You wondered why I felt hopeless? This place was why. When my parents told me we were moving, I was slightly upset, sure. I thought it couldn't be that bad though, but I was wrong. In Johto, I was stuck roaming between New Bark Town and Violet City. Here, I was stuck on an island even smaller than that. We had moved to the Sevii Islands, specifically Five Island.

I looked out the window of my new bedroom and sighed, watching the rain fall. We had been here a week already, and I hated it. I felt more trapped than I ever had in my life.

I sadly got out of bed and released Chikorita and Hoothoot from their pokeballs. They tried to cheer me up by cuddling against my leg and running around and whatnot, but it was no good.

"Thanks for trying, guys," I sadly said to them as I walked downstairs to eat breakfast.

"Good morning Melody!" happily exclaimed my mother.

I grumbled.

"Well, the rain is supposed to clear up in about an hour, according to the weather forcast, so why don't you take your pokemon out and explore the island?" my mom suggested. "You have been cooped up in the house all week, and that can't possibly be good for you!"

"Whatever," I sighed as I finished breakfast and walked back upstairs.

I fed Chikorita and Hoothoot and put on my favorite outsfit (A/N: what she wore in the last chapter). After they had eaten, I returned them to their pokeballs and headed out the front door.

The sun had begun to peak through the clouds since the rain had stopped. I walked outside and headed into the main part of town. There wasn't a whole lot there, just a few houses and a Pokemon Center.

I let out a sad sigh and sat down on a park bench, trying to enjoy the sun that was now shining brightly down.

"…and then they built this warehouse down there!" exclaimed a kid walking by to his frined.

"Yeah! A lot of weird people go in and out of there!" said his friend as they both walked by.

"Huh," I said aloud. I wonder who or what built the warehouse they were talking about? I think they said it was in the meadow…"

I looked to the meadow.

I then shrugged.

"well, at the very least, I can explore and see what kinds of pokemon are on this island!"

I released Chikorita and Hoothoot from their pokeballs. "Are you guys ready to go?" I asked them with the most cheerful smile I'd had all week, to which they began enthusiasticsly jumping.

"Great!" I replied. "let's go!"

We began walking in the meadow. It was a very peaceful place. Occasioanlly, I would hear the cry of a wild pokemon, but I didn't see any.

All of a sudden, Chikorita darted off towards a tree.

"Where are you going, Chikorita?" I asked, running after it with hoothoot flapping behind me.

Chikorita had found some honey on the bark of a tree, and was licking it off.

"Of course you found food," I sighed. "You're always eating!"

Just then, a small white pokemon tackeld Chikorita!

"Chikoooo!" he yelled as he fell to the ground.

I held up my pokedex to identify the wild pokemon. It was… a Meowth!

"Hey, that wasn't very nice!" I yelled at the Meowth.

"Meowth!" it snarled, wanting th honey all for itself.

"Chiko… RIII!" yelled Chikorita as it got to it's feet.

"We're going to teach this Meowth some manners!" I yelled. "Chikorita, use razor leaf!"

Chikorita threw a bunch of razor leaves at the Meowth, most of which hit it, injuring it. The Meowth then attacked Chikorita with a Fury Swipes.

"Quick, Chikorita, dodge it!" I yelled urgently. The last hit managed to hit Chikorita, but it avoided the worst of the attack thanks to my quick thinking.

"We're finishing this rude meowth now!" I said. "Hoothoot, use Hypnosis!"

Hoothoot flew in front of the Meowth and hypnotized it with it's eyes, putting it to sleep.

"Meooooooow…" it said as it trailed of and hit the ground snoozing.

"Now, poke ball, go!" I yelled, throwing the ball at the Meowth and catching it.

"I'll deal with you later," I said to the Meowth in the ball as I picked it up. I then returned both Chikorita and Hoothoot.

All of a sudden, I heard some rustling behind me.

"What are you doing here?" asked a man's voice. He sounded kind of angry. "This is no place for kids to play!"

A/N: Sorry it took me so long to update! I got distracted in October because I got Black 2 for my birthday, then, a few weeks ago, my stupid parents grounded me from the computer. Anyway, this has about three more chapters left, and I plan on putting up the first chapter of the main story between now and Saturday. Also, a new chapter of So Far Away, my Buffy the Vampire Slayer story, will be up tonight.