Me: So this was supposed to be uploaded tomorrow since it's Labor Day, but here's my gift to all my readers a day early!

Gardevoir: *snicker* Right, because you actually have readers.

Me: *growls and looks at knife on table* No. *shakes head* Bad thoughts lead to bad actions.

Gardevoir: So did you do anything for Labor Day weekend?

Me: Nah, it's been raining a lot like last year so I've been indoors. Works for me since I've got to catch up on my story.

Gardevoir: What story? *snicker* Oh right, this one.

Me: Gr...Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon in any way. Amber and the plot though were totally created by me!


Chapter Twelve: Yellow

"Let's do something today."

I looked up from my pondering. Even though it'd occurred a few hours ago, I was still wondering why Red pushed ahead like that. He'd seemed distraught for some reason. I'll ask him later. "What do you mean?"

Amber put down the sketch book he'd been practicing in. The Oran Berry was successfully completed, and now he was trying to draw the river flowing in front of us. I set my fishing rod between my knees and glanced at him.

"The patrol has been completed." He held up a finger. Another joined the first as he pointed at his sketches. "I think I've finally managed to get this one right, and you've caught enough Magikarp to feed a wild herd of Glameow." The third and final finger went up, and he smirked. "I'd say we did pretty good for today. Plus, it's only a little after one. Let's go have some fun!"

"What?" I asked. "You don't think fishing is fun?"

"No, no," he said dramatically with hands in a surrender gesture. "This is great. Just sitting here…watching leaves float by…" He smirked again as I glared lightly at him and checked my rod.

"So what do you suggest we do, fun expert?" I questioned sarcastically with a roll of my eyes. It made me pause for a moment. I almost never use sarcasm; it wasn't exactly my thing. I looked back at him as he started smiling widely.

"Have you ever heard of Nimbasa City? In Unova?"

I nodded uncertainly. "But I've never been there. Let alone Unova itself."

He gasped and put a hand to his mouth. Immediately, he picked up the sketch pad and pencil and put them away in the tree I had stashed them in. He walked over to me and held out his hand. "Rod, please."

I clutched it to my chest, slightly disturbing the bobber in the water. "Why?"

"Because we're going to take a trip."

"But I'm not done fishing yet!"

"Girl." He raised an eyebrow. "You said you've never been to Unova." Before I could do anything, he snatched the pole from my arms and smiled. "I'm about to change that."


A nudge at my elbow woke me up with a jolt that almost sent me failing probably at least two thousand feet. Drowsily, I looked down below from my spot on Baga's back and saw a bustling city of lights and movement. I found Amber watching my expression, and he smiled from behind me.

"Welcome to Nimbasa!"

Tempted to hit myself for falling asleep on the way, my mouth opened in awe as various stadiums and blinking buildings came into view, and we started descending. Baga landed smack dab on the side of the road right in front of a magnificent tan structure with a big colorful banner that said "Battle Subway".

Amber swiftly returned Baga so as to get out of the way of the many people walking throughout the city. He pulled me up the building's large stone staircase so I wouldn't get sucked into the pull of traffic and checked his Pokegear. "Whoa! Three hours! That's a new record for Baga!"

My eyes widened. "How did we get here so fast?!"

"See, Unova is just west of Johto," he explained. "Really. Cianwood Island is only maybe forty miles from Nuvema Town. Besides, Baga is a very fast flyer." He grinned proudly and looked at the street sign. I saw him make some calculations in his head before taking us on a street to the left. We followed the road for a little while until I could see some elegant fountains ahead and stopped. Right beside the field of water was a gigantic, bright, loud amusement park. Now I'm not exactly one for roller coasters, but I could feel myself getting excited anyway. This was my first time at one of these.

"We're going in there?" I asked ecstatically.

"I said fun didn't I?" Then we were running up and getting in line for tickets. It took a bit, but when we finally reached the ticket master, I was shocked at how expensive they were and even more so when Amber just paid the money, granting us passage into the theme park world.

"Amber, I can't let you—"

"No. Don't even." He put up a hand to my protest and grinned again. "Just come on!"

Before I could start arguing, he took us through the crowd of people at the entrance and got us into the real hub of the park. I couldn't help but stare at all the glowing lights and food stands and people moving around as he commenced to taking us around in search of a certain ride. There were revolving kid rides in the shape of Plusles and Minuns, a scary-looking Zoroark themed haunted house, Pikachu-styled tilt-a-whirls, and a humongous Ferris wheel in the distance with Pokeball-shaped carriages. I was still identifying the many rides all around us when Amber stopped in front of a futuristic neon building.

"Finally! I found it!"

"Where are we?" I asked, but he only pulled me through the entryway.

We entered into a dark hallway with big pulsing lines of light in patters along the walls signaling where to go. He started walking even faster, and I knew that whatever ride was here, he was really hyped up for it.

A brighter area could be seen ahead as the hallway came to an end. When we left it, my eyes widened as I took in the main event of this place. There were no lights in the ceiling or anywhere at all. The only reason we could see was because of the lighted track in front of us. A roller coaster path was sprawled about the hundred yard room, different colors of neon lighting up the entire arena. Studying the coaster paths, I watched as two of them zoomed by at probably sixty miles an hour as if they were trying to beat each other to a check point I could see farther off.

Since it was mostly dark except for the track and coasters, it was a little difficult to make out the details of Amber's face, but I could still see him nevertheless. I could also see the huge crowd standing at the gate waiting for their turn.

I glanced at Amber to find the boy staring with wide excited eyes. When he saw the question on my face, he broke out into a huge grin.

"Coaster racing!"

My confusion only increasing, I yelped in surprise as he grabbed my wrist and fought through all the people to the front gate where a guy was standing next to a high-tech looking machine. We finally make it up to him, and I watched curiously as Amber smiled and gave him a high-five.

"Amber! It's been awhile!" The guy said. "How've you been?"

"Great. Not traveling for once." He gave a short laugh before reaching for a pen hanging from the machine. Now I could see that there was a touch screen pad with a long roster of names. "We're here for a round or two so I'm gonna put us on the list."

The guy waved his hand. "It's okay. I got you, but who is this?"

Amber smiled and grabbed by shoulders. "This is my friend, Yellow. Yellow, this is my pal, Larry, whom I met when I was going around Unova."

I bowed shyly and said, "Nice to meet you, Larry-sempai."

Larry shook his head. "No need for formalities. Just call me Larry."

I nodded as a whirring sound started coming from down the track. Amber pulled me away, and we stood farther along, gripping the gate as a set of coasters came speeding back to the start. Larry got behind the big silver controller and pushed a bunch of buttons that brought the ride to a stop at the front gate once they'd crossed the line and the race was over.

I turned to him. "So what exactly is this?"

His face lit up again as he said, "Okay. Basically, there are two cars—a black one and a white one. You have to race to the checkpoint arches and pass through the one that matches your car. Whoever gets theirs lit up and makes it back to the start first wins."

"Sounds simple," I said.

"Yeah, but you have to remember," he smiled suddenly. "These tracks are changeable and so are the checkpoint arches. Every five minutes they move to another location across the grid so if you don't get to it quick, you'll be zooming around a lot."

"Whoa, whoa. Hold on a minute." I shook my head. "What do you mean the tracks are changeable?"

He grinned evilly. "Think about it. What fun would it be if it was just a race? Just for that reason, the makers installed this awesome little feature where you can change your opponent's course. There are colored buttons on podiums placed around the field; each one corresponds to a certain track depending on the color. For example, the green button controls the green track, and the purple button controls the purple track. If you press them, it will temporarily shut off that track. The cool part, if your opponent is on it at the time of its shutdown, they will be warped back to the beginning and have to start all over. Thing is, they move around with the checkpoint arches every five minutes, too."

"So how many different podiums and tracks are there?"

"One for each color. I believe there are six colors in total. Plus two extras."

I scratched my ponytail. "Well that does make things interesting."

His grin got even wider. "You have no idea."

"So how long does this ride usually last?"

He thought for a minute before saying, "It's hard to say. One time, I challenged this guy, and it lasted for a whole hour and a half! I managed to beat him, though."

My mouth dropped open. "It's that long?!" I looked back at all the waiting people again and said exasperated, "Then we'll never get a chance to ride it!"

Amber only smirked and held up a finger. An instant later, Larry's voice sounded over an intercom. "Next up, the party of two of Amber and Yellow."

I gasped and turned back to the boy beside me. "How did…?"

"Connections are great, aren't they?" he asked cheerfully. "Well, come on! There are two coasters ready to race with our names on 'em!"

I eagerly rushed ahead with him, pushing past to the gate where Larry let us through with a smile. "Have fun!"

From this point of view, I could see all the details of the tracks and was shocked in awe at what I found. Like Amber said, there were six total tracks, but the crazy thing was, they were split on three levels. The first had two paths, one light blue and one electric blue. Both were flat and allowed easy access to speed, and since the whole stadium was like a hundred yards long, the two colors were overlapping as far as the eye could see.

The second floor hovered in the air above the ground floor and was made of two more tracks in shades of bright neon green and yellow. Instead of straight, these had sharp turns, and from what I could see, lots of hills and steep drops. It spanned the area also and was like a giant floating island.

The final level was high up near the top of the arena. It contained the last two paths in pulsing orange and purple. These were mainly composed of long graceful curves and huge spiraled twists that looked really scary to me. When I took in all three floors at once, I got the image of a futuristic roller coaster building that was missing its walls.

"Yellow!" came Amber's voice from ahead. My attention back, I found him standing between the two cars and quickly rushed over to him. One was colored ivory and the other ebony, both with their hoods hung back. They were about the size of a lawn chair with enough room for stretching out and sitting up. He gestured to his right and said, "I thought you'd like the white one."

"Okay," I smiled, watching him put a leg into the black car and settling into it before doing so myself. Almost instantly, the hoods snapped shut, and I was shrouded in darkness. The gloom only lasted a second before the cabin was lit up with soft white light, and I could see the blue track set in front of me through the windshield. Glancing to my left, I found there were also side windows and saw Amber grinning back at me from inside his car. He turned away and pressed something, and a moment later, his face appeared on a screen positioned right above the windshield.

"Awesome, no?!" He asked excitedly.

"Yeah," I sighed in amazement as I studied the dashboard. It was basically smooth, black, and bare except for a simple two-handed steering wheel. The windows were completely clear with no tinting at all, and the windshield went all the way up to halfway across the ceiling. Moving my foot around, I found two pedals like in a car and guessed they were the gas and brakes. The monitor above my head had a small webcam located on top, and I guessed I was being projected into Amber's car just like he was. "What is this for?"

"It's just an easy way for the competitors to keep in contact when the race starts," he explained. A beep sounded in my car and his, and he looked ahead grinning. "Speak of the great Giratina, I think it's time."

The screen went black, and to prove him right, the starting archway in front of us began glowing bright pink, signaling the countdown. As if the windshield were a monitor itself, a big three appeared, quickly becoming a two then a one. At zero, the beep came much louder, and the race began with Amber stomping his gas pedal and speeding off. Coming to my senses, I tentatively did the same and started after him.

The tracks were split into two lanes, and I kept to the right, nervously noting that there was no railing on the edge. If someone were to run off the course, they'd fall right off. Up ahead, I saw Amber come to a fork in the road and take left, changing tracks onto the light blue one. I soon came to the same decision but chose right instead. I soon realized that the paths were like a giant maze, except, I didn't know what I was trying to make it to.

As if sensing my confusion, the monitor clicked on, and Amber reappeared. "So I suppose I should tell you what to do now, right?"

"That would be helpful," I nodded timidly.

He smirked. "Okay, you're trying to find the checkpoint before the timer goes out and it teleports to another location." I noticed that a clock was in the place of the original countdown, and it was already closing in on four minutes. I looked back to see him sigh. "And since it's your first time, I'll be nice and tell you straight off where it is because I already found it. If you look at the double loop on the orange track on the third level, you can see the big double arch right before it."

Taking a left that put me on the light blue path, I did what Amber said and found that he was right. At the beginning of two large spirals was an archway that covered the whole track but was split done the middle between black and white.

"You have to pass under the white one, and I the black. Now you're probably wondering how to move up a floor. To do that, you have to find the warp panels located across the levels. They will be dead ends with a large colored panel at the end. Whichever color it is, you get warped to that track, but the track will only be on the floor directly above it. There is a panel for each track except the blues on this level, and if things go well, you'll understand why." He smirked again, and I had to wonder how we were supposed to get back to the first floor. Or the second one at that if we were on the third level.

"And I think that's everything you need to know." He gave me a two finger salute. "Good luck!"

With that, the screen went black, and it was only me and the light blue track. I kept going on until I reached a four way and screeched to a stop as the black car zoomed by in front of me. Staring after it, I swore I saw Amber smirking at me as he passed. I just went forward, watching him swerve in the distant as he tried to find a warp panel to the next floor. Much later, I realized that a turnoff hadn't come up in a while and was surprised to see a giant glowing square coming up ahead. Hitting the brakes a little, I slowed down and softly came to a halt on the panel. It was glowing yellow, and as I stopped, it flashed bright.

The timer on the windshield blanked out, and everything went dark for a second. Then, a fast swirl of pink encased my car in a tomb of light, blocking out any view of the track. I started to panic, but it soon subsided, and my eyes widened in surprise when I saw the hills and sharp turns blinking yellow in front of me. I started forward, speeding up as I crested a peak and plummeted down, arriving at a fork and heading onto the green path.

I nearly jumped out of my skin as Amber's car suddenly materialized beside me. My guess was he just found a warp panel below, and by the way he immediately sped off, he was eager to find the next one. I was right behind him, still afraid that I might fall off the track and easing my way around the sharp corners.

Luckily, I quickly came across a purple panel and warped to the third level. Amber had already beaten me there and was trying to find a four way that would get him off the purple and onto the orange. I managed to catch up with him, and we raced side by side to get to the archway first. Finally, another fork in the path came up, one in orange that led straight to the double loop and one in purple that went away in the other direction.

I swiftly took the orange and almost stopped dead in my tracks when he suddenly veered right onto the purple. What's he doing?! I didn't dwell on it for long, though, as I arrived at the double spiral and looked for the arch. My shock rose even more when I couldn't find it and abruptly went upside down. I let out a little scream along the way until the spinning was done. Holding my head, I slowed down almost to a stop and held my nauseas head.

Curious as to where Amber went, I looked out and randomly glanced at the levels below. Astonishingly, I found him zooming along the first floor, and the screen blinked on.

"Surprised?" He asked.

"How did you do that?!" I pushed the gas again and started speeding up.

He put a finger to his lips. "Secret! And by the way, if you hadn't already noticed, the checkpoint moved to down here."

My eyes fumbled around for the timer on the windshield, and I sighed at what it said. It had reset a whole minute ago, meaning the arch had moved right before I'd gotten to the double spiral. Now I needed to find a way to go down. I searched for any panels but saw none anywhere.

"Oh, you're not going to find any panels up there. But hey. You might want to watch out for that drop off ahead."

His face disappeared, and I looked ahead. I'll bet my eyes were bugging out of my head as I saw that the track ended just ahead, nothing after it but air. I slammed both feet on the brakes, but I was going too fast and fell off the edge. I screamed at the top of my lungs as I plunged through the empty space and quickly lost my stomach. It softened to small cries three seconds later when my descent started to slow, and a pink light surrounded my car again. After it cleared, I found that I was near the start again on the electric blue path.

I didn't move for several seconds, sitting with huge eyes and trying to get my breath back. My senses snapped back when I saw Amber in the distance closing in on the double colored arch. Out of the blue, I could see something sitting at the side of the track ahead and rode up to it. I jumped as the hood came off, and there was a small podium with a big light blue button on it. Remembering what he'd said before, I looked back to check that he was on that track before tapping the button. Right before he passed through the checkpoint, the track blacked out, bringing his car to a stop before glowing bright red. It disappeared in a flash of pink, and I heard a whirring noise behind me. Twisting around, I saw that he was back at the beginning, glaring at me from behind his windshield.

I giggled at his expression and rushed to the arch. Amber was right behind me, but again we were too late. The checkpoint was whisked away in a cloud of pink beams of light, reappearing on the second floor's green track. Wasting no time at all, we located the right panel and transferred to the next level.

We were neck in neck as we neared the arch. A sudden jolt through my car caused me to look to the right where Amber was preparing to ram me again. I had no choice but to do the same to him. I hit his car with mine before he could, taking him by surprise. So much in fact that it made him veer completely off the track, falling off toward the first floor again. I instantly struck the brakes in fear, coming to a complete stop before putting my hands against the window and crying out his name. I did not just kill him! This is a game, right? They wouldn't make something that's not safe to play?! Besides, didn't I fall two stories and live?!

As if to reassure me, the pink light engulfed his car, slowing his descent and gently placing him on the light blue track. I was still staring at him with worry as the screen flickered on, and he said, "Hey!"

I turned my attention to the video form of him and exclaimed, "Are you okay?!"

He looked at me as if it were obvious. "Of course! That's how you move down the levels. If you swerve off at a certain angle, you'll land on the track you want on the floor below. But what are you doing? Why did you stop?"

"Because you just fell fifty feet and didn't tell me that was supposed to happen!"

He smirked. "Well, you best get to that checkpoint before it disappears again."

I realized he was right and started for the arch again. However, I was fifteen feet from lighting up mine when the track went dark. Looking out the window in surprise, I saw him stopped next to the podium I'd been at on the first floor, the button glowing green this time instead of blue. The pink light engulfed me again and cleared to show I was at the start. The monitor showed him grinning at me.

"Payback!"

And then we saw that the double-arch had moved and set off for it. I'm not sure how much time passed as we zoomed along the tracks, sending each other back to the beginning and preventing one another from getting to the checkpoint. That thing moved I don't how many times before we were on the third floor, right beside each other as we searched for its next location. Our eyes widened in surprise when we saw it. The black and white arch was hovering over the starting line. I glanced at him on the screen, and he grinned excitedly. The anticipation had been building the whole time, and now it was the final round. Whoever got there first, ultimately won.

Not giving it another moment, Amber sped off, locating the correct spot to swerve off of and landing on a track below that was closer to the starting point. I gulped. I couldn't do those jumps. First, I was bad at angles and such, and second, I hated that feeling of losing my stomach when I free-fell. Watching him find the next best spot, I started to panic. How was I going to get down there in time?

Then my eye caught something up ahead, and I smiled. Switching onto the orange track, I set off for the double loop from before and held back the dizziness that resulted at the end of it. I couldn't waste any time. Not slowing down, I aimed right for the drop off and soared through the air. I screamed my head off like crazy before the pink came again and started cushioning my landing. When it left, I saw that I was fifty feet from the checkpoint, and Amber was coming up quick behind me. When I finally stomped the gas, he'd almost caught up, and we were trying to inch ahead of each other. Within a few seconds, the checkpoint came up, and I closed my eyes as we zoomed under it.

The cars stopped on their own, moving in reverse back to the beginning where Larry was waiting behind the big silver control machine. He smiled like crazy and gestured to the archway behind me. As the hoods came up, and we stepped out of the cars, I turned around and got the shock of my life. Both arches were glowing bright neon pink, but the white one was blinking like crazy and lighting up the whole place.

As I caught Amber's eye walking back through the front gate and into the crowd of spectators, he said incredulously, "I can't believe it! You won!"

I glanced back at the track in surprise. "I can't either."

"That's awesome! I'm like a master at this game! Almost nobody can beat me!"

I tilted my head and asked uncertainly, "So I did well?"

"Duh!" he smiled.

I giggled at his expression but stopped dead when I looked over his shoulder. Behind a group of guys was a girl with short white blonde hair watching us intently. It was quite dark in here, but I wouldn't need a light to know who it was.

"Yellow? You alright?"

I glanced back at him and nodded with wide eyes. Curious, he turned around trying to find what I'd been looking at, but by now, she'd already disappeared into the crowd. When he looked back at my shocked face, he frowned and said, "Let's go get some fresh air."

I followed him back down the long hallway. The sun was like a burning beacon, and we shielded our unaccustomed eyes. I couldn't shake it off though. What was she doing here? Was she going to attack me again? I anxiously realized I didn't have any of my Pokemon on hand. I hope not.

Amber saw the scared look on my face and was about to ask me something when I said, "Let's go!" and started pulling us near the closest ride, trying to get my mind off it and enjoy our time here. He seemed reluctant to forget it but did so anyway.

Eventually, she left my thoughts, and I was able to laugh with Amber as we rode basically everything in the park. At one point, we went into that Zoroark haunted house, and I screamed every time I even thought something was ahead of us. He only laughed at me and stayed right by my side the whole time. When we finally made it to the end and stepped out into the warm evening light, I was trembling slightly, and it wasn't from any wind.

Amber noticed and smirked. "Did somebody get scared?"

I nodded, surprising him by how fast I admitted it. "Hey." His eyes were serious as he said, "You should've told me you didn't want to go in there. I wouldn't have if you'd said something."

"I-I'm fine." I tried to brush it off. Horror houses and Halloween had never really been my thing. At all.

His eyes narrowed. "You're lying." Then he suddenly sniffed the air, eyes closing in content as he drifted away. "But I'll forgive you because there's something we have to do." I was right behind him as he made his way through the crowd and stopped in front of a big red and white car. "Yes!" He exclaimed. "You have to try these!"

"What are they?" I asked, but he was already at the man behind the cart ordering two of whatever he wanted me to eat. When he came back, his bag was already open, and he handed me the other.

"Two words. Honey-roasted peanuts."

I shrugged, tearing the package and popping one in my mouth. A second later, my jaw went slack, and I stared at him like an idiot. "Oh my Arceus! These are amazing!"

He swallowed his mouthful. "I know right!"

Checking my pocket, I was happy to find that I had brought some money and quickly bought another bag which I held in one hand while munching from the other.

"What?" He smiled. "They're so good you're gonna eat two of them?"

I shook my head. "I'm taking one home for Red to try. I have a feeling he might like them."

"…oh."

I glanced up to see the grin gone. It was back in an instant, though, as he asked, "Want to ride the Ferris wheel?"

"Sure."

It wasn't too far of a walk, and thankfully there wasn't too long of a line. In a matter of fifteen minutes, the carriage door was being closed, and the machine started up. Both of us stayed standing as the ground slowly got smaller.

"So cool," Amber whispered. I turned to him and smiled, and he did the same.

We watched the people walk along the paths below and almost fell to the floor as the ride stopped right at the top so more passengers could get on. I sat down on one of the seats at the side while he kept looking out the window. It didn't take long for my mind to wander and thoughts of that blonde to come back.

Biting my lip, I said, "A-Amber?"

He turned to me at the certain sound of my voice. "What is it?"

I hesitated a moment before straightening my hat. "D-did you by chance see Melany today?"

He immediately froze and glanced back out the window. "Why do you ask?"

"I-it's just that, I thought she was at the coaster rink when we got off. I saw a girl who looked like her, but I could've been wrong."

He didn't say anything, and automatically, I began to worry whether or not she was actually here. He seemed to have noticed and sat down beside me with a sigh. "Yellow, everything's fine. If Melany really were here, don't you think she would have confronted us by now?" I realized he was probably right and nodded. "Besides, even if she did, I'd be here to protect you." He gave a light chuckle and looked me straight in the eye. "Trust me, okay?"

The Ferris wheel started back up again, and he rushed to the window once more. I followed suite a little slower. He was right. There was no use wasting our time here worrying about if she was going to ambush us or not. I forcefully knocked her out of my head and joined him as he started pointing out all the rides we'd been on today.

Much sooner than we'd liked, our carriage arrived at the base again, and we had to get off. The sky was starting to turn that certain shade of red-orange, and Amber decided it was time to go home. We left the park, returning to the Battle Subway before he took out Baga. We climbed on his back and positioned ourselves before the big Pokemon lifted off and flew us home.

It was another long ride back, but this time I made myself stay awake. When Baga landed in front of the Viridian City Pokemon Center and Amber returned him to his Pokeball, I thanked him for the trip, and we went our separate ways. I strolled through the forest towards Professor Oak's lab so I could give Red his treat. My Pokegear said ten 'o clock, and I could only hope that he would still be there.

Night had fully fallen as I stepped onto the walk leading up to the lab and made my way to its front doors. The door was still unlocked, but there was no one inside. I stopped for a moment, my ears reaching out into the darkness until I heard a soft conversation coming from the back. Making my way towards the room Red and Green were using, I quietly opened the door. I could hear Green say something as I got closer.

"Well, it's all we've got right now."

Red was facing away from me, and I gasped silently in shock as I took in his appearance. His clothes were all torn like he'd been through a garbage disposal; he was covered in so much blood I don't know why he hadn't already collapsed; and from the way he was limping, I guessed his leg was hurt.

He put a hand on the brunette's shoulder and said, "Green, don't worry. We'll get her back."

I went numb then, the bag of peanuts slipping from my fingers and hitting the floor. That immediately grabbed their attention, and they turned around to notice me for the first time. Both watched in surprise as I ran up to them and exclaimed, "What happened to you guys?!"

They shared a look before Red stared right into my eyes. "Yellow, we need your help."


Me: And there you have it. The reason why Yellow had a bag of peanuts during the last chapter.

Gardevoir: You know, I don't think a lot of people actually cared.

Me: You know, I wish you would be quiet sometimes.

Gardevoir: *steps forward*

Me: *does the same* You thinking what I'm thinking?

Gardevoir: Yep. Let's settle this the right way. *grabs marshmallow* Marshmallow Dodgeball!

Me: Until next time, my readers! Review your little hearts out and have a great Labor Day!