Maybe Ramos was imagining it. Yes. Yes that's it. There was no way there was a Dedenne lurking around the hedge mazes of Route 4. No no, you could only find those pokémon on Route 11, and there was no logical reason for an entire species to suddenly migrate from one route to the next. While it wouldn't be odd to hear of it belonging to a trainer, he knew all the trainers that frequented the route, and none of them owned a Dedenne. And if one of them had caught a Dedenne, they would've let him know. Not because they had to; more because it was nice to spread news such as that. And Ramos was also a frequent visitor to the route, despite how far off he lived from it, what with him always having to help the gardeners keep the hedge mazes tidy.

"It's a lovely day today," he murmured to himself absently, his Gogoat beside him sniffing in response as he clipped away at the hedge. Sighing, he lowered his clippers and leaned against them. He removed his hat and wiped his forehead of the sweat he'd built up.

"A lovely day indeed," he nodded. A flash of brown from within the hedge made him frown, though he didn't turn to look at where it'd come from. He sighed and placed the hat back on his head, then turned to Gogoat, cracking a smile.

"I think the heat's getting to me, ol' boy. There's a first, eh?" he chuckled, patting the large goat on its flank as they began to move to the insides of the maze. A small grunt came from under his breath as he lifted the shears again and began to work once more.

"Once we're done here, we can head on home," he muttered to his Gogoat. Gogoat replied with a small growl, while Ramos asked, "Now which way should we take home today? I've heard here and there that the pokémon on Route 13 are restless today, and I wouldn't mind taking a stroll along the coast with the breeze we have today. Shall we take the long way?" Before his partner could respond, a tiny face popped out of the hedgerow where the man was working, making the gym leader jump.

"Arceus, that got the ol' heart jumpin'," he gasped, while Gogoat began growling at the small rodent - the elusive Dedenne haunting Route 4 that day - that had shocked his partner. The Electric-type tilted its head at the display, then darted back into the safety of the bush. Gogoat cast a quick glance to the old man behind him, and once he saw that he was recovering, he took chase.

"Hmm, well that confirms it is real. Now to hope Gogoat doesn't do the poor thing too much harm; it must belong to someone." He began to leave the hedge maze after investigating the hedges to see they were all evenly cut. Once out of the hedgerow, he was surprised to see Bonnie, younger sister of the Lumiose gym leader, standing by the entrance to the city, looking around worriedly.

"Ah, Mr Ramos?" she said, spotting the older man. She put on a smile and ran toward him. "Done with the hedges today?" He nodded.

"It's good to see you too Bonnie. Now what're you doin' here without your brother? Ain't he wonderin' where you are?" he asked. Bonnie's smile instantly fell away and her face returned to its previous worried expression.

"Well, y'see, I'm sort of here looking for something." One of Ramos' eyebrows went up at this.

"Okay, but that still doesn't explain where Clemont is." The young blonde grimaced, then chuckled nervously, "I snuck away from him. He's pretty busy at the moment anyway, since some fuses in the tower have blown. Besides, he doesn't need to know I've lost the thing I'm looking for." Ramos nodded slowly, muttering, "Understandable. So what are you looking for and why would you get in trouble for losin' it?" Bonnie opened her mouth to reply when Gogoat cried out from the maze, catching their attentions. This was then followed by the pained squeaking of the now captured Dedenne, ensnared in the goat pokémon's vines.

"Ah, Dedenne!" Bonnie gasped, and she began running toward the pokémon. As she got closer, Gogoat began to lower the pokémon down, eyes narrowing with hostility as it reached eye level. Dedenne however ignored the goat and instead squirmed in its grip, until Gogoat released it. Now free, the small rodent pokémon darted across the hedge top and into a relieved Bonnie's arms. Ramos chuckled.

"Good to know the critter did belong to someone, I was beginning to think my old age was making me go crazy and imagine everything," he laughed. Bonnie giggled herself, holding Dedenne close. With a nod from the gym leader, Gogoat lowered itself to allow the girl to climb on, then carried her and her little friend out of the maze. Once outside again, she jumped off then said, looking sheepish, "I'm sorry if Dedenne gave you trouble. I'm supposed to be responsible for him, but he snuck away from me. If Clemont had found out I'd lost him, I would've been in so much trouble."

"Ah, think nothin' of it. Now, let's take you both back to your brother. And we'll be tellin' him that you and your little friend wanted to come see me, so no-one has to get into any trouble." Bonnie smiled and nodded, and began to follow after the old man, her partner perched on her head.

Another short drabble shot. This is one of the ones I wrote before beginning the posting process. It also seemed appropriate to post this one today considering the anime episode focusing on Dedenne and him becoming Bonnie's partner aired today as well.

Speaking of the anime, random confession, I adore both Clemont and Bonnie cause they are both precious and Clemont is a dork and a big brother and those are both weaknesses of mine in anime characters aah~

/fangirl moment over sorry

But yeah, I like them.

Thank you for reading once more. Hope you liked and sorry it was short again. These are mainly drabble shots again. Suggestions for drabbles welcome. Review and/or fave if you want to show me some love. :)

Angel-chan x