Solrock and Lunatone

It was a hot day today and the gang was feeling thirsty, drinking out of their canteens.

"We'll need to find some more water soon." Brock pointed out. "My canteen is nearly empty and I still feel very thirsty."

The others were really thirsty too. Brock looked through his map to see if there was any place nearby where they can get some water.

"Ah it says that there is a spring and a village not far from here." He exclaimed. "So we can get a nice drink and some rest for a while."

"Thank goodness, I've had enough of traveling in this hot heat." May complained.

When the gang reached the spring, they found out it had no water.

They went to the village to see if there was any water there, but the village stream had no water and neither did the village well.

"Now what are we going to do?" May complained once again. "There's no water anywhere and I'm still very thirsty."

Just then a young woman came up to the gang.

"Excuse me." She said. "Are you all travelers?"

"Yes we are." Ash answered. "We were hoping to get some water here, but we noticed there is no water."

"I am sorry about that; the truth is we've been suffering from a terrible drought lately which caused our stream to somehow dry up." The woman said. "And if it doesn't rain soon, everyone in this village may have to leave."

The gang felt sorry for the village.

"Please excuse me, but do you have any drop of water left?" May asked.

"I still have some water at my place." The woman said.

The woman, who's name was Mary took the gang into her house and introduced them to her grandmother. Mary's grandmother was wearing a lily pad shaped hat on her head. Mary explained that the people in the village worshiped the Pokemon Lombre.

"That's right." Mary's grandma said. "In fact the water spring outside our village has a shrine that's dedicated to Lombre."

"We saw that spring earlier, but it was dried up too." May said.

"When did this drought start?" Ash asked.

Mary explained that a few nights ago a meteorite fell out of the sky and landed somewhere near the shrine. Then Mary's grandma explained that two Pokemon, a Solrock and Lunatone were roaming around the forest.

"It makes me wonder if they have something to do with the drought."

Brock had a thoughtful expression on his face.

"It is true that Solrock and Lunatone are rock/psychic type Pokemon." He said. "But I doubt there's a chance they would cause a water shortage like that."

"May I suggest we go talk to them Brock?" Ash advised. "Since they've been roaming around the forest, they might know what's causing the water shortage."

Brock thought that was a good idea and so did Mary.

"Okay Ash, Brock, you and I will go find Solrock and Lunatone." Mary said. "Grandma, you stay here with the others."

"Okay, but be careful Mary." Her grandma said.

So Ash, Brock and Mary went off into the forest to find the Solrock and Lunatone.

"Do you think that the Solrock and Lunatone will listen to what we have to say?" Mary asked Brock.

Mary had never seen a Solrock or Lunatone before so she didn't really know what they were like.

"Well as I said before those Pokemon are rock/psychic types." Brock reminded her. "So what they'll do is look into our minds to see if we're telling the truth."

"Brock and I have run into our fair share of psychic type Pokemon." Ash said.

Just then two Pokemon appeared in front of them. One of them was orange with yellow spikes and black eyes, and it was shaped like a sun; this was Solrock. The other was cream colored with pink eyes and it was shaped like a crescent moon; this was Lunatone.

Ash looked Solrock and Lunatone up on the Pokedex.

"Lunatone, the Meteorite Pokemon. Lunatone was discovered at a location where a meteorite fell. As a result, some people theorize that this Pokemon came from space. However, no one has been able to prove this theory so far."

"Solrock, the Meteorite Pokemon. Solrock is a new species of Pokemon that is said have fallen from space. It floats in the air and moves silently. In battle, this Pokemon releases intensely bright light."

Ash approached Solrock and Lunatone and told them about the village suffering a drought and a very low water shortage.

"Do you think you can help us learn why there's a water shortage?" Solrock and Lunatone touched Ash's forehead and showed him a vision.

It showed five men sucking out water from a stream with some sort of machine, then it ended. Ash told Brock and Mary about the vision. Mary was horrified by this news.

"Did the vision show where the men are Ash?" Brock asked.

"Yes, some sort of cave." Ash answered.

"I know what cave that is." Mary said. "It's not far from where we're standing."

"Then you better take us there now Mary; there's no doubt those men are going to do something with the water." Ash said.

Mary agreed.

She led them over to the cave in the forest. Just then Brock heard a pumping noise.

"We'll follow that noise because it might lead us to the missing water." He said.

Brock was right; he, Ash and Mary came to a big water tank van and it was pumping up water.

"Who on earth would do something like this?" Mary asked.

Just then they heard laughter.

"Quick we better hide." Brock said.

They quickly hid behind some big rocks.

The laughter came from the five men Ash saw in his vision.

"It's them!" Ash whispered to Mary and Brock.

One of the men checked out the water tank.

"It's nearly full." He said.

"Great Bill." Another man said.

"Hey Carlos, what should we do with all the water?" A third man asked.

"Simple Burt, we are going to sell it." Carlos answered.

"Oh I get it, we are going to sell it in the shops to make money right?" A fourth man questioned.

"Correct Simon." Carlos nodded.

"Where will we start selling them Carlos?" The fifth man asked.

"We'll think about that later Humphrey." Carlos said. "Right now we just need to get all this water ready to sell in the shops."

Ash, Brock and Mary were not happy with what the five men were doing.

"I don't think so!" Ash shouted. "That water doesn't belong to you!"

The five men noticed them.

"What do we do now Carlos?" Burt asked.

"We fight them of course stupid." Carlos answered.

The five men each released a Pokemon. Carlos released a Mightyena, Bill released a Ninjask, Burt released a Duskull, Simon released a Shiftry and Humphrey released an Electrike. Brock took out his Mudkip, Lotad, Aggron, Forretress and Loudred. Ash released Shroomish, Dustox, Corphish, Torkoal and Taillow. Seeing ten Pokemon against five Pokemon made Burt, Bill, Humphrey and Simon admit defeat but Carlos wasn't willing to give up. He ordered all five Pokemon to attack. But Mightyena, Ninjask, Duskull, Electrike and Shiftry were easily defeated by Ash and Brock's Pokemon.

"We won't give up that easily." Carlos growled.

He and his men were about to get into their truck, but then they were stopped by Psychic.

Ash, Brock and Mary turned around and there was Solrock and Lunatone.

"You came to help us?" Brock asked.

The two Pokemon nodded yes.

"I'm going to get my grandma and the other villagers to tell them what happened." Mary said.

She quickly ran back to the village and told everyone what has been happening and then everyone ran to the cave and some of the villagers tied the five men up with very strong rope.

"You five scoundrels will be thoroughly punished!" Mary's grandma scowled.

Ash and Brock got to work releasing the water from the tank back into the stream.

The villagers were grateful to them.

"I cannot thank you two enough for all your help." Mary said.

"I'm glad we were able to help." Ash replied. "But you should really thank Solrock and Lunatone. If it wasn't for them we would have never found out about the five men."

"I agree with that." Mary said.

Solrock and Lunatone were still with them. Mary and the villagers thanked the two Pokemon with all their heart.

Brock's Lotad, who was still outside it's Poke Ball, began talking to Solrock and Lunatone.

"Looks like Lotad has been friends with those two Pokemon Brock." May said.

Brock agreed. Suddenly Lotad began to glow and then he grew into a bigger version of himself. Lotad was green all over, with arms and legs with orange fingers and toes. He even had a bigger lily pad on his head and his lips were also orange.

"A Lombre." Max said.

Ash looked Lombre up on the Pokedex.

"Lombre, the Jolly Pokemon and the evolved form of Lotad. Lombre is nocturnal - it will get active after dusk. It is also a mischief maker. When this Pokemon spots anglers, it tugs on their fishing lines from beneath the surface and enjoys their consternation."

Solrock and Lunatone congratulated Lombre on it's evolution. Seeing his Lombre become close friends with Solrock and Lunatone made Brock decide to catch Solrock and Lunatone so they would be friends always. So he asked the two Pokemon if he could catch them and they agreed.

So everything was all right in the end. Mary and her village got their water back. Brock's Lotad was now a Lombre and Brock had a Solrock and Lunatone.