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"This doesn't seem like a smart idea," a girl with dark blue hair said as she inched along the edge of the cliff. Below her was a long plummet straight into the ocean. She was sure that she would bang her head on the rocks that lay right beneath the water. Beside her, another girl was inching along the ledge of the cliff, attempting to get to a cave that had an eerie glow surrounding it.

"It'll be fine," the other girl said, her long black hair blowing in the ocean breeze, "You have the balance of a spoink, you're not going to fall. Now hurry up, we have to see if it's actually there! Wouldn't that be amazing if it was?"

The first girl swallowed and did her best not to look down below her. There wasn't much that she could do now. She was halfway between the cave and open ground. She had made it this far, she wasn't going to give up now.

They carefully moved forward, taking small steps as they did so. It took what felt like years, but they were finally near the cave entrance. From where they were, they could see a glow emitting from the cave and casting a bit of light into the night that surrounded them. It appeared as if they had made it to their destination.

That was until the rocks came loose right beneath the blue haired girl's feet, sending her falling over the edge. From above, she could hear her friend let out a startled yell, and screamed after her. She could see her reach out a hand as if she could catch her falling form, but it was too late and she was too far out of reach.

The feeling of nothing beneath her and the wind whipping through her hair and clothes lasted for only a minute until she came crash landing into the ice cold water. Just like she had thought would happen, she could feel her head smash into the rocks as the waves tossed her roughly into the side of the cliff. It had been against her better judgement to go against what she had believed as dangerous, now she was paying the price for it.

As her head felt like it had been split open, she felt herself lose consciousness. She tried to keep her eyes open, knowing that if she didn't fight against the water that she was done for, but it was impossible. The water kept coming and filled her mouth, pushing itself into her lungs. Her vision became dark and eventually she lost the battle.

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"Oh, dear, it seems a human has wandered into this place."

Her body felt weightless. Formless. As if she was everywhere all at once.

"Ah, a deceased one at that. Fortunately for you, I happen to have a job for you, but you can't know it quite yet."

She didn't understand what this voice was saying to her, she felt like she was drifting away.

"Of course, I can't send you to the pokemon world as a human… Too bad I'm not Xerneas, this whole life thing is it's deal. I'm just a pokemon with a gift. Anyways, enough of my rambling. It's time for you to get going. Maybe if you succeed you'll earn your memories back, and maybe even a chance at being human again. Then again, maybe not. Good luck."

There was suddenly a warmth spreading through her, and she felt as if she was farther away than ever. She wondered if the end of her life was supposed to be this confusing, but then again, it wasn't as if she knew what the end was like when she clearly hadn't experienced it before.

"Safe travels! Until we meet again!"

The darkness overcame her once more.