Ugh, what happened last night? I remember going to meet Destiny, then… Oh Arceus… Was it a dream?

"Tenkai? Tenkai, please wake up. This is important!"

My eyes opened up to see Destiny standing over me.

Guess it wasn't.

"Morning," I yawned out. "So, what's so important?"

Destiny turned to Alan as he let out a sigh.

"Well, the thing is, I'm technically dead."

There was a long pause, then I finally asked, "How?"

"Back before I met Baron, Destiny and I were - I guess you could say 'partners.' We were like siblings; joined at the hip, inseparable.

"One day, I was walking around when I got attacked by a group of bloodthirsty Umbreons. They literally tore me to shreds."

"That's when I found him. I managed to revive him, but-"

"How do you REVIVE a lifeless, rotting carcass?" I interrupted.

"Well, I know a special song that essentially transfers life force between living things. When I sang the song, the Umbreons died and their life force was transferred to Alan."

"The whole episode was so traumatic that whenever I see an Umbreon for the first time, I literally start to die from the inside out. I run to a place that only I know exists, and I whisper the song, so only a little bit of the grass dies."

"Then why-"

"Did I evolve into Umbreon? Well, Destiny was captured by a human a few days later. I ran away and managed to escape, and I met Baron. Arrostig came after us at night. Garret and Chloe hatched after we defeated him."

"So your friendship was maxed out!"

"Yes. The mixture of events caused my evolution into Umbreon."

"I managed to escape from that trainer," Destiny continued, "but I didn't see Alan until that reunion, and here we are now."

Flarey chimed in, "While we're all confessing, that forest fire a few days ago… wasn't an accident..."

I gave a shrug. "Well, this has been an interesting last few days."

Alan gave me a confused look. "Wait. Hold up... You found out that I'm really dead. You heard Flarey admit committing a crime that killed three. You were raped! You basically found out that nothing is as you thought it was. And your reaction is 'interesting?'"

"Well, when you put it that way, it does sound kinda silly," I chuckled. "What I mean is that it's been a learning experience. I've learned two things. Firstly, there's no way to prepare for people I've never met. Secondly, despite all of my abilities, there's still some things I'll never know."

"I'm glad that I don't count as people you don't know anymore," Destiny added.

"Me, too." I moved over and kissed her, hugging her tightly.

Oh, how I wish this moment could last forever.

I'm running out of shit to say...

~Tenkai