Mudkip Marsh

After the whole Granite Cave incident, the gang are taking a break from their long walk. Ashlyn is training with her Pokémon. She made sure that May and Max wouldn't see Keesha (Shiny Farfetch'd) and Keiko (Mew). Mid way through her training, Willow (Wurmple) along with May's Wurmple evolved into Silcoon's which made them very happy.

Now the gang was back on the road, walking along the river. The gang soon arrived at a muddy marsh.

"Where are we?" May asked.

Suddenly they saw some baby Mudkip's by a lake.

"They're so cute!" May squealed.

"I wonder who they belong to?" Max said.

Just then a slightly bigger Mudkip came out of the bushes.

"That Mudkip must be the guardian of the baby Mudkip's." Brock observed.

Mudkip looked angry at the gang.

"I bet that Mudkip thinks of us as trespassers and thinks we are going to take the entire baby Mudkips away." Alain guessed.

Ashlyn released Finn (Mudkip) from his Pokéball and with Finn's help, Ashlyn managed to convince the Mudkip that they were not here to take away the baby Mudkip's and that they were passing through. Mudkip still stared at them to make sure that they were telling the truth.

At that moment an old man came up to the gang. This old man had a haircut that made him look like a Mudkip.

"And what are you kids doing here? This is private property." The old man declared.

"We do apologize to you sir," Brock apologized, "the truth is we are lost and have no idea where we are."

The old man introduced himself as Mr. Swampy and led them to his cabin. Inside the cabin, the gang saw blue and orange Pokémon eggs.

"Are these Mudkip eggs?" Ashlyn asked.

"That they are." Mr. Swampy smiled.

Just then one of the Mudkip eggs glowed and hatched into a baby Mudkip.

"Wow, looking at Pokémon hatch from eggs is totally awesome." Max awed.

"It certainly is." Brock smiled.

"I must ask you Mr. Swampy, is this by any chance a center where you breed baby Mudkip's and then send them off to new starter trainers?" Ashlyn questioned.

"Yes it is," Mr. Swampy confirmed, "How did you guess that?"

"Well Prof. Oak once told me that he got the Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle starter Pokémon from special Pokémon breeding centers where they bred Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle." Ashlyn explained.

"And Prof. Elm in Johto told me the same thing with Chikorita, Cyndaquil and Totodile." Alain added.

"Wait, so is that where the starter Pokémon come from before the region professors give them to starter trainers?" Max asked.

"That is correct." Mr. Swampy replied.

"My dad told me that the centers keep their locations a secret from everyone, except regional professors." Alain explained.

"That is true," Mr. Swampy confirmed, "We fear that somebody might come to any of the centers and take away all the baby starter Pokémon, which is why you five must keep this place a secret."

"We promise." Ashlyn promised.

The others promised too.

Suddenly they heard some sort of cow bell noise from outside.

"That's the alarm I put up incase intruders come here." Mr. Swampy informed the gang.

He feared that the Mudkip's might be in trouble, so he quickly went out the door and the gang followed him.

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Mr. Swampy was right about the baby Mudkip's being in trouble; Team Rocket were placing the baby Mudkip's in a huge sack that was to a ridiculous looking robot. Luckily the big Mudkip avoided the robot's hands.

"Hey leave those Mudkips alone!" Mr. Swampy shouted.

"Sorry old man!" James taunted.

"But these Mudkips belong to us now." Jessie added.

Brock observed where the big machine was standing and got an idea when he noticed that the machine was slightly sinking.

"I've got it!" Brock quickly took out his Lotad, "Lotad, Mudkip, use your Water Gun attack to soak the ground with water!"

"What good will that do?" May asked, confused.

"Soil is soft around here, so if we can make the ground the machine's feet softer." Brock explained.

"Then the machine will get stuck!" Ashlyn and Alain realized.

"And they'll stop dead in their tracks!" May added.

"That's using your brain, Brock." Mr. Swampy complimented.

"Lotad, Mudkip, use Water Gun!" Brock ordered.

Lotad and Mudkip fired their water type attack at the machine's left feet.

"That's weird. Looks like the twerps are watering us." Meowth stated, confused.

"Maybe they think by using water gun on our machine, it'll make us grow." Jessie taunted.

James laughed, "We're big enough, thank you!"

Meowth laughed as well, "We might as well catch Lotad and Mudkip while we're at it." He suggested.

Unknown to Team Rocket, their machine was started to sink which made them lean to the side. That motion caught their attention.

"They're not trying to make us grow!" Jessie realized.

"They're trying to make us slow!" James added.

"And we're sinking like a big stick in the mud!" Meowth proclaimed.

"Good job Lotad, Mudkip! Just keep up those Water Gun attacks!" Brock called out.

Load and Mudkip continue to use their water type attack.

"Meowth, do something!" Jessie ordered, desperately.

"What can I do? Make mud pies?" Meowth suggested, sarcastically.

"It's working!" Max beamed.

"And in a big way." May added.

"Now Mudkip, those baby Mudkip's need to be saved!" Brock shouted.

Mudkip ran towards the robot and broke the basket with a Tackle attack, releasing all of the baby Mudkip's.

"Ashlyn, your turn!" Brock said.

"Tesla, Thunder Shock!" Ashlyn called out.

Tesla fired her electrical attack at Team Rocket's robot. The attack hits the robot, zapping the trio, and causing the robot to explode and sent the trio flying.

"Perhaps if we hadn't been working in a swamp then our plan wouldn't end up a stinker." Jessie suggested.

"Well, this gives new meaning 'stinking to high heaven'!" James commented.

"So all's well that ends well." Meowth stated.

Wobbuffet appeared and saluted, "Wobba!"

"Meowth, that was my line! You stole my line!" James whined.

"Wobbuffet!" Wobbuffet yelled.

Team Rocket soon disappeared out of sight.

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"I thank you kids for helping me save the baby Mudkips." Mr. Swampy said to the gang.

"I'm just relieved that the entire baby Mudkip's are okay." Ashlyn admitted.

Brock was petting the head of the bigger Mudkip. "You are a very good guardian of these baby Mudkip's, Mudkip." he said.

Mr. Swampy saw the bonding between Brock and the Mudkip, "Brock would mind doing something for me?" he asked.

"Sure what is it?" Brock asked.

"I want you to be that Mudkip's new trainer," Mr. Swampy replied which shocked Brock, "You see that Mudkip is really a wild Mudkip, not one of the Mudkip I bred here. And it's really time for it to leave because it is already grown up and strong. So Brock, please take it with you and become its partner always."

Brock smiled at the request, "I would love to! So Mudkip, would like to come with me?"

Mudkip smiled, "Mudkip!" Then he jumped into Brock's arms.

"Thank you, Brock. Make sure you take good care of that little guy for me." Mr. Swampy said.

"I promise." Brock promised.

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And so, Brock gains a Mudkip as onto his team. The gang said goodbye to Mr. Swampy and the baby Mudkip's, vowing never to tell anyone else about their location. They now head on towards Dewford Town for Ashlyn's third gym battle. However, she knows that she and her friends will confront Team Magma and Team Aqua very soon.

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Pokémon Caught: Poochyena (Lela)(F), Mudkip (Finn)(M), Shiny Torchic (Hestia)(F), Ralts (Miku)(F), Ralts (Lancelot)(M), Taillow (Percy)(M), Zigzagoon (Ziggy)(M), Treecko (Kazuki)(M), Silcoon (Willow)(F), Shiny Feebas (Ula)(F), Corphish (Sebastian)(M), Aron (Hagane)(M)