Chapter 0: Explorer of Internal Darkness

I fall onto my hands and knees, screaming in agony as my body pulses violently. I stand up and try to work toward my desk, but another surge of pain sends me back down to the floor. The pain is intense enough to make me hurl my dinner.

I weakly look back and see the emptied vile; a small green puddle surrounding the bottle. I convulsed when the next wave of pain surged through every nerve in my body.

As soon as that wave ceased, I grabbed ahold of the leg of my chair and worked my way back up. When I finally managed to stand back up, I stare at myself in the mirror. My vision is slowly fading, but I can still see that I am the same Riolu as always.

A stream of green liquid rolls down the corner of my mouth as I pant heavily. I sit back down on my chair and quickly write down a note to anyone whom it may concern. It won't be much longer now when I lose full consciousness.

I write to the best of my abilities, and when I finally finished writing a massive wave of pain overwhelms me. As I scream, I hear something say, "Do you really think you can escape that easily?"

I clench my teeth and reply within my mind, 'It's over for the both of us! It's time to die!'

The voice says, "Do you really think that I will ever set you free?!"

I clench my paws into a fist and reply as I get off my seat and glare at the mirror, 'I won't let you kill anyone else! This is where it must end, Lone!'

The eerie voice continues as I see my darker half staring at me, "If you do, I am sad to say, but it isn't so. You will never get away from me! I am what you face when you face in the mirror. As long as you live, I will still be here! Regardless of your tactic, I will counter it!"

As another surge of pain explodes within and my fall onto the floor, vomiting more, "It won't be that easy to get rid of us, my friend. We still have unfinished business to do!" I look down and see the poison I have drank earlier. I clench my paws, tears streaming down my face, as the pains get worst.

As I try to stand, the taunting voice says, "You wish this were a nightmare, huh? Well, this is not a dream, my friend, and it will never end. This one is the nightmare that goes one! Lone is here to stay, no matter what you may pretend!"

"Damn you, Lone! Set me free!"

"Can't you see? You are me!"

I stumble toward the mirror and say as my physical appearance slowly changes, "N-no… deep inside…"

My reflection stares back and says as its eyes change from red to silver and my fur from blue to gray, "I am you, you are Lone!"

My vision slowly fades as I say before losing consciousness, "Arceus damn you, Lone! Take all of your evil deeds and rot in Hell!"

The last thing I heard shook me to my core, "I will see you there, Whitmore."

I open my eyes with a start. The morning light shines through the window. I seem to have slept on my chair while I was working on my experiment last night.

I look everywhere on the floor and see no sign of the vile or the poison. I look in the mirror and see my normal-self, staring back at me.

I let out a sigh of relief and think as I get up off my chair, 'Thank goodness… it was only a dream.'

As I wipe the drool from my face, I hear a knock from my bedroom door. "Dr. Whitmore, are you awake?"

"I am. I'll be out momentarily."

He answers in reply and I hear his footsteps against the wooden floor. I look back at the mirror; my smile now its opposite. 'So, it seems the impulses are getting stronger. You're trying to make your mark, huh, Lone?'

I turn away from the mirror and think as I look out my window; at a small town that accepted me as one of their own, even though I was a stranger, 'I need to get this under control. No matter what, I will not let you get the better of me. I will figure out how to get rid of you, and that is a promise.'

Author's Note

Good day to you all. Here is a small introduction of a story I hope to work on more in the near future. I have been incredibly busy lately, that, for a while there, I lost my writing senses. So much as gone on last year, that I did not want to bother with anything. So much school work... this semester is going to be crazier than all the others. I am not sure when the first chapter will be up, but if you are curious to see where this story, please let me know if you want to read more.

I am going to do an interesting crossover story. A combination of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon and Robert Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Let's make this story a good one! I am going to be working on the first chapter, this is where everything starts for Dr. Whitmore the Riolu.