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The Pidgey and Pidgeotto were winning now, and Roxi was excited. The Pidgey that landed in front of Roxi was conscious again, and was rather surprised that they were winning. The Pidgey jumped up and used sand attack at the remaining Spearow. The aggressive Pokemon were enveloped in a thick cloud of dust. The Pidgey and Pidgeotto flew in and attacked the blinded Spearow, who quickly turned around and retreated with the Pidgey and Pidgeotto close behind.

The Pidgey at Roxi’s feet was jumping for joy and started flying around Roxi’s head. Eevee walked up and said “Eevee,” proudly. The Pidgey noticed Roxi’s pokeball belt and started pecking at one of the pokeballs. “Hey, I think Pidgey is curious about your belt.” Ronyo said walking up with his Houndour. Roxi looked at the curious little Pokemon and smiled. “Would you like to come with me as my Pokemon?” Pidgey was fluttering gleefully around the trio of humans. Roxi tapped the Pidgey on the head and the little bird was engulfed in the red light. The pokeball twitched, once, twice, three times, and Pidgey was caught. "Yes! Pidgey come on out!” Roxi threw the pokeball and the happy Pidgey chirped and sang. Both Roxi and Pidgey were excited about what was to come.

The day was once again sunny and warm, like yesterday. Everyone had slept well, even if the morning was plagued with spiders. Kaewyn shuddered at the thought of the little creatures.

Growlithe let out a small bark that got Kaewyn’s attention. He was looking into a small field of grass off the road. The group stopped and looked over toward the field, but saw nothing. Then Houndour also barked. The three humans looked hard in the grass.

Suddenly Kaewyn saw something in the grass. “What is that?” she asked as she took out her Pokedex and opened it. The familiar female voice came on and said “Ralts, the psychic Pokemon. It uses the horns on its head to sense human emotions. It is said to appear in front of cheerful people.” Kaewyn watched the cute little Pokemon rustle around in the grass and she knew that she just had to have it.

“Alright, that Pokemon is all mine!” she said with stars in her eyes. “Growlithe, bite,” she commanded. Growlithe dashed out into the grass, but before he could even get close, the Ralts disappeared. Growlithe stopped in his tracks, eyes wide and very confused. “What happened?” said Kaewyn.

“Ralts uses teleport to escape those who attack it,” replied her Pokedex. Kaewyn had almost forgotten she was still holding it open. She closed her Pokedex and put it back in her bag. “How will I catch it if it will only run away?” Kaewyn asked. Roxi was the first to answer. “Well, what we could do is set an elaborate trap. I will be the bait acting extremely cheerful, so Ralts will appear. Then we will have a net above me in the trees. When Ralts appears, attracted by my beaming personality, you throw the net and capture it!” Roxi’s eyes were gleaming with her brilliant idea.

“But wouldn’t Ralts just teleport out of the net after that?” Roxi fell over with the realization that her plan was flawed. Ronyo tried to suppress his laughter and stepped forward with another idea. “You will just have to throw your pokeball at it and hope it doesn’t escape.” Kaewyn smiled at this idea. “That was my next plan,” Roxi piped in, full of energy again.

“Okay, sounds good, we just need to find it again,” Kaewyn said with resolve. “We all need to cheerful. Growlithe, Houndour, Eevee, when Ralts appears, signal us with a discreet bark, ok?” All three gave out a trial bark. “Very good. Now the rest of us… be happy!”

Ronyo saw Roxi’s Eevee point into the grass and gave Houndour the command. Houndour made a small bark which alerted Kaewyn. Kaewyn raced over with pokeball in hand but the little Ralts teleported away.

“There it is! Eevee go.” Roxi yelled and pointed towards the Ralts who had just appeared.

“I see him, Houndour you go too.” Ronyo pointed

Houndour and Eevee streaked in to try and catch the Ralts off guard. At the last second the psychic pokemon teleported away leaving Eevee and Houndour to collide into each other. The two pokemon just laid there dazed while Ronyo and Roxi ran to check on them.

“You ok there champ?” Ronyo asked standing near his dizzy Houndour.

“Hou…ou…ou…nd”

“Eevee are you ok?” Roxi said picking up her pokemon who was seeing Staryus.

“Eeevah…ah ah”

“That Ralts is quick. Hope you catch him Kaewyn, because I think I’d rather have it as a friend than an enemy.” Ronyo said with a laugh as he dusted off Houndour, who was starting to come around again.

Now Roxi and Kaewyn had two pokemon each. Ronyo shared the girls excitement as he thought about what his first wild catch would be like. While the daydreaming pokemon trainer walked on the two girls used there Pokedex to see what moves and stats their new pokemon had. Suddenly the group heard Houndour howl from atop a small grassy hill. As the trainers came upon the howling Houndour the view of the wonderful Jubilife City came to their eyes.

“Jubilife City, alright our first big stop on a big journey. Ok lets find the Pokecenter and then see what the city has to offer,” Ronyo said with a smile.

Kaewyn nearly laughed out loud at Roxi’s reaction to the small Pokemon. She had seen several Burmy in the woods around Twinleaf, but they had been covered in leaves and branches. Here in the city, such things were scarce, so this Burmy had cloaked itself in something more readily available… trash. It had food wrappers, paper bags, soda cans, and many other indistinguishable things all wrapped around its small body, held together by some kind of pink adhesive.

The funny looking Pokemon was hanging from a flagpole on the Global Trade Station. Kaewyn recognized the building because it was so famous. Here Pokemon trainers could trade Pokemon from around the whole world if they wanted. Kaewyn always wanted to see the inner workings of such a vast operation. But that would have to wait. Roxi suddenly got a determined look in her eyes.

“Hold on a second,” Kaewyn broke in, not liking this man at all. The man frowned at Kaewyn’s interruption, but she ignored him. Kaewyn got out her Pokedex and held it up to the small red and white ball the man was holding.

“Kadabra, the Psi Pokemon. When it uses its psychic power, it emits strong alpha waves that can ruin precision devices,” said the female voice. Even though this confirmed there was a Kadabra in the pokeball, Kaewyn still was not convinced that this was a good idea. Kadabra was a very powerful Pokemon after all, and Burmy was… well - not. It was also true that when a Kadabra is traded, it can turn into Alakazam, one of the most powerful psychic Pokemon on record. This seemed too good to be true, but Kaewyn saw that Roxi now really liked this trade. Her eyes were locked on the pokeball with deep intent.

Although Kaewyn didn’t like this idea, she couldn’t explain why, so she had no argument that would convince Roxi otherwise. She turned to Ronyo for his opinion.