Maddy heard a rustling sound, and a quiet sigh. Maddy smiled, thinking a pokemon was close by somewhere.
"Eve!" Maddy whispered, but Eve didn't seem to hear her, as she kept wondering around, her nose firmly sticking to the ground. Maddy shook her head, and quietly brushed past the bush. Behind it was a small, dark crack in a cliff.
Maddy poked her head in, and looked around for something interesting. Another moan caught her attention, and Maddy looked in the direction of the sound. A large, sad eye could only be seen in the darkness that swallowed the rest of the body.
"Are you okay?" Maddy said gently, and tried to move further into the cave.
It only stared at her, tears welling up in its eyes. Maddy felt a hint of sadness, but tried to see it's face.
"C'mon, chin up!" Maddy smiled at the mystery pokemon, but it only continued to stare at her.
"Cue…" the pokemon muttered, and turned it's back to Maddy.
'A Cubone?' Maddy sighed, and crawled out of the crack.
"Cue! Cubone!" Cubone rushed out of the hole and looked Maddy in the eye.
"What is it?" Maddy bent down to his height and smiled warmly. Eve came sprinting into the scene, puffing and panting. It seemed to have been in a long battle and just won, by a tight thread. She took a final breath and fell to the ground, totally worn out.
"Cubone…" the cubone gave Eve a funny look and poked her with his bone. Maddy laughed as Eve fidgeted and moaned as Cubone poked her some more. While he was distracted, Maddy stood up, and slowly took a pokeball off her belt. Maddy clutched the ball waiting for the opportune moment.
'Wait 'till Kai sees this! He'll be so jealous!' Maddy grinned smugly and threw the pokeball at Cubone. Cubone looked up at Maddy again with those large, puppy-dog eyes before the ball hit him, and a red light swallowed him, and threw him into the ball. It rattled, shook and turned for a moment. It finally rested and Maddy picked it up.
"Yeah Eve! We have a Cubone!" Eve smiled back happily, and gave a 'it's-time-to-go-home-now-' look.
"You wanna go home? Yeah, I guess we should, I'm hungry!" Maddy smiled and looked back to the ball she held tightly in her hands.
"Shy… Shya I'll call you…" Maddy muttered to the pokeball, clicking it back to her belt and following Eve back to the PokeCentre.
hows this for the replacement of "Buddy?"