Bridging The Gap; The Final Records In Unova: An Autobiography

Letting Loose Old Gols

I stood up tall, puffing out my frail chest and staring down seriously at my six Pokemon I'd just sent out.

Dugtrio, Elgyem, Drifloon, Excadrill, Unfezant, and Weepinbell were all looking up at me.

"Guys, I think that right now, we have some-" I began.

A sudden chattering noise reached my ears and stopped my sentence, and before I knew it, something flew by me, stopping near my Drifloon.

"Rotom!" I said in surprise.

Rotom floated in front of Drifloon, making an eager noise at her with a big smile on its face.

"Rotom, this isn't the time!" June insisted.

"Floooon..." Drifloon lowered her head sadly.

Rotom's smile faded as it stared at her, and its body moved around as it said something to her.

Drifloon kept her head down and didn't say a word to Rotom.

"Rotom, I said to stop!" June stomped over.

Rotom always had a crush on my Drifloon, ever since it first laid eyes on her, and it always made an effort to do something kind to her.

Drifloon always seemed to be both flattered and embarrassed by Rotom's chivalrous behavior and would blush, but today, she didn't seem to be in the best mood for some reason.

"Rotom, I just said to cut it out!" June stood between the two Pokemon, glaring at Rotom. "Now get back over there!" June pointed.

Rotom flew away quickly.

June's face softened as she looked up at me. "Sorry about that." She quickly scurried away.

I turned to my Pokemon, took a deep breath, and cleared my throat. "Right. Anyway, today, I think we need to have us all a very serious talk."

Most of my Pokemon stared back at me with wide-eyed innocence and interest.

Drifloon was the only one staring at me sadly, floating close to the ground.

"Excadrill, Dugtrio, Elgyem, Drifloon, Weepinbell." I stopped at Unfezant and hardened my stare. "Unfezant."

"Fez?" Unfezant said in confusion, his eyes widening even further. The gauze that had previously been wrapped around his once injured tail was now gone.

"Unfezant, this is regarding you," I continued. "But this includes every single one of you guys, too." I turned to my other five Pokemon.

The clearing was silent, not the slightest breeze blowing through the grass and trees, the sun shining brightly above us in a clear, blue sky.

June was leaning against a tree, her arms crossed as she watched the seven of us intently.

Her Vaporeon sat on the ground by her legs.

Her Galvantula was in an electrical web she had made right above June's head, the web sparking every minute.

Magnezone and Rotom were quietly listening to the serious discussion I was having with my Pokemon as they floated on either side of June's head.

June's Electivire was sitting on the ground by a tree several feet away from June, his large fists on the ground, the Electric powerhouse breathing deeply as he snoozed.

Courtney was standing at the opposite end of the clearing from June, watching my talk with my Pokemon with concern on her face, her Sceptile, Stoutland, Woobat, Maractus, Scraggy, and Crustle close by her.

My eyes locked coldly onto Unfezant.

"Unfezant..." Unfezant said softly, staring back at me.

"Unfezant, you battled against a Krookadile sometime last week. Do you remember that?"