Kari entered her first contest with Fennekin as her partner. Fennekin learned 'Flame Wheel' which Kari used in the contest. She was surprised when she actually won the contest, collecting her first ribbon.
When it was over she let out her other two companions.
"Hey Pumkin, Noctowl, guess what I got my first ribbon"
Fennekin nodded,"If only that Kirlia could've seen us, it turned out better that how we planned it"
"Great work Fennekin", Noctowl replied.
Kari gathered the group together,"Alright the next town, not that far from here we have to take the mountains, so no forest this time"
"Mountains we have to climb up there?"
"Pumkin I heard there are caves inside with crystals and diamonds", Fennekin told him.
Noctowl thought,"Maybe we can grab some and sell them at high price"
Pumkin nodded,"Or maybe Kari can make a necklace or some earings out of the diamonds we can find there."
"Guys were not even sure if were even going inside the caves, there are other ways going to the other side of the mountain", Fennekin added.
Kari got a great idea,"Oh this looks like fun were taking this route her guys", she showed them a picture of a Rhyhorn"
Noctowl tilted its head,"The Rhyhorn trail?"
The team gathered some supplies at nearby PokeMart, some extra PokeBalls, Potions to heal, some berries, and some extra food for the trip. We passed by an Officer Jenny riding a motorcycle with her Growlithe as we approached the small path to the mountain.
"Do you think we'll encounter other trainers here?", she was talking to both herself and the Pokemon in the Balls.
The PokeBalls weren't soundproof so they heard her perfectly.
She passed by a small pond before noticing a Rhyhorn walk up to her.
Startled and assuming he was going to keep going went out of his direction leaning against some rocks. The Rhyhorn stopped and looked at the girl.
"Your going up the mountain? Here", he went in a sitting position, motioning her to climb on.
"Really thank you, do you belong to a trainer, shall I give you some money for the ride?"
"Master says people like you ride for free", the Ryhorn sounded old, like he's had a long life.
"Well thanks", she got on its back, struggling a bit to get comfortable.
"Sorry its just, trying to get comfortable."
Rhyhorn sighed,"Sorry if its too rough, I've been around for a while the last trainer said I felt like moving concrete"
Kari laughed as she laid down.
"You might want to sit I don't want you slipping off my back in the middle of the trip"
Kari apologized sitting up.
The Rhyhorn stood up and starting to walk as slowly as a turtle.
"Do you want to hear a story?", suggested the Rhyhorn.
Kari shrugged,"Sure it will pass time anyway"
"You see, it all started when I just hatched from the egg, my eyes laid on a young boy laying near a tree, he was overjoyed seeing my birth before his eyes, hugging me and jumping in the air with joy. He lives in a cave on this very mountain to this day, you might see him exploring the caves."Kari added,"Are there Zubat?"
Rhyhorn nodded,"Of course, a ton of Pokemon Bats live in there, not just Zubat. He raises them when their young, calling them with a whistle since their usually blind and hear the soundwaves in the air. They follow the sound, kind of like you following your mothers voice from a distance. The bats enjoy eating the many berries I usually give both trainers and even fruit carts rides to the mountain and back."
Ryhorn and Kari talked about themselves for a while before seeing a mouth of a cave,"Miss this is a shortcut, and its quite beautiful"
"Can we go in there?"
"Sure, my master's in there, if you want to meet him, Hey Arnold!"
An old man feeding a Noibat some fruit smiled seeing his companion,"Hey Rhyhorn, oh and who's this lovely lady here?"
"Name's Kari Im a Corridinator, your Rhyhorn was sweet enough to give me a ride up the mountain"
The Noibat sniffed the air then flew over to Kari,"Oh hello there"
"Noi-Noi!"
"Were you surprised my Rhyhorn spoke to you?"
"It used Telepathy?...Alright how do I get this bat off me?", Kari shook off the Noibat waving its wings to her.
The old man held up a berry,"Hey, Chipper, got another berry for you"
The Noibat stared into Kari's eyes for a bit then eyed the berry, and just flew backwards to watch Kari and fly closer to the berry, once it was close it licked the berry a bit before releasing its jaws to digest it before flying back to her.
"You need a Pokemon right? You can take the Noibat if you want, the thing with my Ryhorn was it uses a Translator to communicate with trainers or adults when they pass by."
"Noibat's got a cool color", Kari complimented.
"You know what I'll make a deal with you do you have any flying types, ones that aren't Bat related?", the old man asked.
Kari tossed Noctowl's Pokeball,"I have this Noctowl"
Noctowl looked at the man,"Wow your Noctowl is perfect, I'll trade you Noibat for your Noctowl"
Kari motioned with her hands,"Wait give me a second to make a decision", she turned her gaze to Noctowl,"Noctowl you've been with us for a while if you want to you can live with this man and his Ryhorn and Bat Pokemon, or stay with us? There are a lot of flying types you can meet and be friends with"
Noctowl looked at a Swoobat far away waving at him, he looked at Kari one last time then flew over to the Swoobat.
"Seems he made his decision, how do you feel about it?"
Kari smiled,"As long as he's happy Im fine with it, take good care of Noctowl for me", the Noibat touched the Pokeball with his wing heading inside. Three shakes and the ball captured him.
"Awesome I got a Noibat!"
The zigzagoon heard her from the ball,"Wait what happened to Noctowl, did he leave?"
The zigzagoon and Fennekin got summoned out of the Balls,"Say bye to Noctowl he'll be staying here"
"Noctowl your really leaving us?", Fennekin asked.
"Yeah I mean it was fun, I'll miss you two, Im glad I got to know you both", Noctowl waved bye then left with the Swoobat.
Kari smiled,"So are there actual crystals in these caves?"
The old man smiled and got up from his spot,"Why yes follow me, there further into the cave"
Kari followed him further eyeing the sudden lighting around her.
Diamonds were formed into the walls, ceiling, and floor.
At the end of the tour of the caves Kari thanked the man she met for both the Noibat and sharing the experience of seeing the crystals.
Kari decided to change Noibat's name back to 'Noibat', replacing 'Chipper'.
Kari left the cave, realizing how much progress she made looking down below with the trail she rode on Rhyhorn.
"Hey you're a trainer right?"
Kari shrieked from the voice behind her.
"Im so sorry", said a girl with rollerskates.
"I didn't know anyone was even up here, Im sorry", Kari tried apologizing.
A Pokemon followed her, the rollerskate girl smiled,"Me and Lucario were just taking the long way up the mountain, you met Arnold the guy who's into bat Pokemon?"
Kari nodded,"He gave me a Noibat"
The girl gasped in excitement,"Oh my gosh since when did he start collecting Noibat? I tried finding a Noivern for a long time can I see yours?
Kari nodded throwing the ball inbetween them. The Noibat opened its eyes and shielded itself a bit from the sun's light.
"Oh my gosh its adorable!", the girl bent down to pet its head.
"My name's Korrina, Im the Shalour City Gym Leader in the next town, are you… my next opponent?"
"Im not a trainer Im a corridinator", Kari told her. Korrina groaned,"Aw man you looked like a good challenge.", she plumped down on the ground.
"Do you have any strong Pokemon?", Korrina asked Kari, Kari tossed a few balls in the air.
"How are these?"
She brought out her team and Korrina laughed,"You must have stored some in a PC that can't be your entire team", eyeing the Zigzagoon, and Fennekin playing with the Noibat.
"Well Fennekin and I managed to win our first ribbon", Kari said.
Korrina pointed at the fire type,"With a Fennekin? What kind of moves did you use?"
Kari explained how Fennekin used a Flame Wheel in the contest.
"I've kinda wanted to be a corridinator before but my dad made me train for being a gym leader"
"Your Lucario's sweet", Kari petted the Lucario's head.
"Yeah I had him when he was just a Riolu. He was a gift from my dad when I turned 10", Korrina got up from her sitting position, Lucario walked up to her also.
"Well it was nice getting to know you, Im traveling down the mountain—"
"Can I join you?", Korrina asked,"I barely get to walk with anyone other than Lucario"
Kari nodded, the two girls heading down the mountain being careful not to slip off a loose rock. The two waved each other goodbye once they stood back on the grassy terrain.
"Hope we meet again", Korrina left with Lucario.
Kari smiled,"Well she's cool"
Pumkin chuckled,"Her Lucario was amazing"
Fennekin recognized something,"That girl seemed to be wearing one of those fancy bands around her arm"
The Noibat smiled,"You mean a Key Stone that makes Pokemon Mega Evolve? Many trainers get them during their journey, they have to get specific stones for their Pokemon and must have a strong bond in order for Mega Evolution to occur."
Fennekin was interested,"Can I Mega Evolve once I reach the third stage?"
The Noibat thought for a minute," I never saw a Delphox Mega Evolve yet so Im not sure, but surely the Kalos starters.. might be able to Mega Evolve"
Folowing Harry
"Hey kid over here", a merchant called out to Peter. Pulling off his earphones walked over to the man's stand.
"Did you say something?", Peter questioned him, the merchant smiled.
"You see this?", the merchant threw a Magicarp at Peter. Peter dodged it as the Magicarp flew into the hair of someone nearby chewing on a sandwhich. The guy let out a shriek and stood up turning around,"Alright just who hit me with a Magicarp, {gasps} It's you!"
Harry recognized the man, it was James, looking a lot angrier than usual.
"Whoa James I didn't do that I swear", Harry got pushed out of the way.
"Not you, this theif!", he pointed at the merchant holding the getaway Magicarp in his hands.
"Theif? No, no, your mistaken, see I sell rare Magicarp at high price, they say this kind of Magicarp can lay thousands of eggs, people pay high price for Magicarp nowadays."
James waved his hands frantically,"No don't listen to him, he's lying Harry"
"Magicarp is lowest of the low, your nothing but a scammer, I got better places to go", Harry walked from the two. The merchant slowly slid away from James. James yelled at Harry,"Wait a minute I have to talk to you about something". James turned around seeing the merchant run away. James switched his attention to him instead,"Come back, I want my money back!"
Harry sighed once James was far away,"Kirlia take us far from here, James's group is here. The Kirlia nodded sending them away from town.
James slowed down kneeling on the ground in exhaustion. The merchant was too fast for him. James rested his head next to a table before Jessie yelled at him,"JAMES! YOUR SUPPOSED TO GET HARRY!"
Getting startled James fell backwards onto Meowth's chest,"James come on!"