I couldn't tell exactly where I was, there was so much fog and mist. There was nothing above, below or around me. I was still a Riolu, so I am a Riolu in my dreams huh, guess that is just how I see myself now. But then I heard a voice, it was feint but I did in fact hear it. I recognized it too, but I just couldn't tell who it was. I kept looking around and finally I was able to see a figure, again could not tell who or what this figure was, all I knew was that it is familiar.

Then I finally was able to hear what the voice was saying, it was screaming out "HELP."

Even though I didn't know who exactly it was, I knew it was someone I know, so I started running towards it, trying to get to whoever it was. Then I noticed something, behind whoever it was another figure, but this other figure was holding something, a gun. But then the voice called out, "JAE! HELP ME DON'T LET ME DIE!"

I was in a panic now, I had to get to whoever this was and FAST! I kept running towards them but then as they were in my reach I couldn't go any further, I kept moving forward, they were just in arms reach, but it was no use I couldn't get any closer. The figure with the gun held it up to the other figure and I was trying my hardest to stop this from happening, I tried everything but it was no use. Then the figure said it's last words, "Jae, how could you just stand there and watch?"

*P-TAFF*

I woke up in a fright, breathing heavily, sweating, and my little heart beating a thousand miles a minute. I then heard Lucario look over to me and say, -Hey are you okay, you seemed fine in your sleep, what happened, bad dream?-

After calming myself down I looked over to Lucario and said, -Yeah, really bad nightmare.-

-Want to talk about it?- I was going to say no, but I felt like I needed to talk about it, so I told Lucario all the events of the dream.

He then replied to me, -That dream probably came from the fear of losing your family, you are probably traumatized from losing them once, but I promise you this, you won't lose this family, I guarantee it.-

I felt like he was right, and I am extremely grateful for his promise, but still I couldn't help but still think about the dream, it was just so real. But I threw the thought of the dream out of my head and told him thank you. We then walked out of our room (which I forgot to mention has the same type of door as the one for the training room.) and walked down to the kitchen.

Inside we found Claire making breakfast for her family. She looked at us and said, "Hey, you two are up early, I mean Lucario your always up this morning, but I didn't expect to see you up so early Jae." She said that last part while petting me. I was actually used to getting up this early, it is about 7:30 a.m. when I got up and I had to get up earlier than that for school. So I told Lucario to tell her about my hours and also tell her about the dream I had, better that way, I don't want to keep secrets I don't have to keep.

Lucario used telepathy to tell her about my hours and the dream, she then bent down and carefully brought me into a hug and said, "Oh it's Ok Jae, I promise you this, you lost one family, I am going to do my best to make sure you don't lose another." That felt good, just having reassurance that everything would be okay was just a really good feeling to have, so in return I gave her the best hug my tiny arms could manage.

She then got up and said, "Alright I better get back to cooking or everything will burn, I will have you two your food when I get done with this, hope you don't have any problem with fruit Jae." I shook my head at her to tell her no I didn't have any problem with it.

So to wait me and Lucario walked into the living room and I grabbed the remote with both my paws, laid it down on the couch where I jumped to, pointed it at the T.V. and clicked the button with one of my nubs to turn it on.

Lucario gave me another dumbfounded look and said, -You know how to work the T.V.?-

Oh, crap baskets, I had to think of something, -UH, Yeah, I saw Martin turn it on with this yesterday while I was getting showed the house, so I thought what else better to do you know?-

Lucario gave me a "not buying it" look, but then he smiled and said, -Yeah, it didn't take me long to figure out what that it did too, guess you are a fast learner huh?- I then nodded at him and he joined me at watching it, I flipped channels and found they had parallels to shows I used to watch, they had there own Pokémon themed Naruto, Dragon Ball Super, and even The Flash, but instead of "The Flash" it was "The Flish" the fastest Magikarp in the ocean, so yeah I went back to the Pokémon themed Dragon Ball. Lucario seemed to get a little interested in the show before Riley came downstairs while Claire said that food was ready. Lucario and I walked out while Riley looked confused as to why we were watching their version of Dragon Ball, but he just shrugged, turned off the T.V. and joined us.

So we sat down and got ready to eat, apparently Martin had already left to go to his job and Carol had joined us after Riley had to go wake her up, she walked in, gave me a pet while calling me adorable, and then sat down. Riley, Carol, and Claire had omelets while me and Lucario assortments of fruit. I got the smaller plate for obvious reasons, but also I didn't have that big of an appetite anymore so I was alright with it. My plate had orange slices, lemon slices, apple slices, and even grapefruit slices, while Lucario had the same just a bigger portion.

After we all ate Claire said that she needed to go out and asked Lucario to go with her, he accepted, turned to me and said, -Ok I won't be gone long alright, Carol and Riley will be here if you need anything, you will be alright without me right.- Huh Lucario seemed to treat me as if he was a father, that was nice but kind of insulting, I am 18 after all, well at least in mind.

So I replied to him, -Hey I'll be fine, don't worry so much Ok.- That response seemed to surprise and also reassure him, so he then nodded at me and took his leave with Claire while Riley locked up the house.

I then took my time to go to the training room I needed to try and learn something. I need a move to use, so I couldn't think of any better one to learn for a starter, Force Palm. While in there I started trying to focus on my right Paw. I was a right handed person, guess I'm right pawed as a Riolu, so I started with it first. After a few attempts I couldn't really get anything to happen so I tried something else, aura reading. I closed my eyes and started focusing, after about five minutes of calm and peace my feelers on the sides of my head started floating up, then I finally saw something, IT WAS RILEY'S AURA! I could see it, I could actually see it, this was amazing, I even saw Carol's aura upstairs in her room. It was like having a better X-Ray vision, I could see through walls, and anything that didn't have an aura was outlined in blue. I guess it wasn't that much of a feat though, aura reading is like the first thing a Riolu should know, but I digress I was proud, I wasn't always a Riolu anyway, so it was a feat to me.

Now onto my next step, Force Palm. So I did the same thing as before, using the same technique with aura sight but then focusing it on my Paw. This took me a good ten minutes until I finally saw something, there was a spark. A white colored lightning sparked from my hand, I guess that is how the paralysis happens, so I kept focusing on it for five more minutes until my paw shined a bright white light out of it with the white sparks flying close to it. It was amazing and I was excited but I couldn't lose focus. I then brought my paw in front of me and when it was pointed out, I stopped focusing on it.

The sound it made was like a crack of thunder, but not as loud. I had held my ground so the force didn't push me back. It was a strong force but it didn't go far, it really is made for close range so it makes perfect sense, but still it was way stronger than I thought it could be, but it also gave me a thought, could I charge it up even more. But before I could think about it anymore Riley ran into the training room in a panic and saw me standing there with a few leftover white sparks of lightning coming from my paw.

He then said, "Did you make that sound?" I gave him a nod and he looked and took a guess, "Lucario must of taught you force palm, well that's good now that I know you can do that so it wont scare me next time." I found it funny how he thought Lucario taught me that, guess he didn't realize how capable I really was. He then walked out and I practiced a few more times. I also practiced with my left hand, but it was harder to do so I stuck to my right hand. I spent about thirty more minutes with aura sight and force palm until I had both of them mastered as if I was learning how to ride a bike all over again.

With my personal training session done I used the restroom, washed my paws and went into the living room where Riley was. He was a little shocked after seeing me coming from the bathroom and said, "Huh, I guess dad wasn't kidding when he said the nurse told him you could do that." Well, I didn't know Delila told Martin about that, guess she had to gossip to someone about it huh, and it seemed Martin warned the people here too.

I then saw that Riley was playing a Mortal Kombat like fighting game and getting really frustrated. "ARGH! I just can't beat him, he's too good, and I can't stand playing as this character!" I gave it a look and it seemed similar to the final boss of one of the Mortal Kombat games, moves and everything.

So I went up to Riley poked him and he said, "Yeah what's up, you hungry?" I shook my head at him and pointed at the controller.

He then responded with, "Wait, you want to give it a try?" I nodded at him and he said, "Well then, be my guest, should be cool to watch a Pokémon play a video game, or at least try to." I gave him a cocky grin and he handed me the controller. Took me a second to figure out a way to hold it with my new paws, but rest assured, you really only play games with four fingers anyway. My top nub acted similar to a thumb, and my middle nub acted as the one that hits the triggers. Besides the controller being big and holding it close to the ground in case I dropped it because I didn't really have the best grip on it, it wasn't that hard, so I got comfortable and got to work.

First I went to the moves list and checked the combos, perfect they were the same as the one as I used to play, and I have very good muscle memory, even now. So I got what I needed and started the fight. First time I lost, what had to get used to the game again. Second time I lost but I got closer. Then my third time trying I won the first round, then I lost the second. I was on final round, got a few good hits in, crap got hit by the un-block able twice! Then finally, wait, almost...YES! I did it, I beat him, even with paws.

I looked back at Riley with a grin and saw his jaw hanging. He then finally spoke after I paused the cut scene, "How on earth did... holy crap that was AMAZING! That was the coolest thing I've ever seen, not only are you good at real fighting but virtual fighting as well, that is just incredible."

-Thank you very much.- I replied to him in my own language. We finished watching the cut scene and he popped in another game, seemed like it was a shooter, he asked if I wanted to play but I declined, I am not a huge fan of shooters, main one I like is Battlefield but that seemed like a Call of Duty like game.

I then headed upstairs to the restroom to take a shower, I haven't had one in a couple of days so I wanted one, I walked in since the door was open like it should be and started the water. Riley then walked up and said, "Now Carol if your going to take a shower you need to let me k-" He stopped mid sentence when he noticed me and said, "Oh? You started the water?"

I nodded to him. "You know how it works right?" he asked.

I again nodded and got the reply, "Okay I'll close the door for now, just call when you need out okay." I nodded once more and he shut the door. I guess he assumed I was taught by Delila to do that, how wrong he was. I then started the water, pulled up the stopper for the shower and got in. I had to use shampoo on all of my body because fur don't come clean with just body wash. So what I did was use the body wash first then use the shampoo after. When I finished cleaning up I pulled a towel down from the curtain and dried myself. I jumped up on the counter because I just had to see something.

I was all fluffed up, it was actually pretty funny with me looking like this, I looked like a small Riolu shaped cloud. I then took a minute to push down most of the fluff, jumped down from the counter and called out for Riley. He heard my yells and opened the door.

He then asked me, "Didn't fall did you?"

I shook my head at him and he said, "Alright just making sure." With that he took his leave downstairs. I was going to follow him but I realized something dreadful, I wasn't looking out for Carol.

Suddenly I was in Carol's death grip of a hug with her cutely chanting, "Caught you, Caught you, Caught you!"

For a couple of seconds before she said, "Your coming with me to play dress up!" Nope, Nope, Nope and NO! I then tried to squirm out but not violently so I wouldn't hurt her but too late. She had closed the door to her room with me and her in it. This place was as pink as it gets for a room.

She then said, "Now to find something that will fit you." Ok, had to find a way out of this. While she was searching for a dress I saw something over on the little table she had in her room, paper and crayons. I then ran over picked up a good one in both of my paws and started writing.

She had a dress in her hand but when she saw me writing she stopped and asked in her sweet little voice, "What are you doing Jae?"

I then finished writing after a few seconds and she read off what I wrote, it wasn't too sloppy even though I had sloppy handwriting back then, but it was legible, "Please don't make me wear a dress."

She looked at me innocently and asked, "Why?" I then put the paper down, turned it over and wrote the message to her.

She then again read it off, "I am a boy, it's not right for a boy to wear girl's clothes."

She then looked at me innocently and said, "OK, instead of dress up, is there anything else you want to play."

She wasn't just trying to put me in a dress, she just wanted to spend time with me, so I got an idea and wrote it down on the paper and handed it to her, she read it to herself and exclaimed, "Drawing? YES! that is a great idea sure lets do it, I will draw you and you can draw me Ok?" That actually sounded pretty fun if you ask me so I nodded and we got to work. By the time we were done she had drawn a very simple, but actually pretty detailed drawing of what I looked like now, it was no Mona Lisa, but it was still very well done, especially at her age. She asked if I liked it and I nodded to her repeatedly telling her I loved it. I then handed her my drawing and it was a anime like drawing of her and what she was wearing.

She then said, "Wow! This is an amazing drawing of me, way better than any my friends had made, I'm going to hang them up on the wall!" She then took some pins and hooked them up to her wall in the corner, I hadn't noticed because her bed blocked it but she had a ton of drawings, and some of them were really well done.

"Do you like them, when I grow up I want to be an artist, and hopefully have a Smeargle to help me with my projects so I can become famous!" She told me. I nodded my head at her to tell her I thought that was an amazing idea. That actually is pretty great, I can tell she has talent, and if she keeps going I believe her dream may just become a reality.

We then heard Claire's voice ring out and say, "I'm home, kids come help me put up groceries!"

Carol then yelled out, "OK I'M COMING!" Her standing right next to me while screaming did not fell good, I just noticed this now but my hearing is extremely sensitive, going to have to be careful about that.

So I walked downstairs while following Carol and Lucario was standing there and asked me, -Hey there, Carol put you into a dress yet?-

I then smugly replied, -Nope! Me and her were just drawing pictures.-

-Drawing pictures huh, guess maybe she stopped with the whole dress thing.- He replied.

I then said playing it cool, -Yeah I guess so, OH! By the way there is something I want to show you in the training room, I learned something while you were gone.-

-Really? Well then let's see what you can do!- He exclaimed.

We then walked to the training room and asked me, -All right, show me what you learned.- I nodded at him and started focusing. My feelers started floating up like last time, my paw started sparking with the white lightning, it then quickly grew into a bright white light. I then quickly put my palm in front of me and let it go.

*CRACK!*

Lucario was clapping with his paws, -Incredible, you learned how to focus your aura and use a Force Palm all on your own, I really am seeing great potential for you in the near future my friend.-

Cool, guess he noticed the father figure thing made me feel uncomfortable. -Thank you Lucario, It took an hour or so to learn, but I also have to learn how to effectively use it in battle as well, so it is nowhere near perfect.-

He then retorted, -That is true, but for now you have made great progress and I couldn't be happier that I am teaching you Jae.-

-Thanks Lucario.- I replied. Then we both heard Martin come through the door and scream out how he was back. I finally got to learn what his job was, he is a police officer. I was enlightened, I always wanted to be a police officer or investigator and Martin was actually one. A little later we had sat down for dinner where Lucario was given his normal meal and I was given fruit again.

Claire said, "I forgot I needed to get things for you to eat as well, so tomorrow we will go back and get you something you will like, but until then can you deal with fruit and water." I nodded yes at her, I was fine with that, I really did like the taste of fruit now. During dinner Martin had talked about a couple of things that had happened today. He caught someone in one of the bad neighborhoods they had in this town that I still don't know the name of yet. He had stopped because the guy looked suspicious and Martin asked if he could do a check on the man and the dude went off running, Martin was able to find him and found cocaine on him. The dude got in more trouble for running, I still can't believe people wont learn that drugs will bring nothing but trouble to you and everyone around them. Riley and Carol had to go to bed because they had school in the morning and I waved to them goodnight. I saw Martin with a tablet and earbuds on, and that had given me an idea. I followed Lucario to our room and I got in my bed and used my aura sight to check when Martin and Claire went to bed. Once they did I got out of bed and put my plan into action.

(Lucario's POV)

I woke up from my sleep too early. It happens to all of us, even us Pokémon here. I then sat up for a moment to get my bearings when I noticed something, Jae wasn't in his bed! I was worried, could he have run off. I then used my aura vision to locate him and he was downstairs in the living room, just sitting in the middle of the floor. What was he doing?

I then left our room and went down there to check on him. I went down the stairs and entered the living room, but when I spotted him I froze. First off everything in this picture was wrong, first he had Martins tablet sitting in front of him with the earbuds on. How did he learn to do this, I know the centers don't give those out to Pokémon, and I know Martin hasn't showed him how to use it. Then my theory was proved more when the video ended and he opened up the search bar, typed in what he wanted to watch in the search bar and started watching. It was some video of a man playing one of those video games that Riley likes to play and it seems as though the person is acting really dumb and saying stupid things. How could Jae know how to operate that tablet, he was wild, right? Then second he had a soda laying next to him, he would pick it up with both his paws and drink from it. Ok how did he get that open, he has no claws or anything to grip the metal that would open the can. So I went into the kitchen and saw there was a butter knife laid out on the counter near the sink, he must of put it over the sink in case it spilled. This means he opened the fridge, knew what the soda can was, which I know no one here or at the center would have given him a soda, jumped on the counter with the soda can, opened the drawer, grabbed a butter knife from it, and used it to open the can and drank the soda while he watched the video. I guess he planned on putting the knife up after the fact.

A lot of this was wrong, either he was lying about being wild or maybe the trauma from the gunshot wound making him think he was wild. But that also makes no sense, if I measured his age right, which I know for a fact that I measured right, there is no way he couldn't be wild. Why was he acting like this, I was suspicious with his name and the T.V. but now I am even more confused.

I couldn't let this get to me, I was too tired for it, for now I will let this play out and if it continues I will confront him about this, but until then I am getting some rest. I then quietly walked back upstairs as not to disturb him, opened the door to my room, laid down in my bed and went back to sleep.

(Jae POV)

Man those were some funny videos, looks like my type of humor still exists in this world. I then got up from the spot I was sitting with Martin's tablet in my hand and put it back on the charger and left the earbuds where he had them as well. I then proceeded to throw away the soda can that I had and put back the butter knife I used to open it back in it's appropriate drawer. After all that I quietly went back upstairs, opened the door to Me and Lucario's room and saw that he was still asleep, perfect. He was the one I was most worried about waking up, looks like I actually kept it pretty quiet. I then proceeded to quietly climb into my bed, pull myself under the blankets and covers, lay my head down on the pillow, and fall into a very relaxing, dreamless sleep. Thank, GOD!