Craw softly stroked the Fletchling's head trying to calm it down. The city was full of different Pokémon that made it all nervous and it wanted to flee by instinct but Craw kept talking to it calmly. He didn't tell him something specific just telling him that everything was fine.
As Anubis saw the Fletchling he was surprised and proud at the same time. He explained that training the feral would be a hard task and that it would be hard at the beginning to show him that all the other Pokémon in the city won't attack it. He would have to take care that the feral won't freak out and that the feral wouldn't try to attack others. He even went so far to give Craw free for the rest of the day to care for the Fletchling. He said that They would only talk about how the explorations went and that he would make sure that Brighton and Damion would tell him later everything.
So Craw went back to the guild alone without the rest of the group. Only Sam and Sammy went with them to help him prepare everything.
They went back to Craw's room and Craw put him onto his bed .
Sam smiled calmly. "I will go and get you some things for the Fletchling. You should decide for a name for it... well maybe you should find out its gender first."
Craw blushed a bit. "Wait... You mean you want me to..."
Sam chuckled. "That is pretty hard with birds. Maybe Ruth can help you with that. She is the leader of a flying type only team and probably can sort that out for you. Also she should be able to help you with some of the things that you have to watch out for."
Craw nodded. "Thanks for the info."
Sam smiled. "I will be back in a bit." He then left with his sister.
Craw was surprised how quick he was to forget about Sammy. He shook his head and looked to the Fletchling that looked around with curiosity.
It hopped from the bed and inspected the room a bit.
Craw watched him and smiled. It was kinda funny to see it pecking on stuff it didn't know. He sighed.
The Fletchling hopped to the window and looked out of it with curiosity before trying to jump out of it.
Craw looked at it with shock and quickly ran to it picking it up from the ground.
It seemed to be very confused and didn't seem to understand why it couldn't fly out of the window.
Craw sighed as he saw that the Fletchling was unhurt. He looked to the window. "That is a glass. That keeps the cold outside but we can see through it."
The Fletchling looked to him confused.
He sighed. It seemed to be too complicated for it now. Craw carefully knocked onto the glass. "See? It is solid. Like rock."
The Fletchling pecked on the glass with curiosity.
That was when Sam came in again. He carried some stuff like toys and straw. "Here. with the straw, the cloth and the wool it can build a nest. It will probably prefer that over a bed. And the toys should help it to learn a bit."
Craw looked at the things. They were mostly toys for little kids to learn things like 'what shape fits into what hole' and a puzzle chart with type advantages and disadvantages. He wondered if it really would work but shrugged. "Hey Fletchling. Here is are some things for a nest." He pointed to the straw, wool and cloth. He pointed to a corner. "There you can build."
The Fletchling looked at him for a moment before it hopped to the straw and started picking out some of it. Craw smiled and looked to Sam. "Thank you for the help."
Sam smiled. "No problem. It was a pleasure to see this with my own eyes. Also Sammy here can write an essay about it now so others might learn out of it. It is a rare thing that this happens and probably many don't know how to react to it."
Sammy blushed but this time she didn't hid behind her brother. "I would like to visit you from time to time to see how everything works out with the Fletchling. It could help me creating a guide how to raise a feral."
Craw smiled. He found it a bit interesting about how different the shy Plusle acted once it was about learning stuff. "Sure thing. I am glad I can pay back the help somehow."
She nodded still a bit blushed and she left together with her brother.
Craw smiled sat onto his bed watching the Fletchling building its nest. It was really interesting for him to see how it carefully picked the straws that it weaved together to create some kind of basket.
As it finished the basket it took the wool and the cloth to wad it hopping around in the nest replacing it over and over again. After about one hour it seemed to be satisfied and sat down in it. It then started chirping happily and looked to Craw proudly.
Craw giggled and looked to it. "That is your place. You are save here." He took one of the toys looking at it. He slowly went to the Fletchling but as he came closer it started tweet angrily at him. He stepped back and looked to it with curiosity. "OK. So you don't like someone to come close to your nest it seems..." He sat onto his bed. "Come here."
The Fletchling looked at him for some seconds before flying to him.
Craw wondered if it was thinking about what he said when the Fletchling looked at him that way or if it was thinking something else. He took the toy and showed it to it. "This is a toy. You can play with it but also learn with it."
The Fletchling stared at Craw.
He sighed and took a round shaped piece letting it fall into the round opening. "Here. Try it."
The Fletchling looked at him and then at the pieces. It took the star shaped one and tried to put it into the round hole. As it noticed that it didn't work it tried to turn it and tried different angles. Then it let the piece fall next to the box and put his beak through the hole like if it wanted to see if it was somehow blocked like the window.
Craw already thought that it would give up but then it poked with its beak through the other holes too.
It looked at all the holes with curiosity and then at the piece. After some seconds of inspecting all of them it took the star shaped piece and put it right into the star shaped hole.
Craw smiled and softly stroked the bird's head. "Well done." He gave him a triangle shaped one and the Fletchling looked at it for a moment before it looked at the holes.
It took the piece and put it into the right hole seemingly understanding how it worked.
Craw smiled and stroked it again. "Very good. Now try them all."
The Fletchling looked to him for a second before it started putting one piece after the other into the right hole.
Craw watched it amused.
As the Fletchling was finished it looked at him and Craw thought he looked a bit proud of himself.
Craw smiled and stroked the bird softly and it started chirping happily. He giggled and sat there calmly stroking the bird.
After some time Brighton and Damion came back into the room.
As soon as they entered the Fletchling chirped upset and flew to its nest startled.
Craw chuckled.
Brighton grinned. "Anubis told us about it. Is it really tame?"
Damion grinned widely and looked at it with curiosity.
Craw smiled. "Yeah it won't attack you."
Damion went to the nest and tried to touch it but the Fletchling started tweeting angrily and flew up starting to peck onto Damion's head.
Craw chuckled. "Well at least as long as you don't get near it's nest. I think it's still an instinct that tells them to defend its territory."
Damion winced still trying to stop the Fletchling from attacking him.
Craw chuckled. "Come here."
The Fletchling flew to Craw and sat down on his lap glaring at Damion all fluffed up.
Damion quickly sat onto his bed rubbing his head. "It doesn't seem to like me much..."
Craw grinned. "It needs a bit to adjust to everything. Give it some time."
Brighton nodded and looked to the Fletchling while Craw stroked it to calm it down. "Did you eat something?"
Craw looked to him. Now that he thought about it he really was a bit hungry. "No... But I don't think it's a good idea to go with the Fletchling to the canteen... "
Brighton nodded. "How about Damion and I go and get you some food?"
Damion looked to him. "Yeah..."
Craw smiled. "Oh and bring some seeds and berries for the Fletchling too. Maybe it will like you more then."
Damion nodded looking at the Fletchling wary.
They left Craw and the Fletchling alone.
Craw grinned and looked to the Fletchling. "They are friends. They won't hurt you. They will help you."
The Fletchling looked to Craw and tilted its head like if had to think about what Craw just said.
Craw sighed and stroked it again and it started chirping happily. "How shall we teach you that you don't need to fear other Pokémon?" He thought about it a bit. He has to ask Anubis about it. He surely has some ideas.
After about five minutes Brighton and Damion came back.
Brighton put a plate onto the table with Craw's food.
Damion carried a bowl with different berries and a bunch of seeds.
Craw smiled. "How about you two sit down too and feed the Fletchling a bit? Then it will surely trust you more."
Damion nodded and he and Brighton sat down at the table.
Craw stook the Fletchling and stood up himself. He went to the table and sat down putting the bird onto Brighton's lap. "He is a friend."
The Fletchling looked at Craw and then at Brighton wary.
Craw smiled and looked to his friends. "Try to feed it."
Brighton smiled and nodded. He took a plain seed and held it to the bird.
The Fletchling looked at the seed and then to Brighton wary unsure if it should eat the seed.
Craw smiled. "You can eat it."
The Fletchling looked at him for some seconds before it looked to the seed and pecked on it. It then took it and ate it.
Brighton smiled widely. "See? You can trust me. I am good."
The Fletchling looked at the Pikachu still a bit wary.
Brighton chuckled and took another seed feeding it to the Fletchling.
Craw smiled starting to eat calmly.
Damion on his side just watched them.
Brighton chuckled. "How about you try it too Damion?"
Damion looked to the bird nervously. "Uhm... I'll pass..."
Craw chuckled. "You should try it. Then it will like you more."
Damion nodded and nervously took an oran berry. He held it to the Fletchling. "Here for you."
The Fletchling glanced to him.
Craw smiled. "It's OK. You can eat it."
The Fletchling looked to Craw again for a moment before it took the berry starting to eat it.
Damion smiled a bit and giggled. "That is kinda cute."
The Fletchling still looked at Damion wary but it seemed also to be a bit curious about him.
Craw smiled. "Give him another berry." He finished eating.
Damion smiled and gave a pecha berry to it.
The Fletchling took the berry and ate it quickly. It looked to Damion now with curiosity and hopped onto his lap.
Craw giggled. "Try to stroke its head."
Damion looked to it nervous and tried to stroke it. He grinned happily as the Fletchling didn't peck him and stroked it happily.
Craw smiled. "You too Brighton."
Brighton nodded and stroked the Fletchling who seemed to enjoy it chirping happily. "It's cute."
Craw nodded. "Seems as if it accepted you as comrades."
The two grinned and continued feeding the bird.
Someone knocked on the door and the Fletchling tweeted again and flew to its nest.
Craw sighed. "Come in."
Anubis entered the room and Craw could see a crowd of Pokémon standing behind him trying to get a view on the feral. He closed the door behind himself and sighed. "How is it going with the Fletchling?" He looked around seeing the nest. "Looks like it already made itself home here."
Craw nodded. "Yeah Sam brought some materials for it to create a nest."
Anubis nodded. "He is a smart boy. I bet you have a lot questions to ask about the Fletchling. Like how you have to raise it and what you have to watch out for."
Craw nodded. "A lot to be honest."
Anubis sat down on a chair. "Well the first and most important step is to get him bond with you three. It is important that he sees you as friends."
Brighton grinned. "I think that already is taken care of."
Craw nodded. "Fletchling come here. He is good."
The Fletchling looked to Craw and then to Anubis for a moment seemingly a bit unsure but then it flapped its wings flying to Craw and sitting down on his lap.
Anubis smiled. "That is good. I think then it would be good to give it a name. If you don't give it one soon it will be used to be called Fletchling and that could lead to problems in future..."
He nodded. "Yeah but then we would need to know it's gender..."
Anubis looked to him. "Is that your only problem?"
Craw blushed. "I dunno... I think it's strange to look myself..."
Anubis shrugged. "Well I can understand that. But it isn't much of a problem. Wait a second I will be right back." He went to the door and left.
Craw and Brighton looked at each other.
Damion shrugged and went to his bed lying down. "Well... How went your first time in a dungeon? I mean besides the Fletchling."
Craw smiled. "Well... I cleaned a monster room. Other than that everything went fine."
Brighton and Damion looked at him surprised. "Really? You and Tira cleaned a monster room? That's pretty good!"
Craw chuckled. "No, I cleaned a monster room. I wanted to do that alone. The dungeon itself was pretty boring so I wanted a little challenge."
Both of them looked at him amazed.
Brighton stroked the Fletchling. "Wow. That is pretty amazing... Monster rooms are pretty tough..."
Craw nodded. "Yeah I noticed. The Fletchinder was the most challenging..."
Damion sighed. "Well at least you didn't stepped into a teleport trap and nearly got defeated..."
Craw looked at him with curiosity. "What happened?"
Damion sighed. "I was teleported into a room where a group of Ferroseed had their nest... They were so hard to beat and it took so much time for Brighton to find me that we fell back..."
Brighton sighed. "That is not your fault... I should have seen that trap..."
Damion shook his head. "No... I should have seen the trap as well..."
Craw sighed. "These things happen. You don't need to worry. We will make many more mistakes in the future. The important thing is to learn from them."
Damion looked to him with big eyes. "Really?"
Craw nodded. "I made the mistake to not watch out for the monster room. I just went into a room without looking and suddenly I was surrounded by foes."
Damion looked to him.
Craw smiled. "I will now always watch out if it is maybe a monster room before entering a room."
Damion nodded. "Thank you for cheering me up."
Craw smiled. "That's what friends are good for... Anyways who found the item and what was it?"
Damion grinned grimly. "Who else than Kathrin would be good enough to find it?"
Craw chuckled. "Of course."
Brighton smiled. "It was a trap scarf. It protects you from traps if you wear it."
Damion sighed. "Ironic. We didn't got the trap scarf because I stepped onto a trap..."
Craw and Brighton looked at each other before bursting into a laugh.
The Fletchling tweeted angrily and quickly flew to its nest hiding in it glaring at the three.
Craw looked to it and chuckled. "Everything is good."
That was when Anubis came back into the room. behind him was a Pidgeot.
As he closed the door the other Pokémon that were there before already disappeared. Craw guessed that Anubis chased them off.
As soon as the Pidgeot entered the room acting all majestic the Fletchling fluffed himself up and started chirping some melody. It looked funny as it even started to perform some kind of dance like if it wanted to impress the Pidgeot.
Anubis grinned. "Well that's settled. It's obviously male."
Craw looked to him confused for a moment before he understood and giggled. "Oh... I understand... She is a bit too big for you don't you think?" He looked to the Fletchling amused.
The Pidgeot grinned. "I would advise you to give him a name that is similar to it's species name. Maybe Fletcher or something like this. It will make it easier for him to understand that it is his name."
Craw looked to her surprised. "Hmm Fletcher sounds fine... Do you know a bit about ferals?"
The Pidgeot giggled. "Of course. I should know a lot about them. After all I was one myself."
All three of them dropped their jaws.
Craw looked at her. "I would never have expected that..."
She grinned. "Well it was hard training to get this far... I would suggest to get him a lot gummies. They will raise his IQ and so he will learn faster. Teaching him how to speak will be the second hardest thing after stopping him from follow every of his instincts. Some of his instincts should be fine though... Like nest building. Even many normal bird like Pokémon still build nests. It's more comfortable for them than beds."
Craw nodded. "Would it be OK if I come to you when I have questions about him?"
She nodded. "I am Peggy. I am a trainer for flying lessons. I am living in the fiftieth floor together with my team in the east wing."
Brighton twitched his ears. "Oh... You are in a gold ranked team?"
She smiled and nodded. "Well however I have to go back. If you want you can bring him over anytime. I can surely help out with teaching him a thing or two."
Craw nodded. "Thanks for the help."
She grinned. "It's fine." Then she left.
Anubis looked to Fletcher. "Craw try to call him by his name."
Craw nodded. "Fletcher come here."
The Fletchling didn't move but looked to him with curiosity.
Craw sighed. "Come here Fletcher."
Again the Fletchling didn't react.
Craw looked to him. "Your name is Fletcher now. When say Fletcher I mean you."
Fletcher tilted his head and looked to him curious.
Craw looked at him. "Fletcher come here."
For a moment it seemed like if he didn't understand just looking at Craw but then he flapped his wings and flew onto Craw's lap.
Craw smiled widely. "It worked!"
Anubis nodded. "You should make sure to only call him Fletcher till he can talk. Otherwise he only gets confused."
The three nodded.
Anubis sighed. "Brighton and Damion you better go to the training. I will stay here. I wanted to teach Craw how to use his aura anyway so it fits perfectly."
Brighton and Damion nodded.
Anubis looked to them. "Tell William that I will stay here to help Craw a bit with Fletcher."
They nodded and left.
Anubis looked to Craw for a moment. He took a berry and tried to give it to Fletcher.
Fletcher glared at the berry and at Anubis with curiosity.
"You can eat it Fletcher." Craw smiled calmly.
Fletcher looked at him for a moment before he ate the berry.
Anubis smiled calmly. "Do you know how to meditate?"
Craw looked to him confused. "Not really. Why you ask?"
Anubis looked to him. "You will have to learn it. It is necessary to learn controlling your aura."
Craw sighed. "And how do I do that?"
Anubis smiled. "Sit down on the ground like this." He sat down on the ground himself cross-legged. He put his paws onto his knees.
Craw put Fletcher down and sat down onto the ground like Anubis did. "What now?"
Anubis smiled and looked to him. "This positions is commonly used by bipedal Pokémon. It helps to concentrate." He sighed. "the next step is the hardest one. You have to clear your mind from all thoughts."
Craw looked at him. "How should I do that?"
Anubis seemed to think about that for a moment. "Well... It helps a bit to concentrate only on yourself. Onto your body. Or even better try to concentrate onto your energy. Onto the energy inside you."
Craw nodded and searched for the energy inside himself.
Anubis looked to him. "Close your eyes. Only concentrate on your energy and don't activate it. Look at it and try to feel it but don't activate it."
Craw nodded and closed his eyes. He concentrated onto his energy. It felt to him like an orb. He carefully reached out for it.
Anubis looked to him closely. "Don't activate your energy. Just feel it. Try to imagine it as an object inside you and you have a smaller self of yourself inside you. Try to grab it."
Craw nodded and tried to do what Anubis told him but it was much harder to do it than to think it. He sighed nervously.
Anubis looked to him. "You think too much. Just do it don't think about it."
Craw tried it again but again he failed. "But how? How can I not think about it?"
Anubis grinned at him. "That is a very wise question." He sighed and closed his eyes. "It is pretty much the hardest thing of it to not think about it. Let us try a different way." He took Craw's paws. He turned them around and started kneading his paw pads.
Craw blushed. "W-What are you doing?"
Anubis chuckled. "You didn't know that? Paw pads are pretty sensitive. They are like fingertips of human fingers as you once told me." He sighed. "I know you don't wanna know about your past but this is nothing about what you did. Now listen. Try to concentrate on your energy source. Don't do anything with it. Only concentrate on the energy. You have to concentrate strong enough onto it till you stop feeling your paw pads. Do you think you can do that?"
Craw sighed and tried to concentrate onto his energy. "I will try."
Anubis nodded. "And try to relax. If you tense too much it won't work."
Craw nodded. He tried to relax. He had to giggle since it was tickling a bit so he took some deep breaths and concentrated onto his energy. He felt Anubis still kneading his paw pads and he felt how he instinctively twitched his paws. He tried to push that aside and concentrated onto his paw pads.
Anubis continued and looked at Craw He saw how tensed he tried to think on his energy. "Stop thinking. Relax and try to feel your energy. Don't think about it only feel it."
Craw sighed and took some more deep breaths.
Anubis could see that he relaxed a bit.
Craw started seeing the orb again. He tried to concentrate.
Anubis looked at him. "Take some more breaths."
Craw took some more deep breaths and concentrated onto the orb. He looked at it seeing how it slowly grew a bit bigger and then shrunk again with his breath. He smiled and concentrated onto it breathing calmly.
Anubis smiled. "Do you still feel it?"
Craw squeaked surprised and opened his eyes. "I-I totally forgot you are here!"
Anubis smiled. "Then you are ready for the next step." He let off of Craw's paws. "Now you try it again. Concentrate on it the same way as before and as soon as you are as concentrated as before you try to feel your energy. Try to tap into it but don't use it. Try only to use it for concentrating onto your senses. Don't let it go."
Craw nodded and closed his eyes again. Like before he concentrate onto the orb again. He looked at the orb. For a moment he seemed to be all alone. He tapped into the energy and held it all back before he tried to use it for his senses. Then it happened. He couldn't believe it. He saw everything and through everything. Everything was colored in a strange blue and it was like if he was outside of his body able to see himself Anubis and Fletcher. Not only the room but the whole city, every room in the city and every field around the city up till the mountains in the north and the ocean in the south and everything at the same time and everything in the same moment at the same time. He got dizzy all of a sudden and had to stop it falling onto his paws. He panted. "T-That... That was..."
Anubis chuckled. "I know how that feels. How much did you see?"
He still panted and everything seemed to twist around him. "Everything... I saw everything till the mountains and the ocean..."
Anubis grinned. "Can I tell you something? About your past? It's nothing about what you did. It is about what you were able to do..."
Craw thought about it for a moment. "Yeah OK... But keep it small... Only tell the least."
Anubis nodded. "You were already that good last time. It is rare that a Riolu can see so much through their aura. Normally they need to evolve into a Lucario to see farther than some meters. You on the other hand are able to see much more. You were able to see everything at the same time. Normally a Riolu and even a Lucario has to concentrate on the spot they want to see to even be able to see something but you are different. Maybe it is because you are a human or maybe it is because Arceus enhanced your ability as he sent you here but somehow your aura abilities are much stronger than normal."
Craw sighed. "Yeah that's great... Just that I get totally dizzy from all the input..."
Anubis smiled. "Then how about you try to only see one room for now. Only try to see this room."
Craw sighed and nodded. "OK. I will try." He concentrated again. He noticed that now that he knew how it worked that it went much easier. He took some deep breaths and tapped into his energy again. As he started seeing everything again he concentrated onto his room. At the beginning it was very hard since again he saw everything but after some seconds everything else faded away and only the room was left. "This is amazing..." He could see himself and Anubis and Fletcher. His aura pendants were straight to the side like he saw it with Anubis sometimes. He tried standing up. It was a strange feeling. "It feels strange..."
Anubis nodded. "Yeah. You will have to adjust to it by training."
Craw nodded. He saw himself nodding. It was just strange.
Anubis grinned. "Now slowly try to see more. Only another room for the beginning."
Craw nodded and tried it out. He nearly fell over as his view changed. It was to him like if he was controlling a camera that he could put wherever he wanted. "Wow..."
Anubis nodded. "Good. That is a good start. You will have to train that for the beginning. If you can control it fully you will easily be able to read others auras. Then you can tell them easily apart by their aura."
Craw nodded. He stopped using his aura.
Anubis smiled. "Once you can control it fully like if you just breath or look with your eyes you even can tell your aura apart from your normal energy. You can even see what attack someone is using in the way the aura around them is moving. You will even be able to control the aura around you and can combine it with your own aura and your energy to form an attack. Aura Sphere."
Craw looked to him with curiosity. "Aura Sphere?"
Anubis nodded and stretched his arm. At his paw a blue glowing sphere appeared and got bigger till it was nearly as big as Craw's head. "This is Aura Sphere. It is a complicated move but it is worth it. There is no way to dodge it since it is linked to the foe's aura. It will always hit like if it knows exactly where the foe tries to dodge."
Craw looked at the sphere and then at his paws. "That sounds strong..."
Anubis nodded. "Normally that move needs years of training to be able to use it but if I am right you should be able to use it. You cold already use it back then easily without any problem."
Craw nodded. "That would be really great..."
Anubis nodded. "Good. I think that is good for today. I will let you alone for now. You should train what you learned for now a bit more But don't overdo it. Since you can't control it now and since it is so strong you use a lot of energy and could faint from it."
Craw sighed. "I will remember it."
Anubis stood up. "I will let someone bring you some gummies for Fletcher." He went to the door. "As soon as he can speak you can try go with him outside. Till then he should better stay here in the room."
Craw nodded. "Thanks for the help."
Anubis smiled. "I am glad you let me help you but from tomorrow on I will be as hard as normal to you again." Then he left.
Craw sighed and looked to Fletcher.
The bird sat in his nest and watched Craw calmly.
Craw sighed. "You know what we should do now Fletcher?"
The Fletchling tilted his head looking at Craw with curiosity.
He chuckled and took another game from those who Sam gave him. "Let's play a bit."
Fletcher chirped happily and flew to him.
Together they played some of the games. To Fletcher it was just games but to Craw it was a way to teach him some things. As he noticed that Fletcher was bored by it he gave him some berries and seeds before continuing training his new found ability.
He grinned as he managed to see the training ground. He even could see Brighton and Damion sparring with each other while Kathrin sparred with Tira.
Ariela on her side was training with an Espurr both just standing there like if they made some kind of staring duel. He smiled. Probably they were both using psychic type moves trying to overthrow each other but at the moment they seemed to be equally strong.
Craw sighed. Even now he thought she was beautiful. He smiled and caught himself drifting off into a daydream again. He shook his head and stopped using his aura ability. He sighed and lay down onto his bed. Again his thoughts wandered off into a daydream. He sighed again. Why not? He has nothing else to do right now so why shouldn't he daydream a bit?
Craw was in the hospital again. Again he was in his human body. He sighed and looked at the blanket.
"What are you thinking Craw?" The blonde boy he saw in a dream before already looked to him.
He sighed. "Tomorrow I have am in the surgery..."
Brighton smiled weakly. "And you fear it?"
Craw nodded. "A bit... It is everything... I spend most of my life in the hospital... How will it be to finally be free Brighton?" So he wasn't wrong... Was it just a coincidence that the boy had the same name as his friend?
Another voice could be heard. "You should be happy... Not everyone gets the change to live a life..." The voice was pretty young and was from a boy too. It didn't surprise him though. It was normal in the human world that boys and girls were separated in the hospital. "I would want to live a life... To swim in the ocean... To get older... To fall in love..."
Craw sighed and looked to the brown haired boy. He was maybe ten or maybe younger. "You should never give up hope..."
The boy shook his head. "I heard the doctors today... They talked about me as they thought I was sleeping... The tumor is inoperable and the chemotherapy doesn't work... I have only 3 months left... Maybe 4..."
Craw looked to him nervous. He didn't know what to say.
Brighton sighed. "Well at least you don't need to wait long in the afterlife... I will follow you soon."
Craw looked to him. "Hey... That isn't sure yet... They are still thinking you have a chance with the chemotherapy..."
Brighton looked to him shaking his head. "Yeah but even if it works I will need a new heart... The tumor has affected it already... After the chemotherapy it will be so weakened that I won't live long after that... And you know how long you can wait for one..."
Craw nodded. "Yeah..."
Brighton sighed. "I hope you won't forget the promise we made when you are out..."
Craw looked to him. "I won't ever forget it. I will live my life for all of you. I will swim in the ocean... I will climb the highest mountains... I will learn how to fight and I will protect every life I can... I will change the world... and I will love... and form a family..."
The brown haired boy chuckled but soon it turned into a cough. "Well at least you can strike that last part off the list... Or do you think we didn't notice how you were flirting with that girl?"
Craw blushed. "What do you mean?"
Brighton giggled. "How was her name again?"
The brown haired boy smiled. "You mean the one that was here visiting her mother all the time?" He sighed and looked at the ceiling. "I think her name was Ariela..."
Author's note: Oh what's that? Does that mean Serene and Ariela are humans? Or does Craw just mix up things? Does his memory maybe replace things he doesn't remember with things of his present? Or are Brighton, Serene and Ariela really humans? But if they are why don't they remember? or do they remember and just keep it a secret? What is really going on? Who knows? Well I do but I won't tell you. You will have to continue reading ;P