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It wasn't a long walk to Route 5, Berry skated next to meowth, keeping an eye on him. When the pokemon got to Route 5, Silver immediately saw two sawsbucks that seemed uneasy about something, and a Numel. Five team rocket grunts approached those pokemon, with their weirdly coloured Houndooms.

Thorn immediately, and instinctively used Heat Wave at the incoming Team Rocket grunts. "You okay?" Thorn asked the Sawsbucks and Numel, before he was bitten by a Houndour.

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"Oy!" Nightingale yelled as she attacked the Houndoor, enraged. "Get lost, you freaks!"

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Several Houndoom surrounded Silver, and had her cornered, Meowth looked at her. "I can't just let them... Why was I with team rocket anyway?" He thought, he jumped infront of the Houndooms. "Pick on someone your own size!" He shouted, scratching them all, fainting them all, the team rocket grunts, who were slightly burned from the Heat wave saw him, and laughed. "Hah, isn't that Jessie and James meowth?"
"He must of finally run away from those morons!"
"Not if the meowth was a moron too!" The grunts laughed, Meowth screamed in fury and jumped up, and scratched both of their faces, knocking them out.
"Why was I part of them?" He muttered. "I was blind... a criminal..."
Silver just stared at Meowth. Berry stared at Meowth, blinking in utter confusion.

Nightingale growled as she kept the other remaining grunt down. Her horn blade lit up, and she was fully prepared to use Night Slash to kill the grunt. Her eyes flicked to Meowth. "You're off the hook. For now. If I find out this was a trick, blood will be shed." She growled.

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Meowth looked at Nightingale. "It isn't a trick... I've realized... I don't want to be a criminal anymore."

Nightingale offered Meowth a crooked smile. "We shall see in time." She replied.

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Thorn bit the Houndours tail, and threw him back to it's original grunt. "I liked you better when you cowarded before me and my team..." Thorn used Boomburst and ended the Grunts to the bushes.

Thorn turned around and said "Meowth, Good work lad. I hope, for your own good, that you changed your mind. Everybody okay?"

(Hey, Cookie, can I have another Character?)

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Lumpy could only watch as the Sawsbuck, along with a group of strange-looking Pokémon, fought the Houndoom pack.

With their Pokémon knocked-out, the grunts decided to retreat and ran deeper intro the forest.

Now that the danger passed, the trio could relax a little bit. ''Yeah, we’re fine'' The larger deer said. ''Thanks a lot for saving us! We don’t know what would be of us if had you not showed up…'' The younger one continued, before both slowly bowed their heads in gratitude. Lumpy quickly got out of the bushes to join their reverence to the newcomers. ''Thanks a lot… uh, again''

In truth, the only Pokémon of the group he could recognize were the Absol, the Eevee – a species which he though went extinct long ago- and the Meowth, the latter being, like the Houndooms, odd-colored. The little disheveled cat and the large, bat-like wyvern terrified him, a fact the Numel tried to hide by concentrating on something far more important.

''So, why did those humans shown up and attack us like that?'' Lumpy muttered, looking mostly at the older Sawsbuck, darting his gaze to the floor after realizing they both were starting at him. ''A-and their Pokémon… t-there was something so, uh, off about them…''

The old deer frowned, letting out a barely audible sigh. ''They’re poachers, right? That would explain so much…'' The smaller one stared at her wide-eyed, knowing very well what she implied. ''You mean the disappearances? And the wrecked trees and…'' He trailed off, seemingly unable to finish the sentence. ''Yes, I’m afraid'' She whispered, avoiding her partner’s frightened look.

''Um, sorry to interrupt, but...'' Lumpy said in a weak attempt to break the building tension ''Shouldn’t we move to somewhere safer than this? T-they might come back'' He pointed at where the grunts jut ran some moments ago.

''Ah, you’re right'' The Sawsbuck murmured, then turned her head towards the group. ''You all must be tired after all that fighting; I know an area where you might rest safely so, please, follow me'' She offered, before guiding everyone to a even denser forested place near a brook.

(The Sawsbucks are NPCs, so feel free to control them.)

(Sure)
Silver, Berry and Meowth followed the Sawsbucks, Silver was still staring at Meowth. Meowth looked at her, then looked away, blushing.

(Okay, but not now...)

Thorn walked over to Lumpy, "Hi, I am Thorn, If you want to know what happened, I can tell you. For now, you can know that I am from the past. I am here to protect you. The champion himself sent me." Thorn stopped and began to sniff the air. He went to a bush and found some Bluk Berries. He shared them with everybody.

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"Team rocket, that was an organization extinct a long time ago, came from the past, because they found out that in this time, all the pokemon here are those rarely coloured pokemon in this time, but here, it's normal. Team rocket wants to capture us all... Thorn was sent by the champion in the past as well, to stop them." Silver explained.
"Yeah, that's why their pokemon have weird colours!" Berry said.
"Can we please stop saying our colours are weird?" Meowth muttered.

Nightingale obliged with the Swasbuck. She decided it might be better if she gave them some information about team rocket. "Those aren't poachers, they're an organization called team Rocket. Their aim is to capture every last one of us pokemon. And your colors are wired, Meowth. So your point is invalid."

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As they entered the forest, the older Sawsbuck stilled in front of the group. ‘’The fog here tends to be pretty dense and the road might become a bit treacherous, so please stay close’’ she warned, before resuming her walk.
‘’We don’t have to worry about humans here, they see this forest as very dangerous, or haunted even!’’ the young one chirped, keeping an eye on everyone so no one gets lost.

They accepted the offer with some reservation, muttering thanks before proceeding to eat; Lumpy wasn’t as subtle however, finishing his meal after four bites.

‘’Ah, well, I uh, I’m Lumpy’’ he muttered, trying to hide the discomfort of having a large, powerful Pokémon that close, even if they kept a distance that would be considered perfectly normal. Then, he felt suddenly caught up with what Thorn the bat-like guy, the Eevee and the Absol just said. ‘’W-wait, you’re from the past? Were those humans and Houndooms from the past too? D-different colors? W-what does this all mean?’’ The Numel squeaked, unable to understand all that information at once.’’ I-I don’t get it’’

‘’I see…’’ the tall Sawsbuck said. ‘’So, they basically see us as trophies, valuable collectibles that are exceedingly rare in their time…’’ His partner looked at her with a worried expression, before heading towards the Absol. ‘’That’s… That sounds so awful! But why then? Are our colors that rare and special? I… I don’t understand either’’

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"Yes..." Berry nodded.
"I was one of Team rockets pokemon, before these pokemon kidnapped me, at that time, when we got here, battling those houndoom my heart... it just said being with Team rocket was a waste of time..." Meowth said.
(Spoiler of the rp?:

"Yes. They think of us as thropies, prizes, mere beasts in comparison to them. Our colors are what they identify as Shiny, and they value it, because in their time, these colors are exceedingly rare." Nightingale explained. "Am I correct, Meowth? Isn't it how those in team rocket treat their Pokemon? As slaves to do their bidding? Your trainers though were different. There is still some hope for them... if you can convince them to change, anyway." Shuttered the last part.

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"Yeah, and they stole other trainers pokemon too" He said. "Jessie, James are I stalked this one kid for his Pikachu, it wasn't shiny though, it was just a strong Pikachu." Meowth facepalmed. "I feel sorry for Ash now... having to put up with that."

"Ash... the former champion." Nightingale elaborated, seeing some confused. She chuckled. "He was a good trainer, and treated Pokemon as he would most humans. To him, we were his companions, not just pets. If all men were like him, the world would be a happy place. My parents used to see him when he got older. Or was it my grandparents?" She laughed. "And Jessie and James always failed each time, if I remember correctly."

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"Woah, he actually became the champion?" Meowth asked, surprised.
"Yeah, duh." Berry said.

Her gaze flicked to.learn and she grinned. "Oh didn't you know?" She asked. "Of course, eventually he retired and lived in somewhere else except that weird hall, so yeah."

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