Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon, or the characters in this story. I took creative liberties writing this. I know contests don't usually happen in Eterna! Just bear with me.

Song: Tourniquet by Evanescence

Pull the Trigger, Love Lost

It was a beautiful day in Eterna City. Dawn, Ash and Brock had headed back here for one of Dawn's frequent contests. The Sinnoh League wasn't for another couple of months, so they traveled for the contests to pass time. Dawn took a walk through Eterna Forest in the early morning to calm her nerves.

"Wow, it's so beautiful at this time of day!" A feeling of serenity washed over her as a soft breeze floated through the trees, making her scarf flutter behind her. The light of the city was a pinprick through the tall pine trees.

"If only every day was this peaceful..." A shadow lurked in the shadows of a brush and crushed the leaves under its feet. She spun around and turned towards the noise, startled.

"Who's there? Where are you?" Emerging from the trees, a figure, a girl, stepped towards her. She had shorts and a yellow top with her fiery hair in a short side ponytail. Her face had a look of hate.

"So you're his new carry-on. Hah. I see he's lost taste over the years." She raised an eyebrow disapprovingly.

"I don't know what you mean," The girl took something from her bag. Dawn saw it and backed away. She was carrying a handgun! "Hold up, what are you doing with that? What's going on?"

She cocked her head. "You're getting a little too close to my man. I had to deal with that brunette idiot in Hoenn. Same issue, same solution" As she said this she pointed her gun at Dawn.

One shot was fired.

Dawn fell to the forest floor as the girl laughed darkly. "Die slowly", she heard her whisper as she walked away. The echo of the gunshot traveled through the forest like the breeze blowing. Dawn looked down, and just saw red. Blood red.

I tried to kill the pain

But only brought more

I lay dying and I'm pouring

Crimson regret and betrayal

She screamed. She screamed with the intensity left in her wounded body. She cried for help, for someone to save her. The forest's echo was her only reply.

I'm dying, praying, bleeding, and screaming

Am I too lost to be saved?

Am I too lost?

Dawn looked into the sky and saw a faint blurred edge around her vision. She prayed for someone to find her. Anyone.

My God, my tourniquet

Return to me, salvation

My God, my tourniquet

Return to me, salvation

Her echoed plea died down as she began to lose hope. She asked herself, "Can anyone hear me? Does anyone hear my calls? Does anyone care?"

Do you remember me?

Lost for so long

Will you be on the other side

Or will you forget me?

Suddenly, Dawn hears a shuffle in the grass. " Is someone there," She whispers, "Am I saved?"

I'm dying, praying, bleeding, and screaming

Am I too lost to be saved?

Am I too lost?

Figures in the distance emerge! Someone's here! But are they too late? The haze around her already foggy vision increases as the blood flows out of her bullet wound. They start to turn the wrong way. Desperate, she shouts a strangled greeting,

"Over here!" Dawn's voice cracks and she can't say more. The pain is too great. She tries to close her eyes for just a moment. She hopes they turn. She hopes they find her. Before it's too late.

My God, my tourniquet

Return to me, salvation

My God, my tourniquet

Return to me, salvation

The footsteps grow louder. Soon they are right near her. Faint cries of, "Get an ambulance!" "She's lost too much blood!" and "Is she still breathing?" ring into her ears.

My God, my tourniquet

Return to me, salvation

My God, my tourniquet

Return to me, salvation

She felt herself lowered onto a gurney, being hoisted into the car, her last thought before her world faded to black, "Please God don't let me die."

My wounds cry for the grave

My soul cries for deliverance

Will I be denied Christ?

Tourniquet

My suicide