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Summary:

So focused on looking for the stranded pokemon, Arya is blindsided by something ramming into her underbelly.

She is saved from taking a headfirst dive by the tip of her tail, muscle memory letting her correct course and fly up instead. Below, the ocean waters converge into a terrifyingly massive whirlpool. By her scales, this better not be-

She feels the pulse of energy in her antennae before she sees it, narrowly somersaulting over a Dragonbreath. The perpetrator ducks underwater, but she catches the distinctive round snout and thin, flag-like crests.

Arceus above. A Kingdra. It's always a risk when she's out in an ocean storm. Dragonites are their favorite targets to challenge. Another whirlpool forms, errant power from this excited sea dragon, and Arya groans.