"Drew. Drew!" A teenage girl yelled as she chased the dragonite that was holding the green-haired boy who was fighting to get free. The girl launched every pokemon she had but one look at the dragonite had them forced back into their respected pokeballs. Within seconds, the dragonite were gone, Drew with them. Not even the tiniest speck in the sky was left. Her light brown hair covered her tear-drenched face as she fell to her knees and cried, "Bring him back…" She whispered to herself.

Her eyes looked at the sky, "Bring him back!" Her voice echoed through the bustling town, where all the citizens were completely unaware at that moment what had happened and what was to happen again in the future.

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I was startled awake as my nightmare, my memory, haunted me again as it had for the last six years. I looked at the door and saw a man with long purple hair open the door hesitantly. He was wearing a button up, long-sleeved navy blue shirt and plain navy blue pants, all made of cotton – his pyjamas.

I stared into his worry-filled eyes as he walked over to me. He reached out a hand and placed it on my head, "It's okay, hun, I'm still here. And I'm not going anywhere." He reassured me as best he could. We both knew that there was no way of being 100% sure of that, but I let his promise calm me down and soon I found myself drifting back into a slumber full of nightmares.

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I woke again to the smell of eggs and toast. My eyes slowly opened; red from lack of sleep. I saw the purple haired man standing at my bedside, a smile on his features. I sat up and smiled back, feeling better having him still there.

As if to reassure myself, I rested a hand on his elbow. How many times had I supposedly woken from a dream and put my hand on his elbow only for it to pass through and for his physical image to slowly disperse into nothing? But this time, as many times before, he was really there. This man was something like a father to me - a second father that I had journeyed with since I was ten, which was just over ten years ago. He had lost his lover to the same flying pokemon that had taken my rival and best friend.

I slowly slipped out of bed and began to put on the same façade as I had been for the last six years, "What's for breakfast, Harley?" I asked, pretending as if the memories were only nightmares, although we both knew that wasn't true at all. The man, Harley, smiled at me, "Eggs and Toast. Sorry we ran out of bacon, May."

I smiled and told him I didn't mind and we both went to have breakfast together. We lived in the same town as where Solidad, Harley's lover and my second-mother, had been taken by the dragonite with slightly darker skin. It was a town called Cascade Town, named for its famous waterfalls that almost completely surrounded it. On one side of the town was a cliff-face where two waterfalls fell, one on each side of the town. On the other side was the entrance that had a wooden bridge run over the river. It too had a cliff face with two more waterfalls that fell on each side of the town, but there was a crevasse in the middle that allowed people to come and go as they pleased.

The town was almost completely empty save for a few people. Those few people were very closely knit but they didn't completely trust each other. Most of the people had been taken by flying pokemon that, just like the dragonite, had slightly darkened skin, feathers or fur. Harley and I lived with two girls who were like sisters to one another. One was a researcher that had been researching about the kidnapping incident since it had first started up and her name was Fiya. Her hair was curled and constantly held in a messy ponytail and was red in colour.

The other girl was named Kea and she was different to Fiya. Whilst Fiya avoided fights and helped on the sidelines, Kea was more of a front of the line fighter. She had even fought along-side her pokemon on multiple occasions when it counted most. I had seen the scars that were scattered over her body that had been given by different pokemon. Her hair was light pink in colour and was held in twin buns on the top of head and the remaining hair was tied into loops, similar to the way Nurse Joy had her hair. She also had this tendency to have bangs at the side of her fringe.

As for me, I hadn't changed much in the last ten years. My hair was still the same light brown but it no longer sat in the unusual twin-tails I had. I didn't get rid of my bandana but it spent more time on my wrist than it did in my hair. It was one of the few keepsakes I had from when life was normal, excluding my pokemon.

I held four of my own pokemon and two of Drew's, since his had been dropped when he had been taken away. The four of my own that I had was my Blaziken, Delcatty, Beautifly and Glaceon. And the two pokemon of Drews that I always kept with me was his Flygon and Roserade. Harley, like me, held four of his own pokemon and two of Solidads'. He had his Cacturne, Ariados, Charizard and Banette along with Solidads' Pidgeot and Lapras. I hadn't met all of Fiya's and Kea's pokemon, but I knew Fiya had a Gardevoir that helped around the house and that Kea had a Leafeon and Glaceon that she constantly battled with.

Swallowing the last of my food, I brought the plate to the sink and rinsed it off before placing it in the sink for Gardevoir to take care of later. I looked out the window and into the almost completely abandoned town. The sight was scary almost. Cascade Town was a beautiful area with houses to match. It used to have Beautifly and Butterfree flutter around the town constantly, through the cherry blossom trees and drinking from the clean water. However, since the kidnapping incident had hit the town almost four years ago, no stray pokemon had entered the area.

It was then that I noticed something strange. I looked in shock and horror as a human girl with beautifly wings flew from the sky and landed in a flower garden that Kea still took care of. The girl sniffed at the flower before walking over to another one.

I shakily took a step towards the window when a boy with four extra legs that looked scarily like an Ariados' came down with a dragonite holding it. The boy silently shot out a string shot attack from two fangs that were implanted on his cheeks and caught the girl. The string shot held strongly as the boy took the girl out of view.

Not even thinking, I ran into the room where Fiya did her research, knowing that I shouldn't go in there. Slamming the door open, I couldn't even get the words out before Fiya spoke, "That wasn't the first sight of something like that May. Looking at all the cameras around the Hoenn region, I've noticed some pretty strange things. Things like humans having Muk and Grimer qualities and some with Arcanine qualities etc."

Kea scoffed, "I wouldn't mind some Arcanine qualities." She murmured, mainly to herself. Fiya shot her a look, "I'm pretty sure you would mind that a lot." She corrected. Kea held her hands up in defence before looking at me. She raised an eyebrow, "Are you alright, May?" She asked as if there was nothing wrong with what had just happened. As if what had just happened was now accepted as the norm.

That almost angered me and I was about to yell at Kea when Fiya spoke up, "Six years!" She groaned, "Six years and I haven't even got the slightest clue to where these guys are coming and going from." Kea sighed, "Calm down Fiya and keep trying. You'll find it, I know you will. It has to be a town we didn't know existed, or doesn't have any security." She suggested, trying to be optimistic. I don't know what caused the thought, but I suddenly spoke up, "Have you checked the sky?"

Both girls looked at me in surprise. Fiya looked at me in complete shock, "That is impossible!" Kea however was considering the idea to my disbelief. Even I couldn't believe what I had just suggested. Kea then looked at Fiya, "Wrong, the thought would be improbable." Fiya shot her a lock, "Are you kidding me? There's no logic in that whatsoever!" Kea slammed her fist on the bench, causing Harley to get a sneak peek behind me, "There's no logic in humans having pokemon qualities, yet that's what we've been seeing for the last three years!" She yelled.

Fiya shrivelled at the sudden accusation and I couldn't help but feel sorry for the researcher. She was logical; I had known that from the moment I'd met her. She hated taking the illogical answer, but we all knew that Kea was right now. She merely nodded her head and I could see she was fighting the tears. Kea could too and she was instantly apologising for getting angry. Fiya shook her head and turned back to her computer.

I hesitantly took a step forward and continued when I received no looks. Harley was right behind me. I looked at the large computer screen and saw the cameras were being hacked all over the Hoenn region. Kea suddenly pointed at one camera screen, "Look, a kidnapping. And it's close by." She pointed out. Fiya nodded, a single tear flowing down her cheek. She plucked a pokeball from her waist and shot it out the window. A skarmory formed and sat there.

Kea smirked and skilfully pulled two pokeballs from a strap around her thighs and threw them out the window after Skarmory. I looked out to see a Salamence and an Articuno to my disbelief. Harley followed their example and released Solidad's Pidgeot along with his own Charizard. I looked at Drew's pokeball that held Flygon before releasing it after them.

Fiya pulled herself away from the computer and climbed on to her Skarmory, slightly clumsily. Kea jumped out from the window sill and slid on the back of her Salamence. Harley helped me out and I stood onto Drew's flygon who seemed to smile at me. I smiled back weakly. We were finally going to do something I realised as Harley hopped on his Charizard.

Articuno and Pidgeot launched first followed by the other pokemon that we were riding. I held on tightly to Flygon who didn't seem to mind. Fiya lead everyone eventually as she knew exactly where they were going. Kea lagged at the back to protect our behinds just in case. Pidgeot and Articuno were flying beside Fiya, just in case something happened there. And of course, Harley and I were protecting the flanks. Eventually we arrived at the location of the kidnapping. I felt sick to my stomach as we could only watch as the people were taken by the dragonite. Fiya waited patiently for them to be in sight, but not in range. Kea scoffed and launched first with her Articuno. Fiya sighed and gestured me and Harley onwards and she would be protecting the back.

Kea called out to us suddenly, "There is nowhere to hide. If you are attacked, fight with all your heart." She called as she focused on the dragonite that were still barely in sight. That's when we noticed the land in the sky. I had been right. There really was a land in the sky, powered by unknown sources. And that was also when we noticed the heavy artillery that was surrounding the land. Everyone but Kea took in a deep breath as we approached the range of the artillery.

Gatling guns began shooting at Kea as she was farthest ahead, and she gestured at us to keep back a distance. I watched in slight horror as Kea jumped from Salamence and onto Articuno, returning Salamence as she was in the air as to dodge the bullets in the air, then doing the same onto Salamence, releasing the pokemon in a safe spot and jumping to him, returning to Articuno. She was a blur as she repeated the process over and over until finally they were behind the guns.

Lucky for us, the people that lived here weren't around otherwise Kea wouldn't have stood a chance. Soon we got the signal and Fiya lead us as we approached the land. I couldn't help but notice the looks Fiya gave the land – curious looks. I stifled laughter as we landed. All the pokemon were returned and land pokemon were released. Harley released Ariados, I released Blaziken, Kea released both Leafeon and Glaceon and Fiya released Houndoom.

I looked at the grass that was slightly darker than normal grass. In fact, the whole place reeked of darkness. Everywhere I looked, it looked unusually dark. It was like they were producing an aura of pure evil. Fiya took a sample of the grass and a rose that was the same colour as blood.

We all sneakily headed towards a building that looked like a laboratory. Kea lead and Fiya lagged behind as she took samples.

"Watchout." I turned around and looked at Harley. He just gave me a confused look. I then looked at Fiya who was plucking a darkened daisy. I looked at Kea, even though the sound had come from behind, and found she too was distracted. I then turned my gaze towards the sky and gulped, "We have company." I told them. To that Harley looked up along with Kea. Kea released Articuno and hopped on, flying towards the numerous dragonite that had noticed us. Fiya released Gardevoir at that, "Gardevoir, use light shield." She commanded.

Gardevoir followed the command majestically and I watched as Kea alone fought the three dragonite. She had managed to get one down before Articuno took a hit that had it paralysed. I watched in horror as both Kea and Articuno began plummeting. I then noticed Salamences pokeball on the ground and my eyes grew in size. I escaped the light shield and released Flygon, flying up to Kea.

Kea slammed painfully onto Flygon. The dragon-type pokemon fell a bit before regaining its flight. The dragonite began launching attacks at us. Flygon dodged and launched counter attacks as I held an unconscious Kea.

A launch of a hyperbeam towards Flygon caused our lucky streak to die as it scratched along the side of it. Flygon screeched in pain. Then the alarms began sounding. I looked in all directions as people began emerging from buildings. Harley and Fiya quickly reacted by leaving the spot they were in and headed to the air. Fiya threw Salamence's pokeball towards me just as Kea slowly woke up.

I then noticed the numerous amounts of pokemon flying towards us. My breathing stopped.

That's when I noticed a person in the crowds of people. Someone who had clothes matching to a ralts and possibly even features that was close related.

"Max!"

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Well, there we have it. I hope you enjoyed the first chapter of this fanfic. This is my first attempt at a first person fanfic, but I'm quite proud of it.

Until next time ;)