Empathic Adventures

Empathic Adventures

EP013: A Dwebble Shell Game

by SSJ04 Mewtwo

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Cilan hummed to himself as he was putting the finishing touches on the lunch for the group. Potato salad sandwiches was the order for the day.

As the humans began eating, the pokemon, Pikachu, Piplup, and Axew ate their bowls of pokemon food. Axew stopped eating, turned, and dashed off to a small out cropping of boulders. Pikachu called out to Axew to get the pokemon to come back, but Axew wasn't listening.Pikachu and Piplup shared a look and followed Axew, both wondering what the pokemon had found. It was tapping on a stone. Ash, Cilan, Dawn, and Iris came over to their pokemon to see what was going on.

"If I'm correct, that's a Dwebble," Cilan pointed out.

"Uh, what is it doing to that rock?" Dawn asked.

"Dwebble is building its shell. Humans rarely see this event," Iris said. Anabel, Angie, Dawn, and May shared a look and the same thought...was Iris not as foolish as she acted?

The Dwebble knocked the stone onto its side and used Slash to carve into it. It then opened its mouth and a very corrosive saliva was sprayed on the rock. Once that was done, the pokemon stuck its tail into the rock. It made a couple of adjustments and finally it appeared to be satisfied with its creation.

Happy with its new shell, the Dwebble began to head on, not noticing that it had an audience.

"Watch out!" Anabel called out, sensing the emotions of three pokemon that were coming out from under the ground. Three more Dwebble appeared and attacked the Dwebble. The apparent ring leader took the hell that the Dwebble had worked on and attacked it to his own.

"Hey!" Ash shouted. The trio of Dwebble, knowing that they better not hang around went back under the ground. The now shell-less Dwebble followed the thieving trio.

"Pansage, follow those Dwebble," Cilan requested and Pansage quickly took to the earth. Minutes passed as the group waited for Pansage to return.

When Pansage did finally return they all saw that the Dwebble hadn't been able to get its shell back.

"Listen Dwebble," Cilan began as he came over to the pokemon. However, Dwebble took off.

"C'mon," Cilan said and he and Ash took off. Knowing that she better get to Dwebble first, Anabel took off as well.

"Dwebble!" Anabel called out as she got ahead of the boys. "There's no reason to be afraid of us."

Pikachu called out to the crustacean pokemon. Dwebble turned and used Slash. This caused the ground to be broken up into small rocks. One of these small rocks hit Pansage directly on the head.

"Pansage!" Cilan cried out and quickly came over to his injured pokemon. A horrified look crossed the Dwebble's face, not having had the intention to hurt the one that had tried to help it find its shell, Dwebble came over to Pansage and apologized as Cilan administered a Super Potion.

"Dwebble, can't you just build yourself a new house?" Iris asked. This question put Dwebble into a panic as it explained.

"Anabel?" Ash asked.

"Dwebble seems to believe that it can't find another rock that would be perfect for its house. It has been searching for the perfect stone and now it was stolen," Anabel translated the ranting's of Dwebble.

"Well, I guess we'll just have to get that shell back now won't we," Ash said.

However, Dwebble went under the ground, wanting to get its shell back for itself.

"That particular Dwebble is prideful. Its pride was hurt when those other Dwebble stole its shell," Anabel relayed.

"Well, whether Dwebble wants it or not, we are going to help it. We've first got to find those Dwebble that took the shell in the first place," Cilan explained.

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The sun was setting and the group was still looking for the trio of Dwebble that had stolen Dwebble's shell. Pidove was searching by air why Pansage searched underground. However, Dwebble, Pidove, and Pansage came back empty handed.

"It's getting late, we should rest, have dinner, and try again tomorrow," Cilan suggested and the rest agreed.

Cilan started on preparations for dinner. He finished, but before he could dig in, Pansage toppled over.

"Pansage!" Cilan shouted and came over to his pokemon. He felt Pansage's head and frowned.

"Pansage has a fever. It must have gotten it when it had been hit on the head by that rock," Cilan said. Anabel could feel the waves of guilt coming from Dwebble.

"I don't have any medicine to give to Pansage," Cilan said, worried for his pokemon partner.

"Hey, with my knowledge of herbalism I should be able to find an herb that can help Pansage. C'mon Axew," Iris sad and the two went off to find the right herb. The girls shared another look, wondering where Iris picked that up from.

"Ok, I think you finally impressed us," Anabel said. Iris smirked. She was getting some respect from the collection of girls that were following Ash. However, a blur pounced on her head.

"But Emolga isn't going to let you get a big head," Angie giggled out.

"Darn squirrel," Iris grumbled.

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"Ok, it appears that going head long into battle with all three of them isn't going to work. We need to separate them so you can battle each one of them one at a time, Dwebble," Cilan began.

"How are we going to separate those Dwebble?" Ash asked.

"We'll use pokemon food," Cilan grinned.

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Three bowls of pokemon food were set out. A length of rope was tied to each. At the other end of each rope, Pikachu, Pansage, and Axew waited. When the Dwebble started eating, the three pokemon ran in three different directions, separating the trio.

During the chase, two of the Dwebble were taken out. The third, the leader for his team.that had taken the shell, not was facing down the Dwebble that it had stolen from.

The two Dwebble fought, the leader of the trio using the stolen shell as a shield at times, stopping the shell-less Dwebble from attacking. However, the shell-less Dwebble used Shell Smash on the other Dwebble, smashing the thief's own shell. This caused the Dwebble to run away, leaving behind the shell it had stolen.

"You did it Dwebble. I must say that Shell Smash had a powerful flavor to it," Cilan complimented. "Hey, would you like to join my team of pokemon?"

Dwebble, having made a good friend in Pansage, agreed and Cilan threw a pokeball and it captured the pokemon. Cilan grinned, he had a new pokemon.

"Well, let's get to Nacrene City," Ash said excitedly.

"Such a kid," Iris said exasperatedly and once again, Emolga pounced, attacking the girl.

"She'll never learn," May said and Dawn giggled.

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I know, too much episode and not enough original material. Let me know what you thought regardless.