Pokemon: The Lost Quest

Bread Crumbs and Shattered Paths

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Meowth noticed the gang was preparing breakfast for everyone as he got closer to the group. He was welcomed with many unfriendly stares by most of the Pokémon while others kept their distance and remained indifferent. Pancham was the first friendly face to run up to Meowth wishing him a good morning. It was soon followed by Bunnelby and Chespin, both coming off friendlier than they did before. Meowth was taken back by the sudden friendly faces, he responds by shyly nodding and tries to turn back around. However, Meowth accidentally bumps into Hawlucha, who held an unreadable expression with its wings crossed. Meowth took a step back as he broke eye contact while Hawlucha continued to study him. Meowth felt that the stream was a much better place to be compared to impassive Pokémon surrounding it, so it walked around Hawlucha to try to get away from such a negative group.

"Meowth, we're all about to have breakfast, please join us." Serena expressed in a friendly tone.

"I'm usually not that hungry in the morning." He replied, trying his best to sound as lighthearted as possible.

"But breakfast is the most important meal of the day," Clemont said.

"Maybe for humans," Meowth said in a snarky fashion. "Besides I kind of already ate something earlier so I'm not hungry." Meowth turned around to head for the tree it tried to sleep in last night.

"Don't miss out on a free meal!" Bonnie exclaimed as she popped in front of Meowth. Surprised by her outburst, he took a step back but felt his knees become weak and fell backward instead. Meowth quickly got up to cover it up as if he was just being clumsy. He tried another attempt to walk towards the tree but Hawlucha intervened by blocking his path again.

"You're not going anywhere!" Ash demanded, "Now come over here and join us." The twerp motioned to the picnic table.

Meowth paused as his last memory flashed before his eyes upon seeing the picnic table. Meowth then released his frustration in one giant sigh as he reluctantly joined in by sitting at the table with the kids and Pikachu. Serena offers again but is quickly denied.

"You don't think we're going to try to force you to do something do you?" Clemont asked worriedly.

"I told you I'm just not that hungry right now," Meowth answered tiredly. "Besides you're already forcing me to travel with you so I assure you that's not the case."

"You ate food from us all the time in Unova," Ash recalled.

"Ugh...How many times do I have to say it? I was tricking you, you stupid twerp!" He shouted.

"What was that!" "PIKA!" Ash countered as he slammed his hand onto the table.

"Ash calm down," Serena said calmly as she returned to the Pokémon in question, "What did they mean about making deals since they offered you their hospitality?"

"It's just protocol that Team Rocket came up with. Although, it's also a natural thing that Pokémon practice too."

"How's that?" Clemont questioned.

"To put it in layman's terms I'm technically a wild Pokémon and accepting food from any and every human I come into contact with is considered unwise among wild Pokémon. So with that in mind Team Rocket and I guess other teams like Team Flare created rules that matched with our natural instincts."

"But we already made a deal with you remember." Ash pointed out.

"It's more complicated than that twerp."

"Quit calling me twerp! Its Ash...my name is Ash."

"As I was saying...TWERP...it's complicated."