Hypno's Naptime (Re-edited)

On their way to Fuchsia City, the gang's Pokémon eggs had finally hatched. Cora hatched a shiny Scorbunny, a Popplio and a Alolan Vulpix. Alain had hatched a Cyndaquil, a Deino and a Rookidee. Mairin had hatched a Snivy and a Shaymin. Mairin was surprised that she hatched a legendary Pokémon but was happy to have Shaymin on her team.

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Cora also trained with Alain and Mairin's Pokémon as well. Alain's Zubat evolved in Golbat, Piplup into Prinplup and Cufant into Copperajah. For Mairin, Petunia (Petilil) evolved into Lilligant, Evanthe (Sewaddle) into Swadloon, Biri (Grookey) into Thwackey, Aspen (Turtwig) into Grotle and Paxtin (Paras) into Parasect.

{A/N: Cora gave Mairin a Sun stone for Petunia}

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As the gang were walking in a new city, they were looking around at the huge buildings around.

"Geez, it sort of feels like the buildings are closing in on us." Cora commented.

"Yeah, they are all so tall and you can hardly see the sky." Mairin agreed.

"Where are we, Alain?" Cora asked Alain, who was holding the map.

"Uh... Hop Hop Hop Town." Alain answered.

"Hop Hop Hop? Is that really a name?" Cora asked.

Then suddenly Kilala (shiny Espeon) stopped in her tracks and looked around her.

"Is something wrong, Kilala?" Cora asked.

"Espeon espe espe espeon (I'm sensing something weird in the air)," Kilala replied, "Espe, espe espeon espeon. (I don't know what, but something doesn't feel right in this city.)"

Just then they heard a woman shouting, "Arnold!"

They turned to the woman who seemed to be hugging a boy. Cora recognized the boy as Ash. She guessed that Ash finally caught up to her and her friends.

"Erm..." Cora and Alain said, sweat dropped.

Kilala sweat dropped, "Espe. (Oh dear.)"

"Oh Arnold, I was so worried about you!" The woman said, continuing to hold Ash tight.

"Um excuse me! I'm not Arnold! My name is Ash!" Ash exclaimed.

"And my name is Misty!" Misty smiled as she gave a peace sign.

Brock grabbed Misty on the shoulders, "She wasn't talking to you, Misty."

"I guess not." Misty commented before Brock dragged her away.

The woman gasped as she immediately let Ash go, "Oh! I'm sorry! I thought you were my missing son!"

"Huh?" Both gangs were confused.

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The woman explained that her son Arnold was missing and had been missing for three whole days. "My son isn't the only one who's missing." She pointed to a wall that had a long row of pictures of children. "See those posters?" the woman asked, "Those are pictures of all the children that disappeared."

"That many?" Misty asked, surprised.

"This must be a pretty dangerous town." Cora muttered. 'Kilala is right, something is not right about this city.'

Even though she remembers this episode, she didn't like the feeling in the air. It made her very uncomfortable.

Misty smiled as she placed her hands on her cheeks, "My pictures will be on posters, when I'll be a big famous star."

Cora, Alain, Mairin, Ash, Brock, and the Pokémon looked at her in confusion. Misty gave them a look. "Excuse me?!" She snapped.

Ash chuckled as he petted Pikachu on the head, "Maybe in horror movies." He teased her.

This situation reminded Cora of her own mother. She wondered how she was doing. She could only imagine how worried her own mother was probably being while Cora was on her journey. Maybe she should give her mother a call after the situation is over with.

Then they heard a motorcycle drive by and looked over to see Officer Jenny stopping her motorcycle near the wall. She had a few posters on the motorcycle. She got off of her motorcycle and walked to the wall to put another poster on it. Cora stood up and looked towards the woman.

"We'll see if we can help with anything to find your son and the others." Cora assured her.

The woman smiled a small smile, "Thank you."

Cora nodded and ran over to Officer Jenny with the others following.

"Excuse me, are you the second or third cousin of Officer Jenny?" Cora asked, making sure that it was the right one.

"Why yes, I'm the third cousin of my cousin from Maiden's Peak." Officer Jenny smiled.

"This one the most beautiful one yet." Brock said in a daze with blushed cheeks.

"They're all exactly alike." Misty stated with a flat expression.

Brock pushed Cora aside and stood in front of Officer Jenny, "It must be terrible to search for all those lost children." He took her hand, "I will be very happy to help you search."

"What?" Officer Jenny asked in confusion.

"We can both work together hand in hand." Brock suggested. Officer Jenny gave him a look as she pulled her hand from his grip.

Cora pushed Brock aside and turned to Officer Jenny with a small smile, "Excuse him, Officer Jenny. My friends and I would like to help in the search for the kids." She offered.

"Well... just don't get in the way." Officer Jenny warned.

"You got it." Cora agreed.

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The gang and Officer Jenny were walking downtown.

"All of the missing children disappeared exactly three days ago." Officer Jenny explained.

"Three days ago?" Alain asked.

"Besides that, did the missing children have anything else in common?" Brock asked.

"That's a good question." Ash muttered.

"They don't have anything in common." Officer Jenny answered sadly, "But I think other kids may know something about it."

She looked to the side as they stopped and followed her gaze to the Pokémon Center.

"I see. So we'll ask the kids in the Pokémon Center if they know anything." Brock suggested.

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They all walked inside, and Officer Jenny turned to the gang. She handed them a poster with all the missing children.

"You go ask Nurse Joy about the kids." She handed three more posters like those to Brock, Misty, Ash, Cora, Alain and Mairin.

"Okay," Cora said before starting to walk toward the counter with Kilala. They walked toward Nurse Joy.

"Excuse me, Aunt Bridget, can I ask you something?" Cora asked.

"Of course. It's also nice to see you, Cora." Nurse Bridget Joy answered with a smile.

Cora held up the poster, "We're here about the missing children."

Nurse Bridget Joy's smile faded away, "Oh, those kids that disappeared all of a sudden. I saw it on the news." She said.

"Please, is there anything you can tell us about these children?" Cora asked.

"I'd like to help you, but right now, I'm afraid my hands are full with our own mystery." Nurse Bridget Joy replied.

"What do you mean? What's the matter?" Cora questioned.

"All of the Pokémon here at the Center are behaving very strangely." Bridget Joy stated.

Cora and Kilala looked at her in confusion.

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Nurse Bridget Joy had taken the gangs and Officer Jenny to a room and showed them a few Pokémon that were there. A Cubone and an Oddish were lying on the table, both of them were out of their energy.

"Just look at Cubone. And Oddish," Nurse Bridget Joy said and put a very tired Magikarp on the table, "Even Magikarp was affected. And it is usually full of life."

"The magic disappeared." Misty observed.

"I've never seen a Magikarp like that," Cora tilted my head, "Then again I've never seen a Magikarp like mine."

Nurse Bridget Joy looked over her shoulder at a tired Charmander, "The flame on this Charmander could go out any minute." She took a Psyduck into her arms, "And this one has been in just terrible shape."

"A Psyduck?" Cora pulled out her phone and held it in front of Psyduck.

[Psyduck, a Water Pokémon. Uses mysterious powers to perform various attacks.]

"Mysterious powers?" Ash asked.

"That's hard to believe." Misty commented.

"So what's causing all of this?" Brock questioned.

Nurse Bridget Joy shook her head, "I have no idea."

"How long have they been acting like this?" Mairin asked.

"Since three days ago." Bridget Joy answered.

"Three days?" Brock repeated and we looked at Officer Jenny. "And that's exactly when all those children disappeared." He said.

"I wonder if maybe there's something connected between the children disappearing and the Pokémon lack of energy." Officer Jenny said with her arms crossed over her chest.

"I think there might be one, but we just haven't figured it out." Cora stated.

She wanted to say that it was because of Hypno, but Officer Jenny would be suspicious of her. She didn't need one right now.

Officer Jenny opened her mouth to reply before they all heard a noise coming from her pocket.

"Is that your radio?" Misty asked.

Officer Jenny pulled out her radio, "It's picking up something."

"I bet I know what that is," Brock said as he leaned closer to her, "A Handsome Guy Detector."

"Don't kid yourself," Officer Jenny pushed Brock away, "This is a Sleep Wave detector." She answered.

"A Sleep Wave detector?" Brock repeated.

"Lately, I've been picking up some Sleep Waves." Officer Jenny told them.

"But I'm sure there's no Pokémon that can make waves like that in this Center." Bridget Joy stated.

"They're from outside." Officer Jenny said.

Right after she said that, both Kilala, Chespie and Pikachu fell on the table.

"Kilala?!"

"Chespie?!"

"Pikachu?!"

Cora, Mairin and Ash exclaimed as they held their Pokémon.

"Oh, no, even Kilala, Chespie and Pikachu lost their energy." Misty said, worried.

"I wonder if those Sleep Waves, and the Pokémon's condition are..." Brock trailed off.

"Yeah." Officer Jenny said with a nod.

"They may be connected." Alain said as Cora took Kilala into her arms.

Officer Jenny looked at the radio, "We should go find the source of those Sleep Waves."

The group nodded and they walked away with Officer Jenny. They walked outside and followed the signal from the radio.

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They stopped at a very huge building after a few minutes.

"It's coming from this building." Officer Jenny said.

"Wow, it's so tall." Mairin commented.

"It seems to be coming from the roof." Officer Jenny observed.

"Let's go." Brock decided and they ran inside. They went to an elevator and headed up to the roof, as the signal was getting stronger.

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They reached up to the very top and walked out of the elevator to be greeted by a door that leads to the roof. They walked closer and opened it. The roof had a garden and at the end there was a mansion.

"What the..." Misty trailed off, "A mansion?"

Officer Jenny pointed the radio toward the mansion, "It's coming from inside there."

"All right." Ash said and ran toward the mansion.

"Wait, Ash!" Brock called but he took off. They watched as he reached the door and kneeled down before signaling for them to come. They ran over and reached toward him.

"Someone's inside, I'm going in." Ash said before he stood up. Then he and Brock pushed the door open and ran in. Officer Jenny and everyone else followed in only to stop in shock.

There were many people that were well dressed, and a Drowzee and a Hypno sitting on a round table.

"What is this place?" Brock asked.

"What's going on here?" Misty asked.

A man with glasses and brown hair walked toward them, "Are you new members?"

"Members?" Cora asked.

"We've been monitoring some Sleep Waves, coming from up here." Officer Jenny informed.

"Sleep Waves?" the man asked before he smiled, "Oh, I know!" He looked at Hypno, "This Hypno must be emitting them."

Cora pulled out her phone, "Hypno?"

[Hypno, a Hypnosis Pokémon. It carries a pendulum-like device and performs hypnotic attacks.]

"And what's that next to it?" Mairin asked.

"That's Drowzee." Cora pointed her phone at it.

[Drowzee. Said to be a descendant of the dream-eating tapir. It was the first Pokémon to use a combination attack like Hypnosis and Dream Eater.]

"Hypno is the evolved form of Drowzee." Alain said.

"That's right," the man nodded, "Our Drowzee finally evolved into Hypno, three days ago."

They looked at him in shock.

"Three days ago?" Brock asked.

"I knew it, that's just when those children vanished, and the Pokémon started to lose all their energy." Officer Jenny said.

"We've been using Hypno instead of sleeping medicine." An older man with gray hair spoke.

"What do you mean 'we'?" Alain asked.

"The members of 'Pokémon Lover's Club'." the man with the glasses replied.

"The Pokémon Lover's Club?" Misty asked.

"Precisely. You see all of our members absolutely adore Pokémon, and, Drowzee and Hypno have become our favorite Pokémon," the man explained, "Everyone's hard work paid off when Drowzee finally evolved. Living our lives in the city is very stressful, and all of our members suffer from insomnia, so we come to rely on Hypno's powers to get us to sleep at night."

They watched as a man with gray hair sat in front of Hypno, who then held its pendulum in front of the man, swinging it back and forth until the man fell asleep.

"I'm glad for you," Cora stated, "But I think your Hypno's hypnotism is causing trouble around the city."

The man in glasses looked at them in shock as Cora showed him Kilala, Mairin showed him Chespie and Ash showed him his Pikachu.

"Just take a look at them." Cora said, who was holding Kilala, sleeping in her arms.

"The same thing happened to all of the Pokémon in the Pokémon Center." Misty added.

"It must be a..." the man trailed off.

"A side effect." Brock finished.

"Side effect?" Mairin asked.

Alain nodded, "Hypno's hypnotic powers are used usually only on other Pokémon. Since the wave changed to affect humans, it's creating a side effect for the Pokémon."

The man looked over at Hypno as he spoke, "Somehow we accidentally caused a terrible situation."

"You know what? I bet that new wave can even affect some kids that were sensitive to it, too." Brock theorized.

"I think so too." Cora agreed.

Misty walked toward the table and got in front of Hypno, "Let's see."

"Wait Misty!" Cora called out.

Hypno held its pendulum in front of Misty, swinging it back and forth. They all walked closer and watched as Misty suddenly sat on the floor and clapped her hands. "Seel, Seel, Seel, Seel!" She chanted.

Cora facepalmed, "Oh no. She got hypnotized."

Alain and Mairin sweat-dropped at what Misty was doing.

Misty suddenly stood up and ran past them outside.

"Misty! Come back!" The group cried out.

Cora quickly put Kilala into her Pokéball and got Drowzee on her back. Then she, Alain, Officer Jenny, the others and the head of the club ran after her.

Misty ran to the door, and they ran after her only to see she was running down the stairs.

"Misty!" Ash called but she didn't respond.

"Come on." Officer Jenny ushered, and they took the elevator.

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Once they reached the lobby, they saw Misty running outside, and quickly followed her.

"How did she get down the stairs so fast?!" Brock exclaimed.

"Faster!" Ash ordered as they ran after her into a park.

"How can she run this fast?" Mairin panted.

They suddenly stopped, breathing heavily as they found Misty by the lake, but what shocked them all was that all the missing kids were there, acting like Pokémon as well!

"These are all the missing children!" Officer Jenny gasped.

"Why are they acting like that?" Mairin asked.

"Pokémon-itis." Brock and Cora replied.

"Pokémon-itis?" Ash asked.

"With that new Wave, the children who were exposed to Hypno's Sleep Wave think they're Pokémon now." Alain explained.

"Then that means, those waves that zapped the Pokémon's energy must've been transferred into the children and that's why the Pokémon are so weak." Cora concluded.

The gentleman looked at the kids. "How could this have happened?" he asked.

"A Psychic Pokémon's power can be dangerous and unpredictable sometimes," Alain told him, "That's why you have to be careful when using Psychic Pokémon."

"So what should we do about this?" Brock asked.

Cora placed Drowzee on the ground, "Drowzee can help."

The gentleman nodded, "You're right. We can use Drowzee to induce the dream wavelengths, which in this case may interact with Hypno's wavelengths."

Brock nodded, "Yeah, it may just work."

"Let's give it a try." Officer Jenny said.

Drowzee nodded as Cora quickly took out Kilala from her Pokéball and held Kilala in her arms.

Drowse walked over to the children and Misty, putting them all to sleep with its sleep attack then clapped its hands, waking them from their trance much to their relief.

"It worked!" Cora smiled as Kilala, Chespie and Pikachu woke up as well.

Officer Jenny sighed with relief, "Thank goodness." The policewoman called their parents and they all showed up to the park relieved to see their children were okay, even the woman from before had embraced her son Arnold in happiness. Oddly enough, Arnold looked almost similar to Ash.

"What exactly happened when I was in trance?" Misty asked.

"You clapped your hands like a Seel." Brock replied.

"It was hilarious." Ash smiled.

Misty sighed in embarrassment.

"Hey Kilala, how do you feel?" Cora asked.

"Espe espeon. (Like I was taking a very long nap.)" Kilala replied.

"Chesp? (What happened?)" Chespie asked.

"I'll tell you later." Cora promised.

Suddenly, a mechanical arm came out of nowhere and grabbed Drowzee. Everyone gasped as Drowzee was pulled up and placed in a cage which had a Hypno inside that was attached to a very familiar balloon. They heard a familiar laugh as well.

"Team Rocket!" The group gasped.

"Prepare for trouble!"

"Make it double!"

"To protect the world from devastation."

"To unite all peoples within our nation."

"To denounce the evils of truth and love."

"To extend our reaches to the stars above-"

"Nuri, use Air Slash on the cages!" Cora released her Flame Pokémon.

"Charizard, Air Slash as well!" Alain released his Flame Pokémon as well.

"Roar!" Both Charizards appeared and then their wings glowed light blue. Then they flapped its wings, firing multiple light-blue, glowing blades of energy from them at the cages and cutting them in pieces. Team Rocket gasped as soon as the cages were in pieces.

"Quick, Nuri, Charizard, catch Hypno and Drowzee!" Nuri caught Hypno while Charizard caught Drowzee. Then they carefully placed them on the ground.

"Now let's send them off. Nuri, Hyper Beam! Kilala, Dark Pulse!" Cora called out.

"Charizard, Flamethrower!" Alain commanded.

"Pikachu, Thunderbolt!!" Ash shouted.

"Chespie, Energy Ball!" Mairin added.

"Hypno, Drowzee, use Psybeam!" The gentleman ordered.

All of the attacks combined with Hypno and Drowzee's Psybeam hit Team Rocket's balloon which caused it to explode and sent the trio flying.

"Another plan foiled." James complained.

"Should have seen that coming." Meowth whined.

"I hate it when that twerp keeps interrupting us!" Jessie growled.

"It's starting to get old." Meowth added.

Then the trio sighed.

"LOOKS LIKE TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAIN!" Team Rocket shouted before disappearing into the sky.

DING!

Everyone sighed in relief.

"We need to cure the Pokémon in the Pokémon Center, too." Brock said and agreed before going there.

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Drowzee sat on the table where Cubone, Oddish and Magikarp were still lying on.

"Okay, Drowzee, please do it again." Cora requested and Drowzee nodded before it used Sleep Waves once again at all the tired Pokémon around.

After a moment, it clapped its hands again, waking them all up. Cora looked over at the Charmander on the other side and smiled as it stood up with a smile and its flame on its tail was back higher. Cora walked closer to it and patted it on the head as she looked around at the Pokémon, as they looked happy and jumping around.

Nurse Bridget Joy smiled happily, "The Pokémon are all back to normal!"

"Sometimes, I wonder what the Pokémon dream about." Cora commented with a smile as she walked back to her friends.

"I wonder that, too." Mairin agreed.

"They must be dreaming of getting stronger and evolving." Brock crossed his arms over his chest.

"I dream about that sometimes, too." Misty admitted.

They looked over at Nurse Bridget Joy as she sighed and looked to the side at the same Psyduck. Brock walked closer to her, "What's the matter? A beautiful woman like yourself shouldn't have too much to be sad."

"All of the Pokémon are better, but this one is still holding its head." Nurse Bridget Joy pointed out as they all looked at Psyduck.

"Leave it to me," Brock declared, "Caring for Pokémon is the sole purpose of my life. The reason I exist."

"Then maybe you can help it." Nurse Bridget Joy suggested, and they all looked at Psyduck.

"Uh... sure." Brock agreed, reluctantly.

"Oh, great." Misty muttered.

Cora, Alain, Mairin, Ash and the Pokémon sighed.

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While they were still at the Pokémon center, Cora made a call to her mom and told her that she was okay and that she was able to win the Marsh badge. Ash also made a call to his mom to let her know that he was okay. The gentleman promised that the Pokémon club wouldn't use Hypno's hypnosis again and switch to sleeping pills. After they said goodbye to Officer Jenny, Nurse Bridget Joy, and the gentleman, both groups were heading out of town. Cora knew that Psyduck would be joining Misty's team and Misty would not be happy about it either.

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Pokémon Obtained:

Cora: Shiny Espeon (Kilala)(F), Shiny Charizard (Nuri)(F), Altaria (Talia)(F), Shiny Lucario (Jackal)(M), Frogadier (Kenji)(M), Pidgeot (Gail)(F), Shiny Gyarados (Rory)(M), Cloyster (Matta)(M), Shiny Starmie (Pyxis)(Genderless), Butterfree (Papilio)(M), Beedrill (Stinger)(M), Nidoran (Juno)(F), Nidoran (Malik)(M), Pikachu (Tama)(F), Clefable (Shayla)(F), Sandslash (Digger)(M), Meloetta (Odele)(F), Chikorita (Kalmia)(F), Shiny Braxien (Rogue)(F), Mienfoo (Mulan)(F), Glaceon (Nieva)(F), Leafeon (Panra)(F), Shiny Gengar (Sypro)(M), Shiny Monferno (Pirro)(M), Galarian Ponyta (Althea)(F), Shiny Chespin (Cybele)(F), Alolan Raichu (Zuma)(M), Rockruff (Romulus)(M), Meowstic (Yuki)(F), Oshawott (Daisho)(M), Kingler (Kuka)(M), Shiny Umbreon (Zunair)(M) Sylveon (Stella)(F), Vaporeon (Kaori)(F), Jolteon (Lyn)(F), Flareon (Egan)(M), Dratini (Scylla)(F), Absol (Twilight)(M), Shiny Scorbunny (Scorch)(M), Popplio (Naia)(F), Alolan Vulpix (Elsa)(F), Pink Butterfree (Momo)(F), Sobble (Mystique)(F), Mankey (Manny)(M)

Alain: Charizard (M), Metagross (Genderless), Tyranitar (M), Weavile (M), Bisharp (M), Unfezant (M), Leafeon (F), Umbreon (M), Chestnaught (M), Malamar (F), Steelix (M), Shiny Gyarados (F), Scyther (M), Golbat (M), Shiny Zorua (Unovan)(M), Frigibax (M), Prinplup (M), Copperajah (F), Lokix (M), Magby (M), Axew (M), Rockruff (M), Rhydon (F), Alakazam (M), Meowstic (M), Sandile (M), Absol (M), Cyndaquil (M), Deino (F) Rookidee (M), Squirtle (M)

Mairin: Chespin (Chespie)(M), Flabébé (Bébé)(F), Gogoat (Grazer)(F), Butterfree (Bira)(F), Parasect (Paxtin)(M), Clefairy (Pixie)(F), Lilligant (Unovan)(Petunia)(F), Swadloon (Evanthe)(F), Thwackey (Biri)(F), Grotle (Aspen)(M), Pansage (Sage)(F), Roserade (Rose)(F), Azumarill (Mary)(F), Skitty (Cathy)(F), Cherubi (Cherry)(F), Maractus (Amaranth)(F), Snivy (Vinicius)(F), Shaymin (Carissa)(F), Squirtle (Kai)(M)