Authors note: Here is the current status of Caitlin and Lisa (just so no one gets confused):
Caitlin:
Seel-level 6
Minun (Sparky)-level 4
Lisa:
Eevee-level 6
Plusle (Raiden)-level 4
Growlithe (Kali)-level 5
Chapter 3
"AH!" Caitlin screamed, waking us all up. "It's a—a-- what is it?" she asked, suddenly calming down. She held up her pokedex, still laying down.
Sneasel, the sharp claw pokemon. Sneasel scales trees by punching its hooked claws into the bark. This Pokemon seeks out unguarded nests and steals eggs for food while the parents are away.
"I think I'll pass," I said rolling over and closing my eyes. "You can have it." Eevee got up and watched, eager to see Caitlin in action.
"I use," she said, standing up. "Seel." she threw her pokeball into the air. "Now," she said. "Use headbutt!" Seel charged at Sneasel, but missed. Caitlin's pokedex started talking:
Some pokemon are more advanced than others. Thus, they will not battle those they feel unworthy, and may run from the trainer.
"Wow, at least he hasn't." Caitlin said. She looked to where Sneasel had been, and saw it was gone. She sighed angrily. "That's not fair! Well, I'm going to go after it and try to catch it again." Caitlin leaned down and shook Syrus awake. "You're coming with me." she said promptly.
"For what?" Syrus asked, rubbing his eyes. "I'm not resting until that pokemon and I get a fair fight," she said, and with that she went off, and Syrus followed.
"Talk about a rude awakening." Bastion said yawning.
"Ya know," I said. "I'd like to get a couple more pokemon too." I made a puppy pout, and Eevee followed suit.
"Fine," he said, getting up. "Let's go." I jumped up and ran into the woods.
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"How long are we going to be doing this?" Syrus asked, pushing a branch out of his path.
"Until I get more pokemon!" Caitlin yelled back. "What was that?" Syrus asked, suddenly stopping. "I said--" Syrus shushed Caitlin and looked around. He heard footsteps, coming from all directions. Caitlin held up a pokeball and readied herself. All of the sudden, a huge gust of wind knocked them over and revealed a giant, blue bird with a man in a black suit with a tan oval with a line running through it in the middle riding it. The pokemon's blood red eyes paralyzed Caitlin with fear. Syrus stood in front of Caitlin and slowly handed her a pokeball.
"Use this," Syrus whispered. "Get out of here, I'll be ok." Caitlin shook her head.
"I can't leave you hear with this..." She whispered back. Syrus glared at her, and she sadly accepted the pokeball.
"Put that thing down!" the man with the black suit ordered, seeing Caitlin raise the pokeball.
"NOW!" Syrus shouted. Caitlin hesitated, but threw the ball into the air. Syrus pulled out one of his own and released his Skarmory. Caitlin soon found herself standing in front of a large bull that she new from her pokemon classes, Tauros.
"I tamed him, don't worry," Syrus shouted from above her head. Caitlin reluctantly climbed onto the bull and galloped off. The giant blue bird simply flew up and followed them.
"Ice beam!" the man shouted. The bird shot a powerful last of ice towards Syrus, and froze him within seconds. "NO!" Caitlin screamed, reaching out her hand as she watched Syrus slowly fall to the ground. Before she knew it, she too was enclosed in a cocoon of ice, and slowly, her world went black.
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Eevee leaped forward and growled at the pokemon before us. It was the same pokemon that Caitlin had faced earlier.
"Go ahead," Bastion said, pushing me forward. I shook my head.
"None of my pokemon are strong enough for a level eighteen Sneasel! Even if I have three pokemon, it'll just run away." I shrugged, but Eevee stayed put. Bastion shook his head and walked off with me. I looked down, expecting to see Eevee there by my side, but she wasn't. I turned around and found her sitting next to the Sneasel, talking, but I could only understand Eevee.
"Yes, but why? Please?" she begged. The Sneasel looked at Eevee, then to me, then to the pokeballs at my belt. The Sneasel nodded, and Eevee ran to me.
"I got her to let you battle her!" she cried in excitement.
"She?" Bastion asked. His question was answered when he glanced at Sneasel and saw her blink her long, black eyelashes. Bastion sighed and walked off to a nearby tree. He leaned on it and took out a notebook. He began writing furiously, flipping pages every ten seconds. I shrugged and held my pokedex out to the Sneasel and asked,
"What is she weak against?" There were a series of loud beeps when it finally responded:
Sneasel has a weakness to fighting type pokemon.
I didn't have any fighting types, so I just used the next best thing, electric.
"Go Raiden!" I yelled as my small pokemon appeared. Just then, Bastion looked up from his notebook. He smiled deviously.
"Raiden is your weakest pokemon, he's level four," he noted.
"The experience will do him good!" I yelled back, aggravated.
"Use-- uh-oh," I realized that all Raiden could do was growl.
"If you return him now he can still get 'experience'," he suggested. I (yet again) shrugged.
"Return!" I called. The Sneasel smiled and sat down, waiting for my next dumb move, but she wasn't going to get one!
"Go, Kali!" I yelled. My Growlithe appeared in front of me and raised her hackles at the sight of Sneasel. "Use Bite!" Kali lunged at her, biting hard into her long, clawed arm. She shrieked in pain and slashed Kali in the cheek, making her yelp in pain.
"Again!" I ordered. Kali, despite the pain, got up and gave Sneasel a bite that was nastier than the one before. The Sneasel fell, helplessly trying to slash Kali again, but with no avail. As her arm finally fell, I threw a pokeball at her and waited. It shook for a few seconds, then stopped. I was held back, had I really just done that? I had.
"You did it!" I yelled, allowing Kali to lick my face. I retuned her and ran to Bastion. He smiled.
"We'd better get to a pokemon center." he said. I nodded.
All of the sudden, my Plusle jumped out of his ball.
"Lisa!" he yelled, running into my arms. "It's Sparky, something's wrong!" He began to call his brother's name frantically. After a few minutes of calling, Raiden froze. His ears stiffened and his fur bristled. A shadow was cast upon us as a giant bird descended before us.
"Indeed, something is very wrong," he said. "And not just with your brother." he looked down at Raiden, who had positioned himself in a bow. The giant white bird looked to us.
"I am Lugia, the great bird of the sea and air." he proclaimed. "Now, get on my back and I shall explain everything on the way." I stared at the massive bird. No way could I ride him. He lowered himself and allowed us to slowly climb on. I returned Raiden and took Eevee in my arms. I sat right behind Bastion, holding on to him and Eevee tight.
"Hold on." Lugia said, glancing at us. He took off and began flying at an amazing speed. I wrapped my arms even tighter around Bastion. I screamed.
As we flew over the surrounding forest there were dark areas that were burned, frozen, completely destroyed. There was no life anywhere to be seen. Bastion was just as shocked as I was.
"Who could do such a thing?" he asked. Lugia sighed.
"Evil." he said.
"Evil what?" I asked.
"Evil, they are a group of pokemon thieves. They captured the three legendary birds, Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos." he replied.
"But, I thought that they were good, why would they do this?" Bastion asked.
"They do not do it of their own will. Evil is controlling them, and there is nothing that I alone can do." Lugia said sadly. He turned a little to the left and began to fly faster, faster, until I felt as though I was going to fall at any second. Finally, he slowed and swooped down. We were hurtling right trash, toward the ground! I closed my eyes and waited for us to crash, but it never did happen. I felt branches brushing past us, I felt leaves falling on us. When I finally opened my eyes, I found that we were landing by a great lake that was surrounded by hundreds of pokemon. As we touched the ground I jumped off and sat on the soft grass that was covered in flowers.
All of the pokemon began to cheer when they spotted Lugia, and they all bowed.
"Friends," Lugia bellowed. "We now have a chosen one, but we cannot continue without the other." All of the pokemon began to crowd around me. There were big pokemon and small babies and pokemon of all colors and types.
"Me?" I asked. Was I really a chosen one? How? I was just a beginner trainer.
"Who is the other?" I asked. Lugia turned to me.
"Your sister." he answered.
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Caitlin woke up in a dark room. She was so cold. As her eyes adjusted she could see a small slit of light before her. The light seemed to get closer and closer, and it shaped into a round ball. It began to look as though it was dangling in mid-air.
"Caitlin?" a familiar voice called. "Is that you?" it called. Caitlin finally recognized the voice. It was Syrus! Caitlin, suddenly unaware of the darkness around her, jumped up and ran towards the light. She ran into Syrus' arms and began to cry. She was so confused, so scared, so cold. She felt something rub against her leg, and looked down to see the source of the light. It was one of Syrus' pokemon, Lanturn.