Hello again! Sorry I haven't been updating as often as I've wanted to, you know how it is with high school and everything, anyways I hope you all enjoy and please r&r, thanks!

I was walking a ways from camp when I felt the prescence again, only this time instead of dissipating, it stayed about a foot in front of me, but even then I felt its extraordinary power.

"Hello there, young one." The voice entered my ear like a gentle breeze, and I turned towards its owner.

"Who are you?" I asked, unsure of what else to say.

"Do not be afraid young aura guardian, I am the spirit of sir aaron, and I have come to deliver a message."

"before you speak, I need to find my partner." I said as I sent out an urgent pulse of aura. He arrived quickly, his aura bright with concern.

"Is that. . ." he let the sentence hang in the air.

"Yes my young Lucario, I am Sir Aaron, servent of queen Rin." His voice was elegant but smooth, an interesting combination that assured me he meant no harm.

"But how? You gave your aura to the tree of beginning, and the stories say-"

"The stories only tell part of the tale." Sir Aaron cut Luke off.

"Sir, you mentioned a message?" I interjected, wishing to avoid a conflict if possible.

"ah yes, I wished to tell you that you will meet another person from your past who will hold an item that you will need on your journey." He said as his aura started to grow faint.

"thank you Sir Aaron, we will keep your words in mind!" I said as he dissolved into the air.

"another person from your past? What was he talking about?" Luke asked as we walked back to our campsite.

"Let's just say I had a few enemies before our paths crossed."

"you're hiding something, why is that?" luke sounded irritated, I didn't like keeping my brother in the dark, but there were dark places in my past that I didn't want anything to do with, and I really didn't want to drag Luke into danger that he wouldn't be aware of.

"Luke, you understand that while I know you can take care of yourself, I'm not going to drag you into danger intentionally, right?" I asked, trying to keep him from losing his temper, it had happened before, and it wasn't something I wanted to go through again.

"and you understand that I swore on my life to protect you, no matter the consequence, right?" and with that, he stormed off.

"where's luke?" Dusk asked as I trudged back into camp.

"Arceus only knows, we got into an argument and he just stormed off, and now I have another weight on my shoulders. With the message I got from Sir Aaron-" I stopped myself, unsure if I should tell her.

"you don't have to hide it from me Mark, It was bound to happen sometime." How does she know? I thought.

"there you are! I thought Hypno had gotten you or something!" he laughed at his own joke for a few seconds before getting serious again. "what's wrong? You never blow a joke off like that. . ." he finally seemed to notice the missing piece.

"we don't know where he is, and right now I don't think we should go looking, trust me, those spikes aren't just for show." I said before Flare could get another word out.

"I take it this has happened before?" dusk ventured, her voice gentle.

"yes it has, he'll calm down after a few hours and hopefully he'll come back here in the morning." I said with a sigh.

"let's not dwell on it, after all, we have some great news!" it sounded like Dusk was really excited from how bright her aura became.

"let's hear it!" I said, smiling as a force nearly knocked me onto my back.

"chimchar!" was the energetic cry the small fire type uttered as it jumped back into flare's arms.

"where did you-"

"just outside my tent! It's almost like he was following us this whole time!" we all shared a laugh as we talked and began gathering supplies for dinner.