The sun shines warmly onto Timber and Fraizer's sleeping forms. Timber awakens first, taking a deep breath of the damp air. She blinks her tired blue eyes and then gazes lovingly at her child.

"Fraizer, it is morning time," Timber says, gently licking Fraizer awake.

Fraizer yawns loudly and wakes up. Timber looks around, expecting to see Lillian. Lillian is not there. Timber frowns.

"Lillian? Hey, Lillian?" Timber calls.

Lillian cannot answer as she is far from home. Timber doesn't know this, though. She suspects Lillian must have gone off for some early morning hunting.

"Well, Fraizer, looks like Lillian is off getting breakfast," Timber says.

"Oh boy! I wonder what she'll bring us today!" Fraizer says.

Timber sniffs the ground where Lillian had slept. The rain has washed away her scent, leaving behind just a wet earth scent. Timber sighs and looks up at the sky.

"She left before the storm," Timber says.

A chill runs down her spine as she mentions the storm. The storm! That foreboding storm!

"Mom? Are you alright?" Fraizer asks.

"I don't know... I suddenly have this strange feeling..." Timber says, whining and pacing.

"Lillian will come back! She always does!" Fraizer says, trying to be optimistic.

"But what if she doesn't come back?! What if something bad has happened to her?!" Timber asks.

"Is this how you reacted when I went away for a little while?" Fraizer asks, tilting his head.

"Yeah... Maybe you are right..." Timber says.

"She should be back soon," Fraizer says.

The time passes, though, and Lillian does not come home. Fraizer and Timber are both hungry because they were expecting breakfast. Timber cries out.

"Where is my sister?! Something has happened!" Timber wails.

"Maybe my dad has seen her," Fraizer suggests, "Or Cate, or that weird Espeon, wherever she went..."

"We must ask! I can't bare the thought that she's out there somewhere in big trouble!" Timber says.

Timber Mightyena and Fraizer Poochyena Leafeon travel to the Petalburg Woods to speak to PineCone first as he is the easiest to reach. PineCone has just finished breakfast and is cleaning his fur of berry juices.

"PineCone!" Timber says.

"Oh hey! Timber! And Fraizer!" PineCone says.

"Lillian is missing!" Timber says.

"She's level 50, I doubt you need to worry at all!" PineCone says, smiling.

"Her scent is gone, that means she left before the storm last night!" Timber says.

"Ah, yes, the storm... I needed a nice watering!" PineCone says, smiling harder.

"She could be anywhere by now!" Timber says.

"Don't be so upset..." PineCone says, leaping down from his rock.

He kisses Timber.

"We thought she was getting breakfast for us!" Fraizer adds in.

"That does sound like something she'd do..." PineCone says.

"I just don't know what to do! I feel so empty without her! Doesn't she know she's important to me?!" Timber asks.

"Perhaps not..." PineCone says and sighs, "Our pack just isn't the same without her. We need her back."

Fraizer and PineCone attempt to cheer Timber up as she won't stop crying. She cries so much that she soaks both the boys. Lillian's disappearance has left a gap in her heart...