Trainer Name: Alice
Location: Vermilion City


Aster (30/30)
[Ivysaur, Male]		 Paprika (25/25)
[Pikachu, Female]		 Spore (30/30)
[Parasect, Female]
Almond (30/30)
[Furret, Female]		 Fervor (30/30)
[Primeape, Female]		 Coin (30/30)
[Persian, Male]

Partner Pokemon: Plume [Archen, Female] (28/28)
Items: Pokeball (x18), Potions (x4), Premier Ball (x2), Lemonade (x2)
Egg: (16; 23/32)
Points: 52

Alice's heart lightened as she saw the Drowzee move to attack her friends. She was worried about them, but she had been right... She was lowered to the ground, but still unable to move. She looked at the red coat man, wondering if he would really let her go...

"Now then about the bet. Im a man of my word. Heres a paraylize heal." he smiled putting it down a couple of feet from Alice.

Alice looked down at it, but was still unable to move. Maybe everything was going to be okay after all...

"IM also not going to take your pokemon." He said backing off. "But I cant speak for Arbok." He smiled as Arbok scooped up Ivysaur.

Alice tried to scream but her throat was still frozen. Aster was paralysed too, unable to do anything. Tears ran down Alice's cheeks as the pair disappeared with her Pokemon. The sun had begun to set, and they disappeared easily into the fading light. Alice struggled with everything she had, trying to overcome the paralysis, but it was no use.

She heard a rustle from the bushes. She watched hopefully. Did Aster escape and come back to her? But no... a yellow snout protruded from the bush, followed by the full form of a Drowzee. If she wasn't already frozen, she would have been now. She struggled again to break free. If she could talk, she would have been screaming. As it was, she was surrounded by silence with no option but to watch the dreaded Pokemon approach. She struggled to keep her breathing even. The last thing she wanted to do was hyperventilate and black out, leaving herself completely open to whatever the Drowzee would do to her. She wondered if it could eat her dreams if she was unconscious.

"Drowzee??" the Pokemon said. Its voice sent shivers down Alice's spine. It approached her and reached out a horrible clawed hand toward her. Alice tried to squirm away but it was no use. Was this part of that evil con that her friends were dealing with? Was it sent to catch her? Was it going to take control of her?

But no, it merely poked at her and then seemingly startled, ran off into the bushes again. Alice felt a wave of cool relief wash over her, but the Pokemon wasn't gone; it poked its head back out of the bushes a minute later.

"Drow drowzee!!" It looked around her, noticing the paralyse heal on the ground. "Drowzee?" It seemed to be a question.

Alice forced herself to look back at the Drowzee. She couldn't sense anything bad about it, not like the ones she had seen earlier. But maybe the paralysis was affecting her senses. It's just a Pokemon... she thought. Just like Plume... just like Aster... she sobbed, surprised when her throat moved to make the small noise. With every second Aster was getting further away. How would she ever find him again, out there in the world? The thought made her sick to her stomach. Her trainer's instincts kicked in. Didn't she tell Meg she would do anything to protect her Pokemon? And here she was... letting that man get away because she was scared of a Drowzee... a Pokemon...

This time when she struggled, she felt her muscles respond. She tipped to the side, able to move her hands just slightly, enough to break her fall. But she couldn't move any more than that. The paralyse heal was still too far away.

She looked up at the Drowzee. A scene so similar to the one she had faced as a child. But she was stronger now. She had faced more in the last few days than child-Alice could have dreamed of.

"Please.... help...." she managed to croak softly. Her throat was dry and sore. She moved one hand slightly, twitching towards the paralyse heal, and hoped the Drowzee would understand. She would do anything for Aster. Anything.