Once again, I don't own pokemon stories or characters. Enjoy Chapter 3 of Dawn's nightmare!

Previously...

They can't do anything but keep an eye on Dawn. Darkrai starts to shift about, then Dawn is lowered to the floor. Ash runs up to Darkrai and catches Dawn.

"Huh?" Paul reacts, then clears off the motel table, where Ash puts Dawn down on to.

"Dawn?" Ash wondered if she was awake, but she fell silent. No shouting, it had seemed she was calm.

"Ash... Stay away... from Darkrai... He'll get you..." She mumbles.

Suddenly, Paul glows purple, and is lifted into the air, angrily, by Darkrai.

"You think you can own me human?" Darkrai's voice filled Paul's head. "Think again!"

At Fullmoon Island

Brock and pokemon have arrived at Fullmoon Island. It is covered in a thick forest, Pikachu spots the trail that will lead Brock to the clearing where Cresselia awaits him. They begin the walk down the trail. Meanwhile...

Chapter 3: Darkrai's nightmare revealed!, Paul has a nightmare.

Back at the motel

Paul is slammed against the wall and spread out flat, and completly restricted from moving or speaking.

"Aaha! Paul!" Ash screams. "Aarrgh! Darkrai cut this out!"

"You think you can make demands on me?" A beam pulses from Darkrai, and causes Paul and Ash to be sleepy. They are fighting it with every fiber of their being. They both know better than sending out a pokemon, attacking Darkrai will hurt Dawn and even if they did try to attack the pokemon would just fall asleep and suffer just like Dawn and they couldn't do anything to retreat because they too would end up asleep. Ash closes his eyes to think, his inner thoughts told him that falling asleep was the right thing to do.

"Reggie, get out of here!" Paul calls to Ash, as he crumples to the ground.

"Paul!" Ash replies. For some reason Darkrai stops, Ash isn't sleeping. Ash tries to drag Paul out of the doorway. "I'm not leaving you by yourself. I know we aren't friends... but I can't leave you, that'd be wrong to let Darkrai get to you!"

Meanwhile...

Darkrai's nightmare

Paul wakes up, only he sees nothing, just darkness. He hears a voice... Dawn's voice.

"Huh? Paul, what are you doing here?" Dawn asked.

"I don't know... This must be Darkrai's nightmare. Hmmm..." Paul replied.

"Who's Darkrai?" She asked.

"You ask too many questions." He replied in that same cold tone.

"Look here! We're trapped here until we figure out a way out of here. We may as well get aquainted!" She shouted at him. He cringes at the idea of friendship, then sighs and rolls his eyes.

"I only came along, because Darkrai is a legendary pokemon, I knew that with what it did to you... It'd have to be among some of the most powerful pokemon in the world. I wanted to catch it for myself." He explained.

"Hmm... I understand." She replied, making him cringe. "You want to win, at any cost, that's not too hard to understand. I feel that way about my contests."

"Your right... I'm so foolish allowing my greed to get the best of me." Paul continued. "I let my greed put my in this position. To be trapped in Darkrai's nightmare."

"You can't blame youself, Paul." She commented "You couldn't have known you were gonna end up here with me." He gives her his half smile... TO BE CONTINUED

I hope you are liking it. It's almost over. Are you getting curious about Paul and Dawn? What you will see no one knows, I hope you are surprised by the conclusion. Please Review, they are always welcome no matter how big or small! Thanks for reading!