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Hi guys!
Sorry for updating quite a bit later, but it's just that I was in the hospital for a while with food poisoning and I only just recently got out. I'm still not feeling %100 so I'm sorry if my writing is not up to its usual standards. But it's better than nothing right?
Anyway...
ENJOY!

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Gold's POV

We stumbled down the newly created pathway; the sound of the burning building behind us fading in the distance. Red was cradling his left arm, trying to avoid causing more damage.
The further we moved away from the burning house, the easier it was to breathe. Regardless, my lungs still burned from inhaling so much smoke.
My head was spinning and I was pretty sure I was going to pass out any minute. I couldn't imagine what Red was going through.

The ground beneath our feet was rickety and crumbly. Chunks of stone and dirt would fall off every so often into the darkness below us. I wouldn't have been surprised if the pathway collapsed like last time. The path seemed to sway side to side but I couldn't tell if I was hallucinating or it was actually happening. This place was pretty unpredictable from what I had seen so far.

"Up... ahead." Red choked out next to me.

I looked straight ahead and tried to focus my vision as much as I possibly could.
From what my eyes were showing me, I could see an old run-down farm shed. It was a medium size and had a giant opening on one side while the other side was the back wall of the shed. It had a corrugated iron roof which appeared to have holes in it and hay bales lined the back wall and covered the floor.

"We don't have much... of... a... choice. It will have to... do." I gasped between ragged breaths.

We limped towards our only refuge at a very slow pace. But you couldn't blame us after what we had just been through.
We made it to the farm shed looking thing and it instantly felt a lot more homely than the creepy cottage we had just recently burned down.
Red stood guard at the front of the shed while I did a quick check for danger inside of it.

"It's safe."I called out to Red.
Red wandered in a few seconds later. His face looked deathly pale and his body was shivering slightly. He stumbled a bit and I rushed over to him.
"Mother of Arceus!" I cursed as I caught Red's slowly descending body. He collapsed into my arms and I cursed yet again.

I slowly pulled an unconscious Red over to a hay bale and placed him on it. I lifted up his left arm and saw a scarily large amount of blood pouring out from the wound the glass had caused. His body was alarmingly limp and it made my mind go into overdrive. My shaky hands reached into my bag for my first aid kit and placed it onto the hay bale next to me.

I opened up a packet of antiseptic wipes and cleaned up most of blood on his arm. I then grabbed the sterile tweezers and carefully pulled out the piece of glass. I took another antiseptic wipe and cleaned up the freshly spilled blood and then grabbed the roll of sterile dressing. I used the scissors to cut up a strip of the fabric and then started to wrap it tightly around the wound on Red's arm. I fastened it with a safety pin and sat back to admire my work. It's a good thing that I knew first aid.
I didn't have long to feel at peace as Red let out a pained cry.

"Red! Are you okay?"I asked him as he sat up with a groan.
"Gold? Yeah... I'm f-fine..." He mumbled to himself. He still looked unnaturally pale from the blood loss and it was worrying me.
"You don't look so good... You should lie down and rest."
"No, no... I'm okay-" He said as he attempted to stand but fell right back down again. "Okay. Maybe not."
I let out a small chuckle. "Sleep. I'll keep watch."
"You sure? You don't look to good yourself."Red eyed me unsurely.
"I'll be alright." I said in reply. "Get some rest."

I heaved myself off the ground and made my way over to the entrance of the shed. I leaned on the side of the building and then slid down the wall. I brought my knees up to my chest as I let out little gasps of air.
To be completely honest... I wasn't alright. My lungs were still burning and I could barely breathe. I almost passed out trying to sound like I was okay! I wanted to seem fine in front of Red so he didn't worry about me. He had enough to deal with himself without my problems being dumped on him as well.
My arms and legs were speckled with drops of blood from the glass shattering against my skin. I stung all over and I felt light headed.

I pressed my head against the side of the shed and let my eyes flutter shut. My ragged breaths soon evened out and I fell into a deep slumber.

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Blue's POV

I didn't have much trouble getting through the mazes of tunnels, caves and waterfalls in Mount Silver as I had pretty much memorized the whole place already.
I had tried so many times to get to the peak of Mount Silver, but I had always chickened out or all my Pokémon had fainted. But there was no turning back this time. I had to find Gold so I could be reassured that the story Professor Oak had told me was indeed a myth. I had my doubts, but either way I had to find him.

I finally reached the tunnel which led to the snowy peak of the mountain. I stopped when I got to the exit and stared at the thick sheet of white snow that was in front of me. I let out a heavy sigh. This was where I would always turn back. I would always think of getting buried alive in the snow and I would instantly be put off and would turn back around to go home. The idea still didn't appeal to me, but I had no choice if I wanted to find Gold.

I zipped up my jacket and tightened my scarf. This was not going to be fun.

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Red's POV

My eyes fluttered open and I instantly felt pain. My head was pounding and my body stung. But the part that hurt the most was my left arm. I forced myself into a sitting position. I appeared to be sitting on a stack of hay. I looked at my arm and winced. There was a bandage on it, but some blood had seeped through and soaked the soft material. I didn't remember much from last night (I had no idea what time it was here), but I still remembered passing out and then regaining consciousness for a short period of time. In that short amount of time, I remembered talking to Gold. Wait... Gold!

I flew up from the hay bale and scanned the room. Gold said something about keeping watch, so maybe he was outside!
I stumbled towards the entrance of the shed and looked around. I couldn't see him anywhere so I checked the sides of the building.

I came to a sudden halt when I saw a sleeping Gold lying on ground. He was on his back with his head facing what I guess you could call the 'sky.'
I crouched down next to him and peered at his sleeping face. He looked calm yet pained at the same time. Let's just say that it confused me a lot.

"Pst! Gold!" I called out to him in a hushed tone. He stirred slightly, but nothing more. I leaned right over his face. "GOLD!"
"Aah!" His eyes flew open and his face came towards mine very quickly. There was a loud cracking sound as our noses and foreheads collided with each other.
"OW!" I cried and covered my face as I fell backwards onto the ground.

I peeked through the gaps between my fingers and saw Gold rubbing his nose with his hand.

"What the heck, man?!" I shouted as I pulled my hand away from my face.
Gold stopped rubbing his nose and looked at me in disbelief. "Hey! It's your fault for scaring the shit out of me!"
"How was I supposed to know that you were going to head butt me in the face?!"
"Well next time just wake me up like any other normal human being!"

We both sat there glaring at each other for a few seconds before bursting out into laughter. We were both rolling around on the ground holding our sides.

"Oh Arceus! I feel like I'm getting a six-pack!" Gold said between burst of laughter.

After a few minutes, we finally composed ourselves and got off the dirty ground.

"It feels good to be able to laugh like that again." I smiled at Gold.
Gold seemed to stare at me for a second before finally responding. "What do you mean?"
"Well... you know. I haven't talked for eight years up until this point. That means I haven't really laughed a lot either..."
Gold frowned a little but then smiled at me widely. "Well, when we finally get the heck out of this place, I'll be your personal comedian! I'm pretty funny if I do say so myself."
I scoffed. "You sure about that?"
"Yes, yes I am." Gold grinned at me.

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Blue's POV

The wind and snow whipped around me. My teeth were chattering and my whole body was shaking. I had only been walking for about ten minutes and I already felt like I had freaking hypothermia!
I shuffled through the shin-deep snow in the direction that I thought the peak of the mountain was in until I tripped over something and went down face first into the snow.

"Arceus..." I mumbled as I brought my head up and spluttered snow out of my mouth.

Still lying on the ground, I looked straight ahead and something caught my eye. I lifted myself up and wandered over to it. It was half buried in the snow but I could clearly see that it was sporting the colours black and gold. I bent down and picked it up and shook the snow off of it.

I gasped and almost dropped it when I saw what it was. It was a black and gold cap and it belonged to none other than Gold himself.
But if this was his hat... where was he?
I scanned my surroundings and just a little bit off to the left was another half-buried object. I bounded over to it and picked it up as well. It was another had, but this one was red and white. A red and white hat... Why did the hat seem so familiar? And then it hit me. That hat belonged to Red! I could recognise it anywhere because he had been wearing it since he got it from his father when he was five!
So if Red and Gold's hats were together, then they must have been together to! But where were they now? There didn't seem to be any caves or caverns in the ground around here, so where the heck were they now?!

"Arceus! This is so frustrating!"

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Gold's POV

"It feels good to be able to laugh like that again." Red smiled at me.

Oh wow. I had never noticed since that was the first time he had, but Red had a really nice smile. He had perfect teeth and his eyes light up like a child's on Christmas day. I hadn't realized, but I was staring creepily at his face.

"What do you mean?" I asked before it became to awkward.
"Well... you know. I haven't talked for eight years up until this point. That means I haven't really laughed a lot either..."

I frowned. What would it be like not laughing for eight years? His life must have been so boring and horrible. Well, that's how I would have felt if it had been me.

I smiled, trying to look positive. "Well, when we finally get the heck out of this place, I'll be your personal comedian! I'm pretty funny if I do say so myself."
Red scoffed at me. "You sure about that?"
"Yes, yes I am." I grinned devilishly.

My eyes drifted towards Red's arm and grimace. "We should really change that bandage." I suggested.
Red looked at his arm. "Yup. Definitely."

I went back into the shed with Red behind me and grab the first aid kit that was on the hay bale. I signalled for Red to sit down on the one opposite me and he happily obliged. I unclipped the safety pin and proceeded to do the exact thing that I had done the night (I think) before.

"Now you're the one looking after me." Red said quietly.
I chuckled slightly. "Yeah."

Once the new bandage had been wrapped around his arm, I put the safety pin back on.

"It's not too tight is it?" I asked Red cautiously.
"Nope. It's fine. Thanks, Gold." Red smiled that beautiful smile again.

I shook my head vigorously. Gold! What were you thinking?! Stop thinking about Red like that!

"Gold? Are you okay?" Red asked me in a suspicious tone.
I stopped shaking my head to look him in the eyes. "I'm fine."
Red looked at me unsurely but shrugged it off. "Whatever you say."

I started to pack the first aid kit away when the ground started to shake violently.

"Get down!" I shouted and we both ducked for cover, expecting the worse.

The ground continued to quake and shudder, sending powerful waves through my body.
My head was spinning and I started feeling sick again. I gripped at the floor as the walls of the shed started to rattle. A metal beam came crashing down and I barely rolled out of the way in time.

"What the heck is happening?!" I yelled out over the noise.
"I have no idea!" I heard Red yell back.

All of a sudden, everything went quiet. The ground seemed to stabilize and the walls of the shed stopped threatening to collapse in on us.
I stood up and saw Red getting into a sitting position. I walked over to the entrance of the shed, my body swaying side to side as I went.

I peered outside and saw something that I had never expected to see.

"Uh, Red? I don't think we're in the same place anymore..."

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A/N

Heyo!
I hoped you liked it and I apologize once again for updating so late! D:
OH MY ARCEUS ONLY 8 MORE DAYS UNTIL POKEMON X AND Y *que fangirling*
If you are getting a copy, which one are you getting? X or Y? Cause I've already pre-ordered X!
ALSO! Have you guys seen Pokemon: The Origins yet? I have and it is amazingly amazing! Only a subbed version is available so far, but it is still freaking amazing!
Okay, enough from me xD

Li xx