Scripted Head Note

Damn, has it really been a month since I updated? *Sigh* That is way too long, for one of my stories. But, I have a valid reason. I have had to work on eight chapters this time, rather than the usual four. The reason for this being that I am going to start two new stories, one of which I've already decided on, and shall include more info for it in the scripted foot note. The other one is where you guys come in. Now, obviously, you're guy's opinions mean everything to me, as you guys are the readers, so I am coming to you for this. If you go on my profile right now, you will see a poll to decide which story I will start next, and I want all of you guys to vote. There are four different stories, and I already have the first chapter created for all four of them, so that as soon as one of them hits the required target (either first to twenty or highest in a month, whichever comes first) I can put the first chapter of it up. So, please go and vote, and I want you to keep something in mind. If what you voted for doesn't win, fret not, as all of the stories will be done at some point, this just decides which one will be done first. Now, onto the real head note.

Alright, then. We're here now. So, now we get to continue. So, who's ready to meet more people from Izaak's past?

Luroi: I apologize, but I'm not actually looking for any OCs at the moment. Thanks for the offer and support, though.

Is Anything Really Weird Anymore

P.O.V Change: Rell

I was just standing in the kitchen, drinking a cup of coffee, when I heard a knock on the door. Curious as to who would be out here at six in the morning, let alone out here knocking on the door of a house that isn't meant to be known about, I sat my cup down and left the room, heading for the foyer. I reached the door and opened it, to be slightly surprised. Standing out in the slowly falling snow was a woman about a head shorter than me, wearing a thick coat and blue jeans. A fair distance behind her, I saw a blue Ford Focus, a Blaziken sitting in the passenger seat.

"Oh, hey Officer Mara." I greeted the off duty Chief of Police. "To what do I owe this pleasure?"

"Good morning, Rell." She returned. "I'm sorry for coming out this early, but I have a few questions."

"It's no problem, trust me." I reassured. "Recently, we've all started getting up earlier. Really, I'm slightly surprised that I'm the only one awake. Anyway, what do you want to know?"

"Well, we've recently gotten some rather odd reports from people involving these woods." She said, producing a small notepad from one of the pockets on her coat. Flipping it open, she said, "For starters, a few days after Halloween, we got two different reports, one from a group of kids saying that some guys in very convincing Pokemon costumes attacked them for no reason, knocking one of them out, giving him a concussion, and the other from a group of men, saying that they had been ambushed by 'a fucking freak of nature' for no reason, with one of them ending up being shot. Then, more recently, we got a report from a couple of campers about finding an empty Blastoise shell near the remains of a campfire. Would you happen to know anything about these incidents?"

I chuckled lightly and scratched the back of my head nervously, before saying, "Well, we may have had something to do with those."

Her eyes widened in shock, but before she could say anything, I heard a voice say, "What did we do, exactly?"

I turned around to see Midnight coming down the stairs.

"Morning." I greeted. "I hadn't realized that you were awake."

"Well, I wasn't until a few minutes ago." She said, coming over to stand next to me. "Good morning, Officer Mara."

"Good morning, Midnight." She replied. Turning back to me, she said, "What exactly do you mean by you may have had something to do with it?"

"Well, not me specifically." I explained. "More just residents of this house. Honestly, it'd probably be easier to just talk to them about it." I turned to Midnight and said, "Can you go wake up the guys?"

"All of them?" She asked me.

"No, just the odd ones." I replied, using a random joking name.

"Why did you feel the need to call them that?" Midnight asked me. "I mean, isn't that slightly rude?"

"To an extent, yes." I heard another voice say.

P.O.V Change: Izaak

"But, I digress." I added, as I finished putting on my shirt. I went over to Rell and Midnight and said, "So, why are Sylv and I needed?"

"Because she would like to talk to you." Rell answered, motioning towards the door.

I looked out and saw a women, who appeared to be in her mid-twenties and currently slightly chilly, standing there, a confused look on her face.

"Hello." I greeted the woman.

She stared at me, a shocked look replacing the confused one, and, after multiple moments, said, "Um, hi."

"So, why are we needed?" I asked.

Rell sighed, before saying, "Officer Mara here will explain it. Now, will you please go get Sylva so that she can speak with you?"

"Sure." I said, before heading up the stairs.

P.O.V Change: Rell

"So, I assume that you made coffee, right?" Midnight asked me. I nodded, and she said, "Alright then. If anyone needs me, I'll be in the kitchen."

With that, she left us. I turned back to see that Officer Mara still had a shocked look on her face.

"What's the matter?" I asked.

She started at me, shocked, before saying, "What do you mean? Did you not see him?"

"Who, Izaak?" I asked, curious as to what she meant. "Yeah, so what?"

As I spoke, she seemed to zone out slightly at the mention of Izaak's name, so it took her a few moments to respond.

"Why does he look like that?" She asked me.

I just shrugged and said, "Fuck if I know. He got here a few months ago, wounded all to hell from some Mightyena and a Houndoom. Azura patched him up, only for him to pass out a few minutes later. He woke up a week later, looking like that."

"Well, what is he?" She asked me.

"Half Umbreon and Half Absol." I replied. "He was originally meant to be just an Absol, but he woke up like that. We don't quite know how it happened, but we all sort of came to the unspoken agreement of it having something to do with the group that kidnapped him."

"Kidnapped him?" She asked me, showing concern.

"Yep." I replied. "When he was thirteen. Some guys broke into his family's house and killed his parents, before stealing him. Kept his ass locked up in some stasis tank, or some shit, which held off his transformation for five years."

"Damn." She replied. "Poor kid. Where did this happen, exactly?"

"I'm not sure, exactly." I replied. "He mentioned something about living in these woods, but he seemed to prefer to keep quiet about it. Although, he and Azura did stumble across that burnt up carcass of a house near town, and he sort of seemed attached to it."

This seemed to catch her attention, to an extent. She just zoned out, staring blankly ahead. I snapped multiple times in her face, trying to snap her out of it, until I succeeded.

"Sorry about that." She said, shaking her head slightly. "I just thought of something."

"Um, okay." I replied, confused. "Anyway, how have you and Ashley been doing?"

She sighed, before saying, "Why do you keep calling him that?"

I just shrugged and said, "Well, it is technically his name."

"Yeah, I guess." She replied. "We've been doing fine, thank you. These new translator ear piercings really help in our relationship, I can tell you that much."

"I can imagine." I replied.

Just as I said that, I heard a car door close. I looked over Mara's shoulder to see that very same Blaziken in question walking over to us, a slight cringe appearing on his face every time his foot landed on the snow.

"What's taking so long?" He asked, when he got over to us.

"I'm just waiting for someone." Mara replied.

"Well, could you please hurry up?" Ash asked. "You know that I hate being out here when it's snowing."

"So go and wait in the car, then." She responded.

Ash sighed, before saying, "You know that that isn't what I meant."

Taking pity on the fire bird, I said, "Do you wanna come inside, then? We have some coffee made."

"You mean that poison that you call a drink?" He replied. "I'd prefer to pass, thank you."

Mara elbowed him, before saying, "Honey, be nicer."

I chuckled, before saying, "No, he's right. It was poison. Recently we've started making real coffee, so it's actually good."

"In that case, sure." Ash replied.

"Alright then." I said. "Will you be alright waiting for them in here?"

"Of course." Mara replied.

I nodded, and led the way into the kitchen, just as Izaak was coming down the stairs, Sylva closely following him.

P.O.V Change: Izaak

I came down the stairs with Sylva, just to see Rell and a Blaziken disappear into the dining room.

"Well, here we are." I said, as we reached the front door.

The woman just stared at me, zoned out, before shaking herself slightly, saying, "Right. I'm Police Chief Mara. It's nice to meet you two."

She stuck her hand out, and I shook it, followed by Sylva. As he pulled his hand back, she just looked at him, shocked.

"Anyway, I need to talk to you two and get some info from you." She said.

"Like what?" Sylva asked.

"Just the same info I got from the others here." She said. "Y'know, full name, height, morph status-". At the end she trailed off, before saying, "Although I'm not exactly sure what I'd put for you two."

"So, are we gonna get started?' I asked.

"Of course." She replied. "For confidentiality purposes, I have to speak with you individually. So, if one of you would wait in here, I will speak with the other one outside."

I looked at Sylva and said, "You go ahead. I need to grab some coffee, anyway."

"Alright." He replied, before being led outside, showing a fair amount of reluctance.

I sighed. His shyness is really odd. One day he could be fairly outgoing to us, and then as soon as he gets near anyone else, he'll just go silent and scared. I removed the thought from my mind and went into the kitchen, to find Midnight, Rell, and the Blaziken standing there, drinking coffee. I went to the cabinet and got out a cup, a strange feeling causing the fur on the back of my neck to rise slightly. I turned from the cabinet to find that the Blaziken was watching me, this action going unnoticed by Midnight and Rell. I just looked away and got my coffee, before heading back into the foyer. I stood there, calmly drinking my coffee, before I remembered a certain item in my backpack, one that Mara may be able to help with. I went into the living room and went over to our backpacks. I looked over and saw that Azura was still fast asleep on the couch, having barely moved at all since I left. I sat my cup on the floor, before unzipping my backpack. I reached in and pulled out a bundled up t-shirt. I sat it on the floor, as well, before zipping the bag up. I picked up my coffee in one hand and the bundle in the other, before leaving the room. As I went back into the foyer, the front door opened, and Sylva came through it.

"You can go out there now." He said. As he passed me, he stopped for a second, and said, "What's with the shirt?"

"Just something that needs to be taken care of." I replied, as I reached the door.

I opened it and went outside into the snow, to see that Mara was currently standing next to her car, biting her lip, a look of nervousness on her face.

"Hello." I said, walking over to her.

"Hey." She returned, waving slightly. She noticed the shirt in my hand, and gestured towards it, saying, "What's with that?"

"It's actually something that I was hoping you could help me with." I said, sitting the shirt and my coffee on the hood of her car.

I finished unwrapping the shirt, revealing a small handgun. I looked up at Mara to see that her eyes were wide with shock.

"Where the hell did you get that?" She asked me.

"Well, I assume that one of the reasons you came out here is what happened on Halloween." I said. "This gun is the one that I took from that jackass, which I then used to shoot him." I held it out to her, and said, "And I was sort of hoping that you could find something to do with this. I don't want it around the house."

"Of course." She said, taking the gun from my hands.

She went around to the driver side door of her car and opened it, before leaning in. After a few moments, she closed the door and came back over to me, still looking nervous.

"Is something wrong?" I asked, concerned. "You seem rather worried."

She sighed, before saying, "Yeah, I'm fine. It's just that-". She cut off, freezing for a second, before saying, "Oh, fuck it."

I was surprised when she suddenly wrapped her arms around me, pulling me into a tight hug.

"Um, what are you doing, exactly?" I asked, confused.

"Please tell me that it really is you, Izaak." She responded. "Please let it be you."

"Yes, my name is Izaak." I said. "I thought we already covered that."

"That's not what I meant." She said, her voice slightly muffled due to her face being pushed into my chest. "I meant, is it you, Izaak?"

"What do you mean?" I asked. "You still haven't explained what the hell you mean."

She let go of me and stared up at me, a twinkle of hopefulness in her eyes.

"Izaak, it's me." She said. "It's April, your sister."

I froze, shocked.

"A-April?" I said, looking down at her. She nodded, and I wrapped her in an extremely tight hug, saying, "Holy shit, I didn't think that I would ever see you again."

April didn't respond, instead just burying her head into my chest. I could feel the fabric of my shirt get slightly wet with what I assume to be tears. We just stood like that, the snow slowly falling around us, the only sound being April's quiet sobs. We eventually released each other, and we stood there, eyes locked, a few tears still rolling down April's smiling face.

"Arceus, Izaak," April said, breaking the silence, "it's been so long. I've missed you so much."

"I've missed you too." I said, pulling her into another quick hug.

"I'm so confused though." She said. "I mean, everyone thought that you had died with mom and dad, yet here you stand, alive and well."

"I know, it's weird." I replied. "Especially with me being a morph. So, I assume that the Blaziken is Ash, right?"

"Yeah." She replied, wiping her face. "He evolved not too long after I left. I meant to call you guys and tell you, but I never really got the chance."

"It's perfectly fine." I said. "So, I assume that you two are still dating."

She looked up at me, shocked, and said, "How did you know that? The only person I've ever told was Rell, and he only knows me as Officer Mara."

"It wasn't that hard to discover, really." I replied. "You barely hid it, to be honest. But, how have you guys been able to stay together this long without proper communication?"

She pulled her hair back, revealing that each of her ears had small studs in them.

"So they finally finished the translator studs." I said. "Interesting. So, what's the deal with the whole 'Officer Mara' thing?"

"After what happened, I decided to move back here." She said. "I didn't want people to know who I was, so I changed my last name to Mara and became a cop. The only person who knows who I am is Rell's father. But, that doesn't matter now. We have to catch up, and you need to tell me where you've been for the past few years."

"Alright." I said. "How about I go and get Ash and Azura and we take a walk in the woods?"

"Why is Azura coming?" She asked me.

"I figure that my girlfriend may want to meet my sister." I replied, heading for the door.

I heard April quietly say, "Girlfriend?"

I entered the house and went into the living room. I went around the couch to see that Azura was still asleep. I crouched down in front of her and lightly shook her.

She stirred slightly in her sleep, so I repeated the action, saying, "Hey Azura, wake up."

She slowly opened her eyes, staring at me drowsily with her brilliant blue irises.

"Morning Izaak." She greeted, yawning silently as she reached an arm around me, pulling me closer to her. "How long have you been up?"

"Only about twenty minutes or so." I replied. "But, you need to get up, as well. We're going to go take a little walk in the woods."

"Why?" She asked me, sitting up.

"There's someone that I want you to meet." I replied. "Now, c'mon, get up."

"Hold on, don't be so impatient." She said, swinging her legs off of the couch.

"Well, hurry up." I said, as I began to put on my shoes. "I'll go ahead and grab you some coffee, if you want."

"Thanks." She said, standing up.

I reached over to her and ruffled the fur between her ears, saying, "No problem."

She sighed, and said, "You really love doing that, don't you?"

"Only to you and Sylva." I replied.

"Why is that, exactly?" She asked.

"Well, for Sylva I enjoy the fact that it seems to annoy him slightly," I answered, "and it just looks extremely cute on you."

She chuckled lightly, before saying, "Thanks."

I finished putting on my boots, before grabbing my jacket and putting it on. As Azura started getting ready, I left the room, heading for the kitchen. I entered to see that Midnight, Rell, and Ash were still in there, with Rell and Midnight now making breakfast.

"Hey, are you already done talking?" Rell asked me.

"To an extent." I replied, getting down a coffee cup for Azura. "We still have a lot to talk about, so we're going to go walk through the woods."

As I filled the cup with coffee, Midnight said, "Well, who's the other coffee for?"

"Azura." I replied. "She's coming with us." I turned around to face Ash, and said, "As are you, Ashley."

"How do you know his name?" Rell asked me.

"More importantly," Ash said, "why the hell did you just call me Ashley?"

I shrugged and said, "Well, it is technically your name. Anyways, we need to get going."

"What the hell are you talking about, you weird fucker?" Ash said.

"I'm talking about the fact that April, you, Azura, and myself are going to go on a walk in the woods, you over cooked chicken." I replied, using my old joking insult for him.

"What did you just call me?" Ash growled out.

"You know what I called you." I said. "And please don't try to do anything. I kicked your ass when you were a Combusken, and I can kick it now, as well. And don't pull the whole 'I've evolved' thing, because I wasn't even a morph back then."

Ash just looked at me, confused, as Rell said, "Izaak, what the hell are you going on about?"

"I'll explain later." I said, heading for the exit. "Anyway, you need to hurry up, Ash."

With that, I left the room. I went into the foyer to see that Azura was waiting in there, her jacket zipped up on her torso.

"You ready?" I asked, handing her the coffee.

"Yeah, I guess." She replied, before taking a drink from the cup. "So, remind me please, why are we going out into the woods this early?"

"Because there is someone that you need to meet." I replied, heading to the door.

Azura followed me, and I opened the door to see that April was still standing at her car.

"Oh, hello Officer Mara." Azura greeted. "It's nice to see you again."

"Likewise." April replied.

"So, um," Azura said, as we went over to April's car, "who exactly am I here to meet?"

I motioned towards April and said, "Her."

"Izaak, we already established that I know Officer Mara." Azura said.

"Yes, you know Officer Mara," I said, picking my coffee up from the car's hood, "but you don't know April Ryuto."

"What?" Azura asked me.

"To put it simply," April said, "I'm Izaak's sister, April."

"Seriously." Azura said, shocked. I nodded, and she said, "Why did you change your name then?"

"I'll explain that later." April replied. "For right now, let's just wait on Ash."

"I'm here." I heard a voice say behind me.

I turned around to see Ash coming our way, holding to coffee cups.

"Here," he said, handing one to April when he reached us, "I got you some coffee. Figured you could use it."

"Thanks." April replied, taking a drink.

"So, anyone actually going to explain why we're out here?" Ash asked. "Or, even better, why I shouldn't roast the half blood here?"

"Stop being so hostile to Izaak, Ash." April said, nudging the Blaziken. "He's like your brother, for Arceus's sake."

"What?" Ash asked, confused. "What the hell are you people talking about?"

I sighed, before saying, "You still aren't the brightest person in the world, are you? Allow me to spell it out for you. I am Izaak Ryuto. Contrary to popular belief, I didn't die in the fire, nor was I killed by anything else, despite coming damn close to it multiple times recently."

"What?" He said. "Seriously?"

"Yes." I replied. "Now, c'mon, let's go for a walk."

We started for the gate, my free arm wrapped around Azura's shoulder, and Ash and April next to us.

"I still don't really understand this." April said, shaking her head slightly.

"What is there to not understand?" I asked.

"Pretty much the whole damn thing." She replied, sighing. "I mean, what the hell is with the past six years of your life?"

"I don't know." I said, shrugging. "All I know is that they were extremely weird and, for the most part, extremely shitty."

"That's not too far off, really." Ash agreed.

"So, anyway," I started, as we entered a small clearing, "when will you tell us what you two have been doing as of late?"

April sighed, and said, "Let's sit down here and take a small break, and I'll tell you. Just remember, it's nowhere near as interesting as your story."

"I'm alright with that." I said, as we all sat down.

Azura put her head on my shoulder, and I could feel her let out a muffled yawn. I wrapped my arm around her, and she relaxed onto me.

"Well, I pretty much spent my time like any aspiring trainer would," April began, "I trained my Pokemon, battled random trainers, battled gym leaders."

"And when that wasn't happening," Ash interjected, "we were spending time together."

"Right." April agreed. "I guess it's due to people openly accepting morphs in Kanto, but over there they are much more open minded. This made life much more enjoyable for us, as that meant that we no longer had to hide our relationship. Life was good, difficult at times, but still very enjoyable."

"Sounds like it." I commented.

"It was." April said. "Anyway, I eventually made an unbeatable team, with Ash leading it, obviously. So, we ended up getting all eight badges, so we began training to take on the Elite Four."

"You got all the way to the Elite Four?" Azura asked.

"Technically, we got farther." Ash replied.

"Damn." Azura replied.

"So, anyway, we began training." April said. "Due to this, we didn't get too much time to actually go on dates, but we just dealt with it. Eventually, Ash convinced me that everyone should take a break, so I checked the others into a Poke-spa and we went on the first date we had had for months. It was on the date that we met Lance."

"Wait, as in Pokemon Champion Lance?" I asked, shocked.

"Yes." April replied. "We ended up running into him and his girlfriend, Bailey, and we really hit it off. We all became friends, even going on double dates sometimes. We all got to know each other, as friends do, which made the battle against him much better than it normally would have been. We didn't really treat it as a battle of Champion versus Challenger, but more of a battle between friends. I mean, Bailey was even allowed to come out and watch the battle."

"Interesting." I replied. "So, what happened?"

April took a deep breath, before continuing, "We had almost beaten him. He was on his last Pokemon, his Charizard, and I had Ash out there, with almost my whole team still ready to fight. Charizard was weakened, already trying to keep from collapsing, and I knew that he could only take one more hit. It was then that I got the call. Just as I was about to tell Ash to deal the winning blow, my phone went off in my pocket. We called a quick time out for me to take it, so I answered. I remember how it happened perfectly. As the voice came over the phone, I tried to remain calm. As soon as he hung up, I just froze, too shocked to do anything. The others noticed my change in attitude, so they rushed over to see what was wrong. Ash was the first to reach me. He asked me what was wrong, and I replied with, 'They're gone, Ash. Mom, dad, and Izaak are gone.' He asked me what I meant, and I explained. By the time that I was done, tears had started rolling down my face, and I found myself buried in three different pairs of arms at the same time. I couldn't continue with the fight. Lance wanted to just go ahead and give me the title of having beaten him, even the referee was willing to, but I refused to accept it. I booked the first flight back home, but I had to wait a few days to leave, which gave me time to speak to my other Pokemon." She stopped for a second to wipe away a few tears that had formed in her eyes, before continuing, "So, I sat them down, and we had a talk. I gave them a choice: either stay with me and come home here, or be released, and I told them that I would return them to their families if they wanted me to. Most of them chose to be released, of course. Granted, I couldn't really blame them. While they did all seem to enjoy working with me, they had their own families."

"Did any of them actually stay?" Azura asked.

"Other than Ash, only one." April replied. "Would you guys like to meet him?"

"Sure." I replied, while Azura just nodded her head.

April reached into her pocket and pulled out a small red and white orb. She pressed the button on its front, and it grew to about the size of the palm of my hand.

"He normally stays out, as well," April explained, "but he was extremely tired this morning, so he wanted to sleep in here, so he could still come with me." She lightly threw the ball down in front of her, saying, "Come on out, Dante."

There was the sound of the ball opening, followed by a flash of light. When the light dissipated, there was an Umbreon standing there, yawning widely.

He noticed April and Ash, and said, "Good morning, April. Good morning, Ash." The Umbreon looked around and noticed us, and said, "Oh. Um, hello."

"Hello." I greeted.

"Hey." Azura said, waving slightly.

Dante looked over to April, before looking back at us, and then back at April, before saying, "Not to be rude, but who exactly are these two?"

I chuckled lightly, as April responded, "Well, they would be my brother, Izaak, and his girlfriend, Azura."

"Izaak?" the Moonlight Pokemon said, confused. "But, April, I thought that he had passed away."

"Well, I thought so, as well." April replied. "That is, until today."

Dante looked up at me, and said, "So you are truly alive?"

"Yes." I replied. "And before you ask how, I just explained it, so I really don't feel like doing it again. Let's just leave it at I'm not dead, just weird."

"I'll say." I heard the Umbreon say under his breath.

"Be nice." April said, scoffing.

"He said it first." Dante defended. "I was just agreeing. And besides, it isn't like I'm wrong."

April sighed, but I just shrugged my shoulders, saying, "He has a point."

Dante looked over at Azura, and said, "And you are his mate?"

April and I both sighed, and I said, "We prefer the term dating."

"Although if you want to get technical." Azura said.

I let out a groan, and said, "Do you consistently have to say that? Do you really feel the need to tell everyone our private business?"

Azura laughed, and said, "Yep. But remember, I'll stop as soon as you stop having such a funny reaction to it."

I just sighed, and said, "You know you annoy me sometimes, right?"

"Of course." Azura replied, as I wrapped my arm around her in a hug. "But that's one of the many reasons that you love me."

I sighed again, and said, "I can't argue with that."

I heard a muffled laugh, and I looked over to see that both Ash and April were losing the fight to hold back laughter.

"How about we head home?" I said. "I'm starting to get slightly hungry, and we still need to tell the others about our revelation."

The others agreed, and we all got up. As I got to my feet, Dante quickly climbed up my body to sit on my shoulder, not leaving a single mark on my clothes.

"Um, what are you doing?" I asked him, confused.

"Sitting on your shoulders." He replied, simply.

April sighed, before saying, "Dante, you know that that isn't what he meant."

"Well, I don't feel like walking, and your fur looked soft." He said.

"He's right, it is soft." Azura interjected.

"That, and I was curious as to whom the scent on you belonged to, as I didn't recognize it as one of yours." He added.

April looked at me, confused, so I explained, "Eve. She likes to sit up there, as well."

"Wait, you found Eve?" April said, surprised.

"Yeah." I answered. "She was living in the old house. Granted, she actually found us, and tried to torch us in the process. But, she did move in, so take the encounter however you will."

"Wait, torched?" Ash asked. "She evolved?"

"Yep." I replied. "She's now a Flareon."

"Interesting." Dante said, from my shoulder.

"Hey, you be careful around her." I said. "She's like a daughter to me."

"I won't hurt her." Dante said. "I promise that I will cause her no harm."

"Good." I replied, as we started walking.

"Although, if she asks for it." Dante added, under his breath.

I just sighed, and said, "You know that I will skin you, right?"

"What?" Rell asked, staring at me, confused.

"What do you mean what?" I responded.

"What normally means that the person is confused," Midnight said, "so, allow me to reiterate. What?"

"What is there to be confused about?" I asked, absentmindedly scratching the sleeping Eeveelutions on my shoulders.

"Well, sort of the part about her being your sister." Markus said.

I just sighed, leaning my chair back slightly. As soon as we had gotten home, I had called an impromptu family meeting in the dining room. When everyone had gathered in the dining room, I had explained my latest discovery. While I was doing that, Dante and Eve had gotten acquainted, and they had decided to jump up onto my shoulders, before promptly falling asleep.

"What is there to not understand about that?" I asked. "Twenty seven years ago our parents met. Twenty six years ago they got married. Twenty four years ago my mother had April. Nineteen years ago my mother had me. How is that so complicated, for Arceus's sake?"

"That's not the part that is hard to understand," Rell said, "it's the fact that we've known April for years, and we never knew that she even had a brother."

"What's so odd about that?" April asked. "I mean, we haven't exactly hung out before, and I don't normally share things about my personal life too much, especially after I changed my name."

"I guess that I can see the logic in that." Rell said. "Although this still seems odd."

"Rell, after what's happened this year, is anything really weird anymore?" Sylva asked.

Rell sighed, before saying, "That should be the case, yes, but, sadly, it isn't."

Scripted Foot Note

So, as I said, here is the note about my other story. Now, this story is special, and may not appeal to everyone, and if it doesn't then that is fine. This story is actually going to be an Archive Of Our Own exclusive story, due to the fact that it is actually an original work, and not set in any fandom. I will put the summary to it up in my profile in its own section soon, but know that I don't actually have a set release date for it, all I know is that I will put out the first chapter sometime after the twenty second, hopefully within the following week.

Yay, more back story! Anyway, I think that I'll really enjoy these next few chapters, as they don't really include too many fight scenes. Now, don't get me wrong, I love fight scenes, as evident in my HGW story, but I find that they can be slightly difficult to write, for some reason. So, yeah, the next chapters for a while will actually be just stuff that happens in their lives, without violence. So, until next time, see you.