#custella region

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Woah! A Pokemon just ran past you…it sparkled and glowed. Wonder what it was? Well, it’s past some rocks we can’t move yet, let’s just see what natural Pokemon live here! Maybe they can help us beat the next gym, and Team Eclipse.

Yetub the Yeti Cub Pokemon. Ice/Fighting-Type. Yetub often find themselves getting into trouble. Their favorite snack is a rawst berry. Gargite the Gargoyle Pokemon. Rock/Dark-Type. These Pokemon are said to come from spirits who possessed statues in cities. After bonding during a full moon, the spirits were stuck as these Pokemon.

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Woah! The city is closed off for an event?? Well, looks like we're gonna have to go a secret way to get in. Looks like there's an entrance from the Solite Desert into...Frostbite Cave?? Well, change of scenery is nice. Maybe there are some cool Pokemon here!

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After traveling through the desert (for an extremely extremely long time) you've made it to Orallum Town. It looks like it has a Northern Sundial that is connected with not only the Mega Stones, but also the lore in Custella! Someone said that there's a Team Eclipse meeting up ahead too. Better visit the Stone shop first to see if you can evolve some allies!

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Chapter 39

Samuel walked away from the battle as another trainer caught up to him. “That was a good battle there.” said the trainer. “Thanks. Sorry I lost my temper. They were just getting extremely annoying.” Samuel replied, ashamed for losing his temper like that. “No it’s alright. You were right, they were getting annoying, I just didn’t want to say anything because of their father. I’m glad somebody finally did though.” Samuel looked over in annoyance. “Let me guess, their father is rich and bought them their gym position. Nobody wanted to get in the way because he was very powerful.” “You got it. The only reason it went through is because Clay, another gym leader in the region, spent a lot out of pocket for gym restructure in Unova. I think he just wanted to get rid of those guys too, but who knows.” Samuel checked the time and saw that his match was soon. He thanked his new friend and left for his match. “I got an appointment at the same time too.” Samuel looked at his friend and started to connect the dots. “Are you the gym leader here by any chance?” asked Samuel. “So you figured it out. I’m Don. I’m the gym leader here.” After that they chatted for a bit more. Don let Samuel run and switch his party around, as seeing part of his team may have given Don the advantage.

The battlefield for the match was an ice field, something which Samuel had little experience with. The floor was like tundra in some parts, and smooth ice in others. There were big boulders of ice around the field, much like how other fields had rock. Samuel and Don took their positions and the referee announced the rules and the match begun. “I choose you Furfrou!” Don sent out his first pokemon. It was a Furfrou with yellow stylized fur. Samuel knew these had good defenses, so he had to use special attacks. “Go Drazlopter!” Samuel called out his dragonfly pokemon, hoping he trained him enough. “Furfrou use bite.” “Drazlopter use bug buzz!” Furfrou charged at Drazlopter, but the bug was faster. He sent out a loud buzz which was able to send Furfrou back. Furfrou hit the ground but got back up. “Quick Attack!” “Dragon bomb!” Furfrou ran around the field dodging dragon bombs left and right. It was able to get close enough and strike Drazlopter, but he was able to send off a dragon bomb just as it attacked. The bomb sent the pair flying, Furfrou towards the ground and Drazlopter into the air. Drazlopter caught himself and started to dive tawards Furfrou. “Use locust bite!” Drazlopter bit down on the dog, and he regained some of his energy thanks to the attack. ‘Use bite!” Furfrou took advantage of the close proximity to the bug and attacked as well. Furfrou bit down hard and Drazlopter was in pain. Drazlopter use bug buzz and fly high up.” Drazlopter slowly ascended up, emitting the loud sound as before. Furfrou was not letting go and was getting hit by the attack dead on. Drazlopter slowly went higher, and the attack got louder. Drazlopter finally stopped going and just stayed high up in the air. Samuel hoped his plan would work.

Drazlopter stayed in the air with Furfrou hanging off of his leg. Drazlopter kept buzzing, hoping to eventually tire out the dog. Finally, Furfrou had no more strength and it finally let go, flling to the ground. Furfrou landed on the ice and sent a shower of snow up into the air. After the arena cleared, Furfrou laid in an ice crater, knocked out. The referee announced it and Furfrou was called back. “Okay, For my next pokemon I pick Quotame.” Don sent out hi next pokemon, the final evolution of this region’s normal type. The Raticate of this region, Samuel thought to himself. “Dragon bomb Draz!” Drazlopter sent out a flurry of attacks, and clouding the arena with the bombs. Quotame managed to dodge most of the attacks, but was hit with a few. After The attacked stopped, Don noticed the arena had changed. Instead of Quotame standing on a field of ice, it was turning into a pond filled with water and ice chunks. “I was hoping that would work.” Said Samuel “The dragon bombs warmed up the field, melting the ice and making it harder for Quotame to move.” “Good move,” replied Don “But I wouldnt celebrate yet. Quotame use rock climb!” “Draz use bug buzz!” Quotame slowly charged at Drazlopter, but Drazlopter’s attack was too strong. The attack resonated around the field and was aimed at Quotame. He managed to move slowly, then halted, then was blown back by the attack. Quotame fell onto a small chunk of ice, and was knocked out. Samuel cheered for the victory, btu Drazlopter started to glow white. Drazlopted changed shape and evolved into a Braztrix. “I knew that was only an awkward middle stage” Samuel stated, checking his pokedex. Don called back his pokemon and shouted out to Samuel. “Now you may regret what you did to the field. I choose you Biberal!” Don sent out the normal and water type pokemon, and Samuel knew that he just gave Don and Biberal the advantage for the rest of the match.

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Chapter 38

“This is the third and final match between the former Striaton city gym leaders and the challenger Samuel from Slateport City.” shouted the referee. “May the match begin!” “It’s battling time! For the final course, I choose Pansage.” Cilan called out his little grass monkey, completing the set. Pansage looked strong, just standing there in the middle of the battlefield. But Samuel knew his pokemon were stronger. ‘Go Tazgrove!” Show these guys that a strong pokemon is better than food references!” Samuel called out his pokemon, hoping that another grass type would throw of Cilan. “Pansage use bullet seed.” Tazgrove boo!” Tazgrove ran fast and jumped Pansage from behind. Pansage flinched from the attack and was unable to send out a bullet seed. “What a delicious appetizer. This looks like a recipe for a good battle.”  “Please, stop with the references. Nobody actually likes them.” Samuel pleaded, hoping it would end. “Sorry if the way I talk has gone cold on you, but-” “Tazgrove use weedwhacker as hard as you can on the little $&@#!” Cilan’s jaw dropped at Samuel’s cursing, as well as his brothers. Pansage looked like it didn’t know what to do, But Tazgrove did not share this look. Tazgrove knew that whenever Samuel swore loudly he meant business. Tazgroves front paws started to glow bright green in preparation for the attack. Tazgrove swung at the little monkey and hit it hard. Pansage was sent flying back, with barely enough energy to stand up. Samuel looked at the trainer and referee to see if anyone was going to call the battle over, but he was okay to continue attacking. “What a flavorful attack.” Cilan said. “This is the spice that-” “Enough with the freaking food and cooking references!” Samuel shouted. he was finally fed up with the referenes that the boys were constantly making. “These references are extremely annoying! Nobody cares. We get it, you guys are waiters. Not actual cooks. Not the people actually dealing with food, but the servers. So you guys don’t actually have to do these constant references. Please for the love of Arceus, SHUT UP!!!” There was a silence all around the field. Nobody was moving, except for the battlers in adjacent fields. Finally, Chili spoke up first. “Looks like you don’t have a taste for-” he didnt get a chance to finish the sentence before Samuel started again shouting. “No wonder you guys lost your gym. You don’t listen to people. Nobody likes you, your’e likely the most annoying characters created by the franchise to be main characters! For once just shut up!” The boys let out a loud gasp and stood at Samuel in shock. Samuel wasn’t sure about the actual reason why they lost their gym, but he didn’t have a good impression so far from these boys, and they reminded him of the Custella region gym leader, rather former gym leader, Craig. he did his own thing and didn’t listen to others, so he lost his job too. Samuel broke the silence with one more command. “Tazgrove use one more weed whacker!” Tazgrove attacked with full force. Pansage was knocked out. The referee declared Samuel the winner of the match, but his yelling left the audience speechless, so there was little applause. Samuel looked over and saw that the audience was not angry, but amused.

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Chapter 37

Samuel received his rewards from his victory and went with the Dustanny family to dinner. They ordered pizza, which a local place made Castellia style pizza, something Samuel never had before, but it was deep, thick, and delicious. After dinner the conversation flowed like water down Meteor Falls. Samuel learned that there was a B class gym located in the city too. It was more of a resort than a gym, but the tourist destination still had the license, so Samuel thought he would go check it out before he left. A class gyms are the ones that give out badges that qualify you to enter the pokemon league, but a B class gym is just a place to battle and train. They tend to not have themes, and are sometimes promoted to A class if a position opens up. The most famous B class gyms are the fighting dojo in Kanto, and the Virbank & Humilau City gyms in Unova. The fighting dojo was demoted after Sabrina came to town,which caused a huge controversy and changed the guidelines for gyms and how they become A class. The Virbank and Humilau gyms rose to fame when the entire Unova region had to redo it’s gym system, which lead to 3 out of 8 gyms being changed.

Samuel reached the gym and saw that it was a big resort. You wouldn’t be able to tell that the were in the middle of the desert with all the water, green plants and palm trees dotting the estate. Samuel reached the front counter in the lobby and asked to challenge the gym leader. The receptionist said that the next open position was in a few hours to battle. Samuel took the spot and decided to walk around the resort. The entire theme for the resort was pokemon and pokemon battling. There were multiple battle fields around the outsideareas of the resort, and many different terrains like water, ice, grass, rocky, sand, forest, dirt, and artificial materials like tile. Samuel watched a few battles, aiming mostly for the pokemon he hasn’t seen much of. Samuel walked over to watch a battle between a local and a trainer from Unova. Samuel watched as a Flitiana battle a Pansear. The Flitiana was moving around gracefully through out the battle field, but the Pansear was able to dodge every attack. “This battle is jalepeno hot! Pansear’s moves are leaving a delightful aftertaste.” Samuel wondered who was making constant food references during the match. He looked around and saw two trainers in what looked like waiter uniforms watching the match. One had a Panpour next to him, and the other had a Pansage. Each of the boys had hair to match the color of their pokemon. Samuel looked out and saw that the trainer of the Pansear had red hair matching his pokemon. “Pansear’s attacks are perfectly seasoning this battle.” said the trainer with the blue hair. “Yes,” Said the trainer with the green hair, “And Chili’s tactics are making this a gourmet battle.” Samuel rolled his eyes at the references, thinking that they must be very bland in real life. After a few more minutes the battle was finally over, and the trainer with the Pansage won and celebrated with more cooking and food references, which further annoyed Samuel. “Who else would like to challenge the stupendous Striaton gym leaders!” Samuel immediately remembered who they were. The three brothers were gym leaders in Unova, but they gym was closed down because it was not following certain rules and regulations. Samuel remembered they were also waiters, who for some reason still wore their uniforms. Samuel jumped up yelling “I challenge the former gym leaders!” It wasn’t every day you could battle a former gym leader, so Samuel wanted this chance. “Well what a delightful challenge.” Said the boy with blue hair. “Pick your entree and let the battle begin.” Samuel didn’t know what he was talking about at first, then he realized that he meant pick his opponent. Samuel thought for a minute and made his decision. “I pick all three of you. It’ll be a best out of three match.” “What a delightful pick, a three course meal.” Said The boy  with red hair. Samuel wanted to strangle the annoying boys for their terrible references integrated in their conversation, but he thought it would be best to use his anger on the battlefield.

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Chapter 36

“I choose you Steelix!” Clayton sent out a mighty Steelix, which Samuel thought would be easy. “Okay, go Feraligatr!” Samuel sent out his pokemon, and immediately began to mega evolve him. As Samuel was doing that, Clayton mega evolved his Steelix, which Samuel had never seen before. The battle was now between two mega pokemon, and everyone in the stands shifted with the excitement. “Feraligatr us water pulse!” Feraligatr shot out a pulse of water and hit Steelix dead on the forehead. Samuel was sure it would've hurt, but Steelix was still moving. Slowly but moving. “That’s Mega Steelix’s ability diamond core. No moves are super effective, but it does slow the big guy down a bit.” Clayton said. This completely threw off Samuel’s strategy, but he was still determined to win. “Keep using water pulse!” Samuel shouted. Steelix was slow, and Feraligator was fast. At least faster. Steelix kept swinging it’s tail, hoping to hit. Feraligator kept shooting water and dodging hits like a pro. Eventually, an attack hit and Feraligatr was knocked back against the wall, but okay. Samuel noted that Clayton was ont giving commands, and he was just standing there watching the battle. “Maybe he doesn’t need to give commands, maybe he’s trained his pokemon that much where they don’t need to speak.” Samuel thought. Feraligatr stood up and rushed towards the giant snake. Steelix raised it’s tail to hit, and Feraligatr’s jaw glowed blue for a Gator Bite attack. Then, Steelix’s tail, instead of hitting Feraligatr, smashed itself and sent him tumbling down. “Use gator bite!” Samuel commanded. Feraligatr jumped up and crunched down on Steelix’s head protrusion. The attack sent a strong wave of blue over Steelix, and he fell onto the ground knocked out.

Clayton called back his pokemon and sent out his next. It was a Flygon, much like the one Samuel rode on the previous day. “Feraligtr use ice fang!” Feraligatr rushed towards Flygon but it was too fast. Flygon flew up into the air and sent out a dragon pulse. It hit Feraligatr, but he was alright. “Use water pulse, but chill it with an ice fang.” Feraligatr shot out another pulse of water, this time with ice dotted in the blue stream. Flygon flew around to avoid it, but eventually was hit by the attack. Flygon shook it off and continued to use dragon pulse on Feraligatr. After another minute or two, Samuel called back Feraligatr. Flygon may have gotten a cold, but not much real damage has been done. “Alright, let’s go Rosendria!” Samuel called out his newly evolved dragon pokemon. Samuel note only wanted to see what she could do, but he wanted to show Terra what he could do as a trainer. “Rosendria use thorn storm!” Rosendria flew towards Flygon with determination. She let out a wave of thorns from her tail, which hit Flygon dead on. “Flygon use dragon pulse!” “Rosendria use St. George’s Force!” Both orders were followed, each hitting their target. Rosendria was hit hard, but was able to stay airborne. Flygon was not so lucky. Flgon fell to the ground, completely knocked out. “Like it?” Samuel said. “Thorn storm doubles the damage from the next attack. Since St. George Force was a dragon type attack, Flygon didn’t stand a chance.” Clayton called back his pokemon and silently sent out his last one. Samuel had an idea what it would be. Clayton called out his last pokemon, a large but strong looking Dustanny.

“Thorn storm Rosendria!” Samuel shouted out. Rosendria sent out another whirlwind of thorns, but Dustanny was too fast. Dustanny whipped up a dust devil attack and started bouncing around the arena, hitting the walls and ceiling. The little duststorm surrounding Dustanny caused by the attack was getting everywhere, and Samuel wondered why. Then, Samuel noticed that Rosendria was blinking furiously. ‘The sand’s in her eyes. She can’t see.’ Thought Samuel. Dustanny finally stopped and landed on Rosendria while in mid air. Dustanny’s feet started to glow pink, and she jumped up a little, and then slammed them into Rosendria, who fell straight into the ground, with Dustanny following, getting ready for another attack. Rosendria flew out of the way in time, but didn’t make it very far. “Rosendria return.” called Samuel. Both of his pokemon were weakened, and he was only one pokemon away from victory or defeat. The Dustanny was powerful, and Samuel could tell  it was trained well. “Okay, let’s do this. Go Basilake!” Samuel sent out his last pokemon. It was Basilake, who up until recently was a very disobedient pokemon. Samuel saw that change, and hoped what he saw was permanent. “Use wave rider!” Basilake sped towards Dustanny, and Dustanny didged it with another dust devil attack. This time was different, Basilake was able to follow, and eventually hit Dustanny, knocking it off of the dust cloud. “Water pulse!” Samuel shouted. Dustanny was fast, but Basilake was faster. The attack hit Dustanny, and confused it as well. Dustanny tried to whip up another dust devil attack to bounce around, but it failed shortly and Dustanny fell to the ground. “Basilake use surf!” Shouted Samuel. Basilake created a huge ball of water, larger than Samuel thought he could, only having recently learned that move. The ball of water was released and sent hurtling towards at Dustanny. The tsunami hit the rabbit pokemon, and washed out the entire field. After the water drained away, Dustanny was passed out in the middle of the field, knocked out from the large wave. “Dustanyn is unable to battle. The victory goes to Samuel!” Shouted Gia. Samuel ran out to Basilake, bu slipped on the mud. Samuel slid towards his pokemon like he was going down a slip and slide, and crashed into basilake lightly. Samuel and Basilake laughed. Samuel was glad to have won the battle, but even more excited to have his friend.

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Chapter 35

Samuel and Terra landed near the gym. Flygon landed and Terra slid off, almost collapsing as she landed. Samuel ran around and grabbed her before she could hit the ground. Benny was outside the gym waiting for his sister and Samuel’s return. Two middle aged people, a man and a woman, most likely their parents, walked Terra into the gym. The woman ran towards Samuel and thanked him for his help. “We were so worried, thank you so much for saving Terra. If Team Eclipse got her and the Lumen Relic I don’t know what we would’ve done.” “It’s no problem.” replied Samuel. “I’ve had a few run ins with them before,  they’re nothing I can’t take care of.” “Well, thanks again. Please come in for something to drink, you must be very tired.” Samuel accepted the offer and went with the family to their home behind the gym. It was a small, cute home with one floor and a large yard.  The inside was decorated with earth tones and vibrant red and green trims. Samuel took a seat on the couch while Terra’s father took her to a room in the back. “Terra’s father is the town doctor. He’ll make sure she gets well. I’m Gia by the way, and my husband in Hank.” Said Terra’s mother. “I’m Samuel. I’m a trainer collecting info for Professor Cedar. I’m challenging the gyms along the way for fun.” “Oh that’s wonderful!” said Gia. “Unfortunately Terra, the gym leader here, is in no condition to battle.” “I figured. Why did Team Eclipse want her anyway?” Gia got up and walked over to a bookshelf in the room and grabbed an old looking book from a shelf. “They were looking for the Lumen Relic. Legend has it that it’s supposed to have ability to control some mythical pokemon in the region. Nobody has seen it for quite some time, we don’t even know if it’s in the city or sold by some thieves to a land far away. Here’s a picture of it in case you were curious. It’s only a drawing of some descriptions of it, but still.” Gia opened up the book and pointed to an image deep inside. It was very close to the item that Samuel picked up in the ruins when battling the wild pokemon. “Samuel pulled it out of his pocket and showed Gia. Her jaw dropped. “Where did you find this?” Asked Gia in awe over the discovery. “I found it in the ruins. I was battling some wild pokemon and stumbled onto it. I picked it up thinking it should be in a museum.” “This is far too dangerous to be put in a museum. Take good care of this and do not let anyone knw you have it.”

Samuel and Gian quickly changed the subject in case someone else came by, like Team Eclipse. Benny and Hank came back into the room and told them that Terra would be fine and she would just need to rest for a while. ‘’That’s good” said Samuel. “Is the gym going to be shut down for a little while?” Samuel asked. He  didn’t think it was an appropriate time, but he wanted to get out of town with the Lumen Relic fast, and the gym match was what Samuel came for. “Stop by the gym tomorrow at noon. We’ll take care of you.” Responded Gia. Samuel joined the family for dinner and told them about his adventures, and Gian & Hank told them about theirs. “I used to work in Celadon City in Kanto.” Said Hank. “I left because of the corruption in the city thanks to Team Rocket. So I moved here, met Gia, and the rest is history.” “I used to be the gym leader, and my grandfather before me, and so on. This place has been in our family for generations.” Gia stood up and walked over to a shelf near the bookcase. There were old pictures of every gym leader, each with a Dustanny. “Dustanny is sort of our family crest. Like the famous Lannister family has Pyroar and the Stark family has Mightyena.” Samuel nodded his head and studied each picture. Suddenly, one picture looked very familiar. Samuel looked in closer and recognized one man, or he thought he did. he looked like the ghost of the lighthouse he visited earlier in his trip. “Oh that’s Ronald. Have you been to the famous lighthouse? The keeper who died there was his brother.” Samuel told them about his trip, but excluded meeting the ghost and the Silver Wing, just so they didn’t think he was crazy.

Samuel had BBQ with the family and left shortly after sunset. “Are you sure you can’t stay the night? It’s the least we can do.” Asked Hank. “Sorry, I have things to take care of. I need to get my team ready for tomorrow.” Samuel replied. He thanked them for their hospitality and went on his way. He needed to rest up his team and switch them around for the ground type gym. He also had to talk to professor Cedar and see what was up with the Hydreigon.

“So it looked like the pokemon was done for, so I only had one option. I threw a dusk ball and caught the big guy.” Samuel explained what happened to the professor over webchat. he wanted to know how he could possibly catch a pokemon that was already caught by another trainer. “Well, there’s a few ideas. Did you happen to see the pokeball that Hydreigon came out of?” Asked the professor. Samuel didn’t. “If the pokeball was destroyed before you caught him, Hydreigon has been released and able to be caught again. Also if Samson was using some knock off pokeball that aren’t made by the official company and on the black market, the pokemon may have still been catchable. I’m more wondering why Hydreigon didn’t fight it at all.” “Well,” said Samuel. “Samson was already gone. He teleported out of there with a pokemon, leaving Hydreigon behind. Maybe Hydreigon would rather have been caught then killed.” Samuel and Professor Cedar talked a bit more about the subject, but neither could think of a concrete answer. Samuel told her about the Lumen Relic and his dinner with the Dustanny clan, as Samuel jokingly called them. Samuel traded around his pokemon, using almost an entirely new team. Samuel took a long cool shower and went to bed, plotting strategies in his head for the next day.

Samuel woke up and gathered his things and headed over to the gym right away. He had Tibetpup with his as a companion, and Samuel did not feel like watching the egg he had or keeping it in his bag. Samuel arrived at the gym and greeted the receptionist. ‘Gia is expecting you, she is in the arena. Samuel followed the signs and found a plain, dirt arena in what looked like an aircraft hangar. “Okay, I’m here. Who’s my opponent.” Samuel asked, although he was almost sure of the answer. From the stands Samuel could see the Dustanny clan, with Terra sitting in in front in comfy clothes, still tired from the previous day. Behind Terra was Benny, Hank, and an old man Samuel recognized from the pictures. The old man stood up and slowly walked to the battlefield. Samuel watch as the old man slowly made his way to where Gia was standing, and eventually took the position for battle. “I,Clayton” said the old man, “will battle in my granddaughter’s place.” “Alright Clayton,” Samuel replied, “Let’s do this!” Gia announced the rules, a 3v3 match, and the battle begun.