Brock, Ashlyn, and her Pokémon were on their way to Cerulean City.
"According to my Phone, we're headed to Mt. Moon where we'll pass onto Cerulean City." Ashlyn informed as she, her Pokémon, and Brock were walking along the path to Cerulean City.
Ashlyn remembered what had happened in the episode with the Clefairy. She wondered if it would be a different kind of plot twist in this part. She hoped to catch a Clefairy and a Sandshrew at Mt. Moon.
"Mt. Moon. I heard of that place. People say that a very long time ago a meteor crashed into that mountain. The meteor is called the Moonstone." Brock told her.
"I've heard of the Moonstone. From what Prof. Oak had said, it's an evolution stone." Ashlyn said.
"You know about it?" Brock asked.
Ashlyn nodded, "Yeah. It turns a Clefairy into a Cleffable, Jigglypuff into Wigglytuff, Munna into Musharna, Nidorina into Nidoqueen, Nidorino into Nidoking, and Skitty into Delcatty."
"So you learned a lot from Prof. Oak, huh?" Brock asked.
"Of course, it was a great experience for me." Ashlyn replied.
"So what else did you do when you were learning from him?" Brock asked, curious.
"Well, he taught me everything about raising and training Pokémon which was somewhat hard at first, but it was fun. Not to mention the trips he took me on." Ashlyn smiled.
"Where did you get Tesla, Lucario and Boltund anyway?" Brock questioned.
"I found Tesla near Oak's corral. She was malnourished and I took her to Prof. Oak and got her healed. After that, she decided to stay with me. I got Lucario when Prof. Oak and I visited the Kalos Region to meet Prof. Sycamore who studies Mega Evolution. They were studying an egg that hadn't hatch for almost a year. I asked Sycamore if I could hold it and he let me. A few seconds after I was holding it, the egg hatched and a Riolu was born." Ashlyn answered.
"Riolu?" Brock asked.
"Riolu is the pre-evolved form of Lucario." Ashlyn replied.
"I see," Brock said, "What about Boltund? Does he have a pre-evolved form?"
"Yes, his pre-evolved form is Yamper and he's from the Galar region." Ashlyn responded.
"Wow, that's amazing." Brock said.
The two were brought out of their thoughts when they heard a scream in the distance.
"Somebody's in trouble, lets go!" they ran towards the sound of the scream and saw someone getting attacked by a flock of Zubat.
"Zubat? In broad daylight?" Brock questioned.
Ashlyn took out her Rotom phone.
[Zubat, blind Pokémon with supersonic powers. Zubat live in caves and hate to fly outside in daylight.]
"If they hate daylight then why are they outside?" Brock asked.
"Doesn't matter right now!" Ashlyn said, "That guy needs help first. Quick Tesla, use Thunder Shock!""
Tesla launched 'Thunder Shock' at the wild Zubat's which zapped them and made them leave in a hurry, screeching. Ashlyn ran up to the moaning man.
"Are you okay?" Ashlyn stiffened when the man suddenly got up and hugged her.
"Wow, you're the greatest!" He shouted while crying behind his round glasses.
"Really...it was nothing." Ashlyn tried to say as she was being suffocated by the man.
"That was really superfantabulistic! I give two thumbs up!" He continued as he kept smothering both Ashlyn and Tesla, who was growing quite tired of it. "The best rescue I've ever had!"
Lucario pulled Ashlyn away and Tesla shocked the scientist that was smothering them both. The scientist fell over, but recovered annoyingly quick.
"They say that man's best friend is a Pokémon," he adjusted his glasses, "and with you three I believe it." He said with a smile and conviction, his fist raised in emphasis.
Ashlyn hugged Tesla and Lucario to her, looking unsure. "Umm, that's nice." she said uncertainly.
"I'm so moved," he continued. "Such friendship I thought I'd never see when the Zubat began attacking me I thought I was done for when who should arrive my new hero thanks to whom I'm alive! I'm aliiiiivee!" He shouted exuberantly, creeping Ashlyn out. "Thank you so much! Thank you!"
"He certainly doesn't look like the poetic type." Ashlyn muttered.
"Rai/(Indeed)." Tesla and Lucario agreed.
"Did I mention how grateful I am?" He said, grabbing Ashlyn's wrists and making Tesla's ears flatten and Lucario glared at the proximity.
Ashlyn sweat dropped, "Um, yeah, but why were the Zubat attacking you, mister?"
He gasped. "Never call me mister! My name is Seymour. Seymour the scientist! Knowledge! Research! I am Seymour the scientist!"
Brock, Ashlyn, and her Pokémon just stared at him.
"(What an odd man)." Lucario commented.
Ashlyn nodded, "Yeah."
"Well anyway, My name's Ashlyn and this is Tesla and Lucario."
"And I'm Brock."
"Nice to meet you all." Seymour greeted, "As for the reason they attacked me is because of this..." Pointing at the cave.
Inside of the cave were lights hanging along the rock walls. Seymour led them inside the cave.
"These lights are the reason why." Seymour explained, "The cave is so light up. Somebody set up these lights purposely throughout the whole cave. But the Pokémon who live here in this cave need the darkness. They're confused and aggressive."
"It doesn't surprise me really," Brock said, "Zubat don't like the light very much."
"And it's not just Zubat that the lights are causing trouble for," Seymour informed, "It's making trouble for all the Pokémon. Paras are planting their mushrooms everywhere and are drying up the Sandshrew."
"That explains why the Zubat attacked you when the sun is still out." Ashlyn stated.
"And look over there," Seymour pointed, "The Paras are planting their mushrooms everywhere, while the lights are causing the Sandshrew to become weak and exhausted." He said sadly.
Ashlyn looked at the poor Sandshrew and walked over to it followed by Tesla and Lucario. Taking out a canteen and a bowl she uses for Pokémon food she filled up the bowl with water, "Here you go little guy, drink up."
Sandshrew didn't need to be told twice and began drinking the water like it hadn't had any in days.
"My goodness! I've never seen a trainer like her before!" Seymour observed, "Such kindness!"
"That's Ashlyn for you." Brock said.
Putting the canteen away she took out an Oran berry, "Try this." the Sandshrew took the blue berry from him and ate it.
"Shrew!" it said with glee.
"Still, I wonder who put up all these lights?" Ashlyn stood up. Out of the corner of her eye she saw something pink walking with something in its hand, "A Clefairy!"
Everyone turned to see the little fairy Pokémon.
"Wow, a real Clefairy." Brock said.
Ashlyn took out her Rotom Phone.
[Clefairy. This impish Pokémon is friendly and peaceful. It is believed to live inside Mt. Moon, although very few have ever been seen by humans.]
"Look what it's carrying," Brock pointed out, "It's a Moonstone."
"You're right," Seymour agreed, "I know, if we follow that Clefairy it might lead us to the meteorite."
Suddenly they heard a cry.
"What was that?" Brock asked.
"That must be the Clefairy!" Ashlyn gasped before she and the others ran to the source of the cry. It was Team Rocket's Meowth, "Meowth!"
"Its the twerp!" Meowth exclaimed when he turned and saw Ashlyn and her Pokémon.
Clefairy took this chance to hide behind Ashlyn's leg and shivered. She gently patted the frightened Pokémon.
"Don't worry, we'll keep you safe." Ashlyn assured the little Pokémon which caused her to stop shivering. Then Ashlyn and her Pokémon turned to Meowth. "I should have known that you guys were causing trouble here."
"Did somebody say trouble?" a female voice asked.
"And make it double?" a males voice said.
It was Jessie and James from Team Rocket.
The group stared at them as they said their motto.
"Prepare for trouble," Jessie said.
"Make it double," James said.
"To protect the world from devastation,"
"To unite all people within our nation,"
"To denounce the evils of truth and love,"
"To extend our reach to the stars above,"
"Jessie,"
"James,"
"Team Rocket blasting off at the speed of light,"
"Surrender now and prepare to fight,"
"Meowth that's right!" The Meowth said.
"I can't believe that its you guys again." Ashlyn and her Pokémon groaned.
"You know these guys?" Brock asked.
"Unfortunately." Ashlyn replied, "Team Rocket are a group who steal people's Pokémon. But to our point of view, they're just a bunch of annoying clowns."
"That's just plain rude!" James yelled.
"You're just jealous because we won't let you join us." Jessie taunted.
"Like I would join an evil organization that has clowns like you three!" Ashlyn yelled angrily.
"Are you three the ones who put up all these lights?" Seymour demanded, "You're hurting the Pokémon that live here!"
"Oh who cares about them," Jessie waved uncaring, "We're only after the Moonstone."
"Of course," James added, "We need the lights to find the moonstone."
"You won't get away with this!" Brock shouted, "If it's a rock you want, just take one of these," He pointed at the ground rocks, "and get lost!"
"Get lost? How rude!" Jessie fumed, "You twerps need to be taught some manners."
Jessie and James released Ekans and Koffing from their pokéballs.
"If it's a battle you want we'll give you one," Ashlyn released her Butterfly Pokémon, "Butterfree, I choose you!"
"Go Zubat!" Brock said and released the Bat Pokémon.
Ashlyn wasn't surprised that Brock had a Zubat.
"I caught it before we entered the cave." he explained.
Ashlyn nodded and turned to Tesla and Lucario. "Tesla, Lucario, lead Seymour and the Clefairy out of here while Brock and I take care of Team Rocket."
"(On it)!" Lucario nodded.
"Rai (You can count on us)!" Tesla saluted and left with Lucario, Seymour, and Clefairy.
"Ekans, use Bite!"
"Koffing, use Tackle!"
Ekans was about to use Bite on Butterfree, while Koffing was about to use Tackle on Zubat.
"Butterfree, use Supersonic!" Butterfree released light blue circles from his mouth at Ekans confusing it.
"You too Zubat, use Supersonic!" Zubat did the same as Butterfree sending light blue circles at Koffing making it confused to. The poison Pokémon ended up attacking themselves.
"What you two doing?!" Jessie growled.
"Your suppose to be attacking them not yourselves!" James yelled.
Ashlyn snorted, "Blast them away with Whirlwind!" Butterfree flapped his wings creating a strong gust of wind sending it at Team Rocket blowing them away.
"TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAIN!" Jessie and James shouted.
"Great job, Butterfree." Ashlyn praised.
"Free." Butterfree blushed as he landed on her shoulder.
"You too, Zubat." Brock complimented Zubat as he landed on Brock's shoulder and nuzzled his cheek.
Ashlyn blinked when she noticed a certain Pokémon was missing from Team Rocket.
"Wait a minute, Meowth! I didn't notice that cat with them!" Ashlyn realized.
"Neither did I," Brock realized too, "We better find the others right away."
The two took off in the same direction that the others went. They hoped that they were okay.
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Ashlyn and Brock finally caught up to the others.
"Hey you guys alright?" Ashlyn asked.
"Rai/(Ashlyn)!" Tesla leaped into Ashlyn's arms as Lucario hugged Ashlyn.
"(Don't worry, we're all fine. Me and Tesla sent that cat flying)." Lucario replied.
Ashlyn let out a sigh of relief.
"How about we take a break?" Brock suggested.
Everyone nodded at that.
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When sunset came, they were all taking a break.
"It's impressive that you know how to make your own Pokémon food, Ashlyn." Brock complimented.
"Thanks, but the credit goes to my mom. I just added a few things into the food." Ashlyn admitted as she handed her Pokémon food to all of her Pokémon who were enjoying it very much including the Clefairy.
Ashlyn had to admit that it was cute how relaxed Clefairy was around her Pokémon. She had a feeling that her Pokémon would get along with any kind of Pokémon. Then Lucario walked up to them.
"What is it, Lucario?" Ashlyn asked.
"(Clefairy wants us to come to the ceremony)." Lucario replied.
"Ceremony?" Brock replied.
"I believe it's the ceremony is when the Clefairy become Clefable, right?" Ashlyn guessed, even though she already knew.
Lucario nodded.
"Well then, let's get going." Ashlyn decided.
Everyone nodded and followed the Clefairy.
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Clefairy led the group to a crater in the cave where they saw a full moon shining on a giant Moonstone in the middle of the crater.
"It's the Moonstone!" Seymour beamed.
"So beautiful." Ashlyn enchanted.
"This is an amazing display. I didn't think a Moonstone could get this big." Brock stared at the amazing sight.
"Fascinating! I've never seen such a magnificent sight!" Seymour was on cloud nine.
Just then a bunch of Clefairy, Cleffa, and Clefable appeared just as a blue light shined on the giant Moonstone, they approached it and began to dance and pray to it.
"Wow, look at all of the Clefairy, Cleffa, and Clefable have gathered around." Ashlyn spotted the Fairy Pokémon as she took out her Rotom phone and recorded.
"I see," She realized, "the Clefairy pray to the Moonstone so that they can evolve into Clefable."
"So the Moonstone is really a giant evolutionary stone." Brock added.
Seymour watched in amazement, "It is said that humans are suppose to ride the stone to the stars."
"(Oh really)?" Lucario's brow arched, skeptical about that.
At that moment, an explosion came out from the ground.
"What just happened?" Seymour shouted.
Then laughter was heard.
"Oh no." Ashlyn groaned. "Not them again."
"Thank you for leading us to the Moonstone," Jessie chuckled, "Now we'll just take it for ourselves and be on our way."
"You can't do that!" Seymour protested as he stood in front of the Moonstone, "Leave the Moonstone alone! It belongs to the Clefairy!"
"We can and we will." James smirked.
More explosions went off, causing smoke to cover the area. Once the smoke cleared, the Moonstone was gone.
"Oh, no the Moonstone!" Seymour panicked. Then he became determined, "We have to get it back!"
"Maybe that big hole will lead us to them." Brock suggested and released his Onix, "Let's go Onix!"
Onix roared.
"Onix, follow the hole tunnel that Team Rocket left behind and stop them!" Brock pointed to the big hole.
Onix dove underground and followed after the criminals.
"Let's follow it!" Brock shouted and everyone followed with the Clefairy behind them.
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Team Rocket were sliding down the hill on a sledge, the Moonstone tied to it.
They easily believed that their plan worked, when suddenly Onix came out of the ground in front of them and stopped them.
"Hold it right there, Team Rocket!" Ashlyn shouted, "You're not taking the Moonstone anywhere!"
"Why you! You'll pay for that!" Jessie growled, having Ekans out of his Pokéball already.
"That's right!" James said, doing the same as Jessie already having his Koffing out.
"Its payback time!" Meowth got his claws out.
Before they could order their Pokémon to attack, something struck Ekans from underground knocking it in front of Jessie.
"What was that?" Jessie asked, shocked.
The mysterious attacker stood in front of Ashlyn, who recognized the Pokémon instantly.
"Sandshrew!" Ashlyn gasped.
"Sandshrew!" Sandshrew greeted.
Ashlyn took out her Rotom Phone and scanned the Pokémon in front of her.
[Sandshrew, the Mouse Pokémon. Sandshrew hate water, it lives in deep burrows in arid areas. It can protect itself by curling into a ball.]
"(That Sandshrew looks familiar)." Lucario observed.
Brock nodded and then realized, "You're right! That's the same Sandshrew Ashlyn gave water and a berry to!"
"(It's definitely the same one. But what's it doing here)?" Lucario questioned.
"You're here to help, aren't you Sandshrew?" Ashlyn asked.
"Shrew!" Sandshrew smiled.
"Thank you." Ashlyn smiled and took out her Rotom Phone.
[This Pokémon knows the moves: Defense Curl, Scratch, Sand Attack, Poison Sting, Rollout, Rapid Spin, Protect, Magnitude, Swift, and Fury Cutter.]
"Pretty impressive." Ashlyn complimented.
"Sandshrew!" Sandshrew smiled.
"You'll pay for that surprise attack!" James declared.
"I doubt it." Ashlyn said, "Use Fury Cutter!"
Sandshrew charged at Koffing slashing it repeatedly with its claws knocking it into James sending him to the ground.
Jessie and Meowth managed to get Koffing off of James but the man was knocked out cold with swirls in his eyes.
"Come on James snap out of it!" Jessie shook him, trying to wake him up.
"He's knocked out cold." Meowth stated.
"That's it!" Jessie exclaimed annoyed, "Meowth!"
"Rrrighttt!" Meowth growled and charged towards Sandshrew.
"Sandshrew, Rapid Spin!" Ashlyn ordered.
Sandshrew curled into a ball and rolled towards Meowth who got rammed into the face and was sent flying until he fell at Jessie's feet. Sandshrew jumped and uncurled itself as it landed in front of Ashlyn.
They were about to continue the battle when the Clefairy appeared out of the hole that was created by Onix.
"Rai Raichu (It's the Clefairy)." Tesla said.
Lucario sweat dropped when someone else's head stuck out of the hole, "(And Professor Seymour.)"
The Clefairy stood in front of the group sending mad looks at Team Rocket. They were not happy for what they have done. All at once they began moving their fingers back and forth chanting.
"What's going on?" James asked, looking at the Fairy Pokémon.
"They're moving their arms." Jessie replied.
"This way, that way." Meowth added.
Team Rocket and their Pokémon soon moved their heads, following the Clefairy's hands.
"The move is called 'Metronome'," Seymour explained, moving his head left and right following the Clefairy attack, "It makes an Clefairy do an attack, but you can never tell what attack they'll do."
"What's Metronome?" Brock asked as he and the others followed the Clefairy's movements as well.
"It randomly selects a move using it at full power." Ashlyn told him.
"Full power?" Brock suddenly had a thought, "Meaning any move can come out of it like a Hyper Beam!"
The Clefairy's fingertips began glowing white alerting everyone that they were about to unleash their attack.
"Here it comes." Seymour said.
As their fingertips kept glowing white until it was replaced by orange alerting Ashlyn who knew what attack was coming, "Sandshrew, get over here hurry!" the ground type ran over to the girl.
"It's a Hyper Beam attack! Everyone get down! Lucario, Sandshrew use Protect!"
The two Pokémon stood in front of the group and projected a green colored barrier around them except for Team Rocket.
The attack hit Team Rocket and sent them flying into the night sky.
"Grrr, I wanted that Moonstone!" Jessie complained.
"It doesn't suit ya!" Meowth growled.
James had no comment because he was still unconscious.
"LOOKS LIKE TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAIN!" Jessie and Meowth shouted.
"Great job, you guys." Ashlyn complimented the two Pokémon.
"Shrew/(Thanks, Ashlyn)." Sandshrew and Lucario smiled.
Brock looked over at the giant Moonstone and saw it was in tiny pieces, "Guys look! The Moonstone shattered!"
They all look and saw he was right. The once beautiful giant stone was now into little pieces.
"(It must've been the Hyper Beam attack)." Lucario stated.
The shards of the once big Moonstone landed on some of the Clefairy who started glowing.
"They're evolving!" Ashlyn stared in awe, as did the others.
As the glowing light died down some of the Clefairy were now Clefable making Seymour smile from ear to ear, "They must've been the chosen Clefairy to evolve into Clefable!"
Ashlyn scanned them with her Rotom phone.
[Clefable, an advanced form of Clefairy. These unique creatures are among the rarest Pokémon in the world.]
The Clefairy and Clefable were all celebrating happily and everyone got to stay and join them. All in all, it was a fun night for everyone to enjoy.
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It was the next morning for the group. Packed and ready to go they were all outside the cave getting ready to leave but not before saying goodbye to Seymour and the Clefairy and Clefable.
"I can't thank you all enough for all you've done." Seymour said.
"Thanks but we didn't do anything, it was the Clefairy." Ashlyn said.
Brock nodded, "That's right, the Clefairy were the ones you should be grateful to."
Just then a Clefable carrying something in its hands walked up to the group along with Sandshrew.
"Huh? What's wrong you two?" Ashlyn asked confused as to why the two of them were outside and not inside the cave.
Clefable gave the round object to Ashlyn who took it in confusion.
"Hey it's a Pokémon egg." Brock said.
"You really want me to have this?" Ashlyn asked.
Clefable nodded. Then she and Sandshrew pointed at the Pokéballs on her belt.
"I think they want to go with you, Ashlyn." Brock concluded.
"Is that true?" Ashlyn asked.
Clefable and Sandshrew nodded. Ashlyn smiled and let Brock hold the egg as she took out two Pokéballs. She tapped them on their foreheads and they were sucked inside. They wiggled for a second and the red light stopped blinking. Two successful captures.
After that, the group continued on towards Cerulean City.
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Ashlyn's egg was in an incubator that Prof. Oak had given to her. It really was a good thing that he gave it to her before she left.
Brock was looking at the map on Ashlyn's Rotom Phone that she lent to him, making sure that they were going in the right direction.
"Check it out it's a sign." Ashlyn walked up to it.
It read:
Cerulean City
Brock noticed some writing on the sign, "Hey, there's something written on it."
Then they looked to what was scribbled on it.
'Gary was here! Ashlyn is a loser!'
"Gary Oak, you are so immature." Ashlyn commented, rolling her eyes.
"(Being immature is one of Gary Oak's redeeming qualities.)" Lucario dead panned.
"Agreed." Ashlyn said. "Anyways, let's go. I can't wait until we see him at the league and kick his arrogant butt." She walked ahead of them with Tesla on her shoulder.
Brock and Lucario smiled in amusement at that and followed the two, catching up them. ================================================
Pokémon on hand: Raichu (Tesla)(F), Lucario (M), Rockruff (M), Butterfree (M), Pidgeotto (F), Clefable (F), Sandshrew (M), Pokémon Egg
Prof. Oak's Lab:
Boltund (M), Shiny Gyarados (Rory)(M), Scyther (F), Nidoran (M), Nidoran (F)