My dad wasn't born in the village. but he was raised in it and lived in it all his life after he was found nearby the village as a lost child by another couple that used to live here. My mom is Grandma and Grandpa's daughter. She was the apple of their eye and she was loved by everyone in the village. All the young boy's in the village fell for my mom when they first saw her but she wanted to be friends my dad who was rather quiet and shy when he was child.

The shined beautifully in the afternoon sky of Agate Village. A young girl twirled down a village path, her light blue dress swirling around her and the wind flowing through her fiery red hair. She always loved sunny days like this. She said hello to everyone she saw until she stopped and heard a voice. It sounded like someone was singing and their voice was beautiful to her.

Following the voice she stopped when she heard the voice coming from the other side of a hill. She quietly got to her knees and crept up the hill cautiously not wanting to be seen. Looking over the peak of the hill she saw a familiar young boy playing a small guitar and singing the most beautiful song she had ever heard. It was the shy boy she always tried to talk to but could barely get two words out of. The only thing thing she really knew about him was his name. She got back to her feel and brushed the grass hanging on her dress before going down the hill to meet him.

"Hi Jack!" She said happily

Jack jumped and turned around. He looked at the girl behind him but quickly looked away as his shyness began to kick in.

"H-Hi..." He said rather timidly.

The girl tilted her head curiously.

"Do remember my name it's Lillia."

"Oh, I-I'm sorry h-hi L-Lillia."

She couldn't help but smile as she stepped closer to him.

"You don't have to be so nervous you know; I'm not gonna bite."

"S-Sorry" Jack said as Lillia continued to smile.

"I didn't know you played the guitar Jack." She said trying to have a conversation with him.

"My D-Dad has been teaching me."

"That song you were singing was very pretty." Lillia said. "Can I sit with you and listen. I wanna hear you sing some more."

Jack tensed up and looked away from her.

"Um...I-I don't know."

"Are you nervous?" Lillia asked.

Jack nodded his head.

"Don't be, just close your eyes and pretend I'm not here."

Jack was still hesitant but he eventually nodded his head.

"O-Okay"

Lillia smile beamed as she came to his side. She smoothed out her dress and sat down beside him as Jack did as he was told to not be nervous. He closed his eyes and let out a nervous sigh. He began to strum the guitar and his melodic voice echoed into the air.

He was the wizard of a thousand kings.

And I chanced to meet him one night wandering.

He told me tales, and he drank my wine.

Me and my magic man kind of feeling fine...

My dad told my mom that his dad sang that to him as a lullaby when he was a baby. My mom loved that song so much and she visited my dad every day to hear him sing that song. My dad became less and less nervous around her and they became the best of friends quickly. Besides a love of music, they also loved Pokemon. Even though Orre didn't have many, they were still all kinds of stories about Pokemon. They would make up their own stories involving the legendary ones and they would play games they made up together all the time in the Relic Forest with the legendary ones as their Pokemon.

"Where are you my knight in shining armor!? Save me from the evil prince and his evil Pokemon!" Lillia shouted in a tree in a mock scared voice that turned into giggles.

"Don't worry princess! I'll save you!" Jack shouted as heroically as possible. "Rayquaza, use Hyper Beam!"

Jack made the fiercest roar he could muster into the air.

Lillia laughed happily at his attempt to sound terrifying like the legendary Pokemon. However when she took one step to the side the branch she was standing on broke causing her to fall. She let out a scared scream and Jack quickly ran to her. He was able to catch her just in the nick of time and he fell on to his back with a thud as she fell on top of him with him holding her close to brake her fall.

It took a moment for both kids to regain their composure.

"Are you alright, Lillia?" Jack as he was still holding her close to him.

Lillia looked into his eyes and nodded.

"You saved me jack, thank you!" She said with a small blush on her face.

Lillia broke jacks grasp only to hug him which he returned with one of his own. She then did something that surprised Jack. She gave him a soft kiss on the cheek. Jack was blushing like mad and Lillia couldn't help but giggle at his reaction.

After that day both Mom and Dad had huge crushes on one another it wasn't until they were both 14 when they admitted that they liked each other and started dating. Dad proposed to Mom when he was 23 and she said yes in a heartbeat. Months later, my mom gave dad big news.

"Lillia! Lillia are you home!?"

Jack walked through the house he and his wife lived in but he couldn't find her anywhere. He figured she must have been at her parents house. When he went upstairs to their bedroom he walked in and saw Lillia sitting on the bed but she had tears in her eyes.

"Lillia! Sweetheart what's wrong!? Jack asked worried.

Lillia stood up and walked over to jack but she was smiling as the tears continued to flow. She wrapped her arms around her husband and rested her head against his chest.

"Lillia are you okay!? Why are you crying!?" Jack asked confusingly.

Lillia still didn't respond. Instead she pulled Jack into a passionate kiss on the lips. It was almost a minute before she broke the kiss.

"Jack, something wonderful has happened." Lillia finally said softly.

She then took his hand and placed it on her stomach.

Jack put the pieces together and a smile began to form on his face.

"Y-You mean you're..."

Lillia nodded.

"I'm pregnant, sweetie. You're gonna be a father."

Mom told that dad had been smiling for days after that. 9 months later the big day had arrived.

In Jack and Lillia's house jack sat outside in the living room as he heard painful screams coming from his wife. Eagun sat beside him and patted his back.

"Don't be so nervous Jack. Lillia's gonna be fine. She's just like her mother, strong and stubborn.

"I can't help but worry, Eagun." Jack said to his father in law. "My wife is up there giving birth to my first child. I don't want anything bad to happen to either of them."

"We're almost done Lillia, I can see the head! Ready 1..2..3..Push!"

Lillia elicited one of the most painful screams Jack had ever heard. However that one screen was followed by the cries of a baby. Jack bolted up the stairs quickly and entered the room. One of the nurses saw him and smiled.

"Congratulations Jack, you are now the father of a healthy baby girl." She said happily to him.

Jack looked past the nurse and at his wife who was shedding tears of happiness. Lillia saw her husband approach her and stand by her side.

"Lillia she's beautiful, the most beautiful baby girl I've ever seen." He said as he stared down with a smile at the newborn child.

Lillia nodded her head and looked at the bundle cradled in her arms.

"She is, and the most beautiful baby girl is our daughter." She said.

"What are we going to name her?" Jack asked, his eyes not leaving the baby.

Lillia kissed the newborn softly on her forehead as she announced her name proudly.

"Rui"

I loved my mom and dad. They meant everything to me. They told me when I was still a baby and I would cry at night my mom would sing to me the song that my dad sang to her.

A baby's cries echoed through the house as Lillia entered the room where her daughter slept. She walked up to the crib and gently picked up the child and cradled her in her arms.

"Shh..It's alright Rui, Mommy's got you." She whispered soothingly.

Rui's cries became quieter but were still audible. Lillia continued to hush her crying child as she walked around the room. She then began to rock her as she sang the melody she learned from her husband years ago.

He was the wizard of a thousand kings
And I chanced to meet him one night wandering
He told me tales and he drank my wine
Me and my magic man kind of feeling fine

He had a cloak of gold
And eyes of fire
And as he spoke I felt a deep desire
To free the world of its fear and pain
And help the people to feel free again

Why don't we listen to the voices in our hearts
'Cause then I know we'd find we're not so far apart
Everybody's got to be happy
Everyone should sing
For we know the joy of life
The peace that love can bring

So spoke the wizard in his mountain home
The vision of his wisdom means we'll never be alone
And I will dream of my magic night
And the million silver stars that guide me with their light

Rui's cries soon ceased and she fell asleep in her mothers arms. Lillia kissed her on the forehead and sat down in a rocking chair with her daughter cradled in her arms. She smiled down lovingly at her sleeping daughter as the moon shined beautifully on the two of them.

My mom and dad always called me their pride and joy. They taught me how to talk, walk, read, and write. They would also tell me all about Pokemon and how magnificent they are. I was always excited to see Pokemon whenever they appeared in the village.

"Momma! Daddy!" A 2 year old Rui called out. "Momma! Daddy! Pokemon!"

Jack and Lillia rushed outside when they heard their daughters calls. Looking down at her they saw her pointing at a bird like Pokemon.

"Pokemon!" Rui said happily, but sloppily as she was stilling learning how to talk.

Looking up they smiled at the Pokemon!

"That's right sweetie." Lillia said. "That Pokemon is called a Pidgey."

"PI-YEE!" Rui said trying to learn the new word.

Jack chuckle at his daughters attempt to say the Pokemon's name.

"Pidgey" He said slowly.

Rui looked into her fathers eyes and attempted to repeat what he had said.

"Pidgey" She said slowly.

Jack and Lillia both smiled and nodded making her giggle and clap at the new word. Suddenly the Pidgey flew down and Rui grew a little scared she quickly ran behind her mother while her father raised his arm out. The Pidgey flew down and landed on Jack's arm as if it were a perch.

"Rui, it's alright this Pidgey won't hurt you."

Rui poked her head out from behind her mother and saw her father coming her way with Pidgey happily standing on his arm.

"Come on Rui, hold your arm out." Jack said.

Rui was hesitant but she held out her arm while her mother helped her adjust it to look like Jack's arm. Jack then slowly held out his arm as the Pidgey walked on to Rui's arm. Rui wanted to flinch away but her mother held her shoulders tight to help calm her. Once the Pidgey was fully on her arm, She remained frozen as the Pokemon looked at her and chirped at her. Rui's nervousness soon subsided and was replace by a bright smile.

"I think you're going to be great with Pokemon one day, sweetheart." Jack said to his daughter as Lillia nodded from behind him. Rui smiled at the little Pidgey as the Pokemon then flew away into the sky. Lillia picked up her daughter and Rui waved goodbye to the Pidgey.

On my seventh birthday my mom gave me my most precious possession.

"Rui! Come here sweetie!" Lillia called out.

Rui ran down the stairs and towards her mother who was just able to catch her.

"My, someones energetic today." Lillia said with a giggle.

"It's my birthday, Mommy! I'm seven years old now!"Rui cheered happily.

"Yes, you are, and since it's your birthday I want to give you something special. But first you need to close you're eyes."

Rui nodded her head and closed them tightly.

"No peaking, Rui!" Lillia said happily but with some sternness in her voice.

Lillia went behind her daughter and put something around her neck.

"Okay sweetheart, open your eyes."

Rui opened her eyes and looked at her mother behind her confusingly.

"What happened?" She asked.

Lillia softly smiled at her and pointed at her neck.

Rui gasped at what she saw before smiling from ear to ear. Around her neck was a necklace with a golden crescent moon.

"You were born on the night of a crescent moon. That was the happiest day of my life when I first held you in my arms. Now you have something to remind you how special you are and how much you mean to me and your father.

Rui smiled at her mom and wrapped her arms around her neck.

"Thank you Mommy! I love it and I love you."

Lillia held back a few tears of happiness and picked up her daughter letting her head rest against her neck.

"I love you too. My sweet little Rui."

Those days I spent with my parents were the happiest days of my life. However a week later...everything changed.

Rui jumped up in her bed when she heard banging on the wall of her house. She could hear screaming and rumbling engines outside of her window. However when she looked outside she was horrified at what she saw. Several building were on fire and there were several men riding motorcycles driving around the village and attacking the villages with weapons like bats and chains. Several of them were throwing torches into houses.

Suddenly one of the attackers banged banged against her window and looked inside. Rui screamed at the top of her lungs.

"Mommy! Daddy!" She shrieked as she jumped out of bed and ran to her bedroom door..

Suddenly a torch crashed through her window and her bed was set ablaze. Rui screamed again as the fire began to spread. She quickly ran out of her bedroom screaming and crying for her mother and father.

"Rui!" A voice shouted.

Recognizing it as her mothers voice Rui ran down the stairs. She saw Lillia and quickly ran into her mothers arms and cried into her shoulder.

"Shh..It's alright sweetheart, you're safe. I promise everything's going to be alright." She said as she stroked her daughters back.

Suddenly another torch broke into the living room window setting the couch and wooden table on fire. Rui was already scared but now she was terrified.

Suddenly jack burst through the door.

"Rui! Lillia! Let's go! We need to get out of the house!"

Lillia picked up her daughter and ran out of the door with her husband into the night.

"Run!" Jack ordered. "We need to get to Eagun and Beluh's house."

The family ran through the streets full of motorcycle riding bandits and screaming townspeople. Suddenly they hear a loud engine coming up behind they turned around to see that they were being pursued by one of the bandits. He reached out and grabbed Rui by the collar of her nightgown making her scream in terror.

"Get your hands off my little girl!" Jack shouted angrily before throwing out a Pokeball that held a Pikachu. "Pikachu thunderbolt!"

The electric mouse blasted a bolt of lightning at the bandit forcing him to shout in pain and release his grip on Rui. Who buried her head in her mothers neck as Lillia hushed her and tried to comfort her scared child.

"Isn't that Dad's Pikachu!?" She asked Jack.

"Yeah he let me borrow it for protection." Jack said before putting into into Lillia's free hand. "He needs it more than I do though. I'll use my own Pokemon to fight."

"Jack what are you-"

"No time to talk get Rui to Eagun and Beluh and stay with her."

Jack kissed Lillia quickly on the lips and then Rui on her forehead and then ran off before Lillia could even respond. Lillia did as she was told and ran to her Parent's house with Rui in her arms as people screamed and several bandits left different house with Pokemon locked in cages. These men were Pokemon thieves!? But why were they attacking innocent people with such violent force.

Suddenly Lillia saw her parents house and she ran even quicker than before.

She burst through the door and closed it just as quickly as Eagun and Beluh both came into view.

"Lillia! Rui! Thank heavens you're both alright!" Beluh said with relief in her voice.

Lillia ran over to her parents and placed Rui in her grandmothers arms.

"I'm going to go help Jack! Please watch Rui until we return!"

"Lillia no!" Eagun shouted. "Jack has become a fine trainer he can handle protecting the village!"

"No Daddy! I love Jack and I don't want to lose him!" Lillia said.

Lillia turned around but stopped when she heard cries coming from her daughter.

"Mommy!" She shouted as Beluh held her.

She held out her arms to her mother and Lillia shook her head.

"Mommy's going to go help Daddy sweetie. Stay with Grandma and Grandpa!" She said to her.

"No Mommy! Don't go! I'm scared!" Rui cried.

Lillia took her daughter out of Beluh's arms and held her as she cried into her neck.

"Shh..I know your scared sweetheart, but I promise everything is going to be alright. She kissed Rui on the forehead and put her on the ground. Before kneeling down.

"I love you Rui and I will come back with Daddy." She said.

She kissed Rui's forehead one more time before running out the door.

I waited with Grandma and Grandpa just like Mom told me to do but then I heard and dad scream. When the bandits left we went outside. But when I found mom and dad...I found them lying face down in the ground with blood coming out of stab wounds in their backs. They weren't moving and they weren't breathing. I remember screaming until I couldn't scream anymore.

Wes stared down at Rui who was now crying into her hands. He didn't know what to say to the story he had just been told. The only thing he could do was look at her sadly and then look away. After a moment Wes put his hand on Rui's shoulder.

"I-I'm sorry Rui." He whispered. "I'm so sorry."

Rui looked at him and put her hand on his just like before. She was glad that Wes was here to comfort her.

"We had their funeral the next day." she said sadly. "I didn't go to it though. I just couldn't do it. After that day I felt like I would never be happy again. I had just lost the two people who I loved more than life itself. Grandma and Grandpa tried to comfort me and let me know that things would get better but I didn't believe them. I remember going to the Relic Forest just so I could be alone and cry. Mom and Dad told me about Celebi and it's ability to travel through time. I remember going every day to the Relic Stone and praying. I prayed for Celebi to reverse time and save my parents so I could be happy again."

Wes looked at Rui with a sad expression.

"I wish that was possible Rui. I really do." Wes said.

Rui suddenly looked into Wes's eyes.

"What do you mean by that?" She asked with some hurt in her voice like he had just insulted her.

"Rui I'm sure that you know how dangerous it is to mess with time." Wes said trying to not upset her.

"Are you telling me I shouldn't have prayed to the one Pokemon that could have changed things!?" Rui asked with anger starting to show in her voice. "Are you saying it was stupid to pray for my parents to come back!?"

"What N-No, I didn't mean it like that." Wes said defensively. "I'm just saying that it's dangerous to try and change time even by a few minutes."

"You're saying that I should have never asked for a chance to regain my happiness!" Rui snapped.

"No, I didn't meant it like that." Wes said worriedly. "Please Rui, I'm not trying to hurt you."

Wes reached out to touch Rui's shoulder again but she swatted his hand away and shoved him backwards before getting to her feet.

"You're just like everyone else, Wes! You don't understand how I feel!" She yelled and began to cry. "You don't what it's like to lose everything you love!"

She then ran out of the cave crying the whole way.

Wes stared at the exit and then back at the spot where Rui just was. He couldn't believe things had turned out this way. He came here to try and talk to Rui about the past but instead he just made things worse. Maybe Leone was right, maybe it wasn't a good idea to try and talk to her.

Wes thought back to everything she had just said to him and then back to the last thing she said before running away. Wes then looked back at the graves of Wes's parents and a tear fell from his eye.

"You're wrong, Rui." He whispered with a sad smile on his face. "I do know how you feel."

Author's Note: I hope you enjoyed the chapter, and I hope it was easy to follow.

The song Jack and Lillia both sing is called: The Wizard by Uriah Heep

I'll see you all next chapter :)