Okay... I am officially the worst publisher ever.

I'm super sorry I haven't published anything. I want to get a Warriors AU One-Shot up by Friday or Saturday, but until then I have this. I'll try to do something for ATTWT someday, and I might post Heartless sometime this month.

Also a note: I'm an amateur when it comes to Pokémon, so if I get something wrong, please let me know!

Thanks!

The corridor echoed my footsteps as I walked through it. The sound did absolutely nothing to cover the fact I was there.

Come on... please stop making noise...

I pressed my body against a wall to allow myself to peek around the corner. No one was there, so I slipped across the edge and attempted to be quieter than before. It didn't work.

They'll find me if I keep this up.

I stopped and pulled out my pokéballs to see what I had to work with. Maybe I could ride one…

Snivy's too small, Mudkip's too lazy, Luxio hates being touched… so that leaves Freya. Alright, she would work nicely.

Putting all the pokéballs back but my ultra, I threw out my beautiful Ninetales, and tried not to flinch at the crack of the ball hitting stone. Freya's luxurious creamy-orange fur was soft as I grabbed her mane.

"Alright girl," I whispered softly to the fox hybrid as I adjusted myself comfortably on her back, "let's do this quickly and quietly. Quickly and quietly…"

She gave a small nod of understandment, and trotted through the dim-lit cave. Her paws made little sound, which was an upgrade to me and and clopmy tennis shoes. However, it didn't stop the threat.

It didn't take long before I found a few tufts of light-yellow and black fur, as well as paw prints leading away from where I was.

Meowth...

I gripped Freya's fur fighter and whispered to her again, "We have to go faster,"

But it was already too late.

"Prepare for trouble!"

"And make it double!"

A woman with long, vibrant pink hair stepped out, along with a man with a young rose, whom had spiky light purple hair. Each wore a white top with a giant 'R' in the middle, and had white bottom halves. The girl had black stockings on, and also spoke first with great ferocity.

"To protect the world from devastation!" The man spoke next, and the two started alternating lines.

"To unite all peoples within our nation!" His voice was more smooth, but still had a malicious tone to it.

"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"

"To extend our reach to the stars above!"

"Jessie!" The pink haired woman introduced herself, and so did the male.

"James!"

"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now, or prepare to fight!"

"MEOWTH!"

Without surprise, the trouble-making Pokémon that no doubt left the tracks jumped up in front of the two to finish the motto, "That's right!"

"Freya, lets go!" Knowing my command, the Ninetales shot off fast, but in doing so knocked me off her back and onto the ground. I snagged her pokéball from my bag.

"Ninetales!" I shouted and stood, pointing the face of the ball at her as she ran, "Return!" A beam of light flashed, and Freya was back in the palm of my hand.

"Hand it over,"

My amber eyes widened as I turned towards James' voice. He knew that I had a rare Pokémon, know even if he didn't know beforehand because I was stupid enough to say Freya's species instead of her name.

I can play this two ways... act dumb or run...

She I bit my lip as I spoke softly, but tried to be loud to seem brave, "N-never! I would never g-give her up to you!"

"Wellth, we'd outta taketh from you then!" The Meowth spoke with a choppy language. Then again, it was better than constantly hearing him say his name like any other Pokémon.

I placed Freya in my bag before running off, hoping to lose them, but I tripped and most of my pokéballs went flying out of my shoulder-sling bag.

Shoot!

I looked behind myself to see an empty hall, so I crawled around to grab my team at the least.

Great, Normal, Normal... each time I grabbed one, I looked inside to make sure it was my team.

Luxio, Snivy, Mudkip... where's Freya?

I reached to grab other pokéballs as I desperately searched for my only ultra ball.

Come on Freya... we don't have time for hide and seek right now!

I quickly did a double check on the inside of my bag, and noted myself to be an idiot.

She was still in there.

Great, that's a lot of time lost.

I had every other fallen pokéball tucked into the shoulder-sling and- after placing my Ninetales on top of the pile so I would remember that she was there- stood. In doing so, I felt a sharp pain on my leg and noticed a gash just below me knee. I must've hit a sharp rock with my fall or something similar to that scenario.

Ignore it for now; you need to get out of here first.

So I started running again. The cave seemed to go on forever, but I finally got to the end.

Which just so happened to be an open cliff that lead straight to a surely painful death.

I stood on the edge for a minute before I was able to hear footsteps behind me. I didn't have a choice but to jump and hope for the best.

I can grab a sturdy branch on my way down, and hopefully that will stop me from falling any farther.

I turned to see the shadows of Jessie and James, and as well as Meowth's.

Oh good God give me strength.

I took a comforting breath in before I jumped down into the forest of doom.

In doing so, Freya slipped from my bag, and I left her behind forever.

Hope you all enjoy!

Also, it is totally my fault that there are two different fonts...

(Still working on an outro!)

- Fire