A/N: This is it, I have officially broken the curse of "11th chapter-ightis" :P. I would also like to finally say thanks to whoever has reviewed my story, I've tried my best to make the improvements where needed and I will carry on doing so. I do not own Pokemon, but I do own the characters in the story.

Chapter 12

Kudzu's POV

I woke up at the same time I always do, but this time, I felt empty, and when I looked at the empty space on my bed I sighed, but before I could even feel sad again "Hey! Come on. We wanna get a nice and early start; the quicker this gets done is the quicker we can get back" shouted Amara as cheerfully as ever.

I turned to look at her "Not all of this can be as peppy as you in the morning" I lied, trying to show displeasure of her arrival, but she knew that I was just joking.

"Say, that's funny coming from someone who can make their food just by absorbing the sun's rays" she joked and we laughed in unison. I really was thankful that Amara was always as happy as that. "So, are you ready?" she asked, changing her tone to a serious, but calm one. I nodded, and then I walked out of my home. My tail was swishing nervously; this was the first time I had left the clan since I had found Chima. It was also going to have been the first time I will have left Chima for more than a day since I found him. Amara quickly noticed and began to comfort me "He'll be fine, he's in good care." I looked at her upset "we couldn't have taken him with us" she stated "If we did, this whole thing would take so much longer" she continued.

I shot Amara a sharp look "Are you saying that he's hopeless?" Amara just sighed and shook her head, and then carried on walking; we walked through the practice fields where we were welcomed by the various teachers as we passed through. Soon we reached the exit of our safe haven. "You first" Amara giggled.

I then began crossing through the various layers of the cavern that concealed our clan from the rest of the world. I knew my way through the cave that the pitch darkness was no obstacle to me or Amara. We saw a beam of light shine through the darkness, and we followed it to bring us to the mouth of the cave; we were now outside of official clan territory, and in the world where anything could be waiting for us.

I cautiously took the first step out of the cave and checked to see if there was any other being around. This was possibly the most important part of this job, because if we were spotted by anyone, then our clan's secrecy could be broken; thankfully this time there was no one watching, so Amara and I dashed away to the closest large tree that we could find, she grinned at me when we stopped "Just like old times" and as we headed down our usual route she spoke up "Maybe we could deviate a little bit from where we usually go, and then you can show me where you found Chima" she suggested.

I shook my head, but reluctantly said "Okay, but I want you to know that I didn't mean to go along there, it was only because I picked up on Chima's scent, so if we're not exactly there then don't be too disappointed." Amara shivered in excitement "Why so excited?" I asked.

Amara giggled again "It just makes me excited when things like this happen. I have a feeling that this is going to be a good few days, with lots of excitement and even some da-" I interrupted her as quickly as I could.

"Do not say that word, there will be no such risk okay" I snapped, I couldn't even think of danger as a possibility, I just wanted to get this job done as swiftly as possible. "Now" I started "I think it was this way" I guided Amara over to where I thought I had found Chima. We both stepped out onto the small clearing and I could very faintly pick up his scent, but it was virtually gone by now.

Amara and I looked up and down the path that led into and out of the clearing "Lets start by looking up there" she yelled, causing a few Murkrow to fly from the trees, but she couldn't care less because she as too excited at the prospect of exploring somewhere unknown to her. She zipped in the direction opposite the river that I had saved Chima, so I quickly paced behind her. However, we came to a stop much quicker than I expected, I walked around to see what Amara had stopped for and when I saw I was shocked and confused. "What are these doing here?" Amara asked.

I didn't know what to make of it; right in front of us were the items that humans placed upon themselves to keep them from being cold, because of their lack of fur. However, this human had obviously decided that they didn't want to wear any of it. "I'd hate to think of that human right now" I grimaced, but then a thought struck my head "This forest will be enough to change the human's mind, they will suffer" I inspected the items closer and found that on of them had a Meowth and a Wailord, but there were unreadable scribble written on the fabric. "Humans are strange, they seem to idolise Pokemon, but then they choose to capture us? I don't understand the logic. Surely if they idolise us then they would leave us be." I voiced my thoughts.

Amara faced me, still giggling uncontrollably "I don't know about you, but I find the thought of a human running through the forest funny, just imagine how out of place it will look" she cackled. I smirked at her, and then I couldn't resist any further, so I joined in her relentless fits of laughter.

However, our laughing had attracted attention, and soon we were swarmed by many angry looking Pokemon; there were some Beedrill, Zigzagoon, Pidgey and many more, but the most daunting to see was a Nidoking and a Nidoqueen. The two of them towered over us, and the other Pokemon circled us angrily. Amara chuckled nervously "So uh, what brings you here?" she said, trying to lighten the mood, but I knew that there was only one way out of this.

The Nidoking looked over at me and growled deeply "Why have you entered my territory, and disturbed my civilian's peace? There is no excuse for this, you must be punished. Perhaps you will be lucky enough to die in battle than have us leave you for the Mightyena to take you at night" I grimaced and closed my eyes, whilst Amara shifted next to me in a battle ready stance "Prepare to face our fury" shouted the Nidoking, then I assumed the same position as Amara, and got ready.

Cora's POV

I woke up at the same time as mum and moved towards her "Good morning my little dewdrop" she said before we both turned our attention to the two boys who were still sleeping "Would you be a dear and wake those two up?" mum asked, so I decided to sneak up on Nik and frighten him out of his sleep.

I slowly crept towards Nik, smiling mischievously, and then I pounced and yipped loudly to wake him up. He was too slow to get out of the way, so I landed on him, pinning him down whilst he tried to process the shock "What was that for?" he whined, I snickered and released him from my grip. He glared at me and sulkily made his way over to mum, who then began to comfort Nik as he continued to wallow in self pity. My yip had obviously woken Chima up, because before I knew it, I got tackled to the ground and was in the same position that I held Nik in. I opened my eyes to see Chima grinning wildly "Go Chima!" shouted Nik to cover up his desire for revenge. I pushed Chima off lightly, and pulled up close to him.

"Very good, but next time you'd better watch out" I warned light heartedly. Mum told us to get ready because she was taking us all for a walk today. I always loved her walks, they lasted a whole day, and we always got to watch the sun set before we went back home. The only downside was that we would almost definitely be tired and unable to stay awake once we got home; the last time went on a walk, both me and Nik fell asleep, so mum had to carry both of us; this happened almost every walk we went on, so I didn't know if Chima would be able to cope.

Mum stood at the exit of our home and waited for us "Let's get going" she chirped as we all sat by her. She began to walk and we followed close behind "I would like for Chima to stick close to me" she stated, and soon he was walking right by her legs taking three strides for every one that mum did; he was always either looking up at mum or looking forwards to make sure that he didn't trip.

We had been walking for a while now; the sun was high in the sky, signalling that it was already afternoon "anyone up for a stop by the lake?" mum asked just as we appeared in front of the lake, and we couldn't resist, immediately all three of us breaking into a reckless sprint as we charged for the water, but just as I was about to jump I stopped and grimaced as I remembered what happened when Nik fell into the water during one of our games.

"What's wrong sis?" Nik asked as he plunged beneath the water and resurfaced with his fur drenched, obviously he was less affected than I was. I stood there frozen, but I quickly thought of a cover up, and decided that I would sunbathe instead. I looked to Chima, who obviously had the same idea because he was already lying down, taking in the sun's heat.

I started to lay down "I'm not feeling like going in today" I shrugged to Nik who now looked hilarious as he stepped out of the lake and shook his fur to dry himself off. I closed my eyes and felt the warmth of the sun spreading across my body, I purred contently, soon the heat increased , but I could no longer feel the sun beating down on me. I turned and looked up to see an unknown Flareon who was smiling at me excitedly.

The flareon spoke "Guess who" he demanded. I was lost for words; I didn't know who this was.

I looked confused at him "Um, I dunno, Uncle Rauridh? Miss Amara's brother?" I guessed. The Flareon shook his head proudly; I was getting a little bit creeped out by this Flareon.

"It's me" the flareon cheered "Sae; look, I evolved!" My eyes opened wide in shock and surprise. I couldn't believe it, Sae had evolved, and looked stronger, his tail was swishing elegantly as he sat and watched me gawking at his new appearance. His once brown fur was now a vibrant, shiny orange coat, whilst his yellow mane and tail shimmered with the sunlight.

"Is that who I think it is?" shouted mum, "Well, you look like a dashing young Flareon now. Are you entering the tournament now that you're even stronger?" she smiled, and Sae nodded excitedly.

He turned round quickly "I need to go now, I still need to show others" and then he ran off as quickly as he appeared. I turned to look at Nik and Chima; both were still in a daze, but seemed to get a grasp of what just occurred. However, it seemed that Chima's younger, smaller body was taking its toll even after half a day of continuous walking, and he was quickly falling asleep, his eyes were trying to fight the urge to close, but all resistance was hopeless as he slowly closed his eyes and placed his head on the ground, breathing softly. Mum made no attempt to wake him, instead she gently picked him up, and silently gestured for Nik and I to follow her, our full day walk had been significantly reduced.

When we reached our house, Nik and I decided to play a game of tag, but soon we got bored because tag is nowhere near as fun when there's only two playing. We sat and looked out into the forest together and began to talk "Maybe Shar was wrong" I started, Nik looked at me puzzled " he said that Chima is probably going to be a vaporeon remember, but Chima didn't look like he wanted to go into the water".

Nik smiled slightly "Yeah, but when is Shar ever right. Remember when he was saying how he could beat mum in a battle, but she wiped the floor with him… that was funny" he said reflectively "You know what? I'm tired, I think I'm gonna go lie down next to Chima and go to sleep. Do you think Chima knows that Cutter and Larxene entered him in the tournament?" Nik asked me curiously. I shrugged, I didn't know any more than Nik did, but we knew that Chima was going to be in the tournament. "Do you think we ought to tell him, so that he can get ready? It starts the day after Miss Kudzu gets back from her journey." Nik stated to the both of us whilst we turned round and headed for our home and our bed next to Chima. As soon as we got inside mum greeted us and made sure that we got comfortable before we went to sleep, and we fell asleep peacefully.

Vesper's POV

I'm surprised that the children even managed that long on our walk, I was fairly tired by the time we stopped off at the lake, and when Chima fell asleep it felt like a blessing, because I now had an excuse to return home. I needed to wear them out today, because tomorrow I was going to let them watch the older ones practice for the tournament; I knew that Shar was competing and I also knew that Sae was. However, when Larxene told me that Chima had been entered, I didn't know how to react. I wasn't sure if Chima was actually ready, but there had to be a reason why Chima was moved up to the third group.

I sat at the edge of our home, staring at the three kits sleeping whilst feeling the sun beat down on my black fur, giving it a gleam in the sunlight. It was days like this that I remembered what it was like being a kit; I still remember when we got two new pupils in our class. Their names still stuck in my mind, because now they are so influential on life here in the clan. The two were called Amara and Kudzu, and they were already the standout students in our class, and were moved up within the day. And within a whole season they had evolved, and again with another season they became members of the guild respectively, whilst in that same season, I evolved into an Umbreon. I always looked up to those two, but in the current situation; it was me who was being looked up to by Kudzu and Amara. They admired my ability to look after children, and they have now become a larger part of my life. Even when Shar evolved and went into Amara's class we didn't talk much. However, since Chima entered, all of our lives had become intertwined.

I continued to watch them sleep, all three of them were adorable, although most notably was Chima because he was clearly smaller than the other two. However, it was funny to watch Nik and Cora toss and turn around him, and Nik was even talking in his sleep "No….No stop, I want to be a jolteon, not….." he mumbled, unaware of how silly it looked.

I shifted my gaze away from them and looked outside to see that there was a glaceon approaching the house confidently, it was Taphyn, and from the looks of things he was happy about something. He stood in front of me "You will never guess what. I was just minding my own business and then suddenly this Jolteon who I have no idea is by the way, but anyway, this Jolteon basically told me that I was destined for great things if I manage to look after what is important. I assume that when she said something important she meant the next generation, but there's only a few I know, which means that I have to look after the kits Chima, Cora, Ivy, Nik" I stopped him mid sentence; half out of confusion and half out of fear that he was going to run out of breath.

"I don't think that means that exactly, I think there's a deeper meaning in there somewhere. I just don't know what it could be. If I were you I wouldn't jump to the conclusion so quickly" Taphyn blushed at my reaction.

He perked his ears up, and then lowered them again "I suppose you're right" he chuckled "Do you know where Kudzu is?" he asked, I looked at him shocked "What?" he said absentmindedly.

I slowly uttered "Don't you know that Kudzu and Amara have gone out to the forest beyond our clan's? I thought you would have been told" Taphyn stared blankly at me.

He shook his head and began to smile a bit "I think I was told, but I probably zoned out because I'll be honest; not all guild members are as fun as me" he gloated jokingly.

I rolled my eyes "I'm looking after Chima at the moment, and you are more than welcome to help me look after him and the others" I suggested.

"Sure, I'd love to help out" he cheered, but soon stopped and frowned at me. I felt nervous; I'd never seen Taphyn look like this, but it didn't look like he was angry, just concerned "Are you feeling okay today Vesper? You look a little pale, and your yellow rings aren't as vibrant as they usually are." I turned to look at the rings on my back legs; they were glowing dimly, but not as bright as they usually were. I looked at Taphyn and now that I had noticed that I felt queasy, and within a quick space of time I had to lean against Taphyn for support.

"Not now. Why now?" I mumbled weakly as I shortly fainted and collapsed right next to Taphyn.

Amara's POV

We had been searching for a full day at this point, and we had covered good ground considering our earlier run in with the Nidoking's 'empire'. However, Kudzu and I quickly dealt with all of them. I used a blast burn and Kudzu used a hyper beam directly on the Nidoking, knocking it clean out; this was enough to deter the others from attacking, so we casually walked away from the scene, dragging the human clothes with us.

It was night time now, and Kudzu and I were getting ready to sleep. I had set alight the human clothes to create some fire as a source of warmth, which both of us greatly appreciated. If we searched at the same rate as today, then we would be done by the end of the day and we could return at dusk, far quicker than anyone expected. However, I suspected that Kudzu would want to explore some more.

I looked over at Kudzu, her eyes were sparkling with the reflection of the flames within them "I don't know why, but those clothes seemed familiar, even though I've never seen them before" she uttered. I had no idea what she meant so I just forgot about what she said. I placed myself closer to the fire and began to drift off into its inviting warmth.

However, I quickly sat up and began looking round quickly; I didn't know what was there, but I could tell that there was someone watching us "Kudzu" I whispered, gaining her attention until she also felt the presence around our area. We were silent, both of us scanning the area, but finding nothing. We backed up to each other to get a full view together, but to no avail; we could both sense this being's presence, but could not detect where it was.

Suddenly I heard the beating of wings and looked up to see something amazing; it was like I was looking at the master craft of a Smeargle's painting, but this was no painting. I was looking up to see the legendary Pokemon Moltres soaring over the forest, I quickly nudged Kudzu to make sure that she was able to witness this wonderful sight. It was said that if anyone were to see a legendary Pokemon, this was often a sign of good luck or a sign that good fortune had been bestowed upon those who witnessed it, and I assumed that the latter applied to Kudzu, which meant that I would hopefully be receiving the same kind of fortune.

As quickly as we had spotted Moltres, it had disappeared, but when we looked away from the sky we saw another surprise, an Ursaring was wandering through the woods, but did not look angry "Hello there" he said "I couldn't help but notice your fire, and I was getting worried that a wildfire had broken out." He then stopped and noticed what was actually fuelling the fire "Are those human clothes that you're burning?" I nodded, and he looked a bit worried "Do you know where the human is then?"

I shrugged at him "We don't know. I just thought it might be better than trying to find some firewood". The large Pokemon sat down, and began chewing on some berries that he had obviously plucked earlier "Sorry, can we help you?" I asked getting slightly agitated at this Pokemon invading mine and Kudzu's space, and staying here like he was welcome.

"No. why would you need to help me?" he replied nonchalantly, still munching on the berries. Kudzu and I exchanged irritated looks and then prepared to scare the Pokemon off. The Ursaring yawned loudly and lazily rubbed his belly.

I began to feign a smile "If you don't mind, we would like you to leave now. We've had a long day and need this rest, because tomorrow is going to be just as long." I explained a gently as I could. The bear then switched on and began to glare at me angrily.

"I don't think you have any right to get me away from this spot" he retorted "In fact, I believe that I have more of a right than you" he snorted confidently.

I returned with a confident grin and a nod for Kudzu "You really want to battle us?" I questioned and looked back at Kudzu quickly to see that she was in a battle ready position. However, when I looked back at the Ursaring he smiled happily at the request.

He then waved his left paw for about five seconds, but to my surprise there was no response. I was about to laugh when I then saw that an Aerodactyl had landed right next to the Ursaring. "Yeah, as a matter of fact, we do." He said smugly.

I stared in shock "H-how can you even be here?" I whimpered at the Aerodactyl; ever since I was a young Eevee, I had always been scared of Aerodactyl, even though I knew they were extinct, but now I was facing one and I was going to have to battle it.

The living fossil spoke "Simple, our old trainer found my fossil and was able to resurrect me. She was so kind to do that; pity she tasted nice as well" he said in a tone that made it unclear whether he was joking or not. I shuddered at the thought.

The two figures towered over us and I felt powerless, I was frozen by the gaze of the Aerodactyl. "Amara" I could faintly hear Kudzu trying to call to me "Amara watch out!" Kudzu shouted as my daze was suddenly snapped as I saw not one but two hyper beams narrowly miss me, I was shaken and startled so I began to run away. I turned my head to see Kudzu strike a leaf blade on both of our enemies, and then begin to dash after me.

Kudzu caught up to me and panted "I think I have blinded the fossil for the moment" she smiled, lifting my spirits a little, until I heard heavy wings beat in the otherwise silent air, I could tell that we were being caught up, so I bravely decided to stop, and saw that the Aerodactyl flew right past me, I sighed in relief until I felt myself being forced to the floor with great strength.

I was pressed down to the ground with immense pressure "A little afraid of him are we?" the Ursaring taunted, striking me with a focus punch.

I groaned painfully, but managed to stop any tears from forming "Why would I be scared of that, I bet it can't even beat a Seedot in a fight" I returned the taunt, making my oppressor growl furiously as he landed another blow on me, my vision was becoming blurry and I was losing consciousness. In a last attempt at survival I turned my head quickly and released the biggest flamethrower I could muster.

The flames began to dance on the Ursaring's fur, giving me the opportunity to stumble away and out of view from the raging inferno that stuck to him. I saw him slowly recover as the flames fizzled out and left his fur singed. I decided to release all I could with an overheat, which I hoped would finish the Ursaring off, so that we wouldn't be bothered by him for at least another few days, and by that time we would be back in the clan.

The Ursaring screeched in the sheer volume of pain that was being inflicted upon it, as I watched I saw its body give up, and he fell to the floor lifelessly, although watching closer I could see he was still breathing, and before I could watch anymore I left him there. Suddenly a thought struck me 'Where's Kudzu?!" I couldn't make out where to go, so I wandered in the direction I thought Kudzu had been chased.

I had been walking in various directions in hope of finding Kudzu, but not even a familiar sound had appeared to cheer me up. I wandered around clueless, the vibrant trees that I had seen during the day were now tall shadows looming over me, waiting to consume my life the moment I fall, and every noise that was appearing didn't sound friendly. I felt like it was hopeless now, so I decided to find a safer place to sleep for the night when suddenly "Um, hello?" called a voice which startled me initially, but seemed to be far less scary than everything else I heard, but I couldn't pinpoint where the voice had come from.

I circled continuously trying to work out the source of the voice, or was I just imagining things "I'm over here" the voice said quietly, this time I managed to trace where the voice was coming from and walked through a bush which looked like a black whole in the darkness of the night.

When I got to the other side I felt slightly colder, and when I looked around I could see a Glaceon lying down and watching me take in the surroundings, but this Glaceon didn't seem to be laughing at me; more like he was trying to work out what to say. "Thank you Glaceon" I said humbly, but it almost seemed dismissive of being called Glaceon "Sorry, I don't know your name, that's why I called you Glaceon" he then continued his unimpressed glare.

"Don't call me Glaceon!" he snapped. I didn't like his attitude.

I quickly snapped back "Well you didn't exactly tell me your name!"

"Well, I'm terribly sorry, but I'm not exactly used to any of this" he stated, which caused me to look at him puzzled, causing him to roll his eyes in annoyance "I used to be a human" he finished. I stopped in my thoughts, shocked at what I had just heard.

I looked at him a different angles "B-but how, you look like a normal Glaceon from every angle, heck, you even have the same coldness a Glaceon naturally gives off." I stopped and thought quickly "Wait a minute; this isn't some kind of joke is it. Very funny, who set you up to this? I bet it was Cutter" I laughed in desperation, but the Glaceon's serious expression remained, so I stopped and looked down at the ground "How is that even possible?" I repeated.

He moved next to me; his body pressing against mine to comfort me "It's just as confusing to me, I'll tell you what. You can call me Frost." He smiled slightly, but I was still trying to process that the Glaceon before me was actually once a human, I didn't know if I could trust him. I had so many conflicting thoughts that my face look disgusted in concentration "Fine, be like that then!" Frost yelled grumpily.

I immediately came to my senses "Sorry. I'm still trying to get my head round the idea, its not exactly everyday that you hear of a human turning into a pokemon, that's only been talked about in myths that are over exaggerated and clearly just fantasy stories." I defended.

Frost smiled weakly at me and looked me in the eyes "I promise that I'm not lying. However, it's not just that I've been turned into a pokemon, but I also…" he stopped, holding back his other secret. "I was… I am from a world without Pokemon, in my world you are nothing more than a game. I know this will sound farfetched, but you have to believe me!" he begged, his ears drooping without him realising. "Agh, come on, can't I at least become human again?" he cried out.

I decided to let his last comment slide by "I don't know how you've ended up in the situation that you're in, and I'm afraid I don't know how to get you back as a human. I'm not sure if I believe you. When did this happen to you?"

"About three hours ago" he stated.

"I think it's best if we get some rest, we need to-" I was interrupted by Kudzu entering the small area and rushing towards me.

Kudzu smiled brightly, completely missing the Glaceon next to me "It's so good to see you again. I thought that I had lost you after that Aerodactyl gave chase for me, although I managed to deal with him pretty quickly once I was facing him one on one." She stopped and observed my bruised and battered body "You look terrible, how on earth did you manage to stay conscious?" finally she looked across to see Frost "And who might you be?" she inquired.

Frost looked at her the same way he initially looked at me "My name is Frost. You wouldn't believe my story if I told you though" he sulked.

Kudzu decided to rise to the challenge "Try me" she demanded playfully. Frost then proceeded to explain his situation, and as expected, Kudzu was shocked by his story. She looked at him for a moment and then said "You poor thing. No one should have to go through as much as you have. I think it would be best if you stuck with us from now on okay?" she asked attentively.

Frost winced a little at the thought "I dunno, I don't think that would be a good idea, I would just hold you up" he moped "But if you insist, then who am I to deny your hospitality?" he perked up a little bit.

Kudzu smiled and swished her tail across his body "I think it would be a good idea if we actually got some sleep now. Especially after what we've been through; all three of us" Frost and I nodded in unison and all three of us sat down to get ready to sleep under the stars, much later than Kudzu and I had wanted to.

Taphyn's POV

The whole day had been a blur for me, and now I was going to be sleeping in Vesper's home because she is ill and the only person that would know how to heal her is Kudzu, so she would have to wait until she returned, which would be fine because I had a hunch that the girls would finish their job early, but until I saw them, I wouldn't know and I was going to be there for Vesper as a way to prevent the illness from growing in strength. Vesper was asleep and I was wandering around her home, trying to get familiar with the surroundings that I would have to get used to for the next day at least. I was just about to go back to Vesper when I saw the three kits sleeping, although it was obvious that Chima was pretending, so I walked up to him and picked him up without warning, which made him yelp a little in surprise.

I placed Chima down quietly and let him follow me "Couldn't get to sleep hey buddy?" I asked and he shook his head. I got closer to him, wrapping him up with my tail "Well it's okay. I won't tell if you don't. Since we last talked properly Chima; have you thought about what you might want to evolve into when you grow up?" I looked down to see that Chima was wearing the same expression that he showed me when I first asked him that question, but this time it looked like he wanted to say something, but couldn't'. I then saw that he was actually saying something, but there were now words coming out, I stopped him and checked to see if he was also ill, and I found that it was nothing serious, it was only a slightly sore throat, so he wouldn't be able to talk for a while, but he would soon be fine. "Okay, a Flareon?" I asked and he shook his head hastily. I went through the whole list with no success at which point I became to tired to even care if he didn't know what he wanted to be. I noticed that Chima was finally feeling tired again, I would just need to talk to him for a little longer and soon he would be asleep. "Are you looking forward to the tournament then?" I asked…big mistake.

He jolted up and began smiling excitedly "I'll take that as a yes. You know I still remember the year that Kudzu won it, she was incredible; outclassing absolutely everyone, and in the final she was against Amara who was also looking stronger than everyone. It's a shame I got beaten by her in the semi final, but we all got to watch such a great display of skill and finesse that both of the girls possess and use with such ease and fluency." I smiled down at Chima who stared in awe at the achievements that his new mother had reached; it was surprising that Kudzu hadn't settled down; then again, it was always like her to go against the normal system, but she has never been frowned upon because she is such a respected member of the clan. He began trying to yip to get me to tell more stories, but all that came out was what sounded like forced air "Come on buddy, you've got to go to sleep now. You're up too late anyway, so be good and go to sleep" I said sternly, but calmly so I didn't scare him. He curled up in between Nik and Cora again, and this time I let him try to return to sleep as I stared out into the night sky from the home's entrance; I was thinking about the girls and how they were doing now. Were they okay?

Kudzu's POV

I could not believe that this had happened again, after Amara and I got separated I had to take on the Aerodactyl, which had left me bruised considerably, but thankfully like many of my opponents outside of the clan, he underestimated my ability, so I used the opportunity to strike him hard with anything I could muster up when he was least expecting it. With one strong attack I was able to knock him out, but I was not finished because I remembered that Amara wasn't with me, so I now had to go and find her.

I was walking through any path necessary just to find where Amara may be. However, as I walked past one of the bushes I could've sworn that I heard someone, but I forgot about it because I had to concentrate on finding her. After another ten minutes of walking I began to smell burning which could only mean one thing to me. I began to pace over to where the smell was coming from and when I got there I recognised that it was the long path that ran through the forest, the one that the Aerodactyl chased me down on. However, when I was running my eyes across the road, I noticed something blocking the perfect vision of the road, I walked closer, inspecting the obstruction when I realised that the burning smell was coming from this thing instead, and what was even more shocking was the fact that this charred obstruction was in fact the Ursaring and he looked in much the same state that I left his friend in.

I figured out that he had a run in with Amara's overheat, but through the smell of burned fur and flesh, I could faintly pick up on Amara's scent. I traced the scent to a well hidden bush, so I followed it and found myself following a route that was almost as confusing as my own, but it was still easy to follow.

"Fine, be like that then!" I heard an angry voice shout, but it wasn't Amara's. I decided to investigate and find out who was making this much noise at this time of night and who could they be shouting at? When I got closer to where the shouting had come from I realised that I was still following Amara's scent, which lead me to the conclusion that she was with this loud being.

I finally found myself looking at Amara and then rushing towards her whilst she was in mid speech. I turned to face the being, who I now knew was a Glaceon named Frost. I quizzed him slightly unsure of his allegiance to us, he eventually told me that he was a human, and on top of that from another world where Pokemon don't exist. I felt so confused, but at the same time I knew that it was probably not best to go shouting that he was crazy because he seemed exhausted and confused, so instead I was friendly to him, which seemed to confirm that he was not a threat to us.

When we all went to sleep I was stuck with my thoughts, if this human was from another world how on earth did he get here? How was all this possible? I had so many questions, but I was worried that if I asked him then he may become furious because it would sound like I was interrogating him closely rather than politely trying to find out more about him. What if he's lying to us and is just trying to get into our clan to tell others of our location? We surely wouldn't survive if that were to happen. Amara and I were strong, but we wouldn't be able to save the whole clan, even if the whole guild helped us it would be an impossible task if the armada of attackers were too big. We would have to move to a safer location, or even become one of the travelling clans, although that would be tough because we are a particularly large clan and that would only put everyone at risk of capture.

I had so many thoughts whirring in my mind that I was starting to get a headache, so I decided to pace around our sleeping area until my headache subsided. However, just as I stood up I saw Amara get up with me and smile gently towards me "Too much to handle isn't it?"

I sighed and slowly shook my head "It is a lot, but I'm sure we can work it out." I paused "How did you find him?" Amara laughed a little bit for some reason.

"Well actually he found me, and then we got talking and he told me what had happened then you turned up. He seems quite nice, but I think he has a short temper" she said as she winked to me. I remained with a blank expression on my face "How do you think he managed to get here as a Glaceon?"

I closed my eyes for a moment to think of an answer, but I couldn't "I don't know. That's the question that has been hovering around me since he told us. It just doesn't seem possible; we're taking him back to our clan, but we need to keep a close observation on him just in case he actually wants to ruin our clan's secret location" Amara nodded "This won't be as simple as it was for Chima, because Frost can actually walk and won't be dependant on us, so be alert at all times" I warned, sounding serious.

Amara turned her head to stare at the stars, slowly fading as dawn would soon be upon us and soon we would have to return to the clan with our new guest. I looked over to the sleeping Glaceon who seemed upset even in his sleep, I sighed sadly, wondering why all this has to happen to us. Amara and I stayed still whilst we watched the sun rise. Both of us staring out into the pink sky "You do think that everything will go back to normal for us eventually don't you?" Amara questioned me; not averting he gaze at the picturesque scene unfolding before us, yet still maintaining a serious tone and expression. Once again I sighed, still at a loss for words.

"I don't know." I then stopped and changed my tone "I reckon our lives will become normal once Grumpigs are flying, and I really hope Grumpigs don't start flying" I joked, looking at Amara with a true sense of optimism filling me. I knew that in less than one short day I would be back at home, with my number one priority, my son.

A/N: Well I hope you liked the chapter, and hopefully the twist in there as well (I loved writing it). I would like to thank Ultimate-Glaceon for letting me use his OC and hopefully I didn't disappoint you Glaceon. I'm willing to do some more OC's, but not many more, maybe like two or three; don't think it's first come first serve, I'll pick the ones I like most. Also, if you would like to review, feel free to. Okay, I'll update whenever I can. Thank you Byee :D