Hi all and welcome to my first fanfiction. This fanfiction may be slow in the beginning so please bear with me and help along the way. This Fanfiction may be slow.

And I gives thanks to Talkingbirdguy for allowing me to reference his work. You should take a look at his pokemorph stories. They are very good.

Disclaimer: I do not own any Pokémon intellectual property. Pokémon is owned by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo. However this story is entirely of my creation.

Chapter 3: Dream your dream...

-Alice's POV-

I am running through the moonlit forest. It is the same nightmare but it feels different. I feel like a predator chasing its prey. This time, the predator feels a lot closer this time. I look back to have a look at my pursuer. All I see darkness and the foliage. Suddenly I trip over a tree root. I try to get up when I heard a twig break behind me. I whip around to see two red eyes in the darkness. It ozzes fear and Alice shakes from the says " How far will you go to save your husband?" I reply with all my courage "You can beat his pokemon or let only harm him. He is one of the best trainers I ever knew." The voice laughs evilly and the laugh echoes around the two. "You underestimate my power. I can break and twist your husband's mind from the inside out. Let me show you an example." I hear a sound from my left.

Isee Russ in his work clothes. He is smiling maliciously and his eyes glint like a madmen. This is not my Russ. This is not my knight. He takes a step forward. He says " Hello my queen. I was at work. There is a forest fire so I am patched to help to put it out. But something in me clicked into place. The people at WPO can go stuff themselves. All I want is you. If anyone stops me, I will personally remove them from this world." Alice is shocked at what she is seeing. Still on ground, she starts to move away and says hesitantly "Stay away, You are not Russ. This is a dream." The Dream Russ walks over to Alice, stops her and climbs over her. She resists. Dream Russ smirks " Why do you resist?" Alice manages to get one free hand and slaps Dream Russ. Dream Russ is not amused. "You bitch. So you don't want me, huh? If I can't have you, I will make sure no one can." Dream Russ takes out a knife

I wake up screaming. Russ wakes up, still half asleep. "What is wrong?" I reply "The nightmare has gotten worse." Russ yawns "Like I said, I will get Epimeth and Pandora to check you and find out the cause of it. Now please, get some rest. Okay?" I say "Okay." Russ goes back to sleep. I stay awake. The nightmare felt all too real. "What will you do to save your husband? " says the voice from my nightmare. I retort "Anything." The voice says skeptical "Like what?" I shout with all my courage and fury in my head " I will die for him." The voice was quick to answer "Prove it." I hesitant. "Go on. Prove it." I finally give in. " Fine. I will do it."

I slip out bed without disturbing Russ. I go to the door and turn the door handle. I open the door. It creaks loudly. I stop and look over at the bed. The sheets shift for a moment then stay still. I proceed to open the door albeit more slowly. I go to the kitchen and open the knife drawer. I pick a long knife and close the drawer. I hold the knife up high and I stand there for moment. "Show me how much you love you husband." With a tear in my eye, I say "Forgive me, my knight."

-Izalith's POV-

"Damn this accused moonlit." I thought to myself. "My damn feathers make me feel like someone is going to attack me when I sleep at night." I get out of hammock and go over to the sliding door. I open it slowly and quietly. Once I am inside, I close it behind me. I went over to the cup cupboard in the kitchen and take out a plastic mug. My owner, Russ, stopped buying glass cups and porcelain mugs after I broke about dozens during my midnight drinks. The ones that he does have, are off limits for me and every other pokemon. I take out a camping kettle and fill it with water. I take out a tea board and put the green tea bags, sugar blocks and the mug on the board. I placed the tea board on the coffee table. I went back to fetch the filled kettle.

After I made myself comfortable on the couch ( which is more uncomfortable than the floor in my opinion), I use my fire punch to heat up the kettle. Russ thought of it. I was scared of my fire because when I was a torchic, I accidentally sneezes and did an ember on Russ's right hand. He was unable to do things normally because he was right-handed. For a long time, I would not forgive myself and I would not use fire ever again.

Despite this, after I became a combusken, Russ helped me see how fire can used for good as much as bad. Russ took me to a house outside Fallarbor town. Russ led me through the door. We were greeted by a man and Russ spoke with him for a little bit. Russ then turned to me and said " We are going to be staying here for a few days." Back then, I did not what was in store for me but I am better off because of it. The man was a glass blower and despite my initial fear, I opened up and I help the glass blower heat up ash and turn it into things of beauty. Ever since then, I have been thinking of practical uses for my fire. For example, boiling water is one that I am using right now.

After the water is hot enough, I put a green tea teabag into the mug with one block of sugar. I poured some water into the mug. After some time allowing the tea to infuse, I took a sip. Green tea helps me relax and apparently also improve my fighting abilities. Anyways, I enjoy the comfort while it lasts.

I heard a scream from Russ's room which almost spill my tea. I am high alert, waiting for instructions. After a long few moments, I relax a little bit. It must been a false alarm. I continue with my tea. After few more moments, I start to make a second cup of tea. While I was waiting for the tea to infuse, I hear a creak and my instincts tell me to go prone to not been seen. After a short silence, I hear a drawer from the kitchen and shortly after that, I hear a solid thud on the kitchen floor. Not wanting to be put in danger, I slowly and steadily walk over to the lights for the kitchen. I flick them on and peer into the kitchen. My eyes widen at the sight before me. Alice is on the floor with a knife sticking from her chest. I can see a red liquid already pooling around her. I quickly made myself snap out of it and I ran into Russ's bedroom.

I am beside Russ. I try to wake Russ up gently by violently shaking him. He mumbles incoherently. All I could catch is mom and school. I slap him in the face. Hard enough to leave a red imprint of my claw. Russ is now awake. His wide eyes stare into my eyes. His expression of confusion changes into one of concern. I let go of Russ. He looks over at the empty space where Alice is meant to be sleeping. He asks with fear in voice "Do you know where she is?" I nod. He jumps out and says in a low voice "Show me." I quickly lead him to where Alice lay. Russ pushes aside and goes to his wife's side. "Alice! Please respond to me! Alice! Izalith, quickly go and get Epimeth. I will try to stabilize her."

Without a second thought, I run to the sliding door. I am greeted by Epimeth. I open the door for him. He goes to the kitchen and I follow. I can see Russ has taken Alice's nightgown off ,the knife out and patch her up but she is still non-responsive. Alice is wrapt in Russ's arms. Epimeth goes over to them and speaks to him telepathic. After Russ gives a quick kiss on Alice's forehead, he give Alice to Epimeth. The two teleport away. Despite being covered in blood, Russ walks over to the couch in the living room and sits down. He does not notice my tea in the slightest. "He must be in shock. I must comfort him." I say to myself. I go over and sit next to him. I put my arm around him. He looks at me. Suddenly his head lands on my breast and he starts to cry. I try my best to get comfortable and console Russ at the same time. I thought to myself "I may be here for a long night."