Special thanks to Rachael for helping me out with Zoe and Nelson's motto, and Thank You to Nico and Scott for giving me some really useful information I've already used and hope to use in future chapters of this fic!
Thanks also to Kirk, Dixie, CharMaster and the above-stated names for letting me use your beloved mascots in my fic!
One more thing, I forgot to add a disclaimer to Chapt. One, so this following disclaimer applies to both chapters.
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DISCLAIMER: I don't own Pokemon. Never have, and never will.
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"I'm hungry!" Boofca complained to no one in particular as she stopped walking and sat in the middle of the path, refusing to move.
"We're ALL hungry, Boofca," Airella muttered through clenched teeth, trying very hard not to strangle the baby Cleffa for complaining and whining practically ALL DAY!!
"Yeah, Boofca, and besides, it's not OUR fault Grizzy, the Triplets, and Sheep ate the rest of the food yesterday!" chimed in Rattata.
"Quit WHINING Boofca!" Coolbear shouted.
"Waaaahhh!"
"COOLBEAR!!" the group yelled.
"Buzz off."
"Don't cry, food should be here soon, remember that Charmander, Kakuna, and Blastoise went to get more food." Jiggly said, in an attempt to calm her down.
"Yeah, they should be here any minute now, I mean they left about an hour ago!"
Just as soon as Sandy said this, the trio of food scavengers were seen wandering down the hill towards the group with a fourth pokemon, a Chickorita, trailing right behind.
"Did you find anything?" Trevor asked, as soon as they were in hearing range.
"We didn't find a thing, but Liliana said her trainer, Olivia, could give us some food if we went to see her."
"Who's Liliana?"
"Me! I'm Liliana, hi all!"
"YOU have a TRAINER?!"
"Yeah, but don't worry about being caught if you go see Olivia. I'll just tell her you're my friends and she won't capture you.
"Are you sure , Liliana?" asked Airella, with a hint of doubt in her voice.
"Positive!"
"Well, OK, I guess."
"Don't worry! Olivia's nice! Trust me!"
"How far is it to Olivia's?"
"Well, technically, very far."
"WHAT!?" The pokemon all face-faulted, in standard anime style.
"She lives in Olivine City, but right now, she's house-sitting for her grandmother in Viridian City, which is just over the hill!"
"Oh!"
"Won't the people see us and try to capture us?"
"Nope! They always listen to me, and they won't catch you!"
"Okay!"
The group headed off to go see Olivia, but Mariana needed to ask Liliana a question. "Hey! Liliana!" she cried.
"Yes?"
"Um, how can you talk to Olivia and the other humans and stuff?"
"I know the people's language"
"How did you learn it?" Chardina chimed in, with obvious curiosity hinted in her voice.
"Well, Olivia makes this special potion, and after I drank some of it, I could understand what she was saying, and have her understand what I replied."
"The power of herbs!"
"And berries, and apricots, and potions, and..."
"We get the point." Ariella interrupted.
*sweatdrop* "Oh. Sorry."
"And you can still communicate with us."
"Well, yeah, because most Pokemon can understand the human's languages and all, it was really easy... Look! There's the place!"
The house was HUGE, two-stories, with a porch in the front yard, and a large fountain underneath a gigantic oak tree next to the porch. But, something was wrong. As they got closer to the house, they could see a brunette girl, about 14 or 15, with a Farfetch'd next to her, and a Hypno was nearby, sitting under the tree. The girl was crying softly, and the Farfetch'd was trying to make her feel better.
"Thanks, Ace." the girl said, hugging the Farfetch'd.
"Hi Olivia! I brought some friends, can they stay for dinner?"
"Okay, Liliana, that's fine."
"What's wrong, Olivia?"
"Hazel's gone!"
"WHAT!"
"Could someone explain what's going on here?" asked Sandy, obviously confused.
"Ace is the Farfetch'd, and Hazel's a Charizard. You already met Liliana, the Chickorita. Olivia's upset 'cos Hazel wandered off when she went to give Ace a bath." The Hypno quickly explained.
"That's terrible! Oh, I almost forgot, I'm Blastoise, and these here are my friends, Mariana Ariella, Boofca, Odelia, Mara, Stella, Rattata, Sandy, Trevor, Sheep, Kakuna, Coolbear, Grizzy, Chardina, Charmander, and Jiggly."
"That's quite a lot of you! I'm Matthew, by the way."
"Pleased to" "Make your" "Acquaintance!"
"Bite Me."
"Sheep!"
"Just ignore Sheep."
"No problem. Olivia! When's dinner?"
"Matthew! Hazel's disappeared, and all you can think about is dinner! I'm ashamed of... WHAT ARE ALL THESE POKEMON DOING HERE!"
"Er, hi."
"Olivia, these are my friends! They just want some food! Oh, and I got the Mint Berries you wanted."
"Oh, Liliana, I didn't think you meant THIS many friends, there are what? 15, 20 of you?"
"17, actually."
"SEVENTEEN!"
"Oh, seventeen more isn't so bad, Olivia."
"You're right, Hazel. Wait a sec... HAZEL!! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!?!"
"I went to go get some white apricots, like YOU asked me to, remember?"
"Oh right! I feel so stupid!" Olivia sighed.
"Um, hello. Listen, we don't want to be a bother, we can go hunt for some berries or something."
"You will not! Olivia and me can make some Pokemon Food for you! It'll only take a sec, and there's a new recipe Olivia wants to try..."
"Well, if you insist."
"We're" "Eating" "Here!"
"What are they saying?" Olivia asked her Chickorita.
"They're saying they'd be happy to help you with dinner!"
"Oh, really! How kind of them! They can help you get the dishes out. Ace, Hazel, and Matthew can help me cook."
"We're all over it!"
"Come on, you guys." Liliana went inside the house, motioning for the others to follow her.
"Hey! We didn't say that!" Snapped Coolbear once they were safely inside.
"Yeah, but that's the only way I could convince her to let all of you guys eat here!"
"It's OK Liliana," said Jiggly.
"Well, here, Rattata, take some of these plates, and carefully go set them out with Chardina."
"We're going!"
"Airella, you, Jiggly and Sandy can get the cups. They're on the top shelf, so BE CAREFUL!"
"Next?"
"Sheep and Grizzy can set the table. Silverware is in 3rd drawer from the left."
"Bite me."
"SHEEP!"
"Kakuna and Trevor can place the napkins."
"What about the rest of us?"
You all can help me gather up the chairs and put them around the table."
"Okay!"
Just as the group had finished setting the table, Olivia came out with a HUGE tray of pokemon food. Ace and Hazel were carrying out trays of spaghetti. Matthew was bringing up the rear, carrying a couple large bottles of soda.
"It looks" "absolutely" "delicious!"
"Yummy!" cried Boofca.
"Can we start?" asked Grizzy.
"What are you waiting for? Eat up!" grinned Olivia, sitting down at the table.
Within 30 seconds, everything was inhaled.
"That was pretty good!"
"You're right, Blastoise. I always wondered what soda tasted like."
"It was good, but the spaghetti was the best!" chimed in Rattata.
"The pokemon food was good too."
"What are they saying?" Olivia whispered to Hazel.
"They're saying that the food was delicious!"
"Oh! Well, I need to thank them somehow... I know!"
"Olivia, are you SURE you wanna do that?" asked Ace.
"Yeah. I think it will come in quite handy in their journey."
"Well, OK."
"Attention!"
The pokemon stopped talking and looked at Olivia.
"Would you like to speak like my pokemon?"
"Well, it would be cool, but I really don't know."
"I'm not sure."
"I dunno."
"They aren't sure, Olivia."
"Well, sleep on it, and let me know tomorrow. Hazel, take them to the basement, there should be enough room for them down there."
"All right. Come this way, folks!"
The group descended the stairs, and when they got to the basement, they were suprised to see that it had real carpet, and wasn't old and stinky like basements were in the books Nurse Joy used to read them.
"Well, take care tonight guys! Blankets and pillows are in the cabinet over there. G'night!" And with that, Hazel left the pokemon to themselves.
After pulling out blankets and stuff and settling in a circle, they debated the issue of whether to talk the language of the humans of not.
"Well, it would be really cool."
"Yeah, but wouldn't trainers try harder to catch us?"
"Yeah, but we're pretty strong!"
"Airella's right. We're pretty strong."
"I wanna do it."
"I do too!"
"Who thinks we should?"
"I dunno..."
After about an hour or so of debating the issue, they decided it would be all right to go ahead and take the mixture to be able to talk in the human's language. They were about to call it a night and sleep, but then they heard...
Get ready for trouble!
And while you're at it, make it double!
To stay away from aggravation!
To separate everybody in our nation!
To get rid of stuff like truth and love!
To stretch so high we touch the worlds above!
Zoe!
Nelson!
Team Rocket we are, in a blast of light
Get yourself ready to lose the fight!
Persian! You bet!
Quickly, they darted up the steps. When they reached the top, they saw Olivia, crying.
"Hi guys." she weakly smiled. "I'll go get the mixture, if that's what you want."
The pokemon nodded yes in response.
She left the room, returning a little while later with a large glass. "One sip should be enough. Who wants to go first?"
The group quickly pushed Airella towards Olivia. "Why me?" she grumbled.
"Just because your name comes first in alphabetical order."
"Oh wow. Rattata knows alphabetical! What a big word, Rattata!" mocked Coolbear.
Before they could start a fight, Jiggly and Kakuna separated the two.
Airella took a deep breath and drank from the glass. "Ewwwww! YUCK!" she shuddered.
"Glad to know what you think of it, Airella." Olivia pretended to look slightly hurt. "All right, next!"
"That'd be you, Blastoise."
"Yay!"
After everyone had drank, Boofca asked Olivia what was wrong.
"Well, Team Rocket kidnapped Ace, Hazel, Matthew, and Liliana."
"YOU COULD HAVE TOLD US SOONER!"
"Sorry. I didn't want to worry you guys."
"Well, tough luck. We're gonna help you."
"It's the least we can do."
"But how? I don't even know where they went." Olivia looked miserable.
"So? I guess we'll just have to split up."
"Are you guys sure?"
Together they chanted, "Yes, we're absolutely sure!"
"Well, okay."
"Who's going with who?" asked Trevor.
"We're" "always" "together!"
"I'll go with the triplets."
"Me too, I guess."
"Okay, the triplets, Charmander and Grizzy are group 1. I'll go with Sandy and Sheep."
"So, Sandy, Mariana, and Sheep are group 2. I'll go with Trevor and Kakuna."
"So, Kakuna, Rattata and me are group 3?" asked Trevor.
"Yeah."
"Chardina, Blastoise and Coolbear will be group 4."
"And Boofca, Jiggly, and Ariella will be the last group, group 5."
"Now that that's settled, let's go!"
"WAIT!"
"Huh?"
"Here." Olivia handed each group a backpack. "In it is some food, a pic of Zoe and Nelson, water, and I managed to get each group one of Professor Oak's old PokeDexes and some potions and things so you guys can heal yourselves."
"How'd you get everything so fast?"
"It's amazing what you'll find lying around the house! Now get going!"
"We're going, we're going!"
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So, how'd you like chapter two? Let me know what you thought my reviewing the story, please!