INSaNiTY

by Yin-Yang-Yazmine

An Umbreon bored with the aimless state of her current life, sets off on a journey in hopes of adventure , self discovery and a chance to begin again. Meanwhile, in the pack she left behind, the remaining eons realize that they must unite and restablish themselves as a family unit, or generations of culture and history will die with them. (The story is over, see Author's notes)

4. Rewrite Mesuem: DISCOVERED FRAGMENTS

Discovered Fragments

A compilation of Sanity's development process.

The following chapter is a compilation of various different chapters, notes and unreleased content regarding Sanity. It is the Author's attempt at preserving their past work and may change without notice as more information is recovered.

Each salvaged document will include some basic information, word by word, spelling errors and all copy of the portions of the document that regard Sanity as well as the Author's final thoughts regarding each piece.

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Document: Eevee Saga: The Hunt

Location: Abandoned Alt Wattpad account

Date created: Sometime after Oct 28th 2016 (Most likely November 2016)

Last date modified: Jan 27 2017

Description: The prologue and first four chapters for the original version of Sanity, the story is drastically different although some aspects stay the same in every version. The fifth chapter which was published on FFN only seems to be truly lost to time.

Word by word Copy:

Prologue:

The moonlight shone into the mansion. It illuminated the white tiles. And the high-heel that clacked against it nosily as a young, skinny pale woman walked left and right left and right. She was tired for nights she had been up trying to create a new fur coat. The meeting of the secret society: Le Fur was just 2 months away and she was expected to wear something unique and of course made from pokemon skin .But she was stumped her ideas didn't flow. She glanced out the window and watched as the moon brightened the night sky. The theme of the party was night and moon evolution pokemon. She thought briefly about wearing a skitty jacket. Skitty evolved with Moon-stones but then she remembered that Diana would be wearing that. She thought of Amorus but quickly dismissed it. Amorus was cold and scaly. Then she remembered .That would be perfect she thought but then another idea crossed her mind Why not all of them? She had made up her mind everyone at the meeting would be so jealous .Especially Diana. She walked over to her phone and dialed the number. "Hello?" A man's voice answered "Hello...I need someone fast and strong with skills in finding rare wild pokemon..." Chapter One:

I watched exhausted as the sun slipped into the horizon. The last of it fine rays spread wonderful colors across the sky...I sighed the day had been long and hot.

I watched as the moon brought darkness and dusky sliver light over the land. I felt the rings on my body glow faintly as the moonlight filled me with strength.

I heard paw steps light and dainty I turned around to find myself face-to-face with Slyveon.

"Where have you been Breon?" He asked me He padded softly to my side and sat down gently licking my cheek. I watched as the moonlight created soft shadows over his pink and white face... His eyes twinkled like a pair of twin stars they painfully reminded me of him...Of Vaporeon...that one jerk who had stolen my heart...Only to in the end break it...

I shut my eyes as the pain came to me reminding me of my crimes. I glanced down at my paws seeing them as they were on that night... dripping with blood...I shook my head to clear it.

No thought to myself I had only lost control once since then...

As my head filled with these dark thoughts I felt myself slip out of reality. I was sinking. I was losing control...

I could feel her shivering under my gentle licks. I glanced at her. I always thought that she was beautiful I told her so but she never believed me she would snarl that I wouldn't understand what she was capable of of...what she had done...I watched as her ears twitched and she sheathed and unsheathed her claws. She slowly turned her head to look at me she smiled darkly and slowly opened her eyes. They were no longer green instead they were blood red her pupils were long black slits.

"Well, well, a Slyveon." Her voice had changed I don't know how to describe it but it chilled my blood.

She walked over to me whispering softly she raised one dark paw and with her bloody claw unsheathed traced a line along my neck. I stood there paralyzed. Unable to move away from her.

"Umbreon please you're freaking me out..."I choked

"You're afraid...? The Slyveon's going to cry?" She whispered in her eerie dark voice

"Don't worry...Soon you'll have a reason to cry..." Her voice became low and murderous her eyes flashed

She leapt at me her claws outstretched gleaming with fresh blood.

The sight somehow managed to bring me bad to my senses. I sprang away from her as she landed the creature that once had been the Umbreon I loved collapsed on the ground shivering.

I stood watching part of me said HELP HER but the other part the one that said STAY BACK spoke the loudest.

I watched in shock as she sheathed her claws and her eyes deepened back into their normal green color.

Umbreon struggled to her paws.

"Did I hurt you?" she whispered.

She was back it was clear that she was worried and shocked just like me. She trembled slightly.

"No. I'm fine." I told her.

I watched as she walked unevenly back in the direction of the den.

"Don't tell anyone ok...?" she whispered softly something was bothering her it was in her voice.

"I won't" I promised

I walked behind her watching her shiver uncontrollably.

I made myself stop thinking about what had happened I made myself see her good qualities which was something I always enjoyed.

I liked the way her eyes flashed playfully, how her pelt became invisible in the night, the way that she cared for me...the way she lead the pack and the way that her rings shone under the full moon.

I looked at her she was still stumbling almost in a daze the light of her rings were almost out...

We came into the little clearing just in front of our den. Flames leapt form the campfire.

"Sis, you're back I saved you some food."Flareon mumbled though a mouthful of ratatata.

Umbreon stumbled past her not even bothering to say hi.

"Sis?" Flareon got to her ginger paws and followed Umbreon inside our den.

I stood there wondering if Flareon would breath fire over me like that one time I gave Umbreon a rose.

She came outside and glared at me but said nothing. I could feel the anger coming of in waves

I shivered involuntarily Flareon was not to be messed with.

I decided to go into the den Leafeon and Jolteon were already in their nests and it was awkward to be with Flare.

As I passed beside her Flareon growled "Get near my sister Stalker and I'll slit your throat" It was a threat and Flareon would keep it...

Remembering Flareon's promise I resisted the urge to go and watch Umbreon as she slept.

Although I have to admit I might have had been stalking her.

I settled down in my own mossy nest and listened to the peaceful breathing around me.

When Flareon came in I pretended to be sleeping I watched as her large round body collapsed on the nest beside Umbreon. She curled up a pile of ginger and cream fur and fell asleep I turned to lick my back my eyes on the empty nest besides me ...where Espeon had slept before her horrible bloody death.

I sighed...I wished that things were different...I was alone ...I was in love with someone who would most likely never love me back... And I wondered what had happened back at lake was that Umbreon the real one? Was the eeveelucion I loved just a lie...?

Chapter Two:

Everything was dark I could only see nothing .But I could smell and I smelt 2 distinct scents Death and Blood.

I nervously followed the trail and found myself with a pair of blood red

eyes with small slit pupils. The light slowly increased but I didn't need light to know that I was face to face with myself.

Nightmare.

"Hello Umbreon..."She purred I watched as Nightmare suddenly faded into the shadows. She

reappeared behind me and whispered in her soft, murderous voice "Lovely how you lost control isn't it?"

"I just got depressed momentarily." I growled my tail lashing form to side to side.

"Depressed

momentarily...how sad...remember you are responsible for Vaporeon's

death... Wait you're responsible for everyone's deaths...If you had

left me overcome you completely there would no pain for you...only for

them..."She faded the darkness around me increasing

"I have a new victim you will lose control again Umbreon... and when you awaken Slyveon will be dead."

Everything

was filled with bright whiteness I tried to run forward but my legs

where tied to chains. In the light I could see Nightmare lying beneath

her bloody paws was Slyveon a limp huddle of blood and fur.

I opened my eyes shivering and shaking Flareon was beside me her sides

rising and falling. I got up careful not to awaken her and ran over to

Slyveon's nest. He was asleep the moon fell on his face making his white

fur sliver. I licked his forehead gently just like he did with me. And

whispered softly "I love you take care..."

I knew what I was going to do: I would kill myself Nightmare would have no way to hurt them if her puppet was dead.

I padded though the clearing the cinders form the fire dead and grey. Soon

I would be dead and grey... I walked through the familiar small woods

passing Leafeon's moss covered stone. I stopped as I neared the shore of

the lake I evolved here at midnight when Vaporeon had told me he loved

me .What a lie. Here on these shores I had murdered him...his blood

turning the lake red.

I slipped into the water shivering at its temperature. Here in this water

was Vaporeon's blood here in this water my body would lay. I sighed and

whispered softly "Goodbye..." And without breathing I dove into the

water I went deeper and deeper hoping that my air supply would end.

Slowly my senses dulled and my eyesight became blurred my lungs felt as

if they would explode .I shut my eyes and waited for death to come.

Suddenly as death started to fill me I was jerked upwards and out of the

lake. Someone placed me on the shore.

I opened my eyes as someone patted my back my sight slowly came back as I was forced to heave air.

It was my stalker Slyveon.

How the heck did he know I was here?

H started to lick my face whispering that he would always be there for

me... I shut my eyes trying to deny his presence...those were the

same words that Vaporeon had murmured to me...I opened my eyes fearful

of losing control again. In his mouth he had a black rose who knows how

he managed to find one. He placed it at my paws and wound one of his

feelers around my neck. A hug...

"Let's go home..." He whispered gently in my ear with his pink feeler still wrapped around me we padded home.

We walked through the familiar landscape the full moon shining brightly

above our heads ...As we were nearing the forest I heard a faint

growl.

"Sly ,wait."I said my voice was strangely calm because I was filled with fear.

A shadow rose among the bushes, the moonlight silhouetted the muscular

body, the curved horns the pointed tail...The eyes flashed like fire.

It was a Houndoom...

The creature regarded us with its hungry eyes.

"We should go away slowly..." I whispered to Slyveon the Houndoom was frightening

"I want to fight it."Slyveon whispered firmly and before I could protest he opened his mouth and used Moonblast.

The Houndoom was fast It leapt in the air with incredible speed and launched Flamethrower at us.

I gritted my teeth as I felt the pain. This was nothing like Flareon's

attacks.

he Houndoom landed beside us light and firm. It howled into the night. The horrible cry sending shivers up my spine.

I felt a soft silky feeler on my back soothing me. I growled angrily and tensed myself.

Let me fight... Nightmare spoke in my mind Lose control...

The houndoom ended it's horrible howling and opened its mouth sending a twisting spiral of Inferno flames towards us.

I would copy my enemy I lept in the air at the last second. Slyveon wasn't so lucky.

I landed on all four paws and glanced at Slyv he was wincing in pain. His fur turned a nasty shade of orange

"Go back to the den." I ordered.

He nodded and limped away.

The Houndoom looked at me patiently waiting for my attack.

How about we team up...?

Team up...I ran towards

the houndoom and used Double team .Hundreds of me appeared running

towards the Houndoom.I slipped away running towards the den leaving the

Houndoom to fight my copies.

I rushed into the clearing horrified by the sight.

A truck was parked over

what a few hours ago had been our campfire. The back of it filled with

metal cages they had come for us. I could hear snarls coming form he

den.

I leapt into battle. The

man had his back to me he threw Flareon and Leafeon into a cage and

started towards a fully healed Slyveon who was madly picking at the lock

that held Jolteon's cage shut.

I didn't give warning I

charged at the man and sank my teeth into his leg the blood that flowed

form the wound brought back dark memories... I closed my eyes...

Insanity ….

Like floating on air...

Psychopathy...

A carefree life...

Nightmare's voice echoed in my mind as she sung the dark song.

I forced myself to take over.

I opened my eyes as the man shook me off.

He gave a loud whistle and a few second later the houndoom ripped through the entrance going straight for me.

It opened it jaws wide lightning flashing form them.

Thunderfang.

I turned fleeing form the Houndoom but it cot up with me I screamed in agony as the

electrified fangs ripped into my flesh. The Houndoom threw me on the

ground I couldn't move I was paralyzed. I shut my eyes as it loomed over

me.

Insanity...

An Illusion that can't end...

Captivity...

Unable to run away...

II opened my eyes the Houndoom stretched it jaws wide open and lunged at my neck.

"No!" Slyveon cried he slipped under the hunter's legs and leapt between me and the horrible set of fangs.

I watched horrified as the jaws slinked into his back, blood escaping he screamed in agony.

The Dark pokemon shook its head slyveon still hanging form its mouth.

Slyveon twisted around a bit and used Moonblast straight for the Houndoom's neck.

The Houndoom howled in pain and released Slyveon.

I got up and nosed his side. His eyes were closed but his breathing was strong. He was just knocked out.

I rushed away from his side and slipped underneath the hunter to help Jolteon who was clinging

to his leg her electrified jaws ripping away at his skin.

I opened my mouth and prepared to use Bite. But before I could I felt a shock running down my

spine and I smashed against Leafeon and Flareon's cage

"This is my battle!"Jolteon snarled her eyes filled with unmasked hatred. I started

to use bite on the cage instead but the metal was too hard I racked my

mind thinking about what I should do...

Insanity...

Like floating on air

Psychopathy...

A care-free life...

I ignored Nightmare's

singing and decided to use cut. I unsheathed my claws. Another

thunder-shock threw me against the wall. Everything around me was

becoming a dappled black.

"I told you that this is my battle!"Jolteon screamed.

The hunter managed to fling her off and she crashed against a wall she fell and didn't get up.

Insanity...

An illusion that can't end...

Captivity...

Like the corruption is continuing...

Everything was consumed by the shadows.

Chapter Three:

I blinked my eyes open...Where was I...?

All around me there was hard cold metal. I was trapped in a cage.

I blinked my vision becoming clearer.

Oh fuck... I thought.

Umbreon and Sylveon were also in my cage I watched as my black-hearted cousin worriedly examined his wounds.

Where was Leafeon?

"Leafeon!" I called out "Leaf!"

"Over here Jolt!" she called "Hurry I'm trapped with this block-headed Flareon!"

Umbreon replied before I could "Don't call my sister block-headed!" She snarled back

I lunged at her and pinned her on the ground. "Don't yell at Leafeon!" I hissed "We won't be here if you haven't intervened in my fight!"

Her eyes flashed with equal hatred "Oh so now it's my fault that we were captured? You would have been knocked out any-ways. I could have had stood guard If you haven't Paralyzed me!"

"I'll kill you." I threated all while keeping my voice low so that Flareon didn't hear.

Umbreon shut her eyes and whispered "kill me then"

"I want to see your eyes as you die." I told her I couldn't believe that she was actually letting me murder her it was beautiful, lovely in fact. I was just super excited that I would get rid of her once and for all.

Her eyes flickered open red with tiny pupil slits. I bit down but just before my fangs met her fur. Umbreon rolled away suddenly and quickly. I lost my balance as she forced her way though. I got up and watched her as she looked at me mockingly with blood red eyes. She speed towards me, I tried to run away but this was a cage I was cornered...She tackled me and sank her claws deep into my skin I did the same and we crashed around the space of our cage a whirlwind of fur, claws ,fangs and mutual hate.

Suddenly the cage ell form wherever it was placed and smashed on the floor with us in it. Umbreon let go of me suddenly and collapsed on the cage floor or wall... The cage was sideways...

I watched fascinated as the cage door swung wide open. I leapt out and slipped on the polished white tile floor. I spun away from my cage and bumped into a table on top of it was a cold metallic cage.

"Leaf!"I called anxiously

"Over here!" Her mew was faint and worried.I followed her voice back towards the cagewhere I had been held captive. Umbreon was struggling to stand Flareon was besides her Helping her useless black twin find her footing. She glanced at me her eyes filling with worry and whispered something into Flareon's ginger ear .Leafeon was inside the cage using her Healing Herbs ability on Sylveon.

She slipped outside

"He'll wake up soon." She reassured Umbreon."Now let me tend to your wounds." She purred

I watched as Leafeon placed a tiny brown paw on Umbreon's scarred back and used Healing Herbs. Both of them were indulged in white-green light

When the glare died away. Leafeon turned towards me and sniffed my yellow and white fur.

"I thought that you hated Umbreon."I whispered

"I don't hate her...She...just...reminds ...me ...of..."-leafeon's brown eyes darkened as she recalled a distant memory. –"You know..." I nodded.

She turned away and padded towards Umbreon, and Flareon who were helping Slyveon stand up.

Umbreon made eye contact with me she narrowed her green eyes, she blinked and her eyes were red I blinked a couple of times but she had turned her head and started to lick Slyveon's face.

I started to groom my fur I watched as the pathetic Slyveon Leaned on Umbreon for Support He was Blushing, She was blushing.

She didn't deserve him...or anyone...

I glanced around white walls, tall brown tables. I could faintly hear a soft singing voice I leapt onto the table crouched in a cage was a strange Pokémon. I had never seen anything like it. This Pokémon was yellow, short with cold dead eyes and a white collar of fur around its neck. It raised one small, boney yellow hand and started waving a round sliver stone thing attached to a string.

It whispered in a soft eerie voice

"Come little, Joelton come with me; Safe and happy you will be

Away from your home, now let us run; With Hypno, you'll have so much fun..."

I stared at it with wide eyes. Whatever Pokémon this was it freaked me out.

I quickly lept down .For some reason both Umbreon and Flareon seemed uneasy their eyes glimmered with nervousness and their ears twitched.

This will be fun... I Smirked

"Hey Breon There's something you have to see"

She left Slyveon and followed me to the table her ears started to twitch more and more. I could faintly hear the creature's song. I was sure that Umbreon could hear it too.

"Up there." I mewed

"U...up There?" She shuttered

"Yeah..."

She lept upwards Her black back paws scrabbled as she found a pawhold.I gazed upwards as she disappeared form view.

I heard a fearful shriek and then I heard the strange song again

"'Come little Umbreon, come with me; Safe and happy you will be

Away from your home, now let us run; With Hypno, you'll have so much fun"

I heard her paw steps frightened and loud and I watched amused as she leapt of the table and shrank behind Flareon. Her green eyes were wide with terror and she trembled.

"What was up there?"Flareon mewed licking Umbreon gently

"A hypno..."Her voice became soft and I couldn't hear what she said. Flareon's expression changed from amusement to fear. But unlike her sister she managed to keep herself together.

"So that's what it was... It's not so bad..."

"Not so bad!"-The twins screeched at me in unison- "You don't know what Hypno has done to us!" There were tears in their eyes and I felt guilty...On Flareon's behalf Umbreon deserved this...watching her cry felt good...

I heard as the Hipmo or whatever it was called continued singing but its horrible song faded into the background

I watched as both sisters bit back tears and Leafeon and Slyveon gazed at them with shocked faces.

Behind us the doorknob turned. I spun around our hunter was standing there he was smiling .The gun pointed at my head.

Chapter Four:

"So you're trying to escape?" The hunter said "Now be a good Pokémon and go back." he said softly. When I didn't move He snapped "Go back or I'll shoot you!" He started to pull the trigger of his shot-gun

I gulped and took a few steps back.

"What do we do now?" I asked

"I don't know..."Umbreon mewed her voice became salty "It's my fault that we were captured so what do you suggest?"

"I...-I don't know..." I admitted

The hunter came closer his gun still pointed at me "Now go back into your cages..."

"Anyone here knowns protect?" Umbreon asked suddenly

"What good is protect going to do!?" I snarled

"Anyone who wants to live has protect?" Umbreon asked again

"I do." Slyveon mewed

"Use it then."

"Stop meowing and get into your cages!" The hunter snapped he shot time stood still...As the bullet neared us Slyveon used protect. The bullet bounced of the bright blue shield.

Where was Leafeon?

She, Flareon and Umbreon where huddled together urgently talking.

Umbreon called out to Slyveon "Keep the protect until he has to reload"

Slyveon nodded

The bullets ricocheted of the protect.

"Get ready to run!" Flareon mewed she leapt besides Slyveon .Umbreon and Leafeon got into their places.

"What are we going to do?" I asked Leafeon

She looked at me her brown eyes filled with worry and fear.

"We're going to run for it in 3, 2,-"

"NOW!" Flareon screamed the hunter stopped shooting and the wall of blue light vanished. We ran for it zipping between his legs. He turned around wildly and shot.

We passed the door and entered a white hallway. Our claws scraped against the smooth white tiles. To me it seemed that we were going nowhere.

The hunter chased after us continually shooting ...

We passed a large yellow sign with a man falling on it .The tiles beyond were slippery, covered with some-sort of transparent substance.

Flareon who was leading madly turned the corner Leafeon, Slyveon and Umbreon behind her. My paw slipped on the floor and I fell .I could hear as the hunter ran towards me. I could still run I could still escape without wasting a second I got to my paws and rushed away.

The loud, deafening sound of a gunshot echoed behind me

I turned the corner it was completely empty...Everyone was gone...I lifted my nose and sniffed the air. This place smelled of chemicals, humans and death. These intoxicating scents covered up the scent of the pack.

The human's footsteps were becoming louder I would find them. I ran away another gunshot ringing behind me.

I found myself at a forked-path I quickly looked right there was no one.

I looked left empty...

Another gunshot and a bullet crashed into the white tiled walls next to my head.

He was close too close...

"Jolteon over here!" I turned my head right and saw Umbreon . "Hurry!" she screamed. I went right. Running past the dark type and turning around the corner.

The hunter was a behind us he shot again the bullet missed me by a centimeter...

We turned again. "I thought that you had been killed!" Umbreon mewed at me there were tears in her eyes as if she actually cared... She didn't

No one loved me...NO ONE!

Not my parents, Not my sisters, and especially NOT Umbreon!

"As if you care, you want me dead!" I snarled

Umbreon's eyes widened

"I do care..." she whispered

It sounded pretty real but deep inside I knew that it was a lie.

"Greet my parents for me."

I used Thundershock on Umbreon and ran away with a smirk.

I turned right and stopped listening to a gunshot and then a pained yelp. Then I heard 5 more shots and a dull thud. There was no way that Umbreon could be alive after that.

I walked away slowly my ears pricked for more sounds.

I saw a black and yellow haze of some-sort form in front of me it took shape, I stared unbelieving as Umbreon's faint image became solid and real.

"Wha...-wha..." I stammered.

She smiled at me,Showing me her sharp bloody fangs.

She faded away as if she was nothing more than a memory.

I then felt breath on my neck and then I felt a terrible pain.

"Stop!" I screeched as I felt myself get lifted form the ground.

The pain on my neck only increased to a suffocating degree.

The white of the room was replaced by darkness.

White, back to reality.

Then I was thrown against a wall I heard a crack.

What was broken!?

Umbreon stood in front of me her eyes shining she dipped her head downwards in a speed that was beyond normal.

I felt her jaws rip my throat apart I felt the blood spill...

Umbreon lifted her head. My bloods dripping form her mouth a satisfied expression on her face.

"Good night." She hissed.

Everything was gone in a swirl of red and black.

In the darkness there was nothing...just a faint pink glow that became solid.

Sunbrust stood in front of me her pink fur shimmered as if it was covered in star dust. Her eyes were clear the pupils were glowing stars. She smiled sweetly yet sadly.

"Welcome." The Espeon whispered

And I knew it.

I had been killed.

Author's Thoughts:

Well, I could go on for a while on how bad everything in the story is from the plot,to the writing, to the personalities but that would be boring, we already know this story is bad.

So instead, I will regard that this story was clearly written by an amatuer and perhaps be a bit concerned about the fact that my 13 year old self seemed interested in Depression and Suicide for their characters, granted she was going though her edgy phase at the time and generally was a 23DGY2LIVE kind of kid which in hindsight must have been an absolute pain in the ass for anyone and everyone who had to deal with her. I do like that I was able to establish some key factors from the beginning like the lake, the characters and the facility in which the characters were held captive after being captured.

Now unfortunately the 5th chapter was lost to time and was destroyed by my first full rewrite of the fanfic on FFN.

From what my memory serves me, the plot would continue with Jolteon dying, Lefeon suffering from PTSD as a result and attacking Umbreon (That was actually in the lost chapter) and then everyone escapes the facility without further harm/

There were going to be two more established stories after The Hunt, one of them would have the characters visiting Hoen and getting attacked by the Meta Groudon, Leafeon most likely got killed in this story but I can not remember in full, the other one would have involved Umbreon getting pregnant from Sylveon and Flareon becoming aggressive and jealous eventually killing Umbreon and the unborn kits, only to get killed herself by Sylveon. There were multiple versions of these stories spun in my head,including one where Flareon got a winged mega-evolution, The kits and their parents lived happy lives, and another where Flareon and Umbreon seeked out their birth family, a curious thing to notice is the absence of Nightmare in these other stories.

All in all, the story is of poor quality and is honestly a bit cringeful and embarrassing to look back at, but it is a product of its time, the writings of a 13 year old with no experience or knowledge and I have to say, that this terribly edgy poorly written story lead me to met some great people and generally lead me to learn and grow as an author so I am thankful and fond of this dumpster fire.

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Document: Sanity Original

Location: YYY's Google Drive

Date created: Oct 9 2018

Last date modified: Feb 3 2020

Description: The three beta read chapters of the 2020 version of Sanity, as well as Chapters 4-7 of the presumably the same version of the story, unedited not beta read. Due to their unedited nature chapters 4-7 will be posted here.

Word By Word Copy:

I found myself back in the clearing where I had scented the odd pokemon with Ariada.

Certain areas of the forest had grown quiet in the last few days, these areas carried the odd bittersweet odor of the mysterious pokemon.

With nothing to do I had decided to investigate and it had lead me all over the forest.

This pokemon moved eracticlly though the forest, sometimes it's scent would just vanish and reappear somewhere else,other times it was mixed with the scent of metal,blood and fear although these were rare.

Whatever this was, it was a predator, perhaps something that could float or fly for short periods, a steel type perhaps.

I knew of no pokemon like that.

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Chapter Four- Discovery

Midnight's POV:

I could see darkness,it was all in my field of sight save for a few silvery-grey clouds, that drifted just as aimlessly as pelt was fluffed up against the increasing cold and my short round ears twitched nervously

Time had become blurry now...I always lost count after a while, it was hard to tell when the environment never changed,I would have liked to say it was a few hours but too much time had passed, any idiot would have had realized that they had been drifting the void for at least more than a day.

Not that it mattered, it was the same in the constantly changing Waking or in the endless static Mindscape I had no company aside from Nightmare.

She came when she could, or one of us would say something and the other would respond. I didn't bother with trying to keep track of what Nightmare was doing,it just reminded me that I was alone…..and she wasn't.

I pricked my ears as I heard a familiar clicking sound,it had been following me for at least a week now, ever since Nightmare and I had accidentally stumbled into Ignatian was an odd coincidence I realized but I doubted that both occurrences where related.

I had at first found the sound odd and terrifying, especially considering that I had been unable to contact Nightmare when I had first heard it, but now I had grown accustomed to it.I had stopped questioning it, after all I was floating in the void, and had another version of myself as my only form of companionship, maybe I was falling deeper into insanity?

After this I would see things that weren't real and then I was probably going to get myself killed driven my own sick psychopathic subconscious.

The clicking became louder and I froze catching a whiff of rotting meat, quickly I swallowed the rising saliva and looked around, just in time to see a large creature walk out of the mist.

It was another umbreon, a large umbreon larger than Caleo or any other eeveelution I had ever met for that matter.

Exposed muscle tissue took up the right side of its face, an empty eye socket seemingly shining among the red and white slabs of chest was in a similar manner, the left side this time was damaged with holes in the flesh revealing bones, the damage extended to the left side of its body and to a large portion of its front left what seemed to be the midpoint the fur and muscular tissue gave way to skeletal legs and umbreon looked at me with its remaining eye.

I swallowed and tried to muster the courage to speak, but my words felt clogged in my throat.

"Are you afraid?" The other umbreon asked, and I took a few steps back,flattening my ears voice had an echo similar to the one that my voice got whenever We were both in the Waking but more unnerving, and distorted.

"Don't be afraid, you have no reason to be afraid."

I swallowed and backed away more and more. "W-who are you?" I ask hating myself for my pathetic little stuttering.

"Well, I'm you."

I looked at the mangled umbreon over and focussed on the parts of 'her?' that were still -he it? lacked the two tufts of fur on the top of its head and instead of two downward pointing tufts it had four tufts each on the side of its face,it lacked the scar over the bridge of its nose and the one on its left cheek,the pelt was short and thin and its tail was short and bushy.

My gut told me to run, but my curiosity stopped me from doing so.

"How can you be me...if you don't look like me?"

"Well...I'm your determination, see my eye?"

I nodded, the eye was indeed a bright blue, the color of determined,undying souls.

"I'm the manifestacion of your crumbling determination."

"Crumbling determinacion?..." My ears flattened against my head and I took another few steps back, thanking the Mindscape for its lack of boundaries or environment.

The skeletal umbreon vanished and I heard its voice directly behind me.

"Yes, you are dying...slowly, but you are more control Nightmare has, the more you fade away, until eventually there's no more Midnight."

"I-i can't die." I said, feeling lost and unable to make a decent counter argument.

Could I die and leave Nightmare as the sole owner of Our body?

Was that possible?

"Are you sure?Don't tell me that you don't feel it, everyday you are reduced to a mere at Nightmare she has everything you've ever wanted, friends,mate,she'll have a few kits,a life...and you…"

"I just mope around,but I chose this! I told Nightmare to live through me!"

"Or...did Nightmare manipulate you into letting yourself go to waste?"

"I'm sure that I'm the one who told her to live through me….."

"Are you really sure? Is this how you want to spend the rest of your days, fading away into the mist,depressed and wishing for the life that Nightmare has?Your packmates, they don't remember the real you, your personality,your behavior, you are NOTHING."

"I gave up on life."

"If you gave up on life, why do you still breathe? There are a lot of easy ways to die...if you gave up on life, why do you still desire to have something similar to Nightmare, why do want to know what is beyond this territory?"

I stood frozen unable to think of anything to explain myself and my I admitted it I wanted something similar to what Nightmare had, this love and companionship,this trust, these good memories...and I wanted to see.I wanted to start fresh, a new Midnight, a new life.

"Don't worry, with the last bits of what remain of me, you'll be free from Nightmare, you'll have what you always ."

Happiness….

When was the last time I truly felt happy?

How did I even evolve into an umbreon?

Those memories were blurred and all previous happiness and trust they had held had become more bitter than hard as I tried I couldn't remember, everything was gone or…..hazy….

"See? You are dying, you are forgetting yourself." The mangled umbreon hissed in my ear.

I felt myself begin to shake, and my breathing and pulse sped up as the realization hit me.

I truly was dying.

"It's a pity isn't it?You still had so much to live, you had so much to learn and see of this world,but you ignored the meaning of your own soul."

I felt weak all of a sudden, and my legs buckled underneath me,unable to support my body.I stared at nothing just listening to my determinacion list off everything I had missed by allowing Nightmare to live through me.

Swallowing I turned and looked at the other umbreon .

"I want to live."

It nodded, a grin forming on its face.

"And what are you going to do to achieve a life?"

"I'll see what I can do." I said pushing myself to a sitting position, I heard how the skeletal umbreon's bones clicked as it moved to sit down besides me.I felt tiny in comparison to it.

"What should I call you?"

"You can't name you do, I slowly become something,someone else...I will no longer be raw determination I will be my own soul, a soul with determinacion at its core."

"And…?"

"I might no longer look at things for your benefit, I may manipulate you like Nightmare."

"Oh," I looked at my paws and tried again to think back...the memories were now flashing freely in my mind too quickly to actually be able to focus on one, but I forced myself to focus anyways.

In the blurry haze of memories one image stood out against the mess...not a memory..it was more like a vision.I could see myself traveling besides a group of creatures, too large to be eeveelutions.

"That's what you could achieve if you were to follow your soul."

I stared at the hazy forms being able to only make out the glittery eyes of the creatures around the projection of image faded melting away and a series of memories flashed before my eyes, burning bits and pieces of them into my brain for brief moments.

For a heartbeat, I felt the sun on my back, the wind in my fur and the meadow I stood in was filled with tranquility, all too soon it shifted turning into dusty barren ground, I flattened myself in terror as I heard the screeching and howling as a fight rang out; another shift and I was standing,shivering as snow piled up around me;another change and my vision clouded speckled with red, the fear rose up,becoming overwhelming and I tried to move,breath, do anything else but just scramble in a losing 't escape, can't breathe, Fight back FIGHT BACK!

The memories cut off and I found myself back in the dark,shivering and shaking.

"Calm down…" the skeletal umbreon murmured, patting my back gently with its large boney paw. "Don't worry,it's gone…"

I took a deep shaky breath, and tried to push away the unpleasant memories…

Inhale…

Waking up in pain

Exhale…

Vision tinted red

Inhale…

"We didn't fight back enough."

Exhale…

"It's my fault Midnight, I failed you."

Inhale…

"I-i didn't listen to you."

Exhale…

"I-i should have tried harder…"

Inhale…

"We're both to blame."

Exhale…

"Maybe…maybe we are."

"Shhhhh" the mangled umbreon purred…."That's in the past now,look forward to the life that you want to have."

"Look forward, walk forward, be free from this place, and live."

"And live." I echoed.

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Nightmare's POV:

I crept through the forest undergrowth,my eyes focussed on a pidgey that was mindlessly pecking the ground in search of seeds and other bits of bird wind made the forest sway and I bit my bottom lip, feeling everything spin briefly...I gritted my teeth and moved closer to my prey.I crouched and prepared myself to spring forward.

I paused mildly annoyed and narrowed my eyes, placing my gaze on the still clueless avain that would soon be my meal.

I licked my lips and placed on paw in front of another, careful to not make any noise, I opened my jaws and drooled slightly, realizing that I was up my venom coated pelt I tensed my muscles and pushed myself forward at the tiny bird.

The pidgey opened its wings and in the brief space of time it took my body to move to where it was, it took flight, flapping its tiny short wings madly,kicking up dust and grass derbies to limit my vision.I hissed and looked around angrily as the dust cleared, watching how the bird flew out of my reach into the safety of a tree.

I spat onto the ground and took mild satisfaction as the grass reacted to my rather weak venom.I sighed and sniffed the air hoping to catch a whiff of another potential prey, there was nothing in the area, the pidgey's sand attack had alerted the prey of my presence.

With another sigh I made my way out of the tiny glade and into the thicker undergrowth, the air was thick with the scents of flowering plants and ripe fruits, a few half-rotten apples lay discarded on the ground riddled with pecks and bites and I took my time to sniff at them,curling my upper lip in disgust at the strong sweet and crisp scent.

Apples weren't really something I liked, they just didn't fit to well with my more carnivorous diet, Link and Ariada however adorred to eat the small red and green fruits,their fairy and grass type natures made them able to digest such a sweet and sugary thing.

I paused my apple sniffing and pricked my ears, standing upright to scan the area around me.I made out a faint and familiar scent and salivated scent was one that dark-types naturally considered a prey scent, bittersweet and refreshing it was the smell of a physic-type.

I swallowed and sniffed the air again as the wind changed direction and took the scent away.I growled and flattened my ears before shrugging and looking up at the apple loaded orbs of red,yellow and green swayed gently in the breeze and I licked my lips as I spotted a spearow pecking at a rather ripe apple.

Spearow meat was a lot harder than the meat of other bird pokemon,killing one also proved to be more difficult due to how aggressive they could eeveelutions a singular spearow was a decent force but in a flock or pack they could be an army, something to be feared if the strengths and defenses were used appropriately.

I scanned the branches for other spearow and most importantly for the Fearow that commanded the flock, surprisingly there were no other birds and I felt slight pity for the bird.

A loner.

Creatures that were natural group animals didn't last long in solitary, they quickly became a meal,died to disease or died due to a loneliness induced depression.

The world could be cruel, might as well save the bird from that.

I trotted around the tree before throwing myself at the trunk, sinking my sharp claws into the wood, thrilling I grappled my way up the tree, pushing myself closer to my prey with my back paws. The bird was alerted of my presence almost immediately he cawed out a shrill warning cry and glared at me, puffing up his brown and red feathers.

I climbed onto a branch and slinked towards the bird, focussing some dark-type energy in my jaws, the bird cawed and flapped his wings, beak glowing with weak normal type energy.

I moved forward and growled softly, the bird was cornered no way for him to spearow gave me one last warning caw before it launched itself forward, body becoming consumed by the dark energy of a pursuit attack, I let out a soft cry of surprise as the bird plowed into me with a force that nearly sent me toppling to the ground.I hissed as the spearow raked my face with its rather sharp claws and I released the half-forgotten ball of dark-type energy.

The unexpecting bird was tossed back and off the branch, slightly injured the bird flapped its wings to lessen the fall and quickly hopped into the undergrowth.I growled watching how the bushes rustled from above.

Completely alone in the tree, I sat up and began to wash my wasn't blood just a mildly irritating the tip of my long messy tail twitching in annoyance, I began to look for a way down.

Once I was back on the ground I sighed more annoyed with myself than I was before.I couldn't believe that two stupid birds had escaped my grasp.

I paused and twitched my ears...I could hear faint whispers in the back of my mind.

"Midnight?"

"Midnight?"

I narrowed my eyes,slightly bothered by the lack of response and carried on with my hunt.

Time dragged on, failed attempt after failed attempt….it almost felt as if there wa someone or something sabotaging my scent of a physic type lingered here and there, tempting and sweet.

The hunger grew, and I found myself walking in a haze, following and losing scents, aimlessly getting closer to the ever present physic type.I trudged forward my mind focussed on eating, my stomach growling and threatening to digest itself.

I followed the scent of prey… into the deeper woods, ignoring the warnings from my environment,I followed the physic type into a quiet glade.

My head began to hurt and I gritted my teeth as the world spun turning into a blurry haze.

I shook my head and took a few steps forward, my paw gazed something cold and hard…

SNAP!

I jerked back and cried out,madly shaking my paw in an attempt to free it from the metal jaws were gripping my skin tightly,not enough to cause a wound but enough to keep my paw in place.I pulled and pulled but was unable to free bushes around me rustled and I looked around, my ears flattening themselves as fear and panic creep up my spine.

Images flashed before my eyes and as much as I tried to drive them away,the memories flooded my mind.

It was New-leaf,green grass covered with morning dew,sunshine weekly peeked through the branches,I appreciated the area for a brief moment before everything went dark and ducked watching wide-eyed in terror as a fight rang out,the dust that was rising transformed into soft white snow that swirled and piled around me and made my vision white, there was another change, my vision was red, every muscle ached with exhaustion and my struggles to get free became weaker and weaker and my screams for help were cut stilled and became meaningless as all my senses faded into pain and disgust…

I blinked coming back to the eerie forest glade, I found myself shaking and hyperventilating,unshed tears stung my eyes and my empty stomach the world spinning around me and my mind being wracked by my own fuzzy half-repressed memories I didn't feel my legs give way until my chin painfully slammed against the hard earth.

"We didn't fight back enough."

"It's my fault Midnight, I failed you."

"I-i didn't listen to you."

"I-i should have tried harder…"

"We're both to blame."

"Maybe…maybe we are."

I shut my eyes and allowed myself to be overrun by my thoughts,there was no escaping them in the long run.

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Chapter Five- Separaction

Link's POV:

I was here again, back in the void known as the Mindscape.

Looking around I realized that it was still the same;of course the Mindscape wouldn't change,there would never be nothing more than the bleak endless darkness in which only light-producing pokemon could navigate with air in this world would forever remain cold and dead, not the faintest hint of a breeze, I shivered cursing my short thin pelt as I lifted my half-frozen feelers into the air, closing my eyes I watched as the blackness of the Mindscape was slowly filled with color.

It wasn't exactly a wild burst of color,or a gradual filling that replaced the blackness but rather I could see small dancing flames with brightly colored pulsing souls in the center,dotted here and there.I swished my feelers though the air.I was too far away to feel the specific emotions that made the flames up,and I couldn't see the familiar red soul, that I was searching for.
I was probably out of range.

My vision proceed to cut and I realized that I was shivering and shaking,the temperature had dropped suddenly and now I could feel cold icy claws digging into my skin.I attempted to lift my feelers, so I could see again but they refused to budge, flopping around me with each try.I looked around in the dark hoping that the strange world had been magically altered and now included light,but I was still in a black void unable to even see my own paws.I sighed and glanced around once more,before I began to move my frozen paws,each step made me feel slight pins and I tried not to wobble as I walked.

It could have been seconds,minutes,hours ...days...who cares anyways, the void didn't change aside from the weird spots where the gravity stopped working properly and I felt heavier or lighter.

As I continued my silent journey the tips of my feelers twitched sensing auras,I shut my eyes,I could see the souls though and the sight of two familiar balls of light; one red,one green made fairy-type energy rise in my chest,and I immediately broke into a run.

Gradually I could feel the emotions that radiated from the - Anger,confusion, fear and worry..a bad combination in general.

There was something-someone else, I could feel their emotions but I couldn't see them.I came to a stop and canted my head, moving my feelers accordingly.

A ghost-type maybe?

I shook my head feeling stupid at the consideration before returning to my run.

I skidded to a stop as the negative energy and the gravitational pressure became too much again and I practically sank to the cold unseen floor. I opened my eyes and found my vision blocked by a swirling cloud, I weakly attempted to swat the cloud away with my feelers but the gravity was too heavy to allow me to do such a simple movement.

So instead I focussed on simply watching the souls as they fought against each Midnight and Nightmare were arguing about something, I could see how their souls blazed up with emotions as they bickered.

I froze and opened my eyes and grasped my now painfully pulsing head with my feelers trying to cancel out the negativity that my feelers took bad emotions overwhelmed me and I found them to be more crushing than the gravity.

I felt almost suffocated,as if someone had pinned me down and was slowly strangling me.

The negativity was suddenly cut and I breathed out rising to my paws with a tremble,blinking I dissolve the cloud with the force of my them to drop and drag behind me I made my way towards the dark what they were arguing about, as I neared them I could make out their voices, surprisingly loud in the silence of the Mindscape.

"I've been in here for who knows how long!"

"We had come to an agreement Midnight!"

"I don't care! Determination is right!You are robbing me of MY life, this life you have is nice for you, but WHAT ABOUT ME? I'M N-..."

Both umbreon turned to face me, their faces once filled with anger and rage were now neutral and expressionless almost sighed and unision and I felt my feelers twitch as I grew more anxious.

"Link." Midnight finally said, her tone was one of annoyance.

"Midnight, Nightmare." I replied nodding coolly to each umbreon while trying to forget all I had heard for the time being.

"What do you want?"

"Um…-" I lifted one feeler and quickly dropped it, mentally cursing myself for seeking out the umbreons without reason.I had no real reason other than the natural curiosity and empathy that being a sylveon had granted the negative emotions had drawn me near, just because I thought that maybe I could resolve the conflict.

For now I had paused it.

Whether that was good or not was up to debate.

"So?" Midnight's voice made me jump.

"I...I-"

"I think I already know." Nightmare sighed glancing at me,

"I'll be back."

Nightmare gave her counterpart a look before she turned and walked past me into the mix of silver and black.I began to walk behind her at first,but once I was no longer able to feel Midnight's piercing green gaze on the back of my head, I moved besides the dark-type pressing my flank against her messy black from an ear flick Nightmare showed no signs of noticing the gesture.

We settled down in what seemingly was the middle of nowhere,no different from the mess of silver and black that we had just been walking though.

"What did you want?" Nightmare said her tone was calm but her eyes flickered with annoyance

I thought for a moment,sitting down and wrapping my feelers around my frilly bows. "I don't really know...I just followed my nature."

"Don't do that, this situacion is Ours alone." and with those words the umbreon bounded off, leaving me sitting alone in the dark.

I remained still, feeling the air change around me,becoming heavier,my body slowly sank to the floor getting crushed by the increasing gravity.

Not wanting to spend another eternity under high gravity I strained and pulled myself out from under the air boulder and stumbled dazed,unsure if the light feeling was because the gravity had changed again or because the air boulder was just that heavy.

I glanced around feeling lost and argument I had half-heard rang in my ears and I began to will myself to return to the Waking, I couldn't focus in this cold dead place.

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Caleo's POV:

How and why we had never noticed humans and their activity in the heart of our territory to was a mystery to me,but then again everyone was either cooped up in camp or hiding in Relta's side of the forest.

Snares and cages were all over less visited parts of the territory, prey and predators alike contained within,some injured thanks to their own desperation while others were relatively fine, all in all it was evidence of what looked like a pokemon why said hunter had chosen this area as a hunting ground didn't make sense.

Eevee and its evolutions were relativity common domestic pokemon be it pure-breed or moxie. and as a matter of fact some of my packmates had once been domesticated pokemon, rattatas, caterpies and the such were even more common companion pokemon so the motives and reasons for picking our territory as a hunting ground remained a confusion.

After carefully walking through the forest,between half-hidden paw snares.I found a grand gift waiting for me,a familiar umbreon with her leg caught in a jaw-trap.I ran up to the black and yellow fur pile "Hey," I mew poking the unmoving form with my large brown paw "Hey," I repeated.

I studied the trap in which They were caught didn't look like the kind of trap that humans used in the old stories that I had been one was smaller with a rubber padding of sorts that covered the metal jaws,lose enough to allow blood circulation but not enough to allow escape.

Despite the precautions taken with the design of the traps,the umbreon had struggled leg as a result was twisted in a rather unpleasant way, the bite marks on her leg lead me to suspect that they had tried to chew their leg baffled me; leg chewing was supposedly only done by very desperate mothers not random vixens, the chain that kept the trap glued to the ground also had specks of blood hinting that they had tried to chew that off as well.

Growling and puffing my fur I returned to my game of 'poking the umbreon in the face',it was a slightly fun, although it quickly became boring thanks to the lack of again l created some fire-type energy in my jaws and bit down onto the scruff of the dark-type's neck making sure to release the energy that I had built up in my mouth. The umbreon began to squirm before her eyes snapped open and proceed to focus on me,I jumped back not wanting to have venom sprayed in my eyes.

She got up in a slow painful manner as if every limb hurt and she was greatly exhausted despite just waking up from a ears flattened with annoyance and she gekkered at me.

I smirked and made my voice more high-pitched knowing how it irked the dark-type "Wow, so this is my pathetic, I thought you were supposed to do what I couldn't...you know; take care of Midnight." I snicker, "Look at you now,in a trap, when YOU will be replaced."

Nightmare snarled and lunged at me,the chain rattled keeping her restrained as her front paws scrambled madly in the air while she attempted to land a hit, her jaws snapped again and again and toxic droplets speckling the surrounding area as she moved.

Eventually the umbreon gave up,panting as she fell back onto her paws she eyed me warily as I moved around her,maybe believing that I wouldn't hesitate to lunge and snap her neck once she let her guard down.

"Just hurry up and do whatever the fuck you want to do and fucking leave!" She snapped at me,using some physic energy to throw a nearby pinecone at my face, more pine cones made their way towards me,hitting my chest,legs and back but they were mild annoyances.

"Physic energy," I mused catching a pinecone midair and crushing it to tiny burnt pieces in my jaws.

The chains began to rattle as red glow came around it,the force pulling and twisting the chain in an attempt to break it, Nightmare hissed in rage as the chain held,before dropping it and snarling at me, more pinecones and forest waste began to float in the air,before splintering to bits as the physic energy crushed them.

I involuntarily took a step back,watching as the Thing tried to keep calm despite whatever what going on in her head.

I pricked my ears hearing the rustle of undergrowth and the crunch of dried branches.I saw two large lanky shapes nearing the clearing,and I made a soft 'eep' as I diminished my flames and backed into the safety of the drifted into the clearing due to the breeze, and I recoiled at the disgusting musty human stench that mixed unpleasantly with the sour-sweet scent of a psychic type.

From between the branches and leaves,I watched as Nightmare panicked and struggled to get free.

I found myself half-wishing that she would tell me to help her, just so I could call her a hypocritical bitch but she didn't. The red-eyed umbreon's eyes widened and she just dropped to the ground,as if she had had a silent heart-attack.

The human came out of the bushes tall and ugly-looking-like all humans lacking any natural fur except for the top of his head,replacing the missing fur with artificial pelts.

An odd pokemon followed him; it was taller than the human with a purplish-pink teardrop shaped head,that was flanked by long flat black body was divided into four black sections which overlapped with one another, on the center of each section a white bow rested. Its arms were short and black, the hands were dainty-looking separated from the wrist by large white disks.

"Arceus made a mistake..." I whispered.

The hunter carried a metal pole with a hoop at one end, while his pokemon carried a medium sized metal cage.

The human blinked confused and maybe shocked. 'I've never seen a wild umbreon before.' he said poking the limp huddle of fur with the metal end of his pole. 'Is it alive?'

The humanoid pokemon nods, eyes and expression unchanging and devoid of emotion as it bobbed its head up and down.

The hunter's pokemon lowered the cage, opened it and then with a small burst physic energy pried apart the trap's jaws,quickly dragging the passed out umbreon into the cage,and quietly shut the door.

The human nodded and turned walking into the bushes,the I-assumed-physic-type lifted the cage with his power and followed his trainer.I stepped out from my hiding spot and trailed behind,none of them aware that I was following them.

I followed the human and his pokemon though the forest observing as they would open snares and traps,occasionally struggling to restrain more desperate and aggressive pokemon before stuffing them into appropriately sized cages which where easily carried by the odd….thing who showed no signs of exhaustion or strain,he would occasionally nod or gesture but never speak or make a sound,not even when an angry mankey had lunged at his trainer.

The path they followed was a weird one, they zigzagged east and then south then west near the lake before continuing south and stopping at the border between Ignalta and my own human opened up the side of the white contraption that I recognized as a van.

Maybe this human was only checking population growth?

I shook my head, and watched as each cage was carefully loaded onto the van's insides, the wails and screams of the pokemon contained in the cages fell to deaf ears.

I doubted that there would be someone to save them.

After every cage had been loaded the hunter slammed the van shut producing a loud noise that made me bush I was in rustled and the humanoid pokemon turned his head with unnerving velocity to stare,his empty eyes passed over the bush before he turned back to his owner and allowed himself to be transformed into energy and sucked back into his own tiny prison of a pokeball.

The human clamored into another hole he had made in the front of the white van before slamming the metal back into place, the van roared to life and slowly lurched forward, concealing itself among the dust and grit it kicked up, before finally vanishing on the edge of the horizon.

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Chapter Six: The Facility

Midnight's POV:

The human in front of my cage wouldn't back down despite my growling,gekkering,snarling and only kept talking in a stupid high-pitched voice and cooed at me.

The female cooed a bit more and reached towards the cage. I hissed and sprayed poison at the walls, preparing myself to lunge at the intruding hand that would open the she touched the side of the cage and a loud click made me press myself against the opposite wall.

The roof of the cage was lifted and I hissed blinded by the bright,unnatural light that seemed to come from all directions,something large,soft and heavy fell on top of me and I instinctively panicked,screeching and thrashing about as a human struggled to grasp my neck and torso.

My struggles grew weaker as I felt the strain of not eating or drinking for hours and eventually the human managed to get a hold of me.I breathed heavily, feeling faint as the human cooed and patted my head,I sighed and allowed the human to pick and carry me, I was too exhausted a few second of walking and shuffling I was placed onto something soft and spongy.

I sank gratefully into the surface, feeling tinges of shame that I was so easily accepting the comfort of a domestic pokemon's lifestyle , but I quickly pushed it away arguing with myself that I deserved the luxury, at least for a few moments.

The human hands ran over the thick pelt on top of me and then there was light again,if only for a blinding moment before some hard cone shaped construct was strapped on my face and a cold metal ring was placed around my neck.

With my sight obscured by the black plastic I could do nothing more than flatten my ears and wait for the humans.

Several minutes passed before the human female cooed at me and lifted me up into the air again.I was carried for a bit and I attempted to wiggle out of the human's grasp, but the pelt and human's strong hold didn't allow much movement.

I was placed down onto a small cold platform and the pelt was removed,but before I could run off the human grasped my scruff making me involuntary freeze.

'11 pounds approximate.' A human said '40 inches tall,65 inches long.'

I hissed as a cold round object was gently pressed against my chest, the human's grasp became a bit stronger, the small metal object burrowed into my thick fur until it was pressed over where my heart was.

'228 beats per 's a bit nervous so I'd say we're good.'

The human left me alone a for a bit,still never removing her hand from my scruff.I waited planning to bite the human once she let her guard down.

'33 breaths per minute.'

A hand removed the pelt from my back legs and I snarled swishing my long tail as the human gently took hold of my bad leg and pulled on it,the hands then began to prod my open wounds and I squirmed in head was firmly pinned down onto the hard surface and I felt a soothing liquid wash over my lesiones ,the herbal scent reminded me of the different leaves,berries and flowers that Ariada and the other leafeons would mix into politics for wounds.

Now without the wound sapping my strength I would escape.I purred and mentally thanked the human for her help,before betraying moment that the hand stop pressing my head down I twisted, as quickly and forcefully as I could. Fueled with I supposed was adrenaline,I scrambled and fell off the edge of the table.

I landed on the cold,hard and unforgiving floor,quickly I got to my paws entangling myself in the thick skin that fell with me and attempted flee,only getting more ensnared,before finally my paws felt a breech and I slipped out from under the fabric.

Maybe I couldn't see auras like a sylveon, but I knew that the humans were closing in,not just the female that had been prodding and poking me, but others.I could hear their footsteps and I took a few steps back, nearly slipping on the discarded pelt.

Eventually I backed up against a wall of sorts and I held back a nervous whimper,lowering my ears and placing my long messy tail between my legs.

I cursed myself for my recklessness, I should have had waited to have the cone removed first,now the humans would surely be more distrusting of me than they already were.I had absolutely forgotten one of the rules of a dark-type: Be patient and plan out your attack.

I shrank down,whimpering and bowing my head like some scolded were still more rules however; one of which was to be cunning,to pretend,to manipulate my way out of problems 'for the greater good'.And as much as I hated this rule,it was the one I planned to follow.

The humans drew closer and I whimpered more, and began to shake pleading for compassion.A hand grasped my scruff firmly and I whimpered wiggling as I pretended to be in pain and then sucking up breath, I went limp.

The humans reacted so quickly that I found myself wondering if they had short-term reasonable pokemon would have reacted a bit more slowly,judging whether or not I had actually stopped breathing.

The plastic cone that blocked out my vision and kept my jaws together was practically yanked off.I resisted the urge to blink at the bright light of the room and tried to ignore the increasing burning sensation in my lungs, while they didn;t swarm around me like I hoped they were still at a close enough range to be showered with droplets of venom.

My sight returned at last and I lifted my head and snarled,spraying my poison in a wide circle, the unsuspecting humans had no way to shield themselves and various of them shrieked as burns appeared on their skin and blindness came to their human that was holding me in his grasp cried out and dropped me clawing at his now burned face.

I scanned the room, it was large and all were tables and chairs and a few shelves that were made out of wood instead of were a few cages on the tables that had been left abandoned when I had rebelled,some of the pokemon held inside were like me desperately trying to pokemon had already been let out, metal collars wrapped tightly around their necks and human's keeping them from fleeing.

I spun around and bounded towards the exit, a part of me felt bad for leaving the other's behind but another part of me argued that it was for 'the greater good.'

Adding a burst of speed, I charged narrowly avoiding the forest of human legs, just as I was about to pass the doorframe a hoop swung directly in my was no way to avoid it and once it had passed over my head I was pulled backwards and pinned against the floor with a click.

Scrambling,twisting and turning,I attempted to move my head and bite the hand that took a hold of my leg and pulled free back leg feebly kicked the hand but the human took no notice, something small,thin but sharp pierced my skin and I twitched at the slight sting,It remained embedded for a few heartbeats before it was pulled back out.

My struggles became weaker with each passing second,my mind clouded and my limbs felt exhaustion washed over me as my senses dulled and faded into black…

…...

Everything was dark.

There was no sound,no cold or was as my senses had numbed and become nonexistent.

No...it felt as if my whole being, except my consciousness was gone.

I didn't know how much time passed, it could have been minutes,hours,days I found myself not really caring, the numbness did not allow me to feel hunger or pain anyways.

Slowly the numbness became a tingling sensation which then after what seemed forever subsided into normality.

I lifted my head and winced feeling the whole world spin in front of me as I swallowed down the bile that rose in my throat.I placed my head on my paws,and appreciated the soft spongy surface beneath me,and the comfort that the soft walls and roof of the shelter provided.

Light peeked through the tatters in the fabric that was draped over the rays were white and strong like moonlight but my thinning rings remained dull.

So it wasn't moonlight.

My stomach grumbled, demanding food while my tongue felt I forced myself to my paws and tentatively pushed the curtain away, hissing as I was blinded by the whiteness.

I slowly opened my eyes again,bracing myself for the light and squinted wait for my eyes to adjust.I blinked at my surroundings.

Like the previous room I had been in, it was pristine walls and floor where made out of rows and rows of squares while the ceiling seemed to be made out of a different material altogether,it looked softer and easier to artificial sun shone harshly from a hole in the middle of the roof,giving off a white light that bounced off the majority of the room's surfaces.

I couldn't see an exit, the only thing aside from the walls,floor and ceiling was a large rectangle gap that reflected the light that was sent from above,telling me that it was filled with glass.

"Nightmare?" I mewed turning around in a small circle, there was nothing other than two dishes in the middle of the room.

"Nightmare?"

Silence.

"Look I'll admit it what I did was wrong and stupid and I never should have had let my fear, distrust and trauma get the better of me! Help me out, please!"

I sighed hearing my stomach growl as it urgently demanded food, warrily I made my way towards the dishes in the center of the room, ready to bolt into my little fabric shelter if necessary.

I sniffed the contents of the first dish, the liquid inside carried a strong unnatural scent, similar to the poison that my skin produced but with tinges of metal,it was odd that such clear-looking water smelt so disgusting.

With some caution, I began to drink and immediately regretted my decision, the water tasted strongly of metal and some burning chemical I couldn't identify,pulling away from the bowl, I spat out the foul liquid and began to lick my lips in an attempt to drive the taste away.

I looked suspiciously at the contents of the food the brown sludge didn't look very appetizing...it smelled faintly of meat,it didn't smell like chemicals or humans..so I guessed that it was safe - or as safe as human food could be.

I sniffed it and touched it with my paw ,before deciding to try it.

The sludge was slightly better than I expected,and after licking the bowl clean,I settled down and tried to pry the tight metal collar off my neck with little success.

Considering that there was nothing else to do, I swiveled and pressed my ear to a wall, listening in to a human conversation that I could faintly make out.

'We have over 50 new pokemon,let's replicate RE-021217's abilities and not its behaviors.'

'How are we going to achieve that, these are feral pokemon.'

'Feeding and breeding the slightly tame examples, the extremely violent ones can become Remnants just like RE-021217.'

I pulled away disgusted by the idea of breeding.

Why would they need 50 wild pokemon when the Pure-breed variety was so easy to obtain?

They were usually larger and endured more,they had less problems when it came to mastering new attacks and battling,and even if the humans were planning on breeding for behavior,it was still more convenient to use Pure-breeds or fully domesticated pokemon.

I pressed my ear to the wall again, hoping to find an answer among the nonsense.

'-se remnants can't die.'

'Remnants despite their usefulness are too aggressive, we can barely control the five examples we currently have.'

I bit my lip.

remnant,remnant….

t…..

I had heard that term somewhere….

'-ybe, we can use some of the pokemon to recreate the 'Green Zombie!'

'Are you stupid?' A male human snapped 'I was there when the first Green Zombie was created and I was there when it got out of hand!'

The human's conversation dwindled away into things that I found naggingly familiar but couldn't really understand.

Pulling away from the wall, I returned to my shelter and laid down on the spongy nest, turning my head sideways to stare blankly at the tattered fabric that hid me from the rest of the world.

Remnant, remnant... t…

I searched among memories of half-heard stories for any mention of remnants, but aside from the nagging feeling I was unable to find anything else.

I couldn't even ask Nightmare for details,it was clear she was still angry with me.

With the human chatter forgotten I waited watching the soft blend of shadow and light that was created as my rings lit up and flickered slightly,the lack of moonlight was already affecting them and I grimly wondered how much time would pass before it warped my mind and behavior.

The hours ticked by,heartbeat by heartbeat.

I was only aware of night's passing when the light from my rings faded,killing off the slightly entertaining mixture of light and shadows on the walls;leaving me alone.I glanced up at the ceiling desperately wondering when the artificial sun would begin to shine.

It wasn't that I couldn't see or that I felt scared but rather the darkness reminded me of the Mindscape,of how vast my 'home' was, and how lonely I felt without Nightmare at my side, with a whimper I buried my head in my paws.

I had no idea of how many more hours had passed by the time the humans returned.I swiveled my ear as I heard their footsteps in the the glassed away area and watched as artificial sunlight sliced through the shadows of my shelter.

I lifted my head as I heard a loud sound as if someone was pushing a heavy I poked my head out from behind the curtain and watched as a section of the wall came loose to reveal an exit, two humans entered the room one walked to the center making a soft clicking noise with their tongue,while the other kept guard hooped pole clutched in his paws. I gekkered warrily and shrunk down a bit prepared to spring forward and escape once the chance came.

The human simply sighed and placed the bowls he was carrying on the ground and retreated standing next to the other again, I warrily glanced at the humans and then at the wide open door.

I sulked over to my food bowl.

The contents were the same brown slop but now without my starvation it tasted as great as shit , the water tasted worse than yesterday and I swore that my throat was bleeding after a few gulps.

Upon finishing my 'meal' the human turned and disappeared into the tunnel closing the wall-door behind them.

Gaining their trust would take a while, but it would be worth it when I was free and…and…..nothing.

I had no reason to be free...

"Good morning,RE-082218" the human female said in a sweet bubbly voice that obviously meant that hell was going to break loose.

I felt slightly insulted at the name I had been -082218, was that even a name?

I didn't really know what I had expected, humans rarely were creative with the names they gave their pokemon,usually using typing and appearance as a eeveelutions also worked in this manner usually giving themselves names after their new-found typings but at least we tried to make them sound interesting!

"Good morning." The human repeated a bit more harshly demanding my attention.

"Fuck you." I replied turning my head to face the female feeling slightly disappointed by the fact that all she was going to hear was meowing and the occasional geker that to them carried the word umbreon in bits and was stupid but intriguing how humanity's imaginacion could change the original self-given species name of Blacky to Umbreon.

"In this facility we'll run a few tests, check your strengths,your weaknesses, your combat ability and decide on how you should help you cooperate with us,you'll get better meals and will be allowed to go out of this room and wander the facility, if not…-"

The collar around my neck beeped and I screeched,as electricity rushed through my nerves,making me lose control of my limbs and collapse to the floor where I remained writhing until the electric current stopped.

I tried to get up,to move but my legs felt numb,my breathing was hard and each breath caused me pain in the chest,as if my lungs were tightening too much and not getting enough air.I was aware of my abnormal heart rate and of my new pulsing headache.

"- We'll be forced to administer a controlled shock,the intensity of which will rise the more you if you die from electrocution,believe me, the facility will still have uses for you."

Once I managed to stand upright again, I stumbled to the water bowl and prepared to gulp the foul liquid down feeling suddenly dehydrated.

I glanced up to the human and it's frown made me realize that my drink would have to wait.

…...

Three or four days had passed since my first 'Controlled Shock' and since then I had only been shocked...I lost count...The details of why weren't sticking in my head although the consequences of the shocks were… possibly because of how humiliating and painful they were.

I attempted to grasp the wooden sign with physic and lift it into the air, but I was so useless that I couldn't make it do anything more than wobble and drag against the ground.

I cursed under my breath furious that my psychic abilities only worked when I was emotionally unhinged.

It was another consequence of simply not caring for what Nightmare had tried to teach me.

Stories,rituals,specific abilities and other parts of general eeveelution and dark type culture-were a complete mystery to was stupid that my past self hadn't cared at the slightest for anything.

With a growl I continued trying, still getting nothing more than dragging.

I glanced up at the human, he looked bored,hand lingering close to the button that activated the controlled shocks.

Focussing back on my beloved piece of wood,I strained my mind.

Float,float float! Please float for the fucking love of Arceus!

More dragging and shaking was my reward.

I bit my lip, entering one of those moments when I wanted to do nothing more than scream and smash my head against the wall.

'Stop.' the human ordered and I sighed and looked upwards, awaiting the dreaded controlled shock.

Instead he clawed something onto the pile of thin white sheets that he had been given.'A report of my progress' I had heard them call it.

I waited expectantly for a shock, an order, some other strange test, but the human simply spent his time looking through the report.

'Dismissed.' he said recalling my presence.I blinked confused, and shrugged moving to what had become one of the highlights of my life:

The shitty food.

Despite the disgusting flavor,eating had become the only activity other than sleeping in which I considered myself safe from the controlled eating, I retired to my shelter,curling up and licking my paws.

"That was close call." I said stopping to frown at how dull my fur was.I waited ears pricked for Nightmare to reply or to complain about about matted my pelt looked but it never came.

I sighed feeling loneliness build up in the pits of my head began to hurt and my vision fogged.I slowly became oblivious to the world,as what little energy I had was drained away and replaced with negativity.

An emotion built up inside me and I stepped outside searching for something to vent on,but of course there wasn't anything except...My gaze fell on the piece of wood.

I glared at the small sign, the tiny piece of wood that neutrality and slight frustracion had been unable to my lip, I prayed that I wouldn't lose my mind again and concentrated on the odd emotion I had felt moments before.

And the wood, slowly began to rise.

'Dismissed!' The human repeated a bit more fiercely and the wood fell to the floor.

I glared at the human, annoyed and upset that he had interrupted my he rose from seat and turned to leave. I willed my mind and emotions to lift the sign again and I hurled it with all my might towards the glass wall.A loud shattering sound rang in my ears and my pride turned into pain as I received a controlled shock.

…...

I had given up relying on the thickness of my rings as a way to guess on what day I was on,as they had gone completely dark due to the lack of moonlight.

Meal after meal, test after test...nothing changed at all.

So now I sat patiently awaiting my meal,aware of how my ribs poked through my fur, I wondered if I looked more ragged and older.I sure felt like it.

The door-wall pushed open the human for once was completely alone and she wasn't carrying a pole with a hoop or dishes with

she carried a familiar silver box.

'Congratulations RE-082218' she said sounding dead and unexcited as she pressed the bottom, I shut my eyes as the

I expected a boom and then nothing, but instead I heard bones and flesh tear apart, ear-splitting screaming and something splattered on the floor,walls and myself.

Opening my eyes a crack I was greeted by the sight of the now armless human female splitting apart at the waist before promptly being the screaming gone, the only sound I could hear was the drip drop of the blood and gore.

I stumbled feeling lightheaded as the blood,death and fear scent drifted in the air too heavy and thick for me to handle, the blood coated an entire wall and pooled on the floor, the guts and organs disappearing within the puddles of human's paw tips still twitched and the head-which lay sideways soaking in a patch of blood, had an expression of shock.

I trembled as I heard something crawling in the vent above me, I expected it to swing down and rip me to shreds any moment now, the metal tunnel trembled and my shock collar clattered onto the once pristine white floor.I looked at the metallic loop,taking in the clean cut that had been made and glanced up at the tunnel again.

What was inside?

A loud siren began to sound adding to the panic caused by the constant flashes of red from the lights.

'We have a code 3-14 ,this is not a authorized and trained personnel report at sector 5, heavily armed, all remaining personnel please head to the designated safe-room within your sector.' Boomed a human's voice from somewhere above.

I looked around desperately,looking for a place to hide as the screams of both human and pokemon passed through the wall, followed by the sounds of gunshots and blood splattering.

I sent a silent prayer to Arceus and whatever gods existed, hoping that wouldn't get shot or ripped apart once my little room was invaded.I felt the bloody walls close around me and I swore that something was pounding against the other side of the wall-door.I began to take in deep breaths, the most I could do was be unconscious and hope that they assumed that I was already dead.

Stop panicking I pricked my ears, recognizing the hissing distorted voice of Blue-eye.

I stood slightly shocked before remembering wha Blue-eye was.

"Where's Nightmare?" I asked while glancing up to the vents, I could hear something shuffling withinth.

She's with the sylveon that she likes so much..

The vent creaked as a tear was made then widened,resulting in a hole with jagged sharpened edges.I was jerked upwards by a burst of psychic energy that wasn't mine and dragged into the hole, I hissed and tried to get out of the grasp but it only led to my skin being sliced by the jagged edges of the I had been released and put down I immediately sprang to my paws hitting my head as I did so, and spun around searching for the creature that had dragged me into the vent.

There was nothing that I could see and nothing that I could smell other than death and blood.

The gunshots and screams resonated even louder in the vent and I began to run,fear rushing into my veins as I hoped that the sound of my paws steps wouldn't be heard over the sounds of a massacre.

There were grates in the vent and I could see brief flashes of the outside whenever I paused my run to maneuver around the jagged bits of metal that jutted out from the walls.

It seemed that the whole facility had entered a frenzy, humans running and hiding behind wall-door hybrids,while others shot and fought the masses of angry pokemon.I didn't know which side was winning due to the sheer amount of fatalities on each moment a human would be ripped apart with fangs,claws,an attack or an object, and the next the humans would be using large thick guns-of-sorts to shoot down the raging pokemon into a bloody gutty mess.

I turned and stopped, panting as I peeked outside,the corridor I was currently in was quieter and less bloodstained than the others,there was a single human, he kept speaking into a rectangular device that produced hisses in response.

I began to walk and moving as quietly as I could, stopping as I heard a scraping sound,claws….? dragging against the metal floor of the vent, the human heard as well, and he pointed his gun at the vent ready to shoot.

Before he could, the fat man's torso expanded and exploded similar to a bubble, showering blood,gore and bones across the once clean hallway.

Stop looking outside! Determinacion's distorted voice was stronger this time.

Nodding I returned to a run, not stopping at the sound of unholy screaming,gunshots or splattering blood.I continued blocking out all the outside events and focussing on getting out of the vent with my neck in one that was more difficult than I thought thanks to the increasing amount of oddly placed jutting metal scraps.

The facility had been quiet for a while now, I didn;t know if it was because I was so far away or because one of the warring sides had been woman's voice suddenly boomed from somewhere in the ceiling, making the whole vent system shake.

'All 'A 'personale to patrol the outside and guard all exits due to the risk of a violation to Paragraph 4 and repeticion of the 'Arkelly Outbreak Incident'. All other trained personnel recheck the facility, kill on care with vents and other hiding spots. "

Seems you won't be getting out, unless…

"Unless wh-?"

In a second everything faded to nothing.

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Chapther Seven:

When I opened my eyes again, I was in a completely different place...the world swayed and I felt bile rise up in my throat, and without even having the chance to properly get up, I coughed up my previous my stomach had been cleansed,I got up, frowning at the disgusting mess of dried blood and fresh bile that my fur had become.

Finding myself unable to bear it any longer I looked around hoping to see a stream or creek, finding none in sight I shuddered and began to groom the matted with my front I began to lick my flank, feeling the bumps caused by ribs as they poked through the skin.

My mind wandered back to the facility and the violent series of events that had lead me-I looked around seeing just grass and more grass swaying the night breeze - to wherever this place was.

At least I was free.

Now what?

Biting my lip, I thought about what I just seen and heard.I sense of Deja-vu crept up my spine...like if they had already been told.

"Nightmare,you around?"

No reply.

"Nightmare, I'm sure that you can hear me, you can't die unless I die anyways, so tell me what you are trying to prove by remaining silent?"

"Nightmare…"

The sky was thick with clouds that prevented the moonlight from illuminating the landscape,as a consequence my rings remained dark disappearing into my black the bits of starlight that shone through the clouds I guided myself though the empty field.

I breathed in the air, scenting the heavy but comforting aroma of grass and potential prey mixing with the staling scent of a growlithe and various mareep.

Licking my lips I walked into the deeper patches of grass ,my strides quick and my ears pricked I listened intently for a tiny rapid heartbeat as I moved silently through the undergrowth, a flash of purple caught my eye and I crept forward,stopping only to sniff the air and pinpoint the direction of my fangs and fur began to produce venom in anticipation of the hunt, and moving carefully I got behind my prey.I was downwind and the delicious scent of the rattata was driving me crazy, swishing my long tail, raising my rump,and unsheathing my claws I prepared to spring.

The call of a predatory bird echoed in the distance causing the rattata to freeze momentarily before fleeing,with a shrill cry I pounced using the momentum to push myself forward.

I thundered after the rattata,the stupid mouse made a fatal mistake in its desperation to escape the hunt, it ducked among a mass of tangled tree roots.I shoved my paw into the tiny hollow easily flushing the rodent landed with a squeak and I was immediately upon it, tossing it against a tree trunk,before scooping it up by the torso and shaking it with glee.I threw the now bleeding rattata on the ground,and watched as it tried to scramble to its tiny paws but my venom was already affecting it and it cried out in fear and terror as I pounced and crushed its small neck between my jaws.

I dropped the small warm corpse onto the forest floor and played with it for a while,the tip of my tail flickered in excitement as the little body shifted. My growling stomach however drove me back to the dead rattata's original purpose,and I dug in.

Swiping my tongue across my muzzle, I picked up the last traces of my meal before sniffing the air and following another scent-trail.

I dropped the fifth piece of fresh-kill onto the pile,and sighed staring at the collection of food that I wouldn't be able to eat by myself,and while it didn't matter if the meat began to decompose, since I would eat it anyways, I still would have prefered to feed someone else with my catch.

Hunting on the New Moon by Ourselves always brought an empty feeling to my stomach despite of all the prey that I never really got used to doing New Moon hunting without the company of the other umbreons,without Slate telling stories between catches or without bringing loads of prey that would leave a pack of twenty-something well fed.

We did what We could to get rid of the emptiness,heck Nightmare had even asked Raiden and Link to go out with Us a few times and while I had to admit it was nice it wasn't the same as killing a bunch of tiny creatures as a group of moonlight starved umbreons.

In the end I left the catch to whatever scavengers resided in the area, and carried first rays of dawn began to shine on the horizon as I searched for a water source, I looked around this new the moment I had opened my eyes here I knew that I wasn't near...whatever we had named our own lands.

Did we even name it?

Probably,but I just didn't pay attention.

The point was that I was so far away that I couldn't see the mountains where Viridis lived,silhouetted against the dawn sky.

I felt oddly tired and glanced around looking for a possible were tangles of tree roots, large thorny shrubs and thickets of bracken and ferns.

I sniffed the air,my nose twitching.

Nowhere was safe!

Who knew what kind of large, vicious creatures roamed the forest.

The tree tops looked slightly safer,few major predators could climb trees the bird pokemon were a problem though,chicks and territorial urges, not to mention the chance of falling off the branch and breaking my neck.

I bit my lip pondering...before nearing a large oak and scrambling upwards,I settled down on a branch that was low enough that a fall wouldn't kill me but where the predators wouldn't be able to see me as my long messy tail around myself. I watched the sky change from pink and violet to blue and white and thought about the facility.

All of it felt like one of Slate's stories, it was too similar in concept...disturbingly similar…the facility, the remnants,the bloody doors the 'uses after death' it couldn't be all just be a crazy coincidence.

Deep down something told me that I wasn't going to be satisfied until I made sense of the madness of those empty,white rooms.

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Author's Thoughts:

Off the top of my head, I do not have alot to say about the story but I can say that it was definitely a massive improvement when compared to the original one, this was most likely the 10th rewrite of the story and I recall writing and rewriting it for hours on end when my insomnia hit in 2018, I probably changed parts of the story as I went back and reread or came up with new details and prob used multiple documents to transfer newer bits and parts.

I recall being very inspired by stuff like FNAF and resident evil while I was working on these stories hence the "Facility" chapter and I also recall reading Another Sky by Rekad while working on this particular story.

This tale was definitely something and I am quite happy that I got pretty far even though I didn't have much of a solid idea of what I wanted to do with the story, I know I wanted to leave traces of Foreshadowing in this story that would make sense later on and callbacks of course, I have no idea if they worked or if this story would have been any good to read at the end of the day even when the author had no clear sense of direction for it.

There are a lot of aspects that show up in my later work, same kind of lore details and the like and really I do believe this particular version of the story with my attempts at world building, lore and culture is the Spiritual Predecessor to Everwoods.

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Document: Extra bits

Location: YYY's Google Drive

Date created: May 27 2018

Last date modified: Feb 3 2020

Description: A document made to keep track of random notes, it contains chapter names for Sanity (most likely 2020 version) descriptions for the two other stories planned for Sanityverse , a brief excerpt written from Link's perspective, character writing styles for Insanity and a soul color meaning guide. (Also found in the documents are notes for early lore regrading Everwoods, an umbreon/shiva character development analysis and character names for Calamari Calamity)

Word by Word Copy: (Sanity segments only)

Projects:

Fanfics:

SaNiTY -rewritting first 6 chps, 12 planned in total

OutBREAK-Prequel to SaNiTY, still in planning

PErspEctIvE-Sequel to SaNiTU, still in planning

OutBREAK

5 years after the second shadow war the Orre region appears to have recovered from such violent times,however under the sweet surface a new threat is growing.A group called Phoenix that wishes to improve the bio-weapons created by Cipher, so they create the Remnants,Anlamagans,Shadows and the Experiences, unfortunately for them, the project is unstable and unpredictable and the results soon lead to the fall of the Arkelly sector and the murder of people and pokemon special cases force is called upon and two teams Alpha and Beta are sent to figure out what is happening the Arkelly sector.

Daylight, the monsters have taken over,somehow we're still alive...It began the same way most accidents happen investigating a murder case in a very shady area, obviously the apocalypse was not part of the , here we are in the ruins of our home trying to survive.

SaNiTY

The Pack (Midnight/Caleo) DONE

Intruders (Nightmare/Ariada) DONE

The Equinox (Raiden/Link) DONE

Mind games (Nightmare/Midnight)

Separacion (Link/Caleo)

The Facility (Midnight)

Interfighting (Caleo/Raiden)

Sanity was is that? I don't know where we are going but I do know why We are - well actually I need to understand how two souls can share one body,why Blue-eye is stalking Us in Our dreams,and what is going on in the strange place known as 'The Facility'.I want to know,I want to understand,as for Nightmare... she just wants to go home.

The story of an umbreon with split personality disorder that after an encounter with a mysterious human facility embarks on a journey to understand and discover the events and strange coincidences that surround the facility, as well as find a home and meaning for T for blood,gore, unfortunate implications and swearing eeveelutions.

Midnight - Typical style emphasis on feelings ,moods and relationship with swearing, descriptive.

Nightmare-Same as Midnight, but with more swearing,focuses on relationship and memories created with other for Midnights well-being and ponders if she is actually helping her.

Raiden-Typical style emphasis on relationship with Ariada,traditions and species abilities.

Ariada-Focusses on description of the senses other than sight and smell depending on the hour,leaf and forest activity in swearing and bonding with Link

Link-Focus on emotions and place description, how emotions affect him, constant reminder of feelers and auras,little swearing.

PeRSPeCTiVe

Taking place a few months after Midnight's escape from the Umbrella testing facility.

One big happy family.

Mythology and traditions

Silvucus- The name of the lake territory (Silva- forest Lucus- Lake)(Latin Origin)

Ilhuicac - The afterlife (Nahuatl origin)

Aztlicoatl - The name of Giratina according to the Everwoodian legends (Aztil-Wing Coatl-snake)(Nahuatl origins)

Koskatixin- The name of Dialga according to the Everwoodian legends (koskatl- diamond tecoixin-lizard)(Nahuatl origins)

epyolitixin - The name of Palkia according to the Everwoodian Legends

syxōchi - A leafeon known for his pranks and deception,he is said to have tricked the leaders into meeting during the full moon and thus started the gatherings. (sycophantam-Trickster in latin)(Xōchi- flower in Nahuatl)(U1 )

Ixchel - A glacieon known for her beauty and grace,sister of syxōchi (U1)

white Optimism(nativity) and soul uncertanity

Black Pessimism(seriousness) and soul uncertanity

Red Loyalty

Orange bravery

Yellow Creativity

Green Cruriosity

Blue Determinacion

Purple Passion

Grey Wisdom and soul uncertainty

Pink

Author's Thoughts:

This document is perhaps one of the biggest losses in regards to preservation of old versions and documentation of the development of Sanity and I feel quite sad and disappointed about this loss and about how easily I deleted my notes and ideas, but as far as I currently know, there is no way to recover said notations; but if anything changes I will most definitely update this document with any new discoveries.

So aside from that, what can I say about this document, not much in all honesty, it clearly was a document I started working on in the late hours of the night of my first year of highschool and seems to be where I was writing down any lore ideas, concepts and excerpts that i believed were good but would be used later on in the story. An example of a section like that is the scene where Nightmare visits her old den and old camp from when there were more eons (Said segment is currently lost), the document lost most of its info most likely when the new rewrite of 2019/2020 happened. Still it contains mostly 2018 aspects of the story some of which survived to make it into Everwoods (See the Mythology and Traditions section) it is very vague and brief in the 2020 versions (It was more prominent in the 2019/2020 versions) but those myths and legends are in some way preserved with a new life.

My thoughts on the document are very brief and not detailed, it's just a document of random fluttering ideas and lost notes.

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Document: Insanity plans

Location: YYY's Google Drive

Date created: May 5 2020

Last date modified: Jun 10 2020

Description: Questions made by the Beta reader and spoiler filled answers provided by YYY, most likely to plan out foreshadowing and to take note of what story aspects catch reader attention more, it also includes some notations for a rewritten chapter (?) (Does this mean Sanity Original's 4-7 chapters are an old version?)

Word by Word Copy:

What happened around that lake that drastically decreased the pack?

R: a series of serial killing mostly of male eon occured most noticibly in Relta area around the lake became so infamous and dangerous that various eon decided to leave and form new packs.

Why are there only female left?

R: pure coincidence, there were a few male eon left(coal, Riptide) but they were is unknown why the killer targeted mostly males.

What's the thing Link felt when he and the Leafeon went down the train trails?

R: a gotethell

Why did the human force Link to evolve into a Sylveon?

R: Link was raised to breed and to fight, he was evolved to a sylveon as Sylveon is the most damage cuasing eeveelution especially with a pixelate ability like Link.

What is Nightmare and why is she inhabiting Midnight's head? (I guess it happened after she evolved into an Umbreon, given the other's reaction to her mood/personality change)

R: Nightmare is Midnight's alternative personality a result of her loneliness and desperation, Nightmare does not know what event lead to her exsistance and or to midnight being so depressed, but Midnight's need for company was so strong it cuased her soul to split.

And why was he introduced to this pack? I know it was to reproduce, but it doesn't seem to be working.

R: Link was introduced into the pack by humans who are keeping tabs on it with the intent of reproducing and restoring the fallen population, however this failed as none as the three females he tried to hit on were interested and he didn't try with Caleo.

After Night is taken away by humans, the eons are pretty much indifferent to her disappearance, however Ariada decides to use this event as a means of pushing Raiden into leaving the lake refusing to leave but willing to give Ariada back some sense of normality and meaning to their pack lives, takes it upon herself to re-establish the ways of the pack, hoping starting a new culture and tradition.

During this process we get to know the eons a bit more, we get to learn about how life was for them before, the structure of their old society, we see them form small bonds with one another, the gradual improvement of their hear a bit more about the lakeside murders and Link decides to make himself useful and get to the bottom of it.

While Raiden and Ariada work on creating a new society for the pack, Link interogates others and wonders the forest, trying to find the killer, here with Link we learn a bit more about the general world, places and how it works, we also see into his past with the humans.

Meanwhile Night meets up with Mangle and together they and a few others decide to travel and explore the new watch the characters grow and establish themselves, learn about who they are and what they can be, we see the world outside the lake territories and see how it works, as the journey between Night and Mangle goes on however, we learn of the darker bits of the world, of Mangle's orgins and the history of the facility before he was created, we also get a run in with the Seekers, the which separated Mangle and all the other creatures in his pack.

Midnight is chased by the Seekers, she discovers about herself while she is on the run and eventually cuaght, ending INSaNiTY with her being forced to join the Seekers in order to reunite with Mangle.

Chapter one- the pack

Chapter two- the intruder

Chapter three-realizacion

Chapter four- Routine: (Midnight/Caleo) the chapter shows more of Midnight's desires to leave her home and explore the world as she laments her exsistence in the Mindscape and how she feels Nightmare mostly controls her conjures up a small fantasy of freedom and exploration but pain in her leg snaps her out of asks Nightmare what is going on and Nightmare tells her not to panic that they are just stuck,Midnight starts panicking and the chapter ends.

Caleo's chapter starts with Caleo trying to

Chapter Five- Discovery

Chapter Six- the facility

Chapter seven-Discussions

Chapter Eight -

Author's Thoughts:

In all honesty, I was not expecting the final notations found on this document, I did not remember those notes existed at all and find it very interesting to see these forgotten notes and the what-could-have-been for the story. I am not sure if those notations regarding Caleo are plans for a rewrite of the chapter or just a general description of the chapter that I had already written (Doubtful in my opinion) these notes are an interesting and a pleasant surprise and I am quite happy to have found them.

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LAST DATE MODIFIED: APRIL 3RD 2022