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The Galaxy Team's Trial

Somewhere over a forest south of Jubilife Village, energy was gathering over the largest tree in it; a few seconds later, several bits of blue, red, and green light came down from nowhere, followed by a massive bolt of lightning which strikes the ground below.

The next moring, inside Leni, Luan, and Lincoln's house, the three were sprawled out on the futons that they were provided with, fast asleep when some knocking at the door wakes them up.

"Ugh, what time is it?" asked Lincoln as he rubbed his eyes.

"Just five more minutes." said Luan.

"Hello?" Akari's voice says from outside their door, getting their attention. "Are you awake?" Feeling like he wasn't going to be getting back to sleep soon, Lincoln gets up and walks over to the doorway; he opens it to see Akari and Rei, along with Lori, Luna, Lynn, Lucy, Lola, Lana, Lisa, and Lily; all standing outside.

"Morning, everyone." said Lincoln as Leni and Luan walked up behind him while rubbing their eyes.

"Captain Cyllene has instructed me to bring all of you to her office to discuss your trial." said Akari.

"Okay." said Lincoln as he stretches. He, Leni, and Luan all exit their house and they all head towards Galaxy Hall.

"Did any of you hear that loud thunder last night?" asked Rei.

"Yeah." said Lori. "It woke Lily up and made her cry."

"I looked outside after I heard it, but there wasn't a cloud in the sky." said Luna.

"How peculiar." said Lisa.

"I wonder what it was if it wasn't lightning." said Lincoln.

"It was probably one of those Pokemon things." said Lola.

"It could've been." said Akari. "We don't know everything there is to know about them."

"Maybe we'll find out someday." said Lincoln.

"But for now, you should all concentrate on the trial that Captain Cyllene has for you." said Rei. They all soon reach Galaxy Hall and enter, then go into Captain Cyllene's office where she was waiting behind her desk.

"Captain Cyllene; we brought the Loud siblings." said Akari, making Captain Cyllene look up from a file she was reading.

"Very good." said Captain Cyllene. She puts the file down and walks up to the Louds. "Let's get to the point; if you all want to join the Galaxy Expedition Team, you'll need to go into the Obsidian Fieldlands and catching three different species of Pokemon: Bidoof, Starly, and Shinx."

"Catching three different Pokemon from the start?" Akari said with surprise in her voice. "No one in the Galaxy Team has ever done that before."

"These children have managed to do so yesterday, unless Professor Laventon was exaggerating his story yesterday." replied Captain Cyllene.

"I assure you that they did in fact catch three Pokemon yesterday." said Professor Laventon who just walked in from an adjacent room.

"Good morning, Professor Laventon." said Lisa.

"Good morning, everyone." replied Professor Laventon.

"If these children wish to stay, they'll have to prove they would be very helpful in completing our pokedex." said Captain Cyllene. "And Akari and Rei, I expect you to step in if things go awry."

"Yes, ma'am." said Akari and Rei in unison as they stood at attention. Captain Cyllene then goes over to a crate in the room and pulls out eleven belts with pouches attached to them; she walks over to the Loud siblings and gives each of them one.

"I will loan each of you one of our Survey Corps satchels to carry stuff in when you're out in the wilds." said Captain Cyllene. The Loud siblings put them around their waists, with Lincoln helping Lily with hers.

"Those satchels don't seem to match your...mode of dress." said Akari. "But if you pass your trial, then you'll each get one of our Survey Corps uniforms."

"Then I recommend you all get started immediately." said Captain Cyllene. "Fail, and you are expelled from the village." The Loud siblings look at each other with worry and nod back to Captain Cyllene. They all leave the office and head over to the front doors.

"Hold on a second, kids." said Professor Laventon who was running over to them.

"What's wrong?" asked Lori.

"I believe it would be best if you all had Pokemon to protect you while you're out in the wild." said Professor Laventon as he takes out three pokeballs from his pocket and throws them, releasing the Cyndaquil, Oshawott, and Rowlet from yesterday.

"Hi, Oshawott!" said Lola as she runs over to Oshawott and hugs it, along with Leni and Lana.

"So, which Pokemon do you kids want?" asked Professor Laventon. As Lincoln looks at the three available choices, Cyndaquil runs over to Lincoln and props itself against one of his legs, getting his attention.

"Hi, Cyndaquil." said Lincoln. "Would you like to come with me?" Cyndaquil smiles and starts running around him with glee.

"I still can't believe that a Pokemon would take to a person so quickly." said Professor Laventon. "But it appears that you've chosen Cyndaquil to be your first one."

"Is it a boy or a girl?" asked Lincoln.

"I believe it's a male." said Professor Laventon.

"Okay, then." said Lincoln. Professor Laventon hands Lincoln Cyndaquil's pokeball.

"Can we have Oshawott?" asked Lana. Professor Laventon thinks it over.

"Well, I suppose having more Pokemon with you would help you all in the wild." said Professor Laventon. "And just so you know, that Oshawott's a girl." Leni, Lana, and Lola all squeal with delight at that fact.

"What should we do with that one?" asked Lori as she points at Rowlet.

"Which of you would like to hang onto him?" asked Professor Laventon.

"I will, I guess." said Lynn Jr with a shrug.

"Very well." said Professor Laventon as he hands Lynn Rowlet's pokeball. "And that Rowlet's a boy, by the way."

"How do we return the Pokemon to their pokeballs?" asked Lisa.

"Simply hold your pokeballs out towards them and they'll be drawn inside." said Professor Laventon. Leni and Lynn do so, returning Oshawott and Rowlet to their pokeballs.

"Aren't you going to return Cyndaquil, Lincoln?" asked Luna.

"Nah, I'm just gonna let him stay out with me." said Lincoln. Cyndaquil leaps onto Lincoln's shoulder and nuzzles his cheek, making him laugh.

"And if you run into wild Pokemon during your trial, you can have your Pokemon battle them." said Professor Laventon. "Mind that you'll have to command them while they do so."

"How do we do that?" asked Lucy from behind Professor Lavneton, frightening him.

"Y-Y-You simply tell them which of their attacks to use." said Professor Laventon after getting over his near, Lucy-induced, heart attack.

"What attacks do they know?" asked Lynn.

"Right now, Cyndaquil only knows Quick Attack, Oshawott knows Tackle, and Rowlet knows Gust." said Professor Laventon.

"Okay." said Lori.

"Follow us." said Rei as he and Akari lead the Loud siblings out of Galaxy Hall and towards a village entrance. As they get close to it, a guard who was standing there waves them over.

"Hello, Ress." said Rei.

"Where are you kids going?" asked the guard now known as Ress.

"We're all heading to the Obsidian Fieldlands." said Rei. Akari looks over at the Loud siblings.

"Before leaving the village, tell Ress where you'll be going in case you get knocked out by wild Pokemon so we can find and bring you back here." explained Akari. The Loud siblings looked a little nervous.

"We'll be sure to remember that." said Lori with fear in her voice.

"Hopefully you can pass the trial so you can stay in the safety of our village." said Akari.

"We all do." said Luan. With that, the group exits the village and walk to the top of a large hill overlooking a beautiful landscape.

"OOOH." said the Louds as they look at the scenery.

"This spot is called Aspiration Hill." said Rei. "You can see a lot of the area from here."

"And the surrounding area has a lot of Pokemon to see." said Akari.

"I feel a need to learn about them." said Lisa with interest in her voice.

"That is good." said Professor Laventon who was walking over to them.

"What are you doing here, Professor?" asked Akari.

"The captain gave me an earful after you all left, saying that I have to bear responsiblity for our young guests." said Professor Laventon.

"That's our unsparing captain." said Rei.

"What can you offer out here, Professor?" asked Akari.

"I don't intend to lift a finger." said Professor Laventon. "The Loud siblings' skills are the real deal. I assure you that they'll pass with flying colors."

"So my brother and I are the ones who have to bear the responsibility." said Akari with a sigh.

"So, anyway; to remind you all, the three Pokemon you are to capture are Bidoof, Starly, and Shinx." said Professor Laventon. He then reaches into his pockets and pull out twenty empty pokeballs for them to use.

"So what does a Bidoof look like?" asked Luna.

"It's a round, plump Pokemon with thick brown fur, four small legs, and two buck teeth jutting from its upper jaw." said Professor Laventon.

"Fuzzy!" Lily says from a distance. They all look to see her cuddling the exact Pokemon that Professor Laventon just described.

"Is that a Bidoof?" asked Leni.

"Exactly!" said Professor Laventon. In his surprised shock, he accidentally drops the pokeballs he had in his hands, with one rolling down the hill to Lily's feet; she picks it up and examines it; and thinking it was a toy ball, she tosses it to the Bidoof as if wanting to play catch with it, hitting it, and sucking it in; the pokeball leaps up once, then shoots off a firework, making Lily clap with amusement. Professor Laventon, Akari, and Rei just stare with shock.

"I don't believe it." said Rei with shock. "My sister and I struggle to catch Pokemon, and a baby does it without even trying."

"I find it more unbelievable that she just walked right up to it and cuddled it like it was nothing, and that the Bidoof didn't seem to mind." said Akari.

"That's one Pokemon down." said Lynn Jr.

"What's a Starly like?" asked Lisa as she and her siblings gather the pokeballs that Professor Laventon dropped.

"There's some over there." said Professor Laventon as he points towards several birdlike Pokemon with blackish gray feathers on their heads, white feathers on their faces, and gray feathers on the rest of their bodies, along with orange legs and feet. "Just so you know, those Pokemon are very skittish and will flee if they spot you, so you'll have to sneak over to them and catch them."

"Wait, is that Lucy over near those Starlies?" asked Rei as he points over to where they see Lucy standing behind the bird Pokemon without them being aware of her presence.

"How did she do that?" asked Professor Laventon.

"I don't really know." said Luan. They all watch as Lucy takes a pokeball and tosses it at one of the Starlies, hitting it, and sucking it in; while the other Starlies, now aware of her presence, fly away; the pokeball that Lucy threw leaps up once and shoots off a firework. Lucy then picks up the pokeball and walks over to the group who look at her with shock.

"How did you get close to them without them or us noticing?" asked Lola.

"I don't know." said Lucy. "But it felt natural for me to move that silently."

"That's two down." said Lynn Jr.

"Who wants to hold onto this Starly?" asked Lucy.

"I guess I will." said Lori. Lucy then hands Lori, Starly's pokeball. Akari and Rei look at the Loud siblings with shock.

"Who are these people?" asked Rei.

"They're really good at catching Pokemon." said Akari. Lincoln decides to walk on ahead with Cyndaquil, and soon come across a small, quadrapedal Pokemon with blue fur on the front half of its body, along with round ears with a four-pointed star design on each one of its head, back half of its body was covered with black fur, and at the end of its tail was a four-pointed star.

"Is that a Pokemon?" asked Lincoln.

"Yes, Lincoln!" said Professor Laventon as he and the rest of the group run over to him.

"That's a Shinx." said Rei.

"Isn't that the third Pokemon we need to capture?" asked Lincoln.

"Yes, it is." said Professor Laventon. Lincoln hears a light growling, making him look around and sees it was the Shinx with its teeth bared.

"Shinxes can be very aggressive." said Akari.

"Pokemon like those will knock aside any pokeball you try to throw at them." said Rei.

"So what do I do?" asked Lincoln.

"You'll have to let your Cyndaquil battle it in order to wear it out so it can't deflect your pokeballs." said Rei.

"Are you ready, Cyndaquil?" Lincoln asked his Cyndaquil, getting a nod in response. Cyndaquil jumps forward and faces Shinx.

"Be careful, you two." said Lori.

"Okay, Cyndaquil, use Quick Attack!" said Lincoln. Cyndaquil runs towards Shinx with incredible speed and rams it, knocking it to the ground, but it gets back up. It charges at Cyndaquil with incredible speed also and rams him back.

"It must know Quick Attack also." said Akari.

"Cyndaquil, use Quick Attack again!" said Lincoln. Cyndaquil charges at Shinx and rams it, knocking it back to the ground; it struggles to get up.

"I believe Shinx is weak enough, Lincoln." said Professor Laventon. Lincoln takes an empty pokeball out of his satchel and throws it at Shinx, hitting it; it gets sucked into the pokeball and it begins wiggling around until a firework shoots up from it.

"You did it, Lincoln!" said Rei. Lincoln walks to Shinx's pokeball and picks it up.

"Yes! We got the third Pokemon we need!" said Lincoln. Cyndaquil runs over to Lincoln and leaps into his arms.

"That was amazing, Lincoln!" said Leni.

"That looked like so much fun!" said Lana.

"Way to go, Cyndaquil!" said Lincoln. Cyndaquil opens his mouth and breathes out small bits of fire from it, surprising everyone.

"Did Cyndaquil just breathe out fire?" asked Luna.

"I believe so." said Professor Laventon. "Perhaps he just learned a new attack."

"Can Pokemon do that?" asked Lisa.

"I learned that if Pokemon battle enough times and gain enough experience, they can learn new attacks." said Professor Laventon.

"What was the attack that Cyndaquil just used?" asked Lincoln.

"I believe it was Ember, it's a fire type move." said Professor Laventon. The group heads to a camp that was set up at the top of Aspriation Hill so Professor Laventon can examine the Pokemon they caught.

"Lily's Bidoof is a girl, and she knows the move, Rollout." said Professor Laventon.

"Wollout." said Lily, making Bidoof tuck into a ball and roll forward.

"Lori's Starly is a girl, and she knows Gust." said Professor Laventon.

"Gust; got it." said Lori.

"And Lincoln's Shinx is a boy, and like Akari figured, he knows Quick Attack." said Professor Laventon.

"I think it's safe to say that the Loud siblings passed the trial." said Rei.

"This is an amazing feat." said Professor Laventon as he pulls out a camera. "This calls for a commemorative photo. Would you all please join together?"

"Sure." said Leni. The Loud siblings do as Professor Laventon asked and he takes a picture of them.

"Now that that's done, let's report back to Captain Cyllene." Before they start making their way back to Jubilife Village, Lincoln decides to let his new Shinx out of his pokeball.

"What are you doing, Lincoln?" asked Lisa.

"I just want to get to know Shinx better, so I'm letting him walk alongside us." said Lincoln. The group then walks back to Jubilife Village. Moments later, the group was standing in front of Captain Cyllene's desk in the Galaxy Team's headquarters and made their report.

"It seem we won't have to leave you to die, after all." said Captain Cyllene. "You passed your trial; you can hold on to those satchels."

"Thanks." replied Lincoln.

"I must admit, you children impressed me; I set a high hurdle to judge whether strangers like yourselves could be worthy, but you cleared it." said Captain Cyllene. He walks to a stack of uniforms with a line of sandals in front of them. "These are for all of you; official uniforms of the Survey Corps." Each Loud sibling walked to the stack of uniforms and grabbed one in each of their respective sizes with Lori grabbing one for Lily.

"Get changed into the room you used last night and report to Commander Kamodo; his office is on the third floor." said Captain Cyllene.

"Yes, Captain." said the Loud siblings. The Louds have passed the Galaxy Team's trial; what other challenges await them? Wait and find out.

End of Chapter 4

Pokemon Lincoln has with him: Cyndaquil (M), and Shinx (M)

Pokemon Lori has with her: Starly (F)

Pokemon Leni has with her: Oshawott (F, sharing with the twins)

Pokemon Lola has with her: Oshawott (F, sharing with Lana and Leni)

Pokemon Lana has with her: Oshawott (F, sharing with Lola and Leni)

Pokemon Lynn has with her: Rowlet (M)

Pokemon Lily has with her: Bidoof (F)