I'm not dead o.o I swear. Sorry I have not updated in so long! I started my school year again and was caught up with all the work to write. And I notice I also left the story off at a slight drop. Well, what can I tell you? I had writer's block. But those are really not very good excuses. So I shall try to make up for it by writing a long chapter with the growlithe's POV! –Hears boos- If you don't like it, tough! I have gotten few reviews, so anybody who reads the story, please review. I don't care if I get flames, at least my story doesn't really have Mary-sue characters. Kinda. Maybe. O.o on with the story. changed Ban's age from fifteen to thirteen

Disclaimer: If I really owned pokemon, I wouldn't be in school failing Hawaiian language. (Its true, I am failing it o.o;;)

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Where we left off

"Well you seem friendly enough." Ban told the dog. But this is getting weirder. Ban thought to herself. Much weirder. Ban reached out her hand to let the dog smell it. "I can't call you 'dog' all the time, so I might as well give you a nickname. I'll call you cinnamon, since that's the color of your fur."

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A young Growlithe's POV

Well, I'll tell it to you like it was. I was trotting on my way over to the lake; I was meeting a friendly Swellow who carried the gossip around here, when I stopped in a clearing to rest. As I was lying down, I heard a rustling in the bushes. Then this person tumbled to them and landed on their back! I say! How graceful! I was being sarcastic mind you. I went over to the person to get a good look at them. As I poked my head over hers she was just fading into unconsciousness.

Great! All we need in this forest is a human. Don't get me wrong, I like Ban now, but looking back at the past I never had great experiences with humans. The reason why is because I had an abusing owner a year ago. I had ran away and found this forest, obviously. There is a small lake at the center of it, and a town to the south. To the north is a long plain of grass. The west and east lead to caves on either side. A pretty boring place in the Johto region.

Well, I'll just go about my business as I was before. I thought, and trotted off. Maybe I'll check up on the human later.

I reached the lake where Jerry, the gossiping Swellow I told you about before was. "Well hello there! It took you long enough!" Jerry said. He sounded like he had an English accent. "I got some juicy news today!"

"Well, speak up then!" I answered back. I am clearly his superior. He can never beat me in a friendly fight. "Well it seems that Team Rocket is back again! They seem to like messing with the Johto reason, eh? They tried to bomb the radio tower, for reasons unknown. Its odd that they are always focusing on that radio tower. First it was using it for radio signals, next its trying to turn it into oblivion!" He squawked out the last part. He was panting, after saying that all in one breathe.

I looked out over the clear lake water. "Well, that certainly spikes things up a bit. I also have news. A human took a spill not far away from here, odd smell also. Not bad, just not normal, normal I mean as in the same essence of most humans there are around here." I said.

Jerry pondered about this for a moment. "Are you sure? I would like to see for myself, unless it is already gone?" He said with his beady eyes looking pointedly at me. "The first thing this has ever happened, being beaten at getting gossip I mean."

"Yes I know what you mean, and I think the human is a girl. That's all I know. She might have woken up already and left."

"Woken up? She got knocked unconscious?"

"Obviously. I'll take you to her." I said and started walking off, hoping this girl was still there.

It wasn't a long way, or very hard to find her. She was still out cold in the middle of the clearing. Jerry went over to her and looked closely. "There is definitely something different about this one. Better keep an eye on her." He said. Great, now I'm a babysitter. Keep an eye on the human will you? Pfft! Yeah right.

Jerry looked at me sternly. God I hate it when he does that. "You must watch this human! I don't know what is so different about her. Its like she's from another world. You have to stick close and see what happens, this may have something to do with the Rockets." What would a girl have to do with team Rocket? (Yeah, what does she have to do with them? )

"Fine. I will. But if I get hurt or in trouble I will blame it on you." I wish I hadn't said anything about this to him. You don't know how much I don't want to be there. I watched Jerry unfold his wings. "What are you doing?" I asked.

"I am going to see if I can get anymore information, this is truly odd." He said and took off, leaving me all alone. Well not all alone. The ruddy sleeping human is here. I might as well just wait for her to wake up.

After a few hours of waiting she was finally coming to. I trotted over to her and waited. She fluttered her eyes a bit and stared up. She sat up a bit and looked around her, taking in everything. "Ugh. Wha-what happened?" She said to herself, looking to see if she got hurt. Seeing only minor scratches, she got up fully and looked around more closely.

Since she seemed so ignorant of my presence, I tackled her in the stomach, making her fall down on her butt. Okay, I should revise this to give her a bit of credit. Not much, but I hid myself in the bushes as soon as she got up, and after she had finished looking around, I shifted myself. She saw the rustle and came over to look. Curiosity killed the cat. I tackled her in the stomach.

She had her eyes closed and after a few seconds opened them again. I started licking her face. What? There was quite a bit of dirt on it, from her tumble. She pushed me off and looked at me closely. Oh joy, I really needed an inspection. I barked at her and wagged my tail in a greeting. Might as well humor her.

She looked slightly taken aback at this. "Well you seem friendly enough." She said to me. And got up again, she started walking away. I followed. She reached out her hand to me and let me smell it. That odd smell again I thought and wagged my tail. I guess she finally figured out I was going to follow her. She really is smart! I thought sarcastically. "I can't call you 'dog' all the time, so I might as well give you a nickname. I'll call you cinnamon, since that's the color of your fur."

A nickname. Great. Just what I needed. "I need to get out of here." She said. No shit, Sherlock. I thought. She walked out of the clearing and started her way through the forest. North. To the plains. Not a great sense of direction, but I must follow. I decided and tagged along behind her. This is going to be a long adventure, it seems.

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