Route 11 was a walk in the park.

After that is Route Twelve where Hapu, Mudsdale, Strongheart, and a small white Mudsdale are waiting for us.
I think.

"Howdy, Miracle!" Hapu smiles.

"Hello, Hapu." Miracle walks right up to her.

Maybe she feels tall when she's around Hapu, I don't know why.
She's not that much taller than her.

"I forgot to do something while we in Malie. Hand me your ride pager." Hapu says.

Now, Mudsdale has been registered, until Rudy evolves that is.

Hapu chuckles, "It completely slipped my mind. I was just so taken aback by Lillie and how lovely she looked."

Miracle, who was sipping on some water, nearly chokes on it.
When she's done dying, she falls to the ground in laughter.
    
"What's so funny?" Hapu asks.

Miracle clutches her stomach, "That's the gayest thing I've heard all day!"

Wow, Miracle.
I'm proud of you.

Hapu frowns, "You're one to talk."

"I am and I will."

She gets up and wipes her eyes, "Oh boy! That made my day."

Rudy trots over to Hapu proudly.

Hapu smiles, "Rudy's looking quite happy!"

Miracle nods, "Yeah, from what I can tell, he's close to evolving."

Strongheart snorts, "In his dreams."

The small white one frowns, "You're so mean. What did Rudy ever do to you?"

Strongheart sighs, "Oh, Little Cloud. You don't know anything. Your name must be a reflection of your brain capacity."

Little Cloud rolls her eyes, "Wow. How original."

He smirks, "I know."

Can somebody get rid of him or something?

He walks away and Mudsdale shakes her head, "Where did I go wrong?"
Rudy looks up at her, "What does that mean?"

Mudsdale sighs, "Strongheart's my son. That's why he's so prideful."

Rudy frowns, "I don't think that's your fault, it's not like you taught him to act like that."

Mudsdale nuzzles him, "You really are too sweet, Rudy."

Because Mudsdale and Rudy are having such a nice time together, Hapu decides to tag along with Little Cloud and Strongheart.

I'm sure she regrets her decision because Miracle won't stop calling her a midget lesbian.

Like she isn't one.
But, you never heard it from me.

But, I'm getting off track, Rudy really wanted to show Mudsdale how much he's grown.

Grass-types keep getting in the way of that.

In one especially hard double battle, where Rudy's opponents were teaming up on him, Nightshade stepped in and single handedly took them out.

It might be cheating, but hey, they started it.

After beating the two bullies, Nightshade's body becomes enveloped in a white light.

Impatient Nightshade doesn't have time for that so when she's done changing, she surrounds herself with Pinkish-purple flames and burns up the white light.

Rotom flies out to register her data, but before he can do that Nightshade leaps into the air, "Wooohooo! I did it! I evolved! I'm a Salazzle now! Violet will be so proud!"

I'm not.
Why do Salazzle look so....Ehh.
Never mind.

Nightshade jumps and leaps and dances all around.

Rotom shakes his head....body, "Sit still, Nightshade."

She stops mid-air and falls somewhat gracefully to the ground.
"Salazzle, the Toxic Lizard Pokémon. Filled with pheromones, its poisonous gas can be diluted to use in the production of luscious perfumes."

Nightshade stands proudly, "Yeah! I look so cool right?"

I nod and place a flipper on her head, "But that white stripe is still there."

She bats my flipper away with her tail, "Well, duh! It's not like it'll just magically disappear!"

Tula grabs my flipper, "And if you don't hurry up, we'll magically disappear."
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After about an hour of training and making it to Tapu Village, Rudy still hasn't evolved.

While Miracle and Hapu take a pit stop in the Pokémon center, we wait outside for them.

Strongheart decides this would be a great time to start trouble.

That's my job.

Nightshade climbs up on Rudy and holds his flower bridle as if she were riding him. "I'm sure you'll evolve soon Rudy. Maybe you're just waiting for the right moment."

Strongheart glances at them, "I'm not surprised."

"Nobody was talking to you," Nightshade says shortly.

"Ohhh, that new form has awakened some bravery in you, huh? Why don't you go and whine about it to your little girlfriend?"

Nightshade blinks then hops off of Rudy, "I don't want her to beat your ass again!"
    
Did she just say what I think she said?

"Nightshade! Language!"

Nightshade stops laughing, "Fine, fine. But this stupid Mudsdale is on my last nerve."

Strongheart chuckles, "I'm the dumb one? At least I mate with mares and not stallions."
     
Wow.
He's gonna stoop that low?
  
Nightshade's tail erupts in pink flames, "Alright, I get it, shut up!"

Strongheart circles her, "Oh, does that upset you?"

"Shut up!" Her slight annoyance is replaced with anger.
  
He smirks," Aww. Does little Nightshade need her big sister to tell her it's all okay?"
 
"SHUT UP!" The small flames begin eating away at the grass.

"I'm just telling you the truth. What're you gonna do about it?"

Before Nightshade can move, Rudy headbutts Strongheart, who doesn't even budge.

"Leave her alone! All you do is pick on people for things they can't control! You made fun of my size, You made fun of my blindness, and now, you're making fun of Nightshade! You're a coward! You're nothing but a filthy, filthy, coward!"
   
Little Cloud steps forward but Mudsdale stops her, "I think it's time for Rudy to stand up for himself."

Tula and Tiko are cheering him on.
"Woo! You tell him, Rudy!" Tula says, grabbing her headband and throwing it in the air.

She catches it on her head and Tiko caws.

Strongheart stomps his hoof down and they jump back, "Shut it!"

He turns back to Rudy and towers over the small Mudbray.

Still, under Strongheart's shadow, Rudy holds his head high.

Strongheart laughs, "Flower boy really thinks he can scare me? What a joke!"

Miracle and Hapu come tumbling out of the Pokémon Center. When seeing what Strongheart is about to do, Miracle runs to his defense, only to have Hapu stop her.

"Hapu! What're you doing?"

"Let 'em fight. It looks like Rudy's got somethin' to prove."

I want to see blood.

Rudy nods at Miracle and turns back to Strongheart, "You don't scare me. If one can't see how threatening their enemy looks, they have no reason to be scared. Once that's gone, what else do you have?"

"This." Strongheart bucks Rudy away and sends him flying.

"Hey! What was that for!?" Nightshade lunges at him, but she's being held back by Tiko and Tula.

He lands limply on the ground a small pool of blood surrounding his head.

I wanted to see blood from Strongheart, not Rudy!

As much as I want to go see if he's ok, Mudsdale and Hapu don't seem worried; they look like they're waiting.

Strongheart snorts, "If he's smart he'll stay down."

Rudy raises his head and shakily stands up, before falling back down.

But he just won't stop trying.
I feel bad just standing around but I'm sure he'd never forgive me if I helped him.

Rudy is finally able to stay standing and Strongheart flattens his ears, "Do you have a death wish?"

He takes a step forward, "Because I'd be more than happy to help you with that."

Rudy doesn't budge, "I-I..I want to battle you." He says shakily, "A battle will help us settle our differences."

Hmm.
It's official.
Rudy has lost his mind.

Strongheart laughs, "No way! I won't battle a wimp like you. It'd be a waste of time."

"Fine." Rudy closes his eyes and willingly causes his evolution.
Little Rudy looks even cuter as a Mudsdale.

He's still really small and has that nasty cut on his head.

The white patches that covered his coat are now more visible.
For some reason, he evolved with his mane flowing freely.
Or, do all Mudsdale evolve like that?

He looks fabulous.
Also, how'd he evolve like that?
I could never do that.
 
Miracle stands there with her mouth open wide, while Rotom pokes around.

"Oh, Rudy! How does it feel to be a Mudsdale?"

Rudy stomps the ground and swivels his ears, "Not that different."

Rotom laughs, "Mudsdale, the Draft Horse Pokémon. Its heavy, mud covered kicks are its best means of attack, it can reduce large trucks to scrap without breaking a sweat."

Miracle cheers, "Woo! Kick him in the balls!"

She's so mature.

Strongheart snorts, "Poor Rudy cant do that."

Rudy glares at him,"I could if I wanted to, I'm just not as strong yet."

"First, learn how to see. Anyways," he takes a step forward, "We've got a battle to start."

"Boo!" Leafeon jumps up on him and he spazzes out before running away.

A Leafeon.
A LEAFEON!
I'm just so flabbergasted.

Hapu sighs, "Great. I gotta go catch him now, bye, Miracle. I'm sure it won't be long until we see each other again."

Leafeon giggles, "What a baby!" She looks around until her eyes land on Nightshade and Rudy.

"You two evolved!" Her ears fall and she winces, "Rudy, what happened to your head; was it that dumb Mudsdale?"

Rudy shakes his head, "It's nothing."

Tell that to Miracle.

I hear some grumbling behind me and turn to see Torracat, or whatever the heck he evolved into.

Tiko flies over and lands on his shoulder, his beak turning all types of colors, "Eyy! Garfield! How's it going?"

He grumbles, "It's Incineroar. And get off my shoulder. I'm not a tree."

He brushes Tiko off his shoulder then lies on the ground.

Raichu floats over him, "Nah. Garfield sounds good to me."

"And Flying Electric Rat sounds even better," Incineroar grumbles to himself before curling up covering his face with his tail.

"Miracle! Hey!"

Hau finally shows up and dashes over to us and ends up tripping over his own feet.

Gladion walks over and rolls his eyes, "Must you scream like that?"

Hau sits up and laughs, "I wasn't screaming, well I was when I was falling down the hill, but that's different."

Gladion shakes his head, "I didn't come here to argue."

"You came here to edge it up, right?" Miracle asks.

"No! I came here to ask if you know of Pokémon called Cosmog."

Hau shakes his head, "N-no. we don't know anything."

He looks over at Miracle who laughs nervously.

Arceus!
What was that?
Did they even try?

He places his hand on his hip, "So, you do know something. Look, I'm not gonna pester you two, but I need to tell you something important. Protect Cosmog. Don't let Team Skull get their hands on it."

Miracle frowns, "Aren't you a part of Team Skull? Why should we trust you?"

Gladion shrugs, "It seems that you do have some sense. Trust me, don't trust me, It doesn't matter. What matters is protecting Cosmog."

He walks away but Miracle insists he tell her more and she runs after him, taking Hau with her.

While everyone runs after her, Incineroar and I stay behind.

Incineroar gets up and stretches, "Alright," He gets down on all fours and lashes his tail, which still has that stupid bow. "Let's battle, I'm bored and Tiko left."

"You do realize that I'd beat you?"

"Yeah. But I'm bored."

"And you're gonna stay bored."

He rolls his eyes, "Haha, very funny." He lunges at me and I dodge.

"You've gotta be faster than that if you want a chance at beating me!"

After some bouts of dealing damage back and forth, everyone's favorite Mudsdale is back for more.

"Hey! What're you two doing?"

"Not talking to you," I say.

Strongheart flattens his ears and tries to bite me.

I push him away with a Scald and wouldn't you know it, Strongheart helped me evolve.
 
Maybe he's not as useless as I thought.
Nah, he's still pretty useless.

And so am I.
I hate this hair...and this make up...and being a Primarina.
 
It's just so girly.
Maui must hate himself.
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Remember how Miracle ran off?
Well, she must've forgotten I was there because she was just standing outside of Aether House waiting for me.

I walk up behind and she nearly has a heart attack.

She looks at me confused and I remember that she wasn't around to see me evolve.

"Primarina, the soloist Pokémon." Rotom says, "Its singing voice is its chief weapon in battle. This Pokémon's Trainer must prioritize the daily maintenance of its throat at all costs."

Miracle shrugs, "Well, Isa doesn't talk much anyway. I've only heard her sing once."

"She might be singing more," Rotom says. He flies around me, "Isn't Primarina a pretty Pokémon?"

Miracle nods, "Yeah. Reminds me of a Milotic."

Kill me, please.
I'm joking, it's not that bad.
 
Suddenly, a small purple and yellow rabbit-like Pokemon runs around Miracle.

"What's a Whismur doing here?"
She thinks until something clicks in her head then she starts... blushing?

Tiko looks at her worriedly, "Why is she blushing? What just happened?"

A young woman with a cape walks out of the building followed by a little girl who looks a lot like Sadie.

"Miracle! Remember me? I told you I was gonna visit!" The woman says.

Miracle blushes even harder and Tula is in utter disbelief.

"Does she have a thing for that girl? What is she? Gay?"

We all groan and she yells at us, "It was a joke!"

Jokes are funny, though.
 
Hau and Lillie walk up behind Miracle.

Hau takes a look at her face and giggles, "Miracle! Are you blushing?"

Miracle shakes her head and the little girl laughs, "You're still a horrible liar."

"Shut up, Sapphire!" Miracle yells.

Hau puts his hands on his head, "Is that your sister?"
"Yeah." Miracle chuckles, "She's named after a rock."

Hau waves, "Well, if that's the case, I'm Hau and this is Lillie." Lillie bows and Sapphire's crystal blue eyes glitter with mischief.

"A lily is a flower, right? I know how much you love flowers, Miracle."

Miracle rolls her eyes, "Whatever. And at least she's named after a flower and not a rock."

What the hell is going on?
Who's that other chick?

Sapphire frowns and sticks up her nose.

Hau scratches his head, "What's her name?"

He looks at the woman with the striking red eyes.

"That's Miracle's-" Miracle quickly covers Sapphire's mouth with her hand.

She chuckles nervously, "Sapphire never has anything important to say anyways."

Sapphire glares at her and she slaps her hand off her mouth.

The girl laughs and even though its night time and Miracle is...bl-

I mean a darker skin color, I can still see her blushing.
It's adorable.
Or adorkable!
No?
Ok, I'll stop.
Let's never speak of this, again.

Sapphire groans, "Hurry up and answer his question! Hau and Miracle have trials to get to."

She picks up the Whismur and sets it on her shoulder, "Fine, fine. I just thought Miracle would y'know want to talk."

"She wants to do more than talk," Sapphire says with a snicker.

What?
That's disgusting.
Wait.
This little girl has to be about ten...how does she know what-
There's that headache, again.

The woman chuckles, "Yeah, alright. If it's that important. The names Zinnia."

Ohh.
I get it; a Zinnia is a flower.
Good job, Isa.
You get a gold star.
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*sharp inhale* My friends irl should have been expecting this to the people who don't know me just know that I have the biggest crush on Zinnia. It's bad. I need help.
This is so late because school is hard.

After edit: I STILL LIKE HER!