Author's Comment: ... Maybe this one isn't quite as long as I promised, but I'm going to try and finish uploading what I have written within the next few days. I just hope that will make up for it X3

This is probably the most confusing chapter so far. Read it first, an explanation will follow. )

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Moonlight stumbled through the darkness. Being a Pokémon of the night, she should be able to see; but her sight was blurred with tears. That entity within her… the evil one… she couldn't take it anymore and wasn't sure how much longer she could hide it from Angel. Whitey had been killed a few years back, so the only thing that kept her going was the thought of her son, Angel. If the pack had its way however, she wouldn't even have that anymore.
She finally fell to the floor, exhausted. She couldn't fight it anymore… it was taking over…

Eclipse woke suddenly, a massive pain in her chest. Who was Moonlight? Why did she now dream about this Umbreon? Why… did she suddenly feel like they were going through the same thing somehow? She clutched her chest, the pain almost too much to bear. What was happening? She suddenly heard that voice in her head, the one from the Crystal. 'I will succeed.' She ran out of the den, afraid of what was happening. She fought the urge to just let it take over, to have what it wanted. She wasn't even sure she knew what it wanted anymore.

Angel awoke after realizing there was not as much heat as there was before, and noticed Eclipse was gone. He stood up and glanced around a bit; still a little tired from the energy that he had used the previous day. The only thing was, he still couldn't remember it. He walked outside, hoping to find her there.

The cave was now out of sight from where Eclipse was, but she didn't notice this. All that was on her mind was the pain… all the pain. She wasn't sure she could take it anymore. She kept seeing the dream in her head, and hearing the voice from the Crystal over and over. It was getting stronger now… "I will succeed…"

Angel glanced around and sighed. She was nowhere in sight.

Suddenly, Eclipse looked up, her eyes glazed over in a deep red hue. She grinned evilly, and looked back in the direction of the cave as the golden rings on her body began to fade away to match the rest of her fur. "I have succeeded…"


Shadow smirked as she looked at her reflection in the water. 'Moonlight, the fool,' she thought to herself, 'She thought she could actually hold me back. Now, what things can I do to make her miserable today?' She looked around. "Why do you always lead me away from your den, dear Moon? Is there something you wish me not to know of? Something you are trying to protect? She began to feel Moonlight fight inside. "Oh no, you can't come back quite yet. There are things I need to do first." Shadow began to focus, searching for the ability within Moonlight's body that she was searching for. Finding and tapping in to it, she began to sense for the cave her host called home. Finding it, she smiled and began trotting off in that direction. "I will find what you are hiding from me… nothing you care for is safe."


Eclipse, her rings now almost invisible against her black fur, began to walk menacingly back towards the cave. "My first run in this body," she commented. "Let's see what it can do."


Shadow peeked into the cave. There was a small fire burning. She saw a small, white ball of fluff curled into a ball near it and swore under her breath. "So you do have a child, Moonlight… it is an exact likeness of Whitey." She smirked as she took her first silent steps into the den. "Not for long…"


Eclipse peered through the night, her appearance somewhat altered and her face much more sinister. She continued walking towards the cave, then stopping at the mouth, only to glare in at Angel, whose back was to her. 'Well,' she thought, 'time to finish what I started.'

Shadow walked into the cave softly, her claws concealed by her velvet paws as to not make any sound. She was hovering over the ball of white fuzz when it suddenly woke and looked up at her. "Hello there, little one," Shadow smirked. "Would you like to meet your father?"


Eclipse grinned evilly as she stared at Angel, who still faced away from her. "Your mother is gone now, and this host does not yet know how to fight me," she whispered as she focused a ball of energy in her paw. Angel shifted slightly and turned to see her. "Hello there," she smiled. "Would you like to meet your father?"

The white umbreon looked up at the pure black umbreon that stood over him. "Hiyas," he said. "My name is Angel. Mum says dad is gone… I know I won't be able to see him for quite a while yet. What is your name?"

Angel looked at the black umbreon that stood before him and took a step back as she powered up further. "Who… who are you?"

"I am what I have been and shall always be. I am what your mother hid from you, and hoped to never face again." She grinned and began towards him menacingly. "I am Shadow."

Author's Comment: Did you catch what was going on? If not, here's a small explanation: Everything in italics was from the past, when Angel's mom was controlled by the Shadow. Everything in regular type is from present time. If you didn't catch that at first, try going back and reading it again. It should eerily make a little more sense now.