It is a combination of red, white, and black.

The red is for blood, the white is for the bodies who have been killed, and the black is for the darkness looming overhead.

A red-black tree will split apart the white castles.


"Now! Due to problems in the...hierarchy," Hilbert sneered, obviously finding it distasteful for a ruler to let his subjects reject him so. What kind of a ruler would N be? A weak one, that's what. That's why, inside, he was secretly glad that he was the other, unspoken candidate, but most of the subjects knew he was the better one. "We must fight to get the secret weapon before they do!"

In a large hall, hundreds of grunts were listening to Hilbert speak, nodding their heads in agreement and clenching their fists every time Hilbert brought up the old Team Plasma. After this day, it was official. Hilbert was going to lead Neo-Plasma, and every grunt in Neo-Plasma was going to leave the old Team Plasma.

Hilbert had gotten the alliance of many of the sages as well, and everyone in Neo-Plasma nodded in appreciation of the ruling skills Hilbert possessed. It was only time before the old Team Plasma was going to fall, and they were going to be the ones to make them fall. Hilbert sneered at the thought of N ruling a whole team that was only doing good for Pokemon. Pokemon and humans had to be together for them to have any worth. N did not understand that. Hilbert did. So Hilbert made every single grunt train their Pokemon, befriend them, just as he did with his Emboar and Reshiram.

And, just like she did with hers.

Their first plan of action?

Take away the only advantage Team Plasma had over Neo-Plasma.

They would have to steal their source of power. This source of power was said to be so strong, it substituted as the sun when the skies turned black.

Oh, he didn't need it. After all, he had gotten that egg from Route 18 that gave him a Larvesta, so he himself didn't need the Volcarona, because he already had one.

But, and he smirked when he noticed a girl in the audience, she needed that Volcarona, so he would give one to her.

You honestly think you can fool me, Hero of Ideals?

Indeed, being a master at musicals and learning from Nate how to act, he knew that she had been in the audience from the very start. It was just that he wanted to know what the reason as to what she was doing here was. However, her presence was not a bad one. After all, it had earned him his current alliance with Colress and the rest of Neo-Plasma.

I know that you sensed it yourself; you already know that you're being watched.

It was an unspoken alliance between the two of them, because they both knew that in order to fight each other, they would need to get rid of the third person. However, that didn't mean that there wouldn't be violence between the two of them. She knew that she could be targeted any moment.

So be it.


"All of you standing in the upper right quadrant!"

She turned back to where a commander (she didn't really care about the name) yelled at her.

"You are staying behind, and not going on the trip to Relic Castle! If you do go along, you will be considered a traitor for not following Lord Hilbert's orders!"

She scoffed; how redundant could his troops get? Of course, she was still wary of him, but she knew that he knew of her presence. She just wasn't sure why he still hadn't gotten rid of her yet. So she saluted to him (trying to stop herself from trying to kill herself right then and there) and marched off with the rest of the grunts, before secretly getting out of the line and hiding.

Taking out Zekrom, she hopped onto him and flew to Castelia City, where she was supposed to report to Rosa about the current condition of Neo and Team Plasma. She landed near a girl with red hair.


...Where was it?

She ran around, frustrated, because every room in here looked exactly the same, and she had tried to avoid Team Plasma grunts by hiding behind pillars. This was no good, she thought, as she grit her teeth, because she was getting more and more lost every moment, and both Neo and Team Plasma were coming closer every second. She needed to get that Volcarona! It was a powerhouse that her team needed!

She finally stopped when she found a room with a strange carving on it, and a door that led somewhere else. Inside, she found one of the sages standing right in front of it.

Volcarona.

She took out her Pokemon, prepared to battle, only to find that the sage was really weak, and was defeated right away. Taking out her unharmed Pokemon, she went to go catch Volcarona.

...It surprised her, but she used all of her Pokeballs except for her Master Ball to catch it. In the end, fifty turns later, she finally caught it with a Timer Ball. She sighed in relief, and named the Pokemon Soleil. Now she knew that Team Plasma could not get the power source they needed to try and counter Neo or the rebellion. She grit her teeth at the thought of it.

This war is mine and Hilbert's. We don't need N in this.

When she was about to leave, her X-Transceiver sounded. Frowning, she opened the message, only to find something she never expected.

Rosa popped up on the screen, bruised and thrown against the wall. Hilda immediately started yelling at whoever called her, making threats, when she heard a voice that she loathed. His face appeared on the screen too, along with Nate's. Nate was standing silently over Rosa, tending her wounds. Hilda sighed a bit when she found out that Nate was taking care of Rosa, not hurting her. Although, Hilda glared at Hilbert with suspicion. Why would he be helping Rosa?

"...Hello there, Hero of Ideals."

She scowled.

"You're no hero of truth to me."

He smirked, and she wanted to rip his face into shreds.

"No time for what you believe, because your thoughts are all ideals while mine are the truth, but we have a greater problem at hand."

"...What?"

"It appears that N is trying to take away Rosa and Nate."

...Wait, what?

Hilbert looked at her sternly, and for the first time, she felt that she needed to listen to what he was saying.

"Apparently, Rosa and Nate have a special ability that allows for the Kyurem you have to combine with Reshiram and Zekrom. Of course, this is supposed to be helped with an item found in Opelucid, but they are the only two that can use it. Team Plasma already has the item, but they need the power of one of the two to actually do so. And, of course, they need Kyurem and either Zekrom or Reshiram."

In the back, Rosa stirred and blinked slowly, only to scream when she saw Nate right next to her. Nate sighed, and then led her to where Hilda was talking with Hilbert.

"So, I would like to propose an alliance. Only for the duration of N's reign."

She nodded, wanting to know what the alliance was.

"Since one of the main motives for the rebellion is to go against Team Plasma's rule, and the other motive is killing me," Hilbert stopped a bit when he saw Hilda glare at him. He held back a chuckle, because really, she still did that? How childish was she? "Why don't we team up against Team Plasma until N is dead and their reign is over?"

Rosa stared at the screen, before suddenly registering everything in her mind. She tried to break free from Nate's grip, only to find out that he was not letting go.

"Don't do it! They're trying to trick you! Don't do it!"

...Hilda stared at the screen, thinking about it.

Hilbert stared back.

"...Where is your current location?" Rosa's eyes widened. Was Hilda really going to do this?

"...Driftveil. Near the docks." Really? They were near Driftveil? How could anyone not notice a huge ship right near the docks?

He could see her still doubting whether or not to go, but then he saw her stand straighter and take out her Pokeball.

"I'll be there."


"...So, this alliance will be kept silent?"

Hilbert nodded, and Rosa, along with Nate, wondered what their two teachers were going to do. In the end, they both thought (although they were a bit flattered that their teachers were able to put aside their hatred of each other and willingness to kill each other for them) that something was going to go wrong.

"...Yes. But there is a catch."

Hilda looked at him. And he looked back at her, dreading the words that would have to come.

"...Rosa and Nate would have to be together the whole time to be safe. There is strength in numbers."

...

...

...

"...But how will I make sure you don't harm her!?"

Hilbert stared at her, not wanting to actually say this. God, he hated how desperate she seemed. She seemed weak. Not good at all for the leader of the rebellion.

"...I know someone who would be willing to pretend to be you. You can stay here with me; after all, we're being targeted too, for more reasons than one. You can be the queen of Neo-Plasma. You can have all the power I have right now, but as soon as this alliance is over, we'll be back to bitter enemies. I can't tell anyone to kill you, and you can't command anyone to kill me. The substitute is a reporter, but her disguises are almost as well as Rosa's and Nate's."

Hilda snorted.

"Well, obviously, if you could figure out Rosa's disguise then I'm not sure how well I can trust this reporter of yours."

He glared at her. God, she was annoying. And she thought that he was annoying!?

"Well then, is that accepting my offer?" Hilbert asked, teeth gritting together as he felt this overwhelming urge to go and punch the girl sitting in front of him, her annoyance getting to him.

Hilda was looking at him with the same look on her face, as she nodded stiffly and stuck out her hand to shake his. They gripped each other's hand with as much strength as they could muster, although Hilda was significantly weaker than Hilbert. The smirk on his face told them that he knew that. Hilda fumed.

Rosa and Nate looked at each other.

This wasn't going to go well.


A/N

...I don't know what I did here.

I'm sorry. Oh yeah, the red-black tree in the beginning was hinting about the alliance, and there is an actual binary search tree called the red-black tree. I actually never knew that before.

XD Okay, so since their motives from the beginning were to kill each other, having N in the war with them sort of sidetracks them. So they will team up to get rid of N, and to protect Team Plasma from getting power by taking away their students.

Because Team Plasma has the DNA Splicer, and Nate and Rosa are now part of the Neo-Rebellion Alliance, if Team Plasma gets ahold of one of them, they have the power to bargain Reshiram or Zekrom from Hilda or Hilbert, because they actually care about their students. So...yeah. I'm going really far from canon, aren't I...?

So now, Hilda and Hilbert are the queen and king of Neo Plasma, and...well, Nancy/Yancy is going to pretend to be Hilda! And Curtis...well...I haven't thought of his role yet, otl.