Day 6

Waking up was the only thing I thought I wasn't going to be able to do.

"Luna your awake." I turned around and by the looks of it I was on Riley's bed once again. "Are you okay now?"

"Yeah I'm fine." I felt warm probably from being right next to Riley all night. "What was the last thing I said last night?"

"You said "Riley can we go to bed now?" and you blacked out on me." he was serious and now was over me. "Luna are you okay?"

I looked up at him and as I wait and wait I felt like he was getting closer and closer to me. "Yeah I'm fine now I just need to stop thinking about my past that's all."

He caught on to what I was saying and by the time he did I had already slipped from under him toward the others.

"Hey guys are you okay?" Riley sat on the edge of the bed and I sat across from him scratching Chimchar and Starly. They were okay with what happened last night and didn't care all they knew was that I was alright and sane again.

"Don't you ever freak me out like that Luna. Your aura was like going haywire. I could barley come near you last night." said Riolu. "Until Riley got to you." I looked at Riley and he looked at me.

"Okay now that's weird." I stood up and went to the window, "I need to figure things out before the contest okay." I said looking at Riley and then dropping my gaze to the city.

"What are you planning on doing?"

"I going to go home. I need some answers from my mother. I'll be back by tomorrow if I leave now." I was about to grab my bag before Riley grabbed me by the arm. I looked up at him.

"Let me come with you." I looked at him and a long pause came and stood for a long while. I could barely speak let alone move. "I don't want to end up losing my friend this early in the journey. Let me come with you Luna." he hesitated and added, "please."

"No I'm sorry but that is a total negative." I turned to grab my bag but he turned me around and kissed me. I melted into his arms and all I could do was stand there. When he pulled back I felt a bit sad.

"Umm."

"Please let me go with you Luna." I was still out of it from him kissing me all I did was nod. He grabbed his stuff and we left for Twinleaf.

Riley pulled out a poke ball and out came a Salamance.

"Where have you been hiding this big guy."

"I caught him in the Johto Region. I took a risk to catch him well worthed in the end." He jumped on and let a hand out for me to get on. I accepted but let alone did I know that he was pulling me onto his lap. "Comfortable?"

"Very." I wasn't like freaking out like before I was a little surprised that I was happy being with him, but on the other side I had ran away from home and now after almost a week I'm coming back home wanting answers that she probably wouldn't tell me. I didn't know what to expect all I know is that she was going to yell at me for running.

As we approached the town I asked Riley to stop at least a few yards away from the town so that I could just walk in instead of making a big fancy entrance.

Making way into town most people were working and said hello to me from not being around, "I guess mother didn't file a missing person's report. Typical." I thought as I made way to my house.

The house was the last house to the right near the ocean. Not even close to seeing the house something from behind attacked me. I turn myself around and it was Luxray. I smiled and laughed as Luxray licked my face, "Hey boy how have you been?"

"Get off of her you ungrateful ingrate." that was mother alright and she didn't sound to happy to see me.

Riley turned around to see her and he was not happy either. I sat up stopping Luxray from licking me. Luxray looked at me with scarceness.

"What have you done to Luxray?"

"Really your asking me that, you left him with me. I didn't care for him anymore." I got so pissed that I was going to slap her. I stopped myself at a standing position. "Your going to answer all of my questions and if you don't I'm going to report you to the police for pokemon abuse."

"Oh I'm so scared Luna like you can do anything about it and if you want answers your happily to take all of your fathers junk and keep it." she pasted me as she began mocking me. I looked at Luxray.

"Go and find your poke ball and you can come with me okay." Luxray smiled and ran past mother to get his poke ball.

"Luna are you okay?" Riley asked as he touched my shoulder. I looked at him and shock my head. I was so full of steam that I walked toward the house with no hesitation. Riley followed behind me and we both walked into the house.

"I suggest that your boyfriend stays outside other wise I'm going to call the police for breaking and entering."

"Haha I'd like to see you try Officer Jenny doesn't like you mother she disowns you in everyway so go ahead and call." I grabbed Riley by the hand and made way to my dad's office. Inside nothing was touched sense the day he left. I looked around and looked at all of the books on the shelf. Blowing the dust away I found his journals and his drawings and anything that was special to him.

Pulling two or three journals out I found dad's secret box, he always kept it under a lock and key. I went to his desk and sat the box on top while I went under the desk.

"Luna what are you doing?"

"Come down here." he did as I asked and when he came down the underside of the desk had engravings of the legendary pokemon you could possibly think of. Next to the picture were subscripts of Unknown Writing. "The secret lies within the heart between space and time."

"What does that mean?"

"It means that 'when ever you have questions there is always an answer the way to find that answer is to look at a time and place." I hit my head saying, "I'm so stupid."

"Why what?" I jumped up and went over to the shelves again. There lie a picture of me and my dad, happy as can be, with smiles on my face along side with Shinx. I opened the back of the picture and there it was the key to the box. "How did you know that the key was there?"

I looked up at him and said, "My father said the day we took that picture was, 'When all else fails my heart will lie within your heart in between space and time.' that was the last time I saw him." I walked over to the box and opened it. Inside contained a letter and some other papers and at the bottom was a small ring with a blue incrusted jewel. I didn't want to stay any longer so I grabbed the papers, put on the ring, stuffing my backpack full of my fathers journals and sketch pads and we left without saying good bye.

"If you ever dare to come back again I will not hesitate to have you arrested."

"For what stopping by, like everyone else mother I'm the last person you want to make an enemy of."

She looked not to happy of what I said but she didn't care anymore she was old and she hated everyone including me. Luxray and any of my father's pokemon that my mother had she handed over with out question. We left and as we were flying I started crying.

"What's wrong Luna?"

"I thought for once in my life I thought my mother would be worried about me, that she would want to come home, but no." Riley put me on his lap again and I cried and cried until all my tears were dried up.

"Are you okay now?"

"I don't know anymore." I clenched onto his shirt not wanting him to let go. "Can we just please get to the hotel please." By the time I knew it we were at the hotel again. Riley carried me inside and put me on the bed.

"Do you want me to get you something?"

"No no thanks I think I'll just go to bed now." I got up and went to the bathroom to change. When I got out everyone was laying on my bed asleep. "Thank you Riley."

"I thought it would be best for them to be out and about."

I laughed and rubbed my eyed cuz I was really tired. It was late at night and I just wanted to crash already. Riley got up and sat me on his lap on the bed. "Get some sleep Luna okay." He was sitting up and I was still on top of him.

"Riley?"

"Yeah?" he looked down at me. When I looked up I didn't realize that he face was so close to mine.

"I . . ." he kissed me again and this time it lasted longer than the last.

"I love you too Luna."