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Chapter Two: Stranded

Hana was cold. And confused. And quite frankly, was starting to get hungry. Being cold and confused was tough work.

"Pi pichu chuchuchu pi pichu." (Why is this happening to me?)

She let out an inaudiable gasp at the sound of her own voice and raised a small paw to her face, but found even that to be difficult.

"Pichu pi pichu!" (Hey system!) Hana called out. "Pipipipi pichu pichu!" (WHY THE HELL AM I A POKEMON?)

"User 222, the conditions in which you would be sent were never clarified."

"Pipichu chu pi?" (Isn't that your fault?) Hana sassed to the machine. Unsurprisingly, it didn't react to its callout.

"Please do your best, User 222 (/owo)/" And with that it, left.

"Chu." (Great.)

Now on her own, Hana decided to suck it up and at least find herself some food. Considering she was in a forest, their had to at least some berries around for her to eat. Heck, maybe she could even kill 2 birds with one stone and find out where in the plot she even was.

Correction: 2 Starlys with one stone. Hana wasn't used to this world yet, but she was getting to that point.

It didn't take long for her to spot a berry tree tree and she quickly picked up her pace, scurrying until she stood directly under the tree. Hnas wondered how she could ever get to those berries! While the berry tree wasn't as tall as normal tree, its fruit were still far out of reach now that her height had been reduced to a fifth of her human height.

Her attempts at climbing up the trunk of the tree were proving to be unhelpful. One final attempt had sent her tiny Pichu body tumbling to the ground … and into someone's foot.

Hana cried out in surprise and spun around. "Pichu pi!?" (HUH!?) She was shocked to eye to eye with someone's brown sandal. She was even more shocked to find out the foot belonged to none other than… Thic daddy Damos!

"Hey, there," Damos began, shining like the greek god he was. "Need some help there?"

"Chu!" (Yes, please!) Hana cheered, forming heart eyes.

Thic daddy Damos picked some juicy berries off the tree with ease and presented them to Hana, who quickly gobbled them up.

"Chu pichu!" (Thank you!) She felt her cheeks grow hot when Damos grinned down out her and perhaps rivaled a tomato when he bent down to pick her up off the ground.

"Would you like to come home with me? You can meet some of my other pokemon."

"Chu!" (YES!)

"Great, let's go then."

By then, Damos had let go and Hana had situated herself on top of his shoulder. It didn't take them long to reach Damos's castle where Hana met his other pokémon.

"Pichu, I want you to meet Chikorita, Cyndaquil and Totodile." said Damos. He pointed at each pokemon individually while they went about their assigned jobs.

"Chika!"

"Quil!"

"Dile."

Hana was shocked. So shocked in fact, that her face morphed into the pikachu meme face that had been circulating around the internet before she got hit by a truck. She was shocked to find out...that she could not understand the other pokemon! How could this be? Was she not a pokemon herself? Hana made a mental note to yell at System again if it ever came back before the story was over.

Somehow Hana found herself in a really good routine. She would take advantage of her cuter form to snuggle up against Damos when he wasn't working and would take time to sneak around when he was gone.

Totodile and her would get into fights frequently, but Hana learned how to control her attacks over time. A simple Thunder Shock was usually enough to send Totodile sulking in corner and off her tail (quite literally—those bites hurt.)

Today, she decided to steal some berries that Chikorita was preparing and, despite the Leaf Pokemon's cries of protests, left the kitchen to peek into some of the many other rooms Hana had yet to inspect.

Hana got lucky today! She found the room where the Jewel of Life was in and cheered with glee. Usually, Damos carried it around on staff that he carried with him, but today he had left in on a display case, giving Hana time to observe it without seeming suspicious.

Much like the name implied, the orb was pulsating with life. Its ethereal glow drew Hana in for a closer look as her dark eyes sparkled in wonder. She broke out of her reverie when she heard footsteps down the corridor.

Hana let out a quiet yelp and scurried to hide behind something, out of view of whoever decided to enter.

Marcus crept into the room and Hana held in her breath! She didn't like him. He seemed really creepy, but Damos was okay with him. Marcus was his assistant for Arceus's sake!

Marcus walked up to the orb and laid a bandaged hand on it. His eyebrows furrowed as he became fixated on the glowing object.

"Soon…" he began. "Soon enough, that idiot will try to give you up to Arceus. … I will not let that happen!" Marcus declared, his grip on the orb tightened and it seemed to pulsate in response.

"I will not let you go." He said in an angry voice. "Michina Town will be destroyed once more if you are gone. Damos won't know what hit him" Marcus glanced at his Bronzong that accompanied him to the room and the Bronze Bell Pokemon seemed to nod its head in understanding.

With that Marcus left the room. The door shook on its hinges and he slammed it shut and stalked off to attend to other duties.

Hana frowned as she came out of her hiding spot, clearly unhappy with what she just heard. Was there anything she could do? Damos couldn't understand her and neither could the other pokemon, based on the fact that she couldn't understand them.

Perhaps, she thought, it would be better if she just waited it out. Damos would be returning soon, and it would be best if he found her with the other pokemon rather than with the Jewel of Life. Hana quickly scurried out of the room and back into the kitchen where the other Johto starters were in the midst of their own work, besides Totodile, who immediately greeted Hana with a friendly chomp. Ow.

On second thought, maybe she would be better off somewhere else, Hana conceded.

Then she heard a blast outside, followed by some screams.

It didn't take long for her to dash to a hole in the castle wall that she discovered on an earlier expedition. Now on the outside perimeter of the castle, Hana discovered Marcus and most of the castle guards surrounding Ash, Sheena, and his other friends.

Hana could barely hear their exchange, but she knew enough to know that things were getting serious. After catching herself from falling off the edge of the castle wall, she quickly lifted herself back up and ran back into the castle with newly found determination.

A/n Dun dun dunnnnnn! Thnaks for all the reviews from chapter one! Reviews and Favorites are love!