I'm very sorry everyone. Simi-bad news…
I just got back into college and my job decided to give me a heck lot more hours.
Until I can get back into the feel of how to do things my story may be put on hold for a long LONG time.

Which really sucks for me because I'm finally getting to parts that I really want to write and finish ASAP...

Now I refuse to abandon this story.

National Suicide Hotline Number : 1-800-488-3000

In times of prosperity, the most dangerous of shadows are forged.

"(Is something bothering you sis?)"

"(No…)," young Kubbi perked her head up, "(I'm just remembering mother.)"

"(Now Sis, why did you lie to me)," Brother chuckled.

"(I didn't lie. Thoughts of her aren't bothering me. I'm just simply remembering her.)"

"(Sis, we did what we had to.)," Brother walked up next to me, "(although I think that you went too soft on her.)"

"(I said that she's not bothering me, brother.)," Kubbi sighed, "(Isn't one of the lessons mother taught you, "If you kill someone then they'll never learn the lesson that you want to teach them"?)"

"(Yes, but she used that very lesson to torture you for years.)"

"(But I learned from it.)," Kubbi smiled, "(We both have.)"

"(And yet banishment?)"

"(I gave her a choice.)," Kubbi gave a satisfactory smile, "(That's more than she was willing to give me… or you were to her for that matter.)"

The black Ninetails frowned at the accusation his sister made. It was not one that he had expected to come from her.

"Kubbi, time to eat," the two of them could hear William call from the newly constructed farmhouse.

"(Why do you let him call you that?)," Brother growled, "(it's demeaning compared to your real name.)"

"(As I've told you before. I don't mind being called Kubbi, Brother.)," Kubbi got up and stretched her legs, "(any name's better than 'Abyss'.)"

"(Why do you even stay with that human? Wasn't your debt paid in full when you saved him from Mother's wrath?)"

"(You're right…)," Kubbi frowned, then lightened up again, "(But how can I refuse his gratitude?)"

"(You glutton. Is human food really that good?)"

"(Why don't you come with me to find out? The humans know who you are, so they wont treat you like they did with me the first time they saw me.)"

"(No, they'll just keep their mouths shut and stare at me with those fearful eyes of theirs.)"

"(The two of us are one, Brother.)," Kubbi rubbed up against her Brother lovingly, "(If they reject you then they'll have to reject me as well.)"

"(It's not them rejecting you or me that I have a problem with…)," Brother moved away from his sister's embrace. Kubbi was slightly saddened by her brother's cold act.

"Kubbi, hurry up or I'm going to give your share to Bootes," the human, William, called out again. Bootes being his best friend's Growlithe.

"(I think that I'll stick with Berries, Sis.)," Brother sighed as he walked away.

"(You sure?)"

"(Yes)," Brother looked back to smile, Kubbi took this as a signal of her brother's blessing, "(Go on and have fun playing 'pet' with your human.)"

Kubbi wasted no more time. She skipped gracefully down the mountain side. The sun's shadow following her as she went down.

"Come on out, Tyler," I could hear Brandy calling me as the dream turned red and faded. In a flash of white light, I was back in the real world. I shivered the sparks off my feathers. I was still not used to being in a Pokéball yet. I doubt I ever would though.

"Are you sure it was alright for you to take him with us?"

"Positive," Brandy nodded, "I'm willing to bet that Principal Bisha wont even notice."

I took a quick scan of my surroundings. Everything looked normal and familiar. The living room was cleaned up since the last time that I was there, but I didn't know how I could know that. I didn't have much time to wonder about it. My eyes landed on Blare and Phineas chatting with each other. My entire attention was focused on greeting my new friend.

"(So where the hell were you?)," I chirped when I found Blare.

"(Obviously, I was out here walking and talking with Phineas.)"

"(But we all could have talked inside the Pokéballs!)," I shouted feeling like the third wheel out.

"(Sorry, I hate Pokéballs. Too restrict'n.)," the Charmander shrugged, "(besides I don't trust dat woman yet.)"

"(Well, I would. She's a relative of mine, I think.)"

"(Yeah, sure. Trust da relative of da kid who committed suicide.)"

"(I did what now?)"

"(Ya seriously don't remember?)," Blare asked out of concern, "(Seriously?)"

"(Ever since this morning I can't remember anything about myself.)," I sighed, "(Come to think of it, it was right after that speech that that guy, um, Tenma made.)"

"(You mean that weird guy that said, 'Lawrence…and now clap as if yall heard a decent speech.'?)," Blare asked.

"(Well, that certainly explains a lot.)," Phineas nodded.

"(Now what does what explain again?)," Blare was as confused as I was, "(cause I'm lost…)"

"(Tyler, can you remember even one word of Tenma's speech?)," Phineas asked, I didn't have to answer him, "(Didn't think so. Something more happened at that assembly than just a fancy speech.)"

"(So says the conspiracy theorist.)," I chuckled.

"(Hey, at least I'm trying to figure out what the flip's going on around here.)," Phineas snapped, a slight twitch of his eye.

"(He's right.)," Blare nodded, "(I'm from out of town, so maybe I can see the weirdness better than the rest of yall. There is absolutely someth'n strange about this here town.)"

"(Okay, let's suppose that there is something going on.)," I did my best to pull us 'Reborns' aside, "(Can either one of you tell me what it has to do with me?)"

"(Well… It is you that no one seems to remember…)," Phineas pointed out.

"(And this real 'noya'n spirit of a Squirtle told me ta look after ya.)," Blare coughed under her breath (not that neither one of us didn't hear her), "(I know, it sounds crazy, but I was told about ya 'fore we got on da plane.)"

"What do you suppose they're talking about," Rio asked.

"World domination," Brandy joked.

"Now let's see," Mom went searching the house, only halfway knowing what she was looking for, "Maybe the room's upstairs."

"This is her house, isn't it," Rio whispered to Brandy, "I mean she does live here."

"Well, we all seem to be having trouble remembering things today," Brandy whispered back, "what about you? Are you forgetting anything?"

"No, I don't know what I'd…," Rio's face went pale, "Gizmo! I left Gizmo back in Principal Bisha's office!"

"I'm sure he'll be fine. Principal Bisha isn't going to do anything to your Pokémon."

"I suppose so…"

"In fact, according to Principal Bisha's confiscation policy, Gizmo would resting up at the Pokémon Center, just down the street from here."

"That's good. I'll go pick him up later tonight," Rio sighed before he fell flat on his face

"(Oh, no ya don't.)," Blare had taken Rio by the pants leg.

"Or maybe we should go now," Rio gave up resisting rather quickly as Blare started dragging him across the floor.

"(I tell ya, this kid would jump through flam'n hoops just to avoid trouble.)"

"(Then why does he keep you around?)," I joked quietly to Phineas.

"(That's cause I am more trouble to get rid of.)," Blare grinned, "('sides, if he doesn't go now, he'd be likely to forget about Gizmo for days.)"

"(Still Blare, it's rude for your brother to just run off when Cathy's been so nice to let him into her home.)," Phineas blocked Blare's path to the doorway.

Blare took a moment to think about what she was doing and dropped Rio's leg, "(Okay.)"

"Blare," Rio was confused about Blare's sudden change of mind.

"That's my Phineas," Brandy praised the Totodile, "he's convinced Blare to let you stay… right?"

Phineas danced a little to make Brandy laugh. In return, Brandy gave him a loving pat on the head. He then helped Rio back to his feet to follow mom up the stairs.

"(Why'd ya degrade yaself like that?)," Blare poked the Totodile.

"(The same reason you don't want your brother to know that it's you, I suppose.)," Phineas rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment, "(Plus it's a little fun acting like a kid again.)"

"(Speaking of which Blare, I heard Rio say that Ruby was Rio's sister, so…)," I asked.

"(I know what your 'bout to ask. I was Reborn into Blare.)," Ruby said as she walked away.

"(Hey, don't just give me an answer and then walk away.)," Phineas stopped me and pulled me to the side, "(What are you doing?)"

"(Don't talk to her about it.)," Phineas's eyes looked down.

"(And why the Hell not?)"

"(She didn't hatch like we did, Tyler.)"

"(What do you mean?)"

"(Didn't you ever stop to think about what happens to the Pokémon that we are Reborn into? It's not like these body's were reserved for us.)"

"(You mean that we… stole these bodies?)"

"(According to Blare… we sort of did.)," Phineas shivered, "(But she also said that if we didn't, then more people would have died than just us.)"

"(So we're kind of like heroes?)," I asked.

"(Yes, but don't think that excuses that you committing suicide.)"

"(I didn't think that it would.)," I sighed, "(But how is she different than us.)"

"(Blare's body used to belong to Rio's Charmander. My guess is they were both caught in the same explosion.)," Phineas looked up the stairs were Blare was, "(If Ruby wasn't reborn, then Blare would have survived.)"

"(So she blames herself for Blare's… death)," I thought about Terry, "(I think that I know how she feels.)"

"(Hey, are yall yankies com'n or not?)," Blare shouted from the top of the stairs.

"(What's a yankie?)," I asked.

Phineas shrugged.

For any of those that were wondering…

Louis was upset when he finally woke up to find that Jade had already left for school. Yet, one quick look at his Eggsecute still alive and… hopping and Louis was back to his playful self. That neighbor (who Tyrone didn't know the name of) was busy pealing potatoes for diner. Out her window she watched the small boy play with the tiny foursome of Eggsecute. After a while, the woman had forgotten that the boy was even out there. Which was not a problem since the Arcanine lying on the porch was still watching him. Soon, the three legged beast asked Lou to let him back inside. Louis didn't exactly respond to the request as quickly as Nemean needed him to, but was let in… eventually. Exhausted from the heat, Nemean collapsed in the middle of the floor, roared a heavy sigh, and fell unconscious.

"I see that you've worn out Nemean," the elder woman smiled, "Did you and your Eggsecute enjoy playing outside, Lou?"

"Yeah…," Louis sighed to himself, "When's Jade coming back?"

"Let's see," the neighbor looked up at the clock placed above her kitchen sink, "It's about 3:30 now, so it could be any minute now."

"Really," Louis and his Pokémon bounced their way to the window.

"You really love your big sister don't you Louie?"

"Uh-hm! Jade's the bestest," Louis said without having to think about it, "she always plays with me and she always has fun things to do. She even gave me my Eggsecu…"

Louis paused for a moment. Something about that thought didn't sound right and yet he knew it to be the truth. He still remembered his 'late parents' gave the Eggsecute to him before they passed on. He knew he wasn't really human, so his human parents couldn't have done what they've done, because they never existed as humans. The confusion the young boy's mind was suffering from the past few days was fading away. He remembered when Jade gave him the four seedlings. He named them all four of them on the spot, not when his imaginary parents gave them to him. It wasn't until Uncle Smith tried to 'help him remember' that he even knew the existence of the other two seedlings or even his parents.

The young boy was now certain of a new thought, Uncle Smith was a liar, liar, pants on fire.

"(Hey lookie)," the Eggsecute hopped on the window sill, "(a big car's coming.)"

"Is that Jade's car," pointing out the window, Louis was nearly jumping up and down on the neighbor's chair.

"I don't think that's the car that she left in," the old woman took a look, "It's a tad smaller and is that a Pokémon imprinted on the hood?"

Looking closer at the hood was a emblem of an Azumarill with a ring of bubble surrounding it, the Dolly's family crest.

"That's…," Louis ran away from the window and hid under a nearby table, "tell them to go away!"

The old woman was confused about the boy's sudden change of mood. She didn't try to pry any information from him and instead decided to go and lock the doors. She wouldn't bother Nemean unless she really needed him. She then went to the front door and watched the Dolly's exit their limousine. Mrs. Dolly exited first, but did not wait for her husband to get out of the car. Unlike most of the times that the old woman had seen Mrs. Dolly, she wasn't carrying anything with her. No boa around her neck, no fancy purse, and no cute baby Pokémon under her arm. In her rush, one of her high heals broke, but she kept running. The neighbor could now see that make up was running down the woman's face. She had this mad look in her eye. Not a mad as in angry, but mad as in somebody had stolen something from her. Something that she cared more about than anything else in the world.

End

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