It had been 2 weeks since Bonnie had left home and went on her Pokemon journey. She and Dedenne had been in a couple of battles against other trainers that were around her trainer level. She had won some and lost some but that didn’t bother her. But she didn’t catch a Pokemon yet. She had seen a lot of Pokemon but none of them had caught her interest. As she was walking with Dedenne on her shoulder, she came upon a rather big house. She stopped and stared at the building. It seemed familiar to the young trainer. Then she remembered. It was the house the gang ran into when it was raining really hard and that’s when they all met that Espurr. She got all excited and ran up to the door and knocked in hopes that she would not only see Elise but also the Espurr. But to her surprise, Elise didn’t answer the door. Instead, it was a rather big man in a proper suit who answered the door. He looked down at her with a annoyed look. As if she had done something really bad to get him like that. The 2 stared at each other for a couple of moments. Then the man talked.
Man: Well? What is it?
Bonnie: Um… I thought a woman lived here?
Man: You must mean that Elise girl. She used to but now she doesn’t now. She couldn’t afford to keep this place anymore so she had to move away.
Bonnie: Ohh.
Man: Is that all you wanted? You are interrupting my time here girl.
Bonnie: I’m sor-
Just then, a noise could be heard from in the garden in front of the house. It wasn’t scary or anything but it was definitely loud enough to be heard. Bonnie looked up to the man. He seemed even more annoyed than when she had 1st knocked on the door.
Bonnie: Is something the matter?
Man: That blasted Pokemon! Ever since I moved here, it hasn’t shut up. I tried getting it to leave here but no matter what I try, it stays here.
Bonnie: Maybe this used to be its home.
Man: Well, it’s not anymore and it needs to leave before something drastic has to happen!
With that, the man shut the door closed. Bonnie was concerned for this Pokemon. She didn’t like how the man talked about it as if it were just some kind of annoyance. She decided to go into the deeper parts of the garden and look for the Pokemon to try to rescue it. After what seemed like hours of searching, she decided to sit by the tree and rest up. She watched as Dedenne was eating an apple it found on the ground. As it was eating, it raised its head up and looked around. After a couple of seconds, it darted towards a huge bush. Bonnie ran after it, scared that she may lose it. Dedenne ran into the huge bush. She got to the big bush and slowly started going through it. Since she was a lot taller and bigger than Dedenne, she had a harder time getting through. When she came to the other side, she saw Dedenne chatting with another Pokemon. Bonnie ran up to it and hugged it, thankful that it was ok. When she looked at the Pokemon though, she was surprised to see that it was the Espurr that she had befriended 2 years ago.
Bonnie: Espurr?
Espurr: Purrr? Purrr!!!
The Espurr jumped up and down with joy. Bonnie was overjoyed. Even after all this time, it still remembered her. Bonnie looked at Espurr’s body and noticed that it still had the pendant.
Bonnie: You still have the pendant from that old lady huh?
Espurr: -shakes its head yes- Espurr!
Bonnie: It’s so good to see you again friend.
Bonnie picked it up and gave it a hug. Espurr returned the favor. She put it back down onto the ground. Even though Espurr was happy to see her, it looked like it seemed sad by something. It didn’t take long for her to figure out why it felt like that.
Bonnie: You wanna go inside of the house don’t you?
Espurr: -shakes its head slowly- Espurr…
Bonnie: I know you do but Elise doesn’t live here anymore… And that man seems awfully mean. He doesn’t want you around here anymore.
Espurr: Purr?!… Espurr…
Bonnie: I know. It’s horrible. But he also told me he’ll do something drastic if you don’t leave. That’s why I’ve been trying to find you all day today.
The Espurr seemed shocked that the man would go that far just to have it go away. It looked down onto the ground. Tears started to show on its face. Bonnie sat next to it and consoled it. Dedenne even nuzzled up against it to try to make it feel better. Time had passed and Espurr started to feel a little better. She didn’t know what to do to make it feel better. She knew it couldn’t stay here but she also didn’t know where she could take it so that it would not only be safe but feel comfortable.
Bonnie: Ohh man. What do I do?
Dedenne: Denen!
Bonnie: What is it Dedenne?
Dedenne ran over to Bonnie and rubbed up against her belt she was wearing. There were some PokeBalls on it. 1 of them fell off and rolled on the ground. It then rolled it over to Bonnie. She seemed confused at what the little mouse was getting at. It kept tapping the ball and then pointing at Espurr.
Bonnie: The PokeBall and Espurr?
Dedenne: Dedenne Denene!
Bonnie: Hmm… Ohh! I get what you mean now! Nice thinking Dedenne! -pats it on the head and then looks over to Espurr- Hey Espurr?
Espurr: Es-Espurr?
Bonnie: I know maybe we aren’t close as you were with that old lady and Elise… but I also don’t want you to get hurt if you stay here. So… why don’t you come with me on my adventure.
The Espurr was shocked to hear Bonnie suggest such a thing. All it ever really know about the world was this place and the graveyard of her old friend. But now everything had changed. She was gone, her daughter had left and the man that now owned the house was desperate to get rid of it by any means necessary.
Bonnie: I’m not trying to replace what family you used to have but with me… Well, you’ll be part of a family. Forever. I promise you that.
Espurr: Espurr?
Bonnie: -holds out the PokeBall close to Espurr- I’ll leave it up to you. Do you want to come with me?
The Espurr looked at the ball then back at Bonnie and back at the ball. It pondered on what to do. Bonnie was almost sure it was going to decline but what it did next proved her wrong. Its eyes glowed and the PokeBall in Bonnie’s hand floated up in midair. This frightened Bonnie for a second but she quickly realized that it was the Espurr using its psychic powers on the ball. It had the ball float for a little and then joyfully floated up into the air, touched the PokeBall and went inside. The ball fell down to the ground, shook a couple of times and then stopped. Bonnie didn’t really know what happened. She stood up, picked up the PokeBall and stared at it. Then she started jumping up and down with happiness realizing she had just captured her 1st Pokemon.
Bonnie: Alright! I caught Espurr!
Dedenne: Dedenne!
Bonnie: Isn’t it great Dedenne? We have a new friend with us. Alright. Come out Espurr!
Bonnie threw the PokeBall and out came Espurr. It floated near her face with a happy expression on its face. Bonnie was happy that it chose to go with her. Now she knew it wouldn’t be harmed and it would be happy again. With all of that done, the 3 friends then ventured away from the house and continued on the adventure.