Revised 12/14/15

I wrote this one horribly first time through. Thanks you, Jaegothis. Added MUCH more on Megan.

Well, I'm not exactly sure how to open here… Let's try something like...

It was a dark and stormy night…

No. No. Just, no. WAY too cliché.

Naannnttsssss Ingonyaaaa…

Nah, Disney would have my ass for that one…

Chia used Barge In! It's super effective!

Chia: Hello, scrawny teenage writer with no life!

What the hell?! How the (Foul language! Avert thy eyes!) did you get here?!

Chia: Sky granted your request to let me help with your intros. To get here, let's just say I pulled a few favors from some Legendary Pokemon…

Wonderful… as if Final Exams didn't drop me on the threshold of hell, the Pachirisu from the Black Lagoon will…

Chia: Hey, you're the one that requested my presence, since you said that you can't write intros well.

Sigh... Fine. G'head and introduce the story already...

Chia: Gladly. A-HEM!

Chia: Hello, readers! Welcome to the first story written by GemGuardianLucario! Not sure why he chose that name. He's kinda the exact opposite of the real one…

Great, I'm being mocked by Wisenheimer the Static Squirrel…

Chia: I'm going to ignore that. Anyways, he's alternating between the viewpoints of Kate, Kellyn, and Kieth. He'll mark the chapters so it's clear which view he's writing in. Without further ado, let's get this show on the road!


Kate's Story (Prologue 1)

Drowning in Tears


Kate never could sit still. No matter where she was or what time it was, Kate was always bursting with energy.

Kate ran into the kitchen, seeking out her mother.

"Mom? Will you play tag with me?"

Lexia, Kate's mother, was a woman of average height. Her youngest daughter had the same blue eyes, but her blonde hair was a trait only the elder child shared. Kate admired her mother for her kindness and generosity, hoping to one day be just as such herself. Kate ran up to her, hoping to have her request granted.

"I"d love to honey, but I'm making dinner. Maybe after we clean up the dishes."

"Aww..."

"Why don't you go ask Dad? I don't think he's busy right now."

Kate quickly cheered up. Without wasting a second, she dashed into the living room, where her father was reading his newspaper.

"Dad? Will you play tag with me?"

Unlike her mother, Kate's father, Leon, was a rather tall man, slightly over six feet in height. His jet-black hair was cut short to keep it out of his warm brown eyes, his full-fledged beard trimmed equally close. despite his burly appearance, Leon was a very gentle person. He was also a sucker for his daughters.

"Sorry, sweetie, but work was busy today, and I'm exhausted."

Mom was busy and dad was tired. Neither of them would play with her. However, Kate still had one option.

She flew up the stairs, sounding more like a herd of Donphan than a nine-year-old girl.

She stopped at the end of the hallway, just long enough to open the door, before she took off yet again.

"Megan? Will you play tag with me?"

Megan Summers, Kate's older sister, looked up from her desk, her previous task momentarily forgotten.

Kate always loved her sister's flowing blonde hair and gentle green eyes, admiring just how beautiful she looked. Kate adored her sister, spending most of her free time with her. Megan was equally adoring of the bundle of laughter and energy that was her little sister. If she wasn't out with her friends or working on schoolwork, it was a safe bet she was with Kate.

Megan sighed. She wanted to play with Kate, but she had something else to do.

"Sorry, Kate, but I'm really busy now..."

"What are you doing, Meg?"

"I'm working on my homework, Kate."

"you're STILL working on it? Yikes, you've been up here for hours..."

"I'm taking Advanced Chemistry and Accelerated Physics, Kate. Of course have loads of homework..."

"Don't you hate being cooped up in your room for so long?"

"Well... Yeah, but I need to keep my grades up. I signed up for the classes, so I need to work at them."

"But don't you want a break? Maybe sometime soon?"

"Yeah, but... Why are you asking, Kate?
...

"Tag! You're it!"

"KATE!"

Kate ran down the hall and out the front door, giggling in her usual cheerful manner.

"Come back here!"

"Come and get me, Meg!"

"If you insist..."

Megan put on a burst of speed, closing the distance between herself and her sister with surprising swiftness.

"Heheheheeeee!" Kate giggled shrilly, delighted to have someone to play with.

Before long, Megan's annoyance began to fade, turning into the same enjoyment she felt whenever she was with her sister.

Nearly an hour had passed before their mother called to them.

"Megan! Kate! Time for dinner!"

"Coming, mom!"

Kate smiled with her usual cheerful grin. Whether Kate needed help, was feeling down, or just needed someone to be with, Megan would be there for her.


"Kate, can you get Megan? It's time for dinner!"

"Yeah, Mom!"

Kate half-walked, half-skipped down the hall to her older sister's room. Even though she spent the day in the Lyra Forest with Spenser, her good friend and the leader of the Ringtown Rangers, she was still bursting with energy.

"Megan! Time for dinner!"

...

"Megan!"

...

"Meg, are you there?"

...

"Meg, are you asleep?"

...

"Meg! Come on! It's dinnertime!

Kate nudged open the door to her sister's room, still cheerful and full of energy, only to stop dead at the sight that greeted her. Megan, Kate's witty, cheerful sister, lying on her bed, her wrists slit, blood staining her sheets a morbid red.

"Meg…" Kate whispered.

She couldn't believe what she was seeing. She didn't want to believe it, but she couldn't change what had happened. Megan Evelyn Summers, with her mother's long, blonde hair and her father's piercing green eyes, with a cheerful, witty, life of the party personality all her own, had taken her own life.

Kate deflated, her usual energy completely vanishing at the awful sight of her sister's body. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed a note roughly scribbled on a piece of notebook paper. She picked it up and looked it over, trying to decipher the messy writing with great difficulty.

"I'm sorry that you had to put up with me. I'm not worth anything to anyone. I was always trying to make you proud of me. I auditioned for choir, I signed up for Honors classes, and I tried to get a job. Whenever I tried to impress you, all I did was fail. I wasn't good enough for the play. My grades kept falling. I lost my job within a month. All I've done is bring you trouble. You'd be better off with me gone. Goodbye."

"Oh, Meg..." Something inside Kate snapped. Whatever it was that had kept her sane when she found her sister's body and that horrible note, it had abandoned her, giving way to panic, disbelief, and despair.

"Meg! Meg! Please! Meg! Wake up! Say something! Anything! Meg!"

Kate's words failed her, no longer being able to force them through her sobbing. At some point, she wasn't quite sure when, her parents appeared beside her, trying to calm her down. The effort was pointless, though. Their attempts to console her fell on deaf ears. Kate could not be calmed. Their attempts only made her sobbing louder, they only made the emptiness inside her bigger. Four more words, then Kate could no longer speak through her tears.

"Meg… I miss you…"


Chia: Wow, first chapter EVER, and you're already putting Kate through hell?

It's called character development. Besides, doesn't she get horribly injured, emotionally shattered, or completely lose it every five chapters or so in your author's stories?

Chia: True… Sky isn't exactly kind to her in her stories… But killing off her sister? The sister that she looks up to and relies on? Now THAT'S a new one…

That's sort of the point...

Chia: Also, isn't it a little long for a prologue?

This chapter is mainly backstory. The main chapters will be more manageable in length.

Chia: Anyways, please be sure to give him some feedback on the chapter. Arceus knows this guy needs it…

Sky, I may not be able to guarantee the safety of this little (Foul language omitted for sake of readers) of a Pachirisu for very long…