Chapter 1

"Eevee!" I cried "Use Quick Attack!" Eevee rammed into the side of Gary's Umbreon, knocking it out. "No fair!" Gary groaned "Mine's evolved and yours isn't! How did that happen?"

"Well, Eevee's a way higher level than Umbreon, despite not being evolved." I said, feeding Eevee a berry.

Then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw a familiar figure walking towards the town. "Hey Gary, let's go see Ash." I said, gesturing towards him.

"Hello there." I said "It's been a long time. I bet you don't even remember Gary, seeing as it's been years since you last saw him in Sinnoh."

"Hey! Why do I have this reputation for forgetting people?" Ash protested.

"Because you DO forget about everyone as soon as you go to a different region." I replied "Then you see them again and expect them to still be your best friend."

"I…um…"

"Have you had any idea how long me and Gary have been waiting to battle?" I was shouting now.

"Robin, why are you getting so beat up about this?" asked Gary. Then a mischievous grin came to his face. "You don't have a THING for Ash, do you?"

I rolled my eyes. "No, I most definitely do NOT."

"Then why are you so angry then?" snickered Ash.

"Because I find you EXTREMELY annoying."

"Wait! I know!" laughed Gary "You're annoyed because he's annoying Gary Oak, the love of your life!"

"I AM NOT IN LOVE YOU OR ASH OR BROCK OR TRACY OR CILAN OR CLEMONT OR ANYONE!"I yelled.

They stared at each other for a second. Then Mr Impossibly Annoying Ash went and said: "What about N?" He had to say that, didn't he. I had to stop myself from bringing out my Ninetales and annihilating his face. I ran off, Eevee clinging to my shoulder to avoid falling, with Gary in pursuit and with Ash standing there like an idiot.

I made it to the woods on the outside of Pallet town and climbed a tree to hide in the thick foliage. I buried my face in Eevee's soft fur and tried not to scream obscenities about that highly annoying kid.

"Robin?" called Gary from below the tree "Are you up there?"

"No. I'm not here. You can go home now." I snapped. Instead, he climbed up to join me. "So you do have a thing for N?" he asked, gentler this time.

"I am NOT in love with N!" I said, blushing slightly.

"Then why were you so upset?"

I took a deep breath, hugging Eevee close to me. "Me and N shared a deep friendship. We could understand each other. I can't believe he just disappeared on me like that. After we'd beaten team Plasma and saved Reshiram (And guess what? Ash took all the credit for that!) he vanished, just leaving behind a note saying 'Goodbye Robin. I've gone to discover more about the world. From N.' and I haven't seen him since. I was in my sleeping bag on the other side of the camp. He could have woken me up and told me he was going. But no, he just left me a note. I'm getting worried about him, because if he was in trouble, we would never know. What if Ghetsis got his hands on him? N's not exactly in the safest situation."

"Oh." said Gary. We sat in silence for a few minutes. "Why didn't you go and look for him?"

"I'd been away from Pallet for a year. I was homesick."

"Don't you want to go back to Unova and look for him now?"

"Yeah. But the thing is, I don't know if he's even IN Unova anymore."

"Oh." He said again. After a long pause, he said: "Do you want me to go now?"

I nodded, and he climbed down from the tree and walked out of the forest.

"What should I do, Eevee?" I whispered.

"Eevee." She replied, and it sounded like she was saying "I don't know." I hugged her tightly and stroked her fluffy brown fur. It was unusual for Gary to be so sensitive to other people's feelings, so it must have really seemed like something was wrong. I was really starting to miss N, and I didn't have a way to contact him. But where in the world was he…