Dwayne's Chansey

**Dwayne's Chansey** (Japanese: **ドゥエインのラッキー** *Douein's Lucky*) is the fifth Pokémon that Dwayne caught during his travels in the Sinnoh region, and his thirty-fifth overall.

## **New Era**

### **Sinnoh**

Dwayne received Chansey as an Egg as the prize for winning the Pokémon Dress-Up Contest. While riding down the Cycling Road, with his Egg in his basket, Dwayne looks up to find that a storm is about to roll in. The center of Dwayne's Egg glows white, signaling that it's ready to hatch. Seeing a Pokémon Center up ahead, Dwayne decides to stop there to hatch the Egg. When he enters the Pokémon Center, the place is empty. It is a mess inside. Dwayne calls out to see if anyone's around, and a Chansey wanders out from behind a corner, holding a bucket and mop. Dwayne says that he has an Egg that will be hatching soon and asks if Nurse Joy is around. Chansey gives a sigh and turns toward the open back door. Outside is a depressed Nurse Joy facing a tree. Joy begins to whine about how awful and deserted her Pokémon Center is and that it's been like that since the Cycling Road first opened. Dwayne concludes that it's because all the biking Trainers keep passing the center. Joy continues to whine, saying that her Pokémon Center is forgotten by the whole world. Dwayne says that he needs help hatching a new life. Joy just says she's no good. Dwayne just holds the case out to her, and she's about to take it from Dwayne when the center of the Egg glows again. She gasps and says that the Egg's going to hatch very soon.

Dwayne and Joy are in an exam room. On the table sits the Egg, which has electrodes placed around its middle. Nurse Joy begins to worry about if the Egg won't hatch correctly, but Chansey snaps her out of it. She begins to gain a bit more confidence. Dwayne explains that they're going to need some warm water and plenty of clean towels. The water has finished boiling. The Egg is lighting up repeatedly, meaning that it's only moments before it hatches. Chansey is monitoring some waves on a computer screen. Nurse Joy moves a stethoscope around the shell and says the heartbeat and pulse are normal. Dwayne arrives with a stack of white towels, and swirls the water around to cool it down some. Nurse Joy turns around and sees the Egg glowing very bright. Beams of white light appear all over the shell. When the light fades, Happiny is born. She opens her eyes and everyone gasps in excitement. She rolls over on her back but manages to right herself. Nurse Joy picks up Happiny and congratulates Dwayne on the new arrival. She hands the newborn to Dwayne, and says that she is very cute, and Dwayne gently rocks her. It is then time for her first bath. Dwayne then places her in the tub of warm water, to which she becomes very happy and content. As Dwayne bathes Happiny, he introduces himself. He gently scratches one of the round bumps on her forehead and she begins to giggle. He takes her out of the tub and dries her off, then tells Nurse Joy that it was because of her that Happiny hatched safe and healthy. Joy begins blushing and says that she should be the one thanking him. Chansey pats her on the back and she remembers that she has to prepare some food for Happiny.

Dwayne feeds Happiny a spoonful of baby food. Suddenly, she starts to cry. Dwayne thinks it's because she wants a stone to hold. Nurse Joy notes that Happiny love carrying round white stones in their pouches because they want to imitate Chansey and Blissey. Dwayne says he'll go out and find her a stone, then picks her up and hands her to Nurse Joy. As he's about to leave, Happiny begins screaming. Joy says Happiny doesn't want Dwayne to leave, and says she'll find some rocks. Outside, Joy and Chansey roll a cart filled with white rocks up to Dwayne and Happiny. Happiny is surprised at all the rocks. Dwayne looks at a few of them and finds a good enough stone. He takes out a rock polisher and begins to shape the stone so it will look like an Egg. He says that it has to be small, smooth and light enough to fit in Happiny's pouch comfortably. As he works on the stone, Happiny toddles around and plays with Chansey. Dwayne is finished working on the stone. He holds it out to Happiny, to which she jumps in delight. She toddles over and puts the stone into her pouch. She dances around happily, and then takes the stone out of her pouch and holds it out to Dwayne. Joy explains that Happiny give their stones to a person that they like.

Dwayne thanks Happiny, then stretches her pouch out a bit and plops the stone back in. He holds her up high, but now it's Happiny's turn: She hops out of Dwayne's hands and lifts him up by the foot. She bounces him up and down a few times and then tosses him up several feet into the air. He lands on his head, and Happiny looks a bit questioning. He takes a Poké Ball out and promises they're going to have fun together.

Dwayne and Happiny battled together for the first time during their first round match-up of the Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition, where Happiny teamed with Lazuli's Chimchar against their opponents's Magmar and Rhydon. Happiny starts things off with a Pound attack towards Magmar. However, Rhydon intercepts and smashes Happiny with a Megahorn attack. Magmar attacks with a Lava Plume, an extremely powerful Fire-type move that affects everyone on the field. Rhydon is left barely affected thanks to its type-advantage, but the blaze of fire quickly heads toward Happiny and Chimchar. Dwayne tells Happiny to dodge, but Lazuli sends Chimchar straight into the fire. The flame on Chimchar's tail becomes bigger and Chimchar gives a powerful blast of Flamethrower, which has very little effect on Rhydon. Rhydon counters with a direct hit from a Hammer Arm. Happiny dodges with Minimize before following up with another Pound attack.

Now the two opponents are aware that even with type disadvantages, Happiny shouldn't be taken lightly and have Rhydon strike back with a surprise Surf attack while Magmar uses Protect. Lazuli decides to take it head on with a Flame Wheel. Dwayne tries to convince her that Chimchar could really get hurt, but she does not care. As Happiny panics, Dwayne suddenly gets an idea and has Happiny break through the Surf with Secret Power, which slams into Rhydon. Happiny then scores a direct-hit with Pound, knocking Rhydon out and leaving Magmar alone. Happiny then goes straight for Magmar with a Pound, but Magmar deflects it with a Fire Punch. While Happiny and Magmar are fighting, Chimchar comes from beneath with a Dig that knocks out Magmar.

When Dwayne challenged the Veilstone Gym, Happiny was chosen as his first Pokémon to battle against Maylene's Meditite. Happiny goes first with Pound, jumping and coming down, but Meditite uses Detect, dodging the attack. Meditite uses Drain Punch, with Dwayne noticing Maylene mimicking her Pokémon's movements and demonstrating synchronization. Despite a spin-dodge, Happiny takes a severe hit. Happiny struggles to get up as Dwayne shouts words of encouragement. Happiny fires Secret Power, which connects. Happiny charges with Pound, but Meditite uses Confusion to send Happiny into the air and tosses the Pokémon down to the ground, but Happiny uses her soft body to soften the impact and goes right into a Pound attack. Meditite counters with Drain Punch, both attacks connecting and causing an explosion. Both Pokémon are shaken, but Happiny took too much damage, her legs buckling before falling down, knocked out.

When Dwayne challenged the Sunyshore Gym, Happiny was chosen as Dwayne's second Pokémon to battle against Volkner's Electivire. Dwayne has Happiny begin with Pound and Electivire counters with Fire Punch. Happiny dodges and uses Shock Wave, however Electivire takes no damage. Volkner commands an Ice Punch, and Happiny dodges again and uses another Shock Wave, but to no avail. Volkner asks Dwayne what Electivire's Ability was, and Dwayne knows that Electivire had the Motor Drive Ability, and what exactly its effect caused, which confuses Volkner as Dwayne continues to order Happiny to use Electric-type attacks. Nonetheless, Volkner commands Electivire to use Fire Punch, but Dwayne then orders Happiny to dodge. Electivire's Speed increased drastically due to Happiny's Shock Wave, but as Happiny dodges, Electivire misses and crashes head-first onto the Gym's wall. Fliny suddenly realizes what Dwayne's intentions were, as Volkner commands another Fire Punch, but Happiny again dodges and Electivire again crashes onto the wall. Dwayne then says that Happiny just used Electivire's own Ability against itself as Electivire wasn't used to having such tremendous Speed, and therefore couldn't control itself when moving, which Dwayne stated it was his plan all along, and Volkner praises his smart thinking. Dwayne then commands Happiny to use a fully-powered Pound attack, and Electivire gets smacked with the attack and sent flying onto the ceiling, which knocks it out of battle, as the crowd cheers for Dwayne's win and smart strategy.

Volkner sends out his second Pokémon, Jolteon. Dwayne knows the battle is only going to get harder and recalls Happiny for some rest. She gets called back out to battle against Volkner's Luxray. Dwayne starts with Secret Power, but Luxray uses Shock Wave, which hits and sends Happiny flying. Dwayne orders Pound, which hits Luxray hard. Happiny uses two more Pounds and both make direct hits, and Happiny begins to corner Luxray. Volkner responds with a Thunder Fang from Luxray. Happiny takes the hit hard and gets slammed against the ground. As Happiny struggles to get up, Luxray uses Shock Wave which sends her flying against the wall, knocking her out.

While en route via boat to Lily of the Valley Island, Dwayne summoned Happiny to help him search for Pecha Berries for a group of baby Pokémon that were poisoned by a horde of Tentacruel attacked the ship. While the majority recovered, Pichu remained in serious condition. Pichu's breathing has eased but its fever has not lessened at all; instead the fever seems to be getting worse. Dwayne asks Happiny to use a gentle Shock Wave to share some electricity with Pichu. Dwayne then tries to think of other ways to help and remembers that he had found Durin Berries in the storage room. He mixes Durin Berry with Oran Berry to create an energy drink. After the drink has been made and placed in the baby bottle, Happiny tells Dwayne that she wants to feed Pichu. However, Pichu refuses to be fed, even after multiple attempts at begging by the others. This causes Happiny to become really sad and she then evolves into a Chansey. Dwayne scans Chansey with his Pokédex and finds that his Chansey has learned Soft-Boiled. He then tells Chansey to use Soft-Boiled, and the move completely heals Pichu and Dwayne looks not only relieved that Pichu has been cured but also very proud of his new Chansey.

During Dwayne's first match at the Lily of the Valley Conference, Chansey was chosen as Dwayne's second Pokémon to battle against Alvin's Armaldo. As the battle rages on, both Chansey and Armaldo are running out of steam. Alvin tells Armaldo to use X-Scissor, and Dwayne tells Chansey to use Pound. Both attacks collide. Armaldo is out for the count, but with the strong impact of the X-Scissor, Chansey is knocked out too. The match results in a draw.

## **Personality and Characteristics**

Like most baby Pokémon, Happiny became very attached to her Trainer very quickly. She would become upset whenever she was taken out of Dwayne's care. However, Happiny quickly outgrew this trait, and even during her first battle, showed great maturity by showing complete dicipline and obedience without any temper tantrums after suffering damages from attacks. She has a cheerful personality, and is playful and energetic.

Happiny had extraordinary strength for a baby Pokémon. Examples of this when she easily lifted Dwayne from his feet and launched him high into the air with zero effort. As a result, despite her attack arsenal not being quite vast or powerful, her sheer physical strength makes up for it, being able to cause great damage to Pokémon with attacks that were not every effect, such as her Pound attack visibly hurting a Trainer's Rhydon, despite the latter being part-Rock-type.

Much like her species, Chansey is an extremely nurturing Pokémon, even as a Happiny, when she pleaded with Dwayne to let her feed a poisoned Pichu with an bottled energy drink to heal it, and upon Pichu refusing, she was sad to the point of triggering her evolution into Chansey. She also shares her Egg with people and Pokémon she likes and trusts, and has a particular fondness to let Dwayne hold her Egg as a result of their close bond.

## **Moves used**

 A **†** shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.