Pokemon: Friends to the End
Chapter 28: Drifloon On the Wind!
The four heroes were heading to Eterna City for Ash and Denise's next gym battle.
"Man, I'm starving."Ash said rubbing his stomach.
"Hey, there is a pokemon center up ahead."Brock admitted.
"Really, Brock that's great!"Ash stated.
"Pika pika!"Pikachu said happily.
"They gotta have food there."Ash remarked.
"And Nurse Joy too!"Brock added.
"Let's hurry!"They said in unison.
The two boys then took off leaving the two sisters behind.
"Hey, guys wait up!"Dawn called out.
"Well boys are boys."Denise mumbled.
The two sisters then ran off to catch up with their friends.
The four heroes found the Pokémon Center, but it looked old and unappreciated.
"Is that it?"Ash asked.
"I think so."Dawn suggested.
"Pika."Pikachu said quietly.
"It got the letter on the front."Brock said.
"So let's check it out, if someone is inside."Denise admitted.
When they open the door, multiple Gastly come out of the center shocking them.
"Gastly!"Ash said in surprise.
Dawn checked the pokemon in her pokedex.
"Gastly, the Gas Pokémon."Dawn's Pokedex said. "Although it can sneak in anywhere with its gaseous body, it can also be blown away by wind."
The four heroes head inside the pokemon center.
"Anybody here?"Ash asked.
"Are you here Nurse Joy?"Dawn asked.
"Please be."Brock begged. "Its Brock your biggest fan!"
"That's weird, where is everybody?"Denise said in confusion.
They come into a kitchen area and see some dinner on the table.
"Something smells really good, I'm gonna have a peck."Ash suggested.
Then a little girl shouted out and whacks her broomstick on Ash's head shocking Brock and the two sisters.
"Thieves, your trying to steal my food!"She said angrily. "I'm not gonna let any of you have it!"
After the commotion, they meet Nurse Joy and her oldest daughter came into the room.
"Oh my what in the world is going?"Nurse Joy asked.
"Nurse Joy!"Brock said happily.
"Hey mommy, hi Marnie."Paige greeted sweetly.
"Mommy?"Brock said in confusion as his heart sank.
"Hey everyone."Marnie said.
"Welcome to our pokemon center."Nurse Joy admitted.
Brock then notice her wedding ring causing him to frown in defeat.
"Game over."He mumbled.
Ash and friends then sat down on the table and started eating the home made food that Nurse Joy made.
"This looks great."Ash said as he ate a bowl of rice.
"Mmm so good."Denise agreed as she ate a few more pieces of rice.
"And don't forgot there is a whole lot more."Paige commented as she brought a place of salad on the table.
"Good to know."Ash admitted as he continued eating.
"That's Ash's way of saying thank you very much."Dawn stated.
"It's all right, I feel bad for him since I let him eat instead of starve to death."Paige replied.
An nervous look grew on Ash's face as Denise giggled in response.
"Paige that was rude."Marnie responded.
"That was rude."Paige repeated.
"Stop it don't copy me."Marnie reminded.
Paige just chuckled at her sister's respond.
"Sorry that we weren't all here when you showed up, I was helping out my mum."Marnie said.
"That's a good thing."Ash said.
"You girls are so nice."Dawn remarked kindly.
"We're gonna be Nurse Joy's too just like mum."Paige admitted.
The four trainers looked at them in confusion.
"Both of you?"Brock asked.
"Right, my name is Marnie Frances Lynnette Joy."Marnie stated.
"And I am Paige Frances Lynnelle Joy."Paige added.
"When we grew up, we wanna work both high here with mum at the Pokemon Center."Marnie said.
"That's nice to hear."Denise commented with a smile.
"I'm sure both of you will be wonderful."Brock agreed.
Ash then stood up from his seat.
"Hey about we help them out while we're here?"He suggested.
"Yeah let's do it!"Dawn said.
Denise nodded in agreement. "Totally."
"Pikachu!"Pikachu responded.
"I could be your mom's pokemon assistant."Brock stated.
This caused Marnie and Paige to smile.
"That's so nice, we could use the help."Marnie stated.
"Use the help."Paige repeated with a smile.
Dawn, Denise and Marnie were doing the laundry whilse Ash and Paige were cleaning the center.
Brock was helping Nurse Joy out with the pokemon that need recovering.
"And its good!"Ash said.
"Pikachu!"Pikachu agreed happily.
"And its good!"Paige copied.
"Please no copying."Marnie reminded.
"Copying."Paige responded.
"Come on stop it."Marnie ordered.
Paige laughed as she walked away making the Twinleaf twins remember the times when they had fun as little kids.
"Looks like daddy forgot his lunch again."Paige stated pointing at a grey lunch box.
"You have to bring it to him right?"Dawn asked.
"No problem, my Drifloons can help with that."Marnie replied with a smile.
"Huh?"Denise said in confusion. "Your Drifloons?"
Then four drifloons appeared as Marnie placed her father's lunch box around her waist.
"Wow aren't they cool?"Ash asked.
"And cute."Dawn added.
"You both read my mind."Denise remarked as she took out her pokedex.
"Drifloon, the Balloon Pokémon."Denise's Pokedex said. "Drifloon is filled with air and can either expand or shrink to express its feelings, it also likes damp weather."
"So Marnie will you go?"Nurse Joy asked.
Marnie nodded at her mum.
"I'm coming too."Paige stated.
Then another Drifloon showed up next to her.
"Oh, five Drifloons?"Denise said in surprise.
"Come on Drifloon, let's go deliver daddy's lunch."Paige suggested.
"Paige you are still too small."Marnie reminded.
"Am not!"Paige argued. "I wanna go!"
"All right now what do I do?"Nurse Joy said sadly. "I had an important job you can do for me."
"Really?"Paige asked with a smile.
"I need you to bring these cookies to the forest pokemon can you do it?"Nurse Joy asked.
"Okay, I'll do it!"Paige answered sweetly.
"Great, I'm counting on you."Nurse Joy reminded as she handed the sack to her daughter.
"Are you four ready to go?"Marnie asked.
The four Drifloons nodded and flew to the sky to take Marnie to the Generator.
The fourth Drifloon looks back at Denise before turning her attention to Marnie.
"Bye!"Marnie called out.
"Bye Marnie!"the four heroes said.
"And hold on tight."Nurse Joy reminded.
"Hey Ash would you and Denise come with me to deliver these cookies?"Paige asked.
"Okay."Ash replied.
"Sounds great."Denise agreed kindly.
"Pika pika."Pikachu said.
The three walk through the forest handing out the treats to the wild pokemon.
Once it was done, it was time for them to head back.
"Wow Paige you have a lot of friends around here don't ya?"Ash remarked.
"I guess your quite popular."Denise chuckled.
"Yeah, but I have another pokemon buddy you both wouldn't believe."Paige admitted.
"Go ahead and try us."Ash suggested.
"My buddy is super big and super cool and its called..."Paige said and then trailed off sadly.
"Yeah what is it called?"Denise asked.
"My sister said I can't tell."Paige replied.
"I see that's okay."Ash assured.
"Hey, I won't get in trouble if I show you both, come on!"Paige encouraged.
The young girl leads Ash and Denise over to a misty lake and calls out for her friend, but gets no response.
"Looks its not here."Paige said sadly.
"Paige I'm curious, what kind of pokemon is it?"Denise asked.
"A Suicune."Paige answered.
Ash gasped in surprise and checked his pokedex.
"That's a legendary pokemon!"He admitted.
"Suicune, the Aurora Pokémon."Ash's Pokedex said. "It travels the world and purifies water wherever it goes, sailing on the North Wind."
"Wow, I never expected to discover a legendary pokemon being around here."Denise said in surprise.
"Are you sure its a Suicune?"Ash asked.
"Of course, it plays all the time with me and Marnie all the time."Paige replied.
"That's amazing..."Denise whispered as they looked back at the lake.
Afterwards...
The three went back to the Pokemon Center to meet up with Nurse Joy, Brock and Dawn.
"The cookies are done."Paige stated.
"Thank you, Paige."Nurse Joy said kindly.
Suddenly the power goes out alarming everyone.
"Hey, what's going on?"Denise asked.
"The power is out."Ash said.
"Could there be problems at Valley Windworks power plant?"Nurse Joy suggested.
"Valley Windworks?"Dawn asked.
"Is that where Marnie went to take her father's lunch?"Brock said.
"Mummy, you don't think something bad happened?"Paige asked worriedly.
"Don't worry, mummy will go there and take a look."Nurse Joy assured as she placed on her coat.
"Me too!"Paige added.
"No no, you'll stay right here and I'll be back soon."Nurse Joy said.
"I wont!"Paige complained. "You always let me stay at home!"
She then ran out of the room.
"Paige wait!"Denise protested.
Pikachu went off Ash's shoulder and goes after Paige.
Ash looked at Nurse Joy.
"Don't worry Pikachu will get Paige, you head to the station."He commented.
The four go outside as Nurse Joy takes her bike.
"I will be back as soon as I can."Nurse Joy assured.
"Right!"the four heroes said in unison.
Nurse Joy thanks them and rides to the plant on her bike.
"The wind is getting stronger."Dawn said worriedly.
Pikachu attempts to hold Paige down as she tries to fly off with a Drifloon.
"Pikachu let go!"Paige begged.
"Paige stop!"Ash protested.
"Its too dangerous!"Denise warned.
"But I gotta help mummy!"Paige stated.
Before anyone could react, the winds in the storm became so strong that both Pikachu and Paige were blown away.
"Paige!"Ash called out.
"The wind!"Denise panicked.
At the Power Plant...
The Joys have fixed the power plant just as Ash and friends arrived.
"Nurse Joy, have you seen Paige?"Dawn asked.
"No, why do you ask?"Nurse Joy asked.
"Pikachu and Paige got carried away by the wind."Ash admitted.
Karsten, Nurse Joy and Marnie gasped in shock.
"What do we do?"Marnie asked.
"First lets track where the previous wind went that probably came from those mountains."Karsten stated as he checked on his computer. "And that's where the others are heading."
"Drifloons come on out!"Marnie stated sweetly.
Her four pokeballs opened and the Drifloons came out.
"Can I fly with them, dad?"Marnie asked.
"I'm sorry Marnie, but it's too dangerous."Karsten replied.
But then another wind came causing the four drifloons to fly away.
Ash caught two of them, while Denise caught the other two and they began to fly away.
"Ash!"Dawn and Brock called out. "Denise!"
"We're gonna find Paige and Pikachu!"Ash answered.
"Don't worry, we will be okay!"Denise assured.
The two trainers flew to the mountains as the rain poured down, which it didn't matter since they were focused on finding Paige and Pikachu.
"Ash there they are!"Denise stated.
Ash looked down and saw Paige crying while holding her Drifloon and Pikachu was next to her.
"Pikachu!"Ash called out. "Paige!"
Paige and Pikachu spotted their friends.
"Ash!"Paige said in relief. "Denise!"
The two trainers let go of the Drifloons and walked up to them.
"Are you three okay?"Denise asked.
"Yeah, we're fine."Marnie replied sweetly.
"Good, let's get out of the rain."Ash admitted.
Then the trio, Pikachu and the Drifloons shelter in a small cave as the rain poured down and thunderstorm was heard.
"The storm is very scary."Paige said with a hint of fright.
"Don't worry Paige, the rest are looking for us."Denise commented kindly. "We will be back home before you know it."
"She's right you know, so its okay."Ash agreed.
Paige then nodded and smiled a little bit.
The fourth Drifloon snuggled next to Denise causing the trainer to look at the Balloon pokemon in surprise.
Paige giggled. "I think one of Marnie's Drifloons seems to like you, Denise."
"I guess your right about that."Denise remarked.
A While Later...
The rain stopped and the group began to walk around to find a way out of the mountains.
"Whoa, its hard to know where you're going with this fog around us."Denise said worriedly.
"Pikachu keep a sharp eye."Ash stated.
Pikachu nodded as he checked at each direction of his head and then he stopped.
The group then spotted a long log that would lead to the other direction.
"We can't cross it."Paige said in fright.
"You know what, I don't think there is no other way, so lets go."Ash suggested.
"But Ash look how long and small it is."Denise commented.
Pikachu and the Drifloons get to the other side safely, but when Ash, Denise and Paige began to cross the log, it breaks causing them to fell to the ground below.
Just then Marnie appears with Suicune and saves the three.
"Oh Marnie!"Paige cried as she hugged her older sister.
"Don't ever go off like that again, promise?"Marnie asked.
"I promise!"Paige wept.
Ash and Denise turned their attention to Suicune.
"Marnie that was some entrance."Ash remarked.
"I'm gotta admit it was great seeing a legendary pokemon come to the rescue too."Denise chuckled.
"See I told you there was a real Suicune."Paige commented.
"You sure did."Ash agreed.
"Suicune, thank you."Marnie said kindly. "Without you, I wouldn't be able to save them."
Pikachu went on Ash's shoulder.
"Pika Pika."He said.
The Drifloons also thanked Suicune for its help.
The group heard voices behind them.
"Ash! Denise! Pikachu! Marnie! Paige!"
"Its mum and dad."Marnie said in relief.
"Even Dawn and Brock."Denise added.
"Hey, we're over here!"Paige called out.
Then Karsten and Nurse Joy rushed up to them followed by Brock and Dawn.
"Mummy!"Paige said in joy as she hugged her mum.
"Oh Paige, promise me you won't do that again."Nurse Joy commented.
"I won't mum."Paige vowed.
"But how were you able to find them before us, Marnie?"Karsten asked.
"I got a ride from Suicune."Marnie answered.
Her statement caused the four to get surprised.
"Suicune?"Brock said.
"You mean the legendary pokemon?"Dawn asked.
"Yeah, its just behind-"Denise started.
But when Marnie, Ash and Denise turned around they notice Suicune was no longer there.
"Gone?"Denise said in surprise.
"Where did it go?"Ash asked.
"Probably went back home."Marnie suggested.
"I missed Suicune."Dawn said sadly.
"Don't worry, it will be some time."Brock assured.
"Hope so."Dawn admitted.
"Look at that the sun is setting, how about we all go home?"Nurse Joy suggested.
"Yay!"Paige cheered.
As they leave, Ash, Denise and Marnie exchange a knowing glance while Suicune watches them from the peak of a cliff.
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Denise's Team:
Turtwig (Male): Quick Attack, Absorb, Razor Leaf and Bite
Eevee (Female): Water Gun, Shadow Ball, Attract and Thunder
Luxio: (Male): Spark, Night Slash, Wild Charge and Ice Fang
Ralts: (Female): Psychic, Double Team, Magical Leaf and Confusion
Hoot Hoot: (Male): Peck, Reflect, Aerial Ace and Hypnosis
Drifloon (Female): Ominous Wind, Thunderbolt, Will-O-Wisp and Astonish