Knowing that Tyler had slept soundly in his new bed last night makes me wonder if Katie was able to sleep, too. She has yet to know that Tyler has made a full recovery and that he probably has no memories of anything happening. She really seemed down for her usual cheery self. I just hope that she's feeling alright…

"Isaac, breakfast is ready. Come down when you're ready," I heard my mom say to me. She was standing in the hallway; speaking to me while holding Tyler. And surely enough, Tyler was also holding his blanket in his paws. He sure loved that thing to death, and he's had it for a very short time. His instant attachment to things, me and that blanket, namely, has yet to cease to amaze me.

"Alright. Be down in a minute," I said back to her. She walked on towards downstairs, while saying something to Tyler; I couldn't quite make it out. I jumped out of my hammock bed, but my foot got caught in between one of the openings that the weave of the hammock leaves behind. With my feet currently tied up, there was only one other place that would land first… my head, and that's just how it happened.

My face was smashed right into the floor, nose-first. The impact let out a decently audible thunk and probably freaked the life out of my mom. My foot was still entangled in the hammock, so my feet were still above my head. My tail also decided to be funny and dropped right on top of my head, its two prongs covering both of my eyes. "Ow…"

I shifted myself around so that I was on my back and started untangling my foot from my bed. Just as I freed it from its ensnarement, my mom appeared in my doorway. "Isaac? What happened?"

"Nothing, Mom. My foot just got caught in my bed and I took a little fall, but I'm alright," I said, standing up and brushing myself off.

"Oh dear, your nose is bleeding a little. This is exactly why I was reluctant when I agreed we'd let you have this kind of bed."

"Yea, well, it doesn't matter now, but you said my nose is bleeding?" I tapped underneath my nose with one of my fingers and brought it back to where I could see it. And sure enough, there was a bright red liquid on where I tapped. "Great… I'm gonna go clean this up. I'll be at the table soon," I responded.

"Ok. There's a bucket out back that you can use," she replied.

I nodded, and she started back downstairs. I followed her for a short while before turning and heading out the door to our house. I walked around to the back and found the bucket she mentioned earlier. I quickly filled it with my Water Gun and, after it was full, started cupping it into my paws and splashing it onto my face. After rubbing the area down with the water, I refilled the bucket so I could see my reflection in it. I had managed to clean off all the blood that my nose produced, which really wasn't a lot. It also didn't start bleeding again after I was done.

I shook my head free of any leftover water, emptied the bucket, and returned inside. The rest of my family was happily sitting at the table, eating their breakfast, or, in my mom's case, feeding Tyler his. I normally wasn't picky about what berries I ate, but this time, I searched for a couple of Oran Berries. The front of my face was still a little sore from bashing the floor, and I knew Oran Berries had some restorative properties.


Quickly after breakfast was finished, my dad had to leave for his job. He works in the construction business. He had mentioned something about a new house for a new family moving into the town during breakfast. My dad actually doesn't help with the actual building; he just oversees the whole operation, kinda like a foreman.

My mom had set Tyler back in the living room while she went about cleaning up after breakfast, and I was told to watch over him. It was actually exactly like the day before: breakfast, then watching over Tyler. But today, I had somewhere to be. I hadn't forgotten what I told Katie yesterday, that I'd stop by her house and tell her how Tyler's doing. I figured I'd wait an hour or so to give Katie's family time to start their mornings, though.

After watching Tyler play for a while, I got up from our couch and wandered over to the kitchen. My mom was in the storage room cleaning it up and keeping all our food fresh. I stopped just short of the doorway and called out to her. "Hey, Mom? I know I'm supposed to be watching Tyler, but I kinda promised Katie I'd drop by her house and give her an update on Tyler." She seemed a little surprised when I started talking, like she wasn't expecting me. Well, she wasn't, so I can't really blame her for being a little startled.

"Oh, well, this isn't a ruse to go goofing off with Sean, is it?" she asked back.

"No, Mom. What I said is what I'm doing. It won't take me long. I'll probably just go over to her house and talk for a little. I might ask if she wants to see for herself and bring her back for a little, but it won't take me long."

"Alright. Just make sure Tyler is ok before you leave."

"Got it." I started back to the living room and saw Tyler still playing around with that Wingull contraption. He was safe, so I headed out the door and towards Katie's house. It was pretty much the same direction as if I was going to Sean's, but about three-quarters of the way there, I'd take a different road that led to Katie's house.

I arrived at their house and started knocking on the door. I was expecting Katie to answer the door because I figured her parents also had jobs around the town and she was old enough to be left alone. To my surprise, though, a large Ampharos answered the door. "Hi, is Katie around?" I asked.

"Yes, she is… but she's not feeling very well." the Ampharos said hesitantly. By how light the voice was, I assumed that this Ampharos was Katie's mom. I hadn't been to Katie's house many times in the past, because we always hung out somewhere else, so I wasn't too keen on which Ampharos was Katie's mom or dad.

"Is she sick or something?" I asked back. A thought formed in the back of my head right then. I didn't want to think it, but maybe she was ill because of what happened yesterday. I sure hope not…

"I'm not sure… She just came home yesterday and headed for her room. She also didn't have anything to eat last night or this morning. I don't know what the problem is."

My mind completely sunk after hearing that. My thoughts were right. She hadn't recovered from the mental trauma of shocking my little brother and was still beating herself up for it. "Did she tell you what happened yesterday?" I asked somberly.

"No, she hasn't said anything since yesterday morning. Why? What happened?"

I sighed before answering. "I'm sure you know that she left yesterday morning to come to my house to see my little brother, right?" She nodded. "Well, as we were talking, my little brother grabbed onto Katie's tail, and she accidentally released some electricity, shocking him."

A look of horror sparked onto her face. "Oh dear! Is he alright?"

"That's actually why I came over. I promised Katie I'd let her know how Tyler was doing the day after. He's as happy and healthy as can be."

"Oh, that's a relief. Maybe you could get her to come out of her room. I think it'd be better if she heard the news from you. If I could also ask a favor? Take some berries with you. She hasn't eaten anything since she came home, and I'm dreadfully worried for her health."

"Yea, sure. I just hope that she'll listen to me."

Katie's mom let me into their house and retrieved a bowl of berries from their storage room. "I'll show you to Katie's room," she said. I took the bowl and followed her up the stairs in their house. The layout of this house wasn't much different from my own. Houses are all made in pretty much the same way, I guess.

Katie's room was in the same position as Tyler's room back at my house. The door to the room was also closed. Katie's mom knocked on the door a few times. "Katie? Could you open the door? Isaac is here to see you." Nothing happened for a few moments after she knocked on the door. "Katie! Please open the door!"

Did she barricade herself in her room? This isn't good. This isn't like Katie. Her mom started pushing with all her might on the door, but she wasn't able to make it budge. I set the bowl of berries down and started pushing on the door with her. With our combined might, we were able to open the door just enough for me to be able to squeeze in.

I picked the bowl back up and squeezed into Katie's room. Her mom left as I was inching my way in. After a minute of struggling, I finally made it into her room. It was completely dark in there. All the windows were blocked, and there were no candles lit.

"Katie? Where are you?" I called out. For several moments, I heard nothing but silence. "Katie, my brother is ok; he's fine! He woke up last night and has been as active as ever!" I thought that if I just said what I wanted to say, she'd have to hear it. She was still in the room.

After listening for any sound in the room, I heard the sound of faint crying. It was coming from the corner of the room. I walked over to that area until the sound grew slightly louder. I knelt down and extended my paw to see if Katie was there. But before I could even extend my arm fully, something smacked it away. "'Please… Just leave me alone." I heard her say.

This wasn't good. This was not Katie sitting in front of me. "Katie, what's happened to you? If this is still about Tyler, don't worry. I already said that he's as fine as he can be," I said to her, trying to assure her in any way I could. I just wanted her to be her normal self again. It just wasn't right seeing my hyper-active friend feel so… depressed.

"I don't want to hurt you anymore…" I heard her faintly say.

"Katie, you've never hurt me before. Why would you think that you have?"

"Don't lie… I've hurt you in more ways than one. I don't want to ever again… So please, just leave… Don't make this any harder than it already is."

I couldn't believe my ears. One of my best friends, who I've known for over half my life, is trying to sever our friendship… all because of what she thinks I'll think… I wasn't about to let that happen so easily, though. "Katie, we're friends! I don't want to see you like this! Can't you be that happy, friendly Flaaffy you were before?"

"Just leave…"

"Katie. I-"

"Just leave…" she retorted, cutting me off. She started to sob a little afterwards.

I just sat there for a moment and tried to extend my paw out again, but she just swatted it away again. I heard her sobs grow louder after she swatted my paw away. I didn't know what else I could do. I… I didn't want to just leave her there; she needed someone to help her, but I don't know what else to do.

With a feeling of defeat rushing over me, I stood up and walked back to her door. I shoved the object that was blocking the door out of the way. It was much easier to move it on this side than it was from the door. It seemed to be her bed or something. I turned just as I was about to leave to say one last thing. "Please, if not for me but for your mother, eat something. She's worried about you, Katie, and so am I. You're still my friend to me." She didn't respond in any way to my words, just sending me into an extreme state of worry.

I walked slowly through their hallway back towards the stairs. About halfway to them, I heard a door close behind me and the sound of something scraping along a floor. My mind was just sent into the abyss after that. I felt my eyes starting to water as I descended the stairs. Katie's mom was sitting on their couch when I came down. If she had any hope that I was successful in helping Katie out, the expression on my face was enough to kill that hope.

She saw the look on my face, and her expression dropped to just about match mine. I moved for the door, and for some reason, I was hoping that Katie would recover by tonight, but I knew that wouldn't happen. I turned my head to meet her mom's gaze. "I'm sorry…" I said as I exited their house.

My mind was just in a black abyss as I walked home. There was a huge hole eating at my heart as well. One of my best friends has probably just succeeded in severing any ties with me. I didn't want it to be true, but I couldn't reach her in any way…


When I returned home, my mom was sitting on our couch, just watching Tyler as he played. I still had that saddened look on my face, and my mom caught that almost immediately.

"Isaac? What happened? Is Katie alright?"

I wanted to respond, but with how I was feeling, my mind just shut down any words I would've formed. I just didn't want to lose Katie's friendship, but there was nothing I could do. Just thinking about it again caused more tears to form in my eyes. I tried to hold them back but… the thought that caused them was just too powerful to keep down.

"Oh, Isaac…" My mom came over to me and tried to comfort me, but I wouldn't be able to recover from this that easily. It was still early in the day, but I just wanted the day to end. I just wanted to curl up into a ball right then and there. I started walking for upstairs, towards my room. "Isaac? Do you need anything?" my mom asked as I was walking away. I tried to form words again, but my body just wasn't able to do so, so I just simply shook my head and continued upstairs.

Once I got to my room, I just jumped into my bed and curled myself up. My eyes just poured out all the tears they could make. I was just in a complete state of disarray, worry, hopelessness. I couldn't get my mind off of Katie. I wonder if Sean knows about her condition right now… Probably not. He knew she was pretty beat up yesterday, so he's probably keeping his distance for now. I just wish we could all be like we were before, a trio of great friends… But with how Katie's acting, I don't think we'll ever be like that ever again.


For the rest of the afternoon and almost all of the evening, I just stayed in my room, thinking about all the times Sean, Katie, and I had fun together in the past, and how we are unlikely to ever feel like that again. I was acting almost exactly like Katie has been, isolated from the rest of the world, holed up in my room. I was still able to bring myself to leave to get something to eat when dinner came around. From how quiet everyone was at the table, I figured my mom told my dad about how I was feeling. I'm slightly glad that they didn't ask any questions; I don't think I could've answered them if I tried.

When dinner was over, I was calmed down just enough to stay with my family. Tyler was lying in the middle of the floor again, playing with his blanket. He seemed completely immune to notice any of the despair I was going through. That was probably for the best; he didn't need to know what was happening.

My parents and I were on the couch watching him. I was sitting in between both of them. I still had a depressed look on my face, but I had stopped crying at least. My mom occasionally started to rub my back to get me to calm down. It helped a little but wasn't enough to fully heal my mind.

Eventually, the day finally ended. This day was one day I just wish wouldn't have happened. I just hope Katie is alright… The last thing I need is to hear something happened to her. I don't even want to think about that…

My dad had picked up Tyler from the middle of the floor. He had already fallen asleep on his blanket a while ago. We all headed upstairs and went into our rooms, save for my dad, who had to put Tyler into his. I climbed back up into my bed again and set myself straight. Before I could fall asleep, though, my mom came into my room and sat on the edge of my bed. "Isaac? How are you feeling?"

"I'm just worried about Katie…" I replied.

"What exactly happened when you went over?" she asked. I forgot that she was still in the dark about why I was so sad. She only knew that something happened with Katie.

"She doesn't want to be my friend anymore. She thinks she'll just end up hurting me again," I said, tears starting to form in my eyes again, "I don't want to lose her friendship, but I don't know what to do…"

"You need to let her know just how much of a friend she is to you, and also to Sean. You need to bring him into the picture as well. For as long as I can remember, you three have been the best group of friends I've ever seen. When you first said that you friends were Electric types, I'll admit I was a tad bit worried, but you've grown to be such great friends. You need to let Katie know that you are still her friend, no matter what may have happened."

"I already tried to, but I couldn't do anything to get her to listen."

"Maybe not alone, but if you show Katie that she has friends who care about her, she'll start to understand why you're all better off with her."

"What should I do then?"

"Remind her of all the times that you, her, and Sean have had together. Have Sean there with you, too. If both of her friends are there, she'll be reminded of all the times the three of you have had together."

Listening to all that my mom was saying, I started to realize that I had given up hope too early. There was still a chance that Katie and I could remain friends. I just had to get others in on helping her. I'm not the only one who can.

"And remember, if you ever need to talk about something, your father and I are here for you. You don't have to face all your problems alone. You have family and friends who can help you through rough waters. Don't ever forget that."

A new wave of emotions came washing over me right then. For the whole day, I was feeling depressed and hopeless, but now, I feel comforted and encouraged. My mom had gotten me out of my funk, and now it was my turn to help Katie out of hers.

"Thanks, Mom." I sat up and thanked my mom the only way I could at the time, with a hug.

My mom wrapped her arms around me, too. "You are my child, Isaac. There isn't anything I wouldn't do for you."

I was so happy right then. The tears that were flowing from my eyes had changed from tears of despair to ones of joy. I knew that, tomorrow, I'd help Katie, but I wouldn't do it alone.

We released each other from our grip, and I set myself back in my bed, while my mom started towards her room. She bade me good-night and closed my door. I fell asleep minutes after with tears still dripping down my face.


The next morning, I wanted to try to help Katie out as soon as I could, but the weather wasn't too cooperative. It had gotten pretty cloudy the past few days. I guess today was the worst of it. It was raining hard and thundering even harder. Poor Tyler seemed to be scared out of his mind. This was the first time he would've witnessed a storm, so I can't really blame him. If it was just raining, it wouldn't have been that much of a problem, for me or Tyler. I actually like it when it rains, but no, it was also thundering out, and when there's thunder, there's lightning. If I were to walk with my Pikachu friend in this weather, he would attract any lightning bolts in the area. I guess I have to put my plans on hold until the sky clears up.

I just stayed home and helped Tyler through the storm. My dad was also still home; a messenger Pidgey came by early in the morning to tell him that conditions are too dangerous to work. It seemed kinda ironic that the Pidgey still had to do his job of delivering news in this dangerous weather while everyone else seemed to get the day off.

During the whole day, my mind was just encompassed around Katie. I needed to let her know that she didn't need to be so hard on herself for what happened. If I get Sean there, as well as her parents, maybe we could all get her to come to her senses and be her normal self again, just like my mom suggested. I was really hoping that would work, but I wouldn't know until this storm passes.

It wasn't for another day before the weather started to clear up a bit. It was still cloudy out and still raining off and on a little, but the thunder and lightning had passed by. It was well enough for me to see if I could help Katie get out of her depression. Right after breakfast, I would head over to Sean's and ask him if he'd help me.

Minutes into breakfast, though, someone knocked on our door. I got up from where I was sitting and headed for the door. I was expecting it to be another messenger Pidgey or something like one for my dad, but when I opened the door, I saw something much bigger than a Pidgey, a Staraptor. "Can I help you?"

"You must be Isaac. Are either of your parents around?" the large Staraptor asked. The tone of his voice seemed to be a little off, like he was trying to keep something hidden. And why did he need my parents? Couldn't he have just told me what to tell them? Something was off…

"Uh, yea. One sec." I turned my head back towards where my parents were. "Hey Mom! Someone here wants to talk to you."

"Who is it?" I heard her call back. I looked back towards the Staraptor questioningly.

"Just let her know that I must be allowed to speak to either her or your father," he said. I still couldn't figure out why he couldn't just tell me, and I could relay the info to my parents.

I turned back around and shouted to the dining hall again. "He just says he needs to speak to one of you."

"Very well, one moment please," she replied. A few seconds later, my mom came into view and walked towards the door. "I apologize for the wait. What is it you need to tell me?"

"If we could speak outside? I have orders that restrict me to only tell this information to either you or your husband," the Staraptor stated. He had orders that prevented him from telling me something? Who was this Pokemon? I've never seen him before around town or anywhere else.

"Oh, very well. Isaac, stay in here," my mom said. She walked outside and closed the door behind her.

What is going on? Something is not right. I've gotta try and hear what that Staraptor had to say that he couldn't tell me. I held my head up against the side of our house to try and listen for them. They had just gone around the corner of my house, so I would still be able to hear what he had to say. Their voices were muffled, but I could still make out most of it.

"So, what is it you need to tell me?" I heard my mom say.

"Let me introduce myself first. My name is Tyr. I am a member of a hidden organization of this village designed to aid in any extreme trouble that may occur. We are kept hidden as to not incite panic within the village. From what I was told, your son Isaac is in close relations with one Katherine Moko, correct?"

Katherine Moko? That's Katie's name! Why did he need to confirm I had any relation to her? Something must have happened…

"Yes, Katie is what he calls her. She is one of Isaac's closest friends; he's known her for years. He was actually going to head over to his other friend's house, and both of them were going to Katie's house to try and help her out. From what Isaac's told me, she has been beating herself up for accidentally electrocuting my other son, Tyler."

"This other friend is Sean Livol, correct? Well, I'm afraid to inform you that Katherine Moko has gone missing."

My heart stopped when I heard that. My breathing nearly halted altogether. I didn't want to believe what I just heard. I just didn't want to believe that... Katie… No. Tears started dropping from my face. My whole being was sent into chaos. Why did Katie run away? Why did you leave, Katie? Why?

I needed some answers, and the only one who could provide those answers is that bird. I ran as fast as I could out the door and around our house. Tears were still falling from my eyes. They were so watered up that I could barely see, but I know they saw me.

"Isaac…" My mom came over to me and knelt down in front of me. She wrapped her arms around me. I wrapped mine around her and just cried all I could over her shoulder. I just felt so lost and confused. Any hopes I had of helping Katie now… are gone. Dead. I needed to know exactly what happened and why that bird wasn't able to tell me about my friend.

"Pfft. Great… How much did you hear?" Tyr said with a bit of frustration.

"Enough to know that Katie is missing," I said through my tears, "Why did you have to hide that from me? Katie's one of my best friends!" Tears started dropping from my eyes even faster now. I was hurt on two different levels: the fact that Katie is missing and the fact that this organization was trying to keep it hidden from me. "And what about Sean? Does he know, or are you hiding this from him, too?" I shouted.

"I was given strict orders by my superior to not tell this info to anyone but your mother or father! But you had to be a little sneak and eavesdrop on us, didn't you!" Tyr shouted back.

It was now my mom's turn to speak up. "You do not speak to my son like that! And, he actually has a very good point. Why did you have to keep this hidden from him? Both him and Sean are old enough to know that something like this had happened."

"Listen, Ma'am, orders are orders. It was my orders to not disclose this information to him. My associate was also ordered to not tell anyone but Sean Livol's parents."

"So, you'd rather follow your orders and treat us like babies than to acknowledge our age and ability to understand such matters…" I said scornfully. I had started to feel intense anger at this Staraptor. All that he was really doing was treating me like a little baby.

"Isaac, calm down. I can understand your anger, but you don't need to do anything stupid right now." My mom tried to reason with me, but I was in just too large a rage to listen to reason.

"Listen to your mother, Buizel. A little shrimp like you wouldn't be able to do anything to me, anyway." Tyr said insultingly.

I just snapped after that. I don't know what came over me. The feeling of sadness inside me was temporarily overtaken by an intense rage. My mom tried to hold me back, but she couldn't get a hold on me. I charged at the Staraptor with my paw reared back in a fist, but just as I was about to throw my punch, he simply dodged me and batted me away with one of his wings. His wing hit me square on my back, sending me flying about 10 yards away.

"Isaac!" My mom had come running over to where I had landed. She stood in between me and Tyr, preventing me from getting any closer to him, but I was still in a rage. I just wanted to land at least one hit on him, but I didn't want to make my mom worry about me or get her extremely mad at me.

The will to continue fighting Tyr overtook my fear of having my parents mad at me, however. I managed to get around my mom and charged at Tyr again. This time, though, I focused water around my body and shot at him with an Aqua Jet. However, right before impact, he side stepped again and brought his wing straight down onto my back.

The hit didn't send my flying any long distance this time. Instead, it sent me straight into the ground. How I managed to stay conscious after the hit is beyond me. I struggled to get to my feet, but Tyr slammed me back into the ground with one of his talons. I could feel the sharp ends of his talons dig into my back, but I didn't feel any pain from them. I could feel, however, a slight wetness running along my back.

"Pathetic. I told you that you wouldn't be able to do anything to me," he said mockingly.

I started feeling light headed soon after. I could feel Tyr pushing his weight harder onto me, shoving me into the ground, but suddenly, all the weight I felt on my back disappeared. I also felt drops of water land all around me. I turned my head and saw that it was no longer Tyr that was above me but my mom. She had forced Tyr off of me with an Aqua Jet of her own.

"Don't you harm my son anymore!" she shouted.

"Heh, so you both want to get damaged up some, eh? I'll be reprimanded, but at this point, I don't care," Tyr said menacingly. I didn't want my mom to end up getting hurt. I just wanted that bird to show me some respect, but all that I've accomplished so far in trying to get that is gaining a few open wounds and one pissed-off Staraptor. My mom stood in a defensive position above me, but something behind Tyr caught my attention.

"Hey." My dad tapped Tyr on his shoulder, and just as Tyr turned around, my dad landed a heavy hit to the Staraptor's face. "Why are you attacking my family?"

"Gah! I'll kill you for that, Floatzel!" Tyr shouted as he flew up into the sky. His wings started to glow a white color. I recognized it as a Steel Wing attack. Tyr dropped from a high height and aimed right for my father. My dad just extended his arms and caught Tyr's wings in his paws, stopping the attack in its tracks.

"Heh, have you forgotten that Steel type moves don't affect Water types that much?" my dad said with a smirk on his face. He then grabbed one of Tyr's wings with both his paws and hurled him away. He then crossed his arms across his body. The fins on the sides of his arms started glowing white. This was his Razor Wind attack. He whipped his arms down and two white-colored crescent blades flew from his fins, aimed directly at Tyr.

Tyr had no time to react to my dad's attack. Both crescent blades cut into his body. This was the exact opposite of what happened when I was trying to fight Tyr. Instead of him blocking all my moves and me getting injured, my dad was the one who hadn't gained a scratch, while Tyr was getting damaged.

My dad walked over to where Tyr was lying in the road. "Might I suggest you just go about your business and leave us alone?"

"Not without your blood!" Tyr shouted as he attempted to rake at my dad with his talons. My dad just caught Tyr's leg in his paw and used a move that finished the fight, Ice Fang. He bit down on Tyr's body with his chilled fangs, causing the dampened feathers of Tyr's body to start freezing over. The freezing encased almost all of one of his wings and about half of his main body.

No matter how much Tyr struggled, he couldn't break the ice surrounding him. "Damn you, Floatzel! Damn you and your whole family!"

My dad grabbed Tyr by the top of his head. "Listen to me, bird. Don't ever let me catch you attacking my family again. If I do, I will personally rip every feather off of your body!" I've never seen my dad like this before. He's never gotten this out of line with anyone. If I thought he was at his worst when he punished me, then I apparently don't know what his worst is.

"Now, I'm going to allow you to leave, but just fly away. Don't even think about coming back" my dad said. He whipped his tail around and shattered the ice encasing Tyr. He then backed away from Tyr, who started flapping his wings and flying away.

My dad started walking towards me and my mom, who was checking the wounds on my back. As I looked up to my dad, I noticed that Tyr had turned around in his flying. It suddenly looked like he just burst into flames and started to dive bomb straight down. Just as he approached the ground, he changed direction and color. He was now shimmering blue and aimed directly at my dad. I don't know why, but using every last ounce of my energy, I ran towards my dad. I rammed him aside seconds before Tyr slammed into him, but that then caused me to take Tyr's attack.

Whatever move that Tyr used hit me with full force. The hit sent me flying farther than when he first just smacked me with his wing. It felt like I was just trampled by a herd of Tauros. My body just went completely numb. I couldn't breathe at all. My body was shutting down.

When my body came in contact with the ground, every inch of my body flared up in pain. I was rolling and skipping along the ground, tiny shards of rock embedding themselves in my body. How I came to stop was by slamming directly into a large tree on the side of the road. My right side hit the tree first, and whatever kept me from feeling the pain of Tyr's talons before had completely worn off, because I felt a debilitating pain emanate from my right arm. I tried to get up; I tried to move, but my body just wouldn't respond. The last thing I remember seeing was Tyr flying high in the sky and my parents running towards me before I blacked out from the pain.