My Little Pokémon

by Amarvax


One big Showbear

Ponyville, Carousel Boutique.

"Here you go, Sweetie Belle." Rarity gave her little sister a newly made Rarityball just for her contests.

"Thanks, Rarity. This'll look great when I send my Pokemon out in the next contest."

"That reminds me. In the likely event that your dress fails to impress...I made this." Rarity had one of her many Leavanny's bring over a sunhat. "A sunhat. Those are always popular."

"Do I need a sunhat? It's snowing right now."

"You can never go through life without having at least one, Sweetie Belle." Rarity nodded. "Plus, I also made it for your Pokemon. Who knows which one of them looks the best in it. Now run along and practice for your next contest."

"Right!" Sweetie Belle placed the sunhat on her head as she ran out to see her friends. "Alright, girls! I'm ready to prepare!"

"Great! But uh...why the sunhat? It's snowing." Scootaloo asked.

"I know but Rarity think's it'll look good on my Pokemon, apparently." Sweetie Belle picked up some snow. "What about you, Scootaloo? Are you heading to your second gym soon?"

"Next month's when I continue my path to the league. I think I'll have a newly evolved Pokemon by then! What about you, Apple Bloom?"

"Me? I'm already one step ahead of ya'll." Apple Bloom smirked.

"You are?" Both of them said.

"I've caught a lot of Grass-Types over the past few days. Mhm."

"Since when? We didn't see you do that." said Sweetie Belle.

"Ash took me to a place full of Grass-Type Pokemon. I got eight of them!"

"Oooh...Lemme see." Scootaloo leaned forward.

"Out you come all of you." Apple Bloom sent out the newly caught Grass-Types at her disposal. They were Petilil, Cacnea, Jumpluff, Sunflora, Cottonee, Skiddo and two Morelull. "See? Eight."

"Wow...how did you manage to catch all of them?" Sweetie Belle gawked.

"Well first started with a fun little chase with Jumpluff, then we accidentally woke up a Nidoking and then a bunch of Elgyem showed up, it's a long story. Point is, I'm becoming a better Monotype Trainer. Even though there aren't that many Grass-Types."

"Uh...Apple Bloom." Scootaloo grabbed her friend's attention. "I think you should put them back in their ball." Due to them being Grass-Types, the cold wasn't the best place for them to be in at the moment.

"Oh, sorry! Return!" Apple Bloom returned all of her Pokemon to their balls. "So. What next?"

"Well I was-" Sweetie Belle was about to ramble away until out of nowhere, her sunhat had been snatched from her head all of a sudden. "Huh?" The mysterious figure that took her hat had snuck into the snow, moving in it. "My sunhat! Where'd it go?"

"Right there." Scootaloo pointed her head over at the moving snow. Despite the unidentified creature moving in the snow, the sunhat was still sticking out.

"Hey! Get back here!" Sweetie Belle chased after the creature that was making off with her hat. Whatever it was, it seemed to be very nimble to be able to manoeuvre in the thick snow. The creature had picked up huge sheets of snow whilst moving, causing the sunhat to be hidden underneath it. "You won't get away from me! Go Piplup!" Sweetie Belle sent out her Piplup for assistance.

"Piplup!"

"Bubble Beam!" Sweetie Belle stomped her hoof down as her Pokemon unleashed beams of bubbles that raced towards the unidentified creature. The bubbles made direct contact, hitting both the creature and the sunhat at the same time. As the sunhat flew into the air, the creature had revealed itself.

A Teddiursa was behind it.

"Teddi!" The Little Bear Pokemon turned towards Piplup and Sweetie Belle. The sunhat landed back on its head as the Normal-Type claimed it for it.

"A Teddiursa?"

"Teddiursa!" Teddiursa growled at them both as it was revealed that it wasn't just the sunhat it stole. Right behind it was Ash's hat, Applejack's hat, Cranky's wig and many other hats. Mostly hats that belonged to everypony else in Ponyville and were worn for the cold.

"Is that my sister's hat?" Apple Bloom noticed.

"That looks like Ash's hat as well. And some other wigs." Scootaloo said.

"Nice Teddiursa...Just give me back my sister's sunhat and everything will be alright in the end..." Sweetie Belle and Piplup slowly went up to the Little Bear Pokemon. But Teddiursa wasn't willing to just give it up. As a response to Sweetie Belle, it used the move Zap Cannon at her Piplup. The moon symbol on its head lit up as that's where the cannon was fired from. "AH! Piplup dodge!"

"Pip?!" The Penguin Pokemon ducked, avoiding the Zap Cannon. Sweetie Belle made the right call to dodge as well since the electric blast almost struck her.

"Teddi!" Teddiursa then used the move Attract to try and infatuate her Piplup. That way, Piplup wouldn't make an attempt to stop her.

"That's Attract! Look out Piplup!" Sweetie Belle attempted to warn her partner, but it was too late. The heart-shaped attack had smashed Piplup square in the face. Teddiursa assumed that it was a sure-fire success, but to her surprise, Attract didn't do anything. Piplup just stood there unaffected.

"...Piplup?"

"Oh. Nice resistance, Piplup! Now! Pound!" Piplup moved in, raising its penguin arms towards the opposing Pokemon. Teddiursa gasped as she was given a pound to head, causing her to tumble about. "Yes! Alright, just stay there Teddiursa. You'll look pretty great on my team actually." Sweetie Belle held a Pokeball in her hoof. "Go! Pokeball!" The monster-catching ball was sent flying towards the Little Bear Pokemon as it smacked it on the head. The red light pulled the Normal-Type in as now the result was being anticipated by Piplup and Sweetie Belle.


1...2....Fail!

Teddiursa broke free from it.

"Teddiursa!"

"Gah! It looked like it was so close too! Piplup! Run in and use Pound one more time!"

"Piplup!" The Penguin Pokemon was about to smack Teddiursa silly one more time. But, Teddiursa planned for Piplup to get close. The moon symbol on its head lit up as Zap Cannon was fired point-blank in Piplup's face. "LUP?!" The Penguin Pokemon was sent flying back by a blast of electricity, tumbling on the snow.

"Piplup! Are you okay?!"

"Piplup..." The Penguin Pokemon was hanging in there. Zap Cannon did do a massive number on it though.

"Teddi!" Teddiursa was aiming for a second Zap Cannon this time. And if it hit again, that was game over for Sweetie Belle.

"Not good! Piplup! Dodge and use Bubble Beam!" Piplup gasped as it noticed the next Zap Cannon heading its way. The Water-Type Pokemon ran to the side, avoiding the blast of electricity as it obliterated an entire tree in one go. Beams of bubbles pelted at Teddiursa's face, causing it to be pushed back. "Now! Pound!"

"Ursa!" Teddiursa decided to switch things up a bit. Instead of going for Zap Cannon, She was aiming to throw Piplup off guard with Double Team. The Little Bear Pokemon created illusionary duplicates of herself, confusing the Piplup who had no idea which one to hit.

"Aw, Double Team!" Sweetie Belle groaned.

"Don't worry about it, Sweetie Belle!" Scootaloo yelled from afar. "Just keep swinging until you hit the right one! Apparently, that works sometimes!"

"Not always." Apple Bloom replied.

"Right! Bubble Beam! All around!"

"Piplup!" Piplup spun around by firing Bubble Beam everywhere. Each illusionary double had been blown away by the bubbles until the real one was found. In truth, the real Teddiursa was right behind Piplup, prepared to use Thunder Punch on its back.

"Behind you, Piplup!" Sweetie Belle warned. Piplup was quick on its feet this time. It avoided the Scratch with haste. "Pound!" All Piplup had to do was hit Teddiursa once more, allowing Sweetie Belle to catch it the next time. But instead of using Pound, Piplup had learned a new move. Aerial Ace.

The Penguin Pokemon moved at ludicrous speeds, confounding Teddiursa. Before the Little Bear Pokemon knew it, Piplup has struck its tiny little penguin arms on its neck, launching her upwards.

"Ooh! That's Aerial Ace!" Scootaloo was shaking Apple Bloom.

"Teddi!" Teddiursa fell to the ground, tumbling as some snow got on her. "Ursa..." Teddiursa hadn't fainted yet as it got back up immediately.

"Woah. That Teddiursa's pretty good." Scootaloo was impressed.

"We'll see how long it can keep it up! Aerial Ace, Piplup!"

"Piplup!" Piplup moved in, causing the snow around it to fly from its insane speed during Aerial Ace.

"Teddiursa!" The Little Bear Pokemon had learned a new move as well, keeping up with Piplup. The move she learned was Night Slash, made to counter Aerial Ace. Both Teddiursa's paws and Piplup's hands connected as the two were in a small struggle for a bit. Both were trying to push the other back with all their might. But it was revealed that they were even in terms of strength.

"Lup!" Both had cancelled each other out as they were sent back to their original spots. When Teddiursa went back, she grabbed the sunhat, placing it back on her head.

"Let's finish this Piplup! Aerial Ace!"

"Teddiursa!" Teddiursa was aiming to finish this as well. Both ran towards each other, aiming to end this little Pokemon Battle. But Piplup outsmarted the opposing Pokemon by jumping over Teddiursa. "Ursa?!"

"Piplup!" The Penguin Pokemon smashed its hands right on Teddiursa's head once. It continued its attack by continuously slapping Teddiursa's face with its hands, giving it no time to rest. To finish it off, Piplup slapped Teddiursa right in its right cheek, leaving a slap mark as the Little Bear Pokemon was sent rocketing through the snow. It took some damage but it wasn't out yet. Perfect for catching at the moment.

"Here goes!" She tossed a second Pokeball which was the Rarityball this time. The custom Pokemon connected, pulling the Little Bear Pokemon inside. Now the outcome of this capture was being anticipated.

1...2...3...Still shaking about. No answer from the ball. Sweetie Belle and Piplup held their breath for the result.

Gotcha! Teddiursa was caught.

"Yes!" Sweetie Belle jumped up, raising her hooves in the air.

"Piplup!" Her Pokemon did the same.

"Whew. That was a bit harder than I thought." Sweetie Belle let out a sigh of relief, picking up the Rarityball. "Great job, Piplup."

"Pip!"

"Is it just me? Or are the smaller Pokemon the hardest to deal with?" Scootaloo scratched her mane.

"Who cares. I caught a Teddiursa! Out you come." Sweetie Belle released Teddiursa from her sister's custom Pokeball. The best part of the Rarityball was that it let out sparkles in the shape of Rarity's Cutie Mark when the Pokemon was sent out, adding that extra flash and flare to it.

"Teddiursa!"

"Welcome to the team, Teddiursa!" Sweetie Belle walked up to her newly caught partner. But before she knew it, Teddiursa made a clean getaway by rushing over to the all the hats she stole, grabbing them all at once. "Hey!" Teddiursa had jumped into a huge sheet of snow, disappearing to who knows where. "Ah...It just left?"

"Uh...better luck next time?" Scootaloo shrugged. Just then, Ash and Applejack had arrived as they tracked down Teddiursa's movements here.

"Is it here?" Ash stopped running as he looked around the area.

"I don't see it." Applejack shook her head.

"Pika..."

"Ash? Big sis? What's wrong?"

"Apple Bloom. You haven't seen a Teddiursa run by haven't you?" Applejack asked. "It had a bunch of hats with it that it stole."

"Funny you should mention. Sweetie Belle just caught one. But it kinda got away with everypony's hats."

"Oh. Is that what happened. Good job, Sweetie Belle." Ash congratulated her.

"Pikachu."

"But I don't know where it went. It just up and disappeared into this huge sheet of snow." Sweetie Belle and Piplup attempted to get rid of the snow but there was too much of it.

"Why don't you just return it? You have its ball?" Scootaloo recommended.

"Oh, right. Return, Teddiursa." She held the Rarityball out, hoping that it would pull Teddiursa back inside. But after a few seconds of waiting, nothing happened. "...Return!" She tried again, but the same result happened.

"Sorry. But the Pokeball only works if the Pokemon is close enough. And I guess it got pretty far." Ash said.

"Well, wherever it went with our hats, can ya track it down again?" Applejack asked.

"Not really. We only managed to find it because it stole Sweetie Belle's sunhat last." Apple Bloom answered.

"In that case..." Ash went up to the sheet of snow. "We'll have to get searching deeper underneath." Ash rubbed his hands together.

"Right you are on that." Applejack rubbed her hooves together. The two of them began blowing away the huge sheet of snow with their bare hands and hooves, clearing it out in no time. Their work had revealed how Teddiursa made its getaway. The snow had been covering up a small little hole that was just large enough for Teddiursa to fit through. It seems to have found a way towards White Tail Wood through this hole.

"So that's where it went." Ash looked at the hole. "White Tail Wood is just up ahead over there."

"Pika-Pika."

"White Tail Wood? Got it!" Sweetie Belle ran that direction, aiming to get her Pokemon back in its ball. Oh, and the hats too.


White Tail Wood. The one area that's been hit with the most snow. This place is pretty popular for those who want to go crazy and build the largest snowponies they can imagine. But not at the moment.

And there she was. Teddiursa. With everypony's hats and singular wig.

The group decided to play it quiet as they poked their head up from a large log, spectating Teddiursa.

"Alright...Just return it back in its ball, okay?" Scootaloo whispered.

"Got it..." Sweetie Belle was about to return her Pokemon until she noticed it was up to something. "Wait."

Teddiursa placed its paws together utilizing the move Attract. It formed a giant pink heart, rocketing it up into the air. As the heart hovered over her, Teddiura then used swapped out the move Zap Cannon for Hidden Power as its body was outlined with yellow light and is surrounded by light blue circles before sending them up towards the heart. The orbs circle around the heart.

Teddiursa then leaps toward the giant heart as it raises its paws. One paw was surrounded by electricity while the other glows purple. On the right Thunder Punch and the left Night Slash. Teddiursa struck the giant heart with Thunder Punch causing the heart to generate a fairly-huge burst, creating smaller hearts. Teddiursa then used her other paw, slashing every small heart and orb. When she finished, Teddiursa landed gracefully on the ground with a smile, bowing to her make-believe audience.

As she continued bowing, Sweetie Belle watched from her hiding spot with her friends, witnessing the entire thing occur. Teddiursa was all of a sudden, bowing to the hats in front of it, pretending that it was in a Pokemon Contests and that the hats were the audience watching.

"I think I get it now," she said.

Her friends looked at her, confused what the young unicorn was talking about. Sweetie Belle then jumped out of her hiding spot and ran towards Teddiursa.

"Teddi."

"Teddiursa!" She called for her name.

"Ursa?!" Teddiursa gasped as she turned around to see Sweetie Belle here. Her getaway area had been compromised.

"Teddiursa. Do you maybe...like Pokemon Contests?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"Ursa?"

"The way you acted in front of those hats at the last second. You were pretending that they were people watching, right? Is that why you took everypony's hat?"

"Teddi..." The Little Bear Pokemon looked to the ground, kicking the snow with its tiny little feet.

"Don't worry. I'm not mad. Actually, I'm kind of glad."

"Teddiursa?"

"Mhm." She nodded. "I plan to be a great Pokemon Coordinator with all of my Pokemon. And seeing you do all of that by yourself has me excited about what we can do together. What do you say?" Sweetie Belle outstretched her hoof at the Little Bear Pokemon. "Want to participate in Pokemon Contests with us?"

"Piplup?"

"...Teddi...Ursa!" Teddiursa was glad that Sweetie Belle shared her love for Pokemon Contests. And the best part about it was that she was a Coordinator. So it's a win-win scenario actually. She jumped up, placing her paw on the Rarityball. She had finally accepted Sweetie Belle as her trainer.

"Welcome to the team for real this time, Teddiursa!" Sweetie Belle said.

"Great job, Sweetie Belle! Couldn't have done it better myself." Applejack congratulated her as she and Ash picked up their hats. They both ended up wearing the opposite hats, making them realize. "Oh. Sorry." Applejack chuckled as they both swapped hats.

"Now to get all of these back. And a...wig?" Ash picked up all the hats along with Cranky's wig.

"I'll...give that to Cranky." Applejack took the wig.

"My next contest is at Chrysanthemum Island. All the way at Kanto. I can't wait to get started and win my first ribbon!" Sweetie Belle was anticipating this the most. And with another Pokemon on her team who enjoys contests just as much as her, the odds are looking good for her.

The hats had been returned to everypony. Some preferring that nopony else knew that they wore those specific hats, mostly Cranky. That little problem had been sorted out thankfully. And with Teddiursa on Sweetie Belle's side, the expectations for the boundless future of Pokemon continues to grow as the journey continues!



Chapter 177 End!