//------------------------------// // 2: Sweetie's Partner // Story: Pokemon Coordinator Rarity // by deleted account DNB //------------------------------// It was the next morning. Young Belle was up bright and early getting breakfast ready for everyone. She made toast, and some Moomoo Milk. She even set the table. Her parents along with Rarity came down the stairs still in their pajamas. "What is all this?," asked Belle's dad. Sweetie answered, "Breakfast. I decided to make it for you guys since you are taking me to get my own Pokemon. Now eat up guys!" The family ate their morning meal and then headed out to the lab. After a 15 minute drive, the group parked the car in front of the lab. The sisters then saw Rainbow and her sister Scootaloo, and Bloom with her older sister Applejack. Sweetie quickly got out of the car and ran to her friends. "What are you girls doing here?" asked Belle. Scootaloo answered "You thought we WEREN'T going to be here when you got your partner. You don't know us well enough Belle!" "Yea. What she said.," added Apple Bloom. Rarity walked up to Rainbow and AJ with Diamond and Opal following close behind. Applejack had her mightyena Winona with her, and Rainbow had her squirtle Tank in her arms. "How's going Rarity? I'm sure your mighty excited for your big trip to Sinnoh huh?," asked AJ. Rarity responded "I'm doing well thank you. I'm a bit apprehensive about my journey though." "How come?," said Rainbow as she let Tank go and greet Rarity's pokemon. "Well.....I'm just nervous about Sweetie slowing me down and getting in the way." she whispered to her friends. "Oh." said the two friends. Applejack came next to Rarity put her hand on her shoulder. AJ then said,"Listen Rarity. I can can completely get why you are feeling this way. It's a natural feelin. You are ready to go on your own and go on your own journey with your pokemon pals. You don't want some other people being there with ya, but that's the beauty of going on a journey. When I was about Bloom's age, I went on a long journey with my brother Mac through our home region, and what an experience it was. I got to meet new people, see amazin battles, and meet really cool pokemon that I had never seen before. That was one of the best times I have ever experienced in my whole life, and I was glad my big brother allowed me to share it with him. Do you see what I'm gettin at sugar cube?" "I think so. This is a chance for Sweetie Belle to grow and have a good time seeing new people places, and of course pokemon. It may not be the journey I envisioned in my mind, yet I know that we will just have the most fabulous time. Thanks for helping me Applejack. I'm so glad that you are my friend." The two hugged, and Rainbow stuck her tongue out, and pointed her finger in her mouth. "Don't mention Rarity. Now, let's head inside. I'm sure the professors are waiting for us. " The grouped walked into the laboratory. It seemed more like an office building since there was a front desk, and even a siting area. Rarity rang the bell on the desk. "I'll be right with you.," said a voice that was coming from under the desk. Then a purple haired girl with streaks of pink in her hair came from behind the desk. She then said,"Oh.You must be the Mclane family here to see the professors. Am I correct?" Rarity then said "Yes you are dear. Now I'm Rarity, and this is my little sister Belle. She is the lucky girl getting her pokemon today." "Oh that's wonderful. You know I got my first pokemon from Professor Rowan in the Sinnoh region when I was your age. Speaking of which, has any of you seen a gible around here?" The group shook their heads. "Has your gible gone missing sugar cube?," asked AJ. The girl answered "Oh of course not. He is probably just hiding around here somewhere. Spike seems to enjoy doing that while I'm working. Knowing him, he must be with Dawn and Dusk." "Who are Dawn and Dusk?," asked Scoot. "They are my boss’s pokemon. Almost forgot about your visit. Please follow me to the outdoor pokemon observatory." The group was now walking through the narrow hallway. Rainbow then decided to ask,"So what exactly do you do here?" The girl replied, "Well we here at the lab mainly are focused on the study of branching evolution of pokemon." "What's branching evolution?," asked Scootaloo. "Well it's when a pokemon can evolve into at least 2 different pokemon for it's final evolution. An easy example would be um....Kirlia. A male or female kirlia can evolve into gardevoir, but only the male can evolve into gallade if a dawn stone is used on them. Does that answer your question?" "Sorta. It's still kinda confusing, but thanks for explaining it to me miss....? Oh we never got your name." "My names Twilight. Twilight Sparkle. I'm an apprentice of the sisters who run this place. I wish to become a scientist in the field of pokemon evolution like they are. It's a dream that I am reaching with them passing knowledge onto me." Sweetie then said,"Wow! That's a cool dream. Rarity here dreams to become top coordinator of the Sinnoh region! We are actually heading there to start OUR journey tomorrow. Isn't that right sis?" "Um......yes......that's right Sweetie Belle." Twilight then said,"That's very cool. I wish I could go on a journey, but my dream and studies come fist. Alright we are about to enter the observatory. There are 3 simple rules while being in here. Number 1: no flash photography. We don't want to disturb the pokemon. Number 2: Do not touch the pokemon unless given permission to do so. Finally, number 3: please make sure not to interrupt any tests the sisters may taking when in there. If they are busy, I'll give you a quick tour around, and then introduce you. Sound good to everyone?" "Yes." replied the group. "PSP..Rainbow Dash" "Yea sis?" "This girl is a pretty big egghead isn't she?" "Yep. Now make sure to follow those rules unless you want to in trouble by miss....CHUCKLE.... egghead over there." The two started to laugh hard. The group turned around to see where the noise was coming from. Twilight then came over to them and said "What's so funny about eggheads?" The two then laughed even harder. "SIGH.. I'm sorry about those two." said Applejack. "They have a weird sense of humor. Let's just leave um for a while, and head outside." Twilight then said "Sounds good. Now everybody follow me. Oh, and Rarity..." "Yes Twilight." "You might want to put your pokemon in their pokeballs. They may scare of the babies in there, especially the dragon types." "It's no trouble at all. Opal return and Diamond return now!" The two pokemon where in their balls, and the pokeballs were put in rarity's pocket. The group then went outside. "Hey! Wait for us!" shouted Scootaloo. The two quickly ran outside. The group was amazed at just how big and open the observatory was. Pokemon were residing in their environments as if it was their natural ones. Many pokemon were here with all different shapes and sizes. Sweetie Belle was taking it all in, and amazed at the variety of pokemon she could pick for her partner. "This is so cool!" said Rainbow. "It is isn't it? Oh. If you look to the left you'll find my bosses. They are working on an evolutionary experiment using gloom. They are going to make them evolve at the same time!" "Wow!" the group said in amazement. "Are we ready to start the test Luna?" asked her sister. "Yes as ready as it will ever be. Everything is ready to record any data." "Good. Now, let us begin." The scientists in lab coats each with having a different stone in their hands made contact with the gloom. Once the stone touched them, they both started glowing. "Plum Shanks, those gloom are evolvin.," AJ commented. The two gloom glowed, and once the light faded there were two different pokemon: one Vileplume and one Bellossom. "Sister, look at all the data we got," said Luna looking at the screen. Celestia then said,"We will examine it.....after we tend to our guests." "Guests?" Luna looked over to see the group. The sisters then walked over to greet them. "Hello to all of you. I am Professor Celestia head of this laboratory." "And I am Luna. Co-head of this place. So who's the lucky one meeting their partner pokemon today?" Sweetie Belle stepped forward. Celestia then said "What is your name child?" "I'm Belle, but you can call me Sweetie Belle. So when do I get to get my pokemon?" Luna then said, "You must be mistaken .Here we don't just GIVE you a pokemon. The pokemon must choose YOU. That's how your sister and her friends got found their right partners. Isn't that right ladies?" AJ then said, "You bet it is, and I would not have wanted it any other way." "Indeed." added Rarity. "Ok. I sort of understand, but how do I FIND my partner?," Sweetie asked. Luna then said,"You will know child. Trust us. Now, to take you a tour around the observatory which I am sure your partner will be. Wait a minute! Sister have you seen Dusk and or Dawn?" "No." her sister replied. "They must be around here somewhere. We will run into them eventually on the tour. Now, if you please follow me." The group then started to take the tour, and where heading to the main section of the area. Twilight then quickly said, "Professor." "Yes Twilight." answered Celestia. "I can't find Spike either." "Oh dear. I suspect that they are around here somewhere.I know Dawn and Dusk won't let him get out of the property. So don't worry my student." "Thanks for reassuring me Celestia." She smiled at her student. Celestia then unlocked a door, and they went inside it. "What is this place?," asked Bloom. "This is one of the most important parts of our laboratory. This is our nursery. If you look over here you can see the room for the most important pokemon that we research." explained Luna. They looked into a room with tons of young eevees playing with each other. Belle, Bloom, and Scootaloo were amazed at just how cute the babies were. "Those eevees sure are pretty cute arn't they gals?" asked Bloom. They replied,"Yeaaaaaaaaa." Sweetie then noticed one pokemon that was in the corner of the room. She noticed it seemed to be sad, and then decided to go and enter the room. "Sweetie? What are you doing honey?" said Belle's mom. "You don't have permission to be in there!" said Twilight. Twilight was about to run in after her when Celestia grabbed her lab coat. "Huh?" said Twilight. "Let her go in there Twilight." "But why? She could....." "Do what harm the babies? Try to steam them? Well...." "No... You never let ME in there with them so, why can she teacher?" "Because I sense that she was meant to go in there. Do you understand what I have said Twilight Sparkle?" Twilight paused, and thought about her teacher’s words. She then said,"Yes. I do. Everyone just watch." The whole group stared into room to watch Sweetie Belle. The young Belle walked in the room, and all of the baby pokemon surrounded her. They were so cute, and looked so happy. Sweetie knew however, that she had to see the one in the corner. She walked up to it. "Hello." Belle said softly. "Are you alright little eevee?" The pokemon's ears went up, and noticed that someone was speaking to it. The eevee then turned to Belle. Belle then immediately noticed the scar that was over the baby's left eye. "Wow. What happened to you little precious?" She reached out her hand a bit, but the pokemon got scared and ran into the little house behind it. Sweetie then went on her knees, and slowly approached the house. "I think we should give Sweetie some alone time. Come along everyone, let's explore the rest of the nursery." said Luna. The grouped walked away except for Rarity. She just watched her sister interacting with the scared eevee for a second, and smiled. The girl then walked with the rest of the group. Back in the nursery, Sweetie was looking at the small pokemon. She could see that it was scared of people, and maybe that's where the scar came from. Sweetie then tries to pet the eevee. It then bundled up out of fright. She whispered,"It's ok. Everything's absolutely fine. I am NOT going to hurt you. Please just come out. I swear I won't hurt you." Slowly, the baby came out and walked in front of Belle. "That's it. Good job. Hmm...let's see I wonder what gender you are little cutie." She then noticed the collar, and checked the tag on it. "Ava? Huh? I guess your a girl. Is that right Ava?" Ava's fluffy tail was wagging rapidly. "I guess that means yes. Wow, you have a really cute name. I like it. I just wonder what horrible thing happened to you Ava?" Ava's ears dropped, and started to cry a bit. Sweetie then picked up the baby and hugged her. Ava was surprised that she did this to her. She then closed her little eyes, and smiled while saying "Eeeeeeeve! Eevee!" "Wow! That sure cheered you up Ava. I'm glad to hear that. You know when I saw you in the corner, I just uh felt something, and I HAD to see you. Did you get a similar feeling once you met me?" Ava nodded slowly. "Well....Huh! Wow! I think I've found my partner! Ava, would you like to be my partner?" Ava looked confused, and twisted her head. Sweetie then continued on talking, "Let me explain. You'll be MY pokemon, and together we will help each other grow stronger. I will be there for YOU always, and I would never hurt you EVER. We can see the entire pokemon world as a team. So how does that sound Ava?" Ava wagged her tail, and nodded rapidly. She smiled at Belle. Sweetie then decided to catch up with the others, and Ava followed close behind her.