Rusty's staraptor came rushing from the northern side. He hovered a bit and with a whistle from Rusty, it landed in front of him, Staraptor, did you see anything?" the staraptor gave a little nod, then came his Ninjask, "Did you guys saw some people?"both nodded and pointed towards the direction of the north where he noticed a castle. "Well done. Both of you"he said...


"It seems to me that my pokemon have found people in the northern part of the land, near or in the castle. Shall we go there?"asked Rusty to Professor Vine.

Holly looked up at the sky to see if Draco was coming back, her Flygon seemed to be taking his time coming back. She looked towards the forest and saw her Flygon flying back in a rush. As he came closer she moved out of the way because at the speed he was flying at he was going to crash. Not too long after she moved Draco did crash to a certain degree. He was not hurt from it, but it was a crash none the less.

She walked over to him and checked him out even though she was sure he was fine. He looked scared and that worried her, "Draco what did you see? Other people?" He nodded his head so she continued, "What has you so scared, surely it can't be human if Rusty's pokemon came back fine." He tried to tell her using Pokemon language and motions. Neither was getting across to her. Holly turned to Umeko, "What is he saying?" She knew if anyone could figure it out it would be Umeko.

Umeko walked closer and knelled down next to Flygon. He was talking and continuing the motions, but they were not needed. She placed her good hand on his head, gently and gave him a light stroke to calm him down. She then closed her eyes and got the message loud and clear. Opening her eyes she stood up and looked at Professor Vine. "Draco saw something that looked like a Rapidash except there were no flames, it looked like it was just bones." She looked towards the forest, "So I say we avoid the forest."

Holly looked at Draco who looked tired, she smiled and took out a poffin one he loved to bits. She watched as his head shot up and waited for her to give it to him. Handing him the poffin she watched as he ate it all in only a few seconds. She then took his Pokeball and returned him to it. She agreed with Umeko that avoiding the forest. She looked at Rusty then to the rest of the group. "I would say that's a good idea, of course it should be Ryan that decides if we head to the castle...he is the leader. I'm just coming along to make sure nothing happens to anyone...that and if I didn't there would be two Oaks coming on this thing."

She looked at Patience, "You might want to hurry it up, dear. I really would not want you left behind doing that while the rest of us leave." The girl was smart and was probably doing something that would benefit the group, but if they had to leave she would be left behind. And she was not sure if this place was safe enough to do that.

Cara smiled and Sophia and Persephone,with a sigh,she got up."Anyone fancy going for a walk with me."she said,sighing."I need to walk about a bit.."she said,feeling the urge to stretch her legs.

Cara had this sort of thing where she always had to be doing something,no matter what it was,she always had to be doing something.She was always a a pretty productive child,always out running around so thats what maybe got her into doing Karate.

She got up and looked down at the two of them with her eyebrows raised

Tank came charging out of the forest moments later with five samples. Patience, Krash, and Tank set quickly to work. She nodded at Vine. With the tech on her computer and the added help of Tank and Krash it took only a couple minutes to finish the tests. Krash and Tank broke down the kit efficiently and put in back in her pack. Patience spoke loud enough for the entire group to hear but she looked at Ryan.

"The compounds in the soil are nothing like what we have at home. It's missing nutrients that enable the pokemon to flourish, if the portal is left open too long the pokemon that made it here won't survive." She looked at her screen and her brow furrowed. "There's something else in the soil from the second and third sectors that Tank took the samples from, almost like psi energy but more powerful. I'll do some more scans later but it's definitely odd." Closing her laptop she handed it to Krash who put it in her pack.

With Tank's help she got up, wincing and Angel jumped back into her arms. Tank nudged her leg to get her attention. Touching one of his vines to her hand he stared into her eyes. Closing her eyes she started to hum. Some people thought that she was odd but her friends knew better. After a minute she opened her eyes and leveled Ryan with a look.

"Tank saw a girl. She looked about Umeko's age and was hanging with the Rapidash like creatures. He doesn't think shes dangerous." She patted Tank on the head.


Dominique finally got the littlest one to approach her. He had only been born three days earlier and was skittish as anything. After painstaking progress he was finally warming up to her. Smiling, she held perfectly still as he nudged her hand. His musical croons were beautiful.

Astra looked up at Darren, but hesitated to ask about what was supposed to happen now. Last time she had asked something when he was grumpy had led to her being yelled at for something Astra didn't have anything to do with. After a while she though took courage to her and asked "Darren, what is the plan? What are we supposed to do here in this new place?"

Isabelle glanced sideways saying "I wont call you that again. I promise." Drawing her legs up to her chest she said to responding to Sophia's question "I'm scared of almost all creatures/animals except cats." Izzie then turned her gaze to Persephone asking confused "Dust bunny's what's that?" It ocured to her that the slytherin girl might only be saying that to make fun of her phobia but in her state she didn't respond to it.

Ryan listened to Holly and then said "All right. Well if you have any problems other then bruises let me know." Plucking the salve jar back into his backpack he watched in silence as Holly summoned two of her flying pokemon. Scouting was something that needed to be done well and with her and Rusty's pokemon in the air they soon would hear news of the lay of the land.

Ryan listened to the reports from Rustys and Holly's pokemon. This world was inhabited by people of some sort. After thinking over the options for a moment he said to the group."Okay, lets go to see the people in the castle. Maybe they will be able to give Patience and Umeko some proper medical care and also tell us where we are."Looking around he added "When we go everyone should have their pokemon on standby so that we can defend ourselves if we encounter potential fiends." Looking from Rusty to Holly he added "Send Flygon and Staraptor ahead so that they can alert us if something is stirring ahead of us." Taking a poke ball from his belt Ryan summoned his steel pokemon Aron. Aron wasn't a flying pokemon, but very handy in direct combat. Patting Aron gently on the head he whispered in his ear "Keep close. And stay alert. Be ready to attack on my order." Aron blinked and took his position next to his master.

Isabelle looked up as Cara stood up to go for a walk. Stretching a little she said "If you don't mind my company then i'd like to go for a walk with you." She usually kept her distance from older girls but at the moment she needed an distraction and tagging along with 3 seventh years could be fun.

Holly nodded and took out Flygon's pokeball and released him again. He just hoped nothing scared him again. He did not scare easily. "Go towards the castle and keep a look out. If there is anything bad heading our way then come right back." He sat on the ground looking at her, "Alright I'll give you another poffin if you do it." He gave a small cry before taking to the skies. She looked at Ryan, "He only wants another poffin because he got scared earlier."

She looked at Patience and nodded. Now she was worried for every Pokemon that either entered on their own or had come with the group. This place was not meant to support Pokemon life. As a Pokemon researcher that was a worry she would have to deal with. She looked at Ryan, "Looks like our mission just became two fold, stop Team Comet and find the Pokemon that escaped into this world. Before it is too late." She took out another pokeball out and released the Pokemon, her Infernape, Inferno. "Be on your guard, old friend." She would have sent out Belle but she could be dainty and not want to attack at times.

Umeko nodded and kept Magi out, he probably would not go into his pokeball anyway. What Patience said scared her a little bit, she was worried about the Pokemon that went through the portal as well as her own. She looked at Ryan, "Do you want me to keep my mind open? You know to hear people's thoughts...in case someone tries to attack us?" That way she could be able to tell if someone was thinking of attacking the group before that happened.

Sophia nodded to the walk as well as taking Isabelle's word about not calling her that again. "I could use a walk as well." She then turned towards Isabelle, "Sure you can come along." Standing up she stretched a little bit.

Persephone raised an eyebrow and gave the young Potter girl a look. "I thought your grandfather had a muggle heritage. A dust bunny is not an animal...its a huge pile of dust." She had learned that in muggle studies...maybe the third years had not covered that yet. She had said that to make fun of the girl but it did not work. She did not sigh out loud but she did in her mind.

Cara smiled at Izzie as she apologized to Sophia,and she was glad for that.She didnt really think that Isabelle was really like that,but it seemed like she'd just followed the croud.She looked at Persephone as she was beginning to make fun of Izzie and then she realised Izzie was being serious,and Cara laughed out loud.

"Come on.."she said,as she walked next to the two girls."So what you girls into ..?"she asked,wondering in a general conversation."Like hobbies?"she asked

Rusty agreed to what Ryan said and called Staraptor for the second time. "Hey, buddy. Can you lead the way for us towards the castle?"said Rusty. Staraptor nodded and flew high enough for the others to follow.

Teddy was still meditating at the ground of Hogwarts, when he saw an oddly looking bird. Is that a new creature that was not yet discussed to us by the Professor? he thought. He stood and looked closer. He grabbed his wand from his pocket just in case it is something terrible.

Darren glanced over at Maiko and sighed. "Well, we should remain here tonight, and check up on our supplies and make sure our pokemon are completely rested. THen tomorrow, we'll check out the scene more tomorrow... that okay with both of you?" he asked, moving his plate closer to him. He began to eat, his dark eyes watching the two before him to see if they had any objections.

Candace heard Rapidash and immediately looked over. "Really?" she asked, stepping in to join the conversation. As if the mere thought of her summond the Rapidash, Candace's pokemon burst from the ball and appeared beside. Candace glanced between the Vulpix and Radidash with a frown. "Don't either of you stay in your pokeballs... ever?" she asked, with a sigh. Both shook their heads and Candace put up a hand to hide a giggle. Her Rapidash, Ember, gently butted her with her nose. She looked over at Ryan. "Do you want these two out, just in case? Ember might be able to talk to those creatures... and they are good fire power," she said, smiling as she tucked her blonde hair back.

Cara looked away from the girls for a moment,as she waited for them to answer,when she noticed a boy,older boy,same year as her,but still he looked older over his age,with his wand out.She was some far distance away from him,so she couldnt see when he was pointing his wand at.She frowned a little at him.His body language surgesting something was up,slightly tense and ready..for something?

"Excuse me!"she called over to him"Everything alright!"she asked,shouting again.

That was Caras problem.She always got involved in stuff she shouldnt,she was caring in a way that she always wanted to make sure everything was ok when she could see a situation where maybe something was wrong..

That was Cara.

Holly nodded, trust the nature specialist to come up with a good way to combat something like that. She remembered back when Ryan and herself worked for formulate a team. Umeko had come to to them before the it happened. Each member of the group was unique and specialized in their own fields. Umeko was a psychic pokemon trainer as well as a computer wiz, Patience had a variety of Pokemon and was a nature specialist, Rusty was an Oak and like her dragon and flying type trainer, and Candace was a fire type trainer and the youngest in the group.

She still worried about the Pokemon that had entered to this side of the portal. It was more or less hoping that they found them all in one piece.

Umeko looked at the youngest trainer in the group, "I think we all are going to have our Pokemon out, just in case." Magi was one of her strongest Pokemon and usually the one that would defend her in bad scenarios.

Maiko took another bite of her food, "That's fine." She turned the music back to a tango, she loved it. "Just make sure you get some sleep tonight." She would not put up with his grumpiness tomorrow. "What happen to the Darren I used to know...the little bit of moonshine against the black sky?"

"Quidditch, this year Slytherin will win the quidditch cup." Her house was going to get that cup back from the Gryffindors. But as for the house cup...it almost seemed like people were looking down on the Slytherins for wrongs long past. Persephone was going to prove everyone wrong with the last few years of her schooling.

Sophia followed Cara's eyes to see a boy with his wand out. She decided to let Cara handle this. She looked around to see if anything warranted a wand being out...surely nothing would attack them within Hogwarts Walls.

Persephone joined Sophia and looked around to see why the boy had a wand out.

Flygon was flying around and had headed straight for the castle. When he got nearer the air current got a little to unstable. He ended up loosing his ability to stay air born and began to fall to the ground. His landing was hard and he landed in a court yard. When he fell his wing felt like it was broken.

Persephone and Sophia's eyes got wide and took out their own wands.

"What the heck is that?"

Candace nodded and in the blink of an eye, two more pokeballs were in her hand. They activated at her touch, although she hadn't done anything to open them. A Houndour and Arcanine stood before her, tongues lolling as they looked up at their trainer. Candace reached down and scratched both of their heads, which received happy hums from both. Ember, her Rapidash gently touched noses with the two new pokemon in a friendly way. Just before Ember lifted her head again, Vulpix jumped up onto the Rapidash's head- her favorite spot. Candace laughed and turned to look at Umeko. "So, did you hold up okay? Looks like all of your pokemon made it," she said, her eyes quickly taking in their condition.

Darren finished his food and reclined back in his chair, grinning as his team mate switched the music once more. It did have a nice rhythm to it, but he wasn't going to admit it. "Oh I shall," he said with a stretch. He chuckled, much happier now that food was in him. "He's in there... somewhere... hibernating," he said with a grin. "Maybe he'll resurface tomorrow," he suggested.

Umeko was about to answer Candace when she felt something wiggling in her bag, she sighed and placed it on the ground. She then opened the part where her pokemon were and watched five pokemon appear. She gave each of them a look, "You all can not stay out..." Her Chimecho, Espeon, and Mime Jr. had given her the big, cute, teary eye look which worked very well for them. "No. Not this time...I'll let two of you stay out..but that is it." The five that had gotten released looked at each other formulating a plan. Before anyone could make a move Mime Jr. jumped from the ground on to her shoulder, then Espe ran next to her legs shortly after.

Umeko looked at the remaining two, "I promise you'll get time out of the Pokeball's soon." She took Titan and Echo's Pokeballs and returned them to it. She then gave a look to Espe and Mime Jr., "You two planned that all along didn't you?" To which they both nodded. Mime Jr. waited till her bag was back on her shoulder before jumping into her good arm. He was cute and his hat was a different color then other Mime Jr.'s, and it was a baby still. It was hatched a month before and she had not had time to name it. Espe was actually the first normal pokemon that she caught back when it was an Eevee.

"Other than my arm, I'm fine. As far as I can tell my Pokemon made it through alright without any problems. Of course two of them are pampered beyond my control." She smiled at Candace before wincing badly. Her little Mime Jr. had just touched her bad arm. After seeing her wince Magi took the young pokemon and held it, which did not make the little guy happy but Magi did not like seeing her hurt even by accident.

Maiko smiled and finished her own food. "Good because I'm getting really annoyed at the Grumpy one he has no taste in music." He better not be grumpy tomorrow or he will suffer the wrath of a Gliscor tackling him to the ground looking for food. It was not that she was evil it was that she liked to get even, when justified of course.

Teddy was still focused on the bird. "Look over there."he said as he motioned the girl to look towards the direction of the forest. "Can't you see a strange bird?"he added without taking out his wand.


Rusty's Staraptor hover over their head and flew towards the castle making his way back and forth like an excited kid wanting his parents go faster.

"I think we are close. What do you reckon we must do, Ryan?"he asked.

(OCC: This is going to be a long catch up post. If i miss, do or say something weird then nudge me with a pm.)

Ryan listened as Patience gave her report. That the soil lacked certain nutrients wasn't good for either their own pokemon or the one who had come through the portal. This made it clear to him that time was even more of the essence then he had thought. Ryan looked up in surprise as Tank had mentioned a girl hanging with some odd creatures. Scratching his head he asked Patience "Does tank think that the rapidask creatures pose a threats to our pokemon? And the girl. Did she come from that castle over there?" The bad soil was something he need to think about. The weird rapidash creatures Ryan reasoned to be common creatures of this other world but if they were dangerous only time would tell.

Isabelle got up as Sophia allowed her to join them on the stroll. Eyeing Persephone she replied softly "Yes, my grandfather is of muggle heritage. But i have gotten a mostly magical upbringing so far. So no i had no idea that a dust bunny is a regular pile of dust." Shrugging Izzie wondered if her grandpa Harry even knew what a dust bunny was. Thinking of her grandfather made her remember the letter which nummed her good mood.

Ryan watched as Holly again summoned her Flygon and sent him off to scout. In response to her first comment he inquiered "What scared Flygon? The rapidash creatures? If you want him to rest then i can send my gara instead?" Ryan nodded as Holly pointed out what he had already thought. "Yes, its now a two fold mission. We have to stop team comet and also rescue the pokemon from dying in this bad soiled world. Its going to be a race against time." He averted his gaze from Holly too look at the their surroundings.

To his right Aron was scouting through the vegeation so far not having detected any fiends or trouble which to Ryan was comforting. Turning to answer Umeko he said calmly "Yes, open your mind. I don't want to rush into ambush if it can be prevented. Also see if you can gather wheter the people in the castle are good or bad." Silencing Ryan walked in a slow pace forward with his brain working in overdrive. And his left hand was never too far away from his poke ball belt ready to call forth his pokemon if a situation arised.

Hobbies? Cara was trying to start up a riskfree conversation which Izzie didn't mind at all. Walking alongside the older girls she said "I like reading, writing and drawing." Looking over at Persephone she asked "And you? Any favorite hobbies besides scaring first years?"

Isabelle saw Teddy Lupin a long and dear friend of her parents. Seeing that he looked at something in the air she followed his gaze. Blinking she didn't undestand what kind of bird it was. It looked nothing like any bird that she had ever seen. Glancing sideways at the other girls she pointed to the bird in the air saying "Look, you guys! Its some sort of bird. Do you think its dangerous?"

Ryan looked over at Cadence who now was joined by two of her firepokemon. Nodding he said "Sure. keep them out. Just keep control of them. Have ember try talking to the other creatures it might tell us if they are dangeorus or not." Ryan hoped that none of the member of his group would loose their minds if there was a battle.

Astra looked up at Darren as he started talking. Why was he wondering what they thought. At least to Astra he was her boss and what ever he decided was what they were going to do. Shrugging she responded "Sure. Its a good idea. I'll just tell the grunts then i'm turning in for the night." Standing up Astra left Maiko and Darren for a while. When she came back they were still talking. Heading to her bed she layed herself down under the covers to sleep.A few minutes later Astra was sound asleep.

As the weird looking bird landed in the courtyard Izzie's eyes had growed wide in fright. Looking over at Sophia and Persphone she asked scaredly "What is that thing??? Do you guys think its dangerous." Taking out her own wand Izzie gulped scared and unsure what was going to happen next.

Ryan heard Umeko's notion and said "No. Don't take all your pokemon's out. If there is going to be fight then we need to have backups when our first ones are tired." Being a leader he kept his mind on the situation at hand and right now it was not the time to play out all thier cards at once.

Sighing inwardly at sight of Patience wide grin he responded "We are going to the castle. Keep sharp and be ready for anything." He wanted to add that she should keep her cool and be careful but Ryan knew that with Patience it went into one ear and out the next most of the time.

Ryan looked over at Rusty saying "Have your staraptor fly over the castle. Depending on what she says we'll take it from there." His original thought was to enter the castle and seek out who run the place to get information about this world. But if they entered in peace or battle was of another matter. Raising his voice he said to the whole group "We are going to enter the castle through the door the girl came out of. Depending on what Rusty's staraptor reports we will either do it with the intent to fight or with peace in mind. Keep your pokemon under control and your minds sharp. If we are going to attack then we are doing it on my order. No, oneman shows. Are we clear?"Ryan let his gaze linger on each of the trainers in his group. The best in their field.

Cara laughed as Persephone mentioned Slytherin winning the Quidditch cup,Cara snorted a little and looked at her."We'll have a bet them.."she said,smiling at her,"I bet you,two chocolate frogs that Gryffindor will win."she said,holding out her hand,"If you dont want to shake,I can understand..I wouldnt bet against Gryffindor either.."she said with a cheeky grin.

Cara watched Sophia for a moment.She seemed to be in her own little world,where ever that was,Cara wanted to go to.

Cara chuckled a little at little Izzys remarkes about Persephone scaring little first years.She looked away,she wasnt getting involved.

She looked at the boy Izzy called Teddy, and the-a bird!
It was huge.She walked over to him,she didnt really know him,but he seemed to be a little more relaxed now."What is it..?"she asked,her voice low,not wanting to scare the bird.She stood next to him,as she followed his gaze which was just over the forest.It was..something else.

Patience smiled and nodded her head at Ryan. One man shows? What about one woman shows? Shrugging she shook her head at his question. "Tank doesn't think the creatures or the girl mean us harm." They were odd looking creatures but they were being gentle to the girl. Krash had her pack and her was standing on her right while Tank was on her left. They were both really protective. Angel was of course in her arms where she prefered to be. She was still young and needed constant care. Together they followed after Ryan, ready and alert for anything.

Dominique finally said good by to her friends and ran back toward the castle. Smiling she spotted Cara and some others she knew. Waving she greeted them. "Hey Cara! Izzy! Sophia!"

"It looks more like a giant bug actually." Sophia said looking at the creature. Its eyes looked more like a giant bugs rather then a birds.

Persephone looked at Isabelle, "You know they teach that in Muggle Studies, Potter." This girl was giving her a headache and she was pretty sure it was because the girl was 13. She looked at Cara and decided to take the girl up on that bet. "And I'll bet you two chocolate frogs, a box of bertie bots every flavor of beans, and a blood pop that Slytherin beats Gryffindor." She shook the girls hand, there was no way she was going to lose all that. As the seeker she new what she was going to make sure her team did not lose. "I'm afraid you'll be on the losing side of the bet, as Seeker of the house team. I will make sure my team beat your Gryffindor team before they can say Snitch." She looked at the Potter girl and raised an eyebrow, "It did say it was Quidditch."

Sophia waved at Dominique then looked back at the weird creature. She was a bug expert and nothing muggle or magical could describe it.

Holly looked at him, "It was that Rapidash like creature..I think." She looked briefly to Umeko who nodded her head. After a few minutes she looked around for her Draco and could see nothing but clear sky. "Maybe I should have taken you up on your offer. He should have been back by now." She was worried about her friend and hoped that nothing had befallen him.

Umeko nodded and let her mind go out to the world around her. She focused on the castle and did not hear anything would lead to an attack. "So far I'm only getting peaceful thoughts." That should raise everyone's moral especially the leaders. After a little bit more searching she found something that was disturbing, "Oh no!"

Holly turned towards her and looked even more worried then she did a moment ago, "What happened?"

"I found your Flygon, Professor, he is hurt...and people are surrounding him and with some sticks...I think one of them called it wands." Umeko opened her mind and tried to see into one of their deeper thoughts, "He is safe for the moment...they can't figure out what he is just yet." Umeko looked around then looked at Ryan about the pokemon, "I meant that we all need to have a pokemon out. Also I had no choice with Espe and Mime Jr. they wanted to be out and if you want them to be in their Pokeballs I'll give you a metal for doing so. Their stuborn." She had a hard time getting them to stay in their during the trip to the portal.

When Ryan gave his little speech both Holly and Umeko nodded their heads.

At the Castle Flygon struggled to get on his back legs. He was hurt and scared all at the same time. He backed up the best he could to get away from the strange people with sticks.

Persephone lowered her wand, "Its scared."

"It might be hurt too...look at the way he is holding his wing." Sophia pointed to his wing and the way he was holding it.

Cara grinned at Dominique as she came running over,slightly out of breath.She smiled at her and gave her a quick hug."Hi.."she said turning away from her slightly.

She looked at Persephone and laughed as she shook her hand."Your on.."she said,looking at there hands."You know..we have a new seeker.."she said,nodding proudly."You never know..he might just give you a run for your beans.."she said,nudging her playfuly.

She looked towards the bird as she moved forwards."Put your wand down.."she said,looking at Persephone,and then back at the creature."Come on.."she said,walking in the direction of it."It does look hurt at its going to need our help before some idiot spots and starts to make a fuss and get the whole school involved. The poor thing doesnt need that realy.."she said looking at Persephone,Sophia and Dom and Izzy

"Move slow or it might attack us" Persephone put her wand away and slowly made her way over to the strange creature. She refused to answer the comment made about the Gryffindor Seeker. Her own grandfather said her skill ranked right up there with Harry Potter so this new seeker would have to be either a clone of Potter or someone just as good. She doubted that there was anyone that could match him.

Flygon saw the two girls coming closer and moved all the way to the wall. In doing so it had made him quite tired and now unable to move. Of course there was not much room for a 6'7'' long and 180.8 pound pokemon to go or do anything.

Sophia like Persephone slowly made her way over to the creature and got down on her knees besides the creature near its side. She began to talk softly to it, "Its alright, We won't hurt you...we want to help you." She gently touched it and it started to calm down but it was still frightened.

Candace nodded and looked at her friend's arm. "May I take a look at it? I took some healing classes and such... and I had to learn a lot, especially with these guys," she said, nodding to her fire pokemon. Ember snorted in a laugh, knowing she had done much of the burning early on. Glancing back, Candace stuck out her tongue, but giggled softly with the Rapidash.

Darren chuckled. "Well, I can't make any promises... sometimes your music brings out the worst in me," he joked. He was already beginning to feel like his normal self now that there was food in his stomach. Just then, his Umbreon strode in and put a paw on his leg. He scratched its head as his foot tapped gently with the beat of the music. "Want to dance?" he asked Maiko, a playful grin playing on his lips.

Candace glanced over at her Rapidash, who instantly understood. As Vulpix hopped onto the Rapidash's back, the flame sprouting mare raised her head and sniffed the air tentatively. Then, she let out a low whinny. One ear cocked to the side, and then Ember turned to look back at Candace. The girl sighed and looked to Ryan.

"She doesn't think they're close enough to have heard it, but she told them that we're friends," she reported, gently stroking the muzzle of the mare. It was so funny that a few years ago, she would have been burned had she done that- they had come along way. As one of the best trainers in her area, especially at her age, it was funny to think of all the progress she had made. She looked up as Ryan began to talk, and nodded in agreement. She hoped there wasn't much of a tussel, but that's why she had kept both her Charizard and Blaiziken within their pokeballs. Not to mention they were both pretty large. She missed her Flareon, whom she had left back at home- it had needed a rest. He would have been a good size, but still a little showy.

Seeing Ryan's expression, she stepped up and put a hand on his shoulder. "We're doing great... no one is really hurt, and so far no threats. We'll get through this," she assured him, her expression soft.

Cara looked at Dominique,"Put your wand down Dom.."she said,lowing her hand as an indication.She looked nodded at Persephone."Be careful Soph.."she said,watching her walk over and stroked the creature.She walked over aswell,slowly,stroking the bird or creature with the tips of her finger.It was smooth.And very beautiful