Ash

"Ash! Slow down!" Serena scolded as I raced down towards the hidden forest we had recently discovered.

I faced her, yet kept running, "Don't worry! I'll be fine!" I shouted back up the hill. Then I tripped.

"Ash!" Her voice cried out, concern laced within my name. I continued tumbling down the hill until I crashed into  a nearby rock.  I rubbed my head as the rest of the gang ran over to me.

"I'm fine, really guys." I said as they expressed their concerns. As I said this I heard a groan. I looked around. Another groan. The dirt under me seemed to be sinking.

I looked down and as I did, the dirt beneath us came loose. Serena and I fell, cries of surprise and fear arising. Clemont and Bonnie screamed out in concern.

I heard the familiar sound of Clemont's Aipom arm activating and then.... it halted. I picked myself up and looked up at Clemont and Bonnie, with Aipom arm barely half-way down the hole. Clemont retracted the arm, with no way to reach us.

Then I noticed a shadow.

"Behind yo-!" My cries fell on deaf ears as the blonde siblings were shoved into the hole besides us.

"Ho-ho!" A voice I didn't want to hear chuckled. "Prepare for trouble, you're finally trapped!"

"Make it double, your Pikachu will be Pika-napped!"

"To protect the world from devastation;"

"To unite people between our nation;"

"To denounce the evils of truth and love;"

"To extend our reach to the stars above;"

"Jessie!"

"James."

"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light;"

"Surrender now or prepare to fight;"

"Meowth! That's right!" A new voice chimed in.

"Team Rocket!" We shouted in unison. Said people -and Pokémon- laughed cruelly.

"We finally have you within our grasp Pikachu!" James grinned, preparing a blaster.

"Not this time!" I shouted, "Thunder bolt!" A single bolt of lightning struck Team Rocket, sending them shooting into the air. Then, we fell through the floor of that hole, just like we had when we had learned about Bunneby's past.

Except this time...

We landed on grass...