HGSS: Johto Saga

Season 5, Opening: This Dream

Chapter 29

Northwind Changes

"Time to train!" Ethan called as he stepped onto the beach from the pokemon center. His shoes sunk a bit from the warm sand.

"Come on out, Noctowl, Quilava and Slowpoke!" His pokeballs flew through the air and released the pokemon.

"Quilava, Flamethrower!" Ethan called out. Quilava shot a spout of flames into the air. Noctowl dodged it and swooped down towards Quilava.

"Great, now practice your aerial movement. Use Aerial Ace!" Noctowl twisted a bit as Quilava shot out of the way. "Slowpoke, use Confusion!" Slowpoke fired a ray of energy at Noctowl, which it struck through.

"Great. We're definitelyclose to ready for that Gym battle!" Ethan glanced down at his backpack, which lay on the ground. Something was shining from inside. He opened the top and took out the glass case containing his egg.

Suddenly, it shined bright and Ethan took the lid off. A brown pokemon was revealed from the light. It had a white collar and a white tipped tail.

"Whoa...that's an...Eevee!"

Ethan plucked the pokeball off of the top of the case, enlarged it, and called back to little brown pokemon.

"Care to test out that Eevee?" A man's voice inquired from behind Ethan. He stood up and turned. Behind him was Eusine, standing with a pokeball being tossed up and down. "How about it? 3-on-3, including the Eevee. If Suicune's around, I want to show it how good I am!"

"Hey Eusine. Sure, we need the battle experience anyway!" Ethan agreed eagerly.

The duo stood in a large area of free space.

"Okay, you make the first move after this. Come on out, Drowzee!" Eusine threw his pokeball and a yellow pokemon with a large, floppy snout slammed onto the sand.

"Interesting. Okay, let's hit it off, Slowpoke!" Ethan sent out his pink wonder. "Slowpoke, use Water Gun!"

Slowpoke spits a large cannon of water.

"Drowzee, use Psychic!" Drowzee waved its hand and the water was shifted away from him. "Now, use Hypnosis!" Drowzee sends a ring of red energy at Slowpoke, causing it to fall asleep. "Now, use Dream Eater!"

Drowzee sucks large purple energy from Slowpoke and into itself. Slowpoke woke up, fainted.

"How! Slowpoke return. Let's go Noctowl!" Ethan sends out his flying pokemon.

"Drowzee return. Come on out, Electrode!" His round pokemon that looked like an upside down pokeball was sent out.

"Oh man! Noctowl use Confusion!" Noctowl fired a ray at Electrode.

"Electrode, use Charge Beam!" Electrode span around quickly and a beam of electricity fired upwards. It collided with the ray and exploded into smoke.

"Noctowl, use Aerial Ace!" Noctowl zipped downwards.

"Electrode, Charge Beam again!" Electrode fired another beam, this time connecting with Noctowl and throwing it back into Ethan's arms, fainted.

"How in the world are you so strong? Return, Noctowl. Okay, come on out, Eevee!"

His newly hatched pokemon arose onto the battle field.

"Electrode, return. Come on out, Haunter!" He sent out a large wispy, dark colored pokemon.

"We can take them! Eevee, use Sand Attack!" Eevee kicked up lots of sand at Haunter.

"Haunter, use Sucker Punch!" Haunter threw a fist at Eevee.

"Quick, use..." Before he could react, Eevee charged a dark, sparking ball at its mouth and fired it. It zoomed through the air, negated the punch, and flew into Haunter, throwing it through the sand.

"Whoa, nice! Haunter, let's go ahead and finish this with Sucker Punch!" Haunter fired another punch, this one throwing Eevee around like a ball, right on the top of Ethan's head.

Ethan slouched and plucked it off his head.

"Well, I guess you're stronger than I am right now, Eusine..." He said solemnly.

"That's fine. At least I proved myself to Suicune...And now it's time to take chase again. Farewell, Ethan!" Eusine called. He then bustled away, diving into the ocean.

As Ethan hung his head, recalling Eevee, May and Lyra rushed out of the pokemon center.

"That was a cool fight, Ethan. Too bad you lost. We were watching from inside," May said.

"By the way, nice Eevee..." Lyra added.

"Thanks...Um..."

"The 'um' is that the Wallace Cup is in four days. I heard there's a gym here. So, since I know you're going to challenge it, and there's going to be a one-day trip to the island that the Wallace Cup is on, I suggest you either defeat the gym really quickly, or you aren't getting the badge. Besides, the Wallace Cup is a two day thing, and we have to get the medicine back to Jasmine!"

"Well, we could work it like this: Today, we train. That leaves three days. Tomorrow, I battle the gym. If I lose, I get one more day, then we leave. Because I know it won't take me more than two tries. Then, we'll be there. It starts that day, so it's two more days. Then, another one day trip to Olivine City..." Ethan started.

"All I see from that is a very hurt Ampharos...Either way, we're getting back to Olivine all at the same time..."

Brandon suddenly appears, holding a bag of brown spheres.

"I have the medicine!" He chirped.

"Okay, I got it! Brandon, take it to Olivine!" May shrieked.

A moment of silence.

"Um...what?" He said.

"Take it to Olivine!" She echoed.

"Yeah...I don't think so...Besides, I won't be back for two days, because flying takes a long time, and I won't be able to see his battle against the gym leader! I also may be late for the Wallace Cup!" He whined.

"That's your problem, now go!"

Brandon thought for a minute. He sighed and sent out Swellow. He grabbed on to it, grunted and was taken away.

"That's rid of one problem...now, we don't have to fret over Amphy. So, what's next?" Lyra beamed.

Preview for Chapter 30!

"Okay, we'll do this two on two!" He bellowed across the field.

"Great! Let's go, Slowpoke, Noctowl!" The two pokemon were sent to the field.

"All right, let's bash 'em up! Machoke, Primeape!" Two pokemon, one puffy and brown, the other bulky and gray, hopped off from the second balcony and dropped to the battle ground below. "You're up first!"

"Noctowl, let's go! Use Aerial Ace!" Noctowl zipped towards Machoke.

"Machoke, Arm Thrust!" Machoke's arm glowed and it stepped forward. Sliding its arm, it knocked Noctowl off course and towards Primeape. "Primeape, use Thunder Punch!" Primape threw an electrified punch to Noctowl throwing it back on the field. "Now what do you think, Ethan?" Chuck bellowed.