*Gasp* I have made a terrible mistake. I was looking through some of my old reviews, when I realized, I never thanked Bryan white for reviewing my story. If he's still reading this, then I'm terribly sorry! I'm thanking you now! Thanks! I hope I didn't leave anyone else out….

Also thanks to Anubismon and Twilight the Umbreon for reading and reviewing my story! I really appreciate the feedback every one *grins*

 Alright people, it's the chapter everyone's been waiting for! Heh heh, right :-P. But really, a whole lot of time went into this one, so I really hope I get a lot of reviews for it cause I want to know what you all think! *points at chapter* this is the beginning of the plot I promised you all!

Disclaimer: Okay, it's time to do another one of these. I do not own the concept of pokemon. I do own my original characters Robin, Matt, Raven, and Michelle, and I have half the rights to Beowulf, Eevee, Murkrow, and Larvitar, seeing how I gave them personalities and all. But the point here is DON'T SUE ME! Thank you for your time.

Chapter 16

As they walked back out into the town, Michelle stopped and chewed her lip, looking around. "Let's go somewhere were there's more space and I can heal the pokemon" she said, turning to Matt.

Matt looked around and shrugged. "Fine with me, but I think we're going to have to go out of the city first" Michelle nodded and picked up Larvitar, who was tired after the battle. Matt set Eevee on his shoulder and they walked outside the city. They didn't have to go that far, just a 10-minute walk until they found a grassy spot that would work.

"Go ahead and let out your pokemon" Michelle said, as she rummaged through her backpack for her med kit. Larvitar sat next to her and Matt let out Gastly and Gyarados. Michelle pulled out her kit and let out Charmeleon and Natu.  Matt sat in the grass, leaning against the tree as he watched Michelle work. She was really very pretty, Matt mused to himself, eyes half closed as he relaxed. He yawned and closed his eyes as he idly wondered what it would be like to kiss her, when Michelle's voice woke him up.

"Matt, where's Eevee?" she asked, one hand on her hip, the other holding a potion bottle. Matt blinked and looked around, then scratched his head.

"He was here a minute ago"

Just then a startled "Ve!" was heard, along with an answering "Veo!" Matt stood up and jogged in the direction of the sound, Michelle rushing to follow him.

Matt stopped when he saw his Eevee, staring at another Eevee, but there was something wrong with the other Eevee. It looked a little….pink.

"What the? Pink?" Michelle asked as she came up behind Matt to stare at the other Eevee. Eevee peered closely at the Pink Eevee who only cocked its head at him.

"Maybe it's a shiny Eevee!" Matt said excitedly. "I'm gonna try and catch it!" 

"Use a tackle attack!" Matt said to Eevee, but before the little pokemon could, something long and blue surged over Matt and Michelle, and slammed into the pink Eevee. Gyarados, who had followed Matt, then knocked the pink Eevee into some tall grass, making it disappear from sight. Before Matt could call Gyarados off to search for the pink Eevee again, there was a roar. Surging up from the grass came a..a….

"GYARADOS!" Michelle screamed in surprise and fear.

"and it's pink?!" Matt exclaimed in confusion.  Matt's Gyarados answered the other's roar with his own and tackled it again. Eevee hastily jumped out of the way as both Gyaradoses came crashing down. Larvitar and the other pokemon came running when they had heard Michelle's scream, then stopped and stared at the two Gyaradoses locked in battle. Matt didn't lose a beat.

"Use wrap attack!" he shouted to his water pokemon. Gyarados flowed around the pink pokemon bringing it down and pinning it to the ground.

"now use bite!" Matt yelled in excitement. Gyarados closed his jaws around the pink one's neck and flung it away. It crashed into the ground and Matt hastily threw a pokeball at it. The ball hit the pink Gyarados and sucked it in. It rocked once, twice, then stopped as the light went off.

"I think, I need to sit" Michelle said shakily as her knees gave out. Larvitar and Charmeleon hastily caught her and eased their mistress to the ground as Natu crooned into her ear. Eevee was creeping up to the ball, sniffing it carefully as Gyarados and Gastly watched on. The former very pleased with himself.  Matt went over and picked up the pokeball, frowning at it. Then he pressed the button.

"What are you doing!? Don't let it out!" Michelle screeched, abruptly sitting up and flinging her arms around, accidentally knocking Charmeleon and Larvitar down as the ball opened. The other pokemon tensed, ready to fight off an enraged Gyarados as the red light formed to make a….

"Ditto!" the little pink blob said happily as it peered at Matt. Michelle fell to the ground in disbelief then grinned sheepishly at Larvitar and Charmeleon who were on the ground glaring at her.

"Sorry guys" she said rubbing her neck absentmindedly.

"That's why they were pink!" Matt said in satisfaction as he examined his new Ditto. Michelle stood up and slapped the back of Matt's head.

"I almost die of a heart attack and all YOU were worried about was why it was PINK!!??" she asked in outrage.

"uhhh" Matt stuttered, for once, at loss for a comeback. Michelle shook her head at him, then bent to pick up the ditto. Reaching into her pocket, Michelle pulled out a potion and gave it to the little blob. Ditto slurped it up happily.

Michelle handed the Ditto to Matt then turned and briskly scooped up Eevee.

"You still need to be treated" she told the little pokemon. Michelle glanced back at Matt who was holding up Ditto, examining it.

"Gyarados should come too. He should be tired after his battle" Matt nodded absently and urged Gyarados to go with Michelle. Charmeleon and Larvitar followed them, but Gastly decided to stay with Matt.

"I thought you were a shiny Eevee you know" Matt said to Ditto.

Ditto giggled. "di to to" Matt was a little disappointed that it wasn't a shiny pokemon, but then he perked up. He now had a Ditto, which could change into any pokemon and, if trained properly, could even change into objects. Suddenly Matt didn't feel so disappointed. He set Ditto down, then bent onto one knee.

"Can you turn into any pokemon? Or just the ones you see?" he asked Ditto. Ditto looked at him, then it looked at Gastly who was floating over Matt's shoulder. Ditto glowed and then changed into a Gastly.

"Gast? Gastly" Gastly moved forward to look at the pink Gastly that was now floating in front of him. Matt laughed.

"I guess you can only change into pokemon you see. Well," Matt stood and dusted off his knees. "with me as your new trainer, you will be able to do a lot more."

They were coming! The winged ones were faster then he thought. He couldn't allow himself to be caught.  He knew that he couldn't win in a battle, he was to badly outnumbered. If they caught him, the others would come. He topped a rise in the earth and cursed at his bad fortune. There was a clearing, with humans and pokemon, and beyond that a city. He didn't want to endanger their lives! But if he turned around, they would surly catch them. He closed his eyes and made a quick decision. Praying to gods he had never before believed in, he hoped he was making the right choice.

The birds screeched in anger. They knew their prey was close. He was in sight. It was only a matter of time. Suddenly one stopped and pointed with its claw. Humans! They would have to be disposed of. They could not witness what was about to be done.

{Hot searing pain shot through Robin's body. She screamed, falling as she clutched her head. Raven leaped the same time as Beowulf, both trying to catch her before she hit the ground.}

"Geodude, Go!" Matt called as he casually tossed out the pokeball.

"Geo-dude!" Geodude pumped his arms and looked around.

"Geodude, this is Ditto" Matt introduced the two pokemon then he turned to Ditto.

"Ditto, try turning into Geodude like you did Gastly."

"Gaaaastly" Gastly added in encouragement. Ditto looked at Geodude, then blinked and squinted a little.

"DiiiiiTO!" it squealed then started to grow bigger. Matt smiled then stopped as Ditto kept growing, much bigger than Geodude. Wings came out and caught fire and the Ditto/Moltres screeched. Matt's jaw dropped in surprise, then he whooped aloud.

"Ditto! I thought you had to see the pokemon to change into them! You-" he cut off as he noticed Gastly and Geodude, staring wide-eyed in fear at the sky. Matt turned and exclaimed in surprise has he saw in the sky the three legendary birds, coming closer, fast. Matt frowned then took a sharp intake of breath. The birds were coming closer alright. They were diving, straight at him!

Moltres screeched as it dived at Matt, intending to make it a swift kill. Matt yelled and leaped to the side as Geodude swung his fist at the firebird, hitting it squarely in the beak. Moltres flapped higher, hissing in fury at Geodude, who hovered in front of Matt protectively. Moltres came back at them but Gastly appeared in front of it, snaking out his tongue and catching Moltres of guard. Moltres screeched and Zapdos dived down, letting lose a devastating Thunder attack. Geodude threw himself before the electric attack, taking it upon himself.

Articuno hovered in the air, then shot out an ice beam, which was met mid air by a flamethrower from the Ditto gone Moltres. Ditto flew into the air to meet Articuno head on. Matt watched on, paralyzed in fear and awe as he watched his pokemon fight the birds. Articuno, more accustomed in the air than Ditto was, got past the Moltres look alike and went straight toward Matt. Matt screamed at himself to move or do something, but he was frozen in fear.

"EEEEVEEEE!" A little brown form charged out of the grass to ram into the ice bird, catching it off guard and knocking it to the ground. Gyarados roared in fury, letting lose a massive water gun at Moltres, who barely had time to dodge the stream of water.

"Lapras, Dotrio, Chansy GO!" Michelle shouted throwing her pokeballs. Her pokemon rushed in to join the fight for their trainer's lives.

Michelle knelt next to Matt and asked worried "Please, are you alright" Matt nodded then stood.

"Come on! We gotta help them!" Michelle nodded and stood also.

"Eevee, agility! Gastly, try a hypnosis!" Matt shouted to his pokemon.

"Natu, help Gastly with the Hypnosis! Dotrio Fury Attack! Lapras, try a water gun on Moltres!"

The pokemon rushed to do what their trainers ordered, fighting ruthlessly. Gyarados rose and knocked away Zapdos from Lapras, who was water gunning Moltres. Geodude threw rocks at Zapdos, and Ditto, Gastly, and Natu were fighting with Articuno. Charmeleon's Flamethrower followed Zapdos through the air as one of Geodude's rocks came at the thunderbird from the other side. Dotrio was rushing in and out of the fray, all three heads going crazy and Chansy was going all out in her healing powers.

Eevee and Larvitar were everywhere, leading the attack. They would jump onto the birds to distract them from the other pokemon, they were doing anything and everything to protect their trainers and fellow pokemon. The birds were getting slowly worn down, Matt thought they were winning.

Moltres screeched something, and started to fly back into the sky. Articuno followed but Zapdos hissed in fury. Diving through the other pokemon, he went straight for Matt and Michelle. Eevee and Larvitar were having non-of that though. Eevee used his agility to run up Gyarados and jumped onto Zapdos's back. Eevee then sunk his teeth right into the bird's neck.

Zapdos screeched in pain, swinging back and forth. Michelle screamed as Zapdos swung his head, his sharp beak coming straight for her! Larvitar leaped to close his jaws onto the bird's beak. The bird took of into the sky, Eevee jumping off and onto Ditto's back. Larvitar, however, wasn't that lucky. He fell crashing through some trees. Matt rushed and caught him before Larvitar could hit the ground. Michelle, tears streaming down her cheeks, took Larvitar into her arms. She tried franticly to find a sign of life, but found none. Pressing Larvitar's body to her face, she cried.

He floated, watching the battle. He hated to use these trainers this way, but if he died, then the world wouldn't have a chance against the greater evil.  He sighed in relief as the birds started to retreat, then caught his breath as Zapdos turned back for one more attack. He watched as the Eevee and Larvitar threw themselves at Zapdos to protect their trainers. The Eevee got away safely, but the Larvitar didn't have a chance. He watched as the Larvitar's trainer cried onto the little body. It was his fault the Larvitar had died, so it was his responsibility to make it right.

{Robin shook as she lay in Raven's arms. Her eyes were shut tightly and she started to sweat. She cried out once, then fell limp}

Matt put his arm around Michelle's shoulder and held her while she cried. The pokemon remained silent as they mourned for their friend. Something made Eevee look up, and for a second, he thought he saw…there was a flash of light, and Larvitar started to glow. 

Michelle heard Matt gasp as she watched the body of her beloved pokemon glow. She could feel Larvitar change in her hands, his skin becoming harder, and growing to become longer. Then the glow got to bright and she had to close her eyes against it. She felt something move in her hands, and she opened them to find a Pupitar staring at her. However, it wasn't the normal coloring of a Pupitar Instead of it's shell being a dark bluish gray, it was pure black. On the Pupitar's belly was a diamond green mark. Michelle caught her breath and held the Pupitar out. She stared into his eyes, then broke out into a wide grin. She laughed with happiness and hugged Pupitar to her. "Pupe it taaar" Pupitar sighed happily. Matt and the rest of the pokemon stared at them.

"What just happened here?" Matt asked anxiously.

 Michelle looked up with joy in her eyes. "Larvitar! I thought he was dead but.. he evolved! I know it's him! Oh Matt he's not dead!" Matt blinked as the realization hit him. The grin he wore was the biggest that had every come onto his face, as the other pokemon cheered in delight.

He sighed, his energy spent. He hadn't wanted to make the creature evolve, but it was the only way to restore the Larvitar's life. Now the brave pokemon would forever be changed, but, he hoped, for the better. He had to work quickly, for by using his energy he was visible for a short period of time. The Eevee had almost spotted him, but it pleased him to grant the Larvitar, or now, Pupitar, another chance at life. He watched the humans and trainers rejoice for a second, then started to go again. It was dangerous for him to stay in one place to long, and he had already caused this group too much pain.

*pause for dramatic effect*  talk about plot development! I really hope everyone liked this chapter. Feel free to click that lovly little review button. It'd make my day if ya did!