After a tiring day, Luna just wanted to climb into bed and sleep, but it was only six o'clock and she wasn't tired at all, instead she pulled her Pikachu onesie on and placed her headphones in her ears, sitting up in her treehouse with only Pichu and Pikachu to keep her company. She pulled one of the headphones out as she heard someone climb the stairs to her hideaway, "Mom, I just want to be alone right now," and she placed her headphone back in.

The person chuckled and walked over to her, pulling her hood off of her head and removing both her headphones, "So I'm your mom now, am I Lu?"

'Lu? Only one guy called her that and that was…' she twisted round to see… "Brock!" she threw her arms around his neck, he pulled her to her feet whilst returning the hug, "What are you doing here? I thought you were in the Kalos region?" she asked, placing her music player on a nearby set of drawers,

"I was, like last week, but I've been based in the Kanto region this week and I'm needed in Johto tomorrow," he said, watching the ten year old, "Actually, one of the reasons I'm here is because I got a call from Dawn and Gary, concerning you and the second reason, I was planning on surprising you anyway," Luna blushed and turned away, embarrassed.

"You were going to visit me?" she turned her head slightly as she spoke,

"Yeah," he started blushing himself, which made Luna giggle, but he quickly recovered when he spotted a yellow ball of electricity, "Hey, is that Pikachu?" the little Electric type ran over to the doctor and nuzzled his cheek, "I'll take that as a yes, I'm guessing Ash is here too," Luna's eyes darted to the floor and she propped herself down by the edge of the treehouse, "What's wrong Lu?" Luna shook her head and refused to meet his gaze, Pichu jumped into her lap and she started stroking her,

"It's my fault he's gone," she said in a low whisper.

Brock sat down next to his best friend, Pikachu perched on his right shoulder, he placed a gentle hand on Luna's shoulder, "Take your time, its only 6:30, we've got all night," she smiled weakly and rubbed her eyes, turning to look at him.

Luna explained the story, from start to finish, starting from the explosion at Professor Oak's lab and ending with Night Crawler saving her earlier that day. "That's weird," Brock said, as he stood up to put some Pokémon food down for the Pokémon, "This Night Crawler character, he interests me,"

"What do you mean Brock?" Luna questioned, watching Pichu devour Brock's Pokémon food,

Brock turned back to face her and produced two boxed lunches, "What I mean is, he's quite peculiar, one minute, he rescues you and the next, he binds you together with String Shot? Who does that?"

"Apparently, Night Crawler," Luna said, taking one of the boxes from the fifteen year old, "There's something about him that seems… Familiar,"

Brock glanced at her as he took a bite from his sandwich, "In what sense?"

Luna shook her head, she didn't really know herself, "Its like I've met him before but… I don't know," she said, shrugging her shoulders slightly.

In the trees not far from where Luna and Brock were residing, Night Crawler was listening, tears falling from his brown eyes, if only he could tell them that Ash was still around, "Night Crawler?" J's voice dragged him back to the real world, he rolled his eyes, "Report back to base immediately," he tapped Flygon's head and he turned around, flying low so they stayed out of sight.

Back at the treehouse, Brock saw a silhouette, "That's weird,"

"What's weird, Brock?" Luna asked, following his gaze as she took a sip of her drink,

"Most Pokémon don't come out at night," he pulled his left leg up onto the floorboard and left the other one hanging over the edge,

Luna corrected him on his statement, "Actually, Hoothoot and Noctowl are both nocturnal Pokémon and are mainly seen at night,"

Brock looked at her, impressed, "Looks like you've been reading a bit about different types of Pokémon," he said, ruffling her black hair, causing her to laugh,

Then Luna remembered something, "Oh yeah, you haven't met the newest member of my team, have you?" Brock shook his head and rose to his feet as he watched Luna produce a Pokéball, "Teddiursa, come on out and say hi," and Brock smiled as the Pokémon appeared, "Teddiursa, say hi to my best friend, Brock, Brock, this is Teddiursa,"

Brock knelt down to Teddiursa's level and inspected her coat, "Another cutie added to your team, figures a cute trainer would own..." he trailed off as he realised what he said and his cheeks began to turn pink,

"You think she's cute?" Luna asked, not hearing the last bit of the sentence, he nodded and tried to hide his blushing cheeks,

Brock walked over to the chest of drawers and suddenly, his eyes were the shape of love hearts… "Oh, is that Paris, the Pokémon stylist from the Sinnoh region?" he picked up a Poké Chic magazine that was lying next to Luna's headphones, she walked over and nodded, "Look at her! She's a beauty," and then, "All I said was she was a cutie, ohh," he moaned as he collapsed to the floor in pain.

Luna's sweat dropped as she placed the magazine in a drawer, "I see Crogunk's still on the ball," she chuckled, picking Pichu up and cuddling her,

Brock picked himself up and dusted himself down, then he noticed something, "I think Crogunk has got himself a little admirer," he said with a grin, he pointed over to where Crogunk was now sitting, Luna looked and her mouth fell open,

"Oh boy, Charmander isn't going to like this one bit," she said in a low voice. Brock smiled, making his way to the trapdoor, "Hey, where are you going?" she asked as he heard him climb down the steps that led down to her room,

"I was just going down to get some more drinks," he said in a reassuring tone, she nodded and sat back down on the edge of the treehouse. His head suddenly appeared through the trapdoor, it was filled with concern, "Lu! Your mom's gone!" Luna jumped from her position and flew down the stairs past him,

"Mom! Mom! Where are you?!" she ran to the front door and found a sticky note, tapped to the glass panel,

Dear Hunny,

Don't worry, I've gone out with Delia and Professor Oak for the evening, won't be in until late.

Love Mom

X x x

Luna blew a sigh of relief, "Lu? Any news?" Brock's concerned voice asked, rubbing the back of his head in thought and worry, Luna flashed him the note with a brief smile, "Oh thank goodness," Luna went to the fridge and pulled out some of her mom's homemade Poképuffs, she handed Brock a green frosted Poképuff and took the tray of three pink and three chocolate basic ones back up to the treehouse, leaving Brock to bring a tray of drinks and water up.

Brock and Luna sat down on the edge, where they had been before and watched as Teddiursa, Crogunk, Pichu, Pikachu and a released Charmander sank their teeth into the Poképuffs. "Wow, I've never seen Crogunk eat that fast," Brock said, placing his hand on his knee. He turned away from the Pokémon and stared up at the sky, 'I wonder, could there be a connection between Night Crawler's appearance and Ash's disappearance?'

"Brock? Brock? Hey! Earth to Brock!" Luna said, snapping her fingers in front of him, bringing him out of his daze, "You okay?" he nodded reassuringly, trying to brush it off.

Luna shrugged and leant her head on his left shoulder gently, Brock then laid his head on top of his best friends. Then he remembered something, he carefully reached into his pocket, pulling out a small leaf, he placed it to his mouth and began to blow on it, creating a melody. The black haired girl smiled and closed her eyes, her mind drifting with the music.

A few minutes later, Brock had finished the song and turned to look at Luna, but she was fast asleep, he smiled and carefully eased her body so she was lying on the floor, he tiptoed down the stairs that led to her room and brought up a pillow and a blanket and placed her head on the Mudkip cushion and covered her with the baby Pokémon throw, 'Still the same old Lu,' he thought with a sigh. He checked the clock, it red 10:00, where the time had gone he didn't know. He removed his vest and his shoes, placing them on the set of drawers and produced a sleeping bag and a pillow, as he laid down, he cast a final glance at Luna, "Goodnight Lu," and he closed his eyes.


"Uh, what the… Where am I?" Luna said, her chocolate eyes shooting open. She was standing in a room of black, with no doors, no windows, no nothing, she was alone and she was scared.

"Lu? Are you there? Lu?" that was Brock's voice. Luna sprinted to where the noise had emanated from and saw her old friend, standing in front of what looked to be a run down Pokémon centre, "Lu! Behind you!" she spun round and found her legs swallowed up by a thick pool of blackness. "Lu! Hang on!" Brock shouted, as he watched in horror as the rest of her body became no more, luckily, he grabbed her hand and pulled her into his chest protectively as the darkness engulfed both of their bodies.

"AAAAHHHHH!" Luna and Brock bolted upright, screaming. Brock bolted to his feet and ran to Luna's side, placing his hands on her shoulders.

"Lu, are you okay?" the girl nodded meekly, "What was that?" she shook her head.

Suddenly, they saw something move, the object levitated itself into view, "Darkrai? Of course, now everything makes sense! Darkrai must have made us both have nightmares," Brock explained calmly. Luna rose to her feet steadily and advanced towards Darkrai in anger,

"That's it child, hate me, hate me so I can fuel my powers," Darkrai said, telepathically, he raised one of his arms and twisted it. Suddenly Luna was floating in the air and she was moving towards the edge of the treehouse, "Hate me and fuel my dark side," and he let his arm flop down and he disappeared.

Luna fell, but luckily, she just managed to grab hold of the side of the treehouse, Brock rushed over to where she was dangling and grabbed her other hand tightly, "Okay, Lu, listen to me, let go of the ledge and I'll pull you up," she looked up into his eyes, they were so full of warmth, she nodded and clasped his right hand, dangling from the ledge with only Brock's hands to keep her from falling. He tightened his grip on her wrists and hauled her over the edge, panting heavily once she was on solid ground, "Lu? Are you alright? Let me look at you," he said, cupping her cheeks and staring deep into her melting brown eyes, she nodded slightly and placed her hand on his,

Then, Darkrai appeared from the floorboard, causing Brock and Luna to split, "You think you could get rid of me that easily? Let's see how you fare in a battle,"

"Oh, you want to battle, huh?" Brock said, rising to his feet,

"Yes, soon, but not now," Luna growled under her breath, "Now you shall sleep," he said, telepathically, aiming a Dark Void in her direction, sending her to the floor,

Brock watched, his face contorted with anger and concern, "Lu? Lu?" he turned to face Darkrai, "What did you do to her?" but Darkrai had disappeared, 'That's weird,' he then turned his attention back to the fidgety and restless Luna.