Thank you all for your patience. We may now continue and finish this story.

Part 3 is done on request by Debbie Aaron.

Previously in Part 2

Even after her mother allowed her to become a trainer, Ella didn't know when to stop. She formed her own illegal Pokemon league. But it was short lived. Her mother found out and mother and daughter fought it out with the more experienced coming out on top.

Just when it seemed things couldn't get worse between the two, a strange group appears and kidnaps Ella. Sarah returns to save her daughter. Through a strange twist, Ella saves Sarah, but not before the damage is done. Sarah forgives Ella of her deeds and Ella discovers just how much Sarah really cared for her.

Shortly after the funeral in the woods, Ella is suddenly pulled aside by a strange creature that seems to be half-human, half-Pokemon claiming to be one of Ella's former captors.

Chapter 15

Hunted

"Aura? What happened to you?"

"I don't know," the strange creature replied. It seemed like she was on the edge of tears. "I went to sleep last night as myself. Then I woke up like this. And Lucario was gone."

Ella mentally searched her. It was Aura. But she also sensed another presence, one of a Pokemon but very faint.

"Please, Ella. You have to help me."

"Why should I help you? You're the one that caused my mother to die."

Aura's head hung. "I know. And I'm deeply sorry for that. But I don't have anyone else to turn to. I have no family, no friends. And like this, all everyone wants to do is capture me like a Pokemon."

"Wait…what?"

"All these trainers are after me. At least a dozen of them."

Suddenly a voice rang through the trees. "I think I see it!" Twigs snapped and leaves rustled. It sounded like a large group of people was heading their way.

Aura grabbed Ella's hand and held it tightly. "Please, Ella. I've got nowhere else to go."

She looked into the Pokemon-human's eyes. The girl was terrified. Ella knew that look and feeling. It was probably very similar to the way she'd felt when her mother essentially disowned her.

She released a sigh. "Fine." She clutched Aura's hand and ran. They danced through the trees trying to get away from their pursuers, but it seemed they just kept getting closer.

Ella morphed into a Grovyle. "Jump." She shoved off of the ground, sending her up onto a high tree branch. Aura moved with her, never letting go of her hand.

Aura stopped on the tree branch and looked back at the ground. She saw how high they were and gasped. "Did I just jump that high?"

"Well, you are part Pokemon now," Ella thought. She held a finger to her lips, telling Aura to be quiet.

Moments later, an Arcanine burst through the trees, sniffing everywhere. A group of trainers appeared behind it. One of them came up next to the Pokemon. "What's wrong? Did you lose its scent?" The creature nodded.

As luck would have it, one trainer happened to look up. "It's in the trees!" he shouted with a point.

"Oh crap." Ella grabbed Aura's hand and booked it, jumping from tree to tree. She didn't bother to ask Aura if she could keep up.

From behind them, she heard the sound of an opening Pokeball. Something was chasing them. But Ella just smirked. The only thing that could possibly outrun a Grovyle through the trees was a…

A green blur shot past them and matched their pace. It was a fully-grown Sceptile.

"You have got to be kidding me."

The Sceptile swung her tail around, crushing the tree limbs around it. With nothing to step on, Ella and Aura fell towards the ground. Ella quickly morphed into a Snorlax, using her massive belly to cushion the fall. Aura surprised herself by catching herself on her own legs.

Ella pushed herself up and started scanning the forest. The Sceptile returned, dropping down from the trees. "Don't move."

Before Ella could reply, several trainers surrounded them. One stepped out from the rest. "My Sceptile found it. I get first go."

Ella stepped in front of Aura. "You won't have her."

"Step aside, girl. You can't stop us." The Sceptile took a step closer from the other side.

Ella spun, morphed into a Charizard, and released a jet of flame. The Sceptile screamed as it was roasted, but jumped up into the trees.

One of the trainers got spooked. "Dude! It's Shaiya! Let's get out of here!" Him and two others turned and ran in fright, leaving two trainers.

The Sceptile wasn't getting away so easily. Ella jumped up, spouting flames the whole way. But all she hit was the tree, which started to burn. From the side of her eye, she saw Aura just standing against a tree, shaking. "Why aren't you doing anything?"

"Sceptile, Leaf Blade!"

The green Pokemon bounced off a tree and shot back inwards. The leaves on its forearms became encased in green light and doubled in length. Ella spun quickly. That attack would hurt. She reflexively raised her arms and they morphed into Crawdaunt claws and caught the long Leaf Blades. The Sceptile eyes seemed to explode and its trainer screamed an obscenity.

But Ella was just as surprised as they were. While her hands had become those from a Crawdaunt, the rest of her body was still a Charizard!

She'd micromorphed!

The corners of her mouth lifted. "You're screwed now." She opened her maw and released another Flamethrower.

The Sceptile howled and tried to pull away, but Ella had it held tightly. The flames continued even after the screams stopped. Finally, Ella released the Grass Pokemon and closed her mouth.

It collapsed down to the ground. It's entire front was black. "Sceptile!" The trainer quickly rushed up and dropped down next to it. But it cringed at his touch.

Ella felt a touch of remorse. She'd gone too far…again. "Get her to a Pokemon Center," she said to the trainer in her human voice.

The other trainer came over and joined the other one. He called out an Abra and they vanished.

She turned towards Aura, looking down at her hands again. But they'd gone back to plain Charizard hands. "Darn. So close." She let her body return to her natural form.

Aura started to come closer. "Thanks, Ella. I don't what I'd do if one of them got me."

Something burst through a far bush. Both girls turned their heads. A blue sphere was hurtling towards Aura.

Out of instinct, she pulled away quickly. But Aura seemed frozen. Ella internally willed the girl to move, but she wouldn't. The ball struck her chest and she vanished in a red flash. The ball fell to the leafy ground with a crunch.

A man in a long white lab coat stepped through the brush. Dark sunglasses covered his eyes under long jet-black hair. "Just turn and leave now," he said.

Ella didn't listen. She sprang forward, grabbed the ball, and morphed into a Lucario all in one move. With a quick burst of energy, she was once again flying through the trees.