THE WORST MISTAKE "I spy something....green!" Gato said. Pikachu looked around and pointed to Luna. "She's not green!" Gato yelled at the confused Poke'mon. "Please, you two. Stop it!" Misty yelled at the two Poke'mon. "Really. Enough." Ash agreed. Sea Breeze laughed at there arguments and turned her graceful head towards the wind. It blue back her soft, blue mane. "The sea is being turned Something will come." she told Violet, a Dreamspeaker that had just joined them. "I feel the wind. It turns violently." Violet agreed and turned to the wind as well. "The only thing that makes the wind turn is Rachel, who is the trouble. Worse even than Catze." Tiger snarled in response. Rachel stopped and looked ready to cry. The whole group stopped. Even Tiger. However he didn't face the group. Ash wouldn't talk to him. He held his wrist where Tiger and hurt him, for the first time ever. He turned to Rachel. "Don't listen to him." Ash said. "He just wants you to be upset." Rachel nodded. She knew that, but she also knew Tiger was right. She was a coward and if she got scared enough, she would sell them all out for her life. "Let's keep moving! Catze might catch us if we stay here much longer." Luna the Moon Kitty shouted to the group. Her black fur shined in the afternoon sun as she turned to head down the path. Her crescent moon on her head shined brightly. They all began to walk again. A black shadow stood in the forest. Her short brown hair moved with her head as she turned to get a better look at the group of friends. That is the only hope?, she thought. She scratched her chin with one of her long black claws. Her red strips flashed and the green reflected onto a tree. Her ears suddenly twitched at the sound of incoming people. She leaped up and onto a tree branch that was above her. Two Moon Kitties walked by. One white and the other light purple. She couldn't help but here there talk. "Can you believe Catze was alive way before Tigra?" the white one exclaimed. "Yeah! She still follow's her too." the purple one agreed. "I wonder what ever happened to there creation? You know, that experiment there made together?" "I bet it was killed." "I herd that she still lives and looks forward to the day she could fight Catze and Tigra." "Like that would happen! She's not as strong as them. Beside's, Catze is even stronger than Mewthree and to Tigra, her level of power is low class." The two cats said no more. They were gone into the dark of the forest. She stood up on her feet. She stood easily, no effort thanks to her cat skills. We'll see who wins, she though. "Shall I follow this group?" came her friend's voice. She jumped down next to her. "Yes, but be careful. Ray may come and find you." she replied. Her friend nodded and jumped to the ground. She then ran in the woods, following the path the friends were on. Her staff was held tightly and she strained running in her dress. She stopped and raised her staff. In a flash of yellow color, she was into her fighting mode. She then ran after them again. This skirt was easier to run in than that dress. She watched her friend leave. She stood on the branch and dug her sharp claws deep into the trunk of the old oak. Her whisker's moved back slightly in the wind. Her ears twitched as she herd her friends footsteps disappear into the dark woods. I'll follow them myself, she thought and jumped from the tree. She then ran after her friend. Meanwhile, Ash and his friends had found a beautiful spot to rest. Pikachu, Gato, Luna, Sea Breeze and Violet played tag while Ash and his three human friends rested under a tree. Tiger lay far away from everyone. Ash couldn't help but wonder why he was so upset and mean to Rachel. What did she ever do to him? Ash suddenly got the nerve to ask Tiger. He would soon regret it, however. Ash walked over and sat next to Tiger. Tiger turned more away. His blue fur on his back was all that Ash saw of him. "Look Tiger, I know you don't want to talk." Ash began. Tiger snorted in response but that was it. Ash sighed and began again. "I just wanted to know what you have agasined Rachel? She didn't do anything to you." Ash pointed out. "That's something you'll never know." Tiger growled that was so low, Ash barely herd. "She did to something to you?" yelp Ash in surprise. "That's something you'll never know." Tiger repeated again in a low whisper. "Why did you scratch me? Wait, before you answer that, I want to know." Ash told him. "I'm not telling." Tiger said softly. Ash began to get angry. "I know you were mad but that's no reason to hurt me!" Ash began to yell. Tiger didn't answer. "I just want you to be nice to Rachel." Ash said, calming down a little. "Why? Cause you like her?" Tiger asked in another low whisper. "She's my friend." Ash answered simply. Tiger said nothing for a moment. Then, "Why should I be nice to her?" Tiger asked in a low growl, but a little louder than before. "Because she's going to stay with us until we finish off Tigra." Ash answered simply again. "Forget it." was Tiger's reply. Ash got angry again. She watched them. Holding her staff tightly, she watched them from a tree. Her friend stood in the tree next to her. Her claws dug into the trunk of the tree once again. "Foolish boy. His going to get hurt." she observed. Her friend with the staff smiled but said nothing. "Tiger, I want you to be nice to Rachel." Ash told his wolf Poke'mon. "Why would I listen to you? Your just a boy." Tiger snarled in his normal loud voice. Ash lost his temper. "Because I'm your trainer!" he exploded. Everything froze and stopped. The Poke'mon and creature's playing tag stopped and looked up as well as Rachel, Misty and Brock. Tiger also lost his temper with Ash. He was up and turned toward Ash, teeth bared. "You are a fool! I told you what Rachel will do and you know she will! Why are you protecting her!?" he cried in angry, his voice louder than he ment. "Because's she's my friend! What does that have to do with anything! Your just being selfish!" Ash yelled even louder. That pressed the wrong button. Tiger leaped and everyone else was up and ready to attack Tiger. They were a little to late. Tiger had already knocked Ash down and bit hard on his arm. He wouldn't let go either. Ash didn't even try and pull his arm away. She and her friend watched in awe and horror "Stop them." she told her friend. "We do it together." her friend answered. "I'm not ready to show myself yet." she answered. Her friend shot her an angry look and jumped from the tree. "Tiger! Knock it off!" Gato cried. She felt brave and slashed hard on Tiger's back leg. He kicked Gato with his right back leg and she flew back from the impact. She hit a big oak tree and then fell lifeless to the floor. Sea Breeze was not afraid to hurt the mad Poke'mon. She reared up and stomped the ground. Her water arrow was shot. Tiger had to let Ash's arm go to dodge the attack, which he did. He was about to turn on Sea Breeze but Luna was faster. She shot a blast of light that surrounded Tiger. He growled but his eye's felt heavy. He was too angry to fall asleep and shook it off. He leaped at Luna and she dodged. Violet attacked with a gust of wind but also missed the speedy Poke'mon. He ran at all of them. Suddenly, a yellow beam struck the ground in front of Tiger before he could attack. The beam made a little hole in the ground. Tiger looked up at the tree's along with Sea Breeze, Luna, Violet and Pikachu. Misty, Rachel and Brock hadn't noticed because they were trying to help Ash and Gato. Misty herd Tiger's cry of pain and that got everyone's attention. Tiger had been hit by that yellow beam and had been hit so hard it flung him back a good eight feet. He crashed into and tree but landed on his feet. A woman landed on her feet easily. She stood up and they all saw her. She held a silver staff with a crescent moon shape at the end. Like Luna's moon on her forehead. Her battle outfit was like the other queens but it was nave blue. Her hair was very short and was dirty blond. Her eye's were blue and she stood with no fear. Her staff was pointed towards Tiger. "Who are you? This isn't your business!" Tiger yelled at her. "I know, but you will regret what you have done." she told him calmly, her voice very deep for a girl. Tiger blinked and then turned around. Everything that had just happened came back and his anger was gone. "What have I done! Ash!" Tiger cried and ran to his wounded trainer. The queen suddenly disappeared as quickly as she had come. Tiger couldn't believe what he had just done. "His he okay?" Tiger asked desperately. "No thanks to you!" Gato growled. She was in front of Tiger in a flash. The back of her front paws on her hips and up on two legs. Her bright, blue eye's were narrowed and her mouth was open in a snarl. She was angry and Tiger didn't even have to guess that. "You let your anger get out of control like that all the time and I'm sure none of us will every feel safe with you! Not even Ash who helped you and took care of you! He'd give his life for you and this is what you do!" Gato said, all the while keeping her mean look and from. "Is he okay?" Tiger whispered, almost to tears. "He's lost a lot of blood and because of that he isn't concise's but he should be fine." Brock answered while wrapping Ash's wounded up. Tiger nodded with relief. "Perfect. He'll be easier that way." came a sneer. Everyone turned and found none other than Catze. She floated in the air with a mean sneer. "She come's at just the worst times." Gato growled and got her claws ready. Tiger growled and Sea Breeze, Violet and Luna stepped forward. Catze smiled. "Going to protect your wounded trainer, are you? Fine but I will get his Heart Crystal!" Catze cried. "Not while I'm here! Torpedo!!" cried Tiger and shot his attack. "Water Arrow!!" yelled Sea Breeze and fired her arrow. "Toronado!!" Violet shouted and attacked. "Moon Power Beam!!" Luna cried and shot her attack as well. "Ray!!" Gato also shouted and attacked with her powerful beam. "Pi-ka-CCCCHHHHUUUUU!!" Pikachu attacked with the others. All the attacks came at Catze. She didn't move. Instead, she calmly threw up her hand. A black shield of light appeared. The attacks hit it and disappeared. The shield disappeared. Catze shot everyone with black rays, but missed her target's. "Give it up, freak! You can't win!" Gato yelled and shot her Ray attack again. "Your the freak!" yelled Catze and reflected the ray. Gato dodged her own attack as it was shot back. Suddenly, "Thunder Jolt Blast!!" "Fire Jewel!!" "Aqua Shine Blast!!" "Pink Poke'mon Beam!!" "Icy Take Down!!" "Psychic Flash!!" "Leaf Dance!!" "Chain Surround!!" So many attacks flashed by and all hit Catze in the back. She screamed in pain as fire, ice, water, a pink beam, lightning, leaves, and a psychic blast hit her. Not to mention the chain of hearts that strapped her together like a rope. The chains broke and she disappeared in a flash of smoke. Not before yelling, "That's it! I've had it! Next time we meet, it's the final battle!" The black smoke soon disappeared as well. Ash slowly opened his eyes. He stared into Misty's worried face. "Ash?" she asked. "What's going on?" he asked her. He sat up and saw his arm wrapped up. "Oh yeah." he said sadly. Misty looked sad as well. May and the other queens with Saraya walked up all in there battle clothes. There staff's disappeared in there hands. Saraya got closer to them. She looked different. She had a pink skirt, pink boots, and the rest of the color was pink. All except for her belt which was yellow. She also looked older. "I'm still Saraya, but I grew up. I wished with all my might on my mom's staff that I was older and it transformed me into my thirteen year old self. Cool, huh?" Saraya said happily. "Not to forget that she almost killed you after that." Erika said. Saraya shot her a look that read, 'shut up'. "Thanks for the help." Luna said. "You came in the nick of time." Gato agreed. Tiger looked at his trainer. He stood up. "What happened here?" May asked as she saw Ash. "I'm fine. Thanks for the help." was all he said. Tiger felt bad. "I have a question." Misty chimed in. "Shoot." Mel told her. "Are there any other queens that aren't with you anymore?" Misty asked. She then knew she had asked the wrong question. Everyone of the queens and even Saraya looked sad. "We might as well tell. They must have met her." Blaze told the group. "I thought she was dead!" Mel said and then was silent. "Well, see, there was eight of us. Eight queens of elements, one powerful queen of all, her daughter and her husband. When we all lived, the Queen of Fighting Poke'mon, Amara, joined Mewthree." Lita explained. Everyone gasped. "She was powerful but something happened, we don't know what. We then saw her run away from us and Mewthree. She left our world and joined this one. She posed as a human but still change's into her other form." Nina also explained. "We thought she was dead. She never came back and we never saw her again. Ray was calm and erased it all. So now, there is no Fighting Queen." Amy finished. "I'm...sorry." Misty whispered. "You didn't know." Erika said with comfort. "If they've met her, then she still is alive. We need to find her." Blaze told the group. "Yeah, but, how? She lives here, I'm guessing, and we can't stay here." Saraya pointed out. May turned to Ash and his friends. "We are now counting on you to find her and befriend her. Maybe then she'll trust us again." May told them all. "We'll do it." Ash agreed. "How did you get here anyway?" asked Brock. Suddenly, a portal of white light opened behind them. Wind Dancer and Mew stepped out. Mew floated over and gave a small, rolled up parchment to Saraya. She untied the ribbon on it and unrolled the paper. She read it to herself and looked up at May. "Mom wants me and one of you, your choice, to stay with Ash and his friends. She wants us to help and get Amara back." Saraya told everyone. "Who goes with Saraya?" May asked and turned to her friends. "Let's see. Amy is needed to help power level, I'm needed for tough fighting and the same goes for Mel, Blaze is our wise one and helps Ray, May is our leader we need her and Erika is the most powerful one in our group since Ray doesn't come. We all are needed." Lita said and put her hands on her hips. "We all are, but someone has to go." May puzzled. "Maybe you should go, May. Blaze can take over." Erika suggested. "Yeah, they need you more." Amy agreed. May nodded slowly and turned to Ash and his group. "I'll come with Saraya if that's all right." May said. "Fine with us." Violet spoke for all. May then turned to her friends. "Blaze, take over. You can lead the group." Blaze nodded and turned to the portal. "Say, what about Catze? Didn't she tell us the next time she comes, its the final battle?" asked Nina, turning to Ash and his friends causing her long, blond hair to flow. "Don't worry. Were ready for her." Gato growled and clenched her paw into a fist. "Pika!" Pikachu nodded. Sea Breeze smiled and turned to Wind Dancer. "If every you can return to the Dreamspeaker's, they need you." she told her. Wind Dancer nodded her head and Violet smiled and her friend. "We miss you friend." she told her. Wind Dancer pawed the ground and neighed as if saying, 'I miss you too, friend'. "That's that! May, Saraya, be careful here! We all want you to returned safely! Let's go troops!" Blaze called. There staff's appeared in there hands and they turned towards the portal. Blaze stepped though followed by the rest. Before Amy walked out she turned to May. "Amara liked you a lot as a friend. Your our only hope." she whispered. With that, she turned and left though the portal. Wind Dancer and Mew followed and then the light was gone. Suddenly, May's battle clothes sparked white and disappeared. She now wore a green shirt to match her hair. She had brown pants that stopped at her ankle. She had a green scarf wrapped around her neck and tied in a knot to the right side. She also wore brown sandals and her hair was tied back in a messy ponytail. Her bangs came down to either side of her face. A green bow held her grass green hair. Saraya's battle clothes also sparkled white and disappeared. She now wore a blue, ruffled skirt that was connected to a white, long sleeved shirt like thing. She wore white shoes with shoe laces that were tied. Her hair was the same, her pink hair in, big, bushy pig-tails. A blue bow was in the middle of her shirt like thing. It had a pink heart locket in the middle. "This is the way we go around in your world. Everyday life, you could say." May explained. "Changed names too! I go by April, but you guys can still call me Saraya." the princess said. "I now go by Michelle. Please, call me May still. Now, let's get to it. We need to find Echo!" May said and clapped her hands. "Let's go!" Ash agreed. "I fell a cheer coming on." Gato sighed. Misty laughed and picked up her kitten. Gato leaped from her trainers hands and onto her shoulder. Pikachu jumped on Ash's shoulder and Luna looked at the sky. Gray clouds began to form. "We'll go as far as the rain will let us. Move out and follow me!" Luna shouted and began to walk down the path. Sea Breeze and Violet followed Luna. They laughed and talked as there hooves clicked. Ash, Misty, Rachel and Brock walked behind them with Saraya and May. Tiger walked behind them all. "Why does Tiger hate me?" Rachel suddenly asked. "Leave it be. He just isn't himself." Ash said simply with now feeling. "Your not mad?" asked Rachel in surprise. Ash said nothing for a moment. Then, "I don't think our friendship is the same any more." was all he answered. They then walked on in silences. Sea Breeze and Violet were the only talkers at that moment. From the tree above them, she watched with her friend. "There after you. They still remember." she told her friend. "Then let them. We can work together as friends." her friend answered. "This is not my fight. You fight them. I will not help you." she answered her friends answer. Her friend was still then she leaped and landed on the ground under the tree. She turned up to her, staff tightly held. Her staff suddenly disappeared in a flash of yellow and orange. "Fine then. I'm done protecting you from Catze. Your on you own, kid. It was nice while it lasted." her friend said. She then turned and ran into the dark woods. She watched her friend. "So be it." was all she said. She turned and leaped away from tree branch tree branch. Using her claws to help her hold on. She soon disappeared in the darkness as well, but in another direction as her friend. "So be it." she whispered again. To be continued....