Authoress: Thanks for all the reviews! ^_^ I've gotten so many! As I promised, here's the fourth chapter, and the Dragonite named Ri is introduced! ^_^ Now for the responses:

Alex Warlorn: You're always the first one to review my chapters! In fact, I think you were the first one to review my very first chapter. Lol. Anyway, you're right, Rattata are technically rats and Pikachu mice. Luckily I used it right in my last chapter! For some reason it bothers me when people call Pikachu a rat…*shrugs* Anyway, enjoy this chapter!

Gabe B.: Jennifer's the pot calling the kettle black big time! I think I'm definitely gonna add in here that Jenn finds Stephanie somehow, but don't ask me how I'm gonna get there just yet. Certainly yikes! You were almost the first to review Chapter 3! Lol, thank you for reviewing, I'm thrilled you like my fic. ^_^

Paladin Dragoon: I'll try and keep up the good work! I hope you like this chapter, and the new pokemon introduced into this one is a Dragonite named Ri. Enjoy this chapter, it's a little shorter than my past ones but it'll have ta do. Thanks bunches for reviewing! *cyber cookies*

Hapster: Yay, you think it's good! ^_^ About the pokemon issue…could you possibly wait til I get the game I mentioned in Chapter 2 up and running sometime next couple chapters? If you could that would be great, submit your pokemon again then. I'm kinda not taking anymore pokemon submissions as of right now, sorry! =*( Thanks for reviewing though.

Dano the overlander: It's not Sentret, it's Eevee but I can see how you can get those mixed up. Sentret actually fits the description, sorry about that! And I don't feel all that sorry for her either…she got what was coming to her! ^_~

Vulpix Dark Flame: I did try and make Jolteon a bit funny, I'm glad someone noticed! ^_^ And don't worry about the waving thing lol. My thing is to give puppy dog eyes to all authors I want to update right then and there. Oh, and hugs. ^_^ Thanks for your review! Next chapter I put Carly into the picture, hope you enjoy. ^_^

Twilight The Umbreon: Thank you! Happy to post this chapter. Please like! Lol. Yes, the fic is very interesting, at least I thought it was when I first thought it up. Next chappie here! ^_^

Magma Admin DJ: Welcome for putting Skull in. I actually really like the character. ^_^ I'm thinking about keeping him around a little longer than 2 chapters since I like him so much, he may even become permanent. Like I said, it all depends on what I feel like. I reviewed your new story, very kool! Hope you like this chapter.

Zectac: I like your pen name, don't ask why. It's just very…interesting I guess. Glad you're interested! Here's the next chappie of the story. O, and did you get more candy bars? ^_^ Don't wanna run out of those now do we?

Maia's Pen: You're welcome for supporting your fic. How could I not? And Jolteon is one my favorite of the evolutions too. But Vaporeon comes first. ^_^ Anyway, I'm glad you picked out the difference in personality of the evolutions. I tried to make them as different as possible, because no one really wants to read a fic where every character acts the same. *Phew* My POVs aren't confusing! ^_^ I was a little worried at first that they were, but now I feel better. You're a great writer yourself too. Hope you enjoy this chapter, thanks for reviewing!

XxBakura'sGirlxX: Glad you think it's good, sis. Lol. One things for certain though – you do add to my number of reviews! Nah, im just kidding, I'm glad you review my story. ^_^

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Authoress: That's it for the reviews. I won't bore yall any longer. Here goes…

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*~General POV~*

Vaporeon, Jolteon, and Skull wandered into the alley just as the sun was leaving the sky around them. Jennifer was still scrunched up in the corner, as was Umbreon. He decided not to move to greet the others, he was too busy pouting.

"She's reacting as we thought she might," Espeon spoke telepathically to only Vaporeon and Jolteon so Jennifer would have no chance of overhearing. "We have a lot of work to do – we can't just sit here for seven, almost six days. Who's this? Espeon nodded her head towards the curious Marowak.

"Oh, this is Skull," Vaporeon introduced. "He followed us into the Burnt Tower, and we allowed him to come with us to find Stephanie. He actually made her feel quite comfortable, so we thought he'd be an asset to us."

"No, YOU thought he'd be an asset," Jolteon mumbled behind Vaporeon.

"Shut up, Jolteon," Vaporeon warned. Everyone in turn said their hellos to Skull, except Jennifer of course.

"So can I help?" Skull asked excitedly.

"Certainly," Espeon replied. "We need your lively personality around here, anyway."

Tat looked around. "Hey, where's Flareon?"

"She stayed with Stephanie," Jolteon answered. "Turns out she's afraid of the dark."

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*~Jennifer's POV~*

The memory of what the thing named Espeon had first said about Steph was brought back into my mind when I heard my sister's name. In all the confusion and anger I had almost completely forgotten they said anything about her.

I stood up slowly and turned away from the wall. I began to feel sorry for making Stephanie leave and wanted to know how she was doing – but that didn't change the way I felt about what I had said to her that night. "Is she ok?" I asked bluntly and to the point.

The brown pokemon, Skull, answered me. "Yea, I guess you can say that."

I was confused. "What'd you mean?"

"He means that your words really hurt Stephanie, Jennifer," the one resembling a mermaid spoke unexpectedly loud. "Fear of the dark wasn't the only reason she was crying."

I didn't say anything – I had nothing to say. As far as I was concerned, Stephanie could sit there and cry her eyes out as long as she was ok. It was her decision and her fault she chose to continue her pointless job, not mine.

I was startled when the one I definitely wasn't very fond of spoke. "Be careful what you think." The black pokemon narrowed its eyes slightly before turning away.

Did it just read my mind? Now I was really unsure about these things, and I turned my full attention back to the interesting spot on the brick wall. I sat like that until all movement had died down, and each of them had finally drifted off to sleep.

I turned and looked at all the sleeping forms, which didn't look near as intimidating as when they were awake. I suddenly felt a pang of guilt for some of the things I had said to them. One in particular kept echoing throughout my mind: "I'm better than all of you."

I shook my head. Stop thinking like that, that whack in the face must've gone to your head, I told myself. You are better than them. Don't worry about what you said, they're its – they don't have feelings.

Satisfied with my self-created explanation, I laid as comfortably as I could on the towel that I had ended up on. I considered leaving, but then the image of the Houndoom I had thought up popped into my head. I chose to remain where I knew there was no Houndoom.

I could still feel the cold, hard concrete when I laid myself down through the fabric, but I made do, cursing the place I was in and wishing I was back home. Wishing that Stephanie never took an interest in protecting these creatures. Wishing that we could be like the sisters we were before pokemon came a part of our lives. Then none of this would be happening.

I closed my eyes, sleep finally overcoming me. As I was about to fall asleep the entire way, I could've sworn I heard a voice saying, "Ebony, I've been looking everywhere for you! I must get you home…" And I fell into a deep sleep.

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*~General POV~*

Tatta was up first in the morning – she was generally the early bird of the bunch. Vaporeon huddled close to Jolteon to keep her body temperature from reaching its freezing point while Skull used her finned tail as a pillow. Espeon slept peaceful in the center while Umbreon was sleeping still in his corner. Tat slept right beside Tatta, and Jennifer – was nowhere to be seen.

Tatta released a surprised squeak, waking Tat up. "What's wrong?" he asked sleepily.

"Jennifer's gone!"

Any trace of drowsiness that still lingered in Tat's eyes immediately vanished. He shot up. "What!? How can she be gone!" His outburst awoke everyone else in the space as well.

"What are you talking about, Tat?" Jolteon said, stepping over Vaporeon and Skull. "We would've heard her if she left the alley, the echoes are loud enough for any one of us to hear." Then he looked to Skull. "Except maybe bonehead over there."

"Hey!" Skull stood up and said indignantly. "I can easily Bone Club you, you know." With that Jolteon backed off, knowing he was weak against a meaning ground-type move.

"We have to find her," Espeon spoke matter-of-factly. "We have no other choice. Jennifer could be in real danger."

"I'll stay," Umbreon said unconcernedly.

"No, you're coming with me," Espeon ordered, and her word was final. Then she turned to the others. "Skull, you may be of real help to us sooner than I thought. Marowak have excellent eye-sight from living in the darkness of a cave."

"That's right!" Skull announced, looking proud. Jolteon snorted, but he was royally ignored. "What do you want me to do?"

"You, Tat, and Tatta – look around the exit path to check for any signs of an escape. I honestly don't believe so, but we have to be sure." The three smallest pokemon nodded and followed command.

"You two search in here." Espeon nodded to Jolteon and Vaporeon. "Come on, Umbreon. We're going to the streets."

"What!? In broad daylight?" Umbreon exclaimed. "Espeon, there are humans out there."

"All the more reason we need to make sure Jennifer isn't out there. You can handle a human, Umbreon, you've done so before." And Espeon teleported herself out of sight.

Vaporeon and Jolteon stared after Umbreon as he faded himself through the wall with Faint Attack, grumbling to himself, "She can survive on her own for six more days…if she treats the humans like she does pokemon, the whole freakin city will be running away and she'll have nothing to worry about…"

The two exchanged glances. "I take it Umbreon's not too fond of Jennifer," Jolteon stated.

"Obviously. I just hope he snaps out of it soon. It's not good for him or Jennifer when he has all that anger about him."

Both sat there for a moment. Jolteon broke his stare with the wall. "Shall we?" The two made their way to where the small Eevee was last seen and began searching for any evidence.

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"What's this?" Skull asked, holding a good-sized orange thing. He held it up to his face. "It looks like…some sort of diamond almost…"

Tat and Tatta scurried over. Skull lowered the object so they could both see it. Tat examined it closely and took a quick sniff at it. "It's a scale," he concluded. "It's definitely from a pokemon, one with an extremely tough exterior. But I've never smelt this kind before."

"We should tell the others," Tatta suggested the obvious. "They'll probably know what it is."

"Good idea."

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"Hey, wasn't Jenn sleeping on a cloth?" Vaporeon asked as she looked around.

"Yea, why?"

"It's not here."

"Maybe the wind blew it away. I doubt she would've taken it with her if she left."

Vaporeon gave him a look. "Over a 20-foot brick wall?"

"Oh…good point. But it does look like we got some wind last night." Sure enough, the area where Jennifer was sleeping was a bit out of order.

"But only in this one spot," the bubble jet pokemon observed. "And it seems that everything was pushed down…which means the wind had to come from directly above."

The two instinctively looked up into the dawn sky. "Wings," Jolteon suggested, looking wide-eyed at Vaporeon. "It's the only possible explanation."

"Whoever took Jennifer must've taken the cloth as well."

"You think Jennifer was kidnapped?" came Skull's voice from behind them – he and the Rattatas had just walked back in.

"That's the way it's looking," replied Vaporeon.

Two seconds later Espeon and Umbreon materialized in the room. On Umbreon's back was a towel. He shook it off as though it were contaminated.

"Isn't that her bed?" Tatta asked.

Espeon nodded, and everyone showed what clues they had found to Jennifer's disappearance. "It is clear that Jennifer was taken, but by who or what I don't know," she said solemnly.

Umbreon was heard releasing a sigh. "Let me see the scale." Skull tossed him the sparkling orange piece, and Umbreon elevated it slightly in mid-air with the slight amount of psychic powers he had.

Each watched with a certain interest, even Espeon. The scale dropped to the ground suddenly with a small jingle of a sound. "It's a Dragonite scale."

This sent a wave of gasps over all of them. "Dragonite?" wondered Jolteon. "Dragonite here? There's no way, Dragonite's wings are powerful enough to leave this cursed island."

Umbreon narrowed his eyes. "This is a Dragonite scale, Jolteon, whether you believe it or not."

"It makes sense though, with everything we've found," Vaporeon rationalized. "The Dragonite hovered here, picked up Jennifer and then lifted off, pushing the air down forcefully. It flew over the narrow part of the alley dropping the scale. The Dragonite must've picked the towel up with Jennifer and dropped it as it flew."

"Makes sense to me," Tat added. Everyone else was convinced as well, and all began discussing where the dragon pokemon might living and what he or she wants with Jenn.

"I know where she is," Umbreon spoke unexpectedly again.

Espeon eyed him. "How would you know?"

"I had another life before I met you guys, you know. Come on, it's not far from here. I'll lead the way." Everyone was shocked that Umbreon of all pokemon was almost eager to find Jennifer. So surprised that none moved, save Espeon's swishing tail.

"Jennifer's not going to escape on her own," Umbreon said, still walking forward. "Believe me, I know."

Each pokemon now followed, quizzical looks etching their faces. Did this have something to do with Umbreon's past? No one knew anything about it, except he came into the group when just an Eevee.

Espeon and Vaporeon, with her sharp sense of identifying emotions despite the fact she wasn't psychic, both sensed the dark-type was genuinely worried about something he could care less about. There was something he was holding back, and the two exchanged glances that said they were determined to get it out of him.

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Authoress: There's chapter 4! I hope it wasn't too short for you guys. Ri the Dragonite was vaguely introduced into this story, but she'll actually have a part next chapter. Also next chapter Carly the Mudkip is introduced, and the chapter after that (Chapter 6) I start the "Who's That Pokemon" game! BTW, I don't own that…or pokemon…=*(

Next chapter up in week! Thanks to all who reviewed, I luv yall! ^0^ *gives everyone cyber hugs* ^_^