Oh my god! It has been a couple of months since I last updated this fic, hasn't it? I'm terribly sorry for not posting the next chapter, but vacations had me a little busy, not no mention an ENORMOUS writer's block. But finally I am BACK! I hope you still like this story even though the BIG delay. So, I hope you enjoy this chapter.

Chapter 11: Waking up

Someone's POV

My eyes had been feeling very heavy, being unable to open them for some time. When I finally could slowly open my eyelids I noticed the room in which I was was very dark. I slowly got up and looked around in hopes of distinguishing something; didn't matter what, it was just to relax me down a bit. For minutes I stayed there, without moving a single muscle, scared and feeling very lonely, almost losing hope of finding something when I suddenly heard a faint cry coming from far. For some reason it sounded somehow familiar to me, that's what maybe motivated me to run towards the noise, which not helped me because it sometimes stopped and I also had to stop in my tracks and hear very concentrated. After what seemed like hours to me I finally started perceiving something that moved. I wasn't sure whether my mind was playing with me or if actually somebody was there. After minutes and minutes of the same black cloak all over the place I saw a white dot over the floor. Was it light? Feeling a little uneasy I started walking towards it. When I was so close to it I couldn't move another step; just stayed there. At first I thought I was really imagining things when I saw a black thing in the "light", but as soon as disappeared I thought I could calm down a bit; I was about to sigh in relief until the cry was heard again, this time very clear. A black cat started revealing itself very timidly. Not knowing what to do or how to react I just stared blankly at the cat, looking at it's yellow eyes. When it's whole body was completely visible I noticed it's blue rings. I scratched my head, trying to remember if I had seen it before. Then it hit me. That was a Pokémon… Umbreon. I started wondering if I was seeing myself in my Pokémon form or if it was another one but very similar. I looked down at myself, and was very happy to see I was a human again. Umbreon walked towards me and started rubbing his head against my leg. I formed a small smile in my face and gently petted it. Looking at it's eyes reminded a lot to me, but I couldn't be very sure; I didn't know where I was or how I ended up here. Few seconds later Umbreon mysteriously disappeared, and I was left alone again. The light quickly vanished along with the black cat. Shivers ran through my back, feeling the darkness surrounding me even more deep.

"Oh look at what we have got here" I heard a voice. I only could distinguish red eyes at the darkness. I clenched my fists and replaced my fear by a serious look.

"No kid, I'm not the one who's going to fight with you" The white spot reappeared and extended a bit, reaching the place where I was standing. That at first surprised me a bit, but then another thing happened. Umbreon appeared once more, shackles in it's four feet, tied to chains from behind the darkness. It was mysteriously pushed closer to me. At first it shook it's head and tried in vain to back up. Then, it started screaming, seemingly in pain, and started glowing brightly. I had to cover my eyes from the light for a few seconds until I felt I could open them again. Umbreon was no longer black with his blue rings; instead it was white with black rings and white eyes with no pupils. It was a scary image of myself, and in it's eyes I saw no emotion.

"Now attack my loyal servant" and with that the now white cat got rid easily of it's shackles; it tackled me with great force, force I didn't know I had. I was pushed and suddenly felt something below my foot. When I was about to try to discover what it was I felt electricity circulating through my body, forcing me to transform to my ghost half. I had really missed my black and white jumpsuit; I hadn't seen it in a week or so. I went intangible and tried to avoid Umbreon's plasma attacks, but I felt as if I was possessed and my hands also threw blasts at the cat. We kept on this for a very long time, barely leaving a scratch on the other one. Then Umbreon changed strategies. He then started firing those dark beams I barely knew how to control properly, and swinging his tail, bringing back to my mind memories of the battle I had with Dusknoir. How long it had been since I fought him? I shook of my mind the question and paid attention to Umbreon's attacks. Their power increased by the second, forcing me to just put up a shield and resist as much as I could. Suddenly, from Umbreon's tip of it's paws emerged small claws. With a new weapon with him, it started using them. That was weird… Umbreon has retractable claws and I didn't know it? A deep scratch that tore part of my jumpsuit took me back to reality. I didn't want to battle him anymore; besides my powers were getting weaker for some unknown reason, or maybe Umbreon was too strong that it made me feel that way, or both options. In an attempt to stop I without harming it I fired an ice blast. At first, as expected, the cat was frozen and unable to move. I turned around and started flying away from him, when I heard something breaking behind me. I looked behind but saw nothing more than pieces of broken ice. Where had the white cat gone? My answer was replied with something sharp piercing my left arm. It was Umbreon. I got a bit more scared when I noticed it's usually small teeth had turned into big fangs. That bite turned me back into my human form. Umbreon sent quick slashes and bites now that I was helpless. I started to think it was stealing my powers, thus transforming him and giving it more power. A cold beam that it sent to my legs somehow confirmed my suspicions. My bottom part was completely frozen, and I couldn't go ghost no matter how much I tried to. The cat suddenly stood up in it's hinder legs and gave me a wicked smile. I started getting more confused as more questions popped in my mind. It is supposed to walk on four feet, so why it suddenly stood up? It's usually slim body was becoming muscular, and a small punch from it was very strong, I felt. How was I supposed to defeat him now, specially when he was getting stronger by the minute? A strange noise coming from Umbreon made me look at it. He was concentrating a dark power in it's paws (I would think is better to say in his claws) and in it's mouth. Just at the moment I was going to receive the attacks the room got very bright. Even though the light was intense I could clearly see Umbreon being pushed away by somebody who I didn't recognize; in fact that was the only thing I couldn't distinguish. Then I heard another voice, this time it was feminine.

"I know you have a lot of questions in your mind, but for know you can't know the answers" before I could even reply it talked once more.

"It's not the time… not yet. In your path you will find the truth. Just be careful chosen one" afterwards there was silence.

"H-Hey! What are you talking about? I don't understand" I screamed as my vision was all of a sudden blurry. I got no reply, not any I heard before falling unconscious and seeing nothing but that strange light that saved me.

Normal POV

Danny shook a little before opening his eyes… or he tried to open both, but as soon as a sharp pain pierced his left eye he forced it closed again. Because he was just waking up he had to blink several times to focus his sight. He was at a room, probably from a hospital. He didn't really paid attention to his surroundings as he tried to get up to his feet, but something was stopping him. Looking at himself made him realize he had several wires all around his body. He also had a plaster in his left hinder paw. Had big and small scars in his body, but they seemed to be a little healed up. A bit curious to see his surroundings, he turned his head around to face the wires, unhooked them carefully with this mouth and got up. For a moment he had forgotten his paw was hurt and almost fell from the table he was in, but managed to stay in balance. He tried not to put too much pressure on it, and was relieved when he felt a very small pain that wasn't enough to knock him down. With the help of some stacked towels he slowly got down and reached the floor, then looked around. The room, it seemed, hadn't been cleaned in some time, and everything was messy. Several medical instruments were scattered all over the room. When Danny looked up he noticed a broken window. The door of the room was open, giving him less work. When he got out he gasped in surprise. The hospital was very damaged. Windows were broken, wires unplugged and at the floor, walls had big holes in them, and pieces of concrete were also at the floor and beds. Machines were destroyed, and there was total silence. No doors either, except for the one of his room. Danny walked around the hospital, looking at each room as he passed by. The beds were turned around or badly scratched, but there were no other Pokémon there, nor people. When he finished wandering around the whole place, he was very confused but also scared. Not even Pikachu or Poochyena were there. He stayed there, not moving at all, trying to remember. He recalled the fight with Dusknoir he had before, and that strange dream of fighting with himself. Now that he thought about it, he was at the same situation when he was dreaming.

When he moved a step suddenly he heard a loud crash from behind.

"He said that Pokémon was at a Pokémon Center" heard a deep voice coming from the now discovered side of the wall.

"But he didn't say which one. There are so many around here" replied back a feminine voice. Umbreon finally could see the ones who were speaking: a green Pokémon-like-dinosaur with a blue pattern in it's stomach, and a large tail; the feminine voice belonged to what seemed to be a black cat with sharp claws in it's paws and feet, with something like a red fan in its head, a yellow gem in its forehead, and two-like-feathers in it's tail. The dinosaur turned around and spotted Danny.

"Hey Weavile… do you think that's the one the boss told us about?" he asked to the other one. Weavile looked at Danny curiously and formed a wicked smile in her face.

"Well Tyranitar… He said it had strange colors normal Pokémon wouldn't have, but he said nothing about those wounds"

"So that makes things easier for us" Tyranitar started concentrating energy in it's mouth and fired a strong beam, which Umbreon barely managed to avoid. Weavile ran towards Danny and gave him sharp slashes. The attack was too painful for him, forcing him to fall down. Weavile gave a small laugh.

"How do you like my X-scissor attack? Pretty strong huh?" Danny just growled under his breath as he slowly got up. Because his attention was all focused into the black cat he didn't notice Tyranitar closing his eyes and focusing for a long time. Weavile did see him, so she decided to buy some time by distracting the angry cat in front of her.

"Hey Umbreon, how it is that you are at a destroyed Pokémon Center?" Danny was puzzled as how she knew he was there.

"Did somebody tell you I was here?" he asked, curious and angry at the same time. Weavile shrugged.

"That is not of your concern, now reply to me" Danny got more angry.

"That is not of your concern" he repeated Weavile's words, but now that he thought of it, he had been asking himself the same question ever since he woke up from that nightmare. He remembered fighting with Dusknoir for a long time, in an attempt to rescue his friends, and then… nothing, just darkness that was later interrupted with the start of the dream.

"Oh, playing to be the rude guy?" she moved aside. Danny was confused as why she had done that, but when he felt a very strong punch in his chest he understood what were they planning. The pain he had felt when Weavile attacked with her X-scissors returned, but this time more intense. He crashed against an already damaged wall, destroying part of it.

"That was Focus Punch, newbie. It's very powerful, but it needs to charge up" explained the dinosaur proudly. Umbreon had been feeling weak since he opened his eyes, but thanks to the duo's attacks he didn't feel any better now. Besides he was still intrigued as how they had found him and why they were after him. With big effort he got to his feet and sighed deeply. He knew he wouldn't get any answers to his questions, but by now he had to escape from them, and think of a way to rescue his friends. Weavile and Tyranitar surrounded Danny and smiled.

"Now that you are weak you can't avoid our attacks" said the green Pokémon.

"We will defeat you and accomplish the mission we got assigned" with those last words from Weavile both Pokémon started preparing their attacks. Danny was struggling to stay up and his feet wouldn't move. The previous fight had left him in bad conditions and now that he had received some other attacks he felt he was doomed. Just when he was thinking on also attacking himself, a red beam flew right towards Weavile. Danny could feel the heat emanating from the beam. She lost focus of her attack and screamed in pain. Tyranitar was struck by a potent water pump, making him crash towards Weavile. They fell unconscious. Danny looked around but saw nothing more than debris of the Pokémon Center. Not deciding to wait until the duo would wake up he got out of the place somehow slow. He looked up and noticed an almost unreadable "P" at the top of the building. When he turned around and started walking away he heard voices calling him.

"Are you ok?" asked a feminine voice. At his right he noticed a small red fox with six tails. Besides her was a small blue penguin.

"We noticed you were being attacked by those 2 Pokémon and we attacked them from here. They may look strong, but when they received our blasts we noticed how puny they were" Danny was about to say something but the fox interrupted him.

"Ah sorry for not presenting ourselves, my name is Vulpix" she smiled a little.

"And I am Piplup" the penguin said as he pointed at himself, again very proudly "A small Pokémon with great power of water" Danny cleared his throat to call Piplup's attention.

"I am sorry to interrupt your so-perfect presentation, but how did you know I was there?" Piplup stopped and looked at Umbreon, looking very mad.

"We were searching for our trainers when we suddenly heard on the news about an attack to a Pokémon Center, and when polices went to see what had happened they mysteriously disappeared. We thought that, maybe, our trainers could be here, but we found you instead" explained Vulpix as she took a look inside the Center.

"By the way, how it is that you were alone with those two?" asked Piplup curiously. Danny sighed in response.

"The truth is that I don't know. When I woke up I was there all alone. Then this Weavile and Tyranitar came and attacked me, saying that they had a mission; they said nothing about it however" Vulpix kept on looking at the Pokémon Center for a couple minutes before finally looking at Danny.

"Everything has become so strange, and all happened in just a month. Not only trainers and Pokémon had disappeared, but also some places had become so dangerous to go as, once you step on them, you won't get out again. I don't know why we haven't disappeared if this place is supposed to be one of those, even the police was gone" she said concerned as she looked down at the floor very sad.

"Also I have seen Dark Pokémon hanging around some places and taking other Pokémon away" Piplup started explicating "I'm pretty sure the darkness that is expanding in the sky is somehow powering up them and-"

"And giving people strange nightmares" finalized Vulpix for him. Danny was puzzled. If only people was being affected by nightmares, why he had one? He walked around and took a look. At the left of the Pokémon Center there were bicycles and a shop. To the right was a big building with a "Gym" signboard. Some flowers were around. It was a very quiet city.

"What is this place?" asked Danny.

"I don't think it matters now that there is no people nor Pokémon here. This was one of the first cities to be vacated by Dark Pokémon" Vulpix replied as she gave Danny a serious look. "You are one of those stealers right?" Danny was shocked by the question.

"Why do you think I'm one?" he asked. Vulpix still remained serious.

"Let me think about it… because you are a Dark Pokémon?" she said more than asked.

'Am I?' Danny asked himself as he looked at himself. He really did not know anything of Pokémon, but due to his skin color he guessed Vulpix was right.

"But that doesn't mean anything. I-" Vulpix growled more angrily.

"How can you say it doesn't mean anything? Every Dark Pokémon does that nowadays!" Danny got angry too, but decided to calm down.

"I'm not like those. I don't even know what happened after I was knocked out in an attempt to save my friends" he explained, trying to convince the red fox.

"And where are your friends?" she asked.

"How can I know that? Haven't I just told you that I was unconscious?" replied Danny, trying to stay calm.

"I can't believe you, not under this circumstances. Before I wouldn't really care, but this Pokémon have become traitors, and they can lie. You could be lying" Vulpix was heating up, literally. Piplup, noticing she was pretty mad, walked towards he discussing duo and stopped between them.

"You two stop fighting already. We won't get to any part if we keep this" the he turned around to face Umbreon "You must be a traitor because you are a-"

"When are you going to understand I'm not a bad Pokémon?" it seemed quite strange for Danny to call himself a Pokémon, because even though physically he was one, mentally he still was human, he thought. Piplup cringed a bit then sighed.

"You know what Vulpix? His words sound very sincere to me. Besides just look at him, he is badly hurt, and you saw he was going to be attacked by other Dark Pokémon. They wouldn't harm each other if they are together in their kidnappings right?" Piplup tried convincing also her.

"What?" asked Danny and Vulpix at the same time, very surprised by the sudden change of opinion from the small penguin. He cringed again.

"Come on, don't tell me it doesn't sound convincing. Every word from Umbreon is very sincere I can feel it" Vulpix pushed away her surprise and replaced it with frustration and doubt. She stayed silent for a few minutes.

"Fine… I guess you are right Piplup" she faced Danny "Yeah your words are very sincere, and you sure don't look like a bad Pokémon"

"Great, now that everything is settled down let's go find about our trainers" Piplup took another sudden decision, not letting the other two puzzled Pokémon think.

"Piplup you sure are acting strange today, is there any the problem?" asked Vulpix. Piplup just shook his head.

"But I think I know why you are suddenly saying it; you are really worried about Dawn, and you just want to find her as soon as possible" Piplup nodded his head very sadly. "So I agree with you, let's get moving now" Vulpix said as she looked at the Pokémon Center for a bit more time.

"Are you going to help us?" she asked Danny somehow impatient. Danny really didn't know what to do. He still didn't think Piplup and Vulpix trusted him enough to go with them; the red fox didn't even sound convincing to let him join them, but he wanted to prove them he wasn't bad. Besides maybe he could find Pikachu and Poochyena in the way. He nodded.

"Um… sure I will help as much as I can; so let's get going" when he turned around he felt something burned his tail. Knowing from who was that attack, he turned around again and growled again at Vulpix.

"What was that for? I wasn't doing anything wrong"

"Yes I know that, I just want to clear you that I'm not totally convinced, but maybe you will be useful" and with that said she walked away. Umbreon sighed and just followed her; Piplup followed them, forming a small strange smile that seemed wicked in his face before walking.

Ok I made this chapter more lengthy in compensation for the SO SLOW update. I hope this story still lives within you even though it took me a while to update. But don't worry about next chapter, I already have ideas flowing in my mind, and I assure I will update faster. Do you think you can recognize where Danny, Vulpix and Piplup are at? If I have to give a clue, Third Generation would be it.

BlueCalumon: Lol that eye patch thing is crazy… but it wouldn't be a bad idea. I also hadn't thought of Grovyle and Celebi, but it would be cool if I could add them here… I really don't know if I can, but I will see ^^.