Sun and Moon
"I told you it would be over here!"
"All right. Whatever. You were right. Can we just get our stuff and go now?"
"Oh, quit being so grumpy all the time! You need to lighten up!"
"Whatever."
Two trainers were walking through the airport in Lillelv Town in Norzen trying to find baggage claim. One of the trainers was a girl with long, blonde hair, tan skin, and was wearing a purple jacket over a pink top and jeans. The other was a boy with shaggy, black hair that was probably died that way, pale skin, and was wearing a black hoodie and torn-up jeans.
"I already hate this region. The boy said. "It's cold, there's hardly any light, and all the people here are either fat or stupid." The boy sighed. "Johto's way better."
The girl smacked the boy gently in the shoulder. "Oh, come on, Ross!" She exclaimed annoyed. "You can't judge a book by its cover and you can't judge a place by its people! Who knows? This region could be really fun to be in!"
The boy rolled his eyes. "You're too optimistic, Ivy." Ross said. "Look, here's baggage claim."
Ross and Ivy approached the conveyor belt to collect their luggage. As Ross grabbed his bag from the belt, he accidentally bumped into a girl with long, blonde hair wearing a white jacket and white pants. She also had a snow white fox Pokemon beside her. "Oh, sorry." He said.
"It's all right." Lillie replied as she too picked up her bag off the conveyor belt. "Um, if it's not too much trouble, could you tell me where the shuttle is that goes to the Pokemon lab here in town?"
"Sure!" Ivy said. "We were actually heading that way too if you want to follow us."
"Thank you! That would be great!" Lillie said.
"Vul." Said her Pokemon partner, Snowy.
"Ohhh, what a cute little Pokemon!" Ivy exclaimed. "What is it?"
"An Alolan Vulpix." Lillie explained. "His name is Snowy."
"Aww, that's so cute!" Ivy said, bending down to rub Snowy's head. "Hi there, Snowy!"
"Vuuuuuul!" Snowy responded by firing an Ice Beam attack at Ivy, who just barely moved out of the way of it.
"Sorry." Lillie said sheepishly. "He, um, isn't exactly very trained yet."
"Oh, it's fine." Ivy said. "I remember when I got my first Pokemon. Boy, was she a handful. I'm Ivy, by the way. This is my friend, Ross."
"S'up?" Ross said.
"I'm Lillie." Lillie said. "It's very nice to meet you both!"
"So, what brings you to the frozen nightmare that is Norzen?" Ross asked.
"I'm here to compete in the Pokemon League!" Lillie replied.
"Hey, that's what Ross is doing too!" Ivy said. "Maybe the two of you will wind up competing against each."
"Maybe." Lillie said, a little nervous about already possibly having a rival. "What about you, Ivy? What brings you to Norzen?"
"She's a Pokemon Coordinator." Ross explained.
"Yep!" Ivy replied. "I'm here for the Contests!"
They reached the terminal for the shuttle that would take them to the Pokemon lab. The shuttle wasn't there yet, so they still had some time to talk. "So, do you two have Pokemon already?" Lillie asked.
Ivy nodded. "Yep! I have a-"
Suddenly, their conversation was interrupted by a net launching from out of nowhere and wrapping around Snowy. "Vuuuul!" The little Vulpix cried out as it was pulled up into the air.
"Snowy!" Lillie yelled in panic. "What's happening?!"
Snowy was lifted up to the roof of the airport terminal where, on top of it, two figures stood chuckling evilly. One was a woman with long, curly, red hair. The other was a man with a greased up 1950's-esque hairdo. Both of them wore the same black uniform with a red R on the front.
"Prepare for trouble." The woman said in a sultry Southern accent.
"And make it double." Said the man in a more New York-ish dialect.
"To protect the world from devastation."
"To unite all peoples within our nation."
"To denounce the evils of truth and love."
"To extend our reach to the stars above."
"Allison."
"And Clay."
"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"
"Who are you people?!" Lillie yelled.
"We're Team Rocket, girlie." The woman named Allison said.
"Yeah! And we're taking your Pokemon!" Said the man named Clay.
"No! Please! Give him back!" Lillie begged.
"Not a chance!" Allison said. "Clay, you got our escape ready?"
"Sure do." Clay pulled out a remote and pressed a button. From behind the airport terminal, a large hot air balloon appeared. Clay climbed up a ladder to get in the basket, but before Allison could follow him with the captured Snowy…
"Go, Espeon! Use Psybeam!"
"Umbreon, come out and use Shadow Ball!"
Both Ivy and Ross tossed out Pokeballs, and from them appeared their own Pokemon: an Espeon and an Umbreon respectively. Ivy's Espeon fired a Psybeam attack to hit the net Snowy was captured in and free it, while Ross' Umbreon fired a Shadow Ball that hit Team Rocket's balloon, sending it and the two evil team members crashing to the ground. Snowy, meanwhile, was falling fast after being freed from the net.
"Vuuuuul!" It cried out as it fell.
"I've got you, Snowy!" Lillie ran over and dived, catching Snowy just before he hit the ground. "Thank goodness! You're safe!"
"Hey!" Lillie turned to the wreckage of Team Rocket's balloon. From underneath the wreckage, Clay popped out, looking extremely angry. "You dorks shouldn't have done that!"
Allison popped out too. "You stupid kids mussed up my hair!" She growled. "Ohhh, you'll pay for that!" Both of them pulled Pokeballs from their belts and tossed them out. "Marowak, make them pay!" Allison exclaimed.
"Raichu, pound 'em to pieces!" Clay yelled.
A Marowak and a Raichu appeared from the Pokeballs Team Rocket had thrown out. Both Pokemon looked ready for battle. "Marowak!" the Marowak yelled angrily.
"Rai rai!" Raichu growled, its cheeks sparking with electricity. Lillie was surprised. Despite living in Kanto for five years, she had never seen the Kantonian forms of these Pokemon. Normally, she would have been fascinated, but right now she was just nervous.
Ivy, Ross, and their own Pokemon ran up next to Lillie. "We've got your back, Lillie!" Ivy said.
"Yeah! Let's take them down!" Ross exclaimed.
Lillie was touched that her new friends were willing to help her in this battle. She set Snowy down. "You ready for your first battle, Snowy?" Lillie asked.
"Vul!" Snowy said confidently, turning to face its opponents.
"All right then!" Lillie exclaimed. "Use Ice Beam on that Marowak!"
"Vuuulpiiiiiix!" Snowy yelled as it fired Ice Beam at Allison's Marowak.
"Marowak, block that attack with your bone!" Allison commanded.
"Maro!" Marowak used its bone to shield itself from the Ice attack.
"Now attack with Rock Tomb!"
Marowak summoned from the air around it several large rocks, then threw them at Snowy.
"Espeon, protect Snowy with Grass Knot!" Ivy commanded.
"Espeeeeeon!" Espeon charged the ground with Psychic energy, causing a large plant vine to sprout up in front of Snowy and block some of the rocks, but not all of them.
"Snowy, look out!" Lillie cried out as the rocks kept heading straight for Snowy.
"Vul!" Snowy glowed bright blue and sent out a wave of Psychic energy, destroying the rest of the rocks.
"Whoa!" Lillie exclaimed. "What attack was that?"
"I think it was Extrasensory." Ross observed. "Umbreon, use Assurance!"
Ross' Umbreon rushed forward, and struck Allison's Marowak with its paw which was charged with Dark energy. Marowak went sliding back a few feet.
"Maro!" It said angrily.
"Raichu, hit that Umbreon with Brick Break!" Clay commanded.
"Raichuuuu!" Raichu yelled as it rushed Ross' Umbreon, its fist glowing white.
"Use Quick Attack to dodge it!" Ross shouted. Umbreon used that attack's extra speed to move out of the way of Raichu's attack.
"Snowy, use Extrasensory on Raichu!" Lillie commanded. Snowy didn't listen to her, though. Instead, it charged Raichu, faked an attack to the left, then struck it hard, sending it flying backwards.
"Feint Attack? Seriously?" Clay exclaimed angrily. "Oh, you're gonna get it now!"
Lillie wasn't sure why Snowy hadn't listened to her. She remembered what Prof. Kukui had said about higher level Pokemon sometimes not listening to their trainers. "Snowy, use Ice Beam!" Lillie exclaimed, hoping this time Snowy would listen to her. It didn't, though. Instead, it rushed at Allison's Marowak, trying to use Feint Attack again.
"Marowak, use Flamethrower!" Allison commanded. Marowak grinned, letting Snowy get in close before blasting it with a super-effective Fire attack. Snowy was sent flying backwards.
"Vuuuuuuul!" Snowy cried as it got scorched and shot backwards by Flamethrower.
"Snowy!" Lillie quickly ran up and caught Snowy, cradling the poor, injured Pokemon in her arms. "Oh, no…" She whimpered, looking down sadly at her Pokemon.
"Vul…" Snowy said weakly.
Ivy and Ross turned angrily on Allison and Clay. "Time to finish this!" Ivy declared. "Espeon, use Psybeam!"
"Umbreon, use Shadow Ball!"
Both of their Pokemon charged up their attacks, then blasted them at Marowak and Raichu. Marowak and Raichu were sent flying back and crashed into their trainers. "Again!" Ivy and Ross yelled simultaneously. Espeon and Umbreon attacked again, causing an explosion that sent Allison, Clay, and their Pokemon flying.
"We won't forget this, you dorks!" Allison yelled as she and Clay flew through the air.
"Yeah! You'd better watch your backs!" Clay shouted. The two Team Rocket members blasted off through the air until they vanished in the sky.
The shuttle to the Pokemon lab pulled up. The driver noticed the wreckage from Team Rocket's balloon. "Whoa! What happened here?" He asked.
Lillie, Ivy, Ross, and their Pokemon all boarded the shuttle. "Please! Take us somewhere that can help my Pokemon!" Lillie cried, holding the injured Snowy close in her arms.
"Boy, he doesn't look too good." I driver said, looking down at Snowy. "I know exactly where to take you." The shuttle took off for the Lillelv Town Pokemon lab, and Lillie could only pray that they would be able to reach it in time to help her precious Snowy.