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The Rewrite: Chapter 3

Tracey saw before him a wrecked blimp. It was burning and melting all of the ice around it. The passengers sat uneasily on floating pieces of ice, trying to spot their belongings among the flames and under the icy cold water. Others were clustered around something on the solid part of the ice. Tracey hopped off of Squirtle, called the Pokémon back, and walked over to the people.

He easily pushed his way into the circle and saw that they were standing around a girl who looked to be about Ash or Misty's age. She was dressed in a unique red outfit and had a white PokéGear around her neck. An Aipom was nudging her, trying to wake her up while the other people whispered. "Is she alive?" "Yes, she's breathing." "That's good, but we have to keep a close eye on her." Tracey examined her more closely. He began asking questions to the person standing next to him.

"What happened to her?" he asked in a worried tone.

"We are from Johto, and we heard the news about Shamouti Island, so we figured that we would travel here to investigate. Unfortunately, our blimp crashed, and when it did, this girl fell out, crashed through the ice, and landed in the water," the man sighed morosely.

"In this weather?!" Tracey exclaimed in panic. He stepped farther into the circle and sat down next to her. Not an inch of her was dry, and she shivered from time to time. Tracey thought about what he could do, and suddenly got an idea.

"Charmander, go!"

The fire-breathing lizard sat on the ice, carefully holding it's tail up. Tracey picked it up and put it next to the girl. Then he opened his backpack and pulled out a blanket, which he lay over her. He spoke to the man again, "Is she your daughter?"

"No, she's not," the man responded. "I'm Professor Hale, and my daughter is at home."

Tracey recognized the name, and when he thought harder, his face from a photograph at both the Oak Laboratory and the Ketchum residence. He was Professor Oak's friend who lived in Greenfield and studied Unown. He also unpleasantly recalled when Oak left for Greenfield without inviting Tracey along for the adventure when Prof. Hale was kidnapped. He turned his attention back to the girl. She stopped shivering, and slowly opened her eyes.

"Where am I?" she asked weakly and looked up at Tracey.