Julie POV

All in less than a minute, they shoved me into the room, chained me up, and left. I was thrashing against the locks.

Somebody in the room sighed. "It's no use, you know."

I glared at him. "Shut up, I will get out."

There was a pause. Then someone said, "Wait a minute, are you Julianne Kash?"

I stared at the girl. "Wha... Britney?"

"Julie!" My sister exclaimed. "How are you... They got you too. You're so- so different!"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, when I last saw you you were kind of... Not to be rude, but pretty wimpy."

I narrowed my eyes. "You were pretty immature back then."

Britney looked embarrassed. "Yeah, I figured that out."

"Look- Professor Sapling is evil. He's working with Liana!"

"Evil?" Britney said, startled. "What? Who's Liana?"

"You don't know who Liana is?!"

"Well, no."

"She's the one who's making people kidnap us!" I said.

Britney stared at me. "How do you know?"

"Dare said so." I suddenly shut my mouth.

A boy in the corner looked up. "Did you say Dare?"

I blinked. "Yeah. Dare. He's an Absol."

"He is?!" The boy's mouth fell open. "My name is Ben. Ben Straw. I think that's my Absol."

My heart sped up. "Really?! Dare? He's been looking, and so have Aurora and Sapphire and Shadow. They've been looking for you."

He looked awe-struck. "Really?"

A girl with jet-black hair muttered, "She's crazy."

"What?" I said.

She raised her hands and mimicked me in a high voice. "Hi, I just want you to know that your Pokemon told me they miss you."

"Um, yeah." I said. "That's what happened."

Multiple people snickered. The girl rolled her eyes.

"Pokemon can't talk, stupid!" She snapped.

Ben glared at her. "They talked to me once."

I stared at him.

"Through a Meowth," he added. "And I think they mentioned Liana."

"Okay," I said, trying to change the subject. "How do we get out?"

Britney and Ben glanced at each other.

    Ben raised his hands, which were unchained.

    Britney held out a bobby pin.

    I grinned. "You geniuses."

    "What?" The black haired girl spluttered. "Unlock us too!"

    After twenty minutes, everybody was unchained. People were cheering and standing up.

    "Get down!" Britney hissed. "They can come in at any moment."

    Quickly everybody got back in position.

    "We need a plan," I said. "Anybody got ideas on how to sneak away?"

    "Too bad I don't have Shadow with me," Ben muttered. "The best illusionist I know."

    "Don't worry," I said. "Your Pokemon are together, and they're safe."