Author's Note: I have nothing to say.
Eevee huddled in a bush. He was lost, and Gastly was nowhere in sight. Great job, he told himself, getting scared away by a rustle in the bushes. It was probably nothing – but then again, if it had been something dangerous...What if it got her? What if it was coming for him? No, he was just being paranoid. Nothing was going to "get him".
In the meantime, Eevee could still smell a hint of fruit in the air, and he was starving. The scent was coming from deep within the forest. He had to get there – he could find Gastly again later...
There was a loud hiss behind him.
"Chaabok!" cried the Arbok, lunging at him.
"VEE!" he screamed, dashing away.
Eevee ran and ran, without looking behind him. Finally, he stopped, out of breath. The trees were green here, he noticed. How strange...The scent of fruit was strong – there were apples, pears, oranges, everything! They were close; he could almost taste them. He scurried through the now lush bushes, following his nose.
Wham! Eevee hit something, bouncing off – an invisible barrier. Was there a Mr. Mime around? No, it was a Gengar, holding out his hands – and he stood right in front of him.
"What's a little twerp like you doing around here?" Gengar asked, smirking.
"I'm, uh..." Eevee mumbled.
"Oh, are you scared?" he asked, with his annoying grin.
Then Eevee heard something. A voice, calling him...
"Eevee!"
"Gastly! Over here!" he answered.
Sure enough, she emerged from the thick greenery into the small clearing where Eevee and Gengar stood.
"Oh, you brought your little friend?" said Gengar.
"Get out of the way!" yelled Gastly, obviously in an extremely bad mood.
"Why don't you make me?" he laughed.
"We don't want any trouble," assured Eevee, "We're just trying to find..."
But he wasn't really sure. He wanted something to eat, but Gastly was trying to find something else here. She hadn't told him exactly what they were supposed to be looking for – only that she was trying to find some ghost.
"Have you seen anything strange around here?" Gastly questioned.
"I'm not answering your questions. I told you, you can't come through here. But, since you won't listen..."
Gengar snapped his fingers, and disappeared. A Bayleaf emerged from the bushes in his place, sending out a Razor Leaf. Eevee dodged it, and it went straight through Gastly, ineffective.
But before they could strike back, the Pok'emon vanished – and a human rose up from the ground where it had been.
"Huh?" Eevee exclaimed.
It made sense for Gengar to disappear like that – he was a Ghost Type. But how could Bayleaf possibly pull it off?
"Let's get out of here!" yelled Gastly.
Being captured was her worst fear. Eevee had forgotten how much Gastly hated humans. Yet she was helping a human – that ghost of Maiden's Peak. It didn't make sense. Ghosts still counted as humans, didn't they?
"What's going on here?" said Eevee.
"Get off my island," the human said simply – only she was speaking in Pok'emon language.
"Huh?" Gastly said, "You can understand us?"
"Of course."
The human pulled out a Pok'eball.
"You can't capture us!" said Eevee, half lying, "We already have a trainer!"
"Pok'emon are not permitted on my island," she said.
"But there are lots of Pok'emon here!" argued Gastly.
"No Pok'emon live on this island," replied the human.
"We saw them!" said Eevee, "They attacked us!"
"Then maybe they don't want you here."
Then the human vanished just like the others, fading away until she was gone, as if she'd never been there – and a Misdreavus floated in front of them instead.
Author's Note: Yup. You remember Misdreavus from Episode Three – or, Chapter Three, whatever. This could be trouble for my little characters.