Morae: A New Adventure Begins! Chapter 3: The Shadow Gang Attacks!

A/N:

Hey guys! Here is Chapter 3 but before you read it; have you noticed anything different about the title? No? Well, the region is called Morae in this story, but my computer has been correcting it to Morale instead! So yeah, the story is MORAE and not Morale! Just thought I'd say 🙈🐙. Anyway... Here is chapter 3!

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Pokemon. I only own my OC's and other characters go to their respective owners.

Pokemon:

Ash: Pikachu, Charizard

Alisa: Eevee

Bonnie: Dedenne, Chespin

Calem: Umbreon, Absol

Serena: Delphox, Pancham, Flareon

The pleasant Morae sun shone down on the route 20 forest where our heroes are enjoying a spot of lunch.

'So, Calem and Alisa. What are your goals?' Ash asked.

'Well, my goal is to form the best team I can.' Calem started. 'Alisa and I are from a small village, where every new trainer receives an Eevee egg at the beginning of their journey. Once it has hatched, you must raise it until it evolves. Once it has evolved, the type it evolves into decides what type of Pokemon you must train.' He reached into his pocket and pulled out a Pokeball. He opened it, and an Umbreon emerged. It jumped onto his lap and nuzzled his hand affectionately. 'As you can see, my Eevee evolved into an Umbreon so I must complete my team using only dark type Pokemon.'

Ash, Serena and Bonnie were amazed. They had never heard of such a unique way of training a team!

'Wow that's awesome!' Serena exclaimed. 'Alisa, what type did your Eevee evolve into?' She added curiously.

Alisa looked down at her lap in embarrassment. 'Well... my Eevee hasn't... evolved yet.' She murmured, blushing.

Like Calem, she pulled out a Pokeball and opened it to reveal an Eevee. It looked up at the table with it's big brown eyes and rushed over to Alisa as she put down a bowl of food for it.

'Oh my gosh it's so cute!' Bonnie squealed excitedly.

Alisa looked at Bonnie, her eyes shining with pride. 'You really think so?' She asked, a smile slowly growing across her face.

'Yeah! It's really cute!' Ash added, smiling.

A flash of jealousy shot through Serena's mind. ' How come he never said that about MY Eevee? Does he think Alisa's better than me?' She shot a glance over at Alisa, where Ash had come over and was admiring her Eevee. She glared at Alisa, which didn't go unnoticed.

Noticing Serena's glare, Calem decided to change the subject.

'So, what about you guys?'

Ash looked up and smiled, returning to his seat.

'I want to be the world's number one Pokemon master!' He stated excitedly.

'I want to become queen of the Pokemon showcase world.' Serena added. 'And what about you... Alisa?' She spoke this in a slightly colder tone, however no-one noticed her sudden change in attitude towards the raven-haired girl.

'Well, I'm the same as you! Except I'm still waiting for my Eevee to evolve.' She turned to Bonnie. 'And what about Bonnie?'

Bonnie looked up at her, a nervous expression planted on her face.

'Well... I-I ummm...' she took a deep breath, she was obviously having trouble telling her friends about her secret goal.

'I want to be a Ryhorn racer like Serena used to be!' She said, blushing furiously.

All heads turned towards Serena, whose smile was growing across her face.

'Bonnie, that's awesome! I never knew you liked Ryhorn racing! She exclaimed.

Bonnie nodded, a similar smile spreading across her face. 'Yeah! Ever since I saw you racing, I knew that's what I wanted to do. Ooh! Serena can you teach me? Please please please please please?!'

'Of course I will!' Serena smiled. This had obviously put her in a good mood.

Ash stood up. 'Well, I think we should get going, don't you guys?' He asked, beginning to clear away plates off the table.

'Yeah.' Said Calem and Serena who did the same as Ash.

21.5 minutes later~

The five were walking down the forest path, eager to reach the next town by sunset.

Then it happened.

Two men dressed in all black suddenly appeared from nowhere. They had a grey S on their jackets, and they were wearing black ski-mask like headgear to hide their appearance. They both held their hand out and shouted in harsh voices-

'Stop! You are entering unauthorized territory. Leave at once or we will make you.'

Ash and Calem stepped forward, holding a Pokeball each, glaring at the two men.

'Why should we? This is the way to the next city!' Calem growled. He was ready for a fight.

The men glared at them. 'Unless you want to fight with members of Team Shadow, then leave immediately!'

'Team shadow?' Serena asked. 'Who the heck are Team Shadow?'

The first grunt growled in anger. Serena had crossed the line. They pulled out a Pokeball each and threw them into the air. A Bisharp and a Toxicroak appeared, glaring at them.

'Go Pikachu!' Ash yelled, sending his faithful companion into the battle.

Calem tossed his Pokeball into the air and yelled: 'Go Umbreon!' His dark-type companion appeared before them, ready to go.

The second grunt waited for no signal to begin.

'Toxicroak, use poison jab!' He yelled, followed by the first grunt. 'Bisharp, ,slash!'

The two opposing Pokemon leapt forward with incredible speed, reaching Pikachu and Umbreon in a matter of seconds.

'Dodge Pikachu!'

'You too Umbreon.'

The electric and dark type Pokemon dodged the powerful attacks with just seconds to spare. Toxicroak stopped in it's tracks and turned to face their enemies. Bisharp however, managed to turn around and run back towards Pikachu. It lunged forward and only just managed to strike Pikachu's tail with slash. Pikachu yelped and fell back from the force of the powerful attack, but managed to quickly recover.

Ash and Calem gritted their teeth, the grunts were obviously well trained, unlike some other grunts they knew of *cough team rocket cough*

'Use thunderbolt!' Ash commanded. 'Umbreon, dark pulse!' Calem shouted.

Pikachu sent a bolt of electricity flying towards their enemies, scoring a direct hit on Toxicroak. It stumbled back and used a nearby tree as support. It had taken a lot of damage.

Umbreon's dark pulse headed for Bisharp who dodged, and sent over an aura sphere. It hit Umbreon, but didn't do a lot of damage. Toxicroak stumbled out from the tree, and spread toxic spikes onto the battlefield. Pikachu, Umbreon and Bisharp (to Toxicroak's dismay) were hurt by the poison spikes.

Umbreon used night slash and Pikachu used iron tail, scoring direct hits on both opposing Pokemon. The grunts were in a tight spot; their Pokemon were badly hurt and running out of energy.

'Let's finish this Bisharp! Use slash again!' 'You too Toxicroak!' The two grunts yelled.

'Pikachu, volt tackle!' 'Umbreon, shadow claw!' Ash and Calem yelled, determined to win the battle.

The four Pokemon collided in the centre of the battlefield, creating a huge explosion and a cloud of smoke.

When the smoke cleared, Toxicroak was lying on the ground, the other three standing strong. The second grunt screamed in frustration, and returned his Pokemon.

The two grunts looked at each other and nodded, a sinister smirk on their faces.

'Bisharp, use aura sphere!'

Bisharp began summoning his aura sphere. When it grew to it's full size, the Pokemon did something unexpected.

It turned to where Bonnie was standing, and fired it straight at her.

Bonnie stood frozen, unable to move in fear. Without thinking, Calem ran forward and stood in front of Bonnie, shielding her from the powerful attack. It hit him with such power that he and Bonnie were blasted backwards, landing straight on a nearby tree. Calem had taken the most damage, as he was knocked out instantly.

'NO!' Alisa screamed, running up to the two. 'Calem, Bonnie! Tell me you're okay!' She yelled, as she sat down beside them. She tried shaking Calem awake, but he didn't move. 'Bonnie, are you hurt?' Alisa asked.

'Yeah, but I'll be okay...' Bonnie replied weakly, trying not to worry Alisa.

'Oh my Arceus...' Serena exclaimed, sitting next to Calem. He had a huge gash across his left arm, and a severe head injury. 'Ash! Go and get help!' She yelled, holding back tears.

'Right!' He replied. As he recalled his Pokemon, he realized that the two grunts had run away. 'Those sons of a b-'

'Hurry!' Serena interrupted.

Ash nodded and ran to the nearest Pokemon centre as fast as his legs could carry him.

Later...

Calem woke up in a hospital room. His head was bandaged and his left arm in a temporary sling. He sat up and looked around. Nurse Joy turned around and smiled, rushing over to him.

'Hello Calem! How are you feeling?' She asked in a comforting tone.

'H-hi Nurse Joy. I'm feeling okay, thanks...' Calem replied steadily.

In the waiting room, Alisa was pacing up and down, growing restless from her concern.

'I hope he's okay. What if the injury was more serious than we thought? What if he doesn't make it? Arceus, please make him okay!' She continued babbling with worry for a good ten minutes to escape the chilling silence caused by the other three.

'Alisa, no need to worry! He's going to be fine!' Ash reassured her, although he was thinking the same as her.

'But what if he's not?! What then?' She replied, quickening her pace.

'Put it this way then.' Serena began. 'Bonnie's injury was similar to Calem's, but less serious. And did Bonnie recover?'

'Yeah!' Bonnie added. 'I'm fine, so Calem definitely will be okay!'

Alisa stopped pacing and smiled at her friends. 'Thanks guys. I feel a lot better now.'

*DING DING DING DONG DING*

The operation room doors behind Alisa opened, and Calem emerged smiling at the group. Alisa whirled around to face him.

'Calem!' She cried, throwing her arms around him. 'I'm so glad you're awake! How are you feeling?'

'I'm fine, but it would be even better if you didn't hug me quite so tightly...' he replied.

She quickly released him from her venus fly trap hug.

'Hehe... sorry Calem.' She giggled. He chuckled back, an amused grin on his face.

Bonnie shyly shuffled over to Calem and like Alisa, she gave him another hug.

'Thank you for saving me...' she murmured.

Calem smiled and hugged her back.

'No problem Bonnie. Anything for a great friend. I'm glad to see you feeling better!' He replied sweetly.

Bonnie giggled as they broke their hug.

'Glad to see you feeling better Calem!' Ash smiled.

'Yeah! I'm glad you're okay.' Added Serena.

Calem smiled at the two. 'Thank you guys' he replied.

The five smiled at each other. Suddenly, Bonnie put her hand in the middle of the circle the group had formed. Realizing what she was doing, Serena and Ash did the same. Alisa and Calem looked confused, but followed suit.

'On the count of three, let's all raise our hands!' Bonnie explained excitedly.

'One...'

'Two...'

'THREE!'

~Unknown location~

Two shadow grunts entered an office, where their leader sat.

'Sir.' Spoke the first grunt. 'Our mission was successful.'

'We stalled the group while our scientists scanned them. We have interesting results.' The second grunt added.

'... I'm listening...' their leader spoke.

'The boy named Calem. He does have some abilities, but nothing special.'

The leader sighed.

'However...' the grunt continued, eager to impress his leader. 'This Alisa girl... is really something special! Her abilities are more promising than we've ever seen.'

The leader sat up in his chair, pleased at this news. 'Well then. It seems we have a target!'

A/N

Dun dun dunnn! That cliff-hanger though! I hope you guys liked the chapter. Please leave a review if you have any suggestions, or if you just want to be nice!

Quickly before I go, I'm starting a new system, where I upload a new chapter every two weeks. It will always be up on a Friday! Thank you all for reading my fanfiction. That is all. Byeeeee! 🐙🐙