Chapter 1

A cool breeze blew through the forest. It rustled the trees several Aipom, Beedrill, and Butterfree made their homes in. It blew across the sweaty skin of a Nidorino who was protecting his Nidorina from a small pack of Raticate. It blew into the bushes and made the grass on the ground swayed. The wind stopped when it blew through the golden-yellow fur of a Jolteon. Normally, Jolteon weren't in the woods. It wasn't their preferred home but this was a special case. Jolteon was sniffing the ground. He thought he had their scent but he lost it. At least he knew they were close.

"I know you're here," he said. "You can't hide forever, Mimi. The same goes for you, Plusey." Jolteon then proceeded to sniff the ground and walk away from where the two Pokémon were hiding.

A small blue ear peeped out from behind one of the trees. A red one peeped out from behind another tree. The blue ear belonged to a blue and yellow mouse Pokémon names Minun. The red ear belonged to a pokemon similar to Minun except he was red and he was a Plusle.

"Mimi, I think he is gone," the Plusle said. The two Pokémon came out of their hiding spots.

The Minun whose name was Mimi came out. "We sure showed him, huh, Plusey." The two Pokémon who were actually brother and sister began laughing at how they tricked Jolteon. Suddenly, they were attacked.

Jolteon leaped out of a bushed and pounced with such speed that it left a trail of white light behind him. He pinned down both of the Pokémon with each of his forepaws. "Got you," he said.

Plusey and Mimi were scared at first but then began laughing. "Dang it, Jolteon, why do your Quick Attack have to be so fast," Mimi said.

"Yeah, you are the king of Hide and Seek," Plusey added.

Jolteon smiled and released his grip on his two friends. Well, Mimi and Plusey were more than friends. They were the pets of his owner's sister. So, that made them family.

"I'm only good at finding you guys. I'm horrible at hiding," Jolteon replied. The three Pokémon laughed at each other when suddenly, they all heard a caw. It was of a bird but it sounded a lot bigger that just a Pidgey or a Spearow. Suddenly, they all saw a flock of Bird Pokémon come into view. It looked to be a flock of Staravia. Leading the V-shaped formation was a huge, proud, Staraptor. The Staraptor was glaring at Jolteon as it flew in and landed on the ground right in front of him. Jolteon looked up at the bird. Staraptor was at least two, maybe three times his size.

"We don't want any trouble guys," Jolteon said. He could hear the terrified shivers of Plusey and Mimi. They haven't been in a battle before so they were terrified at the huge Pokémon.

"You three have trespassed on our property," Staraptor said.

"We've been playing in these woods for months now," Jolteon said. "We've never caused any trouble before."

"Our clan does not approve of others in our area. Especially, Electric Pokémon since the Emolga started coming here," Staraptor explained.

"I'm sorry, we will just be going then," Jolteon said as he tried to leave the area. Mimi and Plusey followed suit. As they were about to leave two Staravia flew down from their perch in the trees and landed in front of them blocking the exit.

"So you can just come back later? I think not. The only way to deal with you is to teach you a lesson so that you never come back." Staraptor said as he started to fly. All of the Staravia flew up as well and they all fell back into the V-formation.

Jolteon reared up to get ready to attack. He turned his back to the Staravia that were still blocking the exit. Then, he hit them both with his hind legs, a move know as Double Kick. With the Staravia dazed, Jolteon shouted to his friends, "Run!" They did so and fled into the forest.

The two Staravia regained their center of balance and flew up to join the formation. "You'll pay for that," the Staraptor shouted.

Using the V-formation all of the birds flew at Jolteon. Their speed increased until they were flying at their fastest. There were about 20 birds coming at Jolteon, all using Aerial Ace. Jolteon reared up and got ready for battle. He charged up the electric energy that was inside him and his golden fur began to spark. "JOOOL-TEEE-OOON!" the Pokémon shouted as he let loose a Thunderbolt at the birds. He was aiming for Staraptor but the Staravia to his left was shot down. Jolteon kept firing one bolt after another and each attack knocked out a different Staravia. By the time the remained of the birds reached Jolteon, he was only hit by about six attacks. Jolteon stood back up after the attack. Aerial Ace doesn't miss so that means that there are only five Staravia, plus the Staraptor left.

Jolteon wasn't one to stay down though. He got up and looked around. The five Staravia were perched up in their trees and Staraptor was on the ground.

"I'm impressed. Jolteon are very common here in the forest and you are a tough one. My guess is that you came from that building over the river," he said.

He was right. Jolteon's owner was one of the few people who lived in the Pokémon HQ Lab. Jolteon only hoped that Plusey and Mimi got back in time to let Michael know where he was.

"Anyway," Staraptor started, "I think it is time to end this." The hawk flew upward and he began flying away. Jolteon stood there in confusion until Staraptor started to turn left and he began flying back at Jolteon. His speed picked up and he had a sinister look in his eyes. Jolteon got low and prepared for another Aerial Ace. However, Jolteon was wrong when the bird began to cover himself in flames. This wasn't an Aerial Ace. It was a Brave Bird. Jolteon got ready. He knew Brave Bird could miss which gave him a greater chance of pulling this off. However, the flames encompassing Staraptor meant that this would hurt a lot more. Jolteon got ready and Staraptor was mere feet from him. Jolteon jumped upward as the fiery bird flew under him. When Jolteon came down, his teeth had become electrified and glowed a white blue. Jolteon landed on the bird and bused Thunder Fang to bit into the bird's wing. Staraptor went down and Jolteon rolled off to the side, badly damaged.

Jolteon was hurt but not out, as he stood up and walked over to his injured opponent. He laid there motionless, indicated that he had been defeated. All the Staravia that were perched in the trees flew down to help their injured leader.

Jolteon just watched until he heard rustling behind him. He turned around to see his master, Michael. "Jolteon!" he said excited. Michael was a 16-year old boy with dark, red hair. He wore a yellow and black jacket along with black pants and goggles around his neck.

"Jolt! Jolt!" Jolteon said as he came up and met Michael. He stood up on his hind legs and rubbed his little black nose into the yellow shirt of his owner.

"I'm happy to see you're alright. Mimi and Plusey came into the lab and led Jovi and I right to you," Michael said.

Jolteon looked behind Michael to see a blue haired girl named Jovi who was Michael's sister. Mimi and Plusey were with her on each of her shoulders. Jolteon gave them nod. "Thanks, guys."

000

Michael took a great big yawn. He was exhausted. Between having to run errands for the Pokémon HQ Lab was really exhausting and having to keep Jovi out of trouble, He hardly had any time for his school work. He closed his textbook having finally finished his assignments for the day. Being home schooled at the HQ Lab was a bit different but Michael didn't mind it. Besides, he had friends that also lived in the Lab so it wasn't too terrible. He turned his card around to face his bed where Jolteon was napping. He had a long day. Michael usually let, Jolteon, Mimi and Plusey out for about an hour each day to play in the woods. Pokémon needs a bit of freedom. Michael sat next to the bed and petted his Jolteon. When he touched his fur, he got a slight shock. Like the one you get after you get after to run your socks on carpet. Being an Electric-Type, Jolteon's fur was filled with static electricity. But Michael got used to it.

A beep was heard of Michael's back pocket. He then pulled out his Pokémon Digital Assistant or P*DA. He opened up his E-mail which is where the beep came from. He read the message.

Hey, Michael,

Can you come down here? I could use some help in the basement.

-Professor Krane

Michael turned off his P*DA and ran out to help the Professor.

000

Michael walked into the second area of the building. This was where the actual Lab was. Michael took the elevator down and he was on the main floor. He walked into the office area where one of Professor Krane's aids was.

"Hey, Michael, Professor Krane is just downstairs," he said.

Michael nodded and hit a switch on the wall. This opened a secret trap door that lead to the basement of the Lab. Michael went down and he found Professor Krane moving boxes.

"Oh, hello, Michael, I'm glad you got my message," Professor Krane said. The Professor had his usual dark red hair that complemented his glasses and since he was the Lab's head Professor, he almost always had a lab coat on.

"What's up?" asked Michael.

"The Snag Machine malfunctioned. It blew two fuses and it busted the power core," the Professor explained.

"What?" Michael asked sounding a bit surprised.

"Don't worry. I can fix it but I need the blue prints for the Snag Machine. They were designed from the original Snag Machine so those could work too," Krane explained as he stood up realizing that they weren't in the box that he was looking in. "But the thing is, this place is storage and I never bothered to clean it out. Could you give me a hand?"

Michael shrugged, "Sure."

000

There was sure a lot of stuff down here. Michael searched through several boxes and he found interesting things like old Pokéball, flies on various types of Pokémon, and old photos from when the Pokémon Research Lab was being built. Michael took a break from searching and he began looking through the album. He made out a young girl with red hair in pig tails that Michael assumed was his mother. There was also a young man in a white lab coat and red hair that was obviously, Professor Krane. But then there was one other person in the picture. He had a large blue jacket with coattails going down his legs which were covered by black pants. He had grey hair and a piece of black and red armor on his left arm.

"Here, it is!" Professor said happily. Krane walked over to a small table that had a couple boxes on they. Krane laid the prints on the desk. "With this, I can have the Snag Machine up and running by the end of the day."

Michael looked at the design of the original Snag Machine. It looked very similar to the piece of the black armor that the man in the picture had.

"Prefessor Krane?" Michael said.

"Yes, Michael?" The Professor replied.

"Is this the original Snag Machine?" Michael said as he held up the photo that he saw.

"Why, yes it is. Wes was the owner of the original Snag Machine. You recall the Legend of Orre? That was him," Krane explained.

"Huh," Michael said in acknowledgement, "Interesting."

"Well, thanks for your help, Michael." Krane said as he packed up the box that he got out. Michael walked back up the stairs, taking the picture with him. This guy was the original hero? Then why do I feel like I know him, Michael thought.