Continued…
"Uh, hold on..." Glace said.
"Where's Darla?!" Aubrey yelled.
"What?! Darla!" Jake shouted.
"Ah… she was a grass type!" Caiden mumbled.
"Darla! Darla!" Flare and Sylvia yelled.
"Darla?" Vapor yelled, quieter.
"Darla..." Justin said to himself. Oh, I want Vapor to see I'm heroic and brave! I'll save Darla! He thought.
Meanwhile…
"Are you okay? Do you need to go home?" Lara said to Darla.
"What's your name, though?" Zach said.
"Darla… who are you guys?" Darla said.
"I'm Lara, this is my cru- Zach," Lara said, blushing.
"Uh, yeah..." Zach said, blushing.
"Oh… well, I do need to get home. All these dark type freak me out, I guess..." Darla said.
"Well, I guess we could try-" Lara began.
"Darla!" Justin screamed.
"Justin?" Darla said.
"I've come to rescue you!" Justin yelled, racing toward her.
"Uh… thanks?" Darla said, as Justin nudged her on his back. She grabbed on tight as he ran off.
"Justin? Darla!" Vapor said, running towards them, Justin put Darla down and reached out towards her, but Vapor ran towards Darla and hugged her instead. Justin looked at his feet then looked at Vapor.
"I saved her, you know," he clarified.
"Uh-huh..." Vapor said, looking at him, but turning away.
"What?" Justin said.
"You obviously just want to make me love you. This isn't enough," Vapor said.
"Jake?" Justin said, turning to Jake.
"I don't know..." he said.
"Vapor…" Justin said.
"Shut up! Leave me alone!" Vapor screamed. She used Hydro Pump to knock him out, then ran from where they were to anywhere else she could go.
"Vapor, no!" Glace screamed.
"Vapor! You're my best friend! Don't leave me!" Aubrey screamed. She took a few steps forward and stopped, tears running down her fur. Jake ran over and hugged her.
"Aubrey..." he said. Aubrey looked at him, then shook her tears off. She ran away from them all in the direction Vapor went. She kept on running and running. Every once in a while she stopped and smelled the ground to pick a trail. She kept on running, and she later came to a lake. She looked into it, and saw light.
Water? Is that a tunnel? I bet Vapor's in there! Aubrey thought.
She took a deep breath and dove in, following the path. There were bookcases lining the room and a bulletin on the other side. Vapor was standing at it, pinning something up. Aubrey hid behind the closest bookshelf to Vapor, and she looked at one of the books. The title read: How to Keep a Pokemon of the Opposite Type.
Huh? She thought to herself. She looked at the one next to it. It read:
Electric Type Boyfriend: The Drama. Aubrey realized that every book had to do with boyfriends. There was a carving that she saw in the stone that read Vapor's Boyfriend Base. Aubrey thought that was a bit tacky, but settled with it anyway. She looked back at the bulletin. Vapor was finished pinning the picture up. The top of the bulletin said Failed Boyfriends. There was a picture of a normal Vaporeon, a Golduck, a Gyarados, and finally a picture of Justin. Below said why they broke up. She couldn't quite read those parts. By then she realized she should have left.
"Aubrey?" Vapor said.
"Uh… V-Vapor!" Aubrey said.
"Get out," Vapor demanded.
"Vapor, I-" Aubrey started.
"I'm warning you!" Vapor said, even angrier.
"But-" Aubrey tried.
"I warned you!" Vapor said, jumping out at Aubrey and using Water Gun. Aubrey avoided easily. Vapor then tried to Slash her, but Aubrey used Fly, which she learned when she got her wing ability. She flew out of the small base threw the water. Vaporeon followed and decided the battle would take place in her territory. Then Aubrey flew right down to Vapor, knocking her right into the water. Vapor could only see the slight sunlight peeking through the water, and Aubrey's head, diving deep underwater before she passed out. Aubrey was able to reach Vapor and pick her up underwater, but the lake was deep and Vapor was at the bottom. It was very challenging to swim upwards when holding someone. Aubrey was halfway up when she ran out of air. She was choking and couldn't go higher, but wouldn't let go of Vapor no matter what. With all the strength in her body, Aubrey threw Vapor on the land, where Vapor quickly regained consciousness. She was still dizzy, and she still had water in her lungs. She looked into the lake and saw Aubrey's gem flashing. She saw her drowning and dove in. She finally made her way up onto shore and didn't know how to help Aubrey, since she never had to get the water out of someone's lungs. Hoping for the best, she pressed on Aubrey's chest, and she spit out water. Vapor continued pushing on her chest and soon, Aubrey opened her eyes.
"Vapor..." Aubrey breathed hacking up more water.
"Stay with me, Aubrey! Breathe!" Vapor yelled with tears in her eyes.
"I… sorry… attack… drown… save," Aubrey breathed, not thinking very clearly.
"Aubrey!" Vapor yelled, crying more, she started pushing her chest again, but she needed to push her chest to keep her heart from beating out of her body.
Jake, Caiden, Glace, Justin, Flare and Sylvia were racing towards them. Sylvia, Flare, and Jake dropped down to Aubrey and cried.
Justin helped Vapor save Aubrey. They looked at each other and smiled. The continued to save Aubrey. Later, Aubrey had the strength to walk around well. She still hacked up a bit of water every now and then, but not that much anymore.
"All you need is some sleep…" Jake said. "We should all go to sleep actually." He just noticed it was nighttime. So they all decided where to sleep, Aubrey with Jake, Glace with Caiden, Sylvia and Flare, and Justin and Vapor still weren't sure. Jake lay down, and Aubrey buried her head in his fur. Glace tried not to cuddle too much so she doesn't freeze Caiden, but the did slightly cuddle. Sylvia and Flare lay down normally, and Justin and Vapor weren't looking at each other, but they weren't going to sleep. They lay there, eyes open, thinking about each other. Justin turned over, and later, so did Vapor. Vapor crawled over to him and buried her face in his neck fur. Justin smiled and vowed to not be mean to his friends ever again.
In the morning, Aubrey was the first awake. She got up and looked at her reflection in the pond. She saw the way her fur swayed in the slight breeze, and her gem glowing a bright red. She looked at her friends sleeping in couples and asked to go see Arceus. She didn't know if it would work, but she was actually teleported to the Hall of Eternity. When she noticed Arceus, she walked over.
Hello, Aubrey. Long time no see.
"I just want to thank you," Aubrey said.
Thank me? Why?
"You have brought me together with all of my wonderful friends. I couldn't think of anything else I'd be doing right now!" she said, thankfully.
Well, you're welcome. Oh, we have another visitor!
"A legendary?" Aubrey asked.
Yes!
Randomly, A Pokemon silhouette appeared. It was small, and that was all she could Welcome, H-
In a flash, Aubrey was back in the real world. She gasped and sighed.
So close, yet so far from a new friend! She thought. She looked in the lake at her reflection again.
"Aubrey?" Jake said, drowsily.
"Did I wake you up?" Aubrey said, worried.
"No, not at all," he said, and Aubrey was relieved.
"Hello! News! Johto School rebuilt! Calling all students!" a Pidgeot said above them.
"Can you come down here?" Aubrey asked.
"Sure!" The Pidgeot said, flying down.
"When is school restarting?" Aubrey asked.
"A few months. I was sent to get all far away students!" It said.
"Okay, we can walk there, we don't have anything to do," Jake said.
"Okay, and inform your group too!" The Pidgeot said, nodding towards them.
"Got it, but what's your name?" Aubrey asked.
"I'm Diamond, you must be Aubrey and Jake!" Diamond said.
"Are you leaving for Johto?" Aubrey asked.
"Yeah, I just got a job as counselor!" Diamond said happily.
"Do you know any shortcuts?" Jake asked.
"Let me see..." Diamond said, flying up. She looked around, then smiled.
"If you go that way, you can go right through Fusion Forest, and you'll be brought right to a cave, which I'm guessing is your house, Aubrey," Diamond said, pointing to a bunch of trees.
"Why are there so much forest in this world?!" Jake said angrily, making Aubrey and Diamond laugh.
"What is Fusion Forest anyway?" Aubrey asked.
"Oh, it has Pokemon fusions, created by the fusion machine. There's a princess, and a king who rule the clearing.
"What are their names?" Jake asked.
"Well, the princess is and Audino, Shaymin and Meloetta fusion. Her name is Shayditta," She saw Aubrey and Jake nod. "And the king his a Arcanine and Houndoom fusion. His name is Arcadoom."
"Cool, can't wait! How about you fly back to Johto and we'll make our way there," Aubrey said happily. Diamond said goodbye and flew away.
"Vapor, Justin, wake up," Aubrey said, gently pushing them both.
"Glace, Caiden, come on, get up," Jake said, gently pushing them instead. When they were woken, Aubrey went over to her parents and woke them up. The all had some apples from nearby and Aubrey explained that the had to get home. The went through the grass, and found themselves in a clearing.
