"It sure is hot out!" Lillie said, sweating under her hat under the desert heat.

"Pew!" Nebby agreed, not liking the heat inside the bag.

Nebby didn't like being in the bag under ANY circumstances, but the desert heat was simply too much for him to bear. The very instant he had an opportunity, the little Cosmog booked it right out of the bag.

"Huh? Wait Nebby!" Lillie called out to her Pokemon.

Lillie chased after him, but in only just a few minutes, he was gone! Lillie looked around frantically until she noticed a cactus.

"The professor did say to write down notes on the desert." Lillie said to herself. A quick observation on the cactus couldn't hurt.

She looked at the desert plant carefully. "It looks kinda weird for a cactus though...Like it has a little hat, and...wait...Are those eyes?!"

And then she felt a sharp pain in her gut, her eyes bulging out in pain, before she was sent flying back several yards.

"Cacturne!" The cactus Pokemon huffed.

The Cacturne, not liking that the human was invading his personal space, had quickly punched Lillie in the gut, sending her flying in the far distance!

Luckily when she did meet Ground Zero the sand broke her fall, but she slammed into it with such force that she slid across it, rapidly sliding across the ground and furrowing a long tunnel of sand that she promptly disappeared under.

Lillie's head slowly emerged from the sand, her mouth filled up with the silt to the point where her cheeks were bulging. Opening her mouth, the sand began to slowly slide out. She sputtered and cleaned off her tongue.

"Pew!" Lillie snapped her head over to look at Nebby, who was entering a small tunnel of rock.

"Wait Nebby!" Lillie called out, chasing her Pokemon into the cave.

Lillie was in such a hurry to catch up to Nebby, however, that the second she entered the cave, she tripped on a rock and was sent stumbling into the wall.

Her entire body had become as flat as a pancake, and she had hit the wall with enough force to make an indent in the shape of her body. She clenched her fists and let out a soft whimper of pain.

"Pew!" Nebby shouted as he found a way out of the cave.

Lillie managed to peel herself out of the cave wall, regaining her original shape. Lillie chased after her Pokemon...But then she stepped on a loose patch of sand. With a shriek, Lillie disappeared underneath the sand...

And then she very promptly burst out of the sand, covered head to toe in Trapinch that happily chewed down on her body.

"OW! OW! DON'T BITE ME!" Lillie shrieked in pain as the Trapinch were using her as a chew toy. Lillie ran wildly for several minutes before finally swatting the Trapinch off, leaving them damaged and bruised, unconscious on the ground.

After leaving the Trapinch knocked out, Lillie continued her pursuit. However, the sun was beginning to feel more intense...

Knowing she wouldn't last with the sun's heat blazing down on her. Lillie quickly took shelter under a tree.

She sighed in relief, the tree providing some much-needed shade from her desert misfortunes. However, something was amiss...

"Gon!" Lillie stiffened when she heard a voice and slowly turned to see a Flygon glaring down at her. She looked away from the Flygon and held up a little white flag.

Flygon responded by flapping it's wings together creating a massive gust of wind sending Lillie back to the area she was at before.

Lillie was grumbling at the familiar sensation of being lodged headfirst in sand. Her legs were sticking up in the air, twitching slightly.

Underneath the sand, Lillie noticed movement. Her pupils dilated in fear when she saw a bunch of enraged Trapinch all closing in on her. They were mad and wanting revenge on her for hitting them earlier.

"WAIT! I SURR-OW!" Lillie shrieked when the Trapinch began biting down on her again.

On the outside, Lillie's legs were flailing wildly as she screamed in pain. Eventually, she managed to press her feet against the sand. Thrusting and wiggling while she pulled as hard as she could, Lillie finally popped out of the sand and beat the Trapinch off once more. She panted heavily. "I'm sorry...Please just leave me alone!" She squeaked before running off, covered in bite marks.

Eventually, Lillie found Nebby. He was playing amongst some sand dunes.

"Nebby, you come here right now!" Lillie exclaimed, running towards the little Cosmog. Nebby bounced about happily, and Lillie was close to grabbing him...

Until she stumbled, and slid forward. Nebby saw the sliding Lillie and happily decided to jump on her back.

Lillie's body was used as a surf board until she crashed into the side of a sand dune opposite the one she just slid down, putting the ride to an end.

Her butt was sticking out and wiggling frantically, all the while Nebbie floated off her back without a single scratch.

Nebby jumped up and down in delight, letting out coos of happiness. He thanked Lillie for the ride before wandering off again.

Lillie's butt squirmed about before she burst out like a cork in a bottle, landing flat on her back. With sand covering her clothes, and seeping into her bite marks, she was in pain.

But after trudging through the desert a little longer, Lillie had other problems. For example, finding water to quench her thirst.

"So...thirsty... Need...water!" Lillie panted, desperate for anything she could drink.

It was then that she saw it. An oasis filled with beautiful drinking water!

Her eyes widened and began to sparkle in delight. "Water...WATER!" She exclaimed before rushing towards the oasis as fast as her legs could carry her.

She leapt up into the air, wanting to cool off right away. She began to dive headfirst into the water...which...seemed to be...disappearing...

"Oh no." Lillie squeaked with wide eyes as she fell towards the sand, the mirage now gone. Lillie fell down straight to the sand, causing her legs to stick out and her to end up in plain sight..again.

Basically, she looked like an ostrich, standing straight on her legs with her head in the sand and her butt in the air. She pressed her hands on the sand, and using her arm and leg strength, burst out with a gasp. After managing to leave the sand, being somewhat disoriented, Lillie wobbled a little.

"So...dizzy." Lillie groaned, grabbing a nearby rock to calm herself.

Lillie took a deep breath as she rested her hand on the rock. The rock was sturdy, the rock was safe, the rock was...floating?

Lillie looked over to see the rock was not only floating, but it was also glaring at her.

"Claaaaay."

" ?" Lillie said nervously.

The Claydol charged up a Hyper Beam and fired at Lillie. The young girl screamed as she was blasted into the atmosphere.

After disappearing in a twinkle, Lillie came back down to earth, engulfed in flames from leaving Earth's atmosphere, before landing in a hole in the desert sand.

Her screams slowly faded away...And then a large splash sound was heard as water erupted from out of the hole.

Deep under the sand, in an ancient tomb, Lillie rose up from the water, and began coughing. Climbing out of the water, she whacked the water out of her ears, also knocking out a Krabby. "At least I'm not thirsty anymore..." Lillie said to herself.

She saw Nebby had apparently discovered the same hole, as he was wandering about with a curious expression on his face. Lillie sprung out of the water. "Nebby, come here!" She called out...Only to step on a loose tile. The result was that the ceiling came down onto her head, crushing her and barely missing Nebby. When the trap reset, it revealed the heavily flattened Lillie.

She wasn't even in a recognizable form anymore. In fact, she wasn't even on the floor. Lillie was plastered to the top of the ceiling, splattered into a white and yellow liquid with blinking eyes.

The goo gradually dribbled onto the ground. When it was all on the ground, it formed together back into Lillie, who was lying flat on her face.

"Ow!" Lillie moaned in pain before taking a look at her surroundings. Lillie sulked as she stepped out of the room and into the next one. This one looked to be like some sort of altar. "What is that?" Lillie wondered upon seeing the altar. It looked old, very old, something straight out of history.

Something caught her attention. A sign. Looking closely, she saw that it said 'Pull the lever to escape.' It was then that her hand touched something, and she inadvertently pulled a lever.

Lillie's ears perked up when they heard a strange sound. Looking behind her, she saw a tidal wave heading right towards her!

"Why me!?" Lillie shrieked running as fast as she could from the water.

However, the jet of water hit her on the back and sent her propelling forward. She saw Nebby as she was launched forward, and was in a perfect position to nab him. She grabbed her bag and prepared to snatch him up... Only for Nebby to get distracted by something else and move out of the way.

"Oh why me?!"

SLAM!

Lillie slammed face-first into the wall, leaving her head stuck in it.

Lillie groaned as her head was lodged in the wall. Placing her hands and feet against it, she began to tug as hard as she could. However, as she was tugging, the wall flipped around, further disorienting her.

Trying to maintain her hands and feet's grip on the wall, Lillie continued to struggle, her neck stretching slightly with each tug, before finally she fell out of the wall and landed on her butt.

"Ow!" Lillie whimpered in pain. Getting up, she knew there was no time to rest! She needed to find Nebby.

When the determined Lillie took her first step...she immediately activated a trap.

"What is it now!?" Lillie groaned before looking up to see a massive boulder falling towards her!

The boulder slammed into her and began to roll forward for several long yards before finally coming to a stop, revealing the flattened Lillie plastered to it, eyes spinning dizzily.

Lillie got right back up again as her body reformed. She began to walk aimlessly until she found an exit!

"Yes!" Lillie cheered,seeing good luck was finally coming towards her.

She rushed forward...And then noticed there was no ground beneath her. She blinked twice before falling to the ground below.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Lillie screamed as she was plummeting to her doom.

Thankfully, there was a pit hole to break her fall. Lillie sighed in relief, seeing now that she was safe, until she heard angry chattering.

Looking around, Lillie saw the angry Trapinch all glaring at her!

"Eep! I thought you were out in the desert?!" Lillie exclaimed before the Pokemon all pounced.

Lillie managed to escape into the next room, slamming the door behind her and panting heavily. She had several large chunks bitten out of her body.

"Safe." Lillie sighed in relief and stepped forward, accidentally activating yet another trap from the floor beneath her.

"What is it this time!?" Lillie yelled, getting sick of traps.

And then two walls covered in sharp spikes slammed together on either side of her, sandwiching her between them.

When the walls finally retreated back, Lillie was reduced to Swiss cheese, her entire body covered in holes.

She blinked several times before sighing deeply. "Okay...I'm okay..." She began to continue walking. She pulled out a canteen that she had filled with water and began to drink...

Only for the water to spill out of her holes! Lillie was shocked by this so much that she began to faint. "I...I have hole...Ooooh..." She passed out.

When she woke up, the holes in her body were filled up, and she was sitting on the ground. She looked around before remembering.

"Nebby!"

Lillie couldn't believe she forgot about him! Lillie began to run to hastily search for him. However because she was in a rush, she forgot all about the traps.

Lillie stepped onto a part of the ground that sprung up underneath her, sending her flying through the air with a screech.

When Lillie finally did descend, she crashed into a cactus! The real thing, by the way. She slammed into it so hard, that she became halfway lodged in the spiky plant.

"Ow!" Lillie shrieked in pain as the sharp needles from the cactus pierced her skin. Some of them were in her tongue!

That wasn't the only thing that went on her tongue, however. She also swallowed some cactus juice. "Ooogh...I feel...funny..." Lillie mumbled.

Lillie's vision began to blur before setting back to normal.

"That was weird." Lillie said before moving towards the exit of the tomb, looking for Nebby.

Then she began to blink repeatedly. "Whoooa...I'm feeling funny again..." She began to stumble about drunkenly. "Nebby, where are...How'd I end up all the way out in the ocean...?"

Nebby's curiousity was satisfied, and he was ready to go back to the bag...But he noticed Lillie was acting weird.

"Pew?" Nebby tilted his head and looked at Lillie weirdly. His eyes widened when he saw that Lillie was in danger!

Lillie was about to fall towards a spike pit! Nebbie flew towards his trainer as fast as she could to save her!

He tackled Lillie from behind, sending her flying clean over the spike pit. Nebby sighed in relief...Only to realize he was standing over the spike pit himself!

As Lillie stepped out into the desert, finally leaving the tomb, Nebby fell into the pit of spikes.

Nebbie whimpered in pain as the spikes drilled holes into his body. It REALLY hurt!

The Cosmog climbed out of the pit, his body now looking like a round piece of cheese. He pouted down at the spikes before looking over to see Lillie was at the top of a sand dune, looking dangerously close to sliding off!

"Pew! Pew!" Nebbie called out for his trainer not to fall towards the dune.

However, she didn't appear to notice him. And so Nebby was forced to leap into action. He charged towards her as fast as he could to try and tackle her away from the dune...

Only for her to step out of the way at the last moment. "Whoa...Is that a...a sea monster...?" She mumbled.

After Lillie sidestepped him, Nebby was sent sliding facefirst down the sand dune. Nebby fell down to the sand dune and slammed into it at full force, becoming buried in it.

"Oooh, Nebby's playing in the sand..." Lillie slurred as a mound began to grow from the pile of sand down below.

"Pew." Nebbie grumbled as he rose from the sand, just in time to see his trainer trying to fight a Tyranitar!

"I'll show you, you ugly rock!" Lillie's words slurred, being the perfect example of a drunk fighter.

"P-PEW!" Nebby called out to Lillie in a panic before dashing towards her..

The Tyranitar looked at the blonde human in disinterest. She was annoying, but easily dealt with. The large Pokemon made to swat her away...

Only for a small ball-like Pokemon to leap in front of her and take the impact for her, sending it flying around like a pinball.

Nebby eventually came to a stop...After landing directly on top of a cactus.

"Pew! Pew!" Nebby cried out in pain from the pointy needles piercing his body. Nebby jumped up so high, he landed on the sand, leaving a good impression of his body.

After several long moments, an exhausted Nebby climbed out of the hole, whimpering in pain from his little misadventures. The Cosmog pouted before noticing his trainer was in danger once more, this time annoying a Sandslash!

"Slash! Sandslash!" The Pokemon was threatening the trainer to stay away from him.

"Come here little beach ball!" Lillie said in drug induced manner.

"Slash!" Sandslash said indignantly. He was not a beach ball, darn it!

"I'm gonna hit ya and score me a goal..." Lillie slurred. Her words caused the Sandslash to perceive her as a threat.

"PEEEEEEW!" Nebby was once again forced to jump in front of his trainer to protect her from an angry Pokemon.

SLICE!

Nebby took the blow at full force. Upon being sliced, his entire body fell apart into little paper-like ribbons, causing him to blink brightly.

Lillie wandered off once more, looking at the weird looking tree nearby, not knowing it was the Flygon from earlier...

The little Cosmog blinked rapidly in reaction to his current state before letting out an annoyed "Pew!" Nebby's pieces floated up before morphing back together perfectly intact. Nebby looked for Lillie...

"AAAAHHHH! Attack on Huge Green bug things!" Lillie shrieked, annoying the Flygon.

He wasn't a bug! He was a dragon!

Nebby saw Lillie dealing with the Flygon and rushed forward. However, all that happened was that both of them got caught. The Flygon took off into the air with them, intending on throwing them away.

At this point, Lillie had snapped out of her loopy state, and was looking around wildly. "Wh-What?! What happened?!"

"Peeeew!"

"Nebby?!" Lillie called out.

And then Flygon dropped them to the sandy ground far below. A whistling sound effect was heard as the fell...

SLAM!

Lillie was buried in the sand with her butt sticking out.

She let out a soft groan...And then Nebby landed on top of her rump and bounced off, landing in the sand next to her with the top half of his body buried. And then a large, cartoonish bump slowly began to form on Lillie's rear end.

After what seemed like hours of struggling, Lillie pulled herself out of the sand and glared at the trapped Nebby. Lillie sighed, pulling Nebby out of the sand.

She held up the Cosmog and gave him a glare. However, Nebby was also annoyed at her for acting all funny earlier, and so he glared right back.

"I am so mad at you, Mister!" Lillie yelled for the all trouble he was causing her.

"Pew! Pew!" Nebbie yelled, equally mad at his trainer's antics.

The two of them spent about five minutes yelling at one another for their wandering. Eventually, the two began a minor scuffle involving Lillie slapping forward lightly with her hands, and Nebby doing the same with the antennae-like protrusions on his head.

Eventually the two gave up as both of them were tired from the heat and from their injuries.

"Nebby...I'm so tired." Lillie panted. Nebby was doing the same.

"Peeew..." Nebby said as he got inside the bag.

"We...Have to get out of here..." Lillie picked up the bag and began to walk.

And luck was finally on her side, as she managed to find a real oasis!

"Water!" Lillie cheered running to the Oasis as fast as she could. She happily drank the water in big gulps, savouring the taste of it.

Nebby popped up and drank some too. Soon enough, the two of them were resting under the tree after a long, hard day...