Aaron's P.O.V

Memories are never forgotten no matter how much time passes. It has been centuries since I have last walked upon this planet and yet I still clearly remember my one and only true friend, Lucario. Lucario, who had been my closest friend for as long as I could remember, was the only person who did not know what I had in mind that fateful day when I sacrificed all that I was in order to save my precious queen and our only home.

I knew that by sealing away my only friend he would never understand my true reasoning and it was something I had to live with every day ever since I sacrificed it all to save what mattered most to me. The only regret that I had about the decision that I made was that I had inadvertently allowed Lucario's feelings of loneliness and betrayal grow stronger and stronger with each passing day. The life he had been sealed away to was not the life that I would wish upon anybody to live and I regret with a heavy heart that I am the one to blame for Lucario's untrusting personality.

It was I who betrayed and hurt my friend so deeply and it is because of my actions that I was granted a second chance. A second chance to walk in the footsteps of the living world and work side by side with Lucario. This second chance however does not come without a price and that price is as followed. I have one week, one week to earn Lucario's trust again and show him that he was never alone. If I succeed in bringing back the old Lucario that had served by my side loyally, I will be allowed to continue living in this world and live the full life I never had the chance to live.

Should I fail in my mission though, then I am to die on the first stroke of midnight on the seventh day of my resurrection. I do not care about what would happen should I fail though for it is a risk that I am willing to take. Many years ago, Lucario was willing to lay his own life down for mine and now I am willing to do the same thing for my friend. All I want is for Lucario to once again be able to trust at least one other person in this world and have somebody he can call friend once again.

The task ahead of me is not going to be easy but nobody said that the path of friendship was supposed to be easy. There are many challenges that one must face when they allow themselves to be close with somebody else and I am willing to face those challenges and sacrifice myself once again if it means that the Lucario I once knew and loved is finally able to open up his heart and allow himself to trust again even when I am no longer around.

After all, sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.

To be continued….

A/N: I own nothing except the idea of this story. Pokémon and all of its respected characters belong to somebody else but not me unfortunately.