//------------------------------// // A Trainer Named Wally. Pt.2 // Story: Twilight's Realm: Advanced Generation // by CosmicAlchemist24 //------------------------------// Narrator: After arriving in Petalburg City, Ash and Twilight headed to the Pokemon Battle Club in order for Twilight to get some extra practice in battle. As the two split up, Twilight runs into a young man named Wally and tries to help him capture his first Pokemon. Unfortunately, Team Rocket once again appears and steals the two pokemon our young trainers try to capture. Will our two beginners save the two Pokemon from Team Rocket’s evil clutches? Pokemon Advanced With Team Rocket “Did you see their faces, it was priceless!” Jessie said through her laughter. The trio had gotten a good distance away from Twilight and Wally, so they decided to laugh about their achievement.  “I know the new Twerpette had no idea what hit her and her friend!” James said with a huge grin on his face.  “Yea, let them do all the work while we swoop in and capture at the last second. Now we have two new additions to the Team Rocket Army, the Boss will love them.” Meowth said looking over at the glass cage Ralts and Misdreavous were in. Misdreavous tried using Shadow Ball on the cage, but the glass just wouldn’t break.  “HAHAHAHAHA! You, Wimps, are just wasting your time! The glass is Multi-type proof, You three ain’t getting out of there anytime soon” Meowth said with a smirk. Ralts and Misdreavus just glared at the cat Pokemon and both began tackling the cage. Jessie and James began laughing again.  “Just as stubborn as those twerps, too bad it won’t do you any good!” Jessie said with a wide smile. Ralts and Misdreavus both growled at the trio but knew that they couldn’t escape and it really irritated them.  With Twilight and Wally Twilight and Wally had been running after Team Rocket for more than fifteen minutes and both were getting worn out fast.  “Not that this isn’t a great workout, but I think that we’re going to find them anytime soon,” Wally said trying to catch his breath.  “We can’t give up!  We have to find them before we lose them.” Twilight said with a slight growl. Wally wondered what had gotten into the nice girl he had met a whole back. Her entire personality took a complete one-eighty.  “Twilight, are you ok?” Wally asked in a concerned tone.  “I’ll be fine once we find Team Rocket!” Twilight said. Marill and Ziggy heard the venom in her voice and stopped running. “What are you doing, we have to go,” Twilight said looking down at the two pokemon. Marill walked up to her Trainer with a worried look on her face.  “Mar Mar.” She said,  “Zig Zag.” Zigzagoon said in a worried tone. Twilight kneeled down to the blue mouse.  “What’s wrong Mary?” She asked.  “Marill Mar?” Marill said pointing at Twilight. Twilight raised an eyebrow at Marill.  “Me!? I’m just trying to save the Misdreavus and the Ralts from Team Rocket!” Twilight said, sounding a bit hurt. Wally then stepped up to the Equestria girl.  “I think what Marill is trying to say is that she’s worried about you and honestly so am I.” He said looking down.  “Worried about what, I’m fine,” Twilight said, crossing her arms. Marill shook her head.  “MARILL MAR! MAR MAR!” Marill yelled causing Twilight to flinch. Wally flinched as well and took a few steps back. Ziggy looked at Marill with wide eyes.  “Whoa whoa, Calm down Marill. No need to lose your cool.” Ziggy said, trying to calm Marill down.  “I’m sorry, but I don’t like seeing her like this.” Marill said looking down. Twilight looked at Marill for a while before picking her up and giving her a hug.  “Sorry, I did lose it for a minute.” She then turned to Wally. “Sorry about that Wally, I just had a few bad encounters with Team Rocket. The Meowth they have, he broke my trust a while back and they hurt a new friend of mine.” She said holding Maril close. Wally and Zigzagoon both nodded.  “It’s fine, I’m just shocked at how determined you are to save two random wild Pokemon. Honestly, if you hadn’t come along and this had happened I probably would have just let them both go.” Wally said before taking a seat on the ground. Twilight looked at Wally with wide eyes.  “What! Why?” She asked in a shocked tone. Wally brought his legs to his chest and sighed.  “You see I’m pretty much a coward. Growing up I’ve pretty much been bullied by everyone I know and I never really did anything about it. I’ve never been physically strong either and that’s caused a few low self-esteem issues.” Wally explained. Twilight, Marill, and Zigzagoon stared at the green-haired boy with wide eyes but said nothing. “My parents were never really around either so my Aunt and Uncle pretty much took me in. They raised and loved me like their own, but they were very protective of me. I couldn’t do too much that they thought was dangerous so that meant I couldn’t start my journey when I wanted.” Wally said. Twilight was honestly at a loss for words, she knew Wally a bit meek, but knowing why made her feel horrible.  “Wally..I..I’m-” “It’s alright! I'm ...well I’m slightly better now. That’s why I want to be a trainer, I want to get stronger.” Wally said with a determined look on his face. Zigzagoon went up to Wally and jumped onto his lap.  “Zig ZIgzagoon!” Ziggy said with a smile. Wally rubbed Ziggy’s head and smiled back at him.  “Not only that, but I’m also using this journey as a means to…. well, to find myself.” Wally said. Twilight raised an eyebrow at this.  “Find yourself?” She asked.  “I mean like ‘who is the real me?’ ‘Am I really just a weak coward or am I more than that?’ Those are the questions that I always ask myself and I’m going to keep asking those questions until the end of this journey. How much will I change, what will be the same? I’m both excited and scared of what the answers to those questions are.” Wally said looking up to the sky. Twilight took some time to let Wally’s words sink into her brain.  “Those are actually good questions to ask yourself during these types of things, Maybe I should be asking those same questions.” She thought to herself. Twilight then looked down at Marill and smiled at her.  “I wonder how much we’re going to change during this journey of ours.” She said,  “Mar Mar.” Marill said wondering the same thing. Twilight then looked to Wally.  “Wally if you don’t want to come with me to find these Pokemon...you don’t have to. I’m not going to force you to do something you don’t want to do.” She said, Wally quickly shook his head.  “No way! I’m still all for helping you save them, I just wanted to make sure you were alright. You just looked so angry and I’m guessing Marill didn’t want you battling Team Rocket angry.” Wally explained.  “He’s right.” Twilight thought. Twilight was angry and she let that control her. Not only that, but this was also the second time Marill saw the angry side of her and she didn’t want that. She let these thoughts pour through her head and nodded.  “Yeah... I really have to work on my anger, you can say I haven’t been in the best of mindsets lately. I’m…still trying to figure things out myself, I’m new to all of this as well and I’m not sure what’s next for me. All I have Is my friends- er….my friend and my Pokemon to help me get through it all.” Twilight said, correcting herself mid-sentence.  “I think that’s all you need right now, as long as you have faith in them and yourself you’ll be just fine…..ah, at least...that’s what I think,” Wally said with a smile, scratching the back of his head at the end. Twilight giggled.  “Same goes for you when you officially start your journey. I’m sure you’ll do amazing things.” Twilight said, smiling back at him. Wally nodded and stood up with Ziggy in his arms.  “Well I’m not going to start that journey until we save those Pokemon, so let’s get a move on Ms.Sparkle,” Wally said. Twilight quickly stood up with Marill still in her arms.  “With pleasure, good Sir.” With that, the pair ran through the route once again searching for Team Rocket’s balloon.  Timeskip, With Team Rocket… “EATING TIME!!” Team Rocket all yelled as the and their Pokemon all enjoyed a homemade meal made by James.  “James you really outdid yourself this time!” Jessie said biting into a sandwich.  “Yeah, pal, buying a few cookbooks was actually a good idea on your part.” Meowth said with his mouth full.  “WOBBUFFET!!” Wobbuffet said with a salute. James smiled with pride.  “Well, I figured all of us normally run out of money so I figured buying those cookbooks for traveling was worth the 20 Pokedollars.” He said,  “I’ll say, a very good purchase!” Meowth said.  “WOBBUFFET!” Wobbuffet said with a salute. While the trio and their Pokemon were having lunch and laughing about their triumphant victory, Ralts and Misdreavus were watching on from within their confines. Misdreavus was looking from right behind the wall closest to the trio, gazing at them enjoying themselves.  “Psh...These guys are a couple of dummies.” Misdreavus smirked. The Ralts behind her was shaking looking at their captors from further back in the cage.  “Wh-what are they gonna do with us?” Ralts questioned, looking to Misdreavus for an answer. Upon hearing this, Misdreavus smirked an even larger smirk and turned back to the Psychic-type with an exaggerated look of fear and worry.  “Oh I couldn’t possibly imagine the heinous plans they have for us, but it can’t be anything good!” Misdreavus lamented while cackling internally. She floated back toward the Ralts and hovered beside him, watching as he shook, even more, placing his tiny, white, stubby arms up to his head.  “Oh no…” Ralts shuddered.  “Oh yes!” Misdreavus continued, getting closer to Ralts’s ears.  “They could try and sell us to a nasty trainer, or use us for some villainous schemes, or exploit us for labor….” The ghost went on and on, quietly whispering all the things these villains could use them for, getting lower and lower in volume as she went on. And as she did, the Ralts curled up more and more, getting more scared with each passing example.  “...Or maybe ...you don’t think...Arceus forbid they might even want to…” Misdreavus leaned in close, a grin now plastered on her face.  “...Eat us!” She yelled, causing Ralts to scream in fear startled by both the sudden rise in volume and the horrifying suggestion, immediately teleporting to the corner of the cage, curled up in a ball. Misdreavus immediately started laughing, eyes clenched shut as she cackled over the Ralts’ reaction.  “Hahahahaha.oh my...oh my ...haha..that was ...Priceless!” As Misdreavus laughed, Ralts was still recovering in the corner, breathing heavily as he watched the Ghost-type laugh.  “H-huh?”  “Oh, man ...I was like ‘They’re gonna eat us!’ and then you were all ‘Ahhhhhh!’ and then I was like ‘Ahhhh!” and oh, oh that was good ...good times, good times.”  Misdreavus slowed herself down as she recovered from her chuckle fit, a satisfied look on her face as she mockingly recounted the last few moments. Meanwhile, Ralts watched and listened, his heart still beating a mile per minute.  “Wha-what are you t-talking about?” He stuttered. Misdreavus floated over in front of the Ralts and looked down, with a smug grin.  “So you’re kinda a wimp, huh?” She asked, still smiling without a care in the world.  “I-I...what?” Ralts looked up, confused. Misdreavus rolled her eyes before they glowed a light blue. Using Psychic, she lifted Ralts off the ground, causing him to shake a little as he gained altitude, and placed him on his face.  “Listen, nothing is gonna happen. The second they open that cage, what’s gonna happen? You teleport away and I do my ghosty business and we can forget about this and you can go back to your normal, probably boring life. So stop being a baby!” She said calmly, giving him a slight nudge at the end as she playfully insulted the Ralts.The Psychic/Fairy-type looked down in thought and considered what the ghost had said.  “I...I guess…but you don’t have to be so calm about it ...and you don’t have to scare me like that.” Ralts begrudgingly states. Misdreavus, still smiling, floats back, still looking at Ralts, away from him and responds.  “Yes I do and yes I deeeeefinitely do.” she leans back in a reclined position as she floats, looking at the top of the cage. “What am I supposed to do? Panic like you? That won’t accomplish anything, it might just draw attention away from their stupid celebration and toward us….and if I’m just gonna sit here calmly I might as well try and squeeze some joy out of it.”  She snickers and does a little flip to face Ralts again as she explains her motivations for teasing Ralts. Ralts frowns and looks up at the ghost.  “So you find joy in scaring me?” Ralts' questions in what was supposed to be a serious tone, in response, Misdreavus, lowered herself down to Ralts’s level and looked him up close.  “Yes, immensely, why?” She asked in a faux curious manner.  “Really? Here? Now?” Ralts asked, gesturing to the cage keeping them here.  “Especially here and now! Scaredy Cats like you don’t come around too often so I gotta enjoy you while it lasts, hehe!” She giggles as she twirls around him and floats up toward the top of the cage.  “Besides, what better way to pass the time while we wait for those bozos to slip up and get us out of here.”  “I don’t know...maybe try and e-escape.” Ralts timidly suggested. Upon hearing this, Misdreavus snickered and quickly floated back down to eye level with the Ralts.  “Well aren’t you a brave one! So confident and strong!” She circled him, doing her best to mimic a macho attitude with her lack of appendages. “Unfortunately, we can’t break out with our moves and we can’t teleport or float our way out. So it looks like you might have to just sit and wait as I said...which is hard for you, I’m sure since you seem like you are the real fearless, go-getter type.”  “....You don’t have to be so condescending….” Ralts pointed out, lowering his head while Misdreavus floated around looking outside the cage.  “It’s part of my charm.” She replied, turning to Ralts as she complimented herself, now seeing his head down. Her confident smile turned to a mixed look of concern and readiness. She floated up beside him, and lowered herself to right above ground level. “Hey...don’t worry about it, alright? These doofuses are gonna open up this thing at some point and we’ll be free as a Taillow. You don’t need to be scared. I’d like to see these suckers try and mess with us!” Her confident smile returned as Ralts looked up to meet eyes with the ghost. His look of confusion morphed into a matching smile as he turned to the outside where Team Rocket was sitting, still in revelry.  “Yeah...you’re right.”  “Of course I am, now quit your whining or I’ll scare ya again!” She stated as Ralts began turning back to the Ghost-type.  “How’re you going to-”  “Boo.”  “Waaah!” As he turned back, Misdreavus was right in his face, delivering the lowest effort ‘Boo’ imaginable, making the Ralts cry out and flinch back. Misdreavus looked down at the scared Pokemon and donned another confident, content smile.  “Oh yeah...you are definitely one of those special kinds of cowards.”  “....Whhhhy.” Ralts questioned, on the ground from flinching back.  “Heh ...one of a kind.” While Misdreavus was smirking at the young Ralts, she failed to notice Twilight and Wally peeking across the way in the bushes.  “Finally found them,” Wally said, trying to catch his breath.  “How are you out of breath already?” Twilight asked looking at the boy.  “How...are you..not?” He asked back.  “I’ve mass organized an entire library in only 3 hours. That little marathon was nothing.” Twilight said before looking back at Team Rocket. “I see them next to the balloon, let's get them out while they’re eating." She said. Wally looked over The two prankster Pokemon in the cage.  "Alright, but we gotta be careful. One wrong move and we'll have a major battle on our hands." He said, taking a deep breath. Twilight nodded and looked to Marill and Zigzagoon.  "I need you both to cause a slight distraction." Twilight then took out Budew's Pokeball and opened it. The small grass type appeared and wondered what was happening.  "Do I even want to know?" Budew asked Marill.  "Honestly no, but to make a long story short we're saving two pranksters from a couple of thieves," Marill answered pointing over to Ralts and Misdreavus. Budew looked over to see the two Pokemon trapped in a cage and she was instantly on board. She still wasn’t over being captured by Hunter J and seeing those two in the cage made her very angry.  "What's the plan?" She asked with a look of determination on her face. Marill smiled and looked back to Twilight for instructions.  "Alright, the three of you head to the other side of the forest and keep them busy and confused. Wally and I will get those two out of the cage and if all goes well, we'll pick you up." Twilight explained. The three Pokemon nodded.  “Just be careful you three, one wrong move and it’s over,” Wally said. The three nodded again and ran off to the other side of the forest. Wally then turned to Twilight.  “Are you sure about this Twilight?” Wally asked.  “No not really, but do we have any alternative other than battling them head-on?” Twilight asked with a sigh. Wally sighed and shook his head.  “Not that I can think of, so we better make this count.” He said. Twilight nodded and two began to wait.  With Marill, Budew and Zigzagoon “So how do we do this?” Ziggy asked, running alongside Marill and Budew.  “To be honest, I’m not really sure. Bud, do you have an idea?” Marill asked, looking towards Budew. Budew had a big grin on her face.  “I just might actually, I have a move called Stun Spore and that can render the crooks paralyzed for a short while.” She explained. Ziggy then spoke up.  “I have Pin Missile and Sand Attack to keep them off balance and blinded should the Paralysis wear off.” He said in a confident tone.  “That’s perfect and if Team Rocket needs an extra ‘Push’ I’ll give them a nice Water Gun,” Marill said with a smile.  “Alright, we have a plan, time to execute it. Bud, you’re up first, give it everything you have.” Marill said as the trio stopped running. Budew nodded and looked to Team Rocket who was still eating.  “Stun Spore!” Budew exclaimed as she opened her bud and released a yellow mist that was heading straight for Team Rocket.  With Team Rocket “You know food taste so much better after a job well done, am I right?” Jessie said with a smile on her face.  “You’ve never lied Sistah!” Meowth said, agreeing with the red-headed woman.  “Only when you do, but I still agree with you!” James said with a nod.  “WOBBUFFET!” Wobbuffet said with a salute. Cacnea, Weezing, and Arbok also agreed with the lady. Just then, the group found themselves surrounded by a mysterious yellow mist.  “Um, what’s up with the yellow fog?” Meowth asked with a raised eyebrow.  “I’ve seen strange weather before but this is just weird.” James said standing up.  “I’m not so sure this is the weather.” Jessie said, also getting up. Soon the mist began to cover the two crooks and their Pokemon and they found that their bodies weren’t responding anymore.  “Hey, what the hell is this!?” Jessie said, trying her best to move her body.  “I don’t know, I can’t move!” James said as he was also struggling to move.  “I think this is Stun Spore!’ Meowth said as he and the other Pokemon were also paralyzed. As the criminal team was distracted Wally and Twilight saw this was their opportunity.  “Is that Stun Spore?” Wally asked. Twilight smiled and nodded.  “A gift from my Budew no doubt, come on let’s go.” The Equestria girl said as she slowly crept over to Ralts and Misdreavus’s cage. Wally followed behind but kept his eyes on Team Rocket.  “It’s got to be those two tricksters, it has to be!” Jessie said, accusing Ralts and Misdreavus of this.  “Jessie I'm a hundred percent sure neither of them can learn Stun Spore and we made sure that the cage was durable against all types of attacks.” James said.  “Then where is this stuff coming from?” Meowth asked wanting answers. As the trio was still talking amongst themselves, Twilight and Wally made it to the cage without being noticed.  “Hey, you two.” Twilight said. Ralts and Misdreavus jumped and turned to the two humans in front of them and almost screamed. Wally quickly put his finger over his lips.  “Shhhhh! It’s ok, we’re here to help you. Just stay quiet and we’ll get you both away from those crooks.” He said with a small smile. Ralts and Misdreavus looked at one another.  “What do you think?” Ralts asked his ghostly friend. Misdreavus took a few seconds to think.  “Well, we could let them help us and leave those bozos over there or we could make a fuss and have them notice these two and see where it goes. I’m leaning towards the second option because it would be funny.” Misdreavus said with a smirk.  “Please, Please don’t do that! They’re trying to help us, don’t make it difficult for them and by extension us PLEASE!” Ralts pleaded trying to get the ghost type to reconsider her current course of action.  “Yea, you’re right. We should just have them open the cage and rescue us in a simple way. No unnecessary conflict or noise.” Misdreavus said looking down.  “Oh thank you! Now we just have to-” ' 'SCREECH!!!” Misdreavus screamed, sending soundwaves out causing Ralts, Twilight, and Wally to cover their ears.  “What is it doing?” Twilight asked, still covering her ears.  “It’s Screech and man is it powerful.” Wall answered before falling to his knees. Marill, Budew, and Ziggy were also trying to drown out the noise.  “AHHH, MY EARS!” Marill said, pulling hers down. Ziggy laid on the ground covering his ears as well. Budew cursed that she had no hands and because of that she closed her bud and fell to the ground. It wasn’t long before Team racket was freed from their Paralysis and quickly covered their ears as well.  “OWWIE! My sensitive ears!” Meowth said.  “Where is that noise- WHAT!” Jessie had turned to see Twilight and Wally near the cage and also saw the wailing MIsdreavus.  “Those two, I should have known.” She said in an angry tone. After a few seconds, Misdrevus stopped her screeching and looked around at what she had done.  “And let the carnage commence.” She said with a proud smile on her face. Ralts took his hands off his ears and glared at the Ghost-type.  “Why did you do that!?” He exclaimed.  “Because it’s gonna be fun to watch what happens next.” Misdreavus said, still smiling. Ralts honestly couldn’t believe his friend right now, she put their lives in danger just for laughs!  “We could have gotten out of this cage easily and you chose the hard way, what is wrong with you Missy!” Ralts said, raising his voice at the Ghost-type. Misdreavus actually flinched a bit at this.  “Hey, chill out Ralts it's not that-” “Step away from the cage twerps!” The two turned to see Team Rocket Nearing them and the two trainers.  “You were saying!” Ralts said, still glaring at Misdreavus. Twilight and Wally quickly stood up and backed up a bit. “Well, that didn’t go according to plan.” Wally said in a worried tone.  “It’s like that Misdreavus didn’t want to be saved.” Twilight said not understanding the ghost type. Ralts glared at the ghost type after hearing that and it caused her to flinch again.  “Enough whispering twerps, it’s time for you both to pay for that little stunt! Arbok, Poison Sting!” Jessie commanded.  “ARBOK!” Arbok said as he neared the two and released a barrage of purple pins from his mouth. The two trainers braced themselves for the worst, but lucky for them a stream of water was blasted from the bushes and blocked the poison pins.  “Mary!” Twilight said with a smile. Just then, Marill, Budew, and Zigzagoon came running out of the bushes and to their trainers’ side. “Thank you, Mary, you’re amazing.” Twilight said, praising her partner. Marill smiled and nodded at her trainer. Jessie, James, and Meowth were even angrier now.  “That’s enough! Time to send you kids flying for a change! Weezing, Sludge Bomb! Cacnea Pin Missile!” James Commanded.  “Weez! Weezing!” Weezing said as he fired multiple balls of purple sludge from his mouth. Cacnea followed suit as he stretched out his arms and fired multiple white pins from them.  “Arbok, Poison Fang!” Jessie commanded.  “ARB!” Arbok cried out as his fangs began to glow purple and charged forward. Twilight quickly got into battle mode.  “Mary spin and use Water Gun!” She commanded. Marill got in front of Budew and Zigzagoon and began spinning like a top all the while releasing her water attack. The streams of water became stronger the more momentum Marill gained and she was able to either knock the sludge and pins away or destroy them entirely. Arbok was a different case, with his slender body he easily made his way past the streams of water and once he got close he bit down on the spinning Marill stopping her entirely.  “MAR!!!!” Marill screamed out in pain.  “MARY!” Twilight shouted.  “Poison Fang is super effective against a fairy type like Marill, so that must have done some serious damage.” Wally said before looking at Zigzagoon.  “Zigzagoon, Use Take Down on Arbok!” Wally commanded.  “Zig!” Ziggy said as he ran up to Arbok with great speed. Once he was close, Ziggy tackled the purple snake to the ground and forced him to Release Marill. Marill fell to the ground slightly dazed, but she forced herself up.  “Are you ok Mary?” Twilight asked her partner. Marill was on two feet again and she turned to Twilight with a small smile. Twilight smiled back and got back into the swing of things. “Budew, Bullet Seed!” Twilight commanded.  “BUDEW!” Budew shouted as she shot yellow seeds at Cacnea who raised his arms to block the attack.  “Arbok, Poison Sting of that little green stain!” Jessie commanded. Abrok quickly fired more purple pins at Budew.  “Zigzagoon, Pin Missile!” Wally ordered. Ziggy raised his tail and fired multiple white pins that collided with all the purple pins.  “Wally we’ll keep them busy, you get those two out of the cage!” Twilight said.  “Are you sure?” Wally said in a worried tone. “We’ll be fine, just do what you have to do.” Twilight said, turning her attention back to the battle. Wally was hesitant but he nodded and snuck away behind the balloon with the cage. Once he felt that he was safe, he looked at the pokemon in the cage and it seemed like they were...arguing.  “Look I get it I messed up, can we move on!?” Misdreavus said in an annoyed tone.  “You’re only saying that so I’ll stop scolding you!” Ralts said angrily.  “Oh for Arceus’s sake, I’m sorry! Really, truly sorry ok! I went too far this time, now can we please just move on and...hey look.” Misdravus said looking up.  “What!” Ralts also said as he looked up to see Wally looking at the two.  “Should I leave you both alone?” Wally said timidly. Ralts got over his shock and quickly shook his head.  “Ral Ralts!” He said with a pleading looking on his face.  “Ok, I’m going to get you two out. Just give me a minute.” Wally said before looking around the box to see how to open it. Ralts looked at the green-haired boy with a look of relief.  “Thank Arceus!” He said, taking a small breath.  “See, it’s gonna work out!” Misdreavus said with a small smile. Ralts didn’t say anything to his ghostly friend, he was both still angry with her and he didn’t want her to ruin this. Wally continued to search for a lock and found a small button on the left side of the cage.  “This should be it!” Wally said as he neared the button, but as he did… KA-BOOM!!! Wally looked back to the battle and saw that Twilight and the others pushed back a bit. “ Oh no.” He said in a worried tone. Twilight was looking a bit overwhelmed and Marill, Budew, and Zigzagoon were looking tired. Wally looked back at the cage and saw the worried look on Ralts face. “I have to help them, but first…” Wally pressed the button on the cage and after a few seconds the cage unfolded around the two prankster pokemon were freed. Wally smiled for a second before giving them a serious look. “The both of you need to get out of here, we’ll make sure they don’t follow you.” He then looked to Ralts. “I promise you, they won’t get you again.” With that, Wally ran back to Twilight’s side and Ralts watched as the boy left with wide eyes. Misdreavus saw that Ralts was staring and she nudged him a bit.  “Well, you got what you wanted! Why are you just standing there, let’s go!” She said to the Psychic and Fairy-Type. The Ghost-Type’s words fell on deaf ears as Ralts kept staring at the boy. “Stay strong you three, we need to keep them busy,” Twilight said, doing her best to keep the team’s morale up. “Mar Mar!” Marill said standing her ground.  “Budew!” “Goon Zigzagoon!”  “Need a hand?” Twilight turned to see Wally running up to her.  “Wally, are they-” “Free, yes! Now let’s deal with these creeps'' He said with a small smile. Twilight nodded and turned her attention back to Team Rocket who had heard everything.  “Free!” Jessie said angrily.  “Meddling Twerps, you’ll pay for this! Weezing, Sludge Bomb!” James Commanded! “Budew, Bullet Seed!” Twilight commanded.  “Budew!” Budew said, firing multiple seeds from her mouth. Both attacks collided canceling each other out.  “Marill, use Rollout on Arbok!” Twilight said. The Blue mouse took off rolling at high speed toward the purple snake.  “Arbok, use Headbutt and ground the blue rodent!” Jessie commanded.  “I’ll get in on that action too, Night Slash!” Meowth said as his claws extended with a purple tint around them. The headbutt connected to Marill and stopped her from rolling. “Mar?” Marill said in a worried tone.  “Mary, get out of there!” Twilight also worried.  “Too Late!” Meowth said before slashing his claws across Marill’s face and sending her backward.  “MARILL!” She screamed before landing on her back.  “Mary!” Twilight said running up to Marill.  “That's what you get for messing with us Twerpette,” Meowth said with a smirk.  “When did you learn Night Slash?” Jessie asked curiously.  “I’ll tell ya later, right now let’s finish them off!” Meowth said as he and the rest of his team began nearing Twilight and Wally. Both Trainers and their pokemon began backing up slowly.  “What do we do now?” Wally asked with slight fear in his voice. Twilight tried to formulate a plan, but with panic rising within her, she couldn’t concentrate.  “It’s over Twerps, We Win! Arbok, Poison Sting!” Jessie commanded!  “Cacnea, Pin Missile! Weezing, Sludge Bomb!” All three pokemon unleashed their attacks on the group and the group closed their eyes prepared for the worse.  “RALTS!” Just before the attacks reached Twilight and her group, the attacks were covered in a blue aura and floating in mid-air. Twilight opened her eyes and saw the attacks had stopped.  “Wally look!” She said in shock. Wally slowly opened his eyes and a look of shock appeared on his face.  “H-How?” He asked curiously.  “Hey, What gives!?” Jessie whined in irritation. James and Meowth were also confused by what was going on. Wally then turned his head and saw Ralts standing in front of Misdreavus with his eyes glowing and his arms stretched out.  “No way That’s Confusion, Ralts saved us!” He said with a smile. Marill, Ziggy, and Budew also smiled.  “Talk about a close call,” Ziggy said with a sigh.  “You’re telling me, Thanks for the save Ralts!” Budew said to the Psychic and Fairy type.  “That was so cool!” Marill Gushed.  “You little Brat, How dare you stop our Attacks!” Jessie Seethed. Ralts gave a fierce glare towards Team Rocket causing the crooks to flinch.  “Um… Jess, I think you made him mad.” Meowth said with fear in his voice. “Now now, I’m sure we can talk about this little guy!” James said trying to reason with Ralts.  “RALTS!” Ralts’s body was soon covered in a blue aura and moved his arms in the direction of Team Rocket! As he did, The Sludge Bomb, Pin Missile and Poison Sting moved away from Twilight and Wally and was fast approaching Team Rocket!  “AHHH LOOK OUT!” Team Rocket screamed before being Blasted back a few feet by their own attacks. MIsdreavous looked at his friend with wide eyes!  “Wow!” She said quietly.  “That was amazing!” Twilight said, impressed with Ralts’s power.  “She’s right Ralts, you’re amazing!” Wally said praising the Psychic-type. Team Rocket was on the ground and in so serious pain.  “So that’s what a poison sting to the chest feels like,” James said weakly. “I’ll never complain about Weezing being weak again,” Meowth said.  “Oh shut your mouths and get up you two!” Jessie said slowly getting up. Twilight and Wally looked at one another and nodded.  “Let’s not give them the chance! Marill, Use Water Gun! Budew, Bullet Seed!” Twilight Commanded!  “Zigzagoon, Pin Missile!” Wally Commanded.  “Mar-RILL!” Marill yelled, releasing a stream of water from her mouth! “Bu-DEW” Budew said Firing multiple yellow seeds from her mouth “Zig-ZIGZAGOON!” Ziggy said, firing multiple white pins from his tail.  “AHHHHHHH! Team Rocket screamed before getting struck by all three attacks and getting blown off of the ground. “Oh come on, we were so close!” Jessie Whined. “We should have just left when they were weak, but we got greedy,” James said plainly. “THEN WHY DIDN’T YOU SUGGEST THAT!” Jessie screamed causing James to flinch.  “Heat of the moment,” James said quietly. “Oh, will you two put a Sock in it!’ Meowth said angrily. “Wobbuffet!” Wobbuffet said with a salute. “WE’RE BLASTING OFF AGAIN!” Team Rocket yelled before disappearing in the wild blue yonder.  “WE DID IT!” Twilight and Wally said high fiving each other. “MAR/BUD/ZIG!” The three small pokemon all cheered. Twilight then picked up Marill and Budew and squeezed them both.  “I’m so proud of you two, are you ok?” She asked.  “Mar/Dew!” Both said with a nod and a smile. Wally kneeled down and put his hand on Ziggy’s head.  “Are you alright, I hope you’re not hurt,” Wally said in a worried tone.  “Zig Zigzag!” Ziggy said, giving Wally a confident smile.  “That’s good, I’m glad,” Wally said before turning to Ralts and Misdreavus. “Are you both ok?” He asked. Midreavus quickly got over her shock from her friend's awesome display of power and began nudging him.  “Come on Ralts, let’s get going.” She said. Ralts said nothing for a few seconds before looking at his ghostly friend and shook his head.  “Um..right?” Ralts’s eyes began to glow again and in an instant, they disappeared. Wally and Twilight both looked at the spot where the two pokemon were standing with sad looks on their faces.  “Well, as long as they're safe,” Wally said, shrugging his shoulders.  “Yea, You’re right,” Twilight said holding her pokemon in her arms. Wally then looked down.  “So much for catching my first pokemon.” He said in a sad tone. Twilight felt bad for the green-haired boy, she also felt guilty. She didn’t want to get him involved in this and she let her anger get the better of her when she did.  “I’m sorry Wally this is my fault,” Twilight said. Wally looked over to the Equestria girl and raised an eyebrow at her.  “What do you mean your fault, I told you I wanted to help out. Don’t act like you had to convince me or anything like that, I made my choice and I’m glad I made it.” Wally said with a small smile. Twilight looked at him and smiled back at him. “I may not have found myself a Pokemon this time around, but that doesn’t mean I won’t next time.” He said with confidence in his voice.  “Zig!” Ziggy said in agreement. Twilight took in the boys’ words and nodded.  “You know, you told me before all this that you wanted to get stronger on your Journey. I think you're well on your way Wally.” She said. Wally couldn’t help but blush at the Compliment.  “Thanks, Twilight, I appreciate it,” He said Not looking at her.  “We should probably head back to the Battle Club, My friend is probably wondering where I am,” Twilight said, hoping Ash wasn’t too worried.  “You’re right, I should get Zigzagoon back to Norman too. He’s probably worried about you pal.” Wally said looking down at the normal-type.  “Zig Zag!” Ziggy said with a smile.  “Then let’s head back.” With that Wally and Twilight began walking back to Battle Club.  Location: Petalburg Battle Club “I probably shouldn’t have run off without her.” Ash said as he was waiting for Twilight in the  Battle Club Lobby.  “Pika Pika.” Pikachu said, worried about Marill. The two had been waiting for Twilight and Marill to come to the Lobby for nearly an hour and the sun was beginning to set.   “Think we should go look for them?” Ash asked his yellow partner. “Pika!” Pikachu said, nodding his head and jumping up onto his trainer’s shoulder.  “Alright, let’s go!” Ash said as he walked over to the front door.  “Excuse me, Alexa, you haven’t seen Wally around have you?” Ash turned his head for a minute and saw Norman talking with Alexa Grant.  “Not today, I figured he was with you.” The receptionist said.  “I was, but he took off with a new friend of his, a young girl with long purple hair and a white hat. She told me her name is Twilight, Have you seen her anywhere?” Norman asked. Ash stopped walking and looked at the man with wide eyes.  “Hold up, excuse me, sir!” He said running up to Norman. Norman turned to see the young boy running up to him.  “Yes, can I help you, young man?” He asked as the boy was now standing in front of him.  “You just said you knew a girl named Twilight right? Do you know where she is?” Ash asked. Norman took a long look at the boy and smiled at him.  “That I do and you must be the friend she told me about. I must say, not very nice leaving a young girl on her own.” He said with a chuckle. Pikachu began snickering and Ash just groaned.  “Yea, I need to learn to think before acting sometimes.” He said looking down. Norman put a hand on the boy’s shoulder.  “It’s alright young man and don’t worry, I’m sure Twilight is fine. She’s helping a friend of mine’s son with a special task, I’m sure they’ll be back soon.” Norman said, giving Ash a smile. Ash and Pikachu Smiled back and nodded.  “There you go, oh forgive me I never gave you my name. “I’m Norman, Leader of the Petalburg Gym.” He said. Ash and Pikachu’s eyes widened.  “You’re the Gym Leader!?/ PIKA PIKA!?” They both asked in Shock.  “That’s right, Twilight told me you and her we’re entering the Hoenn League. If you plan on getting their young man, you’ll have to get past me someday.” Norman said with a smirk. Ash stared at the man and a massive smile grew on his face.  “Don’t worry, I’ll come back and I’ll get that badge from you! I can promise that.” He said in a confident tone.  “Pika Pikachu!” Pikachu said, matching Ash’s confidence. Norman saw that passion in the eyes of the young man and his yellow partner.  “Then I expect nothing less than an amazing battle from you in the Future Ash.” Norman said, extending his hand out. Ash did the same and the two began to shake.  “I’ll give it my best!” Ash said with determination in his eyes. “Don’t try to butter up the Gym Leader before we battle him, Ash.” Norman and Ash turned to the Lobby door and saw Wally and Twilight walking through looking a tad worse for wear.  “Twi, you’re ok! Woah, What happened to you!?” He asked looking at Twilight who was covered in dirt.  “It’s a long story...like really long.” She said with a sheepish smile. Marill, Budew, and Pikachu all jumped off their trainers and met on the ground.  “The Frack happened to the two of you?” Pikachu asked concerned for his friends. Marill and Budew looked at one another and chuckled.  “A lot!” They both said at the same time. Pikachu gave them a confused look.  “Twilight will explain later, right now I could use a nap soon.” Budew said with a slight yawn.  “I’m with ya’ sister, I'm Beat.” Marill said, stretching a bit.  “It seems you both have been through a lot in the past few hours.” Norman said before turning Wally.  “Did you manage to catch your first Pokemon?” He asked the young boy. Wally and Twilight looked down in shame.  “So that was the important task, this is what I get for running off.” Ash muttered to himself. Wally walked up to Norman and shook his head,  “No I didn’t, some stuff happened and I wasn’t able to.” He said not looking Norman in the eye.  “Zig Zag.” Ziggy said, also looking down. Norman gave the boy a warm smile and put a hand on his head.  “Don’t be looking so down Wally, it’s a trainer's job to always look forward even after failure. You may have not caught a Pokemon today, but you have no idea what could happen tomorrow.” He said to Wally. Ash smiled at the Gym Leader’s words and walked up to Wally.  “He’s right you know, not everything goes as planned when you're a Pokemon Trainer. Trust me I know.” Ash said, holding out his hand to the green-haired boy. “Ash Ketchem, Thanks for keeping the rookie safe.” He said smirking at Twilight.  “Watch it, mister!” Twilight said with a pout. Pikachu, Budew, Marill, and Ziggy snickered. Wally chuckled a bit and took Ash’s hand.  “Wally, it’s a pleasure to meet you, Ash. And you’re welcome. She was quite a handful.” He said with a smirk. Ash’s smile got wider and he turned to Twilight who gave wally a look of shock.  “I like him already Twi.” He said before snickering.  “Oh, you two are awful!” Twilight said, crossing her arms. The two boys began to laugh as Twilight’s face turned bright red. She then felt a hand on her shoulder.  “Let them have their fun, for now, Twilight, you won’t stay the way you are forever. You’ll get stronger along with your Pokemon, then you’ll get the last laugh.” Norman said to the girl with a smile. Twilight smiled back at him and nodded.  “I’ll pay them both back for this!” She said with determination in her voice.  “Atta girl.” Norman said with a nod. “Come on Wally, I’ll get you back to our Uncle’s places.” The Gym Leader said. Wally nodded and looked at Twilight.  “I feel like I should thank you for everything today.” He said.  “Thank me, I should be thanking you for putting up with me and all the craziness that happened today.” Twilight said looking down slightly. Ash was now very curious about what they were talking about and made sure to ask Twilight about it later.  “How about this then, We both have no regrets about today because we both got stronger because of it.” Wally said. Twilight took in the boy’s words and nodded.  “No regrets.” With that, Wally waved goodbye as he and Norman walked out of the Battle Club. Twilight took a deep breath and looked down at her Pokemon.  “I bet the two of you are tired, huh?” She asked before picking them up.  “Mar/Dew!” Marill and Budew said nodding. Twilight then turned to Ash.  “I hope you booked that room at the Center, we’re beat.” She said. Ash and Pikachu were still very curious but decided to leave it alone until the girls were well-rested.  “I did it when we split off earlier, come on let’s get some rest.” Twilight nodded and the two made their way out of the Battle Club.  TimeSkip, Location: Pokemon Center “Twilight Sparkle and Ash Ketchem, Your pokemon are ready for pick up!” Nurse Joy said over the intercom. Ash and Twilight had just finished their breakfast and they quickly made their way to the front desk.  “So, what’s the plan?” Twilight asked.  “Well, as I said before, there isn’t a Pokemon Center from here to Rustboro City and it'll be four days before we get there,” Ash explained.  “Four whole days, that’s still insane.” Twilight groaned remembering the first time Ash told her this information.  “Come on, it won’t be that bad. Camping out is actually a lot of fun.” Ash said smiling at the Equestria Girl.  “I’ve never been camping before, so forgive me for being nervous.” She said back. Ash put a hand on Twilight’s shoulder.  “It’ll be fun, trust me.” The boy said. Twilight nodded at the boy and the two approached the Center front desk.  “Good Morning you two.” Nurse Joy greeted.  “Good Morning to you Nurse Joy!” The two trainers greeted back.  “I’m happy to say that your Pokemon are back to peak performance.” Nurse Joy said as she gestured to Chansey rolling a cart that carried Pikachu, Marill, and Budew’s Pokeball. “ Pika Pi!” Pikachu said Jumping onto Ash’s shoulder.  “Hey buddy, you doing alright?” Ash asked the yellow Mouse.  “Pika Pikachu,” Pikachu said with a bright smile. Twilight then went over to the cart and picked up Marill and Budew’s Pokeball.  “How are you, Mary? You and Budew rest well?” Twilight asked.  “Mar Mar!” Marill said with a nod.  “Good, you both deserved the rest,” Twilight said before shrinking Budew’s Pokeball and putting it on her belt.  “Thank you so much, Nurse Joy.” The Equestria Girl said with a bow.  “Yea, we really appreciate it,” Ash said bowing as well.  “No need for thanks, it’s my job to help all trainers and Pokemon.” Nurse Joy said humbly.  “Still thank you!” Twilight said with a smile.  “You are very welcome, and I hope you both have a safe trip.” The kind Nurse said.  “Thank you!” With that, Ash and Twilight walked out of the Pokemon Center.  “Well, ready for a long walk?” Ash asked with a smile.  “Not really, but let’s do it anyway,” Twilight said smiling back. The two nodded and began making their way to Route 104 and Petalburg Woods.  “TWILIGHT!!” The Equestria girl stopped walking and turned to see Wally running towards her and Ash with a smile on his face and Premier Ball in his hand.  “Hey Wally, what’s going on?” Twilight asked.  “Are you alright?” Ash asked.  “I’m fine, I just have great news.” Wally then raises the Pokeball.  “Come on out!” The Premier Ball opened and Ralts popped out.  “Ralts.” He said in a shy tone. Twilight’s eyes widened.  “Is that the Ralts from yesterday?” She asked in a shocked tone. Wally then picked up Ralts and nodded.  “Yup, he showed up outside my Aunt and Uncle’s house and jumped into my arms. My Aunt then gave me a Premier Ball for the occasion.” Wally said.  “That’s amazing!” Twilight said before looking to Ralts.  “It's nice to see you again, are you alright?” She asked the Psychic and Fairy-Type. Ralts hesitated for a bit but shyly nodded.  “Aww!” Twilight gushed at how cute Ralts was. Ash and Pikachu were so lost.  “I’m so lost right now,” Ash whispered.  “Pika Pika.” Pikachu said also confused. A thought then came into Twilight’s mind.  “Hey wait, where’s Misdreavus?” She asked curiously. Ralts began looking down and sighed.  “He won’t tell me, but I think the two went their separate ways,” Wally said in a sad tone. Twilight looked at Ralt with a sad look on her face and put a hand on his head.  “It’s not easy losing a friend, believe me, I know.” Ralts looked up at the Equestria Girl and she gave him a small smile.  “It’s not easy moving past that either, but I was told by a wise knucklehead that things can still work out in the end. You just need to give it time and once you meet again, I’m sure the two of you can reconnect. For now, Just remember, you have someone that cares for you and will treat you just as well.” Twilight said in a sincere tone. It took a moment for Twilight’s words to sink in, but as soon as they did… “Ral...Ralts.” Ralts had tears running down his face as he gave the girl a nod. Ash and Wally smiled at the two as did Pikachu and Marill.  “Thank you.” Wally said.  “It’s no problem, You both heading out soon?” Twilight asked.  “Yup, in a week. My Aunt just wants to make sure I’m prepared. She worries a little too much” Wally said sheepishly.  “I know that feeling all too well.” Ash said remembering how his mom always used to worry about him when he first left home. Twilight giggled a bit and looked back to Wally.  “I bet you’re excited.” She said.  “You have no idea, Me and Ralts are going to have a great time together, right?” Wally asked, looking to Ralts. “Ral Ralts!” Ralts cheered. Ash and Twilight looked at the new trainer with hope in their eyes.  “I think he’s going to be just fine.” Twilight thought to herself. Wally then looked back up.  “I wanted to say thank you before you left and that I’m looking forward to seeing you both in the future.” The Green haired boy said with a small bow. Ash then stepped forward.  “And we look forward to seeing you as well and I hope you can be a good rival for Twilight.” He said. Wally and Twilight looked at Ash with wide eyes.  “R-Rival..Me!?” Wally choked out.  “We’re not rivals Ash, we’re friends.” Twilight explained. Ash just rolled his eyes.  “Rookies.” He said with a chuckle. “HEY!” Wally and Twilight yelled at the seasoned trainer. Ash and Pikachu began to laugh and Ash began walking away.  “We’ll see you soon Wally! Come on Twi, we got a four day walk to start remember?” He said with a wave. Twilight stuck her tongue out at Ash and turned back to Wally.  “Sorry about him, he’s just kidding.” She said in an apologetic tone. Wally just chuckled.  “It’s fine I know what he meant. You should get going, he’s not stopping.” He said.  “Your right, Goodbye for now Wally!” With that, Twilight ran to catch back up to Ash. Wally then looked down to Ralts and back to Twilight.  “Rival,huh?”  Narrator: While our hero's time in Petalburg City wasn’t the stress reliever they had hoped, they have gained a friend in a young man named Wally and making new friends is always a joy. So now together again Ash and Twilight head to Rustboro City and their first step to Conquering the Hoenn League!  Ash and Twilight had walked out of the city and had failed to notice a certain Ghost-Type was following close them.  “Misdre..”