//------------------------------// // Episode 2- A Frosty Encounter // Story: Pokemon: Canterlot Adventures // by Ctmaley //------------------------------// "Oh my gosh, its a Cyndaquil!" cheered Cherry. "Cynda?" said Cyndaquil, stirring awake. "Pikachu." said Cherry, bringing her out. "Pi." said Pikachu. "Quil." said Cyndaquil, Cyndaquil then sniffed Pikachu. "Okay?" said Rose. "Pika." said Pikachu. "Quil." said Cyndaquil sadly and it rolled itself into a ball. "Pika, pi." said Pikachu, rubbing Cyndaquil's back. "What's going on with Pikachu?" asked Cherry. Pikachu pointed at her pokeball. "Chu." and then at the rock. "Wait, could this Cyndaquil be Amber's?" asked Rose. "Pika, pika pi." said Pikachu. "Rose's right?" asked Cherry and Pikachu nodded her head. "That's terrible of Amber to give up on Cyndaquil." said Rose. Cherry crouched down to Cyndaquil. "Hey Cyndaquil, why don't you come with us?" she said. "Cynda?" said Cyndaquil. "Yeah, you deserve a much better trainer than Amber. I'll probably make mistakes, but I'll never give up on you." said Cyndaquil. Cyndaquil sat up and nodded, Cherry pulled out a pokeball and touched it to Cyndaquil's nose, capturing it. "Cyndaquil has been added to your pokedex." said Cherry's phone. They continued walking to Manhattan, Pikachu jumped on Cherry's shoulder. "Let's see here Cyndaquil, you know Flamethrower, Smokescreen, Swift & Ember & you're a boy." said Cherry "I wonder why Amber got rid of him?" wondered Rose. "Amber must have thought he was weak after our battle." answered Cherry. "Terrible Trainer, to give up on a pokemon after one battle." said Rose. They had reached Manhattan, the city was large and was in between Route 22 & Prism Falls. They got a room together at the pokemon center. They changed into their pajamas and went to sleep. The next morning Rose woke up to the sound of the door opening. She saw Cherry only in a towel. "Morning." said Cherry. "What time is it?" asked Rose. "10 in the morning." answered Cherry. "Alright I'll get up." said Rose. Rose went to get herself a shower, when she came back. Cherry was in a bright blue bikini, Rose blushed at the sight of Cherry. "Whoa." said Rose. "I figured we could go to the beach." said Cherry. "Yeah, I like that." said Rose. Rose changed into a red bikini, which made Cherry blush. Cherry put a pink tank top & blue shorts over her swimsuit & Rose put a blue tank top & pink shorts over her swimsuit. They grabbed their bags, shoes, pokemon & Cherry also grabbed her hat. They stopped in a shop next to the beach and bought a pool inflatable loungers. When they got to the beach the girls took off their tank tops & shorts, putting them in their bags. Boys whistled at them when they saw the two in their swimsuits.  They found a spot and let their Pokemon out, Cyndaquil got nervous when the others went to say hi to him. He ran behind Cherry's leg. Cherry picked him up. "Its okay, they were just saying hi." she said. “They’re your new friends." said Rose. They started building a sandcastle, Cyndaquil sat in Cherry's lap.  "Nido." said Nidoran, looking at the sand castle curiously. Nidoran's front paws glowed and she burrowed into the ground. Causing the sand castle to collapse. "Hoot." said Hoothoot, "Bulba." said Bulbasaur, "Char." said Charmander, the three annoyed with Nidoran. Nidoran poked her head out of the hole. "Nidoran, did you just use dig?" asked Cherry. "Ran." smiled Nidoran. Nidoran burrowed even farther. "Hey, don’t go too far down." said Cherry. "So who are you going to use for your gym battle?" asked Rose. "Ice types are weak to Fire, Rock, Fighting & Steel, so Pikachu, Nidoran & hmmm Cyndaquil?" answered Cherry. "Are you sure Cyndaquil is ready for it?" asked Rose. Cherry looked at the sleeping Cyndaquil. "Well both Bulbasaur & Noctowl are weak to Ice Pokemon." she answered. “Bulbasaur seems the most ready for battle.” said Rose. “I understand, but both Nidoran & Cyndaquil need to get battle experience.” said Cherry. Rose stood up. “Well, do you want to go swimming?” she asked. “What about Charmander? We can’t risk him falling in the water.” said Cherry. “Char?” said Charmander. “What if one of us stays near the shore and he rides on our shoulders, I don’t want to leave him in his pokeball while the others get to be out.” said Rose. “And Butterfree or Noctowl can fly him out of the way if a big wave comes.” said Cherry. The trainers blew up their inflatable pool raft/ride on, their pokemon sat on the raft, Cyndaquil retracted his flame & the trainers held the raft as they walked into the ocean. Rose put on goggles and dived, she saw many pokemon swimming around. Rose was headbutted in her back by a Poliwag. Rose touched Poliwag's head and it smiled, Rose swam to the surface for air. Cherry was resting her arms & head on the raft. “AHHH!” said Cherry when her foot was grabbed, making her pokemon ready to defend their trainer. Rose popped up next to Cherry. “Did I startle you?” Rose asked. “Yes.” answered Cherry. Pikachu was then hit in the back of the head by a water gun. “Pika?” she said, annoyed. “Poli.” said the Poliwag by the back of the raft. “You followed me.” said Rose. “Wag.” smiled Poliwag. “Pika pi.” said Pikachu, annoyed. Poliwag shot water at Pikachu, making the other pokemon laugh. Pikachu jumped into the water after Poliwag. “Pikachu.” said Cherry, pulling her back up. Poliwag jumped on the raft. “Poli.” it said. “Pika.” said Pikachu. “Pikachu, you’ll zap all of us if you attack Poliwag.” said Cherry.  They went back to shore, Poliwag followed them back to their bags. “Do you want to come with us?” asked Rose. “Poli.” Poliwag nodded its head. Rose pulled out a pokeball from her bag & Poliwag shot water at the pokeball. “It wants a battle.” said Cherry. “Mankey, you want to battle?” asked Rose. “Char!” said Charmander, stepping in front of Mankey. “Are you sure?” asked Rose. Charmander blew a tiny ember in response. “Okay, Charmander lets go.” said Rose. Poliwag fired a water gun. “Dodge & use Dragon Pulse!” said Rose. Charmander jumped out of the way and hit Poliwag with a Dragon Pulse, Poliwag quickly got up and hit Charmander with a mudshot. The mud covered Charmander’s eyes. “Poli!” said Poliwag as it fired a water gun hitting Charmander, which washed away from his eyes. “Mander.” groaned Charmander. “Are you okay?” asked Rose. Charmander nodded. “Skull Bash.” said Rose. Charmander launched himself and hit Poliwag in the head, Poliwag was dazed. “Will-o-Wisp.” said Rose. Charmander glowed red and three wisps of purple fire appeared and hit Poliwag, giving it a burn. “Poli!!” groaned Poliwag as the burn hit. “Alright Pokeball!” said Rose, throwing the pokeball, it shook three times and caught Poliwag. “Poliwag’s data has been added to your pokedex.” said Rose’s Phone. Rose let out Poliwag. “Here, eat this.” said Rose, handing Poliwag a Rawst Berry. Poliwag ate the Berry and its burn was cured. “Poli.” smiled Poliwag. Rose grabbed her phone. “Lets see your moves are Water Gun, Mudshot, Icy Wind & Protect and you're a lady.” she said. They spent the next few hours swimming, and at lunch they went back to the beach. They deflated their pool raft, gathered their things & walked to the boardwalk. They ate lunch, then later dinner that night and the next morning they changed into their regular outfits and went to the Manhattan Gym. “Hello.” said Rarity, Rarity had purple hair, white skin, blue eyes. She wore a white shirt, blue pants & black shoes. “My name’s Cherry Blossom from Canterlot & I would like to challenge you to a gym battle.” said Cherry. “Alright.” smiled Rarity. Rose sat in the stands, a female ref who had red hair, orange skin, green eyes & she wore a green shirt, black pants & black shoes walked to the side of the gym field. “The Gym Battle between Manhattan Gym Leader Rarity & the Challenger Cherry from Canterlot will be a 3 v 3 battle with only the Challenger allowed to make substitutions.” said the Ref. “Sandshrew!.” said Rarity, bringing the pokemon out. “What?” said Rose, confused. Rarity’s Sandshrew was an Ice/Steel form one. “Cyndaquil!” said Cherry, bringing her out. “Ready? Begin!” said the Ref. “Cyndaquil, Flamethrower!” said Cherry. “Rock Slide!” said Rarity. The Flamethrower clashed with the falling rocks of the rock slide and caused an explosion. “Brick Break!” said Rarity. Sandshrew leaped from behind one of the rocks and hit Cyndaquil on the top of his head. “Are you okay?” asked Cherry. “Cynda.” said Cyndaquil, standing up. “Smokescreen!” said Cherry. Cyndaquil made a black smokescreen, covering the field. “Flamethrower!” said Cherry. A Flamethrower was launched out of the smoke and hit Sandshrew in the face, knocking the ice/steel type down. “Ice Spinner!” said Rarity. Sandshrew spun around like a tornado, ice coming off it and the ice/steel Pokemon hit one of the rocks into the smoke but Cyndaquil dodged. “Flamethrower!” said Cherry. Cyndaquil jumped out of the smoke. “Iron head!” said Rarity. Sandshrew’s body was covered in a steel color shine, but was hit in the face by the flamethrower, but it still was able to launch itself and hit Cyndaquil into the ground. The smoke cleared and Sandshrew was on the ground and Cyndaquil was struggling to stand. “Sandshrew is unable to battle!” said the ref. Rarity recalled Sandshrew. “Good job Sandshrew.” he said. “You did awesome Cyndaquil.” said Cherry, before recalling him to his ball. “Spheal!” said Rarity, bringing out the pokemon. “Nidoran.” said Cherry. “Water Pulse.” said Rarity  “Dodge & poison sting!” said Cherry. Nidoran dodge and hit Spheal with the poison sting, Spheal then flashed purple. “Dang it.” Rarity said, annoyed. “Water Pulse” said Rarity.  The Water Pulse then hit Nidoran, Spheal’s health was drained by the poison. “Poison sting.” said Cherry. Nidoran was able to once again hit Spheal with a poison sting. “Ice Beam!” said Rarity. “Dig to dodge.” said Cherry. Nidoran dug underground to dodge, Spheal was waiting for Nidoran to come back up. The poison had drained more health from Spheal. “Fire a Water Pulse into the hole!” Rarity said. Spheal did so, the Water Pulse pushed out Nidoran and the poison type landed hard onto the ground, making her faint. Then the poison drained the last of Spheal’s heath making it faint too. “Both Nidoran & Spheal are unable to battle.” said the ref. “My final pokemon is Vulpix!” said Rarity, bringing out Ice Form Vulpix. “Mine’s Bulbasaur.” said Cherry. “What?” said Rose. “Sludge Bomb!” said Cherry. “Now Ice Beam!” said Rarity. The Ice Beam collided with the Sludge Bomb, making an explosion.  “Vine Whip.” said Cherry. Bulbasaur reached out of the smoke and smacked Vulpix and then grabbed the fox pokemon. “Ice Beam.” said Rarity. Vulpix hit Bulbasaur square in the head with the Ice Beam, Bulbasaur still managed to hang onto Vulpix. “Sludge Bomb.” said Cherry. Bulbasaur fired two Sludge bombs in Vulpix’s face, Poisoning the Ice type. “Extrasensory.” said Rarity. Vulpix’s eyes glowed pink and it grabbed Bulbasaur with a pink aura throwing the grass type to the ground. “Bulbasaur!” said Cherry. Bulbasaur then started glowing & she evolved into Ivysaur. “Ivy!” said Ivysaur. “Ivysaur, the seed Pokemon, When the bud on its back starts swelling, a sweet aroma wafts to indicate the flower's coming bloom.” said Cherry’s phone. “Ivysaur Giga Drain!” said Cherry. “Vulpix, Ice Beam.” said Rarity. Before Vulpix could fire the Ice Beam, Ivysaur started absorbing the health of Vulpix. “Pix!” groaned Vulpix. After Ivysaur was done, she let Vulpix go and the poison finished off the Ice type. “Vulpix is unable to battle, the winner is Cherry Blossom from Canterlot.” said the Ref. “Yeah!” cheered Cherry, hugging Ivysaur. “You did it.” said Rose, coming down from the stands. “Congrats.” said Rarity. “Thank you.” said Cherry. “Here for winning, your prize is the Blizzard Badge.” said Rarity. The Blizzard badge is a blue snowflake. “One down, seven to go.” said Rose. “Next stop, San Pontonio.” said Cherry.