Author's Note: So we've had a Bel and White chapter, how about a bit of DualRivalShipping already! There is a little exposition about the Dreamyard that doesn't seem too important however I promise you it'll pay off in the long run. This is a bit late however, Happy Valentine's Day, hope you enjoyed yourself!

If you notice anything spelt strangely, it is simply because I am Australia and it is the way we are taught. Keep it in mind while reading. Please review, comment or favourite, it means a lot! Thank you very much for your support!


Light Ideals Against Dark Truth

Chapter 7 : The Dreamyard

"Come on! Cheren said it himself, let's battle!" Black cheered as he charged out of the Pokemon Centre, dragging White behind him.

"But Penelope and Sage have to rest some more!" White told him but it was in one ear out the other. Pon and Blaze followed them, the two Tepigs chattering amongst each other cutely next to their trainers.

"If you didn't know any better, you would think they were a cute couple," Bel giggled, watching the two. Cheren gave a little grimace, unable to see by the fact that they were siblings.

"White. Where did you get the Pansage?" Cheren inquired again but Black pulled White into a soft headlock, her hat in his mouth as he untied her hair and messed it around, White flailing around angrily in his grasp, "Why do I even bother?" Cheren asked himself aloud but Bel just smiled at him.

"I can show you! Ah! Actually, why don't we find Amanita?" Bel clapped her hands, "She's Funnel's sister and in control of the Pokemon Storage System, she showed us where to find them!" Bel explained to Cheren. Cheren for a second looked impressed before he snapped back into critical mode, staring back blankly at the twins as White pursed her lips, pouting with embarrassment as she pinned Black to the floor by tickling him.

"That would be wonderful Bel. I would rather that then be associated with these two at the moment who have forgotten their sense of decency and restraint." Cheren sighed.

"Okay! Okay!" Black chuckled, gasping to catch his breath as he pushed himself up, "One battle! That'll all for this whole week!"

"No." White immediately replied. Black looked lost for a second before grinning.

"I won't tease you about N for a week." He bargained.

"Make that 'never again'." White clarified, a defensive blush coming over her cheeks. The others had let the whole N ordeal down after the beach however Black was the little pain in White's backside, always annoying her with it. So the idea that Black wouldn't bring it up again sounded very tempting to White.

"You drive a hard bargain. After all, it's my job to annoy the hell out of you, that's the job of little brothers." Black told her, "How about, who ever wins gets to battle N if we ever bump into him again."

"How is that bargaining?" Cheren commented from afar, "Anyway, I suspect he would be in Castelia city by now."

"Come on," White said standing up, "We'll battle if you really want to…" White sighed. Black grinned, pulling out a Poke ball in response.

"You must really want to battle him again huh?" Black snidely commented. White frowned, hitting him but it didn't stop a little flush from appearing on her cheeks, "Woah! I was totally right! Called it!" Black called out to Bel and Cheren, "I'll see you guys later, come on White!" Black grinned, ignoring her protests as he led her away.

"Do you watch the battle first?" Bel asked but Cheren shook his head, turning to face Bel.

"It'll be too much of a bother, they'll fight amongst themselves for another few minutes before actually battling." Cheren rationalized.

"Come on White, if I fight N then when he loses, you can go cheer him up and score some points with him." Cheren and Bel could vaguely hear Black before Cheren shook his head, walking off with Bel at his side.

"Bel! Wait up!" Bel and Cheren stopped, turning around to see Amanita running towards them with a taller, older woman at her side.

"Amanita! That's her Cheren!" Bel tugged at Cheren's jacket, leading him over to her. However the long haired woman at Amanita's side rushed over to them, clapping her hands around Bel's.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Bel and, you must be Cheren right?" She asked, looking at Cheren. Cheren frowned a little at the woman before nodding, taken back by her bubbly and forward nature.

'It's like Bel but as a scientist…' Cheren thought, noticing her white lab coat, 'And that thought is jarring enough…'

"My name is Professor Fennel, please come to my lab. Professor Juniper asked me to find you and give you all something. Isn't there supposed to be two others?" She stepped back, sweeping her gaze around the town square.

"Yes but White and Black just left." Bel explained.

"Don't worry about them. We'll hand them whatever it is to them and once they are finished we'll notify them of where we are." Cheren told her, "So, what is it that the Professor wanted?"


"This isn't much of a lab." Cheren commented snidely as he sat down, holding his drink lazily in his hand.

"It's nothing compared to the Pokemon Research lab in Nuvema huh?" Fennel noted, not bothered by Cheren's tone. "Anyway, like I said, I'm Professor Fennel and I specialise in researching Pokemon Trainers and the effects they have on Pokemon!" She smiled, "Professor Juniper is my friend from university and so she told me about you four. You're going to meet all of the Pokemon in the Unova region, aren't you?"

"Yes, of course! That's why we all left on this journey after all!" Bel eagerly responded.

"Well, she asked me if I could pass this onto you four," She jumped up, skipping over to a box and pulled out four small cases. "Here you go, I'll just hold onto these other two for White and Black."

"What are these?" Bel asked while Cheren unzipped it and pulled out the strange device that looked very similar to disc.

"It's a TM and HM case. This is great, I was worried that we would have to do some more work at the Pokemon centre to get enough money to buy these. They aren't cheap…" Cheren explained to Bel, "Thank you Professor but we better call up Professor Juniper and thank her directly."

"Thank you Professor Fennel!" Bel cheered, looking at the HM that was currently slipped inside the case, "This is Cut right?" Bel murmured to herself before zipping it back up, slipping it into her bag.

"Thank you again however Professor, you need us to help you correct?" Cheren said, tucking the case away. Fennel blinked a few times before clicking her fingers, remembering what Cheren was on about.

"Yes! Wow, that was almost two months ago but you still remembered! To be honest, I was expecting you guys to be here ages ago!" Fennel admitted but she was unaware at how she was mentally shooting Cheren through the heart by her blunt statement.

"Yes. Same. However, what do you want Professor? You research Trainers you said so then you want us to help out with a theory? Or something along those lines?" Cheren asked.

"Kind of but not like what you are thinking…" Fennel said, "Well… What do you two know about the Dreamyard?" She asked, taking a seat opposite the two.

"Only that it used to be a site for a large research lab a few decades ago and it was destroyed." Cheren answered.

"Okay, I'll briefly go over its history. So, long ago, there were three major sites for Pokemon Professors in Unova. One being Black city because of the PokeTransfer Lab, bringing over and processing introduced species of Pokemon. The other was Nuvema town for the lab however, that was much smaller back then, it was more alike the Daycare just outside of Straiton city. Straiton city was the major hub for professors, having the Royal Unova Pokemon Institute, that's now the Dreamyard." She explained, "This place was in charge of training Pokemon Professors, looking after the Storage system and was a research base for many scientists. It was here that the first theories and ideas for what I'm trying to do started. They realised that the Pokemon Munna produces a strange powder called 'Dream Mist'. You see Munna and its evolution Musharna can see and project people's and Pokemon's dreams, creating illusions almost. However, the Royal Unova Pokemon Institute was attacked before they were able to do any work on it, blown apart in a few seconds."

"What?! By who?" Bel slapped the table, leaning closer to Fennel.

"Not a soul knows. It happened almost forty years ago now and there was no records or witnesses of the events except all the various people studying at the place but they didn't see anything in the dark of the night. Professor Cedric Juniper, the professor's father was there at the time of the attack but was asleep and only felt the blast and he and his colleague fled after trying their best to put out the flames." Fennel explained.

"So what? No authorities went out to try and find out what caused this? That was an act of terrorism and they just, let it slide?" Cheren frowned, softly shaking his head.

"No, believe me, they tried but they found nothing. It was a planned attack of course so that's why they left the ruined Pokemon Institute alone, to degrade away. It provided a flood of new Pokemon to Straiton city, giving a nice habitat for them so nothing was done to the place and it was renamed th-"

"The Dreamyard because of the research done there on Munna and Musharna. Am I right to assume that Munna and Musharna are found there now?" Cheren inquired and Fennel smiled, nodding her head.

"Yes, currently, it is the only habitat for the Munna line after Black city kept on developing and pushed it out of its other habitat."

"You're incredible Cheren!" Bel awed, her cheek tinted faintly with pink before turning to Fennel, "What happened to all the scientists?"

"Well, the Research Lab in Nuvema was extended into what it is today, being the major hub for scientists. If one is to train to become a research, you either study at Nuvema with the Professor, at Mistralton if you what to study weather effects on Pokemon or other regions, White Forest for the old legends and wild Pokemon and the last college is at Opelucid. There is my lab here of course but it's nothing that big." Fennel shrugged while giving a modest smile.

"So then, all that aside, what do you want us to do?" Cheren asked.

"I'd like to ask a favour of you two." Fennel smiled, leaning closer to the two.


"So, Dream mist? Won't that be hard to find?" Bel thought aloud as she followed Cheren throughout the Dreamyard.

"Perhaps but both Professor Juniper and Fennel are depending on us to find some. Keep your eyes open for a Munna or Musharna, I think the best thing to do would be to catch one. We'd be gaining quite a lot if we managed it, it'll be a strong psychic type, another Pokemon on the Pokedex and of course, helping out Fennel with her studies." Cheren said, scanning through the Pokedex. Bel nodded, concentrating for any noise or movement around them as they continued travelling deeper.

"Hey Cheren…" Bel spoke up after they had walked in silence for a few minutes, "I'm sorry… About before I mean, during the gym challenge." Bel stuttered. Cheren halted, turning around to face her, his face twisted in slight confusion.

"What, you did fine in that battle?"

"Ah no! Not that, the first one, when I ran out…" Bel corrected him and Cheren just held her gaze, no change in his expression at all, "I mean… Even when you were in your first challenge, you had to stop and try and put me back on my own two feet… I could've given you a disadvantage or even screwed you up."

"Perhaps. You could of," Cheren bluntly agreed, "But I was fine Bel. I'm pretty sure White gave you a pep talk already, it's one of the only things that daydreamer is good for," Cheren huffed. Bel couldn't help but give a nervous laugh at White's words from before regarding Cheren. "You shouldn't dwell on such things okay? It's not healthy at all. Don't become like White okay? I swear she'll dig herself into a hole with all of her over thinking over the littlest things. You won didn't you? You got the Trio badge right? What is there to worry about?" Cheren asked her. Bel slowly nodded, skipping up to his side to look up at him.

"If I don't take things to heart then I wouldn't be your foil." Bel giggled and Cheren inwardly groaned.

"See, you're still going on about that," Cheren half-heartedly sighed, "Come on, let's keep going. We need to find Munna," Cheren continued walking through the ruined lab with Bel now happily buzzing by his side.

"Munna looks so cute! Don't you think? When I see one, it's so mine! I'm gonna call it Munnnnn-!" Without warning, her foot caught on the remains of a single step, making her lurch forward. Cheren saw her start to tumble forward out of the corner of his eye and tried to swing his arm around to hook around her stomach to stabilise her however he was too late nor as strong as Black so Bel forced him to the ground along with her. Cheren grunted as he fell to the concrete, Bel's weight on his hips and waist only creating a greater impact.

'That's going to bruise up nicely…' He groaned to himself and Bel got on her hands and knees, her face twisted in a mix of embarrassment and pain.

"I'm so sor-" She went to apologise but her tongue started to fail on her as she opened her eyes.

Cheren was always the cool, composed and intelligent one of the group. White wasn't far behind him in the intelligence, perhaps even equal to him but she would get absorbed in her thoughts, considering other's ideas and liked taking her time to enjoy things like Black. Black was almost an opposite of Cheren, easy-going, not bothered by details, blunt and fairly open with any emotion. So seeing Cheren on the ground, his glasses crooked and just barely sitting on his nose with an almost meek expression on his face blew all thoughts from her mind.

'Oh… He looks… He actually looks kind of… No, quite cute like that and, his eyes look really clear without his glasses on…' She thought to herself, not aware of how heavily she was blushing.

"Bel… I can't get up with you like this…" Cheren said, his mind blaring a mental image of how they must look like right now. He tried to hold his tongue, his blue eyes looking away, trying everything to avoid Bel's gaze as he was suddenly hit with a wave of sheepishness.

"AH! I'm so sorry!" She crawled off him, holding her cheeks as she sat on the ground. Cheren got to his feet, fixing his glasses as he made an awkward sound to clear his throat. He looked at Bel sitting on the ground, head in her hands as she sat still blushing and he felt that irritating yet light-hearted tug in his chest. He looked at her for a little longer before sighing, holding out his hand to her.

"Come on, sitting on the ground isn't going to do anything now." Cheren told her. Bel looked up at him, slowly taking his hand and he pulled her to her feet.

"Thanks," She gave a shy smile however Cheren didn't let go off her hand as he started to lead them off. Bel was bemused, looking at how his hand encased hers almost protectively. Cheren tried to focus on looking for a Munna but he could feel Bel's green gaze on his hand and on the back of his head, "Cheren?"

"You could fall over again." Cheren simply replied, trying to keep control, hoping for a distraction.

Thankfully, one came. A strange cry sounded from behind a weathered wall, stopping the two in their tracks.

"What was that?" Bel asked before turning to Cheren, "It might be the mysterious Pokemon Munna!" She smiled.

"Munna Bel. Munna," Cheren corrected her, thankful for the distraction and the two headed off behind the wall. Cheren noted that they must have been at a part of the Dreamyard that hadn't been to damaged since walls, stairwells and even second floors were still intact. They stepped through an empty doorway to see the strange, floating Pokemon in the centre of the half-room.

"That's it! Munna!" Bel gasped. The Munna looked up at the two before looking around, giving off a low cry before moving away from them, "Ah! Wait up! Munna! I just want to be your friend!" Bel cried, tearing herself from Cheren to chase after it.

"There! Over here!" A gruff voice sounded and Bel stopped in her tracks. Cheren frowned, taking a few more steps forward as the Munna stopped, lowering itself to the ground as two male Team Plasma members walked into the room. They didn't take notice of the two, their eyes on the little Munna.

"Come on! We've been here long enough! Give us that Dream Mist!" The other, taller one hissed at it as the other member cornered it.

"It's those people again…" Bel murmured and Cheren's gaze darkened, standing tall as he glared them down.

"Team Plasma." He growled.

"What are you doing?" Bel called out and Cheren's gut twisted around as the fourteen year old spoke up to the older adults.

"Huh?" The taller one grunted, only just acknowledging Cheren and Bel's presence, "So, you know us? Team Plasma?" he asked and Bel nodded, trying to look brave but her chest started to quiver, the Team Plasma grunt giving her a dark, intense stare.

"We battle day and night to liberate Pokemon from foolish people." The other replied, not even bothered to turn around.

"Yes. We know that!" Cheren glared at them. The second member flinched, not expecting such a rough tone to be directed at them. He turned around slightly, making sure that the Munna did nothing to escape them, "What are you doing about Munna? How do you know about the Dream Mist?"

"Why should we listen to you?" The tall member replied back, glaring back at Cheren, "We have our ways of obtaining information and besides, why would a couple of teenagers know about the Dream Mist?" He inquired, his eyebrow arching in suspicion. Cheren just grunted and Bel stayed silent, holding her ground as the other member kicked Munna in the side, making it cry out in pain.

"STOP!" Bel screamed, staring wide-eyed at them, "Why are you doing this?!"

"Liberating Pokemon from cruel people? Ever heard of a wonderful object called a mirror?" Cheren snidely asked them, "Of course you haven't, you strange groups never have that's why you still exist…" He commented and the grunt grit his teeth, his hand reaching for his Poke balls while the other member kicked Munna to the ground, ignoring Bel's protests.

"Come on! Spit out that damn Dream Mist!" He shouted at the Pokemon angrily.

"Stop it! You're kicking a Pokemon to make it give off Dream Mist?! That's horrible! You're Trainers right? You have your own Pokemon right? So why are you hurting Munna!?" Bel tried to reason with them but the grunt shook his head.

"We aren't trainers. We left that life behind when we joined Team Plasma. Yes, this is cruel but we have to achieve our goal by any means necessary! We fight with our Pokemon for a different reason now! To free them all from cruel and foolish trainers!"

"You're going to use the Dream Mist for that? To project illusions?" Cheren asked and the two members flinched, eying Cheren carefully.

"How do you know that?" The other member asked but Cheren refused to say anything else so he turned around swiftly and kicked Munna across the ground.

"You're sharp. It's a pity you obviously don't see the truth of your ways… Yes. We are going to use the Dream Mist for that. We'll show them the dreams of Pokemon, the truth behind the ways of training and the ideal solution. Everyone will release their Pokemon. We'll finally be able to stop fighting for the freedom of Pokemon." He explained as Munna let out another painful cry, the other member of Team Plasma pushed his boot into Munna's side, crushing him to the ground.

"You're morals are messed up!" Cheren stepped in front of Bel, noticing that her strong resolve was starting to crumble, tears falling down her cheeks as she watched Munna.

"If we have to battle every trainer, so be it. If we have to injure Pokemon, so be it. If we have to fight with our own Pokemon, so be it. If we have to steal other people's Pokemon, we'll use any method for the greater good!" The grunt told them viciously as he pushed Munna into the ground again.

"You wouldn't understand, you're just another fool in society. On that note, we should rescue your Pokemon from you!" The tall member threw out a Great ball, "Liepard! Let's go!"

"No! Don't hurt Cheren!" Bel squeaked but Cheren put his arm in front of Bel, pulling out his own Poke ball.

"Not without a fight! Dai!" He called, his Oshawott jumping into battle.

"I'd be more worried about yourself girl!" The other member grinned, pulling out his Patrat, "Save their Pokemon!" He called out. Bel flinched at the Patrat charged forward however a flash of light came from her bag, Ava appearing and slapped a vine across the Patrat's stomach, sending it backwards.

"Fight Bel! You can do this!" Cheren told her, "You got your first badge! You're not a rookie anymore!" He told her. Bel blinked away another tear, nodding and turning back to her faithful Snivy.

"Thank you Ava, let's show them what happens when you hurt a Pokemon!" She huffed and Ava snorted, taking another step forward.

"You're Pokemon have more fight then yourself?" The grunt eyed Ava, "Hidden power!" Patrat's body started to glow with a white aura, throwing it off his body with a flick of his arm towards Ava. Ava dived out of the way, racing towards Patrat to tackle him, "Detect!" he called and Patrat focused on Ava, watching her closely as she jumped and spun her body in the air, preparing to smack Patrat with her tail but Patrat dodged at the last minute and again, glowed with energy and sent it towards Ava, this time encasing her with white flames.

"Ava!" Bel shrieked as Ava stumbled out of the strange flames, glaring at the Patrat.

"Tackle!" Cheren called out and his Oshawott ran forward and slammed into Patrat, creating some space between Ava and itself.

"Cheren? Thank you!" Bel gasped, looking up at Cheren.

"Bel, let's work together on this one okay? Its hidden power's type is fire so try to avoid it. Dai! Water Sport!" Cheren shouted and Dai drew in a big breath before soaking the whole room in water and drenching himself and Ava, "That should fix that up, Water gun!" Cheren commanded and Dai shot out an attack at the Liepard, hitting it in the chest roughly.

"Fury Swipes!" The Grunt yelled and Liepard raced forward, its claws scraping against the broken, weathered tiles. Dai jumped in between its legs and pulled the scalchop from its belly, water expanding around it to make a sword-like shape.

"Razor shell." With Cheren's command, Dai slashed along the Liepard's stomach, making it tumble to the ground in pain.

Dai kept is scalchop out while he stood to the side, admiring the blow he made on Liepard. However, it hissed at him, stumbling to its feet and with a single blow, slashed down Dai's face, drawing out blood. Dai stumbled back, his free hand holding the wound and the Liepard went for another blow but this time, Dai met it, fending off the attack.

"Assist!" The grunt commanded and the Liepard's paw glowed, its green eyes sparkling as it borrowed power from the other Team Plasma member's Patrat. It snarled, batting away at Dai's scalchop and rushing forward with its mouth wide open to bite him.

"Wrap!" Bel shouted and Ava threw a vine around Liepard's muzzle, slamming its jaws shut while the other vine wrapped around Patrat's neck. Ava frowned, tightening her grip and yanking the Liepard forward towards the Patrat.

"Bide!" The other grunt growled and the Patrat closed his eyes, taking in all the damage Ava was giving him.

"Let's finish them off!" Bel told Cheren, subconsciously grabbing his hand. Cheren jolted at this, taking him out of the battle for a few seconds before smirking, looking back at the trapped Pokemon.

"Dai! Razor Shell!" Cheren threw his arm out towards Dai, Bel copying him while smiling at Dai. Dai picked up his scalchop, recreating the sword and nodded at the two trainers.

The grunts flailed, telling Patrat to unleash all the energy he had been storing but Dai, with one swift movement, slashed the shell across both of them, knocking them both out. He stuck the scalchop back to his stomach as the two grunts fell to their knees, staring in bewilderment at their fainted Pokemon.

"That was amazing Dai and Ava!" Bel cheered and Dai stopped, starting at his flippers. He looked up at Cheren as his body started to erupt into light, almost temporarily blinding Bel, "Dai?" Bel echoed as the light encased him.

"He's evolving!" Cheren gasped, smiling as the light faded. Dai grinned, now a Dewott, pulling out his two scalchops and starting to practice using them.

"We lost?" One of the grunts echoed however the tall member returned his Liepard and ran over to the almost unconscious Munna.

"We have to obtain the Dream Mist! Bronius entrusted us to do this!" He yelled, fury burning in his voice. Bel gasped and ran forward, ignoring Cheren's protests. She half tripped, half threw herself at the injured Munna, scrambling to hold the poor Pokemon.

"I won't let you!" Bel frowned at them, scrambling back away from them. The grunt wildly grinned at her and prepared to kick Bel and the Munna anyway but Ava let out a furious, shrill cry and wrapped her vines around his foot and yanked it out from under him, sending him face-first into the ground.

"Knock it off!" Cheren roared at the grunts, "I'll have no qualms attack you next!" He glared at them, this time, not even trying to hide his raw emotions.

Bel sat still, watching Cheren as he stood tall over the fallen grunt and for a second, she honestly thought he might attack them. However, he just held his ground, Dai at his side while the grunts glared back at him.

Cheren felt angry, he felt furious. A slight part of his anger was directed at himself, after all, he had snapped and lost his control and now even Bel was taken back at how much rage he brought down on the grunts. However, as soon as the grunt decided to attack Bel and Munna anyway, the chain of control he had wrapped around his emotions snapped, shattering away.

"What are you two doing?!" A harsh voice snapped and the grunts' faces dropped immediately, the blood draining from them.

The looked around, trying to find the voice and were scared stiff as Ghetsis walked into the room. Cheren eyed him suspiciously while walking over to Bel, pulling the blonde to her feet. However, a strange, sparkling mist rolled over the room, blocking Ghetsis from view.

"Where?" Bel echoed everyone's thoughts when Ghetsis stepped from the opposite side of the room from the pink mist, looking down on the two grunts.

"We, Team Plasma, are here to separate Pokemon from foolish people!" Ghetsis roared at them before the mist rolled over him again. The Team Plasma members were backing off, their legs and hands trembling.

"This… This isn't Great Sage Ghetsis right?" One murmured.

"Yes… It can't… He's not supposed to be anywhere around here yet!" The other's voice cracked as he replied. Cheren kept a firm hold on Bel's hand watching them closely as Bel gazed around.

"This… It looks like… Dream mist?" She whispered quietly and Cheren nodded. Another image of Ghetsis appeared from more of the Dream Mist, walking towards the two members.

"Could it be? You cannot fulfill your duties?" He asked them. Even though his voice was quiet it was shaking with power and eerie rage. The two looked at each other.

"It's just like Ghetsis… About to issue a punishment…" One wailed, "Could it be he is doing this by using a psychic Pokemon? He saw our defeat?!" The member wailed.

"It can't be him… This is creepy…" The tall member murmured as the Ghetsis image stepped back into the pink mist, "Let's just get out of here!" He wailed and they ran off into the pink mist, leaving Cheren and Bel alone.

"That Ghetsis appeared just like a mirage all around the place. No wonder why the Professor and Team Plasma want it. It appears just like its reality…" Cheren awed at it as the Dream Mist fell onto the ground like a powder and revealed a large Musharna floating towards Munna.

"Did it create the illusion to save Munna?" Bel awed, looking at the Musharna. It gave a low, calm hum at Bel and the Munna gave a soft cry back at it, "Thank you Musharna, you really save us back there!" Bel smiled at it. Musharna gave another hum before turning its attention to Munna. The Munna looked at it, making a few cries and hums and after a few seconds, the Musharna expelled a stream of Dream Mist from its forehead, encasing the two again.

The two trainers awed at it, it was breathtaking to say the least. However, an image appeared and the two focused on it. A young, teenage girl stepped out of the mist, smiling softly at the two before tugging on her green hat, bowing in greet to them.

"T-t-t-that's me!?" Bel gasped, pointing wildly at the image of herself. It was as if she was staring into a mirror or looking at her own clone. It laughed at the two before she pulled out a Poke ball and opened it. In a flash of energy, a Munna jumped out happily. The illusionary Bel skipped around while silently laughing, hugging the Munna and twirling around with it happily with it until it jumped on top of her head, looking at the real Bel with bright eyes.

"P-P" Illusionary Bel's mouth flapped open unnaturally, as if she didn't understand or know how to talk, "Please." She choked out, "Catch me. Take me." She struggled, a smile still on her face as she looked at Munna. "I. Munna. Friends yes?" Illusionary Bel pointed at the Munna atop her head and Cheren clicked his fingers, his eyes wide in amazement.

"Bel! The Munna! She wants you to catch her!" Cheren told Bel. Bel eyed the injured Munna in her arms before looking at the image in front of her.

"Do you want to be my friend?" She asked and the illusionary Bel and Munna nodded, "Okay!" Bel cheerily smiled, pulling out a Great ball, "Welcome to the team Munny!"


Zoey Hoshi: Wow… I think this is the first time I didn't right N or Clark in this one… That is so strange but Bel now as her signature Pokemon Munny. I have taken the nickname from the English version of the game. When Bel gets her Munna back from Ghetsis she addresses it as 'Munny'. This just could be like a pet name type of thing but I decided that it's her Munna's nickname. Wow, next chapter, we are out of Straiton City! Been here longer than any other route or town so far. They were only in Nuvema for one chapter, Accumula for one and Route 2 for two and a half chapters but Straiton city will be around four and a half chapters! From my planning, they will only be in Nacrene for maybe two chapters but Castelia city and Nimbasa? Oh, just you wait…