Chapter 2

I ran for what felt like an hour, my lungs and legs felt like they were on fire. I ran till I could not run any longer, collapsing on my knees as I could hold back my tears no longer. I sobbed and sobbed, feeling like my life was ruined. When I was finally able to calm down, I sat for what felt like hours, thinking to myself.

I jumped when I started to hear a sniffling and rustling noise to my right. I slowly and cautiously followed the noise, picking up a small log in case I needed to protect myself. As I got closer, the noise stopped for a few seconds, then a small female voice called from up ahead, sounding pained.

"H-hello, please help me!"

I dropped the log and walked faster. I came to a small clearing in the bushes. At first, I didn't see anything, then a small rustling in a bush to my left drew my attention to it. What I saw in the bush made my heart drop, inside the bush was a little Riolu, bleeding badly from its leg.

"Are you ok?!" I asked as I lifted her out of the bush, taking off my scarf and wrapping it around her leg firmly, attempting to stop the bleeding. She looked very weak, and appeared to have two puncture wounds on her ankle.

"I was picking berries for my sick leader when I was attacked by a Seviper. I don't feel so good." She said quietly. I felt her forehead, only to find she was running a high fever. I held her in my arms as I quickly searched for some Pecha and Oran berries. When I found some, I sat down with her in my lap and fed her the berries. A couple seconds later, she was asleep, snoring softly, making me smile.

When it started to get dark, I built a small fire, and set the Riolu near it, to keep her warm. I looked around the little campsite, looking for more Pecha and Oran berries for the Riolu to give to her leader. When I turned back towards the Riolu, I noticed her sitting up, watching me.

"Do you have a name, Riolu?" I asked as I placed the berries down and sat down near her. She looked at me for a minute, and then gave me a smile. "A-Abby, my name is Abby." She then looked at the pile of berries next to me. "What are those for?"

"I thought that I would collect some berries for you to bring back to your leader" I said, giving her a smile. Abby looked at the berries, then at me, and blushed. She then limped over to me and gave me a hug, starting to cry. "Thank you!" I gently hugged back. "No problem, Abby. Now let's get some rest, you were poisoned by the Seviper, and need your rest." I said as I put out the fire and laid down, Abby lying on the other side of the fading embers of the fire.

I woke up the next morning, only to find that Abby had cuddled up to me with her little arms wrapped around my arm, gently snoring. I blushed, and softly petted her head. A few seconds later, she yawned and slowly opened her eyes, jumping away when she noticed how close she was to me. "SORRY!" she yelped looking at me embarrassed.

"D-don't worry about it" I stuttered, but still smiled. "We should try to get you back to your leader before they start to worry." I said, earning a nod and a small smile. We collected the berries, I set Abby on my shoulder, and we set off.

Following Abby's directions, we made it to what looked like a small village, made entirely out of tree stumps. As Abby lead me to the leader's den, I noticed that I was being watched by a lot of hostile looking Lucario, who seemed to calm down a little as they saw Abby. This however, did not stop the questions.

"Who is he?"

"Why is he here?"

"Why is his aura so familiar?"

That last question confused me. How could my aura be familiar if I've never been here in my life. As I was thinking about this, I didn't hear Abby until she tapped on the back of my head.

"I'm going to go in first and talk to him, you wait outside, I'll be right back." She said, as I set her down, and she limped into the small cave with the berries. I decided to talk to the Lucarios from before.

"Excuse me, but can I talk to you guys?" I asked as I walked up to them. They were watching me intently, mainly looking at my eyes.

"What the distortion world is wrong with your eyes, I may not know much about humans, but I know they don't have red eyes!" said the biggest Lucario.

"KENICHI! Sorry about that, Kenichi isn't the most friendly Lucario. My name is Tomoko. May I ask why Abby brought you here?" He asked, with worry in his eyes.

"I'm sorry if I caused any worry, I was in the woods when I found Abby under a bush, she was bitten by a Seviper. I wrapped up her leg and gave her Pecha and Oran berries. I also helped bring some berries for your leader." I said shaking both of their hands.

Kenichi was the next one to talk. "Sorry about the eye comment, I just wasn't expecting that. Anyways, let me be the first to welcome you to Lotus Village. Is there anything in particular you wanted to talk about?"

"Yes, I overheard you talking about how my aura seemed familiar? Can people have the same aura?" I asked, hoping to end my confusion.

Tomoko was the one to finally answer my question. "Well, as you probably already know, every living thing has aura. Aura is usually unique to one person, but there have been cases where family members share the same aura. What confuses me is that your aura seems to match-"

A voice behind me cut Tomoko off and made me jump...

"VOID?!"

Well, there you have it. I enjoyed writing this chapter, as it introduced a very important character. I know some of you may yell at me for getting the concept of aura wrong, and I apologize for my lack of knowledge about it, however, in the case of this chapter, it may work. I am looking forward to the next chapter, as I finally get to answer a question that most of you may have been asking... if you haven't already figured it out already :P

I hope you enjoy this chapter.

~spudbud16