They slept in the old lady's house and woke up early in the morning the next day, already preparing to go to the small town.

The three males waited outside with the pokémon, while Martha and Melissa were inside the house; Martha was dressing up and Melissa was assisting the old lady whilst dressing up herself.

"Agathon said you needed your fater's help hmm?" Martha asked Melissa, dressing up as she got ready to visit the town. "Are you sure you can convince him?"

"Yes," Melissa answered, picking up her robes, "I don't think he witnessed what the leader does secretly." She put her robes on.

"What do you mean 'secretly'?" Martha asked Melissa again.

"He…" Melissa stopped, remembering a horrific image she witnessed within the leader's personal catacombs. "If we can show him what the leader does, he'll certainly turn to our side."

"What did you see Melissa?" Martha asked, concerned with the girl.

She didn't respond. Melissa only walked towards the exit then said:

"Please, let's just go," Melissa asked to Martha.

Martha nodded and left the house. She was concerned about the girl, but she didn't want to force Melissa to anything she didn't want to. Martha put her headpiece on and left the house.

Augustus was meditating and standing straight. During the time he had his eyes closed, he had one thought inside his head: Can you control it? Will you be able to? Are they wrong? But his thoughts changed after he realized worrying would not help.

You must learn to control it. They need you. They trust you.

You have to learn. You can learn. You just need to focus…

Augustus focused on his mind, nullified his senses, feeling only what was inside of him, until all he could hear was his breath and his heartbeat.

He focused on its rhythm; two beats every second; his inhale and exhale, always on repeated succession.

His heart began beating stronger. He could feel something else pulsating inside his veins, and his heartbeat got even stronger each second; to the point where he could feel his chest pumping.

"Alex, what are you waiting for?" Draco asked.

Augustus opened his eyes, surprised, and at the same time, confused about what happened. His heart began beating normally again, and everyone waited for him; Martha was riding a cart, carrying a big cage with a long folded canvas covering half of it. Everyone waited inside the big cage.

"Nothing," Augustus responded.

Lucario knew there was something wrong; he felt it in his master's aura.

"Get in," Martha said, "We can't be late."

Augustus obeyed and entered the cage, unfolding the canvas, covering the whole cage.

"So, why can't we be late?" Lucario asked.

"Because it's water refill day," Martha explained, "We'll use this as an opportunity to get in!"

"Water refill day?" Augustus asked

"There's a well in the town," Martha explained.

"Are you sure this will work?" Draco asked, unsure.

"Yes!" Martha answered, "The guards don't suspect a thing for me; I've always been nice to them."

"Fair enough," Augustus said.

Martha rode the cart right thorough a ramp at the end of the slit, riding with compassion while whistling along the way. They reached the city gates and everyone inside the cage could hear the conversation between the guards and the small old woman.

"So, Martha decided to show up again," One of the guards said, making a signal for her to stop. "It's been a long time!"

"Yes, yes! And you've been doing a really good job I see," Martha said.

"Thank you. We'll just check inside your cart okay?" Erasmus said then proceeded to check inside the cart.

"Could you please pass it this once?" Martha asked, "I've slept too much so I'm late for the water refill."

"Erasmus; It's Martha," The other guard said, "You can let her go. Whatever is inside the cart, it's of no harm," the other guard added.

Erasmus stopped, turned towards the other guard and said:

"Well, you're not wrong." Erasmus returned to his spot. "Just this once. Don't be late for the next one okay Martha?" Erasmus said then made a signal for the other guards to open the gates.

"Thank you!" Martha said whilst riding the cart towards the town, "I'll remember your tip!"

PS: Sorry I couldn't release chapters sooner.

The thing is, I am in test week and trying to keep everything up is really stressful.

Once all the work is done I will probably be able to write in my normal rhythm again.

Sorry for the delay.