Author's Notes: Just so you know, I'm still looking two Rockets, and a
few good trainers, you can put them up in the reviews. So everyone
knows the good stuff won't happen till chapter three. This chapter
tells about the pains Silver had to put up with when she was young,
and the identity of the Rocket who was Silver's friend will be
revealed. Just for safety reasons this chapter and the rest of the
Legend of the Moonlight Thief is rated PG- 13.

Chapter 2: Flashback to her prison

Two years has past since Jill left Moon's Gap after the two Rockets
she been chasing. Silver lead on her life of nighttime battles, also
over the years she captured a few new pokemon. Silver decided to leave
her victims alone due to the moonless sky. She watched on a near by
hill as brave trainers walk across the field where she would battle
them at. Backfire and Nightstar were outside of their pokeballs,
watching passing trainers with their trainer. "Silver, you been
awfully quiet tonight." Nightstar said, then the houndoom look at his
trainer. "Yeah, What's wrong, Silver." Backfire asked, but Silver was
dazed by the night sky. Her pokemon knew something was bothering her
today, then Nightstar sighed. "I know, it been ten years since you
escape, right?" Silver looked down to her umbeon and patted her on the
head. "Seven years of torture, I still suffer of the pains, and a scar
that I wish I could easer from my past." Silver said with a bit of
angrier in her voice.

Backfire force his head thought Silver's arms, trying to calm her
down. "My mother once told me, The Shadows of our past can not be
change, but we can learn from our past to change our future." Backfire
said, then he looked to his master.

"Maybe if you try to remember your past, Silver, it could help you
out." Nightstar told Silver, then Silver lied on the cool night grass
and closed her eyes.

* * *

"Sir, this one's gone." a voice said. The listener could barely hear
the people talking out side of her area, but she knew what they were
saying. "Damn, and I hoped he would survive the experiment." another
voice said, The listener slowly opened her eyes to voices that were
around. She watched as the people went around something next to her,
but she couldn't see it clearly, then she closed her eyes once more.

"Sir, This one's heart rate is rise." a woman's voice said. The
listener open to see what was going on outside of her tube. She saw a
young girl about seventeen years old, wearing white lab coat in front
of her writing some note, then a man wearing a lab coat came behind
her. "Impossible, the other two died when we gave them their power,
how is this one surviving with the powers we gave her?" he said
looking at his assistant. "I don't know, sir, this one might have a
stronger will then the others." She said to him.

The scientist gave his assistant a strange, puzzling look. "What? You
think this experiment has a will, a will to do what, pray tell."

"The will to live, sir, the others didn't fight as far this one has,
and I think this one wants life." she said, as if she knew what the
listener wanted. "The X projects are not suppose to have a will or a
soul, they're to obey their master, Team Rocket." he yelled, but the
assistant went back to writing notes.

The listener didn't like the tone of the male scientist, and didn't
like the idea of being treated like she was property. The listener
started to think why she didn't let death take her while she had the
chance, why she let herself survive the nine months while she rested.
The listener felt the water around escaping thought the bottom, she
knew her life in the outside world begin when she woke up again.

* * *

"Good Morning, X7." a cheery voice said. The young girl opened her
eyes to see a man wearing a black jump suit with a red R on it. The
Rocket slid something under her cell door, and the girl stretched and
walked over to the front of her cell, the girl was only five years old
but she was smart beyond her years. Her shirt shown she been whip on
her back many times and her pants were covered in blood from her
beatings. The Rocket shook his head. "Why do they keep whip you
anyways, X7, you're a sweet kid and all." The girl sighed and started
back to her corner with her only meal of the day. "I wouldn't obey my
master." She said as started to munch her piece of toast. The Rocket
shook his head, "Oh, the boss decide to have one of us teach you
sometime today."

Oh great, another whip holder or a dumb jerk, she thought as she
finish her toast. Soon she heard footsteps walking down the hall,
"Morning, Jed, which cell is X7 in?" a woman's voice said, the girl
somewhat remember the voice but she couldn't think from where. The
rocket bowed to the person and pulled out cell keys. "She in this one,
Rachel."

The rocket open the cell door and a woman in her mid twenties wearing
a white lab jacket walked in. She wasn't carrying a whip or anything
that would bring pain to her, just a bag filled with something. "That
will be all, you may leave, Jed." She said, the rocket saluted and
leave to the cell. "You've grown so much since I last saw you." She
said.

"Since you last saw me?" the girl asked, giving her a puzzling look.
The new rocket laughed lightly, "The last time I saw you was during
couple of tests when you were born." she said as tried she calm
herself down. The girl looked at the rocket with more of puzzle then
with the angrier she had when she first walked in here. "Did they ever
give you a name?" the rocket asked, the girl just shook her head.
"That's sad, and all they ever called you is X7?"

The girl nodded, "its kind of dumb to let them think you're a piece of
property." the girl said quietly. The rocket put her bag on her bunk
and was searching through it. The girl hoped it wasn't a weapon and
started back up against the wall with her eyes closed. She heard
footsteps coming closer towards her. "Come on now, You can open your
eyes, Nicole." the rocket said, when she opened her eyes she saw a red
and white ball. "What's this?" she asked as she took it of the
rocket's hands, and started to rotate it in her hands. When a circle
on the ball pointed to the rocket, and red beam of light pour of the
ball and the light form into a shape.

"Eevee" it yawned, the small creature stretched and started to look
around till it saw who the rocket called Nicole. The creature leaped
with joy into the girl's arms and started to lick the girl's face.

"This is a pokemon, she an eevee, the evolution pokemon, three
different stone can change it into three more powerful versions of
her: Jolteon, Flareon, and Vaporeon, Then there's evolve form by
friendship: Umbeon, the night warrior and Espeon, the day peace. Eevee
one of those interesting pokemon that's most wanted by trainers." The
rocket said, "Would you like to keep her, Nicole?"

The girl looked to the rocket, "Why are you calling me by a name
that's everyone isn't calling me by?"

"Everyone has a name like my name is Rachel, and you should a name
that doesn't make you sound like your property."

Nicole looked down at the eevee that was now asleep in her arms. "How
will I hide her so no one will know about her?" Nicole asked Rachel.
Rachel pickup the ball that was drop on the floor when the eevee
jumped into Nicole's arms. "This is a pokeball, it holds one pokemon
in here." Rachel pointed the pokeball at the eevee. "Return." a red
beam came out of the pokeball and engulfed the eevee, in an instant
the eevee was gone. A tear started shed from Nicole's eyes, Rachel's
hand wiped the tear from Nicole's face. "Don't cry, she in here, safe
and sound asleep, if you her out said go and she'll come out." Rachel
said then she handed the ball to Nicole. "How can I hide the pokeball,
its too big to hide in my pocket?" she asked. Rachel took the pokeball
from Nicole's hands. "Press this circle and it will become as small as
marble, press it again it will become as big as it is now." Rachael
said, then she pressed the circle and the pokeball become the size
Rachel said it would be. Rachel handed it to Nicole, and Nicole put
and the pokeball in her pocket. "I'll see you tomorrow, X7, and also
don't tell anyone about your eevee and your new name." Rachel said as
she waved over the Afternoon guard. The guard opened the door to let
Rachel out. When Rachel left, Nicole knew she was back being called X7
to Rachel's terms. With that, she went back to her corner and pull out
her new friend. "Night, Nightstar." she whispered and fell asleep with
her pokeball in her hands.

* * *

The arena was filled up with hundreds of rockets and in a separate
section was the leader and another Rocket. "Sir, who do you think will
win, X7 or Jed?" the Rocket asked, the boss watched his arena with
great pride especially which it's a battle between a rocket and his
creation. The northern door open to a twenty-five year man wearing the
team rocket uniform. He stepped out with a whip and a dagger in his
hands for the fight. The southern door open to young girl about six
years old, she didn't have any weapons or any thing to defend herself
with. The leader stood up before Team Rocket, "My friend, this fight
isn't to the death but for greatness, to prove which is stronger, the
X7 or a Human. LET THE FIGHT BEGIN!"

The X7 stood still as Jed race across the arena. If I'm force to fight
and harm someone else I might as well die, she thought. When Jed got
closer to her, he threw his dagger towards her arm. The dagger made
its aim below her elbow and the X7 clutch her bleeding arm, trying to
hold back her cries of pain. Jed lash his whip at her arm she was
using to hold in her blood and force it away from her other arm. "Come
now, X7, let everyone see your blood and your pain." He said harshly
and forced her to the floor. Then he pulled up his whip, "Now, let
everyone hear you cries for mercy." He yelled as he threw a forceful
lash against her back. The X7 screamed every time the whip fell upon
her. Soon she couldn't scream no more, and lied fainted in her own
blood. Rachel ran down from her seat to the X7 and yelling for any
help. "I think Rachel is getting a bit too motherly towards the X7.
Don't you agree with me, sir?" The Rocket said as he watch Rachel and
two other help carry the X7 to the medical floor of the Team Rocket
headquarter. "I do agree with you there, Rick." He said as his stood
up from his seat. "What do you think we should do?" Rick asked the
boss. The Boss turned around to face Rick and shown an evil grin.
"Terminate, Rachel." Rick saluted and left towards the prisoner cells

* * *

Two hours past since the battle, Rachel helped Nicole back to her cell
after the doctors fixed her up the best they could. "Why didn't you
fight back, Nicole." Nicole didn't answer, she just stayed silent as
they finally made it back to her cell. Rachel pulled out a small box
from her pocket and handed it to Nicole. "Nicole, here I was going to
give it to you tomorrow for your seventh birthday but here." Rachel
said. Nicole opened the box, and smile lightly, It was a silver
Houndoom charm with Nicole engraved in it. "Thank you, Rachel." She
said quietly as she put it around her neck.

"Rachel, I need to talk to you." A voice said, and Rachel got up a
walked outside of Nicole's cell. Nicole walked up to the front of the
cell to see what was going on. Nicole saw a man wearing the black
jumpsuit with a red R talking to Rachel. When Rachel turned around and
walked passed her cell, the rocket pulled out a gun. "Rachel,
Lookout!" Nicole yelled, but it was too late, the Rocket pulled the
trigger and shot Rachel three times in the back. Nicole started crying
and swearing to the Rachel's killer, but he summoned seven other
rockets. "Take the X7 down to the lab and get her mind erased and get
the clean up crew to take this body out of here." Nicole tried to hide
in her corner but was dragged out of her cell by four of them. The
Rocket took Nicole's gift and handed it to another. "Depose of it, the
boss didn't want her to go soft again." He said as he followed the
four Rockets to the lab. Those who heard her cries that night had
nightmares and fell sorry for the X7 the eve of Rachel's Termination.

* * *

Two days past and countless tries of escaping her prison, the X7 sat
alone in her cell holding the only thing left of Rachel, Nightstar's
pokeball. She soon heard footstep coming closer towards her cell and
she quickly hid the pokeball. A man in a white lab coat and a rocket
stop in front of her cell. "Ah, X7, morning." he said as he stepped
into his cell while the rocket stay outside of her cell. The X7 stayed
quiet as scientist asked questions she didn't want to hear. "X7, you
better answer me." he said harshly, but the X7 stay silent. "Now you
don't want this man right to beat you again, Do you, X7." he said, the
rocket outside of her cell smile with the thought.

"My name is Silver, not your damn X7.âE? she said harshly. The
Scientist stood up and hit her before she could react. "You don't have
a identity, a will, or a soul. You're rocket type X7, property of Team
Rocket." he yelled.

"I do have an identity, a will, and a soul, I don't belong to Team
Rocket, or to anyone but myself." she growled. The scientist walked
out of the cell and slammed the cell in front of Silver.

Silver walked around her cell quietly thinking how to escape this god
forbidden place. Then she remembered something about her, she was
combined with different pokemon DNA with her Human DNA: Dark,
Fighting, and Ghost. She grab a backpack she hid under her bed with
clothes and grabbed Nightstar's pokeball putting it in her pocket.
Soon she walked passed the wall and started up towards the outside.
She no more got to the pokemon Gym and she was spotted. "X7! Come back
here!" were the last word she heard from her prison as escape through
the forest. Silver run to a near by forest where she thought she could
be safe of Team Rocket. Soon she heard barks of growlithes and
houndours running after her. She kept running till one of team rockets
pokemon found her. The houndour growled at Silver and got ready to
jump. "Leave her alone!" Someone yelled and a houndoom jumped on the
houndour. "Dooooom" It growled and the two fought each other and the
houndoom gave Silver chance to runaway once more. Silver ran far away
from the battle between the two pokemon, then a Growlithe jumped on
her back and bit into her leg. Silver cried out with pain and a black
Rapidash with blue flame mane kicked the Growlithe off of her. Silver
try to get away but her leg prevent her from running, Then a group of
Growlithe appear in front of her. "Oh no." she whispered as the
growlithes were coming closer. "Hey, Growlithes, pick on someone your
own size." Someone yelled and a black pikachu appear in a tree close
where Silver and the growlithe were and attacked with a thunder
attack. Silver got up slowly and walked farer into the forest and ran
into a rocket. "Leave me alone, please." She begged. The Rocket was
about shot her when a shadow appeared behind her and scared him off.
Silver look up and saw the thing that scare the rocket. "Don't worry,
I won't hurt you." It said with a gently voice. Silver nodded and
fainted from the pain she had from the growlithe's bite.

* * *

When Silver woke up she was in a cave, beside her was an umbeon.
"You're awake, do you feel better?" Someone said. Silver looked around
and only saw the houndoom, the rapidash, and the pikachu that save her
from the Growlithes and the houndour. "Who are you, please show
yourself." Silver asked.

"But we are showing ourselves, right, Twilight?" The pikachu said to
the dark horse pokemon beside him. She nodded her head at the pikachu.
Silver was filled with fear knowing this pikachu could talk the human
language. "Don't be scared, Silver, You can just understand the dark
language like all dark pokemon can." Someone else said, Silver turned
around to face the person, but the person happened to be a dark,
shadowy Dragonite. "How do you know my name?" Silver asked the
dragonite.

"Nightstar told us," The dragonite said as he pointed to the umbeon,
We've been waiting for you, Silver, a young trainer create by humans
from DNA of dark, Ghost, and fighting pokemon, To train us for your
density." The Dragonite said. Silver shook her head, "hold on, wait a
minute, my density, but I don't even know who you are." Silver said

Then the dragonite stood up a walked up to Silver and put his dragon
like hand on her shoulder. "I'm Nightwing, That pikachu over there is
Darklight, the houndoom is Backfire, Twilight is the Rapidash, and
That Umbeon is the same Eevee you've known for two years." He said.
"We have travel many miles for many years to find you and we ready to
obey you, Silver." The Rapidash said.

"Yeah, Silver." Backfire said, then Silver's world went black with
Backfire echoing 'Silver'.

* * *

"Silver, Silver?" Silver open her in saw Backfire and Nightstar look
towards Moon's Gap. "Silver the sun starting to come up, we better get
back." Nightstar said as she started to run a head of her master,
followed by Backfire. Silver stay for a bit watching the sunrise over
the mountain. Seeing the sunrise was as great to watch as watching the
sunset to her, it reminded her of the first morning of her freedom.
Silver sighed lightly, "There's nothing that will help from my past."
She said harshly and started to follow her pokemon to the forest.

Little did Silver know there was some watching her from a far. "You
will come back to us in a few years, X7." He said with an evil laugh
behind it. Silver thought she heard someone laughing, but was it her
imagination or someone else from her past.

Author's end Notes: Whew! Thinking about how Silver came close to
death and her wishing for death to take her gave me the chills and I
created her, yikes. Well, Please Review and stay tune for more of
Legend of the Moonlight Thief to find out who the mysterious person
is.