Jasper breathed in the warm mid morning air. There was a divine mist of sweet smelling herbs and flowers enveloping them that was so familiar to Jasper. The mix of scents was heaven to his nostrils.
"Lavender...Marigold..." He inhaled again. "Violets, mint... and... just a hint of thyme I think..." Memory gazed up at him, understanding fully why he knew this. His mother had been quite the gardener. She taught him everything she knew about growing plants, making herbal remedies, cooking with the herbs and of course which plants were poisonous. A few times after he received his first pokemon Ralts had been sitting near him, watching and analyzing him. The majority of the time he was either reading, gardening, mixing herbs together into remedies or painting.
A flash of brown to his left made Jasper look up. Whatever was there had vanished just as quickly as it had appeared.
" I really hate pokemon when they do that..." He shook his head and pushed away all thoughts of being followed.
Jasper took a few more steps down the path and saw another flash of brown to his right this time.
"Memory, come here please." The little Ralts obeyed and stepped towards Jasper until he could lift her.
"It's getting dangerous here Riza. Keep your guard up. What moves does Skitty know anyway? What the-!"
The conversation was halted as a walking acorn stepped out of the grass. Jasper froze...then relaxed.
"A Seedot. Mom told me about these... But what did she say?" Slowly, he reached for his pokedex. It flipped open and analyzed the pokemon.
Seedot, a grass type pokemon.
Seedot attaches itself to a tree branch using the top of its head. It sucks moisture from the tree while hanging off the branch. The more water it drinks, the glossier this Pokémon's body becomes.
Nodding, Jasper put away the pokedex and met the eyes of the Seedot.
"I don't want to hurt you...but I've got no other choice..." He felt his emotions change as he shifted his stance.
"Stay back Riza! I wanna take this one." He said with a devilish smile. His emotions were bubbling over in a dangerous concoction of exhilaration and terror which threatened to send him over the edge any second. The adrenaline was pumping through his body. The speed of his breathing increased rapidly. His heartbeat was erratic.
Finally Jasper lowered Memory to the floor. She took a few wobbly steps towards her opponent, Jasper's out of control emotions overwhelming her, causing her to be somewhat unstable. Jasper closed his eyes, took a deep breath and tried his hardest to tame the wild, raging emotions within his soul. Though it didn't fully reverse the effect, Ralts held herself up better, no longer looking dizzy.
The earthen colored Seedot before pokemon and trainer glared at them defiantly. As quick as lightning the Seedot stepped back, closing its eyes slightly and tightened it's muscles as it used Harden. His eyes practically screamed "I dare you" to Jasper.
"Challenge accepted..."
"Confusion!" Memory put her hands out in front of her and used the psychic move. An invisible wave of psychic energy pulsed from her hands, distorting the image past the air before her as if it were a heat wave radiating from her. The telekinetic force struck the Seedot, causing him to stumble back a step, while the telepathic aspect of this move missed. The confusing part did not affect him and the attack was weaker than it should have been due to Seedot's protective ability.
"This could be bad..."
The little pokemon closed his eyes and started concentrating on something.
"Wait...I remember mom telling me something about them now... Due to their ability Chlorophyll they are faster in sunlight, well that explains a lot, and the first offensive attack they learn is...bide!"
"Oh crap! Growl Memory!" The Ralts looked up at him, clearly confused but obeyed her trainer's order. She inhaled a deep breath, waited for a second and then growl with all her might at her opponent. The sound of it made the seedot jump but he refused to be intimidated by it. At least, not completely intimidated...
The Seedot remained still, waiting fruitlessly for the attack that would never occur. memory growl yet again at her owner's command, the sound ripping from her throat. Finally, the Seedot was ready to rebound the damage that he should have received but he had nothing. He opened his eyes with defeat and started to back away from the trainer and pokemon.
"Oh no you don't! Confusion!" The telekinetic/telepathic blast flowed from her hands and struck the Seedot with a critical hit. The Seedot closed it's eyes as it was lifted slightly off of the ground. Landing with a thud, he opened his eyes. The confused look on his face said it all.
Standing up slowly he looked around and found the pokemon and trainer. Jasper held his breath the grass type decided what to do on unsteady feet. Finally, to Jasper's horror, he hardened his muscles.
"If I hit it again with confusion I'll knock him out... it's better to just let him hurt himself. Memory, Growl." Memory, now understanding Jasper's intentions released a terrifying growl.
Seedot swayed dangerously from side to side. The threat of dropping was high. He tried to take a step forwards but dropped to the ground, hurting himself.
"So that's what a confused pokemon looks like." The Seedot was obviously in pain. He couldn't even get himself to stand up. He was so close to fainting ...
"I hope this works..." Jasper said taking out the pokeball that his mother had bought him. "Help me mom..." Closing his eyes, he steeled himself. Taking a deep breath, hearing nothing but the blood pumping quickly through his body, he opened his eyes and threw the pokeball.