Time for another update! Not a really long one, but I've pretty much thought up all I could for this one. Though I still hope that you like it! This one's actually a bit of a filler chapter with a little fun and a little bit of story telling. Either way I hope that you'll all enjoy!

(Remedy Town – Park – 2:00 PM – August 23rd 2011)

We come into this area to find everyone, spare TJ and Cleo, sitting in the park thinking about what they'll do on the way to Night Fall.

"So have you four come from Night Fall?" Yellow asked.

"Yeah, to get from Night Fall to here you have to pass through Sola Town." Nathen said. "Sola Town is also the first badge if you're starting from Night Fall."

"It also has a huge beach!" Maria said happily.

"Do you think that we could stop there on the way to Night Fall?" Amethyst asked.

"Sorry but no, but I will think about letting you hit the beach while we take on the gym on our third run through town." Nathen said.

"So you're talking about when we go through Sola Town after getting Nevee from Night Fall." Gem said.

"Pretty much, how does that sound to the four of you?" Nathen said looking towards Red, Yellow, Amethyst and Topaz.

"That sounds fine to me," Topaz said.

"It's settled then." Nathen said as he jumped up to a high tree branch.

"Hold on, don't Maria and I get a say?" Markus said in protest.

"Not when I'm your teacher. And as such, I decide for you, unless I actually need your decision." Nathen chuckled.

"That doesn't sound very fair." Maria said.

"Tough, I could be a hell of a lot worse, so enjoy it while you can." Nathen snickered as he suddenly disappeared. Now, prepare yourselves, because we leave in half an hour!

"Where's that voice coming from?" Yellow asked. Look up! "Are you a spirit?" So cute…No, I am not a spirit, I just stumbled onto a way to jump between worlds and dimensions.

"That doesn't make sense." Markus said. It won't at first, but it's better for you if you just accept it as it is and move on. "Fine," Markus let out a sigh afterwards. "What do you think that we should do for the next half hour?" I don't really give a damn, just don't leave the city.

"That doesn't leave much for us to do." Topaz said. Go and see if Cleo will give you an egg! I'm sure that she has one or two she's willing to spare, except for Markus and Maria of course.

"Why can't we get an egg?" Maria asked. Have you already forgotten that you own two Eevee's now? "Oh yeah," I had better keep sane after this journey, Gem, make sure that they all stay behaved and don't leave town.

"I'll try, but no promises." Gem said with a sigh as everyone walked towards Cleo's shop. Just great…alright, I'd better see how the others are doing.

Now, while everyone explores the town for the last time, let's see what Nathen really is looking for.

(Unknown Location – Electronic Room – 2:05 PM)

When we enter this room to find Nathen spinning on a chair with an ear mike in his hand,

"System shut down," Nathen said as he came to a stop. "Wait, system reboot, external vocal system shut down."

"Reactivating" Ada said as a hologram of a woman appeared. Even though she was digital, her features and colors could easily be seen. She had long amber colored hair that was tied up into a ponytail that was draped over her right shoulder. She also had calm and bright Ruby red eyes. She was wearing black heals, a white formal skirt, and a white formal top. "Good afternoon master, what can I do for you?"

"Afternoon Ada, bring up the mapping system for all the Charges from the Pokoh Quest." Nathen said as he jumped up from the chair pushing it back and causing it to fall off a ledge smashing something. "CLEAN UP!"

"Processing…" Ada said as several holographic screens appeared in front of Nathen while three robots were deployed from the ceiling and went to clean up the mess that their creator had made. "Subjects found."

"Now let's see…" Nathen said as the screens lined up like a carousel and Nathen cycled through them. "Everyone's looking good, Hope's exploring around… man she's getting close to Solace; we may end up another Sire. The quads are all having fun in Unova, Alexis is tending to Alice, Ada, please remove this video, I don't need to be tempted."

"At once," Ada said as the image of Alice and Alexis disappeared.

"Kris is still with Max and his sister who are… adventuring Monoko… odd choice of location, but it's not like my word ever influenced them. The newlyweds are enjoying the quiet life in Hoenn, 'old on… what's this… Ada, please pull up a bio scan on Karina Sire."

"Scans show that Karina Sire is currently pregnant at 2 months." Ada said.

"Hot damn, those two are first of the group to get married and now they're the first to start the next generation!" Nathen said with a chuckle. "Maintain a silent view on those two and alert me should anything happen. Whether it's a problem with Karina or someone decides to attack them before the child is born. Oh, and mind telling me what it'll end up as?"

"As you command, and it's twins, both girls." Ada said.

"Congratulations to the new and developing family!" Nathen said as he raised a crystal glass of a red liquid before downing it. "Now back to the others. Everyone else is still going about okay… Hey I didn't know that Terra was stationed there… Wait… where the hell are Gabriel and Carmen?"

"I'm not sure sir, they didn't appear on the radar, and the scanner couldn't pick up the tracker." Ada said.

"Odd… I design everything that's meant to keep track of these people… run a bio scan with the stored codes of Carmen and Gabriel. I want them found!"

"At once…" Ada said as she faded away. "Subjects found, I have found the targets in the Solace area. But something is disrupting their signal… I can't get a perfect connection on their location. I'm sorry sir."

"It's okay Ada," Nathen sighed as he bit his thumb. "This could end badly… okay I'm going to have to find them and get some answers."

"Is there anything else that I can do for you sir?" Ada asked.

"Continue search on Carmen Prescott and Gabriel Volantis, I want you to keep searching on all possible frequencies. I want them found!" Nathen said with a sigh. "Alert me as soon as you can give me a proper and accurate area of location."

"I will master," Ada said.

"That's good… What the hell have those two gotten themselves into this time?" Nathen said to himself. As Nathen continued to think an alarm clock rang signaling that it was 2:30. "Man how time flies when I'm here… Ada, I'm going, keep me posted."

"As you wish…" Ada said as he voice cut out while Nathen disappeared.

(Remedy Town – Southern Gate – 2:30 PM)

"What the hell's taking him so long?" Markus growled.

"Taking who so long?" Nathen said from behind everyone. In saying this it made everyone jump.

"DON'T DO THAT!" Everyone yelled at Nathen.

"I think that this will be a running gag for me…" Nathen snickered. "Sorry about that, couldn't help myself."

"Bull!" Gem said with frustration in her voice.

"You don't have to bite my head off, god," Nathen sighed. "Alright, if we just walk straight through Sola Town, then we can end up in Night Fall by sundown if not a little later."

"I'll bet…" Gem grumbled.

"Is there a problem Ashmore?" Nathen said looking towards Gem.

"Your sense of timing is worth shit and you know it!" Gem said.

"Oh yeah, yeah, so I can't judge time, who really cares," Nathen sighed. "So are we going to get little Eevee or not?"

"Of course we are!" TJ and Gem said in unison.

"Creepy," Amethyst said.

"Alright then, let's get going." Nathen chuckled as he walked past everyone. After giving a quick look over everyone, the group followed their leader.

The journey towards Night Fall had only been a few minutes before they got an unexpected guest.

(Route 2 – Small Clearing – 2:40 PM)

When we come to this clearing we see the Special characters talking with Markus and Maria, while Nathen, Gem and TJ talk with their guest who turned out to be Cleo.

"Thanks for waiting guys…" Cleo said as she tried to catch her breath after running after them.

"No problem, but what are you doing here Cleo?" TJ asked.

"I'm taking a bit of a vacation from the nursery, so I figured that I'd see if I could go with you guys." Cleo said as she stood up from the stump that she was sitting on and put her white bag over her shoulder. "I mean, if you'll allow it."

"Can she Nathen? Can she can she can she can she can she?" TJ said as he started jumping up and down a bit before earning a slug from Nathen on top of his head. This knocked him out in an instant leaving him on the ground with swirls for eyes. "Everything's spinning…" TJ said this with a groggy tone of voice.

"TJ I swear, I realize that you can be a bit quirky and random, but if you repeat your words again and again any more, than the hits will keep getting harder." Nathen growled as vein pop appeared on his forehead. "And I'll start giving concussions, oh and I knock people out the harder I hit, so unless you want to end up in an early grave, I suggest you watch what you do."

"Don't you think that's a bit much?" Gem said as she and Cleo tended to TJ.

"Is what a bit much?" Nathen said acting oblivious to what he had just said.

"That threat! You said that if TJ keeps acting the way he does then you'll end up killing him!" Gem said.

"I don't remember making any such threat, I would never hurt a funny man like him, and besides, I can't having Nevee flying off should she find out that her boyfriend is dead." Nathen chuckled.

"I swear; I have no idea what I'm going to do with you Nathen Pierce." Gem said with a sigh.

"I'll have everyone in the palm of my hand if I keep that act up…" Nathen snickered as TJ started to come to.

"What happened?" TJ groaned.

"You were knocked out." Cleo said as she helped TJ stand.

"And to answer a pre-stated question, yes Cleo can stay, but a question that I have for her, what about the Nursery? Don't you have Pokémon there?" Nathen said looking to Cleo as she helped TJ sit down.

"Oh, well I actually have an old friend and the local Nurse Joy looking after the Nursery for me." Cleo said.

"I see, well I guess all is good then." Nathen chuckled as he turned towards the other group. "Are you ready to go you six?"

"We're continuing on then?" Red said.

"Yes, and we have another member of the group." Nathen said. "Everyone excluding Maria, Markus, Gem and TJ, this is Cleo Jackson. She owns a nursery back in town."

"It's nice to meet you all." Cleo said giving a bow.

"Same here, I'm Red and this is my sister Amethyst." Red said introducing him and his sister.

"Hi!" Amethyst said happily.

"I'm Yellow," Yellow said giving her bow.

"And I'm Topaz," Topaz said.

"Alright, with introductions done, we now make our way to Night Fall!" Nathen said as he started to walk down the path again. Once again, after glancing at each other, the group that has now grown to 10 started down the path heading towards Sola Town.

(Sola Town – North Gate – 5:30 PM)

"How is it that a walk that was supposed to last at least an hour or two, took three freaking hours to make?" Markus groaned.

"How was I supposed to know that we were taking the long way here?" Nathen groaned.

"Another thing that's terrible about you, your sense of direction." Gem snickered.

"Don't mess with me Ashmore," Nathen sighed. "If we get to the other end of town quickly and then back onto Route 1, we just might be able to make it to Night Fall by around 7 or 8 at night. Maybe I should call Sam ahead of time and see if she'll have dinner ready…"

"That might work." Gem said. "Hey, where'd the Special gang go?"

"They're over there." Cleo said pointing towards Red, Yellow, Amethyst, and Topaz who were standing by a rail and looking out at the ocean which was shining by the slowly setting sun.

"It's a beautiful sight isn't it," Nathen said with a sigh as he looked out at the ocean.

"Yeah…" Yellow said answering for the group.

"If you think that's beautiful, then you'll be at an utter loss for words when you see a certain sight." Nathen said with a soft chuckle.

"What's the sight?" Amethyst said as she turned towards Nathen.

"There are three places of complete and utter awe in Solace that any true adventure should travel to." Nathen said. "The first is the crystal falls. A location where three waterfalls that rain down water as cold as ice are located over a serene lake, but it's also wrapped in mystery because you can't see the origin of the falls."

"What else is there?" Gem asked.

"The celestial lake, a lake that's so high up that when the sun or moon hits it at just the right time, it shines like a rainbow." Nathen said. "And then… there's the Scarlet Lake…"

"What's so unique about the Scarlet Lake?" Red asked.

"Its other name is the Lake of Blood." Nathen said calmly. This caused everyone to fall silent. "The lake is located in the Shrouded Forest, and its waters look, feel, and even has a taste similar to that of blood. But it's actually just an odd phenomenon."

"What's…what's the phenomenon?" Maria asked.

"No one has been able to truly determine what causes the Scarlet Blood Red color that the lake has, but there are a large number of red crystals deep on the lakes surface. Legend says that the crystals are tainted by the blood of the innocent and that they poison the water turning it into a pure blood and that when people drink the water, they become possessed by the spirits of the dead and that they slowly go mad from the screams and cries of the tormented." Nathen said calmly. "But that's just the legends; if you're really feeling adventurous, test it for yourself."

Everyone just remained silent as they all put on a scared look.

"Are you sure that you've never been to Solace?" Markus said with a gulp.

"I'm not sure if I have or not, but some of this regions legends are really burned into my heart and mind." Nathen said as he grabbed his shirt. "Like they're something that I can't forget,"

"Is there anything else that we should know?" TJ said. "About the Scarlet Lake, I mean."

"Let's see… The lake's true beauty and mystery comes out during a full moon or whenever there's a lunar eclipse during said full moon." Nathen said as he ran though his library of a memory. "Oh, and don't get lost or wrapped up in any traditions."

"Why's that?" Topaz asked.

"There are rumors that there are witches lingering there and that they'll sacrifice you to a demon Pokémon should they catch you while you're lost, and then there's a small, really old fashion village there that has a tradition of sacrificing people to the lake to protect their village from said demon Pokémon."

"It sounds very scary." Yellow said.

"Actually it can be, but not if you're… with the right people…" Nathen said with a sigh as he remembered back to the past.

(Flashback)

This image takes us to the bank of the Scarlet Lake. We see a young boy standing before a young girl who lays naked drenched in red liquid. Her eyes a soulless look while also being filled with fear, sorrow and sadness

"Give her back to me!" a boy yelled out. "Give her back!"

"She has broken her promise… she belongs to me…" a sinister voice rang out over the bright red lake and the black forest.

"She did nothing of the sort! I made her go against her word!" the boy yelled as he started to cry. "Please… give her back… I'll do anything! Just give her back…"

"Even if it means losing yourself…" the voice said.

"Yes… she means the world to me… I want Krys back… I'll do anything it takes…" the boy sobbed as he looked down at the girl who had the boy's reflection in her eyes. "Just tell me what to do… anything… whatever it takes! As long as I can have her once again…"

"You're such a stupid mortal. So be it…you shall be my vessel…" the voice said with an irritated sigh. "Put the soulless one in the lake and then drink, her soul will return and I shall take my hold on you, you pitiful human."

"And you promise that you'll leave Krys alone?" the boy said as he picked the girl up and walked towards the lake.

"To some my word is with that of a devil, but if you'll take it then so be it, the girl will survive, but if you cross me, then you will both die and be lost to the pits of hell." The voice growled.

"Fine… I'll give myself to you… if you promise that Krys goes free…" the boy cried.

"Agreed," the voice sighed as the boy laid the naked girl in the blood red water. "Now… bring me forth into your soul and accept the darkness that you have been chosen for."

"I…I accept my darkness…and I embrace your power…" the boy whispered as he pooled the red liquid in his hands before raising it and drinking it. As the liquid went into his system a massive black aura enveloped him. When the aura collapsed the boy's eyes were a menacing blood red and his hair was an eerie black. As the boy fell to his knees, he looked towards the girl in the water as she started to glow and several small bubbles came out of her mouth. The boy removed the girl from the water, and after putting his coat on her, he pulled her into his chest and held onto her tightly. "I swear…I swear that I'll protect you no matter what… whatever it takes…" After saying that the boy removed a shield that he wore as a necklace and placed it around the girls neck.

"Na…Nathen…" The girl whispered as she fell asleep in the boy's arms.

(End Flashback)

"Hey Nathen!" Gem said pulling Nathen out of his dazed state.

"Huh, what is it Gem?" Nathen said as he came back to reality.

"You spaced out, everyone else started towards the gate; I decided to stay here to make sure that you were okay."

"Oh, well thanks, let's get back to the others so that we can get back to Night Fall."

"Hold on Nathen, what made you space out like that?" Gem asked.

"It's nothing that concerns you," Nathen sighed. "And as a warning, don't try and dive too deeply into my past, there are something's that you really shouldn't try and find out."

"Oh…okay," Gem said as she followed Nathen.

As the two authors ran to catch up with the main group, they all soon reunited and made their way to Night Fall Village, which was but a few hours away.

When our heroes arrived in Night Fall, it was around 7:50 PM, so they made their way to the chapel to check in with the young Strong and the Daemon and Prayer families. But what else lies ahead for our Heroes? We'll have to wait until next time to find out!

There's another update! Next chapter I'll introduce Nevee properly with her having more to say! I'll also include a little more attempts to be funny in it! So for now, until then! Oh, and do enjoy the story!