Authors Note: OMG It's been forever right?! Well my friend has been prodding at me to get on with this, but I didn't have much time to write lately for free. I'm trying to start up my career, while also having a side job that gives me lots of hours. So really it's been a little rough lately, but I recently have been getting some good ideas and a chunk of time so I thought why not huh? In case you guys are new, this is a sequel story so I recommend you read Chaotic Friends first before you read this.

Unfortunately updates won't be as frequent this time and I apologize, but as always I will try my best. I put a lot of heart into this chapter, and my writing has definitely been improving. So hopefully it will be enjoyable, let me know what you dislike and like in a review! I will definitely take them into account, also if you have ideas you may also put them there! Okay sorry for blabbing on... TO THE STORY.

-Vicki-

A sharp light shattered the previous reality, the blinding spark faded fast as my ears rang. I glanced about while standing in an immense laboratory, the one that Cyrus took refuge in. Everything was so immaculately clean around me, even the walls seemed to glimmer from not a spec of dust. Curiously enough though I wondered who was taking care off the place in his absence. Feeling a bit small in this huge structure I glanced over to my best friend Britney. Her blue eyes sparkled upon gazing around the building.

"This is beautiful!" Aidee shot out from my left side.

I nodded, but my entire body instead felt anxious. I needed someone by my side in this mess, something about all of this felt so wrong. As if a guilt pitted deep into the bottom of my stomach. Thoughts swirled in my mind almost as if they were real whispers. This immense building was not made of hopes or dreams, it was rather something I wanted to escape. However I wasn't all that great at hiding my anxieties and I could tell Britney was worried from the confused stares she gave me.

Maxie pitted to my side directly after noticing my dismay. The gesture although sweet still filled me with a bitter distance to him. Poor Britney was full of love and forgiveness, but I knew better than that. The crazed grimace on Ghetsis' face distilled me, he did not have good intentions in mind for my best friend. I loved her so much, but she was just too stubborn. The worst though that struck fear into my heart was how fast Giovanni gave up on his outbursts. His eyes darted suspiciously when his eyes locked with Cyrus' and I immediately knew we made a mistake. I just needed to get Britney alone.

Before I had a chance to move Britney whispered to me. "What's the matter Vicki?"

"Something isn't right, something is wrong." I replied with a frog in my throat.

Before I had the chance to explain anything, Ghetsis swooped in mischievously pulling her away by the waist. His movements were precise and obviously sensual, it made me feel sick. Britney blushed an intense red as smiled at her and just like that he began to converse with her. His red eyes glanced back tauntingly at me and I swelled with rage, who did he think he was? Just as I was about to attack him Maxie firmly held onto my shoulder.

"Let it go." Maxie said softly.

I swiftly tore away from Maxie's attempts to comfort me. A burning anger tore through my body and it bubbled into a loud sigh. I wanted to do something, but maybe it wasn't the best time for this. "Britney why must you be so stupid." I huffed quietly.

Maxie spoke calmly, "Britney is far from incompetent, she's just horribly trusting. It's refreshing to see sometimes, but if she keeps her heart open like that she's going to hurt herself."

"Yeah, you think Sherlock?" I hissed sarcastically back at him.

With a disgruntled remark Maxie gazed down at me with an expression of shock and annoyance. I couldn't help but smile widely at his horrified face, it was priceless. We were both such sarcastic assholes sometimes. Ruffling my hair he focused on Cyrus who was patiently waiting on a platform to speak. I didn't even notice him there until now and now I felt embarrassed for ignoring him for so long.

Once everyone was quiet Cyrus began to speak, "We've made it through realities with success. If anyone is experiencing headaches, nausea, or bleeding from the eyes you should speak now because that means you're probably going to die."

The entire room was dead silent as Cyrus paused with a sharp scan through the tiny crowd. Why the Hell would he say something like that?

"No one? Okay I was thinking we might have had a casualty, but we're right on track." Cyrus continued with a deep tone, "I still want to do some research between the portals so I will remain here. However you may all resume whatever tasks you were doing previously, all except Giovanni who will be assisting me with this. As for you girls, well I don't know where you want to go so you can decide now."

"I guess I'll go with Lysandre for now." Aidee decided without hesitation.

I glanced over to Britney and spoke, "I'm staying with Britney until whatever happens."

Britney grinned at me meaningfully and I glanced over to Michayla who was struggling with a decision. I wouldn't mind having her come with us, but she was always a bit of a free bird doing her own thing. Desperately I wished I didn't need to separate from them, but everyone has their own course. Taking a huff she brushed back her orange locks of hair and got ready to speak.

"I want to stay here, this is all a little much right now for me. I'll go on my own time." Michayla decided with an uncertain tone of voice.

Cyrus lifted an eyebrow and continued his speech. "Whatever you wish, but don't get in the way of this research for the love of Arceus."

"Hey don't be rude!" She screamed humorously.

The two of them bickered for a few moments like an old married couple, but I got bored of it quickly. I spaced out as I stared at the ceiling with an empty mind. However before I could enjoy it I was startled by Maxie waving his hand in my face. I shoved him away with an annoyed grunt, his red jacket ruffling in the process.

"Do you want me to come with you to Unova? That's where Britney is going, correct?" Maxie asked plainly.

I entertained the thought for a moment as it bounced around in my mind. N would be with me the entire time, but I wasn't entirely sure if he would be helpful in a situation that required a realistic mindset. Perhaps it would be a good idea to have Maxie come with me as well. I gazed up at him for a few moments, his pale face expressionless with that dark red hair.

"Actually maybe that would be a good idea, I might need you." I decided as I glared at Ghetsis.

Archie poked his head in suddenly, "I'm coming too!"

I leaped into the air with fear at his booming voice. Archie certainly did not understand the meaning of subtlety. With a swift movement of my hand I smacked him on the back of the head as hard as I could. He stumbled with a tiny whimper indicating his apology. Maxie chuckled mischievously at the suffering of his nemesis.

"Why do you want to come?" I asked.

Archie growled quietly, "I can't stand Ghetsis, that's why! I'm not about to watch Britney get snapped up by that disgusting creature."

"Wow that must have been the most descriptive sentence you've ever said." Maxie prodded with a sarcastic grin.

"I will hit you Maxie!" He screamed to the top of his lungs.

Archie's voice echoed through the facility and everyone was glaring at us. The idiots clearly did not have any clue on how to keep subtle. Letting out another sigh I pulled the two of them towards the Team Plasma crew. They looked confused to see us approach them, but Colress was rather delighted.

"You'll be joining us on the ferry home I see?" Colress declared with glee.

I tried to stay calm as I spoke, "Yeah we're going to have so much fun!"

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-Aidee-

I got ready to go soon after I bid my farewells to my friends. It was nice to start an exciting new life that didn't come with the regular boring chores I always dealt with. Not to mention I would be spending it with the rather attractive Lysandre. He set up a pickup to arrive and we boarded onto a oddly large, red ship. As awkward as it was to look at, I didn't bother complaining.

On the inside the walls were also a flaming red as to come with the territory. However everything was immaculate and beautiful. Even the side-tables were fancy with an arrangement of wonderful red flowers I have never seen in my life. Some curved in strange shapes and others had white blotches across their leaves. Everything around me was new and I couldn't wait to see what the land was like in person. It was much to what our world France was like and I always heard amazing things about it.

Staring out the window I watched the waves curve over the ocean in rhythm. However not before long we reached the land port and I couldn't believe my eyes with how big and beautiful everything was. I wanted to explore everything, and have all I could ever get from this world. Lysandre stood by me with a gentle smile across his face as he patted my back.

"If you want to contact your friends just let me know I have all the leader's numbers here." Lysandre claimed softly while continuing on his way.

I followed him closely while watching my surroundings. Out of nowhere arrived about a hundred Team Flare grunts all wearing flaming red clothing. I snickered a tad, but held it in as they greeted Lysandre excitedly. It was like he was some sort of celebrity, but I imagined his relationship with everyone else to be pretty damaged.

One of the grunts handed him some sort of creature wrapped up in a tiny blanket. It made an adorable low grumble from underneath the blanket. Before I had the chance to ask Lysandre took it in his hands gently with a sweet smile. His eyes lit up as he gazed at the little creatures face and soon after he handed the bundle to me. Looking up at him with awe, I wondered what the tiny thing was.

"This is for you my dear, he's one of our prized Litleo's that I heard about the moment I arrived here." Lysandre explained, "When I was gone I recieved probably a thousand messages about our success in finding the most beautiful one of the litters. When I thought about it I thought that you should have him. His name is Leonardo."

I peeked underneath the blanket as it revealed the face of a tiny kitten. It opened its eyes slowly with an adorable yawn, they were red! Left in astonishment, I realized that the Litleo he gave me was a shiny. How in the world did he get this for me? I bounced with glee at the adorable cat as it meowed at me, poking its tiny paw at my face.

"I think he likes you!" Lysandre chuckled, as if climbed up to my face.

I spoke to the kitten, "Hello Leo, aren't you the most adorable thing ever! Thank you so much!"

Lysandre smiled and spoke, "No need to thank me, you need him to aid you on your travels here. As long as he's there with you, you will be safe. Perhaps you will even remember me for a long time.

We continued along the path that was guarded by the strict Team Flare grunts. It was a bit uneasy for me to be treated like royalty, but I enjoyed the immense amount of sentimentality. Leonardo sat atop of my shoulder with a big, bright, eyes.

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-Britney-

We finally arrived at Ghetsis' castle, it was far bigger than I ever imagined. Only now could I ever understand his twisted nature, he had so many things to keep him happy. However when it was all ripped away from him, he was shocked more than the average person would be.

The halls were silent and echoed deeply with each step we made. Vicki looked extremely tense from all this eerie atmosphere, and it made me fear for her. I wanted so badly to reach out and comfort her, but it was obvious that I wouldn't really be able to help her right now. Maxie and Archie were behind us as Ghetsis kept me herded close to the front and away from Archie. His possessive nature was frightening me at this moment, it seemed as if he truly believed I would be staying; but I wanted to explore all of the Pokemon world.

"I welcome you to my castle, it's nice to have everything as I left it." Ghetsis declared with a powerful voice, "I assume you few will be staying for awhile, but you should know one thing. Do not wander around without my permission or there will be great consequences."

Each stride Ghetsis took was one of passion and integrity, he knew he owned this place. To him he was on his own turf now, and that meant everyone would be playing by his rules. I knew him better now though, and I trusted him. I trusted that he wouldn't hurt anyone and that he would keep us from harm.

"Hydreigon come!" Ghetsis howled loudly.

The halls began to echo the sounds of wings flapping at a fast rate. Before there was any chance to recognize what happened, a giant Hydreigon perched menacingly on Ghetsis' arm with the most horrific stares I've ever seen. The creature hissed and growled snapping each one of its heads at him. To my surprise though it hooked deep into Ghetsis' arm with its small legs, but as it stayed perched it clenched so hard that blood began to seep through his clothes. With eyes wide I observed him with no expression as if it didn't hurt at all.

I wasn't the only one who found this frightening, even 'The Great Maxie' trembled a tiny bit from the sight. Archie on the other hand broke into a tiny amount of sweat that trickled down the side of his face. I bet they were wishing that they'd went home and got their Pokemon instead of being here defenseless with Ghetsis.

We reached a large opening into a main hall filled with tables to sit at, but it was empty. I could feel my heart beating faster against my chest, but I was quickly calmed by the sight of a few Team Plasma grunts sitting quietly at a table eating their lunches. All of us (except Colress and N) let go of a deep breath and Ghetsis gave us an odd glare.

"This is the dining hall, and those two grunts will take the rest of you to your rooms. All except for Britney, I would like to have some personal time with her." Ghetsis explained.

Everyone fidgeted uncomfortably as Ghetsis gently pulled at my arm to follow him. While being torn away from my friends I mouthed the words "see you soon" to Vicki who watched with a blank expression on her face. I wasn't entirely sure if she was in disbelief or just so angry that she needed to think. I hoped that it was the first one, and that maybe we could all eventually get along.

Continuing to follow Ghetsis he led me into a huge bedroom with a Gothic theme to its design. It was impressive with many expensive types of cloth used for even the tiniest elements. There was a dining table in the corner for who knows what reason, but I sat awkwardly at it. In my best attempts to be polite and not wreck anything, I pulled my knees close to my body.

"How do you like it?" Ghetsis asked with an infinitely softer tone than which he talked to my friends with.

"It's very nice, I love the Gothic style in here." I answered.

He smiled faintly and then roared a command. "Hydreigon, fetch me the item I prepared!"

With a quick swoop it screeched and dived out of the room. Its heads still in a rabid snapping motion as it flew. There was something definitely unsettling about that wretched creature, but I could only assume that it was Ghetsis' fault.

Ghetsis returned to his soft voice, "I contacted Team Plasma to fetch me something special for you when we first arrived."

"Awe that's so sweet!" I claimed trying not to sound scared.

He caught onto my tone and looked me over. Pacing to the other side of the room he ran some water at the sink, and began to put on a kettle to boil water. I wondered what exactly he was doing, was he making tea? Waiting patiently I avoided his eyes, gazing around the miraculous room.

"Would you like some tea?" Ghetsis asked as the water boiled.

I responded, "Most certainly!"

He came back and sat down with a sigh, "Are you afraid?"

I gazed down at his bleeding arm and answered honestly. "I'm not, I'm just a little nervous."

"You need not be afraid of me, my dear." Ghetsis attempted to console me.

The Hydreigon burst in again with terrifying screeches that pierced my ears. In one of its jaws was a regular pokeball, and I immediately grew excited. Ghetsis didn't have to do that for me at all, but I guess I didn't have a Pokemon yet either. My body shook with anticipation as the pokeball was dropped from the creature's mouth and into Ghetsis' hand. His eyes were sharp as he passed it to me.

"It was important to me to get you the Pokemon you most wanted here." Ghetsis claimed as I gently took the pokeball from his hands.

Letting the pokeball release, an adorable little Tepig popped out with a loud oink. I was more than delighted as I accidentally fell off the chair and onto the ground. The not so graceful landing was greeted with the face licks of the tiny Tepig. I began to giggle from it and quickly recovered from the fall while holding the creature in my arms.

"Is it a boy or a girl?" I asked as it licked me more.

Ghetsis replied, "It's a male, you may name him whatever you please."

"I will name you Oinkers!" I declared with the silliest grin possible.

Ghetsis lifted a brow to my ridiculous name, but I didn't care. Oinkers was definitely right for the Tepig, it seemed to oink even more as I said it. With a gentle sigh I hugged the Tepig close to my body. "Thank you." I whispered softly to Ghetsis.

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-Michayla-

The night fell over the sky and I wondered about how my other friends were doing, but it was nice to have this time to myself. My heart was so full of misery in that past world, but the harder I smiled the harder it was to hear myself cry. I let out a deep sigh hoping that the problems of the past would be forgotten. I wanted to like Cyrus and Giovanni, but I felt I could barely trust them. I never even knew them well enough for this world to exist. How much more were they actually hiding from me, from us?

I yawned loudly from exhaustion, maybe I should get some sleep. Closing my eyes I began to fall into a trance of sleep, but a sudden crash woke me up. My eyes flew open and I jumped to my feet. What the heck could that be?

Walking through the tall facility, I peered around in the looming darkness to find something, anything. Soon through some travelling I saw a faint blue light glowing in the distance. Quieting myself down I crept towards it with my heart beating savagely against my chest. A shiver ran along my spine as I got closer and closer. It was way too dark for this to be happening right now, I was scared.

Making it to the light I noticed that the light wasn't at all something frightening or ominous, it was Cyrus. He was using some sort of torch on the machine that transported us here. I couldn't imagine what kind of changes he would need to make to the machine. Instead of asking however, I just observed him work away with this immersed expression on his face. He looked so tired.

Finally I decided to speak up, "When was the last time you've slept?"

Cyrus flinched from the startling voice that peered through the silence. Upon seeing me his face changed to the same blank expression he always held. It was pretty amusing assuming that he always prided himself on not having many emotions. I wanted to giggle at his response to my intrusion, but I didn't want to give him the satisfaction.

"I sent you to bed hours ago, what are you doing awake?" Cyrus asked countering my question.

I felt insulted at being treated like a child. His eyes however indicated no teasing, and I wondered if he really was all that oblivious. I've been teasing and clinging to him all this time because I enjoyed him torment. However he just had no idea how to act in front of people, and finding out all this about him just made me feel so much more reluctant to get near him.

I hissed at him, "Excuse me? I'm not a child Cyrus."

Cyrus rubbed his forehead in frustration and spoke. "Listen I didn't mean to be rude, you just startled me."

"That's much better. You really are socially awkward aren't you?" I prodded.

He grumbled, "Sorry that we're not all born with magical social graces."

I laughed a little bit, "Okay I guess that was a little bit rude. Really though why are you up so late? It's like you never sleep."

"I don't really sleep very often anyway, it's a waste of time. I need to finish my research with this machine, and then maybe I'll lie down for a couple of minutes." He explained as he broke his focus.

The room stayed silent for a few minutes after he explained himself, but I couldn't really sleep either. I walked over to his side and sat on the edge of a small box that was next to his machine. Something bothered me about this though, if he was just doing research why was he altering the machine? My gut twisted for a moment as I thought about it.

"If you're doing research, why are you altering the machine?" I asked.

Cyrus explained quietly, "I'm just checking if me thesis is correct, that's all. You really shouldn't worry so much about me you know. I'm not all that evil."

I grumbled at him, "If you were trust-able you would have never lied about who you were in the first place."

"You have every right to be frustrated with me, but it's in the past now. You're here and you should get over it already." He continued.

The words hit me like a shot to the heart, how could he? Wouldn't he feel betrayed by something like that? Who the heck just tells someone to get over it? Rage shot through my body and I stormed off. I could hear his faint voice in the distance, "I'm sorry."

Rolling my eyes I plopped into a makeshift bed that I made on one of the couches. Cyrus offered to get me a real room, but I really didn't care as I wasn't sure how long I'd stay. Maybe I'd be gone tomorrow, maybe not. My head spun as I attempted to rest. All I could think about was what my friends were doing. I wondered how things were going for them?

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