"Charleon, congratulations."
Ethan didn't stay long. After finishing the battle, he returned straight to the dorm.
As soon as he arrived, he released all his Pokémon so they could get familiar with the new appearance of the once small Charmander.
"Sha!"
"Yadon!"
The Pokémon imdiately approached to congratulate him.
Shuckle even served Charleon a cup of juice to celebrate.
"Chaarell!"
Charleon happily greeted his teammates; although his appearance had changed, he was still that sa cute and adorable little Charmander.
"Luckily, it seems his temperant didn't change."
Ethan let out a sigh of relief.
According to several studies, when Charmander evolves into Charleon it often becos more impulsive and harder to control.
Just like Ash's Charleon: adorable before evolving, completely different afterward.
Fortunately, Ethan's Charmander hadn't changed in that way. Maybe it had to do with the good mood he was in when he evolved?
"Chaarell!"
After playing with his teammates for a while, Charleon suddenly turned to Ethan, squinted his eyes, and extended his arms asking for a hug.
Ethan looked at the Charleon, now over a ter tall, and his face darkened. That size... hugging him like before seed a bit difficult.
"Chaarell!"
Charleon looked at him with pitiful eyes while gesturing with his hands.
"Charmander, we're on battle schedule right now, rember? When it's over you can hug as much as you want."
Ethan suddenly rembered the promise he had made before the battle, and his expression turned gloomy.
But... he had promised that to Charmander. Now he had evolved into Charleon... maybe it no longer counted, right?
Unfortunately, that idea was impossible. In Charleon's eyes there was absolute stubbornness, with no intention of giving up.
"Vibrava, try using your Levitate ability."
After thinking it through, Ethan concluded that hugging Charleon the sa way he did when he was a small Charmander was completely impossible.
So he thought of reducing Charleon's weight; only then could he lift him.
"Viiibbraa!"
Vibrava was delighted to hear the request.
It loved feeling useful. Helping the person who ant the most to it made it truly happy.
So it flew to Ethan's hand and began channeling its Levitate ability very seriously, trying to apply it to both him and Charleon.
Vibrava had been training its external Levitate ability for a long ti. Perhaps thanks to its innate talent for flight and its mastery of wind control, combined with Ethan's training plans, it had greatly perfected its skill.
Now, thanks to Levitate, Ethan felt his body beco lighter, as if he were floating slightly.
At the sa ti, Charleon experienced the sa feeling and began moving excitedly, until he realized that his trainer could easily lift him.
"Good job, Vibrava. Keep Levitate active from now on."
Ethan tried moving a bit, and indeed his body felt much lighter. Not only could he lift Charleon effortlessly, but when he jumped he reached a height that even he didn't expect.
"Looks like I need to readjust my training plan."
With his heart full of satisfaction, Ethan thought that seeing his Pokémon grow stronger thanks to his training plans was what motivated him the most. One day he would beco the strongest trainer.
...
Ti passed quickly and soon the day of the survival test arrived.
Early in the morning, ten buses were parked on the university's training grounds. Hundreds of students from the interdiate campus of Ironvale City's Pokémon University were scattered around the area.
They chatted among themselves, forming small groups. Clearly, many were trying to use this opportunity to form teams, increasing their chances of passing the test and getting a good ranking.
Ethan didn't join any group. With his current level, this survival test organized by the university didn't pose much difficulty.
So he decided to make things a bit harder for himself and see if he could complete the test alone.
Lucas Silver, Marcus Foster, Jasper Reid, and Kyle Miller seed to have the sa idea: each stood on their own without looking for a team.
When the ti ca, the buses left the campus and continued along the wide road.
The trip was calm, and soon they entered the mountains: overlapping hills, dense forests, and occasional roars that created so tension among the students.
Finally, the buses stopped in a valley that Ethan knew very well: the entrance to the Secret Kingdom of Ironvale City's Pokémon University. To him, it was the most familiar place in the world.
But this ti there was sothing different: a large gate stood in the valley, guarded by more than a dozen Psychic-type Pokémon.
"Guys, do you see that dinsional door?"
"Beyond it lies a Secret Kingdom. When you get off the bus, you'll be transported randomly to so place within the territory."
"That place is extrely dangerous. Don't go dying in there, alright?"
Upon hearing the professor, the students tensed up. Although they had taken survival classes, this would be their first ti actually surviving alone in the wild.
Those last words, apparently a warning, only served to make them more nervous.
Dying by accident?
That had to be a joke!
"This is a real survival test. If anyone wants to withdraw, you can do so now."
"I can send you back imdiately, but once you do, you'll be expelled from the interdiate campus. The university won't feed a coward who can't even participate!"
The professors noticed that so students were scared and smiled cruelly.
Several students' faces changed.
Participating could be dangerous... But withdrawing ant expulsion.
A difficult choice.
Finally, after their internal struggle, everyone decided to stay. Although it was a survival test, the university had prepared so protection and rescue systems.
As long as they weren't too careless or particularly unlucky, the chances of facing a mortal danger were low. Although... getting hurt a bit was basically unavoidable.
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