One day of testing later, I teleported back to the island, excited as ever. "One more day! Just one more day!"
Alan chuckled. "Excited, huh? I leave for the reunion tomorrow around noon."
"I can't wait!"
"One thing you should know about Destiny: she… She isn't like other girls that you may have known. She's…" He let out a sigh and continued with a half-smile on his face, "she's something else, all right."
"Listen, I faced DEMONIC CHLOE to uncorrupt you guys. This'll be easy!"
"If you say-" his rings started glowing, and he held his head, as if he was in pain. I turned my head to where he was looking to see nothing but another Umbreon not 30 feet away from us.
"Are you okay, Alan?"
"I- ugh! I gotta go," he groaned out, taking off at full speed.
I tried to chase after him, but Baron grabbed my tail. "Not so fast. What Alan's about to do, he needs to do alone."
"B-b-but Destiny a-a-and meeting up and-"
"He'll be back."
I looked at the sun, checking the time. "I'll give him 12 hours. Then I'm going after him."
"He'll be done in three. He'll be back by morning, with plenty of time left before the reunion. Don't worry."
Sure enough, we went to sleep and he was back when we woke up.
I let out a thankful sigh. "Thank Arceus you're back. I thought that my chance of meeting Destiny had run away for good!"
Alan took a defensive position as his rings started to glow. "So, that's all I am to you? Your chance of meeting Destiny?"
I backed up instinctively. "No, you're one of my best…" I let out a sigh. "Yes, that's one item on a long list of things you are to me."
He shook his head and his rings stopped glowing. "Sorry about that. I didn't mean to lash out. It just happens sometimes."
"That's okay."
"Well, I'm off to the reunion. I'll be back later today."
"I gotta go too. See you then!" I teleported back to Collin's house for more "stability tests," as he called them.
Next chapter~
~Tenkai