One day prior near the entrance to Treeshroud Forest.

It was getting close to night as a Riolu and Grovyle were making their way through the forest, the former having a hard time keeping up with the latter.

"I... huff don't think... pant I can keep... huff going..." The Riolu whispered, tiredly.

"We need to keep going." The Grovyle responded adamantly. "There's no time to lose."

But the Riolu was starting to slow down, trying to catch his breath. "P... please... I really can't..."

The Grovyle stopped and looked back with annoyance and sympathy, before hopping back to his friend and nodding. "Then we'll take a rest." He said softly.

Finally, allowed to get the rest he needed, the Riolu sits down against the tree, his green friend sitting next to him. They sat there in silence, regaining their strength and energy for the road ahead.

That was, until they heard a feminine voice snarling at someone a few meters behind them. "Tell your 'lord' that he can stick it where the sun doesn't shine! We're done here."

The duo soon peeked around the tree, where they saw a Houndoom, glaring at a furious Gastly over a campfire.

The Gastly's face became almost red, its rage barely contained. "Lord Phoenix will hear of this! Such betrayals will do not go unpunished!" It yelled with frustration before turning and leaving the Houndoom behind to growl and say things under her breath.

The two were about to look away before they heard her calling out to them. "I hope you enjoyed the performance."

They froze for a moment, wondering what they should do, but soon enough the Grovyle stepped out from behind the tree, his friend following closely behind.

"Eh, it lacked setup." Grovyle responded humorously, getting a chuckle out of the fire type.

"Why don't you two sit here with me? You look like you've come a long way, especially the Riolu."

The two complied and sat down around the fire, Grovyle staying a little farther back as to not get burned.

"So," The Houndoom began. "What are two Pokemon like you doing here in the middle of nowhere?"

The duo glanced at each other before Grovyle took the lead. "We were planning on exploring some Dungeons, but we lost track of time." He motioned to the starlit sky, surrounding the crescent moon.

"What about you?" The Riolu asked her, putting his paw below his head.

"I was completing a retrieval mission for a wealthy client," She said, pointing with her front paw to the dungeon nearby. "But then it failed at the very last second."

Grovyle's face contorted in thought. "Heh, that sure sounds like a pain…" He was silent for a moment before getting an idea. "If you need someone to vent too, we're all ears."

The Houndoom thought for a moment. I don't know... I doubt they'll appreciate running my mouth like that... After a few seconds, she sighed. "You know what? Fuck it, sure."

Grovyle and Riolu inched forward a little as she began talking. "So, I was hired by this 'Lord Phoenix' guy to retrieve some random artifact from Treeshroud Forest. They wouldn't tell me what it was or how to get it, just that there was something there and that a nice amount of Poké was waiting for me if I succeeded."

"That does sound a little sketchy..." The Riolu mused.

"Yeah, I have no idea how I didn't see the red flags." She added, sounding a little disappointed. "You see, what they didn't bother to tell me was that there were some very powerful clones and ferals roaming around in the forest. That fucking place cost me five Reviver Seeds to get through! But you know what the worst part is?"

"What?" Grovyle asked curiously.

"When I made it to the final room, a mist formed all around me. There was howling, which seemed like it made the mist worse, and then whatever was howling knocked me right out of the dungeon!" She seethed with rage, smoke escaping from between her clenched fangs, before taking a moment to calm down and catch her breath. "All in all, this mission was a disaster."

Grovyle chuckled and nodded. "I can get that. One time when I was exploring a dungeon, I found a bunch of Reviver Seeds, but the local Clones Roared me straight down the stairs, making me lose that treasure trove of Seeds."

The Riolu glanced at him with curiosity, before chuckling too.

And it wasn't long before the Houndoom also joined in. "Wow, that sucks. But things happen, I guess."

"That they do." Grovyle said in response. "Feeling any better now?"

"It helped, I can say that much." She stood up and grabbed her bag with her mouth, throwing it over her shoulder. "I should really leave now, I refuse to stay here another second. Thanks for listening, you two."

Grovyle waved with his hand dismissively. "It's no problem, good luck out there."

The Houndoom nodded, and then left the grassy clearing in the forest. When she was gone, the duo looked back at each other.

"So, something's guarding the gear, it seems?" The Riolu mused.

Grovyle nodded. "So it would seem. I think I might know what we're dealing with. So, are you ready to continue?"

The Riolu stood and gave a thumbs up.

"Alright then, let's get going."

With that, the duo entered Treeshroud Forest...

Back in the present. Treasure Town.

The newly formed Team Ion stood at the edge of Treasure Town. Tristian looked around, mouth agape, while Sean had a confident smirk on his face. It was certainly strange for the now Meowth. The whole town felt so different when seen from the ground.

"So... where do you think Bidoof is?" Sean asked Tristian, trying his best to seem completely unfamiliar to the town.

Tristian returned a distant shrug in response, his attention still fixated on the town, to Sean's amusement.

"Hold on!" A voice yelled behind them, causing Tristian to break from his trance and Sean to do a little jump. Turning around, the duo was met with Bidoof, who was out of breath. "I... didn't expect this to be... huff happening. No... puff siree..."

After a few more seconds, Bidoof raised his head again. "So, I've been assigned with giving you the run about of town, and by golly, I'm excited to do so!"

Yup, that's certainly Bidoof. Sean thought to himself, as he held back a chuckle.

"So," Bidoof began. "Are you two ready to begin?"

Tristian nodded with excitement. "Sure am!"

"I'm ready." Sean said, keeping his excitement a little more subdued.

"Then follow me." Bidoof said.

The tour, including opening a bank account with the Duskull and registering for the Kangaskhan storage, didn't take too long. Tristian was impressed with a lot of the town, even if he couldn't fully grasp why. Sean noticed some things he didn't the first time he went through, like the giant Eevee building in the distance, which he later learned is the Library.

Soon enough, the trio of Pokemon ended up at the main square again. "And that's about it." Bidoof announced. "If there's something else you want to ask, let me know, yup yup!"

"Thanks, Bidoof, we certainly will." Sean responded, watching as the normal type walked back to the guild. Once he was out of sight, he turned to his partner. "So... what type of mission could we do?"

"Wait, you want to go for a mission now? Isn't that too soon?" Tristian said, cocking his head slightly.

"Hear me out, Tristian," Sean began. "I think that-"

But before he could continue, the duo of team Lightbringers arrived in the square from the west. "So, I heard you two are now a part of the guild, right?" Rachel asked with a slight grin on her face.

The two Shinxs stood there wondering where Rachel was going with this, leaving Sean to be the one to respond. "Yup, we're Team Ion."

"I see. Well, I hope for you two that you can keep up." Rachel said with a playfully arrogant tone.

"Wait, so, are we rivals?" Tristian asked, his genuinely confused tone causing Rachel and Sean to laugh to Rai's concern.

"Nah, I'm just messing with you two." She said between her laughter. "Although, competition can be a great motivator, from what I heard. What do you think?" She asked Rai.

"Sure, if you think it can help." Rai answered.

"What about you, Tristian?" Sean asked, to Rai's dismay.

He shrugged and nodded. "Sure, why not."

"Then from this day onward, we are rivals, Team Ion." Rachel said with a confident grin.

"May the best exploration team succeed." Sean answered with a similar smirk.

Rachel kept on her best serious face and turned to her partner. "Let's go Rai. We have a reward to claim, remember?"

Rai flinched slightly, but kept it together. "Yup. Let's go."

Team Lightbringers turned to leave, before Rachel turned around to face Team Ion. "Oh, one more thing. If you really want to keep up, you might want to hurry, since we are one dungeon ahead of you two. Good luck." With a wink, she turned around and followed Rai to the library.

After the two left, Sean turned back to Tristian with a grin. "Need any more motivation?"

Tristian looked at the Meowth in disbelieving silence, before finally relenting. "...Fine, you win."

Sean's grin grew ever wider, as he motioned for Tristian to follow him back to the guild, which the Shinx somewhat reluctantly did.

Meanwhile, in a distorted realm, a Mimikyu is excitedly bouncing around, trying to finish wrapping a present he made.

"Almost... and there!" The Mimikyu said to himself excitedly before grabbing the present. "He's going to love this!"

The floating island on which the ghost type was situated began to shake, causing him to quickly stand before the present in an attempt to hide it. A rift opened up, and out of it flew the former Renegade Pokemon, Giratina.

He floated above the island in his Origin Forme, and lowered his head to be on the small Pokemon's eye level. "Hello Mimikyu, I hope you were alright in my absence."

"Sure was, dad!" He replied with excitement. "I actually have something for you."

The Creation Dragon of Antimatter raised a brow as the Mimikyu presented his gift to him.

Giratina took and opened the box and pulled out a black veil with a red colored edge. He was silent for a long time as he looked at the piece of clothing. "Is that… a Nether Veil?"

"Yup!" Mimikyu said as he did a little hop. "Do you like it?"

The former renegade slowly hovered towards the ghost Pokemon before hugging him with his ghostly tendrils. His voice was soft and kind. "I love it. Thank you, Mimikyu."

The Mimikyu giggled in the embrace of his father. "You're welcome, dad!"

Just then, a quake caused the moment to be interrupted, as a portal opened up and revealed a familiar water type dragon for Giratina. "BROTHER. WE HAVE A SITUATION."

Giratina turned his gaze towards the visitor, the joy he was feeling from the gift now being replaced with dread. "What is the situation, Palkia?"

"THE TIME GEAR OF TREESHROUD FOREST HAS BEEN STOLEN."

An hour or so later, Team Ion found themselves standing in front of Oran Forest, preparing to go in.

"Okay, so we're here to fetch a TM Fire Blast from some douche Litleo who stole it." Sean read from the job description.

Tristian stared for a moment at the dungeon entrance, two big Oran trees form an archway into darkness. He gulped and turned to his partner. "Yep, I say we get in and get out as fast as possible."

"No need to tell me twice." Sean humored as he put the job description in his bag. "Let's do this."

The journey wasn't easy, the pathways were convoluted, the Starly and Wurmples had taken the duo by surprise multiple times, and rarely did they get lucky with the stair placement.

Thankfully, they were fortunate when it came to items, finding multiple apples, Oran berries, and Max Elixers on the way, even having a few extra left to use if they needed them later.

It didn't help however that one of the berries Tristian consumed was a Lookalike Oren Berry, causing him a painful stomach ache that took up some time.

Soon enough, however, they reached the lowest floor. They found themselves in a small room with no hallways or anything. In the center stood two small boxes, a strange tile that Sean recognized as the exit tile that some dungeons had.

And in the middle of the room, they saw their target, a Litleo casually grooming himself before they arrived.

What followed was an awkward silence between the thief and the explorers.

"You aren't the Shinx I was expecting..." The Litleo eventually said, finally breaking the awkward silence.

"Err... your problem, I guess?" Tristian 'countered', slightly confused.

Sean took a deep breath and stepped forward. "We're here for the TM you stole from Charmander. Now, where is it?"

The Litleo got a smirk on his face. "Oh, you two are here for that. I already used."

"Wait, what?" Sean and Tristian said in tandem.

"Yup," The Litleo said proudly. "He was too weak to use it, so I thought, might as well-"

"Dammit! There goes our bonus." Tristian said as he slammed his paw into the ground.

Litleo was speechless for a moment before getting himself together again. "Yeah... and if you two don't want a practical example of how Fire Blast works, I suggest you two run back home."

"Let's just get to the point now." Sean murmured to Tristian, who nodded in response.

Sean breathed to himself. Okay. It's okay. You can do this. You can do this. Wigglytuff complimented you. That's why we're doing this. Oh god, why did we choose an outlaw first? Whose idea was this?

Litleo smirked, seeing the stony-faced expression of restrained panic. "Heh. What's wrong, cutie? You look like you're going to faint. Am I really that hot? Of course, I am." He preened.

Somehow, the lame arrogance helped calm him down, and he breathed. "Yeah, okay."

"He speaks! Nice voice." Litleo looked him up and down. "You're a bit scrawny, you know?"

Sean bristled at that. "Scrawny?"

"You look silly on two legs as well."

"Excuse me?"

"Watch." Litleo stood up awkwardly on two legs, wobbled a moment, then fell back down. "That's what you look like." He laughed. "Run away. You two are shaking like leaves. You're obviously a new team, is this your first mission?"

Sean didn't respond, and Litleo's smirk widened. "Heh. It is, isn't it?"

Tristian, who had been watching the back and forth, let out an annoyed grunt. "Let's just get to the point already." He quickly sprinted at the Litleo with a quick attack.

The Shinx's boldness certainly came out of nowhere for Litleo, who barely got out of the way of the Quick Attack. He quickly got back on his feet and fired an Ember towards the attacking Shinx.

Shinx tried to dodge the flames by ducking, but got hit on his tail, causing it to light aflame. He screamed, starting to run around wildly.

Litleo stared in disbelief at the scene before chuckling. "Pfft... really? You two are going to take me down? He can't even control his own tail!"

The Meowth groaned as his partner finally succeeded in putting out the flame. He got into a battle stance, which his opponent found ridiculous.

Litleo smirked again. "You are really cute, but… come on. You're gonna get hurt at this rate."

The Meowth unsheathed his claws. "Yeah, but you're still going to be taken in." He proceeded to charge.

Litleo rolled his eyes, and used a Fire Blast... which flew right past the Meowth, instead hit the Shinx, who was blasted into the trees.

Litleo contemplated how he was this bad at aiming and how the Shinx was at dodging. Being distracted, he was open to an attack from Meowth, who slashed him across the face.

Litleo stumbled back in pain and surprise, but was quick to get his bearings. He then struck back with a Quick Attack, blowing the Meowth off his feet.

"You two are certainly adorable with your dedication, but you really should've picked an easier job." He teased, walking away from the Meowth.

As he was walking away, the Shinx stood up again, and glared at Litleo. "We won't just let you go! Sean, let's get him!"

Litleo groaned as he turned around to face them again. Why was it so hard for them to let this go? "Look. It's not like anyone is going to miss me. I need it more than Charmander anyway."

This caused the Shinx's gaze to go from determined to confused. "Wait a minute, hold up, what?" He blurted out.

"...shit." Litleo thought to himself before trying to look cool again and downplay what he just said. "What? I didn't say anything."

"No no no. What do you mean with 'nobody is going to miss me'?" The Shinx asked, genuinely curious.

"It's none of your business," Litleo growled. "Why would you even care? I'm the bad guy."

Sean glanced between the two in concern, but he lowered his battle stance. "Well...neither of us know you, outsider's perspective?"

Litleo opened his mouth to retort, and then actually realized what he said.

Tristian cocked his head with mild concern, the grass of the dungeon slowly moving in the wind. "But why are you the bad guy? We have no reason to think that..."

Litleo growled. "What? You haven't heard the townsfolk?"

"We...only just came to town?" Meowthy Sean replied. "Look. You're not going to be in that much trouble. Just give the thing back, find someone who can use Recycle, and give it back to Charmander."

Litleo snorted. "And then we'll braid flowers and skip off into the sunset. Everyone hates me in town."

"Maybe it's that attitude," Meowth muttered quietly.

"Maybe you need to fuck yourself!" Litleo snapped. "You don't get anything! I need it because I need it. I'm leaving the stupid place. Rai's in the guild now, he doesn't need me anymore, and I don't need two Pokemon who understand nothing telling me it can just all be okay!"

The Shinx's curiosity soon got usurped by pity, much to Litleo's dismay and annoyance. "So... you stayed here for him until he joined the guild... and now you feel like you have nothing you can do for him anymore?"

"What are you, Azumarill's adopted child? I'm not here for therapy, I'm here to go. There's nothing left for me here, okay?" His ears flattened before he righted them. "I'll...give you back the damn thing if you'll just leave me alone."

The Shinx stood there in visible contemplation. Why wouldn't they get the hint and leave him alone? Litleo thought to himself, but the Shinx seemed truly determined to do something, as he raised his head again with fire in his eyes. "So... from what I can gather, you wanted to push that Shinx to do his best, and now that he's joined the guild, you no longer have a reason to push him... what if... what if you joined our team?"

Litleo blinked. Blinked again. And then blinked some more.

The Meowth also glanced at his partner with befuddlement. It was cute, Litleo privately thought. He didn't like looking at the Shinx though. He had none of Rai's rugged charm, yet he was still a Shinx and there were similarities.

"You're kidding," Litleo managed after some extended blinking. "Say you're kidding."

The Shinx shook his head. "Nope. One hundred percent serious right now, so hear me out. We are rivals of R-Shinx's team, and by joining ours you can still give him some pushes to help. I mean, he doesn't strike me as the confident type, so he most definitely needs the push." As he finished, he shifted around on his feet uncertainly.

Litleo continued staring at him in disbelief. "...You know, if you wanted to trick me into coming to town with you, there are...other things you could have offered to entice me." He looks them up and down. "Wink."

"Tristian are you sure about this?" Sean hissed to the steadfast Shinx. He got a firm nod in return. Sean looked over Litleo for a long moment. The staring made the cool facade crack slightly and Litleo shifted.

"Whatcha lookin at? Something ya like?" He teased.

"You really don't seem like a 'bad guy,'" Sean decided, and to his surprise, Litleo almost recoiled.

"Well, slap me silly, that's probably the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me," he snarked. Litleo felt his heart grow a little heavy from the joke.

"You...you said you were pushing Shinx. The Shinx that just joined the guild?"

"That's right." Litleo nodded charmingly. "Thank you for repeating that, truly a way with words you got."

Sean frowned, this guy was really laying on the snippy comments. But part of that made him think that Litleo seemed like he was trying to push the offer away, make them take it back.

"Then Tristian is right. Just because he's joined the guild, doesn't mean he's suddenly the boldest 'mon in the whole damn town. We just today marked ourselves as rivals to Team Lightbringers, but uh..." He glanced to Tristian. "...as you can see, we may need a little help ourselves to keep up."

Litleo suddenly snorted. "Wow. Wooow. That's actually a pretty decent argument you got there, Sean." He grinned teasingly. "At least you're upfront about wanting to use me, though. I like it. People wanting me for my body is nice."

"That isn't what this is." Sean frowned.

"Sure sounds like it~"

"Litleo!"

As Shinx tried his best not to laugh, he walked up with a sincere tone in his voice. "If it's true that everyone hates you back in town, why are you pushing us away now? What are you even planning on doing after you get far away from treasure town?"

Litleo didn't have an answer to that. Well, truthfully, he hadn't thought that far ahead. He had to go, obviously, and had snagged something he'd need to defend himself with.

His silence was damning.

"You're just...tricking me," he muttered, shaking his head. "No one just walks up to their mark and goes, 'Hey, wanna join our team?' It just doesn't happen. As if the guild would even let me join anyway, they..." He remembered Chimecho, helping him when he wouldn't go to Chansey. Offering Chatot money to pay for the Gabite scale for...

"It's worth a shot at least," Sean added. "Neither of us know you or 'why we should hate you.'"

"Everyone else will hate you too," Litleo retorted. "You two are starting out all fresh. You obviously need someone to help you and, yeah, I'm easily the best choice around with my smarts, good looks, and superior firepower, but... I'm forgetting the point here. What was I saying? Right. Look, fine. I got abandoned by my family here, and they were the worst. Everyone knows, everyone thinks I'm bad too, but I'm not."

"Then why don't you prove it by bringing the TM back?"

There was a quiet breeze going through the dungeon floor, as the Shinx pondered for a good while. "Changing people's beliefs and perceptions is never easy, but it's basically impossible if you not only refuse to try, but also just feed that perception and prove it correct. And if they don't believe it? Well, I say screw them! Their fault for having a narrow worldview."

Litleo raised his head, once again surprised. "...You're serious, aren't you?" he asked with a small voice.

"As serious as you find Meowth cute." Shinx said with a wink.

Litleo snorted and Meowth flushed. "Don't encourage him!" he protested.

The fire type laughed and shook his head. "Rai won't like you either, you know?"

Meowth gave him a firm look. "Look. We're the rivals to R-Shinx's team. We were in town earlier, the entire place is buzzing with excitement that he joined the guild at last. They're not going to like us anyway, I think."

Litleo considered it for a half-second longer. He decided that he'd already made one impulsive move, why not another one? "Fine. Alrighty then. I'll join your team. Heh, the guild will freak."

The Shinx got a smile on his face and gave a quick nod. "Okay! Welcome to Team Ion... Err... Is this the correct occasion to introduce ourselves by name?"

Litleo rolled his eyes. "I'm Mane. Tristian. Sean. I heard your names already."

"...Yeah, we really should get better at not just blurting it out..." Tristian said with a tinge of embarrassment. "Oh well, let's get out of this place now."

Back in the Guild, the lobby was bustling with life, as explorers discussed their exploits and took missions from the board. One of those teams, Team Lightbringers, were looking for an Outlaw to catch.

Rai bounced in place. He'd asked so many apprentices about how things worked at the guild, and while most of the training was 'secret,' he at least knew that dealing with outlaws was something they would have to learn early on. He was ready for anything!

Rachel meanwhile chuckled in fond amusement from the Shinx's enthusiasm. She had stocked up well for the trip, her bag holding Orans, Apples, Elixers, and a small assortment of seeds. Despite her calmer composure, she too was pumped and ready.

Bidoof, who was assigned to help them with picking an outlaw, walked up to the board. "Looks like the list of outlaws has been refreshed, so let's pick one."

While the Bidoof murmured through the options, Rachel looked at the board herself to see what kind of faces she could expect. Her eyes land on something that cause her entire body to tense up, before she began to shake.

Rai might have been jittering with excitement, but he wasn't blind to his partner and turned to her with concern. "What is it?"

Rachel slowly raised her paw and pointed to the board. "Shinx... look at that poster..." The poster in question held the image of a Drowzee.

Rai froze. "...That...can't be."

Bidoof looked between the two with a raised eyebrow. "Is everything alright?"

"We need to hurry!" Rachel said, ignoring Bidoof's question as she took the wanted poster and dashed up the ladder.

"We got to go!" Rai shouted back to Bidoof, catching attention from other Pokemon in the room. "Marill and Azurill are in danger!"

Rai was running as he shouted it, scrambling up the ladder after her.

"Wait!" Bidoof yelped in surprise. "Where are you two-"

However, Team Lightbringers were already gone, causing a silence to fall, before the room got filled with quiet, confused murmuring.

Bidoof tilted his head in confusion. "What are they talking about?"

The three felines were back on the road and heading back to town.

"That wasn't how I expected things to go, if I'm being honest." Tristian mused as he led the way. "I'm not ashamed to admit that if you didn't join our team, you would've kicked our tails, Mane."

Mane grinned and fluffed his Mohawk. "Yeah. I could tell. Don't worry, future baddies won't stand a chance against me."

"You mean us?" Sean suggested.

Mane's return smile was all he needed to say, but he wanted to elaborate regardless. "Sure, why not?"

Tristian chuckled lightly. "Yeah, sounds g-"

"Help!" A voice screamed, cutting the Shinx' reply off. Out of the bushes came running a Marill, shaking as he came to a stop in front of the group.

Sean winced and immediately went to his side. "Are you alright? What happened?"

Marill took a few shaking breaths before he talked again. "Me and my brother went with Mr. Drowzee to look for an item that's really important to us, but along the way I lost track of them. I yelled and yelled, but they didn't come back, and I-I got scared..."

Sean stiffened, Mane noticing how rigid he went before he took a quick breath. "That's awful, where were the three of you?" he asked urgently.

"A mountain to the n-north. I don't know what it's called." Marill muttered shakily, looking back in the hopes that his brother and Mr. Drowzee would come back any second for him.

Sean looked as Mane helpfully added. "Closest mountain is Mount Bristle, not a very interesting place."

Sean was chewing on his lip and sending urgent looks to Tristian.

Tristian got a grave look in his eyes, as he gave Sean a nod and addressed Marill. "Go and tell the guild about this, we'll go get your brother."

Sean's relief as Tristian turned to Marill wasn't missed by Mane.

"Another mission, you two don't play around."

"You're coming, right?" Sean asked tensely.

Mane rolled his eyes. "Of course I am, you two would probably get lost all on your own."

"Then let's not waste any time." The Shinx said with conviction before starting to run towards Mt. Bristle.

Sean gave a nod to Marill. "We'll find him, don't worry. Just get back to the town and warn them."

"A-About what?" Marill asked desperately, and Sean realized Marill only thought he'd lost them by accident. His tongue immediately tied, afraid of exposing his knowledge.

Thankfully, "A precaution," Mane said smoothly. "The place is pretty big and having more people to help look is for the best. More people around, more likely they are to run into us. They're probably worried about you as well."

Marill nodded, his eyes darting away after recognizing Mane as he began to race back to town.

Hero: Would you believe me if I told you that this is only the first half of an entire chapter we had planned? It was taking too long, so I decided to split this chapter in half.

Ion: A good choice, really. Still, it was pretty fun to write the Mane battle in a nicer way.

Hero: Next chapter will be written by me, see you all then.

Many thanks to pepperfruits for Beta reading the story.