It was sunrise when I awake to the sound of growling. I slowly and carefully turn to look around the tent to to be surprised to see both Sammy and the pup gone. “Where are they?” I muse to myself agitated thinking of the danger outside but I get my answer as I hear the growling again and look out the tent to see Sammy and the Poochyena doing what I suppose is sparring. “Sam, What are you doing sparring with her? She’s still young and must be tired”.
Sam turns to me and gives a cheeky smile. “She insisted to. Good thing she doesn't know any dark type moves yet or i’d be screwed”. I see the pup coming around to attack her with a tackle but misses as the Ralts dodges easily even in her small form. “Her moves are too sloppy so we are sparring to make her and I better”. Again just barely dodging a tackle.
“Well, I won’t keep you then, just be careful okay?”
“Sure Rob, If only she could actually touch me...ooph”. Her talking to me was all the distraction she needed to be caught unaware and the pup to get a successful tackle making the Ralts stumble. She looks towards the pup with a stare so hard it makes the pup cower sheepishly. At that moment she starts to glow. I know exactly what’s going on and stare with rapt attention as her form changes. She is evolving. Her body got bigger and her legs and arms too. Her bowl top head turns into bangs and her child like dress turns into a skirt. When the changes stops she isn't Ralts anymore she is a Kirlia. I stare in amazement at her new form, mouth dropped. That is all I can do. I just stand and stare.
“Sam, how have you changed now? I didn't know you were ready yet”.
She looks down at her new appearance and smiles not one of those devilish ones that she used to make more along the lines of a happy one. At that moment I felt happy for her, I don't know where it came from but I suppose it has to do with her. I look towards the poor Poochyena that I picked up last night and see her scared out of her mind. I head over and pick her up breaking her out of the trance she was in and she smooches into my chest while carrying her back toward the tent to wait for breakfast. It is not long before the smells of breakfast are wafting all through the clearing making all our mouths water. After our quick breakfast we pack away everything quickly now with the extra help of Poochyena.
“Poochyena, I need to ask something?” The Poochyena hears me and comes over, “I’ll also need you too Sam, as a translator of course”. Sam, comes over grumbling cutely under her breath. “Now Poochyena, here is the important question for you. Do you want to stay? and if so you'll also need a name” at this the pups ears perk up inquisitively and starts saying things I don't understand but thanks to Sam, I don’t need to worry.
“She says she’d love to stay but she has no name for she was rejected at birth so she was never named, she’d love if you had a name for her”.
“How about Pup, i’ve been using that a lot since I found you, how about that?” at that I get a resigned nod.
“She says that it’ll do fine but she thought another name may be better”. Sam chats with the pup for another minute and continues “She was rather liking the name Bane after her mother”
“Well then Bane it is. Actually that name sounds pretty cool. Imagine, the all powerful Bane the Mightyena when she evolves”. I am snapped out of my daydreaming by having a stick thrown at my head from Sam causing me to scowl at her. “Well lets get going, I never really liked the forest anyways”.
With that I picked up Bane and Sam jumped up and sat on my shoulder. I have no idea why I didn’t use the balls, I think I just rather carrying them with me, well until I get to many to carry. We walked through that forest for a good hour before we found the opening again which opened out on the ocean. “God dammit we went the wrong way. How did we go wrong like that. I know I never had a compass with me so I couldn't check our heading”. At this my pokemon look at me strangely. “Don’t look at me like that, it makes me feel uncomfortable. You know what you’re all walking now”. I put down the pokemon and stretch after carrying them for a good hour. “Ah, that feels good”. I look into the near distance and see a boat going by, I raise my arms into the air and call it over and since a lot of people here are nice the boat pulls up beside us.
“Good luck on our part that a ship was nearby aye”.
“Yeah, Really lucky”. I got in response from Sam and a gruff bark from Bane.
“Oh come on guys, at least we have a ship down to Dewford Town, I hear there are some pretty good pokemon there”. “Have some more enthusiasm for our situation”. “We’ll get you some new friends, Battle for more level and..” For all my rambling I get smacked over the head by Sam. “Oh come on Sam!”
Before long our trip comes to an end my stopping at Dewford Town, we hop off the boat and have a look around, it’s a very small town, but the real reason we were here was for the pokemon in the cave: Abra, zubat, aron etc.
“Well I feel like getting my hands on an Abra and a Mawile today, What you guys think?” I look behind me and notice that they disappeared. I turn a full circle and head back in town think they went to the shops. “Aww, that’s right! I neglected to get Sam her sweets, Bugger. She’ll probably be in the pokemart”.
As I expected I found her sitting outside with Bane just staring inside at all the chocolate and sweets. Sams fixated staring and Banes puppy dog eyes was just adorable. I couldn’t stand it any longer so I headed over to where they were sitting. “Sam. Bane, why did you take off like that without asking?”
“I saw the sweets in the window and wanted to get some but as I got here I remembered that I had no money so I waited knowing that you’d find me here”. Sam listens to Bane for a moment “Oh yeah and Bane says sorry”.
“That is OK. Seeing you unharmed is all that matters. Lets get to that cave so we can get more friends for you after I get you some treats seeing as I forgot back home”.
Meanwhile back in Equestria
“I almost have it.. just a few more algorithms and my experiment will be complete. muahahahahah. *hack-hack* Oh Celestia, I gotta stop with the evil laughs”. Twilight says, “Spike have you gotten everything I need for the ritual tomorrow?!”
“Not yet but I will nearly. Just gotta find the right candles for the spell and some hydra poison. Why do we need Hydra poison?” Spike calls back.
“It’s needed as a barrier for traversing the void between dimensions. It works as a protection if you will”.
“Alright then”.
Back with the gang in Hoenn
“How about we get you some, I have more than enough for it”.
“YAAAAAAAY!” Sams yell of happyness draws the attention of the town folk causing her to grin sheepishly. All I get from Bane is an excited bark.
“Well come on if you want anything”. I state happily as I open the the doors to the pokemart, we all instantly head for the section with all the sweets and let Sam chooses out a bag full of chocolate of varying flavours. - who knows when she may get more - while Bane just stands by my side, waiting. With all the treats chosen I paid for them and we left. Heading straight for the cave on the northern edge of the island.
(What will be in store next time for our little team and when will they end up in Equestria? Who knows. Tune in next time for more!)