steering the boat, looking fondly out over the water. She smiled as she saw his eyes drift to where Peeko was, the Seagull Pokemon looking beautiful as she glided in the wind, enjoying the spray of water coming from the S.S. Wingull. It was quite obvious why Briney enjoyed sailing like this, and Bonnie was glad that their journey with him had only just begun.
"Is the weather always this nice out here?" Roxanne asked, the Rustboro Gym Leader appearing as though she was enjoying the peace of not having to run her gym and teach classes every day. She was quite comfortably lounging back on a deck chair behind Bonnie. Clyde was in another one, although he was busy looking at a map that Rotom was showing him.
"Hoenn often has good weather," Briney told her, chuckling, "but I would say that we've got a particularly good journey ahead of us. I think young Bonnie gives us good luck."
Bonnie blushed at that, turning back towards the ocean ahead of her. It seemed fairly empty of Pokemon, despite a few small islands around them where some likely were, so she was a bit disappointed by that. However, watching Peeko fly alongside the boat was quite the sight. Beautifly had gone out a few times with her, but the Butterfly Pokemon wasn't quite as used to the salty sea air, and the splashing water as Peeko was, so she needed a few more breaks. Bonnie had decided it would make for some good training for her, though.
"What would you folks say about stopping for some lunch?" Briney eventually asked, after a few more minutes of sailing. "Travelling the seas is hungry work!"
They were all quite agreeable to that, and Bonnie watched in interest as Briney steered the boat close to an island and dropped down an anchor. She was surprised he wasn't going in closer so they could go onto the island, but then she realized he simply planned to eat out on the water. She didn't mind at all, though, enjoying the sea too much herself to actually want to get off. So, as they came to a stop and the anchor dropped, Bonnie called out Beautifly, while Roxanne called out her Geodude and Nosepass, and helped to get the Pokemon food prepared, while Briney collected some sandwiches he'd made earlier.
When they'd all settled down to eat, Briney looked up as Peeko and Beautifly flew around over the boat, the two of them enjoying the sea breeze a little longer before beginning their own meals. "Ah, it's good for Peeko to have a friend to fly around with. She loves the sea and the sky, but it can get lonely up there."
"But you have each other for company, don't you?" Bonnie asked, looking curiously to him as the two fliers started to descend back towards the boat.
"Oh yes, but we do sometimes get separated. If it's a small package we're delivering, Peeko will head out to drop it off, and it takes some time to get back to the boat depending on where we are. And if the seas are rough, we might lose sight of each other while sailing." He sighed, looking slightly sad. "I do worry about her being attacked. Peeko is a determined one, though. She wants to keep at it, no matter what."
"That's the way to do it, though!" Bonnie said encouragingly, finding herself doing an Ash style fist pump. "You just need to keep working hard, and you'll always find your way back to each other and keep each other safe."
Roxanne smiled at Bonnie's words, looking to Peeko who also appeared impressed. "Peeko seems to love it, which considering what her ordeal with those Taillow could've done...well, if she's determined, she can't be stopped."
"Maybe your Sharpedo can help if she gets in more trouble," Clyde suggested, shuddering a little with the thought. Despite riding on Sharpedo to save Peeko, Bonnie could tell Clyde had been a little freaked out by how dangerous it had looked.
Briney nodded, smiling to his Pokemon. "We have some nice young friends, don't we, Peeko? They're encouraging us to be as brave as them!"
"Wingull! Wingull!" Peeko cheered happily, flapping her wings in excitement.
"Wingull!"
It sounded almost like an echo, and for a moment, Bonnie was pretty sure it was just Peeko's call being carried across the water. However, both Briney and Roxanne looked up, apparently assuming the sound was coming from somewhere else. A moment later, Bonnie could see they were right, and she watched as another Wingull began to approach, carried along on a strong gust of wind, that rocked the boat a little.
"Looks like Peeko's call might've attracted a friend," Clyde said, chuckling as the new Wingull came closer.
"I expect it just wants some food," Briney laughed out, watching the Wingull as it circled over the boat and then began to descend.
"Wingull!" the Seagull Pokemon cried out, landing on the railing nearby where Bonnie was sitting. It tilted its head, staring at her a moment, before looking to the partly eaten sandwich in her hands. "Gull?"
"Zzt! Is Wingull asking for your sandwich?" Rotom asked, floating over to attempt to take a picture. He didn't get a chance, as the Wingull looked at him and hit him immediately with a Water Gun. "Zzt! Error!"
Bonnie resisted the urge to laugh at that, knowing Rotom would be okay. She decided she'd be nice to the Wingull, and pulled off a small piece of bread from her sandwich and tossed it forward. "Here you go, Wingull," she called out as she did so, smiling at it. Part of her was remembering her thoughts when she'd first seen Peeko, and she couldn't help but think of her collection of empty pokeballs at her belt.
"Wingull!" Wingull cried happily as it opened its mouth and grabbed the bread, swallowing it in an instant. "Gull!" it then called out again, looking Bonnie in the eyes once more. "Gull!"
Bonnie tilted her head, looking to her friends who were watching in interest, before she looked back at the Wingull. "I just gave you some food," she said, although not without amusement. "Are you that hungry?"
"Gull!" Wingull answered, looking pointedly to her sandwich again.
"Nene," Dedenne then called out, picking up a few pieces of his Pokemon food and walking over to the Seagull Pokemon. "Denene," he said, holding them up to Wingull and smiling.
"Wingull!" Wingull cried out, suddenly lunging down and snatching up the food, with little regard for Dedenne. The Antenna Pokemon appeared shocked, falling backwards to avoid the beak that collected the pieces of food he'd dropped. "Gull!" Wingull shouted again, eyes locking on to Dedenne's now unguarded bowl. "Wingull!"
"Wingull!" Peeko then called out angrily, hopping over to stand between the new Wingull and the food. "Wingull gull!"
Bonnie's eyes widened as the situation devolved in front of her, Peeko attempting to guard the food while Wingull decided it was his. Unfortunately for Bonnie, however, he'd decided different food would be his. And, before she knew it, he'd fired a Water Gun towards Peeko, and then turned his sights on her.
"Hey!"
"Look out!"
"Ah!"
Suddenly, Bonnie's vision was a blur of white, and she could feel the sandwich in her hand being plucked away. She noticed a big yellow beak engulfing it a moment later, before she heard Beautifly crying out and charging in. Dedenne seemed to have recovered as well, because then both of them were in the scuffle, and orange, yellow and purple were suddenly added to the blurred colours in Bonnie's vision.
Unfortunately for Bonnie and her Pokemon, Wingull was as slippery as an Ekans, and they were all sprawled on the ground by the time the scuffle had finished. Bonnie looked up as she righted herself, and saw Wingull perched on the railing once more, eating the rest of the sandwich in delight. She glared at it, and she was about to lunge after it, but a moment before she did, she noticed it holding something under its feet, which it was now picking up in its beak. She felt her head, although she knew it was going to have nothing on it.
"My hat!" she yelled, eyes widening as Wingull suddenly flapped his wings, shooting into the air with the hat in his beak.
"Treecko, use Bullet Seed!" Clyde shouted, jumping up himself to try and help.
"Treecko!" the grass type shouted, unleashing the barrage of seeds, but unfortunately missing as Wingull easily twirled away from them, getting too high in the air. Dedenne tried to hit him with a Thunder Shock as well, but again, he was too far now, circling the boat from up above and appearing to laugh at them with muffled cries through Bonnie's hat.
"Beautifly, try and get him with a String Shot!" Bonnie then ordered, her Butterfly Pokemon flapping her wings and shooting into the air to engage with their new opponent.
"Peeko, do you think you could help as well?" Briney said to his partner Pokemon, the friendly Wingull nodding in answer.
The two fliers took off, locking on to their target up above, ready to engage. Bonnie focused on Beautifly, watching as her bug and flying type fired off a quick String Shot. Wingull seemed surprised by it, attempting to move out of the way, but getting struck on the wing with it. It seemed to slow him down enough for Peeko to reach him, Briney's partner clearly desperate to show she could help after what had happened with the Taillow.
Unfortunately, it all fell apart there. With Beautifly's String Shot pulling Wingull down, Peeko wasn't able to time her strike correctly, and she slammed into the wing that had been hit by the sticky webbing. It seemed to lock the two Wingull together, and Beautifly was so startled by the weight she released her String Shot, causing the two other fliers to begin to fall to the sea, unable to stay in the air.
As the boat rocked with a sizable wave, Bonnie looked around them, seeing that despite it being a reasonably nice day, it was still the sea. And as Briney had already said many times, the sea was unpredictable.
As Peeko and the Wingull hit the water, more waves came at them, and the two were seemingly plucked off of the surface and pulled away. Bonnie could hear her friends calling out in concern for them, but it was no use. Briney was quick to get the anchor and start pulling it up, but as Bonnie watched with wide eyes, the Wingull were both carried away, the sea having no interest in keeping them there. Beautifly tried to give chase and go lower to the water to catch them, but a wave nearly struck her, so she was forced to fly up. Once she'd gotten her bearings, they were out of sight again.
By the time Briney had gotten the anchor up, and they were ready to sail for Peeko and the Wingull, they had been carried too far away. Bonnie had long lost sight of them, and Beautifly appeared to be having no luck. Even Rotom tried to float a little higher up to snap some pictures, but he didn't seem to have any success either.
"We've gotta find them!" Bonnie told her friends, Briney nodding in determination. Obviously the priority was to get Peeko and make sure both of the Pokemon were safe, but getting that hat back was important as well. Ash had given it to her, and it was worth a lot to her. "Do you think they could've washed up on an island nearby, Mr. Briney?"
"I wouldn't be surprised," Briney said, looking calm despite the stressful situation. "That String Shot will have been washed away pretty quickly, so they won't get pulled under. That I'm sure of. They might not have enough in them to fly away yet, though, and Peeko knows to stay in one place if she's lost for too long."
"So we'll need to do the searching," Roxanne pointed out, getting up and trying to spot where the waves might've taken the two Pokemon. "Geodude and Beautifly can search from the air. Is that okay with you, Bonnie?"
"Of course," Bonnie agreed quickly, Beautifly already voicing her own agreement while Geodude floated up to join her.
"I can send Sharpedo out as well," Briney suggested, releasing his shark Pokemon out into the water and instructing it to look for their lost companion.
"Treecko tree!" Treecko spoke up, gesturing to Sharpedo and looking to Clyde.
Clyde seemed to understand, nodding as he looked to Sharpedo and then Briney. "Treecko wants to go with Sharpedo as backup I think."
"Zzt! I will join them!" Rotom volunteered, floating over to Sharpedo and holding onto its fin. "I can collect pictures that may help us!"
"That seems like a good idea," Briney said, nodding as he looked to the grass type and the PokeDex. "All right then, I think that settles it. If we don't find anything, we'll meet back at that island." He pointed to the island they were stopped by, which was hopefully going to be easier to spot as it was one of the bigger ones around, with a large rock on one of the beaches. "Let's set sail!"
There was a lot of water. Far too much, really. For a water type Pokemon, that might not have seemed possible before, but for Wingull, it certainly was a reality now.
When Wingull had been hit by the wave, entangled with his female counterpart, the two had been submerged quite quickly. He had been sure that another water type Pokemon had pulled them under. Images of a vicious Gyrados or Sharpedo had immediately flashed in his mind, and he struggled immensely to free himself, only making the situation worse. He and the female Wingull were only pulled under further and whipped around more by the waves.
Fortunately, they would emerge periodically, enough to get a breath, before being plunged underwater again and carried along further. Both Wingull became too tired to struggle anymore after a few minutes, and seemed to silently agree to just staying together to let the waves take them wherever they would go. It seemed to take forever for that to become a reality, but eventually, Wingull did feel something solid underneath him, and after being hit forward by one more large wave, he looked up to see trees in front of him, and felt the sand rubbing into his beak.
"Wing...gull," he grunted out as he struggled to stand up, blinking the saltwater out of his eyes. He could hear the other Wingull next to him, coughing a little, but he wasn't going to worry about her at the moment. It was mostly her fault he'd gotten into this situation.
After another few moments to recover from the less than enjoyable ride through the ocean, Wingull finally stood up and looked at his surroundings. It appeared as though they'd washed up on an island with a few berry trees, which he was relieved about. He was still quite hungry after not being able to get as much as he would've liked from those humans, and he couldn't eat the hat that was lying next to him. Other than the trees, though, there didn't seem to be anything else very special about the island compared to any of the others around. He was just concerned about finding out where to go when he left, as he didn't know what direction to go to get to any other pieces of land, and didn't want to get lost out on the water.
"Gull?" Wingull glanced over at his apparent companion, noticeable irritation in his gaze. It seemed she wanted know what he wanted to do about their predicament, but he didn't really have much interest in sticking together.
"Wingull!" he snapped at her, flapping his wings a little to show his irritation. "Gull wingull!"
"Wingull..." she murmured quietly, shying away. He stared at her a moment longer, feeling somewhat satisfied that he'd made it clear he didn't want her bothering him. However, after watching her another moment, he could see her wing had a small scar on it, and it was tucked in a bit closer to her body, as though it felt a bit uncomfortable.
"Wing wingull?" Wingull asked after a moment of hesitation, looking at the female Wingull and then nodding to one of the berry trees.
"Wingull," she responded nervously, shaking her head and looking down at her injured wing as well.
The Seagull Pokemon sighed at that, but before he could think too much about it, he flapped his wings and flew up towards the top of one of the berry trees. He looked over the branches to find the best collection of berries and spotted a cluster of them hanging off near the end. He narrowed his eyes in focus, hovered in the air a moment, and then flapped his wings as hard as he could. Suddenly, what appeared to be razors of wind flung outward, slicing off part of the branch and sending the collection of berries down towards the ground. Wingull quickly flew down to collect them and carried them back over to where the other Wingull was watching him in awe.
"Wingull!" she cried out excitedly as he dropped the berries down between them. "Wingull!"
He felt his cheeks heat up at that, but just nodded down towards the berries and bent his head down to take one in his beak. The other Wingull did the same, however, and their beaks bumped into each other, causing both to whip their heads back. The other Wingull seemed slightly amused by it, shyly looking away. Wingull hesitated a moment, narrowing his eyes suspiciously, before bending down to split up the berries to avoid the same thing happening again. There was one extra berry in the split, and he begrudgingly gave it to her, just because he felt bad about her wing.
"Gull!" she said once he had split the berries, and then she began to eat. He looked away at that, before deciding to eat as well, feeling uneasy about what he was supposed to do if this was to continue. He knew he couldn't leave her to fend for herself with that wing.
When the berries were finished, Wingull looked around once more, wondering if he should explore the island a little more so he could figure out where they could rest safely until they could leave. It seemed the female Wingull was interested in doing that as well, attempting to move her injured wing, almost as though she wanted to fly.
"Wingull!" he snapped irritably at her, shaking his head and gesturing with his wing to her injured one. "Wingull! Gull!"
"Wingull," she responded in exasperation, moving her wing a little bit, wincing a little bit, but trying to hide it.
Wingull shook his head at that, holding up his wing as a signal for her to stay where she was. She didn't seem interested in listening to that, however, as she started to rise and walk once he had taken off into the air. He rolled his eyes at that, deciding that he couldn't stop her if she was going to be stubborn. He just needed to find a way to rest up and get off the island as fast as possible.
As he flew over top of the trees, Wingull noticed the island was fairly large, and he was sure that there would be other Pokemon around. That made him feel confident enough that there would be more food and that there would be a way to safely find a way off of the island eventually, but he was nervous about finding a place to stay. If they stayed on the beach, he knew that would bring the risk of the tide coming in, and potentially leaving them vulnerable to something like a Sharpedo attack.
"Gull..." Wingull was not a fan of Sharpedo. They were some of the most vicious Pokemon he'd ever encountered. He definitely wanted to avoid dealing with any of them if possible.
As he searched the island, he found mostly what was typical of the other islands he'd stayed on. There were a few other Pokemon around, but they seemed to be comfortable in various dens hidden among the trees. He doubted he and the other Wingull would be welcome if they tried to stay in the area. It wasn't looking like he could find anywhere higher up they could rest either. He sighed, realizing they were just going to have to stay on the beach after all.
The Seagull Pokemon began to make his way back towards where he'd left the female Wingull, wondering if she had stayed out of trouble. He hoped she had, as he felt he might need her later on if anything else went wrong. He scanned the area for her, noticing a shape flying in the distance and wondering if it was her. It didn't seem to be, though, as the shape seemed to hover for a moment as though it had just seen him, before flying away. Wingull felt that just meant it was another lost Pokemon that wanted to keep its distance.
After scanning the beach a bit more, Wingull finally noticed his new companion resting comfortably under another tree, two piles of leaves and moss arranged in front of her, along with some more berries. He felt his stomach rumble at that, feeling hungry once again. He couldn't help but think of those humans and the food they'd had. It would've been nice to always have food like that. He rarely went to sleep with a full stomach with some of the crazy Pokemon around these days. Some of them were extremely aggressive over the food supplies that had always been plentiful, and it had become more and more difficult to find safe places to gather food. Wingull had only really found success in stealing from humans.
"Wingull," he greeted his female counterpart, nodding towards the nests and the berries in thanks. He could see that the hat was lying there as well, and wondered if there was something particularly special about it, given that the other Wingull had decided to bring it along. He almost felt bad about taking it if that was the case.
"Gull!" she responded happily, taking a berry and eating it before lying down in her nest.
There wasn't much communication after that, and as the sun began to set, both of the Seagull Pokemon began to drift off. As Wingull drifted off to sleep, the sounds of the ocean slowly changed to that of...laughter. It was strange. It sounded like a human. A human girl. She was then joined by a boy, and another girl who sounded older. There was some other sound as well. It sounded almost mechanical. Zzt zzt! it said, joining the laughter. Wingull tried to see where the laughter was coming from, and as he opened his eyes, all he saw was an orange blur in front of him. He tried to clear his eyes by blinking, but suddenly it vanished, and he was alone in the air, soaring over the ocean.
"Wail! Wailmer!"
"Wingull!"
Wingull's eyes shot open as he woke up. It had felt like only a few minutes, but as he looked around, he realized he'd been sleeping the whole night, as it was a bright morning now, the sun shining down on the beach. He looked over to where the female Wingull had been, eyes widening in surprise as he realized she wasn't there. He was confused for a moment, wondering if she'd flown away despite her wing injury. However, just then he heard the same noise that had woken him up.
"Wailmer!"
"Wingull!"
He knew there was trouble before he saw it, but when he looked, he still jumped in surprise. It was a beached Wailmer, the tide apparently having carried it into shore over the night. What was worse, however, was the crowd of Carvanha at the edge of the water, trying desperately to bite at it. The female Wingull was trying to use Water Gun to push them back, but was clearly not having success. It looked even worse as a large fin emerged in the centre of the group of Carvanha.
"Sharpedo!"
Wingull wanted to flee immediately when he saw it, the vicious teeth of the Brutal Pokemon snapping together as he lunged at the Wailmer, attempting what his pre-evolved forms were struggling with, and coming much closer to succeeding. Wingull noticed his companion trying to shuffle forward to protect Wailmer a little more, and he flinched, seeing a Carvanha hit her with an Aqua Jet, before falling back into the water.
"Gull!" she cried out, staggering back, leaving the Wailmer vulnerable for the next attack from Sharpedo.
"Sharrr!" the shark Pokemon roared, launching itself forward and grabbing onto the spherical whale's fin and pulling it back. The weight seemed to surprise the Sharpedo, as it seemed to be forced to let go, falling back into the water. However, it seemed as though it was about to try again, the Wailmer's eyes wide in terror.
Wingull knew he needed to help, seeing the fear in Wailmer's eyes, along with his injured fellow Wingull. He was scared, though, knowing how dangerous Sharpedo could be. It and its companions certainly looked a lot better fed than he was. There was a very good reason why, too.
"Gull..." He took a deep breath, preparing to take off, knowing he didn't have a choice. If Wingull hadn't gathered leaves and berries the night before, maybe he would've taken off...or maybe he'd still fight. He didn't know. He knew now that he had to fight, though.
"Beautifly, use Aerial Ace!"
Sharpedo was hit by something going at an incredibly high speed, and as Wingull had been flapping his wings to move forward himself, he paused in shock, seeing the powerful water and dark type Pokemon staggering back, the Carvanha around it looking nervous. A moment later, Wingull could see what had hit him, a Beautifly with different colouring than the ones he had seen before was circling back, looking in the distance as though waiting for something. Wingull followed its gaze, seeing what it was.
The human girl was there. And she was there to help.
When Beautifly had arrived back at the island they were meeting at, excitedly crying out, Bonnie had known immediately that she had found Peeko and the Wingull. The only problem was that after the many hours of exhaustive searching, everyone had passed out at their camp, hoping to recharge and search the next day. Bonnie had been unable to sleep, though, and she'd been up since everyone had gone to bed.
She had stood up immediately and run towards Beautifly, Dedenne stirring from his spot next to her and following her. When Beautifly had confirmed Bonnie's thoughts, the two of them had gone over to the edge of the beach they were resting at, where Briney's Sharpedo was sleeping. Bonnie had felt bad about going without informing the others, but she knew they were tired, and she felt they would get there faster if they just went with Sharpedo instead of getting the boat all set up. Sharpedo had been more than willing to go, though, and they'd set off immediately.
It took awhile, and Bonnie hoped that Sharpedo had kept track of where they were heading and what the route back would be, because she was hoping to send him back when they found Peeko. Fortunately, he seemed to be confident, having travelled alongside Briney and Peeko on the ocean for awhile now. He was the first to spot the commotion on the island that was their destination, and thanks to him, Bonnie had been able to get Beautifly there in time to intercept the wild Sharpedo attacking the beached Wailmer.
As Beautifly was circling back to continue to engage in battle, Bonnie glanced at the beach where the attack was occurring, seeing Peeko trying to comfort and protect the Wailmer. Unfortunately, she seemed to be hurt. Bonnie couldn't tell if it was from being carried away by the rough waters, or the Sharpedo and surrounding Carvanha, but she knew Peeko needed help as much as the Wailmer. She supposed that the wild Wingull had long gone, unfortunately, as it could've been a big help.
Sharpedo sped forward, Bonnie gritting her teeth as she noticed the wild Carvanha trying to leap forward and nip at Wailmer. Luckily, Peeko deflected a couple with Water Gun, while the others simply couldn't reach. The big problem would be the Sharpedo, but fortunately Beautifly was holding her own against it, keeping it at bay with Gust.
"Sharpedo," Bonnie said to Briney's Sharpedo, looking down to him as they neared the edge of the beach, "I need you to get back to Briney and the others while I help here. Can you do that?"
"Shar!" the Brutal Pokemon agreed quickly, despite a nervous look over to his wild counterpart.
"We'll be fine," Bonnie assured him, jumping off onto the sand and already running. "Just get the others. They might already be looking for us!"
With that, she ran the rest of the way, waving to Peeko as the Seagull Pokemon looked up and saw her, relief in her eyes. "Wingull!" she cried, looking happily over to Wailmer as though assuring it that they would be safe now.
Bonnie knew they needed to do more, though, and she could see that the wild Sharpedo was getting its Carvanha friends to help fight Beautifly, many of the dangerous fish Pokemon leaping at her and narrowly missing with their menacing teeth. "Dedenne, help Beautifly!" Bonnie ordered quickly, Dedenne hopping off her shoulder and running. "Use Tackle!"
"Nene!" Dedenne cried out, leaping forward and slamming into a jumping Carvanha. He hit it with great force, sending the Savage Pokemon fleeing, however, he seemed to flinch, wincing at a pain on his forehead. Bonnie remembered immediately about Sharpedo's Rough Skin ability, and wondered if Carvanha had it too.
"Dedenne, Beautifly!" Bonnie called out, watching carefully as Beautifly flew higher to avoid a Dark Pulse. "You need to keep your distance. Attacking directly will hurt you." Both Pokemon nodded, and Bonnie realized that Beautilfy seemed to have been hit by Rough Skin as well from her earlier Aerial Ace. I need to be more careful, she realized. "Okay, Beautifly, use String Shot! Bring the Carvanha together!"
"Beautifly!" the Butterfly Pokemon responded, flapping her wings hard and darting down, spinning easily away from Sharpedo as it launched upwards with an Aqua Jet.
"Perfect!" Bonnie yelled in triumph, pumping her fist as Beautifly used her extra space to strike upon the crowd of Carvanha, pulling them all in with a barrage of String Shots. "Now Dedenne!"
"Denene!" Dedenne shouted, jumping into the air and firing off a Thunder Shock. The Carvanha all cried out at once, fleeing from the battle as soon as they could. It left only Sharpedo.
"Sharrr!"
Bonnie's eyes widened as she looked to where the cry had come from, seeing the Brutal Pokemon airborne again, aiming at Beautifly with an Aqua Jet. This time, she wasn't going to be able to dodge, and all she could do was brace herself. Dedenne had started running forward towards her, but he clearly wasn't going to reach them in time. However, something did.
"Wingull!"
"Sharrr!"
Splash!
What appeared to be a barrage of blades of air slammed into Sharpedo at full speed, sending him crashing back down into the water, just before he had been about to hit Beautifly. Bonnie looked back to see where they had come from, seeing the Wingull hovering over Wailmer. She was sure it was Peeko for a moment, but then she noticed Briney's partner was still next to the beached Wailmer, and she was looking up in awe at Beautifly's saviour.
"It's you!" Bonnie called out in excitement, smiling as Wingull looked at her. He seemed a little uneasy, and Bonnie was almost wondering if he felt bad about the trouble he'd caused. She didn't care about that now, though, just glad that Beautifly hadn't been hit, and that now they could work together. "Mind helping us out just a little more?" she asked the Wingull.
"Gull!" Wingull answered, nodding quickly and narrowing his eyes as the Sharpedo recovered, turning around and preparing to fight on.
"All right, Beautifly, hit it with Gust!" Bonnie ordered, pointing ahead as Sharpedo charged forward, looking furious.
"Flyyy!" Beautifly cried out, flapping her wings with all her might, hitting the incoming shark Pokemon with a massive gust of wind. It didn't seem to be stopping him from moving, but it was slowing him down enough.
"Now Dedenne, use Thunder Shock!" Bonnie called out next, smiling as Wingull flew down to allow Dedenne to hop onto his back, the two flying forward to engage Sharpedo from closer in.
When they were just in front of the enemy Pokemon, Dedenne unleashed his attack, striking down on Sharpedo with a powerful jet of electricity. "Nene!" Dedenne cheered as Sharpedo's charge stopped, the Brutal Pokemon's body smoking as he winced and staggered back.
"Your turn, Wingull!" Bonnie called out, somehow knowing that Wingull would know what to do.
"Wingull!" Wingull cried out in answer, flapping his wings and shooting down, before stopping only a few feet away. He flapped his wings harder then, hitting Sharpedo with a barrage of the blades of air from his Air Cutter attack.
That seemed to do it, as Sharpedo cried out in pain and frustration. He turned immediately, fleeing from the island. Bonnie hoped he and those Carvanha wouldn't start any trouble again after that, but she supposed if there were more Pokemon like Wingull around, they wouldn't.
Once it was clear that Sharpedo and the Carvanha had gone, Bonnie and the Pokemon did their best to try and get Wailmer back in the water, but were unfortunately just not strong enough. Fortunately, Wingull and Peeko were able to keep Wailmer hydrated enough and the group was able to wait for Bonnie's friends to return. When she saw a Sharpedo in the distance, she had been a little nervous, but then Bonnie had seen the boat and she knew the good Sharpedo had done his job and had successfully alerted her friends to where she was.
After a brief scolding from Roxanne and Clyde about leaving the group, and an emotional reunion between Peeko and Briney, Bonnie managed to get everyone to help in getting Wailmer off of the beach. They had him hold a rope in his teeth, while Briney connected the other end to the boat. With some additional help from everyone pushing Wailmer, the boat successfully pulled the whale Pokemon out. It expressed its gratitude with a spray of water, before it departed, Bonnie telling it to be careful about the Carvanha.
As Wailmer's image disappeared into the distance, Bonnie was surprised to see Peeko flying over to Briney's boat and picking something up off of it. It appeared to be a leftover sandwich, and for a moment, Bonnie wondered if Peeko was going to eat it. However, she carried it back towards the beach, and then dropped it in front of someone else.
"Well it appears this other young Wingull is our friend now, is that right, Peeko?" Briney asked, chuckling. "I suppose the two of you had quite the little adventure!"
"Wingull!" Peeko responded cheerfully, looking back at Wingull. The wild Seagull Pokemon looked a little uneasy, but he stared down at the sandwich, before looking over to Bonnie. She wondered if he felt bad about taking part of her sandwich now, and the thought made her smile. If he'd learned his lesson, she wouldn't hold a grudge. She nodded encouragingly.
"Gull!" he then cried out, opening up the sandwich and looking around at the other Pokemon. He took a small bite himself, but it seemed he wanted to share to make up for the day before. That didn't seem to be quite enough, though, as he looked to Bonnie once more, before taking off and flying further down the beach. Bonnie thought for a moment he was leaving, but then she could see him flying back, something red in his beak.
"My hat!" she called out happily, taking it as Wingull hovered in front of her.
"Wingull?" Wingull then said to her, his eyes downcast when she looked back up at him. "Wingull gull."
"It's okay, Wingull," Bonnie said immediately, smiling when his eyes met hers. "I forgive you. Besides, you helped us out a lot today. You made up for it all."
"Nenene!" Dedenne agreed, scurrying up to Bonnie's shoulder.
"Zzt! But Wingull would not have needed to help if-"
"Fly!" Beautifly interrupted, hitting Rotom in the face with a String Shot.
Bonnie giggled at that, before looking back to an embarrassed looking Wingull. "It was really cool to battle alongside you earlier, Wingull," she said, taking a deep breath. "What do you think of doing that some more?"
"Wingull?" he asked, tilting his head. His eyes then widened as he looked down to Bonnie's belt, where her hand was absentmindedly fiddling with a pokeball. He seemed to look excited, though, and his eyes then went to Peeko, who gave him an encouraging nod. "Gull! Wingull!" he then cried happily, nodding to Bonnie and flying closer to her, nuzzling her with his beak.
"The more Wingull, the merrier!" Briney said happily at that, Roxanne and Clyde cheering next to him in excitement.
"All right then, Wingull!" Bonnie said, determination in her eyes as she stepped back and raised her pokeball. "Together, we'll win the Hoenn League!"
"Wingull!"
And as Wingull was taken into the pokeball, the three shakes and soft ding confirming his capture, Bonnie couldn't have felt more excited about the journey ahead. Her next gym battle couldn't come soon enough. With a new Pokemon at her side, she was sure that next badge would be hers.
"All right! I got a Wingull!"
Author's Note:
And so, Bonnie has caught another Pokemon! Wingull was always meant to become Bonnie's Pokemon in this story I think. When I started the last version, I had thought about it, but changed my mind and regretted it. Now, I get to execute the idea, and I think it fits well with Bonnie. He should be a fun one. And, he'll come in handy at the Dewford Gym.
As for what comes next, well...Lumiose University comes next. And boy...do we have a lot to get to. I want to finish the damn thing, and I'm gonna try my very best to do that, and do it in reasonably good time. I will not be publishing more of this until LU is done, or if I've done a whole bunch and just need a break to keep going. But when LU is done, and that day will be soon, I can really focus on this story. When we get to do that, I think it can get really fun with what's to come.
Anyway, hope you enjoyed, and I'll see you next time.