Chapter 6

A year later….

Ash, Brock, Pikachu and Misty were walking through the forest when suddenly they heard a strange cry.

"What was that?" Misty asked as she looked around.

"I don't know but I think we should check it out." Ash said as he ran towards the noise with Brock, Pikachu and Misty following him.

They found Team Rocket cornering a pokemon.

Brock gasped. "That's a Manaphy. It's a really rare pokemon. There are so few of them left. Why would one be out here in the forest?"

"Who cares about that right now Brock. We gotta save it from Team Rocket." Misty said. "That poor thing looks hurt."

Ash nodded as he turned to Pikachu and said. "Pikachu use ThunderShock on Team Rocket."

Pikachu nodded and used ThunderShock on Team Rocket which sent them flying into the sky.

Misty walked up to the Manaphy who immediately stood and took a couple of steps back.

"It's alright." Brock said. "We only want to help you and treat your injures."

"It looks like its scared of us." Ash said.

"We won't hurt you Manaphy." Misty said. "You can trust us not to hurt you."

Manaphy turned and ran into the trees.

"Should we go and look for it." Ash asked.

Brock nodded. "Come on we need to go and look for it. That Manaphy looks in pretty bad shape. We need to help it."

Ash and Misty nodded as they followed Brock.

As they ran into a clearing they saw a girl lying face down on the ground.

Misty, Ash and Brock ran over to her and turned her around.

"Is she alright?" Misty asked.

Brock nodded and gently shook the girl. "Hey wake up."

A second later the girl slowly woke.

"Are you alright?" Ash asked.

The girl nodded. "Yes thank you I'm fine."

"What happened to you?" Misty asked.

"I….I don't know." She replied. "I was walking through the forest when something attacked me. I have no idea what it was."

"What's your name?" Brock asked.

"It's Haley."

"My name is Ash and these are my friends Pikachu, Brock and Misty."

"It's nice to meet you all." Haley replied. "Do you mind if I come along with you? I'm all alone right now and I would love company."

Brock nodded. "Sure. You can come with us."

"Do you have any Pokémon?" Misty asked.

Haley shook her head. "No I'm still thinking if I should be a trainer or not."

"You should." Ash said. "It's fun to meet different types of Pokémon."

'Tell me about it.' Haley thought.

Later that night they made camp underneath trees and made a camp fire.

"So what brought you to the woods?" Ash asked.

Haley shrugged. "I was walking to the next town and I thought to go through the forest for a short cut. I thought that nothing would harm me if I walk through the woods for a short cut but something did."

"Was it a Pokémon?" Misty asked. "We saw one earlier that was hurt. It was a Manaphy."

Haley gasped. "Isn't that a legendary Pokémon?"

Ash nodded. "We wanted to help it but it was too afraid of us."

"You never know." Haley replied. "It might just come back."