And here's ten! Also, I DID say that Riku and Kairi would be in this chapter but I decided to cut it short instead. Sorry about that ^_^;

The dream was the same as the first time Sora dreamt it. Looking around he was surrounded the same black mist as the first time. Doing what he did last time, Sora started walking around. And, right on schedule, the large bubbles started to rise up from the ground. Sora stopped and waited, expecting to hear the voice again. Only, this time, he heard nothing. Sora frowned.

"Hello?" he called out. "Is there anyone there?"

For a brief moment he didn't get a response. Then, the voice from before spoke.

Who's there? the voice asked. Who are you?

It was then that Sora had a small realization. The voice, whoever it belonged to, was talking to him through telepathy. It wasn't a disembodied voice after all. Perhaps then, maybe it could work both ways?

My name's Sora, he spoke back mentally.

At first he didn't get any reply so for a second Sora thought that maybe his theory was wrong. Then…

Sora…and that's your name right?

Well yeah, that's what I just said, Sora said. What's your name?

Name…I'm…not sure

Sora blinked. You mean you don't even know your own name? That's a bit sad.

The closet thing I know to my name is what the voices I hear tell me

Voices? What voices?

There are some voices I hear, they say some weird stuff that I can just vaguely hear.

Well, what kind of things do they say?

The voice was quiet for a second before responding. They say things like "the experiment is going well" and "it seems to be maturing well" or things like that.

Experiment? Then, those voices you hearing are probably scientists. And…maybe, maybe you're a part of this experiment.

Yeah…yeah I think I am. I, remember once hearing the voices say something like "Subject M has progressed" or something rather. When they said that, I think they were talking about me.

So, you're guessing that you're this "Subject M" they mentioned.

Yes. At that moment, the voice started to sound panicked again. I don't like those scientists, I once heard them say, "This one should be just as strong as the first one. And hopefully it'll be easier to control."

Sora frowned. That certainly doesn't sound pleasant, anyone would be scared in your position.

I—I don't like it here, I want to leave!

But, do you even know where you are? I mean, you must be in a lab if there are scientists.

I don't know…I can sometimes hear the scientists complaining about a "windmill being too loud" or something. But that's all I know

A near a windmill huh? Maybe I could find out where you are, Sora suggested. I'm sure wherever you are, it's not somewhere good. But if I can find where you are, then maybe I can help you. Maybe get you outta there.

You…you would do that? For…me?

Sora smiled. Why not? I mean, we're friends now…right?

Fri…ends? We're…friends.

Sora had to hold back some chuckles. From the sound of it, the voice seemed to be testing out the word "friends," like it never said it before.

Don't worry, I promise, I'll do what I can to help you, Sora decided. So, just try to wait as long as you can.

Pro…mise, the voice spoke, sounding like it was getting farther away. No, more like it was falling into a deep sleep. Just as it was, Sora could faintly hear someone, someone calling his name.

Sora woke up to something poking his face. His azure eyes fluttering open, the first thing he saw was Avis and Nicolai looming over him. For a moment he wanted to yell out in surprise but the moment passed by too quick. Instead he just blinked and sat up.

"Jeez, I was wondering how long it would take for you to wake up."

Sora looked to see Mia was standing a few feet away. She was fully dressed in a bright green tank, jean cargo shorts, plus her jean jacket and black combat boots from yesterday. She even tied up her blonde hair in pigtails. Her rainbow-colored bag was slung across her shoulders as she stood there, arms crossed, tapping her foot impatiently.

"Has anyone ever told you, you act like a real lazy bum?"

"Believe me you're not the first," Sora sighed getting up and scratching his head.

"Yeah well, Avis and Nicolai have been trying to wake you up for the past thirty minutes."

Sora didn't really respond. Instead he just walked over to his bag and pulled out some clothes to wear. While he was doing this Avis landed on his head and squawked.

"Morning to you too," Sora said, glancing up for a second before going back to getting some new clothes. Finally he pulled out a white shirt, a hooded jacket that was white on the bottom half and black on the top half, sleeves and hood, jean shorts, and some black and navy blue trainers.

"Yeah well, while you're changing, I'm going to go check on some things," Mia said, picking up her Egg. She then left leaving Sora alone with his Pokémon. Once she was gone he started to change out of his pajamas. He finished in about five minutes then picked up his Egg. Then, he headed towards the pond, sensing that was where Mia was. She was currently tossing some Pokémon food into the pond. The Pokémon eating the food all looked like fish. Sora took out his Pokédex and scanned them.

"Seaking—the Goldfish Pokémon. It's sharp, drill-like horn is capable of crushing even stone.

"Horsea—the Dragon Pokémon. It is known to make it's nest in the shades of coral. If it senses danger, it spits murky ink then flees.

"Carvanha—the Savage Pokémon. Carvanha have powerful jaws and razor sharp teeth able to chew through solid steel. Carvanha will form packs and attack any invaders in it's territory."

Sora pocketed his Pokédex then walked over.

"Some more residents I'm guessing?"

"Some of the first residents actually," Mia said without looking up. "They actually come from all the way from the ocean, there's a small tunnel in the bottom of the pond here, the water for the pond comes from an underground spring deep in the mountain we're on."

Sora nodded then looked at the Pokémon in the pond. As he did he notice something. Frowning, he voiced his discovery.

"Are those…crystals in the pond?"

Mia nodded. "Yup, those crystals are…special. For one thing, they're Aura crystals like ours but different kind. These ones have 'bonded,' shall we say, with the Aura of a legendary Pokémon. It helps the entire Clearing actually."

"Helps how?"

"In different ways. Mainly it counteracts Darkrai's dark Aura so no one in the Clearing has nightmares."

"Oh yeah, I forgot that Darkrai causes nightmares. Surprising I forgot that."

Mia giggled. "It's cool."

"But how come they're almost invisible. I didn't even notice them until I took a seriously close look."

"They're nearly completely transparent. So ready to get going?"

Sora grinned. "Let's be on our way."

The two teens had only managed to make it about halfway to the nearest town when Sora's Egg started flashing. It was around thirty minutes past noon while they were traveling through a forest on a dirt path. The two were discussing on whether or not to do a little sightseeing before heading to the Pokémon Center. While they were, Sora's Egg started to flash. It took both of them by surprise as they stopped in their tracks and stared at the now flashing Egg in disbelief.

"Wait…flashing Egg…didn't you say that that means it's hatching?" Sora stuttered.

"Yeah."

"SO THEN WHAT DO WE DO?! I'VE GOT AN EGG HATCHING HERE!"

"RUN TO THE POKÉMON CENTER DUH!"

Sora didn't argue. The two made a mad dash to Everot Town like death itself was on their trail. Once they were out of the forest the two could see the town just up ahead. Sora also noticed that on the other side of the town was a large windmill and building next to it. When he saw that Sora felt a twinge…fear for a brief moment.

The feeling went away when Sora's Egg flashed again. Right now his main priority was the Egg. Knowing that, he continued running in the direction of the Pokémon Center.

About ten minutes later Sora, Mia, Axela, and Avis were all crowded around a table with Sora's Egg, sitting on a cushion with some electrodes placed all around the middle of the Egg. Nurse Joy and a Chansey were examining some computers while the Egg continued flashing. While they were all standing around in anxiety, another Chansey came into the room with a large bowl filled with water and some towels.

"How long Nurse Joy?" Mia asked.

"Very very soon," she answered as she continued monitoring whatever was on the computer. Sora figured she was right when the Egg flashed repeatedly. Pretty soon the Egg glowed brightly. Everyone in the room watched as the light glowed brighter and brighter. Soon, the light started to die down. Sora saw that the Pokémon resting on the cushion with the electrodes now laying on the table, had a light pink egg-shaped body while the top of it's head had a curly pigtail-like outgrowth that looked like it was hair. On it's head was three small bumps that could also look like hair. The Pokémon had a pouch that surrounded the lower half of it's body.

The Pokémon very slowly lifted it's head and started to open it's eyes. And, those newly opened eyes soon fell onto Sora.

"Happiny!" the pink Pokémon cried, as it ran across the table only to jump into his arms. "Happiny!"

"Congratulations on your newly hatched Happiny," Nurse Joy smiled. "And…apparently she may have imprinted you on being her daddy."

"Cool." Sora's expression soon turned into disbelief. "Wait…what?!"

Mia laughed. "Sorry but it's a common thing. When a newly hatched Pokémon first hatches the first person/Pokémon they see they imprint as their parent."

"Great," Sora groaned. "There's something I wasn't looking forward to."

"It's okay. I've been dealing with the same thing ever since Axela hatched," Mia said, patting Axela on the head. "She still believes I'm her mom."

"It's hard to change a Pokémon's mind once it's imprinted on someone," Nurse Joy stated. "Anyway though, Happiny needs to take her first bath. Once that's done she'll need to have a check-up."

"I think daddy should help with the bath," Mia chuckled, poking Sora in the side. "Plus while you're doing that I can search for a stone for Happiny."

Sora blinked. "Why does she need a stone?"

"You see Happiny eventually evolve into Chansey, and so to imitate them, they place a stone in their pouch just like Chansey have."

"Oh."

"Right, which is why, I'll go find one while you give her a bath," Mia said as she left with Axela.

"Okay then, time for your bath then Happiny," Sora said, placing Happiny in the bowl of water. Happiny splashed the water a bit but thankfully didn't make a mess. After Chansey handed Sora a towel he started to wash Happiny. She seemed to be enjoying the bath as she continued to splash the water every so often.

Once he was done with that he started to dry off Happiny who giggled and laughed.

"Oh she just looks as precious as a primrose," Nurse Joy commented.

"Primrose…how about we call you that then," Sora said, looking at Happiny. "Does Primrose sound good to you?"

Happiny cheered and waved her arms in the air. Sora chuckled. Primrose it was then.

"I'm back!" Mia announced as she entered the room pushing a small cart filled with a large assortment of rocks. "And we found plenty of rocks."

"Oh gee, I never would have guessed," Sora chuckled.

"Hey Nurse Joy, you got a rock polisher somewhere?"

"There's one in the back. I'll go get it."

While Nurse Joy was doing that Sora and Mia searched through all the rocks to find one suitable for Primrose. Neither of the rocks they found were good enough. They were already halfway into the cart when Nurse Joy returned with the rock polisher.

"Hey I think this one will do!" Mia grinned, presenting a decent sized smooth looking stone. "I'll get to polishing it up."

Mia spent about twenty minutes polishing up the rock for Primrose. Or Prim, as Sora was beginning to call her for short. During that time Sora scanned Prim with his Pokédex.

"Happiny—the Playhouse Pokémon. It loves round white objects and carries around a round stone in it's pouch that resembles an egg. It will also give it to people that it likes or trusts."

"And viola!" Mia grinned. "A perfect stone for Prim! Here, see if she'll take it."

Sora took the rounded stone then showed it to Prim. She looked at it for a moment then happily placed it in her pouch. Soon she started to jump around happily.

"I think that's a positive enough response. Looks like she loves it."

Mia let out a sigh of relief. "That's good. To be honest I don't think I would be able to make another one as good as that."

Avis then landed next to Prim and started to sniff her. "Hey buddy, looks like we got a new addition to the family. Meet Prim."

Avis tilted his head this way and that, squawked, then perched himself on Sora's shoulder.

"Well, time to use that Poké Ball that came with Prim's case. After all, you were planning on catching her sometime soon right?"

"I was getting to that."

Sora picked the Poké Ball off from the top of the case, enlarged it, then turned to face Prim.

"So Prim, feel like traveling with us? I can guarantee that we'll have plenty of adventures."

"Happiny! Happiny!" Prim gleefully stated, jumping up and down.

Sora smiled then tossed the Poké Ball at Prim. Prim happily jumped towards the Poké Ball, letting herself be caught. The Poké Ball then landed back into Sora's hands right afterwards.

"So, one Egg hatched, two more to go," Mia smirked, poking Prim's Poké Ball.

And there you have it! Sora's a daddy! XD Just kidding just kidding :P Anyway, until next chapter!