Summary: Gary had a normal life while attending school, he had many friends, but one day out of the blue something from his past is going to appear, a emotionless boy named ash, is now attending his school. Gary is now afraid of the boy and soon memories he had locked away will come back. A palletshipping rated M for foul language, murder, rape, and probably sexual content in later chapters.

Disclaimer: I do not own pokemon and credit goes to the person who came up with the idea.

Frozen Heart and the Beast Within: Memories

"WHO ARE YOU?"

Gary was scooting away on the floor as the shadowy figure came closer - its emotionless brown eyes staring him down.

"WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?!"

The dark shadow smirked as it licked the blood off his knife while laughing demonically. Gary could only tremble in fear as tears ran down his blood covered face, and, without even knowing, blacked out as the dark shadow continued to laugh.

Gary flew out of bed as his body trembled and beads of sweat continued to roll down his forehead. This had been the second time he had that nightmare, and it still scared him to his very core. Gary didn't know if this was an omen of something to come or
if it was his future.

He couldn't fall asleep, even after many attempts. It had just turned 6:30am as the young boy laid there in bed, but something kept nagging him in the back of his mind. He knew that shadow figure, but couldn't put his finger on how.

'Those eyes look familiar,' he pondered.

He stepped back into reality only to find that he had risen from his bed and was walking to his closet. As he stopped in front of the door, his body started to move on its own as he opened the closet and began to scrummage through the things he kept stored inside.

After a while of searching, he had pulled out a small box that seemed odd but familiar to him. He continued to ponder, quickly giving up, opening the box, and pulling out a small, round object that was red and seemed to be missing its other half.

He studied the object as memories flooded back to him almost instantly.

"WAIT! PLEASE, GARY, DON'T LEAVE ME BEHIND!" shouted a small, lanky boy, face framed with dark hair, who was two years younger than Gary.
"WHAT'S WRONG? CAN'T KEEP UP, WIDDLE BABY?" replied a 7-year-old Gary.

The dark-haired boy ran after Gary, who only kept walking, laughing at the small boy who desperately tried to his best to catch up to him. The young boy kept tripping and crying - he just couldn't keep up.

The younger boy curled up in the fetal position and let his tears roll down his face, hitting the grass below him.

Gary noticed this and started walking slowly towards the boy, the slightest hint of guilt showing on his face. He sat next to the crying boy, trying his best to stop him from crying and failing.

All he could do now was pull the young boy, who was sobbing and hiccupping with grief, to his chest and wrap him in a hug, hoping to calm him down.

The tears and choking started to subside as the two boys continued their embrace.

The younger finally quieted and looked up to Gary, whispering, "Thank you."

At those words, the 7-year-old pushed the smaller boy away, only to hide the fact that he was now blushing heavily.

The smaller boy laughed as he noticed Gary's face, and at this, Gary had gotten up and started to walk away. The younger boy stopped as he noticed the other walking away, got up, dusted himself off, and began running towards Gary, who broke into a full sprint at the sound of the other boy following him.

"THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR LAUGHING AT ME, ASH!"

The two boys chased each other all the way home.

He sighed at the memories and put the small object back into the box it came out of and placed it back into the closet. Closing the door, he heard his sister calling, "GARY! WAKE UP! TIME FOR SCHOOL!"

"YEA! YEA! I'M UP ALREADY!"

Gary then started his usual routine for the day.

While getting ready, his thoughts were focused entirely on the new student named Ash, peculiarly causing chills to run down his spine.

When he was prepared, he headed off to school, soon walking with his friends and distracting himself from thoughts of Ash with familiar banter.

But unknown to Gary and his companions, they were being watched by two mysterious figures. They chuckled quietly before disappearing into the shadows, leaving only their evil echoes behind.

Everyone in the group suddenly got goose bumps as they stared blankly at each other, wondering what just happened.

In their usual fashion, they shrugged it off and continued walking to school, leaving only Gary shaking as he felt that something evil had been watching him.

"You okay, Gary?" asked a friend.

Gary managed to regain his composure, though the feeling never left him.

"Sorry," he said while scratching the back of his head nonchalantly.

"It's fine."

The small group picked up their pace, none of them wanting to be late for school.

But Gary still had a gloomy face on as he recalled the sudden flood of memories that had come back to him that morning. He had a gut feeling that something terrible was going to befall him, his friends, and
his family.

Again, he was brought back to reality by a loud ringing, this time coming from school. The group realized they were late, and broke into a run.

They were all unaware of the dark events that were soon to take place.