NEVERMORE

~Part One Of Forever Trilogy~

Chapter 18

Memories, Sweet Memories

They kept us locked in that cell. I didn't know how long we were in there. They barely fed us any food. But then, one day, they gave us Pokemon. I got Raiden back. Grey got a Snivy. Rubin got a Poochyena. Sapph got a Skitty. Plato got a Buizel. Jade got a Jigglypuff.

They split us up into boy and girl pairs. Me and Rubin. Grey and Sapph. Plato and Jade. Then they set us to work with our Pokemon. We had to battle wild Pokemon. Sometimes, the Masked Man himself would train us, and he would try to get us to kill the wild Pokemon we battled.

That scary woman, we found out, was Karen of the Johto Elite Four. She had 'supposedly' turned good years ago along with Will. But she never changed. Will had, but not her. She was very abusive. She had no problem in having her Dark type Pokemon attacking us if we didn't obey.

Then one day, both the Masked Man and Karen were teaching us. Rubin and I had previously talked about trying to escape. There had a way to get out of here. Green and Silver had gotten out. Well, mostly thanks to Green, since she was older and smarter. Anyways, I was tired of doing everything they told me. So, when Karen gave me an order, I ignored her, totally balking. Raiden was pleased.

Karen, on the other hand, was furious. She released her Umbreon, saying, "Teach that brat a lesson!"

The Umbreon attacked me. Before Raiden or Rubin could do anything, the Umbreon slashed at me, shredding the top part of my sundress. Blood was everywhere. I screamed. The Masked Man didn't do anything to stop Karen. Raiden defended me, trying to stop the Umbreon, but then Karen released her Houndoom, which pinned the shiny Pikachu to the ground.

"Go, Lady!" yelled Rubin, suddenly furious, to his Poochyena. "Use Bite!"

The Poochyena chomped down on the Umbreon before the Eeveelution could shred me even more. Rubin grabbed me, dragging me back, ignoring the blood. I was wailing the whole time.

"You insolent child!" roared Karen. "Umbreon, use Dark Pulse!"

Dark energy hit us all, flinging Raiden, Lady, Rubin, and me backwards. We hit the wall. Raiden was unconscious. Lady and I were barely hanging on. Something smashed into the wall. We all looked over to see Phano, Gold Jr.'s Donphan, bust through the wall. Gold Jr. is, of course, Gold an Crystal's son. He has blue hair like his dad's and gold eyes. We just called him Goldy. He never got captured; he's five, of course.

"Topaz! Rubin! Come on! I got everyone! You're the last ones!" he shouted.

"Lady, get Raiden," I heard Rubin say as I started to fade. "Let's go!"

I heard the Masked Man shout something to Karen. Something like, "Don't let them get away!"

I suddenly felt the sun. "Oh my gosh!" I heard Sapph shriek. "What happened?"

"We gotta run!" Goldy snapped. "Hurry!"

I forced my eyes open to see that I was on Phano. I saw all of my friends. We were safe. But suddenly, something ripped in front of us, making some sort of vortex. A strange Pokemon that I thought was Celebi appeared, gesturing to the vortex, beckoning us to go in. But soon we had no choice. We were sucked in. Everything went black.

...

Well, that explained why I was afraid of Umbreon. That also explained the scars I had on my stomach. And my hands. But how did I survive that sudden loss of blood? I heard voices. I really should get up, but I didn't feel like it. Suddenly, someone shook me. I opened my eyes to see a frantic Rubin.

"Topaz! Topaz!"

"W-what?"

"We have to get out of here now," I heard Chase say; I couldn't see him.

"Why?" I asked, sitting up, rubbing my head.

"That creep you and Diamonda bumped into last night must have contacted authorites," he replied, pulling on his hat; he suddenly looked like Grey. A much older version of Grey, of course. "We have to leave or we'll be caught."

"Topaz?" asked Viola. "Are you okay?"

I blinked and shook my head, trying to clear my thoughts. "Yeah. Let's just...go."

"We gotta run," said Rubin. I flinched.

"Let's go," said Plato. "Don't want any repeats.

"I agree," said Jade. "Let's get moving."

The blizzard had stopped. So we left the cave, and headed in a rush towards Snowpoint City. Which lead to another problem: how were we going to hide all of our Pokemon? It would be very difficult to hide a Pikachu, Venonat, Eevee, and Buizel. Either way, we were screwed.

Not to mention what the heck all those freaky dreams I was having. What did they mean? I wasn't from this time? That I had been kidnapped by a little kid by a creepy guy named the Masked Man? And why did Rubin, who looked so much like the Rubin I knew, get so mad when that woman's Umbreon attacked me?

So many questions. And no answers.

So it was Karen! Kudos to who figured it out! What's with these dreams Topaz is having? Are they really memories? And, if they're really memories, were are Grey and Sapph? Is Chase really Grey? And why did Rubin get so mad when Karen's Umbreon attacked her? *cackles* I know I'm evil!

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Topaz King ~ 15 years ~ descendant of Red and Yellow? ~ Raiden (Pikachu), piece of Old Amber

Chase Black ~ 15 years ~ descendant of ? ~ Viper (Jalorda), Squirrel (Pachirisu), rest unknown

Viola ? ~ 15 years ~ descendant of ? ~ Veno (Venonat)

Rubin ? ~ 15 years ~ descendant of Ruby and Sapphire? ~ none

Plato Bertliz ~ 15 years ~ descendant of Pearl and Platina? ~ Tempo (Buizel)

Jade ? ~ 14 years ~ descendant of Silver and Green? ~ none

Diamonda Bertliz ~ 16 years ~ descendant of Pearl and Platina ~ Frosty (Eevee)

Amethyst ? ~ 17 years ~ descendant of ? ~ Twitch (Snorunt), Hindsight (Xatu), Hearth (Magmar), rest unknown