Chapter 3

Authors note: I'm not bothered enough to do my disclaimer, so I'll get Amber to do it for me. AMBER! GET OVER HERE!

Amber: Why do I have to do it? Get Spirit to do it.

… No.

Amber: Fine. LXM12345 doesn't own Pokémon or anything related to it. She also doesn't own any of the things she references in this chapter either. I'm leaving now. -Walks away mumbling-

Touché touché. Anyway, on with the chapter (It's a bit shorter than usual today. Sorry bout that). ılılıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅ ̅= ̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llılı Who likes ma stereo?

And I have left alone, everything that I own, to make you feel like it's not too late, it's never too late. –Never Too Late, Three Days Grace

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The gym battles pretty much whizzed by. I don't get why people battle Pokémon. I mean, we feel pain to. Humans are ssoo inconsiderate. I think Spirit and Dark feel the same. They had looks of disgust on their faces. I don't even know why we were there. Right now, Spirit, Dark and I are looking around Violet City. Lauren and Georgia are getting their Pokémon treated in the Pokémon center. Suddenly, a note flies into my lap. I frown and pick it up, reading it quickly. It said:

'I hear you're looking for a few friends of yours. Meet me outside Violet Gym tonight at 12:00pm. I have some information for you that could be useful. Oh and Amber, bring Spirit and Dark too.

From ?'

I blink and give the note to Spirit, who reads it and gives it to Dark. "So?" I ask. "Are we gunna go?" Spirit shrugs.

"I don't see why not. Whoever this is may actually be useful." Dark and I nod in agreement.

"We won't know 'til we try." Says Dark.

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The street lamps are the only source of light in the dark, rainy midnight. As me, Dark and Spirit stand outside the daunting gym, looking particularly more ominous than it does in day I might add, a figure appears from round the back of the gym. As he goes briefly under the light of a lamp, and I can tell he's wearing a turquoise top, red knee-length shorts and a straw hat*1. I straighten up from my position of leaning against the wall of Violet Gym. The figure stops just in front of us. "You came," He comments. "I didn't think you would." I try to speak, but he does before I can. "You guys were Pokémon before, right?" We nod.

"How do you know about that?" I ask. He simply grins at me and taps his nose to say 'secret'.

"I know where two of your nakama*2 are," the mystery man tells us. "In fact, I invited them here tonight," I hear Spirit gasp beside me. "Leaf, Lily, you can come out now." A couple of figures come out and stand by the guy in the straw hat.

"How do we know it's actually them?" I demand. "How do we know we can trust you?"

"You don't," he says, shoving the two people beside him closer to us. "This is LeafBlade or Leaf as you all know him, and LilyPad/Lily. He used be a Grovyle, she used to be a Totodile. They were transformed into humans in the same dark, dripping cave as you guys. Lily, Leaf, this is Amber, Spirit and Dark." We all look at each other.

"What I said in the cave, about being scared, I totally didn't mean it." Says Lily quickly. I can't help laughing at that.

"Sure you didn't Lily, sure you didn't." These guys are our friends. I can tell from their voices (well Leaf hasn't spoken yet (he generally doesn't. Speak, that is) but if he was with Lily, and Lily trusted him, then he was probably the right person) and just the way they resembled Pokémon. Lily has long blue hair with a pink streak, a blue, yellow and pink dress (which she looked disgusted with. She's a bit of a tomboy) and dark pink eyes. Leaf has short green hair, yellow eyes, green jeans and a green top with a pink area in the center. I grin at them. I then turn to the guy in the straw hat. "What's your name anyway?"

"Esu*3." He says before walking off and leaving me, Spirit, Dark, Leaf and Lily alone.

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Stars: *1 One Piece reference! Monkey D. Luffy's good old straw hat.

*2 Nakama means very close friend but not boyfriend girlfriend close.

*3 Esu, pronounced Asu, is Luffy's brother (another One Piece reference). Many of us One Piece freaks know this guy as Ace but I just felt like putting the Japanese name :3