Ash's Secret

Chapter 5: The Few Downsides of Pokémon Evolution

Hello everyone! FiresongTheScorbunny here with a new chapter of Ash's Secret. And to clear up some of the confusion from the last chapter, well to be completely honest, I can't reveal anything without spoiling anything too big about the plot later on in the story. Anyways, with all that out of the way, I hope you enjoy reading this new chapter. Now, without further ado, let's take flight.
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Ashly, Goh, Koharu, Dawn, and Zoey had all decided to travel together. It was a big group but they made it work for them, Ashly had even convinced Koharu to try out a gym battle and a contest. They were now in the Unova region so they payed a visit to Professor Juniper's lab.

"Hello again Professor Juniper," Ashly called out happily, waving and giving the Unova professor a bright smile. "Hello again, Ash, nice to see you again," she then turned to face the other members of the group. "And who are your friends?"

Ashly smiled and pointed to each of her friends as she said there names. "The blue-haired girl is Dawn, the brown-haired boy is Goh, the red-haired girl is Zoey, and the maroon-haired girl is Koharu." They all smiled and waved to the professor in greeting.

"Oh, and I brought a couple familiar faces," she then pulled out three Pokeballs. releasing the Pokémon inside came out in three flashes of blue light. "Snivy vi," a green snake-like Pokémon cried, its small arms on its hips and a sassy smile on its face. "Oshawott osha," a small otter-like Pokémon cried, a cute little smile on its face. "Pignight pig," a pig-like Pokémon cried, fire curling around its jaw and it crossed its arms with a wink on its face.

"Ooh, hello again you three. I see Oshawott is doing well, that's wonderful."

"They all learned some new moves at Professor Oak's lab," Ashly said with a bright smile on her face.

"Wow! That's amazing, now, what brings you back here?"

"Koharu needs to choose her first Pokémon," Ashly replied, glancing at the maroon-haired girl with a warm smile on her face.

"Now, you can choose your partner from among these three types," Professor Juniper says, pulling out three Pokeballs from a tray that was nearby. "The first is Tepig, a fire-type." A small pig-like Pokémon appeared in a bright flash of blue light. It smiled and blue a small burst of red flames. "Up next there's Oshawott, a water-type." The small otter-like Pokémon also appeared in a flash of blue light, with a cute little smile on its face. "Finally Snivy, a grass-type." And the small green snake-like Pokémon appeared in a flash of blue light, with its small arms on its hips and a sassy smile on its face.

"Hmm... let's see... who should I choose..." Koharu quietly muttered to herself as she glanced between the three Unova starter Pokémon. "Have you decided who you will choose to be your partner?" Dawn asked, speaking up for the first time, as she watched the maroon-haired girl.

"This will give you a better idea," Ashly said, pulling out her Pokédex and scanning the three Pokémon.

"Snivy, the grass snake Pokémon. Cool, calm and collected, Snivy uses photosynthesis to collect energy with the leaf on its tail."

"Oshawott, the sea otter Pokémon. Oshawott attacks and defends using the scout-chop that can be removed from its stomach."

"Tepig, the fire pig Pokémon. Normally fire shoots out of its of Tepig's snout, but it shoots out smoke instead."

"I've decided," Koharu said, turning to Professor Juniper with a bright smile on her face. "I'm choosing Snivy," she says, smiling down at the green snake-like Pokémon, who smiled back at her.

"Here are your Pokeballs, you can carry up to six Pokémon with you." Professor Juniper says, handing the purple haired girl a tray with five Poke-Balls inside. "And here's Snivy's Pokeball, take good care of it."

"I will, and thank you again for all the help Professor."

"Ok, now we're all set. So come on, let's hit the road!" Ashly says and they all nodded and waved goodby to the prefacer as they left the lab. "So... where to now Ash?" Goh asked while looking at the others for an answer.

"Let's just explore and see if there are any Pokémon we can find," Dawn suggested and everyone nodded in agreement at her idea.

After a battle with Team Rocket, Scorbunny had finally learned Ember thanks to Quilava's training but shortly after evolving into Raboot, the Pokémon started to act strange and it was simply uninterested in everything.

And after Ashly was done fighting a trainer who had challenged her, Goh seamed to have enough of Raboots behavior. It was understandable considering how aloof the used to be happy-go-lucky attitude it had had as a Scorbunny.

"What's with your attitude? Raboot, I don't get why you're acting this way at all! Ever since you evolved, you've acted just like this. Like you just don't care. Nothing excites you, you won't high-five, and you refuse to look me in the eye! This kind of attitude has to stop! I don't understand it. Do you really hate me that much?" Goh yelled at Raboot, who just turned her head away from him.