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Chapter 12: Past Memories

The sounds of twigs breaking and leaves rustling filled the air as Mandy made her way through a thicket of trees and bushes. With every step she took, her frustration grew. It had been a good 20 minutes since she spotted the tiny electric mouse, and it appeared she was no closer to it then she was when she spotted it.

After another 10 minutes of fruitless searching, The teenager finally came across a clearing. Quickly taking cover in a thick bush, her hazel eyes finally rested on her target.

There, sitting on a rock, all alone, was a Pikachu. It's body was covered in short, bright yellow colored fur and brown stripes decorated it's back. It's ears were long and pointy, black decorated their tips. It's eyes were blackish- brown, the tiny red pouches on it's cheek were easy to spot. It's tail was brown at the base then turning back to yellow. But one feature stood out in particular. At the tip of it's tail, it deviated from it's thunderbolt shape. Instead, a dent was visible, causing the upper part of it's tail to resemble a heart.

'So, it's a female.' Mandy pointed her Pokedex at the Pikachu.

'Pikachu, The Electric Mouse Pokemon. This Pokémon has electricity-storing pouches on its cheeks. These appear to become electrically charged during the night while Pikachu sleeps. It occasionally discharges electricity when it is dozy after waking up. '

With game plan in mind, the girl in red emerged from her hiding place and stood before the pokemon, a fire of determination burning brightly in her eyes, asking a silent statement.

In response to the unspoken challenge, Pikachu jumped from her perch on the rock, then arched her back as a battle-ready signal.

"Okay, here we go! Caterpie, I choose you!" With a toss od the red and white sphere, the tiny green and yellow caterpillar appeared in a white flash.

"Caterpie, use String Shot!" A thin white string was shot out by the tiny bug and went straight for the wild Pikachu. However, Pikachu had speed on her side and easily dodged the sticky string. Pikachu then began quickly dashing in a zig-zag pattern. 'Quick Attack!' "Shoot! Caterpie use tackle to dodge!" But her command came too late. Caterpie took the full force of the attack, taking heavy damage in the process.

"Caterpie! Are you okay!?"

The tiny green Pokemon lay on the ground in pain. Using every bit of it's strength, she pulled herself to her feet.

"Okay Caterpie, let's give that Pikachu a taste of her own medicine! Use Tackle!" And with that command, Caterpie ran as fast as it's little legs could carry her, but the much more evasive mouse quickly jumped up off the ground. Mandy's plan had worked perfectly. "Alright, use String Shot!"

With Pikachu still in mid-jump, the worm Pokemon shot out a long string from her mouth, the string tightly wrapping around the tiny mouse. She struggled at first, but then hit the forest floor with a hard thud. "Now, use Tackle!" And, with the last bit of her strength, Caterpie charged long and hard into the electric mouse, knocking it into a tree and it's lights out.

"Okay, this is it! Poke ball, go!" The red and white sphere came flying out of Mandy's hand and straight to Pikachu. With a light tap, the ball opened up and enveloped the yellow mouse in it's red light. Again and again the middle flashed and body shake. After three more shakes the poke ball finally lay still. With shaking hands, both Caterpie and Pikachu's poke ball were scooped up in her arms. Then, the poke ball disappeared in a red flash, back to be stored safely at Prof. Oak's lab.

"We did it! We caught a Pikachu!" Both Mandy and Caterpie were overjoyed with both their efforts. A white light then enveloped the tiny green Pokemon.

"She's evolving...!"

Slowly, Caterpie's worm-like body soon turned more rectangular and crescent shaped. As the light faded, the Pokemons true form could be seen. It's skin had maintained it's lush green color and was armor-plated with some sort of shell. One would most likely mistake it fro a rock or plant if not for the two eyes on it's sides.

"Metapod." The chrysalis croaked out.

"Wow, Metapod!" Mandy gently activated her Pokedex.

'Metapod, the Cocoon Pokemon. The shell covering this Pokémon's body is as hard as an iron slab. Metapod does not move very much. It stays still because it is preparing its soft innards for evolution inside the hard shell.'

"Wow, congrats Metapod!" Mandy began dancing around a bit, laughing all the while. And though she didn't speak, the happiness and thankfulness that reflected in Metapod's eyes was all she needed to see. After returning Metapod to her poke ball, the red clad trainer began the long process of retracing her steps through the forest.

By the time Mandy had mader way back to the tree, the sun had set and Nicole could bee seen waiting by the ribbon she left. As she approached, relief coulbe seen washing over her.

"There you are! I was worried about you! I was afraid I'd have go out searching for you!"

"I'm sorry Nicole! I got a little side tracked. So were you successful?"

"You bet! I got an awesome Pikachu!"

"That's great! So did I! What say we set up camp?"

"Yeah, I'm exausted. I had to track all over Viridian Forest to find him."

In about two hours, their camp had been set, they got a fire going (thanks to Charmander's Ember attack) and enjoyed a nice hardy meal of stew. With a friendly hug goodnight, the two crawled into their sleeping bags and drifted off. But while Nicole's slumber was pleasant, Mandy was squirming about.

"Mandy! Mandy!!" Her hazel eyes shot open. It was Nicole. She had a worried look on her face. "You okay!? You were thrashing and talking in your sleep."

"Huh? Yeah... I thinks so. It must have just been a bad dream."

"Okay if your sure."

"Thanks Nicole."

"No problem, what are friends for?"

With smiles on their face the two girls faces, the girls fell into more peaceful slumbers.

In the shadow of the trees, the cloaked woman stood watching the two. A smile was on her face.

"So, her memories are returning. I'll have to watch them more closely now." and with that the woman returned to the safety of the shadows.

Mandy awoken to a burning heat. Fire was all that filled her sight

"Hello!?" She cried, pure terror overtaking her heart. "Please, is anybody there!?" But no answer came

"Jewel!" A cry pierced the air

"Jewel! Help us!"

"Who's there!?"

"Jewel! It hurts!"

"Please, Jewel! Save us!"

"Mandy..." A new voice joined in.

"Huh?"

"Mandy!"