{there's gonna be a lot of line breaks here in this prologue and for that I apologize

anywho, if you could kindly read what's under the last line break (it starts with actual author's note} before actually reading anything else, that'd be real swell

thanks.}

Hi guys! I'm returning from an almost three year hiatus. xD; I neglected this account because I figured I would never be coming back to it, but boy, was I wrong.

For some reason, my writing spirit has been rejuvenated and stories are just coming out of my ass. D: I guess that's a good thing though. I know my writing has improved over the past three years, but I'm still not sure whether it's, you know, decent. But I guess I'll let you all be the judge of that. -nods-

Hopefully you'll enjoy this story of mine.

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon.

Unravel

Touko had a big heart, but it was a weak heart.

Her heart was working overtime during this final battle with N. She had gotten him right where she wanted him.

Just as her Reshiram dealt the final blow to his Zekrom, she felt her heart thud violently in her chest. She clutched her chest with one hand and put the other over her mouth.

She coughed and wheezed, doubling over in pain. As she coughed, she felt a warm liquid splatter onto her hand and she knew what it meant. 'Dammit… at a time like this…' Her attempt to suppress any further ones from erupting from her throat ended with her on the floor, on her knees.

The moment she was grounded, N ran across the room to her, hands hovering above her as he knelt down, unsure of what to do.

Reshiram whined, having been a witness to incidents such as this, but never this grave.

Touko leaned to the side before she tilted over completely, her body hitting the marble floor hard.

She was too out of breath to let out the groan that should have come from her. Her lungs failed her and she choked for air.

"Touko!" N exclaimed, taking one hand and lifting the top half of her body, propping her up on his lap. "Touko, don't close your eyes!"

Her eyelids were drooping and the darkness was closing in on her, embracing her. And she welcomed it gladly.

N didn't dare shake her awake; for fear that he might aggravate the situation at hand.

'Those eyes… what lovely green eyes…' she thought faintly, one hand weakly reaching out for his face. They shone through the shadows enveloping her.

"Touko! Touko!"

The last thing she saw before she passed out were those eyes, full of worry and fear, begging her to stay up just a little longer.

A/N: Touko has Ischaemic heart disease, but I threw some violent coughing in there for good measure. It makes for a good story. I think so anyway. -shy throat clearing-

"Swanna Song" is obviously a Pokefied twist on the term "Swan Song." Why such a title?

Because racecar.

In all seriousness, just keep the title in mind. It'll come in handy later.

"While you are away
My heart comes undone
Slowly unravels in a ball of yarn"
Unravel - Björk

actual author's note

OKAY so I'm sure some of you may have questions {and if you don't and this is your first time ever seeing this story, perfect; hope you enjoy my super old work}

yes, this story existed a long time ago

yes, I deleted it because I was feeling really shitty about my work, so in a fit of emotional turmoil and general dissatisfaction with my writing and myself as a whole, I got rid of everything

luckily I wasn't completely stupid and I backed up everything just in case something like this happened again {surprise! it did}, so I'm gonna preface everything you'll see come from this story with this: I wrote this three years ago and finished about a year or so later so I started in mid 2011 and finished in late 2012

SO, expect to see a lot of plot holes and cliches, but it's otherwise what I feel is a... pretty decent story written by someone who was sixteen and just getting back into writing fanfiction after just writing for shits and giggles since she was in kindergarten and kinda bombed her first attempt at writing fanfiction back in 2008 {I'm old ok}

as far as uploading all the chapters go, I will not be uploading everything all at once. rather, I will be uploading each chapter every few days or so for the sake of those that are newcomers so that they're not like overwhelmed or anything {also it would be overwhelming for me to do all of that; I didn't save each chapter separately; I copy-pasted the entire story using the file recovery thing here and put it all in one Word doc so yeah}

other than the additions to this prologue, everything else will remain untouched from when I originally wrote this all to preserve its history {lmfao}, so you can all also enjoy cringing at my really silly 16 year old self and the outdated jokes and memes that were placed in the notes

to conclude: if this is your first time reading this, please rip this story to shreds so I know what to improve on even tho I've already improved quite a bit since then {critiques and advice are always welcome; no matter how old you are, you can always improve upon your writing}
if you've read this before and you're just glad it's back, thanks for coming back and I'm sorry for deleting this, especially if you genuinely enjoyed it at the time; thank you for your continued support.