Hello my amazing readers! How are we today? :)

How many of you were stabbed by rotten mushrooms? Hmm...that many?

I need a better tactic .

Okay, a lot of you were wondering "What's Dawn's power then?" WELL BE PATIENT AND READ...the next sentence! Dawn's 'elemental power' is Storm. so think tornadoes, rainstorms, hurricanes, anything powerful and weather-involved :D

ONWARDS~

Disclaimer: ~I don't own Pokemon, so if you think i do, YOU'RE WROOOOOOONG!!!~ (oh yes, you loved my amazing singing) ...you didnt know i was singing? ;A; that hurts.

(Dawn's POV)

I felt like i was in a car that was continuously driving over bumps. Each one brought me millimeter by millimeter to consciousness, and each millimeter towards consciousness brought me that much more pain. Growing closer and closer to consciousness, I realized there was something tight around my stomach. I groaned faintly as the pain grew.

The bumps got smoother immediately and I drifted once more. Drifted...into a dream...

I was on the ground.

I smelled crisp mountain air. I opened my eyes only to immediately close them again at the brightness of the sun and the blinding blue of the sky. Settling on a different tactic, I began to open my eyes bit by bit until they were used to the light.

I pushed myself onto my elbows and looked down at my stomach, immediately realizing I felt no pain at all. There was no wound. No giant, painful wound that continuously burned like the fire that had made it.

Shakily, I stood, taking in my surroundings. I was on the top of some mountain. There were giant pillars marking every few yards of the surface. Some were broken, but most stood. Each pillar was pointed at the top like a spear.

Hold on. Spears on pillars at the top of a mountain? I was at Spear Pillar!

Suddenly, I heard people marching. Marching towards the entrance to Spear Pillar. I jumped behind a pillar, waiting...watching.

About a minute later, I saw them. It was Team Galactic. Cyrus entered first, looking around, as awed as the rest. Then I noticed something that made my heart stop.

Paul came in with a grim look on his face...holding me. I looked down at myself to make sure I was still where I was.

How could I be in two places at one time? Deciding to ignore it for now, I began watching the procession once more. They reached the edge of the mountain, stopping a few yards away, and Cyrus stepped forward.

He raised his arms, speaking something unintelligible. He then tuned and beckoned for something. Paul walked forward, along with Ash, and holding me, to Cyrus.

I gaped. Since when did Paul ever bow down to Cyrus?

I opened my mouth in an attempt to scream his name, but my voice wouldn't respond to my subconscious command.

Paul gently laid my body on the ground--the one he had been holding--and stood in front of Cyrus.

Cyrus spoke more words I couldn't understand. Then Ash came and stood in front of Cyrus, making him repeat the process. Finally a grunt came forward and gently moved my body in front of Cyrus. Cyrus repeated his words once more.

Suddenly, the air changed. It felt...colder. Like a dark spirit had descended upon Spear Pillar.

Unable to scream, unable to make any noise at all, I ran forward in a desperate attempt to save us all. I didn't get very far, though, because a giant black hole opened up and sucked me right in.

I was thrown around inside it, tossed and turned until my sense of direction was completely dissipated. I felt as if my body was being torn to bits just before--

I opened my eyes to gasp for air, startling Paul so much that he stumbled and tried frantically to keep from dropping me.

He failed and I fell to the ground with a shriek of pain, my wound back where it was and as painful as ever.

"Oh, Dawn! Sorry, I'm so sorry!" Paul scrambled to my side, fluttering his hands over me, unable to find a way to stop the pain. "Sorry." he choked out.

I smiled and reached up, poking his cheek, "It's okay, Paul. No need to worry." My infamous quote brought a half-smile to his face. Only then did I realize the seriousness of the situation for him. I had just put my life in grave danger trying to save his. He felt responsible. No words I could say and nothing I could physically do would be able to convince him otherwise. He was trying to pay me back...

"Paul." I said more firmly, dropping my hand. I noted the flash of sadness in his eyes once I was no longer touching him, weird... "I still owe you. A lot more than you owe me. You've saved my life at least five times over the last week or so..." I trailed off, coming to the conclusion that I had absolutely no idea how long it had been since we were all captured. "Anyway. Just think of it this way; I risked my life to save yours, because you would have done the same for me."

Paul turned away so that his lavender bangs cast shadows on his eyes. "I should be the one hurt. I should be the one in danger of dying. You should be yourself. Not..." he didn't finish, which bothered me a lot. I frowned.

"Myself? I am myself! How am I acting differently!?"

Paul shrugged. "You aren't as...carefree. You sound like you're becoming wiser and...I just don't think it's you!" he finished suddenly. He turned to face me once more and I could see his face, straining to show the least amount of emotion it could. "Just smile and pretend like nothing's wrong so I can feel at ease..."

My frown grew. "Smile? Pretend like nothing's wrong? I am dying, Paul. This is my best attempt at 'pretending like nothing's wrong!'"

Paul realized his mistake and quickly tried to cover it up, but the damage was done. The small connection I felt a moment ago had been broken, and I shut myself off to him.

"The ground is cold." I stated simply, implying that he should pick me up. Pain flashed through his eyes, which made me feel guilty. As he was picking me up, I changed my mind. "I want Ash to carry me." I told Paul.

"But...why?" he asked, his scowling mask back on.

"Because I want to talk to him." I left it at that. Paul sighed and caught up with the group, reaching Cyrus at the front.

"Dawn wants Ash to carry her." he spoke flatly. I frowned.

Cyrus regarded us with amusement showing through his eyes. "And why is that? Have you upset her, boy? Just back there you were begging to save her life and now you've upset her.... Give her to Ash." He shooed Paul away and turned his attention back to the tunnel.

Paul slowly walked to Ash, as if he wanted to keep me in his arms. Okay, this was really weird. Just a few days ago, Paul hated me with all his heart, and now he wants to have me in his arms? Guys are so weird.

Once we reached Ash, I held my arms out towards him. Ash gave us a glance as if to acknowledge us; he looked pretty bored.

"Ash!!!" I whined, "I want you to hold me now! It's your turn!" I smiled the best I could. I saw Paul look down at me from the corner of my eye with a smiling face. I couldn't tell if it was a smirk or a real smile, but I didn't really care.

Ash turned towards us in surprise, slowly taking me in his arms. The pain grew, but immediately stopped as soon as I was fully in his arms. It seemed that this 'evil' trance, or whatever, was making him smarter. He knew exactly how to hold me so that my burn wasn't at a wrong angle.

I visibly relaxed and saw Paul tense. He shot Ash a look of envy and stalked away to the back of the procession. I felt bad watching him leave...

"So, Ash...are you completely mute or can you talk at all?" I joked. This Ash was being controlled by evil. I had to try my best to break through it.

He didn't respond for a while. Just as I was about to ask him if he was deaf as well, he spoke. "I...can still talk, Dawn." He said slowly.

"Really? Great! Then I won't be bored!" I realized something else. "Wait, you still know me?"

Ash looked down at me with the same blank expression on his face. "It's hard to...remember, actually." I realized that he wasn't just trying to emphasize the meaning of his words, he seriously had to speak slowly. "The...darkness inside my soul...is growing. Soon I will be nothing...but evil."

"Ash...you sound so different." I suddenly realized how Paul felt. A stab of guilt tore through me. "I-could you give me back to Paul?" I asked Ash.

"Why?" Ash asked, and I thought I heard sadness in his tone. "I...want you here."

I blushed slightly. "But, Ash. I was unfair to Paul. He deserves an apology from me..."

"...Fine." Ash seemed to be struggling with his emotions. Oh great, more guilt for me.

But before Ash could take me to Paul, Cyrus spoke up.

"I believe we are here, at Spear Pillar!" His voice echoed off the walls, and each echo was just as painful inside my mind as the last one. Ow...

One thing bothered me as Ash carried me through the 'gateway' to Spear Pillar. Oh wait!

Memories of my recent dream flooded my mind. I frowned, realizing everything here was all wrong.

I was supposed to be in Paul's arms right now! I thought of something else; what if I was hiding behind one of the pillars like in my dream!?

I scanned the area, searching for a ghostly version of me watching tentatively from behind a fallen pillar. No one was there, much less myself.

"Hey! Hey, Ash! Take me to Paul now." I frantically tugged on Ash's shirt, but he just shook his head the slightest bit and continued to follow Cyrus. I felt my face heat up the teeniest fraction of a degree at my anger. "I said take me to Paul!!" I said loudly, refraining from moving around too much--it would hurt too much...

"...No." Ash stated. "I will...not."

I couldn't help it, I reached my hand up to slap him with all the strength I had--which wasn't much, admittedly--only to have him unexpectedly move me to a different position. I didn't know how he did it, or how he managed to keep from hurting me, but all I knew was that one moment I was in his arms, and the next I was cradled in one of them with him grabbing my arm.

"Wha--? Leggo!" I yelled, grabbing the attention of many. I glared at Ash, oblivious to the fact that the whole procession had stopped to stare.

"Is there a problem?" Cyrus' voice seemed to weave through the air and right through my head. Ash had let go of my arm, but was still cradling me in one arm.

Although it pained me just to think it, I said, "Ash...Put. Me. Down."

Surprise flashed across Ash's face. I even saw some hurt, but I didn't care. This was about more than just needing to apologize to Paul...I...I really needed to...be with him. I always felt safe when I was with Paul.

Slowly, Ash set me down. I stretched my legs out under me to gingerly support my weight. Soon, the only other thing supporting my body was Ash's arm. I moved my arm out of his grasp, and smiled when my burn didn't hurt.

I took one shaky step forward, still oblivious to the stares of all the grunts. "Paul?" I called, taking another step.

The grunts moved out of my way until I could see him, and my heart lit up. I think...I think I was starting to...fall in love with the grumpy guy. All those times he saved my life. the times he comforted me. Paul may not know it, or even think it, but he was like a guardian angel to me.

Paul was staring at me with an unidentifiable expression on his face. It looked like surprise, but I could see happiness.

A genuine smile spread on his face, and he began running towards me. I could almost hear sappy music playing in the background as the scene played out. Paul stopped just in front of me and quickly stopped his smile, trying to sound serious as he said "Dawn, you're going to hurt yourself, please don't walk around like this."

I laughed. It was a light, short giggle. Paul smirked. "So, have you come to proclaim your love for me? Or did your boyfriend hurt your feelings?" He taunted.

I gasped. "Paul! I came over here to say I'm sorry!" I couldn't help it, tears came to my eyes. "You ruin everything." I said, pouting.

He shook his head, smirking, and only then did I see the people staring at me. I felt my face go red.

"Well. Sorry to break this up, but it is time to summon Giratina to open the passage to the new world." Cyrus spoke up. I turned to see him with an angry Ash by his side. "Now cooperate, or Ash will kill you himself."

Wow. I really like typing in Dawn's point of view...Hope you guys dont mind that heheh ^-^'

Tell me if you DO mind, and what point of view I should use :D and who if you want

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