Catching the Jigglypuff Thief by Alex Polan

Author:Alex Polan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sky Pony Press
Published: 2016-09-06T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 7

As Ethan walked out of the ice cream shop, he nearly ran head-on into Brayden.

“Whoa …” Brayden said slowly, “what are you guys doing here?” He narrowed his eyes and looked past Ethan toward the booth full of Team Valor players. “Did you come here to point the finger at my sister for that doughnut thing?”

“Don’t worry about it,” said Ethan, stepping around him. “We know your sister didn’t do it.”

“How exactly do we know that?” asked Gianna as she dumped her plastic spoon and bowl into the trash can on the sidewalk out front.

“Because she was at volleyball camp last night.”

“Huh,” said Devin, licking ice cream off her fingers. “We kind of told you so, didn’t we? But at least the ice cream was good!”

“I wouldn’t know,” grumbled Ethan.

Gianna fell into step beside him. “I get why Dottie is so worried about her business,” she said. “Ivan’s Ice Cream was a lot busier than the doughnut shop usually is. I wish we could figure out a way to help her get more customers!”

Devin nodded—and then suddenly grabbed her vibrating phone from her pocket. “It’s Pidgey!” she said. “On the fire hydrant!”

She captured the Pokémon in no time. Even Ethan was impressed by her super-straight shot. But he was surprised when the Pidgey popped back out.

“How rude!” said Devin, trying again. She recaptured the Pidgey, but as stars floated up from the Poké Ball, she scrunched up her nose. Maybe Pidgey wouldn’t be one of her favorite Pokémon for much longer.

“I guess this just isn’t our day,” said Ethan. “We trailed another potential suspect, but still didn’t catch the thief. We discovered that Ivan’s Ice Cream is way more popular than Dottie’s Doughnuts. And now, even Pidgey is giving us the slip.”

As they walked toward home, he sank into a gloomy silence. Dottie’s Doughnuts was up ahead, but he didn’t feel like stopping in. How could they face Dottie when they had no leads on the stolen doughnuts—and when Devin was wearing a chocolate-ice-cream mustache?

Then Ethan remembered something: he might be a lousy detective, but he was also a Level-Five Trainer. And he had Pokémon to train.

The idea of fighting a gym battle at Dottie’s perked him right up. He could take out all his frustrations in the gym! “Can we stop?” he asked the girls, gesturing toward the shop.

Devin shrugged.

“Sure,” said Gianna, hurrying ahead.

Dottie seemed surprised to see them so early in the day. “I don’t have any day-old doughnuts yet,” she said. “I’m still hoping for more customers, but … maybe that’s just wishful thinking.”

“That’s okay,” said Devin, wiping her face clean. “We’re not really hungry. We just came to see you!”

“Well, how nice,” said Dottie. “Maybe you can lend me some of your expert doughnut-decorating skills.”

While Devin and Gianna disappeared into the kitchen with Dottie, Ethan slid into his favorite booth. He chose Raticate to battle with this time. The ratlike Pokémon looked tough—way tougher than Zubat.

As the battle began, Ethan dodged and attacked as if his life depended on it.

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