The first hours of my travel were where I fought back these strong, human emotions after I read back all the information Tor had given me in my head. I needed to find her family, as fast as possible, and then return home. It sounded simple, but in three weeks? That didn't leave little room for error. Aiden was leading the way, keeping a steady pace in front. Away from Tor, he was a lot more confident and cheery. I noticed that he was smiling a lot more now, but that did not put me in a happier mood.

'So, how do you know where she lived?'

I broke the silence and noticed that this caused him to drop his smile, was it my voice? It sounded too raspy to me.

'I... was caught by her before...'

He lowered his head and seemed to pick up the pace but I managed to keep up with him. Thinking back to when I released her Pokémon, there was no vulpix or any Pokémon that could have had the same physical traits as him. There had been a taillow, a rattata, a spinarak and.... a treeko. He had not been there.

'She had released me shortly before she decided to travel to that wood, I don't know why. I had followed her because... well... I had heard of that ninetails and how he punished humans and I didn't want her to get....'

He didn't have to finish his sentence, I could hear in his voice the anguish he had gone through. He blamed me, as I did, but now he was helping me. This was undoubtedly only out of respect for her. I fiddled with my pendant, seeing my reflection distorted on its surface.

'I-I was only doing my job. It was an accident and... That treeko. She got in the way. When Pokémon battle, no human should interrupt.'

I was struggling to find excuses but I did not realise Aiden was getting annoyed. He turned on me, his face twisted in anger.

'Her name was Hannah. She was only eighteen.'

If he could have breathed fire upon me, he would have, but I shrank away from his words as if they were burning me.

'I-I'm sorry'

I managed to force out the words with my tiny voice but they had no effect on him. He twisted away from me and with a sigh, carried on his way. I fought back the tears, but some forced their way through and fell down my bare cheeks. I covered my face with my hair, thinking now how stupid it was for me to have lilac hair and to try and fit in with others. It was like a grape surrounded my dates.

It was colder now there was no sun; I no longer had the shelter of the trees to block out the wind. Hannah... her name made no real difference to what I had done but now, she was someone. Not just the girl I had killed. Aiden and treeko had cared for her, and now I made my way to explain to others what happened. That would be awful. Would I say it was me? No, a wild Pokémon. A tragic accident. No matter how I explained it, she was dead. What had Tor done to the body? Something respectable hopefully. She deserved peace now.

I bumped into Aiden, hardly noticing that he had stopped. We were on the top of a small hill, lights twinkling in the distance. That was Fallarbor town, not huge but it would have supplies and perhaps a map so I could escape this guy.

'Are we stopping there?'

Aiden didn't look at me; he spoke in a monotonous tone, as if all emotion had been sucked out of him.

'I don't have money, do you?'

Even without emotion, it came out pretty spiteful and sarcastic. I sat down on the grass and stared up at the sky, but by now it was close to dawn.

'We can rest here; we have survived on it for long enough. We should make it to Mossdeep within a few weeks.'

He lay down a distance away from me, hands behind his head. I stared at him, surprised that she got to the wood from so far away. Mossdeep was that far away island, right? The one that was practically impossible to get to without a boat or at least money. We had none. Nothing of any value whatsoever. Except. I stared down at my pendant, the jewel I prized myself with. I would never sell it, but it was the source of my psychic powers when I was Pokémon, did it still bare some of the abilities it had bestowed upon me before?

Turning to Aiden, who still refused to look at me, I closed my eyes and remembered my wide range of attacks from before, the one I was trying to concentrate on had a certain method of calling it. Hypnosis. You had to be relaxed yourself. I felt myself drift slightly, and then I opened my eyes again. My jewel below me was glowing and Aiden's eyes did begin to droop, and then shut altogether. Turning onto my side, I smiled to myself; I wouldn't let Aiden know of this in case he did decide to burn me up. I watched the grass sway in the breeze instead, tinted orange in the morning glow. I yawned, tired from the ventures so far, and in the future..... I couldn't help but let my mind drift back to Quiyelle. My true home.

-------Tor-------

It was strange not to feel anything for this girl. I had bathed and fixed her head wound but still... with her pale face and stiff body, she no longer looked like the living and yet, I felt no grief, no pity. I knew espeon was feeling plenty for the both of us but she would grow stronger from this. A silver lining.

I lay a paw on the girl's body and closed my eyes, focusing all my energies. I would not be willing to heal her human form but if I could.... she glowed and I clenched my teeth together. To do this... I would not normally do this but these were unusual circumstances and if it would help espeon get over it... The girl was now completely white, a silhouette of light. I opened my eyes and they were the same colour, a blank white, and my mind became clear as I plotted out her route. She disappeared below me and I snapped out of it, my eyes crimson again and my body worn out.

I panted hard then felt another wave of energy in the distance. Espeon, no other psychic Pokémon was that strong this close. She was using her psychic abilities. How had she discovered them? I could not speak to her mentally in the form she was in so all I could do was feel it. She was going to fade fast if she kept this up. As she lost pp, more of her Pokémon self would be lost and she would be... human. I did not wish to put her through this but it is one soul for another. I would make sure that she was happy in her human life. For now, her old mind will just fade out and let the new one to take hold.

What an odd world we lived in.

Again, I say thank you. I realise this won't be hugely popular, nothing like 'A Little Night Music' but I'm happy to get some reviews per chapter of this. It appears that some of you like this so I'll keep writing. But I'll let you know that the rate I am going at now won't be the same once the holidays are over. I have a lot of revision to do and this will be after that. But for now, enjoy!

MoonLynx