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Pokémon Journeys: Butterfly Power: Pokémon Journeys: Butterfly Power (Unova Chapter 3)

by CheerfulSteekip

CheerfulSteekip Finally, the journey begins...
Our Promise

A/N: Finally! The series is going to be long and Glorysia Melody may make an animated series out of this. Still, I'll try and make it as amazing as possible! I will finish with the Unova Act in the near-future. After that, Team Harmony will go to Kanto, but (spoiler alert) there will be some that choose to stay behind...and an important change must take place.

Anyway! On we go!

*Chloe Cerise's nickname in the series. She will be referred to as that for the rest of the series unless Jim's niece is not around.


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It had been one hour since they started their journey and nothing has happened. Route 1 is filled with nature. Trees, large grassy plains, lakes and rivers. All the Trainers did was talk to each other. No Pokémon appeared in front of them and two boys had their first verbal fight, only for Ash to stop them. Nanette was annoyed with this. Eventually, they decided to rest.

"Here, I have some fruits for the Pokémon." Nanette hands the fruits to the Pokémon and they started digging quickly. "Oh my, they must have been really hungry," Bianca said, with a slightly blushing Cheren agreeing. Ash took out some sandwiches from his backpack and gave one to his friends. "Here, my mom made it." Everyone thanked Ash and they started digging.

"So why did you start your journey?" Ash asked everyone after finishing their food. "I mean, you never told me what you want to become." This made both Serena and Bianca sigh. "Truth is, we don't know what we want to do in future. We don't have any goals in mind," Serena said with sadness in her face and Bianca's. Cheren notices something was wrong. "Don't feel bad, Bianca girl," he said to his childhood friend, causing her to blush even harder. "Nyyyeeee...... D-do I look beautiful to you-baka?!"

Before anyone could even laugh about it, a wing flap was heard. It was a Pokémon. "A Pidove!" Nanette said right away. Everyone went to scan it with their Rotom Phones.

"Pidove, the Tiny Pigeon Pokémon. A Normal and Flying Type. Each follows its Trainer's orders as best it can, but they sometimes fail to understand complicated commands."

"Piece of cake. I'll make sure this one won't forget orders," Cheren said before throwing a Poké Ball at it, which made contact. It sucked the Pokémon and it started shaking. After a few seconds, it stopped shaking and "dinged". It's a sign that Cheren caught a Pokémon.

"Pidove has been registered to your Pokédex!"

He picked up the Poké Ball. He chuckled a little bit and said "I caught a Pidove!" "ALL RIGHT!" everyone else cheered. Cedmar joined in too. "Really? Even without battling?" Marina pondered. Before anything else could be said or done, they suddenly heard a loud cry. "Oh no! I think someone's calling its friends," Serena said with a worried expression on her face. Cheren sweat-dropped. He held great knowledge of Pokémon yet he messed up this time. He shouldn't have done that.

There was a flock of Pidove with a Tranquill leader. They looked like they wanted a piece of them, because of red eyes. Something was wrong with them.

"RUNNNN!" Cheren yelled and he and the others, including their Pokémon, started running. Everyone ran as fast as possible, but the flock was faster. They started pecking their Pokémon. "OH NO! GET EVERYONE TO RETURN!" Nanette yelled. Jim didn't punch her since he knew there wasn't time. He was her friend. Everyone nodded and returned their Pokémon to their Poké Balls...except Voltage, whom Ash was already holding.

While they were running, they caught something on sight. "It's that a cliff!?" Serena yelled. "Oh no! We are blocked!" Bianca said with worry. When Ash looked under the cliff, there was a river. Then he thought of something and turned to the others. "We have to jump!" Ash said seriously. "No, I'm scared!" Serena refused. "There's no choice!" Ash said eagerly. "Okay..." Serena finally accepted. Nanette nods at the others.

A plan has been made.

Two of the boys held their partners tightly (Ash with Voltage and Serena and Cheren with Bianca). "I won't let you go," Ash said and received a nod from Serena. "Just hug me tight!" Cheren said while Bianca was terrified for her life, blushing at him. "One...Two...Three... JUMP!!!" Ash yelled and everyone jumped into the river before the flock of Pidove and the Tranquill could attack them again.

The Trainers landed in the water pretty hard, but it wasn't really painful. Ash lets go of Serena while Cheren lets go of Bianca and everyone began to swim despite Ash's injury and Voltage on his other arm. They passed several Water-Type Pokémon as they continued to swim. They were about to reach the surface until Ash got tangled on something.

That was when Nanette felt an aura.

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16-year old Asumi, 10-year old Lily Porter, 18-year old Mirta Springriver, 12-year old Jane Springriver and 10-year old Amelia were fishing by the river. They were fishing for almost an hour and haven't caught anything yet. Asumi's journey to Unova had been quite uneventful.

Before anyone could say anything, right on cue, Amelia felt a tug on her fishing rod. It was shaking violently, and by the how hard the tug was, she felt like it's a big one. The others helped her, and to their surprise...

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"Oh...they're just kids," Asumi murmured in disappointment. Amelia noticed her sisters so suddenly. Her face lit up and she ran up to them. "Oh my Arceus! Ellie, Chloe, are you two okay?" "Yeah, we're fine..." Ellie said. Jim suddenly slaps Ash on the face, the latter's hand hitting Cheren's cheek. "OUCH!" he yelled. "Uncle, what was that?!" Chloe said out of anger. Lily's face turned red after hearing that. She had never seen her father do that before

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"...and to be honest, I'm trying to get Voltage to a Pokémon Center. Do you know where it is?" Ash asked politely. "Well you're in luck! There's a Pokémon Center in Accumala Town a few miles from here," Asumi said by pointing her finger to Accumala Town. "Thanks Asumi! Say, you going there too?" Glorysia said. The girls nodded. "Come on! Let's go!"

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"Don't worry Voltage! We will get you to Pokémon Center quickly! Then we can heal you and the rest of our Pokémon!" Ash said to the Pikachu, who nodded. Suddenly, it started to rain. Very hard. "Seriously?! You gotta be kidding me!" Cheren exclaimed, annoyed. Now that it's raining, it became very hard to see. In fact, unfortunately, the Trainers didn't see the drop off ahead of them. They ran straight off the ledge and began to leap and tumbled onto the ground ten feet in the air.

Nanette was dazed, but she soon saw everyone lying on the ground in pain. "Ash! Serena! Goh! Chloe! Resia*! Jim! Ellie! Mirta! Jane! Amelia! Asumi! Glorysia! Lily! Cheren! Bianca! Voltage!" Nanette cried, but then someone caught her attention. "MIKEY! NO!" She weakly crawled over to her friend and hidden crush, then held him tight. "Please don't leave me... Please..."

Nanette then heard screeching and flapping. It was the flock of Pidove and the same Tranquill from before. She promised to her mother that she'll protect Mikey at all costs and promised to Professor Juniper that she'll look after her friends, and she failed miserably. She put Mikey back on the ground and stood up, Ash standing as well.

"Guys, listen. I want you to take Voltage and run," Ash started. "Don't stop until you reach Accumala Town. Just keep on running no matter what," Nanette finished, only to slap her own face after realizing what she said. "Wait a moment Ash! You could die!"

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"Do you know who I am?! I'm Ash Ketchum from Nuvema Town!" Ash started. "And I'm Nanette Daisy of Aspertia City!" added Nanette. "We're going to be the greatest Trainers in the world! I can't be defeated by the likes of you! Come and get us!" both of them finished together.

Voltage watched Ash in amazement. He never met a trainer like him. His birth family did nothing but abuse him, despite his adoptive family fixing that later on. He wanted a trainer like him. Following Ash just might have been a great idea. Voltage decided that he will remain by Ash's side.

The Tranquill gave a mighty cry and the flock of Pidove dive bombed toward the Trainers.

Serena watched Ash helplessly. He wants to protect her, but at what cost? This is not what she wanted. Yes, Ash has made a promise to her mother and Professor Juniper, but this is not what they meant. What if Ash dies? There was no way she was going to abandon Ash like that. She was really stressed about this. She may be hurt, but she's not going to run away. She will not lose Ash. She will stand by his side anytime. Nanette realizes these feelings and, with a nod from Ash, decided to converge.

"Ash! Nanette!" The other Trainers screamed and ran toward their two friends.

The flock of Pidove continued to charge, but Ash still stood on his feet defiantly with his arms spread. Serena still ran towards Ash. She will get Ash out of the way at any cost. Suddenly, she saw a small creature ran past by her. It was Voltage the Pikachu. He continued to run forward. He hopped onto Ash's shoulder and he didn't even have a time to call him back. Then Voltage leaped off into the air. While he was on air, the lightning struck him and he gave out a super charge. At the same time, an unexpected thing happened.

"CONNNNVVEEEERRRRGGEEENNNCCCCEEE!" the Trainers all yelled together. "YYAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Voltage cried and, with the converged power-up, gave a powerful Thundershock, knocking out all of the birds and sending everyone flying back.

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"...Ugh..." Nanette moaned as she regained consciousness. She saw Marina and Mikey watching over her. "S-sis? Mikey? Oh..." Nanette stood up and weakly smiled. Everyone else had already stood up. "Hey Voltage, that was a powerful Thundershock, wasn't it?" Ash said to his fellow rodent Pokemon. Cheren becomes a bit mad and he, Serena and Ash began conversing.

"All right, what was that?!" "I was protecting you." "Protecting!? That's not protecting. You nearly killed yourself!" "WHAT?!" "You made a promise to protect me, but that's not what I want! I want you to look after and help us." "It's great that you're not breaking your promise, but you're being so reckless. Don't forget that we all care about you as well. Me, Serena, Voltage, and our other friends." "I'm sorry... I promise to look after you next time. We won't leave each other behind." "Good choice." "I agree with Cheren. Anyway, we need to go to Accumala Town. I think it's not far away from here."

"While the three of you were talking, I saw some sort of White Vast!" Nanette told Ash, Serena and Cheren after they were done. "You kidding me?! That's more of a joke!" Cheren said. "It was a dragon-like Pokémon, mister!" Nanette shouted back. "Mister?!" Cheren yelled, enraged. Ash managed to stop them before a fight breaks out. Serena palms her own face after that.

"Ellie, Amelia, Lily, Mirta and Jane, I think we managed to actually discover our powers!" Chloe told some of her friends. "Yeah! It was like a beam of light burst from my hand!" Amelia added. "Well, why not travel together with our friends, Defendix Club? Our promise...is to be together forever!" Lily finished.

Defendix Club. That's a nice group name for these six girls.

Everyone smiled at them, and then at each other. They couldn't believe what Nanette just saw. Could it be a Legendary Pokémon? She just saw an undiscovered species in the first day of their journey. Ash then felt a small lick on his cheek. It was Voltage. He finally gained trust within his Trainer. Ash's heart warmed at the affectionate gesture from his first starter.

Team Harmony and the Defendix Club then realize that it's not over yet. There could be many more dangers lurking behind them, but also some fun times. As long as they have each other, they will be safe.

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Wow, it took me two to three days to write this hard chapter! The other main characters have finally appeared and joined the group. The Defendix Club, who will star in the next chapter, also got together. Soon enough, a certain Trainer aspiring to be a Dragon Master will join them as well.

The next chapter will be fun...or will it? Your favorite trio and a team of Pokémon liberation will make their debuts. Also, Bianca and Serena will admit that even without a 'goal', they'll still be happy to travel. A certain aura-using Baby Pokémon will even appear to be captured by one of the main Trainers, and so will two more Snivy and Oshawott. Looks like the Professor's having a hard time keeping her Pokémon in one place!

What will happen next time?

Next Chapter: "Evil Strikes, Defendix YIKES!"

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