I'm sure you've noticed that instead of puting White's Point of view like in the first chapter, I just put White. Same here. I'm just doing that for now on. XD Well this is sort of a depressing chapter, I thought. I had trouble coming up with what would happen. I mean, my plans have big gaps in them for some reason. I don't know why anymore. Anyways, you know in the game(If you've made it this far) how there are the two girls in the one room of the castle? The ones that heal your pokemon? Their names are Concordia and Anthea. I used them here and they'll return. XD

Anways, enjoy~

Chapter three
A Vision of A Child
White

I felt unsafe in this castle. It was almost as if it was closing in on me. I had no where to escape to, no one to rely to, nothing to fall on... Just a lonely corridor.

"It's like a ghost town in here..." I mumbled to myself, starting to enter a room. I needed to find that necklace. It was important to me... It was mandatory to have.

The room was dark; no lights. It had a large table over a decorative rug.

"Dinning room, much?" I asked myself. A clock in the back of the room made a ring, startling me. I quickly closed the door. "What the crap?" I exclaimed. No clocks should be that loud. I wasn't up for going back in there at the time.

I walked down the hall again, thinking of which door to go through. There were hundreds, and I only had seven days. Going through each room would probably be helpful but that wasn't how I went along. I made things complicated.

I stepped in front of this one red door. It stood out to me. Was it a trap though?

I was suddenly pulled back into the room across from it. The person 'kidnapping me' caught me off guard and covered my mouth so I couldn't scream. The person's arms went around my own so I couldn't right back.

When the door slammed, the person, ending up to be two people, let me go. I shuffled backwards until I hit the door. There were two girls, one had blonde hair, the other had purple. They both were wearing white, long dresses.

"Do not be afraid, miss white." the blonde one said.

"We are only trying to help you." the other one said, reaching out for me. I flattened on the door's surface.

"Who are you?" I managed to say. They looked at each other, as if trying to figure out who would talk. The purple haired one spoke up.

"My name is Anthea. I am in charge of pokemon in this castle." the girl said, and then raised her hand to present the other. "This is Concordia."

"I was Lord N's caretaker when he was young." Concordia said. I was still hesitant, there was still no telling. Anthea walked closer to me, pulling out, what it seemed to be, a handkerchief. She wiped my cheek, my eye closing when she touched me. When she pulled away, I saw blood. Was that really from me?

"You slightly opened that door, didn't you?" she asked. Maybe...

"Yeah... Why?" I asked, anyways. Concordia took a warm cloth and placed it in the same place as Anthea dabbed the handkerchief.

"That room was rigged. Some of the grunts decided to put you in danger with some rooms." she said.

"So in other words, they were trying to kill me..." I thought out loud. I knew I couldn't trust that guy. Concordia shook her head.

"You can trust Lord N, just not the others." she said, as if she read my mind. "The grunts think they can do whatever they want if it's for the safety of Lord N. They don't know your little 'game' and it's properties. Besides, N is an innocent young man, he just doesn't understand." Concordia added. It sort of made sense... But how could I trust these people?

"Because we're helping you right now. If we wanted to protect Lord N, like the others, we would have let you go in that room."

"Okay, what's going on? Can you like... Hear everything I think?" I yelled. Concordia hushed me before Anthea spoke.

"It's a spiritual effect. We know what you are thinking, as well your past because of these." she said, holding up a small pin. It was a replica of the one that she had on, as well as Concordia. Well, that didn't necessarily make sense...

"It's like the artefacts of the land. They have a way to alter reality."

Concordia took the extra pin and attacked it onto the inside of my cover up.

"This will help you while you're here. You'll know which door to go through."

"Will it help me find my amulet?" I asked, now hearing things I couldn't before.

'No, you will have to find that on your own. Our apologies, miss White.' I heard Anthea think. Woah... Cool.

'It will give you hints, though. Use it wisely.' Concordia's thoughts added.

"I'll be on my way then." I said, opening the door. "Thanks." I nodded.

"Please come back if you need anything else." Concordia said before I ran off down the hallway.

Now, which room to go in now? I knew I had to be cautious, more then before. If I got one scratch from barely opening the door, deep enough to bleed, who knew what else was in this maze?

One door caught my attention from hearing a young boys weeping. I could tell I could only hear it because of that pin. It seemed each voice I heard from it had an echo to it. I touched the door. I didn't sense any danger so I opened it. Inside was... What the crap?

It was a giant room, filled with toys beyond a normal kid's dreams. My head was spinning from seeing this. It was so... Unexpected. For an expensive castle, this was just outdated.

The sky flooring that was filled with clouds... I hadn't seen a sky like that since I was a young child, I had been kept in the dark with only my friend to keep me from falling.

The purple chequered wallpaper was giving me a headache. It was odd to see a room with so little contrast.

The colourful blocks for a small toddler; the running train that was on, surprisingly, as if someone was in here recently; a skateboard ramp that looked a bit dangerous for a 'play room'; a basketball net with one of the train parts in the hoop, oddly enough; and a dartboard, nothing to explain there.

"What is this?" I asked, confused, leaning on the basketball net. My headache got worse so I closed my eyes for a moment. When I opened them, I saw a young boy sitting in the middle of the blocks. He had the same whimpering from what I heard outside. Was this just a vision because of the pin? Either way, that boy... He was that prince.

Suddenly, someone walked in the room. It was still the vision.

The man that walked in had a cold look on his face. With his red eyes, he stared down at that N guy. N looked back up at him. I could see fear rising in him. The tension felt real. The man then lunged at N and smacked him. I couldn't hear the man's voice, just the boy's crying and begging. I wanted to tear the man apart, even if it was a vision. Even if I despised N. No one had the right to destroy a little child.

When the man left, I kneeled down beside the illusion of N, crying on the ground. There were fresh cuts on his skin, as well as forming bruises. I felt bad. I... I knew how he felt then.

He was cast aside, used and tortured. This was probably the only place where he could be a kid. Because of being royalty, he would probably be forced to learn at such a young age while almost every other kid enjoyed life. No child would ever have these kind of scrapes.

The boy cried himself to sleep beside me. I took a blanket and placed it on him. I knew it wouldn't make a difference, this was from the past, but... It would make me feel as if I did something of use. He somehow snuggled in the blanket as if it were really there for him, the tears on his face drying.

The vision soon ended after that. I rose from my sitting position and looked around the room a little more. I felt shivers running down my spine. It wasn't safe here anymore. Someone was watching me.

I fled, thinking on my next location.

So? Whad'ya think? As I said, I thought it was sad. I mean, I hate abuse. And when I said that White was kept in the dark... You shall find out. XD I don't have so many comments for this chapter now... Oh, the pin/broach is a gold one that's round. It changes colour depending on the place but it's usually clear. So thanks for reading~