Pokѐmon Journey II: Gwyn's Passage

Chapter 9: Funny Little Things

Gwyn's Point of View:

The next morning I woke up bright and early, but that was only because I went to bed really early, like eight or nine at night early, if not, then sooner. I wanted as much rest as possible, while also getting up as soon as possible to make sure Aaron didn't get to me, honestly, what's come over him these days? We never used to argue like this, sure, maybe we had a little fight every few times a year, but not like this! All I knew was that I needed a break from him, and whether or not he liked it, he was gonna get one from me too.

It was five in the morning right now, a perfect time to get out of here. I could walk while my pokemon got more sleep in their pokeballs, all but the exception of Cynder, who had somehow woken up just a few minutes after I had.

"You can go back to sleep if you want Cynder, I'll be alright for an hour or two until I meet up with Violet." My pokemon only shook her head at me and I sighed. "Okay then, your choice. Help me pack up, we'll leave after I get changed and what not."

My fire pokemon nodded and helped take care of the items that I'd yet to pack. While she did that, I threw off my night clothes for her to stuff in my bag and changed in my room. With only Cynder in the room and all the others asleep in their pokeballs (the only one I really had to worry about being Shocker since he was the only male on my team) I didn't exactly care to go all the way into the bathroom just to change.

Once I was all done with taking care of things and getting dressed, I made sure I had everyone and everything on me as to not leave anything behind before I closed the door to my room, with me on the other side and locked it before heading downstairs to return my key. I saw the chansey that ran the night shift was working at the counter when I came down, I set my key there and she heard it and turned around.

"Thanks for the stay Chansey; I'll see you around when I come back to the city in the future." The pokemon's eyes widened and it suddenly was over the counter and it grabbed onto my jacket trying to pull me back.

"Chansey!" it cried out. "Chansey! Chansey! Chansey!"

"Hey! Let go!" When it wouldn't let go after a few moments and I'd pulled long enough for her to tolerate, Cynder got nasty and bit its hand, forcing it to screech before it fell backward. I was going to help it, but then I remember it was trying to keep me here, so I simply apologized as I rushed out the door and headed north.

The city of Goldenrod had been quiet for the first time ever as I walked down the dark street that were only lit by pole lights ever hundred feet or so. Cynder kept her body curled up around my neck as we walked in the cold early morning. It was quite chilly as the winter was slowly starting to settle in, but we still had a week or two left before the snow would be coming to our region, and I would enjoy every moment of it.

Route thirty-five was pretty short, not to mention that because of how early it was, we were able to pass trough it relatively quickly without any trainers out and about to get in our way. The only exception to this was the police officers that stopped us every so often since it was so strange to see a trainer out and about at five-anything in the morning.

"Hey girl!" Another one caught my attention as I approached the gate to the National Park that I was supposed to meet Violet at. "What the hell are you doing out here this early in the morning? Don't you know what time it is? Or what kind of people could be hanging out around here?"

"I'm meeting a friend here," I told him. "She said to meet her here whenever I got up."

"I don't care what reasoning you have little miss, go back the way you came. Come back at a reasonable hour or I'll arrest you with the assumption that you're up to no good or associated with Team Rocket!"

"Team Rocket?" I questioned him harshly. "I fought against them you idiotic supposed law enforcer! It was because of me that they didn't take over Azalea Town!" Cynder hissed at him and he backed up a bit.

"That's it! You're under arrest!" He made his way toward me and Cynder blew fire at his face.

"Stay away from me you jerk!"

Apparently my scream caught the attention of something near by, because in the next second I watched as the police officer was lifted off the ground. I watched as he cried out and his uniform was ripped off him and a darker one of some kind was underneath. I turned away while I heard all the tearing and ripping. I turned back when I sounded quiet and I gasped at what I saw. It was a Rocket grunt that was floating above me.

"Thank you Gwyn, you saved me the trouble of having to find this idiot." My head wildly turned off to the side and I gasped as I watched Violet step out of the forest with Chalcedony on her shoulders, Amber at her feet and all of the other four of her pokemon looked through the trees in the darkness at the grunt. He looked in fear back at her and all her pokemon and started to hyperventilate as he was pulled closer to her.

"Violet!" My worries instantly vanished as I saw the young woman appear with her powerful team. I hurried around the floating grunt and ran into her arms where I suddenly felt a thick wave of protection wash over me. She hugged me back just as tightly and held me to her, much like she had the first day we met. "You have no idea how happy I am to see you!"

"I'm sure." She patted down my hair before she turned her attention back to the Rocket member she had captured. "Now then, I believe you may know a thing or two that I wish to know." I turned my head to see what she was doing, but I still hugged myself to her body. Cynder growled from her place on my shoulder and Violet patted her body to try and calm her.

"What exactly did you want to know Violet?" I questioned her and looked up at her face. It was angry, it was furious, it was… well… a word I promised myself I'd never use since it's like a swear. But regardless of that, this woman was beyond furious with this man and his organization.

"Just a few things Gwyn, my long time friend Rosie runs their operations so I need to stay in the loop." The grunt gasped out in fear. "And when I heard that there was a grunt wandering about in the area, I decided that I'd better find him, but I wasn't having any luck so I was going to have a fun day with you while keeping an eye out, but I guess now I don't have to."

"Raoo!" Violet turned to look over at her dragon type pokemon that peaked its head out of the forest. "Ra raoo ra!"

"Not a bad idea Zircon." The young woman looked down at me. "Why don't you go with Zircon and Amber and check out the National Park for the sunrise while I deal with this guy?"

I blinked up at her. "Are you sure? Am I going to get in the way?"

"No, it's not that Gwyn." She patted my head and handed me over to her dragon pokemon. "You see, I'm going to be interrogating him, and I tend to not be so nice when dealing with these guys, so I'd rather you not see me at my worst. Don't worry; I'll meet up with you in a little bit, I just need to get some information out of him and then leave him to my brother or Alex, whoever is in the region."

"Alright then…" I sighed as I realized I'd miss out on this interrogation, but it was probably the best, I don't know how I'd deal with Violet's kind of interrogation.

"Don't be down Gwyn," Zircon took me up into his arms before he flew up into the air and Violet grinned at me. "Enjoy the morning, trust me, it'll be worth it and I'll join you as soon as possible. If I'm lucky, it shouldn't take me more then a few minutes."

Before she could say more, Zircon took off to the area just a slight bit to the north with Amber and Cynder hanging onto me. I could barely see the outline of Violet as she vanished into the woods with the Rocket grunt and her other pokemon.

I hope she doesn't hurt him too bad, he may be a bad guy, but that doesn't mean she should like really hurt him.

Violet's Point of View:

I took the grunt deep into the woods and as far out of Gwyn's hearing as possible. She was still a young girl, she didn't need to see or here what I may have to do to the grunt should he not cooperate. A couple years ago, the police and government had called up a special meeting concerning the factor of Team Rocket and its bosses. When then meeting had finally adjourned, I'd been given the right to do anything, with the exception of death and cutting off limbs, so long as it got me information pending Team Rocket's operations and Team Rocket alone, anything else would be a violation of the freedom of… persuasion they've given me and would be considered against the law and they would either fine me or put me in jail.

Once we were far away enough, I had Ruby hold the grunt down to the ground with her pincers where he couldn't move or he'd lose a limb. "Now then," he looked up to me in fear as Chalcedony's red eyes took over mine and he tried to back away in fear. "I'd like to know a few things and your going to tell me those things, got it?"

"I don't know what you're talking about!" He spat at me, but Chalcedony jumped over my head and took the hit for me. His eyes blazed over and he fired a shadow ball at his face and his crotch, causing him to howl out in pain.

"Really? I seriously doubt that." My dark type jumped to the ground and walked around the grunt. I nodded to my dark type and he then used his own psychic attack to enter the mind of the man that was before us. The grunt rolled about as he tried to protect his mind and halt the pain, but my and Chalcedony's power was stronger. His mind gave way to its intruder and allowed us entry to look at all his memories.

"Now let's see… hmm…. That isn't it…" I jumped over most of his memories that were working in one of his bases, it didn't matter, the layout of the base, if I didn't know the location of the place. Many memories flew by until I'd flown over most of them and finally it came to the point where I saw there was nothing of interest in this grunts mind, either that, or Rose and her high up admins didn't want any of the grunts to know anything in case I did catch them.

"Damn… you suck Rose." I released the mind of the grunt and he silently collapsed to the ground. I shook my head and turned back to Amethyst. "Tie him up for me girl, I'm going to make a quick call to Vince to let him know about this member."

"Rhu," she agreed and got to work while I pulled out my phone. I'd stolen my brother's number the last time I'd been with him and Alex so they couldn't track me as easily as I'm sure they'd like. I'd recently programmed their numbers into my phone so I had the two of them on speed dial. I pressed the number three button and waited for anyone to answer.

"Hello?" I heard my brother sigh. "This better be important, whoever you are."

"Of course it is big brother." I could image his eyes turning wide as I spoke. "Listen, I've got a knocked out grunt I tried to get information from here in the woods on route thirty-five. He had no information of interest, but I'd interrogate him again anyway in case I missed something. I'm going to tie him up, come and get him."

"But wait! Violet-" I hung up on my brother before he could talk to me longer and I turned off my phone. I didn't need him being able to track my phone. When I looked back to my pokemon, Amethyst had just finished tying up the grunt and the others were helping her tie him to a tree.

"Alright you guys, let's head out and meet up with Gwyn." I left the grunt by himself as I grabbed onto Amethyst and she carried me into the still darkened sky, thought it was rapidly turning lighter. I'd have to hurry it I wanted to make it there before the sunrise!

Vincent's Point of View:

"Damn it! She hung up on me!" I hissed as I threw the phone onto the bed.

"Relax a bit Vince; you're as wound up as I was about your sister when we were kids." I scowled at Alex as he sat calmly on the other bed; the only thing he wore at the moment was a pair of black sweatpants since we just got up out of bed in the pokemon center room we were sharing.

"And you're not worried?" I questioned him angrily. He only shrugged at me.

"I've learned to trust Violet and it's really mellowed my mood, you should try it." He yawned as he got up from the bed and headed toward the bathroom. "You go get that grunt Violet was talking about and I'll keep an eye on the region here and that kid Aaron you've taken under your wing, maybe I can set the idiot straight." His eyes suddenly turned dark and lustful. "And I want my chance to look for my girlfriend."

"Well excuse me for taking to long then; I've only been here in this region for a week!"

"Well someone has to look after the gym!"

"And I expect that you want that to be me?"

"I haven't seen Violet in months; I deserve the right to get a chance to see her during this little game of hers if I have the chance!"

"And I'm her brother! I have more of a reason then you do!"

"Vince! Alex!" Pounding was on our door that stopped our argument. I sighed and walked over to the door.

"We'll finish this later Alex." He snorted and crossed his arms as I let the door swing wide and Aaron came racing in and grabbed onto me. The kid had an iron grip and he refused to let go, even as I struggled.

"Gwyn's gone!"

"Well duh, I heard her arguing and struggling against the chansey down at the front desk at nearly five of so this morning." Alex sighed as he curled back up on his bed.

"But Gwyn's probably going to meet up with Violet!" Aaron cried out and it caused both of us to look back at him. "From the way I see it, Violet only shows up when Gwyn's alone, I don't know why, but that's how it works with them. I know that they're up in that area somewhere!" Alex jumped off the bed and quickly grabbed his things.

"Alright kid, get out while we get ready, we'll be out in a few minutes, while we waiting, head back over to that gym and win your badge this time around and don't let a pissed off gym leader stop you this time!"

Gwyn's Point of View:

I sighed happily as Zircon carried me over the National Park to see the night due over what was left of the plant life in the area. Snow was soon going to fall and turn this place into a winter wonder land and a frozen region in the next couple weeks, so I was going to enjoy the snow free area while I could. Everything almost seemed to sparkle from dew and ice from the lasting rays of the moon, but it soon faded as the sun started to rise up from the tree line.

"Hey! Did I miss it?" I turned my head and Violet came up strong and fast with the rest of her pokemon that hadn't be left with me to watch me. Cynder grinned from where she sat as she puffed out some fire to help keep me warm.

"Violet!" I cheered as she made her way closer. She pulled me off the back of her dragon pokemon and onto the back of her fire pokemon with her to stay warm. "No, you haven't missed it yet, you're just in time!"

"Glad to hear!" She chuckled. "And don't you worry about that grunt at all, alright? I called my brother and he's going to jail."

I blinked at her. "Did you get anything out of him?"

She groaned. "Not a thing, Rose knew not to let her subordinates know her operations since I was in the region, so I have no way of knowing her operations until I find that lucky grunt that knows what I want and need to know." She looked past me and suddenly smiled. "Hey, here comes the sun."

I blinked and turned around as I gasped as the beauty that the bright red sun had over the landscape that took its red hue and colored the land below. It was amazing to see, not to mention the orangey pink sky. Cynder was quite happy with the sight too, she curled up in my lap and watched it with ease.

I suddenly heard one of my pokeballs opening and watched as little Ticky emerged from her pokeball. Right afterward, so did Shocker and Sunrise, who all tiredly rubbed their eyes before they looked up and saw the sun. I heard all of them gasp as they watched the beautiful display of nature before they all turned back to me and curled in my lap with Cynder.

"Good morning you guys, sorry I didn't wake you up." They didn't seem to really care and ignored my apology to them.

"Flaa! Flaaffy flaa!" Shocker demanded of me. "Flaa flaa flaaffy flaa?"

"Oh alright," I sighed and turned to Violet. "Sorry Violet, my pokemon are hungry."

"Oh don't worry about it Gwyn, I've got breakfast all set up, its one of the reasons that I took so long to get to you, that and sleeping in a bit." She only rubbed the back of her head nervously. "So anyway, now that we've seen the sunrise, let's go eat and then we'll start heading over to the club."

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Violet had flown us down inside the park for a quick breakfast that she'd prepared for us, in this cold weather and staying outside, but in the cover of a quiet cave that was big enough for all of us, she'd prepared some corn beef hash, sausage, bacon, pancakes and French toast. She also brought along warm milk for Ticky while all the others had either hot chocolate or hot apple cider. It was very delectable to say the least and I was quite pleased that I ate more then I probably should have.

Once breakfast was done with and the sun was now rising in the sky, the time being almost ten in the morning now, Violet and I packed up our things and we headed off toward the north along the routes that Violet had been hanging out on for the past few days or so while I was in the city. It was still a bit of a walk to head over to where the club was since it was all the way out on the edge of the next town, not to mention that Aaron and Tristan would be coming after us soon, or at least me since I took off early morning without anyone knowing.

During the time that we walked together along the path, Violet couldn't help but laugh at what took place between me and the gym leader of Goldenrod, Whitney, who offered to take him down a peg or two for me. It was nice not having to see him after what happened. I may have to do this more often, getting away from Aaron, all the fun stuff and less stressful things about friend happens when your alone, since there's no one to argue with but your pokemon.

"Oh I'm so glad we're almost there!" Violet sighed as we walked up the road on route thirty-seven. "I'm in so desperate a need for a bath or shower!"

"Have you not had one for a while?" My head tilted on its side as I asked her that. She blinked before she shrugged at me, causing Chalcedony to stir on her shoulder before simply curling back up around her neck and going back to sleep.

"For a few days, not much longer then that." She sighed and shivered. "Most of my baths nowadays are in the cold rivers and lakes, with the exception of a pokemon center that keeps it quiet that I've been there."

"That sounds really awful, and I hate the cold to begin with, I can't image doing that in the freezing lakes and rivers of this region." I shivered at the thought and it reminded me of frostbite and hypothermia.

"Well, today will be the exception, and I'm quite looking forward to it." She sighed and I watched her cheeks turn a little pink. "I can already imagine the warm water flowing over and all around my body… now if only I had Alex too…"

"Have him for what?" I asked her wearyingly, my mind went deeply south on that comment.

"No! Not like that!" She stuttered as her face turned entirely tomato berry red. She looked away at the ground. "I just… wanted him to cuddle with once I was done… we're not at that point in our relationship yet."

"Oh… sorry." I blushed myself and looked away.

"Oh… don't worry about it Hon, it happens." She breathed deeply to try and relax herself. "So…"

"Hey Violet? Can I ask you a question?"

"Shoot."

"Why exactly is it that you're trying so extra hard to hide from everyone, and I mean everyone, while you're here in my region?" I'd wanted to ask her that question for a long time now since the first time or two after I met her. She always seemed to disappear whenever someone was coming up to me, never had there been more people with her around then me and all our pokemon.

"Oh that?" She snorted a laugh. "Oh, well, the largest reason as you can probably guess is because of Rose." She swung up her arms behind her head. "Its best for her not to know where I am and what I've done to the grunts of hers that are running about the region unattended. It plays to my advantage and her disadvantage."

"Is there another reason?"

"Of course, two actually." She pulled out a paper from her bag and handed it over to me. It was a paper on the latest famous trainers in the world. I looked it over and saw that even I was placed among them for a small segment covering over when I dealt with Team Rocket in Azalea Town, but other then that, it wasn't very big in length. I turned the page to see the other articles and saw it was an article about Violet and her team, family, life, and apparently sightings of her along with statements from the police and her brother and boyfriend as they apparently were trying to locate her. I flipped the page again and saw it was apart of the article of before about Violet. It carried over for a few many pages before I couldn't look anymore and closed it, handing it back to the woman.

"Now you see another reason where I'm staying under the radar?" She placed the article in her bag. "The media and most people in both our regions are apparently obsessed with me. If I come out into the light for anything, Rose'll know where I am in a heart beat. She's got her people everywhere, watching and waiting."

"I can definitely see that reason." I sighed as I tapped my chin lightly with my finger. "But what about the last reason?"

She suddenly burst out laughing and swung her hands behind her back to connect and hold there while she was able to keep her balance and keep walking somehow. "That, my dear Gwyn, is because of a personal game I have going with my boyfriend."

"Personal game?" I blinked at her in question while she couldn't help herself but laugh harder.

"Right about the time when you started your journey Gwyn, I'd come down from the mountain that I've been training on for the past few years, and I sent a letter to my boyfriend. He never really sticks around the gym much as it is. He and my brother are always patrolling the Kanto region, so they're always on the go, just like when we were first starting out."

"But you still haven't explained what this personal game is," I reminded the woman who got off track a bit.

"Oh, that's right, sorry." She calmed down and chuckled. "The game between Alex and I is for him to find me. I promised him that I'd go home with him if he found me, which is why I'm making this game last a long as I can, while having fun and stopping Team Rocket in my spare time."

"Oh… wow…" I was breathless as I took all this information in. "I really envy a couple like you too…"

"Oh don't worry about it Hon, you'll find your other half in time, no one finds it as, as best I can say it, easy as we found it." Her eyes suddenly caught something off in the distance and I looked up ahead as well to see a large building through the thick woods in the middle of a clearing up ahead. "And there's the club Gwyn! Come on! Let's go!" She took hold of my wrist and took off with my pokemon rushing behind me, the only exception to that was Ticky who I carried in my arms the entire time.

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When we approached the club, I was amazed to see that it wasn't as club like on the outside as you'd think. I saw a large playground for young children and pokemon to play in as well as a large pool that seemed to have a shallow end before it escalated to a deeper end and then went under the house. A lake was alright right near by, only a good hundred to a hundred and fifty feet from the house. The house itself seemed to be hung, almost like a sort of mansion. It was a log cabin like mansion, but it had openings all over the place as well as a food court on the outside with a covered seating area and an outside seating area right next to the pool, lake and playground.

"Whoa…" I couldn't help but let my jaw drop at the appearance and the sheer size of the place. I think my jaw hit the ground at some point or another.

"Well?" Violet grinned as she pulled me forward again. "Let's get going! We'll get a quick little tour of the place by the owner and we'll go up and get changed and wait up there before the party starts, we're going to surprise the guests tonight with me and you."

"Wait, me?" I gasped and stepped back a bit. "Why me?"

"Your getting more famous now too Gwyn, your going to have to start getting use to this if you keep taking on Team Rocket like this, just don't let this part of life get to you head." She grinned and dragged me toward the building where a person was waiting for us in the outside food court. It was a young man that was a little older then Violet and a grin plastered on his face.

"Welcome Champion! Welcome Miss Jalen! Welcome to Tempted Heart!" I felt my nerves settling in as we approached. I kept a harsh grip on Violet's hand while I held onto the Ticky for support and Sunrise jumped up to my shoulder while my other two pokemon stood down at my feet. "We are honored to have both of you and all your amazing pokemon here for tonight's party. Now," he handed Violet a paper, "this is the schedule for the night, around four to five, we'll announce that you girls are here and let the people have some time to ask you questions and get autographs, all people that are coming tonight have already sworn that not a word of this will get out until a week after the event, and all of them are trustworthy people that I know, so there is no need to fear. After that, we'll start serving food for everyone; we also already have a small booth in the back for you and all your pokemon for the night. We'll be doing this for most of the night, and around eight we're going to allow people to sing and do karaoke, after that, people usually tend to start flooding out a bit since they have work the next day, not too many stay much longer then one in the morning so I wouldn't be too worried."

"Sounds wonderful, Gwyn and I will go get changed and cleaned up then if you don't mind getting us a quick bite to eat for lunch, will you?" He nodded eagerly and took off while showing us where the bathrooms were on the second floor in a spare room they had.

Violet took the first shower since she wanted to get herself ready and then help me with my own outfit that apparently she picked out for me, which she also said I couldn't look at until after I was clean and what not. I stayed out with my pokemon and hers while we waited on her.

I suddenly heard the shower turn off and after a few minutes, I saw Violet appear from the bathroom with a towel wrapped around herself and a hair brush in her hands. She was dry for the most part, but kept the towel on to save the eyes of the three male pokemon in the room. She grinned when she saw me and walked confidently into the room.

"Alright, why don't all male pokemon and anyone who wants to join them head out to the playground outside while Gwyn and I get ready, that way the boys won't see us and you won't be bored while waiting on us." The pokemon all easily nodded and wide open went the window and all of them raced out. The exceptions to this were Chalcedony, who was too lazy to move and was curled up on the bed with his eyes away from us, Cynder, Ticky and Sunrise. Shocker had fled with the pack because he didn't want to see me without clothes on.

"You guys don't have to stay if you don't want to." I encouraged them. "Why don't you two take Ticky out to have some fun on the playground? If you guys don't like it or Ticky gets upset, you're welcome to come back whenever you want."

"Toge!" Ticky cried out and tears poured from her little black eyes as she wailed on the bed. I sighed and picked her up.

"Alright Ticky, you can stay here with Momma." Her sobbing stopped and she cuddled closer to my chest. I sighed. "You need a bath anyway."

"Go head in Gwyn; I'll get things ready out here for you after I get ready. Give me a holler when you're done with Ticky and I'll take her." I nodded and stepped into the bathroom and closed the door, instantly being wrapped by the warmth from the shower that Violet had just taken.

I filled the sink up with some warm water and I set Ticky down into it. After she was settled and had calmed down to the point where she was splashing about in the water, I started to peel off the clothing that I had on and Ticky watched curiously as I stepped into the shower.

The warm water felt good over my shoulders as I stepped in. Thankfully I'd taken care of all my other necessities that would have needed to be done while in the shower last night, so I just had to wash up and what not. It felt good to run the soap over my body and through my hair, destroying all the natural oils my skin produced and doing away with the grim.

"Toge?" I blinked and quickly looked down to Ticky as she stood in the entrance to the shower, the curtain pulled back enough so she could stick her head in and look at me.

I sighed. "Alright Ticky, we'll take care of you first." I reached out of the shower and into the drawer to grab a cloth that I wet down and lathered with soap before I picked her up and turned my back to the shower water and started to wash her down. "You know you could have at least waited for me to get done with my shower first."

She looked up at me and didn't quite care what I said. She smiled and patted my chest playfully with the water and soap running down there. She cheered when the bubbles would pop and the water would splash against my skin. It took little time to clean Ticky with how small she was, and apparently I never hurt her at all since she never cried out in pain. I quickly finished her up and set her down by the drain to the shower, out of the way of the shower's beam of water that would surly hurt my baby pokemon.

"Now you wait there Ticky, Momma needs to finish getting cleaned up." She looked up at me in question and quietly got to her feet and made her way back over to my body while I continued to clean myself up and then get the conditioner in my hair. I could feel Ticky patting my legs and feet, playing with the soapy water that came down my body. I sighed, but didn't try to move her so long as it kept her entertained until I could get finished with my shower.

I finally finished a few moments later and grabbed a towel to dry both of us in. I was able to do Ticky first since she was so tiny and then I did myself, but that was hard when all Ticky wanted to was to keep playing. When I finally got my legs dry and Ticky couldn't play with the water on them anymore, she pouted at me while I wrapped the towel around myself and picked her up.

"Alright, now let's go see what Violet's got in store for us." Ticky's pout remained as I walked us out of the bathroom. Once I got out there, I was surprised to see that Chalcedony still remained while both my other pokemon were gone. I guess they'd taken my advice and gone out to play with the others.

I looked to the other side of the room and was shocked to see the amazingly beautiful woman that stood in front of a large make-up table and mirror, apparently putting on the last of her finishing touches. Her hair was boldly curly in thick curls of deep brown and brightened purple highlights from the heating of the curling iron. Her clothes consisted of a set of black shorts, a neon purple strapped top with a v cut in the center, her silver locket around her neck and knee high heeled boots, colored black, finished it off. She hardly had any make-up on other then the bright purple over her eyes which really brought out the liquid brown that swirled around there and some mascara to bring out her lashes. She was applying a set of maroon lipstick when she saw me in the mirror and jumped to her feet.

"There you are Gwyn! And just in time too! I'd just finished with myself!" Violet grinned as she put away the last object that she'd just been using before I saw her reach to put on a set of silver earrings that she had on the table when her hair slide off her shoulders and I saw a large, elaborate tattoo on her back.

"Holy Ho-oh! When did you get a tattoo?" Violet's head lifted up and she looked over her shoulder to see what I was talking about when I pointed to her back.

"Oh that?" She lifted up her shirt over her head so I could get a better look at it. "I got it for my sixteenth birthday for my pokemon, you like?"

Her tattoo started at the base of her lower back all the way up to the back of her neck and both her shoulders. It was an elaborate design of a swirling flame of grayish purple and maroon colors that that start at the lower base of her lower back and went up to the back of her neck before it swirled back down to the center of her back. There was space between this counter-clockwise spinning design. She had small branches of different things that represents the dominate types of her pokemon with a three-dimensional image of the gem of the pokemon's name. They also went in a circle around from the center to the end of the large swirling flame, I guessed that they represented her pokemon and the order how she obtained them. It started with an amethyst surrounded by red and orange fire in the center. Next on the left was lightning bolts and an amber. Then there was a floating line of poison bubbles with a heart. After that on the left was a puffy black cloud with a black chalcedony. Then on the right was glittering silver wind with some hints of green and a ruby. Next on the left was a dragon rage attack of red, purple and black with a blue zircon. Second to last was on the right and was a path of broken earth and a black spinal. Then last at the bottom of her back is a curved set of icicles and a sapphire. Her entire tattoo glitters when any kind of light hits it. They all went in order and it was amazing…

"Its incredible… how did you even get this? I though people weren't allowed to get tattoos until they were eighteen." Violet only chuckled as she pulled her shirt back down.

"Nah, the age is actually sixteen, if you have the permission from a parent or if you're quite high up on the ladder." She laughed. "My dad and Alex are the only ones that actually know about it, along with my pokemon and you now of course. My brother and my mother would flip out if they saw it, so I kept it pretty quiet, at least for the time being that is."

"I don't think you should have to hide it, it looks too beautiful to hide away." I lightly touched her back and she couldn't help but laugh at that.

"Yes, well, I'm afraid that my mother and you have very different opinions. Just knowing the fact that I got a tattoo would kill her, let alone seeing the sure size of it." She then smirked as she grabbed my arm and plopped me down into the chair. "Now time's a wasting! Let's get started on you before things start getting busy downstairs."

I sighed and let the woman do with my hair as she wished. I hope I haven't made a stupid mistake here…

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Time had flown by and before I realized it, Violet had finished with my entire look, hair and make-up for the night. She'd gotten on me a frilly pale pink skirt and some shiny silver and black heels that were open at the toes and had thin straps to hold them to my feet, they looked so nice and new, but Violet had told me they were hers back when she was just a young trainer. I felt so honored when she let me ware them… The rest of the outfit she'd gotten for me was a red corset shirt that had no straps to it, but it thankfully came well up and over my still forming breasts. She'd straitened my hair and pulled back the top half of it to keep it out of my face while I still had some bangs that ran down around and over my eyes. She used a pinkish red make-up for over my eyes and a little mascara for my lashes. The last thing she did was put on a pale red lipstick for me and asked me to put on some silver, small hoop earrings.

"Now you look pretty damn hot Gwyn!" Violet grinned at her work and allowed me to stand up. "Alright you guys! You can all look now!"

Since the time the pokemon had gone out and played, all of them came back inside and cleaned each other up for the club and had waited on the other side of the room. I heard many gasps and sounds echo in the room as our pokemon looked at up. I nervously looked at my pokemon who's jaws all dropped right down to the floor, especially Shocker's, who I think he almost got it disconnected.

"Does it look bad you guys?" I questioned my pokemon worriedly.

"Quil!" Cynder shook her head. "Quil quilava quil!"

"Ee!" Sunrise agreed. "Ee ee eevee ee."

"Toge?" Ticky looked up at me from the bed and looked me over.

"Violet made me extra pretty for tonight, what do you think Ticky?" I got down on my knees so my little baby pokemon could see eye to eye with me.

"Toge? Toge ge toge." She stood up and walked toward me and asked to be held. I snorted a laugh and held her.

"That's really sweet of your Ticky, thanks." I felt a hand on my shoulder and watched as Violet appeared next to me.

"Alright, well we better go introduce ourselves now, it's about time to anyway." I looked at the clock and saw it was five.

"Okay Violet, I'm ready when you are." She nodded and returned all her larger pokemon for the time being while Amber and Chalcedony jumped onto her shoulders and got into their normal spots while I felt the weight of Cynder and Sunrise on my shoulders and Shocker was down at my feet. I followed Violet out of the room and down the long hallway that we'd come up into. I could hear the light music from downstairs already and people talking a bit, but all under the voice of one person who I recognized as the person who showed us upstairs to get ready for this party.

"Alright ladies and gents, people and pokemon of all ages, its time for our special guests to revile themselves to us tonight!" We heard the crowd go up in cheers and Violet and I stopped at the top of the stairs that led down to the first floor where we'd be in the middle of this party. "As I'm sure you all know, no one's see this woman for quiet a long time, so to see her in person and talk to her tonight and meet her team is gonna be a real treat!" The screams got louder and Violet started her decent. "So please welcome Champion Violet Vilmos!" Violet instantly melted into the crowd of people who were waiting downstairs for her and started in shaking as many hands as she could that were thrown in her face as she made her way through the crowd.

"And a special guest that Violet has brought with her tonight. You may know her as the girl who saved Azalea Town from a crisis and risked her own life to kick them out! Please help me welcome… Gwyn Jalen!" I started my way down the steps and was instantly met with a thick crowd of people who also tried to make their way at me. Hands were shoved in my face and I had to race to keep up with them as I looked around for Violet, seeing her at a booth in the very back, I followed after her, listening to the comments of people as I walked by and got seated.

"Now that we have our special guests for the night here, let's get this party started!" Cheers went around while many people began to dance and eat the night away and many hurried over toward our table. I was able to make it in time and sat next to Violet in the back as people swarmed at us.

"Now just be careful not to say anything too personal Gwyn, it may be used against you." It was her last line of advice to me and I greedily took it.

Tristan's Point of View:

I'd managed to get my hands on a ticket for an apparent kid and pokemon friendly club a short while ago from some woman who had too many things to do rather than go. I normally didn't take things from others, let alone get near people after all that's happened to me in my life, but since that girl, Gwyn, has done all that she has to keep my identity a secret and keep me in the loop with what's happening and keeping me safe, its shaped me into helping others, something I thought I'd never do. The woman I'd helped was a resident of Ecruteck City; she'd nearly lost all her groceries down the street from a broken bag in her hands. She was nice enough and gave me a small lunch along with the ticket for my efforts. I told her there was no need, but she insisted.

So here I am now in the club, Tempted Heart. The only real reason I came here was to get some food for tonight and tomorrow if possible. I was still weary of pokemon centers and big cites after I got caught in New Bark Town, but a private little place like this wouldn't know me, and it was too far away from where that event took place. My pokemon, Croconaw, was literally drowning himself in food, it'd been a long time since he last ate and he was quite stuffing his face now to make up for it. Zubat was quietly nibbling on a few small pieces from where he was seated on the table and Ghastly was licking up the food from the plate.

I myself was making sure I had a good fill as well, but for some reason I felt uneasy. Something wasn't right here, and I was sure it was going to happen soon, whatever bad thing it was. I kept watching around for anything that would make me edgy here in this bar, but as I looked around, I saw no one. Maybe it was the special guests for the night… I didn't come quite in time to hear who it was, and the music and people talking was too loud and blurred for me to pick up on anything. It couldn't be Gwyn or Violet though, Gwyn has too many important things like dealing with that best friend of hers, and Violet doesn't exactly like the press, she's been hiding from them for years…

"I never thought that you'd be here at a party Tristan." I chocked on my food and whipped my head around to see the face of Gwyn Jalen next to me, right behind my seat. Her clothing was absolutely stunning… she was stunning… Wait, why am I thinking that? I shook my head and made a move to get up when she slipped into the seat next to me and grabbed a hold of my arm to keep me in place. My pokemon growled, but no one, seemed to take notice, and Gwyn just ignored their growling.

"What do you want?" I felt a little uneasy around, but I didn't sense anything wrong or bad with her around.

"Violet wants to talk with you," she told me softly. "We just finished with all our chatting with people and signing autographs, so we snuck out onto the third floor of this place. Come on." She tugged on my hand and arm and got me up from my seat.
"And what if I don't want to talk to her?" I fired back at the young girl, but she didn't seem to flinch at my harsh words.

"Then she'll probably drag you out of here, you know how Violet can be." She was right of course, Violet could be a bit ill-tempered if someone wasn't careful with what they said to her. I stood there in a staring contest for a long time with the dark blue haired girl before I finally sighed and gave in.

"Fine." She smiled and continued to pull me along while my pokemon followed in close pursuit.

"You're not nervous at all, are you?" Gwyn questioned me.

"You don't need to know that." I snapped back at her quietly.

She didn't seem to take it to heart and pondered for a moment with a finger of hers tapping her chin. "I just don't see how you could be nervous to see her. Violet's a great person! She's been nothing but helpful and positive."

"You don't think I know that?"

"I just don't understand why you're so afraid of her and so bitter at times." She sighed and turned to face me while we were on the second floor and out of the range of the party. "What happened between you two? Did you have a fight?"

I blinked in surprise. "You… you mean… you don't know?"

"About your past?" she questioned. "All I know is that she helped you escape and run away from home three years ago since you had a rough upbringing. Then someone mentioned an orphanage to you and you took off. That's all I know, nothing more other than that you're past is somehow connected to Team Rocket."

"And Violet's told you nothing more?"

"Nothing, and if Aaron knows anything, he hasn't said a word to me, we made up over that time you saw us fight when I gave back your card, but we fought again and Violet's been helping me get up to the next city and taking my mind off things."

I slowly nodded at the girl and we continued to move up the stairs to the third floor where I saw Violet waiting for me there. I tensed up when I saw her, but it wasn't that bad gut feeling I had earlier.

"Gwyn, could you be a dear and give me a short time alone with Tristan? When I'm done talking up here with him, I'll come back down and we'll do some karaoke before we head to Ecruteck for the night so the two of you can rest." The younger of the two woman nodded and gave my hand a squeeze before she released it and headed back down to the second floor.

"Come along Tristan, you and I have many things to talk about." I sighed and nodded as I followed the woman further on the third floor.

Violet's Point of View:

I led Tristan from the stairs and Gwyn, shocked that he actually listened and was following after me so obediently, was left on the stairs with her mouth slightly agape. It honestly scared me to see that some of his scars, even after three years, were still there on him.

"I've heard you've had quite a journey so far, how's it been?" I tried to start up a small conversation with the boy I'd saved three years ago.

"Hm? You actually want to know something like that?" Tristan stuffed his hands into his pockets and huffed. His pokemon followed after him quietly, listening to the conversation that was to take place.

"I wanted to make sure that you were alright," I corrected him. "You ran away from me and everyone three years ago. I was concerned for you."

"Tell me the truth Violet," I heard him stop walking, so I stopped as well and looked over my shoulder at him. "How long did it truly take for you to find me in this region?"

"A few months, not even half a year." I saw him clench his fists and a single tear leaked before the rest of them came falling shortly behind.

"Then why didn't you take me in?" He shouted at me and his hair fell before his face. "If you found me so long ago, why didn't take me into the police? Why?"

I rushed over to him and took the sobbing boy into my arms. "Because you looked happy and free to me."

All sounds from him died. I worried that he'd stopped breathing too, but I felt it on my shoulder. "What?"

"When I saw you in this region, I saw that you were happy and free, I didn't want to ruin that for you after all you'd been through. You deserved so much better than what happened to you in your first eleven years of life. It wouldn't be right of me to force you into a situation you didn't want to be in."

"Then why are you here now?" He looked up at me.

I sighed. "Issues have come up, I've heard you've stolen a few things and Team Rocket is all over the region. It's dangerous out there and I'm worried for all of you."

"I didn't steal Croconaw if that's what you're thinking; he wanted to be on my team." He sighed, his body shook and curled into my body and remained quiet for a moment. "I admit, I did mean to take him… but as soon as he saw me, he thought I was the trainer that was coming to get him and begged me to take him on a journey. So I did it. I did steal the pokedex from Gwyn, and I'm sorry for it, but I needed it to help me achieve my dream, no, my ambition."

I stroked his hair soothingly as I spoke. "What ambition? Does it have anything to do with your parents?"

He nodded in my shoulder. "I want to be stronger then them, I want to bring them to justice for all that they've done… I thought… I thought that when you rescued me, you'd help me do that, but when your brother mentioned the orphanage and how I should go there, I… I felt so betrayed, like I'd never be able to stop them and make up for all they done and dragged down onto our shoulders to fix in our regions…"

"So that's the reason…"

"I also…" He stuttered through his tears. "I wanted to be nothing like them! I wanted to treat those that were my friends or my pokemon with love! Something that they can't even begin to understand! I've done that, but I'm not strong enough!" He clenched his fists in rage. "I encountered Ariana, one of my moth-one of Rose's admins in Team Rocket while I was in Ilex Forest. She wiped the floor with me and I barely made it out of there alive… she almost got my pokemon and pokedex too…" He chocked up. "If she's that strong, then just how much more powerful is Rose compared to her? How much stronger and how much more time will it take to bring her and her reign of power down?"

I didn't reply, I only stroked his hair and tried to calm him down.

"You make it sounds as if raising pokemon is easy Tristan, its not as easy as you're making it out to say." I finally spoke gently in his ear. "Training takes a long time, pokemon need love and compassion to grow and evolve. You've been doing amazingly, to see how much you've grown over just three years is incredible… but you also have to understand that some of us have been doing this much longer then you have, which is why we're stronger. Even I had to start out somewhere, no different then you did, I wasn't all that strong in the beginning, if I faced Giovanni on my first day of training I would have been probably beaten or killed."

"But your Violet Vilmos!" He pulled my head back to look at me, but my face only showed him a pained smile.

"Yes, and I was a trainer who's name didn't mean squat when I first started out, just out of curiosity Tristan, do you know how long it took for me to become strong? How long was it before I actually took on Team Rocket for real? Not just one here or there, but a large base that I broke into?"

"It was a few months… not quite half a year…" I nodded

"Exactly; and how long had it been since I began my journey when Team Rocket was shut down for the first time before Rose went to the islands?"

"Three quarters of a year to an entire year."

"How long have you had your pokemon?"

"Only a few months…"

"Do you see what I mean?" I stroked his cheek sisterly-like. "Everyone has to start somewhere Tristan; you can't just suddenly become the champion overnight."

"Then explain to me how you became the Kanto champion in only year of being a trainer." His eyes came back up to glare at me.

"Because of how much I believed in my pokemon and how we stood there for each other through thick and thin, how we battled every opponent we came across, and how we became a family." I sighed and felt the presence of all my pokemon in various places in the house or in their pokeballs, all their hearts still connected to mine. "Our hearts are one, we are one, if one feels pain, we all feel pain, if one of us is happy, we're all happy."

He looked away again. "How do I get stronger Violet? How do I stop Rose?"

I sighed; man was it hard to get through his thick skull… "Time will tell Tristan," I blinked for a moment as an idea came over me. "Hey, why don't you travel with me and train with me?" He raised his head in shock and his eyes widened. "If you're so concerned about getting stronger, then travel with me. Plus, I meet up with Gwyn every now and then, you can test your strength with her while we're on the road since you two are about at the same level of strength. We'll stay away from all authorities and you can still take gym challenges to prove your strength too. Maybe even that Aaron kid at one point and time would battle you."

"How do I know you're not going to sell me out?"

"Because I'm not exactly ready to meet up with the authorities or the press, but it's also up to you to believe me or not."

Tristan hesitated, like I knew he would. He crossed his arms and backed away from me a bit as he thought it over. I could see the memories playing in his mind as he thought over whether or not this idea was a good one for him.

"Hey!" I snapped my fingers and his eyes raced to me. "Why don't you take the night to think it over some more and give me your answer later on? I don't need an answer right now if you don't have one."

"I… I'd…" he stuttered and sighed. "I'd like some more time to think."

"That's perfectly alright Tristan." I patted his shoulder and then led him back toward the stairs. "Now why don't we go back down to the party? I promised Gwyn that we'd have some fun here and we've yet to do it!" I grinned and led the red haired boy toward the large party once more. "Karaoke time!"

Tristan's Point of View:

I had mixed feelings about Violet's proposal for me to journey with her. It would help me get stronger, I knew that for sure, but I wasn't sure if she'd knock me out in my sleep and send me off to the police or orphanage. I shook my head as I thought things over. While I did that, Violet had set me down at her table for me to rest and think over things. Gwyn had even asked me to look after her baby togepi that she called Ticky while she and Violet were going to have some 'fun' on stage. Exactly how was this keeping her out of the public eye?

"Alright then ladies and gents! We got a special treat for all of you!" I looked up to the DJ and saw that he'd stopped his music while he had a microphone in his hands. "Its time for karaoke!" The crowd erupted in cheers and I could see many people already looking between each other to find out which of them would join in their apparent 'fun' on stage. "We already got us a set of girls who plan to start out for the night! Give it up for our famous twosome! Champion Violet Vilmos and Gwyn Jalen!"

Both of the girls stepped up on stage and I could see Violet's wild grin as she took the microphone in hand and Gwyn quietly grabbed the other.

"Alright you guys, I promised my good friend Gwyn here that we'd have a good time tonight and I've pretty much neglected that until now!" The crowd laughed and she chuckled.

"Violet…" I could hear Gwyn whine though her microphone that she held closer to her lips then she thought.

She only grinned back at the shy girl. "Alright Gwyn, let's have some fun! So anyone know the answer to this?" She turned to the crowd. "Who knows 'This is War'?"

The crowd cried out again as the music began to place; I could hear the guitar in the background and the drum set. She smirked and put her hand on her hip before her mouth relaxed and she almost appeared in a trance.

"A warning…

to the people…
The good and… the evil.
This… is… war…
To the soldier…

the civilian…
the martyr…

the victim…
this… is… war…"
Violet's voice was soothing as she almost whispered these words to the crowd that she'd locked in her trance. The music then got a bit faster and went up a bit in tempo and she followed it with Gwyn assisting her.
"It's the moment of truth,

and the moment to lie,
the moment to live,

and the moment to die,
the moment to fight,

the moment to fight
to fight,

to fight,

to fight!
to the right,

to the left,
we will fight… to the death!
To the edge… of the earth,
it's a brave new world,
from the last to the first.
To the right,

to the left,
We will fight… to the death!
To the edge… of the earth,
It's a brave new world,
It's a brave new world!" The music soothed down a bit and I saw Gwyn take the lead on this half and Violet pulled off to the back.
"A warning… to the prophet,
the liar…

the honest…
This… is… war…
Oh!
To the leader…

the pariah…
the victor…

the messiah…
This… is… war…"
The song picked up again and the crowd easily became putty in their hands, it was hard not too, their voices were… for lack of a better work, pretty closer to perfect…
"It's the moment of truth,

and the moment to lie,
the moment to live,

and the moment to die,
the moment to fight,

the moment to fight,
to fight,

to fight,

to fight!
To the right,

to the left,
we will fight… to the death!
to the edge… of the earth,
it's a brave new world,
from the last to the first.

To the right,

to the left,
we will fight… to the death!
to the edge… of the earth,
It's a brave new world,
It's a brave new world
It's a brave new world!"
A sudden turn in the music caused it to slow down and run at a soothing tempo. I saw both girls come to the front on this; it appeared that both of them would do this part.
I… do believe… in the light,
Raise your hands… into the sky.
The fight is done… the war is won…
Lift your hands toward the sun.
Toward the sun,
toward the sun,
toward the sun…
The war is won…"
The soft music finished before suddenly it took on its face tempo which I guessed was going to be its last time. I saw Violet spin Gwyn before pushing her slightly forward to take the lead on the ending.
"To the right,

to the left,
we will fight… to the death!
To the edge… of the earth.
It's a brave new world,
from the last to the first.
To the right,

to the left,
we will fight… to the death!
To the edge… of the earth,
It's a brave new world,
It's a brave new world,
It's a brave new world!"
I was surprised to hear the music slow up one last time, but I knew it was the ending.
A brave new world…
the war is won…
the war is won…
A brave new world…"
Violet and Gwyn finished the last notes together and they finished their song fairly quickly, only a couple minutes had passed from before they started. Neither of them seemed to mind though. Violet was grinning like not tomorrow while Gwyn just looked pretty happy and the crowd was going off like there was no tomorrow.

"Alright! Thanks so much everyone!" She clicked her teeth. "But that was just a warm up! Feast your ears on the next piece we're about to-"

Violet suddenly stopped talking and I felt the bone chilling feeling I had once more like I had before. Violet could sense now what was about to take place. The people in the club talked quietly between each other while Violet's emotionless face finally gained back color and she looked to Gwyn almost in anger.

"Go get your pokemon and return them all, even Ticky, Gwyn." The older woman said in a demanding voice. "Go, get Tristan and get anything he brought with him and head to the woods. Quickly! I'll get your things and meet you there soon!" Gwyn didn't dare argue and jumped off the stage in a heartbeat and hurried over to me. She returned the team of hers and even her baby one before she grabbed my hand and dragged me along though the crowd.

My bag I'd already had with me, and there wasn't exactly much in it to begin with. I told Gwyn this as we made our way out of the building and out of the way of anyone else that was there. Gwyn and I actually had just ducked into the forest when I saw the entire place surrounded by a thick array of vines.

Both our eyes widened as we watched until I felt something grab us from behind and cover our mouths. I was about to bite down when I saw it was Violet who held us with her changeling hand of Amethyst's energy in her body. She put a hand to her lips that she'd used to cover my mouth and I nodded, along with Gwyn who clung herself to Violet's body.

Violet in turn grabbed onto both of us with a single arm while we both held onto her and she flew off through the dark forest, using the darkness to help hide her, but I could still make out the color of her partly because it was neon in color. Violet realized it too and hissed under her breathe.

"Shit… Chalcedony, use mist to cover our tracks as we head to the city." Her dark type appeared on her shoulder and from the pores on his body; he created a black mist that instantly turned the world back behind us.

"What happened back there Violet?" Gwyn questioned her.

"An emergency police raid. Since I left the grunt for them to find on the route, all major areas where people could easily slip into are all now being checked. It's most likely my brother that has the place surrounded; he has been turning a bit into my mother with his worries." She sighed. "Sorry Hon, it's my fault for not realizing that would happen, I didn't mean to ruin your night…"

"Don't worry about it Violet, I feel a lot better now." Gwyn tried to cheer her up. "Plus, you got us out of there pretty quick and Ruby got our stuff."

I blinked in surprise and looked over Violet's shoulder to see a small blur of red behind us that glowed a bit in the moonlight that was trying to stay out and in the smoke to hide its coloring. It must have been Ruby.

"You still have a damn good set of perception girl. Even I'm having a hard time telling her out of the haze." Violet let out a breath and swung herself forward with her wings for better flight.

"So… where are we going now?" I questioned her worriedly.

"A home of some old friends of mine that live in the next city in this region. They'll keep it quiet for us and keep us out of the public eye for the time being. At least until we've gathered our strength for the morning. After that, it's your choice what to do." She never faltered as she explained it to us."

"Violet… can I ask you something?" She blinked and looked down at me.

"Of course, what is it Tristan?"

"About your offer, can you wait for my answer in the morning? I need more time to think…"

She giggled lightly and kissed my forehead. "Don't worry about how long it takes you to decide Tristan; I'll wait as long as you want me to. The offer will stay open so long as you've yet to accept it."

Witch's Note:

Finally! I thought I'd never get that one done! I thought it'd be so much shorter then it is actually, but my imagination got the best of me again! I hope you all liked the chapter and in case any of you were wondering, that song that the girls did was by "30 Second to Mars", the song is called "This is War" and I don't own it.

Okay, moving on! We have Tristan back in again and he may be traveling with Violet! Isn't that great! It'd do good for the poor boy to have someone around that he could trust! Don't cha think? Also, will Gwyn and Aaron ever get past these fights they have with each other? Who knows! But it certainly adds some drama!

Alright then, well I'll let you guys go now and milk over this chapter as much as you want while I start on the next one! I can't wait for it! We get to meet the legendary dogs next chapter!

Alright! Love you all and see you next week!

Halloween Witch