I gag as the world rights itself again. Teleporting is not a fun thing. It's worse than those candies I ate!
"GIOVANNI!" I call, stumbling around. "We're back! Where's Gray?"
"Is this the place?" Mindy asks from my side. "Is this where my grandson and daughter are?"
"Nah. We just brought you here for shits and giggles," scoffs Silver. "Obviously it is, woman."

"Be nice, Silver!" Bianca scolds. "That was very rude!"
"Wait, so you're telling me off for that, but you let your boyfriend off for attacking Nintendo? "
"Now, you listen here, you-"
"-stop it." I take a step forward and see Cheren and Silver glaring at each other. Mindy is glaring at Silver while Bianca looks at her shoes. We don't like fighting. I guess that's why she called us friends. "Yes, Mindy. This is Giovanni's."
"Wait, what?" Cheren looks at me, gobsmacked. "Giovanni as in... Giovanni Rocket?"

"Good to know that people only know his stage name," remarks Silver with a smirk. "Now I can see why I could get around Johto and into Kanto."
"You're his son? Oh, great. So we've been traveling with a wanted criminal and a criminal's homicidal son to his house?" Cheren glares at me. "WHY DIDN'T YOU MENTION THIS BEFORE?"
"Does it really matter, Rennie? We're helping Gray!" says Bianca, looking up meekly.
"...you knew?" she nods bashfully. "Arceus, Bianca! This could be a trap!"
"I'm coming with him now," we hear Giovanni call back. Cheren flinches but then looks at me. Did he just think what i thought? Eh, no time for that. Only when Gray's okay.
"If it was a trap, why did we bring you?" I ask, wanting to hand him some of Giovanni's medication. I take back what I said- he REALLY, REALLY needs sex.

"To torture White," he answers confidently. "This is Ghetsis's doing, isn't it?" my face hardens. My father... he left. He hurt me and left. He isn't coming back.
"No." I say curtly. "My father has nothing to do with this. HURRY UP, GIOVANNI!"
"Are you sure?" Mindy asks quietly. "N, your father-" I cover my ears and hum. I do not want to hear this! No, I don't. She stops, rolls her eyes and asks Silver a question. Silver says something while I continue to hum that weird song that White likes. Bianca bops to my humming while Cheren looks around, like we have a man-eating Lillipup somewhere that wants to eat him. Everyone except Bianca turn to look down the corridor.

Removing my hands from my ears, I run forward and nearly knock Giovanni over. He's pushing a trolley-like object- one that contains my son!
"Gray!" I coo, stroking his green, knotty hair. He's still asleep and whimpering... but he's alive. My baby's alive.
"He had a fever last night," reports Giovanni grimly. "It broke only a few hours ago."
"How severe was it?" I ask, staring at him. "Severe enough to... take him from me?"
"No." I relax slightly. "But, I have a feeling that he will have more fevers, each becoming increasingly worse." That's not good... not good at all.

When we wheel him into the lounge room, we get a lot of different reactions. Bianca begins singing and squealing, Cheren turns to ice, Silver looks a little concerned and Mindy's eyes widen.
"My grandson," she whispers, staring at him. "He looks so much like my Whitlea..."
"Where is White?" Bianca asks in between cooing at Gray. "Is she still here?" I look up hopefully, so does Mindy.
"No," Giovanni says, causing our faces to fall. "She and Lyra managed to track the counterpart... they've found where she is." We all sit straight now.

"Where?"
"When?"
"A name would be good." Silver rolls his eyes.
"Way to ruin the moment, Sabrina."
"Who's Sabrina?" asks a very confused Bianca. "Cause I'm pretty sure this is Cheren..." is Silver blushing?
"Um, well," he starts, "she's from one of the Harvest Moons. It's a good game, okay?"
"You were in Harvest Moon, Rennie?"Bianca laughs. "I remember now! You're the guy who owns that big mining business's daughter!" Cheren grits his teeth. "The shy one!"
"Bianca, shut up." He says flatly. "I've only ever been in this world."
"Or have you?" Silver wonders, smirking as he waves at the wall. "You'd be surprised, Cheren. We're famous. Each and every one of us are." Bianca jumps up and straightens her hair while Cheren does a Giovanni. Are Cheren and Silver brothers or something?

"Are you high?"
"That's enough." Giovanni says tiredly, rubbing his eyes. "Stop breaking the fourth wall, Silver. To answer your questions, the counterpart's name is Cresselia. She's a lunar Pokémon usually seen in the Sinnoh region. In recent months however, she's been 'sighted'-" -Giovanni quote marks the air- "-in Johto. Nobody knows why. Her wings have been found close by here, in fact."Silver and I sit up straight. All eyes are on Giovanni.

"So, they're near here?" Silver asks, getting to his feet. "Then N and I should-"
"-relax. " Giovanni remains firm under his son's furious gaze. "Silver, you've just been to another region and back. You and your Alakazam must be exhausted."
"How I am is of no concern," Silver answers coolly. "At least, not to any of you. My girlfriend is-"
"-very close by. Please, just relax." Giovanni now looks slightly guilty. "Star needs at least one of her parents close." This has a huge impact on Silver. He looks around, worried.
"Where is she? What have you done with her?"
"I haven't done anything, Silver. She has remained by Gray's side until now. She claims that this is her fault, that she is a witch. She needs you. Please, don't make the same mistake that I did, son." Silver and Giovanni hold each other's gazes as Silver walks to the study. There's an odd emotion in both sets of eyes... I think we just witnessed something extremely powerful. Arceus, I hope the two can make up now.

"...Should I release Musharna now?" Bianca asks, looking awkwardly at Giovanni. He nods warily and sits down.
"Yes. I'm not sure how the process works... Maybe your friend would-" Giovanni halts and scans the room. "-where has he gone?" Bianca drops her Pokéball and runs for the door.
"CHEREN!" she calls, frightened. "Ren, where are you?"
"He's gone after White," groans Mindy as she runs after Bianca.
"...um, hello?" I look and see Bianca's Musharna staring at me from Gray's side. "Where's Bianca?"

"She'll be back in a minute," I reassure her. She has really, really weird eyes. Maybe she is what she eats. "In the meantime, I need you to help me. Can you, little friend?" she gives a little huff and stares at me, recognition flashing in her eyes.
"Your people tried to take me away. Why should I help you?"
"Because I realized the error in Team Plasma's ways. I know what Ghetsis planned... it wasn't what I was told at all. I apologize, Musharna. My son has fallen into a coma and we need insight into what caused it."

"A coma? " She asks sceptically, peeking at Gray. "That boy there... is comatose?"
"Yes."My voice is like a whisper now. It's a lot quieter than White's after fun-time. "Please, Musharna. I don't want my baby to die. I want him to grow old and marry Star."
"Who?" Musharna turns her attention to Giovanni. "If you mean this old guy, count me out. I don't like creepers." I laugh and shake my head.
"DO THA CREEP-AH!" I shout to the ceiling. Musharna flinches and Giovanni does his trademark.

"I'm not a creeper, you... I take it that you're Musharna?" he asks. Her eyes narrow slightly.
"Yes," she says. "What are you?"
"What did it say?"Asks Giovanni while Musharna huffs. She looks like she's smoking a cigarette. Silver smokes, but Lyra puts patches on him.
"She said, 'Yes, What are you?'" I quote.
"I'm a man past his time," replies Giovanni grandly, "who lives in the mountains as a recluse with his son, his girlfriend, their daughter, N, White and my godson."
"The father of the race that died?"

"We can talk later!"
"Fine. Musharna... uh... do your thing." She rolls her eyes at his awkward word choice and sighs.
"I have to be asleep for you to see it... but I can eat his dream now." with that, she floats over Gray's face and stares intently at him. A see-through, pinkish tinted beam of light emits from Gray's head- causing Giovanni to gasp- and it flies up her nose as she inhales. With that, it's done.
"Good job, little one!" I cheer as she collapses onto Gray.
"That was amazing," breathes Giovanni. "Delicate and precise."
"Yeah... Musharna, are you okay?" she hasn't gotten up.
Oh, no. I run over- Giovanni's at my heels- and we groan. Her eyes are closed but she's whimpering like Gray.
"No!" I groan, doing a Giovanni. "I should have known... how could I have been so blind?"
"We're ba- WHATDIDYOUDOTOMYMUSHARNA?" I feel Bianca smack me in the back of the head and groan even more.
I can see why she and White are best friends. They hit hard and scream loud.

"MUSHIE! MUSHIE, WAKE UP!" screams Bianca, crying her eyes out. "Mushhiiiieeee..." Cheren wordlessly comforts her while glaring at me.
"I'm sorry," I mumble, feeling awful.
"That proves my theory..." Giovanni clears his throat and winces as he rubs the back of his head. "It has to be Darkrai's doing."
"The dee-"
"-I'm going to kick his ass!"
"Bianca, calm down," Cheren says, mouthing "I will get you for this" at me. I really don't like him. And I like everyone now.

"Wait... so Cresselia's counterpart is Darkrai?" Silver ask as he sits next to Giovanni (gingerly, but he sits there), Star hanging off his hand. There's silence at his question, then a wail.
"I killed him, daddy! And I killed that pink elephant, too!" Star begins to cry. Bianca stops crying and stares at the little girl with wide eyes.
"No, you didn't..." Giovanni says to her. "Sweetie, you didn't kill Gray."
"Then why is everyone crying? I'm sorry! I didn't mean to!" she sobs, tearing at her red hair. "And now black mist is coming out of its nose."
Black mist...?
"Dream mist," I breathe, racing over. Cheren, Silver, Giovanni and Mindy are with me in a flash.
What we see makes my blood go cold, Silver and Cheren swear, Mindy scream and Giovanni clench his fists.

Gray is on the floor, eyes filled with pain. A familiar Pokémon stands behind his head, laughing at something while an equally familiar voice speaks to us.
"This has to be the stupidest mistake you've ever made, N. Truly, I thought you would have learned something in the past seven years... but I guess not. Yet again, you prove me right."
"Why?" I ask, numbly staring at the dream mist. "Why Gray? Why torture a child over me?"
"And we've grown even more obnoxious, I see. Yes, you partially inflicted this on the boy, but I've my own plans for him. And the girl, too." Silver steps in front of me angrily.
"Touch my daughter and I will fucking-"
"-I'm shaking in my boots, Silver. You learned well." We freeze at the realization that he knows Silver. "I always knew that Giovanni's son would be just as twisted as his father."

"You've gone too far this time. It's one thing to harass the boy, but to include my family into this? You're one to talk about evil, you bastard." Giovanni spits, glaring at the man.
"Oh, my dear old friend. I knew you'd be there. Time has made you weak, old man," we hear a dark chuckle, "just like those two brats have. Don't worry; I won't touch the girl... for now. The boy, however..." I slam Silver to the side.
"NO!" I shout, glaring at my father. "I WON'T LET YOU HURT HIM ANYMORE! Come to me. We will finish this, father. I will DESTROY you."
"Oh, really now? You think that you can win?" Ghetsis laughs and puts one hand on my son's forehead.
"DON'T... DON'T TOUCH HIM! GRAY!" I scream as the dream mist fades. "GRAY!"

Hello everyone, I'm back for now. I'm sorry it's taken me a month, but here's the chappy. I've had a few personal issues going on and zero motivation due to that... so if this chapter sucked balls, I apologize.

There's only a few more chapters left of this part, and then we're on to part II. Part II will be written here, but the setting's going to be completely different. I don't want to give anything away, but I'll let you take guesses into where it's going to be.