(a/n: I do not own Pokemon or whatever, or Nintendo Gamecube (although I am in possession of a gamecube and a nintendo 64. So sue me! Sheesh!) And Xifa helped write this story. She is Aera, Megumi, Brock, Cameron, Dennis, Edwin, and Frankie. I am everyone else. So please read and review!)

Iris

By: Xifa and Sefie Lynne Tilmitt

Chapter 8

Aera had her PDA with her, I remembered suddenly, pulling my own out.

Aera,

Who's Edwin? He's on my PDA list. I'm hoping that the more I find out, then maybe it'll set off a chain reaction of memories and I'll remember more and faster then I would regularly... you know, residual memory.

Storm

--Edwin's the name of my little brother. You met him when we stopped in Agate...him and the rest of the brats. But whatever. You got along with Edwin, and you two swapped addresses. Yeah...um...there's not much to say about him, actually, but he is my brother and you two did get along -

--Alphabetical order! Lol... Lemme think... Brock... Cameron... D-something, can't remember... um.... Edwin, then Frankie? I remember! D

--That's right! I'm so excited! The other was Dennis, but he's not worth remembering - No, I'm just kidding. See, I told you it'd come back!!

....Megumi's reading over my shoulder. She says to tell you hi. There, now I said hi for her. Go away, Megumi. No, megumi, go--

...hiya!

...okay...that was...disturbing...

--Hi Megumi, lol... In any case, you mentioned Agate... isn't that the town with the awful waterfall where everyone eats mashed potatoes?

--The waterfall isn't that bad . ...and everyone only eats mashed potatoes because they're...kind of...old...

--the waterfall -is- bad. I hate water. Can't swim. P )

--I'll teach you, someday, okay? -

--Whatever. . Water is not my friend. In any case, where did we meet? In... Phenac city? I think? Maybe?

Yep, that would be the place...it's a nice city. We should go visit it sometime.

Yeah, we should. As soon as we escape . ; In any case, the place with all the fountains... is my brain just creating this horror or did you chase me through there with an icecream cone?

No, I did...I didn't have the ice cream cone, though. I threw it away. You just thought I had it. You ran pretty fast, too. Guess chocolate in your hair wasn't too swell of a thing.

...I chose not to continue on that subject. Well... hm... cruds. I don't know where to go from there.

It's okay. It's late and I'm going to sleep, so maybe something'll come to you later. Good luck, in any case!

Night, Aera. See ya tomorrow.

Good night, Storm.

I shut my PDA and hid it under a loose floorborad beneath my bed. I couldn't risk D'Atri finding it. Now, how to remember what -really- made me lose my memories.... Not a car crash, apparently. I closed my eyes, my head throbbing. I tried to recall what little memory I now possessed. Me, pulling away from Aera, because she had my goggles.... I tried to sharpen the image, make it clear, like a real memory and not a remnant of a dream long past.

Aera and I behind the waterfall, my heart pounding, the fireflies pulsing with greenish light. I was sitting next to Aera... she was really pretty, especially with her hair out of pigtails. Every little detail was clear, as if it was happening at that very moment. I did it. I officially knew I remembered. I was so happy.

My headache suddenly worsened, overwhelming me. I guess trying to get past the seal on my memories took a toll on me... Well, as long as I was like this I might as well try to remember more. Then came the memory like a blow, hitting me full force. So that's what happened. I was an experiment. The bad memories flowed into my head, the dam broken. I didn't know whether I wanted to see them or not, and I miserably fell asleep.

The next thing I knew, there was a loud knock on my door. I ignored it for a minute, laying there enjoying not thinking about memories. But the knocking became very persistant, and I got up, a little annoyed.

"Storm, report to D'Atri's office immediatly."

"Yeah, yeah, whatever." I grumbled.

I put on my coat and attempted to tame my hair before I went to go see D'Atri. The liar.... I looked for something, anything to hide my eyes from him. He knew. He could read my expression like an open book. After much digging, I found a pair of sunglasses. I walked to his office, feeling nervous. If he found out about Aera, or even that Megumi wasn't on his side... Then we would all be in trouble. I knocked first.

"Come in, Storm."

I walked in. I had an uncomfortable feeling he could vaugely read my mind. Gulp.

"D'Atri, you requested my presence."

"Take those glasses off." he said abruptly. My cover was blown.

"Why?" I snapped.

"Still haven't learned your leason, have you, smart aleck?" he snarled, and I smirked triumphantly.

"Guess not."

"Fine. Don't take your glasses off. But you're still getting transfered. Too risky, having you here; you're our best member, and someone is trying to interfere with that. Well, more that one person, as it may seem. Pack your bags. We're moving you to the new base in Phenac."

"You know what?" I smiled, advancing towards him and making sure he had nowhere to run. "I'm not completely stupid. And I'm not leaving."

"Yes you are!" He said forcefully, but his voice cracked.

"Your experiments have went one step to far, D'Atri. And this experiment," I said grimly, "will be your downbringing."

"No! S-security!"

"I'm not that scary, am I?" I smiled bitterly. "And I'm not trying to kill you. Oh no. I'm just making you human."