"Blue!" I squeaked.

"The one and only," He looked at my pokemon and smirked. "That's it?"

"No!" I felt my face go red. Very red. "Most of them are in the PC."

"I see." he looked at my pikachu. "Not bad. Just like Red, you are."

I tossed my orange hair and gave him a raspberry. "Come on Rai, Charcoal, don't listen to him."

"Leaving are you? Well, it's fine with me," He shrugged. "But I bet you can't even beat a youngster with that roster."

"Take that back!" I swung my backpack at him. His words stung. He had plenty of experience, so there was no point in fighting him. He stepped to one side.

"Tsk, Tsk, such temper. Besides, I got you out of the rockets' hideout, so be glad. And, by the way, you should look in the mirror," and he flew away on his Charizard.

I glared at the retreating back of his head. Why should I listen to him? He's such a jerk! Daggers whined softly.

"Nair."

"Huh?"

"Nair," He nipped my sleeve.

"What's wrong?" Slithering off into the water, he motioned me to come over. I sat down by the pond, and stared at my reflection. Several people passing by gave my strange looks. Who could blame them? I had the furry, yellow ears of a Jolteon, and black stripes on my face. Two orange and turquoise wings spread out behind me, and a Raichu tail with a sharp end and two red, ovalish spots on it lay limply on the ground. My elbows and knees had black stripes on them, and Scyther blades stuck out of my elbows. "Oh, my god." I leaned closer. Was the nightmare true? And Blue had really taken me out of the Rockets' hideout?

I searched my backpack for my collapsible bike. I pulled it out and rode around town. It was green, and there was a huge mart on the west side. Spotting a patch of green grass, I rode over. I lay on the grass, thinking over what Blue had said. Why did he have to pick on me? Why didn't he go pick on Red or someone?

"Pika." Rai nudged my arm. "Pi, kapi, chukka!"

"Huh? Oh, ok, Rai," I got off my butt and searched the horizon. No one in sight. "Return!" Rai, Charcoal, and Daggers disappeared into their poke balls. I jumped, testing my wings. Not really surprisingly, I lifted off the ground. I spent the whole afternoon getting used to my wings and tail. I was just getting into the pokemon center when a hand grabbed me. "AAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!" The figure jumped back into the light. My tail went to his throat. "It's Bill! Don't kill me! AAAAAA!!!!!" He waved his arms around in circles, which doesn't make matters better for him. He was lucky I could see in the dark.

"Bill! Don't do that!" I yelled. My tail relaxed, and swept back.

"Gee, yew are paranoid!" He studied me in the light. "It's mid April, not a good time to break out the Halloween costumes."

"STUPID!!!! DOES THIS LOOK LIKE A HALLOWEEN COSTUME??????!!!!!!!" I yelled. Nurse Joy, her Chanseys, and other pokemon occupying the Pokemon Center came out to see what the commotion was all about.

"Well!!!! How was I supposed to know. Wait, if that's not a costume, what is it?" He stopped yelling and scratched his head. "What happened?"

) In the bushes nearby.(

"Ok, Dragonite, attack!" Someone whispered in the bushes. His orange, spiky hair rippled in the breeze.

"Nite!" The pokemon responded, blasting a fireball toward the talking (and yelling) shapes. ) At the entrance of the Pokemon Center.(

A fireball came whizzing out of the bushes, making a beeline toward a nearby tree, then turned sharply and hit me.

"Tari!" Someone yelled. Everything got blurry, and I fell. ) A while later.(

"TARI!!!!! How're yew feeling!" Bill's head was looming over mine.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I screamed, then recognized who he was. "BILL!!!!!!! Don't do that!"

"Geez! Yew're still paranoid," He shook his head. I looked down. Now I had dragged Bill into this mess. What if Team Rocket was still trying to find me? What if they knew that Bill knew who and where I was? I put my head in my hands. What am I going to do?! The door opened and shadows appeared over me.

"Charcoal! Daggers! Rai! You're all okay!" I shrieked hysterically, hugging each of them in turn. "You're okay." I repeated, brushing tears off my cheeks. The door opened again.

"You're still alive." Blue came in. He looked at me disapprovingly. I glared back at him. Why did he always look down on me?

) Blue's POV.(

"You're still alive." I glared at Tari. She was probably thinking why I treated her like this, the way she was glaring at me. Red came in.

"Hey Blue! Why do you always ditch me like that?!" He was huffing and puffing as if he had run three miles. "Whozzat?" He pointed at Tari, who was playing with her pokemon the best she could in the bed.

"Just some girl I know," I walked out the door. Red didn't need to know. No one did. ) Tari's POV.(

My pokemon were all very lively. I didn't think that TR would have captured them, so I didn't worry about them. That night, I snuck out of the pokemon center, hoping to find a place where I could be alone. I succeeded, finding a waterfall. I sat there, feeling miserable, and getting soaked to the bone. I was wondering what would happen if TR found me.

Extra long chapter! Haha! ^^ I finally shook off some of that writer's block. heh heh. and, if you're going to post insults all over your review, don't review at all, thank you very much.