Chapter 3

"Hi nice to meet cha" Misty said.

"Hi" we replied together.

"So why are you guys here?" Bryce asked.

"This is a store right? And you say I'm stupid" Ash said as we all laughed.

I looked down and saw a little Pikachu. "Hi!" he said in Pikachu.

"That's my partner, Pikachu" Ash said to me.

"Es Espy" I said.

As everyone looked at me in amazement I realized how big of a mistake I made.

"Um… Where Abree and I are from we learn how to speak Pokémon" I lied.

"Really that's so cool!" Misty replied.

"Ha-ha yeah" Abree said smiling sheepishly.

"That aside were going to the Luxray Café after this" Ash said.

"Maybe you could come!" Misty finished.

"Sure I'm starved" Bryce replied.

"You guys can bring your girlfriends too" Ash said.

"They're not our girlfriends, there just friends" Keith replied blushing.

"Okay" Ash laughed.

We all finished our shopping and headed to the Luxray Café. When we got there we went inside, went to a table and sat down with our bags by our chairs.

"So~ How did you guys meet?" Misty asked.

"We met at work" Keith replied.

I was confused, why was he lying? Then a waitress on roller skates and Luxray next to her, walked or should I say rolled up.

"Hello, welcome to Luxray Café what while you like today" she asked.

Keith turned to me. "What do you want" he asked.

"Ummm… How about an Oran berry Shake, what about you Abree" I asked.

"Strawberry Shake" she replied.

"Cappuccino" Bryce said.

"I want one too" Keith said.

"I'll have a Pecha Berry Shake" Misty said.

"Chocolate Dalmatian" Ash said.

"Okay your orders will be out in a minute" she said rolling away.

After a little while she came back with our shakes and our bill that Bryce paid for. As we were on the brink on finishing I look over to one of the other tables to see and man in a black coat.

Then my heart started to race. I leaned over to Abree. "That guy in the black, he's a guard. We need to get out of here" I whispered.

Her eyes widened. "Your right" she said nodding.

Then we stood up. "We need to leave" Abree said.

"But we just got here" Bryce said.

She rolled her eyes. "Now!" she growled showing her teeth.

"Okay okay we'll leave" Bryce said laughing.

Then they stood up but Ash and Misty stayed seated.

"We're gonna stay here okay" Ash said.

"Yeah that's fine. Come on" Keith said gesturing us.

We walked out but I could sense the man following us so I started walking faster.

He did too.

I walked even faster.

So did he.

I started jogging.

So did he.

I started running.

Realizing Abree and the others weren't behind me and that I was in an alleyway.

Joy.

Then two more men dropped from the ceilings of building beside me.

I looked behind me and there he was. Then the two behind me grabbed me and that other came up with a black jewel. He put it next to my red strip of hair that represented my jewel.

Then I had a weird sensation and I began to lose power quickly. Then the black jewel become red and my red strip of hair became black.

They backed away then left. I tried to go after them but I couldn't stand up. Suddenly I started to shrink back into an Espeon. I went over to a broken mirror to see my gem was still black.

"I guess when I'm weak I turn back into a pokemon" I say in pokemon language.

I looked to my side to see a red paint can so I dipped my gem in it to make it red again. I hoped no one would notice. Then I started to head home.

It was a long time before Epona got home but when she did she didn't look so good.

"Hey what took you so long you missed dinner" Keith said.

"It's fine I'm not hungry" she said going to our bedroom.

"What's wrong with her" Bryce asked me and I shrugged.

"I'll go check on her."

I walked into our room to see her sitting on her bed facing the wall.

"You okay espy" I asked.

She looked at me from the corner of her eye but looked back, so I when over to her bed and sat down next to her.
"Come on Espy what's up" I said.

She shook head as if saying it's nothing.

"Es-"

"I heard you now go away" she said interrupting me.

"Just tell me what's wrong" My eyebrows narrowed in determination.

"Fine I'll show you" She said rubbing off a piece of her hair to realize it was black.

I gasped.

"What happened" I asked.

She explained what happened with her and the guard.

I was speechless. Will that happen to me next?

"We need to leave" I say.

"I know but we can't" she said.

"Yeah I guess the best thing we can do is hide here while we think of something" I said.

She nodded.

"Now come on we have a thing called chicken in the fridge for you" I offer.

"Then let's go" she replies and we walk out of the room.