Chapter Six

Zenton Curse

Cisco couldn't believe what he had done. He should have just turned the man into the police. Cisco was flying on his Pidgeot back to Pallet Town. The small town soon came into sight. Cisco landed in front of his house and ran inside, but there was nobody there to greet him.

"Anya! Valor!" He called out.

He ran through the house calling out their names, but there was no reply. He ran out the house and headed over to Anya's parents house.

"Maybe she came here, because she wasn't feeling too good." Cisco thought.

Cisco ran up the path, onto the porch and knocked furiously on the door. He hoped he wasn't waking them up. It was already past Midnight. Anya's mother soon came and opened the door. She looked like she had been crying a lot.

"Mrs. Shard!" Cisco said. "Where is Anya?"

She looked up a Cisco; a look of sadness covered her face.

"A-Anya….Anya….isn't here with us." The older woman said.

"Then where is she? Please I want to know."

"She's…..dead. Anya passed away a few nights ago…."

Cisco looked at her for a few second. He started shaking his head in disbelief as tears started pouring out of his eyes.

"N-N-No! No! NO! NO! NO! " He cried out and fell to his knees. "NOOOOO!"

Something slipped out of his pocket. It was a small black box and inside of it…was a wedding ring.

…

Cisco knelt down near Anya's grave. She had been buried near his parents. He placed a few roses on her grave along with the box containing the ring. He leaned forward and kissed the grave.

"Anya…." He spoke. "I'm so sorry that I wasn't there in your last moments….It was my own fault…I should have listened to you and never left, then maybe I could have done something and you'd still be here…." A few stray tears slid down his cheek. "I-I was going to propose to you…I had planned on doing it a few weeks ago, but then my parents were murdered and I got carried away with revenge….I should have listened to you….I'm so sorry…"

He placed his hands over his face and cried. After a few minutes, he calmed down.

"There will never be another girl in my life." He said. "You were the only one I ever loved…and it'll stay that way. Goodbye Anya…I love you with all my heart."

He slowly stood up and headed back to his house.

A few weeks later, Valor passed away from the unexplained sickness….