She panted, heavy gasps of breath racking her slender body. She had been chased for a long time now, the effort put forth into the pursuit had been staggering. The sky was black with the bodies of Murkrow and the Honchkrow that supervised them, behind her the sounds of baying and yapping as Houndoom and Mightyena followed her scent. Further behind them were the sounds of the men, and the horrible creatures that obeyed them. The loud roars and shrill shrieks as savage Pokemon were let loose into the forest to hunt her down echoed in her ears. She took a second to rest, leaning against a tree, bright and large eyes blinking rapidly, before setting off again, crashing through the underbrush and making as much haste as her small body could.

Why did they chase her so? Her mind was young and inexperienced, she just didn't understand why this had happened. She had just been playing in a field when suddenly the men in the black uniforms appeared, the red and white balls had grown and flashed, the army of Pokemon had borne down upon her before she fled into the neighboring forest.

She was fit and young, but she had been running a long time, running from creatures bred to fly and pursue. The sky was barred to her, the land was no friendlier, and she was getting tired. She needed to think of something.

A thick grouping of bushes provided cover as she ducked behind them and concentrated, she would need a disguise, and she had the ability to do so. A moment later she jumped out again and resumed running, newly disguised to the best of her abilities.

The girl burst through a thick wall of bush and flower and almost fell off the cliff, catching herself a moment before she tumbled off. The drop was long, and ended abruptly in a swiftly flowing river that plunged off a waterfall before tumbling into rapids later. A narrow path alongside the river promised of an escape route, but she would have to climb down.

Her heart raced as the sounds of the pursuers grew closer, she could hear the excited cries of the flying Pokemon above as they circled overhead in search of her. No time to hesitate. She stooped down and lowered her body off the edge, feeble fingers clawing for handholds as she tried to climb down the cliff in a manner she was unskilled and unsuited to. Sure enough, a few feet down, her hand slipped and she found herself falling, and before she could do anything something hard slammed against the back of her head, sending bright lights in front of her eyes before blackness encompassed everything and she was lost, the body plunging into the river below and being swept off and away. She had escaped her pursuers, but at what cost?