Friends Reunited

by mockstevenh

Steven is a 16 year old boy that just wants a happy life and people that love him. He still remembers the dream he had at age 12 where he is taken away from his best friend, a Shinx. But soon, he gets sucked into the world of Pokemon and discovers his old and best friend was not a dream. But things have changed. (Being rewritten!)

18. Chapter 18: The Forgotten Sister

This chapter is dedicated to LilacFlowinn as thanks for being one of my friends on this site and helping me make this story. Note: This chapter will only include a PoV from one of the characters. Also, if the chapter seems to be a bit vague at times, it is for good reason. It's meant to be slightly confusing.

Disclaimer: Nintendo and Game Freak own Pokémon.

NOW ON WITH THE STORY! Nyah!

Chapter 18: The Forgotten Sister

~Time~ ?
~PoV~ 3rd Person

A bright flash of light illuminated the dark forest, being noticed by only one soul. A fox with crème colored fur and nine tails dashes toward the origin of the flash. It came to a halt amidst the trees to find laying before it, a small crying blue figure.

This blue figure had a very long furry tail and had the body of a feline. It's body was covered in blue fur and it was in a fetal position with its tail wrapped around it. It cried for reasons unknown to the fox, causing it to want to comfort the small blue feline.

This crème colored fox was named Phoenix. And she, feeling sympathy for the crying feline, wrapped herself around it with her nine tails, uttering words of comfort. Her body provided a natural heat that warmed the feline causing it to fall asleep in the warm embrace of Phoenix.

And so began the childhood of Erica...

~Time Skip~ 7 years
~PoV~ Erica

"Erica!" I heard mother call. I dashed through the tall grass that surrounded our house heading for the sound of her voice.

I was a small blue Mew, at least, that was what mother called me sometimes. She said that I should be able to use psychic powers as I got older due to my species. I understood what she said mostly as I was a fast learner. She also said that as I grew, I would eventually be able to use those psychic powers to make myself fly, but for now, I simply ran on my legs. No flying for me yet!

The tall grass parted allowing me to see our one-room home. Our house was really just a very large dead tree that had been dug into and carved to make this cozy home. I've tried asking mom how we got the house as she always says she is very thankful for it. But she always just replies with a smile on her face saying, "It was a gift."

I opened the door by pushing on it with my paw coming in to find my beautiful mother sitting at a table. We didn't use chairs as we could sit on our hind legs and eat just fine. My mother was what she said to be a Ninetales. She had silky soft fur that I liked to cuddle in and sleep. I loved my mother.

On the table were gold and red beans called Gummies. I don't know how she makes them but I always love it when she does. She always gave me the gold ones saying they make me smarter. I don't complain as I like the gold ones most of all. But something was off about mommy today. She wasn't eating with me like she usually did. She just sat there with a blank look in her eyes.

"Mommy?" I asked in my small voice, wondering if she was maybe sick or something.

She didn't move, but instead begun to cry! "Mommy!" I yelled, running around the room to hug her. Hugs always made me feel better. I threw my paws around her neck and begun told her tightly. Mother hugged me back, but she started crying harder...

"Mommy..." I told her sadly, wanting to make her happy. "Don't cry mommy..."

Mommy held me closer to her as I held on more tightly. She didn't stop crying, and I in turn, did not stop trying to make her feel better. After a while she stopped crying and I let go of her to look at her face. She was smiling at me, with tears in her eyes.

"Thank you Erica, I needed that." She said warmly, causing to me smile at her.

Nothing more was said as I returned to eat my gummies. I, in my innocent 7 year old mind, did not question her sadness. As long as mom was happy, so was I.

~Time Skip~ 5 years

It was like every other day in these woods, where I played with mom or practiced using my psychic powers. I had gotten very proficient at using them to the point where I could make myself float for about an hour or two. I didn't dare go to high in the sky yet, for fear that I'd lose control and plummet to my doom. The thought always made me shudder. I'd also gained the ability to transform into other Pokémon! But seeing as I only say Pokémon in the books and scrolls my mom had, I had a limited amount of Pokémon I could transform into.

But for some reason, I felt uneasy. Just something about today felt... off... I told Mother and she told me not to worry too much. Despite what mother said, I just could not shake off the feeling of unease. But I decided I'd try to not worry about it and work on my transforming into one of the Pokémon from mom's books.

I went over to the small bookshelf in our home and pulled out a small book titled Eeveelutions. On the first page was a small brown quadruped. It had a fluffy scarf of white fur that looked like a lion mane around its neck. It had a very fluffy tail with it transitioning from brown to white at the end. The word under it read: "Eevee: The evolution Pokémon". The rest of the page went on to describe its many characteristics.

I flipped the page and skipped to the next page, looking for some interesting Pokémon to transform into. I settled on a blue and white one after flipping through several different ones. This one had diamond shaped ears that hid behind its glacier like crown. It also had two long pieces of skin hanging from its crown that were shaped like a stretched out diamond. Its tail, following the theme of the rest of its body, was also diamond shaped."(Shiny) Glaceon: The Fresh Snow Pokémon" the words under it read.

I read further. "Glaceon is an ice type Pokémon that is evolved from Eevee when it is in a particularity cold environment. The "crown" on its head is the concentrated essence of ice coming from its body. This happens so the Glaceon does not freeze everything it touches. It also makes sure it does not cause hypothermia in its family or mate. The "hair" that hangs from said crown is there to also protect its self from particularity harsh wind or blizzards. When a Glaceon mates it..." I stopped reading as I did not want to read about "mating".

Down near the bottom of the page were moves that a Glaceon commonly knows. There was Icy Wind, Ice Beam, and so on. Under each move there was a description of how each one was used. I decided to read about Icy Wind first. "Icy Wind is a move that causes the victim of the attack to suffer from a extreme cold. It will often cause the victims muscle's to slightly seize up, thus slowing down the victim. Icy Wind is used by concentrating the users ice type powers and turning it into a icy wind around the user, hence the name. The user will then send the wind at the target, cause before mentioned effects to take place."

I continued on to read about Ice Beam. "The user will focus its ice type energy into a small point on their paw/hand or in their mouth and send a beam of pure icicle energy at the victim. This beam will will cause icy cuts to riddle the victims body. On the rare occasion, it will freeze the victim preventing any movement. Ice Beam can also be used to freeze inanimate objects. If the user is especially proficient in using it, the user can cause the beam of ice to freeze the air itself. This technique is commonly used for creating sculptures of ice."

"Whoa..." I said, feeling a slight excitement at trying out these moves. "These are going to be so much fun to use!"

"But first things first." I whispered, to myself, looking back at the picture of the ice type eeveelution. I studied the picture a bit more before nodding to myself. I concentrated on the image until a water like feeling manifested in my stomach. I then willed the feeling to the tips of my ears, paws and tail. I felt my bone structure slight change with a pleasant warm feeling. I got on all fours as the Pokémon I was turning into was a quadruped. I opened my eyes to find myself looking down at at my paws. On both sides of my vision were two things the book had called "hair". My paws had turned an icy blue with my legs being white.

I smiled before I went off to search for Mom. I knew she wasn't in the house, as she would have already commented on me transforming. I walked out to the front of the house looking for her, and I found a trail of tall grass that had been trodden on. I followed it out into the sea of grass looking for her. I walked for longer then an hour before I came to a forest.

"I didn't know there was a forest near home..." I said to myself quietly, feeling a prickle of fear. But despite that prickle of fear, I walked in anyway. It was unusual for her to go out so far. I followed the footprints she left behind as I navigated my way through the forest. The forest was quiet, eerily so. There was something strange about this place. I wanted to get out of here as soon as possible.

Th forest got steadily darker, but I did not feel cold as would usually be associated with darkness. I guess it was because of me being a Glaceon right now. But as the forest got darker, a light began to slowly appear in the direction I was going. It was still far off, but I could tell I was getting closer to it. And before I knew it, the forest had grown completely dark only to be illuminated by the path in front of me. What I came to, was something that would shock anyone.

Before me was a door... of light... The door reached far into the darkness above me and was seemingly connected to two trees on either side of it. I felt small and insignificant as I stood before this door. I felt warmth coming from it, and a longing urge to go into it. And mom's tracks led into it as well. If mom was in there, then it must be safe. Right?

I walked up to it and raised my right paw and stuck it through the door. My paw along with the arm connected to it, disappeared behind the light. I pulled back my paw and found that it was all still there. I steeled my self and walked in.

As I walked through the portal I found I was walking two feet instead of four. I didn't bother looking as I was too busy looking in front of me. In front of me was a long white hallway with a large door at the end of it. Along the way were two reflective surfaces that I walked over to. I was not expecting what I found when I stood in front of one.

In the mirror before me was a girl, a human girl. She had smooth golden brown hair that fell to her mid section. The hair was slightly wavy, giving it a more lively look. Her body was tall and slender, with a white dress. The dress fell just short of her feet and covered her arms right up to her wrists. I looked at her face an gave a small gasp as I saw her eyes. They were a burning mint green. The eyes seemed to glow with a hidden power. I almost didn't believe it, but one look down told me everything I needed to know. I was the human in the mirror.

"Human?" I questioned. How did I know what a human was?

My thoughts were interrupted by the opening of a door. I looked down the hall to see that the large door had opened but know one was behind it. I walked down the hall towards it, hoping to find mother. I didn't expect what I found.

I came into a room of more white. The room was bright with a unidentifiable light, casting the room in a heavenly white light. In the center of it was a stone, a gravestone. But unlike the rest of the room, this gravestone sat on a small circular patch of grass. The gravestone itself was made of gray stone, contrasting the colors of the room.

As I walked to the grave the doors closed behind me, leaving me with a tingle of fear. But I continued on none-the-less toward the gravestone. I stooped and knelt down onto the grass in front of the gravestone. I read the words inscribed upon the stone with a silent slowness.

Maria Wendi Hill

Born 1979

Died 1999

Wife of (the name was blurred out)

Mother of Steven and Erica Hill

"A woman of great strength in mind and a compassion of thousands, is a mother indeed; both dead and alive."

As I read that last line, I felt the wetness of my tears as the streamed down my face and fell to the grass below. I did not try to dry my face; I let the tears freely fall. This was sadness I felt, a feeling of remorse. My chest hurt as I began to truly cry.

Memories had all come back to me at once. Memories of the brother I would have had, and the sacrifice he should not have been able to make. A memory that should never have been possible, and a memory that was not my own.

"Erica," A voice I recognized from one of those memories said with a gentleness of an angel. "You have not lost them all yet."

I turned my tear streaked face to my right to I see my Mother, or my adopted mother. She was sitting there looking at me with her furry muzzle stretched into a gentle smile as if to say, "It's alright, I'm here now."

The voice had not come from her, but I hugged her regardless, burying my face into her crème colored fur as I cried anew. Her soothing words, whispered into my ears with the warmth of a mother. Nine warm tails wrapped around me in my mother's comforting embrace.

"I'm sorry Erica, but I can't be your mother any more." Mom said as soon as I had calmed down moderately. I pulled back as I looked at her eyes searching for... something... anything to tell me she hadn't actually said that. But I only found what I did not want to find, truth.

"But-" I said, before being cut off.

"No Erica," She said as she moved away from me, leaving me kneeling on the floor. "I'm sorry, but I can't be your mother anymore. My time with you is over."

"I-I don't u-under-stand." I said as the gravity of what was happening began to finally fall on me. But I only had one word and one single question. "Why?"

"I will answer that, Phoenix." Said the gentle voice from before as a figure materialized right by her. The figure was a Mew, just like I used to be, but pink. I looked at her with fear, not for myself, but fear for my adopted mother.

"My name is Mew, as is my species name. But you asked 'why'. So I will answer you." Mew said, her voice still as gentle as when I first heard her. "Phoenix has lived for thousands of years, living long enough to witness both the rise and the fall of humanity in this world. She has out lived all of her family. Her mate, her children, her brothers and sisters, and her parents, are all dead. She has lived with the pain hopping for so long for it to finally end. So I made her a promise, to watch over you until deem necessary. And in return, she will be able to see her family once again."

I looked over to my mother, Phoenix, to see her looking away with a pained look. "Phoenix," I said, using her real name for the first time. "Do you wish to see your true family once again?"

She looked at me in surprise and shock, while I retained a strait a emotionless face. She searched my face, before slowly moving her head up and down. That one simple action could have easily sent me over the edge, but I stayed strong for her.

"I will now begin the process, Phoenix," Mew said, her voice holding a twinkle of hidden sadness. "I'll leave you two to say your goodbyes." and with that she vanished, leaving a small tear to fall to the ground.

Golden orbs began to seep out of her body, but neither her, nor I reacted in any way. We simply stared at each other in silence. She however broke the silence first.

"Erica?" She said her voice cracking slightly. I could hold it in no longer. I fell to my hands and knees sobbing. It was a sound that would break anyone's heart. But I was no longer crying alone as she had run over to me. The moment she got close enough I threw my arms around her neck a sobbed into her fur.

The golden orbs had gotten bigger.

Her forelegs folded around me in her form of a hug. I could feel my back become wet with her own tears. No words were said as we embraced, only the sounds of us crying could be heard.

It became hard to see her.

I pulled back so I could look her in the eyes before she was gone forever. Her muzzle was wet, and her red eyes were wet with tears, but she held a smile. She opened her mouth and two words came out, heard only by me. And then she was gone. The golden orbs disappearing, along with her. I fell into a fetal position as I cried. My mother was gone.

Little did I know that far away, a small mint green eyed Shinx had just experienced a similar event, and heard the same words that I did from another individual.

"Thank you."

Long after she had gone, I sat with my back leaned against my real mother's gravestone. I had cried until I could cry no more. I had then slowly gotten up and walked over to my mother's grave and sat down as I am now. Now I just waited. I did not know what to do now.

That answer came with a floating pink mew. "Erica." I looked up to see her floating in front of me. I said nothing, but and instead placed my head back on to my knees as stared at the ground. "I know your feeling lost, and really hurt right now, but I know something could help you."

I stayed silent, I did not feel like talking right now. "Well, I thought you might like to know something." She said, her voice cautious. "I was thinking that you might want to see your brother."

"Brother?" I quietly asked as my mind tried to start back up.

"Yes, your brother, Steven." She said, her voice once again holding her angle like gentleness.

I slowly rose to my feet before bringing my head up to look at her. "How?" I asked as I felt a sense of determination swell from inside me, filling up the emptiness from before.

She smiled as I looked at her, while my face remained emotionless. "I can send you in the right direction to find him, but I can't send you right to him. You will have to find him with out my help but you will have to remain disguised. I can't help you any more then that unfortunately." She finished looking a bit ashamed.

"So does that mean that he's here in this world?" I asked, wondering how he got here when he had stayed behind to make sure I would not suffer.

"Yes, I had brought him to this world, but I don't know anything more then that as I lost contact with him the moment I sent him here." She said sounding regretful. "But I have heard Pokémon talk about a exploration team called Team Oblivion that consist of a Shinx named Lightning and a Riolu named Steven. So I'm guessing that he got turned into a Pokemon. Also I've heard that his team is stationed at the Wigglytuff guild in Treasure Town. Treasure Town is to the northwest of here, but the moment you leave this place, I don't know when we'll be able to meet again."

I nodded to her and began to head for the giant door, which opened as I approached. I walked through the door and began to walk down the hallway towards the door of light I had come through.

"Oh Erica!" I heard Mew yell behind me, causing me to turn around just short of the door of light and see her gliding towards me. "I have to tell you that the moment you leave this place you will turn back into your Pokémon form and the gate will close."

I nodded to her, but I didn't move. "Erica?" She asked wondering what was wrong no doubt. I answered her by throwing my arms around her in the form of a hug. She was surprised, but put her arms around me regardless.

"Mew, be safe, alright?" I told her as I pulled out of the hug. She nodded with a smile, she truly looked happy now.

"Well, bye." I said as walked through the gate. But as I passed through, could have sworn I her start crying. But now I was out side the gate, as she had called it, as a Glaceon once more. I turned around to see the gate close leaving me in darkness. But despite the darkness, I could see just fine, so I turned and followed Phoenix's now fading footprints.

As I followed Phoenix's steps back to the house, I felt my steps become heavier. When I finally stepped out of the woods, I could easily see that it was night time. I continued to walk even though my heart had begun to hurt. Time seemed to speed up as I found myself at the front door to our house still wide open from when I had left. I stepped in and walked over to Phoenix's and my bed after closing the door. I lied down on it and let myself be taken by sleep. This was my last night in this house.

Sunlight fell onto my face, effectively waking me up. I sat on my haunches as I took in my last bit of home. I then got up and looked around until I found what I was looking for. It was a small travel bag that Phoenix had sometimes used. I grabbed it with my mouth before walking over to our stash of berries. I then proceeded to fill it up with them till it could fit no more. I slung it around my neck and under my right foreleg to keep it on in case I had to do any running.

Now that I was prepared I left the house and took one look at the rising sun the determine my path. I then walked to the start of the tall grass and stopped. I spared one last glance at the house before I steeled my resolve and stepped into the tall grass. I will find my brother.

It took a little over a week, but I made it. I now stood at the entrance of the famous town. Treasure town. I walked into town and found a group of Pokémon in the center. I walked over to find that they were crowded around a small blue and black cat with a yellow four-pointed star at the end of it's tail. It also had yellow in the center of it's round ears. But what really got to me were it's eyes. They were mint green, just like mine.

"Lightning, can you tell us what happened?" Said one of the Pokémon from the crowd.

'Lightning?' I thought as I tried to remember where I had heard that name.

At the prompting of that Pokémon, the small cat in the middle began to talk. "I am here to tell you all of the Story of my best friend and the outlaw Grovyle. In a future that no longer exists, a human by the name of Steven, and a small Treeko embarked on a journey. What was this journey? A journey to prevent a future of unending darkness."

"They with the help of a pink Celibi went back in time, to our time. But there was an accident, causing the two to be separated. The human named Steven had lost all his memories in the accident and had become a Pokémon. I found him unconscious at the beach not to far from here when the Krabbys would blow there bubbles. It was on that beach that our friendship began. We later became apprentices to Wigglytuff's guild and made our exploration team. Team Oblivion."

'Of course!' I thought as I realized who this was. 'Lighting is Steven's team member!' Lightning continued on.

"Many days later we had gathered here with the rest of the town when the Great Dusknoir captured the outlaw Grovyle. It was on that day that both of our lives would change. Dusknoir was about to take Grovyle to the future where they had both come from. He called both me and Steven to the front to say goodbye. But we were all mistaken. Dusknoir grabbed us and pulled us all into the future!"

"Later we found ourselves about to be executed in front of him, but he gave us no notice. He then ordered our execution with the outlaw Grovyle. We escaped, and we ran. We learned that the in the future a calamity struck. This calamity was known as the Planet's Paralysis. The Planet's Paralysis is were Time for the world has stopped. The wind does not blow, the sun will never rise, the plant will remain in a perpetual darkness."

"This calamity was due to the collapse of Temporal Tower. Grovyle the thief as many of you know him as, was stealing Time Gears so he could prevent that future. He wanted to save us, not destroy us. After learning all of this we escaped back to our time with Grovyle. He set off to collect the Time gears once again and we, looked for a way to reach the Hidden Land, where Temporal Tower stood."

"After much searching, we found that the key to getting there was my Relic Fragment. With the help of the guild, we were able to get to the Hidden Land. Me, Steven, and Grovyle had reached the Rainbow Stone Ship that would take us to the tower. But before I could use my Relic Fragment to get to the tower Dusknoir ambushed us. He was going to take us back to the past and dispose of us once and for all. But we were able to defeat him."

"I had gone to start up the Rainbow Stone Ship so I don't exactly know what had happened. But when I go back to them Grovyle had Dusknoir pinned and Steven was lying on the kneeling on the ground a bit away, slightly wounded. Grovyle took Dusknoir and himself back to the future to buy us some time. He left us the Time Gears before shoving himself and Dusknoir through the portal. He sacrificed himself for us."

"We took the Time Gears to the top of the tower where we were confronted by Dialga, the Pokémon that governs time. We defeated him and placed the Time Gears in a wall behind Dialga just before the tower could collapse. We had prevented the Planet's Paralysis."

"Wait!" Someone yelled, and I found that that someone was me along with everyone else as they looked at me. "Where is Steven then?"

Lightning locked eyes with me and I could see a that he was holding back tears. All the Pokémon in the group turned there eyes from me to look at him. He looked down before speaking again. "Because Steven had come from the future, he was erased from existence when the future was changed."

A silence fell throughout the group, but most of all, in me. Time had utterly stopped for me. I was still processing what he had just said. But bit by bit, his words finally sank in. I didn't cry, I walked away. The last of my family was gone and I just wanted to be alone. I walked out of the city and into the woods. I had no destination. I found a place to rest far away from Treasure Town. I lied down and closed my eyes.

Over the next four years I did about only one thing, survive. The pain of losing everything caused my persona to shift making me forget about my past. In reality, I really did not forget, it was all simply locked away in the dark recesses of my mind. It would only bring more pain so I never tried to think about it.

I had shifted to a being a female Glaceon with a quite want for friendship. I had heard about some exploits of Team Oblivion, but I never cared enough to remember it any more. I spent more and more of my time alone in a forest clearing, studying ways to combine various types of moves. But I did need to make a living. Sometimes there weren't any berries for me to find so I had to go to treasure town to get food using Poké, the currency that Pokémon here use, that I found during my searches for berries. Poké are small, round golden colored coins, but I couldn't say where they come from as I haven't a clue.

But four years after I began this lifestyle, I came to treasure town, and I found a poster on the bridge in the middle of town. The poster was advertising an upcoming contest for teams of at least four to participate in. At the bottom, it said it was being hosted by the famous Wigglytuff Guild. As I read the poster I felt a growing sense of excitement, one of the only positive emotions I'd felt in a long time. I wanted, no, I needed friends. But I had been in isolation so long as I never talked to anyone other then myself that I hadn't a clue how to make a friend. So I dejectedly walked into the forest heading toward one of the many forest clearings.

I began my practicing with a move combination, feeling the excitement from earlier bubble up once again. I used my Ice Wave combination attack on a small rock causing it to freeze before being thrown into the tree behind it. I sat on my hunches and began to giggle like I had down once upon a better time.

"Haha! You look like a ice sculpture you silly rock." I proclaimed, feeling a lot happier then I had the previous day. "You could never stand up to the Great Erica!"

I then sighed as my sad reality struck me, leaving me longingly thinking, 'I really want someone to play with, I'm lonely.'

All of the sudden a Lucario fell out of the sky right in front of me causing me to jumped slightly. I then puffed out my cheeks in irritation before launching another Ice Wave into the sky to tell it of for scaring me. But then the attack disappeared through a portal. It would have normally shocked me to see such a thing happen, but I was not myself at the moment. I then looked down at the Lucario only to see it was unconscious. 'Well I guess I can watch it for now.' I thought as I looked at upon the curious blue canine. I sat on my hunches as waited for it to wake up, but that became to much of a tedious task so I curled up on the ground and fell asleep.

Dreams of my past haunted my sleep, leaving me just waiting to be woken up. But one thing from my past kept showing up in the tormenting dreams, my brother. I knew not what he looked like having never actually seen him, but it was always there that feeling of him being there. But then the dreams ended as did my sleep, prompting me to sit up and yawn.

"I see you finally woke up." A male voice said said with a chuckle.

I jumped up and backed away from the owner of said voice who I identified as the Lucario from before. "I-I should be saying that to you!" I stuttered embarrassingly. 'Why am I stuttering?' "I-I mean you were the one who dropped down on me from out of no where."

"I did?" He asked, looking at me stupidly with his mint green eyes.

"Y-yes!" I said with a huff. 'Why am I still stuttering?!'

"Oh." He said, looking like he hadn't understood a dang thing that I said. 'Curse you stuttering!'

"Well I'm sorry. Oh! I'm Steven, who are you?" He said holding his paw out to me. 'Steven? Why does that sound so familiar?'

"I'm Erica. Why are you holding out your paw?" I asked, trying to figure out why his name sounded so familiar and important.

"Oh whoops." He said withdrawing his paw. "I forgot most Pokémon don't do that."

"Most Pokémon?" I asked, as I began to feel a mounting excitement, but had no idea why. "I've never seen any Pokémon do that before."

He began scratching the back of his head with his paw looking nervous. "Your weird." I giggled suddenly as the thought of trying to get him become my first ever friend entered my mind. But then his stomach let loose a very loud growl.

"Wow, your stomachs loud, Steven" I giggled, only to stop when when my stomach growled as well. It didn't take long for us both to start laughing. I don't know what was going on, but I felt genuinely happy. It was a good feeling.

"Come on let's head over to town to get something to eat." I said once my laughing subsided. I then began to walk away from him heading towards Treasure Town.

"Wait!" He yelled. "Where are we anyways?"

"We're in Oran Forest." I replied, upon remembering the name. I soon heard his footsteps as he ran to catch up with me.

"So what were you doing out here?" He asked from behind me. It was then that I remembered the poster and thought about using him to enter the contest.

"I was training to enter the contest in town." I said feeling the excitement from earlier, but I then gave a fake sigh trying to see if I could get him to help me enter the contest. "But, I need to have a team of three or four members in order to enter, and I only have three months until they stop allowing contestants to enter."

"Uh... what's the town that we're headed to called?" He asked casually. "And who's hosting the contest?"

I turned to look at him with a fake question look. "It's called Treasure town, home of the Explorers, and the Guild master Wigglytuff is hosting it." I said, then faked a look of inspiration. "Will you join my team?" She asked, jumping to seem hopeful, but then again I was hopeful.

He seemed to considered me for moment before saying, "Maybe." I let my head fall feeling my hopes get crushed, but then he quickly added, "I just need to find someone that lives near the town first, Okay?" My head rose slightly as hope sparked up once gain inside me.

We walked in silence for a few minutes before I decided to ask a question, "So who's this someone you're looking for?"

"His name is-" He stopped mid-sentence and closed his eyes as if he just decided to take a standing nap. He then suddenly dashed right past me and through the bushes. A moment later I heard a yelp as someone got hit by the run away canine. I then began to walk through the undergrowth towards the sound of talking that now issued from where Steven had dashed off to. Well I say talking, but it was more like crying then anything.

I came through the undergrowth to find a peculiar sight. There was Steven, hugging a light blue and black feline. I recognized the feline as a Luxray, but it's were mint green and white instead of the usual red and gold. I was at lost for what to do so I just sat their withdrawing myself from the situation.

'Who are these two and why do they both have the same color eyes as I do?' I thought feeling a slight pull towards them. My musing was interrupted however by a growl that I knew to be Steven's stomach.

I heard and watched as Lightning laughed saying, "Looks like someones hungry." before another load growl ripped through the air making me sweat drop. These two were something else.

"You're one to talk." Steven said laughing too.

'Just who are these two and why do I feel like I know Steven?' I thought with a troubled look on my face. 'Ever sense Steven showed up earlier, I've been feeling emotions that I haven't felt in a long time. But why?"

"Hey Erica, are you alright?" I heard Steven say, snapping my out of my thoughts once more.

"W-what?" I said, before realizing what I was just asked. I then made something up on the spot. "Oh, I'm fine. I just didn't know what to do when I saw you two crying."

"Sorry about that." Steven said before his monster of a stomach growled once more reminding us of it's status. "But let's talk latter. I really need something to eat." I nodded and followed behind them as they took the front talking about random male stuff.

While we walked I took the time to figure out the electrical feline's name via mid reading. I found it to be Lightning making me feel another like I was forgetting something incredibly important once again. I would have to figure this out...

After some time, that I cared not to count, passed we arrived at our destination. As we walked through the crowded streets I decided to ask Lightning a few questions in hopes of finding out why he seemed so familiar.

"So Lightning, do you live around here?" I asked, ignoring the blinding crowd.

"Yes, my home is past the town." He said as he smiled at me, making sure not to flash his fangs. My heart fluttered as he flashed that smile at me. He made it flutter! This actually kept me from asking more questions as he simply said, "Just follow me."

We walked through the crowed streets until w arrived at the quite cliff side known as Sharpedo Bluff. Most likely named for it's shape. But why were we here? This was a dead end. So I decided to voice my thoughts.

"Um... Why are we at Sharpedo Bluff?" I questioned. Both Lightning and Steven smirked as they made their way over to a bush. I audibly gasped when I saw the stairs leading down into the cliff before following them in. When I reached the bottom, I could only say one word as my jaw officially dropped. "Wow..."

Inside you could see the cliff opening to the ocean. There was a line of jagged rocks that lined the edge, looking just like a Sharpedo bottom jaw. Right by the entrance were a few baskets of berries to eat. In the back of the cave like structure was a a small fountain for drinking water. There was some grass growing around on the floor as well as some plant life growing on the walls. On the floor there were two hay beds as well as some hay in the corner to make beds for guests.

I heard the two giggle but paid them no mind as I walked to the edge to watch as the sun set. My mind wandered slightly, but I was over all, at peace. I felt happiness from just seeing the sun set. It's beautiful colors on display for the whole world as it fell beyond the horizon. I felt Steven sit down next to me soon to followed by Lightning on the other side of me.

'I have a family again...' I thought happily as I held back tears. Soon, I would find out how true those words really were. We went to sleep and the rest is history. The day after next, I revealed my true form to Steven, stating who I really was, his sister. We participated in the contest and then went on to explore a ghost town and now here I am under the night sky waiting for Lightning and Steven to return from there night stroll in this foreign land. I had actually woken up from a shocking nightmare that felt more real then any other nightmare or dream I've had in that past.

In the dream I was tied to a wooden pole that I could not escape from. Then a spear hit the pole I was one above my head and I hear my brother scream my name. Then a bunch of laughing figures point and jeer at me. But then the scene shifts and I'm left with a truly gruesome sight.

The ground is covered in blood and littered with organs and the occasional severed limb here and there. Then in front of me, with a human head speared on the steel spike on his arm, is my brother.

I hope you all liked the long chapter! Because this is my longest one yet! Though I must say that you probably wont get another chapter for another 2-3 months as I have to work my but off so I can pass 10th grade. Special thanks to LilacFlowinn for inadvertently helping me create this long chapter. And more thanks goes out to fear of beans for giving me a truly wondrous idea! That is all I have to say on the matter. So, without further ado. Nyah~!