Welcome to Chapter 4 of "Never alone". Today's chapter will be VERY important. You will meet the third main character of the story and... if you want to find out what else, you should read the chapter! Have fun! Please Read & Review.

Chapter 4: The Abomination

Thunder's POV

As we walked back to my home, Fate still seemed to be very happy. Everything turned out perfectly as planned. I already knew that Günter would be curious about Fate's past as much as I am. Also, even if he often seems rough to strangers, he is a pretty nice person. I already thought, that he would tell Fate to work with me. Now that most things were clear, I was ready to teach her how to fight the Slaves efficiently. It only took a few minutes to get back home and the moment we got around the corner I saw a Pokemon standing in front of my door. Fate looked pretty confused as she saw the mysterious being, but I just went there to greet him. "Hello SD. Already back?"

He seemed pretty happy to see me. "If that's not my best and only buddy Thunder. How's it going?" As I talked to my friend, the purple Vulpix, I saw Fate getting closer behind me. "Come on Fate. There's no need to be scared." She still looked a little uncomfortable, but she stepped to my side. "Who are you? Did you get yourself a girlfriend while I was gone, Thunder?" I probably blushed a little, just like Fate did. "N… No. We only know each other for a week! She's not my girlfriend!" SD started to laugh, at least it's supposed to be laughing. If you don't know him you'd rather think that he is drowning or something like that. Fate looked at me, not knowing what was going on. "You know I'm just kidding bud! I just like teasing you! But seriously, who are you girl?" For the first time being around my only friend, she spoke herself. "M…My name is Fate. I just joined the police today." SD laughed again. "No need to be so nervous Fate. Every friend of Thunder is my friend too. Which is pretty easy to say since he doesn't really have any friends, other than me."

"But how did you guys get Günter to let a girl join the Police Forces? Would've been the first time." I did not even hesitate to tell him all of the truth. "…and now she joined the Police to find out about the past with me helping her." For the first time today, SD seemed as he would think about what to say. "So… Darkrai is after you Fate? Girl, I want to know how you got him THAT pissed! I mean, I already tried to make him fight me, but I couldn't manage. As soon as you remember, be sure to tell me!" Fate still did not seem to know how to handle his weird personality. I completely understand her, but if you get used to it, SD is a pretty nice Pokemon! "You… TRIED to make Darkrai fight you?" She seemed not to believe him. "That's just how he is. PLEASE don`t ask me why he does things like that. Nobody knows. I believe not even himself…"

"Hey! Of course I know why I want to fight him! I want to annoy him because… why not?" I facepalmed as he started to laugh again.

? 's POV

"She is HERE? How can this be! And she already made some new friends… eVeN iF I ToLd HeR nOt To!" I told her what I'll do if I ever meet her and still… SHE DARED TO DISOBEY ME! But maybe… I can use this situation to…"

Fate's POV

I was kind of confused about my new acquaintance. He seemed to be nice, but also a little crazy. But what confused me even more was what he said about Thunder. I'd never expect somebody that nice to be that lonely… But I decided not to talk about it right now, because it could hurt him. Instead I tried to end this awkward conversation. "Yeah, it's nice meeting you and everything, but… do we have to stay outside while talking?" Thunder seemed a little embarrassed. "Uh… of course. Sorry I was a little overexcited. Come in you two!" Thunder went inside first, but before I could follow, SD stopped me. "Hey, wait a sec. One thing before we get inside…" I was curious what he'd want from me. "Just one single thing…" The next moment his red eyes started to glow brightly and his purple fur seemed to be burning. "If you EVER hurt my buddy, only ONE SINGLE time, I will find you, no matter where you are. I will find you and I will make you suffer more than you could ever imagine! Understood?"

I was pretty scared because of his entrance. "Y…yes! I understood!" In an instant he turned back to how he was before. "That's great! I believe we can be good friends then!" With nothing more to say he entered the house and left me standing outside, speechless. After I recovered from the shock, I followed him.

Back inside Thunder explained our situation. "Well, the problem we have now is, that we don't have enough rooms for everybody. Fate, you should now that SD normally stays here when he's not traveling around. As he never stays for that long it would be a waste of space and money for him to buy a house, so I decided to let him stay here as long as he's in town. But now that you are here too, we'd need one more room to have a place to sleep for everybody. Any ideas how to deal with this?" I was a little shocked as he told me this. I still did not know what too think about the weird coloured Vulpix beside me and now I was told that we would be housemates. But I quickly stopped worrying, believing that SD can't be that bad if Thunder trusts him. Before I could even start thinking about the main problem, SD already presented his ideas. "Well I don't think that this is a real problem. I think we have to choices: Either two of us have to share a room or somebody has to stay somewhere else… which is very likely NOT the best option. I believe we don't really HAVE a choice at all." Thunder seemed to think about this too. I felt a little uncomfortable, thinking about sharing a room. It wouldn't kill me, but it would be weird and awkward since I don't know them very good at all, especially SD. But I knew that I was the stranger in this group so it wouldn't make sense for me to decide anything at all. But it still felt a bad as they both came to a conclusion. "Well, it is still your house after all. You're just letting us stay. The only fair possibility would be me and Fate sharing a room, don't you think so?" "No, I don't!" I did not say this out loud, but I still thought it. Thunder looked a little insecure as he asked. "Well… would this be okay with you, Fate?" I decided NOT to tell him the truth. It would`ve just made problems for everybody and after all SD was right. It was the only option I was able to justify… "I... yeah. It's okay, I think…" Thunder looked at me, not looking convinced but still decided to let it be like this. "Well, if you say so… you two should probably make space in your room. And maybe you can use the time to get to know each other better. I will make us something to eat." He left the room and went to the kitchen. SD also left, but chose the door to my side: My… our room… I followed him, still not feeling happy about my new roommate.

A/N: Today we even got an Author's Note at the end. I just want to tell you one thing about "?". If you read the chapter you've seen the small part, written as "?'s POV". Starting from today there will be something like this in some chapters. ? will ALWAYS be the same character! This means, the POV in this chapter is written by the same peron than "?' s POV" will be written by in Chapter 17 or something like that. You very likely already know, who this character is at all (if not I'll give you a hint: Read the Prolouge). And do not expect to understand everything this character will say in an instant. Sometimes you'll have to wait until later chapters to understand the true meaning! chosenSpheal out!