Kris: Hi! Hi! Everyone! This is the revised edition!

All: Yay!

Kris: Alrighty then, who shall I pick to do my disclaimer?

May: Why do you have to do it every time?

Ash: It's to make sure no one sues her.

Kris: And I don't want to be sued…at least not right now…

AJ: Getting sued is fun!

Mikey: Um…no…Suing people is fun…not getting sued.

AJ: That too!

Kris: Anyway…I am not the owner of pokémon…so don't sure me!

All: Start the party!

Chapter 1

River

Distressed calls rung throughout the densely covered forest as a young girl lay on the forest floor, unconscious. Three bodies surrounded her, making many attempts to wake only to have them end in vain. One of them, her brother, shed a few tears as he knelt next to her motionless body. A few feet away from him was a good friend of theirs. He stood over the girl with a disturbed expression as another friend of theirs continued to try to wake her up.

"May wake up! Come on!" Ash shouted for one final time to receive no response like before. The eldest of the group, Brock, placed the back of his hand on her forehead to check her temperature only to snatch his hand back because of the heat that was emitting from her forehead.

"Kachu pi…" Pikachu whimpered as it licked her hand.

"May…please wake up…please." Max sobbed. He let his head fall onto her cold shoulder.

"She has a critical fever. There's no time to waste, we have to get her to a hospital. Fast." Brock said in a serious tone. Ash nodded and looked at her paling face once more.

"Just hang in there May." He whispered as he tried to remember how this all happened.

Ash and the gang were on their way to the next town so they could finally have a goodnight's rest for the first time in a long time. The only thing standing in their way was a dangerous looking river with no safe way of getting across. Brock contemplated with himself on how to get the kids on the other side safely.

"Hey Ash, can you call out your Sceptile to cut down one of those trees so we can use it to get across here?" he asked the younger trainer.

"Sure. Sceptile! Come on out!" He shouted, tossing the pokéball in the air.

Once Sceptile had successfully used leaf-blade on one of the trees and had laid it over the river, the only thing left to do was walk across. So they started with Brock in front, Ash next, then Max, and finally May. As they walked along they were about 5 feet away from each other. But as each made it across the tree began to slip off the edge making it harder to get across each time.

"Whoa!" Max shrieked as he stumbled forward, glad that he was already across anyway. But May was the last to cross. As soon as she was halfway across the tree slipped off the edge and began to drift down the raging waters.

"Oh my gosh!" She shrieked as she fell into the water.

"May!" Max shouted as she plunged deep into the liquid.

"Guys we gotta help her." Ash said as he ran down the river. They saw her pop out of the water gasping for air with her hand out stretched.

"Help!" She screamed. Ash bent down and extended his hand out to her.

"Quick, grab my hand!" He shouted. She fumbled wildly in the air trying to grab his hand and managed to grasp it.

"Gotcha! Now help me pull her up guys." He commanded to the males behind him. Everything was going fine until the tree from before came rolling down the river.

"Look out!" Brock was the first to notice as they looked over and saw it coming straight towards May.

"No…" she whispered as she saw the distressed look on his face.

"Come on guys, hurry!" Ash shouted. He looked in May's eyes and saw nothing but pure fear.

"No, Ash don't let go. Please." She cried in fear. As seconds passed, the tree came closer and closer. So close that if they did pull May up soon, she would be crushed. Ash only had one choice.

He let go.

"Ash!" She screamed as she tried to reach for his hand again but the tree impeded her.

"May!" He shouted as he began to run along side the river trying to find her again. But no matter how hard he tried he couldn't find her. "May…I'm sorry." He whispered as he looked at the waters crashing against the shore.

After effortless attempts at dodging rocks, May finally made her way to the shore where she collapsed on the ground from exhaustion. Her breathing was coarse as she lay there trying to pump the well-needed air back into her lungs. Her entire body hurt from falling into the water and being scratched by the many sharp rocks and from being nearly killed by and rampaging tree.

She tried to sit up, but found it very difficult. After many tries she able to stand up and walk slowly towards where she thought her friends might be searching for her. A sharp wind pressed by her, reminding her that she was soak from head to toe and that if she didn't get a dry set of clothes soon things could be looking pretty bad.

"This is h-horrible. I-I don't know where I am and it's starting to get c-cold." She rubbed her arms up and down trying to stay warm but found it hard since they were covered in scratches. As she continued on, her breathing got worse and she began to cough repeatedly. The coughs got to the point where she needed to lean on a tree for support. She knelt down clutching her stomach tightly and continued to cough until she blacked out.

.-.

In another part of the forest, the rest of the group was searching for the girl whom they had lost minutes before. The sound of their voices echoed throughout the area as they continued to look. Ash felt a pain in his chest every time he said her name.

"May! Where are you?" he called out. After a few more minutes of searching, they heard sickening coughing in the distance. They looked at one another and started running towards where it was coming from. Then all of the sudden the coughing just stopped. They continued to run until Pikachu picked up May's scent in the air.

"Pika pi! Kachu pi Pikachu!" he jumped from Ash's shoulder and pointed in a certain direction before sprinting away with them following. As they rounded the next couple of trees, they spotted her body on ground, unmoving.

Ash quickly shook those thoughts from his head and placed the girl on his back and secured her safely.

"I'll take her. Max, where's the closest hospital?" He asked the boy.

"Are you sure Ash?" Brock asked in a concerned tone.

"I'm the only one fastest enough to get her to where she needs to go." He explained with a distant look in his eyes.

"The nearest hospital is too far to walk, but there's a pokémon center not too far from here. Just keep straight and you'll see it." Max said as he continued to stare at his sister on his best friend's back.

"That'll have to do. You guys meet me there later. Don't worry, I'll get her there. Pikachu, you stay with Brock and Max okay buddy?" he said. Pikachu responded with a nod and jumped into Max's arms. "I'm off." With that, he took off running in the direction Max told him.

"Just hang on May. I'll get you there." He said as he rushed through the forest, trying to get to the pokémon center as soon as possible.

"Don't let go…Ash…" he heard a low whisper. His grip on her tightened as his speed increased. All the while he continued to blame himself. But his mood lightened up when he saw the pokémon center just ahead of him. He sprinted the last few yards and stormed through the doors.

"Help! My friend is in critical condition!" He yelled. Nurse Joy came from behind the counter and examined May carefully.

"Go get a stretcher Chansey. This girl needs medical attention, stat!" the Nurse commanded. Ash took a step back and watched the nurse go to work as they pulled May into the emergency room and the red light above the door flashed on. That's when the worry began.

Kris: There's a lot more drama and explanation in there than in the original version.

May: You nearly killed me!

Ash: Yeah!

May: I was talking about you!

Ash: Wha?

Mikey: You're the one who let go.

Ash: But…but…I have a good excuse!!!

AJ: Well you know what dad? Excuses are like booty!!!

Mikey: Yah! Everyone has one and they all stink!!! LMAO!! That's funny.

AJ: Comical genius!!!

Kris: Anyway, stay tuned for the revised chapter two.

All: Review! 4 Sure!