Pokemon Benayla Version 2 Chapter Seven
At last, it's time to continue.Title: Mindin’ The HillsAfter a long night, the sky finally catches light. April remains asleep underneath a tree, her Cyndaquil sleeping in her lap with her. As the sunrise reaches them, the sounds of life nearby return to the area.(Scampering is heard across the ground, a lone Aipom soon appears. Finding April and Cyndaquil sleeping under the tree.)Aipom:……..(Stares for a moment, then pokes April with his tail.)(April’s eyes only barely react, without opening. Aipom’s head tilts. His tail wagging in the air.)Aipom: Hmmm….(Aipom looks up into the tree, then climbs up. Looking around, he plucks a pear with his tail. Then looks back down at April.)Aipom: Good Morning!! (Aipom bounces off a branch, falling back into the brush upon letting go of the pear, which lands on April’s head. Awakening her abruptly.)April: !! Hey!!(She looks around, not seeing anything. Except the pear on the ground.)April:….Not cool. (She sees Cyndaquil still sleeping, smiling to herself.)April: Now then.(She gets up, letting Cyndaquil sleep in her backpack, which is kept partially open on her back. April takes off walking.)April: Okay now. My phone’s battery is down to twenty percent, my food supply is half gone, and….Where am I anyway?(She looks around as she walks, seeing a large river beside her.)April: So my next stop, should be wherever the next town is. Whatever that is…(She checks her Windows Phone.)April: Come on!! The more the battery goes down the less reliable this thing is. Come to think of it, these were discontinued when I was two. Why couldn’t I have-(Cyndaquil yawns, rubbing his eyes while April’s walking.)April: Cyndaquil?? Sorry if I woke you up.Cyndaquil: Where are we going now?April: We need more food; my phone needs to charge. So I say, whatever town we find next.Cyndaquil: I want waffles April.April: I’m sure we’ll find some place that serves breakfast food. Then we’ll ask for directions about the next Pokémon Gym.Cyndaquil: You could ask those guys. (Points beside himself.)April: Huh?(Three Fisherman arrive at the water, boarding their boat. One of them lights a cigarette upon gaining his balance.)April: I’m…Just going to ask someone else.Cyndaquil: Okay. (Looks down.)April: Oh boy.(She stops walking, a large patch of tall grass before them.)April: I don’t suppose you see a shortcut anywhere.Cyndaquil: Do you??April: Okay, we just need to be careful. (She makes her way into the grass.)April: Let me know if you hear anything. I really don’t want to get jumped without warning.Cyndaquil: Me neither. (Looks around.) I don’t think anything’s around here, if there are other Pokémon they aren’t close by.April: So let’s get through here quickly before there are. (Cyndaquil waves his nose in the air side to side.)Cyndaquil: But there IS something that’s close. Real close.April: What is it? (Wheels swiftly moving across the ground are heard.)Cyndaquil: Over there! (Points above himself.)(April runs ahead, then jumps out of the grass as a kid on a skateboard swoops forth just above her. Landing on the ground. April falling forward onto the ground, then gets up.)April: Hey! What’s that about??Camper Jasper: Sorry about that. I hang around places like this all the time, but I've never run into anyone before.April: You nearly ran me OVER just now!Jasper: I take it you're not from around here girly, in fact I can tell you're not.April: !! Cyndaquil!(Cyndaquil hops onto the ground.)Jasper: That's a new one on me. I've never seen a Pokémon like that either, you've got a fascinating buddy there.April:.....Seriously kid, are you for real??Cyndaquil: April....I wanna eat first.(April takes a deep breath.)April: Cyndaquil, hand me the Poke Ball in my backpack's back zipper.(Cyndaquil rummages through April's backpack. Sticking the top half of his body into it.)Jasper: Yep, you're new at this. I knew it.(He takes out his Poke Ball.)April: I've got a Gym Badge smarty pants!(Cyndaquil hands April a Poke Ball.)Jasper: Whatever.(He opens his Poke Ball. Unleashing Igglybuff.)Igglybuff: Ice Cream Cone~~!April: What the.....April's Pokedex: Igglybuff. The Balloon Pokémon. Because of its short limbs, this Pokémon inflates its flexible body to bounce around as its means of locomotion.April: Oookay. (She opens her Poke Ball. Out comes Teddiursa.)April: Pop that balloon! Scratch!(Teddiursa charges. Igglybuff inflates himself and bounces out of the way.)Teddiursa: !!April: Keep after it.Teddiursa: Okay.(Teddiursa continues chasing the bouncing Balloon Pokémon with his claws. Igglybuff continues evading.)Jasper: That's my boy. Defense Curl!(Just as Teddiursa jumps higher and comes down on Igglybuff. The Balloon Pokémon curls up, negating the attack.)Teddiursa: Ow!(He falls back, holding the paw he used with the other.)April: Are you alright?Teddiursa: For now.Jasper: Not for long. Rollout Igglybuff!Igglybuff: Beep Beep!(Igglybuff rolls up like a steam roller and charges straight for Teddiursa.)Teddiursa: Ah!(Teddiursa runs to evade Igglybuff.)April: Leer!(Teddiursa turns around to use Leer. Still maintaining his glare as Igglybuff keeps rolling. Hitting him.)April: Teddiursa!(Teddiursa lands on his feet, jumping straight forward and ramming the still rolling Igglybuff with Headbutt.)Jasper: Igglybuff. Sing!(Igglybuff flinches.)April: Leer again!(Teddiursa hits Igglybuff with Leer, frightening the Baby Pokémon.)Jasper: Use Present.Igglybuff: !!(Igglybuff fires Present at Teddiursa, healing him.)Teddiursa: Huh??April:.....Headbutt!(Teddiursa rams Igglybuff again. Defeating him.)Jasper: Wow....That really sucked.(He recalls Igglybuff to his Poke Ball.)April: Who in the right mind uses an attack that heals the opponent?Jasper: Up until now that's been a damaging move. Your Pokémon must be weird.Teddiursa: The only weird one is you.(April returns Teddiursa to his Poke Ball.)Jasper: All the same you handle yourself fine. So let's exchange phone numbers then....April: Excuse me?!?(Cyndaquil looks at April, surprised by her sudden spike in mood.)April: First you jump me out of nowhere, then you ask for my number?! Who exactly do you think you are??Jasper: You sure you earned that Gym Badge? 'Cause it's clear you're not familiar with how stuff works for Pokémon Trainers in this day and age.April: If anyone's unclear about anything it's you! Even I'm pretty sure Pokémon Battling's not about getting with someone!Jasper: Oh give me a break! Allow me to spell it out for you Miss. Everyone's got a smartphone nowadays right? Here's how it works, after meeting a Trainer you want to battle with again in the future, you exchange phone numbers with them!April: Sure.....Whatever. This is just the first I'm hearing about it.Jasper: That must be your own fault. See you around then.(He picks up his skateboard, sticking it up with his foot.)Cyndaquil: Her name's April, by the way.April: Cyndaquil.....Jasper: And mine's Jasper. Bye.(He takes off.)(Cyndaquil looks at April.)Cyndaquil: I'm still hungry.April: Okay.(April picks up her backpack, and Cyndaquil walks in front of her.)Cyndaquil: We're bound to meet many more Pokémon Trainers on our journey. So April....April: I don't feel like giving my phone number to some random people we run into along the way. (Cyndaquil turns his head to look at April.)Cyndaquil: We can make friends along the way; I really think that'll be cool.April:......Cyndaquil: !! Look up ahead! There's another town.(Cyndaquil runs forth, April right behind him.)April thinking: At first I thought, as soon as I left home my Pokémon would be my only friends. But still....(April and her Cyndaquil soon find themselves at an internet café. Cyndaquil enjoys buttered toast while April charges her Windows Phone.)April: Alright, after breakfast we'll find somewhere to restock on food, and then....Cyndaquil: Then let's have a look around, this town seems like a nice place to explore.April: Yes, but there's something else we have to explore.(She takes out her Yellow Acorn.)Cyndaquil: Oh yeah, we found that last night.April: I've seen acorns a lot, but this one's really weird looking. I guess that's another addition to the list of stuff I don't understand yet.(A little girl approaches April.)Preschooler Humpy: Um, are you a Pokémon Trainer???April: Yes, why?Preschooler Humpy: Do you have a Swinub?? I'll trade you my Slugma for one.April: I've....Never heard of either of those Pokémon.Humpy: Okay....(She scampers off.)Cyndaquil: What was she talking about??April: Never mind. (April picks up her Windows Phone.)April: Before we go anywhere else, I'm making a call.(Cyndaquil's head tilts.)April: Come here.(April picks up Cyndaquil, sitting him down next to her. Then calls her uncle. Who answers after a moment or two.)April: Uncle David? It's me.David: April! How've your travels been kid?(Cyndaquil takes April's lap.)Cyndaquil: We won a Gym Badge! And we've seen lots of cool stuff already!April: Yes....And including this little guy I've got four Pokémon.David: Excellent! Just about the progress I'd expect from my sister's oldest child.April: I'm an ONLY child.David: So then, where are you now April?April: Minden Hills. We just needed to stop somewhere to charge my phone.Cyndaquil: And eat.(April pets Cyndaquil.)April: Uncle David, thanks for giving me Cyndaquil. I've been really happy with our travels so far.David: Glad to hear it. After all it's what you've wanted your whole life. Wait....Did you say Minden Hills??April: Yes, it just happened to be the closest town. From the middle of nowhere that we ended up in.Cyndaquil: What about it??David: Well, people I know on social media have been talking about the area just beyond that town. April: Huh??David: Folks have been saying weird stuff happens in the forest beyond Minden Hills. Smartphones suddenly don't work right, and some even claim to see Unown out there.April: See....What that's unknown??David: I'm talking about a Pokemon. It's very rare, and so little is known about it that....No one's really clear about what's true or false information.April: Wait what.....David: As if the hype surrounding the newly discovered Pokemon wasn't enough, this particular species has so much mystery surrounding it, people saw fit to make up information. So it's really unclear what's true and what isn't because it's so rare.April: Unown....Do you know what it looks like??David: Ha! Between those who have claimed to see this creature, there are conflicting accounts on even that my dear.April: Seriously?? That sounds fascinating. Actually, it sounds really cool.David: So what will you do April?? Go looking for it in the Sculpture Forest?April: THAT'S where this stuff's going on?? Sure I'll go check it out.David: Well keep having fun, when I see your mom again I'll let her know what you've accomplished so far. Remember to keep pressing on. It's always nice hearing from you.April: Yeah, thanks Uncle David.(He hangs up.)Cyndaquil: Did he say sculpture forest??April: Come on Cyndaquil.(She takes out a burrito, handing it to her Pokemon.)Cyndaquil:.......(April heads for the forest, holding Cyndaquil in her arms with the burrito in his mouth.)April: Haliburten Sculpture Forest. It's right this way. It's actually somewhere I wanted to visit on our journey anyway.(Cyndaquil quickly finishes his burrito.)April: But I never heard anything weird about it, besides being a forest full of sculptures.Cyndaquil: What exactly is it like??April: People made sculptures and put them there. At least that's what I heard. It already sounded interesting, and now....Cyndaquil: And now there's a really cool Pokémon out here. When you put it that way, I'm excited too.April: Alright then. We've got everything we need, and we're headed straight for something cool.Cyndaquil: Hey April, what happens if we end up finding one of these things??April: Easy, I'll catch one.Cyndaquil: Doesn't sound easy. In fact it almost sounds scary.April: Don't be like that. We've gotten by fine so far haven't we??Cyndaquil: Yes.....But this is different. We've got no clue what we're up against this time.April: Cyndaquil....Cyndaquil: What??April: We're here.(She stops walking. Cyndaquil looks around, just now noticing they're surrounded by weird looking statues made from various parts.)Cyndaquil: Okay, now THIS looks interesting.(April takes out here phone. The whole screen reading "No service.")April: Just like Uncle David said, there's definitely something going on up here.Cyndaquil: What's that??(April looks up. A Natu sits upon the nearby tree branch.)April: Good question.April's Pokedex: Natu. The Little Bird Pokemon. Natu enjoy climbing trees in search of food. It’s often seen staring at something.April: Hmm....Cyndaquil: What is it??April: Well the Pokedex says that, but I feel like this guy is here for some other reason.Natu:.....April:......(April quickly tosses her Poke Ball at Natu, which unleashes Hoppip as it takes flight.)April: Use Flash!Natu: !!(Natu briefly flies above Hoppip, using Night Shade. Then as Hoppip loses flight Natu closes in for Peck.)April: Poison Powder Hoppip!(Hoppip emits Poison Powder as Natu zooms close. Startling it.)Cyndaquil:......Did that work?(The smoke clears, Hoppip grabbed onto a tree branch.)April: What the....Where'd it go??(Cyndaquil runs up the tree to retrieve Hoppip.)April: That was weird.(Cyndaquil comes down with Hoppip.)April: You okay?Hoppip: I'm alright. I'll just take it easy.(Cyndaquil pats Hoppip's head.)April: Let'Z keep moving.(The two Pokémon follow April as she turns to advance into the forest.)Hoppip: What adventure are we on today?Cyndaquil: People built weird sculptures in this forest, and a really rare and cool Pokémon has been seen here.Hoppip: Cool! So she’s gonna catch it? April: If I do it’ll make our battles much easier, if what my uncle said was anything to go on.Cyndaquil: But April, won’t using Unown a lot attract a lot of attention if it’s so popular??April: I didn’t think that far….Cyndaquil:……April: What? I can’t go over every angle so quickly Cyndaquil!(Cyndaquil dashes off.)April: Cyndaquil!(She and Hoppip run after him.)April: Where are you going?? Hey!(April keeps going until she finds Cyndaquil sitting still, looking at a Time Wizard sculpture. Seemingly made of soda bottles and tires.)April: What is it??Cyndaquil: This particular sculpture. It seems….Incomplete somehow.April: Come on….You couldn’t even see it from where we were. How on earth could you-(Hoppip rummages through April’s backpack.)April: Not you too.Hoppip: We’ve got just the thing.(Hoppip pulls out a lollipop, putting it in the statue’s hand.)Cyndaquil: It still feels….Ah! Got it!(Cyndaquil picks up a couple twigs, putting them in the center of the lollipop to resemble clock hands.)Hoppip: Perfect! Yay!April: Are you guys serious??(A strange presence is suddenly felt.)Cyndaquil: What’s that??Hoppip: !! No idea.April: What now?Cyndaquil: A Pokémon’s….Pokémon….Something’s nearby. But it’s weird. It feels like it’s all around us, and it just came out of nowhere.Hoppip: You don’t think….April: Unown….Here we go!(A sound is heard from the brush.)April: Ready guys.(Cyndaquil and Hoppip turn to the direction of the sound, ready to act.)April: Cyndaquil. Get ready.Cyndaquil: Yeah.(After more movement, a Smeargle dashes from behind a tree.)April: What the?!(Cyndaquil uses Ember, which is deflected by Water Gun. Smeargle collides with a tree.)Cyndaquil: What was that??(A Poké Ball is sharply thrown right passed April, hitting Smeargle.)Smeargle: !!(After containing Smeargle, the ball flashes on the ground, then stops. Smeargle is caught.)April: What’s the big idea!(Duncan swoops down from out of nowhere. Picking up that Poké Ball as Phanpy takes his side.)April: It’s you!April’s Pokédex: Phanpy. The Long Nose Pokémon. Phanpy uses its trunk to investigate its surroundings. It is strong enough to send many Pokémon flying with one charge.April: Far be it from you to have such a cute Pokémon.Duncan: I don’t remember asking for your input. If anything I’m surprised to see you all the way out in a place like this.April: Yeah? And I assume we’re here for the same reason.Duncan: You heard about Unown too? Didn’t you? The perfect Pokémon for the world’s best Trainer. Don’t you think?April: And now you’ve got one. So move along.Duncan: You’re definitely no smarter than you were the day we met. April: Come again!Duncan: Cyndaquil. Don’t you feel held back with a Trainer who doesn’t know dick??Cyndaquil: Right, like I’d prefer starting my travels with being stolen!Duncan: What I just caught wasn’t what I came for. Something you’d know if you weren’t so in the dark.April: This Pokémon’s got conflicting reports on its appearance! First of all.Duncan: Phanpy, do it.(Phanpy fires Water Gun at Cyndaquil. Pushing him right into April.)Duncan: Stay out of my way, next time that’ll be directly at you.(He returns Phanpy to a Poké Ball. Then takes off.)Hoppip: We’re so high above you! Jerk.(Hoppip turns back to April and Cyndaquil, floating over to them.)Hoppip: Are you two okay?April: I’m fine, but…(Cyndaquil is greatly shivering.)Cyndaquil: That was a Water Type attack. It really hurt!April: Wait, The Pokédex says Phanpy’s a Ground Pokémon, so how…Hoppip: Never mind that right now! Cyndaquil don’t look so good.Cyndaquil: Don’t worry about me! I want to see Unown!April: But Cyndaquil.(Cyndaquil shivers in April’s lap.)Cyndaquil: Unown!April:……..(Cyndaquil points upwards.)Hoppip: April! He’s not just saying that. Look!April: !!(She looks up. A weird looking B shaped creature with just an eyeball floats before them.)April: What in the…April’s Pokedex: Unown. The Symbol Pokémon. Very little is known about this mysterious Pokémon. Since different individuals vary wildly in appearance, its thought by many that its abilities do as well.April: Wait so, different Unown look different?Cyndaquil: That explains what we’ve heard so far. Now let’Z find out what we don’t know.(Cyndaquil jumps from April, shaking himself dry.)Unown: !! Boner!!(Unown takes off)April: After it!(April and her Pokémon pursue this Unown.)April: Cyndaquil! Ember!(Cyndaquil jumps forth and breathes fire at Unown. Who quickly counters with Hidden Power.)April: What was that??(April catches Cyndaquil as Unown floats on off. Only for Hoppip to come up from the other direction.)Hoppip: Got it April!April: Good going Hoppip! Poison Powder!!(Hoppip blows Stun Spore straight at Unown. Who falls straight down.)April: Oh yeah~!(She tosses a Poké Ball, striking Unown in midair.)Cyndaquil: Awesome shot April!(The three of them run down the path as the Poke Ball hits the ground, blinking and finally catching Unown in the time it takes for April to reach it.)April: We got it guys! We caught Unown!Cyndaquil: Yay! We got-Hoppip: Oh crap….April: What??(Cyndaquil and Hoppip are silent.)April: What’s the matter??(More Unown of different shapes slowly appear floating in the air around the three of them.)April: What the hell?!?Cyndaquil:…What….What’s going on?Hoppip: Yeah, they all look different alright.(The Unown silently watch April and her Pokemon with their big eyes.)Cyndaquil: April, why are they looking at us like that??(The many Unown charge Hidden Power in unison.)Cyndaquil: April!April: Hoppip! Flash! Now!(Hoppip brightly strikes every Unown with Flash. Right in their eyes.)April: Now Cyndaquil! Smokescreen!(Cyndaquil fires Smokescreen while the Unown are blinded.)April: Now come on.(April returns Hoppip to her Poké Ball. Then picks up Cyndaquil. Gone by the time the smoke clears.)Cyndaquil: THAT was….Really fun. (He flops onto the ground.)April: I forgot; you’re still hurt from before.(She takes her backpack, spraying a Potion on Cyndaquil.)Cyndaquil: Thank you April.April: Well, we got to see this forest like I wanted.Cyndaquil: Yeah! And we caught Unown.April: I wonder why they look so different. Well now we’ll find out what’s so special about it.Cyndaquil: Anyway….April: We’re moving on. Today’s adventure is done.(Cyndaquil nods. April returns him to his Poké Ball.)April: Onward!(April walks out of the forest. A Wooper emerges from behind a tree, watching her leave.)To Be Continued.
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