Disclaimer: Only Jill and the situation are mine. All pokemon names are, of course trademarked… Nintendo? Yes, that's right, and eventually Satoshi Tajiri's. I apologise to everyone for the awful way Mewtwo has been depicted. My head hangs in shame, and I beg forgiveness for that sin. But then, I wrote this a while ago, when I was slightly younger, and slightly less adept at writing. *Nods* Enjoy the show.

Somewhere, deep in a rainforest, much unexplored, a girl sat, waiting. She looked about twelve, but something in the confident way she sat implied an age far beyond her years. She wore a faint, small, expectant smile, and sat patiently for a few hours, before her smile widened and she turned slowly, standing as she did so. Mew floated in the air, and looked her over curiously, before turning upside down, smiling brightly.

"Meeeew!"

The girl laughed, and a small sphere appeared between them. Mew floated closer to it, turning the right way up, mouth a small 'o' of inquisitiveness. The girl smiled, and the sphere suddenly grew larger, making the pattern on it and the 'M' shape more visible. Mew jumped backwards in surprise, then put his head on one side and stared at the girl. "Mew?" All of a sudden, the ball shot forward, hit Mew, and bounced back, snapping open as Mew turned into a red silhouette and was then sucked inside the sphere. The ball snapped shut and dropped to the ground, where it rocked from side to side. The girl chewed her bottom lip, and then swiftly scooped up the ball the moment it stopped rocking. She pressed a button and it opened again, sending Mew out into the real world again. The pink feline stretched out and glanced sharply left, then to its right, as if to ask where the walls had gone. The girl laughed, and scratched Mew behind its ear. The psychic kitten like creature closed its eyes and smiled.

"Meeeew…"

The girl laughed.  Want to come with me? She asked psychically.

Mew smiled, replying straight to her mind. Sure. Why not? Is it as though I have a choice, anyway? You did happen to catch me. May I ask how?

The girl tossed the ball in the air and caught it. "Master Ball." She said. "Never fails."

Mew smiled and floated nearer. Where do you want to go now, my fair lady?

The girl curtsied, eyes dancing. "Take a guess, my liege." Mew smiled broadly and both disappeared.

Somewhere right in the heart of the forest, a place that humans had no idea existed, where even the wild pokémon rarely ventured if they could help it, a human girl and Mew appeared. The girl smiled, and turned around, to see something that managed to surprise her slightly. It looked something like an Aztec or an Incan temple. The girl glanced at her Mew.

"He lives here?"

Mew nodded. The girl grinned and walked forwards, Mew floating behind her. The huge doors were locked, but they flew open with a bang when the girl neared them. She laughed and strolled inside, heading straight for the large main room, where the occupant of the temple waited in curiosity. The girl bowed with a flourish as she neared him, and he replied with a nod. She smiled as Mew floated in and waited beside her. Mewtwo raised an eyebrow.

"I did wonder who could throw open my doors with such force." The girl laughed.

"Oh, Mew only brought me here, bless his sweet little heart." Mew, even though already pink, somehow managed to create the impression of an embarrassed blush.

The girl continued. "I opened the doors." Mewtwo looked surprised, and floated closer to inspect the girl, who waited patiently, still wearing her smile.

Mewtwo nodded. "Strong. Very, very strong. I have not seen the like of it in a human before."

The girl's smile grew slightly. "Oh good! Then all my training hasn't been wasted!" With a sudden flick of her arm, another Master Ball rocketed towards Mewtwo, hit his instinctive shield, and bounced back. Mewtwo laughed, but it quickly turned into a cry of surprise as he turned to a red silhouette and then disappeared into the ball. The moment the ball hit the ground, the girl dived forwards and seized it, holding it tight in her hands until it stopped rocking, and the button on the front turned white instead of red. Immediately, she pressed the button, sending Mewtwo out, with a look of shock on his face. Mew started giggling. The girl bowed, then laughed and hugged Mewtwo, turning and then hugging Mew as well.

Mewtwo managed a faintly surprised smile. "I take it I'm in for some travelling now? Pray tell me the name of the trainer who dares try – and succeed, nonetheless – to catch me."

The girl smiled. "I've met Mew before, briefly, but you can both call me Jill, for want of a better name."

Mewtwo nodded as Mew spun in mid air, smiling happily. "Back into Johto then, trainer Jill?"

Jill smiled. "Indeed, my Mewtwo."

The trio appeared in Blackthorn City, just outside the Ice Path. Jill smiled, and pointed at Blackthorn. "Pretty isn't it? And it's a nice day too. Hardly a cloud in the sky."

Mewtwo glanced up at the sky, as if noticing it for the first time. He looked back down at Jill, a thoughtful expression on his face. "You're not exactly from Johto, are you Jill?" The girl paused, then shook her head and Mewtwo continued. "Nor Kanto either?"

Jill laughed. "What gave me away, as if I need ask?"

Mewtwo smiled slightly. "Your observations. You point out things that those who live here have grown used to. Besides that, I'm psychic, remember?"

Jill grinned. "Anything else you would like to know?"

Mewtwo nodded slowly. "Tell me. Where do you really come from?"

Jill paused. "I'll tell you, although Mew here already knows some of it. All I ask is that you believe my story, because it is true."

Mewtwo nodded his agreement, and Mew smiled and giggled. He liked stories! Jill sat on a rock and began her tale.

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The girl yawned and saved her game, turning off her Gameboy and turning it over with a smile to see a picture of Suicune. Pokémon Crystal at last! She put her Gameboy on her bedside table, and glanced at the clock. She winced when she saw how late it was, then glanced at the little model of Mew and smiled. It was so cute, and it mewed when you put your hand in front of its eyes!  She turned off the light and settled down to go to sleep.

She hadn't been asleep long when her eyes fluttered open. She rolled over to check her clock, and then froze. Her little electronic Mew model was glowing! As she watched it faded, then all went back to the black of night. The numbers on her clock showed up brightly. Past midnight. She stayed awake for a while longer, then sleep overcame her again as she thought that she could do nothing at the moment.

In the morning, the girl ferreted out the box for her Mew and read all the instructions and danger warnings etc. It said nothing about the Mew glowing. The day passed slowly and the girl waited impatiently for night to come.

You cannot hurry time, although the girl certainly tried hard enough, but eventually night rolled around again. The girl examined her Mew model carefully, and found a thin, hairline crack around its ear. She tried to stay awake for as long as she could. She must have fallen asleep though, because she suddenly found her eye open, facing her glowing Mew. She sat up and watched it, only looking away to glance at the clock and see what time it was. Just after midnight. Suddenly, the model split a little apart, and light shot out from the crack. The girl gasped, and then the model glowed so brightly that she closed her eyes for a moment. When she opened them again, the model was not glowing. She turned her light on, and saw two halves of her Mew on her bedside table. She sighed. Something tapped her on the shoulder, and she whirled around, half expecting her mother there, and her mouth already framing the words "I didn't do it!" There was nobody there. She frowned, then turned back to the Mew model and picked the pieces up. She sighed again. Alas, for she would never hear its Mew again! She smiled. It didn't really matter. Besides, she could mimic most of the pokémon from the cartoons anyway. She tried out an experimental mew, then grinned and began to quietly sing the last post, with mews in place of any notes. She paused for a moment, and thought she heard a slight echo to her voice. She laughed quietly and mentally told herself to stop being silly. She thought she felt something tap her on the shoulder again, and turned around, faster than she thought she was able. She caught a glimpse of a pink tail disappearing behind her, and gasped. Her eyes narrowed, and then she finished off the last post, suddenly turning on the last note to catch Mew floating behind her, singing along. It jumped, then smiled brightly as it saw that it had been caught in the act. The girl shook her head in amazement, and when Mew mewed a hello to her, she could only reply with a quavering imitation. A frown crossed onto Mew's pink face.

"Mewmew mew meeeew!" You've done better than that before.

A smile slowly crept onto the girl's face, tugging at the corners of her mouth before she started laughing, almost hysterically. Mew turned upside down, blinking. The girl controlled herself, calming down until she was only fighting laughter.

"Can't be real." She shook her head. "Got to be a dream."

Mew frowned. "Mew?" Why can't I be real?

It floated closer, and the girl reached out a hand. She tickled the pink psychic under its chin. It certainly felt real.

Mew smiled. "Mew mew mewmewmew meeew!" So seeing isn't believing, but touching is?

The girl smiled, and then blinked, and gasped as she floated up. Mew giggled as the girl tried to get back down again.

"Mewmew mew!" Not with the body, with the mind, you fool!

The girl stifled a laugh. "Are you telling me..."

Mew interrupted. "Mewmew! Mew mewmew." Don't try to get down, think of getting down. Then you can ask if you're a psychic.

The girl smiled, then thought hard about dropping back to her bed. Her eyes widened slightly as she saw blue flame curl up around her, and then it was pushed back by pink flame.

"Mew!" Concentrate!

The girl laughed. Use the Force, Luke… She grinned, and did as Mew asked. The blue flame returned, and pushed away the pink flame quite easily, although the pink flames noticeably tried to stay. The girl dropped back to her bed with some force. She blinked a few times.

"Okay, so you let me go then. Now can I ask my questions?"

Mew nodded.

"Okay then. First off. What the heck is a Mew doing in my bedroom? Pokémon isn't real!"

Mew looked so miserable that the girl almost apologised before it replied.

"Mewmewmew! Mew mewmew!" Of course it is! But I came to collect you.

The girl blinked. "You what? Collect me?"

Mew nodded and continued. "Mew mewmewmew meew." You should come to the real world.

The girl smothered a laugh. "This is the real world."

Mew shook its head. "Mewmew – meeew.." My real world – Pokémon.

The girl nodded slowly. "Okay. So why should I go?"

There was a hint of a smile on her face.

"Mew mew." We need you.

The girl raised an eyebrow. "Why do you need me?"

Mew paused. "Mewmew mew. Mew mewmew. Meeeew." You have many pokémon. You are a strong trainer, rarely beaten. You are a powerful psychic – you beat me.

The girl frowned. "I have many pokémon?"

Mew only pointed with its tail, at the Gameboy. She nodded slowly.

"Alright, I see. But you haven't said why you need me yet."

Mew nodded back to her. "Mewmew mew. Mewmew, mewmewmew. Mew mewmewmew." Our world is in danger. We have too few potent pokémon trainers, and not enough of them have the right pokémon. Besides that, you are a stronger psychic than Mewtwo or Celebi or even the Unown.

The girl rubbed her head. "Whatever you say. But I'm beginning to get a headache you know. You're a psychic, so why don't you skip all the Mewing and speak straight to my mind?"

Mew smiled and giggled. If you wish.

The girl nodded. "That's better. But I still find it a little hard to believe your story." Or even that you're really here. She added silently.

Mew sighed in annoyance. "Mew!" It said, just to annoy her, while speaking to her mind.

For someone who has wanted to believe that Pokémon existed for so long, you certainly put up enough of a fight against it! Perhaps I should just return and watch my world die?

The girl shook her head. "Point taken. Quickly then, before I change my mind. 'Collect' me."

A smile slowly broke onto Mew's face, then it waggled its tail, and pink and blue flame engulfed both of them. Light grew brighter and the girl shut her eyes.

When she blinked awake she was on the bottom bed of a bunk bed. She frowned, then stretched and swung her legs round, sitting on the edge of the bed and blinking. She looked around the smallish room she was in, and spotted a pair of trainers underneath a chair and a belt slung over the top. She looked down at herself. She was already wearing day clothes, so she shrugged and went to put the trainers and the belt on. There was a blue jacket on the end of the bed as well, so she picked it up and then walked out of the room.

She walked into a Pokémon Centre. That was all she could say. It looked just like the ones from the cartoon series, where Ash, Misty and Brock or Tracey had stayed overnight. Nurse Joy glanced up from the counter and smiled, coming over to her.

"Your pokémon are all back to their full health. I'll just fetch them for you."

The girl nodded silently, still surprised, as Joy turned and disappeared into a room behind the counter. The girl looked around, taking in everything around the place. All the people, a couple of pokémon out of their pokéballs, trainers laughing as a Psyduck tripped over its feet. A moment later Nurse Joy reappeared, carrying a tray with six pokéballs on it. She held it out to the girl.

"There you go."

The girl smiled. "Thank you." She clipped the pokéballs back onto the belt in their places, and glanced around the room again, then she strolled outside.

The Espeon twitched its forked tail and watched as an Umbreon appeared out of the next pokéball and stretched luxuriously. It trotted around the Espeon and then sat down on the ground to watch as a Pidgeot flapped its wings a few times and then stood back to wait patiently for the others. A Sentret appeared, and immediately used its tail to gain a higher viewpoint, before dropping back down. Their trainer laughed, and tossed out another pokéball. It fell open as it hit the ground, but nothing came out. The trainer frowned, and threw the last pokéball. It did the same. The Espeon glanced at the Umbreon, which glanced back with a look full of puzzlement. The trainer picked up the pokéballs and examined them. They were both black, with an M shape on the front. She sighed, and looked at her pokémon, speaking to them psychically.

Are you up for a trip? I've got some capturing, or should that be recapturing, to do.

The Espeon, Umbreon and Sentret nodded, and she put them back in their pokéballs, and the Pidgeot spread its wings, pausing only a moment for her to leap onto its back before soaring away.

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Jill paused for breath, then smiled. "My Pidgeot flew me to Cianwood City. I realised that was as far as he could take me, so I put him back in his pokéball and then I remembered that I was a psychic, so I could teleport to the middle of the jungle. Then I captured Mew here, and he teleported us to your temple – which, I may say, was very tastefully decorated. Perhaps a little over the top on the Lord of the Jungle theme, hmm?"

Mewtwo smiled. Jill nodded.

"The rest you know. But now it's my turn."

Mewtwo glanced at Mew. "You have a question, trainer Jill?"

She nodded. "But first off, stop calling me trainer Jill. Just Jill will do."

She paused, then pointed at Mew. "You said it. 'You have many pokémon'. That's what you said. And they were all there. All except you two. Because I had you two on my game, and I expected you there when I found all the others there. So why weren't you?"

Mew paused. "Mewmew…"

He caught a look from Jill and stopped. Well, on your game, you had more then one Mewtwo, and more than one of me.

Jill nodded. "I traded Mewtwos across from my old games – Red, Blue and Yellow. My friend cloned Mews and gave them to me, and then I got another one."

Mew nodded. When you came here, it was like the game had to delete all but one of each of them, and it combined them all into one instead. But you had them all in different places, so it didn't know what to do.

Jill realised where this was heading. "So it released you instead."

Mew turned upside down. It was as though you had never had us.

Jill grinned. "But now I do."

Mewtwo laughed. "I didn't understand a word of that, but here I am, ready to serve, as they say."

Jill smiled, and released her other pokémon. "You said your world needed saving?"

To be continued…