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// chapter 1 
// Story: New Beginnings 
// by lunashonorguard 
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	"Have to get away,must find a safe place to hide"

Deep within the Pinwheel forest a wild blitzle is on the run from a pokemon hunter.

"Weavile, go and retrieve the merchandise and be as careful as possible. I don't want it in too bad condition and take Rhyperior and Nidoking with you. Don't come back without it." the hunter said.

Quick as a flash Weavile bolted after the blitzle along with the other two. Shortly after entering the chase Weavile caught site of it's target and used icy wind to try and slow it down but blitzle heard it coming and quickly made a dive for a near by hollow log to dodge the attack.

"Ha, now we have you."said Weavile. "Now you two hurry up and block the exits." But before Rhyperior and Nidoking could get into position blitzle used it's quick attack to bolt out the other side of the log.

"Your going to have to be faster than that if you want to catch me again." blitzle said.

"You idiots, hurry up and go after him i'm going to try and cut him of." Weavile barked at it's companions.

Blitzle, now on the run again, started to leave all sorts of false trails for them to follow. "Ha I've lived in this forest all my life I now it like the back of my hoof." he said mummbling to himself as he doubled back over his path to try and throw off his persuers.

"There that should at least slow them down for a bit." blitzle said.

While trying to get away ,blitzle found himself in a section of forest that he hadn't been to in awhile. As he proceeded into the forest he found it increasingly hard to see due to an increasingly thick blanket of fog."Oh this is just great now I can barely see two feet in front of me at least it will keep me hidden longer and give me more time to think." he thought aloud.

Just as he finished his thought he heard a twig snap and a very shrill scream "AAAAAAAAAAHHH."

Reacting instantly blitzle ran to the source of the scream. upon arrival he found a large pack of what looked to be Mightyena made of wood all going after a strange looking pokemon that he had never seen before. it had a cream colored coat, red mane and tail and what looked to be a large bow in its mane.

Without a second thought he charged into the pack using his Wild Charge attack taking out three of the beasts in one go. But before he could recover from the attack they almost immediately started to regenerate.

"What the..." Blitzle said confused. "Okay this isn't going to get me anywhere I'm going to have to find a more open area to fight these things." In a flash he turned around, grabbed the strange pokemon and tossed it on his back then ran through the nearly restored beasts.

While on his back the strange pokemon started to point him in different directions and without a second thought he followed its directions while trying to stay ahead of the beasts now hot on his tail.

In what seemed like no time at all he found himself in what looked like some kind of orchard. Now that he was out of the forest he thought he would be safe but he was wrong.

Not two seconds after stopping to catch his breath he was tackled by one of the wooden beasts knocking him to the ground and sending the small pokemon sprawling causing it to hit its head on a tree knocking it out. As he got back on his feet he quickly rushed to the defence of the unconcious pokemon. "If you want it you have to go through me first." he barked angrily. That is when two of the beasts pounced but he knocked them away with his double kick attack.

Starting to get very annoyed now he decided to use his flame charge and ran after two other beasts unknowingly setting fire to a few of the trees.

Meanwhile in another section of the orchard a certain orange mare is hard at work when she looks up and sees smoke rising from her orchard. "What in tarnation could have started a fire on my farm." she said while she quickly galloped to stop the fire.

The fire didn't go unnoticed in the nearby town either as the residents of the town start to wonder what is going on in the orchard.

"That can't be good." said Twilight.

Just then a cyan blue pegasus came flying down." Twilight theres a fire at Sweet Apple Acres" she yelled.

"Okay, Rainbow have all the pegusi gather as many storm clouds as they can." Twilight said. Rainbow Dash then took off with a quick salute already knowing the rest.

"Flare I want you to go to the orchard and help anyway you can. I'm going to get Rarity and meet you there."she said.

"Right I'll see you there."Flare Blitze replied.

Meanwhile back in the orchard the fight wasn't going too well for the blitzle. He was covered in scratches and a few very bad gashes. "Okay i'll admit I under estimated them but I need to end this soon I cant last much longer." He thought to himself while breathing heavily.

Just then Applejack appeared at the edge of the fire and could see figures on the other side along with something laying on the ground and not moving. "No, Applebloom." she screamed realizing what it was.

Just then she saw a black and white creature launch a strange blue ball into the air. Shortly afterwards dark clouds began to gather and start to pour down rain.

Blitzle then turned to see her standing there staring at the one behind him. Thinking fast he grabbed it and gave it a good hard throw as all the beasts pounced at once. Applejack didn't miss a beat, she caught Applebloom on her back and turned just in time to see all the timberwolves land on the strange creature at once.

Just then there was a loud crack as a massive thunderbolt struck the pile and incinerated all the wolves at once.

Applejack just stared at the spot with a slack jaw as she watched the creature stand up completely unfazed from the blast. Just then she saw a large boulder rocket out of everfree straight at the creature but when it tried to avoid the boulder it fell breathing heavily.

"Get up, you have to move!" she yelled at it but it didn't budge, Then, out of the corner of her eye, she saw a white streak run straight at the boulder then quickly turn and hit the boulder with both of its back hooves.

"Flare, he's hurt bad." AJ yelled.

Flare Blitze then turned to look at the prone creature and realized it was a pokemon, one in serious condition by the looks of it.

He then turned to Applejack to tell her something but forgot it as a large purple blob landed next to them. He looked up to see two more pokemon emerge from the forest.

"Found you." Rhyperior sneered. He then began to charge for another Rock Wrecker attack but was swiftly interupted by a Double kick to the face.

"If you want him, you have to get through me first." Flare barked. He then quickly jumped back as Nidoking came charging out of the forest using his Megahorn attack.

"Then we will." Nidoking said with a smirk on his face. As they both began to charge at Flare a large purple beam came from no where causing them both to stop dead in their tracks and look in the direction the beam came.

"If you so much as touch him..." Twilight threatened her eyes glowing with anger. This caused both pokemon to take a nervous step back.

"Nidoking, Rhyperior retreat for now we need to come up with a strategy." Weavile commanded from the cover of the forest. With a growl they both did as commanded.

Twilight and Rarity both then used a fire supression spell to put out what was left of the fire that the rain didn't get.

Flare then ran over to the down pokemon and gently placed him on his back.

"Sorry about the fire." the blitzle coughed.

Flare being the only one able to understand him at the moment translated this to Applejack.

"Don't worry about it. I'm just glad your alive and that you saved Applebloom." Applejack said with a smile on her face and tears in her eyes.

Flare then translated this back and with a small smile blitzle then passed out from his fatige and injuries.

"We need to get him over to the hospital, Fluttershy will be waiting for us there." Twilight said.

"Hey Twilight, you mean to tell me that I had all the Ponyville pegasi gather all these clouds and..." Rainbow Dash started to shout only to be interupeted by her stern gaze.

"Not now Rainbow we need to get to the hospital now." she barked with a stern tone.

A few hours later blitzle woke up and was greeted by a pair of dazzling emerald eyes.

"Oh thank Celestia your awake." Applejack said as she gave him a firm yet gentle hug.

Blitzle, now with a confused look, then asked "Where am I and why can I understand you now?"

"Well for your first question your in Ponyville hospital. Your wounds were pretty severe. As for your second question I think I'll leave that to Twi to answer. By the way my names Applejack, whats yours?" She asked.

"I'm Wild Heart" he replied