Well...glad to see things have calmed down. And as promised, I have a new chapter right here for you guys. I appreciate all the reviews that you all have given me, at least the ones that actually had something to do with the chapter. And so, I've decided not to reply to the anonymous reviews in this chapter, I promise the next chapter I will.
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Chapter 48

Misty's POV

Yesterday was a lot of fun; we stopped at a town called Squallville where I made my debut in Pokéringer! Of course…nobody knew it was me until I took off the hoodie that was hiding my face. Ash had told me that I might not have been able to handle a Pokéringer contest since I had never done it before; I didn't like that so I decided to enter. One problem, I didn't have a flying-type Pokémon to enter, but I did have my lips…I used them to my advantage and put Ash in a trance while I snagged Charizard off his Pokéball belt. Then while Ash was registering, I managed to sneak off and I found the jacket I wore. I used my sister's name and entered the competition with Charizard.

Ash barely got past an aggressive Skarmory, but he and Staravia managed to pull it out of the fire. Then surprisingly, Paul was entered in the contest as well with his Honchkrow. As usual Paul proved to be a huge pain in the butt, and he also proved to be a worthy opponent as he easily defeated the favorite in the whole competition, and that guy had a Dragonite! And right after that, I wound up going against Ash in the next round. That was when I surprised everyone and revealed who I really was. Charizard had Staravia down for the count, but all of a sudden she evolved into Staraptor, and simply out sped Charizard and took the match.

Now I had some explaining to do, of course Pikachu had found out beforehand since he had caught my scent after I accidently bumped into Ash after my first round victory, so he wasn't surprised. Ash however was quite the opposite. I don't think he was surprised that I had actually competed; I think he was more surprised about the fact that I had actually managed to casually swipe Charizard from him and he didn't notice. Well I gave Charizard back and headed off to the stands where Brock and Dawn were waiting, they too were mildly surprised as well, but they too had spotted subtle hints that "Violet" was really me. Namely that Brock recognized Charizard and Dawn had spotted my hand reaching for Charizard while I was kissing Ash.

The competition continued, and Ash and his brand new Staraptor dominated everyone who had to face him. Unfortunately, Paul and his Honchkrow were doing the same. Somehow we all knew that in the end it would be Ash and Paul in the final round. At first it seemed evenly matched, but after a while Paul and Honchkrow started to pull ahead after Staraptor took a serious beating. And just when it seemed like it was all over for Ash, Staraptor gained a second wind and learned 'Close Combat'! But even then Staraptor was at the end of her rope, as the ring fell towards the goal and the two flying-types raced for it. But thanks to a lot of encouragement from Ash, Staraptor managed to come from behind and knock the ring onto the goal with her wing, giving Ash the victory over Paul!

The prize was an honorary citizenship to Squallville and a whole bunch of special Pokémon food…which Mamoswine immediately ate, much to the dismay of all of our other Pokémon. But in the end it didn't matter, Ash beat Paul at last! On the way out, we ran into Paul who was on his way out as well. It was no surprise to us when Paul basically just shrugged and said that Ash still wasn't any better than he was, saying that it took Ash way too long for him to evolve Staraptor. We watched the trainer walk off into the sunset, something I thought didn't fit him in any way, and decided that it wasn't worth worrying about. Ash had a new Pokémon, and we were on our way to get him a new badge!

Normal POV

"Oh man, this forest never ends." Ash said. "For sure." Brock added. "Could you guys maybe stop reminding me how deep this forest is? I'm already scared enough as it is." Misty said nervously. "Come on Mist, there are no bug-types in this forest, we've been walking for over an hour and we haven't seen a single one." Ash replied. "Oh yeah? Well I swear I saw a Spinarak on a tree about twenty yards back!" Misty exclaimed. "Even if you did there's no way it would follow us this far." Dawn replied, taking a second to sip from her water bottle.

"Just relax Misty, once we make it through here, there should be a town right away." Brock said. "Finally. Civilization." Misty replied. "Uh oh." Dawn said, stopping in her tracks. "What's wrong Dawn?" Brock asked. "Is there a bug around here?" Misty whimpered, getting behind Ash for protection. "No Misty, no bugs, I'm just out of water." Dawn sighed. "Oh is that all?" Misty asked. The water-trainer got out from behind Ash and stood tall; apparently her pride was now hiding her fear. "If it's water you want, it's water I've got! Misty calls Staryu!" Misty threw out a Pokéball, and her sea-star Pokémon emerged with a determined battle-cry.

Misty pulled out her own water-bottle and untwisted the cap. "Hey Staryu, could you refill my water-bottle please?" she asked. Staryu nodded and bent its top tip so that it could shoot a soft 'Water Gun' into Misty's bottle. "You're not actually gonna drink that are you?" Dawn asked in disgust. "Why not? It's water isn't it?" Misty replied. "Yeah but it came out of a Pokémon!" Dawn exclaimed. "I'll have you know my Staryu is VERY sterile, you could drink right from its tip if you wanted to." Misty said, "So go on, it's your turn, fill 'er up so we can get out of here!"

"Um, actually I was thinking I would just go over to that nearby spring." Dawn said. "Fine, suit yourself; I was just trying to save you a trip but whatever." Misty replied. "Be back in a sec!" Dawn took off running towards the spring. "You weren't REALLY trying to save her a trip." Brock said knowingly. "You just wanna get out of here as soon as possible." Ash added, snickering at his girlfriend's anxiety. "Well why shouldn't I? When a bug could jump out at us at any second? Staryu, I want you to guard us now, make sure no bug-types come anywhere near here!" Misty hopped back behind Ash and cowered there, as they awaited Dawn's return.

As Dawn reached the spring, she began filling her bottle from the small waterfall. "Hey Piplup, can you believe Misty actually wanted me to drink water that came out of her Pokémon?" Dawn asked. "Pi piplup piplup pip pip piplup." (There's nothing wrong with that water.) Piplup replied. "Are you just taking her side because you're a Pokémon too?" Dawn asked. "Piplup pip piplup." (No I mean it.) "Piplup that's gross, how can you…" Dawn quickly became quiet when she heard a noise. "Did you hear that?" she asked. The noise was heard again; Dawn looked up and saw an Aggron up on the ledge above her, and by the looks of it, it wasn't happy to see her.

"Uh oh, an Aggron!" Dawn cried. Dawn's fear would be justified, as the Aggron charged a 'Hyper Beam' that just barely missed. Dawn shrieked and turned around to run, but slipped on a wet rock and fell into the river. "Aah, help! Help!" Dawn unfortunately was out of earshot, as she continued to be swept down the river. Dawn looked around and spotted a rock close to the river bank, and reached for it as she passed by. Dawn managed to grab ahold, and fought against the pull of the river and pulled herself back onto dry land.

Dawn got on her hands and knees and panted with fatigue, as the water dripped off her clothes and formed a small puddle. "Piplup piplup?" (Are you ok?) Piplup asked. "I'm fine Piplup, thanks." Dawn sighed. Then the full severity of the situation hit her, and she looked around nervously, "But we got separated from everyone! Now we've gotta find our way back!" Dawn then thought of something else. "What's up with Aggron using 'Hyper Beam'? That nasty little maneuver certainly came out of nowhere." Dawn spat, as she pulled out her pink Pokédex.

Aggron, the Iron Armor Pokémon, and the evolved form of Lairon, Aggron's steel horns can destroy the firmest of bedrock and digs tunnels as it looks for iron to eat." the Pokédex chirped. "Whoa! Who knew there was a Pokémon that actually eats iron?" Dawn exclaimed, "Well one thing's for sure, we better be careful we don't run into that Aggron again."

Meanwhile, Ash, Misty, and Brock had gotten worried about their friend and went looking for her. "Hey Dawn where are you?" Ash yelled. "Where could she be?" Brock wondered aloud. "Hey guys! Look here!" Misty called. The two males rushed over to where Misty was kneeling over a water bottle. "It's Dawn's water bottle." Misty said. "Uh oh…I wonder if she might've slipped and fell into the river." Brock added. "Oh boy, we better get moving and look for her!" Ash exclaimed. Suddenly the group heard stomping on a ledge above them; they looked up and saw an Aggron that immediately fired 'Hyper Beam'. The group jumped back to avoid the blast, but the Aggron was determined and jumped down to their level and used 'Double Edge', slamming Pikachu hard. "Pikachu, you ok?" Ash asked. "Pika!" (Yeah!)

"What's this thing's problem?" Misty screamed. Aggron fired another blast that just barely missed the trio. "Hurry, let's get out of here!" Brock yelled. "Right Brock!" the other two replied. Ash, Misty, and Brock ran as fast as they could in order to put distance between them and the rogue Aggron. After sprinting for a minute or so, the trio stopped to catch their breath. "Man, talk about a surprise." Ash panted. "That sure was close." Brock added. "What was up with that Aggron? It's not like we ever did anything to it." Misty said.

"Well…it might not be something we did." Brock said. "Then what?" Ash asked. Brock went to examine the rocks in front of them. "There might be iron in the boulders all around here." Brock said. "What does that have to do with anything?" Misty asked. "Aggron eat iron." Brock replied. "So maybe it was just protecting its territory." Ash suggested. "Yeah…it could be that Aggron thought we were here to cause trouble." Brock replied. "We couldn't have picked a worse time to get split up with Dawn." Ash groaned.

"Oh my gosh, Dawn! I just realized something, if Aggron attacked us, it might've attacked her too!" Misty exclaimed. "We better find her and fast!" Brock replied. "Time to call out the aerial search party Ash." Misty said. "Alright, Staraptor, Gliscor, Charizard! I choose you!" Ash threw out three Pokéballs, and his team of flying-types emerged from them awaiting their orders. "Alright you three, take off and keep an eye out for Dawn and her Pokémon, and lemme know if you spot that Aggron too!" Ash instructed. Charizard punched his claw into his fist with determination, "Charizard…" Ash warned.

Charizard then crossed his arms and turned his head indignantly. "Come on Charizard, if you KO that Aggron we may lose a clue as to where Dawn and her Pokémon are!" Ash said. Charizard sighed and finally decided to obey Ash's orders. "Thanks Charizard." Ash said. Charizard rolled his eyes and took off, and then the other two Pokémon followed suit and took off as well. "Alright, now let's go look too." Brock said. "Right Brock." Ash and Misty followed their older companion through the forest as their search for their coordinator friend began.

"We've gotta find them! And soon!" Dawn had long since placed Piplup back on her head and started running through the forest to try and find her friends. "We've gotta hurry and warn them about that Aggron before it's too late!" Dawn continued to run, little did she know that she had been spotted, but not by friendlies. A smoke bomb suddenly went off right in front of her, and she covered her mouth so as not to breathe it in. "What's going on?" she exclaimed with her hands muffling her voice.

Jessie: "What's going on is strictly behind the back."

James: "Thanks to your intellectual lack."

Jessie: "On the wind!"

James: "Past the stars!"

Meowth: "Dig it Jack!"

Jessie: "Bringing real chaos at a breakneck pace!"

James: Dashing hope, putting fear in its place!"

Jessie: "A rose by any other name's just as sweet!"

James: "When everything's worse, our work is complete!"

Jessie: "Jessie!"

James: "And James!"

Meowth: "Meowth's da name!"

Jessie: "Putting the do-gooders in their place!"

James: "We're Team Rocket!"

Team Rocket: "In your face!"

"Team Rocket? Ugh, look I don't have any time for you clowns right now!" Dawn exclaimed. "I don't see any makeup, do you?" James countered. "We're here ta take da centa ring outta your circus!" Meowth yelled. "You're about to be roped and tied! Your Piplup that is!" Jessie threw a lasso at the penguin Pokémon on Dawn's head, but Piplup quickly jumped off to avoid being snagged. Once the initial strike failed, Jessie wasted no time in calling for help. "Assistance Yanmega!" The dragonfly Pokémon emerged from its Pokéball, ready for battle.

"Alright, that's it! Piplup, use 'Bubblebeam'!" Dawn ordered. Piplup acknowledged and fired a stream of bubbles at the dragonfly, but unfortunately Yanmega's speed allowed it to dodge the attack. "Quick Yanmega, use 'AncientPower'!" Jessie countered. Yanmega formed a glowing sphere of energy and fired, but Piplup managed to jump out of the way before the rock-type attack made impact. "Let's see you dodge this! Alright, 'Whirlpool'!" Dawn ordered. Piplup went big as he summoned his most powerful attack. After forming the giant whirlpool of water, Piplup launched it towards his opponent who was quickly subdued by the swirling water. "Yanmega no!" Jessie cried.

"Yep, afraid so!" Dawn gloated. But suddenly Dawn's confident demeanor vanished as she ran up, snagged Piplup into her arms and took off running in the opposite direction, leaving Team Rocket confused. "What's with her?" Jessie asked. "Retreating's not the norm, even for the young twerpette." James added. "Maybe we got our scare on big time today." Meowth suggested. That suggestion couldn't have been further from the reality. Team Rocket heard a low growl from behind them; slowly they turned around and began screaming in terror as they saw an Aggron ready to fire 'Hyper Beam' at them.

"Let's get out of here!" they exclaimed. Quickly the trio ran off and leaped into the bushes, losing the Aggron and allowing them a second to breathe. "What was up with that angry Aggron?" Jessie asked. "It could be that it doesn't like other people or Pokémon in its personal hangout." James suggested. "That Aggron musta been da real reason for da twerpette's hightailing!" Meowth said. "Typical. Obsessed with saving her own selfish skin." Jessie grumbled. "Neva mind dat, dere's no way dat Aggron won't find us if we just hang out in the bushes all day, we gotta get moving!" Meowth exclaimed. "Right." The other two said. So the trio of crooks started sneaking around the forest again, hoping not to run into that Aggron.

"Dawn! Piplup! Where are you?" Ash, Misty, and Brock had been calling for their friend for quite a while now, and had failed to find any traces of her as of yet. The aerial search party of Charizard, Staraptor, and Gliscor hadn't been able to spot anything either. "Man, I'm getting worried." Ash groaned. "Me too. I just hope Aggron didn't get the chance to attack them." Brock added. "If only she could give us some sort of signal, like a flare or something." Misty also added. "I guess all we can do is keep looking, we can't give up." Brock said. "Right." With that, the trio continued their search.

Dawn finally stopped running as she reached a clearing in the heavy forest foliage. She looked up into the sky, and that gave her an idea. "Got it! Come on out Buneary and Pachirisu!" Dawn tossed tow Pokéballs, and the two small Pokémon emerged from them and faced their trainer. "Alright here's the deal, we got separated from everyone." When Dawn said that, her two Pokémon gave very discouraged looks to the blue-haired trainer. "Hey hold on! I was just thinking, if you aimed your moves towards the sky, and Brock, Misty, and Ash saw them, they'd be able to figure out where we all are!" Dawn explained.

Dawn's Pokémon eagerly agreed. "Alright, let's do it! Buneary, use 'Ice Beam'!" Buneary acknowledged and fired a freezing beam high into the sky. "Now Pachirisu, 'Discharge'!" Dawn ordered. Pachirisu followed up Buneary's attack with a furious blast of electricity. Both attacks did manage to get attention. "Now, the gang MUST'VE seen all of that!" Dawn said. Dawn was right that someone saw it, but not necessarily someone she wanted to see it. Out of the bushes emerged the angry Aggron, who wasted no time firing another 'Hyper Beam' at the intruders. "Now that's someone I DIDN'T want seeing all of that!" Dawn and her Pokémon took off running as the Aggron pursued them, while a certain trio watched the event take place.

"Tsk, just as I thought." Jessie said. "Twerps will be twerpettes." James added. "So let's cop all dose cute Pokémon!" Meowth added. Team Rocket cautiously followed while Aggron continued to chase after Dawn and her Pokémon. "I've had enough Aggron, please stop!" Dawn cried. Dawn may have had enough, but Aggron wasn't satisfied yet. "You know, she does come with an annoying tailgater though." James said. "Annoying? Not at all! Once Aggron tires the twerpette out, getting her Pokémon will be a snap!" Jessie replied. "I love letting big lugs do da doity woik." Meowth added. "It keeps our noses and gloves clean." James snickered. Team Rocket continued to follow, as did Aggron.

Dawn looked back for a moment and saw that Aggron was still in hot pursuit, but when she looked forward again, she noticed she had run out of ground. "Dead end!" she exclaimed. She turned around again and sure enough Aggron was still closing in. "Now what do we do? We've run out of places to run!" Dawn cried. Aggron got closer and readied a 'Hyper Beam'. "This is it!" Dawn whimpered. But just then, Aggron roared in pain and fell to the ground, and then the ground shook a little as a figure roared in victory. Dawn opened her eyes and a huge smile spread across her face when she saw who had saved them.

"It's Charizard!" she exclaimed. Charizard looked back for a moment and gave a thumbs-up to the coordinator and her Pokémon. "Charizard, look out!" Dawn screamed. Charizard faced Aggron again and saw that the steel/rock-type wasn't finished yet. Charizard charged a 'Flamethrower' just as Aggron readied a 'Hyper Beam', and the two attacks fired simultaneously, creating a huge puff of black smoke. Then out of the cloud of smoke came Aggron using 'Double Edge', and the fire/flying-type got caught off guard by Aggron's quick reaction as he hit the ground hard.

"Oh no…Charizard needs help…I guess I've got no choice! Go Mamoswine!" Dawn tossed out one more Pokéball, and this time her heavyweight emerged from it and for a moment seemed determined to battle. "Alright Mamoswine, we've got to help Charizard! So use 'Take Down' on Aggron now!" Dawn ordered. Instead of obeying, Mamoswine decided to lie down and go to sleep. "It's not naptime!" Dawn screamed. Meanwhile, Charizard was busy holding off Aggron with a powerful 'Heat Wave', but it seemed that with every attack, Aggron merely became more determined to fight back.

Aggron readied a new attack, one that would surely make Charizard feel serious pain: 'Stone Edge'. "Aah! Look out Charizard!" Dawn cried. Unfortunately Charizard couldn't just merely get out of the way, if he had dodged, the pointed stones surely would've hit Dawn and her Pokémon, so instead he decided to take the super-effective hit himself. After taking that hit, Charizard fell to one knee, panting with exhaustion and growling in fury as Aggron stared him down. "Come on Mamoswine! You've got to help Charizard! I guess there's only one thing left to do!" Dawn hurried over to Mamoswine holding one of her homemade poffins. "Mamoswine, have a poffin!"

Despite his recent disobedience, Mamoswine always seemed tame enough to enjoy one of Dawn's poffins, as it eagerly ate it up. But then Aggron fired another 'Hyper Beam', sending Charizard flying backwards and eventually knocking into Mamoswine, who was now enraged at its antagonist. "Charizard, Mamoswine, are you alright?" Dawn asked. Charizard was in a critical state at this point; he had underestimated the strength of his opponent and wound up being defeated. However Mamoswine seemed perfectly fine as it charged forward with a 'Take Down' just as Aggron charged with a 'Double Edge'.

The two attacks collided, and in a battle of brute strength Aggron once again came up on top as Mamoswine got knocked backwards by the 'Double Edge'. "No, Mamoswine!" Dawn cried. But the twin tusk Pokémon wasn't through yet. Mamoswine then launched an 'Ice Shard' at the Aggron, but again Aggron was able to counter as it fired an 'Ice Beam' and made Mamoswine's attack worthless. "Come on Mamoswine, you can do it!" Dawn and her Pokémon cheered their ally on as it battled against their pursuer. Mamoswine once again attempted 'Take Down' against Aggron, but 'Double Edge' once again proved to be more powerful as Mamoswine was knocked backwards once again, and this time the frail cliff they were standing on shattered as the enormous Pokémon hit the ground, and together they fell down to the ground with Aggron roaring in victory from above.

"Oh man…what a day…shoulda stayed in bed." Dawn sighed, "Is everyone ok?" All of Dawn's smaller Pokémon sounded off to acknowledge, but the two larger Pokémon remained silent. "Mamoswine, Charizard, what about you?" The first thing Dawn noticed was that Mamoswine had a huge swollen lump on his left hind leg. "Does it hurt?" Dawn gasped. The coordinator very gently touched the wound, and the twin tusk Pokémon responded by groaning in agony. "This is no good! If we stay here like this Aggron or Team Rocket will find us for sure!" Dawn exclaimed.

Then Charizard groaned a little, and Dawn noticed that Mamoswine's body was crushing Charizard's wing. "Oh no, Charizard! Ohh, Ash will never forgive me for this! I've got to do something…I guess I can start by getting Mamoswine into its Pokéball." Dawn reached for her Pokéballs, but started to panic when she noticed that one of them was missing. "What could've happened to Mamoswine's Pokéball?" Dawn got down on her hands and knees and began checking everywhere for the twin tusk Pokémon's ball, and her other Pokémon helped out. "Mamoswine's Pokéball MUST be around here somewhere!"

After a while longer however, they still hadn't found it. "Or maybe it isn't…Aggron could be back any minute too! I guess we've just gotta hide Mamoswine…but where?" Dawn looked around and spotted a small clearing next to a large tree. "Ok, let's move Mamoswine over there, right after we make two comfy beds for Mamoswine and Charizard. Alright Ambipom, I need your help!" Dawn tossed her final Pokéball into the air, and her two-tailed monkey popped out and awaited orders. "Ok Ambipom, I need you to get up into that tree and chop down some of those leafy branches for Mamoswine and Charizard." Dawn said.

Ambipom nodded and climbed up into the tree, and used multiple 'Double Hit' attacks to chop down tree branches, which Dawn and her other Pokémon used to make a soft bed of leaves for the two larger Pokémon. "Great. That should do the trick." Dawn then walked over to Mamoswine and Charizard, who were still obviously in a lot of pain. "Don't worry Charizard, we'll get you out of there in a sec. Come on Mamoswine, we made a nice soft bed for you over there so you can rest, you can do it." Dawn placed a poffin in Mamoswine's mouth, and the twin tusk Pokémon groaned as he ate it.

Then slowly but surely, Mamoswine stood up, but its hind leg was buckling under the pressure the rest of its body was putting on it. "Great! Just like that Mamoswine, you can do it!" Dawn's other Pokémon gently pushed Mamoswine towards the tree, until Charizard was finally free. "Alright, now let's take a look at…(gasp)!" Dawn was shocked to see Charizard's wing bent out of shape by Mamoswine's incredible weight. "Does it hurt bad?" Dawn asked. Charizard growled and stood back up, but when he tried to stretch out his wing he roared in agony as he found he wasn't able to.

"Don't do that Charizard! You might make it worse!" Dawn exclaimed. Charizard growled and turned his back towards the coordinator. "Oh man…look, I know I'm not Ash, but I DO care about you and I'm worried about you! Please, just come over here and rest in the bed we made you." Charizard looked at Dawn for a moment and walked over to the tree, but instead of lying down onto the bed of branches, he leaned against the tree, being careful not to put pressure on his hurt wing. "Well…if you change your mind, the bed is waiting for you." Dawn sighed.

Charizard looked again at the coordinator and watched as she went back to help her Pokémon walk to the bed. "Thanks a lot for helping everyone." Dawn said. Dawn's Pokémon happily replied, they were glad to be helping their friend. "That's it, just a little further Mamoswine!" The twin tusk Pokémon finally made it to the bed of branches, and lied down on its side and sighed with relief. "Alright, good job Mamoswine! Now let's cover Mamoswine up with leaves so no one can see a thing!" Dawn and her Pokémon grabbed the leftover branches and started organizing them so they covered as much of Mamoswine's body as possible, with the exception of its wound of course.

The whole time Dawn was working, Charizard had been discreetly watching as the coordinator did all she could to help her Pokémon. Finally, Dawn finished as Mamoswine just looked like a big pile of branches…of course the twin tusk Pokémon was still groaning in agony. "Mamoswine, are you in pain?" she asked. Dawn was feeling really bad for her Pokémon, despite the constant disobedience it displayed, she still considered it one of her good friends. "Oh what am I gonna do?" Then something popped into her mind: The things Brock had taught her, Misty, and Ash the day Pachirisu got sick. "'When a Pokémon gets sick, you've got to stay calm. They can pick up on a trainer's anxiety and in the end it only makes things a lot worse.'"

"Right. It's time for me to step up and do what I gotta do." Dawn walked over to face the twin tusk Pokémon and gently caressed its giant face. "No need to worry Mamoswine. You see Brock taught me everything I need to know about giving first aid. Yeah, I'll make sure you get all better, no need to worry." Dawn said soothingly. Mamoswine looked stared at the coordinator questioningly, but was nevertheless grateful for the care Dawn was giving it. "And Charizard, I'm gonna make sure your wing gets fixed up too, so you just relax and let me take care of everything." Dawn said.

Charizard smirked and closed his eyes as he leaned against the tree. "Alright gang, come with me." Dawn walked off with her other Pokémon, leaving Mamoswine and Charizard by themselves. Charizard decided to take this opportunity to have a small chat with the twin tusk Pokémon. "You know she really does care about you."

"Yes! Here it is!" Dawn bent over and picked up some leaves that were on the ground; she remembered what Brock had told her about that particular plant. "'You see, this plant has medicinal qualities that ease the pain for a Pokémon's wound. It's the amazing gel-like substance in the plant that does the trick.'"

"Ok gang, I need you to find THIS plant." Dawn said. Her Pokémon acknowledged and went on a scavenger hunt to find the special leaves. After a few minutes, Dawn's Pokémon came back with a plethora of leaves. "Nice job gang! Alright, let's hurry back to Mamoswine and Charizard!" Dawn rushed back over to the tree, where she saw Charizard and Mamoswine apparently having a conversation. "Think about what I said, ok?" Charizard walked back over to his side of the tree and leaned back. "Here we go!" Dawn crushed the leaves and the gooey substance dripped onto Mamoswine's wound. "Just relax, you'll be just fine." Dawn gently rubbed the gel all over Mamoswine's wound, and then carefully wrapped a bandage around it. "How's that feel?" she asked.

Mamoswine groaned softly, and then Dawn moved over to Charizard. "Come on Charizard, let me try and help you." she said. After a few moments of hesitation, Charizard sat down and allowed Dawn to tend to his wound. "You let me know if it hurts, ok?" Dawn said. Dawn carefully wrapped a bandage around Charizard's wing, making sure to straighten it out to allow it to heal properly. "I hope that's not too tight. Now Piplup, can you use 'Whirlpool' for me?" Dawn asked. Piplup nodded and formed a huge whirlpool over its head. "Aah! Too big Piplup! A little bit smaller than that!" Dawn cried.

Piplup acknowledged and shrunk down the whirlpool so that it filled the small bucket Dawn had in her backpack. "Ok, good. Now Buneary, use 'Ice Beam'." Dawn said. Buneary fired and froze the water into a big chunk of ice. "Ok Ambipom, now hit the bucket against the ground to get the ice out, and then use 'Focus Punch' to break the ice into chunks." Dawn said. Ambipom acknowledged and used her two tails to break the ice out of the bucket, and then with a hard 'Focus Punch', the ice broke into little chunks that Dawn wrapped into a cloth and placed onto Mamoswine's wound.

"Alright, now for Charizard. Piplup, 'Whirlpool', Buneary, 'Ice Beam', and Ambipom, 'Focus Punch'." Dawn said. The procedure was repeated as the Pokémon made another pile of ice that Dawn placed on Charizard's wing. "Alright, that should do it. Now what's next?" Dawn said, "That's right! We need to find an Oran Berry! Now…what was it Brock said?"

"The problem is, the soil here is just too dry for them."

"So we have to find some moist soil. Come on everyone, be right back you two!" Dawn and her smaller Pokémon went off again, so Charizard once again went to talk to Mamoswine. "You see what I mean?"

"Ok everyone, we have to find a place with moist soil." Dawn said. The Pokémon nodded and split up to find a place with soil moist enough to allow Oran Berries to grow. This time, it was Dawn herself who found what they were looking for. "Hey everyone! Look at them all!" Dawn pointed up on a ledge where multiple Oran Berry trees were growing, each one filled to the brim with berries.

"Can you go and get some Ambipom?" Dawn asked. Ambipom nodded and climbed up the ledge. Upon reaching the trees, Ambipom used her two tails to pick the berries off the trees and used her arms to carry them all. Then Dawn spotted a different tree next to the Oran Berry trees. "Hey Ambipom, when you're finished can you go and get those bananas over there? We can feed them to Mamoswine and Charizard once they start feeling better." Dawn said. Ambipom nodded and hopped up the tree to grab some of the bananas, but unfortunately her arms were already too full, so she wound up dropping some of the berries.

"Uh oh, hey Piplup, 'Whirlpool'!" Dawn ordered. Piplup summoned a huge whirlpool and caught the berries before they wound up getting squashed all over the ground. "Nice job Piplup." Dawn sighed. From above, Ambipom chattered apologetically for dropping the fruit. "No need to worry Ambipom, just grab whatever you can and let's head back." Dawn said. Ambipom nodded and grabbed a few more bunches before hopping back down to the others.

"Nice work. Ok everyone, let's give Ambipom a hand." Dawn grabbed a few banana bunches and handed one off to each of her Pokémon, and then grabbed a couple for herself. After that, they all walked back together to where Mamoswine and Charizard were still resting. Dawn again noticed Charizard apparently conversing with Mamoswine, but had no idea what they were saying to each other. "You really should – oops." Charizard spotted Dawn coming and nonchalantly walked back to his place on the tree.

"Look Mamoswine, I brought you an Oran Berry. Now eat it all up." Dawn placed the berry into the twin tusk Pokémon's mouth, and Mamoswine chewed it up and swallowed it. "That's the way; you're going to feel great in no time!" Dawn said. Mamoswine sighed and fell asleep after the healing snack. "That's right, you just rest, and everything will be just fine." Dawn said quietly. Next Dawn walked over to Charizard, who eyed her when she got in front of her.

"I have an Oran Berry for you too if you want it." Dawn said. Charizard hesitated, but then smirked and took the berry from her hands. "So what were you saying to Mamoswine before?" Dawn asked. Charizard shrugged and took a bite of the berry. "Fine. Well if you need anything, just let me know." Dawn said. Dawn walked back over to Mamoswine and sat down in front of it. "Well I guess there's nothing we can do but wait here. If we send out another signal, Aggron or Team Rocket may find us." Dawn said.

Dawn's Pokémon all frowned and spoke up worriedly in their own individual languages. "Hey no need to worry, I'm sure Ash, Misty, and Brock will find us in no time! In the meantime, whaddya say we get a little rest ourselves?" Dawn said. The Pokémon nodded and got comfortable to fall asleep. "Come on you guys, where are you?"

After a while, the sun began to set, and on a cliff somewhere, three teenagers were still looking for their friend. "Man, Dawn sure knows how to disappear." Ash sighed. "You'd think we would've at least found a clue by now." Misty added. "Where is she?" Brock wondered aloud. Then, Pikachu spotted something on the ground, and hopped off of Ash's shoulder to check it out. "What's up Pikachu?" Ash asked. Pikachu scurried over to the object and showed it to the humans. "Whoa, that's a Pokéball!" Ash exclaimed. "It must be Dawn's!" Misty added.

"But Dawn wouldn't just drop a Pokéball like that, something must've happened." Ash said. "I bet you that Aggron has something to do with this." Misty growled. "We gotta find her before the sun goes completely down, let's hurry!" Brock exclaimed. "I'll return Staraptor, Gliscor, and Charizard; once it gets too dark they won't be able to help anymore anyway." Ash said. Ash pulled out three Pokéballs and fired their return lasers into the air. Soon after, Staraptor and Gliscor appeared. "Ok you guys, return." Ash returned the two Pokémon, but got worried when Charizard didn't show up. "Uh oh." Brock said.

"Charizard…" Ash sighed exasperatedly. "You think he found Dawn and tried to fight that Aggron?" Misty asked. "I KNOW he did. Come on guys, let's go." The trio walked off to try and find their missing friends. Meanwhile, Dawn and her Pokémon were still resting by the tree, when they heard a sound. "(Gasp) Come on, let's hide!" Dawn exclaimed quietly. Dawn's Pokémon hid in the shrubs they used to cover Mamoswine, while Dawn and Charizard peered behind the tree to see what was coming. "Oh no, it's Team Rocket!" Dawn exclaimed worriedly.

Charizard smirked and pounded his fists together, apparently despite his injury; the dragon was still extremely willing to battle. "No Charizard! You'll give us away!" Dawn whispered nervously. Charizard sighed and went back behind the tree. While spying, the coordinator overheard Team Rocket saying they would use a tree to hide from Aggron. THEIR tree. "This is bad. Ambipom, do you think you could scare Team Rocket off without giving us away?" Dawn asked. Ambipom chattered to acknowledge and snuck off to a nearby bush. Grabbing a huge rock with her tails, the monkey chattered mischievously and banged the rock against the ground, making a loud bang that scared the snot out of Team Rocket.

"I think Aggron must be a mind reader!" Jessie whimpered. "I predict we leave!" James added. "Retreat!" Team Rocket took off running in the opposite direction in fear. "Wow! That was amazing! Nice job Ambipom!" Dawn exclaimed. Ambipom chattered happily in response. Dawn got up holding everyone's Pokéballs. "Ok, it's back in your Pokéballs you go gang." Dawn said. But suddenly the attitudes of all the Pokémon changed as they all frowned at the coordinator. "Huh? What's wrong?" Dawn asked. All the Pokémon gently put their hands on the snoozing Mamoswine, showing their trainer that they didn't want to leave their friend alone.

"I understand, you're all worried about Mamoswine too." Dawn said. The Pokémon nodded slowly to acknowledge. Dawn's eyes began to water slightly at the touching gesture her Pokémon were making. "You're awesome." she said, her voice cracking the slightest bit. Charizard was watching this even take place and smirked as he leaned against the tree, but suddenly, the ground began to rumble again, which made the dragon clench his fists in anger. "It's Aggron again! What'll we do?" Dawn exclaimed. Pachirisu suddenly ran off towards a nearby bush. "Pachirisu, where are you going?" Dawn whispered.

Aggron was about to get to them, and Charizard was already warming up a 'Flamethrower' for a last ditch battle, but suddenly the bushes behind Aggron began to rustle, which got the rock/steel-type's attention. Aggron rushed over to where the sound was coming from, and Pachirisu scampered away in time so Aggron didn't spot it. "Wow, thanks a lot Pachirisu!" Dawn said. Pachirisu chattered happily in response. "Wow…it's getting really dark now…I don't think they'll find us today gang. Let's eat some of the bananas and then get some sleep. We'll find them tomorrow." Dawn said. Dawn's Pokémon nodded and helped themselves to the bananas. Afterwards, the Pokémon settled down to sleep, which left Dawn to act as lookout.

The poor coordinator was simply exhausted after the day's events, and even now she was still doing her very best to make sure her Pokémon stayed optimistic, but even she was getting discouraged at this point. Dawn yawned as quietly as she could, but sleep was beginning to overcome her. Charizard noticed this and went over to Dawn and placed his claw on her shoulder. "Hmm? Is something wrong Charizard?" Dawn asked wearily. Charizard pointed his thumb towards himself, telling the coordinator that he would take watch and allow her to get some sleep. Dawn smiled at the dragon, "You know what Charizard, you have a heart of gold." Dawn lied down and closed her eyes, leaving the dragon to take watch.

Meanwhile, somewhere in a cave, Ash, Misty, and Brock were getting some rest of their own. "Oh man, I hope they're ok…I'm gonna go out and look some more!" Ash tried to rush off, but Misty held him back. "Come on Ash, you gotta try and relax." She said. "But Misty…" Ash whined. "Ash, it won't do you any good to get all worked up over this, all we can do is wait until tomorrow." Misty replied. Ash hesitated, but eventually sat back down next to his girlfriend, who gently hugged his arm and leaned against his shoulder. "We'll look again once the sun comes up." Brock said. "Ok Brock." Ash sighed.

"You know I'm pretty sure that lost Pokéball belongs to Mamoswine, and sine it's empty, that must mean Mamoswine's out there somewhere as well." Brock said. "If you ask me, if Dawn called out Mamoswine, that means they ran into Aggron and she was trying to defend herself." Misty said. "Thanks for the vote of confidence Mist." Ash shook his head in discouragement, and Misty put her hand over her mouth as if she was trying to push the words back into her mouth. "Sorry Ash. I'm sure they're ok. After all, Charizard's out there too, he'll protect them." Misty said.

"I guess…I just hope they're ok." Ash sighed. "I'm sure they are. Now come on, let's get some sleep." Brock replied. Misty called out Azurill to use 'Water Gun' and put out the fire they had lit, and the trio of trainers lay down to rest for the night, they had a long day ahead of them.

Later that night, Dawn opened her eyes after a long time of trying to sleep, but she found that once she had the freedom to sleep, she couldn't. Dawn got back up and checked up on Mamoswine's wound. "Go ahead and get some sleep Charizard, I'm not going to." Dawn sighed. Charizard shrugged and sat down to rest while Dawn examined the wounds of the Pokémon. Dawn's moving around woke up Buneary, who upon seeing her trainer awake, bounced over to see what was up. "Hey Buneary…can't sleep either huh?" Dawn said. "Buneary." (Nope.) Buneary replied. "You miss having Pikachu next to you I bet." Dawn giggled. Buneary blushed slightly and bashfully hid her face behind her ears. "No need to worry Buneary, you don't have to be embarrassed with me. Hey, I was thinking, since the ice is all melted, how about another 'Ice Beam'?" Dawn said.

"Buneary bun." (Sure thing.) Buneary fired into the bucket, and a thin layer of ice covered the bucket that Dawn crushed into pieces. "Perfect. Thanks Buneary." Dawn said. Buneary smiled and hopped back over to the other Pokémon to try and get some sleep, while Dawn placed some ice on Charizard's wing. The sudden temperature change startled the dragon, but he relaxed when he saw it was just Dawn. "You've earned a little pampering for yourself Charizard, I just wanna thank you for helping us." Dawn said. Charizard smirked and blew a soft 'Ember' that Dawn had to duck.

"I guess that's your way of saying you're welcome huh?" Dawn sweat-dropped. Charizard shrugged again and went back to sleep. "You sure are something." Dawn smiled and shook her head, and then walked back over to Mamoswine and placed the remaining ice on its wound, and the rest of the night went without any other incident.

When the sun came up, Ash was already up and packed, he was ready to go before Misty and Brock were even awake. "Come on you guys, it's dawn!" Ash exclaimed. The older teens woke up suddenly and looked around for their missing friend. "Where is she?" Misty asked. "Huh? Oh no, I didn't mean it's Dawn, I mean it's dawn, as in the sun's up finally." Ash replied. Brock sighed and got up, while Misty just frowned and fell back on her side. Misty, let's go!" Ash whined. "You're too old to be whining Ash." Misty replied.

"But we gotta find Dawn and Charizard! You guys said we'd look when the sun was up, and it's up!" Ash said. "Ash, if you don't shut up by the time I count to one, I'm gonna cut out your tongue and use it as a pen wiper." Misty hissed. Ash immediately backed off, he knew that when it came to waking up, any threats that Misty made during the waking up process were no bluff. "Come on Misty, we DO gotta find them." Brock said. Now Misty whined and forced herself to her feet. Ash had a comeback all locked and loaded, but his fear of a mallet to the head kept him quiet.

"Alright, Staraptor and Gliscor, I need you again!" Ash threw out two Pokéballs, and again his two flying-types emerged and took off, already knowing what they were looking for. "If we don't find them today, we're gonna have a real problem on our hands." Ash said. "We will, don't worry." Brock replied.

Elsewhere, Team Rocket had formed yet another robot, this one in the shape of a Golem. "You know, there's nothing like a monster-sized machine to brighten my day." Jessie said. "Our giga-Golem's gonna make succotash outta dat Aggron!" Meowth added. The robot stomped its way over to the angry rock/steel-type that was STILL hunting down the intruders of its territory. It heard the stomping of the robot, and roared its challenge.

"Aggron's got good timing." Jessie said. "A bully like that is ALWAYS looking for a fight." James added. "Yeah? Well dat's one bully who's about ta see da world from both sides!" Meowth had the robot charge at Aggron, confident that the metal monster they were inside would be powerful enough, but they were quickly proven wrong as Aggron pushed them backwards easily and sent them rolling in the spherical robot, and then Aggron quickly followed up with a 'Hyper Beam'. Team Rocket screamed as they rolled along, but some quick lever pulling by Meowth got the robot back on its feet.

"Boulder Holder fire!" James yelled. "With ire!" Meowth pressed a button, and the robot's mouth opened and unleashed a rocket propelled rock that nailed Aggron and knocked it over. "Now that's how you bully a bully!" Jessie said with satisfaction. But Aggron was only more determined than ever, as it got back up and roared in fury. Then it quickly started up 'Double Edge' as it turned its shoulder towards the robot to make a hard tackle. "Aah! Here comes 'Double Edge'!" James yelled in fear. Aggron made a direct hit, and this time Team Rocket kept on rolling until it slammed into a huge tree. Some bushes fell off of an object, and the trio of crooks were extremely shocked to see what that object was. "Aah! Mamoswine uncovered!" James exclaimed.

"If she can hide that, she can hide ANYTHING." Jessie added. Dawn jumped in front of Mamoswine and spread her arms out to act as a blockade. "Stop! You leave my Mamoswine alone!" she screamed at them. "Demands require a position of power." Jessie replied. "Which our missiles will demonstrate." James added. Now Dawn's Pokémon joined their trainer to protect Mamoswine. "Stop it! Can't you see Mamoswine's hurt?" Dawn screamed. "A tiny detail to match your tiny twerpette frame." Jessie said. "Let's see ya block dis!" Meowth pressed a button and another missile came flying out of the Golem's mouth. Dawn and her Pokémon screamed in fear, but then Charizard came to the rescue once more, and used a mighty 'Steel Wing' to block the missile and deflect it, and in doing so, revealed that its wing had been fully healed.

"Thanks Charizard!" Dawn exclaimed. Charizard roared its challenge at the Team Rocket trio, who were less than thrilled to see the dragon back in the battle. "Isn't there anything that can keep this thing from getting in our way?" Jessie hissed. "Classic troublemakers are always the worst!" James added. "For the last time, leave Mamoswine alone!" Dawn screamed. Luckily, the battle had not gone unnoticed, as a certain ground/flying-type had spotted them and was on its way to report back. "Hey Ash, here comes Gliscor!" Misty exclaimed.

"Did you find Dawn?" Ash asked. But Gliscor didn't reply just yet, it was having trouble stopping its descent. "Oh no…oh no! Pull up Gliscor!" Ash got clobbered by the fang-scor Pokémon, who groaned apologetically for hitting its master again. "Don't worry Gliscor, did you find Dawn and Charizard?" Ash asked again. Gliscor nodded and pointed in the direction that it had seen them. "Sounds like there's trouble. Let's go!" Ash exclaimed. After being helped up by Misty, Ash had Gliscor take off again, and they all rushed to follow the ground/flying-type to where their friends were.

"Twerpette Mamoswine, targeted." Jessie said. "Dis one won't be so easy ta block. Boulder Holder away!" Meowth fired another missile, and this time it was big enough that the still weakened Charizard wouldn't be able to block it, but then out of the sky came a figure of black, and with a swipe of its claws, it deflected the missile back towards Team Rocket thanks to the angle it had. Meowth had the robot jump out of the way, but was understandably frustrated. "Now what?" the trio exclaimed.

"A Gliscor?" Dawn said. Gliscor licked its face as it smiled at Dawn, and just like that Dawn's face lit up. "It's Ash's Gliscor!" Dawn exclaimed. "Enough's enough! Meowth, give them a blast they'll never be able to bounce back!" Jessie hissed. Jessie hit the button herself with her fist, and the robot fired an absolutely huge boulder at the group. The group screamed in fear, but then this time, Mamoswine woke up and snorted, and quickly got in the line of fire, and used its powerful tusks to bounce the boulder back.

Team Rocket got knocked backwards since Jessie and Meowth were fighting for the controls. "Mamoswine? Is your leg ok?" Dawn asked. Mamoswine nodded in response. Mamoswine and Charizard glanced at each other for a moment, and the dragon smirked at the twin tusk Pokémon, who simply went back to growling at its adversary. Just then, Ash, Misty, and Brock came rushing out of the bushes. "There they are!" Ash yelled.

"Hey, you guys alright?" Brock asked. "We're fine! Thanks for finding us you guys!" Dawn exclaimed. But then suddenly, Mamoswine charged forward with a powerful 'Take Down', and knocked Team Rocket right out of their machine. "Looks like the medicine worked Mamoswine!" Dawn exclaimed. Mamoswine looked back and grunted in acknowledgement. "Was Mamoswine hurt?" Ash asked. "And what are those three clowns doing here?" Misty hissed.

"One twerpette's bad enough but now the whole ever-loving twerp litter is here!" Jessie exclaimed. "So let's rumble!" Meowth added. Hearing that got Charizard's adrenaline up, and the dragon roared its challenge at the trio. "Looks like Charizard's ready to go too!" Dawn exclaimed. "Charizard was hurt too?" Ash asked. "I'll explain later, right now, we've got some battling to do!" Dawn replied.

"Right! Alright Charizard, you got it! Let's take them down!" Ash exclaimed. Charizard roared again in response. "I'll show you what happens when you threaten your elders, Yanmega use 'Steel Wing'!" Jessie threw out a Pokéball, and her dragonfly Pokémon came out and immediately started an attack. "Oh yeah? Charizard, counter with your 'Steel Wing'!" Ash yelled.

Charizard's wings started to glow, and the dragon easily bounced back Yanmega's attack. "Now use 'AncientPower'!" Jessie ordered. Yanmega formed a huge sphere of glowing rock, and launched it at the dragon. "Do a barrel roll Charizard!" Ash countered. Charizard did just that and dodged the super-effective attack. "Alright, now use 'Flamethrower'!" Ash ordered. Charizard acknowledged and fired a blazing flame at the dragonfly, who took a direct hit from the attack and slammed into Team Rocket, set their machine on fire, and sent them blasting off.

"We're fools! We had the chance when the twerpette was touring solo!" Jessie exclaimed. "I told ya when ya start small ya STAY small!" Meowth replied. "Whoever coined the phrase: 'easy does it' didn't have twerps making it difficult to do anything except for what we're doing right now!" James yelled.

"We're blasting off again!" *PING*

The group didn't have the chance to celebrate however, as Aggron came stomping over to them, its temper at full flare. "So now we gotta deal with that Aggron?" Ash yelled. Charizard got into battle-ready stance, but then noticed Mamoswine placing Dawn and all her Pokémon on its back. "Mamoswine, do you want us all to battle together?" Dawn asked. "Mamo!" (That's right!) Mamoswine replied.

Dawn smiled and punched the air with her fist. "Alright Mamoswine, let's go!" Dawn exclaimed. Mamoswine bellowed its approval, as did all of Dawn's smaller Pokémon. Aggron came charging with a hard 'Double Edge', but this time they were ready. Mamoswine charged to meet the attack, "Hit it with your tusks Mamoswine!" Dawn ordered. Mamoswine obeyed, and used its powerful tusks to render Aggron's attack useless.

Enraged, Aggron fired a 'Hyper Beam' at the twin tusk Pokémon, but again Mamoswine's tusks defended it against the power. "Now Mamoswine, use 'Ice Shard'!" Dawn ordered. Mamoswine obeyed without question, and launched a shard of ice at the rock/steel-type. Aggron took the hit dead on and fell onto its back. "Mamoswine's doing what Dawn's saying to do!" Ash exclaimed. "I guess something must've happened that made Mamoswine respect Dawn again!" Misty added.

"Alright, keep it up Mamoswine, use 'AncientPower'!" Dawn ordered. Mamoswine fired a blast of glowing rock that hit Aggron while it was still down, and the iron eating Pokémon started to run off in fear. "Hey, we're not done with you yet! I think Charizard's earned the last blow after all it did for us, what do you say gang?" Dawn asked. Even Mamoswine agreed as they laughed heartily at the cowardly Aggron. "It's all yours Charizard!" Dawn exclaimed.

Charizard smirked and took off after the Aggron. It picked up the rock/steel-type, did three midair flips and threw the beast down to the ground, where it officially had enough and fainted. Charizard roared in victory, and the rest of the group cheered. "Looks like Aggron's had more than enough." Brock said.

"You did an awesome job Mamoswine! Yes!" Dawn cheered. Now the other three teens came up to the them to offer their congratulations. "Way to go Dawn." Ash said. "You and Mamoswine are quite a team." Brock added. "Thanks you guys. No need to worry." Dawn said. "So you played Pokémon doctor for Mamoswine and Charizard huh?" Misty asked.

"Yeah, I remembered all the first aid techniques Brock taught me and used them on Mamoswine and Charizard, and boy did they work. Piplup and the whole gang helped me out too." Dawn said. Dawn's Pokémon all laughed bashfully at the praise. "And let's not forget Charizard, he saved us from Aggron twice!" Dawn exclaimed. Charizard crossed his arms and closed his eyes; he had an image to protect after all.

"Oh hey Dawn, I think this belongs to you." Misty said. "Mamoswine's Pokéball! To think this whole mess happened because I lost it. Thanks Misty." Dawn said. "Well actually, the credit goes to Pikachu, he found it for you." Misty said. "Oh ok, thanks so much Pikachu." Dawn said. Pikachu squealed happily in response.

"You know Dawn; I think that thanks to this whole mess, Mamoswine finally respects you again." Misty said. "Well if you ask me, I think Charizard talked to Mamoswine a little bit and convinced it. Thanks again by the way Charizard." Dawn replied. Charizard just rolled his eyes. "Oh yeah! Now that Mamoswine's feeling better it'll want some of those bananas." But Dawn found that the twin tusk Pokémon was already helping himself.

"Mamoswine!" Dawn cried. "Well you know what they say; the more things change the more they stay the same." Brock laughed. "At least there's no need to worry about storing leftovers." Misty added. The group laughed at that comment. And so with Mamoswine finally showing respect to Dawn thanks to her love and care, and a little help from Charizard, Dawn has a trusted partner and friend in Mamoswine once more. And now the group would make their way through the forest for Ash's next gym battle.
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A/N: Well guys? What'd you think? I think I like what I did, having Charizard talk to Mamoswine and get it to realize just how much Dawn cared for it. And this chapter may also have helped out the relationship Dawn and Charizard have. Also, I've decided something else. I like the idea of having fake chapters, so I've decided that from now on, instead of wasting three hours sending individual messages to everyone one by one, I'll publish a chapter saying when to expect the real chapter. What do you guys think? Anyways, hope you enjoyed this chapter, and please review!