VulpixTrainer: okay thanks for the reviews and the help on spelling, and now one review answer and then the story, also the first part is Matt's POV (I'm only going to use these very sparingly)

Raichufan: okay as I said in the last chapter patience, I will not give away any of my plot lines ever.

Dreams, Memories, and Reality

I didn't know what was going on, one moment I was watching as if in a third person spot what was going on, me turning into a Ninetales, and now I'm running on all fours trying to out run some crazy 16 year old girl, when suddenly I was stopped by some physic force, which then turned me around to face… MEW!? How did mew get here? I mean an alakazam would have sufficed but this… this is insanity! Have I finally lost my mind? These and many more thoughts ran through all trying to be the number one thought, but everything fled when I heard a very dreaded phrase…

"Master Ball GO!!!" the girl said tossing the fail-safe, guarantied capture ball that is so rare that it's legendary in itself, time seemed to have slowed when suddenly it opened and then darkness, but then I heard a voice faint but still there calling, trying to wake. That's it I must have been dream! No, more like a nightmare, but now I know I'm safe and sound.

(General POV)

Becky had been very scared after Matt had just collapsed carrying the kettle back to camp from cleaning it, she had just dropped every chore and had been taking care of him till almost nine at night, Matt and Firestorm, along with Drake had started a fire using the fuel that Matt had carried in earlier why did he have to name the male Matt anyway, doesn't he know that it's driving me nuts up here. But she knew also that the male Vulpix had chosen that name long before Matthew V. Brown had even seen him. But still after long waiting she was still surprised when Matt slowly opened his eyes and asked in a voice that told her that all he had was a long nap

"Becky, do I have a fury face?" this question just broke Becky up to the point of crying while laughing because of a few items. Number one, he was all right and awake, number two, what type of question is this? And number three, just having the mental picture of him with a generic muzzle and ears and fur really did her in for laughing, but Matt just made it worse by still acting all seriously and insisted the truth, finally Becky just shook her head because she couldn't answer the question, but at the same time wondering what brought on this question. So after Becky finally calmed down (which was about ten minutes of almost nonstop laughing and another half hour of small out bursts) Matt asked a question that even more confused her

"Didn't Team Rocket attack our camp last night?" this just sobered Becky up right away to the point that she wasn't even having those outbursts

"Uh… no, we were at the Pokemon Center last night in fact, you've been out since around four this afternoon."

"What?" Matt then stops for a moment before sighing in a relief type tone "then it was all a dream wasn't it" he said this more to himself then to anyone else.

"What was a dream?" Becky asked in curious voice with worry mixed in it; she was very concerned for Matt. He must have had a very bad case of something if he thinks that team rocket attacked us last night. "Why don't you tell me it? Then we can all turn in for the night so we can get Pewter tomorrow." Becky asked sincerely

"Okay Becky but it is awfully strange and unusual, but here it goes anyway." and so he starts to describe the battle with Team Rocket and what happened afterwards

One hour later (around 11 o'clock)

"The whole thing was a dream I realize that now, but at the same time it felt so real." Matt said in conclusion of the story, in fact both teams had gathered around to hear the story, for that was how the Pokemon understood what was being said.

"well, I would have to agree with you on that…" she suddenly stops before asking in another concerned voice that had worry in it "are you all right Matt?" for during the whole story Matt would just sometimes grimace and other place his hand on his abdomen, but this time he really just showed signs that something was wrong.

"I don't know," Matt said in a tone that he rarely uses one of complete and total shock and bewilderment. "But I think I should go see a hospital right away." So Becky grapping only their packs and putting both on she then starts to help Matt to walk all the way to Pewter

(Pewter 11:30pm)

The nurse at the E.R. was just reading a magazine just waiting for her shift to end, but at the same time wondering why it was so quiet this is a very quiet night I mean usually some trainer comes in with some bad cut or something of that nature. At this moment Becky stagers in with Matt leaning heavily on her shoulder barley alert.

"What happened?" the nurse asked as she silently paged for the Doctor that was on call to come to the E.R. area. "What have been some of his symptoms before coming here?" all this in a serious tone yet with a voice full of real concern, for a few diagnoses had been pulled forward to her mind.

"Well around 10 he just started to have small twinges by the way his face contorted every once in a while, but they just got steadily worse… I don't know what to do." The last part was full of fear and concern. At this moment Matt mutters to the nurse, fighting the blackness that was starting to crowd his sides of vision.

"Medical info key items pouch." Then he just slumped into the blackness of sleep. At this time the doctor comes in through the doors and seeing the condition of Matt immediately called for a stretcher for a teen aged boy. The stretcher comes and disappears into the Hospital double doors leading to the exam rooms. After a few minutes he comes back looking a little grave

"Lady," addressing Becky strait in the eye "I have never honey coated any report in my life and I won't start with you. I'm afraid your friend is going to be out of commission for about a month, the reason being is that he is having his appendix removed in under the hour, it has inflamed and is starting to threatening to burst, now the surgery should only last about two hours so…"

"I know what comes next; I am not allowed to stay here once his family comes right?" Becky interrupts the doctor mid sentence. The doctor taken a little aback by this comment then shacks his head before continuing.

"No, I was going to say that you can stay in the room he's going to be transferred to because you are his traveling partner and I can tell that you have feeling for him."

"What? That is imposable, I've grown up for him since we where five years old…" she would have gone on but the doctor just shushed her before leading her to the recover room that would become Matt's temporary home for about a few weeks before heading home to recover."

Two days later (midnight)

Becky was starring out the window, looking at the city light and the dark mountain pass that lead to Mt. Moon, and home. Only three days roughly and already Matt's going home because of a appendix that should have been removed when he had his last open heart, What more is that Matt has not even made one mad remark about this, in fact he is looking forward to this break, for "Good weather trainer" as he said, as she slowly replayed a scene from early last morning

"Matt aren't you a least a tiny bit saddened that this is happening?" Becky had asked while Matt was writing something on a sheet of paper.

"Maybe a little bit Becky, but look on the bright side, I'm going to have a full summer of good weather to train my team for next year, besides if I'm home team rocket wouldn't dare take Matt from me would they?" matt countered in a tone of his happy-go-lucky attitude of "it may be raining now, but a rainbow is coming sooner or later."

"But what about you're Gym Battle? What about the Boulder Badge? I thought you where looking forward to the battle of the first Gym?"

"I'm still looking forward to that battle, it just won't happen this year."

"I wouldn't say that just yet." A new voice sounded coming from the doorway shocking everyone in the room. Everyone turning to see who it was just stared at who was standing at the doorway, there was silence as everyone still looked only to be broken by a confused 16 year old voice that cracked in the middle of his sentence. "Doctor Green? What are you doing here? I thought that I was scheduled for the November heart clinic?"

"Well I came because I got a call from the hospital and came as soon as I could." He said while smiling "So what got you this time a Rattata? Or maybe a Pidgey?" he said in a joking matter

"Neither Doctor Green, it was a Vulpix, no wait… now I remember it was a Furret" this was followed by groans of both parents and Becky

"Matt, why is it that you and Doctor Green came up with this horrible code for what new Pokemon you had caught?"

"Well he started it." Matt said nodding his head to Doctor Green and starting to laugh, before clutching the new incision on where the appendix was groaning with a slight pain. "I think I shouldn't laugh for a little bit." This just caused the whole room to break out laughing.

Now look at him asleep like someone that has no worries, none about his heart, none about how high the mountain is, or if he can climb it, none about what will come next. She then just sighs before continuing to look out the window seeing her own reflection, one that has been hers when she chooses, ever since Matt's second open heart surgery and how she had just worried over all the little stuff, we promised to start our journey of Pokemon together, and then this. Came an old thought from when she heard that Matt was going to stay at the hospital so his heart could be fixed but she just wouldn't stop worrying, until after falling asleep in a chair, when I woke up I found I had move to the foot of Matt's bed and was curled up in a ball and had nine tails in my face, in those few minutes after I saw the tails, the paws, and finally the muzzle in front of my nose all I could think of was "Okay world if any of you try to stop Matt from going on his journey let me at them" of course I quickly learned by the logic that I had inhertited from the change helped me coup with the next year of recovery for Matt. Her thoughts though where interrupted by Matt's breathing going from dream state to full awakeness in under ten seconds making Becky think one last thing OH NO! as she turns her head away from the reflection of herself, one of a Ninetales Anthro.

VulpixTrainer: Well that is it for chapter twelve, how is that for a plot twist and cliff hanger Matt's in the hospital, and the past chapter or so was just one long dream (hey I've heard of you dreaming that you wake up, only you're not, so why not the other way around)

Kyle: yes so if you like this please reviews if you don't like this please review. As long as you don't use swear words your reviews are welcomed

VulpixTrainer: yes and see you at Chapter thirteen