Hello everyone. I am sorry it took me so long to write this chapter. I had certain matters to attend to that made finishing this chapter quite difficult. but alas it is done. the story ran kind of long so i have decided to separate it into two chapters. i hope i can get the next chapter done faster than this one. please write a REVIEW and FOLLOW if you like the story. i would greatly appreciate it. thank you very much and i hope you enjoy. also the first section of this chapter is going to be like a story telling form. like i said this is a completely fictional story so pleas dont get upset or offended on the way i explained it. just enjoy the story. thank you very much,

Chapter 11: Story of the Maiden

"The tale starts as so," Otavian said starting his story about the 'Muse of Arceus'.


In the beginning, there was nothing, only an empty white void that knew nothing of space, matter or even time. It was a barren desolate universe completely isolated from all other universes, in fact so empty that it could not even be called a universe… yet anyway. Now the creator, who created all other universes, decided that this one was to be held in a special regard. It would, in fact, be a one of a kind universe rivaled by no other. So, in the center of the endless void he created an egg. Just one solitary egg that seemed no different than any other you would find today. It had gold accents and silver flairs scrawled throughout the white shell. And there the egg lay confined by the timeless void for an eternity. Until eventually through some miraculous jump, like a heart being restarted by a defibrillator, time began to move forward, and a crack in the shell of the holy egg rang out across the void. As the eggshell hatched, matter flowed from the remains of the shell flooding the once empty void with minerals and elements. It all flowed in no particular direction, just spewing from broken fragments of the carapace. In the middle of the oozing matter lay a small creature wide-eyed and confused. He heard a voice within his head; an omniscient and all-powerful voice spoke to him.

"This is your domain, Arceus. Do with it as you will but all I ask is that you make it impressive and unique. This is my gift to you so take care of it, nurture it and make me proud that I have entrusted this to you," Said the preeminent voice. "Do not disappoint me. I can walk you through the beginning stages of your universe but you will have to take it from there."

Suddenly images of other universes filled his mind. A land full of beautiful heaths, wondrous waterfalls, and towering mountains filled with life and vegetation. Arceus knew that he wanted his world to look like that so using his mind Arceus crafted beautiful worlds all different from each other. When he finished one planet, he moved to the next. But eventually he grew tired of just building beautiful worlds. He wanted creatures to adore his beautiful masterpieces, tremble before his might and worship him. So, he created a new planet, similar to all the rest but also very different. He made it perfect and put every magnificent piece of scenery into the planet that he could think of. Beautiful flowing green fields that seemed to stretch into infinity, great vast oceans that flowed and ebbed in sync with time itself, towering mountains and volcanoes that pierced into the heavens. He even created ominous and terrifying places to test the most courageous of valorous souls, mythical lands that would enchant all who set eyes upon it. For every beautiful and prosperous landscape, he would create one equally as vile and dare devilling. Why not after all? He was given the power to create from imagination so why not imagine?

Alas, it was complete but it still lacked life to adore, worship and fear him. So, he attempted to create the very first creature that would have free will and think for his/herself. Arceus tried to create a life multiple times that would be able to live, feel emotions and think for itself, but failed every time. Arceus finally realized what was missing. They were missing a soul, and a soul proved very difficult to create. It needed to be something that would be able to face much adversity and handle anything that gets thrown their way. It should something that will not be able to be broken or torn by any means, not even by his own power. He wanted to make sure that even if the living body died, the soul would remain intact, and that proved difficult. Without a soul, they would just be normal animals that lived and thrived off instincts lacking any superior thought or comprehensive skills. Finally he decided to put a piece of himself into his creation. Even Arceus himself was amazed at the result. A small pink cat-like figure floated before him. He spoke to the little creature.

"I am Arceus. I am your creator. I am your God. I have created all that you see before you. You are my first creation, though, that is actually alive and has the ability to live. You are a part of me, and I will name you Mew. All that I ask of you is to tend to the land that I have labored over and to live a fulfilled life. I have given you the gift of free will and the ability to love, do not let my kindness go to waste."

Mew nodded his head as if he understood and Arceus was pleased.

He watched this pokemon grow and become wise. He watched it care for the lands and eat the fruits they grew. He watched Mew become fearful when disaster struck, he watched Mew play and be joyful. But he knew that Mew would get lonely and that much land was hard just for one pokemon, no matter how limitless Mew's power was. So Arceus gave another piece of himself to make another mew. He watched them live and care fore each other. They kept each other company and never again was Mew lonely. He had someone to be with at when he was afraid or sleeping, their harvested the land together and eventually they reproduced. Arceus was happy when Mew had his own family and over the ages the mew population increased but Mew would always go to visit Arceus in his realm. Eventually the mews became abundant, easily tending to the land, and all lived happily. They had a beautiful village crafted by magic and they all lived in peace. Arceus wanted to meet all of his son Mew's family so he decided that He should make an appearance in his world every once in a while just to see them all since his son Mew, being the original pokemon, was the only one able to travel into his realm. Arceus can't stay in their realm too long because his power is to great that it starts to tear at the fabric of time and space and merge the realms together.

So, Arceus decided that on the night of the largest full of the month, the perigee, the mews should hold a celebration to their creator, their lord. And so, He spoke unto the mews that they should celebrate him and in return, he promised them to be taken care of and have ever lasting life. The mews agreed and they also agreed that Mew would be the chief of this ceremony. So on the night of the largest moon, a feast was set up to honor Arceus and he was able to meet with all of Mew's family.

Ages passed by and Arceus slowly saw his newly created pokemon species evolve into hundreds of other forms, but the more species of pokemon that evolved from the mews, the fewer the mews population dwindled. So Arceus decided to make it impossible for the few remaining mews to further reproduce or evolve, that included his original son Mew. But they never stopped the celebrations every month on the moons perigee. Every month they would gather to celebrate and worship their God and there were even more pokemons of all types at the festival. Arceus stopped attending the festivals because he wasn't sure what affects it would have on some of the weaker pokemon. But He enjoyed watching his creations be happy and the variety of pokemon was almost mind-boggling.

Many years passed and the evolutions and variety of pokemons increased as the pokemons adapted to different situations. But Arceus grew bored, tired and even slightly envious. Arceus watched all his convivial pokemon be merry together while He was stuck alone almost all the time, except for the times when His son Mew would come visit. But other then that Arceus grew very lonely, so he decided to create a special breed of pokemon from already existing species that would be entrusted by Arceus to speak with him directly and inscribe all the moments of history. He studied all of the families of pokemon and chose the twelve most powerful and resilient clans that he could find. They would be treated as royalty and respected throughout the pokemon world and would become known as the Muse of Arceus. The head of the twelve clans was of course Arceus's first pokemon Mew. Mew was also the only pokemon to be able to cross into Arceus's dimension without any severe harm, because the little pokemon was very powerful and resilient. Every eve of the perigee Arceus would meet with the representatives of all the clans, talk with them, and enjoy their company. Being by himself most of the time was quite boring so he enjoyed the company. This satisfied Arceus for the time being. He had a lot to tell and they seemed to enjoy the stories.

Arceus was able to familiarize himself with a bunch of pokemon families over the decades and was happy. But he also became jealous of the pokemons ability to love. Arceus felt he was missing that and needed someone he can be with and cherish and that would love him back. He was particularly fond of the rapidash family's representative. A young, energetic rapidash that was really friendly to Arceus and seemed to love to talk to him. She would always sit close to him and He also felt very protective of her. So he offered he a proposition. He would endow her with near limitless power so she can visit his realm at will and she would suffer no adverse effects, if she would promise herself only to him. She loved Arceus and wanted to be able to see him as much as possible, so she agreed to the terms. She was the first Maiden of Arceus. She was granted near limitless power but she wasn't granted immortality, so she spent her whole life with Arceus but she eventually died of old age. Arceus would feel sadness but he would eventually fall for another. Each one was granted near infinite power and the ability to cross between realms and each one would be called the Maiden of Arceus.

Many years passed as time kept going forward, the pokemon expanded and ventured to previously unknown lands. A lot of pokemons wanted to see all of what Arceus had created. Since they would not be able to attend the normal gathering at the main village, the pokemon who set out had promised to still have a ceremony to worship Arceus. Little by little, the ceremony became more of a small group thing that would be held by smaller villages all across the globe. The main village would still hold theirs as well but the more pokemon left to venture, the smaller the festivals became. But Arceus didn't mind as long as they celebrated him and he was happy with his love, the Maiden Gardevoir, at the time. Everything was going well until one month on the night of the perigee, while Arceus was celebrating with his Maiden, time froze. Only ones to not be frozen in time were Arceus, his lover, and Mew. The voice that Arceus had only heard of once before came ringing out as if coming from the air itself. It was the voice of the one who gave Arceus life.

"Arceus. I am proud to see what you have done with your abilities. Your creations show you are worthy of being a God."

Mew and the Maiden were stunned and frightened at hearing the voice. It rang out with such deafening force, each word felt like a rock being thrown at their heads. Arceus was more shocked than anything.

"But the way you have behaved lacks discipline and divinity. You are the creator, a God, yet you walk among your creations? You befriend them because of loneliness. And worst of all you fraternize with one of them every generation. You are my creation but you are their creators. This is not the way to act. This is not how a God acts."

"You gave me this world to create! To make my own! Why can't I have my own rules? I do not believe I am doing anything unjust or awry. They still revere me as a God. Why must I be lonely because of that?"

"You are not meant to interfere with their lives on a personal level. They do not hold the same respect for you that they once did. Where they once regarded you as Almighty God, they now think of you as just a powerful pokemon, but you are not a fellow pokemon. That is why they leave and disobey your rules of a monthly ceremony to honor you. They may have promised that they will still celebrate it once a month but you have to have notice that there are some who forget to celebrate or just dismiss it."

It was true after all. Arceus had grown complacent, so he didn't feel the need to dictate every pokemons life and he didn't want to have to punish those that didn't celebrate his dedicated ceremony. He just didn't want to be lonely anymore, even if that meant succumbing to the level of his creations instead of remaining a God.

"You are not fit to be a God. If you don't act the way you are supposed to and stop degrading yourself to such petty whims then I will have no choice but to strip you of your power as a God. I will see you again in one month, on the night of your religious ritual where the moon will be the largest in history, to pass judgement."

The omniscient voice then vanished and time returned to normal. Arceus vanished to return to his realm, His Maiden and Mew both went to join him. Gardevoir was afraid, thinking that Arceus will abandon everyone and strip her of her Maiden honors. She was afraid she would never be able to see her love again. Mew was worried for his father. He watched Arceus just pace back and forth in his empty void lost in thought. Finally, Arceus made a decision. He was happy how his world is going so far and he wasn't going to let his Father take it away. He was certain that the three most powerful beings in his universe would be able to stop his Father. Arceus asked Mew and Gardevoir for their help and of course, their loyalty to Arceus was enough to overcome any danger.

Arceus told everyone to celebrate the ceremony elsewhere that month. He didn't want to risk any harm to his other villagers. The village was left alone with only three beings left standing in the empty pathways, Arceus, Mew and Gardevoir, waiting for the sun to set and the showdown to begin. The air was thick with nervousness and anxiety and the orange sky set to a vibrant blood red and dimmed to a duller brown. Just as the last visible curvature side of the sun set behind the hills, a brilliant ray of violet flashed across the sky. The purple sky set into the background of the atmosphere and darkness never settled. The sky remained an eerie mixture of amethyst purple and dark blue. The moon arose rapidly through the night sky, a lot faster than should be naturally possible. Within minutes, a full moon covering three fourths of the sky was hovering above them. It looked so large that one could simply reach out a hand and collect some stardust or a snatch a moonstone. Once the moon was directly overhead it stopped it's rapid progression. The same powerful and omniscient voice that they had heard a month ago rang into their ears but this time not through telepathy.

"I see you have made you choice my son. Very well. I'm sorry but I will have to revoke you powers as a God. And if you want to try and fight me then come forth but remember. I created you so you really think you can win?"

The three of them looked up to where the voice was coming from. They noticed a small hole in the center of the moon. The longer they stared at it the more it grew, until it took the shape of a giant door that took up most of the surface area of the moon. The door was blue and had two giant scythes for door handles running all the way up and down the length of the door. Blue flames were protruding from the sides of the door and as the door cracked open, brilliant white light flooded the entire land under it, brighter than any sun could have illuminated the land. The three of them took one last look at each other and walked into the white chasm.

They seemed to be standing in midair but they were being held up by something solid. The only sound came from their footsteps on the invisible walkway; they were in the center of a giant white void with hundreds or even thousands of small orbs that had images of other planets and locations unfamiliar to Arceus. They looked like apertures into the world. They finally reached a area where they saw strange being sitting upon a throne. He had a physical form similar to Gardevior but a lot bigger. Two legs, two arms, a torso covered with a long flowing white robe, and a face with a white scraggly beard. He lacked any type of fur besides his hair on his face and head. The three of them prepared themselves for battle, but the being before them seemed unalarmed. With a wave of His hand, all three of them fell to their knees. Arceus was stunned. He was no longer able to move and couldn't muster any power.

"I told you it was useless. You made a mistake and now you must pay the consequences."

Searing pain enveloped Arceus as his energy was being ripped from his body. Mew and Gardevoir could do nothing but look on as Arceus was in agonizing pain. When Arceus opened his eyes again after the pain stopped, he saw 17 plates floating around him. They were physical embodiment of his power, and Arceus felt exhausted.

"I cannot punish you two because you were simply following you God and I see no error in loyalty." the being said to Mew and Gardevoir. "But I cannot leave you all to be controlled by a God who can't even follow his own rules. So, I will create companions for you that you all can work together and create your own destinies. They will be called humans and resemble my appearance. And Arceus I wont keep your power here. Instead, I will hide all your plates all around your world."

Arceus and the others were returned to the middle of the village where it was still nighttime and the moon was still as large as before they left. Gardevoir tried to help Arceus stand up but he pushed her away. He barely had enough strength to even do that. Arceus, humiliated and defeated, open up his portal to his realm and walked through. Gardevoir followed but Mew thought it would be wise to not follow. Gardevoir tried to console Arceus but he wouldn't listen, he just got angry that she followed him. He yelled at her to leave, and after she left, he went to sleep.

Years must have passed when Arceus woke up because a lot has changed. As his father had said there were now humans walking among with his pokemon. They seemed to be happy for the most part. They had all completely forgotten about him. He looked for gardevoir but couldn't find her. Instead he found the god like power coming from a different Gardevoir, not his Maiden. She must have passed already. He needed answers so he called for Mew. Mew appeared in his realm and explained what had happened and how long he had been asleep for. Mew also explained that four generations have passed since Arceus has been asleep and Gardevoir had long passed away, but her power was passed down from generation to generation and each one seemed to be female for some reason. Arceus grew mad and envious for that meant that his Gardevoir had found another mate while he slept. Arceus went to go see the Gardevoir with his Maiden's power.

Much to Arceus surprise, she knew who he was and he grew a little hopeful. He tried to tell her that she should be his Maiden again but she refused, she already had another mate. Arceus grew angry and worried. He no longer possessed infinite power but she did. So if she ever had another powerful mate other than Arceus they could probably over throw him, and she had the ability to cross to his dimension as well. So, he decided, with all the power he had saved up with his long rest, to remove her power as well so no further generations could have the power. And then he left to his realm to never be seen again.

Humans began to populate the planet and become the dominant species with their advanced technology but pokemon and humans remained friends and worked together.


"And that's the story of your power, Anastasia. That's why you are different; I know you have had to notice by now." Otavian said finishing his story.

"But if Arceus removed my inherited power how come I have it?" Ana asked confused.

"Well I assume from the story that Arceus was still weak at the time, so he couldn't fully remove the energy he had once bestowed upon you family. So, as the generations passed the innate energy with kept getting stronger and stronger with each birth. That's my opinion. But Mew had it written down as a prophecy because I think he knew somehow. Maybe he could still sense the faint godlike power within the gardevoir, or over time, he mastered his psychic abilities to be able to tell the future and he foresaw this event. Either way, without him deciding to take over the job of the Muse of Arceus to write down all events in history I would have never gotten my hands on this information." Otavian informed.

"I don't get what you want with me though. Why do I need to be a gardevoir? And what do you plan on doing with me when I become one?" She asked curious, since he seems to be in a talkative mood.

A sly smile crossed Octavian's face. "Well the prophecy goes that The final Maiden will be able to overthrow Arceus with her mate if she ever chooses too. That's is what he was afraid of and it turns out that it will happen anyway."

"What do you mean? You can't possibly think I will pick you as my mate?" Ana exclaimed terrified.

An angry looked crossed across Otavian's face. He brought up his hand and struck her across the face. Ana went flying to the floor. Otavian stood over her and clenched her throat with his hands. Anastasia was ripping at his hand gasping for air.

"You don't talk to me like that you hear. You are lucky I'm waiting for you to at least evolve before I mate with you. Do you honestly think you have a choice? You are my pokemon and you will do as I say!" Otavian brought the back of his hand down across Ana's face again. "You will do what I say and if that means you will help me rule this world then so be it." He spat in her face. Ana could barely feel the slaps or the saliva dripping down her face, all she was worried about was breathing in sweet oxygen. Her brain was getting fuzzy from lack of air.

Beth couldn't take it anymore. She was tired of being a coward and letting other people protect her. She used quick attack to charge at Otavian and knock him off of Ana. Otavian was shocked and caught off guard; he had no idea Beth was even in there. Ana gasped for air, Beth made it just in time because she was about to pass out.

Otavian quickly got to his feet and yelled out for Liana, and ran over to Beth and kicked her hard in her stomach making her drop to the floor. Ana tried to muster up some psychic energy to push Otavian away but she still couldn't get any power. Suddenly the door slammed open and a lucario stood in the doorway.

"Bastards!" She yelled jumping the full length of the staircase in one bound and rushing over to Otavian's side. She picked up Beth by the neck and threw her against the ground with tremendous force. Beth's head made a sickening crack as it slammed into the dirt floor beneath them and she was knocked unconscious. Even though Beth was unconscious, Liana kept pummeling her face while Otavian just stood back laughing as he watched.

Ana tried to throw off the powerful pokemon from on top of her friend but to no avail, she was far larger and a lot bigger. Liana finally stopped hitting Beth. Beth's chest was barely moving; she was hanging onto life by a thread. Liana turned around to kick Ana in her chest to get her off.

"Hold her down Liana. I want her to watch this. Show her what she can expect later." Otavian said pulling out the chain cuffs again. He strapped one to her neck and her two front paws. A heavy foot came down upon Ana's back and Liana's big hands grabbed her face and held her head up at a painful angle so she would have to look.

"Stop it! She is barely alive! Don't torture her anymore!" Ana yelled so everyone in the room could hear. Liana pressed her foot down harder and pulled up her head higher. Her neck felt like it was about to snap. Tears swelled into Ana's eyes as the barely breathing Beth was rolled over onto her back and Otavian started fiddling with his belt.

She could feel anger and jealousy coming from Liana and the feeling grew stronger as Otavian's pants came down. The grip on Ana's face grew tighter and tighter and it felt like Liana was going to crush Ana's face. What kind of sick relationship does Liana have with Otavian? How could she possibly be in love with a monster like Otavian? She thought to herself.

Otavian laughed as he continued to violate Beth's near lifeless body. Sometime through the heinous act, Beth woke up. Ana could hear her quiet whimpers and the blood bubbling out of her mouth. Beth could only lay on the ground while Otavian propped himself above her holding himself in push up position by his arms and pleasuring himself through her body. Ana could only cry from the pain of Liana pulling off her head and seeing her friend being defiled. Finally, Otavian got off of Beth and walked over to where Liana and Ana were. Ana felt hopefulness and joy coming from Liana as Otavian approached her.

"Liana, hold her up for me and make sure she can't move." He said with an evil grin on his face. Ana felt Liana's heart dropped as she realized it's not her that he wanted.

"Yes master…" She said through telepathy with much hate in her words. She gripped Ana by her neck fiercely and lifted her up to Otavian's pelvis area. Ana tried to turn away but Otavian cupped her checks with both hands and forced himself inside her mouth.

"If you try anything bad or misbehave, then it wont end well for you and especially your friend Beth" Otavian said evilly. Tears streamed down Ana's face as Octavian continued to thrust his hips and pull on Ana's face. After a couple minutes or so a sour taste filled Ana's mouth and she started choking, Otavian then let go of her face and let her drop to the floor. With one final smug look to Ana and Beth, he then proceeded to walk out of the room laughing. Liana pocked her up and threw her to the ground again, and Ana lay there coughing and spitting. Ana could feel the hate coming from Liana. With a final kick to Ana's head Liana stormed out of the room. Once Ana heard the familiar locking of the door, she scooted over to where Beth was huddled on the floor motionless.

"Hey are you ok? Please don't die on me," Ana said to the barely breathing Beth. Her face was a bloody mess and one of her eyes were sealed shut from the swelling. She also had a deep cut that was bleeding badly on the back of her head from where she was slammed by Liana. Beth opened her only working eye but was unable to focus on anything. Ana could feel the disorientation and fear coming from Beth. Beth was going into shock, which helped her not feel the agonizing pain she would be in otherwise, but she needed medical attention.

Ana grabbed one of the bowls of water that lay scattered across the tattered basement and started running water over the cuts on Beth's face and head. The cuts on her face had already stopped bleeding but the one on her head was still leaking blood. She scavenged the ground for the needle that Otavian had used on her earlier. After a couple of minutes of searching in the dark, she finally found it, but it was completely empty. She definitely wasn't going to call Otavian or Liana for help. Who knows what they would do to her.

Ana sat by the barely conscious Beth and undid her neck and arm restraints. All she could do was cry and pray that Beth would be ok. She laid Beth's head across her lap and let the tears fall from her face onto Beth's head. Ana couldn't take it.

She needed to help, so she concentrated as hard as she called. After a couple of minutes of silence, she finally heard something. It was a soft sweet melody like bells echoing off a field of rolling grass. It calmed Ana down. She no longer felt desperate and despair. She focused on the chimes of the bells and the soft humming, letting it grow louder and louder in her mind. Pretty soon the melody became a deafening roar of music in her head that she couldn't calm. It was splitting her head open, the once euphonious and serene melody became a cacophony of thundering bells and distorted yelling.

Ana finally managed to force open her eyes, but she was no longer in the basement. She was in a strangely familiar world that she feels like she vaguely remembers, like some innate part of her felt she belonged there. It was a ocean of black water that churned and bubbled as it ebbed and flowed. Above her was a sky just as black as the water below her. There was no moon, sun, or stars, but somehow her vision wasn't restricted. Anastasia was standing in the middle of the vast ocean yet it seemed like there was a walkway just under the water because she only got wet up to the ankles. Anastasia didn't dare to take a step because she was unsure if the walkway continued or if it was on that one spot and she has never been to water before so she can't swim.

She didn't know what was doing there or how she got there. There was nothing insight besides the black waters. The water not only looked weird but felt strange too. It seemed to hold onto her instead of splashing off like if the water somehow had some extra weight and gluey properties. Her legs were dyed black from the water as well. She couldn't see under her or didn't know how deep this ocean went. If she took a wrong step where there was no earth or mystical properties under her that support her then she will surely drown. Not even a professional swimmer could swim in these waters.

"Hello?" Ana called out, searching for any help whatsoever. No response came.

"Is there anybody out there?" She broadcasted through telepathy. Her telepathy would reach much further than her tiny voice would. There was still no reply.

"My friend is dying and I need to find a way to help her! Anybody please? Help." Anastasia was calling out in desperation. She was stuck in this enormous ocean of black water squandering time while her friend was slowly dying.

Anastasia decided to take a step forward feeling the ground as she went. Whatever she was standing on was pretty large because it didn't seem to ever drop off. Anastasia had walked about fifteen paces already and the ground below was still there. Her nervousness and anxiety lessened slightly. She figured it was probably just a shallow ocean and she was walking along the ground. Suddenly the quiet rhythmic swish as water lapped and danced around got drowned out by a thundering roar. Anastasia turned around curiously. It was a giant wall of water about 15 feet high came barreling towards her. Anastasia turned around and ran as fast as she could, loosing all concern about the possibility of falling into the dark ocean. It was futile, no matter how fast she ran the gigantic wave was approaching her. She was swept up in the tidal wave and tossed around like garbage. The wave came crashing down and she felt her back hit the floor that she was walking on, but the force of the impact broke whatever was holding her up. It broke like glass and she could feel the fragments of whatever broke scratching and cutting her as she was thrown around under the surface of the water.

Dazed and confused, Anastasia couldn't tell what was up from down. Thrashing at the water desperate for air trying to float but the heavy water seemed to hold her in place. The black water burned her eyes as she opened them under the murky water trying to see any form of light. She reclosed her eyes but the burning sensation lingered. Anastasia was giving up hope, lack of oxygen to her brain was making her groggy, and her lungs felt like they were on fire burning for air.

This is it. I'm going to die in this world all alone. No one even knows where I am and they will never find me. Anastasia thought to herself. She gave a helpless giggle inside; it is not like anyone is even looking for me. Anastasia succumbed to the helplessness and despair. She lost her will to live and she couldn't fight off her instincts not to gasp for air.

She felt the cool sticky black water enter her mouth and travel down her throat and her lungs didn't burn anymore, she could feel nothing.

She opened her eyes to find Liana standing over her with hatred in her eyes. Beth was still lying across Anastasia's lap but she seemed to be breathing easier and her bleeding had stopped. Something must have happened while Ana was in the strange world but it seemed to have affected Beth in this world.

Liana picked up Beth and held her by the fur on the back of her neck.

"What did you do to her?" Liana demanded

"W-w-what do you mean?" Anastasia asked confused. "I was meditating and I must have fallen asleep."

"Liar!" Liana kicked at Ana. The hard part of her foot connected with Ana's nose, making Ana do a back flip and land face first on the floor. Tears streamed down Ana's face immediately, from the body's natural instinct for the eyes to water after getting hit on the nose and from the immense pain pounding inside Ana's head.

"When I came in here there was a weird purple barrier surrounding you two and I couldn't sense either one of you. Where you trying to escape?" Liana shouted angrily. She threw the sleeping Beth towards the wall behind Ana.

Ana heard a thud as Beth's body collided with the wall and then a lower thud as she hit the ground. The impact awoke Beth because she let out a couple squeaks of fright by the sudden awakening.

Liana grabbed Ana by the back of her neck and slammed her into the wall right next to where the frightened Beth landed.

"If either of you ever plan on escaping, you can forget it. You aren't going anywhere without your pokeballs. And we have them all hidden very well. And how will you even be able to tell which ones were yours even if you do find them. There's over thirty pokeballs all attached to different pokemon. And even if you do escape I will hunt you down and find you, and finally have the pleasure of killing you myself." The words dripped with venom out of the Lucario's mouth.

Between the pain from earlier and her fear of Liana, Beth wet herself. Anastasia could feel the warm liquid spreading across her leg. Liana let out a yell of disgust.

"You filthy animal. You're fucking disgusting!" She grabbed Beth by her head. Liana's large hands were big enough to cover the entire Linoone's head. Liana turned around Beth and shoved her face into the puddle of her own urine.

"This is how you treat an animal when they misbehave" Liana said while laughing hysterically. The hand around Anastasia's neck refused to let her help her friend. Ana could see tears flowing down Beth's face from the humiliation and fear.

"You are pathetic, both of you." and with that Liana turned around and walked back up the stairs.

"Beth? Beth are you ok?" Anastasia asked when she heard the click of the lock. She could hear the soft whimpers of her friend as she cried. More tears formed in her eyes this time from sadness.

"I… I can't take this anymore, Ana." Beth managed to say through her uncontrollable sobbing. "I can't take Liana any more and I think I will die if I had to see Otavian one more time. I would actually rather die then see him again." Beth was chocked up and sobbing while trying to talk.

"I know Beth. I told you that I will get you out of here and I will. I was finally able to use some from of psychic energy today so maybe it can get us out soon. And when we do escape, we can have a great time out there with our freedom. I know this great place that serves frozen goods. It looks like milk but the humans call it 'ice cream'." Ana laughed remembering the first time she tried it with Keith. Tears swelled in her eyes from reminiscing and longing for life to be the way it used to.

They spent the rest of the night talking about the great things that lay just beyond these four prison walls. Anastasia would talk about all the things her and Keith would do while taking momentary pauses so Ana could regain herself and stop her crying. Beth would listen in awe and wonder about all of the majestic things, and felt a little envious towards Ana. The only true happy moments were short and fleeting with Zen stuck in this Arceus-forsaken basement.

Morning came too fast. The heavy thudding of footsteps running towards the basement awaked Anastasia and Beth. Anastasia could sense the hatred and a sick twisted form of pleasure, coming from both of the minds that were running towards them.

"Its Otavian and Liana. And they are angry. Well I think Liana is enjoying the anger coming from Otavian." Ana said, Ana then felt a wave of fear come over her. That time it was from Beth who started quivering uncontrollably and hyperventilating. Ana remembered what Beth had said the night before. That she would rather die before seeing Otavian again.

"Don't worry. I'll get us out of here." Ana said, trying to calm down Beth. She wasn't going to let Beth get abused anymore. Anastasia willed her power with all her might. She could feel it, closer than ever but still out of reach. Beth's sobs grew louder and the footsteps had reached the door. Ana focused, trying to break down the barrier between her and her power. Soft jingling sounds came from the door as the two on he other side fiddled with the key.

Beth was clenching tightly onto Anastasia's arm. Her claws were digging into Ana's skin. Tears were flowing down Beth's face and the pressure from her bladder became unbearable. She had to use the bathroom again.

Ana focused harder, she could feel tiny cracks appearing in the barrier and could feel infinitesimal amounts of her energy entering her body, but not enough. Harder and harder Ana tried to break down the barrier but it was slow progress.

The door for the basement slammed opened and bright light greeted the Pokémon's eyes, followed by the angry voice of Otavian.

"Anastasia!" He yelled, followed by snickering from the lucario. The footsteps quickly descended into the basement.

Ana panicked, she wasn't able to accumulate enough energy. Beth was terrified and hiding behind Ana. With one last forced push against the inner barrier inside Ana, Ana could feel the tremendous energy start flowing into her. It was still only a fraction of the energy she was able to summon at the battle arena, but being without power for so long, any amount of power felt welcomed.

Anastasia quickly shrouded Beth and herself in psychic energy and teleported away just as Otavian reached the spot where they once were.

Ana opened her eyes. She was momentarily blinded by the bright sunlight. The warm rays felt nice on her skin. It has been a long time since she felt the warmth of the sun on her. Beth stood there shocked and amazed. Beth couldn't remember the last time she had been outside.

The next chapter will be out shortly i hope. i also hope that you enjoyed this chapter and that it was worth the wait (for those of you that were waiting). if not then im sorry and i hope you like the next chapter. Please leave a review on what you think, it only takes a moment of your time and i try to reply to every reviewer. i would greatly appreciate it. thank you and see you soon.