The trees looked like dark shadows as Madison faded in and out of consciousness. Shapes were barely recognizable and it seemed a monster was watching her. A man was walking the route where she'd fallen down. He walked over calmly and picked Madison up. He carried her away, walking swiftly. In about ten minutes he reached a campsite. The rain was still pouring. He pulled a Pokéball off of his belt. "Arcanine, Sunny Day and fast." A stunningly huge Arcanine appeared and shot a blast of light into the air. The rain instantly was gone and the sunlight was intense. "RAI! GET OUT HERE AND BRING THE FIRST-AID KIT!" A boy ran out of the tent of the campsite and had the first-aid kit and a stretcher out in no time. The man began to work on Madison's wounds. It was several hours before she woke up. When Madison woke she immediately sat up.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" Her scream ripped through her body and caused her to collapse, but the moment her back touched the bed she was in, the pain began again. She spasmed causing her even greater pain. The man who found her came rushing into the room.
"RAI, GET YANMEGA!" The boy from earlier came rushing into the room. He pulled out a Pokéball.
"Yanmega, use Hypnosis!" The Bug/Flying type appeared and its eyes glowed red. A second later, Madison fell silent back on the stretcher. She got up slowly this time.
"Who are you two? And what have you done to me?" The man looked at her.
"The name's Vapor and that idiot over there is Rai. As for your second question, we used Yanmega' s Hypnosis to make you think there's no pain. In reality you have two broken arms, two broken legs, seven broken ribs, bruised spine, four broken toes, a slowly deteriorating respiratory system, broken shoulder, and you just recently been bandaged up. As long as you make no sudden movements the illusion should hold."
"Oh. Next two questions: Where am I and where are my pokémon?"
"You're outside Wayward Cave and as for your pokémon they've been placed somewhere safe. All except for one."
"Which one?"
"That Gible. It followed me here and then I hasn't left your side since I found you. I figured it was yours."
"That Gible isn't mine, but any pokémon that would do that for me is as good as pulled a Pokéball out of nowhere and was about to tap the Gible when it disappeared out of the tent and when it appeared again it was holding a scale. The scale was a deeper blue than it was. Vapor ran forward and grabbed the scale, examining it as he turned it around.
"A Gabite scale! Rai, get the evolutionary stones!" Rai ran out and came back with all sorts of stones. "There is a legend that states that if all the evolutionary stones are surrounding a Gabite Scale weird things will happen. One might even be able to master the world around them. Place them quickly, brother." Rai placed the scale in the center of the room and placed the stones around it carefully. The stones began to glow as they were placed around the scale. Suddenly Madison spasmed, her eyes rolling into the back of her head. She also began to glow. the Gible grabbed her arm and it too became encased in the light. The scale flew over and stuck to Madison's forehead and the stone flew into the stone. the Gible disappeared into the scale as well and then suddenly she was still. Vapor walked over to her and checked for a pulse. It was fain , but she was still alive. Her mind slipped into a coma and it appeared the Gible went with her. Wherever that may be.
Madison felt no pain as she and the Gible stood in front of her house in Ringling Town.
"How did I get here?" she asked herself. The Gible shrugged. She looked down the road and saw two cloaked people with hoods obscuring their faces coming towards her. She went to grab for a Pokéball before realizing that she had none. The Gible ran forward to protect her. The people stopped when they were about a foot away. They each sent out two pokémon. They looked strangely familiar. One commanded a Rapidash and a Burmy while the other had a Pidgeot and a Piplup. One of the mysterious trainers spoke in a deep voice.
"Welcome to the World of Dreams and Nightmares or as we like to call it the Mental Addition Department In Supernatural Observation of Non-dreamers."
"Who are you and what do you want?" The other one spoke this time.
"We are The Strangers and what we want is a battle, with a twist. You are only allowed to use that Gible and we get to use your other pokémon. We know you inside and out Madison and to get out of this world you have to defeat us." Madison wanted out of this world and fast but she wasn't sure how she could beat her own powerful pokémon with just a Gible. Krestner would find a way out of this, she told herself. The thought of the boy made her angry at herself and she turned back to The Strangers.
"You have yourself a deal!"
"But how do you know what moves that Gible knows?" The Gible looked up at Madison and then it did something she didn't expect it to do. It spoke inside her head.
I'm not just any Gible. The Gible ran out and used Flamethrower on Stella the Burmy fainting her immediately. Bubble jumped up to attack the pokémon but was taken out by a quick Dragon Claw to the came running hard and fast which Gible dodged followed by an Earthquake that knocked out Smoke. Whirlwind flew high into the sky.
"Be careful, Whirlwind knows Brave Bird!" Madison yelled. Gible laughed before jumping upward and evolving. But it wasn't like any other evolution because Gible seemed to reach one stage and then surpassing it and becoming a Garchomp! It then used Dragon Rush and collided headlong into the Brave Bird attack of Whirlwind's. The feedback from the powerful attacks caused a huge explosion, destroying the hoods and cloaks of the two Strangers. Her other pokémon turned into Pokéballs and disappeared. Madison looked over at the two Strangers to find that they were...her! One spoke with a deep voice and the other with a harsh one. They spoke simultaneously.
"We are you, your inner Anger and Pain. By defeating us you have learned to deal with anger and live with pain. We take your form because this is your mind. Apparently you were in great need of a metamorphosis. Arceus himself sent that Garchomp to help you. You are now bonded and will always know each other. Now go, Madison and let your life become a fruitful one." Madison turned towards the Garchomp and smiled.
"You were awesome in that battle! How would you like to join me, Nibble? The Garchomp looked at her shocked.
You know my name? How?"
"I don't know I guess I sorta just heard it from your mind."
"Well then I guess I will then, Madison Madison raised the Pok ball she didn't know she was still carrying and tapped Nibble. He disappeared inside. Madison smiled and then let Nibble out of his Pokéball. And with that Madison and Nibble faded back into the real world.
Madison stopped spasming and the scale fell of of her head. Its color had changed to a fiery red color. Vapor asn't looking at her. Neither was Rai. Madison didn't know what was going on until she followed their eyes and saw that Nibble was still a Garchomp.
"THAT THING JUST EVOLVED AND SKIPPED A FORM!!!" Rai screamed a very unmanly scream. Vapor walked over and slapped him in the back of the head.
"It seems that something weird did happen in the twelve hours you were spas.."
"I was like that for twelve hours! It only seemed like a couple of minutes." Vapor continued like as if she didn't say picked up the scale and placed it into a necklace.
"Ming, This Garchomp here seems very powerful. It should be able to carry me home." He prepared to capture Nibble when Madison did something she shouldn't have been able to do in her current condition. She got up from her bed and grabbed Vapor's hand. "You shouldn't be able to do that!"
"You can't take him. I caught him."
"You did not! I've been watching you for the past twelve hours. That Pokéball hasn't moved from your hand since that scale entered this room!" Vapor seemed obviously pissed off. She'd seen that look of anger somewhere before but she couldn't place it.
"I caught him and I can prove it too. Return" Nibble disappeared in a red light into the capture device. "He's mine and you can't take him. I've realized that I've been holding a lot pent up anger towards Krestner and this blinding pain was killing me. But I finally know that I can't let my anger consume me or let any pain get the better of me." She found all of her stuff and started to walk away from the tent. Vapor came running out after her and stopped her on the road.
"You forgot these." He handed her the rest of her Pokéballs. "Also, can I ask you to do me a favor? I have this pokémon that must be delivered to one of my brothers. The problem is I can't seem to find him so I'm asking you if you could find him for me." Madison, who was always a helpful person despite her arrogance, accepted. Vapor released his Arcanine and umped onto its back as it ran away. Madison suddenly realized something.
"Hey, you didn't tell me your brother's name!"
"Trust me, you'll know him when you see him!" With one almighty jump Arcanine cleared a giant hill and was gone from sight. Madison looked up at the sky as a giant flash of energy lit the sky. Another flash came again. Madison heard a scream fly through the air.
"That was Kaitlyn! I have to get over there but Whirlwind's not fast enough."
But I am. Nibble burst from his Pok ball, picked up Madison, placed her on his back and took off from the ground. He flew faster than he'd ever flown towards the flashing energy. They both hoped they'd get there on time.