Mitch's Johto Journey

Trouble At Moomoo Farm

        " According to the map, if we continue down this path we'll reach Moomoo Farm before the end of the day," Mitch says as he munches on a Cookies 'N' Creme candy bar while sitting on a large boulder. Quilava lies on the ground next to the boulder and gnaws on the remains of a Spelon Berry as Mitch slides his map back into his backpack and pulls out his guidebook. " Thanks to its very large Miltank herd, Moomoo Farm is the largest producer of Moomoo Milk in the Johto Region. Not only is Moomoo Milk an extremely nutritious drink for both people and Pokémon, it can also be used as a healing item for Pokémon that have been hurt in battle," he reads. " Well than you want head down to Moomoo Farm and get us some of that Moomoo Milk," Mitch says as Quilava jumps to its feet with a eager look on its face.

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                " Hello!? Is anyone here," Mitch says while knocking on the door of a very large farmhouse. A very large grassland area, with multiple open huts scattered throughout it, sits in front of the farmhouse and in that area, hundreds of Miltank roam free.  " Laavaaa," Quilava whimpers in a loving tone while staring longingly at some of the Miltank. Eventually, the door to the farmhouse opens and an old man dressed in a stereotypical farmer outfit walks out of the house. " Howdy, I'm Farmer Ongole. What can I do for ya? " My name's Mitch Harper and I'm here to see if I can get some Moomoo Milk from you." " Well, we usually charge 500 Pokémon Dollars per bottle, but you appear to be a trainer, so I'll make a deal with you."  " What's the deal?" " Well, as you can see we let our Miltank roam free and we leave food out for them in those huts every morning and every night, but for the last month or so, a wild Pokémon has been sneaking in and eating a lot of the food, injuring many of our Miltank in fights for food with them, so if you and your Pokémon can get rid of whatever is causing all the trouble, I'll give you a very large supply of Moomoo Milk as an award. So, are you in?" " You bet I am, Mr. Ongole," Mitch says while giving Ongole a handshake. 

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            Night has fallen and Mitch, with a small, but powerful spotlight in his hand, is hiding in the bushes near the hut that Ongole has said would be tonight's most likely target for the nuisance Pokémon. Meanwhile, as Mitch stakes out the place, Quilava unsuccessfully flirts with multiple half asleep Miltank. Suddenly, a loud howl echoes through the night and something jumps into the hut in front of Mitch and begins to savagely devour the food in it. " Gotcha!  Phanpy, come out and use Rollout," Mitch hollers as he simultaneously uses the spotlight to light up the area and uses his free hand to toss a Poké Ball into the air. " Py, Py, Phan," it mumbles as it curls into a ball and rolls towards the invading Pokémon, slamming into it at high speed. " Dooooour," it whimpers in pain as it is knocked out of the hut by the attack. Phanpy uncurls from its Rollout and lands in front of the invader as Mitch uses his Pokédex to see what it is.  

        " Houndour, the Dark Pokémon, a Dark and Fire-type, Houndour hunt as a coordinated pack. They communicate with each other using a variety of cries to corner their prey. This Pokémon's remarkable teamwork is unparalleled," the Pokédex explains as the hungry looking Houndour jumps to its feet and aggressively growls at Phanpy, " Hoooooounnnnn."  " A pack hunter? You better watch out Phanpy, the rest of the pack is probably about to pounce," Mitch says while looking around in a desperate attempt to locate the rest of Houndour's pack.  Phanpy uses its trunk to sniff the air a few times, gets a confused look on its face, and turns to face Mitch. " Py, Py, Phanpy," it says whilst shaking its head. " So, you're saying we're the only ones here and this Houndour is alone. Weird," Mitch says as Houndour coats its teeth in fire and leaps towards Phanpy. 

         " Use Defense Curl to protect yourself from that Fire Fang," Mitch shouts as Phanpy manages to curl into a ball right before Houndour bites down on it, causing the attack to do no damage. " Uncurl and use Ice Shard," he orders as Phanpy uncurls from the Defense Curl and fires a small beam of ice from its mouth. " Doooourr," it mumbles as the attack hits it in the chest and sends it skidding on its feet across the ground. " Houuund," it roars as it stops skidding and shoots multiple small fireballs out of its mouth. " Pyyyyyyyyy," it cries as the Ember fireballs hit it on the back and explode on impact. " Hang in there, Phanpy! Use Bulldoze," he exclaims as Phanpy rears up on its hind legs while its front legs glow light brown. " Phaaaaaaaan," it cries as it slams its front legs on the ground, sending a small and powerful shockwave towards Houndour. " Houuuuundouuurrrr," it roars in a pained tone as the shockwave slams into it. Houndour shakes off the pain from the Bulldoze, jumps into the air, and fires a big ball of black energy from its mouth. " Pyyyyyyyyyyyyy," it screams as the Shadow Ball hits it right between the eyes and explodes. 

       Phanpy falls to the ground and struggles to get back up as Houndour lands in front of it and uses Bite on its trunk. " Phaaaaaaaaaaan," it screams in pain before Mitch recalls it to its Poke Ball. " Laaaavaaaa," Quilava, who has a slap mark on its right cheek that it got from one of the Miltank, shouts as it appears in next to Mitch and ignites its back flames. " Guess you're up! Let's try Overheat," he says as Quilava jumps in front of him and begins glowing bright red. " Laaaaaaaaaaaaavaaaaaaaa," it screams as it tries to use Overheat, but fails yet again, all that comes it is a small waterfall of fire. " Douuuuur," a confused Houndour whimpers, which gives Mitch another opportunity to shout a command, " Use Swift!" " Laaaaavaaaa," it exclaims as it fires multiple stars made of yellow energy from its mouth. " Houuuuuur," it cries as the stars hit it in the face and explode, causing it to fall over on its side. " Did that do it," Mitch asks before Houndour jumps back to its feet and fires a Shadow Ball at Quilava. " Laaaaaava," it hollers as the attack explodes on its shoulder and sends it stumbling backwards.

      " Fight back with Quick Attack," Mitch commands as Quilava, with a streak of white energy trailing behind, runs very fast towards Houndour and slams into it with its whole body. " Houuuuuuuuuuunnnnnn," it howls as the attack knocks it against one of huts. " Douuurr," it mumbles as spirals form in its eyes.  " Okay, Poké Ball, let's go," he shouts while throwing an empty Poké Ball at the unconscious Dark and Fire-type. The ball boops Houndour on the snout and sucks it inside. It takes almost five minutes of shaking, but the capture noise goes off and Mitch uses the P.C. button on his Pokédex to send Houndour to Professor Oak's lab. " Think we're earned ourselves some free Moomoo Milk," Mitch says as Quilava walks up to him. 

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     " Bottoms up," Mitch says before he and each member of his party ( Quilava, Phanpy,  Aipom, Teddiursa, Spinarak, and Porygon) chug a bottle of Moomoo Milk. Eventually, they all finish and notice that Teddiursa has a milk moustache, which causes everyone present to laugh.