BOO! Haha I scared no one! Anyways, sorry for the wait but this chapter is here and it marks the TRUE beginning of my story! Now the real story starts. Oh and I'm now accepting any kind of OC, meaning I accept human OCs too just keep that in mind. Also for the guest searchingshinluc, TMI (Too Much Information) dude. Just PM me stuff like that. And while I'm at it I may as well say that I get so many reviews from you guys that it always gives me the drive to write more! So thank you! One other thing, I would like to recommend "For What's Right" by SUP3RRAY.

That Guest that reviewed last: I have taking those things into consideration I also didn't think that the plot was bouncing around (Funny analogy by the way) I was pretty sure I was sticking to my own plot. I haven't strayed from it one bit and all the previous chapters were just in preparation for the real start of the Story. This chapter marks where I begin to start the story I had planned from the very beginning. Nyah!

Disclaimer: Would I get in trouble if I didn't add this every chapter? Maybe, but I'm not taking any risks so. I do not own any of the Pokémon franchise nor do I think I do. It is all owned by Game Freak. I however own my OCs (please note that I consider all OCs that I accept to be their original owner's).

NOW ON TO THE STORY! Nyah!

"Sometimes you can't protect the things you love most. For that reason we all strive to prove that we can protect those cherished things."

Chapter 13: Information

The sun shone on my face as I scrunched my eyes to block it out more. I laid there for a moment longer enjoying the lingering tiredness before giving up and getting up. I looked over at Lightning and let out a sigh. Every morning I always worry I'll wake up to find it all just a dream. A long and wonderful dream.

I then turned to look at Erica's sleeping form. She was laying on her back, her arms and legs spread out with her tail wrapped around her as a blanket, and her chest rising and falling with her breathing. I smiled knowing she was alive and safe, after all, she is the only family I had left.

I pulled myself out of bed and walked over to the mouth of the cave that dropped off into the Ocean. I felt a breeze of ocean air ruffle my fur as it flowed into the cave before coming back out. I felt as if something big was about to happen but I didn't know what. I recall having felt this back when I first came to this world. I sighed as I was drowned in nostalgia.

I emembered yesterday so vividly that it kind of scared me. The murderous look on Erica's face after we threw her in to the Ocean, the beating soon after and the tournament of the part contest. I also remembered the voice of the possessed Tyranitar. It sounded so familiar but I couldn't place where I'd heard it. I'd already ruled out Darkrai since I already new his voice plenty well. But that only irked me more. How come I couldn't place where I'd heard this voice?

I noticed a small glimmer from the corner of my eye and turned to find out what it was. It was buried underneath some bedding in the corner of the room so I couldn't make out what it was. I walked over to it and stuck my paw in to it and grasped a hold of something. I pulled out my hand and my heart stopped at what I looked upon. It... It was Lightning's and I's Exploration Team Badge.

The main part of the Badge was a circular medal with the top being red while the bottom was silver witch contained magical properties that teleported the fainted team out of a dungeon or the lost and/or wounded Pokémon. In the center of the badge was a mint colored gem. The gem corresponds to the color of the users aura. On either side of the main part of the badge were two white wings that told the team that there is no limit.

I felt tears slid down my furred cheeks as memories of the past flowed into me. I hugged the Badge to my chest as I began to silently weep. These were memories both cherished and hated, memories of friendship, memories of youth, memories of pain, and memories of trial. The things me and Lightning faced seemed nearly endless. I know one thing though. If Lighting and I hadn't faced all that we wouldn't be who we were now.

I turned back to my bed and walked over to it, Badge in paw. I then remembered the look that Wigglytuff gave me and instead turned for the stairs. I stopped just short of them and looked back up at Erica and Lighting. They were sleeping as soundly as ever but I felt uneasy when I watched them. It was like the foreshadowing of the future, but I don't know what I felt uneasy about. I sighed and walked up the stairs making next to no noise as I went up them, holding tight to the Badge. When I reached the top I looked up to see that the sun had just finished reaching the top of the mountains and was now levitating a few inches above it.

I walked into the town seeing it still quiet with the morning. Everyone was probably tired from the Contest yesterday and went to sleep late. I walked through it without incident and reached the crossroads. I tuned and looked up the stairs leading to the guild. I felt like crying right then, but I held it back. This place held so many memories for me. Memories of happiness, anger, sadness, and most of all excitement. It was where me and Lightning began our team. It was where we shared so many adventures. It was my second home almost.

I shook my head and walked up the stairs until I reached the grate, I always hated that thing. I steeled my self and walked on to the grate and stood still until...

"FOOTPRINT DETECTED!" I heard Diglett yell from down below. "FOOTPRINT DETECTED! WHOSE FOOTPRINT! WHOSE FOOTPRINT! THE FOOTPRINT IS uh.. Maybe Lucario?"

"What! Don't tell me you don't know this footprint!" I heard Loudred voice yell in frustration causing me to giggle slightly as I remembered this happened the first time I stepped this thing.

"Don't worry!" I yelled down to Diglett. "You got it right!"

"Oh um, thanks!" He replied. The gate in front of the door opened revealing a ladder leading down. "You are free to enter!"

"Thanks!" I yelled before walking off that horrible grate and beginning my descent down the ladder.

I came to a room that was empty of life and seemingly devoid of any recent activity. There were boards up with jobs on them but there seemed to be fewer then usual. There were two hallways that went into different rooms containing small shops for explores and extra jobs. In the both corners of the room was a window that opened up to the sky, seeing as the guild was built in a cliff. There was grass on the ground as well as many other plant life growing on the walls an such. Right next to me was another ladder leading down so down I went.

This room was the for main guild members (that didn't graduate). This room also had the grass floor and plant life growing. Nearby to the right when you entered the room was Croagunk's shop. You traded Exclusive Items to him to get better ones. Past that was the hall that led to the Dinning room. Farther past Croagunk's shop was a pit with a vine leading down, this led to the spot underneath the grate I was at so if Diglett had to be somewhere then someone else could do his job for him, I really hated his Job. To the left was a door that led in to Guild Master Wigglytuff's Room. Past his room was another hallway that led into the guild members sleeping rooms.

I walked left and up to Wigglytuff's door and knocked three times. I heard a jingle like sound and opened the door and walked in. As every other room in the guild it had lots of plant growth. On both sides of the room there was a chest full of treasure and a window directly behind it. Wigglytuff was sitting on a mat staring at me with his eyes wide open. Chatot, Second in command in the guild and also Wigglytuff's best friend, was sitting on a perch by Wigglytuff looking down at me with disbelieving eyes.

"Steven? Is that you?" Chatot asked, his eyes unsure.

I decided to play with him and replied, "I'm sorry but I came to addition for the play?"

'Wow Steven, that's all you could think of?' I thought.

He shook his head before saying, "Yeah, It's defiantly you."

I rubbed the back of my head, grinning, before looking over at Wigglytuff. "Guild Master Wigglytuff. I need to know what you know about Humans and me." I said with complete seriousness.

He continued to stare blankly at me while Chatot look at me in relative shock. I sighed and said to Chatot, "Could you please wake him up?"

Chatot regained his composer and looked over at Wigglytuff only to sweat drop. He sighed and opened his mouth to speak when..

"HIYA! How you doing Steven?" Wigglytuff suddenly said, making Chatot fall of his perch while I giggled slightly.

"I'm doing great Wigglytuff." I said smiling as Chatot flew back up to his perch. "But I need to know what you know about Humans and me."

He frowned as he looked at me. "Why would I know anything about that?" He replied looking completely lost. I however could tell he was lying thanks to my Aura Sensory.

It's kind of hard to explain the Aura Sensory. When you look at someone with Aura Sensory you will see a outline of them that is a certain color, this is called the Aura Flame. When someone lies or is conflict with themselves their Aura Flame flickers. Before I get into that you must first know about the Aura Flame. The Aura Flame is the indication of life. You would see the Aura Flame of a Pokémon or Human dim if they were close to death. Each person's Aura Flame is a certain Color. This is a way of identifying different people or Pokémon. Very rarely will you find two people or Pokémon with the same Color. If you do it would usually mean that they are meant for each other. If the Aura Flame is Bright it means the have a immense amount of willpower.

"Wigglytuff I need to know. You already know that I'm human. And I think you know what happened to me four years ago." I said with my eyes locking on to his. "I will know if you lie Wigglytuff."

His bright pink Aura Flame flickered for a moment, meaning he was in conflict with himself. Chatot knew this was a important conversation so he probably wasn't going to butt in, hopefully. Wigglytuff smiled at me as his Aura Flame ceased to flicker.

"One question before I answer you Steven." He said in his usual cheerful voice. "What is it you told me before you left for your last mission?"

"Last mission?" I replied as I tried to remember.

~Flashback!~

Two figures stood in the Guild Master's room. One was tall and Pink while the other was small, and blue and black. The pink one resembled a fat bunny (A.N: Sorry but it's kind of true for him.) while the other looked like a Canine standing on two legs.

The Blue one spoke first, "Wigglytuff, I finally regained all my memories and I need to tell you where I'm from."

The Pink one named Wigglytuff did nothing but seemed to be listening intently.

"You see I come from a world without Pokémon where only Humans dwell." The blue one continued. "Pokemon were only these creatures you so in a little game device run by electricity. Humans live by this electricity. They use it for light, cleaning,(A.N: Bla bla, non-important stuff) and that is what my world is like. But the reason I'm telling you this because I have already lost my memory once and I might lose it again. So if I ever lose my memory again and want to return to my own world without knowing what it is really like, I want you to tell me these things. I know it is selfish but I desperately don't want to go back to the Hell that was my world. That is all, thank you Wigglytuff."

With that the Blue one left the room leaving the pink one to ponder what he said.

~End Flashback~

"Oh, right." I said, before becoming a bit sheepish. "I feel like I was making that too dramatic then, and yes I do. I told you about my world and then I told you to help influence my decisions if I lost my memory again."

"Yup!" He replied his voice seeming higher then usual. "But I still don't know what your talking about!"

I sweat dropped while Chatot fell off his perch. I regained my composer and looked over at Chatot who was groaning on the ground. "Please Wigglytuff!" I half yelled, getting fed up. "Please I need yo-" I stopped as I realized why he wouldn't tell me. I shook my head at my own stupidity, He didn't want Chatot to know. I should have just used telepathy from the beginning.

'Wigglytuff.' I told him via telepathy. 'Can you tell me through telepathy?'

'I'm a bit surprised you learned telepathy.' He replied, his voice ringing through my head. 'And yes I can. Chatot can't know this, okay?'

'Yes sir.' I said, maintaining at least a bit of respect for the Guild Master.

'Alright.' He started, beginning his explanation. 'You see there is a lot more to this world then just this area of land. We have never named this land and have never gone past the limits of the wonder map. There is actually a whole other world out there. But since ancient times, Pokémon have avoided going out of this region. In some ancient scripts I read, it was said that if a Pokémon was to leave this region, then they would lose the protection they had from the Legends.'

'From what the Legends were keeping us safe from, I do not know. But further on in the script it said that there were two groups of humans. The ones who wished to live peacefully with Pokémon, and the ones who wish to take there power for their own. They began to fight amongst each other, the Humans who wished for power were driven back and fled across the ocean. When the power hungry humans left, Mew, one of the legends, sent many of the humans to hopefully change the ways of the other humans. They never returned.'

'The scripts said that soon after they left a calamity fell upon this unnamed region. This calamity killed off many of the humans remaining here as well as many other Pokémon. It never fully described the calamity, only saying, "The calamity fell upon us as Great Dark clouds." The legends, fearing the safety of the region, then cut off this region from the rest of the world. There is no details in what they did.'

'It goes farther saying that this world is far more vast then the average human or Pokémon mind can comprehend. Sadly that's where it stopped. I have no more information for you. Please tell Lightning that we are are happy he got his friend back.' He finished.

While we had been using telepathy, we had just stared at each other not moving or making expressions, leaving Chatot thinking we were just having a staring contest or something, a very long one. I gave a swift bow to Wigglytuff saying, "Thank you for your time Wigglytuff, I will now take my leave." And with that I left heading slowly back to The Bluff.

Iarrived without a problem with the sun now high in the sky telling me that about half the day was over. I walked down the stairs leading me into the interior and saw both Lightning and Erica still asleep. I sighed, how could they sleep this long? I went over to wake them up and began shaking Lightning. I frowned, Lightning was usually a early bird and hated waking up late. We didn't do much yesterday so he shouldn't be overly tired too the point where nothing would wake him.

I then looked at his face and saw it scrunched up, like he was having a Night Terror or something. I started shaking him even harder and saying his name. Getting fed up with him I got up and grinned mischievously.

I backed up as I charged up a Aura Sphere in my paw and bellowed, "WAKE UP LIGHTNING!" I then launched the sphere at him creating a small explosion and launching him straight it the wall.

He slid down the wall and was once again in a sleeping position. Needless to say, I was shocked (no pun intended) that he could remain sleeping after that. This actually made me grow frightened, instead of annoyed. I then rushed over to over to Erica's sleeping form and began to shake her violently.

She didn't wake.

Panicking, I ran over to our hoard of berries and search through then until I found what I was looking for, a Chesto berry. I quickly crushed the berry with a weak force palm making it soak into the fur on my paw, and then ran over to Lightning. I opened his mouth and stuck my berry soaked paw on his tongue trying to get as much of the berry juice as I can on to his tongue. I then quickly removed my paw and closed his mouth. Not waiting to see if it worked I ran over to Erica and repeated the process.

I heard some coughing behind me and turned to see Lightning sticking his tongue out ant pawing at it. I giggled as I soon heard Erica coughing as she got up and doing the same thing. I thought they were going to shoot me a glare or hit me or something, for some reason they didn't though. Lightning shocked me by beginning to cry before tackling me to the ground. Erica cried as well, coming and hugging Lightning and me who were on the ground. I was now stuck on the ground between two obviously distraught Pokémon who crying their hearts out and cling to me like I was their life line.

I said nothing as I used my paws to rub both of their heads reassuringly, my berry soaked paw on Erica's head. We all stayed there for a few minutes with the only sound being that of their sniffling and the ocean outside. Lightning was the first to get up and look at me with puffy red eyes. I was scared seeing how much fear was in his eyes. Shaking it off I looked at him and asked my long awaited question.

"What's wrong?"

He stared at me for a few more seconds with Erica now doing the same. They both looked at each other and then back to me. Lightning spoke first.

"We were attacked by something." He said, somewhat vaguely. "All I can say about it was that it looked like a bunch of dark mist with red glowing eyes."

Erica then spoke up, "When we woke up we noticed you weren't here and were about to go look for you, but this mist rose up from the ground in front of the door. It had looked like was looking for something. I don't really know what happened other then that and the fact that I couldn't move."

"Yeah." Lightning said. "It was really weird. Then when we noticed it, it grew what looked like arms and then pointed at us and said one thing, 'Dream'."

We all grew silent. It isn't unreasonable to think that this 'Mist' is the same thing that possessed the Tyranitar yesterday. Something had hurt my best friend and sister and it made me pissed. I was going to get back at them one way or another. No one touches my friend's.

I finally finished! I have never had such a hard time on a chapter. This not only took me a long time but I had to rewrite it two times all because I went off the path I've made for it! Ugh. I would also like to apologize for the fact that the story has really only had Those three taking up the spotlight. That's it. So without further ado. Nyah!