"So this is going to be an experience, no?" Ashen asked Cinder, her shiny Ninetales, who was walking right next to her. The Ninetales nodded in agreement as the duo continued to forage through the tall grass. A Ivysaur peeked its head from behind a bush nearby catching Cinder's attention. "Ninetales!" The fox cooed as she looked towards Ashen. The trainer pulled out the dream ball, but only seconds after did she receive a face full of leaves. "Pfft." Ashen sputtered as she tried to fish the leaves out of her knotted hair. "Ugh, Cinder let's catch it. Use Flamethrower!" She pointed at the Ivysaur in moderate anger but then the realization of her words hit her. "Wait! Wait Cinder not too str-" Ashen added her last command a tad too late. The Flamethrower hit is mark with a critical hit, knocking the grass type out. "Well dang, now we can't catch it."
After healing the Ivysaur and getting yet another face of leaves, Ashen and Cinder kept traveling through the Safari. "I wonder what everyone else has caught?" She wondered aloud as she picked her way around a mud puddle. Suddenly a glow of white flashed in the corner of her eye as Ashen stopped to look around. Standing in a small patch of grass, an Umbreon was watching the duo. "I think I want an Umbreon. Let's go Cinder! Cinder....?" The Ninetales shook her head no and pointed at her paw, which was obviously sore from the walk. The fire type pushed her nose to her Pokeball and returned leaving an angry Ashen to face the Umbreon. Grumbling Ashen pulled out a Pokeball, she didn't check who's, and released them. Solstice, her Espeon, appeared out of the red light and flicked her tail in preparation. "Out of all the Pokemon!" Ashen fumed for no reason. She was a little pissed that her Pokemon ditched her.
"Solstice! Iron Tail!" Ashen commanded and the Espeon obliged, leaping forwards. The Umbreon dodged easily, smirking while doing it. However, Solstice twisted around and used her hind legs to knock the Umbreon off balance. The dark type regained his balance and stood unblinking in front of Solstice, who also looked funny. A small hint of red fringed the Espeon before she shook out her fur. "Ok! That was great Solstice! Now use Shadowball!" Ashen commanded. The Espeon looked at Ashen for a moment before frowning slightly at the Umbreon. Then Solstice backed up and launched the attack, but it was painfully obvious that she wasn't trying. The Umbreon took the attack without trying to dodge, and he flew into Ashen. Ashen, who still had the Dream Ball in her hand, threw her hands in front of her to block to impact, but no impact came. Instead, the Dream Ball enveloped the Umbreon and shook 3 times before making a happy click. Ashen stared at Solstice with a small grin. "You planned that all along didn't you?"