//------------------------------// // Face Your Fear // Story: Luna's Pokémon Journey // by Norwegian boy //------------------------------// Run, that is all they could do. After Luna’s battle with Shadow, James had discovered that Eevee had gotten electric in its body while battling Wattson’s Manectric and was dying. They were on their way to a Pokémon center and Luna was holding Eevee in her arms, she looked down at Eevee to see if he was okay. Eevee could barely looked up at Luna, when he did he winced in pain. “I think Eevee is getting worse.” “Don’t worry we are almost there.” Said Shadow, he was leading them to the Pokémon centre. Then its stared to rain. “You got to be kidding me.” James said to himself. After a couple of minutes, the finally arrived at the Pokémon center it was located at same lake that James and Luna stope at. They ran inside and Luna ran straight to nurse Joy who was sitting behind a desk reading a magazine, when she heard someone that entered she put away the magazine. “Nurse Joy, my Eevee is in serious pain.” “Oh no, what happened?” Joy asked. “Eevee got dose of electricity a couple days ago.” James told her. “Quickly, let’s get Eevee to the infirmary. Chansey, get a stretcher.” A Chansey come out in the lobby with stretcher and Luna laid Eevee gently down, then Nurse Joy and Chansey waked to infirmary. James and the others followed her. All three of them watch trough a glass window while Nurse Joy and Chansey did what they could to help Eevee, while time passed Luna got more and more worried. Eevee was right now lying on a table and wires was attached to her, those wires were hooked up to a machine. Right now she blamed herself for not have noticed Eevee’s pain earlier. She hugged Litleo was in her arms. “It’s all my fault.” Luna said to herself. “If I had been a better trainer this.” She pointed at Eevee. “Would never had happened.” “It’s not your fault Luna, this can happen to the best of us.” James told her. “It didn’t happen to you or anyone else, it happened to me it always happened to me.” She screamed. “But how can you know? You are the perfect trainer, nothing happens to you. You don’t know how I fell right now.” “I don’t know how I fell? When I was in Johto I caught a Sentret and what happened to your Eevee happened to my Sentret, he also got a dose of electricity and it took me three days before I noticed it. If I had waited longer my Sentret would had died, so don’t give me that crap.” James stormed out of living Luna and Shadow alone. “Was that really necessary?” Shadow asked her. “No, I just so tired right now.” That was only half the truth, she looked back at Eevee. ‘I’m sorry Eevee, I’ll promise you that this will never happened again.’ She was brought out of het thought when Nurse Joy and Chansey come out from the room. “How is my Eevee Nurse Joy?” Luna asked her. “It’s bad.” Both Luna and Shadow could hear the sorrow in her voice. “What do you mean bad?” “Eevee’s body has absorb to much electricity and if I try to remove it from the body…” She didn’t even finish the sentence. “Please, there must something you can do?” Luna pleaded. “Well, there is one thing.” When Luna heard her hope perk up. “What is it?” She asked. “You can evolve Eevee to a Jotleon.” Nurse Joy answered. “Evolve Eevee to a Jotleon?” Luna asked with a confused voice. Nurse Joy nodded. “Yes, you see of the eight forms Eevee can evolve to Jolteon is an electric type and I’m pretty sure that Jolteon can handle the electricity that’s in Eevee’s body.” “How do I do that?” “With a thunder stone.” Said Joy. Luna putt down Litleo on the floor and then she of her bag, she put her hand down in it and found the thunder stone that James aunt gave her. “You mean this stone?” “Yes, that stone can evolve Eevee.” Said Joy. “But I can’t force Eevee to evolve, that’s not right.” “If you don’t then Eevee will die.” Luna was caught between two choices; she could force Eevee to evolve and save Eevee or she could let Eevee die. “Can I talk to Eevee, alone?” Nurse Joy nodded, she, Chansey and Shadow to walked to the main hall. “Nurse Joy?” She stopped. “How do I evolve Eevee?” Luna asked. “Just let Eevee touched the stone.” With that she walked away leaving Luna and Litleo alone outside Eevee’s rom. “Come on Litleo.” Luna open the door and she and Litleo walked into the room where Eevee was lying was lying on his stomach with his eyes closed, Luna pulled out chair and sat down while Litleo jump up on the table. When Eevee heard the noises he opened his eyes and when he saw Luna he smiled, Luna patted him on the head. “Hey Eevee, how are you?” Eevee tried to lick her hand but when he tried electric surrounded him and winced in pain. “Don’t try to move.” Litleo saw what happened to Eevee and laid down beside him. “You care about Eevee, don’t you Litleo?” Litleo said nothing, just stared at Eevee. Luna laid down the thunder stone beside Eevee, Eevee’s eyes widened when he saw the stone. He tried to get away from it but the pain was too much, Luna held him down. “I said don’t try to move. Look, I don’t know why you are afraid of the thunder stone but Nurse Joy think that can save you. I can force you but if you don’t you will die.” Eevee looked at Luna and then the stone, he didn’t want to die and he didn’t want to evolve. Eevee looked back at Luna and it looked like she was going to cry, she cared about him. He had made up his mind, carefully Eevee touched the stone and soon he did he stared to glow and get bigger. When Eevee stopped glowing and new Pokémon lay there, Luna took her Pokédex. Jolteon the Lightning Pokémon. Jolteon’s cells generate ions a low level of electricity. This power is amplified by the static electricity of its fur, enabling the Pokémon to drop thunderbolts. The brisling fur is made of electricity charged needles. Then she realized something. ‘Why did I take out my Pokédex in a moment like this?’ She shook her head. ‘Focus Luna.’ She looked back a where Jolteon was lying to see if it had worked, she breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Jolteon was sleeping peacefully. Then Nurse Joy entered the room. “How’s Eevee?” She asked, then she Jolteon. “So I guess it worked?” Luna nodded, Nurse Joy walked over to some machines that Luna had never seen before. “What’s that.” She asked Joy. “This machines measures Jolteon’s vital signs and right now that are looking good, didn’t you notice the wires attached to Jolteon’s body?” Luna looked closer at Jolteon’s body and saw them. “I was more concerned about Eevee’s… I mean Jolteon’s health.” “I understand but I suggest that Jolteon stay overnight just in case his condition get worse again, you should get some sleep.” “I’m not leaving Jolteon’s side, I’m sleeping her to night, whether you like it or not.” Nurse Joy could hear the determination in her voice, she couldn’t help but smile. “I have no problem with that, sleep well.” She walked out the room leaving her alone with Jolteon and Litleo. When she walked out into the main room she could see James sitting by a table and his head was laying on the table, she walked over to him. “Are you okay James?” She asked him. “Not really.” He answered. She sat down opposite of him. “You like her, don’t you?” He lifted his head so he could see her. “How can you tell?” She shrugged her shoulder. “Woman intuition.” James slammed his head on the table. “Great, just great.” “Why don’t just tell her how you feel?” “I can’t.” “Why? Why can’t you tell her?” “Because…” James had to stop what he was about to say, he couldn’t tell Nurse Joy that Luna was from another world, he promised Professor Birch. A month ago. Birch had brought James out to the balcony. “What do you want to talk about Professor?” “It’s about Luna and where she’s from.” Birch said awkwardness. “Where she’s from? Come on Professor, it sounds like you are saying she is from another world or something.” Professor Birch rube his neck. “Well…” James eyes widened, he looked at Luna who was speaking with his mother, then Birch, the Luna and the Birch again. “Are you trying to tell me that she IS from an another world? That’s not possible.” “She told me that she was from an another world.” “Ooh she told you, that make it all more believable.” James threw his arms up in the air of frustration. “Have you think that maybe, just maybe that she is delusion? An another world? Come on.” “Why is this so hard for to believe? We think that Pokémon are from an another world, especially ghosts Pokémon.” “Right now we are talking about a human girl that she says that she is from another world, not Pokémon. This just stupid.” “I admit it James it sounds stupid, at least as first.” “What do you mean ‘at first’?” James asked. “When Luna first saw me she was terrified of me it was like she never had seen a human begin before. Then she tried to walk, she had trouble walking and she didn’t know what a Pokémon was.” James crossed his arms “Uh-huh, did she tell you were she’s from?” “Equestria.” Answered Birch. “Never heard of it, what more did she tell you?” “Well, she said told med that she and her sister raised and lower the sun and moon.” James looked at Birch as if he gone mad. “They move the sun and the moon? That’s absurd, what you are telling me is crazy and if you are telling me is true you want me to travel with her? ARE YOU NUTS?”?” He shouted that last part. “And what if I am crazy? You have never said no to and adventure before what happened?” “Tobias, that what happened. Others Pokémon champions managed to keep their tittle for years but I could only keep it for six months.” He was about to cry. “Look James, I don’t mean that you have to reclaim your tittle you just have to look after so nothing bad happened to her. And I think that it best you don’t tell anyone where she’s from, okay?” James took a deep breath. “Okay professor.” Present. He knew that one day that she would go home to own world one day and that would brobably broke his heart. “I just can’t” He told Nurse Joy. She looked at him and she was disappointed. “If you don’t tell her soon then it’s too late.” She got up and went back to work leaving him alone with his thoughts. The next morning Luna was awakened by the sun shine in her face, she was sore in her upper body by sleeping on the table. She stood up and did some movements too try to get her body working properly again. ‘This is the last time I sleep that way again.’ She thought. She looked at table and saw that Jolteon and Litleo sleeping peacefully together, she could help but smile. ‘How cute.’ Then the door open and James walked in with a cart with food for Luna and her Pokémon. “Good morning, I thought that you and your Pokémon were hungry.” He got his answered when Luna’s stomach made a growling sound. “I take that as yes.” Luna released the rest of her Pokémon and James feed them their food then he gave her food, he watched them eat in silence except Jolteon who just stared at his food. “It looks like that Jolteon isn’t hungry.” Said James Luna stopped eating and looked at Jolteon. “What’s the matter Jolteon?” Luna asked. “I think that he still suffers mental after what happened yesterday something I expect so I brought a someone that can help.” James took out a Poké ball and out from it came a new Pokémon. “Furret.” Luna took out her Pokédex. Furret the Long Body Pokémon and the evolved form of Sentret. Furret has a very slim build. When under attack, it can slickly squirm through narrow spaces and get away. In spite of it short limbs, this Pokémon is very nimble and fast. “Wait a minute, the evolved form of Sentret? Is this?” “The same Sentret that almost died? Yes, it is and doesn’t hate me.” He starred to pet Sentret head and Sentret just smiled. Luna tried to pet Jolteon head but he back away from her hand and fell on the floor and went to one of the corners of the room, both Luna and James was shocked of what they saw. “I’ve seen Pokémon traumatised before but not like this before but not like this before.” Luna got up from her chair and walked over to Jolteon but he tried to get away from her, Luna couldn’t believe what she saw; Jolteon was afraid of her. “What’s wrong with Jolteon?” She asked James. “I think he’s traumatised from what happened, I suggest that you are careful. He doesn’t recognize you right now.” Luna got down on her knees. “Jolteon, looked at me.” Jolteon didn’t heard her, he was trying to get away from her and he was just looking around the room. “Eevee, looked at me.” That got his attention. He looked at her and Luna could see that he was afraid. “I know that you are scared like I was yesterday, there isn’t much that scared me but when I saw you in that condition I was afraid.” She stared to cry. “Afraid that I would lose you.” She broke down on the floor and when Jolteon saw that he wasn’t afraid anymore, he got out from the corner and went over to Luna and tried to hug her she hugged him back. James smiled of what he saw, she manged to calm down Jolteon and make him trust him again. “Come on Sentret.” He whispered to Sentret and they walked out of the room, when they arrived into the lobby the saw Shadow standing by a table packing his bag. “Going somewhere?” James asked him, Shadow turned around. “Yeah, I’m going back to Mauville City to challenge Wattson. The battle with Luna got me to remember why I stared to travel in the first place.” He put the bag on his back. “Tell Luna that I hope that Eevee or Jolteon gets better.” “Of course, so we’ll see you in the league?” “You bet.” They shook hands. “See you around James.” “You too Shadow.” James watched as Shadow exit the Pokémon centre, he could have told him that Wattson’s Electrike had evolved but he would get better experience if he didn’t know. James sat down by the table he sat down by yesterday and waited for Luna. Soon Nurse Joy entered the lobby. “Where’s Shadow?” She asked James. “He just left, he said that he would go Mauville and challenges Wattson.” He answered. “And Luna?” “She still with Jolteon, Eevee had some trouble with his evolution.” “What happened?” Nurse Joy asked with concern in her voice. “I’m not sure.” He scratched his head. “Everything seems fined at first but then Luna tried to pet Jolteon head and it just freak out, I guess what happened to Jolteon affected him mentally.” Nurse Joy put both hands on her mouth. “That’s horrible.” “Luckily Luna manged to calm him down.” “That’s good.” Joy said with relief in her voice. Nurse Joy went back to work while James sat down in a chair by a table, Furret lay down beside with and took a nap. It didn’t take long before Luna walked out in the lobby, Jolteon was walking beside her. She walked over to where James was sitting. “Where’s Litleo.” James asked her. “Litleo is at professor Birch lab.” She answered with a smile. “That’s great.” He then looked at Jolteon. “How is he?” “Better than this morning but I still don’t understand why he freak out like he did.” “Maybe something happened to him in past and when he evolved that memory came back.” “You think so?” James just shrugged. “I don’t know I was just guessing you never know when it comes to Pokémon.” Of that Luna became frustrated. “Well that doesn’t help very much.” She almost yelled. “I don’t know what Pokémon thinks.” She calmed down. “I guess you right anyhow, I have four new Pokémon I would like to try so I was wondering if you have seen Shadow.” Luna looked around the room to see if she could spot him. “I was hoping to train with him.” “He going to Mauville and challenges Wattson and he said that he hopes that Jolteon gets better.” “That’s nice of him but if he’s gone that means that I don’t have trainer partner.” “When James heard that he was a little hurt. “What about me? I can be your trainer partner.” “But, all of your Pokémon are too strong.” She told him. “Not all.” He pointed at Furret. “Furret isn’t that strong.” When Furret heard that he woke up and as not happy of what his trainer said. “Don’t give me that look, you know it’s true.” James looked back at Luna. “Just give it a shoot, you got nothing to lose because it just practises.” Luna thought about what he said and he was right, she got nothing to lose. “Alright, let me just call Joshua so he can send Litleo, Onix and Roggenrola.” “Okay, I’ll be waiting outside.” James got up and went for the exit while Luna went to the phone to call Joshua, when outside James and Furret walk to an open field not fare from the Pokémon center. “You ready for some training Furret?” “Furrrret.” Furret then smiled. “That’s good.” It wasn’t long before Luna and Jolteon arrived. “Ready?” Luna just stood opposite of him. “I take that as yes, ladies first.” “What a gentleman, you’re up first Jolteon.” He sprang into action so did Furret. “Use Shadow ball.” A black ball formed in front of Jolteon and he sent it towards Furret. James just smiled. “Don’t move Furret.” Furret did at James said. ‘What is he doing?’ Then the ball went through Furret and Luna was shocked. “What just happened? That attack hit Furret.” “Here’s a lesson when it comes to ghost and normal types, they cancel each other. Ghost attack doesn’t work on normal Pokémon and normal attack doesn’t work on ghost Pokémon.” “Oh, then us thunderbolt.” Jolteon stared to charge up and then he let out electricity towards Furret. “Doge it by using double team.” Then all of sudden there where many Furret and Jolteon’s attack missed but it created a small explosion. ‘That as a powerful thunderbolt’ James thought. Back on the field Jolteon stared to get dizzy by all the Furret’s. “Jolteon, use discharge.” James eyes widened when he heard that. ‘Jolteon know discharge? How many electricity attack does he know?’ While he thought about that Furret was hit by Jolteon’s attack. “Alright, my turn. Furret, use flamethrower.” Flames came out of from Furret’s mouth. “Use dig to doge the flames.” Jolteon dug a hole to escape the flames. “If you think that I’m going to let Jolteon escape you wrong, dive in the hole and use slam.” Furret jump into the hole and then Jolteon came flying out off the ground and landed hard on the ground. “Are you okay Jolteon?” Jolteon tried to stand but he had got too much damage from Furret’s attack, Luna hold up Jolteon Poké ball. “Return Jolteon.” Jolteon disappeared into the Poké ball. “Good work.” She put away it and took out another one. “You’re up Roggenrola.” Out came the rock Pokémon ready for action. “Use iron defence.” Roggenrola stared to shine.” “Power up the defence, not bad. Use iron tail.” It looked like Furret’s tail became iron and Roggenrola was hit. “You okay Roggenrola?” Roggenrola jump up and down. “Good, now use head butt.” Roggenrola rocketeer himself towards Furret and hit him hard. “Counter with another iron tail.” Furret didn’t move. “Oh no, Furret it’s afraid.” “Use another head butt.” Roggenrola rocketeer towards Furret again. “Doge it Furret.” This time Furret listen and moved out of the was at the last minute. “Use iron tail.” Roggenrola was hit by another iron tail and took much damage. Luna held out Poké ball. “Return Roggenrola, nice work. You’re up Litleo.” Out came the lion cup. “You okay to continued Furret?” Furret nodded. “That’s good.” “Use work up Litleo.” Litleo stared to glow. ‘Litleo knows work up?’ James thought. “Now use ember.” Litleo fire a flames towards Furret. “Doge it and use slam.” Furret doge the flame with ease, he hit Litleo with its tail hard. “You okay Litleo?” Litleo had trouble standing up so Luna hold up its Poké ball. “Return Litleo.” Litleo returned to the Poké ball. “Let’s go Onix.” Out came the giant snake Pokémon. ‘This can be difficult.’ James thought. “Let’s attack first Furret, use iron tail. “You too use iron tail Onix.” Both Pokémon’s tail’s stared to glow and collided and manged to create a small explosion, both Pokémon slide backwards. James and Luna couldn’t help but smile. “Use another iron tail Furret.” Furret tail stared to glow. “Not this time, use screech Onix.” Onix stared to scream and Furret was pushed back. “I had forgot about that attack.” James said to himself. Use slam with full power.” Onix slammed his tail so hard at Furret at flew backwards and landed on the ground hard, Furret pasted out. James ran over Furret. “You okay Furret?” Furret got up but was covert in bruises. “Furrret.” “You did a good job, now get some rest. Furret disappeared into his Poké ball, James looked at Luna how just stood there. He walked over to her and waved a hand in front of her. “You okay there Luna?” She shocked her head. “Yeah, did I just beat you.” “Yes you did but remember it was four against one, come on let’s get back to the Pokémon center so our Pokémon can get healed.” Luna called back Onix and the walked back to the center together, when their Pokémon was healed they were ready to leave. “Where are you two headed next?” Nurse Joy asked them. “Where headed to Falander Town.” When Luna heard that she was wondering what he was thinking. “Falander Town? The next gym is in Lavaridge Town.” “I know Luna but we are getting low on supplies and like to buy some.” “I forgot to mention that are some ghost Pokémon that are causing trouble in the area.” Nurse Joy told them. “Trouble? What kind of trouble.” James asked her. “I heard from some trainers that a Misdreavus is scaring trainers and staling their food, some have also seen a Gastly.” “Thanks, we will be careful.” Whit that said they thanked Nurse Joy and were on the road to the next adventure.