Morrison and the Beldum

Ashlyn and May were planning today on what to do with training their Pokémon. As they both had five contest ribbons each, the Hoenn Grand Festival was all they could think about now. And of course, Ashlyn had the Hoenn League to think about now. Ashlyn and May found out from Nurse Joy that the Hoenn Grand Festival was going to be held in Slateport City, and the Hoenn League was to be held in a city called Ever Grande City. So the gang had two things to look forward too.

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Upon arriving at a nearby island filled with lots of berries, May also had a new Pokémon. The gang encountered a Munchlax who kept on eating berries from some berry trees. The gang had remembered what Munchlax was like, because Max's Snorlax was a Munchlax before he caught it. To stop the Munchlax from causing trouble, May captured it for her own.

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Right now, Brock had made lunch for the gang; he made sandwiches and rice balls.

"So May, Ashlyn, what are you two going to do?" Brock asked.

"Well I am going to train Sumire to help her evolve. She told me that she wants to evolve, and Warrin needs some more training too. Coral wants to evolve as well." Ashlyn replied.

"What about you, May? What are you going to do?" Max questioned.

"I'll be practicing with some of my Pokémon," May replied, "but I won't use Munchlax in the Grand Festival. It's too early since I only just got it."

"I agree with that." Brock agreed.

"Also I want to evolve my Clamperl as well." May said.

At that moment a boy with tied up red hair ran past the group and stopped running to catch his breath. Ashlyn recognized this boy. It was Morrison.

"Hey, there, what are you in a rush for?" Ashlyn greeted.

"I'm heading towards an area, where wild Beldums are swarming." Morrison informed, "By the way, I'm Morrison."

"Nice to meet you." May greeted.

"So do you know where the Beldum are?" Max asked.

"Well there's a swarm of Beldum living in a forest a bit far from where we're standing now." Morrison replied.

Ashlyn looked at Beldum on her Rotom Phone:

[Beldum, the iron ball Pokémon. The magnetic force generated by its body repels the ground's natural magnetism, letting it float.]

"Hey Beldum's final evolved form is Metagross." Max said.

"That's right," Morrison confirmed, "and I want to catch a Beldum, so that I can have a Metagross like Steven Stone."

"Can we go and see the Beldum swarm too please?" Max asked, "I'd love to see them."

"Sure, I don't mind." Morrison replied.

Ashlyn and May saw nothing wrong with that, and they agreed to see the Beldum too.

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The gang just made their way to the area where Morrison said that the Beldum were.

"I can't wait to see the Beldum, and truthfully I want to catch one for myself." Max beamed, "I'd love to have a steel type on my team, since I don't have one yet."

"We are almost there." Morrison said.

Morrison continued to walk on, but then he stopped.

"What's wrong Morrison?" Ashlyn asked.

"Something isn't right," Morrison replied, "I mean we should have seen the Beldum by now, but I don't see any Beldum anywhere."

The gang didn't see any Beldum either.

"Where could they be?" Brock asked.

"You don't suppose they could have already been captured by trainers, do you?" May questioned.

"It's possible, I mean news travels fast whenever a Pokémon swarm has happened." Alain answered.

"So that means we can't capture a Beldum at all." Morrison stated.

Morrison and Max were very disappointed that they couldn't catch a Beldum.

"Wait a moment." Ashlyn ordered.

Everyone stopped in their steps as Ashlyn closed her eyes and concentrated. She searched for any psychic energy in the area. Then she spotted it up ahead of them. It was a huge swarm of psychic energy which meant only one thing; the Beldum swarm were being captured by someone.

"I feel psychic energy up ahead of us. But I have a feeling that something is wrong." Ashlyn explained.

"Then we better find out." Alain suggested.

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Everyone followed after Ember who soon led them near a clearing where they saw all of the Beldum's in a huge glass container. All of them were injured as well.

"The Beldum's!" Max gasped.

"Who's responsible for this?!" Morrison growled.

"I have a trio in mind." Ashlyn said.

As if by magic, the Team Rocket trio appeared near the container.

"What luck! A swarm of Beldum's. Our lucky day huh?" James beamed.

"The boss will be sure to give us a big fat paycheck for all these Beldum's." Jessie grinned.

"Maybe even a raise." Meowth added.

"You three let those Beldum's go!" Morrison shouted.

The Team Rocket turned to the voices and were shocked to Morrison and the gang.

"The twerps!" The trio gasped.

"Those Beldum's don't belong to you!" Max yelled.

"We caught them on fair grounds!" Jessie exclaimed.

"So these Beldums are ours to catch!" James added.

"Solrock, use Psychic!" Brock released his Solrock.

"Sol!" Solrock appeared and its eyes glowed blue and then Team Rocket were outlined blue. Solrock lifted them in the air.

"No! Not again!" Meowth panicked.

"I hate Psychic!" Jessie exclaimed.

"Grovyle, use Leaf Blade!" Max released his Wood Gecko Pokémon.

"Swampert, Focus Punch!" Morrison released Mud Fish Pokémon.

The two Pokémon appeared and used their attacks on the glass container, breaking the glass and freeing the Beldum's.

"OH NO!" Team Rocket exclaimed with panic.

"Now it's time to send you three off. Tesla, Thunderbolt!" Ashlyn ordered.

Tesla used her Electric type attack on Team Rocket which hit them and sent them further in the sky.

"They're just impossible!" Jessie exclaimed.

"No, I believe they're impetuous!" James corrected.

"And we're imperfection." Meowth complained.

Wobbuffet appeared and saluted, "Wobbaffet!"

"WE'RE BLASTING OFF AGAIN!" The trio screamed as they disappeared into the sky.

DING!

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The Beldums were recovered nicely thanks to Skitty's Heal Bell, Valeria's Aromatherapy and Brock's medicines.

"Good thing we were here, otherwise these Beldums would still be in pretty bad shape." Brock said.

Then three Beldums came over to Brock, Max, and Morrison. They gently nudged against them which made the three boys' chuckle.

"Morrison, Brock and Max," Ember spoke up, "I think you three should catch these three. I mean some more trainers may come here to catch them."

"Not to mention that they seem to like you as well." Alain added.

"I agree." Brock agreed, "these three are still recovering, and they may end up more injured later."

Morrison, Brock and Max saw the point, so they captured the three Beldums at once.

"We better take them to a Pokémon center at once, and then they will get more treatment from there." Morrison suggested.

The others agreed and they went to a Pokémon center to get the Beldums healed.

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Thanks to Nurse Joy, Morrison, Max and Brock's new Beldums were fully healed. The wild Beldums recovered as well. Once they were, Nurse Joy and the others helped release them back to the wild.

"Thank goodness that the wild Beldums will be okay now." Brock said.

"Well I better go soon. I still need to earn my eighth gym badge for the Hoenn League. And then I will win the Hoenn League." Morrison declared.

"Dream on Morrison," Ashlyn said, "I'm entering the Hoenn League too, and you'll have to defeat me first to win it."

"I look forward to challenging you in the Hoenn League," Morrison declared, "now I must go and get my eighth badge. Later!"

Morrison left the Pokémon Center with his Pokémon at once.

"It looks like you got a rival, Ashlyn." Alain stated.

"Well it's obvious," Ashlyn said, "I have got rivals for both the Grand Festival and Hoenn League."

"You're right, Ashlyn." Alain agreed.

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So with Ashlyn finding a rival for the Hoenn League, it was now time for her to start training her Pokémon, and the same thing went for May.

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Pokémon Caught: Mightyena (Lela)(F), Swampert (Finn)(M), Shiny Blaziken (Hestia)(F), Gardevoir (Miku)(F), Kirlia (Lancelot)(M), Swellow (Percy)(M), Linoone (Ziggy)(M), Sceptile (Kazuki)(M), Beautifly (Willow)(F), Shiny Milotic (Ula)(F), Crawdaunt (Sebastian)(M), Aagron (Hagane)(M), Sableye (Jacinth)(M), Shiny Flygon (Libelle)(F), Shiny Manectric (Damini)(F), Shiny Salamence (Idris)(F), Torkoal (Shula)(F), Altaria (Alta)(F), Mawile (Trixie)(F), Clamperl (Coral)(F), Spoink (Sumire)(F), Armaldo (Brynja)(F), Cradily (Liana)(F), Snorunt (Warrin)(M), Absol (Twilight)(M)