Time for another update! Again, I feel like this was a bit of a filler, but I'm sure that it's still interesting. Anyway, this'll have a bit of an outlook onto Maria and Markus, a bit into Nathen's life, and a bit into his own romantic life. I hope that you all enjoy this update!

(Night Fall Village – Legend Chapel – 7:50 PM, August 23rd 2011)

"Welcome back," Samantha and Amy said as they welcomed the group into the chapel.

"It's nice to be back." Nathen said with a chuckle as Maria and Markus went over to their respected parents.

"Excuse me, but where's Nevee's room?" Gem asked.

"I don't think that going in there right now is the best idea." Amy said. "Especially sense we actually just got her to go to sleep."

"Well I applaud your ability to do so." Gem said. "Nevee was always a handful when it came to making her sit still. Sleeping was just another of the problems."

"Thanks I guess," Samantha said as she pulled out a bottle. "But these are what did the trick."

"Ah, so you did use my gift." Nathen said as he grabbed the bottle.

"What are they?" Amethyst asked.

"Sleeping pills," Nathen said as he pulled out a small white pill. "One pill will knock you out for a good eight hours, half a pill will make you sluggish and a bit drowsy, a quarter will calm you and make you a bit slower, and anything lower slowly weakens and slows you."

"Where did you get it?" Markus asked.

"My scientists made it," Nathen said as he pocketed the pill case. "Now, it's almost eight, so go to your rooms and prepare for dinner."

"Then we'll have to leave the chapel for that." Amy said. "The Chapel welcomes people and gives them a quick place to rest, but you'll be staying at our house for your stays here."

"We already have all the rooms ready as Nathen specified, Nevee was even moved there following your orders." Samantha said.

"Good, then I guess we should be on our way then." Nathen said as everyone gave each other a quick glance before heading out of the chapel.

The large group then walked around the chapel and walked down a path in the forest. The path led everyone to a large clearing and a large old fashioned Japanese.

"Man, this is a huge house." TJ said.

"Yeah, our father's built this entire house themselves." Maria said as everyone walked into a large foyer.

"House nothing, this building rank up with a mansion!" Red said.

"Yeah, dad always thought that we should live in the lap of luxury." Markus said with a chuckle. "And it may seem big, but we can actually all support ourselves here without any real help."

"All well and good, now why don't we go and get ourselves set in?" Nathen said as he walked towards a staircase.

"Alright everyone, the doors are marked with where you'll be staying." Samantha said. "So explore around and find your room."

"And when you're all settled, report back to the foyer!" Nathen said from a second floor balcony.

Everyone then split up and looked from their rooms. Maria and Markus went to their own rooms, Nathen and Gem went to the room that they'd be sharing. Red and Yellow went to their room with Amethyst and Topaz sharing the room next door. This left Cleo and TJ to the room next to Nevee's room, whose room was also next to Nathen and Gem's.

After leaving their things in their rooms, everyone met in a large gathering room.

"So dinner's being made, what should we all do until it's finished?" Red asked.

"Well why don't we all go and freshen up?" Maria said as she walked into the room while pushing a large cart full of robes and towels. "During the construction, father stumbled onto an underground Hot Spring, so they decided to build a bath house onto the house itself."

"That's amazing!" Topaz said.

"Yeah, there are three parts, a male and a female bath, and shared bath," Maria said. "The male and female baths are pretty simple. Men stick to their bath and Women stick to theirs. Then with the shared bath you are required to be wearing a towel or a bathing suit, so I suggest that you have something prepared."

"Sounds perfect, everyone, I don't care what you do until dinner, but I'm taking a bath!" Nathen said as he walked up to Maria and took a few things. "Now where do I go?"

"Down the hall to the right and turn left." Maria said. "The door in front is to the shared bath, and the halls on the sides lead to the individual baths. The men's bath is the one on the left path."

"Thanks Maria, see you in awhile everyone." Nathen said as he started down the hall.

Everyone just decided to talk for a bit before heading to the baths themselves. Let's begin with the woman's bath.

(Daemon Prayer Household – Women's Bath – 8:00 PM)

The bath was well built into a large rock side. It was dimly lit and aside from a large bath there was several stalls built for individual baths. Gem, Cleo, Amethyst, Topaz, Yellow, and Maria were all resting in the large bath with a towel on to cover themselves up.

"This water is fantastic," Gem said as she sank deeper into the waters.

"Yeah, your family really lucked out when they stumbled onto this hot spring." Yellow said.

"It's nothing special," Maria said. "But this bath does have some good points and memories."

"I'm sure that it does," Amethyst said as she resurfaced from beneath the water. "But something's odd, why are the geyser heads shaped differently? Aren't hot spring geysers supposed to be Gyarados heads?"

"Normally yes, but Markus's and my father decided to go with something different." Maria said as she stared at the odd dragon statue.

The statues appearance was equivalent to that of an ancient Medieval Dragon, the whole body was colored in a bright white, the eyes had a glowing blue color, the underbelly was a dull yellowish white, there were 2 large pairs of wings that look like huge angel wings, the claws looked dull but are actually razor sharp, a bright silver chest plate of armor holds a giant gold cross with a bright blue stone within it, armor on the arms and legs were a bright silver. The dragon was carved out of a huge white stone.

"Is that a Pokémon?" Topaz asked.

"Yeah…" Maria said as her expression dropped.

"Is something wrong Maria?" Cleo asked.

"No, that is the Divine Savior Pokémon, Angealagon." Maria said as she gripped her back.

"Well it's a bit of an odd piece," Gem said as she got out of the large bath and walked over to one of the stalls. "Hey Maria… is the dragon related to your mark?"

"I'd rather not discuss it." Maria said as she sank into the water.

"Okay, but it'd be better if you talked now, instead of waiting for it to come out at the wrong time." Gem said.

"Well… I guess I could… but only to you Gem, and when we can do it in private." Maria said as she resurfaced.

"Alright, just tell me when you want to talk." Gem said.

Now while the girls have their own conversation, let's see what the boys were doing at the exact same moments.

(Men's Bath – 8:00 PM)

The bath was built exactly like the girls was, but it was more darkly lit. And the Dragon statue was different. The statues form was like a large humanoid dragon in a sitting position, the whole body was a pitch black color, the eyes were a dark red color, the underbelly is a dull charcoal like black, there were 2 pairs of large demon like wings, the claws looked like they were razor sharp, a dark silver chest plate of armor held a giant dark ruby cross with a dark red stone within it, armor along the arms, legs, body, tail and wings are a dark steely black, the inner wing were a fire like red. The whole statue was carved out of a huge black stone. Nathen, Red and Markus were all in the large bath while TJ was in one of the stalls.

"That's quite the statue," Red said as he looked at the statue that was looking over the large Bath while Nathen was sitting silently underneath it.

"It's a statue of the Demonic Destroyer Pokémon, Daemonigon." Markus sighed with a groan as he sank deeper into the water.

"It's a little scary if you ask me." TJ said from a stall.

"Yeah it does have that turn off." Red said with a chuckle. "Hey Nathen, are you awake?"

"Huh," Nathen said as he glanced at Red with a blank look.

"Just a quick question, do you happen to know a friend of mine?" Red asked. "Because you remind me a lot of someone that she said that she knew as a little girl. She called him her brother for some reason, although I've never known her to have any siblings."

"Depends," Nathen said as he slouched back and started to remember something. "Hearing a name would be a good start, then maybe a home."

"She was born in Violet City, and her name is Crystal, but she's also gone by Crys."

"Crys… I actually do remember a few people by that name…" Nathen said softly as he moved underneath one of the side geysers. "And Crystal is spelled normally while Crys is spelled C R Y S, right?"

"Yup, we got a little side tracked while travelling through Johto and we talked about our pasts." Red said as he leaned back into the bath. "Crys had mentioned about a person that she knew as a little girl. She said that he was about a year older than her when she was around 5 or so, her parents brought the boy in and practically adopted him. Crys gave a few details that are reminiscent with your own features Nathen, but she couldn't paint a solid picture or give a name, but she did tell us a promise that the boy left her before he disappeared with some odd people in Black and Violet."

"What was the promise?" TJ asked.

"As long as you keep your memory of me in your heart, I promise to return to you someday." Red said aloud while Nathen said softly to himself.

"That sounds like a shallow promise if you ask me," Markus said with a sigh. "I mean, if this Crystal was given this promise when she was 5, she must be at least 16 by now. That's 11 freaking years of waiting for some guy to return to her life. I say she should just give up on this so called brother."

"That's what some of us thought, but she's really set on that promise. She even has her brother's Pokémon in her bag." Red said as he looked back over at Nathen. "So Nathen, do you know her?" Nathen just remained silent as he continued to think. "Hey Nathen, are you okay man?"

Nathen just ignored the others calls as he continued to think about his past.

(Flashback)

"Just stay behind me sis," A young boy said as he and a girl ran into a forest clearing.

Within this vision are a young boy of 6 and a girl of 5. They have been running sense the very early morning, and have now found themselves trapped in a large clearing that lies within a thick forest. Both are tired and are losing energy. They are being chased by a man and a woman, both wearing a mimic of the early Team Rocket uniform; it even maintained the large R. The only difference of the colors was the red, which was replaced by a Red Violet.

"It's time to stop running boy, we all know that it'll be better for the girl and her family if you just come back with us." The male operative said with a stern yet calm voice.

"We've done you a favor and blanked the memories of the girl's family, so please, just come with us." The female operative said with a soft and sincere voice as an Arcanine and a Ninetails walked out from behind the two.

"I know that both of you don't want to be part of them as much as I don't so why don't you two just leave us alone?" the boy said as he stiffened his form in front of the girl.

"We would like nothing more than to leave those monsters behind and get on with our lives!" the man said sternly.

"But you have to remember, they have information on just about everyone in the whole team, and maybe even the world," the woman said with fear in her voice. "In a way, they're keeping us captive while holding our loved ones hostage," the entire clearing went silent for a brief moment. "So please, for the sake of the people that you love and the people who love you, just come back with us."

"Please big brother… please don't leave me…" the girl said as she started to cry while tightening her hold on her brother.

"Sis…" After saying this, the boy it his lip as he tried to figure out what he's going to do. "Alight… I'll go…"

"A wise choice," the man said with a low sigh.

"No big brother! Please don't go!" the girl cried as she tightened her grip even more.

"Sis, please stop this, I'm only going because I want to protect mom, dad and most of all you," the boy said as he turned towards his sister. "I don't want to see you getting hurt because I slip up."

"But…" the girl said through her sobs. "What if I don't get to see you again?"

"Don't cry sis, we will see each other again someday." The boy said softly as he tried to calm his sister. "Remember, as long as you keep your memory of me and all the times we've spent together in your heart, then I promise that I'll bring us back together someday. I swear it!"

"Are you sure that you can keep that promise?" the man said with a worried tone.

"I'll keep it no matter what it takes!" the boy said in a serious tone.

"Alright, say your good bye and let's get moving, we're over our mission range and the Commander is very strict about progress." The woman said as a Kadabra appeared behind the two operatives.

"Okay," the boy said softly as he turned to look at the operatives. When the boy turned back to the girl, she jumped up to him and held him in a tight hug.

"I'm going to miss you big brother… I love you…" the girl said as her tears grew.

"I'm going to miss you too sis, and I love you too." The boy said as he pushed the girl back and wiped away her tears with a Navy blue cloth. "Now promise me that you're going to be good for mom and dad, and that you're going to grow up to be a very strong person."

"I will," the girl said through her soft sobs. The boy then put the cloth in her hands and tightened her grip on it. "But isn't this…"

"Keep it; it'll be for good luck." The boy said as he rubbed the girls head. The siblings then grabbed onto each other in a tight hug, but as the boy rubbed the girls back, he placed a glowing hand on her head causing her to black out.

"What did you do?" the woman asked.

"I knocked her out, but more importantly, I weakened her memory of me." The boy said as he placed the girl on his back. "She'll remember me and our promise, but her mental image of me will be foggy and weak… at least until we see each other again."

"Alright," the man said as he looked towards Kadabra. "Let's get going."

"Hold on, can we get her family set up in their home so that they'll wake up in the morning as if nothing had happened?" the boy asked as he walked up to the two operatives.

"Sure," the woman said softly as all four of them disappeared. The Kadabra then made everyone in the clearing disappear and then reappear in the boy and girls house. Everyone then got the unconscious family, spare the boy, into their rooms.

"Sleep well little sister…" the boys said as he tucked in his sister.

"Nathen…" the girl muttered as she snuggled into the bed.

"I swear that I'll find you again one day Crys… So just trust in your big brother Nathen… and we'll be back together soon." The boy said as he rubbed his sister's head.

"It's time," the woman operative said from the doorway.

"Okay," the boy said as he followed the woman out of the house. The three people then disappear from the small town just as the sun had begun to rise.

(End Flashback)

"Hey Nathen!" Red called snapping Nathen out of his memory.

"Huh, what?" Nathen said as he looked around.

"Dinner's almost done man, so we're getting out." TJ said from the door way as Red and Markus left. "Are you coming?"

"Yeah, just give me a few minutes." Nathen said as he submerged under the water.

"Weird guy," TJ said as he left the bath.

"He's one to talk," Nathen chuckled to himself as he continued to think.

(Daemon Prayer Household – Dining Room – 8:30 PM)

"Thanks for the meal!" everyone said as they all started digging into the dinner that was placed before them.

"Please, it was my pleasure to do this for you." Samantha said sweetly. "And it's getting late, so when you're all done, head off to bed."

After that, everyone finished their meals and went off to bed, spare Nathen and Gem who stayed back to talk.

"Some first rotation," Nathen said with a chuckle.

"I guess you could put it like that." Gem said with a sigh.

"Excuse me you two, but I was wondering if I could ask about Maria and my son's journey." Amy said as she walked into the dining room in a red tank top and a long black pair of pajama bottoms and sat down.

"Go for it," Nathen said.

"Alright, and it's pretty much the simple things, have they been good, and have they gotten into any problems?" Amy asked.

"They're both doing well; Maria's showing her text book knowledge rather well. And Markus and Gem get into an occasional argument, but it's nothing too major." Nathen said calmly.

"Speak for yourself," Gem sighed under her breath. "The jerk keeps picking on me, and he fondled me, he got what he deserved."

"Well I hope that you two can come to get along soon," Amy said.

"I'm sure that we will." Gem said with a sinister tone in her voice.

"Arceus help me," Nathen sighed.

"Well I have a present for the two of you," Amy said as she reached into her pocket and pulled out three boxes. She handed one to Nathen and another to Gem and left the third in between the two.

When Gem opened her box she came to see a black bracelet made of an odd metal alloy with an ellipse shaped stone with a deep dark red color in the center.

Nathen opened his box to see a black armlet made from the same odd alloy with a similar stone in the center.

"These are beautiful," Gem said as she put her bracelet on.

"They must've cost you a pretty penny." Nathen said as he slipped his Armlet on. "Now what about this one?" When Nathen opened the box, he came to see two Poké Balls. Their color was different from a normal one, these Poké Balls had a very dark red top and a pitch black bottom, the center line was a crimson red color while the button was a dark silver color.

"Pokémon, we couldn't take these." Gem said as she grabbed on ball while Nathen took the other.

"Please, do take them, you see… those jewelry and the Pokémon were left behind by my husband… he's been missing for a couple years now, and I'm really worried." Amy said as she started to look down. "Those Pokémon are descended from his absolute best Pokémon and the jewelry was hand crafted by him, so… I was wondering if you could look for my husband on the side. And if you accept, please just keep it to yourself."

"I'm sure that we can keep our eyes open, but why wouldn't you want us to tell your son?" Nathen said as he pocketed his new Pokémon.

"Well… if you must know… both Markus and Maria's fathers have gone missing…" Amy said softly. "And while Maria morns a possible demise for her father… Markus hates and detests his… SO I want you to keep it to yourself so that Maria won't feel like you're working for me specifically and Markus won't try and stop you two."

"Okay, well we'll do what we can." Gem said as she put her new Pokémon in her pocket.

"Thank you," Amy said as she stood up. "Good Night both of you,"

"Night," Nathen and Gem said as they walked out to the main hall while Amy walked down a separate hall.

As the two authors walked up the stairs to their room, they quickly came to see Samantha waiting in front of their room in a white nightgown.

"Mrs. Prayer," Nathen said as Nathen and Gem came to a stop.

"Oh, hello, um… these are for you two," Samantha said as she placed two boxes in Nathen's hands and a box in Gem's. "And I heard what you and Amelia where talking about."

"So you know about her request for us to find her husband," Nathen said as he glanced at the boxes. "And I take it that you want us to find yours as well?"

"If you could, I'd be indebted to you two greatly." Samantha said as she bowed.

"Please don't, and Amy asked us to keep an eye out for him, so I'm sure that we can look for your husband as well." Gem said.

"Thank you, and like with Amelia's husband, please keep your search for mine a secret as well," Samantha said. "Maria's missed her father greatly, and she fears the worst, so please, don't tell her."

"Alright Sam, We'll do what I can." Nathen said as he decided to bring up the boxes. "I take it that these are two pieces of jewelry that your husband made and two Pokémon that are descended from his strongest Pokémon."

"Yeah… I'm sorry if this is an inconvenience to you two." Samantha said as she bowed again.

"No inconvenience at all," Nathen said as he put the two boxes in his pocket.

"Thank you, both of you," Samantha said softly. "Pleasant dreams,"

"Same to you," Gem said as Samantha walked past the two. Gem then passed her box to Nathen before walking over to Nevee's room. "Set my gift on my bed, I'm going to check on Nevee."

"Okay," Nathen said as the door to Nevee's room shined a bright blue before fading. "I locked the door to keep TJ out for now; we don't need Nevee waking up. Now don't be too long,"

"Yeah yeah," Gem sighed as she walked into the room while Nathen entered his and Gem's room.

(Daemon Prayer Household – Nevee Strong's room – 9:00 PM)

The whole room was dark spare a single candle burning on a nightstand next to Nevee's bed.

"There you are you crazy little girl," Gem whispered as she strolled up to the bed. "You've put me in quite the predicament, you know that?"

Nevee just let out a soft yawn as she rolled towards Gem keeping asleep.

"Man… I hope that Nathen has a plan on how to get you home," Gem said in a somewhat scared voice. "I just got away with losing Jaspa once; I don't think that I can get away with losing someone like you."

All Gem heard was Nevee letting out several soft snores.

"Man… you're going to be a handful…" Gem looked the room over briefly before noticing the vial that was left there. It had a small amount of the red liquid that Nathen had her drink during his first visit. "What do we have here?" After picking up the vial, Gem looked it over and got suspicious. Before leaving for her room, Gem left a small box on the nightstand.

(Author's Room – 9:10 PM)

When Gem entered the room she saw her box and a Poké Ball on her bed as well as a note. The Poké Ball had an odd coloring just as the one that Amy had given them. This one had a dark blue top and a bright white bottom. The center line was a midnight blue while the button was a bright silver color. Inside the box was an armlet, the band was made of the same material as Gem's bracelet, but the stone was a dark blue.

Gem, I'm going to be sleeping on the roof, if you want to talk then join me. The Poké Ball is yours from the ones that Sam gave us.
- Nathen

"I guess I'll get my answers." Gem said as she changed into her night clothes which consisted of a simple black pair of bottoms, and a red tank top with tiny black hearts all over it. After putting her new pieces of jewelry in her bag along with her Pokémon, Gem grabbed a pillow and a few blankets before walking over to the window. When Gem looked out she noticed a latter, being a little hesitant, Gem slowly made her way up the latter to the fairly level roof.

"Hey," Nathen said as he glanced over at Gem and noticed the bedding. "Joining me for the night?"

"It'd be a boring sleep alone in that big room." Gem sighed as she set her stuff down next to Nathen before sitting down on it. "So I guess I am joining you."

"Alright," Nathen said as he looked out at the mostly covered sky.

"Would you mind explaining this?" Gem said as she dangled the vial she found in front of Nathen.

"Damnit Sam," Nathen sighed. "You were supposed to put that in your room."

"Nathen, what is it? And why was it on Nevee's lip?" Gem said with irritation in her voice.

"Its medicine, I left some for Samantha to give Nevee." Nathen sighed. "It'll help her get over whatever she came down with while she and TJ were lost at sea, and whatever happened during her trip through the anomaly."

"That's all well and good, but what else is there?" Gem asked.

"With Nevee being a vampire I didn't want her getting better and needing some nourishment, so I put in some of my own blood so that she can be sustained until the urges come back."

"Are you nuts?" Gem scolded as her voice showed more irritation.

"Gem please listen, I did it for her own protection. What do you think will happen if she gets discovered as a vampire and starts attacking people? We don't need her being shunned or condemned to death because of a slip up." Nathen said with a calm yet stern voice. "And by using my own blood I can evaluate any changes to her body because of it."

"Well, you could've just asked me, I would've helped." Gem said as she started to calm down. "Nevee is my responsibility after all."

"I know, and I guess I should've gone to you first," Nathen said calmly.

"You should've, now… what's your plan for sending Nevee home?" Gem asked changing the subject.

"I don't have one," Nathen said bluntly.

"You're kidding right?" Gem said softly as she slowly began to panic.

"Nope, I have no plan as to how I'm going to send Nevee and TJ back to their own time and universe." Nathen said calmly. "I'm still not 100% sure as to how they got HERE, so until then they'll be sticking with us."

"You do realize that they'll drive everyone insane before you ever get a plan to send them back, right?" Gem said with a soft chuckle and yawn.

"I'm sure that they will," Nathen chuckled as he noticed how Gem was slightly trembling. "Worried about something?"

"No, just scared for my life," Gem said with an odd chuckle.

"And why's that?" Nathen said as he helped Gem get her bedding set so that she could lie down.

"Well for one, I have no idea how we're going to keep Nevee stable, and second I just barely got Jaspa and Indigo to keep quiet about me losing them in AL, and now Nevee's stuck here, so I'm just living with this odd feeling that someone's going to be coming after me…" Gem said with a gulp.

"Don't worry Ashmore, you'll be fine," Nathen said as he finished tucking in Gem before setting himself in his own area. "All we need to do is keep Nevee safe so that we can send her back when the time comes."

"I guess that's true," Gem said with a yawn.

"Why don't you go to sleep?" Nathen said calmly.

"I guess I should," Gem said softly as she started to nod off. "Night,"

"Night," Nathen said as he started to relax. As Nathen continued to look out at the sky, he suddenly felt Gem nuzzle up against him and slowly shift around. Out of the corner of his eye, Nathen picked up a shade of red on Gem's face. "She's really starting to come out more, but it won't take much to lock her up again,"

As everyone in the house, and on the house, started to fall asleep in preparation of tomorrow, let's take a quick jump over to another part of Solace, where a new face will be coming into the region.

(Miracle City – Harbor – 9:30 PM)

"We had to take the late boat…" a young woman around 16 years old sighed. "Who am I kidding, that was the only boat,"

"You're telling me," another woman that was around a year or so older said as she walked out rubbing her back. "That was the worst boat ride that I have ever taken,"

The second girl had long brunette hair that reached to just above her waist, there were several stands that are also draped over her shoulders as well as her bangs that were covering the top of her forehead. She also had calm yet bold blue eyes. She was wearing a blue sleeveless top that had black rings around the arm hole, the lower end, and the neck with a black dot just below the front of the neck ring. She had a red skirt on, on her feet were blue socks and red and white shoes. She had a light brown shoulder bag on across her chest and a white hat on her head, the hat had a red band around the rim and a half Poké Ball on the front.

The first girl had long dark blue hair that was parted into two ponytails that were bent up and out past her shoulders. She had cam and caring if not a bit stern crystal like blue violet eyes. She was wearing a red long sleeved top that's under a white long sleeved professor's coat. The coat was open and had red bands at the ends of the sleeves, the coat also only reached to just above her knees. She was also in a light blue pair of pants that covered up to the lower end of her shins. The pants had an upside down V break on the outside of the legs. On her feet she wore a knee length pair of white socks and a red pair of shoes. On her left shoulder was resting a brown shoulder bag. On her head was an aged navy blue bandana, a new Pink Pokétch was attached to the red band on her left coat sleeve, and a small crystal pendent was hidden under her top.

"So Crys, do you really think that you'll be able to find your so call brother here?" the second girl said as she strolled out onto the docks.

"I'm positive," Crys said as she grabbed at where the crystal pendant was under her top. "And you didn't have to come along Blue,"

"I know," Blue said with a soft chuckle. "But I didn't really have anything else to do."

"Well I'm glad to know that I'm relieving you of boredom." Crys said sarcastically. "Come on, let's go find the Pokémon Center and see if we can get in touch with the Professors."

"Right," Blue said as the two girls started off on the docks.

For several minutes, the two continued to search for a way out of the docking area, but they continued to get lost or turned around.

"Damnit!" Blue yelled out as she and Crys rounded a corner to be greeted by the pier. "Why is it so damn hard to get out of a simple dock?"

"Will you stop yelling?" Crys sighed as she looked around the Pier. "Look, there's a ramp, I'm sure that it'll take us higher up so we can see where we need to go."

"Good, because I'm exhausted," Blue groaned as she and Crys walked over to the ramp. As the two walked over to the ramp, they were suddenly jumped by several people that were hiding in between the large crates.

The people were all men and they were in a black long sleeved shirt with the a edged O in the center, round silver shoulder pads and elbow pads, a black pair of gloves with a silver armor was also part of the outfit, black pants with silver knee pads are alongside it and black boots with armor on the front. The lead had a large black robe on over his garments; the hood was placed over his head covering most of his face.

"Our goal is the blue haired one, take her and rough up the brunette," the lead said. Everyone then surrounded the two girls as they took a defensive.

"What do you want with us?" Crys said as she and Blue stood back to back while the operatives slowly crept closer.

"Not her, just you," the lead said as he pointed at Crys. "You should be plenty to ruin that damned Lord."

"Damn, Crys run, I can handle myself," Blue said before she got hit in the gut knocking the wind out of her and causing her to pass out.

"Blue!" Crys said as she turned to see her friend fall to the ground. When Crys went to check on her friend she was pulled back by two of the operatives and a rag smelling of chloroform was laced in front of her mouth. As Blue struggled to come to from the heavy hit in the stomach, Crys started breathing in the chemical and started to lose consciousness.

"Crys…" Blue groaned as she grabbed her stomach.

"Na…Nathen…" Crys whispered as she blacked out and fell into the arms of the lead. After tying her hands and feet together and placing a gag over her mouth, the lead threw Crys over his shoulder and looked towards Blue.

"Rough her up a bit more, we need her to go to Allen so that she can give our message." The lead said as his operatives started kicking Blue more. "That's enough, now look at me little girl,"

"What?" Blue coughed as she forced herself to look up at the man.

"I want you to travel towards Night Fall Village, it's located to the south of here," the lead said sternly as he passed Crys to a man who held onto her bridal style before kneeling down to Blue. "I want you to look for a man named Allen Savor,"

"It's Nathen sir," the man holding Crys said.

"What," the lead said with an irritated voice.

"His name sir, he changed it when he was in Harmonic, he's called Nathen Pierce now." The man said.

"Fine, whatever," the lead groaned as he looked back to Blue. "Look for a man named Nathen Pierce and pass this on: We have someone close to him, and if he wants to see her safe then he had better come to the Reaper building here in Miracle city, do you understand?"

"Fine… just don't hurt Crys…" Blue coughed as she tried to keep from passing out.

"Don't worry, we'll take good care of her," the lead snickered. "But as a warning, if you tell anyone, especially the police, about what we've told you, then you have my word that I'll kill your friend myself."

"Alright… I'll make sure that only Nathen will hear your message… just don't hurt Crys…" Blue coughed as she slowly lost consciousness.

"Good girl, sleep tight," the lead said as everyone disappeared while Blue passed out. As Blue laid there unconscious, a young woman strolled onto the docks looking lost just as Blue and Crys were themselves. The woman had long straight black hair, tan skin and brown eyes. She was in a black shirt, white jeans, and a red pair of shoes.

"Normally I'm good at finding my way around… I guess I'm just tired." The girl said with a yawn as she looked around the docks. He gaze quickly came to Blue and the woman became worried. "Oh no, what happened here?" When the woman ran over to Blue she quickly checked her over like a nurse would. She quickly let out a sigh of relief. "Thank Arceus, she just lost consciousness, but she looks like she's been beaten pretty badly, I should get her to the Pokémon Center." After helping Blue to her feet and letting her rest against the woman, she pulled out a Poké Ball. "Gallade, take us to the Pokémon Center." Just as the Blade Pokémon appeared, the group disappeared from the harbor.

(Night Fall Village – Daemon Prayer Household – Rooftop – 11:40 PM)

"Krys!" Nathen yelled out as he shot up.

"Huh, what's wrong Nathen?" Gem said as she slowly woke up and slightly backed away after noticing how close she was to Nathen. "Did you have a nightmare?"

"Something like that…" Nathen muttered as he wiped the sweat off of his face. "I honestly don't know what I saw…"

"Do you want to talk about it?" Gem asked as she sat up straight.

"I don't think so… I still need to make sense of it myself…" Nathen sighed as he looked up at the sky. "But… all I can tell is that I may have been to Solace before…"

"That could explain why you have knowledge of the region." Gem said as she rested her arms on her knees as she brought them towards her chest. "Nathen… who's Krys?"

"What?" Nathen said as he looked towards Gem.

"Krys… you said that name, hell you screamed it when you suddenly woke up." Gem said as she restated her question. "So I was wondering who she was."

"Oh… I'm not sure why… but hearing that name brings two people to mind, both are named Crystal and their shortened names sound the same and are even spelled roughly the same, but they're far from being the same." Nathen whispered as he and Gem lay back down. "The first girl… she was just a sweet kind little girl that looked to me as her big brother… especially sense I was adopted into her family, and the second… I can barely remember anything… but small things do come up…"

"Like what?"

"I'm not really sure… the last time I saw the Krys I saw in my dream was when we were talking about Scarlet Lake… I can't recall the details but you'll be the first to know when I learn anything more."

"Thanks Nathen… ever sense I started remembering… you've always been there for me… so, I want to be there for you while you're remembering as well." As Gem said this she slowly turned a bit red. When she rolled back towards Nathen she came to lock eyes with him and her color grew while only a small shade appeared on Nathen's face.

"Thank you Gemma," Nathen whispered in a soft yet odd voice. Nathen's eyes then seemed to give off a red shine. As Gem looked into them she saw herself in the reflection, but an odd feeling began to come over her she suddenly found herself leaning into a kiss. The two connected briefly before Gem came to her senses and pulled away with her face a bright red.

"Nathen… that wasn't right… we can't do that…" Gem said as she looked down at Nathen's chest to avoid looking at his face.

"Calm yourself Gem… No one's here, no one can see us… there's nothing wrong." Nathen whispered with a completely different voice. His voice had a more sinister and suave tone, but it also seemed to have a hypnotic quality to it because Gem showed no resistance when Nathen brought her gaze back to linking with his own. As Gem slowly came back to connecting in another kiss a dispute was occurring inside Nathen's own mind.

(Mental space)

Within this realm a large vision of Gem coming closer and closer was seen in the black space while a shadowy figure was watching diligently.

"Her body may be frail and weak, but that aura is grand and I can blend to her perfectly," the figure said calmly. "It's time to trade up for something that I can truly use."

"Not a chance," Nathen said calmly as he appeared in front of the figure with a bright blue aura around him. "You're staying inside me you demon, at least until I've fulfilled my pact with you."

"You've used up your usefulness, so I need to trade up," the figure growled as he looked to see that Gem had connected the kiss. "And it looks like I'm moving out." The figure then looked like it had begun to fade away while Nathen and Gem both shined with a bright red aura.

"Hold on Demoren, how about I change our arrangement, you leave everyone I'm around alone until we get back to the Scarlet Lake, and if you can uphold that, then I'll let you keep me," Nathen said quickly. "I won't hold back, you can use my body for whatever you tainted heart wants. You can even send my soul to Hell and take over my body all together."

"Tempting," the figure known as Demoren said as he slowly began to reappear as a shadow. "I guess I could consider it, but on one condition, I leave a portion of myself in her." The figured focused the sight of Gem more on her. "If you so much as go back on any of our deals, then not only will I take over your body, but she becomes mine as well, and she will also be made my queen."

"Damnit… I don't really want to make a decision like that but… alright… if I slip up, then my body is yours and Gem's your queen." Nathen said hesitantly as he tightened up. "Just promise me something,"

"What?" Demoren groaned.

"Let me say good bye to a few people and let me apologize to Gem for what I've put her through, she really shouldn't suffer for my mistake." Nathen said softly. "And if you do make her your queen should I mess up, please take good care of her, and treat her right."

"Man you're a pain… fine, you will have your final requests." Demoren sighed as he formed a black sphere in where its hand would be before making it vanish. "Enjoy your time with your girlfriend, she be my queen soon enough."

"Yeah… my girlfriend…" Nathen sighed as he watched the vision fade as well as the realm.

(Natural World)

Within this world, Nathen has come to grounds with an inner spirit while Gem has been ensnared in Nathen's own problems. And all of this during a simple kiss. The moment lasted a few minutes before the two broke apart and gazed into each other's eyes. Gem was looking into Nathen's natural blue eyes and saw her own reflection while Nathen was looking into Gem's glazed green bluish grey eyes as they picked up a red shine and slowly came back to normal life.

"I'm so sorry Gemma," Nathen whispered as he pulled Gem close while Gem tried to make sense of what was happening.

"Nathen I… I love you…" Gem whispered as she nuzzled against Nathen and slowly started to drift off.

"I… I love you too Gem, sleep well… my little rose…" Nathen whispered as he and Gem started to drift off again.

This day has given insight into several things, whether it's Nathen past or it's his connection to others, things have been brought into light. Tomorrow brings forth everyone's last day in Night Fall before going back on the road to adventuring Solace, but what will this small day give way to? And what about Blue and Crys, what lies ahead for them?

Well there you have it everyone, this one took a bit because I need to think a few things over. Anyway, the next chapter I'll reveal more on the woman that helped Blue, and I'll show more on the kidnappers of Crys. Speaking of Crys, I actually got my idea of how to use her from a review from Pie D. Thanks again for the idea! I got the idea for Blue because I needed someone to be with her and I didn't feel like using Gold or Silver. Also, the manga character, when I use them it's after their own story in their story. And on Crys's new clothes, I've already used Lyra in Auracian Legacy, and sense Crystal's most recent garments in the manga are based off of Lyra's clothes, so I made up a new garment for her. Just like how I would for Green, Ruby, Sapphire, Pearl, and Platinum should I choose to use them.

Now, I've decided on an OC submit deadline, once everyone has earned the Sola Town Badge, the OC submit opportunity will end. But that's only for submitting natural OC's. I will continue to take locations and Gym Leaders but only until I have all of the types, then that chance ends. And as for Pokemon... I'm not sure when I'm going to stop that one, so just keep submitting and wait and see when I say stop. Anyway, I hope that you all enjoyed this update.