Disclaimer: I do not own the characters and/or story elements of the Pokémon franchise. Nintendo owns everything and I'm just borrowing them for this story. The Atlantica Islands, their gym leaders and predominantly most of the characters who live their there belong to me.

Previously:"Eh? A map to the seventh gym?" asked Relena as she was confused by what Aeris said by gym.

"Sorry, but you'll have to figure it out yourself," answered Aeris before checking her watch. "Now it's time for you two to go to bed. Good night you two."

They young couple fell asleep in their tent with arms around each others waist and laying their heads on Aurora's stomach as a pillow. The next day was a new day for them and they needed to be ready to rise and shine for their next stop, Amber Island."

8: The Eelektross Stalker and an Unexpected Reunion

The seas around Amber Island are considered to be some of the safest waters in the Atlantica Islands. It would be considered the safest if not one little problematic situation... The waters were home to a Pokémon that would be considered as more aggressive then the meanest Sharpedo and perhaps more aggressive then a Kyogre. This Pokémon was an aggressive Electric-type that normally came from the Unova region called Eelektross. This Eelektross was given the name Natsuko, by Jessica Kaiou, because most people would see her during the summer time and on the outside appeared as a tour guide to find some of the best places to catch some of the best Pokémon that appeared during the summer time. Other seasons, she would become a vicious predator that prowled the coastline of Amber Island and occasionally the marshlands as well.

Natsuko frowned as she looked around, searching for something... or someone. 'It's close, I'm sure of it... I can sense a great power coming...'

Needless to say, it was quite peaceful despite this.

'This is going to be interesting... Who knows, maybe this newcomer will be a little more fun to tangle with,' she thought to herself.

After spending a month on Mage Island, Relena and Richie made their way to the next gym in two days after stopping at a couple islands to rest for the night and do a little training with their Pokémon. As they approached Amber Island, they noticed that the coast had not many Pokémon except for some Lombre and a cluster of Piplup, Prinplup and Empoleon that were in tight groups.

"Father, why are those Pokémon so close together?" Relena asked Aurora.

'They're afraid of the Pokémon that stalks the coastal areas and marshlands,' answered Aurora. 'the only time the coastal areas are safe for humans is during the summertime.'

"It isn't because of the tides, is it?" Richie asked Aurora.

"I thought you went throughout the Atlantica Islands with your mother?" Relena asked her boyfriend.

"Yes, I went throughout the Atlantica Islands with my mother," answered Richie as he looked around the coast until he saw what looked like a boat heading towards a port. The boat seemed to have the family crest of Richie's family and he saw the same mother and child pair that he saw at Ruby Island. Richie studied where the boat was going and seemed transfixed by the boat.

"I think we need to go close towards the mangroves on the left," Richie said to Aurora as he pointed to the mangroves on the coast.

'Um... alright, whatever you say,' replied Aurora as he went towards the salt water mangroves.

What none of them knew was that a lone, serpentine figure was keeping her eyes on them, hiding in the deep bushes... That wasn't all, it's colors were very unique so to make it different than others like it.

"We need to stay alongside the mangroves," Richie said as he was still looking to the phantom boat that neither Relena nor Aurora could see.

Aurora gave a slight nod as he dashed alongside the saltwater mangroves while Richie kept an eye on the boat they were supposedly following. For five miles, Aurora kept alongside the saltwater mangroves still in pursuit of the phantom boat that was going somewhere. After five miles, the saltwater mangroves disappeared and revealed a busy seaport with many cargo ships entering and exiting the Amber City seaport.

"Whoa, those are a lot ships coming and going into port," Relena said as she all the various ships entering and exiting the port.

'Where do we go next, young Henderson ?' Aurora asked Richie. 'I don't normally enter Amber Island through the port of Amber City.'

Richie did not answer Aurora right away as he looked for the phantom boat for guidance. He studied the harbor and noticed that phantom boat had stopped close to the entrance.

"Richie?" asked Relena as she looked to her boyfriend's eyes.

"We keep going towards the harbor," Richie finally answered both Relena and Aurora.

Natsuko, well hidden among the bushes, decided it could be a great occasion to follow them from a distance.

Aurora looked to the harbor as he was uneasy with having to go through the harbor, but listened to his adopted daughter's boyfriend and headed towards the harbor. Relena remained silent and resolved to only say something if her boyfriend was going to have them go into the harbor. Even she could see that entering the harbor would be dangerous for them as they would have to dodge many ships despite not have not have been at Amber Island. As they reached the harbor entrance Richie then saw the mother and son pair getting on to the back of a shiny Suicune and then headed west of the of the entrance.

"That way, go to the left," Richie said as he pointed to the west of the harbor's entrance.

'Very well,' acknowledged Aurora as he turned left.

Natsuko slithered behind them, half-hidden in the harbor's waters.

Her eyes never leaving Richie's and Relena's position as she watched the two non-stop.

After running on the water for a couple miles the small group spotted a pier and Richie saw the mother and son pair getting off the back of shiny Suicune. For reasons unknown, Richie could hear the pair talking.

"Mommy where are we and why are we here?" the little boy asked his cerulean blue haired mother.

"This is Amber Island," answered the mother. "We're here to see what kind of Pokémon we can take back home and use as a mascot for the Emerald Crown Resort."

"Why?" asked the little boy.

Natsuko slithered close and kept an eye on the shiny Suicune.

"Grandpa wants to see if we can find a Pokémon that would help bring in people to visit the place we live in," answered the mother. "But I also want to be with one very important man in my life."

"Who is it Mommy?" the little boy asked his mother.

The mother gave a beaming smile as she looked at her son lovingly, pulled him into soft and gentle hug and answered him in a gentle whisper, "That would be you... Richie. You're one important man in my life and I love you so much sweetheart."

Natsuko frowned in disbelief. 'Hmm? How strange... so, that little boy is actually the younger version of that kid?'

The woman slightly twirled around and caught a glimpse of Richie as he was looking at her from Aurora's back on the water. Once again she whispered something to him that he could not hear her say. Natsuko submerged herself, only leaving her eyes half an inch below the water surface so she could see and not be seen. Richie was stuck in a daze as he was transfixed on the vision of his mother and trying to figure out what his mother was trying to tell him. Relena noticed that her boyfriend was transfixed on something and she was now concerned.

"Richie, Richie!" exclaimed Relena as she was very concerned about her boyfriend and shouted in his ear.

Richie flinched as Relena shouted in his ear. Relena gave Richie a slight smirk as she was glad that she got Richie out of his daze. Richie sighed as Aurora got on solid ground and Thor got out of his Heal Ball by himself.

'Ah, it's good to get out and certainly stretch the limbs after being in a Pokéball most of the day,' Thor said as he stretched himself.

The other Pokémon in Richie and Relena's Pokéballs followed suit as they wanted out for some fresh air and to stretch. Michiru then looked around the area looking for any signs of danger. Natsuko had then gone underwater and swam away as she would approach the young couple at a later time. As all of the Pokémon were done stretching and feeding an hour later, both young trainers then put their respective Pokémon back in their Pokéballs so they could continue and enter Amber City.

"So what do we need to expect when we go to Amber City, other than the gym, Father?" Relena asked her adoptive Pokémon 'father'.

'Of that, I'm not sure,' answered Aurora. 'I usually avoid big cities if I can.'

"Great, now we need to find us a guide who'll take us through Amber City safely," huffed Relena. "I heard Jess say something about markets that ware run by Pokémon alongside humans."

Richie said nothing but then saw the mother and son once again as they began to walk towards the fore mentioned marketplace. He was once again transfixed on the pair and signaled for Relena and Aurora to follow him and Thor. Relena gave a concerned look to Richie as she was getting worried about him. He seemed going elsewhere or it was something else that she couldn't put her finger on but followed him nonetheless.

The gym leader of Amber Island was in the marketplace getting food for her Pokémon and herself along her Weavile who started accompanying her after overhearing her saying something about wishing that a witch hadn't transformed her into a human. The day after her confession, Weavile had told the other Pokémon and they blatantly disobeyed Amelia, forcing the gym leader to close her gym after her Pokémon threw the second battle against the second challenger. Amelia had to explain her secret to her companions but told them that she had every intention of telling them the said evening after the day's gym battles were done. Amelia's Pokémon confided in each other and agreed to make Weavile be Amelia's 'bodyguard' to ensure her secret was never discovered by someone else. As Amelia and her Weavile made their way through the marketplace, the young pair starting from Tsunami Island about came close to a collision course with the gym leader and her Pokémon companion. Richie had soon come out of his daze as he saw the gym leader of Amber Island and shook his head before urging Thor to slow down. Amelia, with her quick Suicune-like reflexes, grabbed her Weavile and skillfully leapt over Thor as he finally came to a stop. Weavile was taken back by Amelia suddenly grabbing him and then leaping over the shiny Thunder Pokémon. Amelia then looked to Thor and Aurora as she studied the regular colored Aurora Pokémon and set Weavile down as she slowly approached Aurora.

"Richie, you're kinda scaring me," Relena said to the Emerald Cove Island native. "You don't look alright, maybe we should go to a doctor and see if you're alright."

"I'm fine Relena," Richie assured his girlfriend. "I just have... an unusual gift of some sort. Something that I can't explain."

Before Relena could respond, she turned to see the slender figure of the Amber Island gym leader and became a little uncomfortable as she thought that Amelia was studying her Relena noticed that Amelia was very pretty as she looked at the Amber Island gym leader. Amelia was wearing sky blue cargo shorts an inch past her knees, a navy blue form-fitting sleeveless shirt, a Shiny Charm around her neck as a necklace, long flowing and unbraided purple hair and red eyes and no footwear on her feet.

"Ah ma'am, are you feeling alright?" Relena asked Amelia. "You're looking at me kinda funny."

Amelia then snapped to her senses as she looked to Relena and then smiled as she replied, "Oh no. I... was just admiring your Suicune. He's so beautiful and you both seem very close to each other."

"Of course I'm close to him," Relena said with a beaming smile on her face. "He's my father. He protects me and loves me as if I were his own daughter."

Amelia's eyes widened as she looked to Aurora and then softened as she smiled to cover up her embarrassment. But the in the back of her mind she knew that the male Suicune she saw was very familiar to her as she could sense a strong connection with her.

'Aurora,' thought Amelia. 'It's him. It's my noble Aurora; I can feel it. I can feel the strong connection between us.'

Aurora studied Amelia as well as he too sensed something was familiar with the woman who had studied him. Aurora knew that there had to be a connection with the woman, but he couldn't quite place his paw on it. Amelia had sparkles in her eyes as she saw Aurora but they left as Weavile grabbed her attention and started to pull her away from the young pair and their Pokémon.

'Come on Miss,' began Weavile, 'we gotta get back to the other Pokémon. Some of them are waiting patiently to eat.'

Amelia sighed in defeat as she took one last look at Aurora and the girl he wrapped his his front left paw around and rubbed the right side of his face on the left side of Relena's face lovingly like a parent giving affection to their child. Amelia sighed in relief that Aurora was not interested in the girl romantically. Weavile took notice of Amelia looking at Aurora and then looked back at her saying, 'You wanna talk about what's going on? You're looking like your eyes just filled with life once again.'

"I found him Neko," answered Amelia.

'Congrats... uh who did you find?' asked a dumbfounded Weavile.

Amelia turned to her Weavile as she answered beaming joy, "I found my one true love. The only Suicune who loved me and the Suicune I bore offspring to as a Suicune."

'Uh, that's fascinating Amelia,' the Weavile said in a patronizing manner. 'I didn't know you had offspring before.'

"I cannot bear offspring as a human," explained Amelia. "When I was transformed into this human shape, the witch made sure I could not bear offspring for any human men. It's a good thing too."

'Eh? Why do you say that?' asked her Weavile she had named Neko. 'I thought human females in this generation were eager to bear offspring for their male counterparts.'

"No Neko, the human females of the appropriate age for bearing offspring, that I've seen of this generation, are eager to sleep with their mates more because it's fun," Amelia replied with ice in her tone. "None of them seem to care about having a loving relationship with a mate who will make them happy."

Neko gave a smirk as he said, 'Spoken like a true human... I mean Pokémon with self-respect. Not to mention you're very wise.'

"Well, I have lived for over 400 years," Amelia said to Neko as she winked at the Dream World Sharp Claw Pokémon. "And when you have lived for over 400 years you see a lot things."

'I've heard that Suicune live a long time,' began Neko, 'but I never thought that they can live that long.'

"Why are you surprised by that Neko?" asked Amelia. "A lot of Pokémon here and in the many other regions live longer. A lot longer than humans."

Neko shrugged his shoulders and gave a slight nod of agreement to Amelia's last statement as he knew there were a lot Pokémon, not counting the Pokémon that were considered as true legendary Pokémon, could live a very long time. As Amelia and Neko were walking back to the gym, a familiar shiny EleFish Pokémon was following them and silently listening to their conversation before clearing her throat to get their attention.

'Ahem,' Natsuko said as she got the attention of Amelia and Neko.

Amelia and Neko turned around to Natsuko and were startled by her presence.

'What did you hear, Natsuko?' demanded Neko as he readied to use a Night Slash attack.

'Whoa, easy my feisty Dark/Ice friend,' Natsuko said as she held her claws up in surrender, 'I won't tell anyone that the Amber Island gym leader is a 400 year-old female Suicune that was transformed into a human female that is eye candy for every human male here on Amber Island.'

"Calling me eye candy for the human males sounds a bit perverted, don't you think Natsuko?" Amelia asked the shiny female Eelektross before hearing a 29 year-old man make an inappropriate comment in her direction. "No, you're right Natsuko. I've become nothing more than eye candy for the human male perverts here. Oh, I wish I could be back as a Suicune and go back to my Aurora."

'And being a Pokémon, a female Pokémon, you have no worries about human males saying such things to you,' added Natsuko.

"That's true," agreed Amelia. "But why are you away from your prowling grounds?"

'Oh, I was tailing a pair of young trainers and their Suicune and shiny Raikou,' explained Natsuko. 'The girl looks like she's from Tsunami Island and the young boy with her was definitely from Emerald Cove Island. I can tell, I know where humans from this region are from.'

"The girl's from Tsunami Island?" asked Amelia.

Back at the marketplace, Aurora looked as he had seen a ghost from his past as Amelia had walked away from the marketplace a couple hours later . The Aurora Pokémon felt a mysterious connection to the woman as if she was someone familiar to him.

'It can't be,'thought Aurora. 'Was that really my Amelia? Was that my beloved wife and if it was, why is she a human being?'

Relena looked to her adoptive father with a worried look on her face as she saw that Aurora was greatly troubled by the human woman he saw. She had some features that Aurora recognized from his own mate, or he considered Amelia, his wife.

"Father, are you alright?" Relena asked Aurora with a look of worry on her face.

'I'll be fine, child,' Aurora answered calmly before slightly jerking his head towards him. 'Come, on my back.'

Relena obeyed and got on Aurora's back as she loved to ride on his back and enjoyed the bonding experience with him. For the first time in a hundred years, since he and Amelia gave their last born daughter to a noble, Aurora felt joy of being a parent once again as he wasn't going let go of his adoptive daughter. He loved Relena as a daughter even before she said he wanted him as her father rather than her own biological human father who was nothing more than a selfish Grumpig. Once Relena got on his back, Aurora then slowly padded up to take the lead as he asked, 'Alright, do we take on the Amber Island gym leader or train a little more before challenging them?'

"I say we challenge the Amber Island gym leader," answered Relena enthusiastically.

'Then the gym leader it is,' replied Aurora about to depart towards the gym.

"What about Richie's opinion, Father?" Relena asked Aurora. "Does his opinion not matter? Maybe he and Thor think we should be training instead."

"It's alright Relena," Richie assured his girlfriend, "Thor and I ready to face the Amber Island gym leader too."

"I know," Relena said softly to her boyfriend, "but I don't want all the decisions being made just because I wanna do something and your opinions not matter."

"That's good to know... my beautiful ocean blossom," Richie said to Relena as gave her a reassuring wink.

Relena blushed when Richie called her his ocean blossom. She gave a slight nod to herself as she felt that she and Richie were certainly going to have a beautiful relationship together. Relena was quick to snap back to her senses and lightly tapped Aurora on the shoulder that she was ready to find the gym leader. Before they began their search for the gym, a certain shiny EleFish Pokémon hovered towards in plain sight. Aurora narrowed his eyes at the sight of the shiny Eelektross as he knew the danger that they posed to unsuspecting trainers, especially young trainers like his 'daughter.' Relena was amazed at the sight of the shiny EleFish Pokémon and was about to get off Aurora's back when Aurora said cautiously, 'Stay on my back Relena. I don't want you to harmed by that Pokémon.'

"But Father, it looks like a nice Pokémon," protested Relena as she still wanted to get off Aurora's back to pet the female Eelektross.

'You'll find that some Pokémon are genuinely kind hearted Pokémon,' began Aurora, 'but some will be kind if you give them food and others feign kindness to lure you in a trap.'

'How could say that about me, noble Suicune?' Natsuko asked Aurora before looking to Relena and Richie. 'I was right about you two; but I'm guessing that you two wish to find the Amber Island gym.

Natsuko rubbed a claw under her chin slightly for a moment and then continued, 'I know the way to the Amber Island Gym. If you'll permit me for a small fee of two Oran Berries, I can lead you to the Amber Island gym... if you have what it takes to defeat the gym leader.'

"How about being a guide around Amber Island?" asked Relena as she seemed to be trusting of the female shiny Eelektross. "Do you require any money?"

'Dear child, I am a Pokémon and I have no use for your human-made money,' Natsuko answered with a slight chuckle. 'But if you require a guide around Amber Island, my summer fee could be a bit hefty for you.'

'What's your summer fee?' Aurora asked as he was still wary of Natsuko.

'5 Sitrus berries and 3 Mago berries,' answered Natsuko.

"Man, that is a hefty price," Richie said as the group heard Natsuko's fee for being their travel guide.

'But the price is really worth it,' explained Natsuko. 'With my tour, you get the works. The best places to train your Pokémon, to catch Pokémon and of course as your guide, I take you interesting points that humans have built and not just the Amber Island Pokémon gym.'

"I think we should do it Relena," Richie suggested to his girlfriend. "It might be a hefty price for us now, but think about all the knowledge we'll get once we come back here with anyone else."

Relena rested her left hand on her chin and thought about it for a moment. Natsuko was charging a bit of a hefty price but all in all she thought it was a good deal and the female shiny EleFish Pokémon was willing to give a very good tour of Amber Island. Relena then reached into their pouch of berries and pulled out the amount of berries that Natsuko requested and gave them to the shiny EleFish Pokémon, who put them in a midnight blue bag that she carried with her.

'Thank you, young child,' Natsuko said to Relena, 'you won't regret having me as your travel guide. By the way, I didn't catch your names.'

"My name is Richie Henderson from Emerald Cove Island," Richie said to Natsuko from the back of Thor.

'Yes, I know you're from Emerald Cove Island, young man,' Natsuko informed Richie. 'Your skin tone and build gives you away. The young lady who paid me my fee is from Tsunami Island. I know, many young human girls and women have the kind of slender figure that she has. But I can also tell that most wealthy human females don't have the kind of skin complexion that many other human females have.'

'You're a Tracker Pokémon, aren't you?' Aurora asked Natsuko cautiously.

'Tracker Pokémon, Natsuko, at your service,' Natsuko answered Aurora with a gracious bow before looking to Relena. 'Now young lady, I must know your name.'

"Relena," said the young princess. "Relena Kaiou is my name."

The shiny EleFish Pokémon widened her eyes as she learned the last name of Relena.

'So that's youngest daughter of the Royal Gym's gym leader,' thought Natsuko as she studied the young girl on the back of Aurora. 'That's the youngest sister of my former trainer, Jessica Kaiou. Well, I made a promise to Lady Jessica and I intend to keep it.'

'Well it's nice to meet you Lady Relena,' replied Natsuko as she bowed to Relena. 'I will give you the grand tour as promised. Might I suggest that we continue touring the marketplace? They also have some of the best fashion wares from around the Atlantica Islands and the other major regions of Kanto, Hoenn, Sinnoh and Unova as well.'

"Nothing revealing, I hope," Relena said referring to her picky taste in clothing.

Natsuko chuckled as she said, 'Yes, my former trainer mentioned that you're very picky about clothes and wares for swimming in. I happen to think you're a proper young human girl.'

"Um, thank you?" Relena asked dumbfounded. "But how do you know about me and my picky tastes in clothing?"

Natsuko chuckled and answered with a grin, 'Your sister Jessica was my trainer before we parted ways a couple years ago.'

After spending a few more hours in the marketplace, Relena and Richie asked Natsuko to guide them to the Amber Island gym so they could challenge the gym leader. Natsuko then took them to the Amber Island gym, a few miles north from the marketplace. Relena looked to her boyfriend on his Pokémon he named Thor and gave him a slight nod as she felt they were ready for the second gym leader.

"Onward into the gym," Relena said as Aurora proceeded to open the doors and notice the gym leader was sitting there waiting for the next challenger(s). The gym leader opened her eyes to see two children entering her gym on the back of Pokémon she saw at the marketplace. She was thrilled to see the Suicune had come with the girl. The gym leader, Amelia, saw Natsuko was with the children and their Pokémon as well.

'Greetings to you Amelia,' said Natsuko as she slightly bowed to the gym leader. 'I bring two challengers here to challenge your gym. One is Richie Henderson of the Emerald Henderson family and the young girl with him is Relena Kaiou, daughter of the...'

Amelia then stood up at the mention of the last name Kaiou as she asked,"Wait as the royal Kaiou family?"

"Yes," answered Relena as she slightly bowed to the gym leader after dismounting Aurora with a smile on her face.

Amelia narrowed her eyes at Relena as she said with an ice tone, "Get out. Get out of here now."

Relena then widened her eyes in shock as Amelia ordered her out of the gym and asked, "Why? What did I do wrong?"

"You certainly remind me of him," Amelia answered with venom in her voice. "You remind me of that Takashi Kaiou. You're probably just like him. Selfish, arrogant, thinks that everyone should revolve around you and a selfish Grumpig."

"B-But I'm nothing like him at all," protested Relena. "Sure there may be somethings that I might have something in common with that deadbeat, but my personality is not one of them."

But Amelia would not listen as she roared at Relena, "GET OUT! GET OUT OF MY GYM! DON'T EVER LET ME CATCH YOU AROUND HERE AGAIN!"

Relena wanted to scream back at Amelia, but Aurora gently set his right paw on her shoulder and shook his head.

'Come Relena, on my back. We'll leave the gym for now,' suggested Aurora as he jerked his head towards his back.

"Yes Father," relented Relena as she obeyed him and got on his back.

Before padding away from the gym Aurora looked to Amelia and said to her, 'I don't know what happened between you and that selfish Grumpig, but there is no reason for you to take it out on my daughter. The Amelia I know would never take out her anger out on someone who didn't deserve to be yelled at. I miss her very much.' Aurora then padded away leaving Amelia with her eyes widened and mouth hanging open as both Aurora and Thor took their trainers away from the gym and Natsuko bowing before following her clients out of the gym. As the young couple exited the gym, Relena then began to sob at what happened to her. Richie looked to his girlfriend and got off of Thor's back to comfort Relena. He held out his arms to Relena, wanting her to get off Aurora's back and let him help feel better. Relena looked to Richie and gave a slight nod to him as she got off Aurora's back and went to Richie as she sobbed in his chest. Richie gently wrapped his arms around Relena as he said, "It's alright, Relena. We'll get a gym battle from her, I know we will."

'Indeed you will,' agreed Aurora as he looked to his daughter. 'That woman is my Amelia. Let me go and talk to her and I will fix things.'

Relena then turned to Aurora with tears in her eyes as she asked him, "Really Father? You don't mind doing that for me?"

Aurora gave a slight nod as he answered, 'You are my daughter and I love you very much. I will take care of this for you.'

Natsuko then moved forward and said, 'I will look after her for you while talk to Amelia. I know that Amelia isn't like this. I know her and this isn't like her at all.'

Aurora then gave a a slight nod as he padded back towards the gym leaving Relena in the care of Natsuko.

Back at the gym Neko and the other Pokémon were upset with Amelia at what happened. Neko forcefully closed the gym after Amelia's outburst at Relena. He was very upset and did not speak to Amelia until she either calmed down or resolved the problem of her past, as did the other Pokémon. Amelia sighed as she was frustrated and then heard someone open the door to the gym with her excellent hearing. She was at least thankful that the witch who transformed her into a human didn't strip her of most of her abilities as a Suicune like her hearing and reflexes. The Amber Island gym leader then went to see who had entered her gym and found no one was there at the door until she felt a gentle paw being placed on her left shoulder silently. She smiled at this and said to the owner of the gentle paw placed on her left shoulder, "There's no Pokémon or human that could sneak up like that and lovingly place their paw or hand on my shoulder the way my Aurora does."

'I'm glad to know that you remembered me, Amelia,' replied Aurora as he set his paw down and let Amelia turn to face him. 'But we have a lot to talk about.'

Before Aurora could begin, Amelia gave Aurora a gentle Beartic hug and rubbed her right cheek gently against Aurora's left cheek. Aurora was happy to see Amelia again, but he had to clear things up with his beloved Amelia.

'I'm glad that you doing well and that you haven't lost any of your beauty,' began Aurora, 'but I cannot excuse what you've said to young Relena.'

"Why should I accommodate a challenge for a badge for Takashi's offspring?" Amelia asked Aurora bitterly. "I'm sure he's still alive. Last I saw him was after he drove me away from the palace on Tsunami Island."

'Takashi Kaiou is dead, Amelia,' Aurora informed Amelia. 'He died on Dark Candle Island while trying to force little Relena to return with him and his mistress.'

"Mistress?" Amelia asked Aurora quizzically. "When did he begin to have a mistress?"

'After he married his third wife,' answered Aurora. 'After nine years of marriage he left with his mistress after trying to throw his third wife out of the palace with most of her children.'

Amelia chuckled after hearing that Takashi failed to drive out his third wife but listened to Aurora continue, 'Takashi tried to take away two of his own daughters away from their mother by force as to get her to... 'come to her senses' and accept the way things had to be.'

"But who's daughter is she?" Amelia asked Aurora. "I mean who is her mother?"

'Her mother is Michiru Kaiou,' answered Aurora. 'She's the gym leader of...'

"Yes, the Royal Gym," finished Amelia. "But I am relieved to hear that Takashi Kaiou is dead."

'Relena is young, but she has yet to develop her personality,' commented Aurora. 'But I know that my daughter is nothing like her biological father.

As both Amelia and Aurora were speaking a woman entered the gym. She appeared to be in her late 20s, have a slender hourglass figure, jet black hair, ruby red eyes, wore a royal purple dress, violet sash across her body and sandals on her feet. She apparently had business with the gym leader and it was urgent. Both Amelia and Aurora spotted the young woman and gazed at her for a brief minute.

"I'm sorry but the gym is closed for the day," Amelia informed the woman. "You'll have to come back tomorrow for a gym battle."

"I am not here for a gym battle," the woman said to Amelia, "I'm here see you on a different matter."

'Oh, what matter would that be?' Aurora asked the woman cautiously.

"I made a mistake in transforming you into a human a hundred years ago," answered the woman. "Please don't let my physical appearance fool you,"

'You must have drank some Kabuto oil,' assumed Aurora.

"In my defense noble Aurora Pokémon," began the woman, "the Kabuto was already dead and I got to it before the Kabuto oil started to break down."

"You're the witch who turned me into this human form?" Amelia asked the woman.

"Yes I am," answered the woman, "and I came to undo my mistake and offer a little gift as an apology for your suffering these 100 years as a human."

"I'm listening," Amelia replied cautiously like Aurora .

"I'm going to return you to you're original form as a Suicune," the witch replied cheerfully before chanting the spell to return Amelia back to her original form as a Suicune.

As the witch chanted the spell, Amelia was covered in a bright purple outlining and slowly returned to her original form as a Suicune. Aurora looked to see that his beloved Amelia was returning back to her original form and once the transformation was complete, he approached her to make sure she was back the way he remembered her from the last time he saw her a hundred years ago. Suicune Amelia opened her eyes as she was standing in a graceful stance with her left paw in front of her right paw and her head facing the right slightly before she turned back to face her beloved 'husband' Aurora.

'You're exactly the way I remember you, my love,' Aurora said to Amelia with a proud smile on his face.

'I'm glad that you remember me,' replied Amelia as she too had developed the ability to use Telepathy like Aurora and some other Pokémon around the Atlantica Islands. 'Oops, I stumbled a bit. I must admit that I haven't been like this in a hundred years.'

As the witch returned Amelia back to her original Suicune form, her Pokémon had come into the gym to ask Amelia when supper was going to ready when they witnessed her being returned to her original form as a Suicune. Neko had a smirk on his face and thought, 'I bet she's glad to be back in her original form as a Suicune. But then again, if the Pokémon League finds out that a Pokémon is a gym leader they'll strip Amelia of her title as the gym leader of Amber Island. That could spell trouble for all of us.'

'Huh, who would've thought that Lady Amelia was a Suicune,' commented Amelia's Infernape named Banana. 'She definitely is rumored to be the better leader. I've heard my share of rumors that it's the female Suicune that are more the leaders then the males are.'

'Yeah, I've heard those rumors too,' agreed Sora, Amelia's Pidgeot. 'At any rate, I prefer that she remains as the gym leader here on Amber Island.'

'Agreed,' added Amelia's Fearow, Jet. 'With her Suicune-like ability to lead this gym, she's perfect to lead this gym. Anyone else would have a hard time leading.'

All of Amelia's Pokémon gave a nod of agreement to Jet's last statement. Amelia's Pokémon would follow her until Arceus destroyed everything he created. As they finished their conversation, the Pokémon then noticed that the witch was doing something to Amelia's Shiny Charm

Down on the gym floor, Amelia noticed that her Shiny Charm was glowing scarlet red this time. This surprised Amelia as she noticed her favorite charm was glowing as the witch chanted a different spell this time. After the chanting was done, the witch looked to Amelia and said, "Go on. Try concentrating on your Shiny Charm and think about being a human again."

Amelia and Aurora looked to each other puzzled at first and then looked to the witch quizzically as she was confused by what the witch wanted her to do.

'You wish for me to concentrate thoughts of being a human into my Shiny Charm,' repeated Amelia.

"Yes that's right," confirmed the witch. "A Pokémon cannot be the leader of a Pokémon League gym, can they?"

Amelia shook her head 'no' and then concentrated her thoughts of being a human into her Shiny Charm and was glowing the same bright purple that had transformed her back into her original form. This power then reverted her back to her human form, fully clothed and every natural curve of her human body was the way it was before reverting back to her original form. Amelia was rather shocked to see that she had returned to her human form and then looked at the closest mirror to see that see that everything about her human form was correct. She gave a nod of approval that she was satisfied with this gift the witch gave her.

"I take you approve of this new gift," guessed the witch.

Amelia gave a slight nod as she was still looking in the mirror and answered, "Yes, I am satisfied. This also will help me maintain my control of the Amber Island gym as the gym leader."

Amelia then looked to see her Pokémon in the seats of the upper level and noticed that they gave a nod of approval to the solution that would keep them and their Suicune gym leader in the Amber Island gym for a while longer.

"Sora, go find young Relena Kaiou and Richie Henderson and deliver them a message from me," Amelia said to her Dream World female Pidgeot. "Tell them to return to the Amber Island gym tomorrow at 10 a.m for their appointment. If they wish to defeat me for the Amber Spear Badge, then they must defeat my gym lieutenants before getting an audience to face me in battle."

'Yes Lady Amelia, it will be done,' replied Sora as she bowed and then flew out to find the said trainers.

The witch had disappeared and Amelia then looked to Aurora with a smile and said, "It looks like your daughter will have to prove herself in battle."

'Indeed,' agreed Aurora. 'But I have no doubt that she will become the Pokémon Princess that we need her to be.'

Before Amelia replied, she reverted back to her Suicune form and said, 'I hope you're right my love. We certainly need someone like her to become the force of change and the voice that we Pokémon need.'