Well that was a dramatic cliff hanger if you ask me. So, will Owen lose his Pokemon to two mysterious guys? Or will Owen fight them off? That's for me to know and you to find out by reading this chapter. Let's goooo!

"Zubat, Wing attack!" Owen closed his eyes and braced for the attack. He was knocked down by a viscious Wing attack, and got up, ready to defend his Pokemon (which were in their Pokeball's.) "Again," the man whispered. SMACK! Owen opened his eyes to see that Zubat had fainted against a tree. The two men looked around furiously, hoping they could find an answer as to why Zubat fainted.

"Hez hit them with a Water Gun!" a voice commanded. The two men smacked against the tree, that Zubat was laying against. Owen was soaked by the Water Gun. His grey sweatpants were covered in water and his favorite blue t-shirt was now a dark navy. The two men were drenched too. Their black jump suits, were well... black, but the big red "R's" on their shirts were distorted.

"Team Rocket will be watching you!" the bigger man screamed. He and his companion ran away before Owen could react.

"Hello?" he asked. There was no answer. "Um... I'd like to thank you for saving me and my Pokemon back there." The bushes slowly began to move and out of the bushes came a girl and a strange looking Pokemon. It was blue, stood on all fours, had orange-crown shaped objects on its cheeks, and it had a big straight fin on its head. The girl was moderately tan, she had long black hair, and blue eyes. She also had a baby blue tank top on underneath a black vest, teal shorts that were down to her knees, a pair of running sneakers, and on her left foot she had a blue sock, and on her right, an orange sock.

"Uhh... no problem," she replied in a wavering voice.

"I'm Owen Plateau, nice to meet you." The girl looked around frantically.

"My name is Fate Candice Flores," she replied, still looking around.

"Nice meeting you," Owen waved as he began to walk away.

"WAIT!" she screeched. Owen began rubbing his ears as he turned back to see the girl and her Pokemon running towards him. "I'm kinda lost too," she admitted while staring at the ground. Picking up on the hint Owen asked,

"Do you want to come with me?" he asked.

"Yes please." the two continued on for another hour or so until they were to tired to keep walking.

"Charmander come out and help light this wood," Owen told the fire lizard. Charmander happily obliged and lit the pile of wood with his tail.

"So is that your starting Pokemon?" Fate asked, trying to make conversation.

"Yeah, he's almost always out of his Pokeball. What about you? What kind of Pokemon is that?"

"This here is my starting Pokemon, Mudkip, who I call Hez. My parents gave him to me two weeks ago."

"That's when I got Charmander from Professor Oak! Wait, what region are you from?" Owen asked.

"I'm from Hoenn, my parents and I lived on a ranch," she exclaimed.

"Sounds awesome, are you here in Kanto for the Indigo League?" Owen asked, now very interested in the conversation they were having.

"I'm not sure what I want to do. I guess that's why I'm traveling around."

"Well I'm going to hit the hay," Owen concluded. "Goodnight."

"Goodnight," Fate replied. She stayed up all night looking around the forest, wide-eyed. With every sound she heard, her neck would snap like a whip towards the direction, from which the sound came.

"Owen... Owen get up... OWEN!" Owen shot up from his deep sleep and eyed the girl, that had just screamed his name. It was early morning and the sun, burnt Owen's eyes and pale skin.

"What?" he asked sourly.

"I healed up your Pokemon for you," Fate said while pointing at Charmander and Nidoran who were playing with Hez (Mudkip.) Owen thanked the girl, and proceeded to put on a new undershirt, a pair of pants, and his favorite blue shirt. "So where are we headed to?"

"What do you mean?"

"Where are we going?" she countered.

"I'm going to Pewter city."

"Great! Let's go!" she cheered.

"I'm going alone," Owen stated coldly.

"Hey, if you don't remember correctly, I saved you last night! Without me, you wouldn't have your Pokemon with you right now." She had a point, without her and Hez showing up Owen would've been a goner.

"Fine, you can come with me," he said, obliging reluctantly.

"Oh thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!" So the two continued onward towards Pewter city.