These characters make an appearance in the next chapter. I hope you like them.

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Name: Sara Giles

Personality: Nice to people that she trusts, but hateful towards Team Magma for killing her parents in a fire

Hair color: Brown, curly in a ponytail, well below the shoulders.

Eye color: Hazel

Clothing: Black jeans and light blue t-shirt with no markings on it. Red sneakers with black strips running down the sides.

Age: 14

Pokemon: Lapras (Mike), Charizard (Charmy), Roselia (Rose), Golem (Rocky), Raichu (Mousie), and Alakazam (Trancer).

History: She grew up in Littleroot Town with a poor family. Her dad got fired the day that she was going to start her journey. She wandered to a nearby route to see a trainer abusing his Charmander, and she stepped forward, believing that it was cruel. After a fist fight, she not only got the Charmander, she also got a Lapras, the trainer claiming that both of them were "worthless". With a donation from Professor Birch, she started on her journey. A year later, with a Growlithe puppy that she got when she rescued the mother from Team Magma at her heels, she found her house burning to the ground, Team Magma fleeing the scene. Her parents were killed in the fire, and she's been out for revenge ever since.

Name: Samantha McPhoenix (but she is under the alias Tani Tsuzurei in Hoenn, so no one can recognize her) Age: 15 Background info: Samantha McPhoenix (called Sam by her friends) is the Pokemon League Grand Master of the Indigo Plateau League. Because of her popularity, she's decided to go under the name "Tani Tsuzurei" to avoid being mobbed by fans, or worse, targeted by thieves. She was sent to Hoenn by Lance the Dragon Master of the Indigo Plateau Pokemon League to do undercover studies on Teams Aqua and Magma, but she's mostly just there to prove her skills as a great trainer. As her name suggests, she is more in tune to Fire-type Pokemon, particularily phoenixes like Ho-Oh, and though she seems like just an average kid, her fierce skills as a trainer are surprising. Personality: Kind, bubbly, honest, and gentle to her friends, but to people she doesn't like, she gets sarcastic, cold, and rather rude. Otherwise, she's a sensitive soul who cares for her friends and Pokemon dearly, and will put herself in the way of danger to protect them if she has to. She doesn't want to try getting involved in a mess with Team Magma or Aqua, so she'll only confront them if they're endangering innocent lives. She seems somewhat of a loner because it's hard to get people to understand her, and as a result, finds it hard to make friends. She wants people to like her for who she is, not for her status as a Pokemon Master. Hair: Dark brown layered to an inch past her shoulders Eyes: greenish-brown Appearance: khaki-colored flare jeans with a long leather belt tied around the hips, black boots, khaki-colored short-sleeved collared button blouse worn over a magenta-colored spaghetti-strap tank top. Pokemon: Blaziken named Pyro (male); Raichu named Kaminari (male); Altaria named Nimbus (female); Chimecho named Zephyr (male); Lanturn named Sushi (female); and a rarely-seen Ho-Oh named Rainbow (female).

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Chapter 6

Meanwhile back in Odale, the gang was just now entering the town.  Unknown to them, they would soon be swept up into the midst of the chaos.  During the walk, May had caught herself a Poochyena (whom she named Duchess), and an Electrike (which she named Sakura).  May wasn't the only one who caught pokemon on the walk between towns.  Edgar had caught himself a Minun (whom he named Static), and a Taillow (which he named Ace).  May and Edgar were very pleased with their new catches.  The group decided that before they headed toward Petalburg, that they should go to the Pokemon Center and heal their pokemon before moving on.  When they came to the Pokemon Center, they went inside.  Once inside, the group saw a large group of trainers gathered around the T.V. set.

"What do you think happened?"  Ash asked Misty.

"No idea."  Misty replied.

May was just as puzzled as they were.  However, Edgar was determined to find out what had happened.

So Edgar walked over to two girls and asked, "Excuse me, ladies, but could you please tell me what's going on?"

The girls snickered slightly, as though they thought he would have already know.  But they answered him anyway.

Sara replied, "Karania, the World Champion was just kidnapped in Staleport by Team Magma."

"Oh, no!"  Edgar exclaimed.

"Yeah.  Exactly what they want Karania for is unclear."  Tani said slowly.

"By the way, I'm Sara and this is Tani."  Sara said.

"Nice to meet you."  Edgar said.

"Edgar, what's happened?"  May, Misty, and Ash all asked him.

Edgar replied, "Karania, the World Champion was kidnapped by Team Magma."

"What!?!  Oh, no!  Poor Karania!….."  They exclaimed.

"Yeah.  By the way, this is Sara and Tani.  They kindly told me what was going on."  Edgar said.

"Would everyone, please quiet down!"  Nurse Joy shrieked over the noise.

The crowd went quiet, so that everyone could hear the last few words of the news report.

"…..And so we come to the end of our report.  Though we ask that anyone who has seen Karania, or Team Magma lately should contact the police."  Then with that the report ended.

A couple of boys began talking loudly, "I can't believe that Karania was the one they went after!  I would of thought that they would have gone after someone with a little less fame."

Tani shuddered.

"….Or, maybe they wanted her because of her fame."  Another boy added.

"True, but I was even more surprised to learn that Team Aqua's working with the police to try and find Karania.  That's just unreal!"  The first boy said.

"Come on, guys, we aren't gonna find any peace and quiet here."  Edgar said.

The group turned to leave.

Then Sara and Tani asked, "Hey guys.  Do you mind if we come with you on your quest?"

"Sure."  The gang answered.

"Great."  Tani said.

Now with two new group members, the gang left the Pokemon Center and continued on to Petalburg City.