Flora's Pov

"Why do you choose to live out here on your own in the meadow?" The guy asked as he took me home. My Pokémon ended up leading him to where we needed to go "don't you have a family?"

"My Pokémon are my family... And why wouldn't I want to live out here? This place is great" I smiled "It's wide and open! There's enough space for everyone to relax and have fun"

"Your name is Flora, was it?" I nodded.

"What's your name?"

"Flame" I nodded, thinking about the name.

"We're like opposites!" I pointed out, making him smile "What brings you to the meadow?"

"Just doing some business. Nothing interesting"

"This is the best place to take a breather and melt away your stress. If you came here for that, you made a wise decision" I opened my hand to catch some rain again "I remember living here for as long as I can remember. I was abandoned as a child and had to depend on my own. Allot of the townsfolk offer to take me in, saying that staying out here isn't healthy because all the pollen had gone to my head" I knocked on my head a bit "but I quite like it here"

"Aren't you scared of something happening to you?" I shook my head and sighed, feeling dizzy still. At least I got my honey taken care of before this happened to me.

"I'm not worried at all. It's too peaceful" I looked at the flowers getting covered in raindrops "This is my favorite place to be... I can't imagine ever leaving this place. It's all I have"

"I would hate for anything to happen to you" I frown at him looking down at me "You seem like a nice girl. What are you? Like 12?" I sweat dropped and glanced away.

"What makes you say that?" I pouted, making him laugh and set me down carefully. I'm sure there's a lot of reasons why he thinks I'm the age he suggested, but it wasn't important on how old I actually am. Not even the townsfolk know how old I really am.

We arrived at my tree "It doesn't really matter how old I am. I'm free and don't have to worry about anything" I smiled "You don't have to worry about me like everyone else. I'll be okay" I took his hand "Thanks for taking me here" I pet my Skiddo coming up to me "This is my stop" I gave him back his jacket.

"You live in a tree?" I nodded proudly "Take care of yourself, okay? You have anything to control your fever?"

"I'll be fine" I waved my hand "It was nice to meet you. I'm sorry for today" he nodded and smiled.

"Take care, Flora" I blushed and nodded, watching him lift his hood over his head and wave to me.

"Goodbye, Flame" he left the meadow. I put my hand over my heart and looked down "I'm never good with strangers, so why did speaking to him feel so comfortable?" I sighed and went back to my home to dry up and go to sleep to help this aching body and get rid of my headache. I ended up falling asleep with my Pokémon surrounding me.

It was uncomfortably hot around me. I felt like my airway was blocked and I had a hard time breathing, as if I was running through a hot summers day.

It was hard for me to sleep. I opened my eyes and felt myself covered in sweat. I shakily sat up and overheard something loud outside.

"What is that noise..?" I held my pounding head and looked over to see Chikorita hurrying to put a lot of stuff in my emergency bag I had in store just in case something happened that I needed to leave the meadow "Chikorita..?" Seeing her in a panic alert me and forced me to stand to see what was happening.

"Chika!" Chikorita cried out to me. I stepped out without shoes and gasped at the sight of the meadow turn into a waste land "W-What is this..?" I cupped my mouth at the horror and saw people in weird spacesuits surrounded by materials to make a building or something. What have they done..?

"What are you doing?!" I shouted, getting a few people's attention through the rain pouring on us "You meanies will never get away with this! Tropius, use gust!" Nothing happened. I looked around for any sight of my Pokémon, but there weren't any "Where..?" Tropius..? Cherubi..? Skiddo..? S-Shaymin..?

I looked around everywhere for them and caught sight of a few flowers still remaining. I lost balance from how dizzy I was and stared at someone coming up to me, stepping on those flowers.

"What are you doing out here, little girl?" A girl with short red hair and a ugly skirt/outfit, asked me "It's dangerous out here. We're using this space to build our hideout" she held her hips and leaned down to me "You should go back to your parents before you get hurt"

"Where are my Pokémon?!" I shouted. She stood back up.

"Pokémon? Any Pokémon that was found in this meadow were taken away for profit" I cupped my mouth, shaking hard "Were they your Pokémon?"

"Yes, they were! You have no right to take them! Give them back! Gimme back the meadow! Leave!" I sobbed hard, trying not to faint from this headache.

"No right? Do we look like the kind of people who care about stuff like that?" The girl asked, shocking me.

"Chika!" Chikorita came rushing to me from the tree with my emergency bag in her vines.

"Chikorita!" I gasped. Her body suddenly floated in the air. An Abra that appeared beside the girl was using its powers to pick up Chikorita.

"A rare Pokemon. This could be profitable" the girl smirked "This is no place for a kid to be playing around. Look at what you did by coming here" I bit my lips, never expecting something like this to happen. Never in all my years of living in the meadow would I think this would happen...

"She's all I have..." I crawled up to the girl, begging her "Please don't take her away. Give them all back, please..." she just stared at me like I didn't matter. She pushed me off with her foot, moving me away to fall on the ground. I didn't have the energy to sit up.

"Get off of me! What can a little girl like you possibly do to make me listen to you!?" A very loud thunder shook the ground as a flash of light surrounded us. I smelled the air, smelling smoke.

Chikorita was placed back on the ground and hurried to help me sit up a bit. I used my hand to keep me up and saw fire all over the building materials along with some people fainted on the ground.

"W-What..?" The girl stood a step back, letting me see a sight of a familiar Luxray growling at her. Someone took my shoulders from behind. I gasped and looked up at Flame above me with his hood over his head.

"Flame..?" I gasped.

"It's not safe here. Let's go!" Luxray body slammed the girl to the ground and hurried to our side. Flame got on its back after I was picked up and given Chikorita.

"Flame..." I cried, feeling us starting to move and leave the meadow "They stole my Pokémon..."

"It's alright, Flower. Everything is going to be okay" he frowned at me. Flower..?

He brought me back to town and set me on top of the flowers that were still around. I lost my balance and kneeled on the ground, crying onto the surviving flowers.

"They're all gone... I don't have my family and friends anymore. All I have is Chikorita" I pulled her in to hug her.

"Hey" Flame kneeled down to pet my head, making me look up at him "I'm here too" I frowned and held his chest.

"You managed to get rid of them and saved me... Thank you. Although I wish you could had came before they destroyed the meadow" I looked down.

"Nature has its way to come back and bloom again. It'll be back before you know it" I nodded, agreeing with that "Come on" he wiped my cheeks covered in tears and rain "Let's get you cleaned up" he picked me up and took me to the Dear Café where everyone was gathered and worried about me. Once they saw me they hurried to sit me down and make sure I was okay.

"Sweetie, you're burning up" Mrs.Dear frowned. I moved away from her touch, not in the best mood and just wanted space the most.

"I'm fine..." I sniffled, holding the bag I left here with my bank statements inside "They're gone..." I cupped my face "What am I going to do..?" Chikorita poked me and gave me my emergency bag. She hurried to collect this for me while everything was being destroyed.

"Why don't you go change into something dry?" Mr.Dear told me. I nodded and went to the bathroom to change into some clothes I had in the bag and put on some socks and shoes on. Chikorita put a lot of stuff in here... Almost everything!

"I didn't have that much stuff to begin with, so looks like all I left behind was my bed and..." I dug in the side pockets and took out all the empty Pokéballs that belonged to my Pokemon "if I knew this would happen, I would've put them in here for safe keeping"

I looked at the Pokéballs and saw one that I almost forgot about! "I still have you" I held the ball close "Even if it's been years, you always refuse to come out until you see fit to be needed. Will you come out now?" I toss the ball, but my dear Pokémon wouldn't come out. I picked up the ball and sighed "Earlier would had been a great chance to have you help me" I held my pounding head and went back to where everyone was talking to Flame about what happened.

"Flora" Ms.Day came to me "Your Pokémon were taken..?" I looked down and nodded.

"I'm sorry... The Skiddo you gave me was taken away. I couldn't have done anything" I cupped my face to hide my cries "I'm so sorry... I don't know what to do" Mrs.Dear got me back to sit again.

"What matters now is that you're safe. You're sick and need to rest" I shook my head, getting dizzy over it and almost fell. Flame stayed close so I wouldn't go anywhere.

"No... I can't just sit here while everyone is in danger!" I looked at Chikorita, knowing she had no choice but to think of me first and gather my stuff instead of helping my Pokemon. She could had been captured in the process "I'll teach those meanies a lesson and get back my Pokémon! I'll look for them" I stood up and made my hands into fist "I'll look for them!" Flame held my back.

"Easy there. No need to do anything rash, Flower" I frowned at him "You don't know what those people are capable of"

"You can't stop me!" I glared "I'm going to do this! I have to!"

"You're just a kid! What can you possibly do?!" Mr.Day told me "I know you're worried, but you shouldn't do anything rash. Listen to everyone"

"I'm not a kid!" I shut my eyes "I may be small, but I'm sixteen years old!" Everyone looked shocked to hear that "I'm not going to stand here and let these things happen! I've lived carefree for a long time, and now I have to work to get back those I care about" I frowned at everyone and hurried to leave the building.

The decision I just made was very risky. I said I'd go find my Pokémon, but I hardly know much about battling. I don't often train like I should and only ever read books about them, But if I don't try to get better soon, it'll get me nowhere. Aside from Chikorita, my Pokemon weren't battle material. I'll have to depend on Chikorita to help me through this journey I'm about to take.

"Where am I suppose to start..?" I asked myself, breathing heavily while looking at the field of flowers that couldn't compare to the meadow "I just need to find out who exactly those people are-"

"Come back here, you hooligans!" I heard Mr.Rose shouting at two guys in those space clothing. They ran out of town and stopped getting chased as soon as Mr.Rose saw me standing in the rain. He quickly removed his coat and set it on top of my head.

"Flora, what are you doing out here?" He asked me. I was about to speak before seeing Combee floating from behind his back.

"Combee!" I gasped and brought her into my arms "you're okay! Please tell me the other Combees are okay as well" she cried out and nodded, giving me some relief.

I explained to Mr.Rose about my situation and got his support "You are old enough to go on a journey, of course" he pet my head. He's pretty much the only person who knows my real age since we do business together, sort of "But it's dangerous to get involved with people like that. You never battled in your life and starting from the bottom can lead you to a difficult situation"

"There's no way around it" I huffed "I have no choice. I can't rely on anyone else!" He sighed and nodded.

"Well then" he sighed "I have no choice but to open your account to its full potential" I gasped "I've helped you saved money so you can do something well for the future, but with a journey up ahead, you'll need more money. You should use it wisely"

"Can I really..?" He nodded.

"I care for you like you're my own daughter. I will have this Combee and the others to help the honey business continue and direct deposit the money to your account when the honey is sold" I slowly started to cry again, making him jump "D-Don't cry" I sobbed and tackled him for a hug. He pet my head, letting me cry on his chest "Please be careful, Flora. Everyone here cares about you"

"I understand" I moved away, wiping away my boogers "I'm sorry to worry everyone, but this is something I have to do. Thank you for trusting me... Thank you for taking care of me and giving me the opportunity to gain money through your brilliant business method" he pet my head.

"You are surprisingly wise for a sixteen year old who asks like she's five" he laughed. I blushed and headed off back to the mead- I mean field, to find any remaining thugs that may be lurking around even after their materials were destroyed.