Forgot a Disclaimer in chapter 1 so: I don't own Pokémon. I do own Keya, Jason, Brian, and Keya's other 'friends'.


***Begin Flashback***

It was two years ago. I'd only had a Pidgey as a Pokémon then. An easy defeat for those trainers who considered themselves so much BETTER than others. That was when I'd first seen just how these 'trainers' really felt.

I was hidden in a cluster of trees and bushes when a tall boy came along. He looked angry, and he released a Pokémon and broke its pokéball in half.

"I don't want to have anything to do with you!" he was yelling, and I could see the poor Houndour shaking with fear. The boy kicked the Houndour then, and sent him flying into the bushes near me.

I was silent as I released Pidgey. I whispered the order to attack the boy. Pidgey did, obediently, for she knew what the boy had just done.

While the boy was trying to fight her off, Pidgey's claws raked the button of a pokéball, releasing an Umbreon. She realized what her master had done and sent him flying into the sky with a well-aimed Shadow Ball attack.

Umbreon turned toward my hiding place then, as I revealed myself. I was about to call back Pidgey, but she glowed with light and evolved into Pidgeotto. I was pleased and surprised, but quickly turned my attention to the Houndour in the bushes.

Right away I knew that he was badly hurt. Umbreon looked at me, and I saw a tear fall from her eye. She knew that I'd sent Pidgey to attack her master because of what he'd done to Houndour, and she was grateful.

I carefully picked up Houndour, and, using the cover of the woods, made my way to the Viridian Pokémon Center. But the Nurse Joy there thought I was Houndour's trainer, and was appalled that I'd let it get hurt that bad. I tried to explain, but she wouldn't let me in. I honestly think it was because I was in the company of two Dark Pokémon, for Umbreon had followed me.

That was when I realized that NO Pokémon Center would let a girl with two Dark Pokémon inside. I knew I had to use what little I knew about healing Pokémon. What small knowledge I had came from working in a Pokémon Center for a month before I left home. I could only hope it was enough.

I found an abandoned old barn in a wooded area, and decided to reside there for a while. For some reason, Umbreon was still following me. I was grateful for the company, if not for someone to talk to. I figured I'd be here for a while.

About two hours later, the sun was setting. Umbreon and I were on the edge of a nearby cliff watching it. She had just commented that at a certain time every sunset, the sun was a dark enough red that you could look straight at it, when the rocks began to crack.

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The true example of a 'cliffhanger'! Just a reminder before you read chapter three, the girl (Keya) is the GOOD guy...girl...person...whatever. ~The Darkness Master