So.. It's been a long time, I am not going to lie, I forgot about the story, but no worries, I am back, so enjoy the chapter, I should have new chapters up for both stories by the end of this week. Anyways see you guys in the author's section and welcome to another fun chapter :3

A Gift of Light, Yet, a Sign of Darkness

Moonlight's POV

Samantha suddenly throws her arms around me in a big hug, I stagger a bit surprised by the sudden action

Samantha: eyes slightly tearful "I-I- I think I'm in love with you!"

I tilt my head a bit confused

She loves me? But how, I thought only guys and girls could date each other…

Samantha: She looks a bit worried "Don't you love me too?" She starts to slightly tear up

Moonlight: "Oh my gosh, Samantha, relax, I will admit I need some time to think on this, cause it is quite new to me, but I can say for now it's not a no"

Samantha: Sniffs "Ok…"

Moonlight: She sighs "Don't worry, what we did I found to be amazing, and for what it is worth, I'd love to do that again another time"

Samantha: smiles "That's good to hear"

Moonlight: "Let's finish re-making the bed"

Samantha: "Sure"

A short while later her bed's made back up and we're getting ready to head over to get me registered for school. As we were on the way to the school, passing through the market area, I heard someone call my name. Samantha and I both turn to see who called my name.

Void: "Moonlight" He runs over to us

Moonlight: In shock "V-Void?!"

Samantha: "You know this guy?"

Moonlight: "Ya, his name's Void, he wa-"

Void: "Moonlight, what happened?! You ran off crying... " He sighs "Listen, I'm sorry, I yelled at you cause you kind of embarrassed me and that was selfish.. So I am sorry"

Moonlight: "No.. Void it's ok, I had some time to think things over and I forgive you" I hug him

Void: "Uhh.. Ya no problem Moonlight" He blushes slightly

Samantha: "Hmf.."

Moonlight: "Oh, and this is Samantha. A new friend I made in town"

Samantha: Unhappy eevee noises

Void: "Uhh.. Nice to meet you?"

Moonlight: "Come Samantha, this is a good friend of mine, say hi"

Samantha: "Hi…" She frowns at him

Moonlight: "Anyways, I made some other friends while I was here too!"

Void: "Sounds interesting"

Samantha: "We were on the way to get her registered for school here"

Void gives her a long face

Moonlight: "Something wrong?"

Samantha: "YA! Something wrong?"

Moonlight: "Samantha, are you o-"

Void: "That's it! Moonlight we are going, now!"

Moonlight: "But wait wh-"

Void: "Forget it, lets go" He starts to pull me away

Moonlight: "Wh-! VOID!?"

Void: "I'll explain later. Now come on"

Moonlight: "Uhhh…"

Samantha grabs by other arm and tries to get me free of him

Samantha: "Let her go!"

Void: "Not until you let her go first!" He drags me his way

Samantha: "No! She is with me!" She drags me back her way

Void: "No! She is coming with me!" He drags me back his way

Samantha: "She needs to go to school!" She drags me back her way

Void: "No, she needs to be safe, with me!" Drags me back his way

Uhh.. Please stop your hurting me

Moonlight: "Uhh…"

Samantha: "See look what you did, this is your fault" She drags me back

Void: "No, your the one being a pushy, I never did anything to you" He pulls me back

Samantha: "Well she is my m-"

Moonlight: "ENOUGH!"

I pull out of both of their grips and slap both of them

Moonlight: "I AM TIRED OF THIS! REALLY?! WHAT IS WRONG WITH BOTH OF YOU?! I AM NOT A FUCKING DOLL!"

Samantha: "..." She looks in shame at the ground

Void: "Uhh.. Moonlight loo-"

Moonlight: "DON'T YOU START WITH MOONLIGHT THIS! YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SHOW BACK UP AND THINK IT IS ALRIGHT TO PULL ME AWAY FROM MY FRIENDS AND DRAG ME TO WHATEVER HELL HOLE YOU THINK IS SAFE!"

He seems like he is about to say something, but he holds his tongue and looks away

Moonlight: "AND YOU! SAMANTHA WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?! VOID DID NOTHING TO YOU, IN FACT YOU HAVE NEVER MET HIM, BUT YOU SEEM HELL BENT ON TEARING ME AWAY FROM HIM!"

Samantha: tears up "I-I-I'm sorry…"

I sigh and hug her

Moonlight: "I am sorry, I shouldn't have yelled, but still, both of you need to get your act together"

Void: "Look, Moonlight, I'm sorry, but trust me, we need to go. Settling down, getting into school, right now that's a TERRIBLE idea."

Samantha: "Why?"

Void: glances to her "Look it's… it's complicated… I don't have time to explain it now. At least not in public view."

Samantha: "Well If I bring you to my house, will you talk?"

Void: "Would anyone else be there?"

Samantha: "No"

Void: "Then fine"

Moonlight: "Wait I am in danger?!"

Void: "Yes and no, like I said, not here, lead the way Samantha"

Samantha: "Sure thing"

Man I am really confused, why would mons or anyone else want to hurt me?

We go back to Samantha's house, she takes us upstairs and locks the door

Samantha: "Alright tough guy, talk"

Void: He sigh "Well there is a lot to go over, but to make it short and sweet, there is a company known as Nexus, and lets just say they love to capture pokemon and test on them and play with them until either they die or become something so horribly disfigured and altered that it makes you wonder if they were ever a mon in the first place"

Wait WHAT?

Samantha: Gets a concerned look on her face "So you're saying humans are after her?!"

WHAT?! What do humans want with me?!

Void: He sighs again "I wish it were that easy, but the humans also have pokemon they recruit to do their dirty work, so someone who could be the nicest neighbor ever, could just kidnap you at the next second, and you don't know who they are, because they are all highly trained to do it before being sent out into the field. And what's worse is that Moonlight is a big source of energy and she has a very special power. If they get a hold of her, they are going to turn her into a weapon and that would be the end of our free and safe world"

Moonlight: "Ok you're making that part up"

Void: "No, No I am not."

Moonlight: "I think I'd know if I was a "magical source of energy" or whatever"

Void: "I know this is a lot to take in for both of you, but we need to go before-" He runs to the window and looks out "Fuck! We move, NOW!"

Samantha: "What is it?"

I run over to see what it is: a silhouette on the building across the street. The shape is an unmistakable one, ever associated with disaster.

Moonlight: "Absol…" I say, pointing at the shadow.

Samantha: "Oh Arceus…"

Void: "Grab anything that's quick. We need to move!"

The Absol departs, seemingly aware it had made itself known to us.

Samantha: "What about my parents"

Void: "Just Moonlight and I was going to be hard enough. Now that we're a group of three it's that much harder."

Samantha: "But-"

Void: "No time!"

I pull out my other set of fur, and help Samantha throw a couple of hers into a bag, and we grab a couple other things to bring with us. Samantha grabs an old looking plush off her dresser as we head out. I presume it's sentimental. Void leads us out of town and over a hill, and into a nearby set of mountains. We camp in a cave three quarters of the way up, on the slope facing the town Samantha had always called home. That night, the sky was lit faintly by the glow of distant fire. I comforted her as best I could.

This is my fault

Void: "You two should get some sleep. We'll need to get some real distance between us and here tomorrow."

Samantha: "M-My h-home…"

I simply nod, and pat her comfortingly

We go deeper into the cave. There's a patch of thick moss we curl up on together.

The next morning, Void shakes us awake.

Void: "We need to get moving"

Moonlight: groggily "Void… what time is it?"

Void: "Almost 6 AM"

Samantha: also groggy "Wh-why so early? Wh-what's going on?"

Void: "We need to keep moving. The Nexus corporation will still be after us"

Moonlight: I sigh "I never thought I would ever have to be this scared or run this much…"

I just want to go home… I want to wake up and have all been just a bad dream..

I start to cry, I try to fight it, but I'm tired, tired of everything, I just want to be free, not stuck, I am left in a void of questions and I feel like every answer I get, just only brings me farther from the truth

Samantha: quietly "It wasn't a nightmare…"

Void: "No. This is real life"

I fall to the ground and curl up, I sob

Please, Arceus, wake me from this terrible nightmare…

Void walks over to me and tries his best to comfort me.

Void: "Moonlight come on, we need to get going, I know it's a lot to take in and I am sure you are hurt, but we need to get moving, I don't want any of us to end up dead"

Samantha: She gasps "You mean they would really… Kill us?!"

Void: "Yes! So we need to g-"

?: "And just where are all of you going in such a hurry? The fun hasn't even started yet, in fact your going to miss out on such a fun game I had planned hehe~"

I look over as Void and Samantha are in shock, some shadow looms over them, it laughs again and I see a blade rush for Samantha, the steel glistens in the light, only for it to be followed by the sickening sounds of flesh being cut…

42Meep: What is a schedule amIright? And how could you forget? I've been reminding you almost every other week.

PlaceofNoStars: About that, don't listen to him, I think he is off his rockers a bit, he forgot too, I have been busy and Meep has been off elsewhere, so we haven't had the time, but we are back and here to stay.

42Meep: No duh we're here to stay. We kinda aren't allowed to go right now. And stop lying. I don't go anywhere. My lifestyle is quarantine.
PlaceofNoStars: All the more reason to give the people some reading material to burn some time away, so I hope you are all doing well in these COVID times, good luck and stay safe. Also, Meep is an idiot and put a invite link to our Discord, but had a timer on it so it expired, so I am dropping an invite that will work for as long as time itself so all of you can join the disc, here we are: sCW8GWW
PlaceofNoStars: Well hope you all like it, its been a long time, but it's good to be back; enjoy the rest of your day :D

Ok I don't like to do this, but extra comment, turns out the link for the disc doesn't want to post, so the string of letters and numbers there is the code, you should be able to put that in after clicking the join server button at the bottom of the screen, anyways, that's all, I am out! Rolls away