Amorah sighed as she twisted the map here and there in her arms, eyes squinting and following the routes but alas she had no idea where she was; she also couldn't really read a map. It's been about two days since she left the poke center and a total of five days since she's escaped from her home back in Pallet. She sighed and refolded the map, generously given to her by an elderly man that was at the poke center as he waited for his Growlithe's checkup to be finished. He recognized her as a trainer and offered a copy of his Kanto map; just for being called a 'trainer' when she wasn't made her heart soar.

Amorah placed the map in her front jean pocket and shouldered her satchel bag. They were on a trail that she was sure to be on its way to Pewter City, the only part she dreaded was going through Viridian forest. Sure she had Umbreon seated at her heels protectively but there was still trainers hidden in there, waiting to pop out, give her a heart attack and challenge her to a battle. Amorah groaned and threw her bag to the ground, staring down at the piercing red eyes of the dark Pokémon.

"If I'm confronted by a wild Pokémon or a trainer and have to fight, it wouldn't go so well since I don't even know what attacks you can do." She crossed her arms and sucked in a breath as Umbreon cocked his head to the side and twitched his left ear. Amorah tapped her lip with the curve of her right index finger, humming in thought as she eyed the still creature. Umbreon was the dark type evolution of Eevee that much she knew but, she did not know of any dark type attacks that Umbreon could possibly know.

With a flex of her arm and shoulder, she pointed down the trail. "Tackle." She said firmly yet Umbreon hadn't moved; only sat there with a bored expression, making her heart sink. She could have sworn that every Pokémon knew tackle.

Amorah pinched her nose bridge but regained her stare. "Umm, scratch attack." Umbreon stood still as a statue, no flinch or twitch, just deep crimson eyes staring up at her in pure boredom.

A groan escaped the girl's lips and reached up to pinch her nose bridge harder. She didn't attend Pokémon School, she didn't know many Pokémon attacks; she especially didn't know what an evolved dark Umbreon could learn and it was making her temples hurt.

"Okay." She sighed. "Let's try a, uh, Quick Attack." Amorah released her nose to see that Umbreon had vanished quickly then reappeared with a blast of silver light. Smiling and reaching down toward her pack, she picked up a little pink sticky note packet and wrote down Umbreon's name; along with the number one with Quick attack written next to it.

She was kind of glad that she knew at least one of his attacks, but just one wasn't going to last forever. Humming in thought once more she placed the pen and sticky note pack back into her satchel before placing it over her shoulder and turned to look down the trail that led to the forest opening then up at the dimming sky. It was around five 5 O'clock in the afternoon and she did want to at least be half way to the Pewter before it got dark. So with satchel across her shoulders and a roll of her joints; Amorah set forth onward into Viridian forest and hopefully closer to the start of her adventure.

"We've been in here for no more than fifteen minutes. Umbreon, why is it so dark?" Amorah's knees were clacking together as she walked; a white knuckle grip on her satchel strap as the duo made their way down the dark path of Viridian Forest. Umbreon never strayed too far from his frightened master, even trying to alleviate her fears by using his Flash to illuminate the darkness around her.

Amorah looked down and noticed that the golden rings on Umbreon's midnight coat were glowing, casting a yellow light that burned away some of the darkness.

"Is that flash?" she asked and released her grip on her bag and tried to get her heart back in order.

Bree. Umbreon called up and continued his light pace at her heels. Amorah smiled and released her strap to allow her arms to dangle comfortably at her sides. At least she wasn't going through this on her own; the comforting feeling of Umbrown at her heels and the three other pokeballs on her belt gave her just a larger speck of confidence. Though, at the back of her mind, she could feel that anxious pull; that feeling you get in your stomach when you just know that something wasn't right. Of course it was because of her father, she knew in the very core of her being he was going to be on his way; hunting her down for all the things she has done.

Stole his money, stole his evolution stones and most of all stole his very own Pokémon that he caught, raised and befriended during his travels. Betrayed him as a daughter in the worst way but yet broke every single rule of a Trainer as well. If she was caught by the police, by her father or both; she had no idea what she was going to do. Nausea ripped through her stomach as she snatched her hands back up to her strap, gripping painfully as she sucked air through her nose.

I never should have left. Continued to echo in her mind as her knuckles tightened around the leather, she was scared, she wanted to be home; home with her mother and the father she once had. She wanted to be a legitimate trainer with her own Pokémon that she caught and trained. She wanted so much but yet she didn't have it, all she had was mother who left her, a father who hates her and Pokémon that weren't hers, Pokémon who could be taken away from her at any time.

Amorah felt panic rise in her chest, bile in her throat and tears prickle at her eyes. She didn't know what she was doing, where she was going and most of all had no idea how she was going to find her mother; if she was alive anyway. Maybe this so called adventure was all for naught. Before her anxiety could spike any higher, a pair of different crimson eyes entered her mind along with the voice she so easily remembered.

I am here, little one.

Her breath became easier, the tension in her hands dissipated and her nausea went away. Ever since she was a little girl, when she was sad, anxious or terribly upset with her father; that voice and those eyes always appeared in her mind. Calming her and making her feel stronger.

She could do this. She left that house in Pallet and made it; she rescued her companions from their neglectful trainer and was now on a desperate journey ten years late to find out what happened to her mother and figure out why she had left. She's gotten this far and she knew that nothing could stop her now. Her father was nothing, Pallet was nothing, and all the mean trainers she grew up with were nothing. It was her, her Pokémon and her driven determination.

"Well, well, looks like we have a little Butterfree walking alone in the woods."

All the determination and bravery she once felt was now gone.

Amorah gulped and turned around to see young man step from the trees, wearing a black ace uniform and appeared to be a few years older than her. Cobalt blue eyes burned into her greens from behind his dark hair as he held a pokeball in his hands, occasionally tossing it into the air and catching it.

Amorah gripped her strap as her knees began to buckle. "Please, I want no trouble. I'm just trying to get to Pewter city." Her words came out jumbled as her breathe stammered in fear, making the ace trainer smirk and grip his pokeball firmly.

"I suppose you don't, but I hang around these woods and battle new trainers that leave from Pallet. If they beat me then they may pass, if not then I send them on their messily little way back home." The smirk never left his lips as he stood there in a prideful stance.

Amorah narrowed her eyes. He seemed to be about eighteen years old, new trainers leaving from Pallet are around eleven with only a brand new Pokémon or two. Even if she wasn't a real trainer herself, this trainer was cheating.

"You're nothing but a bully and a cheat; picking on new trainers before they even have the chance to gain experience." A sneer made its way to her lips as Umbreon growled low with his hackles rising in preparation.

Ace smirked. "Well I have yet to see you come through these woods before and I remember every face." His eyes ghosted up her figure. "You seem a little old to be a 'brand' new trainer."

"My business is of nothing to you." Bravery was slowly starting to trek back into her system.

He shrugged. "True, but I would like to deem you worthy of continuing to Pewter, how about a quick battle?"

Amorah's heart slumped. Battle? He was wanted to battle? She looked down toward Umbreon who still had his hackles raised and fangs bore into a snarl. He was older but she has never seen his eyes so crimson and filled with pride and knowing that he could win. Umbreon flicked his eyes up to Amorah and nodded as he took his stance before her and waited.

Amorah looked up to the ace trainer and nodded. "You have a battle then."

Ace smirked and took his stance as well. "Very good." With that he threw his ball and the white light ejected from the sphere before taking the form of a large Arbok. Amorah's eyes widened as she recognized the snake Pokémon from a battle she watched on television once. She knew that this Pokémon was a tough opponent, using poison attacks that could easily affect whoever it bites. Umbreon stood still, rings glowing as he stared down his opponent, eyes darting around as if summarizing.

Ace chuckled at the look in the girl's eyes before raising his arm. "Arbok, use crunch attack now!" The purple snake hissed violently as it leaped forward with fangs drawn down and mouth opened wide. Amorah hesitated as the snake grew closer before setting her feet and held her arm toward Umbreon.

"Umbreon dodge! Retaliate with a quick attack" As Arbok was about to set its fangs into the dark Pokémon, Umbreon vanished, forcing Arbok to crash nose first into the ground and to be thrown unceremoniously back toward its trainer as Umbreon used a quick attack on its side.

The snake landed in a winded heap at the Ace's feet, which growled and yelled for another command. "Get up now, attack with poison fang!" Arbok slithered back up to its full height before leaping forward once more, fangs elongated with a purple ooze forming and drizzling to the ground.

Amorah was scared, looking from Umbreon then toward the large snake as if it were in slow motion. She couldn't use quick attack again because it wasn't a good strategy; you win a battle with good strategy, right? Keeping her eyes focused on the large snake slithering closer and closer until something clicked in her head. She remembered sitting on the porch, watching her mother and father battle in the front yard; Mother using Espeon and Father using Umbreon.

"Espeon, use psy beam, now!" Her mother called as she directed her Pokémon like the amazing trainer she was. Espeon let out a low cry as she darted toward Umbreon, the crystal on her forehead glowing brilliantly as it launched the rainbow colored beam toward her dark counterpart.

Father smiled. "Umbreon dodge it now!" As soon as father called the command, Umbreon jumped away as the attack hit the ground where his paws were once standing. "Attack Espeon with a quick attack and lets finish this with a Shadow Ball!"

Amorah widened her eyes as Arbok was just above Umbreon, ready to strike with his purple fangs. "Umbreon dodge it now!" She cried out as the dark Pokémon jumped away just as Arbok crashed it's fangs into the dirt where Umbreon once stood. The dark Pokémon landed just a few feet from the dazed Arbok and looked toward his trainer for her next command.

"Attack Arbok with a quick attack and let's end this with a Shadow Ball!" She called out as she raised her arm toward the up righting snake, Umbreon bounded forth with all his strength and slammed his head into Arbok's abdomen then opened his mouth to launch a large ball of dark energy, taking aim and firing it at the cobras rib hood, once again slamming it to the ground at its master's feet.

Arbok stayed down and let its tongue flop out in exhaustion as the Ace trainer smirked before calling back the Pokémon to its pokeball. He stared at it for a few moments before placing it back on his belt, bringing his hands forward and gave a few slow claps.

"I must say, you were very hesitant at the beginning but gathered your cool in the nick of time." He praised as he nodded his head. "What's your name if I may ask?"

Amorah stared at the Ace then to Umbreon who was sitting back at her heels with a victorious aura around him. He was an older Pokémon but he still had the love and fight for a battle. She looked back up to the trainer before nodded her head toward him.

"Amorah Saincher."

The ace placed a hand on his chest. "It is an honor, my name is Logan Riddik. So Amorah Saincher, I shall let you be on your way to Pewter City but be warned, there will be many more trainers out there who are much stronger than myself. Farewell." With that, Logan stepped back and disappeared into the trees.

Amorah sighed and placed her hand in-between Umbreon's ears. "You were fantastic, thank you; ready to keep going?"

He gave a very loud Breon! And that was all she needed and they were back to walking through the dark woods, followed by an ever watchful pair of crimson eyes.