When Ashley woke up he noticed that Riolu was gone. He packed up his tent and sleeping back and went to look for him. After a couple of minutes looking around the field he was in he spotted Riolu fighting a couple of wild Spearows. The Spearows kept attacking Riolu but he showed no signs of giving up. Ashley looked on, amazed at how long Riolu could hold out against the loud and vicious Spearows. Riolu kept it out, slamming his fists and feet into the Spearows, making them unable to get back up. Riolu finally took on the last Spearow when a large shadow skimmed across the ground. Ashley looked ahead, wondering what it was. "What the hell?" He exclaimed, pulling out his Pokedex and pointing at the large bird flying quickly at Riolu. The Pokedex analyzed the Pokemon before speaking in a robotic voice. "That Pokemon is Fearow, the evolved form of Spearow. It is quite deadly and can sometimes out-fly a Pidgeot. They seem to turn aggressive against people and Pokemon alike that hurt their families." Ashley gulped as he saw that the Fearow was chasing Riolu. Riolu reached Ashley and continued. Ashley stopped and tried to take on the Fearow, to no effect. The Fearow flung him to the side and continued after the frightened Riolu. Ashley took after him and within minutes noticed that Fearow had cornered his friend on the side of a waterfall, with a sheer drop just besides him. The Fearow flew straight into Riolu for the last time and Ashley looked on in horror. He started sprinting as fast as he could and as soon as he reached the side of the waterfall he dived off, heading straight for his Pokemon. Ashley grabbed hold of him and turned around, shielding the Pokemon from slamming into the water. The impact on the water stung Ashley's back and made him unable to carry himself to the surface. Riolu started to slip away from conscience and Ashley knew that he wouldn't be able to make it up. He suddenly was out of breath and let out a horrified gasp. Suddenly a wild Gyarados, who had noticed that he was in danger, grabbed hold of Ashley and his Riolu with his mouth and propelled himself out of the water. It let go of Ashley and the weakened Riolu, who was safely in his arms, and they crashed to the ground, in front of a girl training her Bulbasaur. He managed to smile at the Gyarados as it went back into the lake before falling unconscious.
Ashley woke up a while later and noticed that a girl, a Bulbasaur and Riolu were looking down at him. He jumped up and stepped back, trying to figure out where he was.
"Hello! I'm Faye, and this is my Bulbasaur!" Bulbasaur let out a smile before going up to Ashley. It pawed his leg and Ashley stroked it, making it happy.
"Hi, I'm Ashley and this is my Riolu!" He grinned as he sat next to the Bulbasaur and Riolu.
"I managed to heal your Pokemon by the way, it took a beating but it made it. Your Spearow is safe too. Just be more careful next time!" She said, looking sad at the state he was in.
"I was only trying to help Riolu against that Fearow!" He muttered.
"Yeah I guess but you still should be more careful. You might want to set up your tent, it's getting pretty dark!" She smiled as he got his tent and sleeping back out of his bag. His bag was pretty large and it had no problem in carrying the folded tent and sleeping bag. Faye helped Ashley set up his tent before setting his own up. They decided to make a fire so she sent out her Ponyta, who used Ember on the pile of firewood that she had collected earlier that day. Ashley decided to get out his marshmellows that his mum and dad had packed and he stuck them on some sticks before heating them on the fire. He handed on to Faye, Bulbasaur and Riolu and ate one himself. They sat up most of the night talking and joking about when they heard a rustling sound in the trees ahead. Suddenly the Fearow from earlier shot out and attacked the two trainers and their Pokemon. Faye called her Ponyta back before sending Bulbasaur to attack it. Ashley followed her example and sent Riolu to help out.
A/N. Sorry if this chapter is a little short I just wanted to do the fight next chapter, instead of making this one end after the battle, I decided to make it at the start of next episode. Thanks to pokestets23 with the constructive critism and the reviews! Cheers man! Next episode coming soon!