NOTICE: I do not own Pokemon as much as I would like to, or own any of the characters or creatures in this franchise.

CHAPTER 1

POV: Ash

As I walk down the path, I yell to my friends to catch up, as they are walking slower than a slowpoke.

"Cilan, Iris! Hurry you don't want to be late!" I scram as I ran farther ahead, leaving my friends in the dust.

My name is Ash. I am from Pallet Town and have traveled a long time to become a Pokemon Master! It is my dream to be the number 1 trainer in the world and with the help of my friends, I might accomplish my dream!

My friends are Iris; she is a rather eccentric girl with long browny-violety hair as I describe it. Cilan is a Pokemon Connoisseur, but the important part is that he is a great cook. Cilan is also one the first Gym Leaders I ever met in Unova, and I was grateful he decided to join my little quest.

"What a kid." Iris said as she rolled her eyes. Or at least I think she said that, after all she was a long ways behind.

"Don't worry about it Iris, I know something that is guaranteed to make him come crawling back to us." Cilan said with a smile on his face.

I realized that my friends had stopped moving and were doing some far off.

"Hey! What are you guys doing?"

With a small gust of wind blowing, I realized what they were doing.

They were eating.

I sprinted as fast as I could to them trying to get my share of food before they finished it off.

"Huff…huff….Any there for me?" I asked gasping and deeply inhaling as I spoke.

"You might just get a nibble if you slow down and walk with us." Iris said before she took a monstrous bit out of a sandwich.

My mouth was flooded with saliva more so than a Lickilicky. I couldn't bare this any longer.

I ate a sandwich.

"Now you have to stay with us, no running; you're acting like a Blitzle!" Iris exclaimed as she ate.

Then I noticed something I don't know why I didn't notice before

"Hey, where's Pikachu?"

"How should we know Ash?" Iris asked rolling her eyes again. "What a kid."

"Iris is right; after all it is your responsibility to watch over him." Cilan said matter-oh-factly.

Just then we heard cackling and laughter as an enormous shadow covered our eating area.

"Let me guess, Team Rocket? Why am I not surprised?"

"You that right, twerp!" James yelled as though we couldn't already hear them.

"We were going to leave your Pikachu alone but then he stumbled upon our little plan. Now he is ours! Ha!" Jesse screamed before laughing like a maniac.

"I don't want to deal with this right now." I said as I reached for a Pokeball containing my unfezant. "Destroy Team Rocket's balloon Unfezant!" I yelled as I released the bird Pokemon.

Faster than I started, Unfezant completely annihilated the balloon sending Team Rocket down into a near by forest beside the town we were heading to.

"Pikachu!" I yelled as the balloon crashed. I turned to face Iris. "Can I run know?"

"NO! Pikachu always finds his way back to you, what are you so worried about?"

"Iris, I thin you may be taking this deal a little far…" Cilan said with a death wish.

"Oh, don't boss me around! Ash made a deal and he better stop acting like a kid and deal with it! Pikachu is coming just chill down!"

"Ok…can we just get moving to Grandel Town?"

"Yah, yah. We know."

We continued walking down the path, passing a sign that said "Grandel Town – 5 miles"

As we walked the breeze got stronger. I haven't got a clue yet, but I am sure that it being windier all of a sudden was nothing to be concerned about. Besides, I was way too excited about Grandel Town. Rumor has it that the forest contains magical properties. Not that I really care, but they are having a battle competition! The winner takes a big trophy! I really would like that trophy…

POV: Meowth

We crash landed pretty hard in the forest by Grandel Town. Gravity took its prize as we bonked and slammed our heads into plants galore until we hit the forest floor. I was not pleased. We had failed the boss again because of that stupid Pikachu! Why do we always go for the same freaking Pikachu?

"OW! I told you leave the stinkin' Pikachu!" I yelled at Jesse and James.

"Well, he would have told the twerps what we were doing!" Jesse cried in self defense.

"No human can understand Pokemon! Did you forget that I taught myself human speech?"

"None the less, this is James' fault."

"MY FAULT! You grabbed the stupid Pikachu in the first place!"

"NO I didn't…"

"Yes you DID!"

Pikachu suddenly used an electric attack on us.

We were all suddenly shocked by a rather annoyed looking Pikachu. I can honestly tell you, it shut Jesse up!

"Humph."

"Humph"

Suddenly a ruffling came from the bushes. We saw a flash of orange and immediately started running. Even Pikachu followed out of fear, but fell behind and we heard a rather loud cry.

"I think it attacked Pikachu!" Jesse announced.

"We better run to or we're next on the menu!" I yelled as I chased my partners in crime.

We reached the top of what looked like a rather large hill, yet not tall enough to be a mountain. We rested and caught our breath while pondering some questions; what was chasing us?

"I think it was a rare Pokemon! If we caught it and brought it to the boss…" James started.

"It wasn't. I can tell. As a fellow Pokemon I know what legendaries there are. And that was just a Pokemon. We ran for nothing, though I am not sure which Pokemon it is."

"Well what ever it was it definitely did something to Pikachu!" James mentioned as he hyper ventilated.

Shake! SHIKA! SHIKA! Leaves started to ruffle behind us.

"What is that Meowth?" James asked semi-politely.

"How am I supposed to know bucko? I am not psychic!"

An orange Pokemon of about 2 feet tall emerged from the ruffling. I noticed it had a crescent moon on its head.

"Aww…It is just a Teddiursa!" I said relieved.

"Iursa?" It exclaimed.

"Don't worry…we won't hurt yah…" I said attempting to make the sad Teddiursa less…err…sad.

"IURSA!"

"Wow! Chill out, I'm just trying to help!"

Teddiursa growled and tossed me far from Jesse and James. I watched in horror from a distance as I heard the screams of my companions while surrounded by a bright light. I rushed back to the top of the hill.

I stopped. What did that Teddiursa do?