"What was that?" Everyone listened as they heard the cry fade out. They looked at each other in confusion for a second. It was in that second that Mudkip looked around and found something was wrong.

"Where is she? Why is Kir not here? Where is she, where is she, where is she..." The little Pokemon started running around the group while repeating his question. Zion listened and looked around only to find nothing.

"Hey guys, where is Kir? Thats what he also wants to know." Everyone looked around then. Raz looked at Gardevoir, but she was frowning as she couldn't find the little girl's thoughts either. They seemed to be hidden or there was the other way, but she didn't believe that one.

"Alright, we go in groups of 2 and go through the forest. Gardevoir, you take Mudkip, Toxeon, and Omnivee and try to sniff her out as well. Me and Kira will go back down the path. Maybe Grim can find her scent." Without another word, he started down the path while releasing Grim from his ball. The dog understood his orders and tried to find the little one's smell. Kira walked beside them, calling out.

"We'll take to the sky and see if we can find anything." Zion released Gyarados. Him and Rayne were on the poke's back instantly as the serpent flew into the sky. Sara released Charm to fly up and also help them look from there.

"Why did we let her fall behind?" Sara sat down on a fallen log and put her face in her hands. Ken didn't know what to say to her, so he sat next to her and let her cry into his shoulder. Her mind began berating her for letting the little girl walk behind them. She cried the whole time, praying nothing bad happened because she wasn't watching her best friend.

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"Oh my head." Kir reached her hand out from under her body and grabbed her forehead. She notice there was a bandage around it, which brought her back to what had happened. The last thing she remembered was falling into the hole. She looked around and noticed a fire burning next to her and that she was in her sleeping bag.

"Be careful young one. You hit your head against a rock during the fall, but it only scratched the back of your head. The bandage was to stop the blood from freezing down here." She looked up then and saw an odd figure looking down at her. It floated as it looked gently at her. Kir could feel a warmth from it. It felt kind of like how it felt to be with Sara and the others.

"Where are we, and who are you?" She shrunk back a little as a gust of cold wind caught her hair. That made her realize how cold it really was. She watched as an arm-like part of the figure went to it's mouth as she giggled.

"I'm Froslass, and this is my masters grave. She fell down like you did, but she didn't have me to catch her, so her legs broke from the fall. She released me to get our friends out. I came back and stayed with her. She didn't make it for a week. I've never left her side, so because of my being an Ice and Ghost type, it started to become cooler down here. I've called for someone to help me for nearly 50 years now. Your the first to come."

"What do you need help with? I've been taught by my daddy to always help anyone in need of it." She smiled while also reaching for her bag. She pulled out her Poke-Dex and looked at the description of Froslass. While listening to it, she noticed her sack move while she was completely still in it. A few seconds after it started moving, Princess and Pichu popped their heads out and smiled at her while hugging their trainer.

"I released them to see if you had one that could create a flame. The Pichu tried to, but only knocked himself out. Your Vulpix took care of it though. You would have probably froze if not for them and your bag. As for me, I need help taking my masters remains to where they belong. She started her journey in Dewford. It's the last thing I promised her before she left me." Kir almost started crying at the sadness of the story.

"Of course I'll help you. Me and my group were just heading there as it was. We are supposed to get on a boat tomorrow. Or is it today now? How long was I out?" She looked at each Pokemon as they shrugged.

"Sorry, but time isn't something I really pay attention to." Kir started to get out of the sleeping bag, but stopped when she felt how cold it was. Her body began shivering before she was even a quarter of the way out. It didn't take her long to get her bag and pull out her jacket as well as a pair of pants that were there in case it got to cold for just her dress. She smiled while quickly pulling them on.

"Ok, where is your master's remains?" She crawled out, but still held herself to try and stop shivering. She followed Froslass to a pile of bones. Some were frozen to the ground as they picked them up and put them into her bag. They were thankful the trainers bag was still in good enough shape to hold the bones.

"Here. I want this to be buried with her. It was my pokeball. She released me from it but I still kept it this entire time. I'll come with you, but I must remain hidden. I don't really want to go through remembering all those memories again. Would you mind if I inhabited a part of your body? It would keep the cold from affecting you."

"I guess it would be okay. I used to have my sister in my head, so why not." She watched as the Ghost Pokemon faded out. Almost at the same instance, she felt her enter her head. She also felt warmer to the cold air. If she had seen a mirror though, she would have realized something about this that made it a little hard to hide. Her left eye shined in the fire's light in it's usual red way. Her right eye did the same thing, only it was bright blue with a purple pupil.

"I can use my powers to help you float out of here, so recall your partners and gather your stuff. It shouldn't take us long to get up there and find your family." They got to work quickly and had everything put up in a few minutes. After getting everything loaded, they moved the remains bag from their shoulder and put it into Kir's bag to keep it safe. Kir made sure everything was right before she felt Froslass begin making them float. They were at the surface in a few seconds after starting. On the surface, Froslass closed their eyes and started rubbing them.

"I'm sorry, but I haven't seen the sun or been in any real light for as long as I've been in the hole. I'll be fine in a few minutes." As soon as she ended, they heard a gasp followed by quick footsteps. Before they could react, Kira had Kir in her arms, holding her tightly.

"Where were you? We've been looking for you all over this forest." She let a few tears escape her while Raz hugged her as well. They both felt the rush of air as Zion spotted them and descended. He jumped off, trying to be graceful with a midair flip, and landed straight on his face. Rayne and Gyarados sighed while they shook their heads.

"I'm sorry mommy. I heard something and fell down this hole. It took me a little bit to climb out." She felt as they pulled the bandage on her head off and checked her damages. She also felt Froslass sigh in her head.

"They worry too much." They opened their eyes slowly as they looked around. Rayne and Gyarados were trying to bring Zion back to consciousness while Raz and Kira looked at the boy while trying not t laugh.

"We should get going shouldn't we? We need to hurry and get to Dewford." Kir put a big smile across her face while trying to hurry them along. Part of her anxiousness came from the Pokemon in her head. Part of it came from her not wanting them to find that she had a pile of bones in her bag.

"She's right. We should-" Kira stopped as soon as she looked at Kir's face. She stared at the girl in shock. Froslass and Kir tilted their head in wonder.

"What's wrong love?" Raz listened while she went to his ear and whispered only the word eyes. He looked down at Kir, and he too looked shocked. He got over it quickly since Kir didn't seem aware of it. He went into his mind and tried to think of every possible way for her eye to not bother her but it still be that color.

"Right. Anyways, we should get back to the others. Gardevoir got a hold of Sara and Ken. Their gonna meet us where we separated. Get Zion up on Gyarados. You mind taking us all back big buddy?" The giant serpent nodded and lowered as far as he could. Raz recalled Grim and reached Kir up to Rayne to hold while they took off. He pulled Zion up and Kira sat behind him, holding him so they could talk without anyone hearing. It didn't take them long to join the others who were sitting on the tree log.

"Mudkip!" The little blue Pokemon jumped straight into his trainer's arms. She caught him and hugged the poke while he smelled her. His nose turned at something, but he didn't quite know what. Kir realized with Froslass at that moment that they were in trouble. Gardevoir looked at her with a little anger in her stare. Sara looked at the girl's eyes and had the same reaction as Kira and Raz.

"What do we do? They may attack if you come out of me." Kir's mind was frantic as she searched for an answer to their problem. She was also trying to figure out how they were discovered so quickly.

"I have one way. They may not be happy with you if you do it though. I'll just come out and try to explain everything." Before Froslass could move, the group, except for Zion and Ken, surrounded them. She gulped in fear at them.

"We have to do whatever you got. Besides, this is kinda fun." With an audible sigh, the Ghost nodded and stared out of the eyes at everyone. Kira and Rayne fell first to the ground. Sara was soon after them as well as Gyarados. Raz and Gardevoir held strong for a little bit, but soon, they fell to the ground, but weren't quite asleep from the Hypnosis. Kir knelt down and rubbed her sister's head.

"I know your not happy with me for this, but I had to. I'll see you all at Dewford. I love you." Kir kissed her sister head before stepping around them. She recalled Mudkip and started down the path. After a few steps, she noticed that Ken was walking with her. He smiled and nodded. She also noticed that Sara was on his shoulder.

"She was so worried when you disappeared. Your little trick won't work on me, so you might as well just let me come along. You can also explain what you did to them." Froslass sighed but agreed. Kir was happy that she would also have her best friend along. This was an interesting turn of events, and she still had to get the bones onto a ship without anyone checking her, get them onto Dewford, find the right spot for them, and then bury them. In secret, she also wondered what would happen to Froslass after that. The Pokemon heard the thought, but didn't respond. She too wondered that same thing.

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"Hey, wake up!" Zion splashed water over the group of sleeping bodies. Raz started moving after a few seconds. It took another half hour for everyone to be up and somewhat awake. Gardevoir frowned as she searched for Ken, Sara, or Kir's minds, but got nothing. This was something she had never encountered.

"Well, we know their going to Dewford. Kir even said they would meet us there. Any chance we can make it to the boat before them?" He looked up and saw the full moon high in the air. He already knew there was no way with Gardevoir's lack of knowledge of this region to teleport. They wouldn't make it until the middle of the next day.

"We can always fly. Me, Rayne and Kira can ride on Gyarados and you can use Articuno. We should be able to make it by the middle of tomorrow." Everyone looked at Zion as he finished with his idea. He knew it was one of those times he said the right thing perfectly and it was a plan that couldn't really fail.

"Let's get to it. Kir is gonna have a lot of questions to answer." The others nodded while the legendary bird called out as she was released.

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"Here you go." Ken handed the ferry driver their money. They were paying triple the normal fee since they arrived in the middle of the night and needed emergency passage. He picked up Sara as she began to slightly come around. Kir walked close behind them as the got on the boat. She sat on one side with her bag held tightly.

"Ken." Sara sat up slightly and looked around.

"Yes?"

"Two things. First off, get your hand off my ass." She pulled herself off while he fought himself from smiling. She watched as Kir looked at her, but then turned her face.

"Sorry."

"My second thing is, where is everyone?" She watched as Kir smiled a little but didn't speak. Her and Froslass tried to decide exactly how to say what they did and make it sound like they thought it was the right thing to do, which they did.

"Kir is taking the bones of a dead trainer to Dewford to bury them. She panicked when everyone noticed her eye and used the powers of the Froslass that is inside of her so they wouldn't have to tell this story. They know we're going to the island, so we should be able to get the trainers bones buried before they arrive. She might even get to do her gym battle before they arrive." He listened as Kir turned her head to the side and stared at him. Sara was doing the same. "I've got really good hearing."

"Too good." Kir and Froslass sighed, but were thankful for the help. They didn't think they would have made it otherwise. Sara smiled and picked the little girl up onto her lap. That caused her guilt to flow over from her having knocked everyone out.

"I'm sorry. We didn't want the others to attack her, so we just did what we thought was right but we didn't mean to-" Her rambling became incoherent. Tears flowed as she pulled her head into Sara's shirt. The older girl pet her head while being comforting. Ken smiled and hummed the song Gardevoir had used when she was upset about Sara being hurt.

"How do you know that song?" Sara turned Kir into a better position as she started falling asleep. Froslass also felt comfortable with them. They were out before it was halfway done.

"I heard Gardevoir use this to calm her down when you got hurt. I just know it works, but she never said how she learned it." Sara leaned over and kissed him while he began humming again. He smiled and continued as she leaned her head against him. At that moment, they felt closer then they had been before.

"I think I love you." She looked up as he spoke after finishing the lullaby. Her response came without a second thought.

"I think I've loved you for a while now. Get some sleep. We should be there in a few more hours." He smiled and kissed her before tilting his head back to try and find rest. They still had a long night and day ahead of them.

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A/N: I really got into this part, so this chapter wasn't hard to write. I'm still undecided between Chromeon, Kaneon, and Bureon so please tell me you opinion of them and even how you think they should look. I may listen and blend them with the ideas I've got for them. Thanks for reading and reviewing. See ya later.