-Courtney's POV-

Oh yes... I remember that night so clearly... the moon was glowing... now I think of it I realise It was glowing eerily and the forest appeared still...no still Isn't the word... I think the word should be spooked, just waiting for something to happen... what was I doing? I had been drawing a flower... closing Its petals to the moon... then a blue, red and yellow blur rushed past. Blinking I watched as It passed and faded into the dark then resumed my drawing, but when I finished the drawing a flareon with mostly black fur, red tail and chest with dark brown dots on Its black fur and a black cap on top of its head and a neck tie with big red R's on them as It dashed in the direction the blur had taken, flanked by 3 houndours with the same red R's on a bag on there backs, as soon as they left my vision I hastily shoved my sketch pad into my backpack and dashed after them wishing that my flareon Cookie was here to help me chase after them.

Suddenly the tree's had started to thin out without me realising but I knew where I was, I'd been here before to draw, I was at the celebi shrine. I froze and listened as a scream echoed around the trees nearby. When I recovered from the freeze I dodged around the shrine to find the 3 houndours attacking a human girl who from the looks of it seemed to be around my age facing the way I had came where the houndours had there backs to me and I realised she was holding something yellow to her chest as if protecting It, without stalling I rapidly grabbed a pokeball off my belt and threw It, sending out Zipzapp my raichu.

"Zipzapp!" I called out "use your hyper-spin!" He glanced at me then nodded as he lept up and planted his tail into the ground, instinctively the girl slowly backed behind me as zipzapp started to turn opening his mouth wide as he did so, watching the confused looks on the houndours faces I couldn't help myself from laughing when they yelped as Zipzapp released his hyper beam and turned towards the three of them In turn, making sure not to turn to me and the girl as I glanced over to her and smiled, she nodded softly and I knew it was her way of saying thanks and I nodded back then turned to Zipzapp who had finished hyper beaming and the houndours were still... but not knocked out... If I knew they wasn't knocked out then the girl might still be alive today... anyway I returned Zipzapp and turned to the girl who was slowly walking towards me suspiciously till she was close enough to talk to me then I smiled kindly "Hi! I know this Isn't the best of ways to meet but... I'm Courtney and you are?" I asked offering her my hand

"Oh I'm Holly..." she started shifting her hand to hold the yellow thing so she could shake my hand."and this little lump of yellowness is Court!" she grinned as Court turned her head to face me.

"But she's..." I paused unable to continue,

"A celebi... I know" Holly sighed Court flew upwards and landed on her head. "She's also the only Pokemon with me right now... due to the fact that if I brought anything else they would most likely end up In danger... me and Court are in plenty of danger as it is..." Court nodded fiercely glaring over to the 3 houndours and suddenly her eyes widened with shock.

"Holly look out!" she shrieked as Holly span and got hit In the face wIth a ember making sure that none of the flames could get Court... me being weird i just blinked.

"I've got to help..." I muttered "good thing I just captured and slightly trained this one..." I threw another pokeball to send out a shiny ponyta. "Into the flames quick Flare!" I yelled as Holly turned to me.

"Why are you sending your ponyta into the flames? She'll get killed!" I just shook my head and grinned as the flames started to get absorbed by flare "Ah... flash fire..." I grinned once again and nodded.

"Don't you just LOVE Pokemon abilities?" I muttered as all of the flames where absorbed "Holly... you might wanna duck... and Flare use that new move we practiced!" Flare nodded then lept into the air while Holly hid and gasped.

"But that's..." She started

"Yea I know bounce... I cant believe we managed to learn It considering shes only level 21*" the flareon blinked watching as Flare landed on It, causing it to yelp.

"Hey get off me Flare!" the flareon sweat dropped glancing over to me as I blinked thinking the voice sounded slightly familiar then the flareon continued "Yeah I only know the name of your ponyta because you keep calling her name out!" that caused me to blink for a second in thought but i then shrugged.

"well that might be true but... how the heck did you know her gender?" I pointed out as Flare blinked halfway though sniffing the flareon and then rubbing her head against the flareons fur as the flareon sweat dropped again.

"Ok Flare stop that please... and I can just tell that shes a girl... im psychic like that. and my names Cleo and not anythIng else!" Cleo grinned "And my friends are about to wake up!" She giggled as the three houndours stumbled to there feet sleepily,

"Damnit i should have known they would be that sneaky..." I cursed under my breath "They just had to use rest didn't they?" I watched Flare confused as she continued to nuzzle Cleo "Thats odd... she only ever does that to Cookie..."

"Maybe Its because we're the same Pokemon!" she shouted then gasped worriedly.

"What the hell do you mean?" Holly blinked

"Courtney... I think me and Court should get out of here... befor- Welp!" I swiftly turned to see all three houndours grin evilly and bite down on Holly's arm and i knew what they planned to do to her here whilst she cried out "Court quick return to your ball!" She pulled a yellow, blue, purple and dark red pokeball out of her pocket which Court disappeared Into looking distraught "Courtney... look after... Court for me!" she suddenly fell to the floor and the houndour's block my view as the pokeball rolled over to my feet, I picked It up whilst keeping my eyes on Cleo as she laughed.

"Well.. now she's going to sleep soundly with the fishies... Its time for you to join her too... unless you hand over that celebi!" Cleo claimed smiling a soft sinister smile.

"You shall never get your hands on her! Flare lets go!" Flare glanced at Cleo as If trying to make her follow as she lept down next to me so i could and did rapidly scramble onto her back "Use quick attack to help get us away from here!" Flare nodded slowly and dashed forwards I could hear Cleo snarling viciously while we escaped as I thought out loud to no one in particular "Wait... what did she mean by ''we're the same the same pokemon''?" i sighed and glanced backwards from time to time to make sure we wasn't being followed.

* yeah I did my research, ponyta's learn bounce when they reach level 42 not twenty one