The disapearance of food.

(A/N: this chapter is a bit shorter than normal. Still, Enjoy the chapter.)

As Ashley moved towards Oreburgh city on her hired bike, Ashley again enjoyed the view around her. The cycling road was really long and she loved how many Pokémon she saw.

She guess that people were too busy getting for one place to another, that the Pokémon in this area were mostly undisturbed.

As it became noon, Ashley decided to get a quick bite before she continued towards Oreburgh.

Taking out her Pokémon, they all startet to prepare for dinner. All her Pokémon helped, even Shaymin, while they took in the new look of their friends. Monferno seemed especially happy as he had gotten bigger and could do more things now.

When everything was ready and set, the pokémon went to train or play by themselves until Ashley was done making lunch.

Ashley decided that she would keep it easy and made sandwiches, pokéfood and berries on a stick. The lunch was fininshed in no time and Ashley called them all to eat.

She distributed the food equally amongst her Pokémon, depending on how big they were and how much they could eat. She would limit it enough to not make them big fatties.

The pokémon happily ate their meals, as they all looked forward to this time of day a lot. The food Ashley made was just too good to pass up.

When Ashley wanted to start her own meal, she noticed that the amount on the table was slightly off. Wasn't there supposed to be a lot more? Ashley looked around to spot if she saw any scampering feet or even slight signs that a Pokémon might've grabbed it.

The only signs she could find were small bite marks on the berries, but she hadn't seen that kind of bite marks before. Deciding to put it behind her, Ashley delightfully ate her meal, not noticing a snickering small Pokémon hiding away. It quickly moved and got into her bag, not coming out again.

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When Ashley and her Pokémon finished their meals, they all went to do their own things. Monferno, Vespiquen and Shaymin began to deligently train, while Sylveon lay next to Ashley as they were dozing of against a tree. In Ashley's arms was the bright pink Pokémon egg she had received from a Roselia. From time to time, Ashley felt as if it moved, but it didn't and she just carefully stroked it as she hugged it slightly.

When Ashley was finally asleep, two big blue eyes appeared on the egg and stared at her, a soft snickering resounded as the eyes dissapeared again and the egg seemed to settle itself firmer and deeper in Ashley's grip.

Sylveon saw it all happen, but didn't think much of it. She's seen the egg do all kinds of things eggs shouldn't be able to do and had already grown numb to it. Only Ashley didn't seem to notice it, as she still deligently took care of it as if nothing had happened.

Sylveon followed the example of the egg and nudged closer against Ashley as she lay her head on Ashley's' lap and decided she would take a short nap. If anything happened, the other Pokémon would wake them up and tell them of what happened. With that in mind, Sylveon dozed away without a second thought.

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While Ashley and Sylveon were sleeping, Vespiquen, Monferno and Shaymin were deligently training. They were all trying to better their control over their own respective element.

Monferno trained hard in his fire element, while also meditating and practicing his fighting techniques to improve his fighting moves.

Vespiquen was imrpoving on her bug-type moves and flying-type moves. She fell through the air and worked hard to increase her speed and reaction time.

Shaymin did not want to be outdone. He had seen how quickly Monferno and Vespiquen had improved and it had lit a fire beneath him to work hard too. If he didn't, his spot as Ashleys number one protector would be compromised.

Shaymin worked diligently on his stamina, grass element and on his speed. He might be small, but as long as he was faster and had better stamina than his opponents, then he could always dodge or outrun them.

Like so, the afternoon lunch break was well spent. By the time Ashley and Sylveon woke up to move on, all Ashley's Pokémon felt good at the work they had accomplished and the improvements they made.

Ashley stepped back on her bike afte she had packed everything up and put her Pokémon back into their Pokéballs. Shaymin climbed into the little basket on front, while Sylveon sat in the little cart tied on the back of Ashley's bike.

Sylveon liked it very much as it was filled with blankets and cushions. She would often doze of on the road. Finding it a pity to leave it behind, Sylveon asked Ashley if they could keep it.

Ashley wasn't sure as they could also use boats towards their destinations, but Sylveon just mentioned that they could take the bike with them. Ashley relented when she saw how much her Pokémon liked it and she would buy it as soon as she arrived at Oreburgh, where the rental shop was supposed to collect the bike.

Enjoying the ride a lot, Ashley and her Pokémon couldn't wait to see what Oreburgh city looked like.