The boy she was…sitting on top of only gave her a slightly shocked stare.

"I-I-…um…ah…"

Incoherent words tumbled out of Lyra's mouth as she tried to untangle her legs from his as fast as she could. What felt like an eternity later, she finally managed to pull herself away from the red haired boy. Stumbling, she retreated to closest tree she could find and hid behind it.

"I-I'm…. sorry…" she muttered, taking quick glances at the three who were standing in front of her. The three (who had remained silent while Lyra had been trying to free herself) each gave her their own look of curiosity. The boy with the backwards cap had been grinning the whole time, the girl with the pigtails had been staring at her wide eyed with her mouth hanging open,

And the boy she had tackled was still on the ground, giving Lyra an expression that looked shocked, curious, and confused all at the same time.

In fact, of the three the boy with red hair's expression was the most unreadable.

A heavy awkward silence filled the air. Lyra shifted uncomfortably from foot to foot, unsure if she should speak or turn and run away again.

She didn't need to wait long for her answer.

"Hey!"

Lyra's eyes widened. Behind the three, three more were coming from out of the forest. Lyra tensed when she saw who the newcomers were.

"You-!" She gasped. The three "newcomers" looked at her. Their expressions too shifted to one of shock.

"Hey your that girl who attacked us!" The browned haired girl yelled. "Why did you-?!"

Lyra didn't wait to hear the end of what she was going to say. Taking a step back, she quickly turned around and ran as fast as she could away from the six.

Or at least tried to.

"K-Kitty use String Shot!"

Out of nowhere, sticky strings suddenly came out and sprayed Lyra, covering her arms and legs. Gasping in surprise, she found herself crashing onto to the forest floor, bound and trapped.

She struggled against the sticky substance, thrashing around wildly, trying anything to get it off of her. What felt like an eternity later though, Lyra finally gave up. It was no use.

She was, quite literally, stuck.

"Hey." A voice suddenly said. She looked up.

Standing above her was the pig-tailed girl. The girl gave a smile and then bent down. "No need to be scared." She said soothingly. "Yellow and the others didn't mean to hurt you."

Lyra glanced behind the pig-tailed girl. To her horror, another group had joined the previous six. A boy wearing a red cap, a boy with a serious expression, a girl with long brown hair who (big surprise) looked shocked,

And a girl with blonde hair who was timidly walking toward her.

"S-sorry…" The blonde haired girl said. Judging by the Butterfree that was flapping its wings next to her, Lyra could only guess that this was the girl who had her Pokémon spray her.

She stared at the group, all ten of them, her eyes moving from member to member. The short haired brunette girl, the blonde haired boy, and the cap wearing boy she had first encountered were each giving her a look of worry, the group of four were giving her a look of confusion, the backwards cap wearing boy was still grinning, the pig-tailed girl was still kneeling next to her,

And the red haired boy she had tackled had finally picked himself up and was moving towards her.

Lyra's eyes widened. He was moving straight towards her.

He paused only when he was standing near the pig tailed girl's side. Looking down at Lyra, he bent down and began to undo the web that was covering her.

"Wh-what are you….?" Lyra mumbled, her face beginning to feel warm again. The pigtailed girl looked at the boy, nodded, and then began untying the web around Lyra as well.

"Shh." The girl said, "We're just trying to help you."

Her calming voice couldn't help but irritate Lyra a little. How could she act so…so…. normal at a time like this? If the girl who had trapped her knew the girl who was untying her, why would she help Lyra?

Questions began to swirl in the poor girl's head. Who were these people? Were there more like them? Why were they all here?

Were they trying to capture her?

When that thought occurred, Lyra immediately began to panic.

Were they capturing her right now? Were they going to take her back? How did they learn of her escape? Was she even safe here?

She felt the blood drain from her face. The questions began to hurt her head and she could feel a headache beginning to over take her.

Whatever it was….Lyra knew what she had to do.

"There!" The pigtailed girl said, untying the last knot. "Now you're-"

No sooner had she done this did Lyra spring up.

"Stay back!" She yelled. "Or I'll…I'll…."

She wracked her brain to think of any threat but she couldn't think of anything. Instead she cautiously took a step back.

"I'll…. I'll…"

"Hey it's okay." The pig tailed girl said. "You don't need to worry. We're friends." She said, gesturing to the group. Lyra looked at her, then the group surrounding them. Then, taking a deep breath,

She scowled.

"Friends?" She spat, trying to make her voice sound aggressive and tough. "More like the freakin army! Why are there so many of you?" She took another step back.

Cautious. She'd play it cautious. She had to look like she had the upper hand and not vice versa. No way was she going to let these people trick her if they really were going to drag her back to the darkness.

A laugh suddenly shot up. "Man, tackling Silver and yelling at us? I like the way she acts Crys!" Lyra glared at the backwards cap wearing boy who had suddenly spoken up.

"No one asked for your opinion smiley!" She yelled, clenching her hands into two fists. The boy she had spoken to looked taken aback.

"S-smiley?" He asked, pointing to himself. Lyra nodded, lifting her head a littler higher.

"What's with that stupid expression anyway? You lose a bet or something?" She asked, narrowing her eyes.

"…."

"…"

"…"

A heavy silence suddenly filled the air. A silence that caused Lyra to panic a little.

Had she gone too far? What if he had a condition or a traumatic event that caused him to act like that? She didn't mean to offend she was just trying to-

A muffled laugher suddenly pierced through the silence. Blinking, Lyra watched in amazement as the red haired boy stifled a laugh.

"H-huh?" She couldn't help but whisper. The red haired boy was still chuckling to himself. She watched as the pig tailed girl soon joined in.

Suddenly, everyone around her was laughing.

"H-hey!" The backwards cap wearing boy yelled. "It wasn't that funny! Quite your laughing!"

Lyra watched in astonishment at what was happening. All around, the people looked…looked….

Happy.

"Wh-what?" She asked, her voice still soft. "What is going-Arrgh!"

She screamed, pressing a hand against her head. A high-pitched screech echoed inside of her. Her eyes watered as she tried to focus on her surroundings.

It was no use though.

She felt someone call to her to "hang in there" before she collapsed onto the ground.

X

"So Ethan, what do you think of my new Pokémon?"

"What!? Elm let you keep him?"

"Yup! We're going to go challenge League!"

"Really?! That's so cool Lyra! Good luck!"

"Hee hee, thanks."

"But Lyra…"

"Hm?"

"Do you…even know how to capture a Pokémon?"

"…."

"I'm guessing that's a no huh?"

"H-hey!"

"Heh, don't worry Ethan-senpai will teach you how."

"Don't act so smug! And what's that stupid smile huh?!"

"Stupid?"

"Yeah, you're new nickname should be smiley or something!"

"… If that's your idea of a threat Lyra, you're going to have to try harder."

"Shut up smiley!"

X

"Lyra!"

Lyra opened her eyes. She blinked.

She was surrounded by white again.

Panicking, she began to look around. Again she was suspended in the air, again there was nothing around her,

Again she was alone.

"Hello?" She cried out, voice shaking. "Is anyone….there?" Gulping slightly she began to yell.

"Hello?! Hello!? Anyone?"

"Relax." A familiar voice suddenly said. Lyra turned around.

"Jirachi?" She called out, looking around for the Pokémon. "Is that you? Where are you?"

"I'm here. Don't worry." Jirachi's voice answered. Lyra felt herself relax. She breathed out a sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness." She said. "I thought I was going…. going…. back…" Her voice trailed off as she said the last part.

"Never!" Jirachi suddenly screamed. Lyra suddenly felt a warm presence beside her.

"I swear to you Lyra, you're never going back there!"

Lyra blinked. She stared wide-eyed at the empty space next to her.

"Really?" She asked.

"Yes. I swear on my life that you will never go back there."

Lyra blinked again. Slowly a small smile appeared on her face.

"Thank you." She said.

"Hee hee. You look so cute when you smile Lyra."

A familiar warm sensation made its way to Lyra's cheeks. Instead of the first time she had felt it though, this time it made her heart feel light.

"Thanks…." She mumbled, realizing that she was in fact blushing.

"Lyra," Jirachi suddenly said, sounding serious. "I-I found out something about…. about your memories."

A silence hung in the air. Lyra could feel the blood draining from her face.

"R-really?" She asked. She didn't know if she felt excited or nervous.

"Yes." Jirachi answered. There was a pause before it continued.

"You're memories…they need a trigger…something that will activate it…"

"A-activate?" Lyra asked. She felt the warmth from her side shift to in front of her.

"Lyra….in this world you need to remember. You must!" The voice of Jirachi began to lift, floating upwards. A powerful wind suddenly began to blow, whipping Lyra's hair back.

"Gather the badges! Become the Champion once more!"

"What?" Lyra yelled. "Jirachi I can't hear-!"

She screamed. The gust of wind suddenly becoming more powerful, pushing her body away from Jirachi.

"Jirachi!" She yelled.

Then,

X

Her eyes flew open. She blinked.

"Wh-what." She mumbled, sitting up. She looked around.

She was lying in a bed in…a room. A large window was to her right and a door leading out was to her left. She blinked again.

"A…dream?" Lyra asked to no one. She pressed a hand against her head.

How long had she been…sleeping? Shaking her head, she tried to remember what Jirachi had said to her.

"Become the Champion." Lyra muttered. She sighed.

She didn't even know what "the Champion" was. Where could she even start? What was she supposed to do? First things first though,

Where was she now?

Climbing out of the bed to investigate, Lyra slowly crept to the door leading out of her room. She poked her head out.

A long white hallway with no one walking around. Slowly, Lyra tiptoed out. She looked left then right before deciding just to go left. She walked until she approached a sign that said, "Welcome to New Bark Town Hospital."

"A hospital?" She muttered. She paused then shook her head.

No good, no memories were coming back,

She couldn't remember anything about this place.

Walking with uncertain steps she crept on walking till she came to a corner. With careful steps she peered around it,

Only to pull her head straight back. Just beyond where she was,

Was the whole army from the forest.

"Come on Super Serious Girl! She can't still be sleeping!"

"Gold! Just let the poor girl rest! After all...it looks like she's been through a lot."

"...Where do you think she got those s-scars?"

"...I don't know Yellow-senpai, I mean, they look healed but…."

"There are a lot of them…."

"Yeah…"

"…."

"You know….I thought she was bad at first but,"

"She must've been through a lot."

"Y-yeah."

Lyra looked down. She noticed the dirt and grim that covered her white dress and the cuts and bruises that covered her arms.

They would ask her about it...wouldn't they?

They would ask her where she got all her injuries. They would ask where she came from. They would ask who she was.

Lyra tightened her hands into two fists.

No, they wouldn't because...

She wouldn't let them.

"By the way Crys."

"Hm?"

"What happened to your other outfit?"

"O-oh that one? I only wear that one in the field and that's only because my mom forces me to!"

"Uh...huh..."

"I-I mean, why would I wear that while I'm researching? That would just be weird!"

"So...did you throw it away?"

"N-no! Of course not! My mom would kill me if I did! I just left it back at Elm's lab!"

"Oh...Hey isn't that Mareep back at the lab?" Lyra almost gasped.

Mareep? That Mareep….Was also here?

"Yeah. It was so insistent on coming along with that girl that I couldn't bear to leave it."

"Oh...so does that mean-?"

Lyra didn't even listen anymore. Already she was running back to her room. Arriving, she ran to the window, threw it open, and jumped out. Her feet landed on the ground and she began running once again.

The lab. She would find the lab. She would get Mareep and,

Her hands closed around her dress. Her tattered, stained white dress.

She would take those extra clothes.

She wasn't going to stick around to answer questions from those guys. No,

She was going to become the "Champion."

Whatever that was.

X

BEEP! BEEP!

"Oh sorry, that's mine. Hello?"

"Crystal! Is that you? Thank goodness!"

"Oh, hi Professor Elm! What's-?"

"I've been robbed!"

"What! Again?!"

"Yes again! That girl! That girl you found on Hikari Island!"

"What?! What about her?"

"She broke in and stole that Mareep and some supplies!"

"W-what?! How! She's in the hospital right-!"

"I just saw her run towards Route 29! You have to go after her!"

"R-right! Of course Professor!"

"Thanks…Oh and Crystal?"

"Yes?"

"That girl... she also…um…."

"What?"

"She stole those clothes you left at the lab."

"…."

"C-Crystal?"

"She what?!"

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And Lyra leaves without even introducing herself! How rude!

Also, I feel like I should take this time to say thanks so:

Thanks for the reviews: Sakura Touko, Contestshipper16, DarqueDeath4444, Jian-Kenkoku

I really want this to be a good story so if you have any tips on the manga world please tell me!

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"Great now I'm the thief…"

"Reep!"

"Well…I guess you like me so I'm not exactly like him…"

"Reep!"

"….Huh….? Who was….he….?"