I have failed you all! I was suppose to have this chapter up a MONTH ago! A MONTH! Reasons include school, Laziness, Mother's well being, Writers Block (big contributing factor here), and my brother. He is over in Singapore and me and my family have not seen him in a year now. Anyways on Mother's Day we got to Skype him! But mostly it was due to the stress of school. Well that's enough out of me so...

Disclaimer: So how many times do I have to do this? I don't own Pokémon.

ON TO THE STORY! Nyah!

Chapter 11: Nightmare

I got up before either Lightning or Erica was up and noticed it was dark out side. I sighed knowing I wouldn't be able to get back to sleep so I wriggled my self out of Lightnings grasp and walked over to our storage of berries and pulled out a pecha berry. I was really starting to like those.

I sat down on the cliff edge in the darkness of the early morning. It was becoming a habit it of mine to sit here every morning. Clouds rolled across the sky, barely lit by the dim light. I perked up at seeing the clouds. I really don't know why, just seeing the clouds seemed to lift my mood, if only slightly.

I sighed in contempt as I laid back and gazed skyward. The sky and clouds began to ever so slowly get brighter as it drizzled slightly. The small rain drops glistened on my fur in the sun's mourning light, having not soaked into my fur. Their was a slight breeze that brought pleasantly cool air. I smiled and closed my eyes as I drifted into a small slumber.

~Dream Scape~

I was back in the strange plain area that I was actually starting to hate. Nothing good ever happens here. It was kind of weird how I knew I was dreaming though. Either way I decided to explore it a bit since I had been coming here much more often then I used too. It was still a wide, grassy plain just like the time I had found Lightning in it. It seemed somehow... dark.

I found a forest on the edge of the plain that seemed just as familiar as the plain. But I couldn't place where I had seen it. Being curious I walked into it.

I walked through the forest that seemed devoid of life of any kind as I got further in. The trees turned blackened and dead as I walked and looked as if they could fall apart by simply touching it. But upon touching it, I could easily say that they were as sturdy as a regular tree.

I continued on through the forest as I approached what seemed to be where all this... Darkness, was coming from. The trees seemed to die as I continued on and I began to feel weighed down. It was as if the gravity of the area suddenly got much stronger. The trees started to thin out, till there were none left and I was left in a blackened clearing.

"I think you have a idea about how this happened, right?"

I spun around and came face to face with...

ME!?

I jumped back in shock as my human duplicate just stood there watching me with a blank expression.

"You know why this happened, right?" He said in a monotone voice, keeping his blank expression.

I regained my composure and replied asking, "What do you mean? Me?"

"Who says I'm you?" He replied his face ever blank still. He then pointed behind me saying, "It's your fault you know."

"My fault?" I asked turning around.

I gasped as my stomach churned at the sight that lay before me. Lightning's body was on the ground. His eyes were bleeding holes in his head and his fur was gone in patches revealing decaying skin.

"All your fault Steven."

~Sharpedo Bluff~

I awoke with a start, gasping for breath. I closed my eyes as I waited for my heart rate to calm down. I took a minute to gather my self before I opened my eyes to look around.

I was back in my bed in the bluff and it was raining heavily outside. Erica and Lightning were gone and my fur was slightly damp from something. The rain was probably the cause. I got up and went to the inside edge of the cliff. The smell of the rain and the ocean entered my nose as I took a whiff of the air outside. It was dark outside as the rain came down upon the world. The waves crashed into the cliff far below as what seemed to be a storm raged on. However, even though it seemed to be a horrible storm outside, I was calm.

I closed my eyes as I felt the wind breeze through my fur. I smiled faintly at the surreal calmness of it all. I heard footsteps and looked over to see a thoroughly soaked Lightning come down the stairs. His spiky fur and mane somehow managed to stay the same despite the water. I stifled a laugh as my sister came down the stairs in her Mew form soaked as well.

She, unlike him, hadn't fared so well as some of her fur on her head fell down in front of her eyes making it hard to see. The rest of her fur soaked her body was like that of a cat that had been dumped into pool of water. She did not look happy.

Lightning had a look of surprise on his face as he saw me. "Wow, your up?" He asked, surprise clearly evident in his voice. "You were dead to the world when we found you on the cliff. You wouldn't wake up to anything (he blushed when he said anything, I observed). So we had to carry you in because you were soaked from the heavy rain." He said upon seeing the curious look on my face.

"Oh... Sorry." I said as I looked down. I felt really bad for taking a nap out there now.

"It's alright big Brother!" Erica shouted, hugging my face in her arms. "You didn't do anything wrong."

"Erica.." I whined, my voice muffled by her body. "We are twins, I'm not your older brother."

"I don't care!" She whined, clutching my face harder. "Big Brother is big Brother!"

I sighed in defeat as I pried her of my face. "Alright. I'm your big Brother then." I said, defeated.

I heard laughing and turned to see Lightning whistling innocently as the laughing stopped. I grinned evilly as I walked over to him. "So Lightning." I whispered in to his ear seductively with a hint of danger evident. "What did you mean by 'anything', hmm?"

He shivered as he replied nervously, "Oh, j-just blasting you w-with moves and so forth." He was blushing heavily through his cheeks that any one could see now. "N-nothing else."

"Nothing?" I whispered, tracing my paw over his stomach. 'You can't hide it from me forever Lightning~!' I sang in my head.

"Yup!" He said a bit more confidently. "Nothing else!"

"Oh." I replied, smirking. "I was worried you might have done something inappropriate with my body." He shivered but stayed quiet as his cheeks burned crimson.

"I'll tell you what he did Big Brother!" Erica shouted suddenly. I turned to look at her and saw that she had an evil smirk on her face. Lightning's eyes widened in horror as he tried to go grab Erica with his paws to stop making 'Shh' sounds. She laughed evilly as she flew out of his reach. "But curiosity killed the Skitty, Big Brother." She warned, winking slyly at me.

"No Stupidity killed the Skitty, curiosity was framed." I replied, smirking.

"Alright well he kis-!" Her mouth was covered black furred paw as she was brought down to the ground struggling by a frantic Luxray.

"It's alright Lightning." I said knowing full well what he did. "I don't really care, I was just giving you a hard time. Besides, tomorrow starts the the contest. So lets make sure we are well rested for tomorrow. K?" They both stopped and looked at me. Their eyes wide with astonishment. "You two forgot all about it didn't you?" I sighed.

They both looked down guiltily as I began to walk towards the entrance. "Come on, Let's get some training done before it's to late!" I called to them.

They both looked at each other before they scrambled after me. 'Tomorrow we will win.' I thought before heading through the storm with Erica and Lightning in tow. 'I will protect you Lightning. Even from myself.' I thought, remembering the horrid nightmare.

No one will hurt him.

Ugh... That was horrible! This chapter took FOREVER to write! I am sorry this chapter took so long. But the next chapter should be up a lot sooner now that I passed this part. After all. I've had the contest planned out since the beginning. Also the reason as to why I've stopped accepting OCs is because I want to reach a certain part in my story first. So without further ado, Nyah!