Chapter 34

Thanks to Adam and Valerie's interference, Alice is now lying on her bed with an aura shield forming around her. All of the Gym Leaders and Elite Four, Lillie, and Gladion are present, as they are worried about their Elite leader who is lying on the bed.

"Just what is going on? And what is this Violet Depression?" Nate asks.

"And why is Alice suddenly out of control of her aura?" Max asks.

Ash sighs and says, "It is my fault...I shouldn't have mentioned Violet Depression in front of Alice..."

"She might have found out sooner or later considering she knows how her health is decreasing." Valerie says. "I think you should explain everything to your friends who don't know anything."

Before they can explain, Chloe comes in and she has some bad news. Ash asks, "What's wrong, Chloe?"

"When Goh and I were on our way back to the lab, we found 6 of the traitors lying on the ground fainted in front of the castle's gate." Chloe says. "They were seemingly attacked, but no wounds and scars are on their bodies."

"What?" This causes the others to be confused. Ash asks, "You said the castle's gate? Don't tell me that they were also attacked by Alice..."

Golly says, "I guess we have to explain the whole thing from the start. When an aura user is physically and mentally scarred to an extent, Violet Depression occurs. This kind of disease will cause the aura inside the victim to attack herself, leaving only fewer years to live."

This causes everyone to gasp, Ash says, "If Alice doesn't know the term, the aura inside her won't be able to attack us. But now that she knows...that's why her aura is starting to attack everyone in sight."

"I can't believe Alice has this kind of disease and you didn't tell us..." Eve says. "Is there a way to save her?"

"When we were little, Golly suffered the same disease and that's why she died." Ash says, "But I am not going to let Alice die and revive her. It's too painful for her to endure."

"We've searched every document about the disease, and eventually we found a sole survivor of this disease: Victoria Silverlind. She is a Galar native who lives a lot of centuries ago. However, her history of her is lost because of the Galar royalty destroying everything."

"So that's why you've called me here." They turn around and they notice an old lady standing in front of them: The former Fairy Type Gym Leader of Galar: Opal.

"Ms. Opal. You're here." Ash says with delight.

"It sure has been a while, Ash Ketchum." Opal says, and this causes them to get worried since she knows his true identity. "You don't need to worry, I don't trust the fact that you kill your mother."

"That's good to hear. So can you tell us about Victoria Silverlind? We really want to save Alice and anything related to her is going to help a lot." Ash says.

"Before I answer that, I'll give you a quiz." Opal says. "Question: How did the Silverlind Family end? 1. Being treated as witches. 2. Offended the royal family."

"Is it being treated as witches? Considering at that time, the term aura was not in other regions except for Kalos and Rota." Minami asks.

"Correct." Opal says. "Victoria Silverlind got the disease and the Galar Region suffered from it. To save her, her family has searched far and wide for a cure. And they've found the cure: The Infinity Gems."

"The Infinity Gems?" Everyone asks in confusion.

"Question: How many Infinity Gems are there? 1. 6, 2. 18." Opal asks.

"18?" Elline asks.

"That is also correct. Infinity Gems are made with the pure energy of a specific type." Opal says. "The family manages to find all 18 of them and cure Victoria Silverlind. However, the damage has been done, and everyone is terrified of what the Silverlind family can do, so the royal family decides to treat them as witches and burned them at the stakes."

"That's so cruel..." Everyone gasps at how cruel the story has been. Flora asks, "But what about the Infinity Gems? Where did they go?"

"Our king of bountiful harvests rode his steed and they gallop through all the regions, hiding all the gems in places where no one can touch." Opal says.

"Calyrex..." Daniel says with a surprised gasp.

"So if we want to know more about it, we have to ask Calyrex." Flora nods.

"I've given your questions with choices, however, I want to know how come this poor girl gets the Violet Depression?" Opal asks.

Eve says, "It is a long story, but Alice suffered bullying back in school. The bullying is worse to the extent that Mom and Dad have to drop her out of school."

"The true reason we dropped her out of school is because of the Violet Depression. We are scared that Alice might cause more harm to both herself and the whole school, so we decide to drop Alice out of school, hoping that the Violet Depression won't be activating." Wulfric says.

"And what about those people who harmed Alice? What happened to them after Alice dropped out of school?" Lillie asks.

"After the bullying, we filed a lawsuit against the whole school, and once we win the court, the school is forced to close. As for what happened to the people inside the school...we have no idea." Valerie replies.

"Expect Alice's homeroom teacher: Ms. Konomi. She is now a teacher in the Alola Trainer's School, I was lucky to be her student, along with four of the other traitors..." Ash says the last words with a little hate.

"Okay...that's a good thing since Alice's homeroom teacher is really nice." Eve says. "But the main problem is those real bullies. We found that every one of them was murdered, though we didn't know who did it or how it happened."

This causes everyone to be curious, and Chloe asks, "Do you still have the list of the bullies that harmed Alice?"

Valerie says, "I'll explain it. The main leader is a boy named Ark. He was Lysandre's son, thus he managed to gain a lot of fame in school. Before Lysandre was exposed as the leader of Team Flare, he is a well-known scientist who helps others. That's why Ark uses his father's power to be the top dog in school. Alice refuses to be with someone like him, and that's the main reason why she's been bullied."

"That sounds really mean." Ash says with slight anger. "What about the others?"

Valerie says, "The second one is Belle. She treats Alice as her slave...she is really popular in school, Alice wants to befriend her, but Belle wants her to wait for herself head to toe...and Alice sometimes gets traumatized because of it."

Minami says, "Who does she think she is? A princess?"

"She has Princess Syndrome." Eve sighs. "The third one is Livid, she is good at battling, but she doesn't like the fact that Alice uses Ice Type Pokemon, so she would try to make her a fraud on everything."

"It is Alice's choice to decide which type she wants to use, that is not fair." Max says.

"The fourth one is Corey...you see, Dad's Ice Cream is the best, but whenever Alice takes them to school for her treat, he will steal them and eat them with the rest of the bullies. Alice couldn't eat a single of them at that time...which is why she would ask Dad to make another one...but...Dad thought that she was greedy since he had already given her the Ice Cream, so he refused..." Flora says

Wulfric says, "Is that true? Why didn't you tell me about this?"

"We have been telling you about this, but you don't believe it." Flora says. "There are some times that she is mad at you because of it."

Wulfric lowers his head and says, "I am sorry..."

"There is the fifth one that is Debbie. There are some times that Alice can't control her Aura when she was angry, and because she suffered the powers from Alice, she starts to call her a monster and everyone does the same." Eve says.

"That is very rude." Lucine mutters.

"The sixth one is Blitz, he is a bully who likes to prank Alice by using his Rotom. Our school was a boarding school, and sometimes we will need to stay at school, and that is when he uses Rotom to possess the appliances to scare her, causing her to become a laughing stock."

"How dare he do that..." Ash says with a little anger.

"Treton is a boy who always ties Alice up with the vines so that she will always be late for class, and Alice has gotten a lot of detention because of him." Flora says.

"You see, attending Braoding school means we have a dress code, and our shoes haven't had that much friction to grasp the floor, so the next bully, Korimi, will make the floor beside Alice's table wet so that Alice will slip on it." Eve says.

"Both of them are really rude." Insey says.

"Honoka is the ninth one, and she will try to tear Alice's clothes since she wants everyone to laugh at her body, this is why there are some times Alice decides to skip meals."

"How dare she do that, I know that Alice's body is perfect, but how dare she..." Ash says.

"Calm down, Ash." Adam says as Ash decides to calm down.

"The tenth one is Hakano. He is smart, but instead of his homework, he uses it on helping Ark to bully her." Flora sighs.

"So he is like a follower." Bryce asks as Flora nods.

Eve says, "Then Yuri, she is pure evil...she always asks Alice out because she forgot to bring her things back. Alice comes with her to the nighttime school, but she always left her alone in the dark and runs away...Alice has to be saved by the guards or else she couldn't come back home because of the locked doors."

Golly says, "I really wanted to beat her up..."

"The twelfth one...Speta...she is also mean...just because Alice accidentally crashes her Wrumple Tank in School, she always picked on her by placing Silks and Pollens in her backpack, causing her homework to be ruined..."

"This is far beyond mad..." Insey mutters.

"Yeah." Flora sighs.

"Goku is the next one, he is a flirter. Only Alice doesn't like his flirting, so he will always try to annoy her to listen to him." Eve says.

"Oh my..." Trenor says.

"The fourteenth one is Ella, she is a clean freak, and because of it, Alice was forced by Belle to help her clean her table or trash that she made...and whenever there is garbage that was made by her, they would tell the teacher that Alice was the one that throws it."

Trenor asks, "I don't get it, why didn't she stand up to them and tell the truth to the teacher?"

Eve says, "Because she was alone...until she met Ash and you guys. The fifteenth one is Tokui. Tokui is a skipper... whenever she is the student of duty, she will always leave all the work to Alice, threatening her to do it or facing the consequences."

"That is really mean..." Rosa says.

"I know." Flora says. "The sixteenth one is Hito, he is also pure evil, every time when Alice goes into the classroom, the door opens and then a bucket of water will be sprayed on her...and Hito was the one that does it."

"I think I really know what the last ones are..." Ash says.

"The seventeenth one is Kaito...he is a pervert. And a speedy one of course. He always raises her skirt whenever he has the chance, and poor Alice can't run against him since he is speedy."

Mark says, "That is terrible..."

"Of course." Eve says. "And the final one is Genome, he is making rumors so that the others can spread out to hate Alice."

"So there are 18 of them, and you said that they are all dead?" Opal asks. "This is getting interesting. However, it doesn't seem like I need to know everything. Anyway, I'm on my way. Good luck in finding those gems."

After Opal leaves, Ash also decides not to let anyone else in the region knows about the Infinity Gems, or else they will be in trouble.


And here is a new chapter, now you know why Alice has low self-esteem in childhood and even got the Violet Depression. And the Infinity Gems from Love and Despair is back. I hope you like this chapter.