Welcome to the Wendy's City

[Catilena1890]

You can always count on the North Wind to get you where you needed to be! It felt like it only took a few seconds for Ranny to get the girls from the middle of Route 801 to the front of the Gustella Town pokemon center. After dismounting, the girls stepped back and thanked Ranny profusely for the ride, and the Suicune turned to Aunia sternly.

"Suicune, Sui cune cune cune." I`m not going to be carrying you the whole journey. Find your own way now. She said, giving one final nod to the trainers before bounding away, most likely to her home. Celeste turned and headed right into the center, gesturing for her new friends to follow. They rushed into the pokemon center and bumped right into a blissy, who looked very happy. Celeste pulled out her Pokedex and scanned it.


"Blissey, the Happiness Pokemon. This kindhearted Pokémon nurses sick Pokémon back to health. Eating one of its eggs is said to promote good health." It said. Celeste smiled and recalled Pendra, holding out her three pokeballs.

"Will you take my pokemon for me please? They got really hurt out in the field. I`m worried about them." She asked. The Blissey smiled and turned around summoning a chansey with a cart. She pushed the cart over and took the pokeballs from Celeste and put them on the cart, wheeling it away. The Blissey turned back to Celeste and gripped the sides of her egg.

"Blissey." She sang, asking to see the egg. Celeste was reluctant to part with her egg after everything she went through, but a red-haired woman appeared behind the pokemon with a smile.

"My name is Nurse Joy. Blissey just wants to check and make sure it's healthy. No one knows eggs like a Blissey, she`ll take good care of it. We`ll get it and your pokemon back to you as soon as we can." She promised. Celeste nodded and reluctantly let Blissey take the egg. Nurse Joy looked as the other girls stepped inside and she smiled at them.

"Welcome! If you give your pokemon to Chansey here we`ll make them all better. Your eggs look like they need caring as well." She said to them as two chansey came up wheeling carts.

[Bayhound]

Sawyer patted Ranny's flank after sliding down her back and landing on the ground, still somewhat unbelieving of how much she'd been interacting with pokemon of legend, let alone a Suicune. Even though she had no idea what the aurora pokemon said, her narrowed eyes and deep tone were signal enough that this would probably be the last time she'd be helping them for a while. The girl waved when she left, as did Luca, and then turned to silently follow Celeste and Lesa into the Pokemon Center.

This... was probably the first one she'd ever been to, honestly. Before her journey she hadn't ever truly entered a city, even though she lived not too far away from Blizzara, and she'd never been with her mother or father when they took Nubby to the icy town's Center to get healed every now and then. So everything she saw and heard she took in stride, fingers rubbing the black egg in her hands softly. When Blissey began taking the ropes and chimed when asking for Celeste's egg, she had to admit that it was... rather adorable. And were those Chansey wearing nurse hats? Sawyer shivered and tried to shove the cuteness factor away, smiling when Nurse Joy arrived and giving her a solemn nod. She whipped out her Pokedex and scanned the other pink pokemon before recalling Luca and setting her pokeballs on one of the carts.

"Chansey, the Egg Pokémon, and the evolved form of Happiny. Chansey is a kind Pokémon who shares its egg with those who are sick or injured."

"Am.. I supposed to wait for Blissey to get done, or give my egg to Chansey?" she asked, holding firm to the oval and not quite ready to give it up so easily.

[Basile]

She still couldn't get over it. She was on the back of a suicune. Honestly. A suicune. Lesa could die happy now. No really, she could. And to top things off, that suicune? Yeah, it was speaking to her eevee. Said eevee glanced up at her trainer. "She says she won't carry us anymore, and that we are on our own now," the little brown ball of fluff translated before relaxing back into Lesa's arms. The girl simply nodded. That mad sense. After all, Ranny did have other things to do. Surely ferrying pokemon eggs was not her only job.

There was little time to think about that, though. She could feel Aunia trembling in her arms from her recent battle, and so she turned and quickly moved into the Center behind Celeste. Unlike the others, she had grown up around battlers and coordinators, and so this was not her first trip into one of these places. Lesa simply smiled at the blissy as she took Celeste's pokemon, turning to one of the chansey. Instead of recalling Aunia, she gently set the little eevee on the cart with her pokeball next to her, placing Kale's there as well, and then settling her egg between them. Aunia immediately curled around the blue egg, and Lesa couldn't help an affectionate pat.

"Please take good care of them. They've had a rough day," the girl said to the pokemon, before turning to the others. "Your eggs will be safe here. Nurse Joy is as trustworthy as they come." That reminded her. The breeder in training turned to Nurse Joy. "Do you happen to know if Officer Jenny is around? There are some things going on in the route between here and Dusk Town she should probably know about."

[Catilena1890]

(Lesa's event only, no outside interference. The pokemon obtained MUST be the pokemon used.)

Nurse Joy turned to Lesa and frowned, shaking her head.

"Unfortunately, Gustella Town does not have an Officer Jenny. Our town is so small and quiet we don't really need a police force. What kind of strange things?" She asked. Celeste's eyes narrowed as she recalled the events, and she piped in the info herself.

"There were these creeps in the woods! They killed legendary pokemon and tried to steal those eggs!" She exclaimed, startling the pokemon doctor. Nurse Joy put her fingers to her mouth as her eyes widened from the shock of this information, and she turned to walk back to the front desk.

"Oh my, oh my, oh my." She muttered as she went behind the desk, grabbing the video phone. She dialed the number she wanted and waited as it rang, relieved when the person she called picked up.

"Gustella Gym, Wendy Speaking. Ohai Joy! Need Pidgeot to make another run for you?" She asked. Nurse Joy shook her head and gripped the receiver tight.

"I need you to come over here right away! There's been another incident, and this time there are witnesses!" She told her friend. Wendy's eyes widened as she hung up the phone, presumably to come to the center. The pokemon doctor then turned to the girls and gave a warm smile.

"You are not the only ones who have had trouble, our wards are pressed today because people have been coming in with pokemon in critical condition. Usually this happens at night and no one has been able to identify attackers, only that they are hunting legendary pokemon and their eggs. Please stay inside the pokemon center until we are sure you are safe. I offer you free meals and rooms if you agree." She said. Celeste's eyes sparkled at the words "Free" and "Food", and had no qualms with staying put. She turned to her friends and smiled.

"I am kinda hungry. Let's go get something to eat. I wanna talk about what happened." She said as she marched right over to the cafeteria. Celeste sat at one of the booths and put her hands together in front of her, suddenly solemn.

"It worries me that we aren't the first to deal with these guys. And it makes me even more sad to hear that they are just taking the lives of pokemon needlessly. What are we going to do?" She asked as she got up to grab a plate of dumplings and set it on the table, munching it slowly.

Not long after, a tall woman entered the cafeteria. In her tawny jacket and blue jeans, this woman looked fairly serious, yet somewhat laid back. She eyed the room until she spotted the girls and smiled, walking over to the table trailed by a large bird. She turned to sit and tapped Celeste's shoulders.

"Scooch please." She asked, sitting when Celeste obeyed. The woman helped herself to some of their dumplings and took a few bites, swallowing before clearing her throat to address them.

"Hello there everyone. My name is Wendy, Queen of the Clouds, and I am this town's Gym leader. This here is my pal, Pidgeot. Care to tell us what you saw before you came here?" She asked, looking around at the girls.

Before anyone could answer her though, Pidgeot screeched and jumped on the table, shocking all the patrons. Wendy looked out the window and her eyes widened. She grabbed Celeste's collar and shoved her under the table, taking a deep breath.

"DUCK AND COVER EVERYONE! PIDGEOT HELP!" She screamed. Pidgeot helped Sawyer and and Lesa under the table as well, and everyone scrambled to get to safety. When the last person was covered, the whole building shook and a large form tore through the side of the building, knocking glass everywhere. As Wendy and Celeste's group got out from under the table, their jaws were almost touching the floor at the form in front of them. With it's shaggy brown fur and wispy ash mane, the Entei in the building truly looked magnificent. At least, it would if it didn't look absolutely enraged. It looked around until it saw Lesa and roared fiercely at her.

"Ennnnnnnnn!!!" It screamed, and it raised its head, throwing a crimson rope in her direction. Wendy gritted her teeth and clenched her fists.

"Slowpoke tails! Pidgeot! Protect!" She called, and the large bird flew in front of Lesa, crossing her wings and forming a green barrier. However, the bird was no match for Entei as the flames pierced through, knocking Pidgeot outside. Entei flew at high speeds towards Lesa, leaping up only to be knocked back by a dark form. From the cafeteria entrance, brave little Aunia stood strong, Kale behind her with Lesa's mystery egg. Aunia stood her ground as she looked at Kale.

"Get that to Lesa, hurry! Come on you overgrown zigzagoon! Let's see how big you are fighting someone who can fight back!" She taunted as Kale rolled the egg to Lesa. Entei roared defiance at Aunia and sent another flamethrower her way. The brave little Eevee dodged to the right, narrowly escaping the intense attack.

Meanwhile, kale had gotten the blue egg back to Lesa, and the breeder bent down to pick it up, wanting to protect it. As she held it she shook visibly. An Entei! She didn't know if she should be excited or terrified--wait a second. That shaking, it wasn't her. She looked down at the egg in her arms and saw the egg wobbling. It gathered energy from around it, growing to an immense size, soon falling out of Lesa's grip. When the egg gathered enough energy and was up to the girls chest, it began to crack and wobble some more. The cracks spread all over the egg and it shattered, leaving an awkward yet powerful pokemon in its place.

"Sui?" The baby Suicune cooed, waving its legs in the air as it struggled on its back. It looked at Lesa with big eyes and tilted it's head as best as it could while laying on the floor.

"Suicune?" Mama? It said, oblivious to the battle going on behind it.

Pokemon Encountered:



Level: 30
Ability: Pressure
Moves: Flamethrower, Stomp
Hit Points: 20/20

Pokemon Obtained:

Lesa


Pokemon Name: Suicune
Gender: Male
Pokemon Personality: Curious, cuddly, a bit clumsy
Pokemon Ability: Pressure
Pokemon Health: 35/35
Pokemon Level: 5
Move Roster: Bite, Leer, Water Gun

[Bayhound]

Finding herself listening to the breeder again in awe, Sawyer shook her head. Bah! Officer Jenny.. why hadn't she or Celeste thought about that? Maybe they were too preoccupied thinking about the situation altogether. Lesa had a good head on her shoulders for sure - if Celeste wasn't going to ask her to join their little group, then she surely would. Nodding she placed her pokeballs and the black egg upon the cart, very hesitant about letting them go. But... if she wanted them to stay healthy, it was for the best.

Soon she found herself being pulled along to the cafeteria, sliding into the booth opposite the dark-haired girl, Lesa slipping beside her. Good Arceus, how much did that girl move around? She'd only just noticed how high-strung and proactive the coordinator was, not that it was a bad thing. Sawyer propped her head on her palm and opened her mouth to say something, only to have a mysterious woman order her friend aside and then start blabbering on about--oh! That was the Gym Leader? Smirking, Sawyer looked Wendy up and down, about to say something else until yet another distraction interrupted her and she was half shoved, half dashing under a table on her own accord.

HOLY--!! The girl knew that legendaries were more common in Varaia than any other region, but was that a Entei?! With each creature she saw she was getting closer to one of her favorite legends of legend. Heh... that was funny. Legends of legend. Clearing her head, she swallowed down a lump in her throat and leaped out of the booth, gasping when the blue egg they'd just found hatched into a Suicune. Lesa was going to flip! Sawyer didn't want to hide behind the Pidgeot, but what else was she to do without her pokemon?

"Maybe your Eevee could translate and help this whole mess!" she exclaimed, eyes wide with excitement.

[Basile]

Lesa's brows drew together at the news that this town didn't have an Officer Jenny. She had thought that all towns, no matter how small, had an officer in them. And this one had a Gym! So why was there no Jenny? It made no sense to her. Ah, well. Who was she to dictate the ways of the government? Not that she had long to dwell on such things, as within the next few seconds Celeste had spilled out an abbreviated version of their story, and the nurse was now fidgeting and fretting and running back to a video phone. The short conversation that followed both distressed and intrigued the young breeder in training. So there had been more incidents such as theirs, but theirs was the first to have happened in the daylight. There was no telling how many mothers had died for the sake of their eggs.

The girl sighed and shook her head, though she nodded her thanks to Nurse Joy for the room and board before following Celeste and Sawyer over to the cafeteria. Much like Sawyer, Lesa was astounded by how much energy the girl had, watching as she bounced from sad to hungry, moving to get food and back to her seat in the blink of an eye. And then just as suddenly, there was another person with them. She could have been related to Celeste, what with the energy she exuded with every motion, simply plopping down and snatching up a dumpling.

Upon hearing that this woman was in fact the Gym Leader of this town, Lesa couldn't supress her grin. Wonderful! So she wouldn't have to seek the woman out. Maybe she'd give her the riddle to the breeding center, right here in the cafeteria! "It's nice to meet you, Wendy," she began. "My name is Lesa. As it happens, you were the one I was coming here to see. I'm a breeder, you see, and I was wondering if ---"

But she never got to ask for the riddle to the breeding center.

For just then, a commotion erupted around her, pidgeot jumping on the table and screeching, Celeste being pushed under the table, and Wendy yelling to duck and cover. Her body acted on instinct instead of conscious thought, and she tossed herself onto the floor, huddling beneath the table with Celeste and Sawyer, not that there was enough room for the three of them under there. Lesa's body was half sticking out from their cover when the building rocked, rubble and debris filling the air, and a large form standing in the midst of the chaos. It looked around, roaring in rage, swiveling until it's attention landed right on... her.

Of course.

But what had she ever done to garner the wrath of this ferocious Entei?! It wasn't about to give her the time to ask, for as soon as it laid eyes upon her, the fire dog opened it's mouth, a ball of flame forming between it's jaws. Well. That was it, she thought, watching what was happening with an odd sort of detachment. She was about to be burned alive by an entei, for who knew why. There was no way she could survive that sort of heat. Her only hope was that she would not suffer in the blaze. Though she felt bad for Celeste and Sawyer, she hoped that the Gym Leader or perhaps the Blissy and Chansey from the Pokemon Center would step in before he could turn his rage on anyone else.

The entei through back his head, launching the flames at her, and she watched it move forward, her detachment making it seem as if the attack was in slow motion. Just as it was about to engulf her, pidgeot jumped in front of them, deflecting the attack at it's own expense. A few more precious seconds of life snatched out of the jaws of certain doom. Not enough though, for the entei simply roared again, and jumped forward, intent on shredding her to pieces with it's claws if it could not burn her alive.

Once again, however, her life was blessedly saved. This time by her own little Aunia, the eevee using her own weight to knock the fire dog off balance. What a brave companion! Though Lesa knew that she stood no chance without the sudden surprise attack on her side. Oh, how she hopped her little ones found a home with someone kind after she was dead. Another roar drowned out the words that Aunia yelled to the cyndaquil beside her, but in a moment Kale was rolling her the blue egg she had found not long before. The breeder scooped both egg and cyndaquil up into her arms and huddled them protectively. Now she trembled though, for she did not want these two to suffer her fate just because of their proximity to her. She looked down sadly...

And saw the egg glowing brightly, growing larger, and larger, and larger. Soon she could no longer hold the thing, and it fell from her arms onto the floor, where it continued to gather the energy around it until finally the thing exploded. Lesa shielded her eyes from the flying shards, then slowly moved to look at what was left in their wake. What she saw made her entire body go still. The girl's eyes widened in absolute disbelief. There, rolling around in the most adorable way she'd ever seen, was a suicune. The second she had ever seen in her life, and the second she had seen this day. Though smaller than the one who had helped her on the road, there was no way to mistake the creature that was in front of her. A suicune had hatched from the egg she held, and was now looking at her in the most darling fashion.

It seemed oblivious as it cooed at her, struggling to get himself up onto his feet. For a moment he simply rocked back and forth, but finally he seemed to figure out that his legs bent, and rolled over onto his stomach, managing to get to his feet, if a bit shakily. After he had gained his feet, he took a step forward, nuzzling his nose into Lesa's hair as if to memorize her scent. "Suiii~" Mama~

The entei, seeing the egg hatch, stood for a moment in silence. But as soon as the suicune touched the girl, he roared, the sound louder and more angry than before. Like a bubble bursting, the suicune seemed to realize that there were others around, and turned in a circle until he could face his fellow legendary dog. Of course, that quick spin left him dizzy, and he planted his rear down on the floor, his head spinning in slow circles. He seemed to forget about the entei until the fire dog roared again, his muscles bunching as he got ready to launch another attack on the breeder beneath the table, who was at the moment sitting in shock, touching her fingers to the place the suicune had nuzzled her.

Seeing the entei about to attack his mama brought the suicune out of his daze, and he stood up, planting his legs firmly between entei and Lesa. The baby seemed to radiate power, despite his trembling legs and uneasy balance. He opened his mouth and let out a squeaky baby roar of his own, unknowingly forming a surge of water that got blasted towards the entei.

"Suicune sui suicune!" Don't you threaten my mama!

[RESULT: 2] Super-effective +1

[Catilena1890]

Celeste watched as the scene unfurled before her, and she wish Ranny hadn't left so soon. That Entei was trying to kill Lesa! Oh if only she had her pokemon!

But then, Aunia came and bravely fought the Entei with all her strength. Celeste looked on as the tiny eevee put everything she had against this giant entei, and though she tried, there was no way she could win. Celeste whined and looked outside, willing Ranny to come back.

"Ranny, we need you..." She whimpered, missing her pokemon. Suddenly Kale brought Lesa's egg to his trainer, and it began to hatch. The baby suicune that came forth from the egg shocked Celeste just as much as it had Lesa, though the direness of the situation snapped her back into reality as the baby accidentally sent an attack towards the Entei. Celeste turned to Lesa and tapped her shoulder to wake her from her trance.

"Hey! This suicune could save our lives, but you need to guide him! Snap out of it before Entei kills you both!" She said, looking up as the Entei gathered itself from the event.

Entei was shocked. How dare that pup attack him! Didn't he see how wrong this was? That human wasn't his mother! He leapt up and managed to dodge most of the attack, landing just in front of the pup with a glare towards Lesa.

"Entei Tei tei Entei!" How dare you hatch this child and claim him yours! He snarled at her. Not wanting to hurt the Suicune terribly, Entei hunched into himself and leapt, aiming to push the new pokemon down with it's stomp attack.

[RESULT: 5]

Entei: 17/20
Lesa's Suicune: 30/35

[Basile]

It was more the attack the entei sent towards her suicune than the tap on the shoulders or the words in her ear that snapped Lesa out of her shock. Still she'd heard them, and the girl glanced over at Celeste, knowing her companion was right. Not just about the two of them being killed, either. Any attack that entei sent her way would also grab Celeste, Sawyer, and Wendy in it's clutches, and she simply couldn't put her new friends in that kind of danger. So she slipped out from under the table as her suicune was knocked aside, jumping back several steps so that the only thing that might be hurt by an attack was herself and the already destroyed wall.

Seeing his mama had moved from the place he was blocking, the suicune jumped up, shaking the haze from the entei's latest attack off as best he could. This was a lot for a newly hatched little pup, and his legs were still shaking with the effort of moving, but he once again dashed between his mama and the fire that threatened her.

"Sui suicune! Sui sui! Suicune!" She is my mama! She saved me! From the bad people!

The water dog roared his squeaky baby roar once more and tossed his head back, tilting it just slightly when he heard his mama's voice.

"Comet! We have to keep that entei from hurting anyone. Give him another water gun attack!"

[RESULT: 8] SuperEffective! +1

Entei: 8/20
Comet: 30/35

[Catilena1890]

Entei would not be swayed by Comet's words. There is no way they couldn't be true! Humans STOLE his egg! Humans KILLED his mother. He growled at the Suicune as he bunched himself up again, leaping to pounce on him once more.

"Entei! En entei!" Humans don't save pokemon! He roared as he came down towards Comet with another Stomp.

[RESULT: 5]

And the attack connected in a rather rough way. The Entei glared down at Comet as he pinned him down, growling.

"Entei. Entei en en entei tei tei entei." Come son. We must leave those who killed your mother now. He told the water dog in earshot of Aunia.

Entei: 8/20
Comet: 25/35

[Basile]

Comet squirmed and writhed under the weight of the entei, snapping his jaws ineffectively at the legs that pinned him. True, he wasn't really hurt, but he was angry. How dare this dog who attacked his mama think he knew humans! The suicune's legs waved as he tried to get purchase on the entei to shove him off.

"Suicune sui!" Mama saved me! he insisted sharply.

Of course, then he had to go and make the claim that Lesa had killed his mother. That made the suicune go still, and stop his struggling, but not because he was surprised. Rather, it was anger and disgust that shook his very core. How dare he accuse his mama! He was just gearing up to unleash another water attack at point blank range, right into the entei's face...

But he was distracted by a sudden dark ball that slammed into the fire dog's side. It was a weak attack, not enough to harm the creature at all, but it startled the entei enough that he shifted his weight, allowing Comet to wiggle out from under him.

[RESULT: 1]

"How dare you accuse Lesa of killing his mother!" the eevee snapped, glaring up at the entei despite the size and power difference.

Comet opened his mouth before Aunia could continue, launching another attack with a roar that was no longer squeaky. No, he was mad, and now his roar made the very walls shake with all the power of a legendary dog.

[RESULT: 6]

Entei: 0/20
Comet: 20/30

[Catilena1890]

The combined effort from Aunia and Comet was too much for the old pokemon, and he went down without further protest. He laid on his side for a moment to catch his breath, and it was during this uneasy silence that Vulpina, Pendra, Reso, Luca and Paisley entered the room, rolling their eggs as fast as they could to their owners. Vulpina stared at the Entei in awe, confused as to what happened. A quick summary from Kale made everything clear to the Zorua, and she quickly approached the Entei's head. The shaggy fire dog looked at her weakly as Zorua sat down next to him.

"Zo, zorua zo zo zo rua zorua zorua. Zorua zorua zo zo. Zorua zo." If it weren't for Lesa Comet would be with bad people. Lesa saved Comet. You should be grateful. She explained. Entei looked sternly at Lesa for a moment before weakly standing up. He walked over to her stood directly in front of her. He stared down at her as if in deep thought before turning sideways, laying down. He looked at Aunia and cleared his throat.

"Entei. Entei en en entei tei tei. Entei entei en." I`m sorry. If he wants to be with you he may stay. As my thanks, tell your trainer to reach into my mane, powerful eevee. He told her, knowing she'd translate.

[Basile]

Entei was down now, but that didn't man he wouldn't try again. His rage having subsided a bit, Comet went back to the squeaky little pup he really was, turning to Lesa instead of the fire dog that claimed him as his son. After all, Lesa was his mama. So he walked up to her and nosed her cheek, checking to make sure she wasn't hurt. The suicune totally ignored the conversation behind him, not caring in the slightest what the entei had to say so long as he didn't try to hurt Lesa.

Of course, then the fire dog had to get up and move closer to his mama, and Comet quickly placed himself between the two again. A low growl rumbled in his throat, but it was stopped short when the entei flopped down instead of trying to attack, grumbling to the eevee.

Aunia turned to look up at Lesa. "He says he's sorry, and that Comet can stay with you if he wants. He also says that you should reach into his mane." Her job done, the eevee sat back and began to groom her mussed fur back into order.

The breeder in training hesitated a moment, pondering if this was some type of ruse, but decided to have a bit of faith. So she reached into the silky mane of the old entei, encountering several oddly shaped objects. As her curiosity got the better of her, Lesa forgot her hesitation and sunk both of her hands into the mane, pulling them back with a handful of stones.

Evolution stones, to be exact.

In the bunch that she pulled out, there was a mix of colors. She laid them out one by one. Thunder. Fire. Water. Leaf. Dawn. Dusk. And one she vaguely remembered as being a Shiny stone. There were no telling how many others were hidden within that big mane. As it was, she stared down at the stones in utter shock. These were precious things in this region.

Turning her eyes to the entei, Lesa smiled and dipped her head. "Thank you. For trusting me with Comet and for the stones." She could see how much the battle had taken out of the old fire dog, so she quickly stood and grabbed her backpack from where it had been abandoned by the table. The girl riffled through it as she backtracked, kneeling down next to the entei despite a concerned yelp from Comet. Finally, she pulled back her hand, in it resting one of the oran berries Professor Conifer had given her.

"Here. Eat this. It should help you feel better."

[Catilena1890]

Entei stared at Lesa in utter shock at her gesture. He just tried to kill her and yet she was helping him! Entei sniffed the berry for a moment before gingerly grabbing it from her hand, chewing it twice and then swallowing. He instantly felt better and stood a bit more gracefully this time, shaking the dust out of his fur. Maybe humans weren't so bad after all. He looked around the building at the mess he had made in his rage, and he snorted, moving to clear some of the rubble.

"Entei. En entei." I made this mess. Now I`ll clean it up. He said, more to Comet than anyone else as he cleared debris. Wendy exhaled in relief and smiled, turning to the girls confidently.

"Only in Varaia, haha. That's a mighty fine Suicune you got there dear. I hope you take good care of it." She said as she stared at Comet in awe. She shook her head in amazement as Sawyer and Celeste also marveled at Comet. Suddenly Celeste remembered why they came to Gustella and tapped the shoulder of the gym leader.

"Excuse me, Miss Wendy?" She asked. Wendy snorted humorously and chuckled at Celeste.

"Don't be so formal. Just call me Wendy." She said. Celeste chuckled sheepishly and nodded, holding her white egg tightly.

"Well, I`m a coordinator, Sawyer is a trainer and Lesa is a breeder. Do you think you could help us out?" She asked. Wendy nodded and rubbed her chin in thought.

"Well, in light of this incident I`m afraid I won't be able to accept any challenges today. Sorry Sawyer. Don't worry though, with Entei helping to rebuild this part of the pokemon center I`m sure if you come by the gym tomorrow I`ll be able to take you on." She said as she turned to Lesa and Celeste again.

"As for you two, Celeste there is a contest in two days at the end of route 802. And Lesa, would you like your clue for finding the Breeding Center in town?" She asked as her Pidgeot came to and rejoined her side.

[Basile]

Lesa patted the entei as he took the the berry from her, smiling as he stood up with more ease and grace. Good. For whatever reason he had changed his mind about killing her and her friends, and she was happy for that. So when he got up and began to clean up the mess he had made, the girl turned to the stones that her eevee was now sniffing at, gathering them and placing them carefully into her bag. Then she scooped up Aunia and Kale, who had come over to look at the stones as well, the turned to Wendy as she spoke.

"Yes, he is a very fine pokemon, and I'm honored that he wants to stay with me." Her had rested against the suicune, who nuzzled against it, and she listened quietly as the Gym Leader addressed each person in her party. When it came to her, the girl nodded fervently. "I would love to have the riddle. I'm excited to see just what my journey is going to be like. There's a big difference between hearing about something and experiencing it."

[Catilena1890]

Wendy nodded and cleared her throat, taking a deep breath to say the riddle. Lesa, Sawyer and Celeste all looked at her expectantly with their pokemon waiting for the puzzle. They waited and waited, and still she fell silent. Wendy's cheeks reddened a bit and she let out the breath she sucked in.

"Um, I forgot it." She squeaked. Everyone fell over in shock as she sweatdropped when a pokemon flew in from the hole in the wall, landing next to her.

"Honchkrow!" It called. Wendy looked down and smiled at the bird as it raised a leg, a paper clutched tightly in it's foot.

"Oh Cici! Thanks so much!" She said as she took the note. She opened the paper up and cleared her throat again.

"Sorry about that. Now then, decipher the riddle to find your instructions.

There is a place not far from here
It's not difficult to find.
Keep to Gustella's lefthand ear
And seek it with sound mind.

Your guide is known for being angry
And marked with a big red bow.
You`ll find it's not quite that scary
Which is strange for a big Fearow.

So, think you know where to go now?" She asked, willing to repeat the instructions again.