A/N: Just a quick warning: This chapter does skip a bit between Cherrygrove city and Violet City. Sorry if you were hoping for an epic battle between Luna and Falkner, but I'm not exactly the best with battle scenes yet... (^-^') and to malory79080: Well, you'll just have to keep reading and find out! ;)

Ch. 3

Luna walked out of the Violet City Gym, smiling at her new badge. She held it up to the sky, and it gleamed as the sunset's rays hit it. Poochyena smiled at the sight, weary from his battle.

As she put the badge away, Luna's fingers brushed over the Pokéball at her belt. It contained the Pidgey she had caught on her way to the Gym. She smiled at the memory.

Luna and Poochyena had been walking through the trees when he suddenly stopped. "Luna, we're being followed by another Pokémon." He growled. Luna nodded. "Ok, where is it?" she asked lowly. He nodded to a tiny tree a few feet to her left.

"Poochyena use tackle on that tree!" Luna suddenly yelled. He obeyed, and slammed his body into the tree, causing it to shake greatly. A small Pidgey fell out, much to it's surprise. It started to fly away, but Poochyena pinned it down, placing his two front paws on it's wings. Luna walked over and peered down at it.

"Why did you follow us?" Growled Poochyena. All Luna could hear was. "…Interesting…strong…scared…" "What did he say? I only heard parts of it." She asked Poochyena. "He said that he thought we were interesting and strong, so he followed us. Now he's scared because he's not very strong." He said, looking up at her.

He saw something flash in her ruby eye, which meant she had an Idea. He was correct.

"Pidgey, would you like to come with us and become strong?" she asked kindly. The tiny bird stared back at her with wide eyes. "...Come with…?" She heard. She nodded. "Poochyena and I will help you become stronger, and you'll get to travel everywhere with us! Poochyena nodded in agreement.

"It would be nice to have a companion, other than Luna." He said, releasing Pidgey from his grasp.

The Pidgey had considered it for a moment, then finally nodded. Luna then caught him officially, throwing a Pokéball in the air and watching as it sucked in Pidgey, then beeped a bit before clicking, sealing the deal.

They trained with Pidgey all along their way to Violet city. Like he said, he wasn't exactly the strongest, but he was pretty decent after some practice. Without his help, Luna might not have won against Falkner, the Gym Leader.

Snapping out of her memories, Luna and Poochyena headed back towards the Pokémon Center, where they would be staying for the night.

But as they walked past a small cliff, Poochyena stopped. His ears twisted, as though he were listening for something. Luna stopped too, a few feet ahead of him. "What is it Poochyena?" she asked.

Suddenly, there was a loud shout coming from the top of the cliff. Next thing Luna knew, a large bicycle was coming straight for her head! It hit her, but just barely. However, it was enough to cause her falling backwards. As she hit the ground there was a sharp pain in the back of her head, and she blacked out.

But not before she saw a boy running towards her with Poochyena.

When Luna regained consciousness, she didn't open her eyes right away. Instead, she used her other senses to tell her where she was.

The sweet smell of stew floated by her nose, meaning she probably wasn't in the Pokémon Center. It was also very quiet, aside from someone bustling around, opening and closing cabinets, muttering to himself about this and that. She was lying down, a couch probably. Something heavy lay across her lap, most likely Poochyena. She finally opened her eyes.

She was, in fact, lying on a couch, and Poochyena was on her lap, dozing peacefully. She was in someone's house. It wasn't too large, but not very small either. She tried to sit up, but her head pounded, protesting against the action. So she sighed and closed her eyes, leaning it back on the pillow beneath it.

"Oh, you are awake." Said a young male voice. She opened her eyes to see a pair of large, icy blue ones inches from her face. "Haven't you ever heard of personal space?" she asked, slightly annoyed.

"Oh, sorry…" the boy said as he backed away, sitting in a chair across from the couch. He had messy black hair that looked as though it had never seen a hairbrush. His entire body rivaled that of a stick, and his arms looked as though they could be easily snapped in two.

"Why am I here?" asked Luna. The last thing she remembered was walking toward the Pokémon Center and then…. "You hit me with your bike." She accused, pointing a finger at him.

He smiled sheepishly. "Yeah, sorry about that. I know I shouldn't cliff-hop, but it's so fun and there usually aren't any people around there at that time of day. I was shocked when I hit you, I'm really sorry. When I saw that you passed out I freaked out, and your Poochyena kept barking like mad, and so I brought you straight home and-" she cut him off. "You're rambling. Calm down." She said sternly.

He smiled again and ran a hand through his hair. "Sorry…I have the tendency to do that." he mumbled as Luna took another look around. "So this is your home?" she asked. "Yeah, It's just me, my dad, and my sisters. My dad works at the Pokémart, so he won't be back until late. But my sisters will be here soon."

As if on cue, the front door burst open and three little girls ran in, each with brown pigtails and large sapphire blue eyes. Their immediate attention was focused on Luna, who stared back at them with her ruby eye.

"Hey big bro, whose this lady?" asked one. "She has a giant bandage around her head!" exclaimed another the third one just stood there and petted Poochyena softly enough to not wake him.

"What? I don't even get a hug first?" asked the boy. They all ran over and practically knocked him over with hugs. "Grey!" they all exclaimed simultaneously. Then they ran upstairs to put away their bags.

"So, now you've met the three terrors, Susie, Sally, and Sammy." He sighed. Then he offered his hand. "My name is Grey. What's yours? I didn't get a chance to ask it earlier." "I'm Luna, and this lazy wolf is my partner, Poochyena." She replied, nudging the sleeping Pokémon awake. He grumbled in response, still tired.

Grey laughed. "Well, Luna, I apologize for hitting you with my bike, so I hope we can become friends!" he exclaimed cheerfully. She smiled in response, but doubted it on the inside. After all, humans were devious creatures.