The many pokemon and their cries surrounded Walcekite the moment she stepped into the green and luscious forest. Even from the entrance one could see how thick is the forest and Walcekite knew she was going to get lost, but she didn't mind. Forests' always attracted her and she decided to spend the night in one. As she ventured deeper and deeper, she heard voices, human voices. Walcekite saw two figures further, so she thought she should go away from them, but then she would have had to climb a hill. She decided to wait for the people to go away. She really wasn't a social being.

"Oh come on," a girl's voice was heard. "Just one teensy-weensy battle." it seemed she was begging.

"I said I would only battle you if you had a teammate. It's not interesting the other way," a teen boy's voice was heard.

"Why can't you battle me alone? You will be alone!" the girl was irritated.

"Because I want to test if I am powerful enough to take on two trainers at once," the boy was rather calm.

"Then let's battle 1 on 1," the girl didn't give up.

"Didn't you hear what I said!? Only 2 on 2. Me versus two trainers," the teen boy tried to control himself, but it seemed the girl will get the better of him.

Walcekite felt stupid just standing hidden and decided to go through them. She probably didn't know them anyway so they shouldn't catch her.

As she walked closer and closer, the boy saw her, because he was standing faced to the forest's entrance, but the girl didn't. The teen boy looked at Walcekite with a weird look, though Walcekite didn't understand why. The boy was a bit tanned and had black, spiky and pretty big hair. He had a black shirt, with some white ornaments, that had a rather big cleavage. A yellow talisman was lying on his neck and he had a brown jacket with sleeves short enough to show arms until the elbows. He had long jeans that were blueish green and black sneakers with white lines. A dark grey shoulder bag was on his right shoulder, but the bag was on his left side.

As Walcekite observed the boy, she couldn't ignore the girl as well. Although she wasn't facing Walcekite, she saw that the girl was blonde with quite short hair and had a long purple coat. Her flat shoes were purple as well and Walcekite saw a purpleish pink bag on the girl's side, similar to how the boy was wearing it.

Finally, the blonde girl got irritated that the boy was looking somewhere else and not listening to her so she turned around with a rather angry face, but the frown immediately turned into a smile.

"Walcekite! Come here! Let's battle this guy!"

It was Catlesy and although she was wearing the same white summer's dress, she finally put on a purple coat over it. It seemed she had some white gloves as well.

"So what do you say?!" she shouted when she didn't get any answer.

"Why do you want to battle him?" asked Walcekite when she was close enough to them not to shout her question.

"He is the one that defeated those knights, but I wanted to battle my way through and beat them myself. As you can see I didn't get the chance so I want to battle the guy who took that chance away from me," Catlesy explained.

"Ok, sorry for beating those knights," he seriously apologized for that. "But I didn't want those pokemon taken away form the children so I put an end to those knights' shananigans."

"Oh, Mister Goody," teased Catlesy. "But now you owe me a battle and I have a teammate now so let's battle!"

"Fine," sighed and agreed the teen boy although Walcekite didn't have the chance to say anything.

Once the boy released his pokemon, so did Catlesy, but she saw that Walcekite didn't want to take part and took one of her pokeballs from her belt and threw one as well.

"Hey! What do you think you are doing?!" exclaimed Walcekite as all the pokemon turned from energy into their normal forms and shouted their cries.

Catlesy picked Pela to go to battle, who was a bit confused, because she didn't expect to battle, and Catlesy herself had a Pignite, it seemed her Tepig evolved. Pignite now resembled a chubby, round pig with two tusks in its long mouth and was orange, brown and red in coloration. It almost seemed to have somesort of armor or rather thights. It had black gloves on his hands and his curled tail was tipped with a fury feature. It seemed it was a fire and a fighting type now.

The teen boy had a Zweillous and a Braviary, the same pokemon that defeated all the knights. Zweilous, that is a dark and dragon type, had two heads that had brown fur on their eyes. The brown fur covered most of the back and neck besides the head as well. It seemed Zweilous underbelly was dark blue with a few red accents. It had muscular blue legs with claws at the front and only toes at the back. There were two thin brown wings on its back and it didn't seem he could fly with those, cause it should wheigh much.

On the other hand, Braviary, a normal and flying type, had big wings and seemed to be a powerful flyer. It's wings and back for redish brown and his underbelly was somewhat grey. His tail had a few stripes with different colors and his head had white fluff and a few feathers, that went from white to blue, on his face. It had a pointy and powerful beak, along with two big and fearful claws.

Catlesy was more amazed than Walcekite and she already wanted to give the commands, but the boy interupted her.

"At first, let me introduce myself. My name is Farrioust. And yours are Catlesy and Walcekite, correct?" he inquired.

"Yes, that's right," Catlesy was more energetic than ever, Walcekite saw that she didn't have her little kid act on. Maybe she grew out of it. "Let's battle!"

Once both teams went far enough from each other, Catlesy ordered her Pignite.

"Flamboy, use Arm Thrust on Zweillous!"

"Deisus, dodge and use Focus Energy. Raden, use Sky Drop on Pignite," Farrioust seemed too calm.

"Pela, Ice Beam on Braviary!" ordered Walcekite and then thought. "So Catlesy decided to nickname her pokemon and Farrioust has nicknames for his as well. I hope I can remember them, but I wonder if my pokemon will remember them. I guess I can try them the next time." decided Walcekite.

Zweillous - Deisus wasn't able to dodge all Arm Thrusts, but Flamboy only landed one hit before Deisus jumped to the side and started glowing from Focus Energy. While Flamboy was busy trying to land his hits, Raden – Braviary got close to him and grabed Flamboy with his giant claws and started raising it to the sky, but they didn't raise far, for Pela used Ice Beam on Raden and froze his left side. With only one wing out of two, Raden started falling with Flamboy still in his claws.

"Raden don't let go of Pignite and land on him," commanded Farrioust and turned to Deisus. "Use Dragon Pulse on Skitty!"

Farrioust didn't bother with the names of his opponent pokemon, he only thought about strategy, which is more important than names, but Walcekite chose to name all pokemon by nicknames if they have one. She thought it was more polite.

"Pela, dodge that and use Attract on Deisus!"

As Raden fell on Flamboy, the contact with the ground shattered the ice that trapped Raden's movements. He let out a joyfull cry and flew up, further from Flamboy.

One of Deisus heads conjured a greenish blue energy ball and fired it at Pela, who couldn't dodge and flew a few meters from the hit. Even Walcekite thought she felt the pain as she looked at the damaged Pela, but she wasn't willing to seem weak and got straight back up on her four short legs and winked at Deisus. Multiple pink hearts flew towards the Zweilous.

"Raden, get Deisus and quickly drag him into the air." comanded Farrioust.

"Not so fast! Flamboy, Take Down on Raden!"

Flamboy charged into Raden, who was getting closer and closer to Deisus. The giant pig's body became surrounded by a golden aura and a white forcefield appeared to cover the front of his body. As Flamboy jumped into the air to hit Raden, who already was holding Deisus with his claws, the hearts from Pela got to all pokemon splitting more or less equaly for three. Although Flamboy knocked Raden further from Deisus, Walcekite could swear she saw hearts shrinking into all of them. All three trainers were very surprised and awaited the concequences of a split Attract. From their names, Walcekite figured they were all boys and that was correct. As all three pokemon got heart shaped eyes, Walcekite couldn't help but start to laugh. Pela quickly joined and so did Catlesy.

"I never expected that," admited Catlesy gigling.

"Yeah, me neither. Well, let's see if a split Attract holds the whole battle. Pela, use Thunder Wave on Deisus and then on Raden!"

"Flamboy get back, or rather, come to your sweetie," Catlesy gigled again and couldn't stop laughing as Flamboy really did what he was comanded to do.

"Guys, you need to take out Skitty!" shouted Farrioust, but understood that they probably didn't hear and if they heard, they won't do it willingly. "Deisus, use Dragon Pulse on her and Raden – Air Slash!"

Pela landed her Thunder Wave on Deisus, while he was conjuring a Dragon Pulse, but he didn't stop and while Pela electricuted Raden, she got another Dragon Pulse shot into her. Luckily, Raden didn't show a wish to fight.

"Pela, are you alright?" asked Walcekite worriedly. The kitten pokemon has suffered heavy damage and shivered as she got up.

"Flamboy! Fight for your love! Use Rollout on Braviary!"

Flamboy didn't show hessitation and seemed even more fired up from the words 'Fight for your love'. Both Deisus and Raden were paralyzed and infatuated non the less. If they don't attack anymore, it's a sure win.

"Raden, fly to the sky and use Air Slash on Pignite! Deisus, use Focus Energy!"

Raden started to flap, but the electricity going through its body prohibited every other flap and he couldn't get away from the ground. Even if he could raise at least a few meters, Flamboy would still jump and hit him, but now Flamboy didn't need to and his body, that resembled a spinning ball, rammed into Raden. A loud cry was heard from Raden, but he didn't faint and Catlesy seemed irritated.

"Flamboy, use Rollout on Raden again and again!"

"Pela, use Ice Beam on Deisus!"

"Deisus, Dragon Pulse on Pignite! And Raden, try to do a Whirlwind on Skitty!"

Another wave of attacks was sent out from the pokemon. As Flamboy went into ball form again and started spinning and getting closer to Raden, Deisus fired his Dragon Pulse and knocked Flamboy off track. The fire pig pokemon couldn't return to its wished course and slamed into a big tree. The moment Deisus released its Dragon Pulse, he was hit by Pela's Ice Beam and was frozen solid. Raden managed to flap his wings hard enough to make a rather big gust and sent it towards Pela.

"Pela, evade that! Your attract will dissapear if you will be switched out of battle."

Pela was exhausted, but as she made a few jumps to the side, the Whirlwind flew beside her, not even touching her.

A double battle, where three pokemon's moves were restrained wasn't very energetic. Everyone wanted the battle to be over as soon as possible, to not make the pokemon suffer further, but as no one gave up, that wasn't possible.

"Flamboy, remember what I said? Use Rollout on Raden over and over again!"

The Pignite nodded and started to roll in ball form again. As Deisus was frozen, it was easier to take out Raden alone.

"Pela, use Ice Beam on Raden after Flamboy delivers his attack!"

The Skitty nodded and opened her mouth to let a light blue ball slowly appear in it.

Farrioust seemed irritated and understood that only without the restrictions, his pokemon could battle fully, but now both of them were paralyzed and infatuated, and Deisus was even frozen. If Raden won't be able to fly, these attacks will be his ending ones.

"Raden, strech out your claws to Pignite," the Braviary did as he was told. Farrioust waited until Flamboy would be only a meter away. "Now, catch him with your claws and use Crush Claw!"

Flamboy rolled no matter what was Farrioust's commands for Raden. The Braviary had not such big claws, in comparisont to Flamboy and although Raden sank his claws into Flamboy, they didn't stop his turning and the claw was gotten out of the way. Flamboy slamed into Raden's belly and knocked him down, running over it. Pela was about to let out Ice Beam, but Raden was already fainted.

"No, Raden! Now only Deisus is left and he is frozen. What can I do?" Farrioust thought while returning his fainted pokemon. Catlesy didn't wait and commanded.

"Flamboy, use Flame Charge!"

As Flamboy got covered in flames, he ran towards Deisus and within contact, started to melt the ice. It didn't take long for the fire to burn through the icy barrier and Deisus was being burnt for he couldn't back up, because the ice there didn't melt.

When Flamboy got back, both pokemon were exhausted, but Deisus broke the rest of the ice and got ready for commands.

"Use Dragon Breath on Pignite!"

A cyclone of pale purple wind appeared around Deisus's body and it released a stream of pale purple fire from one of its heads. As Pignite got hit by the attack, it got flung back and there were sparks around his body, proving paralyzis. But it didn't matter, Flamboy has fainted and Catlesy had to return it to its pokeball

"So, a Zweilous against a Skitty? Who do you think will win?" smirked Farrioust at Walcekite.

The time that Pela and Walcekite let the three pokemon battle between themselves, gave time for the kitten pokemon to rest a bit and she was energetic again.

"That's a silly question. Zweilous is only a hit away from fainting and he is also infatuated. Don't think that just because Pela is cute, she is weak! Pela, finish him off with Ice Beam!"

"Deisus, use Dragon Pulse!"

As both pokemon started conjuring the diferent colored balls in their mouths, it was obvious that Deisus attack is slower. A beam of ice went towards him at incredible speed and though he didn't get frozen, he fell on his back and released a weak cry after fainting. Pela started jumping from joy, but quickly fell on her belly, as she was very tired.

"See? What did I tell you?" Walcekite teased Farrioust as she picked up Pela. "Nice job, Catlesy," she winked at her teammate.

"Thanks, but your Skitty is the one ethat made them so easy to attack."

"Fine, I guess you beat me. But I think you girls were only lucky because my pokemon had battled those knights about an hour ago and were tired." Farrioust was a bit disappointed.

"At least you admited you were beaten and that's good enough for me," grinned Catlesy and turned to Walcekite. "So where are you going now?"

"To CasteliaCity, and you?"

"Same. What about you Farrioust?"

"It's the same for me as well."

Catlesy gasped and an ever bigger grin appeared on her face.

"Hey, why don't we travel together? I bet all of us need to get to the gyms and we would be an unstopabble team."

"Um, I like traveling alone," addmited Walcekite.

"Same here," seconded Farrioust.

"Oh come on! Why are you two missing such a great opportunity?"

"I don't see what's so great about that," said Farrioust.

"Can't we just try? Let's get out of this forest and go to CasteliaCity," proposed Catlesy.

"I want to spend the night in this forest," explained Walcekite.

"And I want to stay in this forest for a bit."

"You guys are impossible. Never mind. I will wait for you two in CasteliaCity and then we will definitely travel together!" Catlesy got fired up and ran back to the road to SkyarrowBridge, that needed to be crossed to get to CasteliaCity.

"Don't count on it!" shouted Farrioust so that she could hear it, but she either didn't or ignored Farrioust. "Where does that girl get her energy?" he sweatdropped.

"It's Catlesy. You should be happy you didn't get her child act."

"She has that? She seems a little too old."

"It seems she changed," smiled Walcekite at the still running Catlesy. "Well, see ya," she winked at Farrioust and turned towards a very big tree that was even seen from where she was, although it was about half a mile away.

Farrioust stood there for a while and took another path in the forest, so it wouldn't be akward if they met again.


As night came, Walcekite had already reached the tree and gotten enough fruit for her and her pokemon.

"Traveling with them would certainly be interesting," she thought. "But could I stand them?"

With those thoughts she fell in deep sleep on one of the big tree's wide branches.


So Walcekite has the opportunity to travel with Catlesy and Farrioust somewhat from Castelia City. Should she take the offer or should she continue traveling alone?

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