Weathering The Storm... (A Pokemon OC Story)

Chapter 37: Soaring Slumber!

"Alright, so you're sure we're supposed to go through Route 115?"

Lucas, Ellie and Seijo were all sitting in the Pokemon Centre of Rustboro, looking over a labelled map of Hoenn and marking where we needed to go in order to get to the fire gym. They'd been making plans, but one thing that Seijo was adamant about was that they travel through Route 115. To be fair, from looking at the map, it did look like it lead right to Meteor Falls then to Lavaridge Town through a couple of routes and a small town. But, it was strange how adamant he was for it. Still, Ellie and Lucas went along with it as they had no reason to protest against it. So, they got supplies for the trip, then a good night's sleep, then the next morning, they walked into Route 115.

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Finally, after walking for half an hour through a gravel path outside of Rustboro, they finally arrived on the open fields of Route 115. They breathed in the refreshing air of the new route and looked around. It was quite narrow fields, with a few trees dotted about with a few Pokemon circling in the air. It seemed to be a favourite of the flying types, as flocks of Taillow's and Swablu's flew above in the air. Lucas then turned to Seijo and asked,

"So, do you know of anything about this route?"

"Well, I know that its mostly open fields, but it has a mountainous area over a stretch of water. And, that it houses a Pokemon called Jigglypuff."

"Jigglypuff?"

"Yup, a Fairy and Normal type that can put people to sleep with its singing. And, of course, I want to catch one."

"So, that's why you were so adamant about taking this route!', Ellie chimed with a smile as Seijo nodded and said,

"I just want to try to rebuild the gym team with some of my own Pokemon, rather than being mostly Norman's old Pokemon."

"So, do you have any clues on where to find it?"

"No, I don't unfortunately. The only thing that I know is that it is typically floating about in the air. So, I figured that the mountain range would be a great place for looking for it."

"Alright, then lets get moving!", Lucas said as he began to sprint across the plains. Ellie and Seijo followed soon after and they ran until they reached the valley of water. Lucas looked around for a bridge or series of rocks to hop over. But, it seemed that there was no way over other than going through the water, or over it. Seijo chose over it as he threw out Crobat's Pokeball.

"Just hop on and it'll take you to the other side.", he said to Ellie and Lucas. Ellie was nervous about having to ride on Crobat, having a distinct nervousness when approaching the Poison type. So, Lucas decided to show an example for her and got on first. Crobat flapped its wings into the air and boosted over to the other side fast, then dropped off Lucas. Lucas gave the thumbs up to Ellie and she gave a weak thumbs up back. Crobat then landed in front of her and she took a breath, then hopped on,

"Just, be a bit gentle, okay?", she said to Crobat, and Crobat nodded. It took Ellie to the other side, but this time slowed down a little bit to ensure that nothing bad would happen or that anything sudden could throw her off. Then, she left Crobat's back on the other side.

"See, it wasn't so bad!", Lucas said to her, but she seemed uncertain.

"Yeah, it wasn't as bad, but that doesn't mean I'd want to do it again."

Seijo hopped onto Crobat and Crobat sped over the quickest it had, then Seijo hopped off smoothly, tapping Crobat on the head with a Pokeball. Then, they looked at the daunting mountainous terrain in front of them. Even though it did have a path up the mountain, it still looked imposing to face. Still, they pressed on, with Lucas spotting a Pokemon as soon as he advanced up the stairs. He brought out Torchic's Pokeball and yelled,