Disclaimer: I don not own "pokemon" or any characters associated with the franchise.

It was late at night, and Marissa was curled up next to her large and newly winged captor. The winds were blowing softly through the forest and it was very dark out. Marissa was fast asleep dreaming of her parents, when Shadow snorted in is sleep loudly.

"Ahh!" cried Marissa, "I was finally asleep. Did you have to do that now!"

Then suddenly she realized Shadow had rolled over in his sleep, therefore letting her have an escape route.

"Thank God!" she said quietly to herself.

Marissa rolled over, being careful to avid bumping into him. She stood up and tip-toed to a safe distance away, then she ran.

"I need to get out of this forest." She said aloud.

Suddenly, she turned and saw a break in the trees that led out into a plain. Marissa jogged out into the open and looked around. It was so dark, that she decided she had better stay along the forest side until morning. Then she could try to find her way home. Marissa continued to walk along the forest side until the sun arose.

"Finally," she said. "morning."

All was quiet except for the chirping of tallows among the trees. Then she heard a loud roar in the far distance.

"Oh, no" she thought. "Maybe I should stay in the forest."

She jogged over to the forest side and into the brush. She nearly screamed when she felt two furry hands reach down from the tree and snatched her up. She tried to yell but the creature covered up her mouth with its hand.

"Aimpom!" it said.

"What?" Oh, Aimpom. "What are you doing?"

"AIMPOM!" it screeched loudly.

"Please be quiet," she said. "He'll hear you!"

Then, all of a sudden, several more Aimpoms appeared from the surrounding trees.

"Aimpom!" "Aimpom!" "Aimpom!" they screeched over and over again.

The Aimpom that was holding her leaned forward and tossed her across the trees to another one.

"Help!" she yelled.

Another Aimpom caught her and tossed her again. Then again, and again.

They're playing with me. She thought.

Then she saw what she had feared. The brush in the distance was being pushed aside by a large creature bounding through the woods.

'Oh, no," she started, "he found me."