Pokemon: New Beginning

Chapter 9 – Destination: Pallet Town Part 4

"What do you mean 'not exactly'?!"

Mewtwo sighed in exasperation at the young human girl's loud exclamation, and winced in slight sympathy as the boy tried to placate the obviously scared girl. In retrospect, he honestly should have seen this coming. Allowing two human children, with absolutely no traveling experience, to go off on their own without some sort of guidance was going to end up badly no matter what the outcome, and the psychic had a sneaky suspicion that the girl had inherited her father's lack of navigational skills, which should have been another clue that the children were bound to get lost at some point. Arceus knows how many times that Ash had gotten himself and his friends lost while on his journey all those years ago.

Ash. The thought of his only human friend made Mewtwo smile slightly as he watched over the man's daughter from where he hovered in the air, invisible, inside the cave. Yes, he knew exactly who this young girl was. The moment he had laid eyes on her Mewtwo had known. It was so obvious that he was actually surprised that Mew hadn't noticed it yet, being a powerful psychic and all. The girl practically radiated the same spirit an aura that her father had, not to mention that the resemblance was rather uncanny. The psychic then thought back to the events that had taken place the night before, and shook his head in slight amusement. It also seemed that the girl had inherited her father's knack for getting into trouble, if her run in with Team Plasma was anything to go by.

It was also the reason why he was here in the first place. Mewtwo didn't know for certain what Team Plasma wanted with the two children-the two grunts he had captured had only been chasing them due to their orders-but he owed it to Ash to look after his daughter. The man had saved his life more than once, it was the least he could do in return. The psychic had to wonder though, where was Ash? The last time Mewtwo had seen the man was when he had been nineteen, and the world had been a very different place back then. He had heard from Mew, who had heard from Lugia that Ash was with some kind of rebellion, but other than that Mewtwo had no idea of his friend's whereabouts. Surely though, the nineteen year old that Mewtwo had known back then wouldn't just leave his daughter alone without someone to watch over her, which begs the question of what exactly has happened in the past several years?

I guess Mew was right. I have been living in that cave a little too long. Mewtwo reluctantly admitted, as he recalled one of their conversations from about two years ago.

"This is all your fault, genius!"

"My fault? You're the one who woke those Pokémon up with your stupid flashlight in the first place!"

Mewtwo was snapped out of his thoughts at the sound of the children's voices. Returning his attention to the humans and their Pokémon, he let out another sigh when he realized that they were arguing . . . again. His gaze then traveled over to the young Eevee and Absol by the children's side, and even he immediately felt a little bit sorry for them. The two looked absolutely lost about what to do with their trainers. It was a very sad sight to say the least.

The clone crossed his arms. This was getting them nowhere, and Mewtwo wasn't very keen on just sitting back and doing nothing as the children tried to find their way out of the cave. With his luck, they'd probably end up getting even more lost, and Mewtwo planned on getting out of Mt. Moon at some point in his life. What the humans really needed was a guide to lead them through the cave. Unfortunately, the psychic couldn't do it since that would require him to reveal himself to the children, and that was something he did not want to do. Mewtwo then thought about the other Pokémon that lived in Mt. Moon. Surely at least one of them would help?

With his mind made up, Mewtwo closed his eyes and expanded his psychic senses, searching for a Pokémon that could lead the trainers peacefully out of Mt. Moon. Aside from the Zubats and Golbats, there weren't many Pokémon wandering about at this time of day, and Mewtwo wasn't going to ask any of the poison/flying-types for help because that was just a plain bad idea after the rude awakening they had received just minutes before. Eventually the psychic came upon one Pokémon a couple minutes later that seemed like it could a good enough guide, and he quickly teleported towards its location.

When Mewtwo arrived, the Pokémon that he had been looking for gave a startled yelp at his sudden appearance, and instinctively curled up into a tight ball. Sensing its fear, Mewtwo knelt down closer to the ground-type's height, and said gently, "do not be afraid little one; I'm not going to hurt you. I merely need your help."

"Shrew?" The Sandshrew inquired as it uncurled itself from its defensive position, gazing warily at the powerful psychic.

"There are a couple of human children that are lost. Do you think that you could lead them out of this cave?"

The small Sandshrew slowly nodded its head.

"Thank you."


Molly hated being scared. She hated the feeling of helplessness that surrounded it, and she hated the overwhelming fear that clouded her mind. Most importantly, she hated how it reminded her of the night her aunts had been taken away from her, along with their home, and how she hadn't been able to do anything to help. It reminded her that she had run away, like a scared little child. Molly just hated it, and it frustrated her to no end whenever she felt this way. She wasn't a little kid anymore, she was a big girl, she shouldn't be able to get scared, so whenever she did feel fear the girl vented out her frustrations the only way she knew how.

"This is all your fault, genius!" Molly seethed, glaring at the boy next to her.

Aiden jumped at the accusation, completely stupefied by her words, and narrowed his golden eyes when his shock faded into anger. "My fault? You're the one who woke those Pokémon up with your stupid flashlight in the first place!"

"Did not!" The girl yelled back.

"Did too!" Aiden countered.

The two children glared at each other, neither one backing down, and when they both realized that they had officially come to a draw the two huffed simultaneously, irritation written plainly across their young faces, and turned their backs on each other, refusing to meet each other's gaze. A deafening silence soon followed afterwards, the only sounds coming from Eevee and Absol's slight movements, and both ten year olds were very adamant about not breaking their unspoken agreement. Neither one of them was to going to apologize until the other said it first!

Inwardly, Molly knew that she was being childish, and if her aunts had been here they would have for sure given her a long, boring lecture about proper manners and keeping her temper in check. The girl's shoulders slumped and the fire in her eyes dimmed when a sudden thought occurred to her. She wouldn't be having this argument in the first place if her aunts were here, but they weren't, and Molly knew deep in her heart that the Sensational Sisters would be very proud of her if she decided on her own to be the bigger person and apologized first. Besides, she thought a little guiltily, it sort of was her fault that they were arguing to begin with. Molly couldn't help it though. She just got so snappish whenever she got scared.

Molly glanced over her shoulder at Aiden, who still had his back to her, and still seemed rather incensed if the tension in his shoulders was anything to go by. The girl's gaze dropped to the rocky ground near her shoes, feeling her guilt grow slightly. After taking a big breath, she finally managed to say, "I'm sorry."

Aiden jerked in surprise, and turned around to face the girl to make sure he was hearing right. "What?"

"I said I was sorry." Molly replied softly, eyes still downcast. "It's just-I'm so-I mean . . . Ah! I don't know how to explain it!" The girl exclaimed, running her hands through her dark hair in frustration.

Watching the way his friend fumbled over her own words was . . . disheartening to Aiden. He was so used to the hot tempered, stubborn, yet kindhearted Molly, not this timid, uncertain version of her. His golden eyes studied her carefully, wondering what had caused the change, but was coming up with a blank. The boy just didn't get it. Molly had seemed like her usual self all morning, despite what had happened last night, and it wasn't until they had become lost and she had snapped at him for really no reason that Aiden had started noticing something was wrong. So what was it?

"It's just . . ." Molly continued, gaining Aiden's attention, "my aunts. They may not have a whole lot of time until . . ."

Until what exactly? The girl asked herself. Molly didn't even want to think about it. She jumped though when she felt something soft brush against her leg. Looking down, Molly was met with Eevee's big, brown eyes, which were staring at her in understanding. The girl smiled shakily at her little companion, and picked him up to give him a hug, silently thanking him.

Suddenly it clicked, and Aiden's eyes softened when he realized what the problem was. Molly was scared. She was scared for her aunts, and getting lost was not helping them, in Molly's mind at least.

"You know," Aiden began, feeling the need to cheer the girl up, "my dad used to tell me that it's okay to be scared sometimes."

Molly glanced over at the boy in mild amazement, "Really?"

"Uh-huh."

"Are . . . are you scared?" The girl asked timidly.

Aiden paused, considering the question. Was he scared? After a moment he concluded that yes he was scared, but probably not for the same reasons as Molly. "Yeah, I guess I am."

Before Molly could respond, the sound of shifting dirt, and muffled footsteps cut her off. Instantly the two children became alert, forgetting their previous conversation, and turned to face the newcomer, with Absol and Eevee moving in to stand in front of their trainers protectively. Aiden caught Molly's eye, and motioned with his hand to be ready to run if their new arrival turned out to be hostile. The girl nodded her head in understanding then fixed her gaze towards where the sounds were coming from, and anxiously waited for whoever it was to appear.

All of a sudden a little, yellow head popped out from within the darkness of the cave, and it looked up at the children with curious brown eyes. Molly in turn raised an eyebrow at the small Pokémon, and watched intriguingly as the creature warily walked over towards them. The unknown Pokémon paused in its steps when it reached Eevee and Absol, and shuffled nervously when Aiden's starter began sniffing it suspiciously. Eevee on the other hand seemed more puzzled about what the creature actually was than what it was doing here, and reached out a dainty paw to poke the little mouse-like Pokémon, completely enthralled. The creature let out a tiny squeak at the unexpected contact, and immediately curled up into a little ball. Molly could practically see the normal-type's eyes brighten up at the small action, and held back a giggle when Eevee tried to start playing with the other Pokémon like he had back in her room the first day she had met him.

"What is that thing?" Aiden whispered, glancing over at Molly.

"Don't know." The girl replied. Molly remembered seeing the Pokémon in her text book at school one day, but she couldn't recall its name. Her eyes widened in astonishment when she realized what Aiden had said. "Wait, you mean you don't know what it is? I thought you were supposed to be a genius!"

"That doesn't mean I have to know everything!" Aiden retorted, his cheeks turning a little red at the girl's words. "We don't have these things back in Hoenn you know!"

"Then how to we figure out what it is?" Molly asked, while crossing her arms.

Aiden didn't reply, instead he began going through his backpack, obviously looking for something.

Probably looking for another book, Molly thought wryly. The girl then focused her attention back towards the Pokémon, and smiled warmly when she saw that Eevee had finally gotten the unknown creature to open up and was now talking to it in a friendly manner. Absol also seemed to have let go of his previous suspicions, because he too was conversing with the other Pokémon as well.

"Sandshrew, the mouse Pokémon, it digs deep burrows to live in, and when in danger it rolls up its body to withstand attacks."

Molly jumped at the sound of the mechanical voice, and glanced around wildly to find its source. Her eyes eventually fell upon Aiden, and he was holding some rectangular device in his hands, which was pointing towards the Pokémon now known as 'Sandshrew'. The girl inched closer to the boy, extremely curious about the strange object, and studied it a bit closer. The device was a dark gray color, and the top was currently flipped open, which revealed a small screen with a Sandshrew on it. There were also multiple buttons on the bottom half.

"What is that thing?" Molly questioned, pointing towards the object in the boy's hands.

"It's called a Pokedex." Aiden replied.

"Oh I've heard about those!" Molly exclaimed, her eyes lighting up. "Didn't trainers use them back in the old days?"

"Yeah, but Team Plasma got rid of most of them years ago." The boy informed as he put the device back in his backpack, since it was no longer needed.

Molly raised an eyebrow. "Then how do you have one?"

At this Aiden smirked slightly. "I said team Plasma got rid of most of them, not all."

"That still doesn't explain how you got one."

"Prof. Birch gave it to me the same day my dad gave me Absol."

"Oh."

All of a sudden Eevee, Absol, and Sandshrew were gathering around the two children's feet, all of them shouting animatedly, desperately trying to tell them something important. Molly didn't know how they had gotten there so fast without her or Aiden noticing them, but she put it aside for the time being and tried to focus on what the Pokémon were trying to tell them. Unfortunately the girl was unable to decipher what the three were trying to say, since all three of the Pokémon were speaking at once, and at a rather fast pace. Completely clueless, she turned her head to give Aiden a look, hoping he would have some idea on what their friends were shouting about. Her hope died though, when she saw the baffled expression on the boy's usually stoic face. It seemed he was just as lost as her.

"Okay, okay, calm down you three," Aiden commanded, his voice soft, yet stern, "we can't understand what you're trying to tell us like this. Try speaking one at a time."

The Pokémon instantly quieted down, and Molly could practically see the gears turning in their heads as they tried to come up with a way to get their message across. After a few moments of conversing softly amongst themselves, Eevee finally stepped forward, his brown eyes full of determination.

"Eev," the normal-type said while pointing one paw towards Sandshrew.

"So whatever you need to tell us has something to do with Sandshrew?" Molly guessed, studying her friend's actions very carefully.

Eevee nodded his head, smiling widely. He then pointed down one of the tunnels in the cavern. "Vee eev!"

"Something about the tunnels and Sandshrew," Aiden mused, his brows knitted in concentration as he tried to solve their little game of charades.

When he saw that the children still didn't understand, Eevee rolled his eyes, ran up to Molly, and began tugging on the hem of the girl's jeans in the direction he had been previously pointing at, nearly throwing her off balance. Beside him, Absol caught on to his plan almost instantly, and he also went up to his trainer and began nudging the boy towards the tunnel as well.

"Eevee!" Molly exclaimed, startled by the unexpected action. "What are you doing?"

"I think they want us to follow them, Molly." Aiden informed the girl, as he allowed Absol to lead the way. The dark-type nodded at the boy's words, and Aiden needed no further prompting from his Pokémon to know that he was correct.

"Do you think that Sandshrew knows the way out of here?" Molly asked as she and Eevee fell in step next to their traveling companions.

"Maybe, maybe not," the boy replied with a shrug, "either way it's better than sitting here doing nothing."

Molly wasn't sure if she exactly agreed with her friend's words or not. She had always been told that when you were lost you should stay put, but considering the fact that no one knew that the two of them were gone the girl didn't think that staying put was an option either. In the end she really didn't know what to do in this particular situation, plus she also didn't want to be alone in Mt. Moon, which was filled with bloodsucking Zubats. The girl shivered at the thought of the bat-like Pokémon. She never wanted to see another one of those things ever again! Thankfully the girl had Eevee, her tiny, but loyal companion. The normal-type would never leave her by herself that was for certain.

The thought of Eevee brought a fond smile to Molly's face, and her eyes drifted downwards to where she had last seen her friend walking by her feet, but the girl stopped short when she saw that he wasn't there. Wondering where the Pokémon had disappeared to, Molly glanced around at her surroundings, and was relieved to see that Eevee was only a few feet behind her. The girl was about to call out to him, but cut herself off when she noticed the odd, yet familiar posture the normal-type was standing in. Eevee's eyes were fixated on nothing in particular; just thin air, but his gaze suggested otherwise. His ears were also pushed back against his head, which made the normal-type appear wary, but not entirely afraid. It was strange. Molly knew she had never seen her friend like this before, but for some reason she was having a very strong sense of déjà vu. Concentrating a little bit harder, the girl recalled something about being in a cave with Aiden, Eevee in her arms, an overwhelming sense of fear, and Team Plasma, but the memory-if it even was one to begin with-faded as fast as it appeared, slipping out of her grasp. Molly shook her head, clearing her thoughts. It probably wasn't important anyway.

"Hey, Eevee," the girl beckoned, gaining the normal-type's attention, "you coming, buddy?"

"Vee," Eevee replied, forgetting about what he had been staring at and running back towards his human friend.

Molly smiled down at the Pokémon, and when Eevee was once again beside her, the two hurried after Aiden, who was now several feet in front of them.


Mewtwo nodded in satisfaction as he watched Sandshrew lead the humans and their Pokémon down the tunnel. Now he could relax and not worry about the children getting lost in this insufferable cave, and at the pace they were currently walking, Sandshrew should be able to get them to Pewter City by nightfall. The psychic just hoped that the girl wasn't as accidental prone as her father too, or they would be in here for a while.

Either way the clone had to be careful. The girl's Eevee had nearly found him out, just like back in the Cerulean Cave, and that one simple act had almost brought the memories he had suppressed back to the girl's consciousness. Despite how annoying it would be if Ash's daughter did regain her lost memories, Mewtwo couldn't help but feel a little impressed. The normal-type was very intuitive and observant that was for sure. He would definitely be a good Espeon if that is what the small Eevee ended up evolving into.

Once the children were far enough ahead that Mewtwo deemed it safe to follow, the clone began to silently trail after them, and as he hovered there in the air, the psychic started to wonder what was taking Mew so long. Surely she should've been back by now. Mewtwo could not recall one of the legendries' little get-togethers lasting this long ever before, so something big must've happened, or Mew had gotten distracted on her way back . . . again. However, as likely as that sounded, the clone doubted that Mew's short attention span was the reason why the female was running behind. Even though he was a clone, Mewtwo was still a legendary, that much Mew had reassured him, and whether he liked it or not he could tell when something was amiss somewhere in the world. And something definitely didn't feel right.

For starters, the thunderstorm that was slowly spreading across Kanto was making him feel uneasy. The storm was by no means natural. He could sense the signature power of a legendary coming from the clouds, and the fact that the Weather Trio were all the way in Hoenn was somewhat worrisome. Mewtwo had to wonder just who was stupid enough to get those three this furious to the point that their weather was spreading across seas.

Probably some stupid human, the clone thought in light amusement. None of the less, he still wanted Mew to return soon. He was growing tired of babysitting, and there was something very important he needed to do and the quicker the better. Something had shifted in the world, for the good or bad he didn't know, but Mewtwo did know that something big was going to happen in the future, and he wanted to be prepared for when it came.


An immediate silence fell upon the Hall of Origin at Arceus's arrival; mostly out of respect than the sudden, unexpected shock of his appearance, and Mew, along with her other brethren, quietly gathered around their leader. As she moved to stand by Rayquaza, with Victini following close behind her, Mew studied the powerful legendry's features, and frowned in concern when she saw the troubled and despondent expression on his face. Her eyes then moved over towards Moltres and Zapdos, who both seemed equally unsettled about something. Once again she wondered where Articuno was-the psychic had never seen the Bird Trio separated before-and the bad feeling that had appeared in the pit of her stomach at Arceus, Zapdos, and Moltres's arrival grew exponentially when she saw how . . . tired Arceus looked. Mew didn't even know that he could get tired!

"Arceus . . ." Mew spoke up softly, worry filling her voice, but she trailed off when Arceus subtly shook his head. The psychic closed her mouth, and shared an uneasy glance with Rayquaza. It seemed that the emerald dragon was also worried. Suddenly she wished that she had stayed with Mewtwo, because deep down she knew that she wasn't going to like the upcoming conversation.

"Thank you all for coming on such short notice," Arceus began, "and I am pleased to see that most of you have made it here safely, but unfortunately it seems that not all of you were able to make it. No matter, I'm sure they're all fine, for the moment at least."

"What do you mean, Arceus?" Celebi asked from her spot on top of Suicune's head. "And I don't mean to pry, but where is Articuno? She usually goes wherever Moltres and Zapdos go."

At this, the powerful legendary shared a look with the two remaining Pokémon of the legendary Bird Trio, and sighed. "I'm afraid that Articuno has been captured by the humans of Team Plasma."

Cries of outrage erupted from the gathered legendries, and Mew cringed when she heard some very detailed forms of punishments that should be carried out on the terrible humans. She didn't blame them for being so upset though, she was rather angry herself, so Mew understood where they were coming from, but to be honest she was more worried than angry. After what she had seen Team Plasma do the night before, and now hearing this from Arceus, Mew was becoming very concerned about the near future. She knew that Team Plasma had been searching for the locations of legendary Pokémon for years now, but to actually hear that they had succeeded in finding and capturing one was disconcerting.

"Please everyone calm down!" Arceus yelled over all of the shouting. "I know that you are angry, but have to remain calm if we want to help Articuno and the others."

Palkia raised a brow at their leader's words, "Others?"

"Yes," Arceus confirmed quietly, "I know for certain that Team Plasma also has Raikou, and Manaphy."

"WHAT!" Suicune and Entei roared simultaneously, both of them jumping to their feet, obviously surprised by the news.

Kyogre's reaction, however, was less noisy. "They took the runt? When?"

"When-how-did Team Plasma take Raikou!" Entei exclaimed. "We just saw him several days ago!"

"I'm not entirely sure how they managed to capture them myself," Arceus admitted, "all I know is that they were taken about two days ago, that's what the nearby wild Pokémon told me."

"This is all Zekrom and Reshiram's fault!" Giratina suddenly exclaimed, startling everyone at the random change of subject. "If they hadn't let that despicable human capture them in the first place all those years ago, Team Plasma wouldn't have the power that they have now!"

Zekrom and Reshiram, the legendary Dragon Duo; Mew hadn't seen those two in a long time. Twelve years to be exact. Many legendary Pokémon believed that they were the reason Ghetsis rose to power and took over the Pokémon League. Of course, Mew didn't know for sure if that was entirely true or not, since neither of the two dragons was here to explain their side of the story. However, it was no secret that Zekrom and Reshiram have allowed themselves to be captured by humans before, and the psychic could understand why Zekrom let Ghetsis capture him with the human's vision of a 'new ideal world'. The only thing that really confused her was Reshiram. Where did he fit into all of this? The Dragon Duo never let the same human capture both of them at the same time, so who had captured Reshiram?

"Settle down, Giratina," Arceus advised sternly, bringing Mew out of her thoughts, "I did not call you all here to discuss who is at fault or not."

The dragoness growled deeply in her throat, frustrated, but otherwise kept her mouth shut. She did however narrow her eyes at Palkia and Dialga when they snickered at the sight of her getting rebuked by Arceus, but when they saw her glare the two dragons instantly ceased their laughter.

"So why did you bring us here, Arceus?" Celebi quietly asked, tilting her head to the side.

"I wanted to warn you." The powerful legendary replied. "Team Plasma is getting bolder in their movements, and have already started to go after some of you here." At this Arceus glanced over briefly at the Weather Trio. "If they do start trying to hunt you down, do not take them lightly. Humans, as you all know, are very resourceful."

"What about Raikou, Articuno, and Manaphy?" Suicune questioned. "Are we going to do nothing to help them?!"

"We will help them, Suicune, eventually." Arceus answered. "But first we must come up with a plan. We can't just go running off blindly. If we do there may be a good chance that we'll get captured as well. Besides, you know how I feel about harming humans."

"Even though they deserve it," Groundon muttered.

Arceus gave Groundon a disapproving look; apparently he had heard the ground-type. "You may feel that way, Groundon, but I do not, which reminds me, you, Kyogre, and Rayquaza need to calm the storm that you have created across Hoenn, and Kanto. It's beginning to be a big problem for all of the Pokémon and humans that live there."

"Our apologies, Arceus," Rayquaza replied respectfully, "we did not mean for it to go so far. It's just that Team Plasma has become very bothersome as of late, and they have been trying our patience."

Kyogre snorted, "That's putting it mildly."

Arceus nodded, "I understand, but it is still a problem, and I expect you to fix it."

"We'll try," Rayquaza said, somewhat hesitantly. He wasn't exactly sure if he and his brothers would be able to control their tempers when they returned back to Hoenn, but they would try.

"That's all I ask." Arceus then returned his attention to the other legendries. "I will try to come up with a plan to save Articuno, Raikou, and Manaphy as quickly as I can, but until then remember what I have told you, do not underestimate Team Plasma. You are all dismissed."

Mew sighed as she watched her brethren slowly filter out of the Hall of Origin. None of them looked very happy at the moment, especially Suicune, Entei, Zapdos, and Moltres. At the moment the four of them were conversing quietly off to the side, and the small psychic didn't like the determined expressions on all of their faces. It made them seem like they were about to do something rash, and dangerous. Mew made a mental note to tell Celebi to keep an eye on Entei and Suicune, in case they did try to do something in the near future.

"Mew," Arceus called after the psychic, gaining her attention, "could you come speak with me for a moment."

Mew nodded and flew up to powerful legendary, and gave him an inquiring look, "Yes, Arceus?"

"I was wondering if you could warn Mewtwo about Team Plasma," Arceus requested, "he may be your clone, but he is a legendary Pokémon, so he may be a target as well."

"Don't worry, I'll tell him." Mew had been planning to tell Mewtwo anyway.

"Thank you, Mew."

"You're welcome." And with one final goodbye to Arceus, Mew left the Hall of Origin and teleported back to the Kanto region.


"Thanks again, little guy." Molly told the small Sandshrew as she patted it on the head. "We would never have gotten out of that cave without your help."

"Shrew," the mouse-like Pokémon squealed back happily.

Aiden however, huffed at the girl's words. "Oh please, we would've been fine! I could have gotten us out of there . . . eventually!"

"Yeah, eventually," Molly rolled her eyes disbelievingly, and then muttered, "more like a hundred years."

After hours and hours of wandering through Mt. Moon, Sandshrew had finally led them to the exit, and in the distance Molly could see the night lights of Pewter City. The girl smiled at the sight, even the heavy rain couldn't dampen her bright, cheery mood or the relief of finally getting out of that blasted cave! Molly had actually thought that they would be lost in there forever, but Sandshrew had proven her wrong, and at the moment the girl was treating the ground-type as her own little hero. Now she was a step closer to reaching Pallet Town and hopefully saving her aunts and uncle!

"I think it would be best if we camped here for the night, Molly," Aiden advised as he observed the heavy rain pouring from the dark, cloudy sky, "that way we'll have shelter from the storm. Plus it's late, and I don't feel like walking another two miles in the rain at night."

"You're probably right," Molly agreed, warily watching lightning flash across the sky.

The two children quickly set up a small campsite, and crawled into their sleeping bags once they were finished. Eevee and Absol both laid down next to their respective trainers once they were settled, and Sandshrew curled up beside the kids' two backpacks, making sure that no other wild Pokémon would take off with them while they were asleep. Originally, Molly hadn't wanted to spend the night in Mt. Moon, mostly due to their run in with the Zubats and Golbats, but being there surrounded by her friends, she figured it wasn't so bad. From within her sleeping bag, the girl gave Eevee an affectionate pat on the head as he curled up beside her, snuggling into her arms.

"Night guys," Molly whispered as she closed her eyes, drifting off to sleep.


Review Please!

Happy Easter!

I'm still taking suggestions for Molly and Aiden's journey to Pallet Town, so if you have any ideas please share. :)

And sorry for not updating sooner, I was very busy the past couple of weeks.

Also, what do you guys think of Sandshrew? Should he stay, or should he go?