I raised a hand over my eyes to ward off the glinting sunlight to squint towards the hills. A herd of horses with flaming manes ran close by each other at distance in a way that hinted that they were being chased. I quickly ran down the large hill I was standing on for the view and headed towards the disturbance, wondering what could have caused it.

"Hurry up and grab the other end!" I heard voices shouting. I hid behind a tree and saw a orange and reddish glow illuminating deeper from the woods. I heard the cries and neighs of a Ponyta as men grunted and cursed at each other. I reached under my grey baggy jumper to grip a pokeball But I saw that they had several pokemon as well.

Finally I saw a man's back facing towards me as he held onto a rope. I watched and observed a group of 3 men try to tie up a Ponyta with a nearby fell onto it's side with all four legs bounded by coils of flame proof rope.

"Alright, let's lift this heavy bastard up! " One of them announced while admiring his sick work.

"We better hurry. It's close to evolving."

I bit my lip as I moved a bang of my curly blue hair away from my eyes. I wanted to jump in, but their Pokemon were tougher than mine and I might get into more trouble if I tried to help. I closed my eyes as I tried to think of a way to help.

Every few seconds he glowed a white-ish hue which meant he was close to evolving. That's when I pulled out the rare candy. Hopefully this was all it needed. But how to get it to him was the problem.

The Ponyta was panting from exhaustion while he continued to struggle on the ground. Finally It rested his head and opened his eyes just enough for it notice me hiding in the bush. I raised the candy and pointed at it then at the Ponyta.

That was when the Mightyena noticed me. He growled and bared his teeth. Knowing my time was short I tossed the candy toward Ponyta in the hopes it would land close to its maw. Mightyena caught it instead.

"Huh what's wrong?"

"It's a little girl! What the hell is she doing here?"

"What're you waiting for?! Get her!" The three guys dropped the ropes and headed towards my hiding spot, the Mightyena and Houndoom focusing on me too. I backed out of my spot, the Ponyta struggling as it tried to break free while the others pushed the bush aside. I fell on my butt and began to back up, different bushes and stems sticking out and poking holes in my jumper as I mumbled, trying to beg them to leave me alone as tears began to form in my eyes from all the fright.

"Hehe She is a cutie..."

"She looks young and ready..." One of them said greedily before reaching down and grabbing my arm. I screamed out loud as he forced me on my feet and spun me around so that my back pressed against his chest, his knife ripping down across my jumper and revealing my red and white striped t-shirt underneath.

"Oh god she's got a good chest... we're going to have so much fun with you~"

"Load her up on truck with the Ponyta! One of the men shouted. The man with the knife merely nodded while his lecherous eyes scanned me up and down.

"No! Let me go, please!" I begged. They ignored my plea. He brought me over to the other men. They groped me while they brought out more rope. I was hog tied and thrown in the back of the pick up truck with Ponyta. All that was heard in the back was the powerful engine and my desperate cries for help. Nobody heard me though. Now nobody ever will.