The smell of smoke reached my nostrils as I sniffed, trying to hold myself together. I didn't know quite what do with everyone gone. I just stood there for what seemed to be a while. I felt my tears starting to dry upon my face, so I wiped them off with a paw. Of course, crying only made my eyes drier and more itchy. It was irritating not to rub them. With my tears dried up, I tried thinking of what I could do. I was too afraid to go back outside my home incase more of those humans were around. And then there was that Scyther I had no idea where he was at the moment. If he were looking for me, he would eventually find me.

I needed a plan of action, a way to go. Though I was scared and in pain, I remained calm and took a risk. I walked around to the other side of the tree and laid low, keeping my eyes alert for any signs of danger. The smell of smoke was really irritating. It made me hard to breathe. Kind of ironic for a fire type to know fire attacks and have an allergic reaction to them. To be honest, I'm completely terrified of fire. I can't even look at fire without sweating, even from a far distance.

After waiting for a while, I got up and ran to another tree. There, I ducked down and waited to see if anyone saw me. Luckily I wasn't.

"Whew!" I sighed with relief. But I wasn't in the clear yet. I went to get up and run again, but quickly ducked down as several humans ran past. Behind them, several pokemon were chasing them, using different attacks.

"Drive them out," one of them yelled as they disappeared into the forest. An explosion was heard somewhere from afar, but I didn't know exactly where. After waiting a few more minutes, I made a dash for the next tree to hide at. And so I continued running and hiding, making sure there was no one around that would spot me.

I came close, however, once or twice, almost hitting a human's leg. Luckily for me, they were busy battling other pokemon to even notice me. One tree j came to had some bushes nearby which began to rustle. I continued lying low, not sure what to expect. Finally, the being appeared out into the clearing. It was an injured pokemon. An injured pokemon I just so happened to know.

"Para!" I cried out, seeing the Paras slump to the ground. I got up and ran over to Para. "Para, are you all right? What happened?"

"Quil!?" Para said weakly. "What are you doing here?"

"What do you mean?" I asked. "I came to get my family and escape, but I think they've been captured."

"They have?" Para asked. I nodded. Para sighed. "I was hoping your family would escape at least. All of mine have been captured."

"So you just ran until you ended up here?" I asked. "And how did you get those injuries?"

"Well," Para began. "It was right after my family was captured. Those humans tried capturing me, but I used my Spore attack to put them to sleep. I stayed hidden in the bushes as much as possible, but I was found by a Scyther."

"I ran into a Scyther too," I said. "Though I lost him after he flew into a tree. But how did you escape?"

"Your dad came and saved me," Para replied. "I went back into hiding and watched him beat that Scyther to a crisp."

"So do you know where he is now?" I asked.

"Quil," Para said. "Your father's been captured."

"What?" I said, staring at my friend in disbelief. "What do you mean he's been captured?"

"After your dad beat that Scyther, a whole bunch of humans surrounded him and sent outr more pokemon to attack him," Para explained. "He was too busy with them that he failed to notice one of the humans throwing a red and white ball at him. Before I knew it, your dad was gone."

"And you just sat there and watched?" I asked, anger welling up inside me.

"What was I supposed to do?" Para asked. "I'm only at a young age of five."

I sighed and said, "Sorry."

"It's all right," Para said. "But we can't stay here long. There's no telling where those humans are."

"Well we better move it before we're spotted," I said as I began to pick Para up. Unfortunately, some of the humans ran into the clearing and stopped upon seeing Para and I. The humans seemed to be looking at us in big confusion, but I had a feeling it was me they were staring at.

"Another Cyndaquil!?" one of them said surprisingly. "I thought we already captured him."

"Maybe that Typhlosion we captured had two of them," another human said.

"Well then this is our lucky day," a third said. "We have three rare pokemon in our care now."

"Quil," Para whispered, attracting my attention to her. "Make a break for it. Don't let yourself get captured."

"What are you talking about?" I asked. "Where am I supposed to run? We're blocked off."

"Not for long," Para said as she jumped away from me and used Spore on the humans, who were all off guard by the sudden attack. "Go now, Quil!" Para shouted to me. "It's you they're after."

"But why?" I asked.

"You're very rare to find out here in this world," Para replied as the humans behind me threw a couple of red and white balls into the air. "Don't allow yourself to be captured. Go and run now. I'll hold them off as best I can."

"How will you escape?" I asked.

"Not planning to," Para answered.

"But-" I said as the red and white balls opened up, releasing flashes of light.

"Get going," Para said. "Now! And don't look back."

"But-" I said again, not wanting to leave her behind.

"I said go," Para commanded angrily. "I will paralyze you if you don't."

The pokemon behind me began charging towards me. I took Para's advice and began running as fast as I could, completely terrified now than I was earlier.

"Breathe some of my Spore attack," I heard Para say as I ran away from the battle. I felt myself starting to whimper. My family was gone, Para was risking herself to prevent my capture, and the forest was under attack my humans. There was smoke all around me, filling up the once clean air. I was quite confused and exhausted.

There were sounds of explosions, the screeching of birds as they flew overhead, covered by the smoke, and fire in certain areas that I definitely wouldn't go near. I only had one option left to prevent myself from being captured: get out of the forest. Unfortunately, I had no idea which way the exit was.

My stomach growled hungrily. I had forgotten that I haven't had breakfast yet today. So not only was I tired and lost, but now I was hungry. Choosing a random direction which I hoped led away from the sounds of battle and the fire, I ran off, hoping that the path I chose would lead me somewhere. It led me somewhere alright, but it wasn't what I would expect. Running through a bunch of sticks which were once a bush, I ended up staring at the lake I was at a while ago. Only the lake had lost its sparkle. It was now plain and dirty looking.

I clutched a paw to my chest, my heart feeling like it would just break any moment at the event happening.

"If only I hadn't left my home today none of this probably wouldn't have happened," I thought as I took deep breaths to calm down. Unfortunately, my heart began racing up again as I heard rustling behind me.

"So I found you at last, you little runt," a familiar voice said from behind me. "Thought you could get away, didn't you?"

I turned around to see the Scyther I ran into earlier standing several feet behind me. Only his body was badly scorched, bits of black areas charring off him like flakes. I was too petrified to move at this point.

"I believe that you're the child of that Typhlosion my master's friends caught a while back," the Scyther said with a smirk. "I always think that the best way to get revenge is to go after someone weaker that being loves most. And you're going to be my payback from what that Typhlosion did to me."

I watched silently as the Scyther raised a scythe up and quickly brought it down, the scythe that was about to end my life.