Lost Memories

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Disclaimer: Do you really think I own Pokemon? No? Good. I do, however, own my characters. The story too. But Sacados Region belongs to someone else.

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This is just a one shot fic. Another one. Blah.

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Torrie, come on! We need to get a move on before they catch us!

Four Pokemon - a Ralts, a Shiny Silcoon, a strange Pichu with fire attributes, and, last but not least, her faithful pet Eevee. They were at the door, beckoning her. She stood, frozen to her spot. They had been found. After all she had done to remove all traces of Toreana Kuro, she had been discovered in her own house, long abandoned by her family. They had moved to Kanto after they heard that she had, somehow, been "killed" in Sacados.

Now the redhead started to move, trying not to aggravate the officer of the Growlithe at her side.

"Come here, little girl," the older woman said sweetly, holding out her hand. "All we want to do is ask you some questions."

How could I believe her? The tone in her voice was so fake, dripping in honeysweet promises, that it hurt to listen to it. But still I followed her, as dumbly as a small child follows its mother.

"That's it, my dear, come closer. Now, Toreana, why did you pretend you were dead?"

No-one calls me Toreana. In fact, only my Pokemon are permitted to call me anything other than Georgia. But they're different. Only I can understand them.

Torrie, don't listen to her! She's trying to capture you! Have you gone blind, human?

That was my Venia, moody and unsympathetic as ever. Still, she was a loyal Pokemon. She had to be. She was my strongest battler.

"Talk to me, Toreana. Our records say you went missing soon after you got your first battling Pokemon in the Sacados Pokemon Lab. What happened after that?"

It is as though it happened yesterday, not yesteryear. I had been mistaken for Georgia Brown, a girl who had escaped a certain academy for those with problems. An Officer Jenny had taken me away. I can still remember speeding away from Route One on the motorcycle, Venia grimly holding on behind me, Chaos curled up on my lap, crying herself to sleep. Chaos was my first Pokemon, though Venia was the first battler. I had received her as a pet when I was only five.

"Ignore the Pokemon, Toreana. Just talk."

My Pokemon were calling me. I felt numb.

Soon after I arrived at the academy…I don't quite know what happened then. After I arrived at my first class, we stepped into a portal, and met some new Pokemon. Chaos and Aika (who was still a Wurmple then) had gone off with some other trainers from the academy, whilst Venia and I wandered off on our own. Rockets were everywhere, but someone stopped them. Not long after we came back, the academy started to fall apart - not literally - and all the students, staff and Pokemon escaped.

TORRIE! all four Pokemon yelled, all in a state of panic. Who could blame them? If Torrie didn't run away soon, they would be in big trouble.

Bardus was one of the strange Pokemon from the Smoke region, as I called it. He must have followed us back. Though he was stupid, he was relatively powerful - and rare.

We met him just before we started climbing Crayon Volcano, a recently-dormant volcano which had just erupted.

The Pokemon looked at each other, worried. What can we do? Aika whimpered, on the verge of tears as usual.

"That's it, dearie, just a few more steps."

There were weird Pokemon on Crayon Mountain, too. They seemed normal, but there was something wrong with them. Both I and my Pokemon were glad to escape it, get out of Sacados and back in Hoenn, where I became a thief.

"Almost there, child. I will make you safe."

I approached her slowly, as though in a dream. She was like my mother. In all senses. Beautiful and kind on the surface, but a twofaced liar deep down, and not to be trusted. I knew that…so why did I go to her?

I couldn't believe what I was seeing, what I was hearing. A dog barking. A woman shouting. My Pokemon, frozen with shocked expressions on their faces. Then blackness.

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It's been a while since I've seen them. Toreana Kuro is now completely gone. I'm sure of that. Even I have nearly forgotten who I am. My hair is dyed a mousy brown, worlds away from my trademark bright red. They took my Pokemon. Venia and Aika were released into the wild. Chaos was given to an adoption centre. Bardus, I imagine, is being experimented on, for no-one had seen such a Pokemon. I can still hear his excited "Fi! Fichu!" as I wander aimlessly along the streets of Celadon.

No-one knows me here. Not even me.

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Read and review, please!

Especially if you want me to write another chapter. 'Cause I can see that there might be room for more chapters, about what happened to all her Pokemon.

This one goes to PBK, who owns the Sacados Region forum. Thank you!