Hello everyone! = This is Swifty, yet again, with another fanfic.

-Sighs- Sorry to say this, but, Angels Alight is discontinued. I just don't have the motivation to work on it.

It will still be up if anyone wants to read it, though. Though I doubt that you would.

Alright, enjoy! ^^

Chapter 1: Lighting up the Darkness with Fire

?'s POV

"Hang on! Just a little farther!" I screamed against the roaring sound. BOOM! Light bursted as the thunder threatened to deafened me.

"I-I can't!" I felt my hands gave way, until, she could no longer muster her strength to hold anymore, and let go.

"Sister!" The girl beside me screamed. "No!" The waves made our raft grew unstable. She flopped out onto the ocean, just like her sister did.

Now, I have lost both of my companions. "Emerald! Leaf!" I shouted in despair.

?'s POV

"Today's the day! Today's the day you're going to gather all your courage, and join the guild, Ember!" I looked over to my half-brother next to me, a Pikachu named Bronze. He nodded at me.

"Today's the day we'll join the Wigglytuff Guild!" He said at me. Oh, how very wrong we were. Out of the blue, we were attacked by two Glameow's. Bronze and I both ran in wild directions, out of fear.

I mean, that's what everyone would've naturally done, right? I hope we weren't the only ones.

The Glameow's saw where I was running to, and decided to take advantage of that. Both of them chased me until they cornered me. Behind me was the ocean, a fire-type's weakness.

"S-Stay away from me!" I hissed at the two Glameow's.

"And what if we don't?" The older Glameow taunted me.

"I-I'll...grr." I felt my anger rising, so I unleashed an Ember attack. The Ember barely got halfway to the Glameow's.

"Say, what should we do with her, Zini?" The younger one chuckled, amused at my failure to even launch a proper Ember.

"The usual, Ziri." Zini laughed menacingly.

I was in my defensive position, growling, having no idea what their 'usual' was. Then it clicked in my head. These were Outlaws! Zini and Ziri the Glameow's, going around the world, causing distress and fear to everyone, mostly Treasure Town.

How could I've been so ignorant! Now, because of that, I have to suffer- in the water!

Zini and Ziri began pushing me closer to the water as I just stood there, frightened. It was too obvious with my shaking, and they smiled. It was what they wanted. For me to fear them. I tried everything I could to keep them away, even trying a hideous Ember again.

Once they got close enough, they strike at me. I was too scared to even jump out of the way, and they pushed me into the water. I started to feel my consciousness sway, until, all black.

Bronze's POV

Once I got back started to ran back to see how Ember was doing, I noticed an Ember attack at the Beach. I decided to check out what was going on, and gasped once I saw the Glameow's. I hid behind the nearest bush as fast as possible, and peeked at what was going on.

My eyes widened as I saw Ember facing the Glameow's alone. They widened even more as I heard the name's Zini, and Ziri. My entire body stopped in fear. Even though I wanted to rush in and help, I just couldn't.

"The beach...it's so relaxing. Right, Ember?"

"Yep! It's the perfect place to visit whenever we're feeling down!"

"What if I pushed you into the ocean?" Ember clawed at my left ear gently.

"Don't be ridiculous! You'd never do that, 'cause I'm the bestest sister in the world!" We both laughed together.

'The ocean!' I thought, 'they're pushing her into the ocean!' My fear was confirmed when I saw Ember being pushed into the ocean, never to be seen again...