Oops...I wrote another chapter...

That night, the three trainers started heading into the forest.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" asked Mira.

"Yes..." replied Ryan.

"It's just that...even though I don't even know Sarah...it seems as if she changed into someone else...not the person you used to know...it could be a..."

"I know, but it's a risk that I'm going to take...You don't need to come along if you don't..."

"No," said Mark, "We're a team, and I'm not going to abandon you now!"

"Me neither," said Mira.

They started heading into the forest; it was rather difficult to see, and their only source of light was the stars in the dark sky. There was not any path for them to take, as they were not necessarily allowed to go in there, but it was necessary to find out what happened to Sarah.

Eventually, they found an abandoned factory.

"What is this?" asked Ryan.

"I don't know," replied Mark, "but I don't like the looks of it..."

"It looks abandoned," said Mira, who was then pointing towards a truck parked nearby, "but that thing doesn't...Should we go inside?"

Ryan nodded. "Let's go..."

They all entered through the huge factory doors, which suddenly closed behind them, removing their only exit.

"Ahh..." said a rough voice, "You made it..."

"Who is it?" asked Mira. Her voice echoed.

A figure slowly emerged from the shadows. He appeared to have the head and tail of a Mighteyana, and was wearing a black uniform with a red "R" on it.

"My name is Shadow. I'm second-in-command of Team Rocket."

"What are you doing here?" yelled Ryan.

"Good question. After your friend here sent my boss to a freezing death, did you really think that that was the end of Team Rocket? I think not. We had a backup plan...the machine that was holding Articuno also took DNA samples from it. Our scientists were able to create a formula that would actually turn a human into an Articuno-hybrid, just as how I'm a Mighteyana-hybrid. Well, we weren't just going to give such power to any old person, would we? We were able to capture a legend...a legend that should not have existed...We captured Mew!"

"WHAT!?" the trainers cried.

A hi-tech cage containing a pink cat-like Pokemon was lowered from the ceiling.

"Yes, doesn't it seem impossible? Well, it isn't! We've actually captured Mew, and took a huge amount of its power at our disposal. Now, what would we do with it? Remember what I was saying earlier? We weren't going to give such power to any old person...it had to be someone with such amazing skill that it would be worth it...We used Mew's power to manipulate and hypnotize Shinnoh Champion Sarah! With that, we were able to inject the formula into her body, and we had the perfect slave!"

"How could you!?" yelled Ryan, "You totally messed up her mind! All of her values...qualities...beliefs...they're all gone!"

"Those were of little importance to our plan. Now, Sarah, attack!"

Suddenly an Articuno emerged through two doors on a nearby wall, and started flying around the room.

"Prepare to meet a freezing death!"

"What should we do?" asked Ryan

"Mark and I can handle this," said Mira, "You just watch; you're weak against ice-types, and a powerful blast might kill you!"

Mira then turned into a Flareon, and Mark turned into an Arcanine.

"Flareon?"

"Arc."

They both started using Flamethrower at once, but Articuno dodged and used Mist. Soon, the two fire-types could barely see each other, let alone their surroundings.

"ARC!..." Mira ran over and found her friend's feet frozen to the ground; she started thawing them out, while Mark fired Fire Blasts into the mist. After the fourth try, they heard a "KYOOO!"

The two started running, and barely dodged the anger-powered Blizzard attack. They then used Fire Blasts together, and they both hit. However, Sarah was pushed right into the ceiling. Cracks started appearing on it, and then Mew's cage dropped to the ground; it broke, and smoke filled the air. When it cleared, Mew was gone.

"NO!" yelled Shadow, "At least we already have its energy at home base..."

Sarah used an Ice Beam attack, and this time it actually hit Mark. He was frozen to the ground, and she started charging a full-power Blizzard.

Mira, however, ran in front of Mark. Fire was burning in her eyes, and soon her body was set aflame. The Articuno opened its beak, and snow and ice flew out of it. The Flareon opened its mouth, and an inferno of flames charged into the air. The two attacks collided in the middle of the building. One pushed the other, the other pushed back; there was a blinding flash of light. When everyone returned their gaze to their surroundings, they saw the Arcanine thawed out, and a Flareon and Articuno motionless on the ground.

"Impossible..." said Shadow. He returned Sarah to a purple Pokeball with a "M" on it. "She shall see the light of day tomorrow, but I don't know about your flaming mutt."

He then ran out of the warehouse.

15 minutes later...

Mark and Ryan were standing in a room at the Pokemon Center section of the Coliseum. On the table was a Flareon, and a nurse was inspecting her.

She put down her tools.

Everyone was silent.

Finally, the silence ended. The nurse said, "...I'm sorry...I'll leave now..."

When she left the room, Mark walked up to the table. He rubbed his hand through the bright yellow muzzle.

"Mira...

This isn't happening...

You're life can't be over...

You had so much to look forward to...

Mira...

I love you with all of my heart...

Please...

Don't...

Die..."

With that final word, a single tear fell onto her body. Suddenly, the room was filled with bright pink light, and Mira's body was glowing. After a few moments, the pink light slowly turned into balls, and floated into the Flareon. When they finally were all gone, Mira opened her eyes.

"Flare?..."

"Mira!" Mark was hugging her around the neck, with tears flowing from his eyes. "You were dying...I knew that it couldn't be true..."

Out of nowhere, Mew appeared in the room.

"Time is complicated, and so is life...but it wasn't your turn in line..."

"Mew..." said Ryan, "Is Sarah..."

"The girl of which you speak is shrouded by power...her true self is nearly lost, but if one individual shows her everything she used to represent...maybe...just maybe...the spell shall be broken..."

Mew then disappeared.

Okay...I went back on my word. This does NOT mean that I'm not busy; I still have things to do this weekend, which means that you probably won't see another chapter until a weekday. I just thought that I would get it out of the way this morning...I hope that I get some credit for this, rather than everyone not reading it or something...I hope that you liked that chapter...it was one of my favourites...