Apparently I need to do this. I do not own Pokémon in any way, shape, or form. I only own My OC's and the plot. Read & Review!

"...hey you... wa...up."

Wind swirled and breezed around her, gently brushing through her once again dirty fur.

"Hey...wake..."

She drifted slowly, teasingly, on the brink of consciousness, only for it to be abruptly ripped away from her. Sounds like something i know pretty well...

"..."

And was that the sun glaring down on her body, creating a feeling so foreign she almost didn't recognize it?

"WAKE UP!"

With a small surprised yelp, she lurched to her feet- paws, she reminded herself- and the tiniest, most unnoticeable black flame flickered around her body for a split second. "Finally!" When she turned to confront the voice, maybe even start a round of twenty questions to find out exactly what the hell had happened (her own memories after the injection were quite muddled), and if she was really truly free, she came face to face with a... whose that Pokémon? "I was beginning to think you were dead, and that this was a complete suicide mission with no reward."

He was about three feet high, the average height for a quadruped like himself. His lower pass were dark brown, and his legs, torso and head were a tannish color, like light sand. His ears were elongated and seemed to be made of bright emerald green leaves, similar to his tail, and smaller leaves seemed to curl out of his body in random spots; like his legs, chest, and neck. A brown strap on bag was strapped to his midsection. She stared directly into his chocolate brown almond shaped eyes, at a complete loss of words.

She couldn't believe it. He looked so different than what she was used to. But his eyes, they were so... Light. Humorous. Affectionate. He seemed like the kind of Pokémon to put others before himself. He reminded her of her big brother, just a little. Speaking of, maybe, if she really was free, she might've been able to find him again. Who knew? He wasn't exactly easy to overlook, if you catch my drift.

She realized the strange Pokémon was staring at her. "Er... what?" He facepawed. "I said; how do you feel?" What a strange question to ask a complete stranger, she thought. But nevertheless, she answered, hesitantly, that she was fine. And then she asked, "If you don't mind me asking... what are you?"

He seemed surprised, as if everybody was supposed to know that answer. But still, he introduced himself. "I, my dearest, am Leif Vernes. I'm a leafeon. But I would simply love to know- what the hell are you?" He began circling the now nervous female. "I mean, Shift said that you're an... experiment?" She flinched at the word, thrown so carelessly at her, as if she harbored no fear towards her previous position as a lab rat.

She opened her mouth to defend herself, to insist she didn't have to explain anything, but no words came out. Leif, noticing this, flashed his pearly whites in a highly disarming grin.

"Don't worry about it, doll. I was just being an ass." Then, he sat down and reached his head back to flip open his side bag. He then pulled out a bunch of colorful berry fruits, ones that she recognized from her childhood. She could name the Pecha, Oran, and Sitrus berries after a bit of thinking. The others were a bit more foreign. Then, as she was lost in thought trying to remember, the strangest thing happened. Without warning, a light flashed before her eyes, and she was forced into a sudden darkness.

"N-now, sweetie. Everything's just fine, we're not out to hurt y-you..."

"Leave us alone, you psycho Pokémon!"

"I-I'm so so-sorry, I really am! Please don't-"

"...think about it, you probably don't know what these are. Right?" She snapped out of her dark haze, staring at the leafeon holding out the berries to her, with a baffled look on her face, she was sure.

"Uh... I recognize the blue one, the pink one, and the yellow one. What are the others?"

"Cheri, nanab, and leichi. Try one. You'll love it."

She hesitantly took a leichi berry into her mouth, chewing slowly. Her eyes lit up with a sudden joy, and she completely devoured the rest of the berries. She blushed beet red at Leifs amused smirk and let her eyes wander elsewhere as she ate.

"What? I've never had anything like this before..."

"Well, you could have all that and more. All you need to do is come with me, if you want to live."