Hey Scot here again. I've wanted to do a mystery fic for some time now. And finally I have devised a good plot. I hope I can keep you on the edge of your seat and keep you guessing. So enjoy! Oh I should mention that there will be a few OCs. A couple of Green's Gym trainers will have major roles in the story as their involvement will allow many side stories to pop up rather than having a linear storyline. Also the cast from my "The Right Incentive" story shall appear as supporting characters. (Sorry Unknownguy I'm borrowing Jean again.) But fear not! This story will of course focus on the Dexholders.

"I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night." - The Old Astronomer to His Pupil


Nightlight.


Under cover of darkness on an empty street a lone girl walked. The lampposts overhead flickered as she passed beneath them. She raised a hand to her long brown hair to secure her white summer hat as a weak gust blew by. Her teenaged face was expressionless her eyes drooping from tiredness.

Another figure approached her, walking on the opposite side of the street, the girl simply ignored his presence as he passed by her. He was just a shadow, another person with his own life and worries, none of which concerned her.

Or so she believed.

"You've grown up to be very beautiful." The Shadow spoke, pausing for a moment, without turning to face her.

The girl glanced over her shoulder at the man cloaked in black. "You know me?"

"We'll see each other again soon, Blue."

The girl couldn't help but feel a terrible chill run down her spine.

The man continued walking into the darkness.

"You can run… you can hide… but you can never escape your shadow…" He spoke in an eerie whisper, pausing once more under a lamppost. Blue snapped around to glare at his back. "… Perhaps I should visit those who stand in your shadow and make them one with the darkness…"

"Who are you? !" She demanded, taking a Pokeball from her belt. "Answer me!"

The light bulb in the lamppost above the figure exploded, causing all the other lights to fuse and go out. Blue instinctively flinched and covered her eyes to protect them from falling glass. When she opened them again, the man was gone.

Blue's eyes followed the path the man had come from and her eyes settled on the Viridian Gym. She immediately felt her blood run cold, that man had threatened her friends. Had he targeted Green?

She took off in a sprint brushing by another figure that was leaning against a nearby building.

"Hey!" She snapped grabbing her arm.

Blue narrowed her eyes into a glare at the girl; she was one of Green's gym trainers. And as she expected of Akira, the girl was frowning. Clearly bored of having the role of night watch for the evening.

"Akira," Blue spoke her voice fully serious, which made Akira raise an eyebrow. She wasn't accustomed to Blue being serious; no doubt due to her usually laid back personality. "Is Green inside the gym?"

"Huh? Trying to pay our boss a night time visit?" Akira smirked. "Sorry but, he's at home visiting his family in Pallet so you can't annoy him tonight."

Blue let out a sigh of relief.

Akira spoke again. "If you see Flynn around do me a favour and humiliate him for me."

Blue chuckled knowing the relationship between the two. "You know from an outsider's perspective they'd think you have fallen for the guy."

Akira looked disgusted. "Who could possibly find that guy attractive? He makes me want to vomit every time I see him. I even have a recurring dream where I kill him in a wide variety of ways."

Blue took a casual step back smiling slightly, her memory of the strange man still fresh in her mind. "Well the ladies around town like him, and I heard your older sister had a thing for him too."

Akira hissed angrily and turned away from her. "Don't talk about my sister."

Blue let out a chuckle. "Well it's too late to head to Pallet Town now…" Blue glanced at a nearby café the words "The Right Incentive" where displayed on the sign with a small message Blue couldn't help but chuckle at whenever she saw it.

'Will do any job for money… within reason.'

"Well at least I have a place to stay tonight." Blue yawned deliberately to annoy the younger gym trainer. "I can't wait to get a good night's sleep."

"I've added you to my must kill list." Akira deadpanned, scribbling into her note pad. "You are currently Number 12."

Blue smiled, gave Akira friendly wave and she stealthily slipped into the second floor of the Café. She would worry about everything tomorrow.


In the far away Johto region a boy with long red hair stood before a large tower. The building seemed to sway from side to side. Silver, the boy, frowned at the sight of it and started to cross the bridge to reach the small island upon which it was based.

"So this is sprout tower then?" A low voice whispered, causing Silver to jump. Nobody was able to sneak up on him like that, except for his sister. He snapped around to face a figure garbed in black.

"Who are you?" Silver questioned, his sharp grey eyes narrowing as he reached for his belt.

There was blur and movement and Silver suddenly felt a sharp pain in his side, he felt cold… like warmth from his body was being drained from him.

"Is that all you got?" The voice mocked. "Your sister will be very disappointed in you."

"S-stay away from her…!" Silver managed to gasp weakly falling to his knees, he had been stabbed, Silver realised and unless he stopped the flow of blood he was going to bleed out.

"Oh don't worry dear boy." The shadow whispered. "My poison is already spreading through your blood stream. You will pass from this world long before you bleed to death."

Silver felt dizzy and crumpled face down on the old wooden bridge. His lasts thoughts before his consciousness failed him were of his sister, he prayed that she would be spared his fate.

"I really expected more of a fight from you though." The voice mused, but was cut off by the sound of someone approaching.

Silver heard a pair of footsteps and his name being called over and over.

Silver's eyes closed and everything went black.


A teenaged girl sat by a riverbed, a large straw hat covering her blond hair. A Pikachu with a pink ribbon tied around its ear curl up beside her. She had cast her fishing rod into the river and was lying back patiently staring into the sky. On her lap was a sketchpad filled with drawings of her and her friends. Her most recent drawing titled "My happily ever after?" Was a drawing of her (without her hat) sharing a passionate kiss with a raven-haired boy with scarlet eyes.

For Yellow was a dreamer. Always drawing whatever she imagined, from adventures with her friends, to her deepest romantic fantasies. She suddenly hugged her sketchpad tightly against her body suddenly realizing its value to her.

It was at that time a shadow stepped quietly into the forest clearing. His eyes glinting as he approached the unsuspecting girl.

Yellow noticed his presence too late and a loud scream echoed through the trees of the Viridian forrest.