Dwayne's Clefable

**Dwayne's Clefable** (Japanese: **ドゥエインのピクシー** *Douein's Pixy*) is the third Pokémon that Dwayne captured during his travels in the Kanto region, and his fourth overall.

## **New Era**

### **Indigo Challenge**

As Dwayne is hiking towards Mt. Moon, he encounters Cleffa. Dwayne thinks about catching the Fairy-type Pokémon, just as Cleffa gets attacked by a wild Sandslash. Cleffa keeps evading Sandslash's attacks by running around in circles, and Dwayne decides to help her by having his Butterfree use Sleep Powder, putting Sandslash to sleep. However, they are then attacked by a Paras, who quickly uses Poison Powder on Cleffa, but Butterfree pushes Cleffa out of the way and takes the hit, getting poisoned in the process. Despite his poison, Butterfree manages to poison Paras with his own Poison Powder, which soon knocks it out.

As Butterfree struggles with his poison, Dwayne panics as he knows there are no Pokémon Centers nearby, but his worries are extinguished once Cleffa heals Butterfree with Aromatherapy, curing his poison, but Butterfree remains weakened, and Cleffa then uses Heal Pulse to restore Butterfree's strength. Dwayne thanks Cleffa, but it soon collapses, having exhausted itself from healing Butterfree. Suddenly, three Beedrill suddenly appear out of the bushes, and Dwayne grabs Cleffa and takes off with Butterfree in tow. They accidentally run off a cliff and fall into in a forested area. Luckily, they are saved from serious injury when they land on a large patch of thick, soft moss. A storm begins to form, frightening Cleffa, so they wait it out in a nearby cave. After finishing off some Pecha Berries he had in his bag, Cleffa sleeps as Dwayne and Butterfree watch over it, with Dwayne telling Butterfree that he was proud of him for defending Cleffa so fiercely, and Butterfree is visibly embarassed, blushing and hiding himself within his wings.

The next morning, Dwayne and Butterfree ask Cleffa if it was feeling better, and Cleffa happily responds by jumping up and down, and Dwayne is glad to see that Cleffa was feeling better. As they walk out of the cave, however, they are again attacked by the Beedrill from the day before, and Butterfree uses Stun Spore, but the Beedrill all dodge the attack. As the Beedrill make a beeline for Cleffa, Dwayne grabs Cleffa in his arms and jumps out of the way to protect it. However, the Beedrill quickly return with another attack, and as Dwayne turns around to make himself a shield for Cleffa, it call for his friends, Clefairy and Clefable, who appear and begin using Metronome. The Clefairy use Splash, causing the Beedrill to bounce up and down. The Clefable use Teeter Dance, causing all of the Beedrill dance as well. Cleffa then jumps out of Dwayne's arms and attacks Beedrill with Hidden Power, and the Beedrill are struck, and seeing Cleffa and its friends glaring at them, the Beedrill fly off in fear.

Afterwards, Cleffa, Clefairy, and Clefable march off to Mt. Moon. Dwayne mentions that since tonight will have a full moon, they are probably going to perform a moon dance, and follows them to watch the Pokémon perform their ritual dance around the Moon Stone, instantly putting a smile on Dwayne's face, and Butterfree joins in by swirling around the air. The following morning, Dwayne prepares to depart, but the Cleffa that he and Butterfree saved runs up to him, blocking his path, and Dwayne assumes that Cleffa wanted to join him, to which Cleffa affirms with a nod, and Dwayne throws a Poké Ball to catch Cleffa.

When Dwayne battled a Gentleman aboard the S.S. Anne, Cleffa was chosen to battle the Gentleman's Raticate. Raticate attacks with Bite, but Cleffa counters with Pound. Raticate then uses Hyper Fang, and Cleffa responds with Attract to smitten it. Dwayne prepares to finish the duel, but the Gentleman recalls his Raticate and declares it a draw, even though Dwayne was actually winning.

Later, Cleffa and Raticate have a rematch, under the condition that if Cleffa lost, she would be traded over to the Gentleman. Raticate attacks first with Quick Attack, but Cleffa uses Pound to counter-attack, and both attacks cancel each other out. Raticate then uses Super Fang, but Cleffa successfully dodges and uses Attract again, but Raticate manages to bite away the incoming hearts launched from Cleffa's attack to cancel it.

Dwayne then commands Cleffa to keep using Attract, but Raticate manages to swiftly dodge the incoming attacks, before striking Cleffa with a vicious Hyper Fang, causing severe damage. As the Gentleman professes his inevitable victory, Dwayne says he wouldn't give up, exclaiming that Cleffa would stay with him, and Cleffa nods in agreement and suddenly evolves into Clefairy. The Gentleman becomes surprised, but nonetheless orders Raticate to use Quick Attack, to which Clefairy blocks with Mega Punch, sending Raticate flying back. As Raticate struggles, Clefairy charges up a devastating Moonblast, which successfully lands, knocking out Raticate and giving Dwayne the victory. The Gentleman recalls Raticate and praises Clefairy's power, and states that Clefairy must be deeply fond of him, since Cleffa can only evolve after the bond with its Trainer is proven to become powerful.

Clefairy, alongside Dwayne's Kirlia, aided him in battling an ancient and evil Haunter that had killed countless people in order to save the Saffron City Gym Leader Sabrina, whose soul Haunter had retrieved earlier on. Dwayne wakes the sleeping Haunter by throwing rocks at it. After throwing another rock, the Haunter charged at the Trainers. Dwayne quickly get his Pokémon to attack, having Kirlia attack with Confusion, and Clefairy assisting her with Helping Hand, although the Haunter was too strong and presses everyone to the wall using a strong Psychic attack.

However, Sabrina's Abra stops Haunter's attack, countering it. Dwayne sees Sabrina is commanding Abra through telepathy. Haunter uses Psychic again, though Kirlia uses Teleport to dodge, before grabbing a rather large piece of rubble and uses Fling to launch it towards Haunter, and Clefairy assists with Dazzling Gleam. Haunter recovers and goes to use Dream Eater. Haunter goes to devour Abra, but Kirlia rescues it by teleporting it away from harm's way. Haunter follows them to the exit, then gets absorbed into the giant Poké Ball. Abra, Kirlia, and Clefiary are pleased, but Haunter emerges from the Poké Ball, as it used Explosion inside it. However, they are certain Haunter's health is near zero, and now it can be caught with just an ordinary Poké Ball, but are not sure where it went. Dwayne follows Haunter into the ruins, so Haunter throws some rocks. Abra, Kirlia, and Clefairy dodge, then Clefairy retaliates with Moonblast.

Dwayne sees his chance and throws an Ultra Ball. Unfortunately, before it could reach the Pokémon, Haunter uses Self-Destruct, killing itself and causing the underground cavern to collapse. The moment Haunter dies, Sabrina wakes up and Kirlia teleports everyone to safety, who were about to be crushed by falling debris. They teleported back up to the surface and see the partly destroyed statue of a Haunter. Sabrina explains that people used to worship Pokémon like gods in the past, and that maybe the Haunter was used to being worshipped, it would rather kill itself than get caught, fitting for a god.

When Dwayne was trapped in a blizzard and used his body to conceal his cave's entrance to prevent snow from coming in, Clefairy, along with Dwayne's other Pokémon free themselves from their Poké Balls. Dwayne tells them all to return to their Poké Balls, but his Pokémon adamantly refuse and each one hold onto Dwayne – Squirtle hugs his left arm, Clefairy hugs his right arm, Roselia lays down on his lap, Butterfree and Pidgeotto both incase him with their wings, and Kirlia lays onto his chest in a hug – Dwayne is so taken aback by his Pokémon's commitment to him that he is reduced to tears. He then looks at them and conceded that they will be cold all together. The next morning, the harsh snowstorm has completely subsided. Kirlia demolishes the snow wall with Will-O-Wisp, and Dwayne looks upon the amazing view with his beloved Pokémon. Dwayne then decides to leave quickly, afraid of another sudden snowstorm, and quickly reaches the bottom of the mountain and feels very relieved to be away from the snow, and jokes that he would be traumatized of snow from now on.

After Dwayne was kidnapped by a wild Aerodactyl at Grampa Canyon, Dwayne manages to call Clefairy out from her Poké Ball. Jade sees this and realizes Dwayne's plan, and tells Clefairy to use Sing to make Aerodactyl fall asleep. Clefairy agrees and quite happily sings, sending everyone in the canyon to sleep. Aerodactyl, now asleep, falls into the rubble, dropping Dwayne before plummeting. Luckily, Dwayne's Pidgeot manages to stay awake by shaking his head violently and proceeds to catch the sleeping Dwayne before he hits the ground. However, he also falls asleep after landing. After awakening, Officer Jenny announces that the whole incident was a dream caused by Clefairy's song, although Dwayne knows it wasn't, and realizes that Jenny was merely doing damage control.

When Dwayne challenged the Viridian Gym, Clefairy was chosen as his second Pokémon to battle against Robyn's Magneton. Clefairy starts off with Hyper Voice which does considerable damage. Magneton then proceeds to use Magnet Bomb, but a cleverly executed Hyper Voice towards the ground allows her to bounce up and dodge before striking a direct Moonblast for considerable damage. Clefairy then uses Dazzling Gleam, but Magneton dodges and follows up with Thunderbolt. The smoke clears and it appears that Clefairy has been paralyzed. Magneton then uses Magnet Bomb to ramp up Clefairy's damage. Dwayne considers withdrawing Clefairy, but she lands and stands her ground confidently. Dwayne is pleased and calls for Dazzing Gleam. Clefairy clashes with Electro Ball and is knocked back. Clefairy tries once more, but this clash renders her unable to battle.

Shortly before Dwayne's battle against Lagi in the fifth round of the Indigo Plateau Conference, Dwayne was lured away from the stadium by Adrian and Adriana, who were looking to keep Dwayne away up until his match, in order to get him disqualified from the tournament. Therefore, Clefairy, along with Dwayne's other Pokémon, worked together to fend them off and get Dwayne to the stadium, although at the cost of their stamina.

When the match started, Dwayne brought out the exhausted Clefairy as his second Pokémon to battle against Lagi's Fearow. Despite her exhausted state, Clefairy dodges Fearow's Fury Attacks before knocking it out with a combination of Sing and Moonblast. Lagi sends out his Charmander, who uses multiple Embers that Clefairy dodges. Then, Charmander uses Slash, finally defeating Clefairy.

### **Orange Archipelago**

During Dwayne's second round challenge of the Navel Gym, Clefairy worked alongside Kirlia and Roselia where they helped Dwayne carve ice into a sled. Roselia's Bullet Seed and Clefairy's Meteor Mash are not as effective, putting them behind. Seeing they were about to lose, Kirlia taps into her Psychic powers to perfectly carve the sled and win Dwayne the round, but exhausting herself in the process.

During Dwayne's Trovita Gym battle against Rudy, Clefairy was chosen as Dwayne's first Pokémon to battle against Rudy's Electabuzz. Clefairy tries to take down Electabuzz with Moonblast and Dazzling Gleam, but Electabuzz dodges both attacks and defeats Clefairy with Thunder Punch, giving the first victory to Rudy.

During Dwayne's Full Battle against Drake at the Orange League, Clefairy was chosen as Dwayne's sixth Pokémon to battle against Drake's Electabuzz. Electabuzz uses a combination of Thunder Punch and Thunder, but Clefairy manages to withstand both attacks. Electabuzz then attempts to use Thunderbolt, but Clefairy grabs it and uses Seismic Toss, defeating it. With only one Pokémon left, Drake removes the Poké Ball from his necklace and sends out Dragonite.

Upon seeing Dragonite, Clefairy turns around and signals towards Dwayne, who realizes what Clefairy was looking for. Opening his bag, Dwayne reveals a Moon Stone, having bought recently with the intent to use it to evolve Clefairy, but would only do so whenever Clefairy felt ready to evolve. Dwayne throws the Moon Stone to Clefairy, who grabs it, triggering her evolution into Clefable. As the announcer expresses his surprise, he also wonders whether Dwayne broke the rules by using the Moon Stone to evolve Clefairy, but Drake says that no rules have been broken, as evolution stones weren't explicitly forbidden, allowing the match to continue as usual.

Clefable uses Moonblast, but Dragonite counters with Water Gun, which negates the attack and strikes Clefable with the attack. Clefable then attempts to use Meteor Mash, and Dragonite uses Ice Beam, hitting Clefable's hand, freezing it and canceling the attack. Clefable quickly recovers and goes in for a Seismic Toss, but Dragonite maneuvers away and turns the move around by grabbing Clefable by the neck. Dragonite then uses Slam and Clefable is sent crashing into the ground. Though weakened considerably, Clefable gets back on her feet. Dwayne orders Charizard to use Dazzling Gleam, and Drake commands Dragonite to use Hurricane. Both attacks collide, and the two Pokémon are sent flying back. While Dragonite is left fazed, the attack causes Clefable to faint. Dwayne recalls Clefable, thanking her for still wearing Dragonite down.

After Dwayne decided to travel to the Johto region, Clefable, along with Wartortle, was left at Professor Oak's Laboratory.

## **Personality and Characteristics**

Clefable has a friendly and playful personality, often playing with Dwayne's other Pokémon during her free time. Clefable is a thoughtful and helpful Pokémon, both outside and during battles, with Clefable's variety of assistive moves helping her partners in battle, seen during her battle with Dwayne's Kirlia against an evil and ancient Haunter.

Clefable has a strong bond with her Trainer, stemming from when Dwayne saved her from attacked by a wild Sandslash at Mt. Moon, and their bond developed quickly, to the point where Clefable decided to leave her home and kin to join Dwayne's team. Their bond was further exemplified when they defeated a Gentleman's Raticate at the S.S. Anne, which was the trigger for her first evolution, as the Gentleman explained that a Trainer's Cleffa could only evolve into Clefairy after having forged a strong bond with them, and noted that Clefable was deeply fond of him.

In terms of battle, Clefable is quite resistant and durable, seen during her battle against Drake's Dragonite at the Orange League, where she was capable of withstand quite a few hits from the Pseudo-legendary Pokémon, and despite being defeated by the Dragon-type Pokémon, Dwayne credited Clefable for wearing down Dragonite, which allowed the rest of his other Pokémon to eventually defeat it.