'So, this is where Articuno is.' Fluttershy thinks as her bike rolls to a stop in front of the indoor skating rink she used to go to when she was younger. She gets off of her bike and chains it to a bike rack located by the front door. She's about to go inside when she notices that people are walking away from the skating rink. She walks over to the door and sees a note posted on the door.
"I'm sorry to say that the skating rink is closed. Our cooling system went haywire last night, freezing the lobby." Fluttershy says, reading the note. "Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. Local Management"
Fluttershy, knowing that she has to get inside someway or another reaches for the handle to open the door. She pulls on the door, surprised to find it unlocked, and heads inside. The moment she does, she slips and falls.
"They w-weren't k-kidding." Fluttershy says, shivering as she attempts to stand back up. Once she does she notices that the lobby floor has been encased in ice. She attempts to take a step forward, only to slide until she collides painfully with the plastic doorway that separated the ice rink from the lobby. Fluttershy, after making sure she's alright, opens the door and steps inside to see Articuno at the center of the rink. Once she steps onto the ice, she slides forward until she collides with a pillar of ice, causing her to fall down.
"Ow!" Fluttershy exclaims as she uses the pillar to help her stand up. "Every t-time I take a s-step, I slide f-forward until something g-gets in my w-way." Fluttershy looks to her right and sees a pillar of ice a distance away from Articuno. Fluttershy looks to her left and sees the wall of the skating rink.
"Looks -llike I'm going r-right." Fluttershy says as she turns and takes a step, bracing herself for the impact. After colliding with the ice, she checks her surroundings and notices an ice pillar that will stop her in just the right place to let her slide to Articuno. She steps towards the pillar and collides with it a few moments later.
"H-here goes n-nothing," Fluttershy says, her teeth chattering, before she takes a step towards Articuno. She collides with smacks int Articuno a few seconds later and falls down as Articuno turns around and screeches at her.
"Articuno!" It screeches as Fluttershy reaches into her backpack and pulls out a Pokeball, preparing for battle.
"You can do it, Pikachu!" Fluttershy yells as she throws the Pokeball which opens in midair, letting the little yellow mouse out.
"PIKA!" Pikachu yells as it uses Thunderbolt, causing a large bolt of lightning to strike Articuno, as Articuno unleashes Blizzard, causing an onslaught of freezing snow to forcefully pelt Pikachu. Unfortunately, due to the cold conditions, Pikachu emerges from the attack frozen solid in a block of ice.
"You did your best, Pikachu." Fluttershy says as she returns Pikachu to its Pokeball. "Get warm, buddy." Fluttershy says as she puts the Pokeball in her backpack and pulls out another Pokeball.
"Give it your all, Prinplup!" Fluttershy yells as she lets Prinplup out of its Pokeball. Upon touching the ground, Prinplup lets loose Hydro Pump, which hits Articuno forcefully in the chest, knocking it back as Articuno retaliates with Ice Beam. Prinplup takes the hit, which knock it into the wall of the skating rink. Prinplup falls to the ground.
"Prinplup, come back!" Fluttershy says as she returns Prinplup to its Pokeball. She reaches into her backpack and pulls out another Pokeball.
"Go, Jigglypuff!" Fluttershy yells as she throws out the Pokeball, expecting the pink Balloon Pokemon to come out of the ball. However, a human sized red dragon with a flame on its tail pops out of the ball.
"Charizard!" It yells as Fluttershy stares at the creature, frightened, as Charizard engulfs itself in flames and flies at Articuno at maximum speed, catching Articuno off guard. Charizad strikes Articuno and a massive explosion occurs, burning Articuno and knocking Charizard away as Articuno slumps to the ground. Charizard turns and looks happily at the shivering Fluttershy, only to see the look of horror on Fluttershy's face. Charizard flies over to her as Fluttershy attempts to step back, only to slip on the ice. However, Fluttershy didn't hit the ground, having been caught by Charizard, who lands and envelops her in its warm wings. Charizard turns and places Fluttershy on the ground before it opens its mouth and uses Heat Wave in an attempt to warm the building. Eventually the lobby of the skating rink has thawed and Fluttershy is no longer freezing, which causes Fluttershy to look to Charizard, a look of surprise etched on her face as Charizrd flies over to her and nuzzles her hand.
'I-I think it wants my approval.'' Fluttershy thinks, realizing that Charizard warmed up the skating rink for her as Charizard brings her backpack to her.
"Char!" Charizard says as it tilts its head towards Articuno. Fluttershy reaches into her backpack and pulls out an Ultra Ball, which she lobs at Articuno. The ball opens, sucking Articuno into it, before it falls to the ground. It shakes a few times before a star emerges from the ball, signifying that Articuno had been caught. Fluttershy moves to grab the ball, but Charizard puts an arm out to stop her before it flew over to he ball and picked it up. Charizard flew back over to Fluttershy and put the ball in Fluttershy's hand. An awkward moment of silence passes before Fluttershy, looking uncertain, speaks up.
"Thank you." Fluttershy says as she pets Charizard on the head, which makes Charizard let out a content sigh.
"Fluttershy moves to return Charizard to its Pokeball, but before she can, Charizard suddenly flies at her and picks her up in its claws, causing Fluttershy to let out a small "Meep!" Charizard flies over to the doorway and gently puts Fluttershy on her feet.
"Thank you." Fluttershy says as she returns Charizard to its Pokeball. After doing that, Fluttershy puts both Charizard's Pokeball and Articuno's Ultra Ball into her backpack before she leaves the skating rink. She walks over to her bike, unlocks it, and hops on, noticing a bracelet on her arm the exact same arm that Charizard had nuzzled. Fluttershy ponders why Charizard would give her a bracelet as she kicks off, knowing that Moltres is all that remains before she can fight Mewtwo.