The mansion was...amazing. Words didn't do it justice. True had outdone himself, he really had. It was like the home of the gods, readily equipped with anything we could need and a whole lot we didn't need but just really, really wanted. So needless to say, I was more or less drooling when True gave us the tour, showing us the place. But...

"You haven't earned a stay in a place like this."

No, I hadn't. By all rights I should have still been camping in the mud not sleeping in a fucking mansion, especially not one like this. I couldn't help the feeling of guilt that was slowly building up in my stomach as I looked around during True's tour of the place. Soon it was too much, "True, would you mind if I put together my own room?" I asked.

True smiled at me, as though he were happy I'd actually asked the question, "Sure, go ahead SoN."

I nodded, going over to the nearest wall and placing my hand on it. I closed my eyes, focusing on forming the room I pictured in my head. It actually went pretty well, my power training had been paying off, and it took less than a full minute to form the room. The wall turned into a door beneath my fingers.

"Can we see inside?" LB asked curiously. I nodded, opening the door.

The inside was small, a fifteen by fifteen foot stone brick room. There was another door at the other end of the room leading to a hallway full of other doors; one for each of my pokemon. Ivysaur's room opened up into a large indoor garden, filled with as many plants as I could think of and equip with a sunroof so he could bask in the light and stuff.

Nidorino's was a wide field, the grass soft with a few tall trees to provide shade and many bushes providing fruit of different kinds for him to eat. Rattata's room opened up into a warm, cozy den for him. Who said a rat's nest couldn't be sanitary and adorable?

The remaining rooms all led to different environmental areas for training and recreation for the pokemon.

"Wow, this looks great Sin," Clara said, "Where's your room?"

"Oh, this one here is mine." I said, indicating the stone room before the hallway to the others. The others all seemed to deadpan at this. "But... it's so small and empty." LB said. I nodded, "I know. I'll probably start adding more stuff to it as I start deserving it. For now, this will do." I said, snapping my fingers and causing a small blanket and pillow to form on the cold stone floor.

True left the room without a word, the others lingering for a moment, as though about to say something, then left as well.

"You've outdone yourself Sinful. I might just make a proper lady out of you yet."

I couldn't help but smile, feeling proud of my decision.


I didn't eat dinner with the others. They would all be eating delicious foods and drinks and I didn't want to discourage them from their meals with the more or less tasteless rations I had picked up from the mart in town. I fed on the rations while sitting cross-legged on the floor in my room, my pokemon all eating their foods of choice in there's.

Not long after I was done, I heard a knock at the door. "Come in." I responded, standing up properly so as not to disrespect whomever was coming in. The door opened, but it wasn't someone I recognized.

It was a girl around my age, but she looked...strangely like True. If True had a plus sized chest and legs that didn't quite. It was a strange sight, as aside from a few questionable dreams that came as a naturally result of puberty, I'd never thought of True as overly attractive, and yet here was a female, drop-dead gorgeous version of him.

"Hey Sinful." She greeted me with a smile. "Hello True, or, eh..Sue?" I wasn't quite sure what exactly I was supposed to call her. Sue shrugged, "Whatever works." She said, stepping closer.

"Did True make you? Or are you just True in female form?" I asked curiously, Sue chuckling, "True made me. And I'm pretty sure he made me just for you~" She said, taking another step closer, now close enough for me to feel her breath from my skin.

I blushed at this, taking an instinctive step back. "Come on Sinful, use your head. Think. There's a beautiful woman made by friend here who is clearly here, to put it delicately, for a roll in the hay. What is it?"

The answer hit me the moment the voice said this. 'It's a test.' "Exactly. They wanna see if you've really made any improvement, or if you're still the same rotten, unruly girl you started as. Time to prove yourself Sinful."

I took another step back from Sue, "It's okay, you can go and tell the others that I'm not just pretending to change, I really am getting better."

Sue gave me a look like she didn't understand me. "Oh they probably didn't tell you huh." I figured, "You weren't really made to please me Sue, you're a test for me." "A test?" She questioned, "Why?"

I sighed, sitting down, "Because I've been a horrible person for a long, long time. I only recently learned that I was being so wrong, and started trying to change myself for the better. I really am getting better and being good, I haven't touched my pokemon or even myself in weeks, I haven't ruined anyone's lives recently, and I'm even being more diligent with my training. Still, I can't say I really blame anyone for not believing in me, I haven't really earned anyone's trust. So they made you to test if I'd give into lust like the old me would've done in a heartbeat, or do the right thing and respectfully decline." I explained.

Sue gave me a skeptical look. "I don't know, from what True told me, this whole thing seems a bit ass-backwards to me." "Did True also tell you that I almost ruined his sister's life?" I asked solemnly. "Trust me, he was very clear that I'd done something very, very wrong. That was when I realized I needed to change myself. And the worst part was, I didn't even know what. Even now I'm struggling to understand it, but I'm a work in progress. One day I'll be able to understand, and be able to earn at least some of the other's respect back. In a way, I guess it was a good thing he got so upset with me, otherwise I might have just stayed like I had been."

Sue didn't seem convinced by this, "I need to talk to True." She said, leaving the room.

I smiled, content with the knowledge that I'd done good. "Excellent work Sinful! You've still got a long way to go, but you're coming along nicely. In fact, I think you've earned a small prize."

I'd never heard the voice so pleased with me. I held up my hand, and allowed the small blanket to become a sleeping back with a pillow. 'Is that too much?' I asked. "Well, perhaps it is a bit extravagant for you, but oh well, I'd say we can let it slide for now. Rest up, more training first thing in the morning!"

I nodded, curling up in the sleeping back and going to sleep.


I didn't know how long I'd slept, but it was still dark out when True burst into my room. He looked angry, and my heart sank. "We need to talk. Now." True said. "Oh Sinful, you were doing so well. What have you done this time?"