Seedot and Wailmer

Now most Seedots were known to be quiet and peaceable creatures. Some farmers found them to be pests, as they attached themselves to trees and sapped the energy from them. However, the Seedots themselves never killed a tree and would often protect the ones they lived near from harm.

But there was one Seedot that was a lot of trouble. This little guy seemed to have watched too many cartoons, as he found amusement in hurting others. Along with battling regularly, this Pokemon liked to find trees with branches that overhung sidewalks and other paths. He would position himself above the path, hidden by the leaves, and wait with his kind's signature patience. When someone would walk underneath him, he would quickly detach himself and drop onto the head of the unwary pedestrian. He got the nickname Drops by doing this regularly.

At first, it wasn't much of a problem. Drops started out small and light, doing little more than startling his victims. As he grew older, he grew bigger and heavier. People started getting lumps on their heads from the Seedot's antics. They began to worry that soon someone would have to be hospitalized, or maybe even killed. But being humans, most couldn't tell one Seedot from the next. There was talk of removing all of the Seedots from the area.

Of course, the other Seedots didn't like this idea. There were many grand and strong trees along the Route and in the nearby town. They gathered among the bushes to discuss the issue. "Drops is giving us all a bad name," one said angrily. "Some of the humans think all of us are in on it. We have to do something!"

"But what can we do? I've tried talking to him and he doesn't want to listen. He said I was trying to ruin all his fun and doesn't realize that he could kill somebody by hitting their head."

"We could get him captured."

"He teases the Trainers so much. He gets in a battle and pretends like he's going to come along, but then always breaks out of the Pokeball at the last minute and runs away. I don't think he wants to be caught, so we're stuck with him."

"Maybe we can scare him into behaving," one suggested. "I heard that there's a big Pokemon staying in town this week. We could get the big one to make him stop."

"How can we get a big Pokemon to listen to us?"

The Seedots argued some more amongst themselves, but no one had come up with any better ideas. They had been trying for many days now, so all the good plans seemed to have failed. Since her idea seemed to be the only new one, the Seedot went off to find the big Pokemon. While they might be scary, she had heard that bigger Pokemon were often just as friendly as the smaller ones.

After asking some of the pet Pokemon that lived in yards and houses, she found out that the large visitor was in the larger of the two town ponds. The Seedot went over and looked in the water, but couldn't see if any strangers were down in the dark waters. Reaching out with her foot, she tapped the surface. "Excuse me? I'd like to talk to a particular Pokemon, one who's just visiting this pond. Please?"

There was a ripple on the surface of the water, so the Seedot waited. Then, a rush of blue leapt out of the water and landed on the shore beside her. The Pokemon was enormous to her eyes, taller than a human and completely round. Moving its few small fins, it rolled a bit until its black eyes were aimed downward, where she was. "Oh, hello!" the Pokemon said in a feminine voice. "Nice to get a request to be seen. I'm known as Lady Aquis Serenade, but you can just call me Aquis."

The Seedot smiled, trying not to be nervous. "Hi Aquis. I'm just a wild Pokemon and haven't got a nickname yet. But I came to ask you about something."

"Why certainly. Ask away. I can teach you to completely dazzle a whole audience; you're unpolished right now, but you might just be something."

"It's not about that, sorry. I've got this troublesome neighboring Seedot that's causing lots of problems. See, he likes to drop onto people's heads as they pass by. He might even hit your Coordinator." She had to switch words from Trainer at the last moment; thus far, it seemed like Aquis was competing in Pokemon Contests and those Pokemon could get quite irritated if not recognized as such.

"Oh dear, that could be a problem."

"Yes. So far he's just been giving people nasty lumps, but he's growing bigger and could really hurt somebody soon. But we can't talk sense into Drops. I want to scare him good. Do you think you could help, Aquis?"

"Hmm." She rolled back a bit, then forward to make eye contact again. "So he likes to drop on people's heads?"

"Uh-huh. Attaches himself to branches right over paths and aims himself every time. It's never an accident. I always hang from branches that are away from paths."

"Normally I'm not trying to scare people. But it is a part of stage life, to be able to evoke any emotion you need from an audience. This could be quite the interesting performance. Okay, I have an idea. I need you to get a few of your friends together and tell him something."

That afternoon, Drops was hanging over the human walkways as normal. The tree branch bent under his weight and struggled to hold onto him. However, the Seedot wasn't concerned about the tree. He watched the pathway, waiting for some unsuspecting human to walk under him. They always came by, so he just had to be patient.

Instead, another Seedot walked underneath the tree. "Hi Drops," she said. The leaf on top of her stem twitched nervously.

If she would just walk under him, he would give her reason to be nervous. "What do you want, no name stuck-up? Are you trying to tell me to be 'good' again?"

"Um, not really. See, there's been too many bad Pokemon in the world, so the sky is going to break apart and fall on top of all of us."

Drops stared at her, then laughed. "That? That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard! The sky can't fall down."

"It's supposed to. I'm getting to a safer place. You might want to get out of that tree." She scurried off into the forest underbrush.

"Bah," he grumbled. Then he kept waiting.

After a few minutes, another Seedot came by. "Hey Drops, did you hear? The sky is going to break apart and fall on top of us. And it's all because of dumb Pokemon like you!"

"Do you believe that stupid story?" Drops asked with a hiss. "The sky can't do that. You're all a bunch of paranoid idiots."

"Suit yourself, if you want to be crushed." He went into the undergrowth as well.

Over the next few moments, he heard from three other Seedots that the sky was going to break apart and fall down. It seemed ludicrous, but why were so many of his kind believing it? How could they all be so stupid? Unless… unless there was truth to it. He looked up at the sky, but it didn't show any signs of moving.

"Hey Drops!" another Seedot called out, angrily. "Thanks a lot! You helped to destroy the world!"

"I did not!" he called back, looking down at him. "This whole rumor about the sky falling down is ridiculous. And what have I done to help 'destroy the world'?" He spoke the last bit with a sneer.

"You've hurt so many people in your selfish antics and…" he stopped, then widened his eyes. "Oh my…" he scurried away.

Drops looked up in time to see a large blue… thing come falling down from above. The… the sky was really falling! Frantic, he dropped out of the tree and tried to scurry away. But it wasn't quite fast enough. Lady Aquis Serenade dropped right on top of him with a flourish of her fins, then bounced away like some giant bouncy ball. Drops was left with his face squashed into the dirt path.

After a second, the other Seedots came out of their hiding places. Aquis rolled back over, careful not to run anyone over. The youngest Seedot crouched down by Drops. "Did you squish him to death?"

"I should hope not," Aquis said, tilting herself down so she could see the smaller Pokemon. "It's all water weight to make my bounces more effective, though, so it might have been a bit much."

An older Seedot examined him, then nudged him out of the dent he had made in dropping. "He's alive, just unconscious. You might want to move away before he wakes back up, Aquis."

"Sure enough. I hope this helped you." She rolled away down the path back to the pond she was staying in.

They waited a while until Drops woke back up. "What happened to you?" one asked. "Someone get mad at you for dropping on top of them?"

"Huh?" His mind cleared, then his eyes widened in panic. "No, you guys were right! The sky really is falling!"

Going by the original plan, they all gave him quizzical looks. "How can the sky fall down?" the youngest one asked. "The sky is always up."

"But it broke off a piece and dropped it right on top of me!" he insisted. "You guys said it was because…" he stopped as he recalled the reason given, because bad Pokemon like himself were hurting people. But he didn't want to admit that just yet. "We've got to warn everybody! This threat is real." Drops then ran off into the forest, telling any Pokemon he met that the sky was going to completely break apart and fall down.

While no one is sure what ultimately happened to Drops, no pedestrians got hit by a falling Seedot for many years after. On the other hand, Lady Aquis Serenade continued on her magnificent career, eventually becoming one of the most beloved Pokemon actresses. And she had a female Seedot as a stage partner and best friend.

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Seedot Emerald entry: It hangs off branches and absorbs nutrients. When it finishes eating, its body becomes so heavy that it drops to the ground with a thump.

Sapphire entry: Wailmer can store water inside its body to transform itself into a ball for bouncing around on the ground. By filling itself with more water, this Pokemon can elevate the height of its bounces.

Messing with the Chicken Little story. I like coming up with names for Pokemon.