J-Awesome_One

xD My bad.

Arbok Crest. It gets a decent buff in Attack, Defense and Speed. Also can normally/badly poison an opponent if it uses any biting moves.

I spent a couple of weeks inside of my room kind of by myself. I really only interacted with my Alolan Rattata or Galvantula or Kevin to see if I was doing ok. Seeing that young man have no remorse for taking away lives like that and I wasn’t able to stop him really messed up with my head. I was glad I was able to save Galvantula but the rest of its family… It just wasn’t right what happened to them. 1 day, Kevin came into my room and sat down at my desk. Kevin: Hey kiddo. Felicia: Hey… Kevin: How are you doing? Felicia: I’m still here so… Kevin: Well maybe this will perk you up. That young man you brought in the other day. He’s be convicted of Pokemurder and will be sentenced to at least 10 years of jail. Felicia: Good… He deserves it after what he had done. Kevin: Felicia… what happened on that day? You have not been yourself ever since you came back from that mission. You haven’t done a mission in a couple of days and that’s definitely not how you are at all. Felicia: I… He… Kevin: Yes? I brought out Galvantula’s PokeBall and stared at it. Tears started to swell up in my eyes and I started to cry again. Kevin came over to me, sat on my bed with me and gave me a hug. I couldn’t stop sobbing no matter how hard I tried. I felt so guilty for not being able to save the Joltik family and felt guilty for whatever Galvantula was going through. The 2 of us sort of got closer but because of me feeling like this, we weren’t as close as me and my Alolan Rattata. I started to slow down on my sobbing and was able to get out what Kevin needed to hear. Felicia: I-I saw him murder Galvantual’s family! Kevin: Ohh. I see. So that’s what’s gotten you like this. Felicia: I-I’m sorry. Kevin: Nonsense. Every ranger has gone through this at least once in their lives. Felicia: But… I don’t know what to do. I feel like a part of me has just vanished after that happened. Kevin: Hmm… I see. Mind if I ask you how you and your Galvantula are doing? Felicia: I-I mean I guess we’re ok. Why? Kevin: I have a feeling you 2 aren’t as close as you should be at this point. Felicia: Probably but… I failed to protect its family. Kevin: I see… I’m sorry Felicia but I have some… rather important business to attend to right now. But I’d like to ask you to come outside in a little bit so we can talk some more. Felicia: Yea… Ok Kevin. I will. Kevin: See you in a bit then. And with that, Kevin exited my room. I sat there, staring out of my window to the outside. It was a beautiful day outside but that wasn’t cheering me up at all. I decided to lay down for a bit before going outside to meet up with Kevin. As I napped, I started to have a dream. I was at the same route and the young man was there. He did the same thing, stepping onto the eggs and the Joltik parents. But this time, when Galvantula evolved and attacked him, it kept attacking until the young man wasn’t moving anymore. When I went over to see if he was ok, his body was stiff. I checked for a pulse but there wasn’t any. That’s when I awake from my dream. I shot up from bed. I had a cold sweat cold sweat coming down my head. I hated having that dream almost every time I fell asleep. I checked the clock. It had been an hour since Kevin told me to go outside. I wiped the sweat off my face and headed outside. When I got there however, I was surprised to see a battlefield of sorts near the Ranger Base. Kevin was there, waving me over. Kevin: Over here Felicia! Felicia: -walks over to him- A battlefield? Kevin: Yes. I decided the Rangers that chose a Partner Pokemon could use this as a training area. Felicia: Ohh. That’s cool I guess. Kevin: And me and you are gonna be the 1st ones to use it. Felicia: Wait. What? Kevin: Mhm. I wanna see what you and Galvantula are made of. Felicia: Umm… I don’t think now’s a good time Kev. Maybe- Kevin: Come on. It may make you feel a little bit better. Felicia: Mmm… Maybe… Fine. I guess so. Kevin: Great! Take your position. The 2 of us walked to the end of the battlefield. I grabbed Galvantula’s PokeBall and looked at it. We never had a battle together and I was worried how the 2 of us respond to 1 another. Kevin took his stance on the other side and grabbed a ball from his belt. Kevin: Alright Felicia! Give it everything you’ve got in this battle! Felicia: R-Right… Kevin: Come on out Barbaracle! Kevin threw out his PokeBall and out popped his Barbaracle. I grabbed Galvantula’s PokeBall and threw it out. Galvantula popped out and was facing the Barbaracle. I wasn’t too sure if Galvantula would be able to defeat this tough looking Pokemon. We both had weaknesses and strengths to each other’s Pokemon. Kevin’s Barbaracle Rock Type could beat my Galvantula’s Bug Type. But my Galvantula’s Electric Type could be Kevin’s Barbaracle’s Water Type. It was respectively an even match up. Kevin ordered his Pokemon to use Water Gun. The Pokemon obeyed the command and fired the attack at my Galvantula. I ordered it to dodge and it did but not fully. The attack hit 1 of its many legs, which sent it somewhat spinning through the air but it was able to land on its feet. I tried to think of what I should have my Galvantula do next. When I made my decision however, Kevin ordered his Pokemon to use Water Gun again. When the attack came, I had Galvantula jump into the air to avoid the attack. Unfortunately for me, Kevin had Barbaracle use Water Gun again and this time, it made direct contact. Galvantula came crashing down to the ground. This started to make me think again about the young man and that whole situation again. It was clear the I was shaking. Galvantula looked back to me. I could see that it seemed concerned for my well-being. I never really saw that from it. But I didn’t know what to do. Felicia: I-I… I- Kevin: Felicia! Felicia: Huh? Kevin: Do you want it to happen again?! Felicia: Have it… happen again? Kevin: If you don’t snap out of it, it will happen again! Or something worse! Felicia: You mean… what that man did? Kevin: Yes! Take that as a lesson and you may be able to prevent it next time! But you also need to know that sometimes no matter what you do, bad things will happen! But you can’t let it get you down! That’s what they want you to do! To lose yourself! Now you buck up and you and Galvantula form a bond! I can already see it has some kind of concern for how you’re acting right now! That’s the start of a bond Felicia! Felicia: Yea… Yea! Ok Galvantula! Let’s do this! Galvantula: Galvantula! Felicia: Use String Shot! Galvantula listened to me and shot out a String Shot. Barbaracle was able to avoid them though. Kevin then commanded it to use Shell Smash. It did. Now its defenses were weakened but its attack, special attack and speed were increased. He then commanded it to use Scratch. It came running towards my Pokemon in surprising speed. I commanded Galvantula to move and it somehow did, avoiding the hit. The Kevin ordered Barbaracle to use Stone Edge. The Pokemon hit the ground. It felt like the entire place was shaking. Suddenly, these huge stones shot out of the ground and landed a direct hit on Galvantula. It fell to the ground, taking serious damage. Felicia: Galvantula! Are you ok? Galvantula: Gal… Galvan…tula! -stands up- Felicia: Damnit. It’s strong. Alright. Use String Shot continuously! Galvantula did as I told it. It shot out multiple String Shots. Thanks to the Shell Smash it executed before, it was able to dodge them all. The last 1, it jumped up into the air to dodge it. Felicia: Come on Galvantula! I know you can do it! Galvantula: Galvan… Galvan… tula!!! Just then, this thick silk shot out of Galvantula’s mouth and stuck on half of the battlefield. I didn’t know what just happened but it seemed effective as Barbaracle landed back on the ground and seemed stuck on this sticky thread. Felicia: Wha… What is that? Kevin: Well I’ll be. That’s Sticky Web! Felicia: Did you learn a new move… for me Galvantula? Galvantula: -looks at me and shakes head yes- Gal! Felicia: Galvantula… Alright! Thunder Wave! Galvantula shot out these little electrical waves and hit the target. Barbaracle was now paralyzed, meaning it was slowed down. Kevin then commanded to use Scratch to destroy the Sticky Web on the ground. It did but when it got done, it yelled out in pain. Probably from the Thunder Wave attack. I then had Galvantula use Absorb. Despite Kevin ordering his Pokemon to dodge the attack, Absorb hit its mark and now Barbaracle had taken some serious damage as Galvantula had some of its health restored. Then I had Galvantula fire off a String Shot. It did and this time, it wrapped around the opposing Pokemon, completely trapping it. Kevin: Very smart Felicia! Immobilizing Barbaracle like that and regaining back some health. Felicia: That’s right! Me and Galvantula… We’re a team now! We will do anything we can to win! Galvantula: Gal Galvantula! Kevin: Well said! That’s the attitude I like to see! But here’s the thing. My Barbaracle may be paralyzed but your Galvantula can’t move all that much with it still having that String Shot in its mouth. Felicia: Ohh no… Kevin: Let’s finish this Barbaracle! Stone Edge! Felicia: Quick! Use Absorb! Galvantula used Absorb and hit its target. However, Barbaracle was able to use the move and it hit Galvantula head on. It sent the Bug Type flying up into the air and then crashing back down onto the ground. I went to see if it was ok. When I got closer, it was obvious that it had fainted. I was saddened but I was happy that we did the best we could. I looked back over to Kevin and Barbaracle. Kevin was laughing heavily. Suddenly, Barbaracle tipped over and slammed onto the ground. Kevin ran over to check on his Pokemon. It too was fainted. Kevin looked at me with a smile on his face. Kevin: Well it would see as if this battle has come to a draw. Felicia: -chuckles- I guess so. Kevin: So how are you feeling now? Felicia: I’m… still sad but I know what you were trying to do. And I thank you for that. Kevin: No problem Felicia. It’s what us Rangers do for each other. That Galvantula… Despite being just hatched a couple of weeks ago, it definitely has some power behind it. Felicia: Yea. -pets Galvantula- It really does. You did a good job Galvantula. Return and have a rest. Kevin: You too Barbaracle. The 2 of us returned our Pokemon back to their PokeBalls and we took them to the Pokemon Center of Mauville. After that, we went back to the Ranger Base. I knew that the next day, I had to get back into doing some more Ranger Missions and to strengthen my bond with Galvantula.

Wait. So could it be possible that the Pokemon didn't really devolve but they were brought to the future as the fully evolved mons were brought back to the past?

Nice job. Love how you’re basically gonna have him use his full team but with a twist. Can’t wait for the next update!

Yay! More people doing more fanfics! I should start calling mine that instead of Sorry Written Runs. XD anyways, I like what I’m reading so far. Are you gonna keep Anthony’s team a secret for now? Lol.

Thanks so much! Lol. And yea. I wanted 1 of her 3 mon team (Spoilers~) to have a somewhat dark story. Joltik/Galvantula seemed like a good option. As for why Galvantula listened to her so easily despite just being hatched, I'd also put it towards it's really young and that it also was caught by her, which means it would have to listen to her somewhat. And it should be there somewhere. I don't delete any of my stories.

I had been apart of the Rangers for about a month. I had done almost over 40 missions in that amount of time. None of my ranger companions have seen anyone do that much in that amount of time. As a beginner anyways. Although, my Alolan Rattata was a big help to me in a lot of my missions. It’s nose was really good for smelling out missing Pokemon or lost items or people. We were able to get a mission done in a day. Sometimes 2. We’ve also had been able to get in some decent training for it. It really loved the feeling of winning a battle. 1 day, my Alolan Rattata and I were hanging out in my room when we heard a knock at the door. The door swung open and it was Kevin. He had a very happy look on his face. Felicia: Hey Kevin. What brings you here? You have a big smile on your face so I’m assuming it’s something good. Kevin: How right you are Felicia. I have some good news to tell you. Felicia: Ooo! What is it? Kevin: Well I’m happy to tell you that as of today, you have officially ranked up! You are now an Advanced Ranger and can do Advanced missions now! Felicia: Are you serious?! That’s great! You hear that Rattata?! We’re Advanced Rangers now! Alolan Rattata: -jumping and running around- Ratta Rattata! Kevin: I guess you must be proud of yourself huh? Felicia: Well why wouldn’t I be? I’m an Advanced Ranger now! Kevin: You also wanted to rank up as fast as possible remember? Felicia: Huh? I mean yea but the goal is to get to Elite as fast as I can. Not Advanced. Kevin: Hmm. I suppose that is true. But if it makes you feel any better, no 1 has ever gotten to this rank in the amount of time as it took you. You’re the fastest so far. Felicia: Really? Well… I don’t know what to say. -chuckles- Kevin: So I’ve been thinking. Why not do an Advanced Mission today and see how you do in it? Felicia: Alright. Return to your PokeBall Rattata. I returned Alolan Rattata back to its PokeBall and then went out to the lobby to pick out my 1st Advanced Ranger mission. Just like when I went to choose my Beginner Mission, Kevin came along with me. I went over to the Advanced section of the bulletin board and searched for an Advanced Mission to do. None of them really caught my eye until the very bottom. The title of it caught my attention. It read “The Egg Stomper.” That was odd. Why would this be an Advanced Ranked mission? I started to read the Mission Request. “The Egg Stomper In the route near Mauville, I can always see Pokemon eggs in the grass when I take my walks. It fills me with glee that someday that egg will someday hatch and a new Pokemon will be brought into the world. But lately, I will see the eggs and they look like they’re smashed in. Now I know it sounds like a Pokemon could do this but I don’t think 1 would do this and not eat the yolk from the egg. It just sits there. Plus, I saw the person doing it once. When I saw him, his foot had already crushed in the last egg of the clan. He seems to do this to very small Pokemon. Please come meet me by the route right of the Rangers base. Reward: 1 Moon Ball, $1,000, Super Potion” I couldn’t believe what I had just read. What kind of sick person would go out into the wild and destroy Pokemon eggs for the fun of it. That didn’t sit well with me. But now that I knew the content of this mission, I was curious about something else. Felicia: This is… This is horrible. Kevin: Hmm? Let me read it. -takes the paper and begins reading it- Ohh… wow. That’s not right at all. Felicia: It really isn’t! Who would do such a thing?! Kevin: I’m not sure but it’s up to you. Depending if you choose to accept this missi- Felicia: Of course I do accept! But… why’s it in the Advanced section? Shouldn’t it be in the Elite section? Kevin: Well… The higher ups review the request and then they determine their difficulty. Unfortunately, they don’t see baby Pokemon killing such as this to be part of the Elite section… Felicia: What?! That’s insane! Why haven’t you tried to change their mind on this matter? Kevin: Trust me. I have. But they just never listen to me and keep putting stuff like these in the Advanced sections. It’s sad but for right now, there’s nothing I can do. Felicia: That’s really upsetting to hear. Kevin: I’m… sorry Felicia. Felicia: It’s ok Kevin. I’m not upset at you. You tried doing something to change that. It’s the higher ups I’m frustrated with. -sighs- I better get a move on. I’ll see you later. Kevin: Right. Good luck out there kid. I walked out the door and started to head to the route where I was supposed to meet this person. I was still thinking about the higher ups not thinking about baby Pokemon being killed as being part of an Elite mission. It didn’t sit well with me. Soon, I came to the start of the route I was supposed to meet up with the person. When the person saw the Ranger’s signature on my shirt, she ran up to me. Young Woman: Ohh! Hello! Felicia: Hello there. Young Woman: Are you the 1 that’s taken my mission? Felicia: Mhm. I read it. It’s… very disturbing. Young Woman: Trust me. It may sound disturbing but if you see it, well… anyways, I should give you a description of him. He seems to be in his late teens. He has long, brown hair. Green eyes. Kind of oily in the face if that makes any sense. I’m afraid that’s the best description I can give of him. Felicia: It’s alright. That should be enough for me to find this person and put a stop to it. Young Woman: Alright. I hope you’re able to stop him. Ohh! Before I go, I forgot to mention. I think he does this more during the early mornings. That way, not many people walking about to catch him. Felicia: Alright. Guess that means I’m camping out tonight. Take care of yourself. Young Woman: Good bye! The young woman walked off, presumably to her home. Before going back to the Ranger’s base to pack up some camping gear, I searched the route for some Pokemon Eggs. It took a bit but I was able to find some on the ground. The parents seemed to be 2 Joltik and their eggs were so tiny. I never seen such tiny Pokemon Eggs before in my life. I headed back to the Ranger’s base and into my room. I grabbed some sleeping gear, a tent and some things to make a fire. I picked a spot that was somewhat near the Joltik nesting ground but not too close. I set up my stuff and my camping ground was all set. Before too long, it was nighttime and I decided to go get some sleep. I went inside my tent, zipped it up, laid in my sleeping bag and fell asleep. In the early morning, I could hear leaves rustling about. I quickly shot up and got out of my sleeping bag. I snuck a peek out my tent and could see a young man over by where the Joltik’s nesting area was. He seemed to be looking around the area. I looked at the notes I had taken when the woman was giving me the description of the person she saw doing it. I checked, double checked and triple checked. There was no doubt about it. It was him. He was the Egg Stomper. I rushed out of the tent and announced myself. Felicia: Stop right there! Young Man: Hmm? Well would you lookie here. I got myself a Ranger. What are you doing here? Felicia: We’ve gotten reports about someone coming around these areas and stomping on Pokemon Eggs. I’m here to stop you and take you in. Young Man: Ha! You? Stopping me? Don’t make me laugh. Felicia: What are you doing this for anyways? It’s not right! Young Man: What’s the harm? They’re small Pokemon. Small Pokemon’s lives don’t matter. Felicia: Wh-What? Why don’t they? Young Man: They’re weak. Plain and simple. I like to take out the eggs and see the parents suffer. Sometimes, I even… well… Let’s just say sometimes, the parents won’t have to miss their little babies for too long. Felicia: Y-You kill the parents too!? Young Man: Ohh yes. Very much so. -looks down at the eggs- Hmm? Seems like 1 is about to hatch. I looked down at the ground where the eggs were and he was right. 1 of them was about to hatch. The 2 of us watched as the egg cracked and eventually, a little Joltik popped out of the egg. I could see a vicious smile form on the face of the Young Man. Young Man: I’ll show you exactly what I mean about small Pokemon being weak and worthless! Felicia: No don’t! Stop! I felt like an idiot. I set camp up to far away from the eggs. I could see the Joltik parents holding onto each other. His foot was getting closer and closer to them and their eggs. Tragically, his foot smashed down onto the eggs and the parents. When he raised his foot back up, I could see the eggs were smashed again and that the parents… Well, they didn’t survive. However, the 1 Joltik that did hatch had somehow been able to avoid the young man’s foot. I could see the tears swell up in its eyes, seeing its mother and father and probably brothers and sisters all be tragically murdered like that and for no reason. Before the man could do anything, I reached into my pocket, pulled out the Net Ball I had and through it at the Joltik. It hit the tiny Pokemon, went inside the ball, jiggled a few times and then the signal for the capture sounded off. I ran up to the ball and picked it up before he could try to do anything. Young Man: Ha! Oh my god! You caught the weakling of a Pokemon? How pathetic. Felicia: I can’t… You… That’s it! You’re going to the Ranger’s base and answer to your crimes! Young Man: And how exactly are you gonna do that? Felicia: I’ll… I’ll… Ugh! I know I could have used my Alolan Rattata but I didn’t think it would be able to handle this man since he didn’t seem to mind hurting Pokemon. So that was out of the question. As I had millions of ideas of what to do to apprehend this man, the Net Ball popped open and the little Joltik I just caught came out of its ball. But something seemed different about it. It had hatred in its eyes. Pure hatred. It looked straight up at the young man. Felicia: J… Joltik? Young Man: -laughs loudly- And what exactly are you gonna do? You little joke! Joltik: Jol Joltik… Joltik! JOLTIK JOLTIK! -starts to glow- Young Man: The hell’s it doing now? Felicia: Evolving…? B-But it just hatched. How can it be evolving already!? Never in my life had I seen a Pokemon just hatched starting to evolve but it was true. This little baby Joltik was evolving into a Galvantula. I couldn’t believe what was happening before me. In a matter of seconds, Joltik had evolved into Galvantula. But it seemed a bit smaller than usual to me. I assumed it was because it had just hatched from the egg that it affected its size. The Galvantula looked up at the Young Man who was still laughing at it. Then, the Galvantula shot out a String Shot and wrapped the man up. He wasn’t laughing anymore. Young Man: H-Hey! You stupid bug! Let me go! Galvantula: Galvantula Gal! Young Man: You’ll see you stupid bug! When I get free, I’m gonna stomp you extra hard! Felicia: Are you kidding me?! Stop! You’re beaten! Give up already! Galvantula: Gal Galvantula! Young Man: Ung! Ugh! Wh-What are… you… Agh! Felicia: Huh? What’s happening? I carefully walked over and touched the silky string that was still connected to Galvenatula and the man. I could feel an electric current going through it. It was Galvantula using Thunder Wave to paralyze the man. But it wasn’t stopping. I knew that if it kept doing that, the man would eventually go into shock and die. I had to stop it. Felicia: Galvantula! You have to stop this! Galvantula: Gal Gal Galvantula! Felicia: I know what he’s done is horrible! He took your family away from you! And trust me, I would let you keep going until this sick individual got what was coming to him… But then you’d be no better than him! Galvantula: Gal… Galvantula? Felicia: So please Galvantula… Stop. I promise he’ll get what’s coming to him but not this. I slowly walked up to Galvantula and slowly petted its back. Tears started to swell up in its eyes. It finally bit off its end of the String Shot and began to cry. I hugged the little bug Pokemon to try to comfort it as best as I could. Young Man: Hey! You gonna let me out of here anytime soon?! Tch. Dumbasses. Felicia: …Galvantula, String Shot his mouth shut. Galvantula: -shakes head yes- Galvantula! A little bit of String Shot came out of its mouth and locked the mans mouth together, making it almost impossible for him to open up his mouth and make noise to interrupt this moment. After a couple of minutes, I returned Galvantula back to its PokeBall and took the man back to the Ranger’s Base. When I got back, Kevin was out front. Kevin: Felicia! You’re back! And with… the culprit I take it? Felicia: Yes… Kevin, I think I might need a little time off. Kevin: Time off? From the Rangers? Felicia: Yea… I just need… time… Kevin: Are you ok? Felicia: Not really… I know you’ll wanna know what happened and all but I just can’t talk about it right now. Kevin: Yea… Yea ok kid. No problem. Well bud, looks like you’ll be going to our holding cell. The man tried to say something but was unable to thanks to the String Shot that was still taped to his mouth. Before going to my room, I decided to get my reward from the woman at the desk. I was handed the Moon Ball, Super Potion and the money. Then, I went into my room and just laid in my bed. Everything that just occurred was not really going well with my in my head. It would be a while before I started doing more Ranger Missions.

I laid in bed trying to fall asleep but the excitement of going to this Ranger base tomorrow was keeping me awake. I was luckily able to fall asleep and get a decent amount of sleep. The next morning, I went over the things I packed before heading downstairs. When I was satisfied with what I had in my backpack, I headed downstairs. Mom and dad were downstairs waiting for me. Kevin was with them too. I ran up to them. Felicia: Hi everyone! Prof. Birch: Hello Felicia. You sure got a lot of pep in your step this morning! Felicia: Why wouldn’t I? I’m going to the Ranger’s base and I’m gonna become a ranger! Mother: -softly chuckles- It’s been a long time since I seen you this happy sweetheart. Felicia: Mom. Not in front of Kevin. Kevin: -laughs heartily- It’s alright Felicia. Felicia: By the way, where did you stay at Kevin? I doubt you went all the way back to the Ranger’s base and then came all the way back. Kevin: You’re right. I went to Oldale Town and stayed the night at the PokeCenter. Prof. Birch: You could have stayed over here the night. Could have stayed on the couch or something. Kevin: I didn’t want to seem needy or anything like that. So, are you ready Felicia? Felicia: Yes! I’m shocked I got any sleep last night. Mother: I’m… I’m gonna miss you dear. Prof. Birch: I will as well hun. Felicia: -tears welling up- Mom… Dad… -hugs them- I love you. Prof. Birch and Mother: -hugs Felicia- We love you too. Mother: Call us when you get there so we know you got there safe alright? Felicia: I will! I promise! Kevin: I’ll make sure she does. Well kiddo, we best be off or else we won’t make it til nighttime. Felicia: Alright. Well… bye mom and dad! I’ll talk to you both later! Mother: Good bye sweetie. Prof. Birch: See you later! Have a nice trip to Mauville! With the good byes out of the way, Kevin and I started our walk to Mauville. While we walked, I had asked Kevin about what missions he’s went on since becoming a Ranger himself. He went on missions that ranged from looking for a Trainer’s missing Pokemon to talking down a crime syndicate. It was crazy how scary some of these missions sounded and yet, he somehow made it through all of that. I was astounded. By sundown, we made it into Mauville and walked the final stretch to get to the Ranger Base. When we got to the front of the building, my excitement came back fully once again seeing the building. Kevin: So? What do you think of the base? Felicia: It’s… amazing! I didn’t expect it to be so big to be honest. Kevin: Well we need the space for more Rangers. And for equipment as well. Come on it and I’ll show you to your room. Felicia: Alright! The 2 of us entered through the door. There were a lot of tables, a counter with someone behind it and a bulletin board. While I wanted to know more about this area, I knew it was important to go to my room and get everything situated. Luckily for me, my room was on the ground level and it was relatively close to where we entered the building as well. He opened the door, turned on the light and the 2 of us walked into where I’d be living for quite some time. Kevin: So what do you think of your room? Felicia: I love it! I got my own bed, my own desk, a tv, a place to put my clothes. It’s perfect. Thanks Kevin. Kevin: No probably Felicia. Go and unpack your stuff. Then go get some sleep. Tomorrow, I’ll teach you some things about the building and us Rangers. Felicia: Sure! I’ll get right on it. And Kevin? Thanks for bringing me here. Kevin: Heh. It was no problem Felicia. Good night. Felicia: Good night. Kevin exited my room and shut the door behind him. I looked around my room and decided to rearrange my room a bit. I moved the bed over by the window. That way, I could look up at the moon every night I went to sleep and I could wake up to the sun rise every morning. I moved the desk to the wall where the door was. I started to take out my clothes and put them in the drawer that was there. I then took out my computer and got it all set up on the desk. Before I went to sleep, I remember I promised my mom that I’d call her when I got there. I turned my computer on. Luckily, this Ranger base seemed to have pretty good Wifi so I was able to video call her. Mother: Hello? Felicia: Hi mom. Mother: Felicia?! Ohh. I’m so glad you’re safe. So I assume you’re in Mauville in that Ranger base right now? Felicia: Mhm! I love the room I’m staying in. Mother: I’m happy for you hun. So do you know anything about them yet? Felicia: Naw. Kevin’s gonna teach me some stuff tomorrow. Mother: Alright. That’s good. Felicia: Where’s dad? Mother: Your father is still at the lab. Tonight’s 1 of those nights he’s gonna be out late. But he wanted me to tell you when you called that he hopes your trip there was good and that you have a good time being a Ranger. Felicia: Aww. That’s nice of him. Well when you get the chance, tell him that I got here and I’m ok and that the trip was really fun. Kevin told me some of his missions he told me. Mother: He did? Well that sounds exciting. Well dear, I don’t want to hold you up. You should get some sleep for tomorrow. Felicia: Alright. I will. Good night mom. I love you and dad too. Mother: Good night Felicia. We love you too. Mom hung up and I did as well. I got ready for bed and laid down. Before falling asleep, I looked out the window. I could see the moon and stars staring down at me just as I was staring up at them. Soon, I fell asleep. I awoke the next morning with the sun shining in my face. I had a really good night’s sleep. I got ready for the day. Just as I got done, I heard a knock on my door. Felicia: Who is it? Kevin: It’s Kevin. Can I come in? Felicia: Yea sure! I’m all ready for the day. Kevin: -opens the door and comes in- Well you’re up and early for the day. Are you ready to learn about the Rangers? Felicia: Yes! I’m really excited for this! Kevin: Good. Come along with me. We’re gonna go head out to the lobby. Felicia: Yes sir. Kevin exited out of my room, with me close behind him. The excitement I felt yesterday was nothing compared to today. We made it to the lobby and headed to the counter where there was a young woman. Kevin: Alright. So from the conversation we had the other day, you should know about some of the stuff the Rangers but just in case, I’ll give you a quick summary. Trainers or regular citizens will tell us, whether by writing, email or just walking in, what their trouble is. When that happens, those missions will be posted on this bulletin board here. When 1 completes a mission, you will be rewarded. This person here will give out the reward. Woman: Hello! It’s nice to meet you. Felicia: Nice to meet you too. Kevin: Alright. Now that that’s out of the way, I can go over the difficulty of each mission. There’s 3 categories. Beginner, Advanced and Elite. Felicia: What does those mean? Kevin: I’m glad you asked. So obviously, since you’re beginning today, you can only do Beginner missions. Those usually consist of looking for a Trainers lost Pokemon or maybe helping a civilian with a simple task. Advanced missions are a bit more harder. They usually involve battling other trainers, trying to stop wild Pokemon from going on a wild rampage. Things like that. Elite is the most difficult and dangerous. On these missions, you could be putting your very life on the line. Maybe going after an enemy or going on a dangerous journey to investigate something mysterious. But you don’t have to worry about those for now. Felicia: Well, being a Beginner sounds boring but I can understand why. Kevin: Mhm. When you do enough missions, you will be able to go to the next rank. Of course, even if you are ranked Elite, you are still able to do Beginner and Advanced missions. Felicia: I see. Then it seems becoming an Elite as fast as possible is something I should aim for. Kevin: -chuckles- Indeed Felicia. But that could take a couple of months. Felicia: Months!? Kevin: Mhm. Since we started, the quickest the Rangers have been able to get out of the Beginner Rank is about 3 months. Felicia: 3 months?! Ugh. That’s so long. Kevin: It is. But maybe you’ll be the 1 to do it faster than them. Felicia: I’ll do my best! So is there anything else to know? Kevin: Yes. Your Pokemon Partner. Well actually… you have the option to have a Partner Pokemon or use an item called the Capture Styler. Felicia: Capture Styler? I’ve never heard of it. Kevin: You haven’t huh? Hmm… Perhaps I should show you an example of what this thing can do. Kevin went into what seemed to be a storage closet and pulled out a strange device. Obviously, it was this Capture Styler he was talking about. We then went outside. He searched for a Pokemon to use the device on. A small little Poochyena came walking up. Kevin smiled and had me pay close attention to what he was about to do. I don’t know how to really explain what happened but I’ll try my best. Some weird light came out and circled the Poochyena. After a couple of circles, the Poochyena looks towards Kevin, obedient. I was shocked. Felicia: Wow! That was amazing! Kevin: Mhm. Now if there was a mission, I could use this Poochyena to help me out in a situation. Felicia: Is it yours now? Kevin: Not exactly. You see, unlike a PokeBall, a Capture Styler only lets you command the Pokemon for a short amount of time. Afterwards, it will be released back into the wild. Felicia: That’s interesting. Kevin: Of course, not everyone goes for this option. Half the Rangers use this and the other half catch their Pokemon Partner. Along with whatever other Pokemon they want. Felicia: Wait. They have to capture the Pokemon even if they don’t have 1? Kevin: Yep. It’s the Ranger way. Felicia: Isn’t that dangerous though? Kevin: Depends on how you look at it I guess. If you let fear control you, then yes. It is dangerous. But if you use your smarts, it could be easy. So what’ll it be Felicia. Would you like to use the Capture Styler or would you like to have this PokeBall and catch your 1st Pokemon? I looked at the the 2 items in Kevin’s hands. The Capture Styler looked really interesting and cool and I did like the way it shot out that weird line thing and spun around the Pokemon. But the fact that someone could only use the Pokemon for a short time felt like it’d be weird and not right. At least catching a Pokemon, it would want to help them and they could use its help when someone wanted to. So it was a no brainer for me. I took the PokeBall out of Kevin’s hand and held it in mine. Kevin put the Styler into his pocket. Kevin: I had a feeling you’d choose that. Congratulations Felicia. Felicia: Thanks. This is so exciting! So what do I do now? Kevin: Hmm… Well I think it’s time for you to do your 1st Ranger mission? Felicia: Today?! Kevin: Mhm. Let’s head back to the base. The 2 of us started to walk back to the base. When we went inside, I ran right up to the bulletin board and looked at the missions that were on there. Since I was a Beginner, I searched on that list. Kevin came over and glanced at the board as well. 1 mission caught my eye. It was called “The Snacky Thief.” I pointed it out to Kevin. He took the piece of paper and read it over. He then handed the paper back to me and I read what the mission was. “The Snacky Thief Hello. This mission may sound weird but that’s only because the place of which this mission takes place is right here in this Ranger base. So for the past couple of days, we have been noticing that big amounts of cheese have been taken from the kitchen of the Ranger Base. Whoever or whatever is stealing the cheese seems to be doing it at night. If you accept this mission, please meet me in the kitchen area. Reward: 1 Net Ball, $100” Kevin: You think you can handle this 1? Felicia: Yes sir! Kevin: Alright then. Head into the kitchen area and talk to the person who posted the mission. Felicia: Right. On it! I exited the lobby and went to find the kitchen area of the Ranger base. Once I got in there, I met the person who posted the mission. She told me that she noticed this happening a week ago but she couldn’t figure out who or what was doing it. She tried to stay the night in the kitchen once but it was still somehow taken. I figured that this had to be a Pokemon and they were either doing this because they were greedy or just very hungry. I asked the lady of I could take a good chunk of cheese and set it on the ground in my room. My plan was to trap it in my room… and so far that was it. I would improvise when I got that far. If I did that is. The lady gave me permission and I took some cheese and placed it on the floor of my room. I his behind my opened door for the next couple of hours to wait for the Pokemon to come inside and try to take it. It was exhausting and I almost fell asleep a couple of times but it all paid off. Near midnight, I could hear tapping noises. It sounded far away but it was gradually getting closer to my room. Eventually, whatever it was was right at my door. It took a look around my room but then when it saw the cheese, it ran for it and started to eat a lot of it. I could only see the back of it. It was a grayish black, had a somewhat long tail and seemed to have weird looking whiskers. I quickly closed the door shut, trapping the little Pokemon. When it heard the door close, it turned around quickly. I could now see what Pokemon it was. It was an Alolan Ratatta. Felicia: So you’re the 1 causing all this trouble huh? Alolan Rattata: Rrrattata! Felicia: Hey hey! Whoa. I’m not gonna hurt you. The little wild Pokemon was afraid it was going to get hurt. It sped up at Felicia and in a swift motion, scratched at her face. She was able to move away in time to not have the full scratch get her but she still got scratched. Blood started to pour down from her cheek. She took a piece of tissue and held it to her face so there wouldn’t be blood everywhere on the floor. Despite that though, Felicia still tried to calm down the Rattata. Felicia: Y-You must be scared huh? It’s ok. I’m really not here to hurt you. Alolan Rattata: R-Rattata? Felicia: That’s right. Not here to hurt you at all. You know, it’s not right that you’re stealing the cheese from the kitchen here. Alolan: Rat Rattata… Felicia: Do you… have a home? Alolan Rattata: -shakes head no- Rattata… Felicia: I see. So you’re just trying to survive huh? I’m sorry little guy. I felt so bad for the little rat Pokemon. It was just trying to survive. That’s why it was always taking the cheese. I slowly walked over to it and carefully and softly pet its head. It started to lean into it. It was enjoying it. Then I had an idea. Felicia: Hey Rattata. I have an idea. Alolan Rattata: Rattata? Felicia: Become my Pokemon. Help me out on missions here. And I promise I’ll feed you and keep you safe. What do you say? Alolan Rattata: Rattata? Rattata! Alolan Rattata ran towards me and jumped up into my arms. We embraced in a hug. It even licked the spot where it scratched me. I placed it down on my desk and brought out my PokeBall. I tapped the top of Alolan Rattata’s head and it went inside. The ball shook a couple of times before the ball dinged, signaling that the capture was secure. But I was so tired that I fell asleep on the chair. The next day, I was woken up by Kevin. When he saw the cut on my cheek, he took me to the nurse’s station in the base. Kevin: You ok kid? Felicia: Ohh yea. I’m fine. It barely even hurts anymore. Kevin: What happened to you? Felicia: I was doing the mission I took and the Pokemon somewhat scratched me. Kevin: Ohh. So it was a Pokemon that was taking the cheese from the kitchen. Nice job figuring that out. Do you know what Pokemon it was. Felicia: I sure do! Kevin: Excellent! You really passed this mission with flying colors! Well besides the scratch. What was the Pokemon that was stealing the cheese? Felicia: I can do better than tell you. Come on out buddy! I took the ball out of my pocket, enlarged it and had the Alolan Rattata pop out. It looked up at me and nuzzled up against me. It then looked up at Kevin and got into a fighting stance. Felicia: Whoa whoa! Calm down Rattata. This is Kevin. He’s my friend. Alolan Rattata: Rat Rattata? Felicia: Yea. Be nice to him alright? Alolan Rattata: -nods its head yes- Rattata! The Alolan Rattata then went over to Kevin and started to nuzzle up against him as well. I could see that Kevin was surprised that I had already caught a Pokemon. Kevin: Wow. This Alolan Rattata is already very loyal to you. Felicia: Yea. It was just trying to survive out there. It had no where to go. That’s why it was stealing the cheese. It’s its favorite food apparently. Kevin: I see. And then you decided to give it a home with you huh? Felicia: Yep! Kevin: Odd choice for a 1st Pokemon but for some reason, it suits you Felicia. Felicia: -chuckles- Thanks! Kevin: You know, Rattata are really good at finding things with their noses. Your missions might have just gotten a little bit easier. Felicia: Huh. Well Rattata, looks like you’ll be extra helpful now. Alolan Rattata: -smiling- Rattata! Felicia: Nurse, am I all patched up? Nurse: You are. You’re free to go Felicia. Felicia: Sweet. Alright. Return Rattata! I put Alolan Rattata back inside its PokeBall and went to the counter where the rewards lady was. She handed over the money and the Net Ball. With the Net Ball, I would be able to capture a new team member to the team when I wanted to but that story will be saved for another time.

I know it says favorite Pokemon but I have a 3 way tie for favorite. Arbok, Goodra and Mr. Rime. Arbok and Goodra were because of the anime and Mr. Rime just looks really cool and I love that he does a little tap dance. Thus, why I call it TippyTappy anytime I use it.