"Feh," I muttered. I had one more trick up my sleeve. "Golduck!" I yelled. My Golduck, who had just been pretending to be knocked out, jumped up. "Hydro Pump!" I yelled.

"Gol!" Amber's Charizard fainted

"Charcoal! Return," she said, disappointed. "How could you beat me?" She asked.

"I . um. just figured that a fire attack wouldn't do much to a water pokemon, so I had my Golduck pretend to be fainted, then catch you when you were off guard," I said. I couldn't tell her the truth, not yet. I gritted my teeth. Tari and I had trained together, so how could I not know? Her Charizard was the only pokemon that had that attack. So it had to be her, it had to be.

) Two hours later. Red's POV (

"Hey, buddy, is something the matter?" I asked my friend. He seemed depressed.

"Amber has to be Tari, she just has to be." He muttered. "You believe me, don't you?"

"Um, I, uh." I was caught by surprise, and couldn't find an answer. I hoped, in a way, that Tari was back, but I didn't think it was a good idea to get her to become Tari again, since she had so much to remember. "Well, um. I guess, but don't you think that it'd be better if we kept her this way? So we don't have to go over all that memory?" He just looked away. I sighed. This was going to be a very long stay at Cherrygrove City.

) Tari's POV (

"*Yawn* G'night Charcoal, Rai, Doomer, Bumble-" I fell asleep before I could finish the goodnights, and drifted into a flurry of dreams.

(Tari's Dream(s))

"Tari!"

"We're coming!" They were yelling over the side of the cliff. I saw a girl, a little younger than me, at the bottom. She was talking to her charizard.

"Charcoal," She whispered. "Get out of here. Before they get you too." She groaned. She was losing blood, and her charizard went into her poke ball. I didn't know what to do. I just stood there, seeing the death of a trainer, a trainer who was dying slowly, and painfully. Suddenly, I couldn't here her breath anymore.

I rose, and flew back up. Everything was a blur, and I was transported, I think, about two years. Blue, Red, Green, Yellow, and Carol were just sitting on the swings at the park, silent. Suddenly:

"Do you think Tari's still alive?" Blue asked. The others shrugged. Blue sighed. He got off the swing and went home.

"Do you think that he's still affected by.?"

"I don't know. It was so long ago. I would hope that he let the past go. I mean, it's been two years-" Carol kicked off the ground.

"*Sigh* I'm going home," muttered Yellow, after a long, uncomfortable silence.

"Yeah, me too." The rest of them got off the swings and headed home. I was confused. Why was I seeing all this? Did this have something to do with me? Some kind of connection? Then, I was whirled back. I saw Team Rocket attacking a house, and by the looks of it, in Viridian.

"Mom! Dad!" The little girl yelled.

"Tari! Get out of here! Team Rocket is dangerous! Run while you can!" The girl's father yelled. Tari was scared, it seemed, so she started to run toward Pallet. I saw the house collapse, and heard screams coming from there. I just sat in horror, wondering what that had to do with me.

"No." I whispered. "It can't be. This can't be. my past?" I looked at the fallen building. "Mom? Dad?" No! They can't be dead! They can't be!

) Blue's POV (

"Amber! Wake up! Amber!" I shook her awake.

"Huh?" She woke up. She was sweating, and panting.

"I think you had a nightmare," I whispered.

"It was horrible. I saw a girl dying, my charizard, you and the others, and the same girl when she was small, getting attacked by Team Rocket." She shuddered. Suddenly, she grabbed my shirt. "Why are these thoughts haunting me?! Why?!" She started crying, and I could only stare at her awkwardly.

"It's okay, it's okay, it was only a nightmare. Go back to sleep," I whispered. She nodded, and went back to sleep, her face stained with dry tears. She's okay, I thought, and went back to sleep.

Okay. I guess the part with the nightmares and everything was a lil too dramatic, dontcha think? Well, um, also, if ya don't like my fanfic, don't read, please. It breaks my heart to read flames. *Sniffle*