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

Unresolved Mysteries

"All of the Badges you two have are one hundred percent legit..." Nurse Joy told Courtney and I as she stood behind the counter in the Pokemon Center. She slid her hands across the counter top and lifted them up as she pulled her hands back to her.

Me and Courtney's Flower Badges were in front of us.

"...except for these two," Nurse Joy finished. "The Flower Badge."

"No!" Courtney gasped.

"But, how?" I cried weakly, looking into Nurse Joy's eyes.

"Oh, my gosh! YES!" June screamed with delight.

I turned around and saw June sitting in a phone booth, bouncing in her seat as she spoke with somebody. I then turned back to Nurse Joy.

"The Flower Badge was legit at one point..." Nurse Joy said slowly, staring back at me.

"What do you mean?" I insisted.

"Yes! Please, please, please, please, pleeeeeeeease!!" June squealed over the phone.

Nurse Joy, Courtney, and I looked over at June before returning our gazes to each other.

"Well, the Flower Badge was once obtained from a woman commonly referred to as Gramma," Nurse Joy started.

"Yeah! That's who Gary and I battled in Verdew Town! Gramma!" Courtney exclaimed. "We defeated her and won our Badges!"

Nurse Joy raised her hands as she gazed at Courtney sadly. "Please, allow me to explain."

Courtney's breath came out in a sigh and she stayed quiet as Nurse Joy spoke.

"Gramma, as I'm sure you are aware, if you really did battle her, is quite forgetful," Nurse Joy continued. "She forgets the Pokemon she owns, forgets their moves, and even forgets how many Pokemon she's allowed to send out in battle. As you can imagine, this can create quite the... unique atmosphere for her challengers."

I remembered when Gramma had battled me and ended up switching out her Leavanny for her Whimsicott, forgetting that Leavanny was her final Pokemon, and that cost her the match.

June squealed with pleasure over the phone about something I wasn't made aware of yet, and at the moment, I really didn't care. I couldn't believe the news I was receiving from Nurse Joy right now.

"A lot of mistakes on Gramma's part were occurring, such as her sending out too many Pokemon, or forgetting that she still had Pokemon left to use, or even accusing the challengers of using more Pokemon than was agreed upon," Nurse Joy told us. "Eventually, the Pokemon Inspection Agency looked into all the reports about her Gym and shut it down."

Rain pounded heavily against the windows.

"Nooooooo!" Courtney wailed. "This can't be! There must be a mistake! Why would she lie to us like that?"

"Courtney." I turned to her, and she looked to me, her eyes filled with sadness. "I don't think Gramma lied..."
"What? But, Nurse Joy said..." She turned to Nurse Joy desperately.

"I have a feeling that what Gary is trying to say is that, Gramma may have..." Nurse Joy hesitated.

"I can't believe this! Thank you so much, mommy! Daddy! I love you both so so much! Yaaaaaaayyyy!! Muah!!" June was ecstatic on the phone, the receiver at her ear. "I'll speak to you real soon, okay? Tell everyone I said hi! Bye!" She hung up the phone, slamming it loudly, and wrapped her arms around her bag, squeezing it and giggling wildly. She got to her feet and smiled at Courtney, Nurse Joy, and I. "Hey, you guys! You won't believe the good news!" She ran up to us, overjoyed by whatever she had to say. "My Pokemon are all doing better! Manectric, Pikachu, Lanturn, Blitzle, and Ampharos are all okay!" She shoved me and Courtney out of her way and dropped her bag on the counter. Giggling nonstop, she pulled out five of her Poke Balls from the bag and tossed them to the floor, causing them all to send out the Pokemon inside.