Author's Comment: This is pretty much my first fanfic that I've ever done... and is actually a few years old. Despite the fact that it is a pokemon fic, it really doesn't have much to do with the world of pokemon as we know it. I've had alot of fans of this from my website, and one of them was actually the person to convince me to submit it here. Please keep in mind: this is only the first chapter, it does get much better.

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Ch 2: Angel's Nightmare

"Mother? Mother! What's going on?"

"They have come again, Angel. The bad Eons. You need to run to the back of the den. If you hear me yell out your name, get out through the rear entrance I showed you and run. Run away and don't look back. Do you understand?"

"Mum?"

"Do you understand?" she repeated sternly.

Angel gulped. "Yes."

"Now go." Angel took off running and hid in a small crack in the rear wall of the cave. Using the psychic technique he had inherited from his father, he watched and listened as the whole thing unfolded in his mind.

"Moonlight, hand over the child," commanded the leader. "He is a threat. There is the possibility that he may have inherited more than just looks from his father."

"Don't you think I know that?" she questioned. "I have done random tests without his knowledge to see if anything has surfaced. Nothing has!"

"But when it does," said a Vaporeon, "we will all be in danger."

"But what if he doesn't carry it? You will be destroying an innocent child. My child."

"We cannot risk it," the leader carried on. "If he does carry it within him, then we could all be destroyed."

Moonlight fell to her knees. "Please… please don't make me lose another. Whitey was able to control it. Why couldn't he?"

"You fail to remember he almost couldn't. That is why you lost him and your first son."

Moonlight began to growl faintly. "And that is why I am not losing this one." With that, she began to glow and black, leathery wings grew out of her back. "You will leave now."

A Flareon in the background screamed. "It's Starshadow! Starshadow does exist!" A panic began to ensue.

"Quiet! Quiet, everyone!" the leader screamed. "She cannot take us all at once!"

"Are you so positive about that, Sunset?" she asked coldly. "I will take on as many as I have to in order to protect my child."

Sunset stepped back a bit and growled as the rest of the Eons settled down behind him. "I am positive." He hollered back to the others, "The few we loose today will be worth the hundreds saved in the future. Think of this as a battle for your children!"

A battle for my child, thought Starshadow. That is exactly what it is.

The Eons all yelled in agreement as they began to charge at her. Starshadow flew up and began firing beams of light at the Eons around her, trying to keep them down. She blocked a bite here, dodged a tackle there, being hit only occasionally. She appeared to be ahead, until a group of Jolteons combined their forces to send a huge Thunder attack her way. It was a direct hit, and she screamed as she fell to the ground in pain, slowed by paralysis. As fast as she was able, she sent out beam after beam and bit anyone who came too close. After a while, the remaining Eons learned from the Jolteons and gathered together by group and type, circling the wounded and flightless Starshadow. She realized what they were up to and tried to put up a barrier - too late. As she was struck by the strongest attacks from each Eon, she screamed in pain while trying to absorb as much energy as she could, even while it pressured her body almost to the point of explosion. With her last remaining strength, she flew up into the air. I am losing, she thought. If this is the only way to save him, then so be it. Using all of the energy she had absorbed, she created an immense ball of mixed light. She held it between her paws as all of the Eons looked up in a shocked awe. "Whitey," she whispered, "forgive me and watch over our son." She hollered out, "Angel!" With that, she folded in her wings and went into a freefall towards the ground. The Eons below began to panic, and ran around in utter confusion. When Starshadow and the energy ball finally made contact, the explosion rocked the whole area. Only a pitiful few Eons were left standing, including the leader, Sunset, who had used a teleport at the last minute.

When Angel heard his name called out, he darted to the passage in the rear of the cave. Squeezing between crack after crack, he finally made it outside. He hesitated for a moment, weary of what was going on, but began to run anyway. A few moments later, he heard an explosion, and a shockwave sent him to the ground. He wasn't quite sure what had happened, but soon got a weak telepathic message from his mother. Angel, you need to keep running, else Sunset will find you. Stay safe and happy. Don't forget me. … I love you… That was it. The last he would ever hear from her. He put up a sense-proof shield, a technique she had taught him, and ran for the mountains.

Angel awoke with short, panicked breaths. That dream… he kept re-living the night his mother died. Why had they wanted him? He thought it was because of his color, but now he wasn't so sure. He glanced over at Eclipse, who was still asleep, and sighed. "I'll be back later, I promise," he whispered as he slid out of the den.