The next day, Gold woke up. He quickly changed to his normal attire. After gathering his Pokémon, Gold began to think about what Arceus had said. Was Arceus speaking the truth, or was it merely a dream? Gold laughed.

"It was the god of Pokémon who told me. For now I have to focus on finding the others." Gold sent out his Pichu. Pichu hopped onto Gold's head. Afterwards, Gold contacted the Daycare, notifying them that he would not be coming. Next thing to do was pinpoint Red's location.

"Pichu, you have any ideas where Red can be?" Pichu thought about this question. Pichu started to scratch his head. Gold did the same.

"Man, this is so frustrating! Oh my Arceus! There are 6 regions, and Red can be anywhere! It's also not like I have all the time in the world! 5 days! 5 Mother Scyther Days!" Gold yelled in rage. Pichu looked around the landscape of Johto. Pichu began to tug at Gold's hair. Gold turned and saw that his Pokemon was pointing to the east. To Kanto? No. To Mt. Silver.

Now Gold felt like a complete imbecile for not thinking about Mt. Silver. Gold facepalmed himself.

"OF COURSE!" Gold yelled. He grabbed his skateboard, and started heading towards Mt. Silver. Pichu held onto to Gold's hat.

"I've got to hurry and tell Red!" Gold thought. He just had to hope that Red was indeed actually there.

Red sighed. Gold had called him 7 or 8 times now and all those times, Red did not respond. Red began to feel a sense of guilt. He missed the Raven haired boy.

Red recalled the moments when he trained with Gold. He laughed when he remembered these moments. "I wish Gold could be here right now." Red said to Pika. Pika nodded. Despite Gold wasn't Pika's trainer, the Pikachu still enjoyed Gold's presence. And as if Jirachi heard Red's wish, he heard a voice in the blizzard.

"RED! RED YOU HERE?!" the voice screamed. Was it another challenger? The voice sounded very familiar. Could it be…? Red turned expecting to see another Trainer he never met. But instead he saw someone else. A boy with Raven colored hair, a Pichu, and a skateboard. An old friend. Gold.

"Yo, Red!... Where have you fricking been!?" It was indeed Gold. Red said nothing at first. Red didn't know if he was happy or traumatized. Then Red spoke to a human since a very long time.

"Gold… How have you been?" Gold wanted to say more things, like why Red isolated himself, or why he never spoke with his friends, or like how he could survive the cold for such a long time.

"Heh, I've been good Senior Red…" Red expected Gold to send out his Exbo and battle him, but Gold did not.

"Yo, I've got something to tell you! It's really important, I swear!" Red's eyes widened, and he told Gold to come into his cave. While Pichu was spending time with Pika, Gold spoke with Red.

"The night before I came here, I had a dream… I was in a temple made of pure gold. I saw statues of Pokémon… Some I recognized, some I didn't at all… Anyways, in the middle was Arceus…" Red was listening attentively. "Arceus told me, that a dark power is awakening, and in 5 days it will come. I don't know what 'it' is referring to though. Arceus also said that the Pokedex Holders must regather and be prepared. So ii came to you first…"

Red thought about this. A dark power…? If Gold was told about this by the god of Pokémon, it had to be serious.

"Well whatever this darkness is, we'll find out in 5 days. What day of the week is today?"

"Monday." Gold replied. "So we have until the end of Friday to gather everyone, and be prepared huh?" Red said. Red strapped on his backpack, and got his bike ready. "Well we better go now."

Chapter 3! I apologize for the lack of chapters. Been a bit busy these days. Hope you enjoyed!