The clear, crisp mountain air cut through the fur of the Pokemon who lived 
in the Rajii Mountain Range. I was just a baby when the peaceful mountain range 
became well..maybe I should tell you the story.

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      Every year at Christmas, There is always an early Stanler. Stanler are the 
deer you see roaming the Rajii Mountain Range in northern Johto, near what is 
now called Mahogany Town and Blackthorn City. I was special, says everybody 
else. I was baby blue with a snowflake on my head. I know this from looking in 
the creek. We Stanler were always at Wokiku Waterfall at Christmas. The first 
memory I have is playing in the waterfall when I wasn't but a week old. Our life 
was carefree until I was about six months old. It was then I saw my lifetime 
enemy: MAN. 

      The day started as any other. I slept until the sun was peeking up the 
mountains. My mom, Hailuki was the cheif Stanleress. That's sorta like a human 
queen. My dad, Kilur was Cheif Stanleran, King. I as the young prince along with 
my twin sister Snowki were expected to follow all laws and be presentable at all 
times. Well... as a young buck, let's just say I was probaly the most michevious 
buck from here to Lily cape. When the sun was high over Moticu mountain, I heard 
a noise that I'd never heard before. It was like a fierce buzzing, sounding like 
WROON WROOON. I had no idea what it was. Neither did the Eevee and Skitty I were 
playing with. Therefore, I ran into the Hortin Woods to find my sister and older 
brother Farlan. They were scared and had no idea what the noise was. I ran for 
the Stanleran. When he saw me, he knew something was wrong. 

      "What is it, Stanlerten?" That means Prince.

      "I heard a weird noise. Not a pokemon, though. It was a... wrooon sound."

      His eyes became as big as the moon we see on clear nights. "Man." was all 
he said.

      "What's 'man'."

      "Terrible creatures. Not like us at all. Some kill us for pleasure. They 
probably tearing down Yaki Forest."

      "Yaki Forest! That's where all the smaller pokemon live!"

      "Yep. Kiljin! Hont! Rustic!" Kilur said

      "Yes sir!" The Stanlers said

      "Round up all the pokemon. Find Snowki and Farlan along with Hailuki. 
Hurry! Man is approaching." And with that, they were gone.

      "What should I do, papi(my word for dad)?"

      "Absolutly nothing. Work on that attack I tought you. You know... 
Blizzard."

      "Ok." I sat on my pine needle bed trying to get my feeble snow that I shot 
out of my mouth to be powerfuler. Then I heard a strange language and saw some 
two legged animals that I'd never saw. They were pale in the face, yet they're 
bodies were orange. The words they said were strange. I tried my blizzard on 
them. They turned around. What they said sounded like "Hey. Look. It's shiny 
Stanler. Plus it's a baby. Let's catch it." I saw a purple ball with a white 
bottom with a strange thing on it. "Go."

      I felt a warmth engulf me "What is this?" I thought. I tried to escape. My 
escapes were useless. It was locked or something. I was confused. "What is 
this?" I kept thinking. When I finally got out it was into a weird box with 
steel harder than my friend Jilu, the Steelix. I was the only one around. I 
tried saying "Help." But my voice was gone. I layed down in my cage and cried.

      The next thing I remember is some people in black uniforms saying "The 
boss'll love this un."

      I was shocked with thunderbolts. When I fought back with Hyper beam 
against the Electabuzz, they made the Electabuzz shock me harder. My will would 
not be broken. They may have captured me, but I am a Stanlerten, the Stanler 
Prince. I would fight back with all I had every single time. I was trying to get 
my blizzard powerful by practicing with it against the Electabuzz. It got so 
strong, that the Electabuzz was frozen into a icecube. "What?!?" The weird man 
said. "That pipsqueak beat my powerful Electabuzz."

      "That's enough, Thomas." A man in the shadows said. 

      "Boss? What are you doing?"

      "None of your buisness. Now go and fetch my Mewtwo." The man said. Once 
the other was gone, The man let out a sigh, saying "That was close. Come here 
little guy. I'm not going to hurt you. I'm gonna help ya."

      I was scared. I wasn't so sure though. My instincts said go, My gut said 
no. I went with instinct.

      "That's it. Come on." He took the hat off. He had red flamming hair and a 
kind face. He wasn't very old for a man. Probably still a child. That eased my 
pain. He picked me up and started to run. He ran toward a weird thing with 
wheels. He put me in the back where a bed of pine needles were. In the corner, 
was a strange man, probably a girl man. She was tiny with red hair. I snuggled 
against her. She was cold. My body must have warmed her up because I sensed her 
move against me to wrap her arms around me. I then scooted to the soft pine 
needles where the girl could have a softer bed to lay on. Then the truck 
stopped. The boy man got out and talked to another girl man. He then came around 
and opened the compartment where I was. "Flannery? What are you doing here?"

      The girl man opened her eyes. "Big bro? I wanna follow you."

      "Eiyaya." The boy man said. "What am I going to do with you." He then 
motioned for me to come out of the compartment. I walked out to where the grown 
girl man stood. 

      "Well... what do we have here? A Stanler? Well we could put him in the 
preserve. We just got a shipment of about 700 Stanler yesterday from what is 
going to be Mahogany Town and Blackthorn City. We found them and they were 
looking for something. I think we found it. This Stanler must be pretty high 
up."

      "Thanks. Kindra." The boy man said.

      "You're welcome Lance. Take care of Flannery now, ya here."

      "You bet."

      She led me to the mountain. There were several waterfalls and rivers on 
the way. She blew on a strange thing around her neck. It was brown with holes 
and groves. Suddenly a Stanler appeared. My Papi. 

      "Snowku?" He said when she left. "Is it you?"

      "Yep. I missed you. Man took me."

      "I knew I shouldn't have left you alone. Snowki and Farlan are fine. Now 
get your tail up the mountain.

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      That was my first encounter with man. It was scary. But I survived. Not 
all man was dangerous but those known as the rockets, who were the ones that 
captured me, are. I was the lucky one. Others such as Marowak in the Pokemon 
Tower or those Slowpoke in the Slowpoke Well were not.

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