"Finally here!" Dawn heaved a relieved sigh while she threw her hands into the air and stretched her sore limbs from the long ride. She and her companion Buneary arrived at Lumiouse City's airport and they were sure ready to get out of the crowded place.

The happy blue-haired girl swiftly reached for her Pokéball, pressing the white button. "Buneary, come on out!" she ordered.

The brown Pokémon didn't waste any time and eagerly jumped out of the round object with a wide grin. "Bun Bun Buneary! (I can't wait to see Pikachu!)" she joyfully shouted, taking Dawn by surprise.

The trainer's smile didn't falter until she remebered something important. "Oh, right! I should call Ash to pick us up! He must be somewhere nearby..."

She grabbed her phone, tapped his number, glancing around nervously for a bit, before calling. "Hello...? Ash. It's me! Yeah! We're in Kalos!"
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"Hello? Dawn? You're Dawn?! You're here!" Ash Ketchum went from his usual face to a surprised one to a grinning one in less than five seconds, confusing everyone around him.

"You want me to pick you up...? I don't know... We're kind of busy right now. Pichu got lost about three days ago and we're still looking for her!" he said with strong worry, scratching his chin.

"Pichu? What Pichu?" Dawn inquired from the other side of the line, utterly puzzled to what he referred.

"Pikachu's Pichu! His daughter!"

"Da... daughter?! Pikachu has a kid?!" she screamed in pure shock. Buneary was NOT going to take this well. "Since when?!"

"Yeah... you remember when I invited you to his wedding about a year ago?" Ash reminded her awkwardly. "He got married to Serena's Sylveon... You know about Sere?"

"Yeah... I know. Not about Pichu, though."

Their conversation went long enough for Dawn to decide the best option right now was to not tell Buneary anything. At least not for a while.

"Well, alright then! I'll go pick you up. Clemont, Bonnie and Serena can keep searching while I go and bring you here!" he decided before hanging up. "See you soon! Bye!

"Huh, bye, Ash."
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Ribbon extended her short, stubby arms with a yawn as soon as she woke up. After she had moved next to Sparky, she had been able to actually get some sleep after a long while. Her ears perked up when she noticed he was already gone.

It must be really late in the morning.

"Sanda!" she called her friend's name as loudly as she could, searching around the neat cave. Ribbon wandered around the deepest sides of the dark building, hoping to find him. Not hearing anything in response, she tried to yell again.
"San—"

"What do we have here?" Whatever voice said that sounded really spooky and it sent a shiver down the little Pichu's back. She immediately froze on the spot when a giant claw reached for her scruff and grabbed it, pulling her into the air like a rag doll.

Higher and higher... Enough to see his face. "A mo-monster!" she stuttered, horrified and barely able to breathe.

The "monster" raised a bemused brow at her, its sharp eyelids narrowing afterwards. "This isn't a place for a weak little scaredy Meowth to be at," he growled threateningly at her. "Get out of here before you're not able to shoot a single spark ever again, rat."

Ribbon frowned at him; she was still scared, and for good reason, but she couldn't get kicked out from here. "Why? A-and I'm not a rat!"

"All of your kind are vermins. I loathe Pikachus and their gross spawn," he muttered, scrunching his nose in disgust.

Now it was Ribbon's turn to raise an eyebrow confusedly: what was he talking about?

"Sueki... don't be a jerk, that's a baby Pokémon!" Another voice boomed from behind them. This Pokémon was similar to the monster, but way, way smaller... and had blue markings instead of red ones.

The latter ran towards them. Then he skipped over Zoroark's back onto his head and knocked it over. Sueki growled, gritting his teeth furiously.

"Let her go now, Sueki!" The small creature bit his ear, pulling it.

"Fine! Fine! Just let me go, Suisei!" He quickly dropped Ribbon into the fortunately close floor and she fell on her bum with a thud.

"Hmph," the fox-like creature raised its nose into the air with dignity, stepping off from the monster and walking away.

"Hey! Are you okay?" Suisei asked her with sincere concern, rushing towards her figure.

"Y-yeah, thanks to you," she told him with a grateful soft smile, scratching the back of her head.

"I'm Suisei, by the way," he said after sighing in relief. "Nice to meet you."

"I'm Ri— I mean, Bow-Eared Pichu." She didn't want to say her real name, since at this point, no one around here called her by it.

"Whoa! That's a long name," he replied, a bit taken aback.

She giggled amusedly, covering her mouth. "You can call me Bow," she suggested with a shrug.

Suisei laughed as well, before turning around. "This is Sueki, he's my twin brother. He's really troublesome sometimes..." He chuckled nervously.

"Zoroark." Was his brother's immediate response. "Don't you dare call me anything other than that, rat."

Ribbon frowned again at the name, but reluctantly nodded. This Sueki was really mean and, dare she say, annoying.

Meanwhile, Suisei couldn't help but think the little Pichu strongly reminded him of someone.
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"Don't worry, Hana! What Bunnelby said it's true... Ribbon can't be too far from here," Pikachu told the worried sick Sylveon standing next to him. "We'll find her soon enough!"

Sylveon smiled back, though her periwinkle eyes gave away a tint of insecurity. "I hope so, Pikachu ... But I still can't help but feel something's gonna go wron—"

"Piiiikachuuuu!" Dawn's Buneary screeched as she appeared from the literal nowhere.

"B-Buneary?! What the—" Pikachu grimaced, shuddering as soon as the Pokémon laid her arms on him to give him an extremely tight hug.

Buneary snuggled deeply onto his chest, grinning in sheer happiness. On the other paw, Hana was feeling the complete opposite of said sentiment. "P-Pikachu...! W-who's this?" she questioned with a gasp.

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