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Sasha felt herself land on grass. She slowly got up and still felt her head spinning like crazy. She laid for only a while until her head stopped spinning. Then, opening her eyes, she stared at her surroundings. It was Golden Gate Park, but is it really. Sasha felt that something wasn't right. Looking at her side, she saw Bess coming out of the spinning sensation.

"Bess", said Sasha, "Are you okay?"

"I've been better", replied Bess, "Are we still here in our time?"

"I don't know", said Sasha.

Just then, Bess saw a newspaper nearby, so she grabbed it and opened it.

"I don't think we did go anywhere", said Bess, "It's still the same day as we left and still the same newspaper".

"Really?" replied Sasha, "But how come I feel like we're not really in San Francisco".

They started to think that before they heard something.

"Water gun, Totodile!" said one voice.

"Dodge it", said another voice, "and use Metal Claw, Charmander!"

Sasha and Bess went to see where the voices were coming from and were shocked: two boys were having a Pokemon battle with two real live Pokemon.

"Bess", said Sasha, "Please tell me I'm dreaming and I'm in an anime show".

"Wish I could", said Bess, "But I think this is real".

Just then, they heard a voice behind them.

"Sasha…Bess…" said the voice.

Sasha and Bess turned around, hoping to see one of their friends, but saw a Pokemon coming right towards them. This Pokemon was a big fox with nine tails each with a blue tip and a scar on his left eye and right paw.

"Glad I found you two", said the fox, "We need to head back to the Flea Bite Café at once. Annabelle has sensed a strange disturbance and needs everyone there immediately".

Sasha and Bess were confused: this fox knows about them, the café, and Annabelle. What world were they in?

"Well", said the fox, getting impatient, "Are you two coming or not?"

"Um", spoke Bess, "Well, um, you see…what's your name?"

"WHAT!" said the fox shockingly, "Don't tell me you forgot all of a sudden. It's me, Ninetalesuk, but you always call me Ninetales".

"Right", said Sasha, "Well, Ninetales, we need to tell you something…"

"Later", interrupted Ninetales, "Right now, lets get going".

Having no other choice, Sasha and Bess followed the Ninetales to the Flea Bite Café, still confused on what's going on here.

Flea Bite Café

Ninetales, Sasha, and Bess entered the café. Upon entering, Sasha noticed that this Flea Bite Café was exactly like hers, except the customers were canines and Pokemon. Soon after entering, Sasha and Bess were met up with another Irish Setter that looked like Sasha, but was of a lighter color of fur.

"Sis", said the setter sweetly, "Where were you?"

Sis?!?, thought Sasha, Is this setter my sister?!?

"Found them in the park", replied Ninetales, "But they were acting strange though".

"Strange", said one of the Pokemon, a Charmeleon, "How?"

"For one thing, Charleon", said Ninetales, "They forgot my name…"

"And second", said a voice behind them, "If those two are Sasha and Bess, who are these two?"

Turning around, the voice that spoke was Charlie. Sasha almost jumped before she spotted herself behind him, along with Itchy and Bess. Everyone looked at the two Sashas and Besses, but they were confused.

"Two of them", said a Vaporeon, "Its either Sasha and Bess both have twins, or I need to see an optometrist and have my eyes checked".

"Wait, wait", said Charlie, "There's got to be a good reason on why we're seeing double".

"Maybe one of them are clones", replied a Jolteon, "You know, like from TV where there's an evil clone created to infiltrate a good guy's base".

"Hmmm", said Ninetales, looking at the two setters and cocker spaniels, "That could be a possibility…"

"What?" said Sasha, "We're not clones. All we remember is that we were trying to stop Belladonna from getting a sword, then the next thing you know it, we're here".

Everyone looked at them, confused in either trusting them or being cautious of them.

"How do we know you're telling the truth", said Ninetales, moving in front of Sasha and Bess.

"Because I know what's going on", said a voice. Before anyone realized who said it, a white light appeared and Annabelle's image was being reflected from the café mirror.

"Annabelle", said Charlie, "What do you know about this", pointing to the two Sashas and Besses.

"Much Charles", said Annabelle, "I noticed that there was a slight shift in the universe. A portal was opened for a while from another world. This world seems to have ourselves, but in a different manner. As you have seen", pointing to the pairs, "they have entered our world from theirs".

"So", said the Sasha that came with Charlie, "The Sasha next to me is really me from another dimension?"

"Yes", said Annabelle, "And there would probably be others".

"You mean", said Charlie, "There could be another me out there?"

"That would be a disaster", said Sasha, lowering her head.

"Hey!" said Charlie.

"Well", said the other Sasha, "I may not say…"

"GUYS!" said a Flareon, running at full speed from the entrance, "THERE'S…TROUBLE…AT…THE PARK! SOMEONE… OR SOMETHING… IS SETTING… FIRE… AT EVERYTHING!"

Everyone quickly reacted by heading straight back to Golden Gate Park.

Golden Gate Park

When everyone reached the park, they noticed that people, dogs, and Pokemon were running away from an area of the park. Upon entering the area, everyone gasped as they saw the scene: the whole place was burnt to pure ash.

"What could have caused this?" said Shaina, looking around, "Do you think it was a fire-type Pokemon?"

"Maybe", replied Ninetales, examining the ashes, "Or maybe not. This ash wasn't created by a Pokemon, it feels demonic".

"Belladonna?" said Charlie, examining the ashes as well.

"No", said Annabelle, also examining the ashes, "Whoever did this, it wasn't my cousin. It may be demonic, but it is different from her".

"AAAHH!" shouted Itchy's voice.

"Don't need to yell Itch", said Charlie, "We're right here".

"Charlie", said Itchy, "That wasn't me".

"Then, who?" said Charlie, confused, "That shout was your voice".

Sasha then knew what that shout was from.

"Itchy's in trouble", said Sasha.

"No I'm not", said Itchy.

"Not you", said Sasha, "The Itchy from my world. He must be in trouble".

"AAAHHH!" said Itchy again, this time closer.

"He's over the hill", said Ninetales.

Everyone raced up the hill and saw what was going on. They saw Itchy, just like theirs, running at his top speed, with a teenage boy with red hair chasing him.

"What's so scary about that", said Vaporeon, "It's just a boy chasing Itchy, that's all".

"That is no ordinary boy", said Bess, "He's a minion of ShadowMaster Copperhead".

"Who?" said everyone.

Just then, the boy threw a fireball at Itchy, making everyone gasped as it barley missed Itchy by an inch.

"Come on", said the boy, "I just want to have a wiener roast".

"Bad pun", said Itchy as he dodged another fireball, but this time, it singed his tail.

"YEOW!" shouted Itchy.

"Oh", said the other Itchy, "Somebody help him…me…oh, the me in trouble".

"On it", said Charlie, but before he had a chance to move, Nox fired another fireball towards Itchy, clutching his tail.

"LOOK OUT!" shouted Charlie.

Just as it looked bad, a figure jumped out of the bushes and landed in front of Itchy: Flo came to the rescue. Raising her shield, Nox's fireball was reflected back at him, hitting him straight on the chest.

"GAAH!" grunted Nox as he skidded backwards.

"Thanks Flo", said Itchy.

"Flo?" said Sasha, remembering the name, "So that's Flo, huh Charlie"

"Ah", said Charlie as he turned around quickly, hiding his embarrassment.

Back on the battlefield, Flo helped Itchy up.

"Don't thank me yet", said Flo, "I brought someone with me"

"Who?" said Itchy, but his question was answered as the bushes behind them froze instantly.

"Never mind": Equi has joined the battle.

"Time to chill, little doggie", said Equi as he shattered the frozen bush to pieces. Nox looked up as he saw his brother come to him.

"What kept you", said Nox.

"Well", said Equi, "After that spinning trip, I didn't plan on finding one of those dogs".

"Whatever", said Nox, "Let's just finish them off". Nox fired another fireball as Equi launched a stream of water towards Itchy and Flo. Flo raised her shield, but she knew that she couldn't deflect both attacks. Just as she thought she was going to get hit, a stream of fire hit Equi's water stream while Nox's fireball was deflected by Flo's shield.

"Why did you do that?!" shouted Equi to his brother.

"That wasn't me", said Nox, "It came from over there".

Both brothers looking to the source of the second fire, they spied Ninetales.

"A Pokemon?" said Equi.

"A what?" responded Nox.

"Don't you watch cartoons, that's a pokemon"

"I know what Pokemon are. I'm just confused on why we are looking at a real one"

"Don't know. Probably that sword sent us to the Pokemon World"

"Either way, he's interfering"

Both Equi and Nox summoned whips of fire and water and looked at the Ninetales.

"You're going to wish you haven't interfered", said Equi.

"I'm not afraid of you two", said Ninetales.

"You can talk", said Nox.

"Looks like we got a genius here", replied Ninetales.

Equi chuckled as Nox began to emit smoke from his hair.

"I'll show you to CLOWN ON ME!" roared Nox as he went after Ninetales, but was soon hit by a stream of water, knocking him to the side. Equi looked to the side and saw a Jolteon, Flareon, and Vaporeon, but something else caught his eye: Charlie.

"Well, well", said Equi, "Look Nox. Its our lucky day. It's Barkin"

"Where", said Nox as his fists burst into flames.

Equi pointed towards the top of the hill, where Charlie, Shaina, Itchy, and the pairs of Sashas and Besses were.

"How do you know it's our Chuckie", said Nox, "Because I spy two of the setters and that cocker spaniel".

"You may be right", said Equi, "But then again, it is still Barkin, so let's just get him".

With that, Equi sprinted towards Charlie, Itchy, and the females.

"NO", shouted Ninetales, "LEAVE THEM ALONE!"

Ninetales started to head there, but was caught by the tails by Nox.

"I heard that pulling on one of your tails brings the victim a thousand years of bad luck", said Nox, "Let's see if it's true". Nox twirled Ninetales furiously and released him, making him hit a nearby tree. Dizzy, but good, Ninetales got up, just to see Equi about to attack his friends. Charlie braced himself, although scared, while the others were frozen with fear. Just then, a blue light blinded them. When it cleared, Equi and Nox were found at the bottom of the hill, knocked out temporarily.

"Florence", said the familiar voice of Annabelle, "Is Itchy okay?"

"Yeah", replied Flo, "We're fine, but Annabelle, this world…"

"Is full of Pokemon", responded Annabelle immediately, "and also having ourselves here as well. Let's group up with the others".

In seconds, Flo, Itchy, and Annabelle joined the others at the top of the hill.

"Sasha", said Flo, "I see you met your…self"

"Yeah", replied Sasha, "It's a long story". Sasha noticed that Annabelle looked exhausted. The attack couldn't have worn her out so easily. "Annabelle, why do you look so tired?"

"Oh dear", said Annabelle as Ninetales rejoined them, Shaina going to comfort him, "When I first arrived here, my first priority was to find you, so I began to try and communicate with Charles, but I got attacked by a swarm of giant bees"

"Beedrills", interrupted Flareon.

"Yes", continued Annabelle, "That's when I noticed that we we're in another world. So after loosing the Beedrills, I tried to communicate with you all, but…"

Annabelle paused so she could continue, "I was attacked by Sultrie".

"SULTRIE!" said Sasha, Bess, Itchy, and Flo, leaving the others confused.

"Okay", said Charlie, "Listen, other world Annabelle, can you fill us in with who these guys are" pointing towards the recovering Equi and Nox.

"No time", said Annabelle, "Equi and Nox are beginning to wake up. We need to take them out. Also…AAUGH!"

Annabelle was hit from the back from the top of a tree. Looking up, Ninetales and his friends saw a woman no older than twenty with purple hair staring at them.

"Thought you escaped from me, huh", said Sultrie in a sweet, sickly voice, "Well, too bad you had your defenses down".

Sultrie jumped off and landed in front of the canines and pokemon. Ninetales and Charlie braced themselves in case they needed to fight, but then, they were bounded by a rope of flames and ice.

"Gotcha", said Equi as he binded Charlie.

"You're finally going down", said Nox, binding Ninetales.

Ninetales knows that fire attacks are useless against him, flashfire, but the fire rope seems to be actually singeing his fur.

"Don't anyone else move", said Sultrie, "Unless you want to become a living light bulb".

"We win", said Equi, "So, now what?"

"I'll tell you now what", replied Sultrie, "Let's see how long it takes for a Ninetales to withstand ELECTRICITY!"

Sultrie raised her hands and shot lightning bolts from her palms, hurting Ninetales. Ninetales yelled in pain: he may have taken electrical attacks before, but this was demonic.

"NO!" shouted Shaina, "NINETALES! LEAVE HIM ALONE, YOU OLD WITCH!"

Sultrie suddenly stopped her attack at Ninetales, who was on the ground, panting hard. Sultrie slowly turned her head towards Shaina and said in a low voice, "old witch".

"UH-OH" said the brothers, looking at each other with fear in their eyes, "You shouldn't have said that".

"I'LL SHOW YOU 'OLD WITHCH'! TAKE THIS!" shouted Sultrie as she launched an orb straight at Shaina, who took it at full force.

"NO!" shouted Ninetales and Sasha, both having tears in their eyes.

"NOBODY CALLS ME THAT WITHOUT SUFFERING THE CONSEQUENCES!" shouted Sultrie to Shaina, who was clutching her chest and lying on the ground. "DIE!"