Pokemon Orienteering

*Sometime after leaving Neon Town...*

The gang took a boat to Potpourri Island. Ash was staring at his four Frontier symbols and five contest ribbons.

"I can't believe you got five ribbons already Ash." Tomo said.

"Neither can I Tomo." Ash replied. "Now I just need to collect four more symbols."

Soon Potpourri Island was in sight.

"What a beautiful island." May said.

"Yeah and it looks like a perfect place to relax for a bit." Brock said.

Once they set foot on Potpourri Island, they heard that an event called Pokemon orienteering was on. Pokemon orienteering was a stamp rally where people had to collect ink stamps from different locations. Nurse Joy, who was the presenter of the event, explained that the trainers had to work together with one of their Pokemon. The gang thought it was very interesting and they decided to enter it. Ash decided to enter with Pikachu, Tomo with Growlithe, Max with Loudred, May with Eevee and Brock with Bonsly.

The next day...

The stamp rally took place and Nurse Joy explained the rules. The locations of the Pokemon stamps were on the map that the trainers received, and the winner would be given a medal and a lot of Potpourri Island's fruit. Everyone was anxious to win that. Nurse Joy gave the signal to start and everyone ran off in different directions to collect the stamps.

Unbeknownst to the gang, James and Jessie were taking part in it to. James had been in stamp rallies before as a young boy and he always felt they were fun. So he intended to enter to enjoy his youth again and he joined in with Mime Jr. Jessie, with Meowth as her partner only wanted to enter it to get all the fruit.

The competitors went as quickly as they could to get the five Pokemon stamps they needed.

The locations of where each Pokemon were as follows;

The Lunatone stamp was located at a Moon Rock, next to a giant Lunatone statue. The Remoraid stamp was located at the Rainbow Falls; a big waterfall that had a big rainbow at the bottom. The Pineco stamp was found next to a 300 year old giant tree. The Kingler stamp was found on a cliff overlooking the ocean. The Skarmory stamp was encountered on a pillar of land between two bridges.

It wasn't easy trying to find the stamps; there were hills and cliffs to climb, tough bridges to walk over and very thick forests to get through. But nobody gave up, except Jessie and Meowth. Apparently Jessie was terrible at this; she was useless with map reading and thought the compass wasn't much help either. James on the other hand was better at this than Jessie; he knew how to read a map and work a compass.

That was a big difference between Jessie and James; James was more clever, patient and understanding with things, as well as being kinder than Jessie. Jessie on the other hand; she wasn't as patient as James.

The Pokemon orienteering was finished by the time the sun was starting to go down and in the end James and Mime Jr. were the winners. James was given the medal; it had a picture of him and Mime Jr. on it. He was also given fruit, but he shared it with everyone being a generous individual.

The gang enjoyed themselves during the stamp rally because it gave them a chance to spend a fun day with their Pokemon. Nurse Joy then told the gang that there was a Pokemon contest on Potpourri Island in Wisteria Town. May was glad to hear that and decided to go there to earn her next contest ribbon.