Rita's eyes fluttered open. Last night had been hectic. She had found out Rici is most likely her brother, and that Jet is actually Jetson, a friend from her human world. She got up and stretched. She glanced over where Smoke usually was. He wasn't there. Rita got up and looked beside the cotton bed. He wasn't there either.

Rita stepped into thee hallway, and peered into Moon and Plasma's room. They weren't there either, and neither was Rici. She peered into Team Resurrect's room. No one was in there.

She headed into the elevator, wanting to check the twenty first floor.

Rita stepped on to the twenty first floor, and peered in the rooms. No one. She went downstairs, to the second floor. No one was there either. A noise came from outside.
Is that them...? Rita climbed down the stairs, and came outside to see all the teams crowded around Pidgeot. Pidgeot's back! Rita pushed her way through the crowd, then realized that Pidgeot had returned alone, with neither Exploud nor Dew.
Pidgeot looked upset. "While at Shard Mountain, we were unable to rescue Dew," she was saying. "He's still alive, but frozen..."
"Lady Pidgeot, where is Exploud?" Mightyena spoke up.
"Exploud..." Pidgeot looked away. "Didn't make it..." A tear rolled down her eye, as all the teams let out a gasp. "Froslass is tough... he pushed me out of the way and got hit by Physic, getting thrown off the top of the mountain..." Pidgeot took a breath. "When I left to find him, he was dead. Exploud is dead."
What? Rita gasped, remembering the few times he had woke her up with his screeching voice. At the time she had found it annoying, but now she suddenly missed it. She looked around the crowd for Smoke, soon spotting him near the front. She walked up next to him. He seemed to be upset.
"It may be awhile... before Dew is found," Pidgeot sighed, then pushed her way into the camp building. The crowd was left silent at the news.
After a while, the teams went inside, allwowing Rita to spot her friends. Plasma, Moon, and Rici were near the back, watching everyone go inside. Victoria, Chance, and Flowere were heading inside, along with Jet and Vapor.
Poor Jet and Vapor... they still have yet to find their teammate...
Smoke sighed. "Wow," was all he said, before going inside. Rita followed him in, trying to take in the news. Plasma and Moon were ahead of them.
When Rita arrived on the second floor, Pidgeot was in front of the room. "Since we-" Pidgeot stopped herself. "Since I, know the place where Dew currently is, I'll send you all there..." She announced, still seeming shaken.
"Randomly making decisions isn't like her..." Rita heard a Pokemon mutter. She looked sideways to see a Skitty and Meowth.
"He's at Shard Mountain. Go there... and get him..." Pidgeot paused, anger flashing through her eyes. "And destroy Froslass. That's...all... you are all dismissed to go to Shard Mountain now. I'll wait here... at the camp..."
Muttering went through the crowd, as they headed outside.
"Rita?"
Rita jumped, as she looked down to see Pidgey. "You promised you'd take me on a mission... can I go to Shard Mountain with you?"
"What?" Smoke looked over. "No! It's too dangerous for you!"
"But... you promised! And Exploud was like my dad! I deserve to go!" Pidgey protested.
"No means no. I'm pretty sure your mother taught you that," Smoke grunted.
Pidgey looked at Rita.
"No, I'm sorry..." Rita muttered.
A sad expression spread across Pidgey's face as he stormed away.
"Should we be heading out then...?" Smoke asked.
Pidgeot's announcement was very random... "Sure..." Rita answered.

It was raining again, as Rita stepped outside once again. Pidgeot was outside, too, because she had wanted to see the teams off.
"Everyone!" She tried to get their attention. "Go with another team or two... don't go alone... it's dangerous."
The teams nodded their agreement.
Since we can go with other teams... Rita looked around for Moon and Plasma, but they had found them first. Plasma glided over to Rita and Smoke, followed by Moon, then Rici.
"He's coming too," Moon said, pointng to Rici.
Rici nodded.
"That'll be fun," Smoke said, smiling. He seemed to be in a better mood for some reason.
"Hey!"
Rita turned around to see Vapor, with Jet following behind her.
"You guys are still normal rank, so you're gonna need us to protect you!" she said.
"Just because we're normal rank doesn't mean we need protecting!" Plasma argued.
"Well, we're coming with you guys anyways. It gets boring with just Jet to talk to in dungeons," Vapor laughed.
"You're not to entertaining yourself," Jet replied, chuckling.
"I guess now all we need is Team Luck..." Smoke said, smiling.
"Yes! You do need Team Luck, 'cause we'll bring you good luck!" Victoria called from the lower roof of the camp, Chance and Flower next to her. Victoria jumped down, rain falling on her. "So we make our grand entrance, once again!" she yelled in a sing-songy voice. Chance jumped down, and Flower floated down.
"Ta-da!" Chance yelled, spinning in a circle.
"Good! Now we have the whole group!" Plasma cheered.
"Let's head out!" Victoria cheered.

After a few hours of traveling and talking, the ten Pokemon sat down for a rest.
"I'm hungry!" Plasma complained.
"Well I packed apples for everybody!" Vapor said cheerfully.
Vapor passed out the apples to everyone, as munching sounds filled the air.
"Hey..." Rici said, his mouth full of apple. "There's an extra one."
Vapor looked at the extra apple. "That's for Dew, when we find him..." she said, looking down.
"I've been wondering, who is Dew?" Rici asked.
"Dewwy is our other teammate. He's a Pokemon called Dewott, and he was taken by a Pokemon called Froslass," Jet explained. "That's who Lady Pidgeot and Exploud were searching for, and it's who we're going to find."
"Oh... how did he get taken?" Rici asked.
"Long... story..." Flower answered quietly. She had been quiet the whole trip until now.
"You finally decided to speak, eh?" Jet teased.
"Be nice to Flower!" Chance scolded. "She's just a quiet one! One day she's gonna strike back, and it'll hurt!"
Everyone laughed.
How great. Everyone seems to be in a good and happy mood, even though Exploud died, and we have yet to find Dew... Rita took a bite of her tasty apple, the juices flooding her mouth.
"Do we get rescue points if we bring Dew back?" Moon asked.
"Of course! You get rescue points for everything!" Vapor answered.
"Yeah. Stupid Moon," Plasma laughed.
"Your one to talk!" Moon argued.
"I'm thirsty..." Rita complained.
"So am I..." Jet agreed.
"So is Vicky!" Chance said, pointing to Victoria.
Victoria nodded.
"Why are you speaking for her?" Rita asked.
"While you guys were all talking, me and Vicky made a bet that she couldn't not talk for two days straight!" Chance explained, laughing. "So I'll be her speaker! She is thirsty!"
"So am I..." Rici said.
"Alright!" Jet said, as he clasped his paw together. "We'll go look for some water. You guys can hang here!"
"Alright," Smoke agreed.
"Kaaaay!" Plasma said.
"Don't die!" Vapor giggled.
Victoria stood up, Chance following her, followed by Rita and then Jet. The three Pokemon walked into a forest.
"So..." Rici started. "What kind of water are we looking for?"
"A lake or something," Jet answered.
"How descriptive," Rita laughed.
"Vicky says she likes Rici," Chance said randomly.
"Hm? Mmm-mmm!" Victoria mumbled, shaking her head left to right, trying not to speak.
"Oh how cute, Vicky," Jet narrowed his eyes, smirking.
Rici was quiet, his face a light pink. "Making up lies is mean," he muttered.
"Oh, it's no lie!" Chance laughed.
"Chance your being unfair!" Rita told her, giggling. "Poor Vicky can't defend herself!"
Victoria nodded her head in agreement, her eyes filled with anger and playfulness. She let out a small puff of fire at Chance.
"Ow!" Chance yelped.
Jet laughed. "She can still use her moves."
Rita laughed. Chance wasn't a human like the rest of them, but even if she wasn't, Rita felt happy around her, just like she did with Smoke, Plasma, Moon, and Vapor. I guess it doesn't matter what or who you are...
"Is that a lake?" Rici asked, breaking her thoughts. Rita wondered if Rici was this quiet and shy when he was a human, or if he teased her and pulled pranks on her.
"Huh?" Jet looked up. "Why yes. Yes it is."
"Alright!" Chance exclaimed, taking out a pack. "We'll throw some o' that stuff in my pack here, and take it back to everyone!" she announced.
"Okay..." Jet said, snatching the pack from her. He dipped it in the lake, and soon it filled up with water. "Your carrying it back," he told Chance, handing it to her. He then walked to the edge of the shore and jumped in the water.
"We're going swimming?" Rici asked.
"I guess so," Rita answered, then looked at the lake.
Jet's head popped up above the surface. "It's warm!" he called.
I haven't been swimming for quite a while...
A big splash echoed through the forest as Chance jumped in the water, followed by Rici.
Rita walked to the edge and peered in the water. It seemed Rici had disappeared underwater. Suddenly, a blue shape appeared in front of her face and dragged her in the water. Rita felt water flood up her nose. She swam to the surface, gasping. She opened her eyes to see Rici laughing.
"You should've seen your face!" he laughed.
Chance was giggling too.
"Rici she could have drowned!" Jet complained, looking scared. "Are you alright?"
Rita spit out water. "Never better!" she laughed too.
"Since when do you care so much?" Rici teased.
"Well we can't have her drowning on us, can we?" Jet replied, looking away.
"C'mon, Vicky! Get in the water!" Chance was calling to Vicky, who was violently shaking her head 'no'.
"Well, she is a fire type..." Rici pointed out. "Were you afraid of water as a human?" he asked Victoria.
Victoria nodded, and Chance started laughing. "It's just water!"
"C'mon Chance leave her alone," Jet laughed.
Something dropped in the water from the tree looming overhead, plopping in the water.
"What was that?" Rici asked.
The thing that fell popped it's head out of the water. It was a small orange bug.
Is that... Weedle?
Weedle was quiet for a moment, before flailing around. "I cant swim! Help me!" he cried.
Rita laughed and picked him up. She swam to the side and put him on the shore.
"Hey..." he said, peering at Rita. "Your that Delcatty that rescued me from the ivy cave, right?"
Rita nodded her head, smiling. She didn't think she would see Weedle ever again.
"What are you doing here? It's so far from the camp!" Weedle asked in a squeaky voice.
"We are still looking for Dew..." Rita explained, and told Weedle what had happened with Pidgeot and Exploud.
"Ouch... that must be hard on you guys..." Weedle sighed.
"Yes, but we are planning to get revenge on Froslass..." Jet growled.
Weedle turned around to look at him. "You dont mean you're gonna kill her?" he asked, stunned.
"We have no choice..." Jet muttered. "She kidnapped my teammate and killed Exploud. She deserves to die."
"Murder is never the answer..." Weedle murmured.
Before Jet had a chance to reply, Rita spoke. "So, Weedle, is this where you live?"
"Yep! I live in that tree up there with my brother and dad!" Weedle cheered, looking at the tree. "But Dad is out somewhere... he didn't tell us where."
"I see..." Rita said.
"We should get going..." Jet said. "We've been gone a while..." He glanced at Rita, then back at Weedle. "We need to hurry to Shard Mountain."
"Shard Mountain? Can I come?" Weedle begged.
"Weedle it's too dangerous for you..." Rita sighed.
"But I've never been on a rescue mission, except my own!" Weedle cried. "And there's alot of you here that could protect me!"
"Alright!" Chance said. "You can come with. We need to go back anyways."
"Tell your family," Rici told Weedle.
"Nah they don't care," Weedle said, seeming happy. "A rescue mission, yay!"
"Okay... let's go back then..." Jet said, getting out of the lake.
"Kay!" Weedle replied happily.

"Your finally back!" Plasma complained. "You took forever!"
"Well, we got water..." Rici replied.
"Good! Now let's move!" Vapor said.
"Hey, is that Weedle?" Plasma asked.
"Yeah... he's coming with us," Rita replied.
Weedle hopped on Rita's head and climbed on Plasma's back. "It's nice to see you!" he cheered.
"You too!" Plasma smiled.
"We should get going if we wanna get to Shard Mountain," Jet said.
"Alright!" Vapor said, getting up and stretching. "Soon we'll have Dew with us again!"

Rita yawned, and glanced at the pink and purple colored sky. The colors seemed to dance around with one another, the clouds watching.
"I wonder what it's like to fall into a cloud..." Rita wondered out loud.
"You'd fall right through," Jet answered. "Clouds are made of water."
"Really?" Rita asked. She never knew that.
"How do you think it rains?" Moon asked, giggling.
Rita's face turned red in embarrassment. "Well... I always thought that rain just fell from space or something..."
The group of Pokemon laughed.
"Meteors fall from space, not rain," Moon laughed.
"I'm surprised you wouldn't know that, being a human and all..." Vapor said, grinning.
"Just because I'm a human doesn't mean I know this stuff!" Rita argued. "I never really paid attention in school..." Rita said, then noticed Smoke, Plasma, Moon, Chance, Vapor, and Flower's puzzled faces.
"What's school?" Flower asked.
"It's a human thing," Rici answered.
"I wanna go to school!" Plasma said, laughing.
"No you don't..." Jet sighed.
"Why not?" Plasma huffed, crossing her arms.
"Trust me... you don't..." Jet replied, chuckling.
"Rita?"
Rita looked around to see Smoke looking at her.
"Do you remember more, since you seem to remember this 'school' thing?" he asked.
Now that I think about it... I can remember more of my memories since Plasma and Moon found Rici... Rita thought. "Yeah... I do..."
"Can you remember anything else that happened on the night of that storm?"
"I... I don't know..." Rita stuttered. Suddenly, a a vision of a storm went through Rita's mind.
A girl was holding on to a wheel of some sort, on a boat, and there was someone next to her. He seemed to be trying to get her to stop the boat. Three other people were holding on to the edge of the boat, as it rocked back and forth in the waves.
"You need to stop the boat, Rita!" a boy shouted above the thunder. Rita recognized the voice as Rici's.
"No! This is fun! Keep going Rita! Don't listen to him!" a girl's voice shouted cheerfully. Rita recognized the voice as Victoria's.
"No, Rita," the boy next to Rita was saying. "We're all going to die if you don't turn around!" he said, shaking her. Rita recognized him as Jetson.
"We need to put a stop to this insane Palkia!" the human Rita shouted. "I will not turn this boat around!"
"Lilli!" a Pokemon squeaked beside the human Rita, tugging on her shirt. "Lili lili!"
"If you don't stop then there will be no one to stop him!" another voice shouted. Rita couldn't recognize it.
Is that the fifth one? Rita asked herself. The five friends continued to shout, and suddenly Rita saw a flash of lightning, and everything was gone. Blackness covered the vision, and Rita found herself stranded in the ocean. She tried swimming, but kept drifting below the surface. Rain poured down on her.
What's happening? Rita asked herself, breathing in water. She felt her body sink into the dark ocean, as her world went blank.
Rita then opened her eyes to see a Quilava looming over her. "There you go!" he said. "Your awake!"
Smoke?
Rita fully opened her eyes. "Where am I?" she asked out loud, looking around.
Crystal Beach? Why am I back here?
"Who are you?" Smoke asked.
Rita looked at him. "Smoke? It's me, Rita!"
Smoke looked confused. "I don't know any Ritas'... and what a weird name for a Delcatty! And how do you know my name?"
"I'm your rescue team partner! Remember?"
Smoke looked confused. "I haven't formed a rescue team yet."
What is happening?
Suddenly, the image of Smoke slowly disappeared.
"What? Smoke! Don't go!" Rita cried. Crystal Beach then turned into darkness, and a dark figure appeared in front of her, where Smoke was.
"You again!" Rita gasped.
The figure giggled. "Was it fun?" it asked.
"Was what fun?"
"Reliving the moment when you were thrown off your boat, and awakening to find yourself as a Delcatty?" The figure giggled again, and spun around.
"That... it felt like I died!" Rita rasped, noticing she was spitting out water.
"You did die," the figure said.
"What? But I'm here right now! And with Smoke and Jet and Plasma..." Rita coughed up more water. "And what's with this water?"
"The human you died, and so did everyone else," the figure said.
"What?"
"Your human body is at the bottom of the ocean, along with Jet, Victoria, Rici, and your other friend."
"B-But... that's impossible! I'm here! Me!"
I'm not dead!
"Your spirit was reincarnated into a Delcatty's body," the figure explained.
"What?"
"That's not your body, Rita. Your soul is currently using it, but it doesn't belong to you."
"S-So there's another spirit in this body? It's not mine!"
"Correct and incorrect. The spirit that was previously inside that body died from poisoning," the figure said.
"What about Rici, Jet, and Vicky?" Rita asked.
"Them also. They also drowned."
"What about the Pokemon that was with my human form?"
The figure paused. "She died also... but she was not brought back."
"What? So... so my Pokemon is dead? I'll never see her again?" Rita gasped.
"Not exactly..." the figure replied, appearing more visual.
Rita noticed features on the figure. She seemed to be a Pokemon... with a greenish dress, and she seemed to have a flower growing on her head.
Is that the Pokemon that was with the human me? "Why were me and everyone else brought back to life?" Rita finally asked.
"Because..." the figure said, starting to disappear. "You five... are the only ones that can stop it..." She fully disappeared.
"Wait tell me more!" Rita cried. A light suddenly shone in front of her. She saw the figure of a Floatzel.
Jet?
Rita's eyes shot open.
"Rita! Are you alright?"
Rita looked to the left to see Smoke, looking frantic with fear.
"I-I'm fine..." Rita replied.
"What happened?" Jet asked. He looked extremely worried.
Rita explained her vision, then the encounter with the strange Pokemon-like figure, not letting out a single detail. She explained how the human bodies were dead, and that the bodiess they were in belonged to a dead Pokemon.
"So your telling me I'm inside a dead Riolu's body?" Rici asked, looking at his paws. "Ick!"
"So Vicky's body belonged to another Vulpix?" Flower asked.
Victoria looked disgusted as she glanced at her paws.
"Well it's what the figure told me..." Rita replied.
"So who owned your bodies before?" Smoke asked.
"I don't know... Rita sighed.
"What are we supposed to stop, exactly?" Jet asked.
"I don't know!" Rita snapped. "I would've told you all if I did!"
"Sorry..." Jet replied.
"N-No I'm sorry..." Rita sighed. "We need to find the fifth person anyway..."
"We'll do that once we bring Dew back," Vapor stepped in. "We should get going, and sort everything out later.
"Right," Rita answered.
"Okay," Jet mumbled.
"Mmm kay," Rici said, seeming to be less shy now.
Victoria nodded her head.

•
After a long four hours, the eleven Pokemon stopped for the night.
Plasma pointed at the sky. "See that star? The one shining brighter then the others? That's Team Attract!" she said cheerfully, then laughed.
Rita looked up. That's the star I saw when I first joined... She squinted. It really was shining brighter then all the others. "Nope!" she said to Plasma. "That's Team Meteor!"
"Lies!" Plasma replied.
"Yeah, Rita, why would you tell such lies?" Vapor asked.
"That's not either of your teams, that's Team Water Pulse," Jet explained.
"Duh!" Vapor added.
Chance stepped in. "That's where your all wrong!" she said.
"It's Team Luck!" Flower cheered.
"It's none of you, because it's me!" Rici yelled playfully.
Moon giggled. "It's all of us put together!" she sang.
"I guess we can agree on that," Smoke laughed.
As everyone talked, except for Victoria, who made a bet to be quiet, Rita looked at the sky again. A light shot across the sky. Rita gasped. "A shooting star! Make a wish!" she shouted.
Everyone Everyone's heads turned towards the sky.
"I wish for a million dollars!" Plasma shouted.
"Dummy!" Moon yelled at her. "You aren't supposed to tell anyone your wish, or else it wont come true!"
"I didn't tell you guys, I shouted it outload to myself!" Plasma argued.
"That doesn't change anything! We still heard it!" Moon yelled back.
As the two argued, Rita tried to think of her wish.
I wish... I wish my human family is alright... Visions went through Rita's head, one of a girl and boy being pulled out of the ocean, and one of a adult man crying as they were pulled to shore.
Dad?
The man had shoulder length brown hair, and tears were running down his face. "I told them not to go... I told them!" he sobbed.
Three other bodies were pulled out of the water. A woman with ankle length dark red hair ran up to one of the bodies, along with a small girl with amber hair. "My darling Victoria..." she cried, her make up dripping don her face along with her tears.
Vicky's mom and sister?
An older man walked over to the fourth body. "My, my, Jetson... look what you've gotten yourself into..." Tears ran down his rosy cheeks.
Jetson's grandfather?
Finally, a woman with ear-length blonde hair, and twin boys, each with short black hair, walked up to the fifth body. "How stupid of you..." the woman muttered, tears falling down her face. "To go on a boat... in the middle of a thunderstorm..."
"Stupid Kee..." one of the twin boys sobbed.
"You should have known better..." the other said, crying.
Is that fifth? The one we're searching for?
All of the sudden, the vision disappeared, and Rita was back with everybody.
Plasma and Moon were still arguing, while Chance, Flower,Smoke, Vapor, and Weedle were watching. Victoria, Jet, and Rici seemed to be in a trance. All at once, they snapped out of it. Rita caught Jet's eye. Just by looking at him, she could tell he had the same vision. She looked at Rici an Victoria. They had it too.
"You know what?" Plasma was asking.
"What?" Moon retorted.
"I am right, and you are wrong!"
"No. I'm right!" Moon shouted.
"Okaaaaay," Smoke said, stepping between the two. "That's enough fighting!" he laughed.
"I'm just letting Plasma know her wish isn't coming true," Moon replied in an innocent voice.
"Will too!" Plasma fired back.
"Will not!"
"Will too!"
"Will not!"
"It so will! And when it does you'll be like, 'Oh, my lord Plasma, I'm so sorry for doubting you!'" Plasma said in a girly voice.
"I don't sound like that!" Moon replied.
"Ya huh!"
"Nu uh!"
"Ya huh!"
"Oh my..." Rici sighed, walking over next to Rita and sitting down. "They sound like siblings fighting," he said, laughing slightly. He then looked at Rita. "Do you think we ever fought like them?" he asked, giggling.
"Probably," Rita laughed. "All siblings do."
The two laughed. There was a silence, except for Plasma and Moon's fighting.
"Did you see it too?" Rici finally asked.
"Yes..." Rita sighed.
"Poor dad... I feel so bad..." Rici said.
"I only wish we could tell him we are alright..." Rita said, a tear rolling down her cheek.
"Hey, sis, don't cry!" Rici said, giving her a hug. "We'll tell him somehow!" he said reassuringly.
"If you say so..." Rita sighed, more tears streaming down her face. She hoped no one else noticed. "I'll be back..." Rita said, getting up, letting Rici's hands fall down.
Rita walked deep into the forest. She sat facing a tree as tears went down her face.
"Poor dad.." she sobbed. "Thinks I'm dead... his only children dead..." she took a breath. "All he has and he thinks we're dead! It's not fair!" she cried, punching the tree.
She then felt someone hug her.
"Don't just run off..." Rita recognized the voice as Jet's.
"It's not fair..." Rita cried. "They're probably all depressed, and we are still alive!" she sobbed. "It's all my fault for not turning around that stupid boat..."
Rita felt Jet's grip tighten. "It's not your fault," he said. "Don't say that. You did what you were supposed to do," Jet said. "And if you did turn around that boat you would have never met Moon or Plasma or Smoke... You did the correct thing. Everything happens for a reason!" he finished.
"Even if it was supposed to happen, it's still unfair that our families don't know!" Rita cried.
"They'll find out somehow..." Jet replied, pulling his arms back. "Lets go... Smoke was really worried about you."
Rita turned around, not meeting his gaze. "Alright," she finally said.

•
Rita yawned, and stared at the star covered night sky. She was lying on her back, the grass pressing against her skin. Smoke was beside her snoring, while Plasma and Moon were on the other side of her sleeping quietly. Rici was next to Jet, and Vapor was with Chance, Flower, and Victoria. Everyone was asleep, except for Rita.
Why am I the only one who cant ever fall asleep? Rita asked herself. The vision of her dad finding her and Rici's dead human bodies filled her mind. Poor daddy... Rita sighed, wanting to fall asleep. Her wish came true, as she slowly drifted into a dark sleep.

•
"Well, we're finally here!" Vapor announced, looking straight up.
Rita looked up too. In front of her was a huge mountain, the top hidden in the clouds. A cold chill blew through the wind.
"Another icey place?" Plasma asked. "When do we get a break?"
"Is this Shard Mountain?" Weedle asked in a squeaky voice.
"Yep..." Jet huffed, his breath showing from the cold. "Now lets go... it's about time Dew was rescued."
The eleven Pokemon then walked inside Shard Mountain, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead in the huge mountain.