Episode 3: A Sappy Ending

                                    

                                          
Mew and her friends continue to travel to the Violet City gym where Mew hopes to compete for her first Johto League badge. As of now, they're strolling through a beautiful and leafy forest. Suddenly, they come across dead and dried up trees.
"Hey, that's weird. The whole forest is green, except for those trees there." Mew says.
"I agree," Tomo says.
"Yeah. They don't have a single leaf left on their branches," Misty says.
"The trees don't look burned, and it's not fall yet, so it's too early for the leaves to drop off," Brock says.
"Pikachu," (That is strange.) Pikachu says.
Meloetta sadly says, "Lotta," (Poor trees.)
Suddenly, the Pokemon senses something.
"What's out there guys?" Mew asks.
Brock notices something ahead, "Guys, look over there!"
Everyone turns to where Brock is pointing too.
"What are they?" Misty asks.
"They're big," Jen says.
"And blue," Tomo says.
"And buggy," Mew adds.
The group looks ahead to see multiple Pokemon are eating tree sap in front of the trees. The Pokemon are bipedal, stag beetle-like Pokémon covered in a blue exoskeleton. There is a long, pronged horn on its forehead. The horn ends in a cross on males and a heart-shape on females. On either side of the horn is a short antenna with a spherical tip. It has oval, yellow eyes. Its forearms have a pair of spikes near the wrists, while its thighs have a single spike each. It has two claws on its hands, and a single long claw on each foot. There is a single pair of wings covered by elytra.
"That's a lot of Bug Pokemon in one tree," Misty says.
"Yeah. There's so many," Jen says.
"Those are Heracross," Mew says, and takes out her Pokedex.
Dexter says, "Heracross, the Single Horn Pokémon. A Bug and Fighting Type. Though gentle and docile, Heracross possesses great strength and power. Their favorite food is the fresh sap of leafy trees."
"It looks like we've arrived in the middle of their lunch," Tomo says.
"Yeah. It's best if we leave them alone. I sure don't like to bother them, plus Herocross are part of an ecosystem," Mew says.
Suddenly, they hear someone say, "You are correct, miss."
The group turns to see a grown man approaching them. He's wearing an orange bodysuit, with white gloves, a white shirt underneath, a pith helmet, and a backpack on his back. He also has brown hair and a beard.
"If you try to capture the Heracross, you might be responsible for causing more harm to this forest than you know," The man says.
"Who are you?" Jen asks.
Then the man introduces himself, "My name is Woodruff. I'm a ranger for the Forest and Wildlife Bureau."
"My name's Mew," Mew says.
"And mine's Brock," Brock says.
And my name's Misty," Misty says.
"I'm Tomo," Tomo says.
"And I'm Jen," Jen says.
"Well, I imagine that you are all experienced trainers," Woodruff says.
"Right," Mew says.