Unintended Goodbyes

Low Lying yellow grass was everywhere. From her vantage point she could see two huge rivers, and she realized a certain thirst hung in her throat. So she began towards the one to her right; seemed close enough anyway. Suddenly The river began to inch away from her, and only when she stopped did it fully reach her, noticing the oddity's in this place she looked up, gray and black swirls could be seen everywhere. Crack! Turning towards the sound she saw a mew! Instinctively she registered the Pokémon in her mind, Small petite, girl, and pink. If human she would look a bit weak but she was a Pokémon and could probably easily hurt something if provoked. Then she heard a soft humming, a lullaby. The mews voice was soft, warming, welcoming almost.

"Can I help you young one?" Efiel jumped at the sound of her voice, she sounded like someone she knew, Nancy!

"Um, yes I think you can, I'm a little lost do you mind telling me where we are?" To be honest I was completely lost no matter what I said, I had no idea where I was and I had never even heard of yellow grass.

"No, but I will tell you this is Rebellion River. The ocean is straight left, you can probably hear it if you go closer. Don't know about you but I can feel the moister in the air." She was right, if I actually listened close enough I could hear it every once in a while. Then what she said registered in my mind…Rebellion River…Ocean…not possible. She was in the yin plains, to her right and down would be the yang plains. How, how did she get to the normal kingdom?

"Mew, do you mind telling me what's going on? I'm somewhere I haven't ever been and…"
"Yes you have, you were born here but hatched in the ghost kingdom. Your worried if your mother gave you an honest answer, Efiel Don't let people make your life decisions, its time you make your own. Now look the reason Gengar doesn't want you anywhere near the normal kingdom is because you are an elder's child there. And you are his bargaining chip for future events. Ask Nancy about it, she knows the truth, and no she won't lie to you. Goodbye Efiel." I just stared in shocked silence, how did she know all that, how did she know me? An Elder's child, from the normal kingdom. N wonder I was never allowed to leave, how come no one informed me of this? My life, for the first time, had holes, holes that had to be filled. And I knew just who was going to fill them.

That morning when I woke up I walked directly to the temple. Gengar was sitting at his desk as usual except this time the two officials were with him. This set me on high alert. When Gengar saw me he smiled, he had no idea what I knew now, but how could he. It's not like he's telepathic. I hope…whatever, I'm just scaring myself.

I took a seat and looked at my paws gaining the confidence to say what needed to be said. "Who are my real parents, and what do they do." I looked him in the eyes while I said this, which wasn't easy considering he's a Gengar and all. All of the sudden his face wasn't so cheerful anymore, and the truth was revealed.

"You are the daughter of two very wealthy Pokémon in the normal kingdom, they…"

"Are they elders? Why haven't they come for me before? Why didn't you tell me?"

"Yes, your father is an elder and I didn't tell you for the same reason Nancy didn't tell you." I began to object but realized it was true, Nancy hadn't told me. She had lied twice now, I think. Maybe she meant the no but I couldn't be sure, not now anyway. "Efiel, we didn't tell you for your own protection, you would have been taken. You do want to live with Nancy don't you?" I nodded, it was true. No matter how many times Nancy lied I would always want to be near her. "Then we are on the same page right? Look, I'm sorry we lied to you and kept this small thing a secret, but we had to! If we had told you or anybody your parents could have found you. And obviously they did from what we know now. Efiel, you're safe as long as you don't leave the kingdom. And all I want is for you to be safe. This trip is defiantly not in your best interests Efiel. Trust me. Now how about my guards take you home hmm?" He nodded to the Pokémon next to him and they began to walk towards me.

Small? This was anything but a small secret! And my parents hadn't even known I was here! I went to him for answers but know I only felt more holes. Unfortunately his guards were right behind me, and that was something I didn't need right now. I decided I was going to have to lose them. Looking for places to hide, which was easy for me, I darted forward and in less than a second I was gone. Out of sight, but I knew this wasn't over, they would catch up once it hi them that I was gone. I saw my chance, a small crack in the wall to my right, I sprinted for it, but I hit something hard first. I looked up to see Connor, but this time he had a friend with him. I couldn't afford this, I had to get through and they were blocking my way. As I put one paw in the crack I realized, I had two officials chasing me and I just ran into two normal types. I couldn't just leave them could I? I looked back to see obvious signs of bewilderment on their faces. Nope, couldn't leave them, their too stupid to run when they see someone else running and they're the intruders.

Running back to them I looked to find the two officials, I could barely see them. It was true; I was an extremely fast runner. "Come on, you don't want to look like sitting ducks do you?" I have to admit, I did kind of scream at them, for that I was sorry but we had no time. I quickly grabbed at them and caught Connors paw. Dragging him behind me his friend followed. When we were finally safe I explained everything, the lies, why I was being chased, everything. Connor and his friend, whose name is

Lance and a Herdier, exchanged worried glances.

"So does this mean you will be going on the trip with us?" they asked cheerfully. Why were they cheerful after what I had just told them? They were boys, so I guessed that must be it.

"No. Im not going on the trip. I need answers and it will take more than a day to find out. Im sorry guys." They both looked disappointed, but who cares, I don't live to please those to. I said my goodbyes and hurried out the crack that we had previously come in. I scanned the area for the officials, and luckily they were nowhere to be found. I scrambled home as fast as I could.

Upon arriving I saw Nancy and the two officials outside and did not like the looks of it, no one looked partially happy with me. "Efiel, why did you run? You were supposed to stay with these two and you know that!" Nancy was upset, but her tone suggested that it wasn't Efiel she was upset with.

"Im sorry mother, I got lost in the market and I started to look for them that's why I was gone so long." I quickly responded, no need in telling them about Lance and Connor. And I hoped they wouldn't ask which they didn't. Seeming to by my answer Nancy nodded to the two guards and took me inside.

"Im glad you got away. And don't worry I'm not mad at you, its Gengar I'm mad at for having assigned two officials to a sweet girl like you." Nancy said. It made me happy that she wasn't ad but she had still lied to me. I'll talk to her about it later, instead of replying I just looked down at my feet. I didn't really want to talk to her I have to admit. Seeming to realize this she changed the subject to something more important.

"Are you going on that trip? If you are you might as well pack…I'll make you something to eat for on the road."

"I thought you didn't want me to go?" She seemed hesitant for some reason.

"No of course I don't want you to go but it's for my purpose that I don't want you to go. So if I didn't allow you to do this then I wouldn't be a good mother, I just don't want to miss you so much! So if you truly want to go then go, I'm not stopping you and I will gladly face Gengar for that." She smiled and hugged me tight; I couldn't believe I was hearing this. She's going to let me go, if I want. But I didn't want to.

"Mother, I'm not going and I'm not going because you don't want me to…I'm not going because I need answers, answers that can only be found here." She giggled a little happy to hear the good news I suppose.

"Good, then I'll put you to go use; you can do half the chores for the day…I live you very much"

"I love you more" We had this argument often and whoever started it always won, to bad I hated chores though. I was going to have a long day.

"I love you most…" She hugged me once more and left to do her half of the chores. I was sad, yes, that I wasn't going on a fun adventure but I was confused and hurt but all the lies and cover ups in my life and my life was definitely more important. Before doing her chores she decided to let Connor know that she was not planning on going.

That night Efiel woke with a start. She heard a loud crash and bang. And after that mellow voices. She recognized two but couldn't quite place them. She stepped out of bed to try and get a glimpse of the intruders. She hoped and hoped it wasn't Gengar, after all who else could get past the officials? It suddenly dawned on her that maybe she should get Nancy up, just in case. Then she heard footsteps and clearer voices, she could make out a bit of what they were saying.

"…the girl…make…sleep….be quiet…check on…heard something…shhh" they heard her, but how and what did they mean sleep. She didn't smell the powder in the air after it was too late. She felt dizzy and tired; she felt her body go limp and someone catch her. A young man it seemed, someone she recognized. What were they going to do with her? She became frightened and tried to squirm but just felt her body being pulled into darkness. Goodbye Nancy, she whispered and hoped for the best, hoped that she would wake up again and that Nancy would be alright.

Well? Good, Bad? How many of you thought efiel was going to go on the trip? Thought wrong huh? Well who do you think kidnapped her? Gengar or an old childhood friend or someone else?