A/N: Okay, I'll admit I lost my inspiration and will to write for a while. However, as I promised, you will get two new chapters. This is the first one. Thank you for your patience; it is greatly appreciated. I have the following to thank:

5th Dimension: Thanks for your reviews, as they were absolutely wonderful. Always funny or questioning, you always told me the things I was hoping reviewers would comment on; in other words, commenting on some of my more comical parts, while giving me suggestions for my story. You even helped me identify grammar issues. So, though you'll be on Fiction Press for a while, I have to give you a big hug.

Mr. Slowpoke: You were the one that actually made me want to write again. Thank you for that. I really appreciate it.

Amara-nii chan: Thanks for the encouraging reviews! And I'd like to inform you that you'll love this chapter!

Everyone else: Thank you, all of you. Whether you read, alert, fave, or review, I love you all so much! This fan fiction would be nothing without you guys! I thank you just for clicking on this story and giving it a chance!

EDIT: The twelfth chapter should be out later this month. For a while, I was unable to login to FF . Net.

Now, on with the chappie!

When I'd woken up, I was by a black portal that had a blue center (Is that for time or space?) (1). It was quite small. Apparently, that chimera had dropped me off here. But now, it was nowhere in sight.

Should I jump in this portal…

…Or stay in this purple-black alternate reality?

On one hand, jumping into the portal could be dangerous; I don't know where it's headed, and I don't know if it's safe.

On the other hand, I would be stuck here, and that chimera might come back…

YIKES! I've made up my mind! I'm going through that portal!

WOOSH!

The portal widened as I stood in it. I wondered when it would send me away until I was quickly covered by the darkness of it.

I don't recall it all, but I traveled in the blue-purple-black vortex to my unknown destination. I quickly lost consciousness as I started dreaming of where I would end up. My vision was blurry and my eyes were almost closed, but I swear I saw a spike of red hair.

I was sweating profusely. We had started our trek through Mt. Coronet, and already it turned out to be a grueling task. We didn't have a pokemon capable of surf (Ash was too young to begin to learn HM/TM moves), and flying inside the cave was tiresome. Already a day had passed, and we'll be camping out in a mini cave tonight. Right now, I really want to talk to Mike.

"Hey, Mike…" I started, waiting for him to answer.

His green eyes shot to look up at me; they were as green as my eyes…huh.

"Yeah?" He responded, waiting for me to continue.

"Um, I was just wondering…"

After my answer, she hesitated for a second…I wonder why? She never struck me as shy, so why stop?

"Um, I was just wondering…" She trailed off for a second. Was something bothering her?

"…If you wanted to tell me more about yourself? You know, have a little chat, before we go to sleep?"

The way she said it was a bit peculiar-despite what she said, she looked like she didn't want to be anywhere near me. Was she…

"Are you afraid of me?"

Her eyes widened; she looked at me like she was trying to find out how I came to that question.

"No way! I'm just…"

"Nervous?"

She held her head down in shame-oops; I didn't mean to do that!

"It's just…you captured me for a reason I don't know. You want me to help you see the prince when I have no idea of your true motive. And…you seem…familiar…"

I should have realized she felt that way; Arceus, I'm so stupid! But that last part of her confession is setting me on edge…I wish I could tell her why I'm familiar. But I don't know how she'd react…I think I'll just tell her why I, or more importantly, Shizen needs her.

"Asia, I captured you because Shizen needs to send a message to nature about the prince. You know, what he looks like, what he acts like, and…she needs to make amends."

"Mike…if you don't need-you haven't stated why I'm needed-me, then why did you decide to capture me?"

Crap, the obligatory question had been asked. A bit too close in the secret area-I'll have to answer this carefully.

"I work for Shizen. She took me in when I got lost, and treated me nicely. She's done a lot of things for me. This is my big chance to really pay her back. There's something only a Shaymin, Celebi, and a Mew can do. No, I'm not going to tell you what."

"Well then…do you know anything about what happened to the Lilligant, Tangela, and Tropius clans?"

Wow, she is really milking me for answers. This one isn't too hard to answer.

"Yeah, some of the Team Vile-Vine members have been capturing some of them. No worries, half of the members will probably release them soon. Now, may I have the luxury of not having to answer any more questions? It's really late right now." I said as I yawned. I am really tired.

She herself yawned, and said good night. But for some reason, though I was tired I couldn't sleep. It has been a few minutes since Asia stopped talking to me, and I feel something sinister in the air. I looked around, trying to find out where it was coming from. I could hear Ash silently whimpering, so I decided to go there. As I went over to his spot in the smooth, grey-black cave, I was hit on the back of my neck. As I slowly lost consciousness, I heard a voice with malicious intent behind me say, "Sweet dreams, hostage.".

(1) The portal is a reference, and I hope you guys get it. It's to a highly acclaimed game from the 1990s.

A/N: Hope you guys like it, I tried to add as much detail as I could without forgetting the plot.

Now, REVIEW, or you'll become a hostage of a bad guy using plan #28.