Here's Chapter Six :)

Chapter Six: Time To Adapt

"I don't understand how is he here?" Kurt asked once again, even though he knew neither Finn nor Santana could answer.

"Maybe he got caught in that weird storm and bright light thingy that brought us here?" Finn suggested.

"Possibly, but how did that light thing bring Blaine of all people here?" Kurt asked.

"Maybe all of Lima got hit, and everyone in town is spread all across the Pokemon world." Finn thought.

"Who would have the power to do that?" Kurt pondered.

"I dunno, aliens maybe? Or the government?" Finn wondered.

"That or Coach Sylvester's finally come up with a genius way to get rid of all the Glee Clubs in Ohio." Santana pointed out.

"I have to go see him." Kurt said getting ready to get up from his seat but Santana pulled him back down.

"You can't talk to him now, he's in the middle of his appeal, and doing pretty good by the looks of it." Santana said watching the scene.

"Great job Beautifly," Blaine shouted as Beautifly flew around the stadium. "Now spin around and use Gust!" Beautifly then started using Gust, and started creating a Tornado around itself. "Stun Spore!" Suddenly the tornado turned into a bright yellow as the Stun Spore faded into the wind.

"That looks cool." Finn stated as he watched it.

"Now Sleep Powder!" Blaine called out, and just like the move before, the Tornado filled up with blue and the yellow spinning around in the tornado.

"Wow the colours are mixing!" Santana gasped as the blue and yellow parts of the Tornado blended together to become a bright and beautiful Green. Blaine then smiled and shouted out one more time.

"Finish it off Beautifly, use Sunny Day!" Blaine called and suddenly the Green Tornado broke away as a beautiful orb of yellow and orange light rose into the sky, and the green powder from the Tornado glistened as it rained down on the ground, giving Beautifly a beautiful glow as it flew up around the Sunny Day.

"It's beautiful." Kurt said, his eyes shimmering as he stared at the image in front of him. However nobody heard him utter a single word as the crowd had erupted into a storm of cheering and applause.

"That was spectacular!" Vivian announced over her microphone. "Absolutely mesmerising!" Blaine smiled and waved to the crowd before placing his arm out for his Beautifly to land on him. The judges then each called out with glowing compliments, and Blaine took his final bow as he walked off the stage with his Beautifly.

"He was marvellous." Kurt said, watching Blaine disappear behind the curtain.

"And he was first up to." Santana pointed out. "I don't see how anyone is going to match that."

"So you reckon he's won?" Finn asked.

"Well he will definitely get through the appeal round. Just depends on how he does with the battles." Santana stated.

"He will be awesome." Kurt said.

"Do you want to go find him now Kurt?" Finn asked.

"No, I want to, but I want to see if he can win the contest first." Kurt said. "Then we can talk to him afterwards."

"I agree, lets watch the contest first, maybe we will see someone else we know." Santana pointed out. They all then stayed silent, engrossed on the stage as the next contestant took their place.

X-X-X-X

"What do you mean you have never heard of Barbara Streisand?" Rachel growled, her eyes filled with fury.

"I'm sorry Miss," The Pokemon Centre technician said. "But we only have the songs that are in the Jukebox."

"But I've never heard of any of those!" Rachel snapped. "Fine! I am just going to have to go full A Capella. I just need a few moments to prepare." Rachel then stepped away to face herself in the mirror. On the other side of the room in the Pokemon Centre's lounge area, Mike, Brittany and Lyra were watching her.

"She's a handful that one isn't she." Lyra smiled.

"That's one way of putting it." Mike said.

"How do you guys all know each other?"

"We're in the same Glee Club at school." Brittany informed her. "Or we were, or used to be. I'm not to sure."

"Are your other friends in this Glee Club too?"

"Yeah there are 12 of us. We're called New Directions." Mike told her.

"Wow so you can all sing?" Lyra smiled.

"Not really." Mike frowned. "Me and Brittany just mostly dance. Rachel's the star though."

"I think that's why she's been stressing out." Brittany pondered. "She's not used to not being the best at something. She hasn't taken to being a Pokemon Trainer that naturally."

"Well give her a chance," Lyra said. "After all you guys have only been at it for half a day."

"Has that really been it?" Mike asked. "It feels so much longer."

"Well we haven't slept since last night, or the night before, not really sure about the time difference thing." Brittany said.

"Well you guys should make sure you sleep well tonight then." Lyra said.

"Yeah it's amazing you can stay in these places for free." Mike stated. "And get food and stuff as well."

"That's what a Pokemon Centre is for. They're very useful. Trust me you'll come to rely heavily on them once you're properly out on the road." Lyra informed then when Rachel called out.

"Attention! Attention Pokemon Centre people!" Rachel shouted as everyone in the room turned to face her. "I am pleased to inform you that you are to receive a special one-off performance from myself, Miss Rachel Berry. Now unfortunately we have no backing track but I'm sure you'll still be blown away by my performance. This is My Man from the cinematic masterpiece version of Funny Girl, by the iconic Barbara Streisand."

"Who?" A nearby trainer asked, but Rachel ignored them and started to sing.

"Oh, my man, I love him so, he'll never know, All my life is just despair, but I don't care, When he takes me in his arms, The world is bright, all right..."

"Wow, she has the voice of a Jigglypuff." Lyra said, her eyes engrossed on Rachel.

"That's Rachel," Mike smiled. "When it comes to singing she is a total star."

"Now lets hope she can be a star with training Pokemon too." Brittany stated.

X-X-X-X

"Are you sure you want to catch that Artie?" Quinn asked. "After all you've already caught the Pidgey and according to the map we're almost at Viridian City."

"Sorry Quinn." Artie said as he stared at the pink rabbit-like Pokemon in front of him. "But Nidoking is one of my favourite Pokemon and if I catch that male Nidoran I'm gonna be able to have one."

"Well just hurry up about it." Puck moaned as he leant against a nearby tree.

"Bulbasaur I choose you!" Artie shouted as he released the Pokemon in front of him.

"Bulbasaur!" The Pokemon growled as it stared down the male Nidoran in front of it.

"Bulbasaur use Vine Whip!" Artie commanded as two vines came out from the bulb on the Pokemon's back, and they flew towards the Nidoran, whipping it repeatedly. However the Nidoran quickly jumped away and looked determined towards Bulbasaur.

"It looks like it barely felt it." Quinn said as she looked at the Nidoran.

"Of course!" Artie exclaimed. "Nidoran's a poison type, and grass moves aren't that strong against it. Fine then Tackle it head on!"

"Bulba!" It shouted as it charged towards the Nidoran who then charged right back, its horn starting to glow. The two Pokemon then collided and Bulbasaur was sent flying back in pain.

"What attack was that?" Quinn asked.

"Horn Attack I think." Artie replied, his face concentrating intently. How can I beat it? Pidgey won't be any better really, if I could just stop it moving so it's horn won't hurt, but Vine Whip doesn't have much effect. Maybe… "Bulbasaur use Leech Seed!"

"Bulba-saur!" It cried as a seed came out from the top of its bulb and hit the Nidoran on its horn. Suddenly vines appeared around the Pokemon, and started zapping off its energy.

"I thought you said grass type moves didn't work well?" Quinn asked.

"They don't, but this will slow it down and zap out some extra energy as well." Artie explained. "Now go on Bulbasaur, repeated Tackle!" Bulbasaur then charged straight at the Nidoran and rammed into it repeatedly. "That should be enough, Poke Ball go!" Artie shouted as he through the ball towards the wounded Nidoran, and after a few short moments his third Pokemon was caught.

"Yes! Great job Bulba!" Artie shouted as he hugged his Bulbasaur again. "Take a well earned rest." He then recalled his Pokemon and picked up the Poke Ball containing Nidoran.

"Well done Artie!" Quinn smiled.

"Yeah whatever, now can we get going already?" Puck complained, having barely watched the entire battle.

"Yeah sure! I'll lead the way!" Artie grinned, filled with glee. He then started singing as he headed down the path. "I'm on the road to Viridian City, Meet my friends along the way, We're on the road to Viridian City, I got a badge an the power to play…"

"Is he serious?" Puck muttered staring after him.

"Jesus Puck will you just relax and chill out." Quinn glared at him.

"You're telling me to chill out?" Puck laughed at her.

"Just grow up." Quinn frowned as she ran off to catch up with Artie.

"He sings a Pokemon song and she tells me to grow up." Puck muttered to himself as he walked after her.

X-X-X-X

"Marshtomp finish off with a Mud Shot!" Blaine commanded as his Pokemon, which looked like a larger version of Kurt's, attacked the Pokemon opposite it. A bell then rang and everyone froze.

"Time's up!" Vivian the announcer called. "And the winner of the match is…" She looked up at the scoreboard where Blaine's picture appeared. "Blaine Anderson! This means that Blaine has won the Oldham Town Ribbon! Congratulations Blaine!" The whole crowd cheered in approval, including Kurt, Finn and Santana.

"He was amazing!" Kurt grinned.

"Dude is totally talented." Santana agreed. "I so need to battle him."

"His Pokemon looks a lot like yours does Kurt." Finn stated.

"It's because it's a Marshtomp, which is the evolved form of Mudkip." Santana told him.

"So me and Blaine have the same Pokemon?" Kurt smiled.

"Sort of, except his is much more stronger and powerful than yours." Santana said. The crowd continued to cheer as Blaine received his ribbon.

"Come on guys, let's head down and talk to him." Kurt said and they all started to make their way down the stands. They had to wait by the stage for a while, as many adoring fans flocked over to Blaine. "You guys wait here." Kurt told Santana and Finn. He then tried to move through the crowd towards Blaine and soon enough he was close enough to call out to him.

"Hi Blaine!" Kurt waved hopefully. Blaine then turned round and his eyes widened in surprise.

"Oh my god, Kurt?" Blaine grinned. "Is that really you?"

"Yep it's me!" Kurt grinned back.

"Wow." Blaine said, stood transfixed for a moment. He then came over, and after an awkward pause him and Kurt hugged. "What are you doing here?"

"I was going to ask you the same thing." Kurt told him. "I mean I was texting you earlier today, or whatever time it was before we ended up here."

"Wait when did you text me?" Blaine stared at him confused. "Last time I talked to you, you were going to a rehearsal for your dad's wedding."

"Yeah that was today, and then that storm and light thing happened and we came here, did the same thing happen to you?" Kurt asked him.

"Yeah bad storm, weird burst of light, that's how I got here." Blaine replied. "But that was nearly a month ago."

"What!?" Kurt gasped staring at him. "But no, no it can't be. I texted you earlier today, you texted back…"

"Yeah I did." Blaine told him. "But Kurt, that wasn't today for me. That was 27 days my time."

"So you've been…" Kurt stared at him shocked.

"Stuck here in the Pokemon world, yep. For a whole 27 days, and you're the first person I know who I've seen since I've been here." Blaine explained.

"But this doesn't make any sense." Kurt protested.

"Kurt I just won a ribbon in a contest where you show of your Pokemon's moves and then battle with them." Blaine raised his eyebrows. "What part of any of this makes any sense?"

He's right, Kurt thought. None of this makes any sense. Still, Blaine is here. Kurt smiled. Maybe this Pokemon world isn't such a bad place after all.

X-X-X-X

"We're lost." Tina said for the third time. However Sam was still racing forward, looking at the map anxiously.

"No we're not, I mean I'm sure the right path has got to be around here somewhere." Sam protested. "I just can't find it."

"Thus being the definition of lost." Tina frowned. "Look the sun is starting to set, and we've got till 7PM tomorrow to get there. Let's just call it a night and set up camp."

"Wait sleep out here in the middle of the woods?" Mercedes protested. "But we don't have a tent or anything!"

"Well we do have the sleeping bags Professor Rowan gave us." Sam pointed out. "Along with these cool new clothes and everything else."

"Yeah but still, what if it gets cold and we've just got our sleeping bags to keep us warm." Mercedes pointed out. "I don't know about you guys, but I have no clue how to start a fire."

"Well Mercedes here's a thought," Tina snapped. "Why don't we just use the fire Pokemon you have sitting on your shoulder there?"

"Oh yeah I forgot." Mercedes said smiling at her Chimchar. "Still you don't have to snap at me like that Tina."

"You're right I'm sorry." Tina apologised. "I'm just a little on edge, I got a massive head ache from trying to work this all out." She frowned and sat down on a nearby log. Her Piplup in her arms then reached up and patted her head comfortingly.

"Piplup." It sighed and Tina smiled slightly.

"Thanks Piplup."

"I think you're right Tina, we should set up camp." Sam suggested. "We're all a little on edge, and who knows how long it's been since we slept."

Over the next half hour they found a nice area under thick trees to protect them in case it rained, and soon enough they were set up with their sleeping bags, with a fire burning and cooking some noodles they had been given by Professor Rowan.

"We need to get some better food." Mercedes sighed as Tina served her up a plate.

"Well at least the Pokemon are enjoying theirs." Sam smiled as he looked over to where his Turtwig, Starly and Shinx, along with Mercedes' Chimchar and Tina's Piplup were happily munching on a bowl of Pokemon food each.

"We've got enough stuff for a few days." Tina pointed out. "At least human wise. If we end up catching more Pokemon we're going to be needing more food for them soon enough."

"Didn't Professor Rowan give us some money as well?" Mercedes asked and Sam looked into his bag where he had their collective money. He observed the strange notes and counted them out.

"Looks like he gave us 3000 each," Sam said. "So that's a total of 9000 all together."

"9000 dollars?" Mercedes gasped.

"Don't get too excited." Sam said. "Money isn't like it is back home, at least in the games it isn't. This probably wont last us too long with all the supplies and everything."

"Well how do we get more money?" Tina asked. "Are we going to have to get jobs or something?"

"I think we get it from battling other trainers." Sam frowned. "But we only get money if we win. Otherwise we lose some. It's kind of like gambling on the battle."

"I don't think we're good enough to win any battles yet." Mercedes pointed out.

"I don't know if I'm right. I guess we will find out tomorrow." Sam shrugged.

"Sam," Tina began. "Even if we all manage to talk with one another tomorrow. Do you think we will be able to regroup?"

"Honestly I don't know." Sam sighed. "Travelling between regions is only possible in the 2nd generation type games, and that's only between Johto and Kanto. There hasn't been a game with all of the regions. But if we're in the anime, then we should be able to. Just might take a while."

"Okay thanks." Tina frowned as she ate some of her dinner.

"Guys even if we do get back together in one big group, we have an even bigger issue to face." Mercedes said. "How are we going to get back home?"

"You want to go back?" Sam asked.

"Of course I do, don't you?" Mercedes questioned.

"Well I want to see my family again," Sam began. "But look at where we are, look at those guys over there." Sam pointed to the group of Pokemon who were still eating. "This is a miracle. We can actually succeed at this, have great adventures. Become Pokemon masters! You can't do that back in Lima, Ohio."

"What if I don't want to become a Pokemon master?" Tina frowned. "I mean, I'm happy I've got Piplup, but Sam this isn't our world. We don't belong here."

"How do you know that?" Sam protested. "Think about it Tina. That storm happened and we were brought here. Professor Rowan had a letter saying we were coming and that we would need to pick a starter Pokemon each. Someone planned this for us. Or at least knew we would be coming here."

"But who on earth could know that?" Tina wondered.

"The letter." Mercedes said, a thought coming to her.

"The letter wasn't signed though." Tina pointed out.

"Know, but how did it describe us all? With insults." Mercedes reminded them.

"That's true." Sam realised. "Someone who knows us and likes to insult us all the time."

"It couldn't…" Tina began. "It couldn't be Coach Sylvester maybe?"

"No that would be crazy." Mercedes said, although she did frown. "Then again…"

"I don't think so." Sam said, his face deep in concentration. "I mean she doesn't like us right? Why would she try to help us out?"

"Maybe she finally got a conscience?" Tina suggested.

"Doubtful." Mercedes disagreed.

"How about this then," Sam began. "Okay in the Pokemon world, there's a lot of Pokemon who can do amazing things. Like they have powers, mystical ones. That can do things."

"Well we know that." Mercedes shrugged, pointing over to their Pokemon.

"No I'm not talking about them." Sam pointed out. "I'm talking about legendaries."

"Legendaries?"

"Legendary Pokemon." Sam said. "Now some of these legendary Pokemon, they can travel through time and space. And if this keeps playing out like in the games, then we should at some point come across these legendary Pokemon."

"What exactly are you suggesting Sam?" Tina asked.

"Maybe whoever sent the letter wasn't someone else, maybe it was one of us." Sam said.

"Us?"

"A member of New Directions." Sam muttered. They all stayed silent for a moment.

"Okay I'd normally would say you'd be crazy as hell to suggest time travel, but considering our circumstances," Mercedes glanced over to their Pokemon again. "I think I'd just believe anything."

"But these guys are our friends," Tina said. "Why would they insult us in the letter?"

"Maybe to give us a hint?" Sam thought. "And I know I'm new to the club with all of you guys and everything, but from what I can tell, there's only one member who would insult us all like that." Mercedes and Tina looked at each other and both knew they were thinking the same thing, before they both said it together.

"Santana."

X-X-X-X

"Santana!" Finn snapped at her.

"What's your problem turkey breast?" She glared at him.

"Your caterpillar thing is trying to eat all of my Pokemon's food." Finn pointed out. Santana looked over to see her Wurmple eating out of the bowl in front of Finn's Torchic, which had a glazed over look in it's eyes.

"Wurmple honey, be good and eat your own food. I want you to grow, but that doesn't mean getting fat." Santana called out to it softly. Her Wurmple then complied as it returned back to its own bowl of Pokemon food. Finn's Torchic however remained still, with the same expression in its eyes.

"Finn," Blaine began. "I don't mean to offend you but is everything okay with your Torchic there?"

"The nurse said it was fine." Finn shrugged, though he did give his Torchic another look over. "Er buddy, eat up okay." The Pokemon took a second to react, but it then began to eat its food. "See there, he's okay. Just a little slow."

"Just like his trainer." Santana smirked. Finn glared at her but went back to eating his meal. After the contest and Kurt had introduced them to Blaine, they had all come back to the Pokemon centre to have some dinner. Blaine however was still looking at the Torchic.

"Er Finn I think you made a mistake." Blaine said.

"Mistake with what?" Finn asked.

"Your Torchic, I think it's a she, not a he." Blaine informed him.

"How do you know?" Kurt asked.

"Well male Torchic have a little black speck on their rears, and females don't." Blaine pointed at the Torchic. "And it doesn't look like yours have one. Check it's data in your Pokedex."

"Er okay." Finn said as he grabbed his Pokedex. "Um what do I do?"

"Here." Blaine leaned over to him. "Click here on the menu, then see that there saying Pokemon Party, click on there, then select your Torchic."

"Sure." Finn said following his instructions. "Thanks Blaine. Yeah you're right, she's a girl." He looked over to his Torchic. "Sorry for calling you buddy… er, buddette."

"You really know a lot about Pokemon." Kurt smiled, clearly impressed.

"I've just learnt a lot." Blaine shrugged. "Although I was quite a bit of a Pokemon geek before all of this happened anyway."

"I wonder what gender my Pokemon are." Santana wondered as she looked in her Pokedex. She then let out a huge smile. "They're all girls!" She then looked over at her Treecko, Poochyena and Wurmple. "Total girl power for the win."

"My Mudkip is a girl too." Kurt said looking in his Pokedex.

"Wow, you all got female starters. That's impressive." Blaine told them.

"How is it?" Finn asked.

"Well duh, cause girl's are better than boys." Santana grinned. In every way possible, she thought.

"Also female starter Pokemon are actually quite rare." Blaine informed them. "So the fact you all got a female one is quite impressive."

"What about your Pokemon Blaine?" Kurt asked him. "What genders are they?"

"Well," Blaine smiled as he looked over to his Pokemon, which were also eating alongside the others. "My Pelipper and Zigzagoon are both male." He pointed out the large Pelican like bird and a small mammal-like rodent. "Then my Beautifly is a girl while my Marshtomp is a boy."

"I think my Mudkip's a bit enamoured with your Marshtomp." Kurt grinned. Indeed his Mudkip was staring up at Marshtomp intently.

"Looks like Marshtomp doesn't notice." Finn stated.

"Yeah." Like Pokemon, like trainer, Kurt thought.

"So Bow-tie." Santana turned to Blaine. "You've been here for nearly a month?"

"Yep." Blaine smiled.

"Why do you only have four Pokemon then?" Santana grinned. "I mean I watched you in that contest, you're clearly a good trainer. How come you don't have a full team yet?"

"Well to be honest, I haven't really travelled that much." Blaine frowned. "I did turn up by myself alone after all."

"What exactly has happened to you Blaine?" Kurt asked comfortingly.

"Shall I start from the beginning?"

"Please do." Kurt smiled.

"Okay well," Blaine began. "I was staying late behind at Dalton Academy by myself, trying to work on one of our routines at sectionals. There was a major storm outside and I was wondering how I would get home when the window smashed and suddenly a big burst of light came towards me."

"Yeah that's what happened to us." Finn interjected.

"Finn! Shut up and let him finish." Kurt snapped.

"Er well," Blaine continued. "Next thing I knew, it was daylight and I had woken up in the middle of a wood. First thing I saw was a flock of Taillow flying overhead. Of course I thought they just had to be birds that looked like Taillow. But when I saw a pair of Vigoroth fighting, that was harder to explain. Anyway I kept walking and found myself in a small town, and as I walked past a large building a man in a lab coat called out to me."

"Professor Birch?" Santana asked.

"Yep." Blaine nodded. "Anyway he was happy and said I'd finally arrived and it was time to get my Pokemon. I tried to explain that he had the wrong person, but he knew my name."

"What?" Kurt interrupted himself that time. "How?"

"He had a letter saying that I was to receive a Pokemon. I checked it myself, although whoever had sent it hadn't signed it." Blaine shrugged. "Anyway I was in a bit of a shock but I decided to go along with it. That's when I got Marshtomp, back when he was a Mudkip of course. He was the only Pokemon left, but I was glad since it's my favourite out of the Hoenn starters anyway. Two trainers had got there before me, but I have no idea who they were. I looked at their names but they didn't seem familiar at all."

"Can you remember what they were?" Finn asked.

"I'm sorry I can't, but it was a boy and a girl," Blaine thought intently. "And I think both of their names began with an S, but I could be wrong. Anyway I decided to carry on and go about like I was playing the game, but I only got as far as Petelburg City. I challenged the gym leader Norman, and lost terribly. So I just stayed there, and went to the Petelburg library to read up on everything I could, and any other spare time was devoted to training my Pokemon. I only had Mudkip, Wurmple and Wingull at that point but they soon started to evolve the more we trained. I resisted catching anymore Pokemon for the moment so I wouldn't overwhelm myself. Then about a week ago they had a Pokemon Contest in Petelburg City, and I fell in love with it, so at that point I decided to enter contests instead of challenging gyms. I then came here, caught Zigzagoon along the way, and then trained for the Oldham Town contest."

"And you won." Kurt smiled at him.

"I know, I so happy." Blaine grinned widely. "My first ribbon. Four more and I can enter than Grand Festival."

"I'd love to try and enter a contest." Kurt thought. "It looks so much fun."

"Still think I'd rather tackle gyms myself." Santana said.

"How about you Finn?" Blaine asked him.

"All I want to do now is just find the others." Finn frowned.

"How many is there?" Blaine asked.

"Nine." Kurt informed him. "Finn's girlfriend Rachel. My friend Mercedes. Then there's Tina, Mike, Sam, Artie, Quinn, Puck and…"

"Brittany." Santana frowned.

"Maybe they're here already, or haven't got here yet?" Blaine thought.

"What do you mean?" Finn asked.

"Well it seems back home the night of the storm was the same day for all of us." Blaine explained. "But for some reason I appeared here 27 days ago, while you guys got here today. So maybe the others came here at another time."

"That's a good point!" Kurt agreed.

"Yeah I think we should see if any other trainers have gotten Pokemon of Professor Birch recently." Blaine suggested.

"That's a good idea." Santana smiled, looking impressed. "We should ask Professor Birch."

"Ask me what?" A voice said behind them. They all quickly turned around and saw Professor Birch standing there looking down at them.

"Professor Birch!?" Blaine gasped.

"Hi Blaine, nice to see you again. I see the Mudkip I gave you is growing very well. Santana, Kurt, Finn." Birch smiled at each in turn. "Now what is it you wanted to ask me Santana?"

"Well Professor Birch." Santana began. "See we're looking for some friends of ours and…"

"Ah what a coincidence." Birch interrupted. "I think I may be able to help with that."

X-X-X-X

"Dodge it Chikorita!" Brittany shouted out as Mike's Hoothoot charged straight towards her Pokemon.

"Chiko!" Her Pokemon shouted as it dodged the attack.

"Dammit it's fast." Mike called out. "Come on Hoothoot, try a Gust!" His Pokemon then flew up and started flapping its wings furiously, creating a huge surge of wind.

"Chikorita, use your Vine Whip to keep you grounded!" Brittany called out. Two vines then appeared from her Chikorita as it grabbed onto a nearby branch to keep it from flying off.

"Wow smart move Brit!" Mike smiled, clearly impressed.

"Thanks Mike!" Brittany smiled back. They were outside in the training ground of the Pokemon centre, and even though night had fallen, it was still brightly lit outside. Sat down watching them was Lyra and Rachel.

"They both seem like clear naturals." Lyra smiled watching the battle. She then turned to Rachel and frowned as she noticed she wasn't smiling. "You okay Rachel?"

"I'm fine thanks." Rachel mumbled.

"Here's an idea," Lyra grinned. "How about you and Totodile have a practice battle with me and Marill?"

"No that's okay, I'm just gonna go for a walk for a bit. Clear my head." Rachel started to get up.

"I could come with you, keep you company?" Lyra suggested.

"No thanks, I just need some time to myself."

"Okay." Lyra frowned, looking disappointed. She then watched as Rachel went round the corner. "Be careful!"

Rachel barely heard her as she walked off. She decided to stroll alongside the woods that were behind the Pokemon centre. What is wrong with me? Rachel thought. Why can't I just feel even a little bit better? I'm going to be talking to Finn tomorrow and we'll sort everything out and be home soon, yet still I feel terrible. Why can't I be like Mike and Brittany, they both have partners missing but they're not moping about. They're actually having fun, if you can call that fun.

She let out a huge sigh as she carried on walking, not paying attention to where she was going. Even after singing a 12-song set-list of Streisand classics in the Pokemon centre hadn't cheered her up, if Barbara can't make me feel better, then what can? She then paused, realising she had walked quite a bit far away. She then went to turn back around and head back when something caught her eye.

What is that? She wondered as she saw a bright green light through the trees. She knew she shouldn't have walked towards it, like some dumb girl in those horror films Finn makes me watch. However she still found herself walking towards the light, when she saw it begin to take a shape.

"Hello?" She asked aloud. The figure then turned to her and Rachel smiled. It was a Pokemon, and a beautiful one as well. It was bright green, and appeared to be some sort of fairy, with big beautiful blue eyes. "Hi I'm Rachel Berry, what's your name?"

The Pokemon stayed silent, smiling at her. It suddenly then began to glow really brightly, and before Rachel could spare a second thought, the Pokemon flew towards her, engulfing her in a wave of light.

Pokemon Status:

KANTO - Artie (Bulbasaur, Pidgey, Nidoran [M]), Quinn (Squirtle), Puck (Charmander)

JOHTO - Rachel (Totodile), Mike (Cyndaquil, Sentret, Hoothoot), Brittany (Chikorita, Hoppip)

HOENN - Santana (Treecko [F], Poochyena [F], Wurmple [F]), Kurt (Mudkip [F]), Finn (Torchic [F]), Blaine (Marshtomp [M], Beautifly [F], Pelliper [M], Zigzagoon [M])

SINNOH - Sam (Turtwig, Starly, Shinx), Mercedes (Chimchar), Tina (Piplup)

So yeah... I'm getting through this quick atm, which is good as I'm really enjoying writing it! Next chapter will hopefully be up by tomorrow night!

What's happened to Rachel? Find out soon...

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