Last time on Pokemon EX: Amanda participated in her very first Pokemon Contest. She went all the way to the final round but was defeated by the hands of her new rival Benjamin.
Chapter Ten: A Full Moonstone
Three trainers walked down a long stretch of gravel road. A tall mountain crept up the horizon with a very sharp pointed peak. They stopped in their tracks and admired the mountain that they were reaching.
"Whoa, what is that?" asked the girl of the group.
"Well Amanda, according to the guide book, that's Mount Moon," one of the boys said while looking inside a book that was in his hand.
"Huh? What Mike?" asked Amanda. She didn't listen after she just asked as she was too busy still staring at the tall mountain.
"You better listen this time, I'm not gonna repeat myself again! That's Mount Moon!" Mike said upset. He then turned to the other boy in the group, "I think we have to go through it to get to Cerulean City, am I right Kevin?"
"I don't know, I'm not the one that's carrying the guide book," replied Kevin.
Mike looked through the map on the book he was carrying.
"Yep, according to the map in the guide book, the path leads right through Mount Moon and on into Cerulean City," Mike said.
"Well, what are we standing here for? Let's go already!" cheered Amanda.
The two boys sighed and watched the young girl run off toward the Mountain. They shook their head and walked after her. They sure weren't going to run today.
The trainers continued walking along the gravel road as the mountain got closer and closer. Soon they were at the mountain's base where they saw an opening into a cave that ran into the mountain.
"Hey look, a cave," pointed Kevin. He looked around to see if there was anyway to go around the mountain, but didn't see nothing. The path they were on went straight inside the mountain.
"Looks like that's the only way. We have to go through that cave," Mike added. He really wasn' t to sure about going inside that cave.
"I don't about this guys, even from outside the cave is spooky," Amanda said. She was quite frightened.
Kevin noticed a glow from the cave and walked up to investigate, much to the dismay of his friends. Kevin began to chuckle after what he saw inside the cave.
"There's nothing to be afraid of, the cave is lighted for crying out loud," he said.
Amanda's fear melted away. "Oh, okay then."
Kevin was amused at her fear, Amanda caught on to it quickly and got a little upset.
'How dare he laugh at my misfortune!'
The three trainers walked inside the cave. Amanda was reassured once more as the cave was truely lit up like a christmas tree. They continued through the cave with ease until they heard a strange noise coming from the distance, they chose to ignore it and continue walking. The quicker they got out of that cave, the better they were and the closer they would be to Cerulean City. A few minutes passed and they heard the strange noise again, this time a small pink creature came out of one of the wall caves. It had a small curled up tail and curled fur ontop of its head with black fur on top of its ear. It began to approach the trainers.
"Clefairy, 'Fairy, Clefairy!" it said, scared and confused while running around the trainers in circles. Pikachu jumped off Kevin's shoulder and stopped the Clefairy.
"Pika, Pikachu, Pi!" he said, seeming to understand what Clefairy, turned and cooed at Kevin.
"Oh how cute!" Amanda said finally realizing the Clefairy was a Pokemon. The sparkles were evident in her eyes as she took out her Pokedex.
"Clefairy, the Fairy Pokemon. It's adorable appearence makes it popular as a pet. However, it is rare and difficult to find as they rarely reveal themselves to humans," it retorted.
"Guys, I think something's wrong. That Clefairy wants us to follow her," Kevin said. Everyone agreed and began following the scared Clefairy to the center of the cave where a large rock lied in the middle. The turned to the left and noticed a net filled with Clefairy and Clefable being lifted out of the ceiling of the cave.
"Hey! What's going on here?" demanded Kevin as he watch the net rise to the ceiling.
"Nothing that concern's you, brat! No be a good little boy and run along and play with your friends!" a Female voice yelled out.
"Yeah, it's none of your business," a male's voice yelled out.
"Just butt out," another male's voice yelled out.
"Where are those voices coming from?" asked Mike. "Who are you people!"
"Well if you really want to know then prepare for trouble," the female voice called out.
"And if you want to know that badly then make it double," the male voice called out.
"To infect the world with devisation," the female continued.
"To seperate all peoples within our nation," the man continued.
"To announce the evils of truth and love," the female voice kept on.
"To extend our reach to the stars above," the male voice kept on.
"Cassandra," said a woman who came down from the ceiling with long orange hair.
"Bill," said the man who came down from the ceiling with short blonde hair.
"Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light," Cassandra said.
"Surrender now or prepare to fight," finished Bill.
"Meowth that's right!," a cat said making his enterance known.
"A talking cat, no way!" Kevin said amazed.
"Better believe it kit," the Pokemon said.
"Who the hell is Team Rocket?" asked Mike.
"What!" the trio screamed and fell over.
"You mean you never heard of the most famous, most evil crime organization called Team Rocket!" Cassandra yelled. The three kids just shook their head no.
"It doesn't matter pipsqueaks, we'll be heading out now with these Clefairy and Clefable and there's not a damn thing you can do about it, Cassandra let's go!" yelled Bill.
"Not so fast, Pidgey go!" Mike said throwing his Pokeball which released his bird Pokemon. "Use Wing Attack to cut through that net!"
Pidgey flew quickly as his sliced the net clean through with his wings.
"Good job, Pidgey!"
"What!" Team Rocket yelled in unison.
"That's it you little fucks, you're going to get it now, go Ekans!" Cassandra yelled throwing her Pokeball releasing a rather long purple and yellow snake.
"Ekans..." it hissed.
"Go, Grimer!" Bill yelled throwing his Pokeball releasing a rather stinky and purple blob
"Grimer!" it said ready for battle.
"Pikachu, go!" Kevin yelled. Pikachu ran from the Clefairy into the fray.
"Pidgey, use Gust!" Mike commanded. Pidgey began flapping his wings, kicking up dirt and turning the wind into a nice whirlwind which knocked Ekans into Cassandra.
"Pikachu, Quick Attack!" Kevin yelled. Pikachu dashed quickly and slammed into Grimer, it too, crashed into Bill.
"That's no far you little twerups!," Meowth said and began running at Pikachu. "Furry Swiopes!"
"Pikachu, Iron Tail!" Kevin commanded. Pikachu's tail lit up and hardened into steel and swung at Meowth. The tail collided with Meowth's face, sending him flying into Cassandra and Bill. Cassandra then screamed out in frustration.
"You bastards are going to pay!" she yelled.
"Whatever you old hag!" Kevin said coldly.
"Did... you... just... call... me... old?" she said with a vein popping out of the right corner of her forehead.
"Uh oh, I think Cassandra just evolved into Flareon," Bill said, scared of what Cassandra might do.
"How dare you call me old!" yelled Cassandra.
"Pikachu, Thunderbolt 'em now!" Kevin commanded. Pikachu jumped into the air and his cheeks began to spark.
"Pi Ka Chu!" he yelled as he released a high volume of electricity from his cheeks. The electricity struck Team Rocket causing an explosion and sent them flying high into the air.
"Now dis puts a whole new meanin' to the tiorm to 'a shocking' defeat," Meowth said.
"Oh shut up, we don't need your damn puns right now!" Cassandra screamed.
"Oh well," Bill said.
"Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!" they yelled in unison as they disappeared into the sky.
"Good riddence, I hope we never see those three losers again," Kevin said.
"Yep," Mike added returning Pidgey into his Pokeball.
Kevin ran to the net and released the rest of the Clefairy and Clefable. Meanwhile, Mike held up his Pokedex to the taller pink Pokemon with fairy wings on her back and a bigger, more bushy curly tail.
"Clefable, the Fairy Pokemon. It has an acute sense of hearing. It can eaisly hear a pin being dropped nearly 1,100 yards away." it said.
Soon after the Clefairy and Clefable began dancing around the large rock chanting their names. Kevin and Mike watched, wondering what the Pokemon were going to do. However, Amanda reached for an empty Pokeball from her backpack.
"I wonder what they're doing." Kevin said to the group.
"I don't have a clue but I am going to capture one of these Clefairy," Amanda said throwing the Pokeball at the nearest Clefairy.
"What the..!" Kevin said, surprised and unable to finish his sentence.
The ball hit the Clefairy and opened up, turning the pink Pokemon into red energy and closing shut. It fell to the ground and began to wobble while the red light blinked. Soon the light stopped blinking and the Pokeball stopped wobbling.
"Whow, I guess it wanted to go with you," Kevin said.
"Yes, I caught a Clefairy!" Amanda yelled out happily, raising her Pokeball into the air.
"Congradulations," said Mike while Kevin just smiled.
The trio finally made it out of Mount Moon which was a good thing because the sun was going down and it was beginning to get dark. They had spent so much time inside the mountain watching the Clefairy and Clefable dance around the large rock as well as play.
"I guess we should make came right here," Kevin said.
"You're right," Mike said agreeing with Kevin.
They got out their tents and set them up quickly. Then they placed their sleeping bags in their repsective tents and quickly got a camp fire going. They released all their Pokemon so they could eat their dinner while the trainers ate dinner themselves. After dinner, their Pokemon were returned to their respective Pokeball, except for Pikachu of course, said their goodnights and turned in for the night and fell asleep right away. Morning came and the three trainers woke up, packed their belongings and started right back on their journey.
"Cerulean City isn't too far off guys, we should make it there by mid-morning," Mike said while peaking inside his guide book.
"Great, we can start our gym matches today then," Kevin said excited about battling for his second badge.
"You said it man," Mike added.
"Hey now, we're just wasting time just standing here, come on, let's go!" said Amanda.
The three trainers started walking once more towards their next stop. Mike and Kevin wondered who the next gym leader their were going to face would be like while Amanda only thought when the next Pokemon Contest would take place and how she would use her Clefairy to win the appeal round and Squirtle to win the battle round.
Now that Amanda has a new Pokemon on her team, will she be able to finally win her first Pokemon Contest when it comes around again? How about that nasty Team Rocket, will they be back to plague our heroes? Find out on the next Pokemon EX!
Title Pun: A Full Moon