Pokemon Poacher

*One day...*

The gang passed through a snowy mountain.

"Brr it's cold here." Dawn said, shivering.

"We'd better find shelter." Brock advised. "It's starting to get dark and I fear this snow will get worse."

"Maybe we can build a snow igloo or something?" Ash suggested.

Suddenly a man came up to the gang. He was a middle-aged man with a thick beard.

"What are you kids doing out here?" He asked.

"We were on our way to another town." Brock said. "But this snow is causing us to get lost."

"You better come to my cabin." The man said. "It's too dangerous to stay out here at the moment."

The man, who's name was Dani led the gang to his cabin, had them sit by the fire and made hot tea for everyone.

"Thank you so much for letting us take shelter here Mr. Dani." Dawn said.

"Ah it was my pleasure." Dani said. "Many people especially trainers come through these mountains so I help them out all the time."

"So Dani, why do you live out here in this forest?" Brock asked.

"Ah well you see many different Pokemon live around here. Mainly Snorunt, Glalie and Froslass." Dani explained. "Unfortunately people like poachers come around to grab them. So I decided to live here to protect the Pokemon."

The gang nodded.

Just then Tomo noticed a wanted poster on the wall. It showed a plump man with a small beard on his chin.

"Hey Dani, who's that?" He asked.

"That is a Pokemon poacher Officer Jenny warned me about." Dani explained. "He captures wild Pokemon and sells them for money."

"That's terrible!" Dawn angrily shouted.

"Yes and I fear he may come here any day now." Dani said.

The gang hoped the poacher would be caught soon.

The gang spent the night at Dani's cabin.

*In the morning...*

Dani gave the gang directions to the next town.

"Thanks for letting us stay here last night Dani." Ash said.

"Think nothing of it." Dani responded. "Glad to be of help."

Just before the gang was about to leave, they heard a loud explosion.

"What was that?" Dawn asked.

"Sounds like trouble." Brock said.

Dani started to run to where the explosion went off and the gang followed him.

When Dani and the gang got to the area where the explosion was heard, they were not happy with what they saw. They saw a Gallade and Froslass lying badly hurt in the snow.

"What in the world?!" Dawn gasped.

"Who the hell is responsible for this?!" Ash shouted.

Just then a Glalie showed up and so did it's trainer. It was the man who was on Dani's wanted poster.

"We found ourselves two nice Pokemon to sell Glalie." The poacher said.

Dani stepped forward with a angry expression on his face.

"I am not going to let you catch and sell anymore Pokemon poacher!" He shouted.

"Ha, you and what army?" The poacher laughed.

"This one." Ash said.

He and the others stepped forward. They weren't going to let the poacher get away with it either.

"Well, well, well I guess it's time to have some fun wouldn't you say so Glalie?" The poacher asked.

Glalie agreed.

The fight then began.

"Glalie, Ice Beam." The poacher ordered.

Everyone dodged it before it could hit them.

"Pikachu, Thunderbolt!" Ash ordered.

"Use Flamethrower, Growlithe!" Tomo ordered.

"Piplup, use Bubble Beam!" Dawn ordered.

The three Pokemon fired their attacks but Glalie used Protect to stop the attacks.

"Time for Hyper Beam Glalie." The poacher said.

Glalie fired a Hyper Beam attack, but Pikachu and Growlithe both used Protect. They even protected Piplup.

"Now's our chance!" Ash shouted.

As Glalie had to recharge after using Hyper Beam, Pikachu, Growlithe and Piplup had a chance to fight back.

"Growlithe, use Flamethrower on Glalie!" Tomo shouted.

"Piplup help Growlithe with Bubble Beam!" Dawn shouted.

Growlithe and Piplup's attacks hit Glalie and it fell to the ground, injured.

"Now then, Pikachu used Thunder Wave on Glalie and the poacher." Ash said.

Pikachu did as he was told and shocked Glalie and the poacher with Thunder Wave, paralyzing them. They had lost.

The poacher was angered over his defeat and couldn't move due to the paralysis.

"Now then." Dani said. "You kids take Gallade and Froslass back to my cabin. I have lots of medicine in there so use it to help those Pokemon recover. Then one of you can contact Officer Jenny for me. I'll stay here and make sure this poacher doesn't get away."

Ash picked Froslass up and Brock picked Gallade up.

"Come on, let's go." Brock said.

The gang ran back to Dani's cabin as fast as they could.

Once the gang got to the cabin, Brock got to work on helping Gallade and Froslass. Dawn went straight to Dani's phone to call Officer Jenny.

"How are Gallade and Froslass doing, Brock?" Ash asked.

"Well they are in bad shape due to Glalie." Brock said. "But thanks to Dani's medicine they will be fine."

"Good thing he has plenty of medicine for Pokemon." Ash said.

Dawn came up to the boys after her phone call.

"Officer Jenny is on her way." She said.

"Good." Brock said. "Hey Ash, would you mind bringing your Gardevoir and Glalie here from Prof. Oak's lab?"

"Sure, but what do you want them for?" Ash asked.

"Well it's just in case Gallade and Froslass become upset when they see us once they wake up. You know, because of what the poacher did." Brock said.

"Oh yes, I remember we went through something like this before." Ash said. "So my Gardevoir and Glalie can calm Gallade and Froslass."

"Exactly." Brock said.

So Ash swapped two of his Pokemon from his party for Gardevoir and Glalie from Prof. Oak's lab.

*An hour later...*

Gallade and Froslass showed signs that they were about to wake up. By this time the poacher had been arrested by the police and Dani had returned to his cabin. Gallade started to wake up first. Ash's Gardevoir went over to Gallade and asked him if he was okay. When Gallade saw the humans behind Gardevoir it looked like he was about to attack. But Gardevoir told him how nice her trainer Ash and the other humans were. She even told him that it was the humans who saved him and Froslass from the poacher. Gallade looked at the humans, uncertain if he could believe that. Just then Froslass woke up and she became frightened when she saw the humans.

"Hey no need to be frightened Froslass, we are here to help you." Dawn said.

Ash's Glalie went up to Froslass to tell her it was alright, but Froslass was still scared.

Suddenly there was a loud banging noise outside.

"Oh no, what is it now?" Ash asked.

Everyone, except Gallade and Froslass, went outside to see what was going on. A Crawdaunt was firing Bubble Beam all over the place.

"Where did this Crawdaunt come from?" Dawn asked.

"You don't suppose it belongs to that poacher do you?" Ash asked.

"I don't know, but we need to deal with that Crawdaunt before it does any damage." Dani said.

Ash agreed and he decided to use Glalie and Gardevoir to battle Crawdaunt.

"Gardevoir, use Magical Leaf and Glalie, use Iron Head." Ash said.

Gardevoir and Glalie did as they were told and their attacks did a lot of damage to Crawdaunt.

"Now Glalie, use Sheer Cold." Ash said.

Glalie glowed blue and then released his Sheer Cold attack.

Crawdaunt was frozen solid and defeated. After being defeated Crawdaunt quickly ran away.

"It must not have been that poacher's Pokemon, but a wild one." Brock said.

"Thank goodness that's over." Dawn sighed.

Suddenly Gallade and Froslass appeared behind everyone. They had seen what just happened.

"Hello there." Dawn said. "Are you two feeling better now?"

Gallade and Froslass nodded to say yes. Brock checked them over.

"Well you two are doing okay now." He said. "You still need to rest for a day or two and then you can go back to living in the wild."

Froslass couldn't stop looking at Glalie and then she went over to him.

"Well, well, well." Dani said. "Froslass seems to have taken a little bit of a liking to Glalie."

Froslass wasn't the only one who started to take a liking. Gallade started to like Gardevoir.

"I think you kids better stay here while Gallade and Froslass recover." Dani said. "I think they are happy with your Gardevoir and Glalie here."

The gang acknowledged this and agreed to stay at Dani's cabin.

*Two days later...*

Gallade and Froslass had fully recovered from their injuries.

"As you two are healed, you can go home now." Brock told Gallade and Froslass.

"We have to leave now too." Dawn said. "We need to get to another town."

Froslass and Gallade just stood still and quiet. Ash turned to his Gardevoir and Glalie.

"Well you two." He said. "It's time to say goodbye and for you to get back to Prof. Oak's lab."

Gardevoir and Glalie nodded. They said goodbye to Froslass and Gallade and they were ready for Ash to return them to the Poke Balls. But then Froslass ran up to Glalie and held him, crying. Gallade stopped Ash from returning Gardevoir too.

"Oh dear, I don't think they want Gardevoir and Glalie to leave." Dawn said.

Ash could see that Dawn was right, but then he had an idea.

"Why don't you two let me catch you?" He asked Gallade and Froslass. "That way you will be able to stay with Glalie and Gardevoir."

Gallade and Froslass stared at Ash, then at Gardevoir and Glalie, and then Ash again. They agreed to let Ash catch them. So Ash threw two empty Poke Balls at Gallade and Froslass and they were caught immediately. Then the two Poke Balls went to Prof. Oak's lab. Ash quickly sent Gardevoir and Glalie back to Prof. Oak's lab so Gallade and Froslass wouldn't miss them.

After that the gang said goodbye to Dani, and Dani gave the gang directions to the next town. So the gang was now on their way and Ash was happy to have two new Pokemon.