So that wasn't Leaf... I begin to panic, running all over the forest, passing places I've already been through. My mind twists and turns, thinking terrible thoughts. Where is she? Leeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaffffffffff! My body seems a little light, but I ignore it and keep on running. But soon, I stop in my tracks. I feel very dizzy. The world seems to be leaving me, my head feeling even lighter. I begin to shake, and I falls to the ground, unconscious.

Ugh. Where am I? I wake up lying against a tree. Two Galactic grunts are pacing around, one holding on to a young girl's hands, which we tied up behind her back. She looks to me, eyes a little red from crying, probably. Leaf. It was her. I could tell. I got up to me feet, feeling better, yelling at the grunts, telling them to let Leaf go. They both smirked, saying that if I beat them in battle, they would give me back my so called 'girlfriend'. Me face turn a little red, but I accept their challenge.

(Galactic Battle Music)

So unfair! Two verses one! Leaf just watches helplessly. But who cares, I'm stronger than them both combined! They send out Golbat and Luxio. Not bad. But let's see if they can handle this! I send out Charizard and Pidgeot. Golbat starts the battle off with air cutter, hitting Pidgeot and Charizard directly, but not too much damage is done to them. Luxio, which has an advantage, uses thunderbolt on Pidgeot. It faints.

Pidgeot! I'll show them for beating Pidgeot! They'll regret ever doing it! Charizard uses flamethrower on Luxio, making it faint. Hahaha! Serves 'em right! But while I gloating, Golbat uses bite on Charizard, fainting it. What! Charizard! The grunts begin to laugh, until a pokeball flies out to my side of the field, sending out a Venusaur. I look around, seeing Leaf who had got her hands out from the rope. I smile saying that the battle isn't over.

Venusaur uses razor leaf on Golbat, and to my suprise, the Golbat takes a lot of damage. Must've been a critical hit. Or it just has a low defense. Maybe we will win this battle after all! I watch as she finishes Golbat off with a solar beam. And like I said, we win.

The two panic in shock, running away, probably in terror of their defeat. Once they're gone, I walk up to Leaf, telling her that I was worried and couldn't find her. She smiles at me as I finish. I also tell her about the pokemon that was pretending to be her, and how it battled me. Leaf quietly says she saw a pink pokemon, like the one I described, saying that it tried to help her run away, but couldn't.

Then she says that she told it to find me and tell me that I was in trouble. I tell her I guess that it battled me because it was frightened, or something like that. We laugh a little at that comment. As we head out of the forest, I remember that grunt calling Leaf my 'girlfriend'. Well, FYI, she isn't! Got that! I'd show them...

My mind gets caught off guard, and I step in a Combee nest. I hear a buzzing noise coming from the bushes. Oh great... A bunch of Vespiquens come out, and Leaf screams. I yell out to make a run for it, but Leaf was way ahead of me. She had taken off like a torpedo, leaving me trailing behind. I finally catch up to her, still running from the Vespiquen. The exit of the forest is just ahead of us. Yes! Yes! Yes! The exit! Freeeeeeeeeeeeeedddddddddooooooooommmmmmmmmm! And I can see Aaron, Daimon, and Lucus!

Leaf and I jump out through the exit, skidding in front of the three of our friends. The Vespiquen fly back into the forest.

"H-hey guys..." I stare up at them, exhausted from the run.

The three look at us confused and ask us what happened. I tell them that it's a long story and to drop the subject. Aaron says that Eterna is just ahead. All five of us walk over some small hills, until we see a city ahead. Eterna. I can battle the gym leader! Now that we're back together, we can go on with our journey to rescue Dawn. Just the five of us. Until we get a new addition to the group. But until then, it's just us. Only five.