"Yes," said Kat. " I was once a human. Me and my partner were. But how did you know?"
I explained to her everything about my aura abilities and what I saw.
"Ah, that explains a lot," she said.
"If it makes you feel better," I said, "I was once a human as well."
Kat looked shocked.
"Like you, I have no memory of my being a human," I continued. "But there is no point dwelling upon that. We need to get Spring Lake. Thanks for your help, we'll be saying good-bye-"
"Can I accompany you?" Kat asked, quickly. "You might need help."
"Sure!" beamed Oddish, before wincing. Her aura went through a sudden shift.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
She looked pale. "It's fine," she said. "It's nothing, really."
"Okay," I said, though I didn't believe her.
We started walking, then Absol stopped.
"Wait!" he said. "What about Suicune? She's still paralysed back at the entrance."
"I've got a Cheri Berry," said Kat. "Cheri Berries heal paralysis."
We walked to Suicune, who was breathing heavily. She opened her eyes.
"Did you beat Pichu and those thugs?" she said weakly.
"Yes," I said. "Thanks to Kat here, who, by pure coincidence, is also an ex-human."
Suicune coughed.
"Really?"
"We'll explain once we fix you up," said Kat, pushing the Cheri Berry into Suicune's mouth.
Suicune coughed, then shivered, hopping up.
"Thanks," she said.
We walked through the Canyon, explaining the situation along the way. By the time we had finished filling everyone in on everything, we were at the edge of a large forest.
"Ah, Spring Forest," said Suicune. "Deep inside this forest, there is a large lake, Spring Lake by name."
I stepped forward.
"Maybe it would be faster if we went in there with you Suicune," I said. "After all, we need this done as fast as possible."
"Yes," agreed Suicune. "But we must remain inconspicuous, we do not know how many of Lucario's minions are lurking around."
At that, Oddish collapsed to the ground, convulsing. Then, she glowed with a bright white light.
"So much for inconspicuousness," said Kat, rolling her eyes.
"Shush!" I snapped.
She slapped me over the back of the head with her tail. Oddish's light started getting brighter. Her aura erupted, knocking me to the ground. The light flared, when the light went down, Oddish was no more, there instead was a Gloom. Oddish had evolved.
WRRRRRRRRROOOAARR!
"Damn," swore Kat.
Out of the forest jumped two Pokémon, a Blaziken and a Pokémon that I had not seen for a long time. Houndoom. Their anger was giving me a headache.
"Hey, Riolu," snarled Houndoom. "Long time, no see. And it seems you have more friends."
"Yeah," I smiled, masking my fear. "As do you. Aura Sphere!"
I channelled their anger into me, blasting Houndoom into a tree. At that, Blaziken sprung into action.
"Blaze Kick!" he hollered.
He jumped at me, his foot enveloped in bright orange flames. Kat jumped in front.
"Psychic!" she screamed, sending a strong telekinetic blast at Blaziken.
Houndoom blocked it, sending a Shadow Ball at Kat, she went flying.
"Shadow Ball!" yelled Absol.
Houndoom and Blaziken jumped out of the way.
"Energy Ball!"
Gloom had sent a ball of green light flying at Blaziken, who was thrown sideways.
"Fire Blast!" roared Houndoom, breathing a star-shaped flame at Gloom, who barely dodged it.
"Looks like an old dog learnt a new trick," I said.
At this, both Houndoom and Blaziken jumped at me.
"Hydro Pump!"
A strong torrent of water blasted from Suicune's mouth, slamming into Houndoom, but Blaziken dodged it, right before barging into Suicune. As they fought, Absol, Gloom and I defended Kat, who was still out cold.
"Shadow Ball!" shouted Houndoom.
"Shadow Ball!" yelled Absol.
"Energy Ball!" hollered Gloom.
"Aura Sphere!" I growled.
Our three attacks hit Houndoom's, causing an explosion. I blacked out for a second, but as I came to, I saw Houndoom at Kat, who was slowly getting up.
"No!" I hollered.
"Steel Wing!"
Out of nowhere came a Charizard, wings out-stretched and glowing.
"Eden!" shouted Kat happily.
Eden's wing slammed into Houndoom, sending it flying.
"You mess with one of us, you mess with all of us," growled Eden, landing. "Dragon Rage!"
Blue-white flames shot from her mouth, blasting Houndoom. I joined in, shooting Aura Spheres at Houndoom. We were joined by Absol's Razor Wind, Gloom's Solarbeam and Kat's Psybeam. Houndoom was thrown deep into the forest. At that point, Suicune's Hydro Pump blasted Blaziken in the same direction.
Eden and Kat danced happily around each other, while Suicune, Gloom, Absol and I smiled at the reunion.
Suicune raced Absol, Gloom and I into the Forest, while Eden and Kat flew overhead. We told Eden what we knew and Kat was up there filling her in on everything. After about an hour, we reached a humongous clearing. And in the centre of it was a humongous, crystal-clear body of water. Spring Lake.