T-T sry I have nothing to say... except that I got a charger for my brother's DS!! Now I can play it before he gets home from school. Buahahaha... :D no, wait...we don't have school o.o DANG IT!! D:

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon. But that could change. –evil laughs and smiles- :D :)

Hidden in the Forest

For the finals, Drew used Absol and he did a performance almost a good as mine. Now he was battling against May, which didn't surprise me. And, get this, she was using Taya. I thought that was a bit ironic. Savannah and I watched the TV screen with excitement. I suddenly started wondering why she was staying here instead of going in the stands and watching it Live.

"Why are you watching the contest here?" I asked suspiciously.

"Because," she said, "I had people cheering in my ears so much I felt like I was gonna go deaf. Besides, I'm not with anyone I know in the crowd."

"Oh." Guess I hardly expected her watch it with me.

Taya started off the battle with a Blizzard. The Absol shot a Dark Ball at it. The two attacks collided and a dark, chilly mist exploded onstage. Both the yellow bars of the two coordinators' shrunk. So that's how it works... I thought.

Everyone watched in awe as Talon shot through the mist, charging up a Metal Claw attack. A moving, glowing claw was all that anyone could see. A huge shing was the only thing I heard. When the smoke cleared, Taya wasn't lying on the ground. Her paw was glowing white and she had blocked the Metal Claw with both her arms (A/N: this is assist, I hope T.T).

She took her glowing paw and hit his arm along with his feet. Talon staggered up, the yellow bar going down to the half mark. "Go Talon!" I cheered. "Go Taya!" Savannah argued. I shrugged. We would see after the battle was over.

The Delcatty laughed and clawed at Talon. He dodged and used Razor Wind. The blade on the side of his head glowed and he released it. Taya leapt into the air but the attack hit her directly. She tumbled onto the ground as her points went down to the half-way mark. She shook it off and regained her balance.

"The clock is ticking and neither of our competitors seems to be giving in," the MC stated. I saw the clack was down to one minute.

"They'd better hurry," I said. Savannah nodded, watching eagerly.

After a few misses, Talon and Taya were down to ten seconds. I would've been biting my nails if I had any.

The two looked at each other with the same look. "Five," Savannah counted.

"Four," I said nervously.

Talon charged up a Dark Ball and Taya was about to use a Blizzard attack. "Three," she swallowed.

The two launched their opposite attacks. I watched as the Dark Ball and Blizzard collide with an explosion. "Two," I said, my voice getting higher with excitement.

Both the Pokemon were blown away in opposite directions. They stood up panting. They stared at each other for a moment then collapsed. "One!!" Savannah jumped up and screamed.

Both their points went down to zero. I stared in disbelief and thought for a minute. They did that on purpose!

The MC stood there stunned. "For the first time in a while, we have a tie!" The two trainers accepted their awards as bewildered as I was. Savannah snapped me out of my daze. "Come on, let's go congratulate them!"

May and Drew walked offstage after the crowd started to clear out. I smiled at Talon and Taya. "Congrats."

Taya laughed. She nudged the Absol. "That was fun wasn't it?"

He nodded. Savannah gave her trainer a reassuring hug. "Great job May." She folded her arms at Drew. "I suppose you did good too," she muttered.

That night, after we got Taya and Talon healed, we were on our way to Saffron City. I marveled at how we could see the lights even though we were so far away. I heard a few rustling bushes and turned to see what it was. An Oran Berry hit me on the head. "Ow!" I sniffed it and heard my stomach growl. I forced myself not to eat it, for it would only make me miss home even more.

Savannah looked at me suspiciously. "How come you won't eat that? I thought you had a big appetite," she taunted.

I didn't say anything. There was no way I'd eat that thing. My stomach growled at me again. "Shut up!" I hissed.

Another Oran Berry fell on my head and I tossed it up the road. An Eevee shot out of the bushes and snatched it up in its mouth. It glanced at me for a second then scampered into the trees. I suddenly felt a cross between homesick and pissed off. An Oran Berry had just happened to fall on the ground and an Eevee just happened to pick it up.

We were almost to the city when another berry hit me on the head. "OKAY, WHO'S THROWING BERRIES AT ME?!" I screamed into the trees. I could just barely make out a purple Pokemon tossing Oran berries out into the road. "Kekekeke!!" he laughed.

An Eevee squealed and rushed to pick up the berries. "Stop it!" the kit pleaded. I hissed at him. This jerk was really ticking me off because he was probably trying to make this Eevee get caught, and on top of that, he was throwing these berries at ME. Big mistake.

Savannah overheard them and stared angrily at the Gengar. "Leave her alone!" she shouted in Pokemon. He didn't seem too surprised because he was too busy laughing. "Kekekekeke!"

"And what's a Normal type gonna do against a Dark type?" he threatened with a huge smile. I thought for a minute. Not many Eevee evolved forms could beat a Gengar. A Leafeon would be half bad half good, considering it's good against ghost and bad against poison. I focused on becoming a grass type and shot a Bullet Seed out of my mouth.

The attack bruised the Gengar a little. I growled and used Razor Leaf. One leaf after the other, the purple Pokemon became weaker. "Buzz off before I turn into a fire type and kick your a-!" I stopped before I would curse at him in front of the kid. He vanished into the dark trees and I grinned. I yawned and felt my body change back into an Eevee.

The kit stood there in awe. "COOL!!" she squealed. I flinched at how loud she was. She gathered up her Oran Berries and counted them, five in all. "Thank you so much!" She picked one up and set it at my feet.

I pushed it back to her. "No thanks, you need it more than I do."

She smiled. "You're the nicest trainer Pokemon I've ever met. Wait till I tell them about this!" I stared at her, taking it as a compliment.

"Who?" Savannah asked. She answered her question before she could ask. "Wondering why I can speak Pokemon? It's cause I am one." She jumped. "What?!"

The girl spoke to her trainer, May nodded. She took the red stone off her neck and set it down. I saw transform right before my eyes and rubbed them. A lump of clothes lay on the ground. "AH CAN'T SEE!!"

I sighed and removed them. She shook and stretch. "Dang this feels good!" She fluffed up her tail. "I've been human for too long."

The Eevee sniffed the stone. "What's this?"

"It's called a Destiny Stone," Savannah explained. "It allows humans to transform into Pokemon or Pokemon into humans." May took the stone and put it on her pack. "Were going to camp a little off the road, you'll find us because we'll make a fire where there aren't any trees."

She patted her Eevee on the head and headed down the road with Drew. The Pokemon stared at us with her brown eyes. "You're a strange bunch," she said plainly and smiled. "I know how I can repay you!" She picked up her berries and motioned for us to follow.

After walking awhile into the forest she introduced herself. "Oh yeah! My name's Sora."

"That's an- er... uncommon name," I said awkwardly.

"Tell me about it, my mother said it means sky. I mean, why not name me that instead?" I sighed in relief, thank goodness she agreed with me.

"Well I think it's unique," Savannah said, directing it towards me. "My name is Savannah, long huh?"

She smiled. "So what's your name?" Sora asked me.

"Spirit," I said proudly.

She laughed. "All of our names start with S!"

I didn't find it as funny and just stared at the sky. Sora scampered ahead. We followed and came to a place bustling with activity. I stared in awe. There were Eevees and Eeveelutions everywhere. I saw three kits playing and began to feel homesick. "What is this place?" I asked breathlessly.

"This is where I live. This is the Sukami Tribe," she explained.

We walked through the camp and I caught a few curious glances along the way. Sora brought us to a branch that jutted out of a huge tree. "That's our leader," the Eevee whispered to us. "Kaze!" she called up to the Pokemon sitting on the ledge. The Umbreon stared down at us with blood colored eyes. "Yes?" he said, an edge of steel in his voice.

"These two helped save our storage of Oran Berries from Gengar!" Sora shouted loud enough for everyone to hear. "Could we possibly reward them with something to show our gratitude?"

I looked up at the Umbreon called Kaze. He didn't seem too happy about us being here. The black Pokemon leapt down off the high branch. I glanced from the ledge to him. I was surprised at how he didn't even flinch. He scented me and back away in disgust.

"You brought humans' Pokemon here?" Kaze hissed, his voice rising. Many Pokemon started asking each other questions and a frenzy was stirring.

"But Kaze, you know our berry shortage is low!" Sora stood inches away from his face. The two looked intently at each other.

Savannah stepped in. "We'll leave if it's causing you trouble, its okay."

"No it's not!" she insisted.

A Glaceon stepped out of the crowd. "Sora, you come here right now!" she commanded.

"No, mother!" she insisted. She turned to Kaze and glared. "You are so sure that all trainers and their Pokemon are violent that you don't care if they do something important for our suffering tribe!"

"May I remind you of why we're suffering and all they have done to harm us?" he shot back. The Eevee bared her teeth.

"And these have helped! How can you hold a grudge against those that have done nothing wrong?!" She glared. "Or would you not care and let our tribe die?!"

The Umbreon was taken aback and didn't say anything. You go girl! I cheered in my head.

"Can't we just give them the Defective Stone? We have no use for it anyway!" She stared up at him with determination.

"Fine," he growled. "They take the stone, then they leave. Got it?" He glared us then leapt up to overlook the tribe on his large tree branch.

We followed him and there was a hole in the tree that I didn't notice from the ground. We walked past Kaze and I caught a burning glance from him. "That's some leader you got there," I whispered sarcastically to Sora.

"He's usually good at doing what's best for the tribe, it's just..." She ducked down into the hollow tree. "He doesn't want to believe some humans are friendly."

I saw the many berries stored in here, assorted in piles. They seemed dangerously low. "How long will this last you?" Savannah asked in concern.

"About a week," she said sadly. "We're planning on planting half of them so we can grow more, hopefully..."

Sora climbed up to a flat part inside the tree that didn't seem quite like a branch. We hopped up and saw small topaz gem on a leaf. She picked it up in her jaws. "It was defective when we were going to use it as an evolution stone so..." She set it in front of us. "You can have it."

Savannah nodded. "It looks like a Destiny Stone to me." I picked up the leaf with gem safely in my jaws. I hoped I wouldn't transform right here. I bowed my head in thanks.

When we were out of camp we bid our farewells to Sora. "Maybe we'll see you around sometime," Savannah said. The kit smiled. "I hope so."

We both waved goodbye to Sora as we walked toward the small fire far ahead. I heard Savannah yawn. "It must be late," she assumed.

"I guess." I stared up at the glittering stars. She looked up too. "Wow, I've never seen such a clear night like this. You can see a lot of stars, or at least more than you can in the city."

"Uh huh." Why was it so hard to talk all of a sudden? It definitely wasn't because of the stone I was carrying, hopefully. I sighed. "I used to see the sky like this all the time, before I got captured," I said to myself, "I guess I take the things for granted that other Pokemon don't get to see."

Savannah gave a slight nod. "Yeah, it's so easy to think these things will always be with us, that we don't realize that that isn't true, until it's too late."

Then something hit me. Was being taken away from the forest punishment for my selfishness? Or was it because I just assumed I'd always be with Crystal and my sisters? I thought we'd never be separated, but I was wrong.

I loved doing this chapter. Sora rules! :D I wonder if they will see each other again. Hm... l.l