DWA: Heyo everyone! Hope you're all enjoying the new Arc cause I am! Last time, Lily got caught in a storm, captured a Gastly, and even beat Falkner, now she's on to Azalea Town!
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon, just my plot and OC's

Reviews:

TeslaThePikachu: Under David S. Lugia wouldn't have much time out but here, well, it will be a reoccurring theme.

RedAgent14: At this point I'm thinking my grammar just differs from yours. I read these back and see nothing wrong with how things are said and worded, if the point gets across why should it matter? So, unless it's really really bad to the point where it's not understandable, chances are it's not gonna change. I'm not striving to write an essay for a college class and get an A+, I'm striving to write a fanfiction.

Star-The-Writer: But what exactly is she in for?

MajicManaphy1999: What? Why can't Rina win? (I assume that's what ya meant)
David gave Alex Lugia for its legend status there as well as being more useful in his hands since he would use it better for a takeover of Johto. Phantoma (its Phantom with an a, but pronounced Phan – tome- ah) didn't really need to question, most humans have a general understanding of Poke Speech, so one human that can understand better wouldn't be much when the monks spend their lives at the tower.

"Speech"

'Thought'

[Translated Pokespeech]

Chapter 4: Ruins of Alph

Lily and Midnight walked down Route 32 happily, this route was longer than others, and had many more Pokemon. Lily was holding the umbrella she took above her and Zack, and Midnight was walking as close as she possibly could.

[I wish that was bigger.] Midnight said

"I know, if you want you can go in your Poke Ball." She said

[I'll be fine, after last night I'm too anxious.] She said and Lily nodded. She understood, it was a pretty bad storm, but luckily it was over and just raining now. This however, meant less trainers to battle. Phantoma needed more experience, as did Zack.

[Hey Mama Lily, when will we get to the next town?] Zack asked.

"I'd say sometime tomorrow. There's a Pokémon center at the end of the route we can shack up at for the night. If we stop every now and then to rest, we should be there around 8 or 9." She said smiling. "Then we have to go through the Ruins of Alph for a quick route."

[Ruins? Why do we have to go through ruins?] Midnight asked

"It's faster and the way through is clearing marked." Lily said. "We'll be fine!" She said

[That doesn't help.] She said

"It'll all work out okay?" She said. "Trust me."

[…Okay, I'll trust you. We do need to train.] Midnight said. [When it's not raining of course.]

"I know, Phantoma and Zack need it." She said. "For now, we keep walking." She said and they did just that, and it was a quite walk.

-(o)- 2:09pm

Lily sighed as she sat on a damp rock, it had stopped raining not too long ago and she needed to sit. Midnight did the same.

"At least it's not hot." She said

[I agree, my fur color did me no favors in Hoenn.] She said.

"I bet. We should train here and eat some snacks." She said.

[I can train the two, Lily you can take a nap if you wish.] Midnight said

"No no, not now at least." She said calling out Phantoma, who yawned.

[Hello Mistress.] She said. Midnight chuckled.

[Just call her Lily,that Poke Ball messes with ya for some reason, must be a side program.] Midnight said.

[I see, Lily then.] She said smiling.

"I'mma get some snacks from my bag, we can chow down, then you and Zack need to train." Lily said

[I thought we did well in our battle.] She said and Lily laughed.

"You did, but not every battle will be like that, so we need to get tougher!" She said Zack nodded.

[Her brother is super super strong!] He said. [Stronger than Auntie Midnight!]

[I don't know how strong Midnight is.] Phantoma said looking to the Absol.

[I've seen my fair share of fights and battles. Lily has banned me from fighting for now unless necessary, and I will assist in training.] Midnight said. Lily tossed some Power Bars out to the group.

"These will keep us going for now, I don't wanna use too much food until we get through Ilex. I heard it's like a maze." She said and started eating the bar. The food was fit for both humans and all kinds of Pokemon. The Pokémon ate, Phantoma using more dense gas to hold the bar. Soon the group finished eating and Lily hopped up.

"Let's start training!" She said

-(o)- ES Johto Headquarters

"So no trouble I assume you two?" Alex said looking at the screen.

"No sir, nothing bad over here at Goldenrod besides the storm." Whitney said smiling.

"Not a damn thing over here." Yawned Tucker the new gym leader of Mahogany Town. He was the lazy sort, but had the title of Gym Leader for a reason.

"Tucker, why did you even join?" Alex asked with slight anger.

"So, Whitney here was like, 'Dude, join ES they're trying to make the world a better place and shizz' and I was like nah man that sounds like a lotta work and she said I'd probably have to do nothing but report on trainers that pass through so, here I am.' He said shrugging.

Alex glared through his mask. Tucker was a large man, heavy set but still fit enough to fight, he had a blue jacket with a fur lined hood, grey eyes that were always looking sleepy, and a light blue shirt under the jacket. The man seemed to wear snow pants and boots even when relaxing in his office, he could only tell due to the fact Tucker had his feet on his desk.

"Tucker the tuckered out Gym Leader, what a title." Whitney said giggling.

"It's more Tucker the guy who was forced into a job he happens to be good at." Tucker said.

"I am surrounded by a young cheerful girl, and a lazy man." Alex muttered, annoyed at his lot in life at the moment. 'Of course, that's what makes them dangerous. Chuck, Clair, those are the more likely ones for someone to suspect.' He thought.

"Yo boss man, why not show us your face?' Tucker asked. Alex looked up.

"I will do nothing of the sort." He simply said

"Bet ya have one hell of a scar under there." He said chuckling.

"Tucker if you continue you this road I will assure your next nap will be endless." He said and Tucker chuckled

"Okay boss I'll shut my trap. I gotta go, League wants me, peace dude." He said and hung up.

"…He called me dude." Alex said

"He's bad with authority sir." Whitney said.

"I shouldn't have accepted him." He said. "Whitney, I know none are here but you know who to look out for correct?"

"Yes sir! Stanley Zenex and his companion Rina. Mike and Cassidy, and Danny's old friends." She said

"Very good. Good bye Whitney, keep up the good work." He said.

"Thank you sir, have a good day!" She said and hung up. Alex sighed and leaned back. "I need to reach out to the Elite Four, but how without alerting the others?" He said to himself. "And which one would join our cause…I need to do research." He said standing. "If only I had dear Snow. Ah well, I have my own methods." He said and walked out hands behind his back

-(o)- 4:23 pm

Zack fell back panting, Phantoma was floating low next to him while Midnight stood tall. Lily was in a tree, legs swinging as she held onto the branch she sat on tight.

[You two did well, for amateurs.] Midnight said with a giggle. [But you aren't my level just yet.]

[Oh screw off Midnight] Phantoma said. [You have a type advantage.]

[Zack knows Disarming Voice, and can easily use Confusion on objects in the environment, you have Night Shade and Clear Smog. You can fight back.] She said. Lily hopped down.

"You two did very well, you got much stronger from that fight. Of course you're both too tired to fight other trainers for a while. But maybe in a couple hours." She said and recalled Phantoma and picked up Zack. "How are you Midnight?"

[Just fine.] She said smiling.

"Then let's go!" She said and started walking, and Midnight followed along. They pasted under a monorail track after a while, and a train zoomed by, heading towards Kanto.

"So that's the Magnet Train, I hear it goes from Goldenrod to Saffron." Lily said.

[Quite the distance to travel.] Midnight said

"If we followed the rails from where the train came from, we'd end up at Goldenrod." She said. "But there aren't many paths in that section of Johto." She said. "Come on, we should move." She said and walked on smiling happily, Midnight following.

The two walked for hours, enjoying the sights of Johto, and after a while, started battling trainers. Zack and Phantoma after recovering from training were able to fight off many Pokémon and gain experience in different strategies. After a long walk, they bwere battling their last trainer before the Pokémon Center.

"Phantoma! Night Shade!" Lily said and Phantoma shot black rays from her eyes that struck the Mareep in front of her and sent it back and slammed into a tree and fell to the ground unconscious.

"Mareep! Aw man…" The trainer said and recalled his Pokémon. "Well I lost, guess I can't battle that Absol." He said and handed her a small amount of money.

"Sorry! Thank you for the fun battle!" She said

"Yeah no problem!" he said and walked off to the woods. Lily recalled Phantoma and picked up Zack and walked on. The Pokémon Center was nearby, so they quickly reached it and walked in and it was empty.

"Welcome to the Pokémon Center!" Nurse Joy said.

"Thank you! Is there a room available?" Lily asked.

"Yes there is. First door on the right." She said and set the key on the counter. Lily took it with a smile.

"Thank you!" She said and skipped to the room and opened it. She was a bit happy it was empty. She let Midnight in and closed the door behind her and locked it. She saet Zack on a bed and went into the bathroom and changed into her pajamas. She quickly hopped into bed and yawned. Zack was on another bed and already asleep on Midnight.

"Night Midnight!" She said smiling.

[Goodnight Lily.] Midnight said and rested her head on the bed and Lily covered herself up and fell asleep.

-(o)- 10:00 am

Lily walked out of the center, not too far the entrance to the ruins were visible. Midnight walked out with Zack on her back.

[I still don't like this idea.] Midnight said

"I don't get why, no disaster feeling yeah?" She asked

[Well no, no disaster feelings, but I'm still uncomfortable.] She said.

"We'll be fine!" Lily said and started walking and Midnight sighed and followed.

[Lily's gonna get herself hurt at this rate.] She said

[But we can protect her!] Zack said smiling.

[Yes, I can still worry young one.] She said chuckling.

The trio soon made it to the entrance, and Midnight's gut feeling was stronger.

[I really think we should look for another route.] Midnight said.

"You're being paranoid! I wanna get to Azalea!" She said and ran inside.

[L-Lily!] She said and ran in, Zack laughing. Lily followed the signs, running happily, Midnight following next to her. Lily suddenly stopped seeing a shine on the floor.

"Woah!" She said and pucked up the object. It was an translucent orange stone with something stuck inside.

"Huh, wonder what this is, we can ask in town." She said and pocketed it.

[L-Lily…] Midnight said and Lily looked to her.

"What?" She asked.

[Behind us….] Midnight said. Lily turned around and jumped as many what seemed to be Pokemon were just, floating around. Lily looked ahead and it was the same thing. One eye, but many shapes around the eye. Lily opened her Pokedex App on her Holo Caster.

"Unown. They are shaped like letters of the alphabet. When a large group gathers they have the power to…to bend reality!?" She shouted.

[Lily, we have to go!] Midnight said and Lily turned off her Holo Caster and nodded and ran forward, the Unown suddenly took a formation of a wall and started, chirping. The Translator picked up static.

"It's not translating them…" She said

[I can't understand them either.] Midnight said and turned, only to see another Unown wall.

"Night Slash!" Lily said and Midnight turned toward the group in front of them and her horn glowed black and Zack hopped off. Midnight charged forward and swung her blade like horn and hit something other than the Unown and was shot back and skidded on the ground.

"What?" Lily said. Some Unown came from the walls and started spelling. "Wait…I studied Unown scrip, I didn't know they were Pokémon but…L-I-L-Y, Z-E-N-E-X?" She said and stepped back "H-How do you know my name?" She asked, The Unown looked at each other and many more came from the walls and started to surround her.

[Mama!] Zack sand and ran to her, only for three Unown to stop him and hit him with Hidden power, throwing the young Pokémon into the wall hard and knocking him out.

"Zack!" She said and more Unown surrounded her and formed a dome and started spinning around her. She tried to run through but was thrown back by an unseen force. Midnight tried using Night Slash but five Unown blasted her back. The same Unown shot what seemed to be lasers from their eyes and they hit Midnight and kept her down and sapped her energy.

[L-Lily!] She shouted. She knew this was a bad idea, why didn't she listen.

"Midnight!" She shouted back. The Unown around her stared at her before their eyes glowed a light purple. Lily gasped and fell to her knees, clutching her head. "It hurts stop it, it hurts!" She screamed. Her eyes shot open, glowing the same purple. A vision appeared in her minds eye.

Darkness…

"No…" She said. "S-Stop…"

Figures, wrapped in the dark, screaming, terror…

"Please stop I'm scared…" She said

Balance gone…

"No no…"

Hateful being…

"It scares me!" She shouted

A large figure, deep red eyes, filled with hate wrapped in the dark.

"Please stop!"

End of hope…

"NO!" She screamed. So many images were flashing by so fast, but she was terrified, she couldn't make sense of them, something stood out, amid the dark of her vision, those terrifying blood red eyes.

They terrified her, made her want to scream, want to call out for help.

Help…

"Please…" She said and fell forward, her eyes closed now and the Unowns stopped circling her and moved away. Midnight had fainted halfway through. The Unown chirped to each other and many flew towards the southern exit. The rest circled the three individually and shone light upon them.

Outside the ruins, researchers talked with Poke Ball expert Kurt.

"I see so the Unown were very common in the ruins when you were young?" One asked

"Yes indeed. They just were kinda there, none of em every even reacted to a human's presence, even if you touched em." He said chuckling.

"Yet now hardly any at all, I wonder why." He said. Suddenly Unown spilled out of the ruins

"What the-!?" Kurt said as the formed whal looked like a dome and shone light down. In front of their eyes, a young girl and two Pokémon materialized in front of them, unconscious. Four Unown went to Kurt and spelt out Help to him before they all retreated to the Ruins.

"W-What just happened?" A reasearcher asked. Kurt's eyes hardened.

"This young girl…the Unown brought her here, she interacted with them…or vice versa. If the Unown are interacting with humans…something is very wrong." He said and grabbed two Poke Balls from the girl and recalled her Pokémon, then picked her up. I'll take her to my home and watch over her. You all can try and find out what happened here." Kurt said and started walking back to Azalea town.

When the researchers ran inside, the Unown were nowhere to be found.

DWA: Well then, what a turn of events huh? The Unown appeared to Lily and gave her a vision, but of what? Lily for sure didn't know. Leave your predictions in the review below! Next time, we see Lily in Azalea Town!