LadySakura: Thank you all for staying with me as I continue this story.

Leo: (yawn) Your to sentimental.

Yuri: (shakes head) LadySakura doesn't own Pokemon.

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Chapter 2: Rescue the Ralts

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Flame butted her head up against Yuri in an affectionate manner. Yuri laughed again and the two walked off in to the forest looming ahead of them.

Yuri smiled as she breathed in the fresh air around her. The crisp, morning breeze blew past her as she walked beside her pokemon, Flame. 'I just can't believe it, here I am, walking beside a pokemon, no my pokemon, going on an adventure.' She thought, studying her charge.

The ponyta looked up at her trainer and neighed in a playful manner. She jumped around like a little foal, neighing happily. Yuri laughed and studied her surroundings. They had already entered the forest, Feather Forest to be exact. The large oak trees towered over her. It wasn't quiet, but it was still very tranquil. The chirps of pidgeys and tallows, the sound of little rattata and zigzagoon on the forest floor, and even the buzzes of beedrill and dustox. It was so peaceful. Yuri loved it; this was the life, just her, her pokemon, and her surroundings.

Suddenly a piercing, high-pitched screech caught Yuri and Flame's attention. "What was that?" Yuri yelled, holding her hands over her ears. Flame whickered in response. Yuri looked at her pokemon than started running toward the noise. She and Flame crashed through bushes startling already frightened pokemon. The peace was broken.

There, the bushes and trees cleared to an open clearing. Inside, giving the frightened screech was a lone ralts. Yuri looked around for the reason of the screech. There, up in the sky, was a beedrill. As fast as a bullet, the beedrill dived on the defenseless ralts. Yuri gasped and yelled, "NO! Stop!" The beedrill looked up at her, startled for a second. Yuri smiled, thinking it had worked. But not so, the beedrill was enraged and started charging at HER!

It took Yuri a moment to actually comprehend what had just happened. She finally understood just in time to see a beedrill right in her face. Time seemed to stop as Yuri stood there, staring with fearful eyes at the menace in front of her. Yuri opened her mouth to scream, but before she could a red blue rushed in front of her, tackling the bug. Yuri gasped as she saw her ponyta bravely warding off the beedrill's stingers. Yuri watched them for a second before making up her mind.

"Okay then! Let's do it Flame!" She yelled with spirit. Flame looked back at her and neighed in agreement. The ponyta took on a defensive pose in front of her trainer, waiting for a command. Yuri smiled, adrenaline rushing through her body.

"Go Flame, tackle!" She shouted! Flame reared up and charged at the beedrill. The beedrill was taken by surprise and fell back, but not fast enough. With amazing force it was slammed into the tree behind it. Flame neighed in triumph, but the beedrill wasn't finished yet. It got up, now really mad, and charged at Flame.

'Oh no, it's using Fury Attack!' Yuri thought. The beedrill starting jabbing at Flame with its stingers. "Quickly Flame, dodge it!" Yuri said with concern. Flame jumped out of the way, but was too slow, the beedrill jabbed her right in the chest. Flame fell back on the grass, panting with exhaustion and pain. Yuri looked at her pokemon with worry.

"Come on girl, don't give up, we can do it!" She yelled with encouragement to Flame. Flame looked at her and whickered, standing up straighter and with more power. "All right!" Yuri said and suddenly she thought of what to do. 'Of course, I'm such an idiot' She thought to herself, watching the beedrill come closer for another round of Fury Attacks.

"Okay Flame, wait till its close." Yuri said quietly to her pokemon. Flame whickered in reply, eyes on the incoming pokemon. 'Wait for it." Yuri thought and time slowed. 'There, right NOW!'

"Go! Flame use ember!" Yuri yelled, right as the beedrill was about to hit her. Flame opened her mouth and let forth a blast of fire. The beedrill was knocked back. It buzzed in fear as it looked at the ponyta. Shaking itself it flew off, knowing the two in front of it were far too powerful.

"Did we win?" Yuri asked stupidly, watching the beedrill fly off. Flame neighed happily jumping around. Yuri smiled and took out her pokeball. "Come on, you deserve a rest." She said to the ponyta. A bright flash of red light illuminated the clearing and Flame was recalled into the pokeball. Yuri looked around the clearing for the ralts, but it was no where to be found. 'Hmm, must have run off.' She thought.

Something shook in her hand, and Yuri looked down at the pokeball. It was rocking back and forth, and suddenly, the clearing glowed with another flash of red light. The pokeball came back to Yuri's hand and Flame stood there whickering at her.

"What? You want to stay out here with me now?" Yuri asked her pokemon, Flame nodded in agreement. Yuri chuckled. "Okay then." She said smiling. The two looked at each other grinning, when another noise from behind made them both spin around.

There, at the entrance to the clearing, stood the ralts. It looked at Yuri with large, incomprehensible eyes. Yuri and Flame looked at it. Nothing moved. Then, the ralts gave a cry and ran to Yuri, shivering. Yuri looked down at the pokemon in surprise. "Are you scared little one?" She asked it kindly. The ralts looked up at her and nodded. Yuri smiled and knelt down next to it. "Don't worry, the beedrill is gone." Ralts looked at Yuri, then at Flame and tilted its, no her, head. "I know, do you want to join us?" Yuri asked her. Ralts nodded and Yuri smiled.

"Okay then, here I go." Yuri said, standing up and taking out a pokeball. "Go pokeball!" She yelled, throwing it at ralts. Another red light and the pokeball dropped to the ground, shaking, with Ralts inside it. Shake, shake, shake, and ding! Ralts was caught.

"Yes! I caught a pokemon!" Yuri shouted in excitement, picking up the pokeball. Flame neighed with joy. Yuri looked at the pokeball that now held her ralts. "I think I'll call you Mystic." She said, putting it in her backpack. Flame nodded, as if agreeing that was a good name. Yuri grinned and hugged her ponyta. "We're growing; our party is getting bigger Flame." She said happily. Flame whickered.

Yuri looked around her and noticed the sun was going down. She had been on her adventure a whole day. She smiled and looked at the clearing. "I think this is as good a place as any for camp." She said, setting up her sleeping bag and making a fire.

A little bit later, it was full dark, and Yuri lay in her sleeping bag with her ponyta and ralts curled around her, and she thought, 'I have finally started my adventure," Before she drifted off into sleep.

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LadySakura: This isn't like me…I need to add a cliffhanger.

Yuri: (eyes wide) No don't! I hate cliffys!

Leo: (shrugs) Just review already.