Hello everyone! This is a new FanFiction that I am writing, for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the reason I haven't continued my previous story in a while is because my iPod is out of battery and the charger is broken, and I was in the middle of writing a pretty good chapter. I'm not sure when I'm getting a new one. Secondly, this idea just sparked into my mind, so I just thought it'd be a good idea. So, enough of this... Let's just start the story!

Chapter 1: Something's Strange

I still can't explain it. What happened? People don't just disappear. No, actually, they do. When they're kidnapped, or something. I dunno. But that's not the case here. There's something more to this situation. I know because... It wasn't just 'one day they disappeared'. The day before, they didn't come to school. And before that-

Riiing Riiiing. Riiiing Riiing. Riii-

I snatched up the phone.

"Casey. You're home now! Okay, now we need to investigate," I said firmly.

"Dylan! Calm down. Could you just help me with this homework question? The one about...uh... Like the one where water goes to the sky?"

"Evaporation. E-v-a-p-o-r-a-t-i-o-n," I spelled out.

"Right... Let me write it into the box." There was a short pause. "Done. So uh... About Lachlan and Kaitlin. I-it's worrying. What in the world could've happened?"

I stared at my Pokeball poster above my Poke-themed bed. "Do you think it's about that investigation they were doing?" I suggested.

Casey sighed. "Yeah... But what exactly? And what were they investigating about?"

"Something about other universes," I answered, with a hint of curiosity. "I mean, they must exist and everything but I still have no idea how this ties into everything." I scratched my head.

"Me neither." She was going to say something else, when someone shouted in the background of the call. "Look, I gotta go. Um... I'll leave you a message later to tell you when I'm available to call, alright?"

"Okay, I'll see you later I guess. Bye!"

"See ya!"

She ended the call. So what could I do now? Just wait, I guess. "I need something to entertain me... Ah." I ran over to my DS and flipped it open and pressed the power button. "It's time to play some Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story!"

*Later that night*

"Hey Dylan!" Casey said cheerily, probably excited for the investigation.

"Hey Casey," I greeted back.

"So, um... where do we begin?"

"Okay, let's assess what has happened... Chronologically. So this is Friday... Right. From Monday to Wednesday, the other two didn't come to school. They also didn't answer any calls, or anything... Then on Thursday, they apparently go missing- but then their parents only tell us today."

"I think it was because their parents thought that they were having a night out or something, for some reason."

"Well, I think the only way we can find out what happened is to..." I didn't like the idea, but it really did seem like the only way to discover what was going on. "Sneak into their houses," I finished.

"I agree." It seemed Casey also had that tone of uneasiness, but I also noticed her voice was willing.

"When should we go?" I asked.

"Tonight," Casey replied quite certainly. "We need to know what's happening quickly, as soon as possible- before it's too late." There was a short moment of silence, and just then all of the terrible possibilities that could've happened flooded my mind. What if they were taken away, and... But then the thoughts vanished as Casey spoke. I was thankful that she did. "Maybe at, say, 3AM tonight we could get in? That way our parents will be asleep and we won't be caught."

"Yeah... The thing is, how exactly do we get in?"

"I really am clueless." Another little moment of silence.

"Maybe we could ask them to visit." I suggested. "They must be really unhappy about what's going on. So it's likely that paying them a visit is acceptable."

"So... Maybe at 9 tonight instead?"

"That'll work. We should tell our parents."

"Yep. Well, I'll see you then, okay?"

"Okay. See you then." I ended the call. I walked around my room, looking at everything. Bookcases, with half of the books about Pokemon. Posters about Pokemon. Mathematics and English charts. School books. "May as well do my homework now," I said to myself.

*9PM, Front door of Lachlan's house*

I knocked on the door. "Coming," a female voice called, who I recognised as Lachlan's mother. She opened the door. "Well hello there Dylan and Casey."

"Hi," I greeted.

"Hey," Casey said, smiling.

"Do you need anything?" Lachlan's mother asked.

"No, we're just here to visit you, because we know that this is a probably a hard time for you," I said sympathetically.

"Oh, thank you for your thoughts. Do come in," She said politely. We walked into the house, into the familiar hallway of the house. Lachlan's mother closed the door. "Um... There's something more to this, isn't there?" She said in a knowing voice.

I glanced over to Casey, then looked to the ground.

"I thought so. You're trying to find out what happened, right?"

"You guessed it," I said quietly.

"...Lachlan told me not to tell anybody this, but you two are his close friends and I feel that he'd want me to tell you. Before I tell you, let's go and sit in Lachlan's room. We'll discuss it there."

We walked down a couple doors in the hallway before Lachlan's mother stopped at a door on the left side of the hallway. I knew this was- is- Lachlan's room. We went inside and sat on the carpeted floor.

"I don't know everything, just a small portion of it."

"Could you tell us now?"

"I'm going to. The first thing I have to say though, is that Lachlan didn't disappear or anything. He left of his own accord."

Casey and I nodded.

"The next part is a bit complicated. Listen carefully, okay? Okay. Now I will start."

Thank you for reading the first chapter of this story! I hope you are enjoying it! Don't forget to leave a review if you did! Until the next chapter, bye!