Sorry for those of you who thought that was an update.

All I did was delete the Authors note that I made take up an entire chapter, so I'm apologizing by actually making a chapter, this.

I don't know if this'll be posted before another Final Stand chapter, or after it. Oh well for now. I'll try to complete it before Final Stand's chapter but at the same time, I might do FS's chapter first since there's only two chapters left to make besides the maybe one-shots in it.

I might take a break from FF soon. My goal after this update is to finish Final Stand so this is the only story I have to worry about. Honestly, with school back up and a lot of damn good games coming out soon, it's hard as hell to focus on writing. But hey, my update schedule is better than some people. I think.

For anybody interested, go to my profile to see stories that are currently pending on whether I should make them or not.

Disclaimer - I don't own Pokémon.

Agera's POV

"Are you sure that the forest is this way?" I questioned my sister.

She promptly nodded her head and stated "The map in that beautiful place said to take a left before the the wind generation place."

"So the bridge was the right place to go?"

"Yes Agera. The bridge was correct. We're suppose to follow this path up until the forest entrance. It's a straight forward route until the complex forest. If we're lucky, we shouldn't spend much more than a day in that place."

"And how do you know that?"

The glaceon stopped walking and just looked behind me. She mouthed the words "Go crazy." Before turning her head.

"Go cra~~!" I began to ask when I felt a surge of electricity jolt through my body, floofing my fur up. I turned to Syndicate, who just let out a snicker when I glared at him. "Hey, fuck you too bud."

Me being myself, I just let my fur go down on its own instead of wasting time trying to groom it. It was only halfway to its regular resting place, allowing me to look like a midnight black cotton ball with bits of neon yellow shining out. "How much further until we reach the forest?" I asked.

"It's coming up." Lye replied. "You don't gotta be so impatient Agera. This is going to be a longer trip than you were expecting. We can drop you off right here if you don't want to do this while we go on to accomplish our goal. While you're the strongest of the our group, we have the willpower and patience. Honestly, we'd be better off without you and your negativity."

I stopped in my tracks when Lye began to tell me what everyone was probably thinking. "Go ahead then. Maybe we'll meet in the future. If you need anything, you can find a way to contact Ace. I'll be finding my own way to Snowpoint City." And with that, I dashed towards the right a small clearing, light tears forming in my eyes. When I looked back, the others were showing very little concern of me running. "I don't need them. I can do the dirty work myself..."

I burst through shrubbery, skidding to a stop. I looked around the small clearing. Everything around it was dark besides the middle, which bathed in the sun's rays. Letting out a small sniffle, I slowly walked to the serene and blissful circle of light while charging a Dark Pulse. The beam

of chaos grew with each step I took until I was in the center. I shot the ray of energy through the gaps of the trees. I continued putting all my energy and strength into the attack. I wasn't trying to prove any points, just trying to release all my stored emotions.

The move began to die down as I began to lose my vision. I collapsed in the middle of the clearing, trying to hang on to my last bit of consciousness but lost the battle greatly.

()()()()()

I awoke in a pitch black area. Noticing that that shouldn't be the case, I lit the neon in my rings allowing a faint blue glow to prevail around me. The faint light allowed me to see a small portion of my surroundings, it has a mossy ground which was considerably soft, rock rolls, and the outline of another Pokémon's body. Not wanting to awake whoever had taken me here while unconscious, I lowered my ring's glow and slowly walked towards what I assumed to be the exit. "Excuse me..." I heard a small, timid voice say from behind me. I held my breath and stopped moving, hoping it was enough for whoever was talking to me to go back to sleep. "You do realize that I know you're conscious now. Your rings are on right now compared to when I first found you." I turned to see a Leafeon, a little smaller than me, with odd colouration like me.

I tilted my head and asked "Why aren't you green? I've never heard of or seen an orange Leafeon."

"I could ask the same thing. You are a silver colour with dark blue rings." She replied.

"Touché"

"Now I'd like to ask you a few questions. First of all, why the hell did you shoot off some type of beam while in the middle of that clearing." She asked, turning less timid with each word.

"Nothing you need to know about. I'll be taking me leave now, I gotta get to Snowpoint City." I replied before turning away from the girl.

"I'm coming with you then."

"Huh?"

"I said I'm coming with you. I've already found you once after pulling a stupid stunt. So, I can use Aromatherapy or Synthesis to help."

"What happened to you being so timid at first to this?"

The Leafeon's ears drooped down as she backed up and mumbled "Sorry... I get like this when I'm mad... It's why I live alone instead of with parents... So since you're on your own, you must be an adult and you seem trustworthy..."

"Before I say anything else, how old are you?" I asked, hiding my concern for the girl.

"I'm fifteen tomorrow..."

I nodded and replied "I'm not an adult yet actually. I have a week. Same with my sister and friends, wherever they went. We're all seventeen."

"Agera! Where the hell did you run off to!?" I heard scream into my head, causing me to cringe. The Leafeon notice my expression change and gently laid me down on the moss covered floor.

"What's wrong Sir?" She asked, worry flooding in her tone.

"Just call me Agera and give me a moment." I replied. I closed my eyes so I could reply to Skyline's screaming. "You three are better off without me. You can look for me if you want to, or you can actually continue your trip. We'll meet up eventually."

"You dumbass, are you crazy!? We followed you after seeing the Dark Pulse but you weren't in any of the clearings we looked in. We're going to meet you at the exit of Eterna Forest." Skyline continued shouting.

"Just go on without me. I'll either always be ahead or behind you unless we somehow meet up. If you somehow find another Psychic type to communicate with me, I'll happily talk with you." I cut the connection from there, being a dark type. "Sorry about that. I had some... Let's call it unfinished business."

"You killed somebody?" She questioned.

I shook my head and explained. "No. I was part of a group heading up to Snowpoint to do something to these three Eeveelutons that caused... Problems, yeah. Let's go with that, for our parents. I'm not going into too much detail since I don't really know you and you'll probably send others after me. Now once again, I'll be taking my leave. I don't want anything or anyone coming after you since I am also being hunted like my father."

I got up and turned to leave the cave when I heard a whimper from behind me. Taking a deep breath, I replied "You can come too... But, what's your name first. You're still considerably young to be traveling around the region with me."

"It's..." The girl let out a sigh before continuing, "Name's Akiko. I just go by Aki for short..." I nodded in thanks for getting to know her name when she said, "It's almost midnight. We should stay here for the night. I know that the darkness of the night is better for you being an Umbreon and all, but I'd prefer my senses to be really alert too."

I rolled my eyes but went towards the corner closest to the exit. After stretching to get a knot out of my back, I plopped myself on the ground and closed my eyes, waiting for the dream world to suck me into it.

Aki's POV

I doubt I know how much trouble I'm going to get into with this guy, but oh well. He seems dedicated to getting to Snowpoint City to get those Pokemon that had terrorized him and his friends parents. I have a choice though. Stay here, near my parents, or travel with Agera and maybe his friends if we meet up. Think Aki, think!

"I got it!" I said in a load whisper. I look to see Agera passed out so I snuck out of the den and made my way through the forest's bushes and trees, looking for the small hill that my parents lived their lives in for the past fifteen years. Not wanting to wake my parents for this, I used Leaf Blade and began to carve out a note on a nearby boulder. I am traveling while I'm still young, I will be back soon!

Proud to be traveling the region, I turned back to head home, ready to never look back.

I entered the den, glad to see that Agera hadn't feigned sleep to leave me, and laid down on the opposite side of the den's entrance. My mind was racing, excited for new adventure, new experiences, and new Pokemon. My only worry, me or Agera being captured due to our odd colouration. Mine, a bit rarer. Why? My greenery changes every season. In the spring, it's green which is normal. Summer is yellow, fall is orange, and winter is tan.

Considering it being a light orange, it shows that fall is approaching. I'm mainly used as calendar for what the season since it's predictable on my body. Not having any real friends, traveling with this boy will open up more chances for friendships, and maybe if I'm lucky, love.

Before I get killed for posting this so late, I'd like to apologize.

Thanks to Laptoper(insert numbers) for helping me somewhat with some of the plot and character in the chapter. I'll be doing my absolute best to update Final Stand soon. Not sure how that'll work out considering Forza Horizon 3 Early Access is available this Friday. That may or may not effect my writing schedule more than it already is, but I'll be doing my best.

So what do you guys think of the mini plot twist? I've done it in L.I.T.S but this took a smaller turn. And, I think it's for the better. Adding Akiko/Aki in really gives me more room to explore with the story.

No, I won't be taking the same path as L.I.T.S. Gotta add variety. I'm going to be putting up a poll for a new story that will be made in the hopefully nearby future.