Chapter 8: Dawn

Point of View Anonymous

I have been crammed up in a small cage for Celebi knows how long in a location just as vague. Accompanying me were five other pokemon, of which all sat in the silent despair of their own cages. The room we were all trapped in was completely dark with only my tail for light. I hadn't seen the light of day in what I imagine was a few weeks. The room also smelled like a dump, but the sad part is that I had actually gotten use to that. Everyday someone would come in and bring us just enough food and water to get by, and then we would be left in solitude until we rotted. I was now beginning to give up on hope and feel my sanity slowly being drained along with the dim flicker of my tail.

Suddenly the door to our prison opened. The bright light that shined in the room burned my eyes. I squinted as someone walked in. I couldn't make the figure out due to my still dazed sight.

"Charmander, my boss wishes to speak to you." I was then able to make out our prison warden. He was a houndour with a nasty eye scar and he looked like he was in a nasty mood. He then came over to my cell. Then he literally ripped the lock off my cell with his teeth as if it was a chew toy. The door to my cell slowly creaked open and for once I actually wish my cell was still locked, because he was friggin' scary as hell.

"Follow me, and if you try anything, I will break your arms and legs... slowly." I then followed him out of the closet. We appeared to be in some kind of abandoned storage warehouse. There were worn out crates everywhere covered with dust and rust. I have no idea when or how I got here. I just remember having a bag put over my head and then being knocked out.

I followed the one eyed houndour down a path of crates until we turned and started ascending up some stairs. We then went through a door that was already open, and I then came into a well lit office that was actually clean unlike the rest of the storage. There were files stacked on a desk and a bookshelf, some dead plants in the corner and an empty fish tank integrated into the wall. Then I saw an espeon on the other side of the room, but for some reason it was white. He then turned around and looked me in the eyes. His eyes were crimson red, and made him look like he would kill me without a second thought, yet his gaze also showed that he has insight and he wasn't going to just make any rash moves. There was also a quilava leaning against the wall with his arms crossed and eyes closed as if he was napping.

"A pleasure to make your acquaintance, my name is Vincent," The espeon said with a very intellectual voice along with a hint of seriousness in it.

"I bet you are wondering why I let you out of your cell?" the espeon said with a pause between his sentences. "Well then, straight to the point... I'm willing to cut you a deal," The espeon now had my full attention.

"Flynn give us some privacy while I discuss things with our new colleague. Don't worry, he won't be a problem." The houndour looked the espeon in the eye for a few seconds and then started making his way towards the exit and left us in privacy.

"You said you had a proposal for me?" I said. I was very nervous and clueless on what he wanted from me.

"That is correct. Obviously you were imprisoned in our facility because you and your trainer was caught spying on us. Now I need you to do something for me and my colleagues. It's just a simple task and then you can be free and go back to your trainer as long as you no longer interfere with us. If you defy us though it will result in the termination of you, your trainer, and anyone who tries to stop us."

"What could you possibly need me for?" I was very confused on why he had chosen me to help him out on his errand.

"Well, I need you to help Merrick over there in the corner locate and apprehend someone for us. You will bring him to me by any means necessary. You are not to kill him. I have chosen you because the culprit does not know you, and I would imagine you're able to get some things done. Regardless it should be an easy task for you two if you follow my instructions."

"Who am I capturing?"

"His name is Ryder, or he now goes by the name of Kaz."

Point of View Black

It was now noon, and I was waiting outside a pokemon shop with Flare and Gray, but Gray was was off in the far distance. I wish I could say we could get along but I now realize that it is more likely for magikarp to take over the world, but things were still the same, and he just wanted me out of his life. My muscles didn't hurt as bad as I thought they would but they still ached from my battle with the scyther. Most of my cut wounds healed over the night and thankfully would not turn into scars, like the one on my chest.

"Hey Black?" Flare asked me

"Yeah?" I replied awaiting his question.

"What were you doing before you joined our team?" Flare was now prying at my previous life before I was captured yet again.

"One, I didn't really join your team, you technically abducted me. Second, I already told you I didn't want to talk about this stuff. So, if I tell you a little bit, will it stay between us okay?" Flare stared at me excitedly.

"Before I was abducted by you guys, I was trying to settle a personal vendetta with a few people who destroyed my life." I could feel depression engulfing my body as flashbacks appeared in my head.

"And what happened?" Flare asked expecting more to my background.

"I really don't want to remember any of this. I'm sorry, I can't. I honestly just want to forget." I could now feel the memories flashing in my head. I could feel the memories consuming me and putting me back in my state of depression.

"I'm sorry. I know you said not to ask, and I should have minded my own business. I'm so sorry. I didn't realize how painful that was for you." Flare sounded really sad that he made me depressed. It feels good knowing that I had someone who actually cared about how I feel, so I wasn't angry at him for only being curious about my past.

"It's cool Flare. I put that life behind me, and I'm moving on now. Joining up with you guys has changed my life." I was speaking the truth too.

Alex then walked out of the store while putting equipment into his bags. "Are you all ready to go to Luminose city?" He wore a big grin on his face and was very pumped up to continue our journey.

"Yeah!" Flare yelled very excitedly to keep going. I personally wanted to lay down on a bed or something all day watching some of those crappy TV shows humans watch, but no instead I'm going to walk all day when I'm already aching in pain.

We then left the town and began walking down a trail. We were now heading out into the rural area between the two cities. The area up ahead was mostly just grass and a few flowers here and there. The sky was nice and clear, but the sun was beating down really hard on me. The temperature had to be at least in the eighties, and since my black fur absorbed a lot of sunlight, I was overheating. Flare looked just fine though, actually he looked like he was in his prime right now. Him being a fire type he lives for this type of weather.

We probably walked for a few hours on the trail before we decided to stop for a break. This made me fairly happy because I was now starting to get tired of walking. I found a tree and lied down in the shade. I was slowly drifting off into sleep and I didn't even bother resisting it.

I was in that same nightmare again. There I was standing at the bottom of the hill on that dark night. The full moon shined upon me, yet it gave me no energy. The snow gently fell from the sky slowly covering the ground. I began walking up the hill again, knowing well that this dream never ended happily. Once I reached the top I saw the dead leafeon again. Her neck had blood gushing out of it. I felt tears beginning to run down my eyes uncontrollably. No matter how many times I've seen this scene it always had the same emotional effect.

Her body nudged, and she then began struggling to her feet. She was struggling to hold her head up with the big gash in her neck. My body froze up as she began walking slowly towards me as blood dripped down her neck.

"I just want to forget." I choked out of my mouth.

She continued walking towards me. Every muscle in my body froze up, I wanted to run so badly but I couldn't. I was damned to relive this dream over and over until one day I go insane.

My head then began to throb, and I felt like my head was going to explode. I fell down and I accepted that I was going to continue being tormented. She then took her claw and put it on my chest.

"The black dawn is coming" she whispered into my ear. Those words were very familiar to me. Something someone once told me long ago. "You will be the key of this calamity." Her voice became very demonic during her last sentence. I was now terrified beyond what I thought was possible.

She then began pushing on my chest with strength that shouldn't have been possible. The blood from her neck was dripping all over me and got into my eyes. I could feel my ribs crack and I felt myself struggle to breath. I then felt my ribs snap and her hand went into my chest cavity.

I woke up screaming in complete terror. Once I realized it was a dream, I noticed Flare was staring at me.

"Are you okay?" Flare yelled as he was running towards me.

I had tears running down my eyes and I was absolutely scared, my nightmares have never been that bad before. "No, I'm not!" I screamed venting my anger on Flare.

"What happened? Are you okay?" He was now very worried about me since he has never seen me act this way, especially not out of nowhere.

"No. Just please go away. I just want to be alone!" I choked out my mouth sobbing on tears. Flare denied my request and sat right next me.

"Hey buddy it's going to be okay. I know you probably don't want to talk about it but I'm here for you." Flare had a really reassuring smile on his face that did make me feel slightly better and my tears began to slowly go away.

Alex was out with Gray at the moment probably collecting firewood and supplies for the night, so thankfully no one else was here to see me in my weak state. I was especially thankful Gray was gone because I know he would have probably laughed at me, and that would be the moment I murdered him. Flare and I just sat there talking about random stuff. Flare occasionally tried to make me laugh, which he failed at. Alex and Gray finally came back with water and firewood. After about an hour of me sitting there trying to become mentally stable again.

"You look even shittier than usual umbreon." Gray said with his usual snide voice. I wasn't in the mood to reply back. I just sat there next to Flare.

The leafeon from my nightmare said a black dawn was coming. I've heard those words before. 'But what do they mean?' I mentally asked myself. I am the type of person who actually believes that dreams mean something, so I was very curious to know what the black dawn was, and why I would be the cause of it. For now I was going to keep all of this to myself. Everybody already probably thinks I'm mentally unstable enough.

All I know is that I am not going to bed tonight.

Chapter End.

Author Note: Thanks to genericgamer207 and The Pokemon Melody for editing this chapter.