Chapter Nine: Amara's First Pok e' mon

Amara found her self waking up to what felt like a dog lick. When she open her eyes there was a creature of about two and a half feet over her. It look like a cross between a dog and a tiger with a lions mane thrown in for good measure. Arrr?"

"Where am I ask?" Amara a bit drowsy. "Your in another dimension. Professor Oak sent the message all around to watch for you. Right now you on the Big P Pok e'mon ranch. Rest and I tell you more tomorrow. By the way I'm Lara Laramie."
The next day Amara was watching A Rapidash and a Ponyta running around a track.

"Boy, their fast." She comment. Lara walk up with what look like a book warp in brown paper and a box.

"You like?" Ask Lara. Amara nodded. Lara hand Amara the object she was holding. "This just came in the mail for you it's your pok e' dex and pok e' balls. Can I ask you a favor?" Said Lara.

"Yes?" Replied Amara.

"Take her as your first pok e' mon." She said pointing to the Ponyta. "She doesn't care about racing or helping us rear pok e' mon. She wants to battle for a trainer. I do wish she would race for us some day though." Said Lara.

"Why?" Ask Amara.

"She'll be one of the fastest pok e' mon ever. She the off spring of the fastest two Rapidashs on both Joto and Kanto. But I much prefer my pok e' mon to be happy."

"Wow," Was all Amara could said looking at the pok e' mon. "Thanks. It's funny but Michelle is much more of a horse person then I am."

"Ponyta! Come meet your new trainer!' The Ponyta gave a neigh it curiosity and run over to the fence. "This is Amara. She's going to be your new trainer." Said Lara. The Ponyta neigh excitedly. "Hold up one of the balls and press the button on it." Lara instructed Amara. Amara did as she was told and the marble size ball expanded to a tennis ball size. "O.K. Throw it at Ponyta." Amara threw the ball lightly. The ball struck Ponyta and open. The Ponyta turn into red energy which went into the pok e' ball. "Here comes Dario for a pok e' mon battle."

"I challenge you to a battle Lara. Dodrio go!"

"My pok e' mon will be Arcanine." Lara threw a pok e' ball. The Arcanine had a really roguish look about it's fur.

"Dodrio peck!" Dario command. Each of the three heads on the bird try to hit the dog. But the dog jump back wards into the air.

"Arcain! Fire Wheel!" Command Lara. Arcanine's white fur seem to ignite. Arcanine start spinning heads over the wheel. It turn into a giant wheel of fire which stuck the ground and start rolling at high speed. It stuck the Dodrio and sent the bird flying backwards at high speed with sing feathers.

"Dodrio Tri Beam!" Each beak open and a white glow appear inside each beak.

"Arcanine! Roar!" The dog did as he was told. The birds three heads spook and turn toward each other. Three heads and necks were blast with energy. "Rio!" The bird cry as it fell over backwards.

"You stupid bird, you lost again!" Scream Dario. He bought his fist up to strike the bird and Lara gasp. Dario was surprise when Amara grab his wrist.

"Don't. It tried it's best." Amara told the boy.

"It's my pok e' mon and I'll train it how I want." He lift his other fist and Amara use the arm she was holding to throw Dario into a nearby patch of mud.

"You little Bi... Dodrio attack her." Dario command. The bird's eyes flash.

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Dario walk into a barn where each of Dodrio's three heads was tied with rope to a post.

Dario ridding Dodrio around a track speeding it up on each turn by whipping it's body.

"You worthless bird you lost the race to that kid and Rapidash. Let's see if you do better without feed for a couple of weeks."

"Dodrio!" Once again the tri-beam attack. Only this time it was aim at Dario. Dario was sent flying into the sky. Dodrio walk over to Lara and Amara. "Dodrio!" It cooned.

"I think it wants one of us to be it's new trainer." The three birds head nodded. "I think you should take it Amara. Probably be better for it." Lara told her.

"Pok e' ball go!" Said Amara throwing the ball at the Dodrio. The Dodrio was suck into the ball. Suddenly one of the farm hands run up.

"Professor Oak just call. He said that all the warps close. There's no way back. How ever it's not all bad. Your cousin is waiting for you at his lab." The ranch hand told Amara.

"Before you go I'll like to battle with you." Said Lara.

"O.K. Go Ponyta!"

"Very well my pok e' mon will be Arcanine. Go!" The smaller dog jump forward.

"Let's try a tackle attack Arcanine. Go!" Lara said pointing at the Ponyta.

"Counter with your own tackle Ponyta." Amara instructed. The two pok e' mon race at each other. When they collided Arcanine was thrown back and up in the air.

"Arcanine!" It yelled right before it did the fire wheel attack.

"Ponyta! Pretend it's a hurtle." Amara yelled. The horse pok'e mon run toward the rapidly approaching wheel of fire and jump over it. "Good Ponyta! Stop it by tackling it in it's side." Ponyta neigh then use it's speed to do what Amara instructed. Arcanine was knock out of it's fire wheel shape. The Arcanine quickly got back to it's feet.

"Arcanine take down now!" Amara was surprise when Ponyta growl at her opponent.

"Quick full speed tackle Ponyta!" Amara order. The two collide again. This time the Arcanine try shooting her with a stream of fire from it's mouth. The Ponyta stood in place and whip her tail. Then to Amara's surprise Ponyta open her mouth and red hot embers came out and form their own stream of fire which stop Arcanine's. Amara open her pok e' dex.

"Ponyta's ember attack. Hurts opponent with fire."

"Ponyta give it another ember and then finish it off with a tackle!" Amara order. Ponyta hit Arcanine with another ember attack.

"Quick Arcanine! Extreme Speed! Then Fire Wheel!" Lara order. The Arcanine seem to be a blur as it leap up out of the way of Ponyta's attack and became the wheel of fire again. Ponyta and the wheel of fire race toward each other both looking like blurs to their trainers. Ponyta gave it a blast of ember right before the hit each other. A huge explosion occur when the two collide. When the smoke clear both pok e' mon were standing in a tiny crater. Both had black scorch marks and were standing wobbly. Then Arcanine collapse on it's belly fainted.

"Arcanine return!" Say Lara holding the pok e' ball out. The Arcanine turn into light and which enter the ball. "You win. Your good as a trainer. Say if you're from another dimension without pok e' mon how can you know how to be such a good trainer?" Ask Lara.

"Uh, I got my ways. Ponyta return! Bye! Thanks!" Said Amara panicky running off waving behind her. "I won't ever let any one know I played all the games through and watch the show." Amara thought to herself.