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Fear

13-year-olds Violet, Lily, and Daisy were arguing.

"I still think we should get those collars for our Pokemon. The ones that make them free of Mewtwo's control?" Violet said.

"I don't think we should," Lily said. "I trust our Pokemon. And the Pokemon's Surgeon General said it could really hurt them."

"What do you know, Violet?" Lily snapped. "You don't know anything about Mewtwo! He controls our Pokemon! No amount of trust in the world can stop that!" She turned to Daisy. "What about you, Daisy?"

"Uh…" Daisy hadn't been prepared to be put on the spot like that. "I think…uh…maybe we should let Mom and Dad…"

"Vi-vi? Day-dee? Lil-lee?"

All of them stopped arguing too look at their little sister, Misty. Misty, like Ash, was 3 years old, and she walked around with a Teddy Bear in her arms.

"What wrong? Why are pee-po so a-scared?"

"It's nothing, Misty, just a little scare," Lily said, not wanting to let her sister in on the terrible news.

"Fear make weak."

"Yes, fear makes people weak."

"I not a-scared." With that, Misty turned and walked out.

"Not yet, you mean," Violet said.

"Violet! That was a horrible thing to say!" Daisy yelped.

"Well, if we don't get these collars, our Pokemon will turn on us, and then what'll happen to us? To Mom and Dad? To Misty? We'll all die. In the bat of an eyelash we'll all be dead!" Violet turned and stomped away, slamming the door shut behind her.

Daisy and Lily looked at each other hopelessly. "I…" Daisy started.

But she was cut off by a scream not of this Earth.

"Oh, Jesus!" Daisy screamed. "Violet!"

Lily broke into a cold sweat and her feet rooted to the floor. "Oh, God…"

Violet ran into the room, carrying Misty. Violet's face was stricken and pasty-white.

"Violet? What happened? What's wrong?"

"Quick." Violet scooped up some breathers (A/N: Those are the things that look like kazoos that the Pokemon people use to breathe underwater…it was in the episode that Misty played a mermaid) and handed them to her sister, putting one in Misty's mouth. "I'll explain later. Just get in the pool!"

Lily jumped in, then Daisy, and finally Violet, still holding Misty, jumped.

Violet led her sister into the clam they used as scenery. After making sure Lily and Daisy got in safely, Violet closed the clam after her.

Pressing a button, she pulled off her breather while the clam drained of water.

"Violet? What happened? What's wrong!"

Violet buried her face in her hands and started crying. "Mom and Dad…the Pokemon…Oh, God…"

"What wrong? What happen to Mommy 'n' Daddy?" Misty asked.

Lily and Daisy felt sick. They knew exactly what had happened.

Lily touched Violet's arm. "How many?"

"Three. A Seel, a Staryu, and a Starmie."

"Did they see you?"

"No, they didn't. I walked out to see blood…Mom and Dad's throats ripped out." Violet started sobbing into her hands.

Misty burst into tears. "Vi-vi! Stop! Stop! What wrong?"

"Come here." Daisy took Misty in her arms and hugged her. "Just be quiet, Misty. Shh."

"They might come after us," Violet said. "So I locked us in here. This clam is made of Cloyster shells so I think we should be safe from a Seel."

"Day-dee? Are we 'kay?"

"Yes, we are," Daisy soothed. "We're safe."

"Mommy and Daddy?"

"No…listen, sis, Mommy and Daddy won't be here for a long, long time. In fact, they…they went on a long vacation."

"Wheel-we?"

"Yes, a very, very long vacation far from here. And they might go lost, so they won't come back for awhile. But they wanted us to stay in here for a long time, about an hour or so."

"Okies." Misty yawned. "I sleepy. Night-night."

Misty curled up into a little ball and fell asleep on Daisy's lap, sucking her thumb. Daisy stroked her sister's hair as all three of them sobbed for not only their parents, but for their lost world.

A world of safety had disappeared with a flick of the wrist. What had overtaken them now was much stronger than security.

And that was fear.

Wow, a sharp contrast to the last chapter. I know Violet, Lily, and Daisy are OOC, but they only continually say 'like' and 'duh' when there is nothing to worry about. Right now, they fear for their lives, and for Misty's.

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