Dwayne's Dragonite

**Dwayne's Dragonite** (Japanese: **ドゥエインのカイリュー** *Douein's Kairyu*) is the ninth Pokémon that Dwayne caught during his travels in the Johto region, and his twenty-first overall.

## **New Era**

### **Johto Journey**

Dwayne received Dratini's Egg as a gift from the Blackthorn City Gym Leader Clair for helping save the Dragon Holy Land from a rampaging Dragonite who was suffering from Outrage.

After arriving at the Silver Conference's stadium's Pokémon Center, Dwayne's backpack begins to glow, and Nurse Joy notices the Egg that Dwayne was carrying was about to hatch, and quickly orders her Chansey to prepare a soft pillow to put the Egg on. As a large crowd gathers to watch the hatching of the Egg, Dwayne marvels at the occasion as Dratini hatches from the Egg, and the crowd gasps in surprise, as Dratini's species are very rare, and very few Trainers actually own any of them. Dwayne is then greeted by Jade, who announces that she is also entering the tournament. Dwayne remarks that he is going to do well and Jade retorts that she will set the record straight this time around before walking off.

During the screening rounds of the Silver Conference, Dratini was chosen by Dwayne to battle against Salvador's Furret. Dwayne orders a Dragon Rage, which Furret evades with a Double Team attack. Dratini soon finds herself surrounded and confused by Furret and its duplicates. Salvador orders a Swift attack, and the move hits its mark. Dratini holds her ground and sprints into a Headbutt. However, Furret Digs underground and follows up with a direct Headbutt on Dratini. Salvador continues to use the Dig and Headbutt combination, and each time Dratini is struck down. As Furret prepares to land another Headbutt, Dwayne has Dratini leap onto Furret’s back. Furret attempts to shake Dratini off, but it is unable to. It soon dives into one of the dug holes. This allows Dratini to use Twister on a trapped Furret, and a final Dragon Tail seals the match for Dwayne. Dwayne has no further troubles in the screening process, as Dratini helps him earn another two victories.

### **Hoenn Again**

While stopping for lunch whilst at the Petalburg Woods, Dratini and Gardevoir sense something unusual, and rush into the forest to investigate, with Dwayne closely behind, where they find the singed remnants of a tree and a heavily injured Swablu lying on the ground.

Seeing how frightened Swablu is, Dwayne decides to take a gentle approach, so he approaches Swablu by crouching down. Swablu instead launches a Sing attack, making all three of them fall asleep. Then, Swablu accidentally wakes Dratini up and after a quick exchange of words, Dratini goes over to Dwayne and headbutts him to wake him up. Dwayne notices Swablu's injured wing so he gives it a spritz of Super Potion while Dratini wakes Gardevoir up with a few headbutts to the face. The headbutts prove painful and causes Gardevoir to let out a cry, alerting a local Ranger, Mr. Morita and Nuzleaf to the situation. Mr. Morita arrives on the scene and invites Dwayne over to his cabin.

When an angry pack of wild Taillow begin attacking them en route towards a lake within the forest, Dratini and Gardevoir are summoned to defend them against the Flying-type Pokémon. Gardevoir strikes some of the Taillow with Moonblast while Dratini's Twister also scores a hit with at least three of them. However, more Taillow suddenly appear from the trees, and begin overwhelming Dratini and Gardevoir. Seeing this, Swablu returns to their location and decides to join in the fight, despite Dwayne's protests. However, upon seeing Swablu's determination to protect them, Dwayne relents and orders Swablu to use Mist, and Swablu shoots out a thick white mist that engulfs all of the Taillow, who are blinded by it. Swablu flies closer to them, and Dwayne tells Swablu to use Sing, which puts all of the Taillow to sleep, allowing everyone to successfully and safely escape from the Taillow.

Dratini was summoned by Dwayne to battle against a wild Treecko that he was looking to capture. Dratini quickly rushes towards her opponent with Headbutt, though Treecko dodges and strikes Dratini with its Pound. Dwayne and Dratini soon find themselves surrounded by a large group of Treecko. An older Treecko attempts to talk to the one that Dwayne just battled, but is yelled at and pushed backwards. The other Treecko look pretty mad, but the old Treecko urges them not to attack. Seeing their body language, Dwayne realizes the old Treecko is saying that the tree is going to die and all the Treecko need to move to another tree. However, the other Treecko remains defiant, replying that it was born on that tree and isn't going to give up on it, no matter what. The sentiment really moves Dwayne, who agrees with Treecko's mentality. Dwayne then notices that all the Treecko are leaving except for the one that Dwayne just battled. Once the others are out of sight, that Treecko rushes off too. Instead of following it, Dwayne has a better idea, and decides to stake out in the tree.

As the sun sets, Dwayne and Dratini are still waiting at the old tree. Treecko appears carrying a leaf full of water. It carefully waters the tree before placing some dry leaves down to keep the ground from drying up again. Treecko goes off to get more water, as Dwayne wonders whether it's too late to save the tree. As darkness falls, he and Dratini start to help the Treecko water the tree. Treecko is angry at first, but it warms up to them when it realizes they just want to help. As the trio return from collecting more water, they hear a commotion and discover a bulldozer ramming all the trees, knocking the sleeping Treecko into their cage. Dwayne then sees a group of men leaving the bulldozer, and they introduce themselves as Pokémon poachers and remark the Treecko would make them very wealthy. But the Treecko that Dwayne befriended wasn't caught in the net, and now it's angry. It spits its twig at the bulldozer, but it just bounces off. Treecko leaps from the top of a tree into the bulldozer, and starts attacking the poachers. One of the poachers steps backwards and accidentally hits the button that releases the trapped Pokemon. Treecko leaps around the poachers, and hits each one with a Pound, knocking them all out cold, and saving the other Treecko.

The Treecko that Dwayne befriended makes up with the old one, but still doesn't want to give up on the tree. Everything seems to be going well until the giant tree suddenly splits in two. The Treecko try to hold it together and Dwayne gets a rope out of his backpack, but they are stopped when the sun rises, illuminating the tree beautifully. As they look on, Dwayne and the Treecko have some sort of vision of the tree's life from a seed to the majestic tree it used to be. But the imagining fades and they're only looking at a split, dead tree again, and the two halves suddenly split even more and they fall over completely. A seed rolls from the wreckage and stops at Treecko's feet. Dwayne takes this as a sign of gratitude from the tree for trying so hard to save it. But Treecko doesn't take kindly to this suggestion and hits Dwayne. He realizes that Treecko is trying to tell him it's ready to battle.

The battle begins, as Dratini uses Dragon Rage, which Treecko dodges multiple times, before finally scoring a hit. However, Treecko doesn't seem to have taken much damage. Dwayne calls for a Dragon Tail, which Treecko also dodges. However the evasion manoeuvre leaves Treecko vulnerable, and Dratini delivers a lot of damage with a Twister. Treecko hits the ground, and Dwayne throws a Poké Ball, but Treecko easily breaks out, impressing Dwayne with its endurance. Treecko then uses Leer to decrease Dratini's defenses, but Dratini quickly uses Headbutt, but Treecko dodges and scores a direct hit with Pound, leaving Dratini with great damage.

As Dratini struggles to regain her footing, Treecko taunts her, signaling for her to get up, but as Dratini continues to struggle, Treecko merely shakes its head in a dissapointed manner, and this triggers Dratini to force herself back up, and she promptly evolves into Dragonair. Treecko smiles at this, and charges towards Dragonair, who showcases having learned Agility, allowing her to effortlessly dodge Treecko's attacks. As Treecko struggles with Dragonair's newfound speed, Dragonair wraps herself around Treecko with Wrap, squeezing him before leaping upwards and slamming Treecko on the ground with great force. As Treecko lays unconscious, Dwayne throws a Poké Ball and successfully captures the Treecko. Dwayne thanks Dragonair for her effort, and praises her for her evolution, and recalls her for a well-earned rest.

When Dwayne challenged the Lavaridge Gym, Dragonair was selected as his second Pokémon to battle against Flannery's Slugma. Dragonair successfully dodges Slugma's attacks and tries to move in for an Aqua Tail, but right before it hits, she bounces right back, due to the Reflect that still protects Flannery's team. Dragonair keeps attacking, eventually hitting with a Breaking Swipe from close range, but also receives a nasty burn on her tail. Dragonair attempts a Twister, but is sent straight to sleep by a Yawn. Dwayne tries vainly to wake Dragonair up, but is eventually forced to recall her. She is later brought back out to battle against Flannery's Torkoal. Despite managing to score a direct hit with Twister, gets knocked out by a flurry of Sludge Bombs as a result from her earlier burn effect.

During Dwayne's Fortree Gym battle against Winona, Dragonair was chosen as his first Pokémon to battle against Winona's Altaria. Altaria begins the battle with a Peck attack, but Dragonair counters with Agility to leap out of the way but gets pecked afterwards regardless. Winona commands Altaria do another Peck, but Dwayne gets Dragonair to dodge it by sliding up a totem pole. Altaria lands a direct hit with Dragon Breath, but Dragonair doesn't seem too affected by it. Winona again commands Altaria to use the same attack, but Dwayne gets Dragonair to move out of the way. Winona is mildly concerned with Dragonair's Speed as she continues to evade Altaria's Dragon Breath. Dragonair then attacks with Aqua Tail and hits Altaria on the back, with no ill effect. Altaria resorts to ascending even higher. Despite the increased altitude, Dragonair rebounds off a pole and smacks Altaria with Breaking Swipe. Dragonair holds the attack, pushing the pair directly into the battlefield. When the dust has settled, Altaria lies unconscious so Dragonair is declared the winner of the round. Winona admits that she was caught off guard by Dragonair's strategy, but was nonetheless impressed, and the crowd also cheers for his victory.

Winona recalls Altaria and sends out Pelipper. Dwayne decides to switch out Dragonair for the time being. Dragonair gets called back out to battle against Winona's Swellow. Dwayne commands Dragonair to use Twister, though Swellow is seemingly unscathed by the attack. Swellow is then ordered to use Aerial Ace, and Dwayne tells Dragonair to leap and strike Swellow from behind with Aqua Tail, but Swellow dodges it. Instead, Swellow lands its mark and carries Dragonair into the sky before tossing her directly into the battlefield to win the round.

During Dwayne's match against Dominick in the Double Battle stage of the Ever Grande Conference, Dragonair teamed with Vibrava to battle against Tropius and Swalot. Tropius starts off by flying up in the air and whips a Razor Leaf, but Dragonair's usage of Twister thrashes the leaves into nothingness. Tropius then tries a Bullet Seed, which proves futile against Vibrava's Dragon Breath. Swalot then attacks Vibrava with a Sludge Bomb as Tropius uses Gust to send Dragonair flying. Vibrava lands a direct hit on Tropius with a Dragon Breath, but his opponent dodges the follow up Rock Slide, much to Dwayne's frustration. Dragonair dodges Swalot's Body Slam and replies with a Hidden Power, which simply slides off Swalot’s expandable body.

Tropius defends against Dragonair's and Vibrava's combined attacks. Tropius begins charging up for a Solar Beam attack, so Dragonair and Vibrava lashes it with a Breaking Swipe and Rock Slide, respectively. As Tropius finally launches its Solar Beam, Dragonair counters with Twister. The two attacks collide, resulting in a large explosion that knocks Tropius and Dragonair both out.

In the final day of resting before the tournament finals, Dwayne undergoes some last-minute training with his Pokémon, and ponders about his strategy against Raven. Dragonair uses Dragon Dance to increase her attack and speed, while Vibrava shoots his Dragon Breath attacks onto flying frisbees to work on his aim. Moments later, an alarm goes off, and Dwayne rushes to check it out. While there, Officer Jenny and Charles Goodshow explain that the Winner's Trophy was stolen, and Dwayne offers to help search for it. Dwayne and Officer Jenny begin searching for the culprit when they notice an air balloon flying off in the distance and upon a closer look, they see the trophy held inside a glass case, and they immediately rush towards the balloon.

Heading towards a cliff, Dwayne summons Altaria to fly him towards the balloon, while having Dragonair and Vibrava stay behind as back-up in case things went wrong. Once close, Dwayne jumps off of Altaria, recalls her, and lands on the balloon's basket and finds himself against Hunk, the same criminal who tried the steal the Dragon Fang at the Dragon Holy Land in Johto. Hunk demands Dwayne to leave, otherwise suffer the consequences, but Dwayne refuses and takes the flame, but engaged in a scuffle against Hunk. As the two continue to brawl, Hunk kicks Dwayne off, but Dwayne manages to grab the trophy case with him as he plummets off the balloon. Seeing this, both Dragonair and Vibrava desperately try to fly towards him to catch him, but neither are fast enough to get him in time. Realizing this, both Dragonair and Vibrava begin evolving into Dragonite and Flygon, respectively.

With their new evolved forms, Dragonite and Flygon successfully catch Dwayne before he hits the water. As Hunk curses Dwayne for interfering with him yet again, Dwayne orders Dragonite to use Dragon Claw to pop Hunk's balloon, and as the balloon flies away, Hunk jumps off, but Flygon catches him and drops him off at the cliff, where Officer Jenny awaits to arrest him. However, Hunk manages to summon his Wobbuffet, waiting for a battle, but Flygon knocks it out with a single Dragon Claw. Hunk is promptly arrested and the trophy gets secured again. Back at the stadium complex, Mr. Goodshow thanks Dwayne for his work in protecting the trophy and says that he was looking foward to his match against Raven the next day, and Dwayne jokes that Hunk's theft helped him too, as two of his Pokémon evolved during the process.

The next day, Dragonite was chosen as Dwayne's fifth Pokémon to battle against Raven's Corviknight. Dragonite is eager to battle and closes in on Corviknight while using Dragon Claw. While Dragonite continues its barrage, Corviknight launches a Hyper Beam attack. Dragonite evades the attack and repeats Dragon Claw. Dragonite then charges up a Dragon Dance, but Corviknight manages to recover and counterattack with a high-speed Iron Head, knocking Dragonite unconscious and unable to battle.

During the final round of the Battle Frontier Flute Cup, Dragonite was chosen as Dwayne's first Pokémon to battle against Magna's Dusknoir. Magna orders a Shadow Ball, which Dragonite easily avoids. Dusknoir starts firing out a barrage of Shadow Balls, but Dragonite continues to dodge them all with ease. Dwayne calls for a Dragon Dance to increase Dragonite's attack and speed, but Magna calls for Dusknoir to use Gravity, which slams Dragonite into the ground, unable to fly due to the enhanced gravity in the field. Magna then commands Dusknoir to use Thunder Punch, but despite being unable to fly, Dragonite's speed remains increased as Dragonite effortlessly dodges and uses Dragon Claw, and Dusknoir gets struck by the attack, although it quickly counters with Will-O-Wisp, which leaves Dragonite burned. Nevertheless, Dragonite uses Hurricane, which knocks out Dusknoir.

Magna then calls out his Sceptile. Though Dragonite has been weakened, his resolve to battle hasn't waned, and starts the second round with Twister. However, Sceptile easily dissipates the twister with Dragon Pulse, which also lands directly onto Dragonite, knocking him out.

### **Frontier Challenge**

When Dwayne challenged the Battle Dome as part of his Battle Frontier challenge, Dragonite was chosen to battle alongside Sceptile in a Double Battle against Tucker's Arcanine and Swampert. The battle quickly goes underway with Sceptile launching into a devastating Quick Attack towards Swampert. Arcanine then rushes towards Swampert and is thrust into the air reaching a high velocity and collides with Sceptile, knocking him backwards. Sceptile recovers from the attack as Dragpnite attacks with an array of Hurricane. Swampert then jumps in front of Arcanine to shield themselves from the attack with Protect.

Sceptile goes for another attack, speeding towards his opponent with Leaf Blade, and Arcanine returns with Extreme Speed. The two attacks collide, thrusting Sceptile backwards and forcing Arcanine to the ground unable to stop himself from the fall. Dragonite sees the opening and goes for the attack with Dragon Claw while Swampert launching a Hydro Pump attack right behind Arcanine. Just before Arcanine and Dragonite make contact, Arcanine dodges Swampert's attack with Dragonite taking direct damage and slamming into the nearby wall. Tucker thanks Dwayne on his battle spirit and effort but Swampert quickly resumes the battle with another Hydro Pump. Both Sceptile and Dragonite dodge this attack with Sceptile thrusting towards Swampert with a devastating Leaf Blade. Swampert retaliates with a Dynamic Punch as both attacks collide in an explosion of light and color. Arcanine then dashes toward Swampert to perform Aerial Ace. While Sceptile comes forward for Leaf Blade, Arcanine launches a strategic Flamethrower towards Sceptile but the attack is avoided at the last second. Arcanine then increases its fire power with Fire Blast, hitting Sceptile.

Swampert is controlling the water from the air and shaping it with a Water Pulse attack. Sceptile dodges Arcanine's first attack, Extreme Speed, and launches towards Arcanine once more with Cross Poison, making contact creating a gigantic explosion. Dragonite goes for an opening with Dragon Claw as Swampert forces the nearby Water Pulse towards Sceptile and Dragonite, which collides creating a structure formed of water and ice. Arcanine launches a devastating Fire Blast within the structure rotating around creating a fusion of fire and water, Tucker's greatest of tactics. Both Sceptile and Dragonite are suspended within this structure as a gigantic explosion taking place between the two forces and both Pokémon are forced towards the ground. Neither Dragonite nor Sceptile have enough energy to continue the battle, but soon, both Pokémon revive with a fighting spirit greater than ever. Both Arcanine and Swampert launch a Flamethrower and Hydro Pump towards Sceptile. Both attacks are diverted by Dragonite's Twister attack. Sceptile then thrusts towards with Quick Attack as Swampert uses Dynamic Punch, and just as Arcanine goes for the opening, Sceptile dodges forcing Arcanine into Swampert for a direct hit. A giant plume of smoke and dust engulfs the arena. Arcanine launches another Fire Blast attack but this is again diverted by Dragonite's Twister. Visibility is lowered by a great amount of fog lingering within the arena.

Both Arcanine and Swampert are confused of Sceptile's exact location and fly towards Sceptile and Dragonite. Just as both attacks are to make contact, Sceptile falls from the sky, and as Arcanine and Swampert focus on him, Dragonite sneaks behind them, with the fog having hidden his presence, and restrains them both, as Sceptile charges towards them with Cross Poison. At the last second, Dragonite lets go of Arcanine and Swampert to prevent getting hit, and Sceptile lands a direct hit on both Arcanine and Swampert, before Sceptile and Dragonite finish them off with a combination of Bullet Seed and Hurricane, granting Dwayne the victory over Tucker.

When Dwayne's Elekid ran away in shame for not being able to use any attacks after suffering a hearbreak, Dragonite and Dwayne chased after him. Ahead, Elekid continues to run blindly, then reaches a tree and begins beating his head against it. After several hits, Elekid backs up in pain, and drops to his hands and knees in despair. Dwayne then catches up, and tries again to encourage Elekid. However, both Elekid and Dragonite quickly hear something approaching, and a swarm of Beedrill emerge. They dive down to attack, and Dwayne has Dragonite use Dragon Claw against them. But as soon as the attack drives off a group of them, another group appears to take its place. There are far too many for Dragonite alone to deal with, so Dwayne turns to Elekid and says they have to go.

They try to flee, with the Beedrill in pursuit, but they find themselves cornered on the edge of a cliff. There is a raging river in front of them, and an angry swarm of Beedrill behind them. As the Beedrill approach, Elekid steps in front of Dwayne to protect him. Elekid cringes as he takes a barrage of attacks. Dwayne holds up Elekid's Fast Ball to recall him, but before he can, the Beedrill knock Elekid back into Dwayne, causing him to drop the Fast Ball, and causing the three of them to fall into the river. Dwayne grabs hold of a rock in the river and calls out for Dragonite and Elekid. Elekid is carried towards her, and Dwayne grabs his arm before it goes past. Just then, the river also carries Dragonite past, but neither Dwayne nor Elekid can reach her. The river carries Dragonite off as Dwayne calls out to her, swearing to find her as soon as she can.

Meanwhile, at the Pokémon Center, Dwayne's Pokémon are worried because Dwayne, Dragonite, and Elekid still haven't returned, with Gardevoir being the most stressed out of all of them. They hear a voice behind them, and are greeted by Scott, who wonders where Dwayne is. Nurse Joy approaches them and tells Scott what happened, and this alarms him. He explains that this is the time when the local Kakuna normally evolve into Beedrill, and there are a lot of them in the area. Realizing Dwayne and the others may be in danger, Scott decides to go look for them, with Gardevoir demanding to tag along. Presently, Dwayne and his injured Elekid are walking along, with Dwayne carrying Elekid on his arms. Dwayne says that they have to get back to the Pokémon Center to get Elekid some help. Suddenly, Elekid groans in pain, and falls to the ground. Dwayne realizes that Elekid is hurt worse than he thought, and says that they should rest now. Elekid shakes its head no, but Dwayne assures him that Dragonite will be okay, then advises they get some rest so they can continue.

Scott is now walking into the woods in search of Dwayne. Gardevoir then sees something ahead, which turns out to be Elekid's Fast Ball. Scott and Gardevoir look down at the raging river below and fear the worst, with Gardevoir now holding back tears. Scott says they should follow the river, so they hurry off. Ahead, Dwayne has put together a meal for him and Elekid using some Berries from the area. Elekid now lies down to go to sleep. Dwayne apologizes for this, since it would have been more comfortable in his Fast Ball, but that this is the best they can do. Dwayne then looks up at the moon and thinks about Dragonite, hoping she is okay. Somewhere downriver, a very weak Dragonite struggles ashore and collapses, lacking even the strength to remain standing. Heavy approaching footsteps can be heard. They turn out to be coming from a Venusaur, with an old man riding on it.

Elsewhere, Scott and Gardevoir are still following the river when they see a column of smoke in the distance, presumably from a campfire. At this fire, the old man sits next to his Venusaur, mixing something in a bowl. He finishes, and tells Dragonite to drink it. She does, and she doesn't seem to like the taste. Just then, Scott and Gardevoir approach, and Scott greets the man. Gardevoir is happy to see Dragonite, and checks to see if she was okay. Dragonite semi-weakly responds, and the old man says that Dragonite will soon be fine. He then greets Scott and asks who this Gardevoir was. Scott then introduces Gardevoir as Dwayne's Pokémon and explains the situation with Dwayne and Elekid. Farther ahead, Dwayne is fast asleep. Lying opposite him, Elekid is still awake, watching him. Content that Dwayne is okay, Elekid smiles and goes to sleep himself.

The next morning, as the sun rises, Dwayne and Elekid are now walking again, with Dwayne carrying Elekid as before. Dwayne calls out for Dragonite, but then trips over a rock, and falls flat and Elekid leaps away from his arms before he could get squished. Elekid is concerned, but Dwayne says he's okay. Still, when Dwayne tries to get up, he finds that he has hurt his knee. Still, he gets up and continues to walk and carry Elekid, determined to get to the Pokémon Center and get them both healed. Before long, they come across a group of Kakuna that may be about to evolve. Dwayne says that they have to be quiet as they go through here so the Kakuna don't evolve and start attacking. They proceed forward, but suddenly, a swam of Beedrill catches up to them. Dwayne increases his pace, but comes across a dead end. Dwayne turns around, gently sets Elekid in the ground, and picks up a stick, ready to fight the Beedrill. However, one of the Beedrill hits Dwayne hard, knocking him back. The swarm closes in, and Elekid steps in front of Dwayne. He tries to use Thunderbolt, but again fails. Dwayne calls out to Elekid, but suddenly, Dragonite intervenes with a Hurricane, having been closely followed by Scott and Gardevoir. Dwayne is happy to see them, as Gardevoir immediately rushes towards his side and allows him to lean on her for support, but then, the Beedrill quickly turn on the new arrivals. A powder suddenly calms them down; it turns out to be Venusaur's Sweet Scent, as Venusaur and Spenser have now arrived. Dwayne thanks Spenser, who turns to the swarm and asks them to leave, which they do.

Dragonite was summoned by Dwayne to search for Professor Oak, who had been kidnapped by two mysterious culprits at the Seafoam Islands. When Dragonite hears Oak's cries of pain whilst being tortured, Dragonite alerts Dwayne and the others, and leads to the culprits's location, and crashed through their window. Turning, Fabius and Harlynn see the Pseudo-legendary Pokémon and questions the appearance of the rare Pokémon, but then hear the sound of the engine from Officer Jenny's car. Harlynn turns off the connection, and then tells Fabius to get ready to run. Just then, Dwayne, Bayley, and Jenny make their way inside, and Dwayne immediately recognizes them and Harlynn expresses her fury upon seeing Dwayne again, cursing for interfering with their plans yet again, but Dwayne simply tells them to hand the Professor over. Harlynn refuses and the two pick up Professor Oak and run out the back door.

Dwayne and Bayley run after them, but Professor Oak is already being loaded into the lorry and Fabius sends out his Mightyena. Dragonite uses Hurricane, but Mightyena hits it with a Thunder Fang. Bayley sends out Butterfree, which Mightyena attacks with Bite. Butterfree then counters with Gust, and Mightyena then uses Tackle on Butterfree, but Dragonite intercepts it with Dragon Claw, as Harlynn sends out her Granbull to attack Dragonite with Ice Fang. As Mary calls to Dwayne and Bayley to be careful, Mightyena strikes Butterfree down with an Iron Tail, and so Bayley recalls him. Dwayne sends Dragonite into the battle, and Granbull uses Play Rough on her. Dragonite recovers and uses Hurricane, but Mightyena jumps aside, but some stray wind blades manage to cut the rope tying up Professor Oak. Fabius and Harlynn run over to get him back, busying Dwayne's Dragonite by sending their own Pokémon in to attack. Dragonite uses Twister on Mightyena, who falls on Granbull. Bayley then sends out her Pikachu, who uses Volt Tackle on the two of them, sending them into Fabius and Harlynn. As Dwayne and Bayley check to see if Professor Oak is alright, Fabius and Harlynn manage to escape, but not before Harlynn curses at Dwayne, vowing to make him pay once and for all for ruining their plans and reputation.

## **Personality and Characteristics**

After hatching from her Egg, Dratini immediately imprinted towards Dwayne due to the fact that he was the very first person that Dratini laid her eyes on after hatching. Despite being only recently-hatched, Dratini already proved herself as a competent battler, single-handedly helping Dwayne advanced through the entire screening rounds of the Silver Conference.

After her evolution into Dragonair, she became more graceous and elegant, emitting a gentle aura that gives her a mystical appearance. She also developed a tendency to use her serpentine body to gently wrap herself around those she cares about as a sign of affection, seen when she did this after Dwayne praised her on evolving.

Upon evolving into Dragonite, she displayed both courage and determination in saving Dwayne, which gave her the boost she needed to evolve in the first place. Dragonite is also an extremely resilient and strong Pokémon, being able to defeat Magna's Dusknoir during the Battle Frontier Flute Cup, a Pokémon that had decades of experience compared to herself.

She's also extremely friendly and nurturing towards younger and smaller Pokémon, seen when Dwayne's Elekid ran away ashamed of his unability to perform moves after getting his heart broken, Dragonite took it upon herself to help Dwayne bring him back, going to great lengths to rescue the Electric-type Pokémon.

She also seems to have a strong love for flowers, happily picking them whenever finding herself on an open field. Dragonite also showcases a playful demeanor, seen when Dwayne made a stop in Camomile Island, Dragonite was eager to play ball with a bunch of baby Rhyhorn, unaware of how much her bigger size was scaring the young Ground-type Pokémon.