What If Ash was in Pokemon Horizons?

Quaquaval and Tinkaton's Great Sleep Operation!

"Do it Ash," Dot instructed.

Ash nodded, "Bulbasaur, use Sleep Powder. Dudunsparce, use Yawn!"

Both Pokemon emit their attacks onto Dot's Quaquaval and Tinkaton, but the opposing Pokemon don't fall asleep. Dot huffs as she and Ash head back to the shaved ice table where Liko, Roy, Ult and Navi are eating.

"So Mollie didn't find anything wrong with them?" Liko asked.

"No, she just said to try doing some exercise and have them drink warm milk before bed." Dot explained. "That didn't even work."

"Seems you are having trouble with your Pokemon sleeping." A man suddenly approached the trainers.

"Uh, who are you?" Roy asked.

"Pardon me for interrupting, my name is Professor Neroli, I study Pokemon sleep ecology." Neroli explained before hearing a horn in the distance. "Oh, my apologies. My ship for the Greengrass Isle is about to depart. I wish you all good luck!"

Neroli began to leave before Dot stood up and held his hand. "Wait! How about we give you a ride there instead?" Dot offered, "That way you'll get to your destination and you can help me out."

Neroli looked stunned, but quickly smiled, "Alright then!"

As the Brave Olivine soars towards the Greengrass Isle, Dot monitors an overheard camera in her room alongside Neroli and her friends, watching as Quaquaval and Tinkaton struggle to nap. "They've been like this for a few days now, but Gholdengo is sleeping fine."

"And my Quaquaval is acting fine." Ash added, "So I don't think it's a problem with the Pokemon species."

Neroli inspected the footage before pointing at Tinkaton, "Looks like Tinkaton there is clutching her hammer. Seems to me that both Pokemon are too scared to sleep."

"But, how'd that even happen?" Ult wondered.

Dot's eyes widened, "I think I know, I started watching a ghost-story stream a few days ago. They featured a Haunter and a Banette jumping out and scaring whoever was watching, I guess Quaquaval and Tinkaton saw it too and got scared."

"Well, no worries then!" Neroli reassured, "You all may join me on Greengrass Isle! There's a special Snorlax with a power called Drowsy Power. It helps any and all Pokemon fall asleep."

The Brave Olivine docks in the Greengrass Isle and the trainers step out. Navi eagerly looks at all the Pokemon around her as Neroli guides the group throughout the unfamiliar land. "Here we are!" he suddenly declared, "Let us hide in the bushes as our Pokemon head towards the Snorlax!"

The humans duck into the bushes as the Pokemon approach the mentioned Snorlax. The resting Pokemon emits a strange energy that relaxes most of the Pokemon. Just as Quaquaval and Tinkaton prepare to fall asleep, the sound of rumbling wakes them up as Snorlax gets up and walks away.

"Drat, seems like the Snorlax is hungry." Neroli explained, "No matter, we'll just whip up a helpig of Snorlax's favorite food: Dream Eater Butter Curry!"

"We've made curry before!" Liko recalled, "Count us in!"

Neroli lays out a paper onto the grass, "We'll need Soft Potatoes, Soothing Cacaos, Snoozy Tomatoes and Moomoo Milk." He explained, "But we can always gather the help of the Isle's Pokemon. They know this place better than any of us."

"Alright, then let's split up and gather ingredients." Roy declared.

Ash and Dot head off in one direction, getting help by a Bellsprout, Diglett and Sudowoodo as they find and gather Snoozy Tomatoes. The trainers carry a couple buckets and place them at the meetup spot. "You guys stay here and keep watch," Dot ordered Quaquaval and Tinkaton, "You guys deserve some sort of rest. We can handle it from here."

The three Pokemon lead Ash and Dot back to the Snoozy Tomatoes bushes and they continue to gather them. Suddenly the sounds of terrified screams fill the air and sends Ash and Dot running back to Quaquaval and Tinkaton, reuniting with Cap as they spot a Haunter and Banette gobbling up the Snoozy Tomatoes as Dot's Pokemon stand petrified.

"Don't worry, Dot." Ash pulled out a Poke Ball, and send out his Gengar, "We can handle this!"

Cap prepares to battle the Ghost-types as well, but Dot stands between them. "Guys, just drop it. It's not worth it."

Ash and Cap call off their attacks as they head back to the Snoozy Tomatoes bushes with Quaquaval and Tinkaton following behind them as the Haunter and Banette looks on after them, feeling guilty.

The Rising Volt Tacklers eventually reunite and gather the ingredients together. The Haunter and Banette suddenly return, causing Quaquaval and Tinkaton to back away in fear. Both Ghost-types let out sorrowful cries as they hand the Snoozy Tomatoes back. "Hang on, I think they wanna help." Liko theorized as both Ghost-types nod.

Quaquaval and Tinkaton seem hesitant, Ash pulls out two Poke Balls and sends out his Quaquaval and Gengar. "Why don't you two look hang out with my Pokemon. Gengar can help you get used to Ghost-types again, and Quaquaval is your friend."

Both of Dot's Pokemon nod as the Haunter and Banette begin to play. The trainers cook the curry as Quaquaval and Tinkaton warn up to the Ghost-types and begin playing with them. A sight Dot and Ash smile at.

As the moon lights up the horizon, the trainers offer Snorlax the Dream Eater Butter Curry and it gobbles it up in an instant before falling alseep, emitting the same energy from earlier that puts every Pokemon to sleep, including Quaquaval and Tinkaton.

"Finally," Dot sighed in relief.

Roy spotted a round pink Pokemon waddling over to them. "Oh wow, a Jigglypuff!" Navi beamed.

"Oh yes, that is a Jigglypuff!" Neroli declared, "They're quite common in the Greengrass Isle."

Ash's eyes widened as he spotted the marker in the Pokemon's hand. "Uh, I don't think this one is."

"What are you talking about?" Ult asked.

"Jigglypuff..." Jigglypuff began to sing, putting all the humans to sleep in an instant. "Jiggly?" The Pokemon looks around to find everyone asleep. Jigglypuff puffs up in anger before uncapping the marker and going to town.

The next morning the trainers wake up to find markings on their faces. "You could've told us earlier you knew a Jigglypuff." Dot remarked, "We could've searched for that."

"I never really know where Jigglypuff is." Ash admitted.

The trainers lighten up and begin laughing at the markings Jigglypuff left on each of them. They soon spot Neroli capturing pictures of the sleeping Pokemon. "What are you doing?" Ult asked, "They're just sleeping, seems mega-boring if you ask me."

"Yes, but it's how they sleep that interests me." Neroli began to point at the Pokemon, "That Wooper's in the Smiling Sleep style, Mankey's in the Angry Sleep style and Sudowoodo's in the Pseudo-Wood Sleep style."

"Woah, Pokemon even have different ways of sleeping?" Ash seemed eager, "Awesome!"

"And the same species of Pokemon can have different sleeping styles." Neroli pointed towards a pair of Togekiss. "One is in the Free-Flight Sleep style, while the other is in the Acrobatic-Flight Sleep style."

Neroli then notices Cap standing on his tail, "What Sleep style is that?!"

"That's just how Cap sleeps." Roy informed him. "It's nothing."

"Well I've never seen anything like it!" Neroli declared before snapping pictures of Cap as the trainers share a chuckle.