- Pokemon POV -

'Thoughts,' "Pokemon Dialogue," (Not understandable by humans) "Human Dialogue," (Understood by everyone)

Flower's head was buzzing, and her body felt heavy, like she had eaten an entire crate of Yoyleberries.

'Just gotta… sleep in today. Beauty sleep is important,' she slowly thought to herself, despite the horrific pain in her carpel.

She laid like this for a while, but eventually she finally stirred. One eye open, then the other.

The sky was a cloudy blue, no cause for alarm there. No, what perplexed Flower the moment she opened her eyes is the fact that the grass around her seemed usually tall.

"I don't remember there being grass this tall around my usual sleeping spot…" Flower muttered to herself. Her voice seemed more strained than usual, just like every other part of her felt.

She tried to push herself up off the ground and onto her feet, but paused with a wince when pain shot through one of her legs. She glanced over at it, and noticed it was twisted at an unnatural angle. "Oh petals! Did I sleep on my leg wrong?" she whined. After a few tries, she managed to hobble onto her feet, and slowly looked around.

"What is this place? I don't recognize this field," she asked herself.

Then the events of Golf Ball's presentation shot through her mind, and her eyes widened. "Wait, did that blast send me to another universe!? Oh my gardener!" she blurted. "Wh- where did the others go?"

She shook her head. "Okay, I better find somebody else. Anybody else," she decided. 'I just hope that I'm not all alone…' she thought with dread.

She began limping along, taking care not to strain her twisted and dislocated leg.


After a few minutes, she began to feel exhausted. She hadn't even gotten that far, but she was already disoriented and injured, so movement of any kind took its toll on her. Luckily, she managed to hear voices coming in her direction!

The first was a masculine voice. "Okay, there should be a town this way, and it has a Pokemon Center close to the city limits. We can make a pitstop there,"

The second was another boyish voice, albeit younger. "Alright! One center closer to the next gym!"

"Yeah!" cried a smaller voice in response.

The fourth speaker was a feminine one. "Don't forget, the contest in Jubilife comes first! I can't wait to use Piplup's new contest moves on the field!"

"Yep! I'm going to look so cool out there!" agreed another small voice.

Flower had no idea what any of them were talking about, but it didn't matter right then. She just needed to get their attention. She cupped her hands up to her mouth in a megaphone gesture.

"Help! Whoever you are, come this way!" she hoarsely croaked.

"What was that?" asked one of the previous speakers, the younger boy.

"Sounds like Pokemon cries, but I don't recognize what kind," replied the older male voice.

"It sounds like it's hurt…" said the girl's voice. Shuffling noises and footsteps could be heard. "I think it was coming from this way!"

The grass in front of her parted, and Flower wasn't sure what to think of what she saw.

The girl's voice turned out to belong to a large, towering figure, a little over twice Flower's size. She was quite obviously not an object, though her appearance kind of reminded Flower of Dora for some reason. She was wearing a black and pink dress, with a white and pink hat on top of her head, along with her long blue hair. A small blue animal sat on her shoulder. Flower had only heard descriptions of birds before, but this creature seemed to match that description.

The girl began to speak. "I've never seen a Pokemon like this before…" she trailed off.

The three of them, Flower, the girl, and the blue bird, just stared at each other in a dumbfounded manner for a few seconds, before Flower shook off her own shock.

"I'm hurt and lost, can you help me?" she pleaded. She gestured to her injured leg as she spoke.

"Oh, you poor thing! That leg definitely looks bent out of shape," she cooed.

The other two people came over as well. The younger boy had black hair and a red cap, while the older one had squinted eyes and a green and orange outfit. The boy also had a strange yellow creature perched on his shoulder. If the other creature had been hard to identify, this one was a definite enigma. It had long ears like a rabbit, but a long jagged tail that was definitely not like any bunny Flower had heard of.

"It's kind of like a Sunflora, but even that's not close," said the hatted boy.

Flower felt anger bubble up in her at this. "Hey! I am not an 'it'! I'm not a sunflower either, I'm just a flower, thank you very much!" she rasped.

"Hey, calm down!" cautioned the other, older boy. "We can help you." He pulled out a purple spray bottle. "We'll need to take you to a Pokemon Center to get that leg looked at, but for now, let's take care of the little things. This potion will sting a bit, but it's medicine. Is it okay if I use it on you?"

"Eh, okay. No pain no gain I guess," Flower mused. She slid closer to the boy.

The medicine felt like acid on her skin, and she gritted her teeth with a hiss in response. But when the sting faded, so did the pain in her leg. "Huh! It feels just fine now," she said as she prepared to put a bit of weight onto it. Unfortunately when she did so, a new bolt of pain was sent through it. "Okay, maybe not just fine. But it's better!"

She looked up at the trio of kind people. "Wow, thanks! Do you think you could take me to that town you were talking about?" she asked, pointing at herself for effect. Then she gestured towards the direction the travellers had been heading before. "It's that way, right?"

"I think it wants to come with us," the girl said. Then her eyes lit up with an idea, and she pulled out an odd red and white orb with a button on it. She showed it to Flower. "You don't have to, but would you like to be part of my team? Me and Piplup have been trying to catch a new Pokemon for contests, and you look like the perfect fit!"

Flower blanked. "I don't know what you're even talking about," she hesitated. "What even is this weird ball thing?" she questioned as she curiously reached out to press the button on it.

As soon as it clicked, a white light filled her vision, and she became incredibly disoriented as it felt like her body was literally being sucked out from the space it stood in.

"AAH- WHAT?! HELP!" she screamed as she could feel her very being get pulled into the ball.


- Human POV -

Dawn fidgeted as she waited for the Pokeball to process her new catch. It only wiggled once before going still for a few seconds. Then after a pause, the Pokeball let out another click, with a glow of approval.

Dawn lifted the Pokeball into the air triumphantly. "I just caught… my first Pokemon!" she cheered. She wasn't quite sure what it was, but it was still a huge milestone.

"Pip-pilup!" Piplup added in excitement.