After getting back to camp I hastily explained the situation to before running as quickly as I could towards town. I was jumping over roots and ducking under low hanging branches. I could hear the others running behind me, but I was to worried to pay attention to them.

Oh god no, please let her be okay. Why the fuck is this all happening to me, what did I do to deserve all of this shit. I was just reaching the edge of the woods when I saw something sitting in the crook of a tree's roots. I slowed down as I neared the tree and was greeted with the sight of the masks the slavers had been wearing. I took a quick mental note of the location before resuming my mad dash to save my mom. As I turned a corner I noticed the sound of sirens in the distance. No, it can't be, it's not, she's gonna be fine. I began to pick up the speed to a point I didn't think was humanly possible until I reached my road. Right where my house used to stand there was a massive inferno. As my friends caught up I felt my legs give out and the scene before me faded to black.

I was staring at the burnt remains of my home with a horrified look plastered on my face. The police and firefighters were swarming around the home with news crews asking questions. I was currently sitting on the back of an ambulance with my Pokémon friends sitting by my feet. I gestured one of firefighters over to me.

"What is it kid?" He was looking at me with a hateful look in his eyes, I could almost feel the rage emanating from him.

"Is my mom ok." It wasn't a question, I knew she wasn't, but I needed to hear that I was wrong.

"No, now fuck off." As he said that a police officer with his cap obscuring his face came over and told him to back off. The cop nodded at me before walking back over to the other officers and began talking. I sighed and began to stand when he walked back over with one of my backpacks in his hand.

"Here you go kid, now, listen to me. Because you're not but 18 yet they're gonna send you to a foster home, they may abuse you because of what you're going through, if that happens, I want you to run as fast as you can." With that, he tossed the bag to me and I saw his hand was covered in was covered in a layer of black fur. He strolled away with a quick wave, leaving me stunned. I looked down at the bag in my hands and realized that it was my old trainer pack. I opened the smallest pocket and pulled out four pokeballs, two classic balls and two custom ones. I looked down at the Pokémon who were laying by me.

"Well guys, looks like we might have to go on another journey after all. Too bad our only flyer would probably be stolen if anyone saw him. So, any takers?" I held up the pokeballs and raised an eyebrow. Daniel hopped into my lap and poked one of the plain balls with his nose. After he was recaptured Riley took a white and blue ball from next to me and poked it with his claw. Emily rolled her eyes and just used psychic to carry the other plain ball but as she jumped up next to me, she fell and lost her concentration, causing the ball to land on top of her. I gathered up the balls and took a dark blue jacket from the bag, the jacket had a red stripe going halfway down the sleeve that wrapped into a ring after stopping. I threw the jacket on and slung the backpack over my shoulders. I slowly stood looked out towards the horizon, sighing I pulled out a water bottle and took a quick drink before tucking it into the side pocket. I walked over to the group of police and pulled up my hood. "So, when can I expect to be forced to live with strangers?"

The furred cop was the one who answered me, "You're gonna be staying at a hotel for about a week while we try to find a family willing to take you in. Don't worry about paying for the room or anything, we have that set, but you will have to get your own food for the week."

"That's fine, I have plenty of money saved up from when I was a trainer. Shouldn't be too much of a problem to get it out of the bank. What hotel will I be at?" I was trying my hardest not to break into tears, but it was a battle I was unable to win. As soon as I finished talking the tears began to flow.

"You'll be staying at th… Are you okay kid?" One of the other cops was talking now, though I noticed him giving the furred cop an extremely nasty look.

"I'm fine, just tell me where I'll be staying." I said as I wiped the tears from my face.

"The Golden Rapier, It's very well run, try to enjoy the stay." The furred cop was the one speaking again, and as he finished, I remembered the masks. I pulled a notebook from my and jotted down a quick map of the woods and marked the spot I had found the masks. I handed it to him and he asked, "What's this?"

"Evidence, you should find two masks there, the people who did this were wearing them."

*Six Days Later*

I was sitting in the back of a cab checking my email as a way to calm my nerves, I was on my way too my new 'home' and was rather scared. As we pulled up to the house I took a deep breath, grabbed my bag, and stepped out of the car. The house was moderately sized, two stories, plain white walling. I pocketed Lucy's ball and walked to the door, swinging it open, hoping for the best.

AN: CLIFFHANGER BITCHES! This took way too long to write, but I got it done last night so here you go. See you all some time in the future, please review!