The first step on their journey was going through a once thick forest that connects Ambilo city in the south and Lafall city in the center of the Island. There, the whole group would be split so every group could investigate another part of the city. It was believed that the answers they were looking for were hidden somewhere in Lafall city. Lafall city, cramped with mysterious ruins of which the exact role hasn't been figured out yet, was thus an interesting place to begin.

The forest they walked in was partly damaged, trees were ripped from their roots, large twigs were seen lying everywhere. But many trees were still standing. Wild Pokemon had a hard time living in the forest now, since their territory was ruined. Many trainers immediately used this in their advantage, trying to catch some of these wild Pokemon. Andrew and Bonsly finally entered the forest as last. Right in front of them walked Harrison, the trainer of the Weavile Andrew saw battling before they left. Andrew kept following him in hope of seeing him battle again. But Harrison just called out his Weavile to walk beside him.

"Lets enjoy the forest for now, Weavile. Atleast, what's left of it.."

"Weavile"

Andrew was slightly disappointed by the fact that Harrison wouldn't battle this time. But that left him some time to talk with Bonsly about everything that came into his mind.

"So..Bonsly.. What's up with you, huh?"

"Bons.." Bonsly didn't really knew what to say. He never talked to Andrew, he just listened. And it was not like Andrew really understood him. So he just nodded.

"Yeah.. You know, I've been thinking. And we are much alike. You lost your parents, I lost one of mine. You think it's a coincidence?"

Bonsly shook his head, this time sure of what he had to answer.

"Me neither. I think somehow faith is involved, you know. It's hard to explain.. I think there is a reason you were separated from your parents."

Bonsly started crying just after Andrew said what he said.

"Ehh.. don't cry. Sorry, I didn't mean that. Please, don't cry.

Andrew shook Bonsly, just as his dad did before, but it didn't help. He tried to think of anything else to calm bonsly, but in the pressure he felt when everybody on the journey looked at him and Bonsly, he couldn't think of anything useful.

"Maybe he needs to eat. Do you have some food with you for him? Perhaps liquids that he can swallow instead of solid food?"

Andrew looked at Harrison after he came up with that idea and finally remembered the bottle he had with him which he had to use to feed Bonsly. He quickly grabbed it. As it was half full he didn't need to fill it up again so he could feed Bonsly fast. Bonsly drank and stopped crying.*

A "Thanks..ehh..Harrison!

H "You're welcome. How did you know my name?"

A "I watched your battle just moments ago. It was great."

H "Thanks..ehh?"

A "Andrew!" Andrew smiled friendly, still feeding the Bonsly.

Now that Bonsly was quiet and almost asleep, the group of travellers could continue their trip to Lafall city.

H "So..Andrew This Bonsly, is this your first Pokemon?"

A "Yeah. Uh, actually no. Not really. Bonsly here lost his parents and I'm trying to reunite him with his parents."

H "Oh, that's cool. Very heroic of you. So do you have any Pokemon with you except for Bonsly?

A "No. I'm not a Pokemon trainer or anything. Pokemon and Pokemon battles aren't really interesting for me. Your battle was an exception."

H "Too bad, it's a really great experience. If you ever change your mind, maybe we could battle each other in the future"

A "Perhaps in the future.."

And so a friendship between Andrew and Harrison had started along the journey. A friendship between Weavile and Bonsly followed afterward. Both Andrew and Harrison decided to travel together when the whole group would be split up into tiny groups. What Andrew had hoped that would happen, happened. Andrew got more excited by this. His excitement was contagious, as Bonsly began to cry less during the second half of the journey through the forest because of Andrew.

The excitement of Bonsly had a negative effect as well. Bonsly wanted to walk himself and so Andrew let him. But what happened was that Bonsly kept walking in wrong directions, either attracted by an odor, excited by a color or just because he saw a fellow Pokemon he wanted to follow. Andrew, Harrison and Weavile had to search for him multiple times.

A "Alright Bonsly, time to lay in my arms again." Luckily, Bonsly was tired of all the walking, so he obeyed. Andrew then grabbed a red ribbon out of his bag.

A: "And to make sure you won't go missing, I'll tie this ribbon around you so you will be easier to find."

H: "Now that's a smart thing to do. You see, you get the hang of this. You begin to understand what to do with Pokemon and when."

A: "Thanks. For helping me search for Bonsly and what you just said, and everything. You've been very helpfull in such a short time."

"Alright! The forest ends here people. I suggest we take a short rest in the Pokemon center or wherever you feel like you want to rest. We'll come together at this point after half an hour, then we will split up in small groups. Everybody understand?"

Everyone shouted yes and nodded. It was like the groups were already formed, cause the whole group of people already split up in small groups to look for a rest place or just to wander around. Andrew, Harrison and their Pokemon were wandering around aswell. What they didn't know then was that it would've been better if they stayed were they were in the first place...

(I apologize for the time it took to publish this chapter. I hope that the people reading the story will stay reading. I'll keep trying to publish faster.)