The morning sun streamed into Dawn's window. She opened her eyes, glanced at the clock (9 o clock) and settled down under the duvet to go back to sleep.

As she did so, Dawn caught sight of something out of her window; a shadow crossing the sun.

"What the-?" Dawn muttered to herself, pushing herself out of bed, and crossing to the window.

She peered out and saw a purple tail vanish behind a rose bush in the neat and pretty garden of the owner of the bed and breakfast. Dawn rubbed her eyes and blinked down to where the tail was swishing to and fro like a metronome.

"I better tell Ash," Dawn said to herself. She turned around. And screamed.

When Ash heard Dawn's scream, he jumped out of bed and charged down the hallway. He wrenched open her door and saw her cowering against the wall. An Umbreon was advancing on her, teeth bared. It was hard to make out the shape of the Pokemon in the sunlight, but Ash could see the faint outline of the raised back and snarling teeth.

"Dawn!" Ash cried. "Pikachu! Go!"

Pikachu, which had been enjoying a nap on Ash's deserted bed, leapt from it and charged down the hall.

"Thunderbolt!" Ash cried, and Dawn closed her eyes as she and the Umbreon were shocked with powerful rays of crackling electricity. The Umbreon crumpled briefly and jumped from the room, but Dawn's eyes closed and she slid down the wall to lie on the floor.

"Dawn!" Ash said, kneeling down beside her and lifting her chin. Her head lolled and she opened one eye.

"Ow," she muttered.

"Dawn! You're alright," Ash said, getting up hastily as Dawn heaved herself upright. "I'm sorry, I didn't know what else to do!"

"Idiot," Dawn sniffed. "What was that?!"

"An Umbreon," Ash said, musingly. "I wonder why it attacked you? Pokemon never attack people."

"No," Dawn agreed. "They don't..."

She crossed to the window; the lilac tail had vanished.

"What's up?" Ash asked, as Dawn slapped her forehead with her palm.

"It's just so confusing!" Dawn exclaimed. "Why should I see..." she gestured to the window, "a Pokemon's tail from my window, and then get attacked by one!"

"I don't know!" Ash exclaimed, slightly taken-aback from her outburst. "But, seriously, Dawn. What did the tail look like?"

Dawn racked her brains. "It was lilac," she recounted. "It had two forks at the end."

Ash thought too, the both of them submerged in silence. Ash got out his Poke Dex and scrolled down the electronic list of Pokemon pictures. "Espeon," he said.

"Oh," Dawn said, thinking of an Espeon. "Yes, that's right."

"And you were attacked by an Umbreon? Someone has an Eevee fetish," Ash remarked. Dawn laughed.

"Yeah," she agreed. "So, what do we do?"

"I say the sooner we get out of this place the better," Ash said, suddenly serious.

"Why?" Dawn asked, bewildered.

"Because there's someone watching us from the garden."