Need some Friendship [W]

Turtwig was the first to notice the sandile approaching but did not initially call out to it or his trainer. He simply eyed it while Syndra kept looking for something in the tall grasses. Though once the wild pokemon had lunged out to bite him the grass type braced it by lowering his head and hardening its 'shell' with withdraw. It hit him and regardless of whether it actually hurt much or not, cried out to get his trainer's attention. With that the female trained whipped around quickly and saw the situation. Now she was panicking. After all she never expected for her pokemon to get attacked before she even noticed! "Turtwig!" and all the pokemon did was look back at his trainer and that was when Syndra understood that for the most part the grass type was alright and panicked less. Now she was focused on the thing that had bit her pokemon. It did not appear to have belonged here in the slightest. It was her first encounter however and by obligation that meant she was going to catch it. "Get it off you and tackle it," Syndra called as the small grass type shook itself to get the sandile off only to immediately follow up with a tackle attack.

The attack hit much to the satisfaction of Turtwig and his trainer with a smile appearing on Syndra's face. The angry expression of the Sandile showed that he did not like that but what else was she supposed to do? There was a sneaking suspicion that the pokemon was prepping for something major so the female trainer decided to try to use offense to end this as soon as possible. "See if you can evade that bite and tackle it as much as you can," the girl commanded with the turtle giving a cry of its name. The grass type rushed forward and narrowly sidestepped the bite as it came soaring towards him before attempting to slam its body against the crocodile's not once but twice like his trainer told him to. Thinking that she should do something to help turtwig before the Sandile did any sketchy moves, Syndra dug into her bag and pulled out one of the pokeballs she got from the professor back at the lab in the beginning of the journey. Once Turtwig had finished his attack the pokeball would be flung directly to the ground type in an attempt to catch it.

The successful click sound of the pokeball rung and Syndra felt relatively relieved at that as she released a breath she did not know she was holding in. Turtwig similarly looked pleased until from out of nowhere a ball had hit him square in the side. He gave a cry of surprise and his trainer snapped back into what was going on. The pattern on the ball looked familiar so the girl dug into her bag and pulled out her pokedex to figure out what it was. The device gave her the details of a pokemon named Sandshrew as well as facts pertaining to the particular pokemon including the fact it was a ground type. "Why..." Syndra didn't finish her question and instead focused. It didn't matter and Turtwig still seemed willing to go. "Withdraw into tackle!" Syndra called out but the grass type shook its head as he complied with the withdraw order and tightened up what little muscles he had to protect himself. The next part however was different as the little twig on his head started to glow as if attempting to flourish due to absorb. The girl looked to her pokedex for more information and saw the new move that her pokemon learned. "Wow awesome. You learned a new move," she commented with a smile. After that she decided to try with another pokeball, taking another one out and throwing it once she got a clear shot after her pokemon attacked.

The sight of the weakened Sandshrew caused the girl to somewhat pity it. Watching as it unfurled from its ball Syndra realized how much of a cutie the ground type was. At the least the grass type looked better after taking the attacks. With a sigh of relief, the green haired girl walked over and picked up the pokeballs of the newly captured pokemon. Turtwig let out a cry of happiness as he returned to Syndra's side. Petting his back to comfort the pokemon, she was proud of him. With some hope the two new members of their team would be great assets to the party. For now though the trainer had a choice to keep going on go on back to Oldale. Initially she was going to quit but Turtwig appeared in better shape after fighting Sandshrew. Risking it would be bad though so instead she waved to the pokemon to leave with her and they walked back down the path.