Midnight's Story

True or False?

"Hey Ash, why don't we make this a no-switching match?" said Falkner.

"Sure."

"Very well, then go, noctowl!"

"Go, Scizor!" said Ash. He knew that the weakest pokemon where usually sent out first, and scizor was at a very low level.

"Noctowl, use hypnosis!"

The noctowl's eyes begain to glow.

"Quick, Scizor, look away!"

Scizor quickly looked away from the shining eyes.

"Now, use wing attack!"

Before scizor could react, noctowl took advantage of it's averted gaze and hit it with a powerful wing attack. Thankfully, it was only half as effective as normal.

"No! Scizor, use swords dance then slash it!"

"Scizor!" it agreed, spinning around quickly then Slashing the owl pokemon.

"Noc!" it yelped.

"Noctowl, use toxic!" (a/n. I'm not sure if noctowl can use toxic, but I taught it to my pidgeot in RBY, and it doesn't have a conflicting type)

Noctowl spat a poisonous sludge at scizor.

"Scizor, try another slash, quick!"

Scizor slashed noctowl again, earning a critical hit, but was hurt by the poison. Both pokemon were now greatly weakened.

"Noctowl, use wing attack again!"

Noctowl hit the low-level pokemon again, and it fainted. Ash didn't mind much. In truth, he was surprised that a level five pokemon had lasted beyond one hit, even with it's type advantage.

"Go, Sneasel!"

The tiny ice/dark pokemon appeared. As a baby pokemon (no, I don't mean I think sneasel is a pre-evolution, but it is very young), it was unsure of it's natural abilities.

"Sneasel, noctowl is very weak now! Use your ice punch now!" Ash said, hoping that Sneasel would finally use an ice attack. So far, all he could get it to do were normal attacks.

Sneasel faced the large bird. It felt scared, but saw that noctowl was greatly weakened.

Sneasel closed it's eyes in fright and ran in the general direction of noctowl.

Ash groaned. There was no way sneasel could possibly hit noctowl now-

A very shocked noctowl was now completely encased in ice.

"Wow, sneasel, didn't know you had it in you," said an equally shocked Ash.

Dumbfounded by what had happened, Falkner recalled his noctowl. "You just got lucky! Don't expect that to happen again!" he snarled. "Go, pidgeot! Use wing attack!"

The single hit knocked out sneasel.

"Go, Tsunami!"

"Gyarrrra!" it roared.

"Pidgeot, use quick attack!"

"Tsunami, use blizzard!"

Pidgeot dived in for quick attack, but the gyarados called up a blizzard, sending it flying backward incased in ice just like the last one.

Falkner smiled. "Not bad, but it won't be good enough for-"

"Dos!" screamed the enraged yellow bird. It was covered in jagged feathers.

"Falkner...has a zapdos?! But there is only one, and Ash Ketchem has that one..." said Ash, shocked.(no pun intended.)

"Zapdos, use thunder!"

The raging lightning hit gyarados, electrocuting the pokemon nearly to the point of death. A simple thundershock would have knocked out Tsunami, with it's great weakness to electricity and against a pokegod...

"Go, sandshrew!" Ash knew sandshrew would be at a disadvantage to flying, but wouldn't be hit by Zapdos' attacks, and he didn't think any of his normal pokemon could stand up to a pokegod. Still, they might weaken it enough to help Midnight, who might have trouble as a part flying pokemon.

"Sandshrew, use sand attack!"

"Shrew!"

Sandshrew quickly kicked up sand and dust at Zapdos, partially blinding the pokemon.

"Zapdos, close your eyes and listen to the scratching sounds sandshrew is making as it uses sand attack, then use drill peck!"

Zapdos obeyed, and somehow managed to hit sandshrew despite the low accuracy of the attack.

"Sandshrew, return!" Ash said, recalling the badly hurt pokemon. That zapdos was vicious! "Go, Moon!"

"Umbre!"

"Moon, use faint attack!"

Moon disappeared, and reappeared next to Zapdos, and hit it hard. Before the dark pokemon could start to fall it disappeared, then appeared on the ground.

"Good job Moon! Keep using faint attack!"

Moon disappeared and reappeared, hitting Zapdos over and over, then disappearing and reappearing at a new place before Zapdos could react. It seemed good, but Ash could tell that Moon was tiring.

"Zapdos, fill up the area around you with electricty! When it reappears, that umbreon will be in for a shock!"

Sure enough, Moon reappeared, hitting Zapdos again, and was shocked. It fainted in midair, then fell, hitting the ground with a sickening thump.

"Moon!" yelled Ash, horrified. "Return!"

"Doesn't seem like your pokemon are doing all that well after all," said Falkner smiling sadistically.

Ash glared at the other trainer. How could he be so cruel? "Go, Midnight!"

The winged pokegoddess came out.

*What...zapdos...but...no...you...you aren't..."

[You aren't Zapdos!] she whispered.