We made camp for the night further into the dark forest. The place was eerie and made me squeamish, but no one else seemed to notice; Jack and Chance were discussing future travel t=plans while Singe and Theresa giggled and whispered to each other like love struck puppies. Wow, that was quick, I thought. I mean, they're cute... but so attached. Are Chance and I like that?

Before I could think about it more Jack came to sit next to me," Hello there, is this seat taken?"

"Help yourself," I smiled. "Hey, Jack, can I ask you something?"

"Anything."

"What happened with those two," I pointed to Theresa and Singe," when I was knocked out?"

He sighed," Yeeeaaahhh, those two got pretty close."

"Why?," It sound bitchier than I intended so I corrected myself," I mean, don't get me wrong, it's cute and I'm not against it. It's just it seems so quick.."

He chuckled," That's because you were out for 14 days! You didn't see them grow closer and closer like Chance and I did," he stopped.

"...Annnd," I edged him on.

"Well, every night Theresa would cry and pray for you. We all tried to calm her down, even Chance who was going through a bad faze, too."

I looked over to Chance who was counting our remaining supplies and smiled sadly, I've put him through so much. I'm so sorry.

Jack continued on," The only one who she'd listen to was Singe. He would calm her down and they would spend endless hours talking, not just about you, about any and everything."

"I thought you of all people would be relived that she had a new affection.."

"Oh, don't get me wrong, I am," he reassured me," It's just... I don't know, it's just- just weird somehow. I..I don't know."

"I think you're jealous that you lost your chance with her," I grinned.

"No, no Violet. That is so not true" he looked serious and stern.

"Are you suuuree," I teased him.

"Violet, nothing could be further from the truth. I am so happy to have her off my back... and that she is happy, of course," he smiled devilishly.

"Whatever you say," I rolled my eyes. "Hey, Jack?"

"Hmm?"

"Do Chance and I do that stuff, " we both glanced over at Singe and Theresa who were now giving Eskimos kisses.

"Uhmm... I'm going to say no to that. Definitely not."

"Good," I said and then we both laughed.

The night as cool and dark, only the light of the fire showed me our surroundings. The black trees were wicked and twisting, like they were escaping from death, but failed. The fire casted shadows all around us, making this look more and more like a horror story.

"I hate this place," I confided in Jack.

"Don't worry, we'll be out of here by noon tomorrow, but for now: sleep," He jumped up and went back to Chance.

I curled up with myself and wrapped me six luscious tails around me. They were beginning to look haggard and disgusting like before, Ughhh! I need another bath! I picked through them the best I could, pulling out twigs and leaves and tried to smooth them out but they ended up looking frizzy and tangled. I give up!

I lay my head down and closed my eyes, thinking pleasant thoughts. I dreamed about my life with Chance: we lived next to a waterfall and had two babies, one boy and one girl. They were perfect and so was our life. Jack came to visit us often with his new bride, she was Ponyta like him and they were so happy together. Theresa and Singe stopped by, too and they brought all their kids; I couldn't count them they all moved so much, but there was a least a dozen! This is the perfect life.

We reached the ocean shore the next day, it truly was like a fairytale. I looked down the beach and my breathing stopped, this looks so familiar. THE BEACH! I started to back away from the sand, back onto the trail. This isn't- this isn't real! This can't be real!

"Violet, where you going?," Chance was sitting in front of me with his head tilted," Are you okay?"

I reached my paw out and touched his paw, this is real! This is real! He is real. This isn't the dream.

"Violet," he lowered his head to look at me.

"Yeah, yeah I'm fine," I smiled at him, but I knew he saw right through it.

"Hey guys," Theresa called to us," Do you know how were going to cross THE OCEAN!," the intensity of her voice changed drastically from calm to agitated. "I mean, come one, no one thought of Wow! were all fire types, but let's take a journey to the OCEAN!"

"Calm down, there's a plan," I turned to Chance," There is a plan, right?"

"Uhhh...," his eyes widened," Excuse me," he turned and dashed onto the beach to where Jack and Singe were talking.

I shook my head, Boys.

"How do they not have a plan?!," Theresa was surprised.

"You can't plan an adventure, if you did, there would be no fun," I smiled. "Hey, Theresa?"

"Yeah," she sighed, annoyed by something.

"What's with you and Singe?"

Her eyes widened and she a small smile crept onto her face, she then looked out to where the boys stood," Love."

"Love?," I almost chocked on the air.

"Yes," she was oblivious to my reaction," This has to be love."

"What makes you say that," I asked, controlling myself.

"Look," she turned back to me," I've seen you and Chance prance around and rub your happiness in everyone's face, Violet. We all have and it made me feel like shit. Especially since Jack was so... so stupid as to not see how much I wanted him. But now... now that's all gone. All of it. I see now that you and Chance weren't flaunting your love on purpose, it just happens. When you love someone, you don't even realize that our doing what your doing; the whole day passes in a blur and all you want is to spend every minute with that special person," she was now talking mostly to herself.

"Yeah... I guess so," I was not sure that I saw love that way. There is no way I could spend EVERY second of my life with Chance.. we would go crazy. Everyone needs their own personal space. "To me, love is being there when they need you, them being there when you need them and being with each other when you don't want anyone but at the same time want only want them," I turned my gaze to the three standing in the sand.

"Love is different for everyone," she mumbled.

"Yes, yes it is.," I cleared my throat and shift to face her again," So...love? How did that happen?"

"I don't know," she sighed dreamily," he just gets me, you know? He understands me on every level, it's almost like he is me!," she laughed. " He is just... just perfect. He listens, he calms me down, he shares his secrets and I share mine. Singe makes me feel safe and he really cares about me and you know what? I deserve it! I deserve to have him, to have love."

"Yes, you do. I'm happy for you two. Have you guys talked about it?

"Well... no. Not really. I mean, he tell me he likes me and how beautiful I am, but we don't have a title. Have you and Chance talked about it?"

"Uhm.. Well..." No. We haven't. But... isn't it obvious? We love each other.

"See. Sometimes, you don't need a title to know that it's real. You just know."

"Yeah... I guess so."

"Ayy!," Singe called to us, waving for us to come.

We caught up to them while they were discussing how we would cross the water.

"None of us can swim!," Chance was trying to convey the message.

"She can!," Singe jabbed his paw at me.

"NOT ACROSS THE OCEAN!"

"What's your plan then ,eh?"

"I don't have one..."

"Exactly!"

"But your plan won't work, so it's basically like having no plan at all!"

"Still.."

"Jack!," I interrupted the childish squabbling. "You knew we would have to cross the water, yes?" He nodded," Then why didn't you think of a plan?"

"I knew we would need to cross the water, but I told myself I'd come up with a plan when we got there.."

"Annnd," Theresa butted in.

"And, we're here," Jack stated.

"Ughh," I rolled my eyes," So we made it here, but have no plan. Is that it?"

The boys turned to each other, nodding," Yeah that sounds about right."

"What if we just follow the coast until we reach a city?," Theresa pointed down the shore.

"We don't know for certain if there is a town that way," Jack told her.

"Well.. you two have traveled a lot," she looked to Chance and Jack," You should know where to find a place."

"No... not really," Chance said. " We just went place to place, not knowing where we were or what the name was, we just kept moving with no direction."

"That is the stupidest thing ever! When I traveled, I always knew where I was and where I was going."

"Then tell us, wise one, where do we go?," Jack spoke calmly but ironically.

"I don't know where we are!," She shouted," I've been following you around blindly!"

"We all make mistakes," Jack mumbled.

"Aye, mate! Back off!," Singe stepped up to Jack, chest to chest.

"Oh, really? I don't think you want to battle me again, last time you barely woke up."

"I'll take my chances."

"Oh really?"

"Enough!," I shouted. All eyes turned to me," We can't be fighting right now, it's pointless and time consuming."

"Bluey's right... you're just a waste of time," he began to walk down the shore line away from us. Theresa leapt after him, trying to convince him to calm down and stay.

"Jeez," Jack laughed.

"You're not helping," I said sternly and he stopped. "Maybe we can ask someone for help?"

Who Violet? Who? Look around, there is no one here!"

"Maybe none we can see right now... but I'm sure some Pokémon live on this beach."

We all looked up and down the beach for movement and listened for a Pokémon cry, but all we heard was the crash of the waves and Singe and Theresa talking.

"WAIT!," Chance said," Look, over there! There's something!"