[Celeste Bonnaire]

Celeste grimaced as she trudged through the boggy terrain. Although she still moved purposefully, she was extremely careful with her every step, not quite trusting the ground underfoot. The last thing she needed was to land in the muck oozing at the side of the road. Alaire, too, seemed extremely uncomfortable with his surroundings. He refused to touch the ground, and was instead fluttering overhead. When he cooed, downtrodden, Celeste offered him a sympathetic smile.

"Do you want to go back in your Pokéball?" she offered. "It doesn't look like you're enjoying this too much."

And, while Celeste was surprised that Alaire turned down her offer, she decided not to question it. Her Pokémon were smart enough to make their own choices. They had proven that to her countless times in the past. Now, all she had to do was get them back on the main road and out of this disgusting place.

((Looking for a shiny Zangoose and has the fifth contest ribbon!))

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+1 to Swablu hatch count

[Kitten4u]

I'm sure it's shiny in its heart



Species: Zangoose
Gender: Female
Ability: Immunity
~Moves~
Embargo
Revenge
Taunt
Crush Claw

[Celeste Bonnaire]

Just when Celeste swore she had found the main road, an aggressive growl stole her attention. Spinning around, her eyes were wide as she scanned the landscape around her. But, it was Alaire who found the perpetrator first. With a warning cry, he beat his wings frantically, flattening the brush nearby and exposing an angered Zangoose. And, while Celeste's first thought was "perfect", Alaire's was obviously the opposite. As the Zangoose charged, he dodged out of the way and Celeste responded in kind.

"Alaire, use Rock Smash!" Celeste shouted as her Altaria led the Zangoose further away from the encompassing vegetation. As soon as he was mostly cleared to fly about easily, Alaire shot into the air and dove right back down to swing his talons into the Zangoose. As he had caught it over the head, it stumbled back, stunned momentarily, giving him another opening to follow up. "Great! Now, use Hyper Beam!"

And, in a brilliant flash of light, the battle was over. The Zangoose had been soundly defeated, as had several trees and bushes in the area. Opting to ignore that for now, Celeste tossed a Pokéball at the fainted Pokémon and waited for it to stop moving before picking it up.

"Now," she said, putting the Zangoose away. "Let's get out of here, shall we?"

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+1 to Helioptile hatch count