Hello again! Ehesister here! Welcome back for chapter 2! It's longer than chapter 1, that's for sure! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon!

It was like any other day. The sun was beginning to rise and I got up, got changed and headed towards the gym, expecting the fierce battles approaching. The usual really, a few battles lost and a few won. After all the challengers of the day left, I decide to leave all my Pokémon at home since they fought hard today and deserved some rest. Loyally Glaceon refused to leave my side but when enough begging and promises, it stayed behind. I made my way to my best friend, Ruby's, house. Unlike most of my friends, she is not a gym leader but she's an amazing friend anyways. It was getting dark but I wasn't afraid. I was used to leaving home at dark to fulfill my responsibility as gym leader. I continued to walk, seeing Ruby's house in the distance.

"Just a few more steps," I thought.

Suddenly something was on top of my eyes and I couldn't see. I screamed, nearly jumping and wishing I allowed Glaceon to come with me.

"Haha I got you!" Said a mysterious person who removed his hands and started to laugh so hard.

"Fine, you got me! But if I had my Pokémon with me, you would have been frozen solid!" I resorted.

"Me? Frozen? Please! I would have told one of my fire types to thaw me out! Besides what are you doing here without any Pokémon? Especially since it's late and dark out! Really Candice you don't think! I wonder how you became a gym leader!" Yelled Salamander, the 3rd gym leader, which is also one of my best friends but sometimes well, he's just salamander.

"I'm fine! I was just going to Ruby's house! My Pokémon aren't with me because they are resting from battling a lot of challengers today! What are you doing here anyways?" I asked.

"I was going to see Ruby as well! And nice seeing you too," he responded.

"I would of felt that way but who decided to come and attack me!" I replied.

"Well I didn't 'attack you' I just surprised you, that's all," he said.

"Hold it, hold it! No more fighting you two! Come in if you still want to see me!" Ruby yelled at us from her front yard.

We both made our way to Ruby's house. Once I saw who was with Ruby and her father, I froze in my tracks. Cyrus, the champion was with Ruby and her dad. After a few moments, Salamander stopped and we both bowed to Cyrus. Yes that's right; we have to bow to Cyrus, all gym leaders have to.

"Good evening, Champion Cyrus, how are you?" We both said.

"I'm fine. Salamander go in the kitchen and heat up some soup. Candice go with him and bring me some iced tea."

"Right away sir!"

We both hurried to the back of the room, where the kitchen was located. Salamander walked to the stove and started to heat up the soup while I walked towards the counter and poured some iced tea into a glass cup. After that, I placed some ice cubes in it. When I was about to leave the room, I felt something hit me on my back. I checked and noticed some noodles on my back with a little sauce. I glanced at Salamander to see he was trying to hide his laughter. Knowing what he was thinking, I threw some biscuits at him and quickly hid behind a counter. After a few minutes, I didn't see him anymore but I felt some water being poured on my head. Soaked, I snuck up be hide him and placed ice cubes down his shirt.

Ruby's point of view:

While Candice and Salamander got Cyrus's food ready, my dad excused himself to use the bathroom. That leaves me and Cyrus, alone, in the same room. "Thanks dad." I thought. Cyrus got way to close to me and whispered something in my ear. He said:

"Ruby, you should join me. Join me in my plan to take over Orca. We can first dispose of the gym leaders, than the elite four. You can be safe from this disorder and join me and my team in a new, beautiful world."

Shocked, I replied "Cyrus thank you for the offer but no thanks. Evil isn't my thing. Besides my friends are gym leaders and elite four members."

"Well than die with them. You refuse me and my new, gorgeous world; you will die in this ugly world. Mark my words you will die. Run but you cannot hide. I will hunt you down. I wonder what I should tell your father what happened to you. Ah yes, if you do tell your father what will happen, I'll just tell him you have a wild imagination. Too bad it won't last for long." He responded.

Traumatized, I ran out the door and decided before I leave I should check on my friends one last time. They were having fun, having a food fight. I can tell Candice's hair was dripping with water and both of their clothes where coved in stains. I felt horrible, knowing their happiness won't last for long, since I knew Cyrus's plan. The plan that will affect everyone. Knowing that Cyrus will track me down, I decided to hide for now, but follow, more like check, on Candice, making sure Cyrus won't get to her.

A few minutes after Ruby's depart, her father returned to the living room.

"Where's Ruby" he asked.

"Oh don't worry. She decided to go on another journey to the Kanto Region; she couldn't wait to go so she left right away. She told me to tell you she'll be fine. That girl, so filled with energy."

"That's a shame; I wanted to see her before she left. Oh well. I'll see her again soon. Thanks again for coming Cyrus. Goodnight."

"Yes, goodnight," Cyrus responded while he walked out the door.

Wondering what happened to us, he walked in the kitchen to find Salamander about to throw a piece of bread at me.

"What happened in here?!" he questioned.

I don't blame him why he asked that, there was food all over the floor and we were both covered in stains.