[center][h3][color=39b54a]- Peggy Atkinson -[/color][/h3][/center]

[color=f49ac2]“Congratulations to you too, Peggy!”[/color] Melody said as Peggy wandered back to the rest of the group, Sentret's pokeball in hand. [color=f49ac2]“What type of Pokemon is it?”[/color] Peggy was about to reply when Avery spoke up.

[color=f7941d]“Right on! That was awesome!”[/color] he said. Peggy felt her heart swell up with pride. She didn't normally like being the centre of attention, but right now, she was quite enjoying the praise she was receiving. She had finally done something right! She'd finally achieved something on her own!

Well, mostly on her own...

She glanced down at Jasper, who was standing by her side, ready to pet the Houndour to show that she didn't take the dog's hard work lightly and very much appreciated her aid. However, just as she was about to, Jasper let out a low growl, causing Peggy to instinctively pull back, still wary of Pokemon and careful that it wouldn't bite her again.

However, after a minute, Peggy suddenly realised that Jasper wasn't growling at her, but at something else. Something...

... up above.

No sooner had Peggy followed Jasper's line of sight that the thing the Pokemon had been growling at dropped from the trees and right on top of Abigail's head, a green, creepy, spidery thing. 

Abigail screamed.

Now, while not a usually cruel person - heck, her grandma had once said she didn't possess a mean bone in her body - Peggy couldn't help but feel a somewhat spiteful smirk tease at her lips as she watched Abigail try grab for the creature on her face, all the while shrieking, [color=662d91]"Getitoffgetitoffgetitoff!"[/color] Heck, she was freaking out more than Peggy herself had when Sentret had attacked her, and it felt like some kind of divine justice had been served after Abigail had insulted her.

While Peggy was watching with dark amusement as Abigail tried to remove the Spinarak from her face, Jasper was digging her claws into the dirt as she snarled and barked at the Spinarak, though thankfully, she didn't decide to lunge or attack as she had before.

Eventually, after spraying Abigail's face with web, the Spinarak dropped off of Abigail and scurried off into the woods, Abigail soon giving chase. [color=662d91]"Get back here you dumbass bug! I'm gonna feed you to the first Hoothoot I see out here!"[/color] Abigail shrieked after it.

Peggy watched her go, heading deeper into the woods. [color=39b54a]'Good riddance,'[/color] Peggy thought to herself, crossing her arms over her chest. [color=39b54a]'I hope you get lost.'[/color] However, not long after she thought that, Melody and, soon after, Avery and Ryley, went chasing after Abigail, Pokemon in tow, and she suddenly felt guilty for enjoying Abigail's humiliation earlier. Besides Blake and Alex, who were still standing with her, everyone else had gone to help her. 

'Hey, it's not your fault!' a cold voice muttered in Peggy's mind. 'It's not like you threw the Spinarak at her or anything! Anyhow, she deserved it!' But Peggy still couldn't shake off a slight feeling of shame, hugging her arms tightly to her chest as the guilt swirled up within her. 

It was then she noticed that Jasper was no longer by her side.

[color=39b54a]"Huh?"[/color] Peggy glanced frantically around her. [color=39b54a]"J-jasper? Jasper!"[/color] Where had that dog gone off to now? She panicked for a second until she caught a glance of the Houndour's tail retreating into the trees after Abigail and the rest had ran off to. [color=39b54a]"Jasper! Wait, come back!"[/color] Peggy raced after her Pokemon, not even taking a moment to stop and think about how bad of an idea this could be.

Soon, she caught up to the Houndour, who was viscously tearing into a singed and blackened Spinarak that she had pinned beneath her front paws. Surely, that wasn't the same Spinarak Abigail ha been chasing?

It was then Peggy noticed her teammates, the ones who had run off. They were battling not one, not two, not even three... but a whole hoard of Spinarak... and seeming to be doing quite well.

Peggy hovered for a bit, uncertain as to whether she should try and help. They seemed to be doing fairly well without her, and Peggy wasn't sure if wanted to get involved in that chaos. After a moment, she made her decision.

[color=39b54a]"Jasper!"[/color] she called. The Houndour, who had been playfully batting around the Spinarak with her paw for the last minute, looked up at her trainer. [color=39b54a]"Leave it alone. Let's go back to those other two,"[/color] Peggy continued. [color=39b54a]"We're not needed here."[/color] Jasper looked reluctantly down at the Spinarak. Peggy looked at it also, worried for a moment that Jasper might have killed it. Then, Jasper finally swatted to the side with her paw, and the Spinarak, now free from its captor, stopped playing dead and scurried off. Peggy briefly wondered whether she should try and capture it as it was probably weak enough, but decided against it. She already had a Pokemon from the route who she no doubt would have to spend some time training. Besides, she already used up two Pokeballs capturing Sentret, and only had three left. She'd have to save them until they got to a Pokemart. 

Jasper bounded over to Peggy's side, somewhat reluctantly as Peggy could see the urge to fight in the Houndour's eyes. The two then made their way back the way they came and went over to Alex and Blake. Feeling they probably might want to know what happened to the others, she stammered out, [color=39b54a]"T-they're okay. T-they s-should be b-b-back shortly."[/color]