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// Peewee 
// Story: Pokémon: Harmony and Chaos 
// by Banshee531 
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With Bales Town just a stone's throw away, our heroes are now making their way through the mountain before the town. Up above them, the giant mountain towered over them as they looked up, unable to see the top for the clouds. Climbing the whole thing would be a several day trip, so they had decided to use the shortcut in the mountain that they had found in Twilight's journal yesterday.

"Alright," Twilight said as she scanned over her journal. "The tunnel we're looking for should be around here somewhere..."

"I can't wait!" Spike cheered, his hands trying to reach the rocky ceiling. "Travelling through an uncharted cave, the possibility of getting lost ever present...This is gonna be awesome!"

The older teens and Pokémon all chuckled at their youngest travel companion's enthusiasm. "Love the attitude kid," Flash said as he rubbed Spike's head, messing his hair up.

"Riolu," Springer added.

"Have you always wanted to go spelunking Spike?" Doc asked him.

In response, Spike turned to him with confusion on his face, "Spel...spell-what?"

"Spelunking," Doc replied while wagging a finger, "it means cave exploring. It's a well known hobby for many."

"Oh...okay." Spike said with a smile before nodding. "Then yeah, I've always wanted to go...spell...lunching."

The four all laughed at this, Twilight shaking her head as she looked back at her journal. "Well, we won't have to worry about getting lost thanks to the map I have of the whole cave system. As long as we don't wander off, we'll be fine."

Spike's previous excitement turned to a pout. "Awwww man! Where's the fun in that?!"

"Safety before fun Spike," Twilight told him as she tapped a few times on the journal. "Mom and dad trusted me with your safety, and I'm not gonna let them down."

Spike rolled his eyes at this, grumbling as he turned his head from Twilight. "I'm not a kid anymore, you know."

Sensing an argument about to start, Flash stepped in and grabbed Twilight's shoulder, "Hey, why don't Spike and I go ahead and see if we can find the cave we're supposed to be looking for." With that, he started pushing Spike further down the road, Springer following them.

Twilight let out a long sigh as she saw Flash quickly drag Spike away. She then started after them, a low grumble following, "He's gonna get himself hurt if he's not careful."

Doc stepped up to her and grabbed her shoulder as well. "You really need to calm down Twilight. Let him have a little fun. What's the worse that could happen?"

Twilight gave him a slight glare before counting on her fingers. "A landslide, wild Pokémon attacks, a sudden bout of heavy rain that turns the mountainside into mud. There's also rock Pokémon that could be hiding in the cave walls and could cause cave-ins, there could be thieves in the caves, there's also-"

She continued to list things, causing Doc's eyes to go wide as she kept going. "Wow. You've...you've given this a lot of thought."

"I have to," Twilight replied, readjusting her glasses with a face of pure smugness. "I'm responsible for Spike's safety. If I want to keep him from harm, I have to make sure I'm ready for anything that might happen to him."

Doc shook his head at this, "Huh. That sounds familiar. Trying to plan for everything, even though the world's too unpredictable."

As soon as she heard this, Twilight's eyes went wide before giving Doc a glare, "I know what you're trying to do."

"All I'm saying is you need to lighten up a little," Doc told her with a slight shrug. "You can't wrap Spike up in cotton his whole life. He needs to learn to look after himself, which will never happen if you don't give him the freedom to do his own things."

"And if something bad happens to him?"

Doc shrugged again. "There's an old saying that I think works well here. Wisdom is just the name we give to our mistakes. Spike's gonna make these mistakes, if not today, then someday. He's obviously gonna go out on his own journey one day, and he'll need to learn those things now, otherwise something really bad will happen to him."

Twilight opened her mouth, trying to respond. But as she did, she saw his point, knowing Spike would need experience, something he couldn't obtain if she kept babying him. She let out a long sigh, "I guess you're right."

"Good." Doc gave her a small nod, a big grin on his face. "Now come along. Don't want those two to get too far ahead."

"Alright..." Twilight slightly moaned as the two made their way to the others. They soon saw them, Flash, Springer and Spike standing outside of a large dark cave opening. The rocky tunnel was so dark that they could barely see more than a few feet in front of them.

"Man that's dark," Flash said as he tried to see as far in as he could

"Maybe this wasn't such a good idea," Twilight added.

"Oh, don't be such a worry wort," Spike hissed at his sister. Twilight was about to scold him, only to see Doc's glare in the corner of her eye.

"No worries," Doc pulled out his Pokeball. " Come out Tockwork, we need your help." the Pokeball released a batch of light, soon revealing the Clockwork Pokémon.

"Tock...work," he spoke slowly.

Doc pointed to his partner. "Tockwork, please use Flash to light the cave."

"Tock..." Tockwork moaned, turning to the cave as it prepared it's attack.

But as the clock raised itself, something caught all their ears. It was a high pitched whistle, barely hearable, but got louder each second. And as the whistle continued, a second sound appeared, this one they all recognized as flapping wings.

It was this sound that made Flash yell, "Move!" The group quickly rushed to the sides of the cave's opening. Flash, Springer and Twilight hopped to one side while Doc, Spike and Tockwork were on the other. And as him and the others clinged to the rock walls, they then saw the sounds' owners.

They were Pokémon, tons of them. They were bipedal dragon-like Pokémon, all that were about four feet long with two foot tails. Their bodies were snake-like, with four half a foot long legs that each ended in four long claws. They had frog-like eyes that were situated on the top of their heads, with a pair of horns behind them. Their skin wore multiple colors and curved spikes down their necks to the end of their tails. The Pokémon also had a pair of bat-like wings on their back, big enough for flight. And as they ran out, Flash was amazed at the different colors of the Pokémon, seeing the colors of red, blue, yellow, green, pink, purple, orange, black and white, just to name a few. There appeared to be hundreds of them, all of them crying out as they flew out the cave.

"What are these things?" Flash asked as he pulled out his Pokedex.

Name: Terragon
Category: Tiny Terror Pokémon
Type: Dragon/Flying
Info: Due to their small size, these Pokémon live in flocks. There are over fifty known colors of this Pokémon recorded.

Eventually, the last of the Terragons flew out the cave, the trainers watching as the dragons flew to the top of the mountain.

"Spike!" Twilight called to the other side of the cave opening, "are you alright?"

A sigh followed as Spike moaned, "I'm fine, geez."

With this, the six of them moved over to the center of the cave mouth, Flash scratching the side of his head, "What the heck was that all about?! That's was a full stinking stampede!"

Doc rubbed his chin in thought at this, "Not sure. Something must have spooked those Terragons pretty badly to make them fly away like that."

"Now I'm really starting to think this was a bad idea," Twilight added as she put her hand in her bag, digging for her journal. "Perhaps we should find a different way..."

Spike rolled his eyes at his sister, quickly hopping in front of the group. "This is the fastest way through the mountain. Whatever it was that scared those Terragons, I'm sure we can handle it." With that, he walked into the cave's darkness.

"Spike!" Twilight yelped as she looked back up, only to get no reply.

"Welp, looks like we're going in." Flash added as him and Springer walked in front of the others.

Twilight let out a long moan, giving Doc a nod as they all entered the cave and caught up to Spike as Tockwork used Flash. As soon as it did, the cave became much brighter, letting them soon navigate the tunnels using Twilight's journal as a guide. Along the way, they spotted multiple holes in the wall, all leading to many other tunnels. Sometimes Twilight would direct them into one, making them enter another tunnel system.

"Where did all these tunnels come from?" Spike asked.

"They were originally dug by wild Pokémon, specifically large ones." Doc explained as they stepped into another hole. "One group in particular called Burroworm, Douburrow and Hydraworm. They're natural burrowers and make their homes underground or in large mountains."

"Cool!" Spike cheered. "Maybe we'll see one of those!"

"Its likely that they abandoned these tunnels years ago," Twilight told him, quickly shutting her brother down. "If they still lived here, there would be new tunnels that we could get lost in. If that was the case, these ones would be restricted."

"Oh..." Spike said before turning to Doc, "Is there any other kind of digging Pokémon that we could run into?"

"Hmm...." Doc rubbed his chin again, "Maybe the Diglett and Dugtrio group? Though they're known to not always be in caves."

Spike didn't respond to that, and the group continued their way in the caves. And as they hit the halfway mark, Springer hopped in place, blinking as he whispered, "Ri?"

"What is it bud?" Flash asked the Riolu. Everyone looked down and watched as Springer closed his eyes and reached his paws out. "He must sense a new aura."

"You think it could be a Pokémon?" Spike asked.

"Maybe. We'd best be ready in case it is." Doc replied as he gestured to the others. They all nodded as he, Flash and Twilight readied their Pokeballs. But as they did this, Springer locked onto the aura and pointed to one of the smaller holes in the cave's walls nearby. Doc then snapped his fingers to Tockwork, who soon shot a Flash attack at the hole.

"Terr?" said a voice from the hole. The others all turned to each other at this, the group then walking up to the pit. Curled up in the hole, which was not so much a tunnel as it was a hidey hole, was a Terragon. This one was mostly orange with red horns, red spikes and orange wings with a red membrane. It was also about half the size of the ones they had seen before, being only two feet long with a one foot long tail.

"Wow..." Spike gasped as he knelt down and crawled towards the Terragon.

"Terr!" It hissed as Spike got closer.

"It's alright little guy," Spike told him. "I won't hurt you." It was then that he noticed the multiple little scratches and injuries covering the Pokémon's body, most likely why it was hiding in the hole. "But it looks like something already has."

"Careful Spike," Twilight added. "If its hurt, it'll be agitated and it might attack."

Spike didn't respond, instead getting up close to the hole as he reached his hand in. "Don't worry. I'm not gonna hurt you."

"Terr!" Terragon's growls grew louder as the hand got closer, baring its teeth ready to strike.

"Spike!" Twilight was about to walk over and pull her brother away, only for Flash and Doc's hands to grab her shoulders.

"Trust him," Doc told her.

"He's got this," Flash added.

They continued to watch as Spike's hand was inches away. Despite wanting to touch the Pokémon, Spike knew it would probably end in lost fingers. So instead, he simply held out his flat hand before looking away. Terragon saw this and knew what it meant. Spike was putting his trust in it, closing his eyes and waited on Terragon's answer. But as he did, he soon felt something. He looked back and saw Terragon had now placed its snout against his hand, making him smile.

"See?" he started scratching the Pokémon behind its ear, "You can trust us. Why don't you come out so we can help you."

Terragon nodded before slowly crawling out, the rest of the group soon crowding around him. Doc leaned down at this, "It's okay little one. Let me take a look at you." Doc began to study the dragon Pokémon, seeing that none of his injuries were too bad. "A quick potion and he'll be fine." He reached into his bag and pulled out the purple bottle, which he pointed at Terragon. "This may sting a little."

"Terr?" Terragon asked in confusion, only to find itself covered in the strange mist. That and a fury of crying following, "TERR! TERRAGON!"

"I warned you," Doc said as he placed the potion back in the bag.

Spike reached down and picked Terragon up, almost hugging him as he did. "Feel better?"

Now that the stinging was gone, Terragon could see it's injures were beginning to fade. It then look up and smiled at Spike, "Terragon."

Spike chuckled back before turning to Twilight. "We got any food he'd like?"

Twilight reached into her bag, soon pulling out a can with a feather symbol on it. "Flying-Type food. This should work."

She then emptied a few pellets into Spike's hand, who turned to Terragon as the dragon sniffed his palm. Spike tilted his head at this with a smile, "You like it?"

"Terr!" Terragon replied happily, "Terragon!"

As they watched him eat, Flash blinked at this sight as he spoke up. "Is it just me, or is this Terragon smaller than the ones from before?"

"It's not you," Twilight told him as she put the can of food away. "It's about half the size of the others, which is strange."

"Why?" Spike asked as he looked back at his sister.

"Terragon's are usually hatched full grown. If this one's like this, it's probably a runt of the litter."

"So he's a peewee Terragon," Spike replied as he looked back down at the still eating Pokémon.

Twilight nodded at this. "Probably. Its also probably why the other Terragons left it behind."

Hearing this, Spike frowned. "They abandoned one of their flock just because he's a little small? That's horrible!"

"That's the way of nature kiddo," Doc told him.

"Well the way of nature stinks!" Spike barked back before turning back to the Terragon, "Come on Peewee, follow me!" he and the newly named Terragon walked off into the cave. The rest of the team followed, watching as Spike and Peewee begin to bond.

Flash blinked at the sight, "Wow. Spike's really good with that Terragon."

"It probably helps that its a Dragon-Type," Twilight replied as she pulled out her journal again.

"What do you mean?"

"Spike's always had a fondness for Dragon Pokémon. When he was younger, his class went on a school trip to Professor Celestia's lab. When the kids all saw Champagoon, they all screamed and ran away. All except Spike. He walked right up to her and patted her on the head. Whenever I finished a book on Dragon Pokémon, he'd always take it to read it himself."

"So he wants to be a Dragon-Type Trainer?" Flash guessed.

"Makes sense," Doc replied, nodding at the guess. "They are one of the stronger types despite their weaknesses to Ice and Fairy-Types. And other Dragon-Types..."

Before Twilight could reply, they saw that they had arrived at a large round chamber with several holes surrounding the place. Flash glanced back at Twilight, "Where do we go now?"

Twilight looked back at her journal. "It says to take the ninth hole to the left."

They all turned to the left and began to count out the holes they passed, eventually arriving at the ninth one. "So this'll lead us outside?"

"They all lead outside eventually," Twilight told him as she tapped the journal's touch pad. "But this one is the most direct route to where we want to go."

"Then we'd better get moving then," Doc said as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a pocket watch, "I don't think we want to be in these caves when it's dark."

The others all nodded. But before they could start heading down the tunnel, Springer once again froze and turned around. Seeing this, Flash spoke up, "Springer?"

"Do you sense something else?" Twilight added.

"Ri..." Springer began to look, around, the group following his sight line. He was staring at the tunnel across from the one they were about to enter. As they focused on it, their ears caught the sound of footsteps.

"Something's coming," Doc said as he backpedalled to his Pokémon.

In that moment, Peewee began to hiss. The group glanced at him, wondering what had gotten him so agitated. "Peewee?" Spike asked in a hesitant tone.

"I think it knows what's coming," Twilight added.

"And he doesn't like it," Doc finished as they continued to watch the tunnel. Soon, a new Pokémon appeared from the tunnel. At first, they thought it was a Champagoon, but it was much smaller at only four and a half feet. It also was not as bulky and its fists weren't as big, but everything else about it looked exactly the same.

"It's a Rookaco," Twilight whispered as Flash pulled out his Pokedex.

Name: Rookaco 
Category: Rookie Dragon Pokémon
Type: Dragon/Fighting
Info: The evolved form of Dranby. This tough Pokémon trains tirelessly to increase its strength. It can often be found in mountains, where it spends its time punching rocks until they shatter.

The Rookaco growled at the group, pure anger on its face. "Rook."

"That thing does not look happy," Flash gulped, slowly backpedaling.

"It must consider this cave its territory," Twilight stated in a near panic.

"I'm starting to see why the Terragon were so afraid," Doc added as he tapped Tockwork's back. "This isn't good..."

Spike heard this and looked down at the growling Terragon in his arms, soon realizing what must have happened. He looked up at Rookaco in anger, "You were the one that injured Peewee!"

Hearing this, Rookaco let out a yell, obviously showing it didn't like being yelled at. "ROOKACO!" It charged forwards, its fists glowing.

"LOOK OUT!" Twilight cried as she, Flash Springer and Doc leapt to the side while Spike and Peewee leapt the other way.

Rookaco slammed the wall between the tunnels, a crack appearing and making its way to the ceiling. "That's bad," Doc commented as Rookaco then turned to Spike. The teen quickly jumped to his feet, only to see Rookaco take a deep breath. At the same time, Peewee leapt out of his arms and took his own deep breath.

"TERRAGON!" Peewee cried, blasting out an Ember attack. But as he did this, Rockaco's breath shot out a cloud of dark blue energy. It was a part of a Dragon Rage attack, and it destroyed Peewee's Ember in an almost instant. As it did, Spike hopped back, barely managing to dodge the strike. Due to this, the attack then hit the far wall, causing another load of cracks to appear.

"Its causing a cave in!" Doc yelled as they watched the ceiling start to crumble.

Peewee flew into the tunnel Spike was in, seconds before it was blocked by a barrage of fallen rocks. "SPIKE!" Twilight screamed as she saw the rubble wall appear.

Flash then spotted more rocks above her head, making him quickly grab her waist and pull her back, "Look out!" The two of them leapt back, seconds before being almost crushed. Springer and Doc soon followed, the four jumping into the tunnel they had found earlier, which was quickly blocked up by more falling rocks.

The four all coughed as a dust cloud soon kicked up and entered their lungs, only for Twilight to cry out, "SPIKE!" She picked herself up and rushed over to the new rock wall, soon trying to move them with her bare hands. "We have to find them! He's in danger!"

Flash and Doc quickly moved over to her and pulled her away from the rocks. "Calm down Twilight," Doc told her.

"I WILL NOT CALM DOWN!" Twilight screamed. "Spike-"

"Will be fine," Flash assured her as he grabbed both her shoulders, turning her to look at him straight in the eyes. "He's in one of the other tunnels, which you said all lead outside. Our best bet to find him is to go outside and look for him there."

Twilight tried to reply, only for her brain to finally catch up to her emotions. As it did, she let out a series of deep breaths, "Okay....okay." she felt Flash release her, "You're right, that's our best bet. But we have to hurry."

The boys nodded and helped her up, the group soon rushing down the tunnel as Twilight whispered to herself, "Don't worry Spike, I'll save you. I won't break my promise."

The Past...

On a particularly rainy day in Canterlot City, a three year old Twilight Sparkle and Twilight Velvet were in their living room.

Velvet was reading her daughter a story, only for the sound of the doorbell to interrupt them. "Who could that be in this weather?" Velvet asked as the two of them walked towards the door. They then opened it and, "OH MY!" Velvet gasped as she saw that her and Twilight were now looking at a small baby basket at the doorstep. Velvet picked up the basket and took it into the living room, where she opened it up to reveal a small purple baby with green hair. Seeing a note attached, she read it aloud. "Hello, I'm Spike. Please look after me."

Over the next few days, an investigation was placed on the baby. The birth parents could not be found, meaning the child had to be given to someone else. Luckily, Velvet and Night Light had both grown fond of the child during the investigation and chose to take him in.

"Who'd want to abandon such a precious little baby?" Velvet asked as she put the baby into his crib.

Twilight had been watching and when Velvet left, she slowly walked over to Spike. The baby saw his sister staring at him, making him smile and giggle. Twilight did the same, her heart growing warm as she stared at her little brother. "I promise Spike, I won't ever abandon you like whoever did at our doorstep. I'll keep you safe, no matter what."

The Present...

"I promise..." Twilight told herself as they saw a light at the end of the tunnel.





Meanwhile...

In the other tunnel, Spike was sitting on the ground, coughing up a storm from the dust he had just inhaled. "Augh! *cough* *cough* stupid Rocka-something! Why'd he *cough* do that?!" A few coughs followed before Spike recovered, only for him to get up and try to figure out where he was, "Alright, I'm in...a tunnel. This is gonna be tricky."

"Terr," Peewee flew down and landed on the boy's shoulders.

"Glad to see you're alright," Spike told him before picking himself up. He took a glance around, soon see all the different new tunnels in front of him, only for the darkness to return as Tockwork's Flash was no longer with him. "Aw man. How the heck am I gonna get out of here?!"

"Terragon!" Peewee jumped off his shoulders and flew over to one of the openings before turning to him. "Terr!"

Spike blinked at the small dragon, "You know the way out?"

Peewee nodded, making Spike smile as he walked over to pick up the Terragon, soon plopping him on his head, "Alright then, lead the way." He soon started walking down the tunnel Peewee had pointed out, the tiny terror Pokémon directing the boy on where to go. Their route was very psychically challenging for the teen, as it included crawling down one tunnel, shimmying up another and even moving along a small ledge that was around a large, seemingly bottomless hole. "Well, I did want to do some cave exploring." It was at that moment that part of the ledge gave out, "WHOA!"

But as he started to fall, he felt a tug on the back of his neck. Feeling this, he looked up and saw Peewee had his hood in his mouth, the dragon now trying to pull him back up. A few seconds later, Spike and Terragon both regained their balance and shuffled to the other side, Spike letting out a sigh as he patted the Terragon's head, "Phew...thanks."

Peewee shined a big grin, "Terr."

As the two continued to walk through the caves, Spike looked up at the Pokémon now riding his head again. "You know, despite your size, you're a pretty cool Pokémon."

"Terr!" Peewee puffed his chest at the comment.

Spike then sighed. "If only I was a little older, then I could try and catch you." Peewee mimicked his frown as he continued, "Its not fair. Why can't the age to become a trainer be something like...ten?! Why does it have to be sixteen?!" He tapped his chin in thought for a moment. "Nah, that'd be silly. Who'd let a ten year old be a trainer? Except me of course..."

In that moment, Spike's dark adjusted eyes spotted something new just ahead of him. It was another hole, with no ledge around the side and too big to leap over. "Oh great...now what do we do?" Spike said as he crouched down to see if he could see the bottom.

Terragon then leapt off Spike's shoulders before flying behind him, shoving his head into the boy's back. "Whoa! Peewee, what are you-ah!" Spike yelped as he lost his balance, soon falling down the hole as Peewee flew behind him, "WHOOOAAA!!!" Spike yelled as he fell several feet, only for his back to hit the ground, soon making him realize that the tunnel was like a slide now. He slid down it for about a minute, only to then notice a light at the end of the tunnel. "Hey! Its the-wha!?!?!"

Spike let out another yelp as he hit the ground, his body soon rolling like a ball as the slide stopped. "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" he yelled before coming to a stop, his eyes now spirals as he flopped over. "Oww...please make the world stop spinning...I don't wanna ride it anymore..."

When the dizziness finally stopped, Spike sat himself up as Peewee flew onto his head. "Terr?"

Spike let out a low moan as he looked up at Peewee. "A little warning next time buddy. That hurt."

Peewee laughed as Spike picked himself up and looked around, seeing they were indeed outside. The two of them were now on a large rocky ledge, which he soon saw was about a hundred feet in the air. "Well, I'm outside...now I just need to find the others." He then saw that the ledge seemed to circle the whole mountain, even bending around the edge of it. "Hmm...should I go up or down?"

But as that question exited his mouth, he got a third answer as he then heard an all too familiar sound coming from one of the other cave openings. He and Peewee looked at each other as they stared at the other tunnels nearby, only to now see the owner of the footsteps step out of the cave. Rookaco then looked around, grumbling as he rubbed its head from the earlier falling rocks. But as it did this, it quickly caught sight of something it did not like.

"Err, hey there Rookaco." Spike said in a panicked voice, "How ya doing?"

Rookaco growled at the boy and Terragon, "Rook..."

Spike gulped as he stepped back. "Listen, I don't want any trouble. Let me just find my friends and we'll be on our way. That sound good?"

"Rookaco!" The large dragon rushed towards them, raising its now glowing fist.

"Aw c'mon!" Spike yelled as tried to backpedal more, only for Peewee to hop of his shoulder and charge at the other dragon, "What are you doing?!"

"Terr!" As the Terragon got close, he opened his mouth, making Rookaco raise his arm to defend itself. Peewee then bit down on the arm, making Rookaco flinch in pain.

"Rook!" He cried as the glowing around his fist disappeared.

Spike saw this and remembered what he had learned from Twilight, realizing the attack it had been using was Focus Punch. "Alright Peewee!"

Peewee let go of Rookaco and flew to a safe distance as the larger dragon growled at him. It then spread its wings and leapt off the ground, the two now deciding to finish this in the air. "Rookaco!" He fired anotehr Dragon Rage attack, which Peewee easily managed to dodge.

"Yes!" Spike cheered, "remember you're smaller, so your faster. Don't out muscle him, just out speed him!"

"Terr!" Peewee shot towards Rookaco as his wings glowed, slamming his opponent in the stomach with one of them. And as Rookaco cried out, Peewee flew up above him before taking a deep breath. "Terr...WAGON!" He unleashed a barrage of tiny fireballs, all striking Rookaco before making a small explosion.

Spike and Peewee both smiled at this, only for the smoke to clear around Rookaco. As it did, they went wide-eyed as ehty saw that the direct attack had barely down any damage to the Rookie Dragon. "Rook...kaco," it breathed.

"No way...it didn't hurt him?!"

In that moment, Rookaco's claws began to glow as it took a deep breath. "ROOKACO!" It unleashed another Dragon Rage attack, the blast of energy heading straight for Peewee. The Terragon quickly flapped his wings, barely hopping over the attack.

"Look out!" Spike told him, causing Peewee to look down and see Rookaco rushing towards him.

Before he could react, the larger dragon managed to catch him in his glowing claws. With his entire body gripped, Peewee could do nothing but struggle as Rookaco smirked before turning to the ground. "ROOKACO!" With that, Peewee suddenly found himself racing towards the ground, Rookaco thrusting him into the mountain side.

"PEEWEE!" Spike cried as he watched the Rookaco pin Peewee to the ground. He then saw Rookaco take a deep breath, ready to hit Peewee point blank with another Dragon Rage. Without even thinking, Spike picked up a rock and tossed it at Rookaco, hitting it in the head. This stopped the attack, the dragon now turning towards the young boy as he yelled, "Leave him alone!"

Rookaco growled as it turned towards Spike, reflexively tossing Peewee away like a ragdoll. The Terragon slammed into the ground and slumped over, but kept his eyes open as he turned his head to Spike. He saw Rookaco back the boy against a large rock, its fist glowing as he powered up a Focus Punch.

"Terr..." he moaned out as tried to pick himself up, only for his legs gave out.

Spike shook as Rookaco got closer, fearing this might be the end. Unable to do anything else, Spike called out for the one person he wanted more than anyone to be here. "TWILIGHT!"

"PECK!"

Like a bullet, something brown shot towards Rookaco, striking its head. "Rook!" It cried as it staggered away from Spike, his Focus Punch failing as it did. Spike looked up and saw Owlicious, making him smile as he knew what that meant. The sound of footsteps made him turn around to see Twilight rushing towards him, Flash, Doc and their Pokémon on her tail.

"GET AWAY FROM MY LITTLE BROTHER!" Twilight screamed as they got closer.

"Twilight!" Spike cried as he rushed over to her, throwing his arms around her. The two quickly started hugging as Flash and Doc jumped in front of them. But as the hug ended, Spike saw something in Twilight's eyes. "Are you...crying?"

Twilight sniffed as she rubbed her eyes. "Of course I am. I was so worried about you."

Spike's heart felt like it was about to explode as he hugged her once again. "Thank you."

"ROOKACO!" The Rookie Dragon Pokémon interrupted, angry that he was now being ignored. Seeing this, Twilight stepped up between Flash and Doc.

"You guys ready?" She asked as Owlicious hovered above her.

"Ready," the two nodded.

"Then let's do this," Twilight said as she pointed at the Rookie Dragon. "Owlicious, use Peck!"

"PSY!" The Psychick shot forwards.

"Springer, use Aura Sphere!"

"RIOLU!"

"Tockwork, Psywave now!"

"TOCK...WORK!"

The two Pokémon fired their long range attacks, only for the Dragon Pokémon to charge forwards as its claws once again glowed. "That's Crush Claw!" Twilight said as it used Crush Claw to cancel out Springer and Tockwork's attacks, only to feel Owilicous's physical attack.

"PSY! Psy, Psy Psy!" Owlicious started pecking Rookaco furiously like a woodpecker at a tree.

"Rook!" Rookaco yelled as he swiped at the air, Owlicious flapping back before his claws could catch the owl. It then took another deep breath, "Rook...KACO!" Another burst of Dragon Rage flew at the group, who all leapt out of the way.

"That was close," Flash said as they landed, "what do we do?"

Doc scanned the Pokémon over, soon glancing at his companions. "We need an attack that can do a lot of damage, but we don't really have one for that kind of type. If only we had a Fairy or Dragon-Type."

"Dragon-Type?" Spike asked before turning to Peewee, who was still on the ground. He then shined a grin, soon rushing towards the Terragon, "Cover me!"

"Spike!" Twilight cried as she saw the Rookaco turn to the running boy.

"Springer, use Force Palm!" Flash called out in response.

"RI!" Springer shot forward, slamming his paw into Rookaco, pushing him back. The Dragon then turned to the Aura Pokémon, his claws now glowing again.

"Now use Double Team!" Springer responded, soon creating multiple copies of himself. The clones then rand around Rookaco, causing his claws to stop as confusion covered his face.

"Rook?"

Meanwhile, Spike was now at the downed Terragon, kneeling down and picking him up, "Peewee, you okay? Please talk to me."

Terragon's eyes slowly opened as it moaned, "Terr..."

"Please, you have to do something. Our only hope is a Dragon-Type attack. You have to use a Dragon-Type move, please!"

"ROOK!" In that moment, Rookaco swung its tail around, taking out the fake Springers, along with the real one. As Springer was hit by the attack, he slammed into Tockwork, only for Rockaco to then hit Owlicious as well.

"Springer!" Flash cried as he ran over to the Riolu.

"Tockwork, are you okay?!"

"Owlicious!" Twilight added. "Say something!"

Rookaco turned back to Spike, not forgetting about earlier, "Rook," it took a deep breath, "KACO!" A Dragon Rage shot towards them, Spike then trying to curl himself around Peewee to protect him from the attack.

"SPIKE!" The others all cried.

Suddenly, Peewee shot out of Spike's arms and flew right at the Dragon Rage. "PEEWEE! What are you-"

Peewee, remembering everything Spike had done for him, knew he wanted to do one thing. He wanted to protect him. "Terr..." Peewee took a deep breath, ready to try the best Ember attack he could muster. But then-"WAGON!" Instead of fireballs, Peewee unleashed a stream of blue and white fire.

"Whoa! What's that?!" Flash asked as he pointed at the attack.

"It's Dragonbreath," Twilight replied in amazement.

The Dragon Rage and Dragonbreath collided, pushing at each other until the Breath to pierce through, pushing it all the way back to Rookaco. "ROOK!" It cried as it was struck by the super effective attack, staggering back in pain.

"ALRIGHT!" Spike cheered as Peewee landed on his head, "Aw yeah! Take that!"

Rookaco then let out another roar, soon picking itself back up as it looked towards its opponents and saw that they had all recovered. Springer, Owlicious, Tockwork and Peewee stood in front of their humans, all staring the Rookie Dragon down. "Rook?"

"Alright, what's say we end this?" Flash asked, the others nodding in response. "Okay, use Aura Sphere Springer!"

"Owlicious, Peck!"

"Tockwork, Psywave!"

"And Peewee, use Dragonbreath!"

"RIOLU!"

"TOCK...WORK!"

"PSY!"

"TERR...WAGON!"

The four fired their attacks, all striking the Rookaco into the mountain as a smoke cloud formed from the attacks. And as the fog cleared, Rookaco staggered out, showing he was now seriously injured.

Flash pulled out a Pokeball, "Alright, I think I'll catch you. Go...POKEBALL!" He tossed the ball at Rookaco, only to see the Dragon flare its wings.

"ROOK!" It quickly shot up into the sky, the ball soon missing as it hit the rocks behind the dragon. Rookaco then stared down at the humans and their Pokémon, soon realizing that it couldn't win now. "Rook!" it cried as he ran away, flying into the clouds above.

"Awww man," Flash moaned as he picked the Pokeball up. "So close."

"That's too bad," Twilight added. "That Rookaco would have been a useful Pokémon to have. He was definitely strong."

"Nothing much we can do now," Doc finished.

Meanwhile, Spike was smiling down at Peewee. "That was awesome Peewee. You learned Dragonbreath and was able to beat that bully Rookaco."

Peewee grinned back at him. "Terr, Terragon!"

Suddenly, an all too familiar sound caught everyone's attention. They all looked up at the sounds of screeching and flapping, soon seeing the Terragon flock flying away from the top of the mountain.

"That's Peewee's flock," Twilight said as she readjusted her glasses at the sight.

"They must be off to find a new place to live," Doc added.

Spike frowned at this, knowing that it meant he needed to say goodbye to his new friend. He looked down at the Terragon, "well...I guess you better get going." He stood up and walked over to the others, a sad frown on his face as he looked to the ground.

But as he continued to walk, fighting back tears as he did, he suddenly felt a weight on his head. "Terr," he looked up at the voice as saw an upside down Peewee smiling down at him.

"Peewee?"

"It looks to me that Peewee wants to stay with you, Spike." Doc commented as he pointed to the dragon.

Spike's eyes grew wide at this before looking up at the Terragon, "really?"

Peewee nodded his head. "Terr!"

Spike wanted to smile, but a frown stayed on his face, "But you can't. I'm not a trainer yet, so I can't catch you."

Flash smiled as he stepped up to him, only to turn to Twilight. "You can't," he placed a hand on Twilight's shoulder, "but your sister can."

Spike, Peewee and Twilight all looked at him funny before asking, "what?"

"Ah, good idea Flash." Doc commented as he pointed to Twilight, "Twilight can catch Peewee and hold onto him until Spike's old enough to become a trainer. Then she gives Peewee to him as his starter. That's what your thinking, isn't it Flash?"

Flash nodded at this as Spike asked, "Is that allowed?"

Flash shrugged next. "Is that any different from what Professor Celestia does?"

Twilight thought for a moment, watching Peewee climb down onto Spike's shoulders and started rubbing his head into the boys cheek. Seeing this, Twilight knew she couldn't refuse the idea. She stepped up to the Terragon and leaned down, "Peewee, would you like to become my Pokémon until Spike can have his own?"

Peewee looked at her for a moment, then turned to look at Spike. When he saw the boy nod, Peewee turned back to Twilight and nodded. "Terr!" He cried happily before flying into the air.

"Alright," she pulled out an empty Pokeball, "then lets go Pokeball!" She threw it into the air and it hit Peewee on the head, a swirl of red energy surrounding the Terragon. Everyone watched as Peewee was converted into energy and sucked into the Pokeball, soon falling to the ground.

Everyone watched as it wobbled once, twice, three times before finally going ping. Peewee, was caught. Twilight and Spike both smiled as they rushed over to the Pokeball before she picked it up. "Alright," she cheered and held the ball up, "I caught a Terragon and I'll be keeping it for SPIKE!"

"AWESOME!" Spike cheered in response.

"PSY!" Owlicious hooted happily.

Flash, Doc and their Pokémon all clapped. "That's great guys."

"Congratulations," Doc told them.

Twilight smiled before holding out the ball, causing it to open and unleashing the red energy. It then revealed Peewee, who happily cry before flying up and landing on Spike's shoulders. Seeing this, Twilight bent over so she and Peewee were at eye level. "Alright Peewee, I need you to stay close to Spike at all times."

"Terr?" Peewee asked, tilting its head.

"Today made me realize I might not always be there for Spike, so I need a strong Pokémon to keep him safe. I'm trusting you with that job."

Peewee realized what she was getting at and nodded. "Terragon!"

Spike smiled at this. "Thanks Twi."

Twilight nodded before taking out her journal. "Well, this little detour didn't take us too far off course. We should still be able to get to Bales Town before sun down."

"Great! Lead the way Twilight."

Twilight nodded as she looked back at her journal, only to notice something new, "Hmm? That's odd."

"What is it?" Doc asked in response.

"I've got a message from Professor Celestia." She opened it up and read it aloud. "Dear Twilight Sparkle. I assume by now that you have either reached or are close to reaching Bales Town."

"She's good," Flash added with a chuckle.

"If I am correct, then I suggest you head to the town's library tomorrow morning." Twilight laughed at this, "that was already the plan professor." She looked back down and continued reading. "Because of this, there is someone that will be there that I'd really like you to meet. She will be able to teach you a lot about the Pokémon world just like myself. Her name is Professor Luna, and she is my-" She stopped and went wide eyed.

"Her what?" Spike asked.

Twilight took a deep breath and read the last word, "sister."