second step! catch some new friends! [WILD]

Yup, definitely jinxed.

She didn't look on the ground, so when her walking suddenly stepped on something that wasn't road, the girl was confused. Tilting her head this way and that, she was trying to figure out the source of that weird feeling. As she was looking down, something slid out from under her foot, making her almost fall over at the sudden change. ''W-woah! What the heck!'' she exclaimed, catching herself. In her arms, Lady Bubbles was squirming, and then slipped out of the trainer's grip. ''Ah Lady Bubbles! Be careful!'' she said. Shesh what the heck was going on!? A rock wouldn't disturb her this much, would it? The girl straightened herself, relieved she hadn't fallen. Her gaze followed her pokemon, and she finally noticed exactly what it was she had stepped on. Or rather, what the thing she stepped on was attached to.

''Oh.'' she said.

The angry noise of a Meowth slinking out of the bush confirmed her theory. ''I guess saying sorry won't work... will it?'' she said, slowly backing away. The threatening growl of the cat pokemon was making her laugh slightly nervously. ''Erm... is running an option... I can run right? Right?'' she said. But before she could decide, the angry pokemon launched itself at her with a SCRATCH. Of course, that didn't sit well with her beloved Lady Bubbles. With a cry, the wiggly slimy pokemon bounced, preforming a responding TACKLE onto the Meowth, knocing it out of the way. Rarity let out a soft sigh, softly clutching at her heart. Shesh, that had been closer then she wanted it to be! But her eyes sparkled, this was her first pokemon battle, right!?

''Okay, we're gonna do this in style Lady Bubbles! Go ahead and smack that Meowth with an ABSORB and a BUBBLE!'' she said. Her pokemon let out a confirming noise, and proceeded to wiggle itself towards the other pokemon. Still angry, the Meowth proceeded to throw a GROWL at Lady Bubbles, but that wouldn't deter her! A spat of bubbles escaped from her mouth, hitting the cat pokemon and making it hiss at her. During that window, she stuck herself up to the other pokemon, climbing over it and sitting down. It's sticky body was absorbing the other's energy. After a bit, the cat stopped struggling, and the dragon type wiggled off it. Rarity, whom had been watching with a nervous look on her face, jumped and clapped her hands. ''Yay! We did it!'' she said. Carefully, she took out a pokeball, and chucked it at the cat pokemon.

Even if she didn't want it, maybe she could trade it for something cool to someone else!

There was a sudden thrill and then something swooped from the sky.

''Eh? EH?'' she said, the trainer so confused right now. That's when she noticed it - a bird swooping down to peck at her. ''Kyah, nope, nope, nope!'' she said, flailing her hands to try and convince the bird to go elsewhere. Of course, it didn't, as she tripped and fell on her bum. ''Gah, jeez! What did I ever do to you!'' she exclaimed, even as the flying pokemon was turning, coming back for more. The girl's lavender eyes narrowed, and her pig tails danced behind her. ''Alright then! Let's go!'' she said, picking up Lady Bubbles. The goomy let out a soft noise, even as the trainer was concentrating.

The bird turned, and now was heading straight for her.

With all of her strength. she tossed her pokemon at the bird. ''Get'em Lady Bubbles! Bubbly Tackle combo!'' she said. The little dragon pokemon started to spin, TACKLE being the first move it started. And then, it used BUBBLE to make a little field around itself. And with a ram, it hit the bird pokemon, the creature letting out a huge squawl. ''Mayday, mayday!'' it said, as it was falling towards the ground, the goomy not far behind. ''Lady Bubbles!'' Rarity yelled, a bit panicked now. The girl started to run towards the duo, and managed to catch them both in her arms. ''S-shesh, I was worried...'' she said softly. However, that wasn't the end for the chatty bird. ''Eliminate!'' it chatted, before using PECK on the distracted goomy.

''Kyah!'' said the trainer, unable to hold onto the both of them.

The Chatot landed on the ground, and her goomy did the same. The two were facing each other off, before the bird twitch. ''Quick! Protect!'' Rarity said. The goomy felt it's concentration gather, and suddenly, a shield was around itself, the pokemon using PROTECT. The parrot had proceed to use CHATTER, but it bounced off the protect. ''Another tackle!'' Rarity called out. She was starting to get the hang of this! The wiggly pokemon started to squirm, before it launched itself off the ground, using TACKLE on the bird one last time. With finality, the bird landed on it's back, the exhausted pokemon victorious. ''Yay we did it!'' the trainer said, throwing a pokeball at the bird, before picking up her darling goomy.

Snuggling it, she let out a soft happy giggle, before digging into her pocket. ''Here, take a potion, you've earned it!'' she said. With her pokemon recovered, she was ready for the next challenge!

When she meant challenge, she didn't mean this!

She had been walking, hugging her squishy loveable goomy, when something sent a chill up her spine. Without warning, her hair was yanked backwards, and the girl squeaked. Almost falling over, she managed to keep herself steady. ''That was weird...'' she mumbled. Shifting her weight, she shrugged, and went to move one, when a sudden pop and a shriek startled her. With a shriek of her own, the girl stumbled and fell over on her bum, hitting the ground hard. ''Ow ow! What the heck was that!?'' she said, her eyes becoming wide with fear. That's when she heard it. A creepy giggle. Of course, in every horror movie, going towards that giggle meant horrible, horrible death.

And Rarity has never seen a horror movie so.

Lifting herself, she started to go towards where the giggle was guiding her... only to have a mass of hair suddenly pop out from between her boobs. ''KYAAAAH'' she screamed, falling on her butt once again. The difference? This time she had let go of Lady Bubbles. The pokemon landed safely, even as the purple haired girl was holding a hand over her heart. ''W-what's going on...'' she mumbled, feeling tears gather to the corner of her eyes. She was so very scared! Her goomy seemed to squirm and wiggle, but without warning, let out a BUBBLE just in front of Rarity. ''Wait what, Lady Bub-'' she had began, confused and ready to scold her pokemon.

Until a ghost appeared in front of her with a pretty angry screech.

The girl's mouth dropped open, leaving her pokemon to try and figure this one out. The ghost let out an angry noise, before turning it's SPITE onto the goomy. With a mumble, the dragon puddle writhed, and produced another BUBBLE. The ghost writhed as well, seemingly uncomfortable, before vanishing. After a moment, it re-appeared right next to the goomy, using ASTONISH in order to get a bit of it's own. Lady Bubbles however, wasn't going to take that lying down. Turning towards the ghost, she let out another BUBBLE, finally making the ghost fully corporeal. And with that, the wild pokemon slowly drifted to the ground with a final, sad whine.

Rarity was shaken out of her stupor by Lady Bubbles climbing all over her legs. With a snap decision, she chucked a pokeball at the weird ghostie goo. Slowly, she would get to her legs, and pick up the pokeball if she caught the darn thing. Someone would like it somewhere... right? Shakily, after a few moments, she would start moving again. She wasn't going to stay here forever, after all, she had to get to the next town!

''I wanna be theeeere alreaaaady.'' the girl said, whining.

She was tired of being on the road. She felt grimy from the times she fell down, and she was worried about her floof ball. She had gotten up, carrying the pokemon in her arms again, and had walked for a bit. She was almost there, hopefully, because she was starting to get pretty tired of walking on top of that. Her attention was focused so much on whining she didn't hear the rustle of bushes - but her pokemon did. Without warning, a noxious smell hit her nose, and the girl scrunched it making a disguated face. ''Ew what the -'' she had started, as the bush to her right suddenly seemingly exploded with movement.

A pokemon showed up, and the girl threw her hands in the air.

That meant a Goomy was sailing towards the pokemon, because she had forgotten that her pokemon was in her hands. ''Oh no!! LADY BUBBLES!'' she said, flailing. Landing on the floating pokemon, the puddle of goo seemed to just sit there, holding on. With an angry huff, the floaty gas thing let out a SMOKESCREEN blinding the trainer to what was going on. Coughing - is that why they named it Koffing - the girl was waving her hand back and forth, trying to clear some of the smoke. It didn't quite work, but she could hear the angry sounds of the pokemon. She didn't know, but it had used a TACKLE to try and ram her pokemon into a nearby tree. That was quickly followed by a SMOG to try and get it to come off. But as the smoke cleared, Rarity could finally see what was going on.

Lady Bubbles was glowing.

The pokemon had used BIDE, and all of the damaging attacks had fueled it's counter. With a bright flash, the floating pokemon let out a pained noise, and just floated down to the ground. The wriggly pokemon seemed to stay a moment more, before slowly sliding off. Rarity was shaken out of her stupor, quickly throwing one of her dwindling pokeballs, making a note she had to stop in town to restock. Picking up her starter with one arm, and the other picking up the ball if the pokemon had been caught, she decided to try and see if she could run to the next town. It should be fine, right?

Hopefully, nothing else got sent in her direction on the way there.

The ball was easily secured into her satchel, even as she let her steps guide her.

Although she might have been running, instead of walking. It was faster that way, she had less problems to do anything. A deep breath, and her body was pushing harder, and harder. She had to get to town. Lady Bubbles looked tired, so she had to get things ready right! With a final push, the girl could see it. Just over there. Her eyes started to sparkle, and her mouth turned up in a smile. She was gonna make it! At least she had optimism right? Right? But she didn't know how it would come crashing down around her. And it was all without a single warning too.

In her side? Something barrelled her, sending the purple haired trainer sprawling.

''Kyaaah! WHAT THE HECK!?'' she said, feeling scrapped knees and elbows. Slowly lifting herself, she let out a pant, and tried to squeeze her pokemon. Only to realize that she dropped it. AGAIN. ''Oh no! LADY BUBBLES!'' she called out. Scrambling to her feet, she walked forward, only to find her pokemon on the ground. Her eyes started to fill with tears, but before she could approach, something seemed to be attacking her head. It was feeling crushed, and she collapsed to her knees, holding her head. ''L-lady b-bubbles...'' she said softly. She wasn't going to make it was she? The purple haired girl felt tears fall on her cheeks, and then she bit her lip. ''NO. GET UP LADY BUBBLES!'' she said, shaking her head to get rid of the headache. With a breath, she noticed her partner getting up.

Good.

The goomy let out a loud cry, forming several bubbles and shooting them towards the antagonistic pokemon. BUBBLE proved to be effective, as it hit the pokemon, but didn't seem to do much. A shimmering thing seemed to dance around the pokemon, probably being REFLECT, so Lady Bubbles lowered her head. With a push, the pokemon used TACKLE on the floating creature. Another screech and this time Lady Bubbles wrapped herself around the other. ABSORB was it's goal, and the pokemone thrashed and struggled, sending off PSYWAVE after PSYWAVE. Finally, after some time, both pokemon ended up seperating, lying still.

Her breath hitched in worry, as her final pokeball was sent to the wild one. Rushing, she grabbed her own partner, and took the pokeball if the pokemon was caught. Even if it wasn't, she would grab it and run to the pokemon center.

She had to save them.