This chapter is short but holds meaning. I was going to make this longer BUT I have a notice for all of you. I'm holding a small contest! This is a chapter of luck, nothing about knowledge so it's fair for everyone. It's a matter of guessing something. For the first two people to guess right, if you take part, your character will be portrayed in this story with your name in a shoutout. For the others that win, you will get an optional spoilers from five scenes. Those will be displayed down below. Anyways, enjoy the chapter~

Chapter eighteen
Ryuta: Log one; Mysterious Call
White

I woke up a while ago, a bit in shock about that night. N laid, curled up at my side. It was a bit awkward but I couldn't really move him. He would just sort of... Well... He made this weird sound and hugged me in his sleep so I couldn't really move. I didn't want to wake up Keith.

"I wonder how the others are doing..." I said to myself, watching the sun rise.

The thought of them being in trouble made me feel sick. Maybe it wasn't a good idea to leave them there... But they did have the three strongest boys there, Black, Red, and Gary. And they were all reliable.

"They can take care of themselves, don't worry, White." I heard. I looked over to a waking Keith.

"Sorry, did I wake you?" I asked, a bit embarrassed. I didn't know how I could wake him but... You know. When some guy wakes up right after you talk, you wonder.

"No, I just sort of woke up under normal circumstances." he replied. I smiled. That's good.

"Good." I silently said, going back to my thoughts. "Do you think we should go now?" I asked. Keith shrugged.

"Might be hard without N." he said, pointing to where N was lying. What did he mean by that? I looked down at N and poked him.

"What do you mean?" I asked Keith before a puff of smoke appeared. I covered my face until the smoke died away.

"Now do you see?" he asked. Under the smoke revealed a transformed Zoroak.

"Where is the creep then?" I shouted, standing up. Keith chuckled in a way I hadn't ever heard.

"I doubt he went far. Just call for him, he'll prance back like a puppy." Keith jested. It was sort of true but... Back to Keith. Ever since Keith and N started to become... Somewhat friends... Keith had been acting a little weird. Constantly hiding something, almost. I didn't want to pry though.

I sighed, following Keith's words.

"N, get over here or we'll leave without you." I said, taking my bag from the ground.

"Wait for it..."

Suddenly, a rustling from the bushes led to a beam of light, returning the Zoroak, and showing an N. Of course.

"Thanks for keeping White warm, my friend Zoroak." N said to the pokeball. I sighed.

"Can we go?" I asked.

"You seem a lot more cold from last night." N said to me. I smacked him. Keith laughed.

"Come on before White kills you, N." he said, pulling both of us away from the little, extinguished fire.

A little ways away and we were back on schedule. N stayed more distant from me though. I wasn't sure if it was because he was now afraid of me, or just because he wasn't himself today. It made me feel a little bit strange. Even if N was at the back of our large group, he'd still be close. He wasn't though. There was no little puppy following my trails. There was no creepy stalker breathing on my ear. There was no N near me.

I took out my pin. Maybe hearing his thoughts without talking to him would calm my nerves. Adding to that, I didn't want to talk with him now but... Sort of did.

That kiss ran through my mind again. I blushed. Did N really feel about me that way? It had only been a short while though, it couldn't be possible, right? Love takes time to grow. Maybe he is sick or something and couldn't think straight.

When the pin was activated, I immediately heard something. It wasn't just N's thoughts, it was Keith's too. Since I talked to N through his thoughts before, or ignored instead of talked, I wondered how Keith got one of the pins. Maybe N gave him one?

"Dream city's where you grew up, huh?" N asked Keith. I then felt a little weird, stalking their conversation but...

"Yeah, one of the biggest castles in the world. I can't say I enjoyed living there though, too captivated." he said. "That's why you left, isn't it? You felt captivated." Keith assumed.

"Yeah. You would know all about that but... Being in such a castle, you don't have anything to do and no one to see." N replied. "It's the same stuff every day, nothing new. Same places, same people, same duties."

"I know. That's why I left too, plus the smuggling of my forcible parents." Keith said. "You get bored and don't want to continue like that."

"Yeah..." N hesitated. "White, are you listening?" N asked. I jumped and took off the pin, clutching it in my hands. N walked a bit faster to catch up to me.

"If you want to know what we're talking about, all you have to do is ask." he told me. I could feel his breath on my shoulder. I went to slap him but I heard a beep. My Xtransceiver was ringing.

I took the device and pressed the on button.

"Hello?" I asked into the microphone. There was no webcam from the other side.

Muffled voices came from the speaker. I couldn't tell what they were at first, what they were saying. One voice stood out though.

"Reality is finally catching up to you."

I looked at my Xtransceiver, confused. Reality is catching up on us? What did that mean?

The call was cut off.

"Hey, who is this?" I yelled, holding the phone like device in both of my hands. "Oh come on."

An immediate call came in right after I said that. When I pressed the button, it was an urged Black.

"White, we've got some trouble." he was panicking.

"Calm down, Black. What's wrong?" I asked in a calm tone. He took a deep breath and started talking again.

"There's some odd mark on Mia's shoulder we just noticed. It's like an hourglass and it wasn't there before." he said. Hourglass? This was confusing me. N came up to me.

"Do you think this has to do with 'reality catching up to you?'" he asked me. I shrugged. I didn't know.

Gary came up on the screen.

"Each of us got a call though, saying the exact thing, N." he said. "Black, have you noticed Mia looks much older then a thirteen year old?" he asked.

Wait, it suddenly struck me. I took a good look at Black. He looked a bit older too. Then I looked at Keith. Same thing. I couldn't look at myself but I had a hunch.

Keith, Black, Mia, and myself were from the past. If reality was finally nearing us, we'd change into the age we are and probably turn to dust.

What about Gary, Leaf, and Red? Gary would be like us, turning to dust. Because Red and Leaf were from the same time, in the future... Would they just get younger and younger? Crap, this was like that book I saw about the man that was born old and died young... Uh... Benjamin... I think... Well that didn't matter!

I got worried.

"You guys, uh..." I looked at a map. "There's a small inn near Dream City, meet us there." I said, hanging up and starting to leave.

"What do you think, White?" Keith asked. I paused.

"I think we're about to get pretty old."

Now the five scenes for spoilers are:

In the Castle of Fiore
Wally's Pride
Distinct Fire
Return of Ian
End Farewells

None of them will make complete sense because they need explination from the other chapters. Only five people will get this, and only get one spoiler. The people will have the choice on which they want.

Here's the question: From this fanfiction, which do you think was my FIRST inspiration(It's not portrayed, it's a pure guess)
a.) This story was based on Mystery Dungeon 2 and 2.5.
b.) This story was an older story but converted to Pokemon because of the inspiration of I'll Be Around the Corner.
c.) This story was inspired by an old event that happened when you(actually not you, me, Soffia XDDD) were young.

Pm myour answer through here, or message me on Skype and the first ten will get the spoilers and the two will be in the fanfiction!