A/N: I'm going to rewrite the first few chapters of this fanfiction, because of all the grammar mistakes and lack of detail. If you've already read them, then don't worry; the plot won't change. I'm just going to add some details to make them better. And if you're new, I hope you like my first pokemon fanfiction! Speaking will be in "…" and thinking will be in '…'

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon; the real owners are probably out doing important business in Japan or something.

Chapter 1

The plan wasn't difficult; come to Sinnoh and start a new journey. Maybe even meet a few new friends. Sounds simple, right? For most people it would be, but not for poor Emi Hana. First, she had been flying over the mass continent with her Swellow, and skipped out on a day's worth of sleep.

Next she decided to stop and rest inside Eterna Forest. Then, being the blonde she is, Emi let out all her pokemon and wandered around through the forest until they got lost. And if that wasn't bad enough, she became exhausted and ending up falling asleep. Not exactly the best start for a pokemon trainer.

In the heart of Eterna Forest, six pokemon busied themselves while their trainer slept. A Skitty was meowing happily as a smaller then average Bulbasaur chased her around. The earlier said Swellow was digging around through the dirt looking for bugs to eat. There was a small river flittering by, which was occupied by a Vaporeon.

A Gardevoir sat at the base of a large oak tree, watching the other pokemon with silent content. On her lap was a pink backpack. And last, but certainly not least, an Arbok was sleeping peacefully. His tail was coiled up, wrapped around a sleeping red haired girl. Emi had been asleep for the past two hours, and Gardevoir decided it was time to awake.

"Swellow, if you'd be so kind…" Gardevoir said, nodding at Arbok and Emi.

"Wake up sleepy heads." Swellow teased as he gently poked both of them in the head with his beak.

"I'm up, up I say!" Arbok hissed sleepily. Emi still didn't stir.

"I need backup!" Swellow called out, enjoying this game.

"I'm on it!" Vaporeon used her tail to splash cold water at the sleeping girl. The water fell short by a few feet, but it was enough.

"Alright, I'm up…" Emi yawned as she stood up to stretch.

'Nice to see you're still alive. Though the sand is so thick around your eyes I don't know how you can see.' Gardevoir commented. Emi smiled at the thought; she and Gardevoir had become so close that they could speak telepathically. Though she knew the psychic pokemon was only joking, Emi rubbed her sky blue eyes.

"Hey, where's the little ones?" Emi asked, looking around for Skitty and Bulbasaur. They were still small, almost equivalent to a baby. "

Here we are Miss Emi!" Skitty yelled out as she and Bulbasaur appeared from behind a thick rose bush. Emi let out a cheerful laugh; her pokemon always seemed to forget that she couldn't understand them. She took her backpack from Gardevoir and slid it over her shoulders.

"I guess I slept for a long time, didn't I?" Emi sighed, looking up at the sky. They had landed in Eterna Forest in the afternoon, but now the sun was hanging low in the sky.

"Let me see if I can find us a way out of here." Emi sat down on the earthy ground and pulled out a map. She held it out in front of her, trying to read it in the dim light.

"Cyndaquil, attack with Ember!" A deep voice shouted. Several things happened at once. Her pokemon broke off into pairs. Skitty climbed onto Arbok's head and he slithered off to the side. Bulbasaur hopped up on Swellow's back and the bird pokemon took to the sky. Gardevoir pulled Emi out of harm's way, and Vaporeon shot out a stream of water against the fire. Fortunately the water attack prevailed, and everyone got out of the way. But, with every triumph there is a loss.

Emi watched as a flame caught the corner of the forgotten map and the entire paper went up in flames. Vaporeon put that out as well. Now the attention was focused on an approaching trio. They all wore the same baggy black shirts with matching cargo pants. The middleman was smirking; he had a look of authority mixed with self-confidence. If Emi had to make a guess, she'd say he was about twenty years old. Flanking his sides stood two slightly older men, maybe twenty-two. Standing in front of the cocky blond haired leader was a Cyndaquil.

"Sorry about the map, next time I'll make sure it hits the pokemon. My name is Zak, and I'm the leader of the Sinaps." Zak introduced, sounding very un-sorry like.

"Sinapples?" Emi repeated, obviously confused. The sandy haired man on Zak's left growled.

"Sinaps. Get it right! You're going to hear it a lot after our plans are put into action."

"Jake, shut up! We weren't supposed to say anything about that!" The other flanking man said, eyeing Zak with fear. The one named Jake rolled his hazel eyes.

"Connor, you're such a suck up!" he muttered. Connor's purple eyes narrowed as he glared at Jake. He brushed his black-almost-blue hair back and muttered something inaudible.

"Why you little-!" Jake's hands curled into fists.

"Shut up you two!" Zak snarled, his blue eyes icy cold.

"We have more important things to worry about. Now, go get her other pokemon." Jake and Connor pulled out a pokeball and sent the tiny red ball flying. A Sandshrew and Zubat appeared, and Cyndaquil let out a noise of joy.

"Now we're really going to have some fun!" The fire pokemon laughed at Vaporeon and Gardevoir. Zubat took off after Swellow and Bulbasaur, and Sandshrew followed after Arbok and Skitty. Jake and Connor ran after their pokemon.

'Gardevoir, you need to help them!' Emi thought frantically.

'I won't leave you Miss Emi!' Gardevoir refused, moving to stand protectively in front of the girl. Emi had to peer over Gardevoir's shoulder to see.

"Now, Cyndaquil, let's finish this. Use Ember again." Zak seemed perfectly at ease, as if there was no doubt in his mind that he would win. Cyndaquil did as told and let out a blast of fire. The fire on its back went out.

"Dodge it Vaporeon! Then use bite!" Emi instructed. Vaporeon easily evaded the attack and ran at Cyndaquil. She opened her mouth wide and bit down on the fire pokemon's back. With a smirk Zak nodded his head. Cyndaquil saw the sign and suddenly its back burst into flame. Vaporeon stumbled backwards, the inside of her mouth blackened.

"Now, Fire Spin!" Zak gleefully ordered. Cyndaquil jumped into the air and started twirling. When the fire was good and strong it tackled into Vaporeon, causing the water pokemon to smack into a tree. She remained limp, and Emi had no choice but to return the injured pokemon.

"You did good, Vaporeon." Emi whispered, anger spreading through her veins like a wildfire.

"Jake, Connor, hurry up!" Zak complained. Emi gasped and turned around to watch the other battles. Arbok thrashed his tail at Sandshrew, but it dug into the ground to avoid getting hit.

"Watch out Arbok! It could be anywhere!" Emi yelled. Arbok hissed angrily and waited. "Arbok, I'm scared!" Skitty whined with a shiver. The snake pokemon relaxed a bit.

"Don't worry, I've got this under control." The ground started to shake and Sandshrew jumped up behind Arbok. Skitty turned around and, to try and help, let out a burst of electricity. Sandshrew landed on the ground as if nothing had happened.

"Skitty, Shock Wave won't do any good against a ground type!" Emi moaned.

"Arbok, use Poison Sting!" Sandshrew jumped backwards as rows and rows of purple needles shot out of Arbok's mouth.

"Nice work Sandshrew!" Jake cheered.

"Now give that kitten a good old Scratch!" Sandshrew's hand came thrashing down and, instead of hitting Skitty, sliced Arbok's head. He fell forward and winced. Sandshrew whipped its tail at Skitty and hit her repeatedly until she too fell down to the ground.

"Come back!" Emi shouted, pulling out the required pokeballs. Jake glared at Emi, obviously displeased that the fun had to be cut short.

"Bulba!" the grass pokemon shrieked. Emi turned and saw Zubat flying in circles around Swellow. Bulbasaur's vines couldn't reach the bat, and Swellow seemed to be getting tired.

"Looking good Zubat!" Connor said.

"Say, why don't we show this little girl some teamwork?" Zak suggested. Emi didn't know what they were going to do, but she could already feel the horror of having to watch.

"Zubat, Supersonic attack!" Connor commanded. Zubat took aim and let out a high pitched sound. The attack hit, and Swellow staggered.

"My head is spinning Swellow!" Bulbasaur gasped, shaking his head in confusion. Swellow couldn't reply, because his head was also rotating.

"Sandshrew, throw Cyndaquil up into the air!" Jake ordered. Cyndaquil jumped into Sandshrew's arms, and the next moment was sent flying through the air. Zubat caught hold of the fire pokemon. Now it was Zak's turn. Emi knew what was going to happen, and though she wanted to look away her eyes were glued to the scene.

"Flamethrower, now." Zak mandated. Cyndaquil took a deep breath and unleashed its most powerful attack. Swellow and Bulbasaur never stood a chance. The fire engulfed them, and Swellow crashed into the ground. Emi couldn't bear to look, so she quickly put the pokemon back in their pokeballs. Now the Sinaps turned their attention on Emi.

"Now, if you'd be so kind as to hand those weak pokemon over, we'll be on our way." Zak shoved his hands in his pockets.

"You know Boss, that Gardevoir looks powerful enough. Maybe we should snag it and get out of here." Connor suggested. Emi was very tempted to let loose a long stream of violent language, but Gardevoir shook her head.

'We need to get out of here, Miss Emi. I'll protect us.' Gardevoir closed her eyes, and a purplish pink energy surrounded her.

"Crap, it's using Teleport!" Jake pointed out the obvious. Zak was about to say something, but Emi and Gardevoir were gone. It only seemed to last a moment, but Emi looked up to find themselves in front of Eterna's Pokemon Center. Emi bolted through the doors and saw Nurse Joy behind a counter.

"Welcome, how may I help you?" The pink haired doctor asked politely. Emi explained what happened and handed over her pokeballs.

"You may sit over there," Nurse Joy pointed to a cluster of couches and chairs.

"I'll report back soon." Chansy, Nurse Joy's trusted partner, motioned for the nurse to follow. They walked back through a pair of double swinging doors and into the emergency room. Emi curled up on a couch and buried her face in her knees. Gardevoir sat beside her and put an arm around Emi's shoulders.

'I'm sure everything will be fine.' She said, hoping and failing to cheer Emi up.

"I hope so…" Emi whispered back.

A/N: Well, I have to say I like this version so much more then the older one. Let me know what you think!