"You didn't!" Eevee shouted.

"Yep." Replied Shinx.

"No, your lying!" Eevee continued.

"Uh-huh, telling the truth." Shinx said.

"You're the best ever!" Eevee shouting still.

I was sitting next to them, it was getting annoying. They were shouting over stupid things, after a bit, I finally got up and left. Not wanting to hear them. I opened my locker and noticed a note. After grabbing my stuff, I picked up the note. A little pink heart stamp.

"Ugh, guessing Meowstic..." I thought.

Opening it, I read in my head.

"Time of note: 3:15 PM."

Looking at my watch, it was 3:24. At lease it wasn't that long ago. I continued reading.

"Please meet at the running course. There's some stuff I wanna talk about. Hope your not late, see you there. - Meowstic."

"Strange, what did she need from me? Oh well, I'll just go see I guess..." I thought.

Pocketing the note, I finished up, and left the doors. Walking around the school, I saw her sitting there. Just looking up to the sky. Walking over her, she just gave a small hi. She boosted upwards onto her feet, he faced me.

"How good, you made it!" She exclaimed.

"Uh-huh. So, what did you want to talk about?" I replied.

She leaned next to my ear. And whispered two words. My eyes widen, and I fell back first onto the grass. The shock blasted me instantly, and I let out the loudest scream I've ever produced. Within a second, I grabbed my bag, and launched up. Sprinting 100 miles per hours away from her. But ended up sprinting pretty slowly. Three minutes later, I rushed outside the gates. Not stopping for Shinx, who had the most puzzled look on his face. Another twenty minutes, I burst through my door. Slamming it and locking it in an instant. I ran into my room, failing to stop my speed, and smacked into the wall. Falling onto the ground completely shocked, I finally snapped out of it. Pushing myself up to my feet. My mind was blowing up.

"No, no, no! Uh… May- Maybe she's lying. Yeah, yeah… She better be lying! She better be laying! Ugh! This is so not good! Fuuu. If she's telling the truth… Oh no, no, no! Ughhhh! I'm only in high school!" I said, within seconds stumbling over my words.

Once I finally calmed down, pounding my hand into my bed. I got up and cleaned up. After cleaning myself up, I walked outside to get some air. My heart and mind still racing. I sat on my stairs, just trying to calm down. My body shook violently with every heartbeat. Standing outside for another ten minutes, my mother got home. I calmed down enough to not look suspicious. My mother got out of her car and had some stuff.

"Oh, your home already? You usually get home around 5:00 PM." She said.

"Uh, yeah. I kinda went home early. Didn't really feel like doing clubs." I replied.

Once she entered the house, I got up and left for a nearby store. Only getting some stuff for myself. Entering my house, I just went to my room. Eating and watching some TV, till I fell asleep. I kept waking up nearly screaming. I gave up sleeping after the forth time. It was only 6:40 and I wanted to try and clear my mind. Walking outside, I ended up going someplace quiet. I had a special place called, Icy Road. It was mostly dead all the time, so it was perfect. Bring only a book and notepad, I left. Reaching the place, I climbed up the biggest rock pillar I could find. Looking down from my view, it looked pretty nice. A good forty feet up. I just looked into the distance. Crouching down, I just pulled my notepad out and started drawling the view I saw now. Three hours later, I finished. About 9:10 at night. I finally returned back to myself again. Climbing down, I headed back to my house. Entering my house, my mother was worried.

"Riolu, where have you been? It's 10:40 at night..."

"Uh, I forgot time… Won't happen again..." I replied.

Waking up to a beautiful Sunday morning, nothing happened. All I did all day was stay at home. Monday came. Going to school, I was terrified. I kept looking over my shoulder. Shinx has also noticed my strange behavior, and was wondering why I ran out so quickly. After headed out of school for that day, Shinx stopped me at the doors.

"Are you okay? You seem very uneasy, or something. Did something happen on Friday?" He asked.

"I don't want to talk about it… There was something I needed to get home to." I replied.

"Oh, okay. Well if there's anything I can do, just ask..." He said.

We left the school grounds. After reaching my house, I just sat in front of my computer. This wasn't like me, I always went outside all day. And it's making me very suspicious, I didn't really care. But my mother noticed my strange mood swing. I mostly locked myself away ever since that Friday. Going outside was to painful, I was scared something would happen. Related to Meowstic or that Liepard. My mother walked in, with a worried face.

"Why are you always in here? I thought you love going outside." She said.

"I'm not feeling well… I just want to be alone." I replied.

"Huh? You're getting sick?" She asked.

"No, I just don't feel like going outside." I replied again.

"Oh… Well, okay… You know not to keep things from me. I'll be out in the living room if you need anything." She said.

She left my room, and I just laid down on my bed. After a bit, I decided to talk to Umbreon. Maybe he could help me. Calling him, he picked up.

"Hello?" Umbreon spoke.

"Uh, hey… Been a little bit." I replied.

"Oh, hey Riolu. What have you been up to?" He replied.

"Well, I wanted to talk a bit… I'm in a bit of a hard spot." I said.

"You're in a hard spot? What do you mean?" He asked.

I wanted to change the subject. But I had to come clean, it was Umbreon anyways. He always keep secrets. And if I told anyone else, they would spread it everywhere. Maybe Umbreon could help also.

"Well, you see… I..." I stopped, before whispering in the phone.

Umbreon let out a shocked gasped. And couldn't really speak for a second. After a minute he finally spoke again.

"Dude, are you effing serious?!" He shouted.

"Who are you on the phone with?" I heard Espeon.

"Uh, just Riolu… Keep working on our work. I'll be there in a second." Umbreon replied.

"Hi, Riolu!" Espeon yelled.

I didn't know if I did a good thing. But I think I did. Hopefully.

"Anyways, Riolu. If this is true. What will you do?" He questioned.

"I- I don't know. Maybe I'll run away. I know a cool place to live." I said, joking.

"I know your joking. But still, this is a major cause. Uh, look, I gotta go. Just tell me the aftermath." He said.

"Uh, okay. I really hope she's joking." I said. Ranging up.

This was scaring me though. But I finally collected my mind. Once I got off the phone, I quickly rushed outside. It was still bright outside, and I ran through the streets trying to get to were I was going. Reaching the school again, I ran inside. Everyone looked at me, I quickly avoided eye contact and found my way to my locker. Looking inside, I grabbed the note. I wanted to keep it with me, for some stupid reason. I headed around back, but no one was there. Running back in front, I got tripped. Landing hard on the ground, I looked back. And someone I didn't have time was standing there.

"Heh, seems like you tripped." Liepard stood there, smirking.

"Ugh, what is wrong with you! I don't have time for any of your bull!" I shouted.

"We have unfinished business. Now where were we?" She said.

"Ugh..." I groaned, and quickly got up.

I ran away, as she was yelling some disturbing things. I didn't care, I ran back inside the school. Trying to find Meowstic. Searching the entire school, she wasn't there. I started thinking she may have had to went to the park. Rushing outside, Liepard was gone. Thankfully. Running down the empty street, I made it to the park she usually goes to. Not there either, it started bothering me. Last place I really know was the mall. Making it to the mall, I tried looking around. But still nothing, it got me very bothered. But I rushed back to my house and agreed to try tomorrow. I just went to sleep.

Three weeks passed. I found Meowstic, and she was lying. I was so mad at her. She nearly scared me to death, if she wasn't lying. I don't know what I'll do. But thankfully she was. Life went back to normal, not worrying about that cause anymore. It was the weekend, I was just sitting outside. Working on some homework. As I was doing so, I was interrupted. Shinx tapped on the table I was working on. Looking up he looked a bit worried.

"Uh, everyone all right?" I asked.

"Well, uh… Those three are back." He said.

"Who? That Liepard and her slaves?" I replied.

"Yes, doing their thing again." He said back.

"You gotta be joking right? I'm getting annoyed of them. Let's go..." I said, packing up.

We both walked to school, and there they were. Messing with some poor student again. I didn't really want to deal with them. I gave Shinx my bag and I headed towards them.

"Hey, hey, look here." Floatzel said to Liepard.

"Oh, if it isn't our little friend." Liepard said to me.

Looking at their clothes, they had a vortex symbol on it. It looked strange.

"Made a little club I see..." I said.

"Ha! Not our club. Our team, and we're Team Vortex!" Liepard said.

"Sound's lame… Could've made a better name..." I said. Making a yawning gesture.

What I didn't expect is them to just run off. Like always, they're scared of me. And they have three. What a joke. Before they headed off, Liepard said.

"We'll make sure your dealt with soon..."

"Oh, I'm so scared! Please help me, ha." I said, laughing.

She looked extremely p'd off. But I like it that way, she can't really do anything. Still, Team Vortex. That sounded pretty stupid to me. Heading back to Shinx, I told him what happened. He laughed a bit, and headed home. Getting home, I just stood inside and did my thing. It was nice to relax after a long day of walking and stuff. I fell asleep not long after. Ready to start school tomorrow.

Waking up to a cloudy Wednesday, I was told school was canceled for some reason. I didn't mind much, just gave me time to relax more. School can be difficult at some points. Even with those Team Vortex members now. They didn't scare me one bit, and they seem scared of me. They're pretty much a joke to everyone right now. Sitting on my computer, I just played with friends on a game. Finally after five hours, I got off and headed outside. Clouds still out, getting darker. Before it rained, I decided to head to the store. Just to grab some stuff my mother needed. Exiting the store, it was drizzling. Not wanting to get drenched, I started rushing home. Once I entered my house, I dried myself up. After doing that, there wasn't much to do. I just stretched out on my bed, just thinking of what to do. Doing some strange stretching movements on my bed, the phone rang. Wondering who that was, I jumped up and answered it.

"Hello?" I said.

"Riolu, get ready." Shinx spoke.

"Uh, Shinx? Get ready for what…? It's pouring out." I replied.

"Just put on a coat. We're gonna go to this new location." He said.

"What? No, I'm not gonna go out in the rain." I said, annoyed.

"Come on, I like the rain. And this place is indoors." He said.

"Uh, and this location is at…?" I asked.

"It's near Snowflake City. Kinda a walk, but it's worth it. It's a cave, and it seems pretty cool." He said.

"Really? Well I guess it's worth checking out." I replied.

I rung up and grabbed my rain gear. Grabbing my bag, I waited for Shinx. Ten minutes later, he knocked on the door. We both got our stuff ready, and we left. We ended up taking the bus to Snowflake City. Shinx lead me to the location he saw on a map. After a bit, we were standing in front of a cave.

"So, uh… How big is this cave?" I asked.

"Pretty big, but we're not going in far." He replied.

We entered the cave, it was pretty cool. For some reason the stones in it created light. I guess it was cool. Once we got pretty far in, I decided to turn back. After exiting the cave, the rain stopped. At lease. Now we're walking back to our city. Three hours later, we finally reached it, and we went to our houses. I just fell asleep, ready for school tomorrow...