Two Lives, One Girl
**Chapter 3 Wildfire!**

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      Professor Oak and Tracey stood outside and waved at the two before retreating 
back into the lab.
      "Professor? Are you sure it was right of us to give Vulpix to a new trainer? You 
know, about Vulpix's...condition?" asked Tracey.
      "Of course! She'll be fine. Besides, she has Ash with her! Now, make me some 
cocoa!" Said Professor Oak.
      "Okay Professor." Tracey walked into the kitchen. "He's losing it Tracey!" 
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**Night Of Alyssa's Disappearance**

      "Aaaaaaaah!" I screamed as the portal sucked me in.
      "Alyssa!" Mom shrieked.
      Dad grabbed a bat (A/N a baseball bat!) and ran upstairs with Mom right behind 
him. But, when they got upstairs I was nowhere to be found. Mom fell to her knees and 
started sobbing. Daddy dropped the bat and knelt beside his wife.
      "My baby!" sobbed Mom into Dad's shoulder.
      "It's going to be okay. We'll find her." Said Daddy.
      Then he got up and called the police. Search parties were sent out and posters 
were put up every where. But their efforts were useless. She wasn't even on Earth. She 
was in the Pokemon World, and there she would stay. 
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      "So, where are we going first?" I asked.
      "We're going to stop by Cerulean City to see Misty and Sharon. Then we'll go see 
Brock. After that we'll go get May and Max." I could barely stop myself from screaming 
with excitement. I was going to travel with Misty, Sharon, Brock, May, and Max!
      "Um, do you have a map?" I asked warily. Ash was known for his "shortcuts" and 
I wanted to make sure we didn't get lost.
      "Of course I do! Mom wouldn't let me leave without it!" He said and I laughed. 
We walked in silence for a while. The sky was beginning to darken.
      "Wanna stop here for the night?" Asked Ash.
I nodded my head yes. We walked off to the side of the road and made a campfire. After 
that we rolled out our sleeping bags and fed our pokemon.
      "Here Pikachu!" Said Ash. "Charizard! Leave Bayleef alone!" He scolded. 
Charizard scowled and went back to his food. I laughed.
      "He hasn't changed, has he?" I asked, but froze as soon as those words left my 
mouth. Ash's head snapped up and he looked at me strangely.
      "What?" he asked.
      "Uh, I meant has he always been like that?" I hoped that he would just ignore 
what I let slip. After all, he wasn't too smart. Thankfully he smiled.
      "Yes he has!" He said. Then he looked confused. "Why isn't Vulpix eating?"
      I looked over to see Vulpix staring blankly into space, not even paying attention 
to the food in front of her. Vulpix's eyes seemed hazy and blank. Like she was sleeping 
with her eyes open. It looked like she was under a trance.
      "Vulpix?" I waved my hand in front of the fire pokemon's face. She didn't 
respond. I looked into Vulpix's eyes and...saw...something. Like a longing of some sort. 
That got me thinking.
      'How many other Vulpix's are there?'
      'Alot.'
      'And how many are called "Vulpix"?'
      'Most of them.'
      I finally reached a conclusion with myself.
      "I think she wants a name." Ash gave me a look that said 'you're crazy.' Then I 
glared at him.
      "I'm serious! It's as if she doesn't want to be called Vulpix."
      "Well, what are you going to name her?" He asked me. Then I had to think.
      'Flame?'
      'No.'
      'Fire?'
      'Dorky!'
      'Foxtail?'
      'Perfect!'
      "I'll call her Foxtail." I announced. Then I looked into Vulpix's eyes again.
      And I murmured softly: "You're now called Foxtail."
      Almost at once Foxtail snapped out of her trance. She looked around. First at our 
surrounding, then at Ash's pokemon, then at Ash, and finally me. She jumped into my 
arms and licked my face.
      "Vulpix!" 'Thank-you!' She said.
      "You're welcome!" I laughed out. Then Foxtail froze.
      And suddenly she jumped out of my arms, ran around our camp, while launching 
a flame thrower. The flames leaped everywhere and almost burned Ash and me. Foxtail 
stopped after a while and realized what she had started. Ash, his pokemon, Foxtail, and 
me were in the middle of a wildfire!
      I screamed and Foxtail ran in circles, chasing her tail. Or is it tails? I dunno. 
Anyway, she was completely oblivious to her surroundings. Finally, I returned her to her 
pokeball and looked at Ash. He had also returned his pokemon. His face was covered 
with fear. The crackle of the fire grew louder and we could barely hear each other over 
the roar.
      "What do we do?" I yelled in his face.
      "I don't know!" I felt sick to my stomach. My whole body felt cold because I was 
afraid. I suddenly wanted to hear my mother's voice. To hug my dad. And even to see my 
little sister. I looked at Ash.
      "Ash I'm scared!"
      He looked at me. His expression was one of grim determination. Then he spoke, 
or yelled: "It's going to be alright! We'll get out of this!" I walked over to him and clung 
onto his arm. The flames were already starting to reach us.
      "Help!" I screamed, "Help us! Anybody, help us!" Then Ash had an idea (A/N 
about time!). He grabbed one of his pokeballs and threw it.
      "Please listen to me." he whispered. And I knew which pokemon he had called 
out: Charizard. The orange dragon pokemon appeared and laid down, enjoying the heat.
      "Charizard! You need to fly us out of here!" Ash yelled at his pokemon. 
Charizard looked at him and then put his head down on his front, paws? I dunno...his 
hands. He appeared to be sleeping! At a time like this!
      "Grr, Charizard if-" But I cut him off. I let go of Ash's arm and crouched by the 
pokemon's side. I put my hand tentatively on his back. Charizard opened an eye and 
growled lowly. But I didn't remove my hand. He lifted his head up and looked at me.
      "Please Charizard. If you don't get us out of here we'll get burned and, maybe...we 
might even die! Charizard, you're our only hope!" Tears started filling my eyes and 
Charizard just stared blankly at me. Then he started to get up. I took my hand away and 
darted back over to Ash. Charizard had spread his wings and was beckoning us over to 
him! He was going to fly us out of here!
	We climbed onto Charizard's back, Ash in front and me in back. I closed my eyes 
and tightened my grip around his chest. Suddenly Charizard took off. I felt the wind in 
my hair and on my face but I didn't dare open my eyes. After what seemed like an 
eternity we landed. The fire had spread quickly and it took a while to find a safe spot to 
land. Fire tucks, police cars, and an ambulance came speeding over. One of the police 
cars and the ambulance stopped in front of us. The others went off to put out the fire and 
secure the area.
	"Ash?" It was Officer Jenny. "Who are you miss?" She asked. Officer Jenny, I 
was meeting one of the Officer Jenny's! Oh, I was supposed to answer the question.
	"Uh, Alyssa." I said.
	"Okay,and how old are you?"
	"Ten." I answered.
	"Hmm, a new trainer huh? Well, do you two know how this wild fire happened?" 
She asked. I gulped.
	"I'm afraid it was my fault. See my Vulpix, Foxtail, started launching a 
flamethrower for some reason. I'm very sorry." I looked down at the ground, 
embarrassed.
	"Well, new trainers can't control their pokemon very well. But you might want to 
train your Vulpix better! Wait, a Vulpix!?"
	"Yes, Professor Oak gave me Foxtail as a starter." I said.
	"Jenny! Boy alert!" Shouted one of the other officers.
	"Oh no." Officer Jenny sighed. Then she stood stock still in front of us and 
waited. For what, I have don't know exactly. Though I have an idea. Then we saw 
another car coming down the road. It was a blue sports car. The car stopped in front of 
Jenny. A girl with red hair got out the driver's side. She instantly went over to the fire and 
brought out a Staryu. Out of the passenger side came a boy. I couldn't see him at first, but 
I thought it was-
	"Oh my beautiful Jenny! Come with me and we shall find out the meaning of true 
love! The first stop: a romantic din-OW!" It was Brock. Someone had hit him on the head 
with a mallet and dragged him off. Wait, a mallet?
	'It couldn't be…Could it?' The girl came walking over.
	"I'm sorry Officer Jenny, he promised he'd beha-" But she stopped, staring at us. 
Or, actually, staring at Ash.
	"A-Ash?" She stuttered. That girl was Misty Waterflower, the Cerulean City gym 
leader. 
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