Dusclops and Mime Jr.

In the forest of Gizzagaroo, there lived many Pokemon of many kinds. There were Hoppips that went hop. There were Bellsprouts that went sprout. There were Blastoise that went blast. And there were Wurmples that went wurmp.

When it was night in Gizzagaroo, there was also a tall Dusclops that slunk about in shadows. Dusclops could eat anything. He would turn to smoke, move over the object, and absorb it straight into his body. He ate rocks, bushes, signposts, plates, cars, trash cans, spoons, anything. And when he ate something, it vanished entirely. If you looked into his mouth, you would see nothing but air.

Dusclops also had another power, which was hypnosis. He would wave his hands in a spooky way and look into the other Pokemon's eyes with his single red eye. With that eye, he could see right into a Pokemon's soul. It would startle the Pokemon, but then lull it into a strange sleep. Dusclops could then make the other Pokemon do whatever he asked it to do. If he asked it to jump, it would jump. If he asked it to give up a berry, it would give him the berry. If he asked it to do the Bam-Shazam dance, it would do the Bam-Shazam dance. He chose to use this power to keep other Pokemon from bothering him too much, as he was easily annoyed.

When it was day in Gizzagaroo, there was also a small Mime Jr. that danced about in dandelions. Mime Jr. could dance like no other Pokemon in the forest. She twirled around on one toe, changing directions as she pleased. She could do the splits. She could jump and turn many times. She could dance a waltz, a jazz, a rock, a roll, a disco, and a Charleston. No matter how much she danced, she never got dizzy and she never fell down.

Mime Jr. also had another power, which was mimicry. She would see what a Pokemon would do and copy it right as the other Pokemon was moving. She was like a living mirror, moving exactly in sync without being told so. When she did this, Pokemon were fascinated. They would watch her mimics, amazed that she could do such things. She could hop like the Hoppips and sprout like the Bellsprouts. She could blast like the Blastoise and even wurmp like the Wurmples. When she used this power, she used their moment of awe to run away, as she was a shy creature.

For many days and many nights, Dusclops and Mime Jr. never met. When he stopped slunking, she started dancing. When she stopped dancing, he started slunking. It seemed that they never would met ever. But there came one time when they did meet.

It was morning. Dusclops was trying to find a quiet place to stop slunking and start sleeping. Mime Jr. was waking up and stretching for her daily dances. In the clearing by the great Nimbo tree, the two Pokemon nearly walked into each other.

They both stopped and looked at the strange Pokemon before them. The tall Dusclops thought that he had found an annoying little creature who would keep him awake. The small Mime Jr. thought that she had found a scary big creature who would hurt her badly. Because of this, they both decided to use their powers to drive the other away.

On one side, Dusclops looked down into Mime Jr.'s eyes with his one red eye. He brought his hands up and passed them between their gazes in a strange and spooky way. He focused his power on hypnosis.

On the other side, Mime Jr. looked up into Dusclops' one red eye with her two black eyes. As he did, she brought her hands up and passed them between their gazes in a strange and spooky way. She focused her power on mimicry.

And both Pokemon succeeded.

Dusclops was startled that this small Pokemon could do exactly what he did at exactly the same moment. His startle turned to wonder and he looked down at her in fascination. What would she do next? He wanted to know so he could watch.

Mime Jr. was startled by this tall Pokemon's power, even as she mimicked it. Her startle turned to a lull and she watched up at him in obedience. What did he want her to do? She wanted to know so she could do it.

However, both were caught up by the powers and couldn't do a thing. They were both hypnotized with fascination. They stayed where they were and watched each other.

And watched.

And watched.

And watched.

And watched.

And watched.

And watched.

And watched.

The day went on, but neither of them moved. Other Pokemon in the forest of Gizzagaroo saw the two standing there watching. But none of them could do anything to break the spell. The Hoppips hopped between them, but could not break the gaze. The Bellsprouts sprouted around, but could not get the attention of Dusclops or Mime Jr. Not even the Blastoise blast nor the Wurmple wurmp could do anything. The two Pokemon stayed there, watching each other for their next move.

Finally, the night came and a Kricketune came upon the scene at the great Nimbo tree. "What has happened to these two?" he asked.

"They have been standing like that all day, staring at each other," a Blastoise said.

"Nobody can get them to stop," a Wurmple added.

"We don't know what happened," a Hoppip said.

The Bellsprout might have said something, but it had fallen asleep right as the sun had set. It fell asleep every night, so it had not seen Dusclops before as well. Bellsprout snored.

Kricketune looked over the pair, then nodded. "I shall try something." He put his legs together wrong and rubbed them together.

SKREEEEEEEEEECH!

It was an awful horrible sound. Kricketune could play the most beautiful of melodies with his musical legs, but he did not want to right then. In order to break the spell, he played the most horrible of discords that he could think of.

Every other Pokemon in the area cried and covered their ears from the awful sound. That finally broke the spell between Dusclops and Mime Jr., as they also cried out against the noise. "Make it go away," the small Pokemon said in fright.

"What did you do that for?" the tall Pokemon said in anger.

"You got caught on each other's power," Kricketune told them. "I saved you from being stuck here forever."

They were not very happy with him. Mime Jr. cried such pitiful tears that every Pokeon watching felt sorry for her and angry at Kricketune for making her cry. Dusclops attacked him with such force that the Bug was thrown into the great Nimbo tree. After that, they went their separate ways.

But they knew of each other now. When Dusclops and Mime Jr. meet in the forest of Gizzagaroo, they smiled politely at each other and passed on by. Dusclops knew that she would not annoy him and Mime Jr. knew that he would not hurt her. And so the great stare-off of mimicked hypnosis never happened again.

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Sapphire entry: Dusclops absorbs everything, however large the object may be. This Pokemon hypnotizes its foe by waving its hands in a macabre manner and by bringing its single eye to bear. The hypnotized foe is made to do Dusclop's bidding.

Mime Jr. Diamond entry: It habitually mimics foes. Once mimicked, the foe cannot take its eyes off this Pokemon.

Written in the style of Dr. Suess!