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Chapter One: The Newcomer The sun was setting on the Valley. A cool breeze stirred the tall grass and rustled the leaves of the Tree. The Tree is the center of all life in the Valley. A family of Rattatas, Mother Father and two newborns, scurries into their burrow at the base of the Tree. A young couple of Spearows sits on the top most branches of the Tree watching the sun set over the grassy slopes of the surrounding mountains. Underground, a small colony of Digletts is calming down for the night. The Valley's wise Noctowl, Talon, blinks awake, stretches it's wings and takes off to find some breakfast. As Talon climbed high enough to clear the first peak, the last rays of sunlight illuminate a patch of bright pink. Talon swooped down to investigate. It was a Ditto! A badly injured, almost fainted Ditto. It was inching forward dragging a misshapen bundle wrapped with leaves and vines. Talon landed next to the pitiful pokemon. It didn't even look up when Talon landed. "Please," it wheezed, "just eat me and end my misery." Talon sat there for a second. He then gently picked the Ditto up in his beak and grabbed the Ditto's bundle with his feet and headed back towards the Valley and the Tree. The Ditto went limp about halfway there. Talon touched down just outside the Rattata's burrow. He laid the Ditto's bundle to the side and set the limp pokemon on top of it. "Littlebite! Come quickly! We have a situation!" The father Rattata poked his head out of the burrow. "What is it Talon?" Talon gestured to the limp Ditto at his feet. "Oh my!" Littlebite cried. He turned around and called to his mate "Honey, go get Nurse. Tell her to hurry for once too." Littlebite nudged the Ditto onto one of the Tree's broad leaves and pulled it down into the burrow to wait for Nurse Berry. Now, Nurse Berry is a middle-aged Joie. It is a longstanding rumor in the Valley that she had studied medicine in one of the Blissey tribes that roamed the Plateau to the west. Talon knew otherwise but he never said anything because Nurse Berry was good at what she did. Besides, that rumor gave some of the more skeptical residence of the Valley faith in Nurse Berry's abilities, especially when those stubborn Pillba got sick. Nurse Berry practically flew into Littlebite's burrow. "Where is my poor patient?" she called out. "It's in here," Littlebite answered from around the corner. "And keep your voice down. I just put the little ones to bed." "I'm sorry," Nurse Berry whispered as she walked into the room. "Oh my! How could this have happened?" "I don't know. Talon just dropped it at my door, called me out, and left." "Sometimes I swear that bird is so full of wisdom that he has no room for compassion!" Nurse Berry walked over to where the Ditto was laying. "I'll see what I can do."
Chapter One: The Newcomer The sun was setting on the Valley. A cool breeze stirred the tall grass and rustled the leaves of the Tree. The Tree is the center of all life in the Valley. A family of Rattatas, Mother Father and two newborns, scurries into their burrow at the base of the Tree. A young couple of Spearows sits on the top most branches of the Tree watching the sun set over the grassy slopes of the surrounding mountains. Underground, a small colony of Digletts is calming down for the night. The Valley's wise Noctowl, Talon, blinks awake, stretches it's wings and takes off to find some breakfast. As Talon climbed high enough to clear the first peak, the last rays of sunlight illuminate a patch of bright pink. Talon swooped down to investigate. It was a Ditto! A badly injured, almost fainted Ditto. It was inching forward dragging a misshapen bundle wrapped with leaves and vines. Talon landed next to the pitiful pokemon. It didn't even look up when Talon landed. "Please," it wheezed, "just eat me and end my misery." Talon sat there for a second. He then gently picked the Ditto up in his beak and grabbed the Ditto's bundle with his feet and headed back towards the Valley and the Tree. The Ditto went limp about halfway there. Talon touched down just outside the Rattata's burrow. He laid the Ditto's bundle to the side and set the limp pokemon on top of it. "Littlebite! Come quickly! We have a situation!" The father Rattata poked his head out of the burrow. "What is it Talon?" Talon gestured to the limp Ditto at his feet. "Oh my!" Littlebite cried. He turned around and called to his mate "Honey, go get Nurse. Tell her to hurry for once too." Littlebite nudged the Ditto onto one of the Tree's broad leaves and pulled it down into the burrow to wait for Nurse Berry. Now, Nurse Berry is a middle-aged Joie. It is a longstanding rumor in the Valley that she had studied medicine in one of the Blissey tribes that roamed the Plateau to the west. Talon knew otherwise but he never said anything because Nurse Berry was good at what she did. Besides, that rumor gave some of the more skeptical residence of the Valley faith in Nurse Berry's abilities, especially when those stubborn Pillba got sick. Nurse Berry practically flew into Littlebite's burrow. "Where is my poor patient?" she called out. "It's in here," Littlebite answered from around the corner. "And keep your voice down. I just put the little ones to bed." "I'm sorry," Nurse Berry whispered as she walked into the room. "Oh my! How could this have happened?" "I don't know. Talon just dropped it at my door, called me out, and left." "Sometimes I swear that bird is so full of wisdom that he has no room for compassion!" Nurse Berry walked over to where the Ditto was laying. "I'll see what I can do."