Green was in trouble. He didn't know how but his entire family with their significant others were crowding around the dining room table in the small cramped kitchen. Green was more astounded that everyone could fit. He knew that he should be more focused on the disappointed looks he was given and the letter on the table than the jigsaw arrangement of everyone.

He chewed on his toast slowly, face giving nothing away. He was going to have to go to school today. Blue would be worried. He glanced at the clock hanging on the tiled wall. It ticked agonisingly slowly.

"Green, why?" Daisy spoke up first, "Did we do something wrong? Did the school do something wrong? What is it Green?"

He had nothing to say. Why should he say anything?

He walked out of the room, ready to meet Blue.

"Green! Come back!" It was his older brother's boyfriend, Red's brother. He was glad that they packed themselves in behind the table – only harder for them to get out.

He slipped on his shoes and walked outside. Gary was piling rocks near the door. He scrunched up his face when Green stepped out.

"I want to go to Ash." He was dead serious.

"You never go to school. Daisy was crying yesterday. You can take me to Ash."

When Green looked into those doe brown eyes, he saw himself. He saw the child he was and the future he gained. A reclusive shell of a once happy, naive child who wanted to become Champion.

"I'll take you."

Gary smiled and hugged his brother's leg, too small to reach any higher.

He placed a post it note on the inside of the door before locking it. Gary demanded to be picked up and Green granted his wish. He walked them down the path to Pallet and towards Blue, Silver and his greenhouse. They made a sharp right before reaching the forest, turning into the fields.

"Why are we going this way?" Gary's smile tugged into a frown of confusion. He scratched his head and squinted to see where they were going.

"We're going to pick up a friend-"

"You mean girlfriend."

Green looked sharply down at the 3 year-old, eyes wide open. He opened his mouth about to speak but wisely said nothing as the devious child revelled in his new discovery.

"She has long hair. There was one on your blazer. Is she pretty?" Gary teased.

"Shut it or no chocolate Umbreons," said Green with a stern finality.

The kid snickered.

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Blue spent the entire journey cooing over the small child in Green's arms. Silver and Green followed sullenly behind.

"Buy the kid some sweets, shut him up and I won't attack you for being with Blue today." Silver mumbled under his breath. Green could still hear the deadly warning and felt it best to agree with Silver. The two had bonded over being ignored by the one they had valued the most present currently.

"You do it. I'll pay you extra. Get the Umbreons." Green handed his wallet to Silver who shoved it in his pocket as soon as he got it.

Silver had secretly admitted that he held Lyra on a similar pedestal and that he would go against his sister if he had to. His knife like eyes made Green promise never to give away that information to Blue. He had a suspicion that Blue knew anyway. Gary continuously pulled faces at Green, sparking more and more jealousy.

Finally, they had reached Pallet Town. Green was to then navigate but before he could, Gary leapt out of Blue's arms and down the road surrounding the path. Green bolted almost immediately in concern with Blue following closely.

They found the 6-year-old climbing over a white, wooden fence going towards a picturesque cottage. Green grabbed him and turned him round so they were eye to eye.

"No climbing. Ash's mother said that they had moved remember. We are going to walk past the fountain."

Gary paled. He didn't want to. Green wasn't that cruel. He couldn't go past the fountain.

"NO!" He screamed. He kicked, punched, bit, shook and made all manner of noises.

Blue's eyes widened.

Silver was now at her side, holding a packet of chocolate Umbreons. His eyes were wide too. He nudged Blues side and she whispered something in return. They were currently not his problem. Gary was.

Tears streamed down the child's face. He lashed out, struggling, for what seemed hours before quieting down. Before seeing the lone tear trickle down Green's face before it was wiped away.

They walked passed the fountain.

People froze up when they saw the siblings. They became hushed and whispered. One child stood up, ready to shout, but one look at Green's face told him not to. The mask was gone. He didn't stand a chance. He stepped down. Gary ate his chocolate Umbreons slowly, nibbling on each one individually and reluctant to then take another.

They eventually came across another equally perfect looking house. A lady was in the front garden, humming and picking tomatoes. A young boy was playing beside her with pokéball shaped marbles, trying to roll them into a small circle drawn with chalk.

When the lady noticed the people at her gate, she smiled. Green made no indication of seeing her. Gary hopped down from his arms and bowed respectfully. He then dashed off to play as if he had never cried beforehand. Blue and Silver stood perplexed.

The woman smiled and invited them into her house. Green's eyes were downcast, holding every door and gate open for the siblings who went with him.

"You have his eyes, Silver." The woman said.

"Whose eyes?" was the dark reply by said boy.

"Oh, No-one."

And the conversation was done.

Green went to the back garden and made himself scarce. Silver and Blue were left with the woman in the living room. She told them to sit down. They did. She told them to drink some tea. They did. She told them that they could help themselves to some biscuits. So they did.

"I know that what you saw just then hasn't left the best impression of Green on you. You mustn't let that change your opinion of him. I asked him to do that and since he believes that he owes such a big debt to me, he just does it. Kind of like you two. Having my tea and biscuits just because you were told to."

She was frowning but you could tell that she didn't hold a grudge. Blue and Silver said nothing. She was a stranger.

"A long time ago. Green used to live here. He played with another one of my sons, Red, all day, every day until his parents died in a car crash. His grandma died of grief and his grandfather just three himself into work. His older sister moved him to Viridian City because she thought that it would be better to have a change of scenery where there weren't so many memories.

When she was searching for a place to stay, his grandfather went mad. The man started attacking Green. Gary and Daisy are the only ones really interested in continuing the family legacy of science. They wanted to be battlers and because that didn't fit in with the legacy...

Green's older brother stayed with his boyfriend, Gary stayed with me by Green's request and Daisy stayed with Bill mostly.

I should have seen the signs. Green stayed behind to keep the man alive and learnt from all the text books in the lab and the old hand me down school ones so he was always ahead. Red always told me how quiet he was getting and that we should let him come over for a meal because he was getting thinner but I had no money. My restaurant was going through a rough patch and Red would have missed out on having text books if it wasn't for Green giving it all up for Red. The two missed out on school trips all the time because Red could never accept the money.

Ever since Red started dating a girl, Yellow, Green stopped attending school. Red thought it was because they couldn't go out as much but Green said that it wasn't it. I knew that Green was going to give up on life at some point. I think that seeing Red happy was just a catalyst. He was always trying to make Red happy before he changed. He probably felt as if his job was over. You two are helping him. He was starting to show emotions again. He normally locks them up but he's finally starting to accept himself.

Thank you."

There was pause. A silence. Blue lifter her head up.

The woman smiled and nodded encouragingly.

Blue put down her tea cup. She smiled and held her hand out.

"Hello, I'm Blue and this is my brother Silver." Silver nodded.

The woman shook her hand.

"Hello. I'm Mrs Ketchum. Call me Delia.