This is where a Joey chapter would normally be, but his go is after this chapter in chapter 10.

Chapter 9: Steven, magma and a whole lot of confusion

Max watched the man, who claimed to be Steven the champion of Hoenn, jump up from the balcony, then he looked back to Katrina opening the door.

"We are magma!" said one of two men at the door.

"Then don't burn the carpet," said Katrina in a sarcastic way.

"Have you seen the champion?" the other one asked.

"Yes, he just jumped off the balcony," said Katrina, she was obviously unhappy a man claiming to be the champion had came in and now two other people were looking for him.

"Oh," said the two red clad men and they ran to the balcony and jumped off it (Disclaimer: I do not approve of jumping off roofs or balconies the fact two team magma grunts do it is only for slapstick comedy).

Katrina then heard two 'ouch' noises as the grunts hit the central square of Mauville.

"Thanks for covering for me!" said Steven as he came back in from above the balcony.

"I didn't!" exclaimed Katrina, "I thought you had jumped off the balcony!"

"That would be suicidal."

"Yeah, now get out of the apartment."

"Ok," said Steven before taking his leave.

Max came up to Katrina and looked up at her, with a parcel in his arms.

"Oh yes, we need to deliver that to your mum at the Pokemon center, don't we," said Katrina, remembering what Max's mum had asked.

They reached the main square and Steven was resting against the square tower, he smiled at Max and Katrina as they walked into the Pokemon center.

"Hi guys," said Max's mum as Max and Katrina walked into the Pokemon center, "Got the parcel?"

"Yup here it is," replied Katrina putting the parcel on the desk where Max's mum was working.

"Thanks guy, bye Max, see you later, bye Katrina, thanks for looking after Max."

The duo walked out the center and then they were immediately surrounded, by people who looked like pirates.

Katrina screamed as the pirates forced her and Max over to Steven.

"Arr, now you can double battle with me and Shelly, can't ye?" said a guy who looked in charge to Steven, there was a woman standing next to him, who must have been Shelly.

"Archie, I am NOT battling for control of the blue orb," said Steven sternly.

"So ye'll give it to us then?" replied the guy in charge, who must have been Archie.

"Ok, I guess I have to fight you."

"Arr, yes, you and your new best friend," said Archie, signaling to Max and Katrina.

"Leave them out of this!"

"Ha ha, I don't think so!"

"They don't have anything to do with the blue orb! Don't drag them into this!"

Katrina looked at Max, and Max nodded, as if wanting to do the battle with Steven.

"We accept," said Katrina, with surprising confidence in her voice.

"Ye friend wants to do it," said Archie.

Steven sighed, "Are you sure?" he asked.

"Yes," said Katrina sternly.

Archie was already pulling out a Pokeball; "Go Sharpedo!" he said as his trusty shark-like Pokemon came out of its Pokeball.

"Metagross!" Steven said, sending out a shiny Metagross, it shone as it hit the ground.

"Go Carvanha!" said Shelly, as her pre-evolved form of Sharpedo came out of it's Pokeball.

"Max?" Katrina said, as Max jumped out in front of her.

Steven pulled a stickpin out of his jacket and held it up; "Metagross, mega evolve!" he exclaimed, as a blinding light engulfed his shiny Metagross and it burst out, different than before.

"What is that?" asked Katrina, "Max's sister, Ella, can also do that, but with her Pidgeot."

"It is mega evolution, a form only fully evolved Pokemon with a strong bond with their trainer can reach," replied Steven.

"Can Max do it?"

Steven looked at Max, "Yes, but I don't have the mega stone on me right now."

Archie then grabbed his anchor round his neck and said; "Sharpedo; mega evolve!" Archie's Sharpedo underwent the same thing Steven's Metagross just did and mega evolved.

"Meteor mash!" Steven yelled at his Metagross, who smashed Archie's Sharpedo onto the floor knocked out.

"Jump kick!" Katrina yelled at Max, desperately hoping that he know the move, to her fortune, Max jumped up and smashed Shelly's Carvanha onto the ground, knocked out.

Archie cursed and told the other pirates to go back to their base.

Steven, Max and Katrina sat on a bench for a few minutes in silence, then Katrina broke it;

"Max isn't actually my Pokemon, he was a human, but was turned into a Lopunny by the virus," she said.

"Then why does he have a Pokeball?" asked Steven.

"As someone is stealing Pokemon who were once human."

"What!" Steven exclaimed, "Who?"

"We don't know yet, but our friend is trying to find out who the thief is, as they stole his girlfriend, who was turned into a Ninetales," replied Katrina.

"Take me to them!"