"All right! Dewford Town!" Davin said in excitement.
(What happened was: Davin got a call from Professor Cypress, saying that she sent a map of the Hoenn region to his Pokegear so that he could find where the gyms are and where he is currently located. Afterwards, he asked around for ways to get from Route 104 to Dewford until a trainer with a Wailmer offered him a ride. Upon arrival, he quickly healed his Pokemon at the Pokemon Center and that's where this story starts.)
Although he was in a new town that had a gym, Davin had other things in mind. "From what I've heard from that guy with the Wailmer, there's a place called Granite cave, where there are tons of Pokemon. That place will be great for some training, especially for Halo..." He remembered how Halo was defeated by one hit knockouts at both the Petalburg and Rustboro gyms, not to mention it never won any battles outside of the gyms.
"Well, that's about to change!" He looked beyond north of the Pokemon Center. "If i'm not mistaken, it should be that way."
About a couple of minutes later, Davin entered the dark cave. "All right. First things first." He took out his party's Poke balls and released all three of them. "Okay, guys. Today, we're going to do some training for our battle at the Dewford gym. Basically, what we'll do is search for wild Pokemon and use them for improving your battle techniques. You all ready?"
"Mud!/Wurm!/Slak!" They agreed at once.
Later, about 3 minutes into the cave, they spotted something digging near a big rock; it was coated in silver.
"There's our first target!" Davin took out his Pokedex.
"Aron, the Iron Armor Pokemon. It lives deep in mountains and caves and when hungry, it occasionally will eat railroad tracks and cars."
"Okay. It's a Steel and Rock type, so you're up first, Ros!" The Mudkip quickly ran over to the digging Pokemon. "Start with Water Gun!" A blast of water knocked it away from its hole. It shook itself and glared angrily at its attacker. "Now, use Mud-Slap!" The Aron swiftly avoided the Ground type attack and slammed its head against Ros with force.
Davin blinked. "What a strong Headbutt... Ros, use Bide!" The Mudkip closed its eyes and began to faintly glow white. Aron's left front leg glowed and it struck Ros, who appeared to be undamaged. It bolted with another Headbutt and it hit, making Ros slide backwards, but the Water type continued to store energy. "All right, Ros! Release!"
It opened its eyes and let out a yell as the light turned into out-bursting energy. Aron was quickly flown backwards, hitting its iron head on a rock. It got back on its feet and burrowed into the ground.
"Perfect, this is just what we need! Ros, use your head fin to detect Aron's movements and dodge when it comes up!" It concentrated as the fin on its head began to twitch a little. Having found it, it jumped right as Aron came from right under it. "Awesome! Now, hit it with Water Gun!" The Aron's body shined and when the water hit, it seemed to have failed.
"Shoot! It used Harden. Mud-Slap, quickly!" The mud from Ros's mouth surrounded Aron's feet, making its movements slow down. "Go in with Tackle!" Still in midair from jumping, Ros pulled its arms and legs back and dived down like a rocket to hit Aron right in to its skull; Aron collapsed and struggled to try and get up from the cave floor.
"Cool, it's weakened." Davin took out a Poke ball. "You'll make an excellent addition to our team. Let's go, Poke ball!" Once thrown, the ball touched its head and the Pokemon was sucked inside. It rocked back and forth as the red light flashed. Then the ball stopped abruptly, red light out.
Davin picked up the Poke ball. "Yeah! I caught an Aron!" The three Pokemon cheered with him.
Davin released it from its ball and knelt down to it. "Welcome to the team, Aron! I hope we become great friends."
"Ar." It smiled shyly.
"Hmm..." He pondered. "Your nickname will be... Ferro! It means 'Iron' in Latin (or at least something similar). Do you like it?"
"Aron!" It nodded.
"All right, then. Back to training!"
Moving deeper into the cave with their new teammate, they continued their search. While walking, something swooped down from the roof of the cave, scaring everyone; it was a purple creature with crystal gems for eyes and sharp, scary teeth.
"What the heck is that?" Davin took out his Pokedex.
"Sableye, the Darkness Pokemon. It digs branching holes in caves using its sharp claws in search of raw gems to eat. Its eyes have become gemstones due to this diet."
"A Dark/Ghost type? Okay. Halo, this one's yours!" The Wurmple slithered over to face its enemy. "Use Poison sting!" Before Halo could attack, Sableye clapped its hands once, releasing a shock wave the blew the worm away. "It used Fake Out!"
The Sableye came running with its claws glowing white. "Here comes Fury Swipes! Halo, String shot!" The silk came out and was instantly shredded by Sableye's claws. It went for Halo and it scratched it in a wild frenzy.
"Are you okay?" Halo got up with ease. "Good. Try Poison Sting again!" The needles were fired. Sableye swatted them away with its claws; its eyes glowed red and black beams fired from both of them. "Dodge that Night Shade!" Halo reacted too late and was stunned by the attack.
"Come on, Halo! You've got to beat it!" Davin tried to encourage. "If you don't get stronger, you won't be able to win in battles." Though it heard its trainers words, Halo was in quite a bit of pain. "You've got to try, Halo! Come on! Do your best!"
Halo had its eyes closed as it tried to shake off the damage. "Wurm... Wurm... Wurrrrrrrrrrrrmmmm..." Right then, its body was overtaken by a shining white glow. Davin, Ros, Luck, Ferro and the Sableye gasped at once as the worm began to change shape. When the light faded, Halo was shown to become a white oval shaped Pokemon with spikes on its body.
"A Silcoon!" Davin shouted with excitement. He did what he always did with new Pokemon.
"Silcoon, the Cocoon Pokemon. Silcoon is the evolved form of Wurmple. It prepares for evolution using the energy it stored in its previous form. It always surveys its surroundings with its two eyes."
"Yes! All right, Halo, get ready!" Having gotten over its shock, Sableye came at it with Fury Swipes.
"Use Harden!" Its body shined, rendering Fury Swipes to minimal damage. "Poison Sting!" Sableye was hit the needles, causing it to become poisoned.
"Now, Tackle!" Halo shot itself into Sableye, but to no effect. "Aw, man! I forgot it's part Ghost, so Normal attacks won't work." Sableye took this chance and attacked with Night Shade.
Davin thought for a moment. "All right, Halo. You've done enough." He held out its Poke ball and it was absorbed back inside. "Okay, Ferro. Take over with Metal Claw!" It quickly responded and ran straight forward with its left front leg glowing. Sableye used Night Shade again, but Ferro dodged and hit it square in the face. That, plus the poison status effect, knocked it out.
Davin nodded with success. "All right. Good work." He held Halo's Poke ball and said to it, "You just rest. You've earned it." He smiled.
