Chapter 4

Kristine's P.O.V.

After walking for about another hour we had finally arrived at Secrita City. At first it was just a small town with cute little houses scattered here and there. I saw some kids playing outside the houses with their Pokemon.

One little girl was playing tag with her Chikorita and Rattata, while one five year old boy was riding his Growlithe like a horse. They were so cute! I had turned my head and was walking again when Eevee jumped from my arms and towards the kids.

"Eevee, stop!" I yelled, chasing after her. Houndour ran to her and picked her up by the scruff of her neck right before she got to the little boy.

By now the kids had stopped playing and were staring at me. The little boy got of his Growlithe.

"Hi." he said.

"Um, hi." I replied. "Listen, I'm really

sorry about that…"

"It's ok," he reassured as he petted Houndour on the head. Houndour wagged his stub of a tail and set down Eevee. Eevee frowned at him and kicked up dirt in his face, then walked away. Houndour growled and turned his head in her direction.

At that moment the little girl ran to us with Eevee in her arms.

"Hi!" she greeted. "Is this your Pokemon?"

"Yes,"

"Her collar is pretty." she said as she rubbed her finger along Eevee's purple collar.

"Thank you." I replied, taking Eevee from her. "Well, we'd better get going."

"Aww, can't you stay and play?" asked the girl, who pushed a piece of her black hair away from her face.

"No, I'm sorry, I have to go." I replied as I got up and waked back to the sidewalk.

Houndour left the boy's petting and came to my side. I walked on, glad to be away from them. I know that they are just little kids, but what if they told there parents they had seen a brown haired girl with an Eevee and a Houndour, while my face was probably on every news channel in the world?

As I walked further, more and more houses lined the streets, and they got bigger and bigger, until finally, I was at the center of the city. The market place was crowded, and I walked around to see what they were selling.

There were lots of jewelry, potions, and food. I grabbed my stomach, now realizing how hungry I was. I walked to a hamburger stand and ordered a large bag of fries. I put three dollars on the counter and continued walking. Every now and then I gave a few fries to Eevee and Houndour. After walking for an hour, I sat down on a bench to rest.

Then I saw them. Two police men were walking around showing pictures to every one, one of a black haired girl and a Flareon, and one of me.

I grabbed Eevee and Houndour and bolted. People in the crowd gasped and started to whisper. Then one shouted out,

"That's her: the runaway!" And at that the police ran after me. After a few seconds they vanished, and I slowed down thinking I had lost them, then I saw the police car and ran as fast as I could, Eevee in my arms and Houndour running up ahead. I turned into and alley, and ran smack into something. I fell backwards, and felt myself being yanked up and someone putting their hand over my mouth.

We stood in the shadows and as the police car whizzed past us, I was completely silent. I felt the hand loosen its grip and come down. As soon as I was free I turned around and saw her. The girl from the

picture, holding her Flareon.

"It's…It's you…" I stammered.

"Sorry if I scared you." she said coldly

Ryana's P.O.V.

"Secrita City", I mumbled as flareon and I wandered past a sign that read "Secrita City Market". As we entered the busy market place, my stomach rumbled reminding me of my hunger. I stopped at one of the stalls and wondered how I was going to get food. I hadn't had time to get money.

"Oh well" I said, smiling at flareon. "I guess ill just have to find a different way of getting food." I bent down and whispered in flareon's ear. In a flash he ran toward a nearby booth and jumped up on to the table, causing the assorted meats adorning it to fly everywhere.

The owner of the booth immediately started screaming and trying to shoo flareon off. As the owner was busy trying to catch flareon, who was frolicking about the meats, I made my move.

Jumping from the shadows where I had hid myself, I sped to the booth and grabbed a roasted chicken that was hanging from a string. I jumped away and soon became part of the crowd and was quickly joined by flareon who had finished harassing the booth owner.

"Ready for lunch flareon?" I asked him. He whined impatiently. I opened my mouth to say more, but stopped when some men caught my eye. Policemen to be exact.

They were handing out fliers with pictures of two girls on them. One with reddish brown hair holding an evee, and one of me with flareon.

I started walking away rapidly and scooped up flareon. I heard some yelling behind me and ran into a small alley filled with dumpsters. I stopped when I realized they weren't shouting at me.

"That's her! The runaway!" someone was saying. Suddenly the girl from the picture was scampering down the street carrying her evee and being followed by her houndour. As she neared the alleyway I was in she turned sharply into it to escape a police car that was chasing her.

Before I could blink she ran smack into me knocking flareon out of my arms. She fell backwards but I caught myself and wrenched her up and putting my hand over her mouth, dragged her into the shadows. We were completely silent as the police car whizzed pass. I released her and picked up flareon soothingly.

She turned around carefully and looked at me as her eyes widened.

"It's… It's you…" she stuttered.

"Sorry if I scared you" I said carelessly.