"How is he feeling?" Casey asked, checking in on Ash as Brock was trying to help him.
"Physically he looks fine, he isn't showing physical signs of exhaustion." Brock admitted.
"I still feel bad that I won because of this, him and Croconaw were doing well." Misty said regretfully.
"We have today to try and get him better before the final rounds." Brock said. "But if he doesn't get better, we might need to get to mainland."
"What about herbs?" Molly asked. "The islands around here have been surprisingly lush, we might be able to find what we need here to help."
"In theory, but we'd need to know what you're looking for in order to not cause more troubles." Brock said.
"Brock, you spent all that time with Professor Ivy, wouldn't you be able to identify them?" Misty asked.
"Identifying them is one thing, but even I can't find them without knowing the locales." Brock reminded.
"Teddiursa and I could help." Molly said. "After Houndoom, he probably has the strongest sense of smell."
"In the meantime, Bayleef can use Sweet Scent to try and keep Ash relaxed." Casey said.
"And we can get some water to keep him cool." Misty assured.
"Okay, Casey stay here and send Beedrill to find us if his condition gets worse." Brock said. "Let's get moving quick, I'd rather not be looking once it gets dark."
A bit of searching later
"Teddi!" Teddiursa exclaimed, pushing a boulder out of the way, to reveal some herbs growing beneath.
"What do you think Brock, could these be useful?" Molly asked.
"They look good to me, let's see if we can't find any more." Brock said, carefully picking what he needed.
"Teddi?" Teddiursa said in confusion noticing the boulder he had pushed down hill was nowhere to be seen.
"Come on Teddiursa, we still need your nose." Molly said supportively.
"Ursa! Teddi!" Teddiursa cheered, running ahead before sniffing around and going in another direction.
Back on the boat
"Come on Ash, pull through this." Casey whispered, before his body convulsed glowing gold while a red glow came from his eyes before all stopped and he returned to being still. "What is even going on with you, none of this makes sense."
"How's he doing?" Misty asked, walking in with Poliwrath and Togetic, all of them carrying water.
"I'm not really sure, none of this is making any sense." Casey admitted as Ash's eyes glowed red again before a rattling was heard on the side of the ship.
"What was that?!" Misty exclaimed, rushing back out to see a rut in the beach and a large amount of sand having hit the boat, but nothing in sight. "I don't think we're alone on this island."
Back in the woods
"Quillava use Cut!" Molly called out.
Quillava leapt upwards, slicing down some fruit from a higher branch on a tree, Teddiursa catching them all from below.
"What do you think Brock, will this be enough?" Molly asked, taking the fruit from Teddiursa.
"Yeah, I think this should be enough now." Brock said.
"Phy!" A cry echoed out as sand whipped around, making it hard to see.
"What's going on?!" Molly called out.
"I don't know, we're nowhere nearly close enough to the beach for this much sand unless it's a tropical storm!" Brock exclaimed.
"If the storm is this bad here, what about Ash and the others?!" Molly said worriedly.
"Let's go, quick, follow me!" Brock said, rushing back towards the boat.
Brock and Molly rushed out of the woods to find Casey and Misty looking out the ship in a similar panic.
"What's going on? Did you two get the herbs?" Casey asked.
"Yeah, why do you two looked so panicked?" Molly asked.
"Something shook the boat and left all this sand on the side." Misty said.
"We just experienced a sandstorm in the woods too." Brock said noticing a pattern.
"Umm guys." Casey said, noticing a sand cloud rushing right towards them.
"Wait, there's something in there! Teddiursa stop them with Strength!" Molly called out.
"Onix, Geodude, you help too!" Brock called out.
Teddiursa stood his ground as the thing causing the storm slammed into him.
"What is that thing?!" Molly shouted, trying to line up her Pokedex.
'Phanpy, the Long Nose Pokemon, and a Ground Type. As a sign of affection, it bumps with its snout. However, it is so strong, it may send you flying.'
"Onix get in there!" Brock exclaimed, after hearing the dex talk about it's strength.
"PHY!" The Phanpy exclaimed, tossing both Onix and Teddiursa away.
"If it can toss Teddiursa and Onix like that, maybe stopping it is the answer! Bayleef use Vine Whip!"
Bayleef shot out their vines, lifting Phanpy into the air, only for the ground type to begin spinning, tossing Bayleef with relative ease.
"Would you knock off all that noise." Ash groaned, leaning on the doorframe.
"Ash, you should be laying down." Misty said.
"Hard to with all the shouting, is that causing it?" Ash asked, seeing the Pokemon got at Phanpy again.
"Yeah, it's a Phanpy, but none of our Pokemon are strong enough to hold it." Molly said.
"Misty get ready to cool it down." Ash said, grabbing a Pokeball. "Espeon use Psybeam!"
Espeon came out, using her psychic abilities to lift Phanpy into the air without making contact.
"Corsola come on out and use Bubblebeam!" Misty called out.
Bubbles shot out, drenching the ground type as it finally calmed down.
"Sweet Scent, it lures wild Pokemon, makes them go crazy." Ash said, regaining his strength a bit.
"Which is why it went after the boat." Casey realized.
"And we probably were covered in the scent, that's why it was after us." Molly realized, checking on the ground type. "I'm sorry Phanpy, you were just excited by the smell, Teddiursa is like that too."
"Teddi!" Teddiursa cheered, hearing their name.
"You know with all the plants, I didn't see any other Pokemon here, Phanpy might be lost." Brock pointed out.
"Well how about it Phanpy, want to come with us, get off this island?" Molly asked.
"Phan! Phanpy!" Phanpy cheered, shaking Teddiursa's hand with her snout.
"Well then, Pokeball go!" Molly called out, he ball capturing Phanpy in an instant.
Molly's Current Team and their Moves
Quilava: Flame Wheel - Tackle - Smokescreen - Cut
Teddiursa: Strength
Phanpy: Rock Smash - Rollout - Sandstorm