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Chapter Five

Scarlett's POV

Once upon a time, a pokémon egg was left at the local daycare.

"Gold-chan!" I yelled out.

"Scarlett! Please be quiet! It's still so early!" Y scolded me. "And you're going to wake Yellow up!"

"Huh?" the petite blonde girl woke up. "Where am I? Why am I being carried by Sapphire?"

"Because pansy here can't lift a finger," Sapphire replied as she set the girl down.

"I so can!" Ruby protested.

"Oh yeah? Well, I don't see ya doing anything useful!"

"Can you two just shut up?!" Emerald yelled at them. "Flirt when no one is looking! It's disgusting."

"We are not/ain't flirting!" the two shouted.

"Hey, what's all the noise out here?" Gold walked out of the daycare building, rubbing the sleep out of his eye.

"Ignore them." I waved it off. "So, what did you call us here for?"

"Wha-? Oh right!" Gold immediately perked up and rushed into the building again. He left the door open and Black took a look inside.

"So should we just-?" he started.

"Come in! I have to show you this!" Gold's voice rang out. We all looked at each other before going in.

Even at the age of 14, Gold had a lot of energy. I was the oldest out of everyone here at 17 since Green wasn't here, neither was Crystal, while Whi was the youngest at 5. She didn't understand much, but Black was her, let's say, babysitter and so he usually takes her with us.

Some people may say that it's weird to see vast age differences in our group of friends, but I snort at them. It shouldn't matter how old you are. Everyone can be friends.

"Blacky?" Whi-Two asked, using her nickname for him.

"Hmm?" he looked down at her.

"Are we going to see the pokémon today?" she asked.

"Maybe." He answered.

We found Gold polishing off a Pokémon egg.

"An egg? Is that what you called us here for?" Y raised a brow.

"Don't you get eggs all the time here?" Yellow asked him.

"Yes, but this one is special." He told us.

"How?" Sapphire asked.

"Well, usually, we give the egg back to the parent pokémon's owners, but in this case, we just found it." Gold explained.

"Found it? Don't you already find them?" I asked him.

"Yes, but we didn't take care of any pokémon that can possibly have this egg." He held it up. It was a colorful one. Waves of blue, yellow, green, and black wrapped around the entire egg.

"What kind of pokémon is it?" Black asked.

"I can't tell you that." Gold grinned. "One of you just has to find out for yourself."

"One of us?" all of us, minus Whi-Two, chorused.

"Yeah. I'm giving it to one of you." Gold nodded.

"Really? Is there a catch?"I asked him.

"What?! No! Why would you even ask me that?!" Gold exclaimed.

"You're the one who does gamble." Ruby shrugged.

"Okay, that's true, but I'm serious! My grandparents are seriously stumped on how this egg ended up here since the pokémon who can have this egg is nowhere near here! Not even wild ones!" Gold said. "So which one of you wants it?"

"Not me. Nana would get jealous!"

"So would Veevee."

"Rono's already hard to take care of!"

"I think Musha's enough for me."

"I don't need to take care of another pokémon."

"I think Chuchu's perfect for me. I don't need another pokémon."

"What about you, Scar?" Gold looked at me. "Everyone voiced their opinion and Whi-Two is too young to take care of another pokémon.

"Me?" I looked at him.

"Hey, that is a good idea." Y nodded. "Since your other pokémon is well, you know, this one can be like a family pokémon!"

"Family pokémon?"

"Yeah! That's perfect! I heard that your parents are worried about you spending time alone at home!" Gold exclaimed.

"What's that supposed to mean?!" I glared at him.

"Here!" he shoved the egg in my hands. "Take good care of it!"

"Hey! I didn't-!" I started to protest, but the egg started to glow.

"Right on time!" Gold smiled. "It was flashing right before you showed up!"

"What?!" I exclaimed. The light grew brighter until I had to shut my eyes and turn away. When the glow faded, the egg was gone, but a pokémon was sitting in my arms. It had a black head with a pink beak. The top of its head was shaped like a music note while that was a white collar around its neck. Blue, green, and yellow feathers covered its body while its talons were curled up.

"Cha?" it cocked its head at me.

"A Chatot?" I blinked.

Everyone else in the room was quiet, as anyone would be when a pokémon unexpected hatched right in front of you within minutes of seeing the egg for the first time.

"Where do Pokémon eggs come from?" Whi-Two spoke up.

"Well, Whi, when a mommy pokémon and a daddy pokémon love each other very much…"

"GOLD!"


There was an obvious spring in my step as I made my way through the town center.

"Wow, you're awfully happy," Chatot noted as he sat on my shoulder.

"And why wouldn't I? I found a job where I can finally get some respect and I made a new friend!" I replied.

"Hooray for you." He said flatly as he rolled his eyes. "But what about something to eat, huh? I'm starving."

"It's not that late." I pointed out.

"I hardly ate anything this morning. Give me a break!" he exclaimed.

"Fine." I rolled my eyes. "I don't' have that much money left after buying all of these things, but let's see what we can find." Adjusting the bag so it won't fall off my other shoulder, I made sure my little bag of money was still tied to my belt. Once I made sure that it won't fall, I made my way through the crowds.

It was unusually busy here. There were the everyday people who made their living in town, but there a few who I didn't recognize. Is there a festival or a visiting kingdom's diplomat? The only one I could think is the princess of the Sandgem kingdom, but she's been here for a few weeks now.

After a few more minutes, I got fed up with the constant flirting of the stupid village boys around me. Once or twice, someone smacked me on my butt. I tried to turn around to smack them back, but it was so crowded, I didn't know who smacked me, though there was a group of boys eyeing me and following me everywhere I go.

I stuck my nose up and walked briskly over to a more open area. It was also where I was following the smell of cooked meat.

"Hey! That looks good!" Chatot exclaimed as I walked closer to a stall selling skewers of grilled meat.

For some reason, just looking at the meat made my stomach churn. Me looking at the meat is like the group of boys looking at me. Did I mention that they're still following me?

"Uh, let's look somewhere else. You also can't eat meat, remember?" I pointed out.

"Stupid herbivore diet," Chatot grumbled. I let out a small giggle and walked past the stall. The smell drifted away and I walked in front of a smaller stall selling rice balls. I brought one filled with kimchi for me.

"Hey! What about me?" Chatot complained.

"You can't eat rice either!" I shot back. I then went to a stall that sold steamed buns and brought him one so he can shut up.

"This isn't half bad." He muttered through beakfuls of the bun.

"Eat or talk," I told him. "It's all about manners."

He swallowed the last bite before patting his stomach. I sighed and continued to take a bite out of my rice ball. I'm almost out of money, but at least we're full. I can earn more money tomorrow when I start work. I can't wait!

I was able to breathe again since the crowd of people thinned a little bit. I got to an area where it was void of anyone. I popped the last bite of the rice ball in my mouth and chewed. I nearly choked when I felt a hard slap on my butt. I immediately swallowed and whirled around. It was that group of boys again.

A real cheeky one was grinning at me while looking below where my face should be.

"Hey!" I exclaimed. "What's your problem?!"

"I don't know what you're talking about." He shrugged, though that smirked was still on his face. His buddies were laughing in the background. "I was just standing here and enjoying the view."

I so want to punch this guy's face in right now. My hands formed into fists and I felt the aura in me start to get out.

"So hey, a pretty girl like you shouldn't be walking out here alone." He smirked flirtatiously.

"Last time I checked, a woman has the right to go wherever she wants." I glared at him.

"Anywhere, huh?" I caught his eyes floating down further as he stepped closer to me.

"Get away from me, you creep!" I exclaimed as I backed up. Unfortunately, I backed up into someone. I looked around and saw that his friends were surrounding me. Just fucking great.

"Listen, I'll cut you a deal, you do as we say, then we let you go easy." The leader said as he stepped closer to me.

"I think I have a better idea," I smirked as Chatot flew from my shoulder. "Whirlwind!"

"Hey! Get away from my servant, you bastards!" Chatot shrieked as he flapped his wings hard. Dust flew everywhere as Chatot's Whirlwind attack gained power. Eventually, all of the boys that were surrounding me were blown off of their feet and got pushed back into some dark alley.

"I wished I could teach them a lesson myself," I muttered as Chatot flew back down on my shoulder.

"Now, you know you can't." Chatot scolded me as I did him a few minutes ago. I rolled my eyes but smiled.

Now that the problem was dealt with, I made my way back into the comfort of numerous people. Eventually, I ended up at the fountain in the exact town center. I sighed as I sat down on the rim of it.

Chatot flew down and landed in the spot next to me. I dug out a few berries I kept on me and handed it to him to peck at. I placed my bag full of fabric in the other spot next to me and took a deep breath.

Arceus, I hate this kingdom. If only I can leave it. But I can't. Mother and Father are here and I have to help them. They have done so much for me and I need to do something to help them too.

I sat there for a few more minutes. Somehow, Chatot was snoring away right beside me. I rolled my eyes at him. I looked up to the sky. There were a few more hours of daylight left. I think I can get some practice in today. I stood up and stretched my arms high above me.

"Watch out!"

"What the-!"

"Huh?!"

Lazily, I turned my head slightly over to my side, but that was when I got tackled to the ground. I let out a small yelp. I landed flat on my back as whatever, whoever landed on me.

"Argh…" the figure above me groaned. I forced one eye open to see a head full of red hair and a body fully clothed in black resting on me.

"Huh?" Chatot's sleep bubble coming out of his nose popped. "Did I miss something?"

"Damn it, not again." The boy on me complained. I glared. He still hasn't gotten off of me.

"Get off of me, you jerk!" I exclaimed as I sat up and pushed him off myself. He landed on the dusty ground next to me. I stood up and dusted myself off. Chatot flew up and perched on my shoulder. "Next time, say you're sorry first." I glared at the boy.

"I'm sorry." He said plainly as he looked at me. I noticed that he had silver eyes. And the same voice as the boy who tackled me before. Wait a minute. "Shit."

"You!" I pointed a finger at him. "You ran into me that day in town!" I accused him. "Listen up, if you don't want your di-"

"Silver!" a shrill voice rang through the air. A girl with long brown hair and crystal blue eyes came running to the redhead on the ground. She wore a long sleeved blue dress that had a blue cloak over it. She stopped when she saw me.

"Uh, are you seeing what I'm seeing?" Chatot asked me. I gasped at the sight of the girl. Except for the obvious different hair and eye colors, she looked exactly like me.

"Nee-san." The 'Silver' boy stood up and dusted himself off. "I told you to wait until I told you to-"

"You." The girl pointed a finger in my direction. "You look just like me."

"I look just like you," I said as I looked at her. "Hold up, why does this sound familiar?"

"Wrong words. Totally different." Chatot reminded me.

"Oh right." I nodded.

"Say," the girl walked up to me. "What's your name?"

"Me?" I asked her. She seems so straightforward. "My name is Scarlett. Scarlett Sacha. You?"

"Blue. Blue Aoi." She answered with a smile. "It's nice to meet you."

"Same here." I smiled back.

"Now, it can't be a coincident you two look alike," Chatot said. No one was paying much attention to him. Except for Blue, me, and Silver, no one else was in the square.

"Hmm." I started to pace around Blue.

"What? What's wrong?" She asked me.

"You just remind me of someone…" I said. "And not me." I thought back to what Green, Crystal, and Sapphire always talk about when the others and I asked them about the castle. None of us except for those three have ever been near there.

Of course, there's Prince Red Aka, heir to the throne and rumored to be the betrothed to the visiting princess from Sandgem. Then there was the princess. They didn't say much. Just that she had long brown hair, clear blue eyes that matched her name. Wait a minute.

I turned on my heel as I faced Blue again. "You. You're the princess aren't you?" I smirked.

"What?! No! No, I'm not!" Blue immediately panicked. Sweat started to roll down in beads. "I have no idea what you're talking about!"

I laughed. "Relax, you can trust me. Green, Crystal, and Sapphire told me and my friends about the castle. And the people in there." I explained.

"They're so going to get it when I get my hands on those three!" I simply blinked as a dark look appeared on Blue's face. As quickly as it came, it disappeared. "Well, I'll deal with that later!"

"So, what are you doing outside the castle?" I asked her. "I heard that you never even been out in the village."

"That's why." She explained. "I know that there's a whole new world out here and I'm experiencing it before I know that it's too late. What do you do?"

My smile fell from my face. "Ah, well, that's a hard one. I'm sure your life at the castle is much better than being mistreated."

"Mistreated?"

"Yes. My former employer is, let's say, a sexist. He never really gave me a chance as he did with my friend. I did everything I could, but he drew the final straw and now I'm just trying to get by."

"I don't know who has it worse. Me or you."

"I say me. I would relish living in the castle! Then I would be able to make a change."

"You don't want that. I would give up everything to be free out here!"

"You know, I'm just like you."

"You are?"

"And you're just like me."

"I am?"

"Don't you see? I am a girl like you."

"I do see. You are a girl like me."

"There we go!" Chatot squawked. I flinched as he was right beside my ear.

"Can't you just shut up for one second?!" I glared at him.

"No. Not really." He shrugged. I had to resist the urge to strangle him.

"Nee-san." Silver cleared his throat. "We must get going now."

"One more thing," Blue said. "Do you think it's possible that we're twins?"

"Twins?" I laughed. "I thought yours was Red! But, I do have this." I turned around. Chatot helped me by unbuttoning some of the top few buttons on my dress. I let it slide down so my birthmark was visible. It's not much. Just a small birthmark in the shape of a flame. I craned my neck over my shoulder to see the two other people here.

"Um, well no." Blue shook her head. Silver and she were just standing there staring as if they saw a ghost. "I don't."

"Oh," I said as Chatot buttoned the dress again. I fixed my dress and turned around to face them. "Well, I'm sure that you two have somewhere to be. I'll just go now, but I would love to meet up with you again!" I bowed and walked off.

"What do I need to do now?" I wondered to myself. "Oh right. Some training. I think I can stop by home first so I can drop this stuff off."

"There she is!" I turned out at the loud yell. I glared. It was the group of boys again, but they had a castle guard with them. "She was the one who attacked us!"

"What?!" I exclaimed, hands on my hips. "That's a lie!"

"Please be quiet miss." The guard glared down at me. Curse my short height. "These boys said that you assaulted them out of nowhere."

"Out of nowhere?! They sexually harassed me!" I protested.

"She's lying! We would never do anything like that!" one of the boys countered.

"You're the liar! Even my Chatot is a witness!" I exclaimed.

"Yeah! So lay off you bastards!" Chatot chimed in.

"I'm sorry miss, but I have ten voices against your two." The guard said. "I have to take you into custody."

"What?! No! You can't! How the hell can you believe them?! They're the one who committed the crime, not me!" I protested.

"Please don't make a scene, miss. Just come with me quietly." The guard grabbed my arm.

"Hey! Get off!" I tried to yank my arm back, but his grip was too tight.

"You can testify in front of a group of people if you wish." The guard said plainly as he dragged me along.

"You mean in front of a bunch of men?" I glared at him. "Sexist bastards." I hissed as the guard squeezed my arm harder. The group of boys who harassed me just laughed and shot dirty looks at me.

"She's telling the truth." The guard stopped as we heard a voice behind me. He turned around, dragging me with him, and I saw Green standing there.

"Ah! Sir Green!" The guard released me and kneeled. Right, I forgot Green was a knight too.

"I saw the entire thing." Green walked up to us. "This group of boys was sexually harassing my friend here. She was simply defending herself." Green explained calmly while glaring daggers at the boys.

"She's your friend?" the guard looked up.

"Of course. Since we were little." Green nodded. "I thought everyone knew that."

"Of course!" the guard nodded. "Please accept my apologies, miss." The guard nodded at me. Reluctantly, I nodded and turned away, my arms crossed. "As for these boys," the guard turned on them. They all shared a collective gulp before the guard dragged all of them away.

I didn't bother watching them leave so I just walked away as soon as they got dragged off. I soon found my path blocked by Green.

"I didn't need your help," I said as I glared at him.

"Really?" he raised a brow. "Seemed like you were about to be locked up."

"I would've made my case." I huffed as I walked around him. He walked beside me.

"You know that you shouldn't go be making trouble." He scolded me. I stopped in my tracks.

"Why? Because I'm a female?" I glared up at him. "You know how I feel! I hate this! I hate it! I can't do anything. I can't!" I exclaimed. I stalked past him, not even bothering making eye contact again. It didn't take long for me to reach the forest.

Once I was in, I broke out in a sprint. Deep in the forest, I rip off the long skirt of my dress and a sword made out of aura developed in my hand. I swung it and got blocked.

Your anger is clouding your judgment. Rio scolded me as she held up an arm covered in aura. I trembled at her words but listened. The anger building in me somehow stopped and I felt myself relax.

I withdrew my sword and let it disappear.

Let's sit down and talk for awhile. It seems like you need it. She sat as she sat down on the grass, patting the spot next to her. I huffed as I sat down. Chatot flew down and landed in front of us.

"I don't need any counseling." I spat out as I crossed my arms.

I'm not here to scold you. Rio said as she crossed her legs. Copy me. Close your eyes and clear your mind.

I rolled my eyes at her.

Do it.

"Fine." I sighed and did as she told me. I took a deep breath and felt myself calm down.

Is your mind empty?

"Not yet," I mumble. I took another deep breath and let all of the tension fade away. My shoulders relaxed and my muscles coiled themselves.

Okay, I think we should focus on meditating every day now. Just listen to me.


Moon's POV

"Land ho! Special Kingdom! Docking in five minutes!"

"We're here?!" I exclaimed. I rushed out of my room and immediately to the railing. I leaned over and spotted the island coming into view.

"Finally!" I squealed. "We're here!" I rushed back into my room and gathered up the few things I brought with me into my bag. "Come on Rotom!"

"Bzz! I was in the middle of a nap!" my pokémon zapped out of a nearby gas lamp. "Doezzzn't matter. It suckzzz here."

"Hush you!" I scolded him as I ran back out onto the deck. The island was larger this time. The crew was already getting the plank ready.

"Moon!" a cry came from behind me.

"Come on Sun! You're too slow!" I complained as I spun around to face my friend. He was hunched over, panting loudly. He was pale with dark blue hair that was shorter in the front and almost went to his shoulders in the back. For some reason, people always think that we're siblings. Hell no!

I may look similar with my pale skin, black hair and gray eyes, but there is no way that idiot can be related to me in any way. I only hang around with him because he still owed me money for ruining my wardrobe back in Alola.

"I know you're excited, but the plank isn't even down yet," Sun told me. His pokémon, an Alolan Meowth called Dollar, sat on his shoulder. "We can wait a few more minutes."

"We're finally out of Alola! Aren't you happy?" I asked him. I saw his face fall as he looked over to the side. I sighed. "Okay, that was insensitive of me. I'm sorry."

"No, it's fine. I guess it was good that we got out of there when we did." He shook his head. "I just hope that everyone else is okay."

"I'm sure they are." I smiled. "Professor Kukui is tough. He can protect everyone. And don't forget the trial captains and Kahunas. They're also really tough. Your mom will be fine."

"I hpe so." Sun smiled back. "Look, they're putting the plank down."

"Really?!" I turned towards where the plank was. Truth be told, the plank was down and the rest of the passengers began to file up. I gripped my bag t

ightly and ran over to join the line. Rotom flew after me while Sun tried his best to catch up.

I was bouncing on the balls of my feet as the number of heads in front of me disappeared below. When it was my turn to get off the ship, I took a running start and jumped on the dock. "Yes! We're free!"

"Geez Moon, I didn't know you hated Alola that much." Sun joked as he walked up to me.

"Come on. You know that I hated it there." I retorted. "It just didn't fit my style. But this is my kind of place! There's everything here!"

"Okay, okay. Let's just find a place to stay. I think I have enough money for us to rent a room at the inn."

"You always have money!"

"I'm saving up! You know my goal!"

"It's impossible you know!"

"Just you wait and see!"


Scarlett's POV

So do you feel better? Rio asked me.

"I do." I nodded. "Maybe I should take a couple of minutes to myself each day." I took a deep breath. Earlier, Rio made me go back and get my long skirt. Instead of putting it back on, I tied it around my waist as a belt, except a long portion of it hung down to my ankles on my right side, hanging under the apron.

You should. She nodded. Her appendages on the side of her head floated up. You need to go back to the village right now.

"Why?" I asked.

No questions. Just go. She stared at me. I did a double take. She never looked so serious. Silently, I nodded and stood up. Chatot flew up to my shoulder as we walked back through the forest and to the village. The sky has gone from a clear ocean blue to one that matched the deepest depths of the sea. It was already night. How long have I been gone?

"Geez, what's her problem?" Chatot complained.

"I don't know, but she sounded so serious," I commented. When I got out of the forest, I felt the various auras coming from the village. "What the-?" they were a mixture of red, yellow, and orange. It was like they were confused and scared. That was when I noticed the pillar of smoke rising to the sky.

"Fire!" Chatot shrieked.

"Oh Arceus," I whispered as I felt my heartbeat quickened. I dropped the bag of fabric onto the ground.

"Scarlett! Scarlett!"

I snapped my attention onto the path in front of me. Yellow was running past the well and towards me.

"Yellow!" I called out and ran towards her. We met and Yellow nearly collapsed. I caught her and we both fell to our knees. "Yellow! What happened?!"

"The f-fire." She panted. She lifted a shaky finger and pointed back to town. "Y-your house."

"My house?"I said. Then something hit me. "Mother and Father!" I jumped up and ran back to town.

Oh, I knew I should have been gone for so long! I should've stopped by to drop the fabric off! I'm so stupid! I just hope they're okay!

I nearly gagged as the smell of burnt wood reached my nose I closer I got to the fire. People were running in the opposite direction of me while others were forming water lines to pass buckets from the well to the site of the fire.

I got to my house and found it covered in flames. "Mother! Father!" I screamed as I ran towards it, but a hand on my wrist pulled me back. I looked behind me to see Green stand there, holding my wrist. "Green! Let me go! I have to know that they're okay!"

"Scarlett! No! It's too dangerous!" he exclaimed as he pulled me away. I resisted and tried to pull myself free. Every second I waste is another second gone. Finally, Chatot flew up and pecked Green in his eye. He let me go and I sprinted towards the fire.

Most of the fire was out at this point, but there were still a few places still burning. Without hesitation, I rushed into through the destroyed front door. I covered my mouth as smoke surrounded my vision. My eyes watered as I searched for my parents.

"Mama! Papa!" I called out. "Are you here?! Are you okay?! Mama! Papa!"

I stumbled through the rubble; Chatot kept me upright and blew away most of the smoke as best he can. "Mama! Papa!" my voice became hoarse. Lightheaded and coughing every few seconds, I came across what would be my parent's room. I gasped as I stared at what was on the remains of the bed.

Two corpses blackened and reduced to mere skeletons laid on the bed. There were still pieces of flesh stuck on, but they were being burned to ashes. The bony hands were intertwined together. Like they knew they were going to die. I gagged as the smell of burning flesh finally reached my nose. I covered my mouth and hunched over. Tears threatened to spill out as I looked on at the bodies of my parents.

"Scarlett!" I heard a voice call out my name. "Scarlett! There you- Arceus." It was Green. I felt his hand on my shoulder. He saw my parents. Or what was left of them. "Come on. We have to get out of here!"

"No!" I screamed, shaking violently. "M-my parents! Mama… Papa…" I cried.

"You can't do anything for them!" Green shouted, grabbing my arm.

"No!" I screamed again, trying to shake him off.

"Always trying to make things hard." I heard him mumble as he grabbed me around my legs. Tears rolled down my cheeks as he lifted me over his shoulder like a sack of berries. I screamed, shouted, and cried as he carried me out of the burning house. The world blurred around me as I tried to process what was going on.

I was gone all day. My house was on fire. My parents are gone. They were dead. They were burned to death.

I let out a sob as Green set me down on a patch of grass.

"Scarlett!" I wiped away the tears to see the blurry outlines of my friends running towards me. I ignored them and looked back towards the house. The fire was finally out. I wiped the rest of the tears way and saw only the wooden frame of the little house left. A group of villagers gathered around the house.

No, it wasn't the house. It was the barn. They were surrounding the barn. But why? Then it hit me.

"No!" I screamed as I jumped up. I pushed past my friends and towards the mob. I pushed towards the front where they were surrounding the poor pokémon. "Don't hurt her!" I yelled as I stood in front of Ponyta. "She didn't do anything!"

"Move aside!" a big man in front shouted. "That thing is the only one who could've started the fire!"

"No! She didn't do it! She wouldn't hurt a Cutiefly!" I retorted as I spread my arms out.

"The fire killed your parents!" another man shouted. Tears spilled down my cheeks again.

"She didn't do it!" I repeated. I looked back and my eyes met hers. Ponyta was scared. I was scared.

"That pokémon is a murderer!" a tall skinny man shouted.

"She is not! She would never hurt my family!" I shot back.

"Move aside!" the big man shoved me out of the way. I landed on the ground a few feet away. I opened my eyes wide as the man held up a large pitchfork.

"No!" I screamed, but it was too late. He plunged it into Ponyta. She gave out one last whine behind collapsing to the ground. "Ponyta!" I shouted as I rushed to her side. She landed on her side and her eyes were glazing over. "No! Please, Ponyta! You're strong!"

The mob dissolved as my friends pushed their way towards me. The girls gasped when they saw Ponyta, while the boys just cursed.

"Nnnhgg." Ponyta neighed as she attempted to lift her head up. The pitchfork punctured her chest area. Her heart won't last much longer. I lifted her head up and brought it close to my face.

"Please… don't go…" I cried as I closed my eyes. I felt a tongue lick away the salty tears on my face. I opened my eyes and again and looked at Ponyta. Her eyes sparkled like stars in the sky.

A tear fell down from my face and landed on Ponyta's cheek. I put on a weak smile. "Good girl." I mouthed. Ponyta stared at me for a second longer until her eyes finally glazed over. Her head went limp in my hands.

My smile faltered. More tears came out. I buried my head in Ponyta's neck and cried. Gone. Gone. Gone. Everything is gone.

What do I do?


I know! I know! I can already hear the horrified reviews! But please understand that this is to move the story along!

Moving away from that dark ending, here's the extra information I promised all of you! I saw that they finally announced the offical canon birthdays for all of the dexholders and I am using those birthdays as the ones in this sotry. For Runaway Life, however, I am still using the ones I made up since it's too late to go back on that now. I am also putting their ages according to the manga ages and the timeline I made up for the latter chapters of the manga. Mainly pointing out the fact that XY happens at the same time as ORAS and everythign else falling into place. As for SM, the games has Red in his twenies and that fits the timeline, so I am going to assume that it is going to start off where DPPt left off.

Red Aka (23)- August 8

Scarlett Sacha (23)- August 8

Green Oak (23)- November 22

Blue Aoi (23)- June 1

Yellow del Bosque Verde (21)- March 3

Crystal Mizuiro (19)- April 30

Soul Mizuiro (19)- April 30

Silver Kamon (19)- December 24

Gold Kin (19)- July 21

Sapphire Birch (18)- September 20

Ruby Maple (18)- July 2

Emerald Midori (18)- May 31

Platinum Berlitz (12)- October 27

Pearl Tama (12)- June 6

Diamond Naiya (12)- April 4

Black Kuro (16)- October 8

White Shiroi (16)- October 5

Blake/Lack-Two Kuroguro (12)- May 4

Whitley/Whi-Two Mashiro (12)- September 14

Xavier/X Inochi (15)- November 6

Yvonne/Y Gabena (15)- February 2

Sun Taiyo (11)- August 31

Moon Tsuki (11)- January 1

And there we have it! As you may have noiced, I added the full names for Lack, Whi, X, and Y. The reason being is that those are their real full names in this sotry, but they will be recognized by their nicknames. I hope that doesn't give too much confusion!

It took me a while to figure out the ages, but I know that there will be some instances where they can shift slightly, but not too much.

Once again, thank you for one year of support and I hope to see this story grow bigger and bigger for as long as I stay on the site! Thank you for reading and don't forget to leave a review so you can tell me what you think!

-AKCC, signing out!