Author's note: Here's chapter 3. I'll probably post the other ones I already have either weekly or bi-weekly from here on out. For those of you that enjoyed the first two here's the third one to essentially set up the beginning of the story. Continue reading and wait for my next chapters. (But I may release them early if i have enough people saying they want it, hahaha) Please Enjoy

Chapter 3

He walked up to the big white house yet again. It is now around 8:45, as Jacob looks down to check his watch. Nope, it's 9:00. He sighs, and starts banging on the door. Leonard answers after maybe the 12th or 13th bang.

"HEY! What do you- oh its Jacob, what are you back for?"

"I'm here to pick up a Hoothoot for a friend."

"You know we aren't allowed to give trainers other peoples pokemon un-"

Knowing what Len will say next, Jacob pulls out the white pokeball. Jacob explained how he ran into a little girl and that it was too dangerous for her to walk all the way here alone. Len says he remembers the girl leaving it here then heading for Vermilion as well. He stop, thinks, and asks,

"If you thought it was dangerous for her to walk alone, why'd you leave her at the campsite?"

Now seeing the flaw in his logic, Jacob pushed aside the question and said "Just let me go get her Hooite and be on my merry way, shall we?"

Len lets him in and they both walk through the gigantic house. It is a center hall Colonial, The main hallway being about 50 feet long with large rooms each to the right and to the left. He passes the living room, play room (for the smaller pokemon), the dining room (also for pokemon), the family's dining room, the kitchen- there standing washing dishes was Alexandra; she could make even a simple task look elegant and beautiful. The way she- Jacob was semi-violently pushed out the back door while he was processing these thoughts. Len continued to push him all the way to what looked like a small barn. It wasn't too shabby but it protected the larger pokemon from the weather that was for sure. Who knows how many pokemon have slept and eaten in that barnhouse. Jacob is pushed to the side of the barn that you can't see from the house, and there was something resembling a small version of the barn. It was bird-pokemon specific. Len crawls into the front hole, and comes popping out of the front with a rather small Hoothoot with a purple bow below its beak. Heidi must've put it there to make Hootie look cute or adorable, but Jacob thought it looked classy instead.

"Hello Hootie."

Hoothoot stared back blankly at him, then jumped out of Len's arms. It continued to stare directly into Jacobs eyes. Maybe it is reading his mind? Whatever the Hoothoot was doing it doesn't matter because as soon as it sees the white ball, the Hoothoot started to skwak.

"Calm down Hootie, i'm here for Heidi. I've come to take you back to her."

At the mention of its owner's name, the Hootie stops skwaking and gleefully flies around Jacob and Len. Jacob called it back into the Premeir ball and it happily went in, knowing that soon it would re-unite with its master. Len starts to giggle.

"What?"

More giggling as Len tries to keep a straight face.

"What's so fu-"

He feels a jolt in both of his sides which makes him jump and squeal at the same time. He quickly turns around to see the perpetrator: it is Alexandra now snickering along with Len. He scowls at both of them, knowing his only weakness and using it to surprise him was somewhat funny, but because Alexandra was the one that did it he wasn't mad long.

"Damn woman! You could've killed me!"

"Yeah, right, I'm just having a little fun! What brings you back here?"

He sighs and reluctantly tells the story of the loud-mouthed little girl forcing him to help her for the time being. Alexandra, concerned, responds with, "If you thought it was dangerous for her to walk alone, why'd you leave her at the campsite?"

"That's what I said!" piped up Len.

"Be quiet Lenny," said Jacob sarcastically. He pushes away the question again. They continued to talk for another 10 or so minutes.

"Well I have to get going, I don't want to leave Heidi alone for too long."

"Ok, well, we'll see you later!" Alexandra said with a smile.

Jacob smiled back, "I'll see you!"

He walked back around the house and made for Route 5 again. He whistles as he walks back to the campsite.

It is now around 10 PM when he finally reaches the campsite. Worn from walking for four straight hours, he makes for the tent. Heidi, in her infinite wisdom, lay smack in the center of the tent with Eevee and the Togepi on either side of her. Jacob takes the black ball from the corner of the tent, Heidi probably threw it there, and returns Alexandra to her ball. He pushes Heidi to the side to make room for himself, then he lays next to her, but with his back turned to her on his side. He remembers something, and gets up. He crawls over to his bag, pulls out Hootie's ball, and gently places it in between Heidi and her Eevee. He smiles at the adorable sight, lays back down, and goes to sleep.

Not much longer later the girl rustles herself awake, and sees the mass next to her. She gasped but then stifled it as quickly as she could seeing that it was only Jacob. She looks around in her half-awake state and notices the white ball the Eevee is cradling. She smiles in joy and looks back to her "big brother". She whispers "Thanks!" and pushes herself up against his back. She slowly falls asleep again.