I promised another chapter this weekend. And I shall deliver. You don't realized how hard I've been working on this chapter. It took most of the weekend. There was also an issue with fanfiction. I don't think I was the only one that got it. I'm pretty sure most of the users got it. So I'm really happy that I got to push this chapter out. I hope you all enjoy this chapter. I certainly enjoyed writing it. BEHOLD! CHAPTER 5!

Chapter 5:

Invasion

Elise looked upon Conter Valley from her room. Today was the night of the senior dance. So Conter Valley was louder than usual. The senior dance was held every year to celebrate the change from children to adults. It was a big event that every senior was expected to attend. Juniors could come to but sophomores and freshmen had to have a date from either a junior or senior. But Elise had no plans to go to the dance. Even if it was one of the big events of the year.

"Elise! Come eat your dinner!" Elise's father yelled from downstairs.

"Coming! Just give me a few minutes!" Elise said back.

How do you plan to tell him young one? Sleepy asked.

I don't know. I'll figure it out. Elise said back. Elise didn't know how to tell her father of her decision. Especially since they had a conversation about it right before she left the house for her date. What if he freaks out? I did tell him it was only a date and now here I am about to go to his house for the night. Elise said panicking.

Your father is a very reasonable person young one. Do not forget that he said if you did end up doing this. He would support you. Sleepy said reassuringly.

I know. I'm just worrying too much. Elise said walking over to the mirror. She looked at herself and the flower that rested on her head. She reached up and adjusted it slightly. Sleepy. Is this right? Everything went so fast. Elise asked.

It's whatever you feel is right young one. What happened to you and Cooper doesn't happen a lot. But when it does. It either fails horribly or becomes something incredible. If you choose this path you will have to deal with one of these choices. Sleepy said.

"Elise! Dinner!" Elise's father yelled again.

"Coming!" Elise yelled back as she walked to her door and opened it. As she did she took in the scent of one of her father's famous oran berry pies. She ran down the stairs and found a steamy pie on top of the table.

"Today is a special event so I made an oran berry pie for us to enjoy. Take a seat pumpkin," Elise's father said as he carried two plates and utensils to the table.

Elise walked to the table and sat down. She took one of the knives and cut out a small slice of the pie. She lifted it up and onto her plate. "Hey dad. I have something to tell you," Elise said taking a bite out of the pie.

"Is it about you and Cooper?" Elise's father asked.

"Yes. How did you know?" Elise asked curiously.

"I knew ever since you came back pumpkin. It's hard for you to hide stuff from me," Elise's father said.

Elise blushed at what her father had just said and looked down at her pie. This all feels so weird. Elise thought.

It's okay young one. Love is a very complicated thing. Sleepy said.

"Listen to me Elise. I know you're not going to the dance tonight. I know you and Cooper have other plans. Just… just make sure this is what you want. I don't want you to end up in a terrible situation okay," Elise's father said.

"I understand dad. But I'm sure about this," Elise said confidently.

"I know Elise. I just want you to be happy. That's all," Elise's father said a tear rolling down his cheek. Elise picked up a napkin and wiped it off her father's face. He smiled and said, "Thank you pumpkin."

Elise heard a knocking on the door. He's here young one. Sleepy said.

"Looks like he's here. Go answer the door pumpkin. I want to talk to him real quick," Elise's father said. Elise got up and walked to the door. She took a deep breath and opened it. Cooper stood there looking at her.

"Hey Elise," Cooper said.

"Hi Cooper," Elise said before giving Cooper a quick kiss. "My dad would like to talk to you," Elise said opening the door more so Cooper could walk in.

He stepped inside and Elise was about to close the door until her father said, " Elise. I want to talk to Cooper alone for a few minutes. Why don't you step outside and wait for him," Elise's father said. Elise started to worry and frowned. He smiled and said, "Don't worry Elise. I'm just going to tell him some things real quick. Men things."

Listen to your father young one. This is common amongst fathers and their daughter's boyfriend. Sleepy said.

Okay. Elise said back walking outside and closing the door behind her. She stood outside patiently watching the lights in the valley flicker on illuminating the village. She looked towards the school where most of the light was coming from. The dance had already begun. A lot of pokemon are going to be expecting Cooper at the dance tonight. Elise thought knowing once everybody found out what was going on there would be a big commotion.

Indeed. But he chose you over the dance and the students young one. Sleepy said.

Elise smiled. Elise didn't care about the dance. She was never really expected by anybody to attend it. And she never wanted to attend it in the first place. But Cooper was the talk of the school before the dance. He was expected by everybody to attend the dance. And yet he chose Elise over the dance. He gave up going to a very big event that he'd never get to go to again otherwise. She was grateful for that.

She waited a few more minutes before she heard the door behind her open up. She turned around and saw Cooper walk out while her father stood at the door. "Alright Elise. Come give your dad a hug before you go," Elise's father said.

"But Cooper's here," Elise said embarrassed.

"And you're not allowed to leave until I get a hug from my little baby girl," Elise's father said with a grin on his face. Elise blushed at the name. He never called Elise that. She quickly ran towards him and gave him a quick hug. When she pulled away and walked to Cooper's side her father said, "Love you pumpkin." Elise blushed harder as she and Cooper walked away.

"Your father seems nice pumpkin," Cooper teased.

Elise gently pushed him with her paw. He chuckled and nudged her side. "Don't worry. I won't call you that if you don't like it baby girl," Cooper said laughing out loud this time.

Elise looked down. Thanks dad. Elise thought trying to ignore Cooper's laughter.

I think it fits well young pumpkin. Sleepy said chuckling.

Not you too Sleepy! Elise said annoyed.

"Hey don't be so down. I don't think it's all that bad. Plus. You're a very cute pumpkin," Cooper said gently biting her ear.

Elise leaned against him as they walked. "Thank you for this Cooper. I already told you I'm not good in big crowds. And I know us being lovers might ruin your reputation. So thank you," Elise said rubbing her head against Cooper's.

"I don't care about my reputation. It's annoying being popular so much of the time. And you mean more to me than the school and the students combined. Even if they end up hating me. I have you," Cooper said licking Elise's cheek. Elise smiled and turned her head to kiss Cooper. It lasted a few seconds until Elise pulled away.

Sleepy. Can you maybe give me and Cooper some privacy for the rest of the night? It would be really awkward with you around. Elise asked.

Of course young one. I will leave you. If you need something then just call for me. Sleepy said.

Thank you. Elise said.

Elise and Cooper walked for another ten minutes not saying too much to each other besides exchanging words of love and short kisses here and there until they were right in front of Cooper's house. Elise looked at it for a few seconds thinking about what came next. What her future might be.

"Here we are. Are you sure about this Elise? We don't have to do this if you don't want to," Cooper asked.

"It's fine Cooper. You didn't go to the dance because of me. I'm not going to change my mind now," Elise said confidently.

"I didn't go to the dance because I loved you. That's not your fault Elise. Come on. Let's not delay any longer," Cooper said walking to the front door. Elise followed closely behind preparing herself for what came next.

Cooper opened the door to the house and moved out of the way so Elise could step in first. She walked into the lit up house and looked around her. The house was quite empty for its size. To her left was a couch with a short table in front of it and empty shelves on the wall. To her right she found a very empty and clean kitchen. The Peters must've owned a lot before they left if it was this empty now.

"Sorry about it being so barren. I haven't had much time to brighten up the place after the Peters left," Cooper said standing next to her. Elise looked around a bit more and thought of things that might be able to fill in the gaps. She started to imagine what the house could look like in the future if she brought stuff from her house.

"It's understandable. Maybe I can help make this place look better with some of my stuff," Elise said looking at Cooper.

Cooper smiled and kissed Elise. "That would be nice. But for now let's not worry about the house," Cooper said walking up the stairs. Elise followed him upstairs and to the room down the hallway. He opened the door and again moved out of the way so Elise could go in first. She walked into the bedroom and found a large bed against the back wall with a large window to her right and a nightstand to the left of the bed. She walked over to the bed and stepped onto it. She laid her head against the pillow.

She heard Cooper come onto the bed and lay in front of her so they were both looking at each other. Elise moved closer so they were only a few inches apart. She stared into his eyes as he did into hers. They were finally alone. No one was here but them. Not even Sleepy was here. Elise had nothing to fear.

She closed her eyes and moved her head forward until she came into contact with Cooper's maw. She felt her tongue dance around Cooper's just like their first kiss. She pushed her body against Cooper's and wrapped her forelegs around him. She felt his paws grab her rear and pull her over on top of him. She moved her paws up and wrapped them around his head holding his kiss. Tonight was going to be a long night.

O O O

Elise's body ached when she woke up. She noticed her head was buried in something soft. She attempted to move her arms but was too tired to even move them.

Elise tried her best to remember what happened until it all hit her. A blanket covered most of her body up to right below her head. She moved her head slightly and felt fur. Her forelegs were tucked against her and Cooper had his forelegs wrapped around her. Something else she noticed right away was the sharp pain in the lower region of her body. There goes my virginity. Elise thought to herself. She decided it was best to just stay relaxed against Cooper. She pushed into his mane some more to relax her head.

She felt Cooper's body move slightly until Elise heard Cooper groan. "You awake Elise?" Cooper whispered still groaning as he rubbed Elise's back slowly and gently.

"Yeah. I've only been awake for a minute though. Not too long," Elise said in Cooper's fur. She rubbed her head against his mane feeling perfect in his embrace.

"Hmm. My body feels like it's burning. You must've set me on fire at one point last night," Cooper said jokingly.

"You were mating with a fire type. It's probably just the after effects honey," Elise said. Honey? Elise thought of the nickname. She liked it.

"Probably. At least I was mating with a fire type that felt really good," Cooper said adjusting his body so he could hold Elise better.

"Glad you enjoyed it. It was a bit painful for me at first. But afterwards I enjoyed it as well," Elise said pulling her head out from Cooper's mane. The light coming from the window that lit up the room was the first thing she noticed. It was brighter than usual. She let her eyes adjust for a few seconds until she was finally able to lift her head up all the way and look into Cooper's eyes.

"Hey," Elise said smiling.

"Hey," Cooper said back before pulling her into a kiss. She was happy being with Cooper. She never had these feelings until she met Cooper. And now that she did. She loved it. She loved being with Cooper. She couldn't think of anything else that would tell her otherwise.

Elise and Cooper's kiss ended as they suddenly heard a knocking at the door.

"Why does someone have to be knocking on the door right now?" Cooper said starting to slowly get up.

Elise pulled him back down and sat on top of him. "You still have yet to fully recover. I'll go answer the door. Wait for me here," Elise said lovingly.

"I can't wait," Cooper said giving her a quick kiss.

She sat up and shook the blanket and the numbness off her body. She got off of Cooper and walked to the door opening it. She walked through the hallway and down the stairs. She heard the knocking again and said, "Hold on."

She walked to the door and unlocked it. When she opened it up she saw a delcatty standing in front of her. The stranger stared at Elise for a few seconds before saying, "So the rumors are true. Cooper is dating you."

"Yeah. So what about it?" Elise said wondering how the word got out already.

The stranger grinned mischievously before saying, "I'm surprised you haven't figured it out yet. I thought someone might have told you about it now as well."

"Told me what?" Elise asked curiously.

"Oh my dear. You've been used. Cooper never loved you. He simply was following up on a bet that his friend made to him," the strange said.

Elise felt a sense of dread come over her. "What bet?" Elise asked hesitantly.

"Cooper's friends made a bet to see if he could last a week dating you until the dance. It seems like he was able to survive dating you though. A little surprising," the delcatty said smirking.

Elise felt like a statue. She couldn't move her mouth. A bet…. It was all a bet. Elise thought painfully. All the feelings of love and happiness she had disappeared. She felt a great feeling of despair and pain take over her.

Elise heard pawsteps coming down the stairs. "Hey Elise. What's taking so long?" Cooper asked.

Elise felt anger take over her as she spun around quickly and yelled, "A BET! IT WAS A FUCKING BET! I LOVED YOU DAMN IT! I LOVED YOU AND YOU FUCKING USED ME! FUCK YOU COOPER VERLIDIAN! I NEVER WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN YOU SON OF A BITCH!" Elise turned around and burst past the delcatty standing in the door running as fast as she could away from the house.

She ran as fast as her legs could take her. SLEEPY! SLEEPY PLEASE ANSWER ME! Elise yelled in her mind.

It was a few seconds until she finally heard Sleepy. What is it young one? What happened?

HE USED ME SLEEPY! HIS FRIENDS MADE A BET FOR HIM TO DATE ME UNTIL THE DANCE! HE FUCKING USED ME! Elise yelled in her mind feeling water fill up her eyes.

Calm down young one. Get to your father as fast as possible! Sleepy said.

Elise had already ran most of the way and the house had come into sight. She picked up her pace. She remembered everything she had done with Cooper. She remembered how she kissed him in the fields. She remembered how she walked down the streets with him exchanging words of love and kisses. She remembered how she made love with him. All of it was a lie.

When she reached the house she threw the door open. Her father was already up and turned around quickly. "Elise! What's wro-" Elise's father wasn't able to finish as she slammed against him bursting out in tears.

"HE USED ME DAD! HE MADE A BET ON MY LOVE AND USED ME FOR HIS OWN PERSONAL GAIN!" Elise said crying into her father's neck.

"Shh. It's okay Elise. Let it out. Shh," Elise's father said cradling her.

It's okay young one. Sleepy said reassuringly.

Elise felt like she had been crying for hours in her father's embrace. The one time she felt loved by someone else other than her father she was used. Elise couldn't contain herself. Why of all people did it have to be her.

Elise started to relax herself. She sat in her father's forelegs breathing heavily. She felt better than before but she was still filled with an overwhelming amount of sorrow.

Before she got to say anything to her father she heard a loud explosion come from outside. She stood still and listened carefully until another loud explosion went off.

ELISE! GET OUT OF THE VALLEY NOW! Sleepy roared in her mind.

What? But wh-

DAMN IT DO NOT ARGUE WITH ME GIRL! TAKE YOUR FATHER AND GET OUT OF THE HOUSE NOW! Sleepy yelled louder making Elise's head hurt.

"What's going on out there?" Elise's father asked.

"Dad! We have to go now!" Elise said getting up. She grabbed her father's foreleg and pulled him up as well.

"What do you mean?" Elise's father said steadying himself.

"I don't have time to explain dad. There's a person talking to me in my head. He told me we need to go now!" Elise said.

Elise's father face became serious as he said, "I understand. Grab anything of value and let's go." Elise was surprised at her father's reaction. She thought he would be calling her crazy but instead he was going around the house packing pictures and other things in a bag. Elise would have to ask him about it later. She ran up the stairs and grabbed pictures and other valuable things to her and placed them in a bag. She ran down the stairs as fast as she could and ran to her father's side at the front door.

"Okay listen to me carefully Elise. You stay by my side no matter what. Do not stray off. And most importantly. If you see some kind of brown, disfigured looking pokemon tell me. This is very important do you understand me?" Elise's father said seriously.

Elise was so confused. She wanted to know what he was talking about but she knew the situation was bad. So she instead said, "I understand." He nodded and ran through the door with Elise close behind.

As Elise ran outside all she could smell was fire and smoke. She looked at Conter Valley as she ran. It was in flames. Buildings were destroyed. Ground cracked and broken. She heard the screams and cries of pokemon all over the valley. Sleepy. What's going on? Elise asked afraid.

The Scourge! They've invaded the valley! Sleepy said growling.

But what about the predictions? They weren't supposed to invade for another year! Elise said running with her father down streets of destroyed buildings.

The Scourge don't care how many they lose! The predictions were a way of keeping the people stable. But no one can truly understand the Scourge's movements or intentions! Especially with Ruan leading them! Sleepy said.

Who is Ruan? Elise asked.

Not now girl! There's too many of them! Damn it all! GIGAVOLT HAVOC! Sleepy yelled in Elise's mind.

All of a sudden the ground shook violently making both Elise and her father fall. The sky crackled and roared as lightning streaked across the mountains creating massive explosions. The mountains shook as lightning ran down them and throughout the valley. Elise watched as the bolts circled through the valley. What is this… Elise thought in shock.

"ELISE! Get up Elise! We have to go!" Elise's father yelled picking her up.

"Wait! What if there are other people injured? We need to help them!" Elise said.

"No! You can't risk your life for others! You're too important!" Elise's father said pulling her foreleg.

"What do you mean?" Elise asked.

Before her father got the chance to respond they Elise heard a loud roar come from behind her. She turned around and saw a large brown creature running towards her. But as the monster got closer it looked like a garchomp. Before it reached Elise her father grabbed her and threw her in the other direction. The beast impacted against Elise's father sending him flying.

"DAD!" Elise yelled. She was about to run to him until he stood up with a light green aura around him. Flowers suddenly started appearing around him and kept expanding. The disfigured garchomp dashed towards Elise's father. But before it was able to reach him an explosion went off where the flowers were.

Elise looked away from the bright light until it ended. She turned around and saw her father standing in a crater. She started to run to him. As she got closer she noticed his right foreleg was missing and he was bleeding badly from his side. He collapsed to the ground. "DAD!" Elise cried as she reached her dad. She lowered herself down to his head.

He looked at Elise and smiled. "Hey pumpkin. Don't worry about me. You have to go," he said coughing.

"I can't leave you here!" Elise said crying.

"You have to. More are coming. You are too important to lose. Both because you play a big part in the survival of this world. And because you are my daughter. I cannot see you hurt," he said coughing again.

"NO! I don't care about the survival of this world! I don't want you to die!" Elise said holding her father.

"HEY! THERE'S SOMEBODY OVER HERE!" a voice yelled from behind her. She heard pawsteps behind her. She looked to her left and saw an absol sit beside her. He placed his paw on Elise's father's neck. His expression turned to one of sadness. "There's nothing we can do for him. You have to come with us before more get here," the stranger said pulling Elise's foreleg.

"NO! I'm staying with him!" Elise said yanking her arm back to her father. She heard more movement behind her. She also heard a roar in the distance.

"Alan we don't have time! We have to go!" a female voice said behind Elise.

"Yeah I know. Tyler," Alan said quickly.

Elise felt a wing placed on her head and heard a person behind her say, "Sorry about this."

Elise felt herself rapidly grow tired and began to fall until Alan caught her. Darkness engulfed her vision. The last thing she saw before falling asleep was her father.

Dad…

So there it is. I actually quite a bit of fun writing this chapter. And to be honest with you. I thought about going into description about Cooper and Elise's fun... time... I think. Attempted it even. But no. And I'm sorry to say there will be no such things in the future. Surry. That's just how it is. But anyways. I hope you guys enjoyed. Reviews and criticism are appreciated. They help me become better even if they are harsh. But I'll see you guys later.

"Make the leap" - Nice Guy Wolf