He was led dejectedly into his cell. He sat down and stared at Officer 
Jenny, the shock

of his defeat from that battle still fresh in his mind. "I'll be back when 
an the representative arrives in

two hours." She said as she locked him in. She turned to the Growlithe that 
was next to

her. "Growlithe. Make sure he stays in there. If he exhibits any unusual 
behavior, come get

me." "Growlithe." The Pokemon replied and sat down in front of the bars. 
With that, Officer Jenny

walked out of sight and down the hall. Bart waited some time before 
speaking. "I think it started in

childhood. I had a terrible temper as a kid and...was never able to get rid 
of it." The Growlithe lifted

his head at the sound of his voice. "Growlithe?" Bart continued. "I was able 
to suppress some of

it, but I guess that didn't help. I went into Pokemon Training with that 
same temper. Come to

think of it, I think I should have waited until I could control my temper. 
My starter pokemon was a

fire type, a Houndour. Now I realize that the type I chose was a symbolism 
of myself and my

temper. But I only had three fire types." He looked at the Growlithe and 
chuckled. "Did you know

that four of my former pokemon ran away? Two of them broke their pokeballs, 
I broke one

and the last one stole its own pokeball and ran away. The first was my 
Houndour, my starter

Pokemon!" He shook his head. "At least I had caught several others with it. 
A Bayleef that evolved

into a Meganium who ran away with my Houndour. The Meganium was the one who

broke the balls. I also had a Nidoking, Graveler and a Rhydon at the time."
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"Alright guys! Come on out and enjoy your breakfast while you still can!" 
He announced

as he released his Pokemon. His Pokemon ate their food silently, as they had 
done since he had

caught them. His Houndour and Meganium exchanged looks, nodded and the 
Meganium

walked in Bart's direction and stepped on the Houndour's pokeball and its 
own. They then ran into

the forest as fast as they could. Bart stood up quickly. "HEY! Get back 
here!"
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"After that I took my anger out on my Nidoking, yelling at it, berating it, 
sometimes

even throwing rocks at it because it wouldn't listen to me. I was very 
careful about my temper in

front of others. But one day I lost my temper at that Nidoking in front of a 
lot of people."

The Growlithe looked at him warily before lying down in front of the cell.
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"Alright, Nidoking. Let's try that attack again."  The pokemon had been 
practicing its

attacks with Bart in a public park, along with many other trainers. Bart's 
Nidoking had listened to him

previously but this time it just stepped back and shook its head. Bart 
started yelling

and calling it names. After a while he felt a tap on his shoulder. He 
whirled around angrily. "What?!"

It was that town's Officer Jenny. She explained that he had been working his 
pokemon too hard

without a break and his fit of yelling wasn't doing any good either. She 
then confiscated his

Nidoking. Just before she returned his Nidoking to its Pokeball, he saw that 
it was sticking its tongue

out at him. He took a menacing step toward them. "Why you little..." He 
trailed off as Officer

Jenny turned to him. "Were you talking to me?" He shook his head. "No, it 
was sticking its tongue

out at me!" "I'm sure it had a good reason." She replied as she walked away.
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"With my Graveler and Rhydon I caught a Ninjask, a Lickitung, a Gengar and 
a Clefairy."

At the mention of Clefairy the Growlithe had raised its head and glared at 
Bart. Bart scowled at

it. "What's your problem?" He then went back to narrating. "I got tired of 
my Graveler and Rhydon

disobeying me so I tried to get rid of them. I took them to this nice 
looking place and left them

there. Turns out I left them at a Pokemon Preserve." Bart rolled his eyes 
and continued. "After I

dumped those two I caught a Furret and a Kecleon. After that my Ninjask was 
confiscated after I

got mad at this trainer. He was saying that I was a bad trainer. Me! A bad 
trainer! So I had my

Ninjask attack him. He deserved it anyway. After my Ninjask was confiscated 
I caught a Vileplume.

One day I noticed that my Lickitung, Gengar and Clefairy weren't doing well, 
so I took them to a

Pokemon Center. The Nurse Joy there accused me of starving them! Okay, so I 
occasionally forgot

to feed them. I didn't do it on purpose!" Bart paused and then continued. "I 
somehow knew that

she was going to call the Officer Jenny of that town. By that time I was on 
this list of trainers who

were unfit to train Pokemon. I found out that my childhood friend was on the 
list. His name is

Damien. Anyway, I left those three at the Pokemon Center and ran away with 
my Furret and

Kecleon. Officer Jenny almost caught me on my way out, but I told her my 
name was Jack and she

let me go." Bart shook his head. "I can't believe I was caught this time. 
Anyway, after I left my

Lickitung, Gengar and Clefairy at the Pokemon Center, I caught a Vileplume, 
an Eevee, a Kirlia that

evolved into a Gardevoir and a Gyarados. My Furret and Kecleon wouldn't 
listen to me, so I just gave

them to the next trainer I saw. Soon after that, My Vileplume ran away. I 
accidently broke its

pokeball and it took off." Bart looked at the Growlithe. "That Eevee I 
mentioned?:
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"Why won't you evolve?!" He growled at the small brown pokemon a few feet

away. "Here, Let's try a water stone!" He then threw it at the Eevee, hoping 
that it would land on

its head. The Eevee dodged at the last second. "Eevee! Eevee!" It shouted. 
"If you talked to

it in a more gentle manner, it might listen to you." A voice from behind 
admonished. "Or perhaps a

more gentle trainer?" Bart turned and saw a small girl in pigtails. He 
rolled his eyes and tossed the

Pokeball at her. "Here, its yours now." Bart then walked away. When he was 
about twenty feet

away he looked back in time to see his former Eevee evolve into an Espeon.
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"Did you know that my Gardevoir wouldn't even come near me? It would always 
stand

outside of arms length! The day that it ran away I also caught a Magcargo, 
Charmander and Elekid.

The Gardevoir ran away when I fell into a hole!"
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"Okay. Gardevoir that was pretty good. I caught three pokemon!" He looked 
back to

see Gardevoir at least ten feet away from him, taking a step when he took a 
step. He turned

completely around and started walking backwards. "What's the matter 
Gardevoir? You don't trust

me?" He taunted. The Gardevoir looked at him and then looked by his feet. It 
then looked back at

him with a smug expression. Bart then tripped and fell into a hole. 
"Gardevoir! Help! I think I twisted

my ankle!" He called out. It peered over the hole curiously. "Come on 
Gardevoir! Help me out of this

hole!" The Pokemon smiled and shook its head. "Fine be that way!" He then 
pulled out the

Pokemon's pokeball and pointed it to the Gardevoir, who yanked it away with 
one of its

psychic attacks. It then held the ball in its hand and shook it teasingly. 
"Gardevoir!" It said

triumphantly and left. Bart then collapsed back on the ground and shook his 
head. "Now what?"
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"After that I let my Gyarados out to get some exercise. It blasted me with 
Hydro Pump,

so naturally I started yelling and throwing things at it. It then created a 
tidal wave and somehow

disappeared! Can you imagine anything more embarrassing than that?" He asked 
the bored

Growlithe.  The Growlithe lifted its head as someone approached. 
"Growlithe?" The Growlithe asked

semi-hopefully. "No, the representative isn't here yet. You'll have to stand 
guard for a while longer.

Sorry." Officer Jenny replied. The Growlithe huffed and laid its head back 
down reproachfully. Officer

Jenny then left the way she had come. "Now where was I? Of course! After my 
Gyarados ran away

I caught what I later found out to be my last three pokemon: A Pichu, 
Treecko and Poliwag. Of

course, after I caught that Poliwag, my dumb Magcargo ran away! All I did 
was kick it a bit." He

added reasonably. After that my Charmander decided to use flamethrower in my 
face every time I

called it out, so I got rid of it by giving it away." He then sat in silence 
for a minute before

continuing. "The Elekid I had refused to evolve when I tried to make it. I 
got so mad at it, I tried

throwing it off a ten story building. That plan failed and it was 
confiscated. That Pichu kept shocking

me every time I tried to go anywhere near it. I got fed up and tossed a bag 
over it, and threw it in

a nearby river. It was then found by one of those actors." He then scowled. 
"That Treecko." He

started scornfully. "Was nothing but a waste of time. It wouldn't defend 
itself against anything, it

was easily frightened, it had a sensitive stomach and worse of all...it 
acted like a little kid!" He looked

at the Growlithe, who was staring at the ceiling. "I did what any trainer 
would do. I tied it to a tree

and left it there to toughen it up and see if it could get itself loose. I 
came back a few days later to

find the Treecko gone, the rope cut in half and a map left behind!" He 
shrugged. "So I did what

any trainer would do. I tracked the little brat who stole my Pokemon to get 
it back. I found the city

that they would be in soon and painted some of the mushrooms a different 
color, hoping that the

Treecko would get sick. Making the Treecko sick would have made the job of 
stealing it back a

whole lot easier." Bart rolled his eyes. "Unfortunately, that didn't work, 
so with my last pokemon I

decided to confront the brat who stole that worthless pokemon and take it 
from her after

the play was over."
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Flashback
Bart carefully studied the program for the play. He had previously learned 
that his

Treecko's abductor's name was Courtney. But what he was just finding out was 
that she had all

electric types except for his Treecko and an Eevee. He crumpled up the paper 
and set

out to find her. He found her, his Treecko and his Pichu in front of a 
quaint, little ice cream shop

battling some kid trainer. The Treecko was the first one to notice him. He 
panicked and grabbed

the attention of the brat who stole him. She challenged him to a battle so 
he sent out

his only pokemon. The Poliwag. She then surprised him by having that runt of 
a Treecko to battle

his Poliwag.  He lost the battle when the Treecko fired a thunderbolt that 
immediately ended the

battle. She got the Poliwag and he won a free trip to jail.
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"That's how I ended up here." He finished. He then noticed that the 
Growlithe was

looking desperately down the hall. He soon heard the clicking of shoes and a 
minute later Officer

Jenny and some guy was standing in front of him. "Bart. This is the 
representative from the Trainers

Who Abuse Pokemon program. He's here to help you." Bart spread his arms wide 
in mock defeat. "I

suppose I could use all the help I can get." He replied stonily. Officer 
Jenny unlocked his cell and he

followed the representative down the hall.


That's the end of that story! :)