I was sitting at the foot of a mountain, Evolution Mountain. There was an older Eevee
there, holding something. It looked like an Evolution Stone. I reached for it but he
pulled it away quickly and laughed evilly. Then he transformed into an evil looking
creature. He had golden fur and black orbs on his neck, tail and forehead. There were
two blood red wings on its back. He looked at me and stretched out his claws.....


I woke up quickly, panting. What a horrible nightmare. I looked around and
remembered what had happened with the trainer. I was somebody's pet now. As I
looked around, I noticed I was in a large white building. I looked around some more
and saw Petal and Wikina. They were all sleeping. I turned back to my new trainer.
She was sitting on a seat with Flara in her lap, stroking her fur. I got up and walked
over.
'What are you doing?!' I asked.
'Oh, so you are awake.' The trainer said, 'By the way, my name's Melanie.'
'Carai.' I said, then I remembered mother once told me that humans can't understand
pokemon.
'I've got an idea.' Melanie said. She grabbed a pokeball off her belt and threw it to the
floor. A Raichu came out of the ball.
'Hi Mel!' It said. I was amazed, it could speak human! 'You've caught some new
pokemon!' The Raichu walked up to me and said, 'Hi, I'm Voltage. Who are you?' I
was a little shy at first but when Flara told Voltage her name, I did too. Voltage then
told Melanie what our name's were.
'Who are the other two?' Voltage asked me, signalling the Chikorita and Totodile who
were still asleep on the couch.
'They're Petal and Wikina. What is this place anyway?' I asked.
'This is the Pokemon Center. It's where trainers heal their sick or injured pokemon.'
Voltage informed me. Then I remembered about my family, I couldn't just leave them.
There was no way of telling Flare that we had been caught, she would be expecting us
to get to Evolution Mountain and get the Power Stone.
'Charity....' I whispered. Voltage looked at me.
'What's that?' She asked. Then I burst into tears and I ran off. I ran out of the room
we were in and out of the building. I was in a town and I ran down the road trying to
get away. I had to get away if my family were going to live. I turned to see Melanie,
Flara and Voltage, running after me. I soon tired and collapsed on the ground.
Melanie, Flara and Voltage caught
up with me and Melanie picked me up gently. I tried to squirm out of her arms but she
held me tight.
'What's the matter Carai?' She asked concerned. 'We better go back to the Pokemon
Center.' We walked back slowly to the Pokemon Center and she sat down where she
was before.
'You can tell me what's wrong you know.' Voltage said kindly. I explained everything
to her, starting from when I was playing in the field with my brother and sister, right up
until the present. She then explained all this to Melanie.
'I see.' Mel said when Voltage had finished. 'I guess I can't keep you if you have to do
something so important. I better let you go.' I couldn't believe my luck, she was letting
me go!
'Can I just ask you for a favour first?' Mel asked. I nodded.
'Well, there's a tournament on later today. It's for unevolved pokemon only. I caught
you four because I thought I could enter the competition using you to battle. You
don't have to, but could you battle for me in the tournament today?' She asked.
'Sure.' I said happily. She was letting me go, I could at least do her a simple favour.
Soon Petal and Croco woke up and me and Flara explained to them what would be
happening.

(P.O.V Change)

I was almost going crazy! Locked up in this cage all day. I thought of little Carai out
there, she had been left alone. I hoped she had enough sense to go to Flare's by the
river. She was only young though, no more than ten years old in fact. That was no age
to be out there alone. I knew Flare had her own son, a Vulpix like she once was. And
my other friends, Flame and Kino and Lily, had children of their own aswell, they were
a bit older then Carai. Carai was my neice, my sister's daughter, but we were also very
good friends. I couldn't believe the Pokemon Gang had come back, it had been almost
three years since they disbanded and I was hoping it was for good. But now they were
worse than ever. And I didn't know exactly why I was there. But would it be for much
longer.