Apocalyptic Dawn V2

Shierk stared around him. He was surrounded by everything, and nothing all at the same time. This thought scared him, and he gulped carefully as he tried to move himself around. It was like moving through quicksand while his body was weighed down with lead. "Urgh. W-Where am I?" Shierk asked as he continued struggling to move.

Shierk wasn't expecting it, so he was shocked when a voice replied to his. The voice was scratchy, and he couldn't tell If it was male or female. "Hello young officer. It is.....nice to see you." Shierk looked around him in confusion, his voice was shaky as he said "W-Who's here?" "Technically I am not there, nor am I anywhere, as is you." Shierk looked even more confused as he said "I don't get it..who are you? What is this place?" "You know who I am. I know who you are. Shierk." The voice said his name as if savoring it. "I have many things to...show you. First.. Your friend. Kreel I believe he was called. Watch young one, as I show you my power."

The scene around Shierk shifted, And he was at a place he had never seen before. There were large dark hallways, in a deep shade of gray. A large sign above him said 'Wel o e To P k r z! It was obvious that some of the letters were damaged, but he couldn't make out what they used to be. Shierk slowly spun around to see what was behind him and he gasped. "Kreel!" he shouted. But the small squirtle didn't hear him. It was as if he wasn't there. Next to the squirtle was a large Blastoise, male. He was standing in a defensive stance with Kreel holding the same stance next to him. The Blastoise tenseed, almost as if it could see something Shierk couldn't. The Blastoise began to speak. "Stop ." The Blastoise's voice disappeared, for a moment, but Shierk could still see his mouth moving. The Blastoise continued, aiming the two cannons on his back at something Shierk could not see. "Back down now!" At once, a darkness enveloped everything, and a sense of foreboding grew in his stomach. Just before the darkness subsided, Shierk heard a scream of pain. When the darkness disappeared, Shierk had his eyes screwed shut, afraid to look at the scene that lay before him. But some force pried them open, and tears began to fall. on the floors in front of him were two empty shells. They were simple reminders, of the terror that had occurred.
Shierk turned away from the scene and he spoke again."No! Kreel!" Shierk knelt on the ground and wept into his claws, until he no longer could. He once again stood, with a look of anger on his face. "Are you Darkrai, or are you my subconciousness?" "I will leave that to you to decide. I could be your subconciousness, as you feared that something like this had happened to your friend. But I could also be Darkrai. Now how about a change of scene? Up next...." Shierk grimaced as the scene began to change.

"Your father." Shierk let out a small gasp as the scene began to change again. Shierk was now standing in a dark alley with trash thrown about everywhere. there were small weeds poking up through the cement, and in the center of it all were two figures.Shierk whimpered as he saw his father, a large Electabuzz with slightly grayed hair. The figure accross from him was a Large pink weavile, with a Golden Headdress.

Shierk whimpered again as he heard his father's voice. "Weavile! Turn yourself in now! Don't make me fight you!" The Weavile just smiled, and beckoned The electabuzz with its claws. The Electabuzz snarled at the weavile and said "You will regret this!" The Electabuzz held its hands a foot apart as a ball of energy began to form, building off of the electricity coming from his fingers. As the Electabuzz started to direct its energy at the weavile, The Weavile struck. Shierk couldn't see the attack, but he saw the result. Shierk watched the events in slow motion, as his father fell to the ground, his energy dissipating. Shierk watched The Weavile smirk, and saw him walk away, leaving Shierk's wounded father to die. All Shierk could do was weep.

"So. Are you ready for the next one Shierk? Or do you want to watch your dying father some more?" "Shierk's eyes narrowed, his fist clenched and he yelled at the voice furiously. "HOW DARE YOU! I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE! I JUST WANT TO LEAVE!" The voice paused. "No. I have more events to show you. On to the next one. You will like it I think."

Shierk was numb as the scene changed again, but he was shocked when he saw what was happening within it. He was back to everything and nothingness. Shierk looked at the scene in front of him, eyes wide. Fifty yards away there were two pokemon. An Arcanine, female. Her fur was matted, and some spots of it were sodden with a dark liquid. She was obviously in pain. Shierk didn't understand the pont of her until he saw her back leg, more importantly the anklet around it. "Rani." Shierk gasped and then looked at the pokemon next to her. It was an Electivire. Its tails were poised around Rani menacingly, blue tips crackling with energy. The Electivire touched the tails to Rani and she Screamed. Her voice was beautiful-more beautiful than he could ever imagine- but she was in pain. Horrible pain. Shierk began running Towards her as he screamed "R-R-RAAAANNIIII!!!" As he was running, Shierk noticed something. The Electivire had an X shaped scar between its eyes.

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*In the Real world*(Starting from the beginning of his nightmare.)
Almost immeadiately after Shierk had fallen asleep, he began to toss and turn. At one point he screamed "Kreel!" out to everyone nearby who could hear him. Tears began to flow from his eyes as he slept, he whimpered several times as the tears grew worse. in a final moment, His sleeping self yelled "R-R-RAAANIIII!!!"

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Shierk continued to run towards the two pokmon when everything shifted. It was almost a flicker really, The everything nothingness flickered between places he'd never seen. A large crater, an Isle with a large high security building on it, and a few more random areas. The two pokemon were stillthere, but one of them shifted too. The Arcanine-Rani shifted into a magnificent Ninetales, but she too was injured just as Rani had been, and she was in pain as well. The Ninetales flickered to Rani and back. In between flickerings, Shierk noticed that the ninetales had white streaks in her tails.

In the real world, Shierk whispered "Rokan."

The sudden flickering caused Shierk to falter for a moment, but he continued running towards the Electivire a moment afterwards. When he was within 10 feet of the Electivire, The quicksand speed came back to him. Shierk attempted to use a quick attack, but he barely got enough momentum to hit the Electivire. The small attack knocked The Electivire back and inch, just enough to get the tails to disconnect from Rani/Rokan. They collapsed to the ground and vanished instantly, bringing Shierk instant relief. The voice rang again "Good job Shierk, but you will need to do better than that!" Two shadows came out from underneath the Electivire, and they began to form 3D sillohuettes. Shierk was now surrounded by Electivire, Weavile, and Bellsprout. All at once, Shierk was hit by Thunder punch, Night slash, and Razor leaf. Shierk screamed in pain and said "need help."

In the real world, Shierk's sleeping body grabbed Rokan's arm weakly and said the same thing.

Shierk forced himself to his feet as he looked around himself at his new foes. His two enemies and himself. At the moment he was alone. He began to fight, starting off with a three-way thundershock. It was a bad idea. The "Kreep" took the hit, barely wincing as he did so. It did a little better on the Weavile, as it flinched slightly. The worst one was the Electivire. The thundershock hit its body, and was absorbed. The Electivire started hopping from foot to foot, the electric attack activating its Motor drive and speeding it up. The three attacked him again, and his body spazzed, in this world and the real world.

Shierk coughed as he felt a warmth on his chest. He looked down at it, expecting it to be his own blood, but instead it was a small ball of fire. Stangely, it didn't burn him, and it began to spread all around his fur, coating his body in a thin layer of flame. Some of the quick sand slowness seemed to melt away, and he felt more powerful. As he looked up at the three pokemon around him, he noticed another pokemon outside of the ring. It was Rokan, She flickered freely from Vulpix to ninetales, with a worried look on her face. Shierk tore his gaze from her, and back into the battle.

Shierk felt a tightening sensation on his prongs and he began charging a thundershock, which had a small bit of fire mixed in. Shierk launched the Attack at The Bellsprout and the weavile, and watched as two intertwined beams of lightning and fire hit the two pokemon, causing them to disintigrate into dust. Shierk hadn't been paying attention to Electivire however and he was hit in the side by the most powerful thunder punch yet. Again he Spazzed in both worlds, and he gasped out, "Need....More..."

Shierk was collapsed on the floor with the Electivire walking closer and closer towards him. When Shierk realized that he was probably never going to see Rani or Rokan again, he whispered their names, and conjured up a mental picture of both of them. As Shierk finished his final goodbyes, he felt water hit his fur, which resulted in a large spark jetting off of his body in some random direction. Again he felt as if he were being recharged. Shierk stood up, and looked at his foe, but more importantly at the poke'mon behind her. Rani stood there, freely shifting from Growlithe to Arcanine. Shierk locked eyes with her and he heard "Wake up it's not real. Whatever you're seeing it's not real!"

Shierk took a step back. "What was that? Was that from this world, or the other one?" Shierk looked back at the Electivire that was just watching him, almost warily. Shierk looked at Rokan, and then at Rani, and felt the fire on his fur grow larger. All of the Quicksand melted away, and Shierk began running towards the electivire. He leaped towards it, and prepared to punch, with his fist covered in flame. Motor Drive was still in effect, and the Electivire easily dodged it. Shierk grimaced he could not land a hit unless someone helped him. The voice, which had been silent for a while said, "You will need the help of others to defeat yourself." Then something Shifted. It was as if Rani and Rokan were breathing chains of fire that tied down the Electivire, so Shierk could land a hit. Shierk noticed that The Electivire was on its knees so that it was level with Shierk. Shierk pulled back his flaming arm as he charged towards the Electivire. Shierk timed the hit perfectly, and The Electivire burst into flames, and the dream disintigrated.

In the Real world, Shierk's eyes flew open without warning. He pulled himself to a standing position and smiled at Rani and Rokan, before he collapsed of exhaustion.

Tael hummed quietly to himself as he absently flipped a pancake back into the pan. Outside the sky was dark and he glanced at the clock casually. It was five AM, which meant...

A soft thump greeted his ears and he chuckled wryly. Right on cue. As he laughed, a small bird tapped the closed window. There was a small letter tied around its left leg. Opening the window, he took the letter from the Pidgey and waved it off. As he opened it, quiet footsteps echoed as his sister
came down the stairs.

"Good morning Brother Tael," Amaya greeted softly, rubbing her eyes. She was clad in light-blue pajamas and her hair was disheveled from sleep.

"Hello Sister Amaya," he returned warmly, ruffling her hair lightly. She smiled and sat meekly at the table, waiting as her brother bought a small amount of pancakes and salad to the table. "Better hurry up and eat. You've got a summons from Mistress Lien."

"Mistress summoned?" Amaya questioned quietly. Mistress Lien was their mother and Amaya's teacher. Being a formal person, she rarely allowed her children to call her Mother. "I should make this quick then."

"Don't vomit now," he joked playfully. She gave him a mocking shove and quickly finished up, running back upstairs to get dressed.

It was a sunny day with just a few clouds overhead as Bill walked along Route 16. Bill walked along the route with his Beedrill flying by his side. A few minutes later the two came across a large, blue blob blocking access to another route, "Is this thing a Pokemon? It's huge."

Bill began to poke the blue blob with his index finger and chuckled at the fat jiggling.

The Pokemon snored as it slept, "SNOR......LAX."

Bill began to grow angry at the sleeping Pokemon as it just continued to sleep, still blocking his path.

"You stupid tub of lard! Move it!"

The large Pokemon didn't budge an inch as it just continued to snore, "LAX.........SNOR."

Bill's face started to turn a dark-shaded red as he grew angrier and angrier, "Beedrill hit that thing with a Brick Break!"

Beedrill quickly approached the sleeping blob and readied one of its long stingers directly over the sleeping Pokemon's head.

Thud

Beedrill's stinger came into contact with a large Pokemon's forehead and the large Pokemon awoke from its slumber, "SNORLAX!"

Beedrill flew back towards Bill and they both watched the large Pokemon stand up, "I just remembered........this thing is a Snorlax. I'm an idiot. Well Beedrill, we're stuck fighting this thing but let's do what we can. BEEDRILL AERIAL ACE!"

During Bill's journey he's tried to make use of his money, buy some TMs and use some of the TMs he's found on his journey.

Beedrill points its stingers towards the Snorlax, where a white light forms around Beedrill's stingers and slightly trails behind it. Quickly, Beedrill strikes Snorlax directly in its stomach but the Snorlax doesn't even look dazed.

"SNOR."

The Snorlax lies back down on the ground and slowly begins to roll towards Bill, "What?"

After a few moments the rolling begins to get faster and faster until Bill finally realizes what's going on, "It's Rollout."

Bill pulls out two Pokeballs, points one at Beedrill and quickly throws the other on the ground, "Beedrill return! Go Machoke!"

A red stream of light comes into contact with Beedrill and it turns into a white light. From the Pokeball emerges a purple Pokemon, wearing a belt, that looks almost human.

"Machoke, hit that Snorlax with a Low Kick!"

Machoke nodded following its trainer's orders and kicked the rolling Snorlax, causing Machoke to wince in pain and Snorlax to spin out into a grove of trees.

Bill smiled and took out a Pokeball from his bag, "You're mine Snorlax."

Bill threw the Pokeball at the Snorlax and it entered the ball in a red light. As soon as Snorlax entered the Pokeball, the ball began to slightly shake.

RP Sample (different character):
David didn't stop walking when the flame-dog howled out after him and Dude. He didn't need to involve himself with anybody at just this moment - he wouldn't be able to hone his skills with somebody else around. The boy back there looked pretty inexperienced anyway, nobody who would be useful to him getting to Meridianville. He had two Pokémon with him already and he could catch more. He'd have no trouble protecting himself. But what was he thinking? He was a trainer now - he was here to train his Pokémon as well as himself. And Dude had already started preparing itself for battle.

He half turned around to see his opponent. It'd be interesting, in the least. He could see first-hand just what this Geodude could do. And if he wasn't mistaken he had the type-advantage as well. Not that Dude knew any spiffy moves yet, but it'd help reduce the damage dealt by his opponent. And he'd see whether the rock had any reason behind his cocky attitude. It'd be interesting. See what it could do by itself.

The Geodude thumped its body once more in a display of strength and then curled up into a ball defensively. That isn't tough, David thought for a moment, but figured it was all part of the plan. He'd raise his defenses in order to counter the other Pokémon's howling technique. And he was ready, too. He burrowed a little bit into the ground so he could hear vibrations of the dog's feet when it came towards him, ready to spring up and attack..

I can make this longer if you want, I just got this from a roleplay I did like a year ago. I haven't roleplayed in quite a while. I've got other posts that are like two thousand words each from back then too but I figured that's pointless seeing I'm not going to be bothered spending an hour typing up a reply so I didn't put it in here XD But yeah let me know if you need this to be longer.

This is the scene of him fleeing to Kanto
Connor sped up. His motorcycle traveled at full speed across the uneven path. Most drivers would fall but Connor had learned to keep his balance. He heared a howl again. They were getting closer. He did a sharp left turn and broke through a nearby bush. He patet his motorcycle for a last time. "I'm sorry. You were a good bike. I'll miss you.", he said slowly and quietly. He did love his motorcycle, and now he would have to sacrifice it. He turned another corner and gave everything the machine had. The motor flared to ear numbing volume as it sped towards the gorge. Only about 10 feet from the gorge Connor jumped into the undergrowth. He was still traveling with the same speed so he hit the tree next to him very hard. The impact knocked the air out oh Connor's lungs and he sat their for a second trying to recover his breath, only to hear an ear shattering crash of metal against rock and exploding gasoline. He knew he couldn't wait longer. HE jumped up and ran deeper into the woods.

The leaves and twigs scratched all over his uncovered face and hands. Then he fell into a large clearing. It was covered by high grass and surrounded by trees. Before he could think so he heard a howl of another search hound. HE dived into the grass and lay still. He slowly saw a lone police officer enter the clearing with her growlithe. "Smell this.", Connor whispered under his breath, pulling out a weird can with a string connected to it and his lighter. He pulled his bandanna over his mouth and nose and covered his eyes as best he could with his sunglasses. As the officer slowly drew nearer he ignited the can. It immediatlely began leaking heavy white smoke and he threw it right into the Growlithe's face. He then charged right through the smoke and saw the officer fumbling around with a gun in the air. He nimbly grapped her arm and pushed it aside while moving his second arm and leg behind her. In a quick tug he flipped her over in a dramatic fashion though he let her fall very gently. He had an innate respect for woman and has vowed himself never to hurt one. He quickly pulled his knife and held it too her throat as he took her gun. He slowly backed off with his gun still aimed at her as he ran for it.

He checked the gun and saw the gun's ammo clip was blocked. He cursed himself for not taking the other clips as he freed the ammo and repaired the gun. He heared more howls. He ran faster. Then he heared a shot zip right past his right shoulder. He looked up and saw another officer not 60 ft. away. He shot in her general direction and she ducked behind a tree. He wasn't really hot on killing anyone, he was just trying to scare them off. More followed from all wround. Connor cursed heavily. There were much more than he expected. He dove for a small muld in the ground an narrowly evaded several projectiles. He shot a few more times at random and continued onwards. He ducked low and kept behind trees. He heared a howl again. He turned around to see a Mightyena only 10 feet away! He stood still, waiting for it to do the first move. Then after what seemed like hours it pounced! He expected it and punched it hard to the snout. He left it there whimpering and ran further still. More shots whizzed by. He shot two more times. He was running out of ammo. He ran further and further. Suddenly he felt an excruciate pain in his left side. He was shot! He saw blood bubbling from just above his hip. He screamed in pain and held it as good he could. He went on. he could only stumble and lurch. The pain was unbearable and he believed he would black out any minute. He went on and on and fell... He woke up, it was dawn. He tried to stand up only to remember his wound. His shirt was soaked in blood and was still bleeding. He felt weak. He looked around. Were was he? The forest? What happened to the police? He looked around again and saw that he had fallen of a quite large cliff. It was a miracle(a miracle probably attributed to his leather jacket) that he survived. He looked up again. Wait, he knew this cliff! He almost cried from joy. It was the cliff that marked the border to Kanto! He made it. And that was all that mattered to him right now. He layed his head on a
soft piece of moss and smiled.

Sara sighed in relief as she finally reached the town of Oreburgh. The girl stopped walking just passed the city gates and took that moment to rest up a bit and relax. Once she did so, Sara once again started to walk into the town. She had to admit...it was disorienting to see all of the buildings that all pretty much looked exactly the same. Still, the newer trainer shook her head and looked for the very familiar building with the red roof.

"Alright, there it is," Sara said with a grin as she finally located the Pokecenter and went at a light jog towards it. She continued the pace until she entered the building and went up to the counter. The Nurse Joy behind it turned around and smiled at the female trainer.

"Hey there! Welcome to the Pokemon Center, how may I help you?" The Nurse joy said cheerfully.

"Yeah, could you heal my Pokemon?" Sara asked as she took her three occupied Pokeballs on the counter. The Joy smiled as she took the 'balls and placed them in a container. Once she did that, the nurse handed Sara the clipboard and pen and had her write down her name and what Pokemon she had.

Once that was done, Sara handed the clipboard back and asked, "So, do you think you could tell me anything about the Gym Leader in this town? Like what his main type is and everything."

"Well," the nurse began as she placed the Pokeballs into the healing machine, "first of all, the leader's name is Byron. His main type is Steel, though I know that his one Pokemon is a Steel/Rock type."

Sara frowned deeply and swore under her breath. Steel and Rock? Just the Rock made it so that Yansa wouldn't be the greatest choice, but with the Steel added on none of her Pokemon's attacks would do much against them! The trainer curled her hands into fists, wishing that she had had known this before hand. She would had at least picked up some kind of a Water type in the forest. Or even one of those Sandshrews that had attacked her party. Sara had to keep herself from punching something.

The Nurse Joy tilted her head as she watched the girl's angry expression. She then looked at what the trainer had and blinked, realizing the girl's problem. The nurse looked back at Sara and said, "You know, there's this offer going on at the museum where, if you show this one guy a certain Pokemon, he will give you an item that will boost that Pokemon type's attack."

Sara looked up sharply at the Nurse Joy. "Really!? Where's the museum!? What types do I need to show him!?" She all but yelled.

The nurse flinched and said, "I don't know, I haven't been there myself. But the museum itself is just near the north gate of the town-" She started to say but didn't get to finish as the girl just ran out of the Pokemon. The nurse sighed and turned back to her work.

A few hours later...

Sara was standing in front of the Oreburgh Gym. Her three balls holding her Pokemon in her pack, with the one holding Lee having the Twisted Spoon she had gotten him. To behonest, it had been a tough decision for the girl trainer. She knew that Lee was already strong enough and that Yansa would probably benefit from the extra little boost. But, at the moment, the bird wouldn't do well at all in the up coming Gym Battle. So, for the time being, things would just work out better if she helped at least one of her stronger Pokemon who can do more then Yansa.

Taking a deep breath, Sara took the last few steps and entered the Gym. Once she did, she looked around, realizing that it lookeas though she was in a tunnel. In fact, if it wasn't for the arena and the electrical lights overhead, she would had thought she was. Not to mention the man standing on the edge of the battle area. Taking another deep breath, the girl approched the area.

"Ah, another kid," Byron said, smiling slightly. "Nice to see that the young ones are also taking an interest in Pokemon Battling."

Sara narrowed her eyes. "Hey, I'm not much younger then you are, for your information," the girl growled, causing the Gym Leader to smile more.

"You don't say huh? You look younger," he said, then added when it seemed as though Sara was going to argue, "But, now is not the time for guessing at People's ages. Do you want to battle or not?"

Sara grunted then pulled out one of her 'balls. The girl threw the ball and shouted, "Angela, it's your time to shine!" She shouted as the ball opened up and the Ghost type appeared in a flash of light.

Byron smiled when he saw the Pokemon, then reached for one of his Apri balls and threw it in the air. "Mawile, show this Pokemon what you got!" He called out as the ball opened up and a small, female looking Pokemon with a jaw coming off of the back of it's head appeared.

"A Mawile?" Sara muttered to herself as she started to take her Pokedex out, but then realized that she was too far away to get a read on the Pokemon and she didn't want to delay this battle anymore then she had to. So, getting back to what was happening, the girl shouted, "Okay, Angela, use a Screech, then a Night Shade attack!"

"Shuppet!" The ghost said happily, then let out an ear splitting cry, making the Mawile cry out in pain and cover her hidden ears. Angela soon stopped the noise and a purple aura surrounded her. The aura quickly spread and hit the Steel Type, knocking her back. Sara knew that Ghost didn't do that well against Steel but since Night Shade was a fixed attack, it was mostly the only option she had.

"Hmm, not too bad there kid," Byron said, then grinned. "But I'm afraid that you're gonna have to do better then that! Mawile, use Fake Tears!"

"Maw!" The Mawile cried out, then its eyes grew wide and started to water a bit, making it seem as though it was going to cry at any minute. Angela, despite herself, couldn't help but to feel sorry and relax slightly.

Before Sara could shout anything, Byron yelled, "Alright! Now use a Bite attack!"

"Angela!" Sara shouted, but it was already too late.

The Shuppet couldn't move fast enough to get out of the way of the very large jaws. The Ghost cried out in pain as the attack hit and, with out even having to have her trainer tell her, she used another Night Shade attack, making the Mawile let go of her. The Puppet Pokemon then slammed itself into the Mawile, hitting it with a Payback.

But when Angela tried to hit the Steel type with another attack, Byron shouted, "Mawile, Astonish now!"

The Mawile reacted quickly and slammed her extra head into the Ghost, knocking her back a ways and slamming her into the ground. Angela cried out in pain once more and slowly floated back up.

"Angela…" Sara said, then looked up when she heard Byron sigh.

"You really need to learn how to control you're Pokemon," the Gym Leader said, making a 'tsk' sound as he did so.

Sara glared hatefully at Byron and, in an effort to prove him wrong, shouted, "Okay Angela, use Payback again, then a Night Shade!"

The Shuppet just grunted and once again slammed dark covered horn into the Mawile. Then before the Steel type could recover, sent out the purple aura once more. This knocked the Mawile to the ground. It tried to push itself back up, but its arms gave out on it and it collapsed once more. With a sigh, Byron returned the Pokemon to its ball and took out another Apri ball.

"Nice going there," Byron said, throwing the ball up into the air. "But you still haven't convinced me of anything! Shieldon, come out!"

The Apri ball opened once more and, in a flash of light, a small, dinosaur like creature appeared. It titled its head the weaken ghost, then grunted and pawed the ground, seeming impatient for the battle to start.

"Alright Angela," Sara said. "Quick, use a Night Shade!"

"Shup!" Angela said with a nod, then once again sent the purple aura at the Rock/Steel type. The Shieldon grunted when the attack hit him, but didn't seem too bothered by it. Sara figured this, but she wanted to take as much of the small dinosaur's health as she could before her ghost fainted.

"Alright Shieldon, finish this with a Mud Slap!" Byron shouted.

The Shieldon nodded and kicked up some mud at Angela. Of course, when the mud hit the ghost, she fell to the ground and didn't get back up.

Sara sighed herself and returned the Shuppet to her ball. She then picked up a Pokeball, threw it in the air and said, "Lee, it's all up to you now!"

The ball opened up and, in yet another flash of light, the Ralts appeared with his arms crossed. The Twisted Spoon, though quite large on his small body, hung around his neck with a ribbon tied around it. Lee seemed to glare at the Shieldon, making it shift nervously under the gaze.

"Huh, now this should be interesting," Byron said with a smirk, then shouted, "Shieldon, use a Headbutt on that Ralts!"

"Lee, counter with Confusion!" Sara shouted to her Pokemon.

The Shieldon pawed the ground a couple times before charging at the small Psychic type. But before it could hit him, Lee let out a small cry and a burst of Psychic energy came from him, knocking the dinosaur back and making it slam into the ground.

Byron grunted, not expecting the little Pokemon to have that much power, especially since his Shieldon was a Steel type and should have repelled that attack some what. Sara, on the other hand, smirked. Now she was really thankful that she had gotten the Twisted Spoon from the man in the museum.

"Alright Lee, use a Growl attack now!" Sara ordered her Ralts.

Lee grunted before growling lowly at the Shieldon. The Shield Pokemon shivered in fear slightly as its attack was lowered. But before Sara could give her Pokemon another order, Byron shouted, "Shieldon, Metal Claw now!"

The Shieldon charged at the Ralts and tried to slash at him with its glowing claws. But Lee quickly jumped out of the way, making the dinosaur slash the ground instead.

"Lee, use Confusion again!" Sara yelled quickly. The Ralts just grunted once more before sending another psychic burst at the Shieldon, making it cry out in slight pain as it was once again knocked away.

"Shieldon, Tackle now!" Byron shouted at his Pokemon.

The Shieldon quickly recovered and, at speeds that seem faster then what it could go at, slammed its body onto the Psychic, knocking it back a ways. Lee bounced on the ground a couple times before stopping. Sara bit her lip, wondering if her Ralts was going to make it. But then, the Ralts let out a grunt and slowly pushed himself up. Though his eyes could not be seen, he glared daggers at the Shieldon, once again making it nervous.

"Alright Lee, use another Confusion!" Sara ordered her Ralts.

Lee nodded before the psychic aura surrounded him. Soon enough, this same aura surrounded the Shieldon. Before either Pokemon or Leader could do anything, the Shieldon was being thrown from one side of the Gym to the other. Not to mention how it was slammed across the ground a couple times. Byron opened his mouth to yell something, but before he could Lee had thrown the Shieldon into the air and broke the psychic connection. The Shieldon let out a startled cry as it started to fall to the ground, but just before it hit the ground, Lee sent out another, a bit more powerful, Confusion attack. This knocked the Shieldon hard into a wall, causing dust to fly everywhere.

When the dust finally settled, Sara and Byron could see a knocked out Shieldon with its own little indent in the wall. Byron sighed and returned his Pokemon to the ball.

"Well kid, you beat me," Byron said. "There isn't anything I can say against it. You've won the Coal Badge."

"Yes!" Sara said happily, punching the air as Lee let out a happy cry. The girl smirked widely before picking her Ralts up and walking over to Byron. The trainer and leader met half way across the battle field.

Her smirk growing, Sara held her hand out for the badge. Byron took one out of his pocket and held it out for her. But just before he gave it to her, Byron said, "Now, I want you to know. You've still got a lot to learn. Just because you won this battle, it doesn't mean that you can just ignore any and all of the problems that going on with in your own party. For instance, that Shuppet and Ralts are strong, but they're wild and do things on their own. I don't really care how you do it, but you have to teach them that you're the boss and to do things when and only when you tell them to during a battle. You get me?"

"Yeah, I get ya," Sara grunted, extending her hand more.

Byron sighed and dropped the badge on her palm. "Sure, what ever you say kid." He said before turning around and walking away from her.

Sara stared at the Gym Leader before sighing herself. "Maybe I handled that wrong…" She muttered to herself, then shook her head and looked at her Ralts. "Well, I'll think about it later. Right now, we celebrate!"

"Ralts!" Lee called out happily, making his trainer smile more. Then the two walked out of the Gym, ready to have a small celebration to winning their first badge.