Chapter 1
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I sighed as I stared out the window of my home. It was dark and raining, and the gang of Arbok were causing trouble again. They were stealing people's mail.
"Mom!" I called. She came through the kitchen arch. "What is it, Brigit?" she asked. My mom is a Lopunny. My dad is a Zangoose. I'm a Buneary. "The Arbok Gang is stealing mail again," I said. "Should we call the cops?" My mom stared at me. She was nervous whenever I asked to call the cops because my mom used to be in a band of thieves. They stole treasure from other Pokemon, and had failed their goal of 300 pounds of gold when one of the members got arrested. They retired after that. "Of course we can," she finally replied. "But I want you to call." I groaned. Of course she would say that. I walked up to the telephone, and dialed. After they picked up, I told them about the gang, and they asked me tons of questions. I guess I wasn't being clear enough.
Finally, after all the talking, they arrived. The gang was right across my house. The officer drove up to them, and got out of his car. He was a Lucario, and he had his gun pointing at the Arbok. I guessed the gun was a machine gun, 'cause I like machine guns. I couldn't hear, since I was inside my house, but I saw him talking to them. The Arbok walked to the back door, and got into the car. Sirens wailing, the car left. My mom came up behind me. "Are they gone?" she whispered. I rolled my eyes. "Yes, they are." My mom signaled for me to go to bed. She went back to the kitchen. But, as I walked up the stairs I swear I saw a shadow behind me. And I know it wasn't mom.
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I woke up to the feeling of cold air. My window was open. I got up to close it, but as I did, a Staravia appeared in front of me, out of nowhere. I wanted to scream, but I couldn't. I was too shocked. "Who are you?" I whispered, barely able to talk. "I'm Marcus. Someone sent me here to guide you to the Hidden World." he answered. The hidden world? I thought. What's that? I guessed it was some kind of joke, but something convinced me he was telling the truth. I could tell he was also serious. "Come on!" he whispered. He was getting impatient. I climbed onto his back. Then, we soared away.
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Marcus was fast at flying. He was so fast, it felt like my face was going to come off. I nearly fell off at one part. After about 2 or so minutes, I guessed we arrived at the Hidden World place, because Marcus slowed down. He started to glide. "Here we are," he said. "Hidden World."