(Ari: Hello, lovely people! I have here today my muse, Kiddo, to read this damn disclaimer.

Kiddo: (clears throat): Oh. Well, Ari doesn't own pokemon. And she wishes Dawn would shut the hell up, and catch some good pokemon for once. That is all.)

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The Vulpix/Ninetales watched mournfully. "I'm sorry, kiddo." Luna was led to a test facility. The scientists put her in a cage with a tube, leading to another Plexiglas cage. She began to feel fear.

"No, let me out! Please!" She screamed. "I want out!" "Tough!" The man spat. He lowered a weakly fluttering shiny Charizard into the cage. "Push the button! Start the machine!" Both cages began to glow with a white light, which began to hum. Suddenly, the light grew blinding.

"What the hell!? This isn't supposed to happen!!" The man in white screamed. They all heard a pulsing voice.

"Thou shalt not touch my child!" The voice thundered. A small pink thing flew into the machine next to her, and rescued the Charizard. Luna felt pressure—silence—light—then nothing. She woke in a soft bubble. "Hello?" She appeared to be surrounded by darkness. A voice suddenly boomed from nowhere. "Darling Luna, we have come to free you." Another, softer voice whispered, "Dear Luna, you're going to be all right. We've saved you."

She struggled against the bubble. "But who are you?" The voice chuckled. "My name? You will come to know it in good time." She refused to be silenced. "Will you set every one of those pokemon free?" She asked the voice. It paused. "If that is what you wish. I will set them free." Luna breathed a sigh of relief. "Thanks so much." The voice began to laugh. "It is no trouble. Go," It said softly. "Go home. Your mother's worried sick. We will meet again." The bubble popped, but Luna called out, "Bye!"

She awoke; unfortunately, the lab was on fire. "Goddamnit!" She screamed. She felt an itching on her back, and turned around. "Holy crap!" She shrieked. The Charizard's wings had been fused to her body, along with a strange tail. She got an idea. "I wish you away." Instantly, they disappeared. She breathed a sigh of relief, until she realized the building was still on fire.

"AZRAEL!" She fought her way to the cages. True to his word, the pokemon were free. She saw both his and the Vulpix/Ninetales cages were empty, and smiled. "They're waiting outside." She said, "I wish for wings!" The wings reappeared. As she flew, she joked to herself, "Hey, at least they match my hair." She broke a window, and saw a cluster of pokemon, all appearing to be waiting for something. Which was, apparently, her.

"Oh, it is her!" They swarmed around her, brushing against the skin, so desperate were they for human contact. Luna stroked all of them, until she heard, "Awright, bugger off. She's coming with us." "Azrael!" She screamed.

"And me!" The Vulpix/Ninetales piped up indignantly. She smiled. "Yeah, and you. Who needs a name." She'd worry about that later. "Hey, can any of you carry us home?" The Charizard they fused with her roared, flexing it's wings. Every one of the pokemon and Luna climbed on.

"Can you take us to Aurice City? I know where you'll be safe…" The Charizard said, "Of course, Luna." Luna asked, "How do you know my name?" The charizard flew upwards. "Your Houndour told us about you." He told her. Luna nodded. Once she saw the mountains tops, and felt the bitterly soft snow, she cheered up.

"Home!" The Charizard alighted down in front of Luna's house. She banged on the door. "Momma! MA!" A tearful Lorelei opened the door. "What no—LUNA!" She swung her up, murmuring, "I'm so sorry, are you okay, love?" She nodded, and gestured to the pokemon waiting expectantly outside. "Mom, we're going to need food. Lots of food."

The next morning, Luna let all the pokemon head back to their original habitats. Except for the Vulpix/Ninetales, who said, "Luna, if it's not too much trouble, could I—well, stay with you, maybe?" She smiled, and nodded. "Yeah, of course! You need a name, though. How about…Feraia?!"

"Well… okay, fine. But call me Fifi, and I will hurt you." She laughed. "Okay!" Lorelei sighed, walking out. "How have you managed to get two pokemon, when you're not even a trainer?!" Luna grimaced. "Well, um, yeah… I don't know. Can I fight with the kids in town?!" Lorelei sighed. "Okay, but only with Azrael. I don't think anyone would believe us about Skygo, so let's keep Feraia and the lab a secret for now, okay?" Luna nodded. "Right!"

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