Chapter 4

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon or Harvest Moon.

Pokémon: Ginny's- Farley, the Torchic and Merlin the Minun. Lola- Madge the Vulpix. Oliver- Thierry the Abra and Sith the Scyther. Jack- Medie, the Meditite and Glinnie the Gloom.

"Alright, now, it's all about making sure that they don't peck you."Jack explained, as he, Lola, and Ginny moved closer to the pond where the Farfetch'd resided.

"Why do they need to eat?"Lola asked. "They try to kill people, for crying out loud!"

Jack shrugged. "Well, they're great as guards."

They were only a foot away from the pond when Lola stepped a little bit closer to quickly throw the Pokémon food to them. Ginny followed and threw some over to the ground before stepping back. Lola did the same, and they watched as the duck Pokémon moved their attention to the food. Everyone sighed in relief when they didn't attack.

"That was a close one."Jack said. "Okay, now we should go milk the Miltank."

In the barn, Rena and Oliver were also busy, cleaning the stalls of the nine Rapidash, Ponyta, and Miltank that slept there. Jack and the girls entered, and in one of the stalls, Jack showed them how they were supposed to milk them.

"Just squeeze, but be firm and gentle. I mean, unless you want to get kicked, I suggest that you be gentle."Jack explained as Lola sat in the stool.

Rena finished cleaning the last stall, and left the barn, leaving Oliver to finish his own chores. Outside, Rena's Pokémon, Spix the Pichu, and Noelle her newly caught Oddish were playing with Madge, Farley, and Merlin.

"Come on, you two."Rena said, returning Noelle to her pokeball. "Let's head into town."

"Pichu!"Spix cried, jumping onto Rena shoulder as they exited the farm.

"Alright, here you are, Aspen."Oliver said, leading his mother's Rapidash into her now clean stall. He returned the rest of the four legged Pokémon into their stalls and checked that off of his list of chores.

"How many chores do you still have?"Jack asked him.

"None now, what about you?"Oliver asked.

"I'm done. Want to go head into town? They have an awesome arcade."

Oliver grinned. "Sure." The two boys left, leaving Lola and Ginny with the work.

"Hey!"Ginny cried. "What about us?"

Lola sighed. "Please tell me that you know how to milk these things."

Ginny looked at the list. "Lucky for us that I do and that it's the last thing on our list."

In town, Rena and Spix walked around, looking for something to do.

"This certainly isn't Hearthome, but I'm certain that there's something interesting around here."Rena confided to Spix.

"Of course there is."Vella said from behind Rena. "Since you are of the city, you won't see much of the country."

Rena looked puzzled at her choice of words. "Huh?"

"Sorry, I should really intro myself."Vella smiled in her weird little way. "I'm Vella, what do they speak of you?"

"What?"Rena now looked really puzzled. "Well, my name is Marina Patterson, but everyone calls me Rena."

Vella clapped her hands together. "Ah, you're Lola's sister. I met your little sister two before today."

"Okay…"Rena shook her head, still trying to make sense of what Vella had said. "So, what is there to do around here?"

"Plenty of sport to take part in, Marina."Vella said, smiling. "There is fishing, going to the arcade, or just plain battling. You choose."

"I guess, I'll go fish."Rena answered, still looking confused. "Nice meeting you, Vella." She turned to leave.

"Wait, why don't you come fishing with me?"Vella asked. "I already have rods and bait. What do you say?"

Rena sighed. "I suppose so…"

At the arcade, Oliver and Jack were engaged in a video game called "Lords of the Over". It was just another of those games where you battled each other as Pokémon. Right now, it was a tie with Oliver as an Elecktabuzz, and Jack as a Dragonair.

"Ha!"Jack cried, as his player hit the Elecktabuzz with Dragonbreath. "Take that!"

Oliver grinned. "Did you forget that I got the Stone of Morph in level five?" On the screen, his player grabbed a stone out of the air, and evolved into an Elecktivire.

"No way!"Jack cried, as his Dragonair was hit with Hyper Beam. "I'm losing!"

Ginny and Lola entered the partially crowded arcade, seeing the two boys make a big deal out of a video game.

"Why do guys make such big deals out of the smallest things?"Lola asked, looking at them in disbelief.

Ginny didn't hear her, having already engaged herself in "Deoxys through Space" game, where you played a Deoxys and you had to avoid getting hit with meteors as you hurried to save a Jirachi.

"Ginny, did you hear me?"Lola asked, moving over to her.

Ginny looked away from the game, her fingers still moving the controls. "Did you say something?"

"Wow, you're good."Lola said, watching as Ginny's score moved into the millions, and Ginny wasn't even looking at the screen.

"Thanks."Ginny said, turning back to the screen. "I've always been pretty good at these things."

In the forest, sitting at a pond, were Rena and Vella with some fishing gear. Rena had to admit that Vella was a little different, but she was really nice, and she was simply different.

"So, did your parents separate?"Vella asked.

Rena nodded. "Yeah, and since my dad owns the house, we had to move. We're supposed to see him at Christmas or Thanksgiving."

Vella shook her head. "It's as if he does not know how far away that is. After all, it is still only June."

Rena sighed. "I guess he doesn't really care. He's probably too busy with Carrie to be thinking about us."

"Excuse me, but who's Carrie?"Vella asked.

"It's kind of secret, but my dad just told my mom that he wanted to get a divorce. He didn't tell her why, but the reason is because he wants to marry Carrie, this woman who he's been seeing for more than three years."

"How do you know all of this?"Vella asked, no longer smiling.

"Last year, we were at this carnival, and my dad left to go talk on the phone."Rena explained. "I followed him to go ask him for more tickets, and I saw him making out with her."

"Wow, what a Grumpig."Vella muttered.

"I checked his cell phone and on his text message records, a lot of the texts were to and from her. They said stuff like let's get married, and such. I also know that Marian's his secretary at work, one of those twenty five year old, Malibu Barbie secretaries."

"I'm sorry, and I promise that I won't tell a soul."Vella said. "Does anyone else know?"

Rena shook her head. "Not at all."

. There was silence as the two girls continued fishing, neither rod jerking or anything. After a half hour the only thing caught were two Magikarp that Rena had released. Soon, her fishing rod bobbed again, as if pulled.

"Whoa!" Rena quickly held onto the rod, her hand winding it back. It was a battle between fisherwoman and water Pokémon, the results onknown. Finally, the string wound up, a Mudkip holding onto the end. "Awesome, a Mudkip!"

"Are you planning on captor the aqua type?" Vella asked in her dreamy way.

Rena took a pokeball from her pocket, and nodded. "Certainly. Spix, use Quick Attack!"

"Pichu, pi!" Spix darted at the Mudkip, knocking him onto the grass.

"Good job!" Rena called to her electric type, hurling the pokeball at the water type. "Go, pokeball!"

"Kip, mudkip." The pokeball captured Mudkip, moving a few times. Finally, it stopped moving, indicating that the Pokémon was captured.

Scooping up the pokeball, Rena held it proudly. "Well, I caught my third Pokémon. Let's call you…Wallace. Water and Wallace sound similar, so yeah! " She turned to Vella who had began packing up the fishing gear. "Thanks for your help, Vella."

"You are merry welcome, Marina." Vella replied, smiling. "Where to next?"

They were interrupted by a loud bang, coming from deep within the forest.

Spix's ears perked up. "Pichu, pi? Pichu!"

"What was that?" Rena cried, turning to Vella.

Vella shook her head, her fine silver-blond hair swaying. "I'm not quite certain. Shall we check it out?"

Rena released Noelle and Wallace from their pokeballs, and had hurried off towards the noise. "Come on! Someone could be hurt!"

Soon, the two girls and Pokémon arried in that same clearing with the rock formation. A few Pokémon stood at the side, glaring at a man who stood in the middle. He wore a silver suit with an O on it. He was holding some sort of radio thing, moving along the formation of sediments, a Machoke and two Geodude standing close to them.

"Hey!" Rena called. "Who the heck are you?"

Surprised, the man turned, and smirked at the girls. "Looks like two little girls are late to their tea party. Whaddya want?"

"Well, we'd like to know what your reasoning for being here is." Vella stated, walking upwards.

The man raised an eyebrow, staring at Vella. "Huh? What did you just say?" He shook his head. "Never mind. Geodude, Machoke, escort them out of here, now!"

Vella and Rena backed up as the larger Pokémon approached them. Spix, Walter, and Noelle stepped in front of them, looking ready to fight.

"Pichu, pi! Oddish, ish! Mudkip, kip!" The three Pokémon turned to Rena, awaiting orders.

"Right," Rena nodded, knowing what to do. "Okay, Wallace, use Water Gun on Geodude! Spix, how about Quick Attack, and you use Razor Leaf, Noelle!"

Wallace dodged a Tackle that a Geodude used, and shot out a blast of water, sending Geodude into a tree. "Mudkip!"

"Geo, geodude!" Geodude managed to use Mega Punch, throwing Spix to the ground.

The little Pichu pushed himself off the ground, glaring at Geodude. "Pichu, chu!"

The Pichu charged at Geodude, quickly, hurling them both into a boulder. Still, Geodude received much more damage than Spix.

"Kip, mudkip!" Wallace sent another Water Gun at Geodude, knocking it out. "Kip!"

"Way to go, team!" Rena called, grinning.

Vella smiled. "They are doing so much greater, aren't they?"

Machoke used Low Kick, sending Noelle across the clearing. "Machoke, choke!"

"Oddish!" Noelle groaned, standing up. "Ish!"

The big fighting type approached the grass type again, readying his fist for Focus Punch. "Mach_!"

"Noelle, look out!" Rena cried.

Machoke hit Noelle with Focus Punch, and readied another blow. The Weed Pokémon just stood there, enduring each hit. She stood, her eyes narrowed. Then, something happened. Before another Focus Punch could reach the target, a huge beam of light shot out of Oddish, and at Machoke.

"It's Solarbeam." Rena heard Vella murmur, as Machoke fell to the ground, knocked out.

Noelle was no longer an Oddish, but was a bigger blue Pokémon with a weird flower on its head. It was now a Gloom, who smiled at Rena.

"Gloom!" Noelle rushed forward to hug Rena, jumping into her arms.

Rena patted her newly evolved Pokémon on the head, and smiled. "You evolved, Noelle. Good job!"

The man angrily returned his Pokémon, and glared at Rena. "You haven't heard the last of Team Oblivion, kid!" He ran off into the bushes.

Well, here's the chapter. This probably won't be updated for a while again, but it won't be a long wait like this ever again. Hope that you all enjoyed! To BlueStripedPolo, yep, I'm a Star Wars fan. I was going to call Oliver's Scyther, Scythe, but it was spelled too much like Scyther. I settled with Sith. I might even name another Pokémon Jedi, who knows? R & R, people!