I finally got chapter eight up…sorry for the long wait…I wrote it and lost it 3 times…any way I hope you enjoy and as always please rate and review

After about an hour of talking I learned a few things about the Flaffy.

For one, I learned her name was Laura and that she had just ran away from her abusive trainer. Also that she was hanging on to that thing, which is apparently an egg, because she found it during her escape and decided to mother it.

She asked about joining us to travel with for a while because she thought she would need help if her trainer found her. I agreed and welcomed her to the group.

Just then a Staraptor flew down and placed a note on the ground in front of me, then flew off. I picked up the note …

It read…

"I really hope for your friends sake that you get here on time…you're certainly running out.

, Sean"

I crumpled up the note and threw it into the camp fire after reading it. I hit the ground next to me and yelled

"He's right; we are running out of time"

Just then I heard something rustling in the bushes. I went to take a look and stared in shock at the badly beaten Ninetails staring at me. It had cuts all over it and looked really depressed. I went to pet it but it growled at me thinking I would hurt it. Once I showed that I meant no harm it lowered its guar slightly and allowed me to pet it. I noticed the dry blood all over its fur and gently picked it up and carried it over to my campsite. I set it down, got a rag out of my back pack, and headed over to the nearby lake to wet it. When I came back with the wet rag Jessica informed me that the Ninetails was female. I sat down next to her and gently started to wash the dry blood off of her fur.

I noticed something rather strange though. The blood was coming off, but her fur was staying red. I shrugged it off realizing that she just had specially colored fur. She seemed to enjoy being washed off, because she started nuzzling me after a little while. I laughed slightly and she seemed to quickly gain trust in me.

I finished washing her off and said

"Thank you"

When I responded by saying "it was no problem at all she freaked out a little but figured I just guessed what she said. So she then said

"Mind if I travel with you for a little while…I have no one to go to and I'm getting a bit lonely."

So when I answered with "sure that would not be any problem at all" she was amazed that I understood what she was saying.

I then asked for her name and she responded by saying "my name is Neera."

I gently pet her head and laughed

"What a lovely name" I said.

She licked my face and laughed back a little when she licked my eye on accident.

Jessica, Samantha, and Laura all came over to see their new friend. At first Neera tensed up a lot but I gently rubbed her head to calm her down, she responded well and let the three get close really quick and each of them looked at their new friend.

Finally Samantha reached out her hand and pet Neera gently. She was startled at first, but easily accepted the gesture and purred slightly and tilted her head to Samantha as a sign that she wanted to be pet more. I laughed a bit again at how friendly this Ninetails was being to a group who she had just met a little while ago.

Just then a Marill with mal-intent showed up and tried to steal my backpack. I was shocked when Neera used a thunder bolt on it and fried the Marill, which then ran away in shock and terror. I stared at Neera for a moment then she said

"Pretty cool huh?"

I responded by saying "yeah" because I couldn't say anything else.

I pulled out a luxury ball and tapped Neera's nose with it. She went inside the ball and came back out the next second. She smiled and licked my face again.

I said "welcome to the team Neera."

I actually ended up adding a new friend to the story …I hope you enjoyed it …once again I'm sorry for the long wait…please rate and review and have a nice day/night.