Pokémon: A New Quest

Practice Makes Perfect!!!

Amy's POV

It had been a day since the 'surprise' encounter with the Ekans and Arbok, and everyone was back to their calm state. But,with their first Gym battle coming up, everyone was nervous. Amy looked up and saw her Evee padding towards her with a flower in its mouth. It squealed and laid it in her hand. "Aww, thanks Evee." she whispered as she pat her Evee on the head. The other girls were training up their Pokémon in the field they had camped out in overnight. Me and Evee are gonna be the strongest team ever. And when we capture our first Pokémon, we'll be even stronger, thought Amy. She got up from underneath the shady tree she was under and glanced at Evee. "C'mon. Let's go train with the others." she said. Evee squealed and bounded after her.

Amy walked over to where Bloom, Violet, and Rosy were training. "Hey guys, wanna do a practice battle?" Amy asked. Violet squealed and said, "YES!!! I WANNA BATTLE!!! I WANNA BATTLE!!!" Amy covered her ears and rolled her eyes playfully. "Ok ok Vi!" Rosy and Bloom laughed. "I want to battle too!" Bloom said. "Me three!" Rosy yelled. Amy smiled at their quirkiness and laughed. "Ok then, who wants to battle me?" Amy asked eagerly. The girls all glanced at each other and after a long stretch of silence while everyone was thinking, Bloom said, "How 'bout Rosy battles you and I battle Violet?" They all nodded and called their Pokémon.

Amy felt excitement build up in her body and she called her Evee. "Hey Evee, we're gonna battle Rosy and her Evee. You up for it?" she asked excitedly. Evee narrowed its eyes and nodded. It jumped in front of Amy and squealed as its tail fluffed up. "Alright then Evee, let's show 'em who's boss!" Amy said as she waited for Rosy and her Evee to come out to the field. She watched as Rosy and her Evee walked to the other end of the field. "You ready Rosy!?" Amy shouted impatiently. After a few moments, Rosy got up from speaking to her Evee and she nodded. "All set!"

Amy smiled and said, "Alright then, I'm starting this off! Evee use Sand Attack!" He Evee nodded and began running. Sand shot up from the ground and the field became shrouded with dust. Amy heard Rosy gasp and her Evee whimper. We got them. Suddenly, Amy heard Rosy give her Evee an order. "Evee use Tackle!" Amy searched the sandy space for Rosy's Evee and waited. She heard the other Evee's paws charging towards hers and said, "Dodge it Evee!" Her Evee jumped up but Rosy's Evee rammed into it and sent it flying. Rosy looked nervous but confident; so did her Evee.

"Evee use Tackle again!" she shouted. Rosy's Evee ran into hers before Evee had gotten up. Amy felt herself start to panic. Come on Evee. Get up. I know you can... Just as she thought that, Amy saw her Evee get up and shake the sand from its fur. "That's it Evee! You can do it!" Suddenly, Evee growled and suddenly leaped up into the air. Its tail glowed for a second and yellow stars appeared from it. The stars shot at Rosy's Evee and they made a direct hit. "Oh my gosh! What move was that?" Amy asked out loud. She grabbed her Pokédex and searched it up.

"Evee can learn all sorts of moves. This particular move is called Swift." the Pokédex explained. Amy's eyes widened as Evee landed back on the ground. Amy laughed and yelled, "Great job Evee! Keep it up and use Swift again!" Evee jumped up and shot the stars at Rosy's Evee but Rosy was prepared for it. "Evee use Sand Attack and jump!" she said to her own Evee. The Evee ran and the field became shrouded with dust again and Rosy's Evee was nowhere to be seen. Where is it!? Amy glanced around at the field and glanced at her Evee. "Stay calm Evee!" she said. Her Evee nodded and stayed focused on what was in front of it.

Why did she tell her Evee to jump, she thought. Suddenly, she heard Rosy yell. "Evee use Quick Attack from up there!" Amy realized what Rosy was doing and as the dust cleared she saw Rosy's Evee falling towards hers while using Quick Attack. Amy gasped and began to yell, "Evee dodg-". But, Rosy's Evee landed a clear shot on hers. Amy felt her heart drop and she waited for the dust to clear. As it did she saw Rosy's Evee standing by Rosy and Amy saw hers on the ground. Bloom-- since she was being the referee-- said, "Amy's Evee is unable to battle! Rosy wins!" Rosy didn't cheer, instead she let out a sigh. "I thought we wouldn't win. Thanks for battling Evee." she said as she stroked her Evee's head.

Amy went and picked up her Evee. "Good work Evee. I'm so proud." Amy whispered. Her Evee opened it's eyes and smiled. Amy laughed and pat its head. "But you learned a new move. And after we train a little more, we'll be unstoppable!" Amy said. Her Evee squealed and nodded as it jumped out of her arms and spun around. Rosy walked over and said, "Good battle! Now I can't wait to see Violet and Bloom battle next!" Amy laughed and said, "Me too!"