AN: I wanted to update last week, but I had to chose between math or SOASN. Math won. Here is the second part.

XXXVII: Make A Wish II

"We can't be talkin' anymore then Amelia." Nessa said. "If your father were to tell the authorities, you know what would happen!" Don't I ever.

Women are not punished for owning pokemon. Not directly any ways. Their pokemon are shot and killed in front of them. The logic is that, trained pokemon can't survive in the wild, nor are they likely to answer to another trainer. Also, if a woman watches her pokemon die, then she herself is less likely to try and train pokemon again.

"I'm not going to let that happen." I said, "I'll just have to find new places to store these guys." I looked down at the three pokeballs I had nestled against my breast. "They'll have to kill me before they kill them."

We were back in our meeting spot, a small grove of trees and bushes off of a city street. I had most of my costume back on, my breasts flattened against my body. Their were battles going on, strange for a week day, but not unheard of. I had decided, if Father was going to report me, I'd have one last day of battles.

"If I could hide 'em Angela, I would." Nessa said. I paused at this.

"Angela?"

"Angela? Whose Angela?" Nessa asked.

"I could have sworn I heard you say…never mind." I pulled the mask on. "You think I'm ready to cap the climax? I'll beat 'em all."

"I know you will Amelia." Nessa said, "I-I'll be cheering for you." I left her.

The boodle was unusually large for a weekday. They were cheering, drinking, carrying-on, all drunk and stupid. I was in the center, where I wanted to be, still in my costume. Actually, I had just beaten some one in a very grum costume with a leather mask.

"Challenge me! Challenge me you louts!" I growled, trying to keep my voice low. "I have beaten five of you now, I have…" For a moment, I could see through the crowd, at the ocean.

Moving through the ocean, was a head, of a snake? A serpent, a sea serpent, multi-colored.

A Milotic?

I blinked rapidly, and the sea serpent was gone, the ocean empty. I shook my head rapidly, clearing it.

"I will challenge you." A voice, a very familiar voice. A very huffy voice, one I did not want to hear. Daniel walked through the crowd of people, a smile on his face, swinging a walking stick. He was brandishing a top hat, which was a sign that he was rich, among a crowd of poor and desperate. I said nothing, glad that my mask hid my surprise.

"Y-you wish to challenge me?" I asked. Daniel laughed. He held up a single pokeball.

"I wish to show off the strength of a new pokemon, something Father picked up on his trip to Kanto. I think it is something that will amaze all of you. He pressed the large button on the top, releasing it.

"What in Sam Hill is that?" I whispered. The creature in front of me was a four-legged thing with creamy fur and a mane of fire. It's very eyes appeared to be on fire. It's feet ended in hooves, that it kept stamping on the ground.

"It's a new pokemon." Daniel said, "If I remember, it's name is Ponyta. It will defeat you."

"No such thing will happen. Marcus, you are first" I shouted, opening his ball. I assumed the Ponyta was a fire-type, though I could not be certain due to the constantly changing types. "Marcus, use your pin missile!"

Marcus fired a rapid number of sharp pins at the Ponyta, only to have them burn up at contact. Defiantly fire-type.

"Let's see, I remember an attack of yours." Daniel said, "Ember Ponyta!" The Ponyta unleashed several embers directly at Marcus, who avoided by dodging out of the way.

Marcus attempted to attack with a twin-needle, only to be burned by flames from the Ponyta. It spun around and stomped Marcus with its back hooves, knocking him down.

"Defeat that Beedrill, fire spin Ponyta." Daniel commanded.

Flames suddenly sprung up around Marcus, burning him severely. He tried to fly out, only to find more flames, and finally collapsed.

"You did well my friend." I said, withdrawing Marcus and putting his pokeball down. I picked up the second. "Oliver, you are second."

"Rati!" Oliver emerged, and almost instantly retreated behind me, scared of the Ponyta.

"Don't be yellow Oliver, super fang." Oliver ran directly at the Ponyta, who lifted one hoof and stomped him into the ground. Oliver turned and bit into its leg.

Ponyta shrieked, and kicked, trying to swing Oliver off. Oliver let go, and quick attacked into Ponyta's face. Ponyta used Ember to burn Oliver's face, calling him to fall to the ground.

Oliver leapt off of the ground and onto Ponyta's back. He used Hyper-Fang, biting her in the back of the neck. Ponyta responded by flaring its fire mane, burning Oliver harder.

"Take down." Daniel ordered his new pokemon. Oliver was tossed to the ground, and slammed by Ponyta. He gasped once, and passed out. That's two down, and the Ponyta was still standing.

"You did the best you could." I said, withdrawing Oliver. That left Jesse, perfect. "Jesse, you are third."

Jesse emerged in a flutter of light above the Ponyta. She looked down at it, with a detached and confused look. "Peck!" I shouted. Jesse flew down, and pecked the Ponyta directly between its eyes.

"Take Down." Daniel said.

"Mirror move." I shouted. Ponyta leapt at Jesse, who was hit but not knocked down. Jesse slammed into the Ponyta full force, causing it to stumble back. Ponyta was bruised, maybe even having trouble staying up. One leg was bleeding from Oliver's bite.

"Fire spin." Daniel order. Flames shot up around Jesse, who flew up, trying to avoid them. She kept flying up, finally making it over the flames, free of the fire.

"Drill peck!" I ordered. "The bite on the back of the neck." Jesse's beak began spinning, and she pierced the Ponyta's back. Ponyta shrieked, stumbled, and finally collapsed onto the ground. The match was mine.

"N-No." Daniel whispered. "I-I did not, No No No No No!" He buried his head in his hands.

"Daniel looked like he was going to weep." I said. "I know how much he hates to loose, and now it looks like he'll hang up his fiddle. No more battles for him."

"I know, I saw." Nessa said to me. "I-uh, was hiding in the crowd, watching. If-if you aren't afraid of your father, h-how can I be afraid?"

It was about a half an hour after I left Daniel. I was barely paying attention to Nessa, still thinking of that Ponyta. That last statement however got my attention.

"You didn't have to do that." I said, "I'd never want you to get in trouble."

"I-It's not a crime for me to be out by myself." Nessa said.

"I'm pretty sure it is, they'd arrest you for vagrancy." I said. For some reason, we both smiled at this.
"My momma taught me that law. About persons of color needing employment, and papers from their employers to walk around. Slavery ended over one hundred years ago, and they just replaced it with the Codes. I-I want to see them end Amelia, just as much as you do."

"We will end them." I said. "Well make them acknowledge the corn, some how. The codes will go, and we'll be free." I looked down at my three pokeballs, which I had wrapped in my costume. "Then I wont have to hide them any more. I wont have to wear this any more."

"Yes, that'll be the day." Nessa sighed. "I gotta go Amelia."

"Be careful, my friend." We parted ways. I made my way through back streets, holding my pokeballs against my body and trying to hide them. I made sure to not be seen, by anyone. "Where am I going?" I whispered. If I went home, Father would be waiting, and who knows what he would be thinking. Of course, I could—"

"Amelia!" A voice cried out. I turned around, nearly slipping on my skirt.

"Father?" Father ran over to me, face full of concern. "What are you doing?"

"You ran out of the house, I was concerned for you." Father said to me.

"Well, I just couldn't stand to be there." I said.

"Please, come home Amelia." Father said, "We'll talk about this on the way."

"You need to give up your pokemon Amelia. Just let them go."

Our talk had not been going well. Father's position was simple, I was to give up my pokemon, and start living according to the codes. My response was equally simple, no.

"Why, why should I give them up?" I asked. Father was currently holding all three of them, as not to draw attention to us. I was holding my costume though. "If I were a man, would it matter?"

"If you were a man, would not be rules about these things." Father replied. "In spite of what you believe I do not like the codes Amelia. I also have no interest to redefine the world. I just want us to be able to live comfortably within the law."

"The law is wrong!" I snapped. "No matter what you may think, no matter how you try to defend it, the law is wrong. It must be changed." Father sighed.

"I wish you wouldn't say things like this." We finally arrived back at Father's shop. "You wont change your opinion, and neither will I."

"Yes, well I suppose that's just going to be how things are." I said, entering the building. A man in a black and silver uniform greeted me. "Uh, hello? Who are you?"

"This is Constable Aubrjenios." Father said, "An acquaintance of mine."

"F-Father?" I asked.

"Hello Amelia." The Constable said, "I'm glad to meet you, I wish it weren't under these circumstances." He looked at my pokeballs. "Are these them?"

"Yes, these are them." Father said, handing over my pokeballs.

"What are you doing, give those back!" I said, trying to grab them. Father grabbed my arm, holding it tight. "Father, what are you doing?"

"I'm sorry Amelia." He said, "It's the way of things. If you had agreed to, let them go, I would have let you. You were stubborn, so I had to do this."

"Yes, that is the smart decision." The Constable said. He pulled out a small metal device, that looked like a hook. "This will disable the balls, keep them from opening. The pokemon inside will die within twenty-four hours, thankfully without pain." He gave me one look. "Remember, this is your fault. If it weren't for you, they might be able to survive in the wild."

"No!" I sobbed, "Don't do this, please!" The Constable started work on the first ball. "Guys…I'm so sorry guys."

All dead. Jesse, Oliver, Marcus, all three of them were alive yesterday. It-It still wasn't real.

Father had wanted me to eat dinner with him, but I chose not to. If I did, my fork might slip and make its way into his eye. Not just that, oh no, I wasn't just mad.

I couldn't let him see me mad. I didn't want him to see me anything, no anger or sorrow. No, I wouldn't cry or scream, I'd sit quietly and wait. I'd show them all, by not being angry. I'd be above them, and God help me, someday I would forgive them.

Father was down below me, mulling about, doing something I didn't care. I was at my window, only lit by a small lamp. My mask was in my hands, I kept running it through my fingers. I could see half of my face in the window, and the stars in the sky.

One streaks across the clouds, I can follow it with my eyes.

You know what that means. I closed my eyes.

"I-I wish for a new world." I whispered, "A world without codes, a new me, I wish my pokemon were alive." My eyes opened, only to see the stars were brighter. "Well, that's a new trick." They kept glowing bright, the entire sky lighting up.

"Oh boy" A bright flash, and I was gone.

I was floating, floating again in eternity. I was Amelia, and I was Angela, but somehow I was neither. None of it made sense, and to a certain degree, it didn't really matter. The first thing I did was remove that horrible corset.

"I bet you're glad to have that gone." Not Meowth said to me. I sighed, letting my hair fall down.

"More then you could possibly imagine." I said. "Want to tell me what the hell is going on here?"

"Well, it was time to bring you back." Not Meowth said, "So I did."

"Not that." I said. "I mean, what just happened to me? Who was I? Was I Amelia or Angela?"

"Both of them." Not Meowth said, "More specifically Amelia with Angela inside. You were there, we just put you inside of Amelia's body, suppressed your personality and memories while giving you hers.

"So, was I just living our her life?" I asked.

"No, you had free will. You could make any choice you wanted." Not Meowth said, "You just thought you were Amelia. Actually, you were Amelia, just with a few moments with your real personality taking control.

"S-So was that why I saw all of those weird things?" I asked, "My reflection, Donny, the Milotic, all of that crap was me? How do a group of multidimensional demi-gods manage to not remain in control the entire time?"

"A friend of mine, a Qwilfish was in control of personality suppression." Not Meowth said, "It's the hardest part of this test, but he handled it admirably I think."

"It was a test. Some how I'm not surprised." I sighed, "Did I fail?"

"Why is it you automatically assume the worst possible solution?" Not Meowth asked. "You passed, passed beautifully. Angela, their were two things to learn from this test, one to help you in the coming battle, and one to help you through out your life.

"The first was simple, and important. You needed to learn how to survive even everything you know betraying you. Angela you were stripped of your pokemon, your identity, your freedom, even the trust of your Father. Or rather Amelia's father."

"Why would I need to know this?" I asked.

"You kept your sanity. Eventually Angela, you will be forced to confront the Milotic." Not Meowth said. I could feel my blood run cold, my anxiety rising.

"I know that." I said. Sadly I did, she wouldn't leave me alone. Eventual Not Milotic and I would meet, but that's a long time away.

"When you do, she will attack you in any way she can." Not Meowth said. "She will attack your mind, your friends, she will turn your own pokemon against you if she can. You will be betrayed, you wont even be able to trust your own mind. Angela, you learned how to keep yourself sane, and to trust yourself even when the world is against you."

"Alright, that makes sense." I said. "The second lesson?" Not Meowth paused.

"Now that you've experienced the 19th century" He said, "I assume you're proud of how much humanity has changed?"

"Of course." I said. "We no longer judge people by gender or skin."

"You're right." Not Meowth said, smiling, "Now, you judge by politics, religion, and sexuality."

"Excuse me! I do no such thing!"

"Of course not Angela" Not Meowth said, "You've never called someone a bad person because they sell Pokemon to earn money." I paused.

"W-What are you saying?"

"I'm saying that humanity hasn't changed, the exceptable targets have." Not Meowth said. "This is a lesson you are still learning, one I hope you learn soon. Good-bye Angela."

Eternity went green oddly, a glowing green consuming my field of vision. I blinked rapidly, and discovered myself on the ground.

Michael, Charlotte, Desiree, Anna, and all of the others stood around me, looking down at me.

"Uh, hello?" I tried standing up, and stumbled back, Michael grabbing me and pulling me back up. "Why are you all staring?"

"The shrine blew up!" Michael said. "You got hit with a big, green explosion, and for a minute you didn't say anything."

"Green?" I don't remember any green. Let's get out of here."

"Yeah, because when a bomb goes off on you, the best thing to do is to walk it off." Charlotte said to me sarcastically.

"Shut it." I snapped. As we moved on, I took one last, lingering look at the Celebi shrine. "Good-bye Amelia."