opponent It's good to be back guys! I have two chapters for this fan fiction. I'm going to let you read, I'm sorry it's been so long, but I'm back now. Enjoy these chapters.

Luna yawned. Tot had returned to his pokeball and the Pidgeys wouldn't shut the heck up. The sun was up and shining. It seemed she had actually gotten sleep. Had Tot really protected her? What had happened to keep her asleep?

Luna stood up and shoved a pokepuff in her mouth. It tasted different. These weren't the pokepuffs she had made, these had a different taste. Sweeter than normal. It was almost sickening. She hadn't had such sweet pokepuffs. She looked at the box she put them in. Inside was a note, she certainly hadn't put it there. After she looked at it, Luna smashed the note in her hands and then threw the box to the side. This is why she shouldn't have fallen asleep. Silver had left as soon as he could and he had caught up with her. If she hadn't stopped, she would already be in Violet City.

Silver passed her and replaced her pokepuffs with his own sucky cooking. It was enough to make her sick. His note was mocking her. He was bragging. Luna was going to kill him.

Luna started running towards Violet City. Maybe if she ran, she could catch up with him. Sleep was for the weak. No pill, person, or pokemon was going to stop her from staying awake. Luna pulled out her pokegear and called Professor Elm.

"Hello Luna. What can I do for you?" Elm answered.

"Do you have any way to track Silver?" Luna quickly asked.

"No, why?"

"Can you call him and tell him, I'M GOING TO BEAT HIM TO A PULP!"

"Please don't hurt him. There is more to him than meets the eye." Luna hung up and remembered what Hannah had wanted. She called her mom so she could describe the land to Hannah. Just because she couldn't see it, doesn't means she couldn't imagine what it looked like.

Silver slipped out of from behind the tree. She was going to have to find him before she could beat him. Luna didn't appear to like his cooking. Cinder liked it. That little ball of fire liked his sweet pokepuffs. Sure, he hadn't always been the best cook, but at least Elm's wife cared enough to lie to him. Luna hadn't even tried. It's a good thing that Elm didn't track him through. If Luna found out that he was following behind her, who know what she would do to him.

SIlver picked up the box of pokepuffs. He knew his Cyndaquil would eat them. He released Cinder from his ball and gave him one of the treats. "Quil!" Cinder shouted, happily taking the his gift. It made SIlver happy to know he finally had a friend. If he steered clear of his parents, it would stay that way, but it was Silver's job to stop them. It was his fight.

The two friends started walking to Violet City. That was where the first gym was. He didn't know much about the gym leader besides that he had bird pokemon making them flying types. Most of them were probably normal types like Pidgey and Sparrow. The weaknesses depended on the pokemon itself sometimes. Most flying types were weak against electric types. Some said that even the legendary Lugia was weak against electric type pokemon. That may have been the reason that Lugia left the Burned Tower. It had been hit by lightning.

Flying types also had a resistance to Fighting types which wouldn't be a problem since he didn't have any pokemon besides Cinder. He should probably catch another pokemon before he fought the gym leader. If he got enough attention, he might attract the eyes of Team Rocket and his parents. He could stop them then. Rumors stated that they had a base somewhere in Mahogany Town. If he could get there and find it then everything would be perfect. After that…

"Hey mister! Are you just going to stand there?" A little boy shouted. He was wearing a scout uniform. Silver wasn't even aware that he had stopped walking. Cinder wasn't around. He must have returned to him to his pokeball or something like that without knowing it.

"Sorry. I was lost in thought." Silver moved out of the boy's way.

"Are you a pokemon trainer?" The boy asked.

"Yes. I'm Silver from New Bark Town and you are?"

"I'm Nick from Cherrygrove City. Will you battle me?"

"Why not, but let's make it quick okay. You start." Silver answered. Nick smiled and pulled out a pokeball. He released a Rattata and Silver let Cinder out. His Cyndaquil yawned as if waking up from a nap. Nick's face lit up.

"Wow, a Cyndaquil! He looks so cool. This is going to be fun. Okay Tat, let's go." Silver let out a little chuckle. Nick had his Rattata attack and Cinder quickly dodged it. Luna's Totodile may have had the best attack damage, but his Cyndaquil had the best defense.

The battle didn't go on very long and Nick's Rattata was easily defeated. Even though he had lost, Nick had a smile on his face and thanked Silver for the fun battle. Nick then ran off, heading back in the direction of Cherrygrove City. Cinder went back to his nap and Silver started to run to make up for lost time.

Silver's pokegear started to ring and he picked it up. It was a number he didn't know, but he figured that Elm had finally caved in. He answered the call. "Hello?"

"You are so dead Silver." A voiced told him from the other line.

"How'd you get my number?" He asked.

"Your dad gave it to me. Where are you right now?" Luna asked. She still didn't know the truth. Thank goodness.

"If I told you, would you come hunt me down?" He asked, jokingly. She muttered something he couldn't hear. He let out a laugh.

"What's so funny you little…" He had hung up on her. Silver didn't like it when Luna cursed. It was annoying. He continued to walk after putting her number in his pokegear. She was probably in Violet City right now. His pokegear started to ring again. It was her again. He answered. "Where are you you?"

"Route 30, why?" She growled then hung up on him. She was probably cursing at him right now.

Luna sighed as she sat on the couch in the Pokemon Center. That idiot hadn't been ahead of her. Which means he actually stopped in Cherrygrove and it wasn't him who switched her pokepuffs. But if it wasn't him, who was it? Who was stupid enough to mess with her? Maybe it was Emily, her cooking sucked too, but she was an entire day ahead of Luna. She also didn't have a sense of humor or a death wish. Did she want to call Silver again to ask? It was pretty easy to read him, even over the phone. He dropped hints even when he didn't mean to. But if he was the one who switched her pokepuffs then she would lose more time waiting for him.

"Miss?" Nurse Joy walked over to her. "I just got off the phone. Falkner just finished his battle and they can have you come over now."

"Thank you Nurse Joy. If a boy with blonde hair and blue eyes named Silver comes in here, make sure I'm the first to know."

"Oh, of course." She smiled. "Is he your boyfriend?" That word made Luna want to vomit. Silver, her boyfriend? A newborn Rattata would beat the Champion's entire team before that ever happened. Battling Falkner was just so she could get more cash. She could probably sell the badges or something.

"No, his just my rival." Luna replied and walked out of the pokemon center. Violet City was like a maze, but Falkner's gym was right by the bridge to the Sprout Tower. Ghost types had apparently been showing up, but Luna hadn't checked it out for herself. There was no point in looking for Ghost types. She was in it for the money, not for the glory or for the adventure.

Luna walked inside the gym and found Falkner healing his pokemon. "You must be my next opponent. Ready to lose?"

"Losing isn't an option for me." Luna smiled, releasing Tot.

"So you're only fighting with one pokemon? That not a very smart choice. Someone like you would usually have more than one pokemon by now." Falkner picked up one of his pokeballs.

"You don't know me. Let's just say I'm trying not to waste time."

"You reminded me of another Trainer I fought about a month ago. I usually don't remember my opponents, but he caught my attention. Don't disappoint me Luna." He released a Pidgeotto from the pokeball.

Falkner watched as Luna's pokemon attacked. It was sloppy and she was clearly new to battling people instead of pokemon. She wasn't at all like that other boy who had challenged him. He know what he was doing when he attacked. His bond with his pokemon was strong, but she was just going through the motions. Sadly, there was a spark in her eyes that was slowly fading. What would it take relight it?

Her pokemon wasn't ready and wasn't quick enough to dodge Pidgeotto's attack. Neither of them said a word during the battle. The pokemon were attacking on their own. Luna didn't seem to care whether she won or lost the fight. Wasn't she here for a badge? They were both just staring at each other as their pokemon fought it out. As the two Pokemon collided, the gym filled with a large cloud of dust. Falkner couldn't see Luna, Pidgeotto, or Luna's Totodile. The cloud of dust slowly cleared and a figure stood next to another, but it was laying down, probably unconscious. To his surprise, it wasn't Totodile that was laying on the floor, it was Pidgeotto.

He returned his Pokemon while Luna gave her Pokemon a potion. "Do you want to do two out of three, Falkner? I'm sure Tot can take another round." Luna looked down at her pokemon. The Totodile looked ready for another challenge. He replaced Pidgeotto with another one of his pokemon and released it. If this is how Luna wanted to play it, so be it.