Sorry this took so long, but finally it gets
exiting in this chapter. This chapter is pretty long,
but it's worth it! I changed the name of the story to
Phoenix Rising because it sounded better. Whoa this
chapter is
Loooooooooooooong! Everything before this was just
set up for exitingness! Ooooooo!!!! I can't wait!!!


"Lilly, if you don't get out of the bathroom now
we'll be late!" Ryan hollered through the door of the
bathroom. "Just wait a minute," Lilly grumbled "I'm
going as fast as I can for crying out loud."
"I wouldn't take this damn long," muttered Buzz who was
sitting on the bed. "You know," Ryan said walking over
"I need you for something Buzz..."
Around five minutes later, Lilly opened the door
to the bathroom. Ryan was leaning against the wall
with his eyes shut. Hearing her come in, he opened one
of them and commented, "You better not have gotten fur
in the sink again." "So what if I did," Lilly retorted
pushing the door open. "If you did you have to clean it
up." "How could I do that if I don't have hands?"
The party room was very large; an Onix could
easily stand up to its full height and not come close
to bumping the ceiling. Tables were placed all around
the edge of the room, with a buffet against one wall.
The middle was two huge dance floors, one used primarily by poke'mon dancers,
and the other full of human dancers, although the two
groups often mixed.
It was hard for Lilly to pretend she was board.
She didn't like to admit it, but she really did love
dressing up for stuff like this.
Ryan had already taken off for the buffet,
typical. Lilly wandered over to a table and managed to
get the attention of a waiter. She couldn't use her English,
so she managed to get across that she wanted a glass of champagne.
After he poured her a glass she sipped a bit of it and looked around.
At the next table over, she spotted three trainers who looked in
their twenties conversing in low tones, all looking concerned about
something. The only poke'mon with them was a Persian under the table.
Lilly couldn't see the big poke'mon, but she could definitely smell it,
and occasionally heard it shift position. 'Must not like all the noise,'
she thought.
Lilly noticed something large and red hiding behind a nearby palm
tree. Grinning, she hopped down from her chair and wandered over to where
Charlie was hiding. "~What are you doing all alone over here?~" She asked in
poke'mon. "~Hiding,~" Charlie whispered. Lilly looked around saying
"~I don't see any other Charizards around~" Charlie groaned "~She's behind
the buffet tables.~"
Lilly could hear Music starting up and said, "~Well I'm going dancing
, good luck Romeo.~" Lilly wandered over to the edge of the dance floor to
seek out a partner. 'Nope... nope... nope... too tall...too short...'. Lilly
felt a gentle tap on her shoulder to see the Persian that had been hiding
out under the table. "~We both seem to be short a partner,~" he commented,
"~would you care to dance~?"
After the dance, Lilly and the Persian, who's name was Rob, retired
to the table for drinks and talk. "~So, where are you from?~" Lilly asked.
"~I'm actually from Viridian, so I'm on my way home.~" the Rob said
thoughtfully. "~I'm originally from around Eucatreak, but I live in Fuchsia.~"
Lilly said. She didn't really live in Fuchsia, but she couldn't say that
she lived almost all the time at the Indigo Plateau. "~You'll have to excuse
me,~" Lilly said getting up, "~I haven't seen my trainer in a while, so I
better make sure he didn't drink to much wine and fall in the swimming pool.~"

It took Lilly a while to find Ryan, and when she did she wished she
hadn't. He was talking to a blond Ms. Popular type, ditz 101. Lilly
sauntered up and sat next to him making sure he saw the dirty look she gave
him. "Lilly, there you are," Ryan said with a warning tone only Lilly could
hear. "Say hello to Margaret," he said gesturing to the smiling young woman.
Lilly put on her best respectful look and said solemnly in poke'mon, making
sure all nearby poke'mon could hear "~Hello Madame, my my, you smell like
the cologne of many men, have you slept with them all or merely fooled
around? Is it likely you have many STDs? If you wish to get more from my
trainer you are out of luck.~" She continued to smile sweetly as almost
every poke'mon within hearing range burst into infectious laughter.
Lilly stormed out of the room and out onto the deck.
"~Just when I thought I rid him of dumb blond disease, he picks up another
one!~" She put her front paws on the railing and looked down into the dark
water, imagining ways to torture Ryan's new girlfriend.
Charlie wandered over next to her. "~You know, one who is quick to
judge may miss the opportunity for a companion.~" Lilly rolled her eyes
"~Since when did you become Mr. Self richous, and aren't you hiding out?~"
"~I gave her a chance, and she isn't so bad once you get to know her.~"
Charlie said looking into the water. "~I've just never liked any of Ryan's
dates, and it seems a shame to break tradition.~" Lilly said with a wry
grin. "~I think someone's jealous,~" Charlie taunted. "~Me? Jealous? I
don't think so,~" Lilly retorted. Charlie sighed and gently patted her
shoulder. "~ Just think about it Lil. ~"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Rob wandered back under his trainers table grinning in a devilish
manor. Now that the Ninetails was nowere to be seen, this would make the
operation run all the more smoothly



OOoooooo!!!!! Cliff hanger!!!! I would have kept writing,
but I didn't want it to take forever for you peeps to read it!