I apologize for no roster last chapter, I was pressed for time. Now on to Chapter 7 where we get done with the second half of the Jubilife Arc and start the Floroma Arc! Nothing else to say except enjoy the story and don't forget to review your thoughts!

Now on with the show!

Chapter 7: Floroma Town, Here We Come!

Dipper had traveled out of the Oreburgh Gate alone, as Mabel and Soos were still in Oreburgh City awaiting their Gym Challenges. He had acquired his Coal Badge with little ease, and even evolved his Chimchar into Monferno. It was almost evening when Dipper made it back through Route 207 and into Jubilife City. He was tuckered out, and he forgot to stop at the Pokemon Center in Oreburgh, so he quickly rushed to Jubilife's Pokemon Center to heal.

He exited the center and was heading North toward Floroma Town before he noticed some people blocking the North exit, and one of them was Professor Rowan.

"That's Professor Rowan, and that's Pacifica! And those two other guys look like the guy I saw on the night I caught Magikarp, the one who tried to steal my Pokemon!" Dipper said to himself. "They might be in trouble."

Dipper quickly ran over to the 4 people.

"Professor Rowan! Pasifica! Are you in trouble?" Dipper asked.

"Yes, we kind of are." Pacifica said. "These guys are trying to steal Professor Rowan's research on Pokemon Evolution, and they won't let us leave!"

"Just give us this research, in the name of Team Galactic!" one of the men yelled.

"Team Galactic is their name? Huh, I thought it was something else." Dipper said.

"Dipper, I can't believe I'm asking you this, but can you team up with me in a double-battle and take down these two fashion losers in gray over here?" Pacifica asked.

"I'd be happy to." Dipper said with a smile of determination. "Let's do this!"

"We may be Grunts, but we will best you in battle!" Grunt 1 said. "Like you're any important trainer, we'll crush you! Go Zubat!" Grunt 1 toseed out a Pokeball revealing Zubat.

"Go Wurmple!" Grunt 2 said, tossing a Pokeball, revealing a little red worm Pokemon with some red spikes on it and a white belly and yellow eyes.

"Go Furfrou!" Pacifica tossed out a Pokeball, revealing her Furfrou. "Let's win this with style!"

"Go Starly!" Dipper tossed a Pokeball, revealing Starly, stars bursting from it. "We can do this!"

"You have a Shiny Starly? When did you get that?" Pacifica asked.

"First day of my journey. Starly, Wing Attack on Wurmple!" Dipper commanded. Starly's wings glowed white as Starly flew towards Wurmple, slamming into it, knocking it out in one hit. "It's super effective!"

"You little runt!" Grunt 2 recalled his Wurmple. "This Pokemon is trash, and now I'm all out!"

"Zubat, Leech Life on Furfrou!" Grunt 1 commanded. Zubat shot a little dart out of its mouth toward Furfrou, which landed a hit and drained a little bit of Furfrou's hit points, returning those hit points to Zubat.

"Oh Furfrou! Your stupid Zubat ruined my Furfrou's looks! Furfrou use Thundershock!" Furfrou glowed a bright, vibrant yellow before shooting a few bolts of electricity at Zubat, knocking it out in one hit.

"What?! No!" Grunt 1 recalled his Zubat. "I'm supposed to be good at this!"

"No matter! We'll just inform the boss of this, then your precious research will be in our hands." Grunt 2 said. "In the name of Team Galactic!" The two Galactic Grunts ran off toward into Route 203 toward Ravaged Path and Floroma Town.

"I must thank you two for-" Professor Rowan was surprised to see a third Grunt come from nowhere. He grabbed at Professor Rowan's briefcase and yanked it out of his hands.

"Guys! I got the research! I got the-" Grunt 3 was surprised with 2 large trails of water that hit him, knocking the suitcase out of his hands and into Rowan's, and sending him flying straight into the other Grunts, who were about to enter Ravaged Path.

Dipper, Pacifica, and Professor Rowan turned to see Soos with his Piplup who learned Water Gun, and Mabel riding a Bibarel, a bigger Bidoof that stood on its hind legs, had white eyes with a tan line around them, and a large black tail with tan markings on it. Bibarel was clearly an evolved form of Bidoof, and it had used Water Gun as well, now being a dual Normal Type and Water Type Pokemon.

"That's how you do it, Bibarel!" Mabel cheered, patting Bibarel on the head.

"Great job, Piplup!" Soos said, petting Piplup.

"Mabel? Soos? When did you guys get here?" Dipper asked. Mabel got off of Bibarel.

"We just finished our Gym Challenges and got here as fast as we could." Mabel answered. "Wendy is still making sure Robbie is ready to try for his first badge." She recalled Bibarel, and Soos recalled Piplup.

"Yeah, we wanted to watch them, but Roark had to go into the Oreburgh Mines to do something." Soos said. "Anyway, I went before Mabel and won in only a few seconds, thanks to Piplup." Soos held out a fresh Coal Badge. "Mabel used Turtwig, but it got knocked out. Resorting to Bidoof, well, Bidoof evolved in the battle, and she won in seconds."

"Yeah! It was awesome!" Mabel said, obviously exited. Professor Rowan cleared his throat, making everyone turn their attention to him.

"As I was saying, I thank you both, Dipper and Pacifica, for aiding me in the time of need." Rowan said. "This research is vital to me, and if those Team Galactic goons get their hands on it, it could be disastrous."

"Team Galactic? Are those the guys in weird outfits and have the golden G's on them?" Mabel asked.

"Yes, Mabel. They're very bad news." Pacifica said. "I'd say stay away from them, but who cares if you're with them or not." Pacifica smirked and walked off toward Floroma. "Oh, Dipper. Good, uh… Battling."

"Uh, thanks." Dipper replied. Pacifica walked off toward Floroma. "Take care Professor Rowan!"

"You too Pacifica!" Rowan turned to the group. "I'll be heading back to my lab. Oh, how are your Pokedex's coming?" Everyone pulled out their Pokedex's. Professor Rowan browsed through each of them.

"Hmm, this is filled a little more than I thought. I didn't expect you to meet so many new Pokemon already! This will aid in my research." Professor Rowan headed off toward Sandgem Town. "Have a good journey!"

"Thanks Professor Rowan!" they called out.

The group had advanced back toward Ravaged Path. With Rock Smash on hand, they now were able to make the cave more accessible to get around. Mabel taught Rock Smash to her Bibarel, Dipper taught it to Monferno, and Soos couldn't teach it to any of his current Pokemon.

Dipper sent out his Monferno and asked it to use Rock Smash. Monferno clumped its fists together and smashed on the rocks, crumbling them into pieces.

"Finally we can get to Floroma Town!" Dipper said. "Let's hurry!"

"Oh Dipper, I never asked, where is the next Gym?" Mabel asked.

"Yeah, lil' dude, where is it?" Soos asked. Dipper checked his map of Sinnoh.

"Well, it says there's a Gym in a place called Eterna City. Says its North-East of Floroma, past the Eterna Forest." Dipper answered them. "I guess that's where we'll go next!"

Dipper put away his map and the group exited the Ravaged Path through an entrance ahead, one step closer to Floroma Town.

-(End Of Chapter)-

I did it! I finally did it! I went through hell to write this! It took hours! Anyways, enjoy this chapter, and I'll get the next one done soon. This chapter ended on Page 50. 50 Page milestone!

Dipper: 1 Badge - Monferno, Starly*, Magikarp

Mabel: 1 Badge - Turtwig, Bibarel

Soos: 1 Badge - Piplup, Shinx

Stay Tuned!

~087-B