pokemon adventure

chapter thirty five

Chapter 35

Noctowl, the savage Skarmory

and Len Town

The gang were now walking through a forest. The forest was so thick that it looked dark, even though it was still the middle of the day. Just then Pikachu noticed something in the tree. It was some sort of bird house. "Do you think someone built that for some flying pokemon?" asked Misty. "Could have," said Brock "but it only looks the right size for Pidgey and Hoothoot". Suddenly a big brown bird that looked like an owl landed on the branch next to the bird house. "It's a Noctowl," said Brock.

Ash looked at Noctowl on the pokedex: Noctowl, the owl pokemon. The evolved form of Hoothoot. Its eyes are specially developed to enable it to see clearly even in murky darkness and minimal light.

"How funny," said Ash "I mean Hoothoot and Noctowl are nocturnal pokemon, and it's not night time yet. But then again this forest does look like it is night time now".

Suddenly a branch moved and scared the Noctowl away. "Did you guys see that branch move?" asked Ash. "I certainly did," said Misty "what's going on?" "Hey look there," said Tomo. Another Noctowl appeared, but it was smaller than the last Noctowl and also a different colour. Instead of being coloured light brown and dark brown, this Noctowl was orange and beige coloured, with black triangles. "That Noctowl is a shiny pokemon," said Ash "never thought I would see a shiny pokemon up close". Ash had heard about shiny pokemon, he also heard that they were rare and very hard to find. Just then an adult man came out from behind the tree. "I found you at last Noctowl," he said "now I will catch you. Come on out Mareep". The man released a Mareep from a pokeball but this Mareep was different; it had pink wool instead of normal white wool. "That Mareep is shiny too," said Ash. "Okay Mareep use thundershock on Noctowl" said the man. Mareep sent a shock of electricity at Noctowl, but Noctowl flew off the branch to dodge it. Then Noctowl stared at Mareep, then its eyes glowed red and then Noctowl's eyes released some red circles, which began to expand, at Mareep. "Oh no Noctowl just used hypnosis" said the man. The Mareep got drowsy and was confused about what it was doing. "Hypnosis is a very tricky move," said Brock "and Noctowl's hypnosis has made Mareep confused". "But I thought hypnosis puts their opponents to sleep," said Ash. "It does, but it can do other things too like make opponents confused or in a trance, so you have to be careful" said Brock. While Mareep was still in a confused state, Noctowl flew away. "Oh I failed again!" whined the man, and he returned Mareep.

The gang walked up to the man. "Are you okay sir?" asked Misty. "Yeah I'm good," replied the man, "it's just trying to catch that shiny Noctowl that is tricky. I'm Dr Wiseman by the way". The gang introduced themselves. "I noticed that your Mareep was a shiny pokemon" said Ash. "Oh so you've heard of shiny pokemon Ash?" asked Dr Wiseman. "Yes I have," replied Ash "I've also heard that they can be hard to find". "They are, but it doesn't stop me from finding and catching them," said Dr Wiseman "I catch shiny pokemon". "Wow," said Brock "I would like to see your shiny pokemon, if you have any more". Ash, Tomo and Misty wanted to see too. Dr Wiseman agreed and brought the gang to his cabin in the forest. Dr Wiseman took out ten pokeballs from his cabin and released his pokemon outside. The gang were shocked with what they saw; apart from having a shiny Mareep, Dr Wiseman had a shiny Magikarp, a shiny Weepinbell, a shiny Marill, a shiny Growlithe, a shiny Sentret, a shiny Gastly, a shiny Goldeen, a shiny Jigglypuff, a shiny Zubat and a shiny Hoppip. Magikarp was a golden Magikarp. Weepinbell had a green-yellow body, with green-yellow leaves and a lavender mouth. Marill was light-green instead of blue. Growlithe had a yellow body. Sentret was light-brown, with dark brown stripes. Gastly had a purple body, with a blue haze around it. Goldeen's markings were light orange. Jigglypuff was a pale lavender colour. Zubat was green. Hoppip had a green body. Ash, Tomo, Misty and Brock were amazed. Even Pikachu, Growlithe and Togepi were surprised with the different coloured pokemon. "Wow Dr Wiseman," said Brock "your pokemon are impressive". "Thank you," said Dr Wiseman "it does take me ages of course to find a shiny pokemon, but it's worth it when you want to catch shiny pokemon". "Does anyone else apart from us know about your shiny pokemon collection?" asked Misty. "Nurse Joy does," replied Dr Wiseman "but I try not to show them, in case someone will try to steal them from me. Shiny pokemon end up as targets to those who sell pokemon for money". The gang understood.