Meeting "Squish"
After Ash's victory against Olympia, Absolight continued on her journey with them as Ash aims for his eighth gym badge. She had left her father in Anistar city so he could continue his research.
Absolight was hanging behind the group, watching as Bonnie, Pikachu, and Dedenne jump on a pile of leaves and having fun. Currently, most of her pokemon are spread out, watching their surroundings. Her Lucario was by her side, sharing the calm and peace that was very refreshing.
Though she was wearing her heavy outfit with a white shirt, grey sweater, and her black sleeveless jacket with the hood up. She wanted to walk around without having to focus so heavily on making herself invisible.
Traveling had brought on new possibilities that weren't open to Absolight until now. She actually gets to see things she heard about from other pokemon for herself. Absolight had been isolated and was quite content just examining everything in silence.
"Let's go, Bonnie," Clemont called.
"We're really close to the Pokemon Center," Ash adds.
"'Kay," Bonnie replies as she got up with the two electric mouse pokemon following. Clemont and Ash started to get a move on, while Absolight waited for Bonnie and Dedenne to get her bag. Though they didn't move it.
"Hey, Bonnie, what is it?" Serena asked.
"There's something inside," Bonnie replied.
Everyone made their way over to find a little green figure with a red hexagon on its back that faced them. Then it moved and faced everyone, and Bonnie gasped.
"Oh no!" Absolight heard.
"Wow, it moved!" Bonnie exclaimed in excitement. Though it started to get away. It ran under Ash's leg. When it saw Bonnie catch up, it jumped on her face to jump off Serena's face, and into the air. But its escape attempt failed as it landed into Bonnie's arms.
When Bonnie checked on the little guy, she found that it landed in her shirt and started to wiggle around, tickling her. Luckily it hopped out of her shit and she got a hold of it. Then Bonnie proceeded to tickle it.
"So cute!" Bonnie said.
"I never seen that pokemon before," Clemont said.
"Oh, hold on. I'll use the pokedex," Ash said.
"We do have new ones," Serena added.
Ash pulled out his pokedex to scan the green pokemon, but nothing came up. "Nothing."
"Wait, let me try," Serena then pulled out hers, but got the same results.
"So that means, it's a new kind of pokemon," Clemont exclaims.
"Awesome! What a cool find," Ash said.
"I decided, I'm going to take care of it!" Bonnie said shocking everyone.
"Bonnie, please don't forget that you don't know anything about it," Clemont said.
"I'll learn by taking care of it," Bonnie replied. She looked down at the green pokemon in her hand. "If you don't have a name, then I'll give you one. Now, let me see. It's squishy, so I'll call you Squishy!"
"That's a great name. Squishy it is," Ash says.
"Nice to meet you, Squishy," Serena greeted.
"To think you give me grief about unimaginative names," Clemont said.
Pikachu and Dedenne walked over to Squishy and said their hellos. Absolight and Lucario walked up to the small green pokemon. They knelt down so they didn't tower over it.
"Hello, Squishy. It's a pleasure meeting a new pokemon. I'm Absolight, and this here is my partner Lucario."
"You! It's really you! I can't believe it! The others have been looking everywhere for you!" Squishy said. This took every pokemon by surprise.
"What do you me, 'the others have been looking for me'? I don't even know you, Squishy." Absolight took to speaking in pokemon. The others only heard her say her name.
"My real name is Z-" Squishy stopped as the ground shook. This startled Absolight to turn invisible and take to the skies. Then all of her Eeveelutions came running back.
"What idiots!" growled her Flareon.
"Don't be mean, Blaze!" her Sylveon said.
"Well, Blaze has a point, Silva. From our standing point."
"Not you too, Auqa!"
"Enough! Just hurry!" her Leafeon hissed.
"Ven's right! We're almost there," her shiny Umbreon said.
Everyone looked to where all the shaking was and saw Dodrio running in their direction with a Grovyle chasing after them. Absolight uses psychic to quickly move everyone out of the way, as the stampede of Dodrio run passed.
"Grovyle, wait for me!" yelled a green haired trainer.
"Sawyer?" Ash asked.
"It's you guys! I can't believe I ran into you!"
"What was that all about?" Serena asked.
"I was trying to catch one."
"That's why you were chasing them," Ash reasoned.
"Hey, my Squishy's gone!" that grabbed everyone's attention. Everyone started to look around for the little green pokemon.
"Hey, Ash. I have a question. Who's pokemon are they," Sawyer says motioning to Absolight's pokemon. "Unless they are Serena's."
"They're not Serena's. They're-" Ash stops as he remembers that Absolight is a secret.
"They belong to …" Sawyer started.
"A friend. She had to run some errands and asked us to watch over them for her," Ash said. Which wasn't really a lie. They were watching them for her.
"A friend? Do I know her? What's her name? I might have met her before," Sawyer said.
"No, I'm sure you don't know her. She just started her journey."
"Well, you have to introduce me to her later." Though Ash knew he couldn't do that. Not without Professor Sycamore's permission.
Then there was an explosion in the distance. Everyone made their way there.
When they made it there. They saw that Squishy squirming in a Drapion's pincers.
"It's Squishy!" Bonnie yelled.
"What are you trying to do!?" Ash yelled.
"Who are you, children?" the purple haired woman asked.
"Leave that pokemon alone!" Ash yelled.
"Pokemon, huh. I suppose so," the purple haired woman said.
"Oh, no. look how scared it is," Serena said.
"Well, what we do with our little one is our business now is it," the woman replied as the Drapion made Squishy squirm.
"What does she mean, by 'our'?" Serena asked.
"No. Squishy is asking us for help. You let Squishy go!" Bonnie yelled.
Things escalated rather quickly, as Drapion used toxic and Pikachu used thunderbolt. Pikachu canceled toxic, while Sawyer told Grovyle to use leaf storm. The leaf storm hit Drapion and made it let go of Squishy.
Absolight saw Bonnie was going to catch Squishy, so she used psychic so Bonnie was floating above the ground. Absolight moved the two closer to her.
"Are you two alright?" Absolight asked them.
"We're fine, Absolight. Thanks for catching us," Bonnie replied.
"No, problem." Just then, there was a big explosion on the battlefield. Absolight took this moment to teleport out of that area before the smoke cleared.
"How did we get here?" Sawyer asked.
"What was that all about?" Ash asked.
"Squishy, I'm so glad you're okay!" Bonnie exclaimed.
"Thank goodness!" Serena added.
"You were asking us to help you, weren't you, Squishy," Bonnie stated.
"Um, sure." Squishy responded.
"Why don't we camp out here for tonight?" Clemont suggested.
"Yeah! Alright everybody, come on out!" Ash said as he released all his pokemon while Clemont and Serena followed suit.
Sawyer gushed as he saw Noibat and Eevee had joined the group. Bonnie introduced Squishy to all the pokemon, and then it was time to eat.
Absolight was sitting in a tree nearby, eating an oran berry, while watching over everyone. But their conversation caught her attention.
"So, who were those people in the red cloths anyway?" Ash asked.
"They said Squishy was theirs, but it sure didn't act that way," Clemont added.
'Well, it seems that Squishy or Z is in the same boat as me it seems,' Absolight thought as she stared down at Squishy. 'I just wonder what Z meant earlier. I know people have been looking for me, but I didn't know pokemon were as well.'
Time Skip
Most pokemon were returned to their pokeballs, and most were asleep. All except Absolight, her Lucario, Lucio, and Squishy.
Absolight sensed something coming towards them. She saw that Squishy sensed it too, and followed along with everyone. Though once she saw an attack coming, Absolight acted quickly. She picked Squishy up, and took the attack to her back.
When more shots were coming, Ash and Sawyer had Pikachu and Grovyle counter it.
"Squishy, you're okay!" Though she saw that Squishy looked like he was floating in mid-air.
"Don't worry, Bonnie. I took the attack. Squishy should be fine."
"Absolight, are you okay!? Are you hurt!?"
"Bonnie, calm down. I'm fine. I didn't even feel it."
"Frogadier, I choose you!"
"Let's go Braixen!"
"You too, Luxray!"
Absolight saw that the battle was getting intense. Her pokemon saw this too, and took up a defencive position around Absolight, Bonnie, and Squishy.
"They're after me, again. I'm sorry."
"No need to apologies, Z. We don't stand for these bad people. I won't let them take you. I refuse to let them!" Absolight said.
"Come on, Bonnie. Let's move," Clemont said. Bonnie nodded, took Squishy, and followed Serena and Clemont. Absolight took to the air, while her pokemon quickly followed, leaving Sawyer and Ash to deal with Team Flare.
Though they got away, Bonnie fell, and lost Squishy. Absolight quickly flew off to find him. Once she got there, she saw Squishy surrounded, and glowing. She saw green beams go to Squishy and he turned into a dog form. He then destroyed the entire area with green energy, Absolight couldn't describe, causing Team Flare to retreat.
After the dust settled, Squishy returned to his normal form. Absolight quickly traveled to his side, and picked him up.
"Squishy, relax. You used too much energy," Absolight said.
"I had to get send them away somehow."
"Doesn't mean risk your well being, Z. I don't want to lose those I hold dear. Not to them. Not again." Absolight quickly went silent as she remembered losing her mother.
'Again?' Squishy wondered.
"Absolight!? Squishy!?" Bonnie yelled, catching their attention. Bonnie quickly made her way over to them.
"What's going on here?" Clemont asked.
"Serena!? Clemont!?" Ash asked.
"Are you alright?" Sawyer asked.
"Where'd they go?" Ash asked.
"I don't know," Clemont said. "But their not here."
Absolight used psychic to help Bonnie up the ledge, and handed Squishy over to her.
"Poor, Squishy. You okay?" Bonnie asked. The sun started to rise into the sky.
"I'll be fine," Squishy said. As the sun hit Squishy's body, the red hexagon started to glow, and all his bruises healed. See that he was fine, Bonnie held Squishy close.
"Oh, Squishy. I'm sorry. I won't let you go, again," Bonnie said.
"I'm just glad everyone's okay," Serena said.
"Sawyer," Ashed turned to said trainer. "Thanks for battling along side me."
"I hope Grovyle and I were able to help you," Sawyer replied.
"Of Course!" Pikachu exclaimed.
"Of course you did," Ash said.
Sawyer beamed at this. "Thank you so very much! I'll be sure to make a note of this."
"I guess, I can trust these humans for a while." Absolight heard from Squishy.
"Hey, Ash. who's that person near Bonnie?" Sawyer asked.
Ash quickly looked and saw Absolight next to Bonnie. He looked back at Sawyer and laughed while rubbing the back of his head.
"What person Sawyer? I don't see anyone."
"What do you-" Sawyer stopped as he didn't see Absolight there. "What!? Where'd they go!?"
"Sawyer, I think you're just so tired that you're seeing things," Ash said.
'But, I could have sworn …' Sawyer thought. "Maybe you're right, Ash. Anyway, I'll see you guys around."
Everyone said their goodbyes to Sawyer while Absolight and her pokemon stood off to the side. Squishy made his way over to her.
"Z, what's up?" Absolight asked.
"We need to talk, Absolight. We all have been searching a long time for you."