Movie Review: Treasure Planet

Movie Review: Treasure Planet                                                                                            8-28-16

Based on the book Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Planet is an outer space/Steampunk adventure about a troublemaking teenager named Jim Hawkins (Joseph Gordon-Levitt). When a ship crashes near Mrs. Hawkins' hotel/home, a reptilian alien pirate named Billy Bones comes out of the ship and gives Jim a special orb. When twisted, it would reveal a 3D map of the entire universe, including the fabled Treasure Planet. Dog-like alien Dr. Delbert Doppler (David Hyde Pierce) plans an expedition to find Treasure Planet, lead by the feline-like Captain Amelia (Emma Thompson). Jim is partnered with cyborg chef John Silver (Brian Murray) and his shape-shifting alien blob named Morph. Together, they all set sail on an epic adventure to find Treasure Planet. However, John Silver, along with his cutthroat crew, have other plans: They want to keep the treasure to themselves, even if the lives of Jim, Delbert, and Amelia are on the line.
Now what do I think of this film? While it's darker and more mature than previous Disney films, it makes up for it with eye-popping animation, a brilliant score from James Newton Howard, and some likable characters. Many people pick Captain Amelia as their favorite, but my personal favorite is Dr. Delbert Doppler because I think he has some funny lines. This is my favorite.
 
(A frog girl eats Delbert's spoonful of breakfast)
Mrs. Hawkins: Aren't they adorable at that age?
Delbert: Deplorable. I mean adorable.
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Also, I think Jim Hawkins shares traits to real teenagers: He gets into trouble, flunks academic classes, speaks sarcastically, and has to do chores he doesn't want to. Also, his song 'I'm Still Here' touches my heart. In fact, when I first heard it many years ago (but not in this film), I cried because it was so sad.
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Another character I find funny, though some might find him annoying, is BEN the robot, voiced by the great Martin Short. He takes the place of Ben Gunn, who was stranded on Treasure Island in the original book. BEN is brilliantly animated by Oskar Urretabizkaia, blending 2D and 3D animation perfectly in the same character.
 
Another reason I have respect for Treasure Planet is because this film is directed by Disney legends John Musker and Ron Clements, the same directors of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin. These two know how a Disney movie works. In fact, I think Treasure Planet feels more like a Disney film compared to Walt Disney's Treasure Island in 1950. I think it's the only film Walt was involved with to have absolutely no singing, which is something that normally wouldn't happen during Walt's life time.
In conclusion, if you enjoyed How To Train Your Dragon 2, which also had some mature themes and tones, then you might embrace Treasure Planet.
Rating: 3.25 stars out of 5
PS. I will review Treasure Planet's sister film, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, on September 15th.

Story Announcement #5

Can I tell you something? I LOVE The Muppets. In fact, Jim Henson is my idol! After hearing The Muppets 2015 got cancelled, I felt a bit sad, because the world needs Muppets. That's why my next story will be a Muppet story: A Muppets version of Disney•Pixar's Monsters Inc, simply called Muppets Incorporated. I chose Monsters Inc because director Pete Docter stated he was a Muppet fan himself. Also, I feel like the story, humor, and tone of the movie fits the Muppets perfectly.
For the big blue lovable lug, James P Sullivan, I used Splurge, one of the very first full-bodied Muppets, as early as 1965.

For Mike Wazowski, I used an OC named Mark Fazakas, named after legendary puppet builder Faz Fazakas. He is a green Muppet with one eye and Shrek-like ears. I imagine him to be voiced by Steve Whitmire, using his Rizzo voice.

I'm sorry I didn't give him any legs. Most of the time, hand puppet characters can only be seen from the waist up.
For Randall Boggs, I used Lenny the Lizard. He is a more obscure Muppet who would occasionally appear on The Muppet Show. I chose him as Randall because, in The Muppets Character Encyclopedia, they said Lenny the Lizard is part chameleon.

For Celia Mae, Mike Wazowksi's girlfriend with snakes for hair, I used Miss Piggy, with the feather boa constrictor from the Juliet Prowse episode around her neck.

I know that I should've used Kermit as Mike in this case, but in this story, Kermit plays Charlie, the monster who says '23-19!'.
For Henry J Waternoose, I used JP Groose. He was Scooter's selfish uncle who owns the Muppet Theater. It's hard to believe they're related. Thankfully, he only appeared in three episodes of The Muppet Show.

For Roz, I used Gladys the Lunch Lady. She worked in the cafeteria during Season 3 of The Muppet Show, and I think her looks and personality fit Roz perfectly.

And finally, for Boo, I imagine her to be played by Mia Talerico. You may recognize her on the Disney Channel show Good Luck, Charlie, as the baby of the family, Charlotte 'Charlie' Duncan.

I am aware that she may be a bit old to play Boo now, but she did such a good job on Good Luck, Charlie.
For everyone else, I used many different Muppets from different projects. Some you may recognize, some you may not.
I will begin posting Muppets Inc on September 1st.

Movie Review: Kubo and the Two Strings

Movie Review: Kubo and the Two Strings                                                                                 8-20-16

Kubo and the Two Strings is a stop-motion animated film produced by Laika. Laika is an Oregon-based animation studio (though I happen to be a Bay-Stater) that specializes in stop-motion animation, and their movies include Coraline (2009), Paranorman (2012), and The Boxtrolls (2014), all three of which got nominated for the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. I personally find it absurd that Boxtrolls got nominated for that Oscar because I personally found it to be an Aardman wannabe. I would've nominated either The Book of Life or The LEGO Movie instead that year.

The story of this movie is about a Japanese boy named Kubo, who wields a magic guitar that can control paper. When the ghosts of his aunts attack a local village, Kubo gets rescued by a stubborn snow monkey and finds himself in a cave on top of a snowy mountain. Now Kubo must embark on a quest with the monkey, along with a humanoid samurai beetle, to find magic gear to defeat his evil uncle the Moon King.

Now what do I think of the film? To my surprise, I enjoyed it! The animation is very fluid, the story is very original, and I found the samurai beetle to be likable and funny. HOWEVER, I do have a warning: This movie is not aimed at single-digit kids. There is a lot of action and characters being fatally injured.

Rating: 4 stars out of 5.

The Land before Kanto Chapter 10

Little Leaf, Erin, Lars, and Dragoon looked down to see if Archie was okay, but nothing came out.

"He was my best friend." Dragoon sobbed. "Poor Archie. Poor, poor Archie." The others decided to move along, but Dragoon heard a "Stop!"

"You leaving without Archie?" It was Archie, and he was all wet. Dragoon came to hug him.

"Archie, you're okay!" Said Dragoon. "Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep!" Meanwhile, Little Leaf went to a cliff and talked to a cloud that looked like his mother.

"Little Leaf." Said a motherly tone from the heavens.

"Mother?" Said Little Leaf. "I tried doing what you told me, but it's just too hard. I'll never find the great valley." Then, the cloud shaped like Little Leaf's mom blew away.

"Don't go mother. Don't go!" The Bayleef pleaded. He chased the cloud to another cliff, but then it revealed the Pokemon haven: the great valley!

"The great valley." Said Little Leaf in amazement. "Erin, Dragoon, Archie, Lars, over here!" The Lairon, Axew, Archen, and Larvitar rushed over to see.

"Little Leaf, you found it." Said Erin.

"Yep, yep, yep." Said Dragoon.

"We did it. We did it together!" Cheered Little Leaf.

The great valley was all they dreamed it would be. There were waterfalls, grassy meadows, and enough Sweet Herbs to feast on forever, and grazing upon them, their families.

"Meet my new brother, Lars!" Dragoon said to her parents and sisters.

"Mama, I'm a flyer!" Archie said to his mom. He flapped his wings, literally blowing his siblings away.

"Daddy!" Yelled Erin, rushing to her father.

Little Leaf found his grandmother and grandfather at last, the same faces he'd looked into since his birth. Little Leaf daydreamed about what happened on his adventures.

"Little Leaf!" Shouted Erin, waking up the Bayleef from his daydream. "C'mon, I'll race you."

They all grew up together in the valley, generation upon generation. Each one passing on to the next, the tale of their ancestor's journey to the valley, long ago.

The End

Author's Notes: I'm so sorry that this story was so short. I promise that my next story will be twice as long. It's gonna be a Muppets version of Monsters Inc, simply called Muppets Inc. Details will be posted August 25th.

The Land before Kanto Chapter 9

Little Leaf, Lars, Archie, and Dragoon were swimming their way to the great valley. Suddenly, Archie noticed that Groudon again and shouted "Ahhhhh, Earthtooth!"

"It's Earthtooth." Said Dragoon. Earthtooth was walking on a mountain, even though he weighed over 2000 pounds.

"Let's finish him once and for all." Declared Little Leaf.

"What do we do?" Asked Dragoon.

"We'll coax him to the deep end of the pond." Little Leaf explained. "He can't swim being weak to water. Me and Lars will push a big rock onto his head, and he'll fall into the water. Archie, you whistle when it's just the right spot: where the water gets dark. Now we need some bait." The others looked at Dragoon.

"Me? Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no..." The Axew protested, but she was the best choice. She went up to the cave where Earthtooth was lurking and hid behind a rock. Dragoon screamed to get Earthtooth's attention. Earthtooth managed to find her and chased her out of the cave and right under the cliff Dragoon's friends were on.

"Help!" She pleaded, hiding under a rock in the water. Earthtooth was in the right position, giving Archie the opportunity to whistle. Little Leaf and Lars started pushing the boulder. Earthtooth noticed the Boulder move, making a chance to jump on it. Archie threw a pebble at Earthtooth to distract him, and for his own amusement, but the Groudon got mad and head-butted the rock wall, causing Archie to fall onto of Earthtooth's face. Thankfully, Archie was saved when Earthtooth blew air from his nostrils. Suddenly, Archie noticed something: he was flying!

"I flying. I flying!" The Archen yelled happily. He swooped down save Dragoon, who was on top of Earthtooth's face. The Groudon used Rock Climb and stood on top of the boulder. Then, a familiar voice was heard.

"I'm coming!" Erin yelled. She gave the final blow, pushing Earthtooth into the water. However, Archie had his foot stuck in Earthtooth's teeth, sinking into the pond with him.
Author's Note: I am so sorry that I had to kill off another Legendary (in How To Train Your Dragonite, I killed off Zygarde). My hunch is that a few million years after the Prehistoric Pokemon went extinct, the lake that Groudon fell in dried up. However, by this point, there was nothing left of the Legendary Pokemon but a skeleton. One day, Mew, who is said to be the ancestor of all Pokemon, spotted this skeleton and, using telekinesis, carried it to a nearby cave and revived it, bringing it back to life. Groudon then slept from then on, until a special Trainer will be able to tame it.

My Complete DVD Collection

Hi, everybody! Today, I feel like giving a tour of my DVD collection, as of August 14th, 2016.

These are the movies I am going to watch within the next week. Tonight, I am watching The Rescuers Down Under. However, I DO NOT own The Ten Commandments (a 2007 CG knockoff of The Prince of Egypt, which I'm reviewing for a future project), Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, or Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End. They are all rentals from the library.

These are DVDs I keep in a shelf connected to my bed. I call them outcasts because my closet won't handle any more DVDs! I'm sorry if the pictures look a but fuzzy or tilted. My device was meant to take 'Selfies'.

This is my major DVD collection. It's so big I had to use three photos.

My copy of Frozen in this section actually has two movies: Frozen on Blu-Ray (I lent the DVD  copy to my sister a long time ago) and Atlantis: The Lost Empire on DVD.

The pitch-black DVD case (the one below Fantasia and above Cinderella) is the 2001 2-Disc DVD release of Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
I'm so sorry that Zootopia isn't part of my DVD collection yet. I plan on getting it for Christmas because if I were to get it now, I won't have anything for Christmas!

And finally, these are my Muppet/Henson DVDs. They got their own shelf.

Well, that ties it for my DVD collection, and I guess I'll see you again tomorrow. Have a nice weekend and a great summer!

The Land before Kanto Chapter 8

The next morning, Erin started hearing large footsteps. It was Earthtooth!

"Wake up, wake up!" She told her friends. "He'll eat us! He'll eat us! Run!"

"Erin..." Moaned Little Leaf. However, a large shadow appeared. Earthtooth was going to crush the five Pokemon, but they ran out of the way. Unfortunately, Little Leaf forgot his Sweet Herb, leaving Earthtooth to crush it. The five now needed to escape, so they made it through a hole in the rock wall that was too small for Earthtooth.

"Now do you believe me?" Erin asked Little Leaf.

"At least we are safe." He replied.

"No one's safe when you're around." Replied Erin. Suddenly, the Bayleef noticed something: it was the rock that looks like a Meganium!

"There's the rock that looks like a Meganium, just like my mom said!" Little Leaf exclaimed. "We're going the right way! The way to the great valley!"
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Little Leaf had been wrong about Earthtooth, but the others fallowed him. Their only hope was to reach the great valley, and Little Leaf alone knew the way. Although his friends were sore-footed and tired, Little Leaf urged them on. He never seen the great valley, but his heart told him that they were close. However, when they reached the top, it was just a canyon.

"This is your great valley?!" Shouted Erin. "You're crazy. I'm leaving."

"Erin..." Said Little Leaf.

"I'm taking the easy way for once." The Lairon said.

"But it's the wrong way!"

"Who says?"

"My mother!"

"Well, she was a stupid Meganium, too."

"Take that back."

"Never!"

"TAKE IT BACK!"

"No!" The Bayleef and Lairon battled it out while Dragoon, Archie, and Lars hid behind a rock. After the fight, Little Leaf admitted defeat.

"Go on, go the wrong way." Responded Little Leaf, with tears coming out of his eyes. "We never wanted you with us anyway."

"Well, Erin's way is easier." Said Dragoon.

"I think so too." Replied Archie. Little Leaf just continued the right way, which was full of rocks.

"Little Leaf, don't be angry." Pleaded Archie, grabbing onto the Bayleef's tail, but lost his grip and landed on a rock.

"Waaaaaait!" The Archen yelled while the rock slid down. Dragoon decided to follow Erin.
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Erin, Dragoon, Archie, and Lars were now dangerously close to an active volcano. Dragoon was riding on top of Lars, but she felt a bit scared.

"I wish Little Leaf was here with us right now." She said.

"Me too." Replied Archie. Suddenly, Lars noticed a yellow-orange stone and started to eat it.

"Lars, do not stop!" The Axew pleaded. "We must be together."

Meanwhile, Archie was on top of Erin, who was walking on the edge of a tar pit. She came across a cliff, so she jumped to the other side. Unfortunately, Archie fell off and into the tar pit.

"Erin, I fell off!" He pleaded.

Thankfully, Little Leaf came to the rescue and notice Dragoon and Lars stranded on a lava isle.

"Help, Little Leaf!" Beaky pleaded.

"Hang on, I'm coming!" Little Leaf said. The Bayleef pushed another rock into the lava, forming a bridge. Now they needed to save Archie from the tar pit. Little Leaf clung his tail to a rock, holding onto Lars, who had Dragoon on his nose. However, it was too difficult, and the four of them got stuck in the tar.
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Meanwhile, Erin was lost in a cave, and a group of Rampardos have cornered her. Then, a scary-looking black tar monster appeared on the scene, scaring away the Rampardos. The monster came to Erin and picked her up with its ‘trunk’, even though Erin weighed over 200 pounds.

"Help!" The Lairon yelled. "Little Leaf, Dragoon, Archie, Lars, help!"

"Erin, it is us." Said a familiar voice. It was actually the four of them covered in black slime!

"I knew it was you, all along!" Said Erin. "I did." Little Leaf, Dragoon, Archie and Lars started laughing. Erin left to have some time to herself, but she slipped on the tar, which made the others laugh. Erin simply stuck out her tongue, but she bumped into a stalagmite, making them laugh even harder. Erin now had her feelings hurt.

"We were laughing with you, Erin." Begged Little Leaf. "Come back!"

Erin was too proud to admit that, she gone the wrong way.
Author's Note: The stone that Lars wanted to eat is a Fire Stone, which allows Eevee to evole into Flareon, Vulpix into Ninetales, Growlithe into Arcanine, and Pansear into Simisear.
I was originally going to have the dinosaur Pokemon being stuck in Muk goo, but then I decided that it would be too dangerous and toxic. Also, Grimer and Muk are implied to be man-made.

Movie Review: Pete's Dragon (2016)

Movie Review: Pete's Dragon (2016)                                                                                    8-13-16

Pete's Dragon was originally a hybrid film released in late 1977, and was about a boy named Pete, who had a pet animated dragon named Elliot. Only Pete could see Elliot, as the other people would view him as invisible. When Dr. Termions (Jim Dale) and Hoagy (Red Buttons) discover Elliot, they want to kill him and make medicine out of his skin. Pete's Dragon is probably one of the weaker Disney movies of the 70s, but was the directorial debut of Don Bluth, who would later leave Disney and create beloved animated classics like The Secret of NIMH, An American Tail, and The Land before Time.

 

Nearly 40 years later, there would be another Pete's Dragon, following in the footsteps of live-action Disney remakes of classic movies like Alice in Wonderland, Sleeping Beauty (in the form of Maleficent starring Angelina Jolie), Cinderella, and The Jungle Book. In this recreation, a human boy named Pete gets lost in the woods and has his parents killed. He gets rescued by a large, green hairy dragon named Elliot, and lives with him in the forest. Six years later, Pete gets found by a forest ranger team and gets wound up in a hospital. He later meets a girl named Natalie, and learns how to act like a human, while telling Natalie and her parents about Elliot. Meanwhile, Elliot goes searching for Pete, while avoiding being hunted by Gavin and his gang

Now what do I think of this film? I loved it! It's everything a family film should be! It has a heart wrenching story, dazzling CG effects, and a soothing score from Danial Hart. Pete's Dragon is a remake that improves on the original and can be embraced by the whole family, even if the plot does sound familiar.

Rating: 4 and a half stars out of 5.

The Land before Kanto Chapter 7

And now, the five hungry Pokemon continued their journey. There has never been such a herd before: a Bayleef, a Lairon, an Axew, an Archen, and a Larvitar. All knowing that if they got lost, they would starve, or they would find themselves in the tracks of Earthtooth.

"Sweet Herbs grow where there's lots of water," said Little Leaf. "So we should follow this river." Archie and Dragoon leaned toward the river, but they fell in. Archie popped out of the water to smell something.

"I smell, I smell..." He said. "Hmm, Dragoon." The Axew was on his head, but Dragoon thought it was funny. Then, Little Leaf smelt something.

"Green food!" He said. There were a bunch of trees ahead.

"The great valley!" Declared Erin. "I found it! I found it!" Suddenly, they felt an earthquake.

"We have to get out of here!" Said Little Leaf. Dragoon tried to shove Lars out of cave, but he was too heavy. Then, a herd of Aurorus broke through the rock wall and ate as many leaves as they could.

"Look at them, just look at them!" Complained Erin. "They're so greedy! What about me? I'm still hungry!"

"You still hungry?" Said Archie. "I'm hungry all the way to the top! We made it to the great valley and still have no greed foods! We be hungry forever!"

"Erin was wrong". Little Leaf said to Archie. "This isn't the great valley. Well, we better go down and see if there's anything left."
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When the dinosaur Pokemon made it to the tiny forest, there was one tree left.

"Archie, do you think you could fly up there?" Little Leaf asked Archie, but the Archen felt nervous.

"It's okay, Archie." Said Dragoon. "Many things do not fly. Rocks, trees... Lars."

Since Archie was too scared to fly, Little Leaf had to think of a different plan. Little Leaf stood on Lars' back, Dragoon was on Little Leaf's head, and Dragoon was holding Archie. Erin thought it was hilarious.

"You four look so ridiculous!" She said. When the four stacked Pokemon made it to the top, Archie plucked as many leaves as he could. However, this distracted Lars, as he wanted to eat the falling leaves. This caused the tower of Pokemon to tumble, with Archie still hanging onto one leaf. The leaf soon fell off, with Archie floating down, thanks to his wings and his friends blowing on him.

"Did I fly?" Archie asked. His friends just remained silent.

"Hey, Erin!" Little Leaf told the Lairon. "Green food."

"I can get my own green food." She replied. Erin used Head-Butt on a tree, but nothing happened. Little Leaf threw some leaves down to think that she really did shake the tree.

"See?" Said Erin. "I can do it by myself, all by myself." She walked away from the group. "And I'm not afraid of Earthtooth! I hope he doesn't eat any of you!" Dragoon, Archie, and Lars felt scared, so they slept with Erin.

"There is no Earthtooth." Little Leaf said to himself, before he went to sleep all by himself.

Meanwhile, Dragoon was finding it frustrating to fall asleep with Erin, Lars, and Archie snoring, so she eventually sleep-walked towards Little Leaf. She was soon followed by Archie and Lars.

Erin then noticed that everyone left, so she too decided to sleep with Little Leaf and the others to keep warm.

The Land before Kanto Chapter 6

Little Leaf, Dragoon, and Archie were now in a dark cave. The Bayleef noticed the presence of an Avalugg, so he told the others to be quiet. When the Ice-type Pokemon left, the three decided to continue moving. Archie walked up Little Leaf's neck and rested on his head.

"Hey, you have a nice round head, Round Head." Said Archie.

"My name is not Round Head. My name is Little Leaf." Replied the Bayleef. "Are you just going to stay there?"

"Yes." Responded Archie.

"Well, you can't." Replied Little Leaf. "You're tearing my Sweet Herb."

"It is very special." Said Dragoon. "His mother gave it to him."

"Mother present, very important! I'll let no one touch it!" Archie rolled up the herb and marched around like a soldier.

"Archie can keep it safe!" Said Dragoon. "Yep, yep, yep!"

"Nope, nope, nope." Replied Little Leaf. "I am not a carrier. You're a flyer, now start flying!" Little Leaf started running, but Archie didn't like it. Suddenly, his eyes nearly popped out of his head like in the cartoons.

"DANGER!" He yelled.

"Where, Archie, where?" Little Leaf asked.

"There, ahead!" There was a skeleton of a Pokemon, and it got caught on Little Leaf. This scared the threesome, but then, Erin ran into them, breaking the skeleton.

"Are you frightened, Erin?" Asked Little Leaf.

"Frightened?" Erin scoffed. "Why were you so frightened?"

"Oh, we weren't frightened, were we?" Little Leaf asked Archie and Dragoon.

"Nope, nope."

"Well, you should be." The Lairon said. "I met Earthtooth!"

"Earthtooth!" Screamed Archie, grabbing onto Little Leaf's neck.

"Earthtooth is dead, Erin." Little Leaf protested.

"My dad told me that round heads have very small brains." Erin started her story. "There I was all alone in the dark, just me and Earthtooth."

"Dear brave Erin." Said Archie and Dragoon.

"I saw his big ugly eye looking at me!" Erin continued. "I could hear him breathing." Erin breathed heavily, which scared Dragoon.

"What did you do?" Dragoon asked.

"I went up to his eye and said... ROAR!" Erin jumped on a piece of wood, sending Dragoon flying. When the Axew landed, she found an egg. There was a Pokemon inside, but it was still sleeping.

"You are late." She said. "Come out!" Beaky pulled off the top of egg, revealing a Pokemon that looked like Axew, but it was a lighter green and had tougher skin.

"You are all alone." Said Dragoon, pulling off more egg shell. When all of the shell was ripped off, she found out what the Pokemon was.

"You are a Larvitar, so we'll call you Lars." Lars started eating most of the rocks in the area, growing to 5 feet in length. Dragoon found another partner for the journey.
Author's Note: The skeleton that Little Leaf, Dragoon, and Archie ran into happens to be a skeleton of Kabutops, a bit of a nod to the one on display at the Pewter City Museum in Pokemon Red and Blue. However, this confuses me, because Kabuto, which Kabutops evolves from, is an invertebrate, meaning it has no bones.

The Land Before Kanto Chapter 5

Little Leaf was now resting at a pond. An Axew dove into the water and kissed the bed of the lake. When she got out, she noticed Little Leaf and said 'Hello.' The Bayleef said nothing. "Maybe you can't talk yet. Huh, huh?"

"Don't you know anything?" Replied Little Leaf. "Meganium don't talk to...whatever you are."

"Oh, I'm a Meganium, too, see?" The Axew said, trying to pierce a leaf into the horn on her head. Little Leaf was not impressed.

"Okay, I am not a Meganium." She said. "I am an Axew. My family got separated after the big earth-shake."

"I'm heading to the great valley." Replied Little Leaf. "My mom said it was where all the herds we going."

"Oh, I hope my family will be there!" The Axew said. "My name's Dragoon."

"I'm Little Leaf." The two left the pond and were now in a desert-like area. They were playing a game similar to hopscotch.

"Don't step on a crack or you'll fall and break your back!" Dragoon sang, but then, her stomach grumbled.

"My stomach is talking." She said.

"Mine too." Said Little Leaf. "I wonder what these taste like." He bit a branch of a tree, but then something screamed.

"The tree is talking." Said Dragoon.

"No it isn't." Replied Little Leaf, with the branch in his mouth.

"You shouldn't eat talking trees. Nope, nope, nope!" Suddenly, a red and blue bird Pokemon dropped from the branch and landed on Little Leaf's face. The Bayleef screamed and the Archen was sent flying and crashed into ground.

"Who are you, huh?" Asked Dragoon.

"My name is Archie." He said.

"Archie?" Replied Dragoon. "What a funny name."

"Did I fly?" Asked Archie.

"No, you fallled."

"I falled?" The Archen sobbed.

"But how did you get up there?"

"I climbed."

"But you're a flyer, not a faller." Said Little Leaf.

"It's hard to fly." Said Archie. He flapped his wings, but he didn't stay airborne for long.

"We are heading to the great valley." Said Little Leaf. "Want to come with us?"

"Sure." Replied Archie.
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Meanwhile, in a cave, Earthtooth was lying on the ground unconscious. Erin managed to find him, letting out a scream. To make sure if Earthtooth was alive or not, she decided to head butt into the Groudon. When she was charging into him the second time, Earthtooth woke up, causing Erin to scream with fear. She ran out as fast as she could.

The Land before Kanto Chapter 4

It was now nighttime. It was raining, and Little Leaf was trying to find his mother after the earthquake. He found her, but she was laying on the ground, exhausted after the fight with Earthtooth.

"Come on, mom. Get up." Little Leaf said.

"I don't think I can, Little Leaf." She said.

"Yes you can." Said Little Leaf. She tried to get up, but it was no use.

"Dear, Little Leaf," She said. "Do you remember the way to the great valley?"

"How am I supposed to know?" Answered Little Leaf. "You're going to be with me."

"I'll always be with you, even if you can't see me."

"What do you mean if I can't see you? I can always see you."

"Listen to your heart, Little Leaf. It whispers, so listen..." Those were her last words before she stopped breathing and died. This dramatized Little Leaf.
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The next day when Little Leaf was walking, he fell into a pit and bumped into a Bastiodon.

"Hey, what's going on here?" He said. The Steel-Type Pokemon noticed tears coming out of Little Leaf's eyes. "What's your problem? You're not hurt."

"It's not fair." Said the Chikorita. "She should've known better. That was Earthtooth. It's all her fault."

"All whose fault?" The Bastiodon asked.

"My mother's."

"Oh, I see." Said Rooter, the Bastiodon.

"Why did I wander so far from home?" Little Leaf mourned.

"It's not your fault." Said Rooter. "It's not your mother's fault. Now you pay attention to old Rooter, here: it is nobody's fault. The great circle of life has begun. But you see, not all of us arrive together."

"What will I do?" Asked Little Leaf. "I miss her so much."

"You'll always miss her." Rooter continued. "But she'll always be with you, as long as you remember what she taught you. In a way, you'll never be apart, for you're still apart of each other."

"My tummy hurts."

"That too will go in time."
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At first, Little Leaf could only think about his mother. He hardly noticed his hunger and forgot that he had to get to the great valley. Then one day, a Sweet Herb was floating in the wind. It landed in a footstep where Little Leaf was sleeping in. At this point, he was now a Bayleef.

"Dear, Little Leaf..." His mother's voice could be heard through the herb. "Do you remember the way to the Great Valley?" He shook his head no.

"Follow the bright circle to the rock that looks like a Meganium and past the mountains that burn." He picked up the herb and continued to walk. But then, he saw a large shadow. It must be his mother! However, when he came close and started to lick it, it was just his own shadow.
Now Little Leaf knew he was all alone, and he must make it to the great valley, or the chain of life will be broken. The Bayleef then noticed Erin, who was now a Lairon.

"Erin, what are you doing here?" Asked Little Leaf.

"I'm trying to find my own kind." She replied. "What are you doing?"

"I'm going to the great valley." Answered Little Leaf. "Want to come with me?"

"No thanks."

"At least we won't be alone."

"Well, when I find my sisters, I won't be alone, so go away." Erin replied, but she fell into a hole in the ground. "Aagron can be very dangerous! They only hang out with other Aagron, and they only travel with other Aagron!" Little Leaf decided to continue on his way.