I yawned and stretched. Slowly I sat up. Ash lay in his bed, still asleep with Pikachu. I giggled and grabbed my red shirt I had worn under my hoodie and my jeans. They would have to do. I went into the bathroom and slipped the PJs off. I kept my bandana on; it would work much better than my hoodie. I opened the door, but Ash was missing from his bed. I frowned and sat on my bed. Then I replaced my PJs in the closet. Suddenly I heard a door open and shut, and turned to see Ash standing in the bathroom doorway.

"Yola!!" I called. He smiled. I sat back on my bed. "Brock and Misty and your family are outside." He said. "What are we waiting around for then?" I yelped and snatched Pikachu from the bed, grabbed Ash's arm and burst through the doors. "We've arrived!" I called. "Ashleigh. No more sugar." Bryan said. "Oh you be quiet. I've had no sugar whatsoever." I growled. Ash and Misty laughed. I turned my gaze to an innocent girl look, and sent it to Ash. "What's so funny?" I asked innocently and seriously. "Nothin." He said and stopped. Rachel giggled at me. "Oh my gosh! What's so funny?" I wailed. "Nothing" Rachel winked at me. I grinned.

"Sooo…" I tried to start a conversation. "Don't leave me!" Brock suddenly wailed and got on one knee in front of Rachel. "Don't leave me don't leave me don't leave me" he grabbed her hand and she turned bright red. "Ashleigh would you and your siblings like to travel with us." Ash sighed. I simply nodded. "Brock, we'll come with you." I tried to get him off Rachel. "OH THANK YOU!" he cried and hugged me, which he bent down to do.

"Yes…well then where are you heading?"I asked. "Pallet Town. I just won the Orange League!" Ash grinned. "Wow, congratulations!" I smiled. "I'm going there to see my mom." He added. I nodded sorrowfully. I wish I could just travel all over, just going to see my mom whenever… "You okay?" Ash waved a hand in front of my face. I strained a smile. "Just some memories." I stated. "Okay. I said it will probably take a week to get to Pallet." I nodded. "We ready then?" I asked. Everyone nodded.

"Lead the way, Ash." I smiled. We got outside the building, but suddenly a metal arm shot out of no where. It wrenched it self around me, then retracted. "Ahhhhhhhh!" I screamed. "Ha! We gotcha!" a voice came from some where. I felt myself lifted up, and I saw a big hot-air balloon. I was plopped down in the basket attached to it. "Let her go!" I heard my friends running under the balloon. "Not a chance." I looked up. It was Butch and Cassidy! Their Team Rocket outfits looked brand new. "Oh, you let me down now or I swear you will be in the hospital after this." I growled. They just laughed. Suddenly I felt some thing clamp onto my hands, holding them together behind my back. "LET HER GO!" I heard Ash yell. "You want this beast?" Cassidy mocked. "Oh, you don't know, do you?" she laughed evilly. They landed in front of my group, and Butch grabbed me and dropped me outside the balloon. Cassidy jumped beside me. "You don't know, do you?" she repeated. "Know what?" Ash asked. "Oh no! Cassidy I swear if you tell anyone, you will be miserable the rest of your life!" I realized what she was talking about. "Ha." She simply laughed. She grabbed my hair and held my head. "Here I'll show you." She laughed. She reached for my bandana, but having taken 3 years of karate, and being more than halfway to my black belt, I dodged her hand. "STOP!" I called. "Darn it, hold still!" she yelled back.

I felt my tears threaten to fall. I felt her hand grab the bandana. I had no more fight left in me, I couldn't do anything. I felt her rip the bandana off my head, and I heard Ash, Misty, and Brock gasp. "You see? This is what's called a pokemorph. It's a half Pokémon half human…thing." She finished oh so kindly. She tapped my shoulder. "Now, you show them your other Pokémon features, or I will." She whispered. I felt the tears spill over and drench my face. I slipped my tail out; I really didn't want Cassidy to do it. I heard Ash, Misty, and Brock gasp again. Suddenly I felt myself be lifted up. "Ahhh!" I yelped as Cassidy lifted me to my feet. Suddenly I saw Bryan and Rachel take the hood they were wearing off, but they looked normal! No Pokémon ears could be detected on them. "A-Ashleigh?" I heard Ash stutter. I glared at the ground, and felt more tears flow down my face.

"Heh, so much for friends, huh?" Cassidy laughed. I felt rage burn in my throat, and suddenly I couldn't control it any longer. "SHUUUUUT UUUUP!" I screamed, and wrenched my hands so the thing that held them together clattered on the ground, then I swung my hand around and punched her in the face. "AHHH!" she screamed and fell backwards into the balloon. I glared at her for a second, then ran in to the forest. I heard Rachel call me. I heard Bryan call me. But I won't stop. I can't stop. I don't want to see Ash and Misty and Brock's hateful eyes, or watch them turn their backs on me, or feel the hurt when I'm left all alone. Rachel and Bryan looked normal, they would probably leave. Or worse. NO! I can't think like that, they wouldn't leave me. We're friends. I stopped to turn around, but while my head was racing, I had gotten myself lost. I blinked, and let the tears run down my face, then reached up and wiped them away. I started running again; I didn't care where, just somewhere. I suddenly tripped and fell face first. I like the tears flow again. I curled myself into a ball, and let everything out. I cried for my loved ones lost to death. I cried for all the times I wanted to cry for missing my mom all those cold empty nights. I let all my emotions out, and after a while I felt like I had no tears left. I felt my eyes close, and I was lost to the wonderful thing we call sleep.

So how was it? This one was fun to right because of all the emotions at the end. So please review, I don't own Pokemon, and thanks for reading!

UzumakiNasadi