(( Glad to see my readers liked the twist. Yes, indeed, REJECTION. DUN DUN DUN! Anyway, things are going to get a bit crazy. I'm not telling why, but I'm sure you can tell where the plot will take place. If you don't, well….you're mental. Now, on with my Chapter. Chapter Nine: Uh-oh. We're Trapped ))

Night slowly passed for some strange reason. I do not control the night, so don't blame me. Probably just because what's going to happen next. Anyway, Bry and Miro were off to sleep. Trinity was already awake, as the rustling of her bags was heard very softly.

Luckily, Bry had kicked Nora out of his room, so he would not be awoken again. Nora meowed in protest, settling for the counter of the Inn instead. Nora had awoken bright and early, and was on her morning patrol, climbing about on the rails, overlooking the tables and everything else. She then went to grooming herself, ignoring everything around her.

Bry suddenly awoke, suddenly thirsty. He decided to get dressed anyway. Grabbing his clothes and trying to be silent, he walked into the bathroom, coming out later than usual for he took a shower. He fiddled with the blow-dryer, which was loud, attempting to dry his hair. His face was partly burn, from turning it on at high and blowing it full blast into his face. He moaned, luckily not waking Miro, and stepped out of the room. Veloci awoke, and gave a crow, waking Miro. Miro groaned, getting out of bed, without a word, he walked into the bathroom.

Bry stepped onto the hallway thing suspended in air, I guess some would call it a balcony, but it's inside, and was about to go downstairs when he heard Trinity muttering something. Curious, Bry stopped going down the stairs, and walked up to Trinity's room. He knocked on Trinity's door," What are you doing?" he asked.

Trinity called back," Oh nothing! Just checking some things off!" She then got up, her backpack on, and opened the door," Anyway, I have to go. My Mom just said I have to come back, since I had to call her about the Chicken Festival being over."

Bry seemed disappointed," Oh. Well, maybe I can change her mind."

" Oh no. When Mummy makes up her mind, no one can change it."

" But we changed her mind about the Chicken Festival, remember?" Bry pointed out.

Trinity laughed nervously," Well, this is different. I'm sorry. Ta-ta." She said, walking towards the stairs.

" Oh come on. I might be able to let you stay for a bit longer." Bry called after.

Veloci appeared next to Bry, suspiciously staring at Trinity and Sparky.

" NO!" Trinity screamed," YOU CAN'T!" and began running down the stairs now.

" Wait Trinity!" Bry called after, taking a step to run after her. But Sparky ran in front of him. Growling, he bared his fangs. Electricity sparked through his fur, as a bolt of lightning shot at Bry's foot, barely missing it. Bry yelped, jumping back. Sparky then growled again, and shot off down the stairs after Trinity.

Bry looked down at the floor unbelievingly, as though what had happened really never did, as though his eyes were playing tricks on him. Had Sparky really just shot lightning at him? Real lightning? Staring at the floor, was a burnt spot. It had been true. Sparky had done it. Bry then watched as Trinity ran. Taking action, he yelled," You guys! Get here quick! Something's up with Trinity!"

Miro and Cecilia appeared instantly. Cecilia had awoken at the scream, and had dressed quickly.

" What's wrong?" Miro asked.

Bry answered," No time for that! But Trinity is up to something! We've gotta go after her!"

They nodded, and everyone began to run down the stairs.

Trinity busted through the doors, almost running into the gang, who were just about to open the door to see them. Sparky growled, barking fiercely.

The group yelped, watching as Trinity ran off, Sparky soon following. Trinity then grabbed something into her hand, and gripped it tightly. It was a ball, and was red and white.

Bry, Miro, Cecilia, and Veloci appeared right after.

" What's wrong with Trinity?" William asked, surprised.

" No time! Just chase after her!" Bry ordered, beginning to run after Trinity.

The gang all nodded once again, and set off at a running pace.

" She couldn't have gotten too far." Matthew said, running with them as fast as he could.

" You're wrong about that! She's riding something now!" Ricca pointed," Look!"

Everyone looked towards the path, but she wasn't anywhere on the path. Ricca ordered," Up there!" The gang looked up, to see a huge dragon like thing in the air. It was an orange colour, with a long tail and a huge flame on the top. Its fangs stuck out sharply. It was obviously seen as a dragon. Mounted on the back was Trinity, Sparky behind her. The dragon roared, firing a beam of flaming hot fire towards the gang.

The gang all yelped, and quickly dodged out of the way. Where the fire hit, the path was burnt to a crisp, the bricks no longer red, but now a dark black.

Ricca yelled in protest," WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT THING!"

William responded," I don't know. But you might not want to yell at it. It's still here."

Bry yelled up at Trinity," Why are you doing this!"
Trinity ignored Bry, and the dragon roared again, flying off towards Mother's Hill.

The gang then stopped, all breathing heavily and catching their breath.

" It seems she flew over to Mother's Hill." Matthew observed, standing up from a leaning position.

Anna agreed," She must have. But why there? I don't think there's anything up there. I've been up there tons of times." She then gasped," On no! Apology Accepted! That dragon will scare him to death! And what if Trinity sicks it on him!" She shook her head, trying not to think about it.

Miro sighed," Well, if she leaves Mineral Town much further, we'll never be able to find her. We won't be able to pick up any scent, because she took to the air, not the sky."

" Wait a minute. Veloci, go fly!" Bry urged, pointing into the air," Follow the dragon thing!"

Veloci stared at Bry, but shrugged, and took off into the air, soaring into the air in the direction the orange dragon had soared off into.

Cecilia shook her head," That's just weird. But that is really neat." She smiled," Hopefully Veloci can follow them, and report back to us."

Matthew pointed out," We'll be playing a long game of charades to figure out where that is."

Miro reminded him," But Veloci could always just urge us to follow him. He is a smart bird."

Bry nodded," Yes, indeed smart."

" Even smarter than Bry." Anna said, looking at her fingernails.

Everyone nodded at this, but Bry only narrowed his eyes," Nice to know that guys. Well, let's walk towards Mother's Hill. Veloci will probably meet us there."

Anna ran ahead, scared of what might happen to Apology Accepted.

They soon arrived at the entrance of Mother's Hill, Anna blowing out a long whistle. Luckily, the whistle echoed back with Apology Accepted's own, as he galloped towards Anna. Anna smiled with delight, and made sure he was okay. Seeing he was, she began to pet him, talking to him softly. The gang stood over ten feet away, not liking the stallion very much.

A crow then echoed back from the sky, as Bry looked up, seeing Veloci circle around like a hawk. He seemed to have found where Trinity had gone off to. Bry yelled," I think he's found where Trinity went off to! Let's follow him!"

Veloci crowed once more, and flew off into the forest, the gang following. They were running for over ten minutes, maybe even longer than that. Veloci then landed gracefully, and walked in front of a cave no one had seen before.

" Well, I've never been out this far." Anna said, observing the surroundings. Apology Accepted, who had followed, threw his head into the air, looking around. He neighed, shaking his head and side-stepping a bit, luckily missing Anna's foot by an inch.

Bry walked up and into the cave first, everyone else following.

" Wait. Why am I going first? What happens if that damn dragon is at the end and blows me up?" Bry protested.

Anna urged," Go on Bry. You're blocking the way."

Ricca said," Well, that's a risk we just have to take."

William added," And, you're fire-proof. You're our shield."

Bry smiled," Oh! I must be pretty important! Well, let's get going!"

Matthew snickered," Sucker."

They walked for a while, as the cave was so long, and wasn't very high, so everyone had to bend over, even Apology Accepted, who had a hard time.

Anna looked behind her to see Matthew, staring and smiling happily. Anna then turned around, and slapped him.

Hearing a thud, everyone stopped and looked. Anna was blushing, and Matthew was on the floor, about knocked out.

" What happened?" Miro asked," What's the hold up?"

Anna yelled," Matthew was staring at me!"

" And that's a bad thing Anna?" William asked, raising an eyebrow.

Anna blushed scarlet, even harder, and puffed out her cheeks, much like Popuri. Ricca could also do this, being Popuri's daughter," He was staring somewhere else!" she said, pulling down her white mini skirt.

" Oh get over it. Matthew's already knocked out. Just grab his hand and drag him along." Bry groaned," We already know Matthew likes you."

Anna growled, but calmed down, taking Matthew by the hand, she dragged him along, the gang returning to their walk.

Before long, Matthew finally woke up. Anna noticed, and dropped his hand.

Matthew looked around, standing up, as the cave had gotten a bit taller," What happened?"

Ricca sighed," Just forget it Matthew."

Bry then noticed something glowing. Pushing away a few rocks, it looked to be a portal. It glowed with reds and purples, with flashes of blues once in a while. " Whoa. Guys, you have to check this out."

Everyone turned to look at the portal. Bry grabbed a rock, and threw it into the portal. As fast as a blink of an eye, it shot back out, hitting Bry in the face," Ow!" Bry cried, holding his face.

" Seems the portal doesn't like you." Cecilia giggled.

" It sure doesn't." Ricca agreed. She then looked around," So, who's going in first?"

" We have to go in there?" William asked, staring at the portal.

" Let's ask Veloci. Now Veloci. Are you sure Trinity went through here?" Bry asked, looking to the bird.

Veloci clucked, and nodded, walking towards the portal, he walked through it, and disappeared.

" Now we have to go in to retrieve Bry's stupid bird." Miro moaned. He then walked over to Bry, and shoved him in. Bry yelped, and fell through, disappearing. " Okay now, let's get going."

Everyone gulped, and all walked through the portal.

The portal took them to their destination in less than a blink of an eye. One second they were in the cave, in the outskirts of Mineral Town, the next, they were in some weird grassland. It looked just like their world, although a bit different in some way.

Everyone looked around freakishly. Veloci crowed, having not changed in any way. He walked around in the tall grass, only his black feathers seen as this grass was very tall.

Suddenly, a scream was heard. Everyone quickly turned around to see Anna, hiding behind a boulder," What happened to Apology Accepted!" Anna screamed, pointing a shaky finger towards the stallion.

Everyone then slowly turned to the stallion, and gasped. From a jet black stallion, he had turned into a white stallion. His mane and tail were just plain scary. A mane and tail of flames burned, as he looked towards himself, eyes growing wide. He began to buck, scared of the flames upon him, even if they did not hurt. A horn stuck from his forehead, making him look a bit unicorn like.

" HE'S ON FIRE!" Anna screeched.

" Hmmm. I don't think he's actually on fire, Anna." Matthew observed.

" He just seems frightened. But what the hell happened to him?" Bry asked, staring at him," He's turned into a freaking part unicorn thing! With flames!"

" Maybe someone can tell us where we are." William suggested. He then looked around," If there was someone here…"

Ricca looked around as well," I hope so. This place is so weird. I mean, Apology Accepted's turned into some freak thing, but we're fine."

" Whoa! A Rapidash!" a voice that sounded very anime-like yelled from behind them. Everyone turned to see a boy, hair black. He was wearing jeans, with a vest and sneakers. He wore a strange hat, with a green symbol. He ran over to the bucking stallion, and took out a red mechanical thing. Suddenly, a voice came from the thing.

" Rapidash, the horse Pokemon. Rapidash are able to run up to 150MPH, and seem to never tire out."

Everyone stared at this boy, who was actually short. He seemed to only be in his pre-teen years. Guess who this is?

" Rapidash?" Miro asked suspiciously.

The boy nodded, turning to him," Of course! You don't see many of them around here! But look! A wild one!" Suddenly, a yellow creature appeared on his shoulder. The yellow thing had a lightning bolt shaped tail, yellow with brown. He also had brown stripes on his back, with red dots on his cheeks. Its ears were quite long, with black at the tips," Pika?"

" What is that thing?" Bry asked, backing away from it.

The boy replied," Oh! This is Pikachu! He's my best friend."

" You're friends with that thing?" Ricca asked, eyeing Pikachu.

" Of course! We've been buddies for a long time! Who are you guys? You don't look like you're from here. I was just training, when all of a sudden, I heard a scream."

" Damn right you did!" Anna yelled.

" Huh?" the boy said, looking to Anna," What'd you say?"

" Damn right you did?" Anna replied, raising an eyebrow.

" What that word mean? The first one you said?" the boy asked.

" Oh god. He doesn't even know what that word means." Matthew said, shaking his head," We have to be in a different world."

" Well, I don't like it! I'm going home!" Anna yelled, walking towards the portal. She touched it, but it shocked her. She jumped back," Ouch!" She then touched it again, but it would not let her through," Problem guys."

" What?" Everyone except the boy asked, turning to Anna.

" Uh-Oh. We're trapped!" Anna cried. " It won't let me through!"

The boy eyed them puzzingly," Go back? Are you guys from a different world?" His eyes began to twinkle.

" I was about to ask you that with that yellow thing on your shoulder." Bry retorted. " Well, since we're stuck here for a bit, I guess we better introduce ourselves. I'm Bry, and this is Cecilia, Matthew, William, Anna, Ricca, Apology Accepted, Veloci, and I think that's it."

The boy grinned," Hey! I'm Ash Ketchum, from Pallet Town!"