Pokѐmon Journey IV: Eira's Adventure

Chapter 10: The Team Galactic Base

Eira's Point of View:

Bouncy screamed as I dived down another street, no quite sure where I was blindly running toward. All I knew was that I had to get away. Just get away… just get away…

My pokemon were keeping pace fairly well with me, and the boys shortly beyond them. They were all crying out to me, but I could hardly here them as I just kept pushing to get further away from that man… It couldn't be him, could it? He left so long ago… why would he be here? How did he turn so cold?

"Bun! Bun bun bun!" Bouncy's cries fell close to death on my ears, if I looked at that face stricken in fear because of how I was acting, I knew it would only get worse. I refused to look at her as I cut through town, fearfully running for my life.

"EIRA!" Parker's screams hit my ears, but not before I dived into the pokemon center, rushed up to my room and frantically tried to open it. My pokemon caught up with me just as I pushed the door open and raced inside; looking for anyplace I could hide myself. The wardrobe landed in my sights and I booked toward it. I ripped the doors open before shoving myself inside and pulling them closed. Bouncy came out of my arms, but as soon as I had the space, I curled up into a ball and let my face fall into my arms. I was shaking… I couldn't get it to stop… I didn't know what to do…

"Eira?" Parker's voice rang out in the room outside of the dresser. I heard him shuffle around a bit before pulling on the doors to the furniture I was hiding inside. I could hear him pulling on them and it made me yelp in fear. I knew it was him… but I just couldn't' get that image out of my head of that man… him…

"Okay, just calm down Eira, I'm going to send Cam to get you some tea and I'm going to call your mother, okay? Do you want to talk to her?"

A chocked sob escaped my body. I shook my head in my arms as I tried to wrap myself into a smaller ball then I already was. I could hear Bouncy talking back to him through the door, but I wasn't paying attention.

Suddenly the door slammed open and I screamed in my arms. My sobbing echoed all around me, I could hardly hear anything else. I didn't even notice much else until I felt someone touching my arms. I screamed and the hands moved away from me. Just the feeling of dread was over come on my body just from once again having to deal with him, or was it even him? Is it just a person who looks like him?

But then again… I feel so horrible these last two times I've seen this man… it can't be anyone but him… He always sends me into these fits… and they only seem to be getting worse as I see him more… I ran this time… The first time I shut down… It always reminds me of the accident from eight years ago…

I was suddenly grabbed again and I screamed, but the hands didn't leave me alone this time, they pulled on me, yanking me out of my spot. I lashed out at the body that grabbed me. My foot shot out and my fingers clawed before the body backed off.

"I told you not to touch her you idiot!" I dared to look between my arms at the two boys fighting and my pokemon protectively before me. "Eira couldn't handle it!"

"What the hell is wrong with her? Who was that guy?" Cameron was on the floor. I guess I had hit him when he got close to me. "Why'd she hit me?"

"Alright dude, we need to go get her some mint tea, so let's let her calm down and I'll take a walk with you to talk."

Cameron was helped to his feet by my best friend, who then proceeded to lead him out of the room while my pokemon stood watch over me. When they were gone and the door closed, I slowly lifted my head from where I sat. My pokemon dared to look back at me and I sobbed another time before I slowly lifted a hand to my head. It hurt, it pounded, but I didn't even notice it until now.

Why is it that man that keeps bothering me… if it's only him… can it be him? I haven't seen him in years… why all of a sudden would he be back in my life? It has to be him if I'm feeling this way… It's the only reason why my body is reacting like this… the only reason why my mind is acting like this…

It took me a good long while before I was able to pull myself just to the edge of the wardrobe that I was inside of. I hung there on the edge where my pokemon nervously watched me and patrolled the room. Magma was on guard at the entrance in case anyone decided to enter while I was disturbed and the other three hung close to me, watching me for any little sign of what to do or what could help. But there really wasn't much they could do, but I apparently could handle being touched by them. I made no response when Bouncy came back into my arms compared to the explosive reaction from Cameron grabbing me.

"Hey there Magma, I got some tea for Eira… does she seem any better?" I didn't hear or see Magma's response as my eyes were glued to the ground. The sudden smell of mint hit my nostrils and I blinked my eyes, coming a bit out of my trance. I looked up at Parker as he brought a cup of a steaming brew to me.

"Hey Eira…" He kneeled down before me and held out the cup before me. "I know you're not feeling well, and this isn't your mom's best mint tea she always makes, but I'm hoping it'll be at least somewhat helpful for you. I know it's your favorite."

I slowly held my hands out and Parker set the item in my hands slowly. Once it seemed like I had a decent grip, he let go entirely of the cup and stepped back so I could have some room to drink. It felt like an eternity passed before the liquid could even come close to my lips, but once I tasted it, my senses dulled and I almost felt a bit numb once it was in my system. It felt nice… my worries became dulled and my exploding nerves seemed to calm down at the drink and its nutrients.

"There you go Eira, feel a bit better?"

I nodded to him. I continued to drink at the tea until it was gone from the cup. I handed the cup back to him and I pulled Bouncy back into my arms. "I'm sorry…"

"Hey it's not your fault," Cameron spoke, surprising me. "I should be for not understanding how upset you were. I shouldn't have tried to drag you out of your wardrobe that you felt was protecting you. I'm sorry Eira…"

I nodded to him, but I didn't feel like moving from my spot much. My feelings were numb, but they would be there again soon enough. It took me hours, sometimes days to get over feelings like this of intense fear.

"Hey, I know what will cheer you up Eira!" Parker grinned and bounced over to me. "We found out there was a Team Galactic base here in the city and we should go take it out! Come on… I know that beating those jerks makes you smile since it's something your pokemon love to do…"

I looked back to my pokemon to see them begging me to be allowed to go to bring up from this horrible atmosphere. I looked back to Parker and Cameron who worriedly waited on my decision. After a few moments of thinking it over, I nodded to him.

"But I'll need a large mug of tea to go…"

"I'll get it! I'll meet you down there!" Parker ran off before any of us could stop him. Dust was left in his wake while his pokemon hurried after him once they noticed him gone.

Cameron patted my shoulder softly. "I'll wait with you here until you feel ready to go Eira."

I nodded to him and slowly pulled myself to my feet. Once I was on them, I looked at Cameron before I turned to take Bouncy into my arms. My three other pokemon bordered around me protectively as a guard and shield before I slowly moved out of the room, set to cheer up my pokemon, which would make me better as well.

And I was looking forward to that tea…

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I met with Parker at the front door nearly fifteen minutes later. He had a steaming thermos of mint tea for me that he handed off as soon as he laid eyes on me. I happily took it into my hands and took a sip. The solution was still scorching, so I couldn't have much more than a taste, but it was all I needed to hold me over for a bit.

Once we got out of the building, I took hold of Parker, still slightly nervous about what happened. He happily offered me his arm so I could lean on him a bit and Cameron walked a bit behind us, watching us. I could feel his eyes on me as I walked down the street. I could feel the concern rolling off of him as I held onto my best friend for support. I'm sure it was reminding him of how I was back in Jubilife before he and I made up from our argument.

While on our way there, Parker was explaining to me what they found out about this place. Not only was it a housing spot for the evil team, but it was also where stolen pokemon were being kept and being used for labor against their will. It was a four story building, so there were a good few levels of grunts that we'd be able to battle. It made my pokemon smile to see how much they were going to be able to battle against for the second half of the day. Magma was ready for more… Gardenia's pokemon hardly gave him a challenge when we faced her in the morning.

It was hard to keep them contained as we approached the building. I could see a couple of men standing outside of it, guarding the front doors. They were dressed in black trench coats and stood stiffly until we arrived. Once they noticed us, they walked before the building and stood in our path.

"Sorry kids, but this building is off limits. Please clear out."

"Yeah, we're not moving." Parker shook his head while his three pokemon came out and grinned at the two men. "Especially not for Team Galactic."

Both men hissed under their coats before pulling off their trench coats and throwing out pokeballs, revealing who they were. Two random pokemon appeared before us, revealed to be zubat and glameow. Without a word from me, Elecky pounced forward on the flying type and frying its body. Magma threw a punch at the dark type and it crashed into the back wall.

With both the pokemon out of the way, the two men rushed off inside the building, no doubt to warn the others. I took another sip of my tea and walked after them inside, feeling my emotions finally change a bit. This was something I was familiar with, the emotions I felt when dealing with lowlifes such as this that thought they were above those that went about their daily lives. I felt like I was doing something right… the adrenaline pounding through my system was no longer due to fear, it was due to pride, excitement when my pokemon took and showed them that they were truly the strong ones, not some stupid dressed up men and women that played bully to the region.

My three main fighter pokemon burst into the lobby of the building, going after any member in site that they saw. Pokemon were dealt with and then their trainers afterward. Startled cries could be heard, but I paid them no mind as I held Bouncy and Parker in the same arm while my tea was in the other.

It was some pretty good tea…

Grunts rushed at us from all sides, throwing out many pokemon that they had apparently captured. If the pokemon fought back, they were showed no mercy by my fighters. If they were fearful and tried to run, my pokemon released them by attacking the grunts and destroying the pokeballs. The pokemon then fled, leaving beaten grunts and a few pokemon in their wake. They rushed up the stairs to the next level with only Bouncy staying in my arms.

Parker was right, I desperately needed this… I smiled, looking at my best friend before continuing to sip from my tea and continue on our way toward the top of the building. I feel a lot better now, having my pokemon happy, having my friends with me, and a good mug of tea in my hands makes it all the better too.

I was surprised then when Bouncy jumped out of my arms and repeatedly bounced before me while calling me to come on to the next level. She wanted to try and fight too. This surprised me after she had been nearly beaten to death in the Eterna Forest. I never would have thought my pokemon would want to fight again, however, if that's what Bouncy wants to attempt, then so be it. It wouldn't be right for me to control her and prevent her from participating in the life she desires. Not to mention, the others and I will always be right there with her should she run into trouble that might be over her head.

"We're coming Bouncy." The pokemon grinned as she hurried up to the next level and we followed after her.

Once I made it to the second level, I was surprised to see her jumping all the room out of the way of most of the pokemon around. Bouncy laughed as she annoyed them with her abilities to jump out of their reach. Her teammates cheered her on as they watched Bouncy take on a couple of the pokemon they had managed not to take out in the first five seconds they were up on the second floor.

Bouncy took her chance then to throw her body entirely into the pokemon, a zubat that was trying to catch her, which she hurled into the wall. As soon as her feet hit the ground, she was bouncing again. She laughed as she slammed into another pokemon, a bidoof. It cried out before swirling around on the floor and being slammed into the wall with the other pokemon. My team cheered for Bouncy and she dared to look back at me, and I couldn't help but smile brightly at her in my own way. She jumped into the air before landing on Elecky's back and pointed to the next floor.

With all the place cleared out, my other pokemon obeyed the newest and youngest before rushing off to the third floor. I smiled, watching them leave before walking after them with the boys.

"See?" Parker grinned as he watched my pokemon have all the fun. "Even Bouncy's getting in on the action! Your pokemon are having the best time ever, and it's even brought a smile to your face! I think your day just turned up Eira."

I giggled lightly at him. I could feel the effects of what the guys had done for me and it was incredible. I felt much better than I had only a short while ago.

"Come on you two!" Cameron had stepped ahead of us with his mothim sitting on the back of his head. Monferno was at his side bouncing happily that the mood had changed. Parker's pokemon were dancing around him in circles. Muchlax and Grotle rushed after my pokemon up on the second level while Parker's starly, which had evolved into staravia when I wasn't looking, was perched on his shoulder.

I just then realized just how many pokemon I didn't know any information about. These pokemon were grabbed when we were busy or evolved at the same time and I was unable to get their information. I pulled out my pokedex and pointed it first at Staravia.

Staravia, the starling pokemon and the evolved form of starly. Recognizing their own weakness, they always live in a group, although fierce scuffles break out between various flocks. When alone, a staravia cries nosily. Staravia nests are somewhat common and are found on routes, two-oh-nine, two-ten, two-twelve, two-fifteen, Lake Valor, the trophy garden behind the Pokemon Mansion on route two-twelve, and Sendoff Spring.

Munchlax, the big eater pokemon. It conceals food under the long fur on its body. It carts around this food stash and swallows it without chewing. In its desperation to gulp down food, it forgets about the food it has hidden under its fur. Munchlax nests are exceedingly rare, however, it is believed they hold small nests near honey trees.

Mothim, the moth pokemon and the evolved form of a male burmy. While it loves floral honey, it won't gather any itself. Instead, it plots to steal some from combee. There are no known mothim nests in this region.

Once I was satisfied with the information I gathered, I followed the boys up to the next level. The third level was much like the second; my pokemon easily took down all the members and their pokemon. The only thing different about this level were the cages of pokemon that were captured up here as well. I could see them all crying and calling for help. As soon as they saw my pokemon, they thrashed in their cages, begging to be let out.

Bouncy was quick to jump over to them. I knew she would feel highly connected to them all, seeing how she was a prisoner to her last trainers and beaten. She threw her body at the cage, but she could hardly dent it.

"Magma." My order was heard and the fire type of my team lumbered to where Bouncy was still trying to break the cages. She moved out of the way when Magma arrived and he ripped the bars right off of them. Once they were open, pokemon began to flee immediately while Magma went onto the next cage. The process was repeated while the other two of my powerful pokemon fought and Bouncy cheered them on.

It took only moments for the room to change entirely. It was nearly destroyed, the only things surviving was the walls, ceiling and floor. The stairs seemed to be hardly recognizable due to their condition from a grunt and his pokemon being thrown into them. My team looked back at me for only a moment to see if they could move on. I nodded my head and it was Bouncy who surprised me with taking off first. The others watched her, shocked, as she disappeared from sight.

My eyes widened and my heart suddenly pounded. "Go!"

My pokemon rushed off after her and I hurried past my friends to go after Bouncy. She was one of my pokemon, but I knew she wasn't up to the level as my other three pokemon. It made me fearful that she would suffer the same fate as she did before.

Reaching the top level, I found myself before a single woman that seemed to be of the commander status, the same as that Mars woman I met before.

"Well, well… what do we have here?" The woman looked at me with a light smile on her face. She was dressed similarly to the woman Mars, but she did not have a skirt like she did; it was more of a skin tight suit of multiple colors that this strange organization seemed to like. Her hair was violet in color, pulled back into two buns, one of the top of her head and one at the base of the back of her neck. Darker red eyes glanced at me in a humorous tone. Against her pale skin there was bright red lipstick upon her lips while she bowed to me slightly.

"And who the hell are you?" Parker huffed, crossing his arms and glaring at the woman.

"Oh aren't you sweet to ask!" The woman winked at him and Parker shivered in disgust before diving behind me. "My name is Jupiter and I'm one of the four commanders of Team Galactic. Now then…" her pose switched to that of a nasty glare as a hand slapped itself to her hip and an aggravated body stood before us. "Why on earth are you freeing all the pokemon in this building? We need those for our goal you know."

"So you have not a care in the world that these pokemon have been taken against their will and killed?" Cameron's eyes narrowed at the woman. He cared an awful lot about pokemon and people, and to see either of them mistreated rubbed him the wrong way.

Her grin could have frozen them both from the malicious intent rolling off of her. "Of course. We have no other use for them but forced labor that we cannot afford to do ourselves as humans. Besides, weak creatures like those that we have captured should submit for not being able to defend themselves." The woman looked at all of us before her eyes landed on Bouncy. "Oh! You're that shiny buneary that those boys had captured and were going to sell to us! I was wondering what happened when we found them beaten and you were nowhere to be seen."

"Keep away from Bouncy." I didn't get angry often… I didn't do it because getting angry didn't often help you in many situations, because there was often nothing you could do. Only with the power I've come with now of my pokemon have I been able to somewhat prove that phrase wrong, however, I was furious at this woman… She was hurting the pokemon of this building no differently than those boys treated Bouncy…

"Bouncy… eh?" The woman placed a hand against her cheek. "What a cute name for an adorable pokemon owned by a girl. And a shiny no less… however…" She yanked out a pokeball from her uniform. "I can't let her get away! Go Skunktank!"

I instantly covered my nose as soon as I heard the name of the pokemon we'd be facing. They often came to my mother's garden with their young and tried to eat what she had for flowers or vegetables. I saw the large pokemon that was bigger in size then my mother's pokemon Honey. It was a richer dark purple in color with some patches of tan on its snout, paws and the end of its tail that hung over its back and the top of its head. Even with my nose plugged, I could still taste the pungent smell in the air.

It's hard to forget that potent smell…

I pulled out my pokedex even though I had a fair idea about this pokemon before us. Skuntant, the skunk pokemon and the evolved form of stunky. It attacks by spraying a repugnant fluid from its tail, but the stench dulls after a few squirts. This pokemon's nest is rare on routes two-twenty-two and two-twenty-nine.

I hated this pokemon… I groaned as I looked at it. There were normally pokemon that trainers didn't like due to characteristics about them that just didn't match up with their own. However, there were many pokemon that some people just couldn't get past, stunky and skuntank being two of the most popular besides grimer and muk. People couldn't take the horrid smell and had no way to adapt to it, however, there were some trainers that didn't mind them and used entire teams of them to some trainer's horror.

"Bun bun!" Bouncy jumped in before I could give her an order while I was still recovering from the scent and trying to figure out a way to beat it.

"Bouncy, wait!" My pokemon didn't hear me as she bound forward and jumped down on top of the pokemon. It didn't seem to feel a thing as she jumped away. She stared at it in fright as she couldn't land a strong enough move.

"Maybe I don't want this pokemon after all, it's terribly weak." Jupiter shrugged. "I thought shines were supposed to be strong? Get rid of it Skuntank."

I watched in fear as the pokemon's arm lunged forward and connected with Bouncy's chest. She screeched as blood was drawn and she was thrown. My eyes widened and my body moved without me knowing toward my newest pokemon on my team. She was flung back into my arms and I cradled her closer as I looked at the gash on her. It covered her whole stomach and she was bleeding. The attack had actually left a mark on her… and a possibly… fatal one…

"Eira, let me take care of her. I'll get her to Nurse Joy, okay?" Cameron slowly tried to pull Bouncy out of my arms, and it took a few tries before I'd let her go. As soon as he had Bouncy, he took off. I was left with Parker and a numbing feeling before things turned red in my vision.

"Eira?" Parker tried to get my attention, but my eyes were glued to the laughing pair that was Team Galactic's commander and her pokemon.

"Oh I'm glad now that you have that pokemon! I would never want one that weak!" The woman laughed, a hand near her mouth not even trying to hide the smirk. "Now which one of your pokemon are next?"

It was all red, all of us were feeding off of each other's emotions and my pokemon showed it. Their eyes lined with red as they growled and their muscles tensed as they prepared to attack.

"Eira?" Parker grew nervous as I ignored him and pushed myself forward.

"Get them." My order hung in the air, surrounded by silence for only a moment before my pokemon lunged. Jupiter screamed as Elecky actually went after her and Bubbly and Magma went after the pokemon. Elecky's teeth grabbed into Jupiter's arm and dragged her around with blood dripping from the wound while Magma and Bubbly took jabs and slashes at the pokemon. Eventually the two of them dropped, both knocked out from the pain and blood loss. Blood came shooting out of the pokemon's mouth and ended up all over the place. It couldn't get in an attack as my pokemon were too fast. Juipter wasn't doing any better with Elecky who had a solid grip on her arm and refused to let go, only bite harder in that caused her to scream out. When she threw her head back in pain, I could see marks around her neck, she had recently been in a struggle before me it appeared.

Blood coated most of the room's floor and part of the walls before I finally felt like I'd had enough. I glared at them before I looked to my pokemon and turned away from the fight.

"Leave them, we're done here." My pokemon spat at them before returning to my side and walking out of the room, Parker slowly following at my heels.

Parker's Point of View:

Arceus… I was so stupid! I should have been more careful! When Eira realizes what she's done… I nervously looked to my best friend; she was deep in her own thoughts since we walked out of the Galactic building. I think that her mind finally caught up to her actions, because tears were starting to well up from them.

"I…" I offered her a hug and she flew into my arms. "Parker… I did it again!"

"You were doing it to protect Bouncy; it's not your fault. That woman took advantage of your youngest and newest member of your team, and then you wiped the floor with her." She sobbed into my shoulder while rubbed circles on her back. "Eira… you've had a lot of silent suffering throughout the years… it doesn't surprise me that your lashing out like this. I know this isn't like you and it scares you, but sometimes you need to let things out, and too often when we were little you refused to do that."

Suffering in silence since the age of five, Eira's spent most of her young live diving from heaven to hell. Her suffering made her emotions hard to control when she was younger, but eventually, she went silent and gave in. Her mother was terrified, but she was good and kept Eira safe. Mrs. Helaine always preferred it when Eira was quiet, it made things easier and to see how her daughter used to lash out, it scared the mother. In her mind, she thought that Eira had finally let go of the dwelling emotions in the bottom of her soul.

But I knew better. Eira hadn't let them go, she merely stored them up in a place that no one got to see other than me. It was rare, but I could see the hatred and pain in her eyes that refused to give in until the divine punishment that another deserved was received. Only now had she been able to release some of that anger and pent up years of suffering. But I knew there was a lot more to come, and more had been added to the pile when Bouncy was attacked. It was only the beginning. The one thing I did know… Eira and Mrs. Helaine were in for a rude awakening when that day came where Eira would unleash everything, and Mrs. Helaine would see finally what was trapped and rooting deep within her quiet daughter for all of these years…

Violet's Point of View:

I sat on the top of the Galactic base in Eterna with Jezebel and Gwyn at my side. Jezebel had warned me of this girl, and now I could see what her fears of her suffering were referring to. We watched as the girl, on her order and with malice in her eyes, commanded her team to attack the commander and her pokemon. The room was left in a bloody mess with all of them nearly acting feral. The only amount of humanity in them at the moment seemed to be listening to their human trainer.

She had me worried… those pokemon obeyed her orders flawlessly. Her suffering must have come into play with the command she had over her pokemon, and it was intense and beyond much of anything I'd ever seen. Even stronger than that of Jezebel's team that she had already know for nearly ten years compared to the single year that they'd been together. Eira would have an unexplainable connection and changeling ability with them soon enough, that was impossible to ignore.

What also worried me was when she had her conversation with Jezebel over the dreams she had of Giratina: the governor of the Distorted World. Giratina was a beast like no other that I'd met, but I had read many legends upon it. Banishment from our real world, it was forced to guard that of everything that is not known or right in this world. If we ever went to that world and had it as our opponent, we would surely not survive. Giratina controlled every aspect of that world, the land, the water, the air, everything. To know of a pokemon that had that much strength… it was terrifying to say the least.

"Vi… what are we going to do?" Jezebel questioned me worriedly. It seemed she had taken the girl a bit to heart as she looked down at the sobbing girl before her best friend in the streets, horrified of what she was capable of.

"I'm going to spend my own special time with her to make an evaluation. See if you girls can pull something from her best friend, Parker Demeet I believe. I doubt the other friend, Cameron Cody, knows much. If Looker's information is correct, they only meet a couple weeks ago. Parker would be the best choice."

"What about the base?" Gwyn whined as she looked over the roof to the blood splatter. "Police weren't able to detain the woman, she got away with the help of her men, but all the blood… they're going to be taking samples if we don't figure something out…"

"Place the blame on me and tell them that I needed to get information about someone working for Rose and they gave me a lead. I'll take the penalty and pay if they want me to. Since there's no body, we might get away with that, but do your best to leave Eira Helaine out of this as long as you can. I'll gather any other information I can and try to ease my way up to her. We've been lucky thus far that our status has helped us gain allies such as yourselves, but that might go against us in the future." I sighed before unleashing Amethyst's wings out of my back. "I should be back in a couple of days, get this place taken care of and then start looking around for more clues about this gang and Rose. I have a feeling that their working together…"

"But won't they come back?" Gwyn debated.

I shook my head. "No, they got all they wanted from here. While the pokemon have been released, Cyrus completed his study of the statue here in town. It won't be long now before they show up at another location for another part of their plan." I groaned, knowing I wouldn't be able to go back to my boyfriend like I had promised him tonight. "Explain the situation to the others and let Alex know I won't be back for a day or two. I feel so bad that I can't be with him… but this girl has to come first."

"Don't worry Vi, we got it." Acey's flygon wings appeared out of Jezebel's back and Gwyn's arms turned to wings like that of her togekiss before the two of them jumped up into the air and headed off to where my group was hiding out for the time being. Another sigh escaped me before I flew to the roof of the pokemon center and waited.

Chalcedony groaned from his sleeping spot over my shoulders and under the hood of my jacket. I rubbed his head and he soothed into my touch. "Time to get up Chalce, we got stuff we gotta do. I need a nap after the scouting we did today and I need you to keep an eye out for that Eira girl and let me know if she leaves here."

My dark type I could feel nod from behind my jacket. I leaned my back up against the chimney to the building and my dark type stayed hidden in my hood while he watched over everything and I lulled to sleep.

Witch's Note:

Oh damn! Now that chapter turned out a bit differently than I expected it to. I know because I wrote it and that crap it should be the way I wanted it, but I had like three different ideas, but this one just seemed so worth it! Also, I wasn't expecting it to be as long as it was; nearly half the amount was where I was expecting it to end. So this is nice!

So, the big question like always in this story, what the hell is making Eira like this? Is she really a quiet person like she acts or is there something else deep down that's her real personality? What made her change? What happened in her past to make her suffer like she is? Is she going to get worse? Will she ever accept the other side of her? Does Giratina have anything to do with it? Oh so many questions and still twenty-three more chapters to reveal it all to you! I'm so excited for all of this and the chapters are starting to flow more smoothly! I can't wait!

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