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"Knock, knock, knock~"
Gothitelle opened the room door and saw Shauna standing at the entrance at a glance. Shauna looked at Gothitelle, peeked inside the room, and then asked, "Is Uncle awake yet?"
Gothitelle stood to the side, signaling Shauna and Chimecho to come in.
Shauna gave a giggle, then carefully walked into the room with Chimecho.
Lucas was currently holding Mime Jr. and sleeping soundly in Ninetales' embrace.
"Is Uncle still sleeping?"
Shauna's voice was very low as she looked at Gothitelle; Gothitelle nodded.
Shauna thought for a moment and prepared to leave the room to let Lucas sleep a while longer. At that moment, a figure emerged from the ceiling and looked at Shauna, "Gen gengar"
Good morning, Shauna.
"Shh~ Good morning, Gengar, Uncle is still sleeping."
Shauna signaled Gengar to speak more quietly. Gengar let out a yawn, glanced at the soundly sleeping Lucas, and nodded. Then it floated down, took Shauna's small hand, and sat on the bed with her.
Gothitelle took a look, then pulled the room door shut and went downstairs to prepare breakfast.
Gengar took out some of the treasures it had collected and placed them in front of Shauna for her and Chimecho to admire.
Looking at the various ite, as well as some strange things it had picked up in forests and Caves when out with Lucas.
Shauna looked at the dazzling array of things before her, feeling a bit overwhelmed, and then began to admire them properly with Chimecho.
"Lilli~"
Lilligant yawned, stood up, greeted Shauna and Gengar, and then nudged Lucas.
Lucas opened his eyes and looked at Lilligant; Lilligant indicated that Shauna had arrived.
Lucas turned to look at Shauna on the bed and asked, "Little Shauna, why did you come over?"
Shauna turned her head, looked at Lucas, and revealed a smile: "Because I couldn't sleep, so I came over to see if Uncle was awake. I knocked on the door, and Gothitelle helped open it for me."
Hearing Shauna's explanation, Lucas let out a yawn. Mime Jr. in his arms also sat up and was rubbing its eyes.
"Mine mine~"
Good morning————
Lucas glanced at the time; it was just past five in the morning.
It wasn't even light outside yet.
He sat up and dazed for a moment.
It was understandable that Shauna couldn't sleep. After all, children are always full of anticipation and impatience for festivals with major activities the next day, making them not want to sleep.
Lucas had experienced it too.
So he stood up, picked up Mime Jr., and then said, "Wait for me to freshen up, and then we'll go down to eat breakfast."
"Okay~"
Shauna answered crisply.
Lucas took Gengar, Mime Jr., and the others into the bathroom. Ninetales opened its eyes, closed them, opened them, closed them, and finally forced itself to stand up, yawning as it followed Lucas into the bathroom.
Lucas came out after freshening up and saw Shauna sitting on the bed admiring Gengar's treasures, wearing a red dress—a winter style dress—along with a Santa Hat and a small red backpack.
I'm familiar with this look; it's the Christmas version of Platelet.
Quickly walking to the bedside, Lucas extended both hands, "Let's go, let's go eat breakfast together."
Shauna carefully put the treasures in her hand back into the box and covered it before standing up and spreading her arms.
Lucas picked her up smoothly and led the way out of the room.
With a lick of its tongue, Gengar took all the treasures back.
"Merry Christmas, Little Shauna, and everyone else."
"Merry Christmas~ Uncle, Gengar, Lilligant, Ninetales, Mime Jr.————"
Gengar and the others also responded.
After going downstairs, Mime Jr. immediately went into the kitchen to Helping Hand its sister prepare breakfast.
Meanwhile, Lucas and the others helped Shauna pick out the gifts to be taken to Twinleaf Town for exchange today.
By the time breakfast was ready, Shauna's gifts had also been selected.
After eating breakfast, at seven in the morning, under Shauna's expectant gaze, Lucas communicated with Mr. and Mrs. Fujino, hung a "temporarily closed" sign on the Breeding House, and then the group prepared to head to Twinleaf Town.
Gengar and the others were already wearing hats, scarves, and other clothing that Gothitelle had personally knitted for them.
The most eye-catching one was Christmas Gengar.
It looked really cute; with its purple body, it wore the Christmas Outfit Gothitelle had prepared for it, carried a small bundle on its back, and had a white beard stuck to its face.
Looking at Gengar's outfit, Lucas fell into deep thought, always feeling like something was missing.
Christmas Gengar————Santa Claus————That's it!
Reindeer!
Lucas cast his gaze on Ninetales, but Ninetales unceremoniously gave him two hits with its tails. Lucas instantly dismissed the idea and then looked at Luxray and Rapidash.
Luxray tilted its head.
After noticing Lucas's gaze, it took off running.
Finally, only Rapidash was left.
After Lucas communicated with Rapidash, he simply put together a small wooden cart, tied it to Rapidash with rope, placed Shauna on it to sit, and then let Gengar sit on it as well.
Now it felt right!
Shinny Rapidash acting as the Reindeer!
Once everything was settled, it was exactly eight-thirty. Lucas closed the Breeding House door, then flipped onto Ninetales' back and led the way towards Twinleaf Town.
Today, Twinleaf Town saw all forces deploy. Besides those few Pokémon Lucas often took out, the remaining Pokémon including Heracross, Pinsir, Lapras Siblings, Machoke, Vex, Roserade, Staraptor, Snorunt, Zoroark, Zorua, Rhyperior, Alcremie, Meowstic siblings, and even Vespiquen went out with Lucas; this was the first time.
He didn't know who had stimulated it.
The rest, the three delivery groups of Golduck, Azumarill, and Gliscor, also went along.
There were also the two hardworking groups of Miltank and Gogoat.
Looking at the grand procession behind him, Lucas was filled with emotion.
It turned out that without realizing it, his Breeding House already had so many precious family members————
"Rapidash, charge!"
Shauna's voice came through. Rapidash raised its front hooves high and then accelerated, overtaking Lucas in one go. Gengar even turned back to make a face at Lucas.
No need to guess; he knew it was Gengar instigating again.
Lucas smiled helplessly, then patted Ninetales' head, "Ninetales, it's provoking you."
Ninetales shook its head dismissively, and Lucas sighed, only to be startled by Ninetales' sudden acceleration.
"Gothitelle!"
You guys watch out for your safety! You bastards!!
Behind every speeding brat, there is a terrified mother.
Gothitelle's body floated in the air, and then she quickly chased after Lucas and the others.
Seeing this, Zorua covered its mouth and snickered, then exchanged a glance with Mime Jr.
It jumped high, transformed into the appearance of Rapidash, carried Mime Jr., and left quickly.
"Lilli!"
Lilligant looked at Zoroark. Zoroark directly transformed into Entei. Lilligant sat on it and chased after Mime Jr. and Zorua.
Seeing this, the other Pokémon, led by Luxray, all advanced at full speed.
Staraptor and Vespiquen flew in the air. Looking at the mess below, they exchanged a glance and sighed heavily, then monitored everyone's safety from the air.