-Chapter XXXI: Snuff Out the Blazing Heart-

-3rd Person-

"Hey! What's going on!" Manaphy was enveloped in a blue transparent sphere. Jetsam looked back at him, along with the rest of both Team Maelstrom and Team Siren.

"Manaphy?!" Cassandra rushed forward through the water, and Narobi charged up a hyper beam. "We must free him!"

Dylan sighed and tilted his head down. "...Team Firestorm is finished."

Manaphy's bubble deflected all of the attacks, as well as Cassandra's full-force body slam, and it vanished in a blast of light.

Neva stared at where the bubble used to be in silence. Hydro clenched his fists and turned to Dylan, "Where'd he go?!"

"...Wherever he was born, or recruited into Team Firestorm." Dylan replied.

"Why?" Hydro demanded.

"That sphere… His badge… One of the Leaders must have been arrested and been stripped of his explorer status. If that is to happen, all recruited members, as well as the partner of the pokémon, are sent back to their dungeons of origin… Team Firestorm is separated, and are likely being hunted down now."

Hydro turned to Narobi and said, "Then we have to help them!"

Jetsam laughed and shook his head. "Hydro, I'm sure you have the best intentions, but Neva, Valerie, Dylan and Cassandra cannot function well on land. They would only put themselves in harms' way."

"Then I'll go myself!"

"Hydro, that is not your place-" Narobi began.

"Lapras said to keep the kid safe! That's what I'm going to do! With or without you, ya punk!" He began swimming upwards, and Jetsam did a facepalm. "Well, then… I guess it's up to me to make sure he doesn't get himself killed."

He began swimming after Hydro, and Cassandra looked up with a smile at the retreating outline of her friend. "Hydro… You've always been one to take action…"

Narobi knelt in front of Cassandra and looked up at her. "...May I join them? Hydro will get into more trouble than he can handle. I would like to make sure that he doesn't find himself in a situation that he cannot free himself from."

"Go ahead. Galatia?"

"...I will go, too." The Empoleon confirmed.

"Go, then. Fight, and win."

-Nashoba-

He opened his eyes from meditation as Cosmo floated closer to him. "Nashoba… Team Firestorm..."

"I know. Connor has been framed. And framed very thoroughly. If it weren't such a dire time, I would be impressed."

"They've all been separated! Mordred has sent Widow and Flatline after them, along with Soulburner, Rogue, and almost half of their forces!" the Kirlia's voice broke as tears lined the edges of her eyes.

"...Then we will do everything in our power to help them."

Cosmo's eyes flashed white before she landed on the ground. "Nashoba, Seth is contacting me. He wishes to speak with you."

"Begin the transmission."

Cosmo's eyes glowed even more brilliantly, and the forest hut that they were in was replaced by a cave with torches burning along the walls. Quint the Absol, Maris the Delcatty, Lucerna the Volcarona and Seth the Gallade were standing in front of him and Cosmo. He knew this was a telepathic link, but it was as close to real interaction as any pokémon could get.

Nashoba nodded solemnly and stood as tall as he could. Even so, he had to look up at the quadruped snow-white pokemon.. "Quint. I understand that Team Firestorm is in danger?"

"They are. Maris has acquired information from Briar and Basileus regarding their condition."

"Basileus and Briar? The Grovyles?"

"Yes. However, now they are both Sceptiles. They have told Maris of the situation at hand. Connor was framed for the release of Soulburner. There is motion picture evidence."

Nashoba whistled quietly. "Motion picture? Now I am even more amazed." He placed a hand on his chin in thought. "A Zoroark is the only explanation. Ditto can only mimic what they have seen beforehand, and can only use a fraction of the moves of the pokémon it can transform into. But you must take into account that only Magnezone and his officers retain their abilites after passing through the enchanted section at the entrance. So they would have to find a way to disable it from inside. But after Mordred escaped from the Magneton on the inside, Magnezone initiated a new protocol to prevent future security breaches..."

"I agree with you. However, if it is true that the Mafia figured out how to negate this enchantment, a Zoroark is quite literally one of the most cunning and elusive pokémon. There will be no way to prove Connor's innocence unless we can find that Zoroark. And with the Mafia protecting their trail the way they have been, it is impossible for us to do it ourselves."

"Then what do you suggest?"

"I don't know. Maris and I have been working on it as soon as we received word of the situation. But I do know this: Team Firestorm has been split up and sent back to their dungeons of origin. Where they were recruited. And if they weren't recruited in a Mystery Dungeon, then it will be the place that they were born."

"Their dungeons of origin… I'm sorry, Quint. That is where my knowledge reaches its peak. I do not know-"

"Maris has already narrowed down our choice to nine mystery dungeons. We have a high probability of finding at least one member for almost every location. But you know that they have three of the most dangerous pokémon in the world after them, as well as many operatives from the group searching for us. We cannot act foolishly, nor act on impulse. They are more powerful than we could have ever foreseen. It is no exaggeration to say that Team Firestorm's survival rests on our shoulders."

"Understood. I will assemble my team and-"

Suddenly the psychic link blinked in and out of focus. He turned to Cosmo and grabbed her shoulders gently. "Cosmo, what's going on?"

She scrunched her eyebrows together, then was thrown backwards, the link being broken. He quickly rushed forward to help her up, but when they touched, her vision became his own. An Alakazam was floating just in front of her, reaching for her face. She cried out and tried to teleport away, but it held her with Psychic and drew ever closer, "Hm-hm-hm-ha-ha-ha! You think you ever fooled us? You cannot escape. You are only delaying your inevitable demise. Your entire world is coming to an end... Prepare yourself."

Then, her eyes shot open as the vision vanished, tears streaming down her face. "Nashoba!" She embraced him tightly, and he returned it in kind. She wept as she dug her head into his shoulder, "H-How will we overcome this...?"

He looked to Zenith and Shinobu, his eyes beginning to tear up as well. "I do not know… But we have to be strong. Remember everything your mother has taught you, Cosmo."

She nodded and wiped the tears from her eyes. "Inner strength…"

"It comes during the darkest of times. It is when we give ourselves the will to go on, even when it seems impossible," he finished.

"But what if we do not survive…?"

"I would rather be ashes than dust. If it is our fate to fall in the fight, then so be it. But how would you rather perish? Hiding in the shadows like a coward, or fighting for our world?"

She stared into his eyes wordlessly, and Shinobu strode over to them. "I do not plan to perish in the battles ahead, but Nashoba is correct. The world as we know it is falling apart, Cosmo. There is but one choice left. Fight and perhaps lose our lives, or hide and accept defeat as the only option. Who are we, Cosmo?"

"...Team Hope."

Shinobu nodded, "Hope. It is the concept that our entire team is based upon. It is when you see the light around you, in spite of the darkness of the world. It is the thing that keeps one going, even when it seems impossible. Remember that we are the embodiment of hope, bestowing it upon those that have stopped believing. If we don't hold true to those values… we are nothing."

Nashoba placed his hands on her shoulders and stared into her eyes. "Cosmo… Will you fight with us?"

She nodded slowly, "...I will."

He smiled slightly and stood up. "Good. Shinobu, secure my sun scarf. I finally have cause to evolve."

-Grovyle-

He had half a mind to free Connor right now and make a run for it. Magnezone and the Trio of Magnemite and Magneton had their backs turned to their entire group. But he knew better. He couldn't do that without serious consequences.

Galvantula looked into the sky. A perfect, cloudless day, as it had been for the past week and a half. After the police were nothing but dots in the distance, he let out the breath he had been holding. "Welp… This sucks."

"You're telling me," Tyranitar said. "Why didn't we do anything, Amber?"

"Because," she deadpanned, "It was out of our hands."

"Out of our hands? Are you listening to yourself right now?!"

"Yes, I am, Tyranitar! When it comes to police interference, it would do us more harm than good to free him!"

"But he's the most powerful-"

"I know! I know… But that is another reason… In case you five didn't notice, I sent Briar and Basileus to find Team Core. They've already told them about what happened."

"Okay, we get it. They told them what happened before it happened," Galvantula said. "Now tell us that you have a plan."

"Of course I have a plan! We came here to receive Wigglytuff's help, and that's what I intend to do!"

She continued walking forward, and Leroy cleared his throat. "Now, pardon my intrusion, but I must go find Aaron. I know where he will be located. Where do we rendezvous once we've all done our assigned tasks?"

"We'll meet on the west side of the northernmost Mountain of the Great Mountain Range," Grovyle replied. "Any objections?"

"...Nope." Galvantula said after a moment. "That's where we'll be. Just let us know beforehand."

"How do I… oh, never mind. I will head there as soon as I confirm Aaron's safety."

"What are you, his babysitter?" Galvantula jested.

"Are you serious right now? The team that all eight of you have been sent to protect is now in greater danger than ever before! Now is not the time for jokes!"

"...Sheesh, Sorry." Galvantula apologized insincerely, and Leroy took to the air. "I shouldn't take more than a few days!"

"If they even have that long. The Mafia has this planned out very thoroughly. We have to be as fast as possible." Grovyle said as he waved the Farfetch'd off, and Leroy flew into the sky.

Amber took a deep breath and continued forward, climbing up the stairs and standing on the grate. Grovyle sighed and looked to the ground. He'd never been in this place before, although, from the looks of it, it was probably the entrance, with several sublevels dug into the hill it was perched on.

"Pokémon detected! Pokémon detected!" a familiar voice echoed from the bottom of the grate.

"WHOSE FOOTPRINT? WHOSE FOOTPRINT?" The low-pitched voice was so powerful that it sent a shockwave of air up through the hole in the ground. Grovyle shook his head and regained his footing after the ear-shattering voice receded.

"The footprint is Charizard's! The footprint is Charizard's!"

A brief pause was evident, followed by, "IS IT VULCAN? I REPEAT, IS IT VULCAN?" the second voice questioned.

"N-no! Not Vulcan! Not Vulcan!"

There was a brief silence, followed by the explosive voice. "...WELL, I DON'T KNOW… HM? What's that, Guildmaster? Oh! Yes, sir! ...CHANGE OF PLANS! YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS MAY ENTER!"

The gate opened up, and Grovyle tilted his head. "Okay… I don't see any stairs..."

"There's a ladder leading to different sublevels," Amber said. "It's pretty neat, if you check it out." She glided through the entrance and climbed down the ladder.

Tyranitar just leapt down the hole, cracking the stone where he landed and shaking the room. But Celebi used Ancient Power to fix it up once she fluttered down next to him. Grovyle climbed down, followed by Dusknoir and Galvantula.

When he looked around, he was awestruck. There were several exploration teams checking billboards on the left and right, and two more chatting around a small table. There was an empty booth to his left, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

Chatot flew up the ladder behind them and squawked with a mix of anger and disbelief. "Who in Varius is so important that the Guildmaster would overrule the Guild's safety proto…" his words died in his throat as soon as they turned around. "M-my apologies, Amber… I didn't know it was-"

"It's alright, Chatot… Tell me, where is Wigglytuff?"

"He is in his study. Shall I let him know you've arrived?"

"No, it's alright. We'll go say hi ourselves. I want to see how the guild is doing, anyways."

Chatot beamed at that statement. "My, my! Yes, of course! Now, you won't see the likes of Sunflora, Bidoof, or Corphish around, since they've all gone and graduated and have joined exploration teams in other parts of Immanis, and while the rest of them have graduated too, they've volunteered to stay behind and help out around the guild. Loudred has evolved, and might I say, is louder than ever before. And Diglett and Croagunk have evolved as well! So it ends up that we have another Dugtrio to help with tasks around the guild… Hee-hee!"

Amber led the group down the next ladder, Grovyle tilted his head at the pokémon before him. "Toxicroak… Exploud, Dugtrio, Chimecho… I remember you four."

"GROVYLE!" Loudred-er, exploud rushed forward and gave him a massive hug. "I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE YOUR FACE AGAIN! HAHAHAHA!"

Grovyle's ears were ringing from that blast wave of sound, but he nodded and smiled. "Yes… Neither did I."

Then Exploud looked directly behind him and shouted even louder. "DUSKNOIR?!"

Grovyle rolled his eyes slightly. "Not this again… Okay, listen, he's fine. He is with us now."

"But last time… he was sent to get rid of you, right?" Toxicroak smiled and shrugged dismissively. "Then again, it's been almost two years… what do I know… Meh-heh-heh."

"So who are your friends? And where are Connor and Vulcan?" Chimecho asked. "I haven't seen them hardly at all since they evolved."

"Ah, yes… Chimecho, this is Amber, Galvantula, Tyranitar, Celebi, and Dusknoir. They are… an elite group of pokémon." Chatot said. "And as for Connor and Vulcan… I'm sure that they are doing official business. After all, they're the most famous team on the continent!"

The insurgo introduced themselves, and a new voice came from behind them. "'Scuse me…" A small Female Nidoran crawled between them, and Chatot tilted his head. "Mila? What are you doing down here? And where is Ike?"

"He's turning in the rewards to Officer Magneton. I just wanted to see what all the commotion was."

"Oh. These are some of the Guildmaster's friends!" Chatot put on a faked smile, but the little kid bought it. Grovyle suppressed a laugh. But he was just as trusting at one point, so he was in no position to judge.

"Okay. Well… I'm Mila. I joined the guild a couple months ago. I joined after I heard that Team Firestorm Trained here."

"Oh? And why did you have an interest in them?" Grovyle asked.

"Because they're my heroes. Connor and Vulcan… Atlas and Vincent... They saved the world, and stopped a really bad pokémon that hurt my friends! I want to be just like them when I'm all evolved!" then she sighed and said, "Sorry… I get carried away sometimes. Thank you, Chatot!"

"It is not a problem, child. Now go have yourself drink at Spinda's Café. You and Ike deserve it." Chatot took a deep breath and looked at Amber once again. "The fact that you're here… And all of you at once… It means that Connor and Vulcan… and their team is in grave danger."

Grovyle nodded, and Chatot sighed. "I suspected as much… The amount of crimes committed by big-name outlaws has risen drastically in the past week alone. It's getting dangerous for explorers to do everyday missions now. Mila and Ike have great potential, and in fact, are possibly the next generation of prized recruits. There are quite a few new members of the guild that aren't here at the moment. Even more so than when Connor and Vulcan were being prepared here. I believe that the tally is up to fourteen now."

"What species is Ike?" Galvantula questioned.

"He's a Tyrogue. He's not very powerful, but he has his pick at three evolutions once he is experienced enough."

"Ah. I'd lean towards Hitmonlee, honestly." Tyranitar said. "They're much tougher, and they have a longer range with their legs."

"But what about Hitmontop?" Galvantula argued. "Aren't they super powerful?"

"Meh. They're overrated," Tyranitar replied. "Chatot, just tell the kid that I suggested Hitmontop- I mean lee!"

Chatot nodded and said, "Of course. Now, follow me, if you'd please."

Chatot tapped the oak wood double doors with his beak and said, "Guildmaster… They're here."

Tyranitar pushed the doors open after a moment, and Wigglytuff beamed when he saw them. "Hi, friends! Oh, it's been so long since I've gotten to see you all at once! How are you?"

"We're fine, Wigglytuff," Amber assured. "We're here because-"

"Oh, I know why you're here! It's because you need my help, right?"

"Yes… How did you..."

"It's obvious! The only reason you six would be here at once is because you need my help! And judging by the rising crime rates, Team Firestorm is on the brink of defeat. And we can't have that, now can we?"

Dusknoir crossed his arms and mumbled, "Seven…"

"Oh, I'm so sorry Dusknoir! I was talking about the Temporal Guardians! I didn't mean to exclude you, I promise!"

He shrugged dismissively, and Wigglytuff's smile lessened as he took a deep breath. "I did my best to train them for this… I knew that someday they would face an enemy that was too powerful for them to take on. I just didn't know who it was. Not even the Lord of Time knew. And... that is where I failed."

Grovyle shook his head and said, "Without you, nothing would have changed in the future. You always knew what had to happen, yet, somehow, without taking any action that would arouse suspicion, you still managed to help Connor and Vulcan stop the destruction of time. Even going so far as to help capture me the first time."

"Of course! Lapras and I both agreed to guard the hidden land together back when we were asked where we wanted to go! I wouldn't bring anyone other than Chatot to the pattern in Brine Cave until the Relic Fragment was found, and she wouldn't guide anyone that didn't have the Relic Fragment! And I had to play along, you know that now!"

"Of course. But Wigglytuff, now we need information. Valerie. Where is she?" Amber asked.

"Valerie…?"

"Yes. Where is she?"

"I don't know what you're talking about, Amber…" he shrugged and smiled, oblivious to the situation at hand.

She smiled and said, "Then here's a little something to help you remember." She pulled out an apple that was as red as a Razz Berry, and twice the size of the apples they had picked in Apple woods.

Wigglytuff gasped and pressed his hands against his cheeks. "Is that…?"

"Yes, it's your favorite."

Wigglytuff grinned and snatched the apple out of her hands before bouncing it on his head repeatedly. "Perfect apple, perfect apple! Thank you thank you thank you thank you! La-la-la-la-la~!"

"Wigglytuff, focus!" Amber pressed.

Wigglytuff calmed down in the blink of an eye and seemed to think for only a moment before nodding. "A Delphox, right? I remember who you're talking about! She's… Er… Where was she, Chatot?"

Chatot flinched and looked at Wigglytuff. "Hm? Yes, Guildmaster? I apologize, I was preparing for tomorrow's assignments."

"Where was Valerie again? The Delphox?"

"Oh! I believe she was… On Mt. Mistral."

Amber tilted her head, unfamiliar with the name. "Mt. Mistral? Where is that? I've never read about it on Immanis-"

"Oh, it's on the fire island to the northwest. Just south of Dark Crater, where Connor and Vulcan beat Darkrai." Chatot informed her.

"Okay… Well, now we know where she is…" Galvantula said. "But how do we get Connor out of jail?"

Wigglytuff smiled goofily and walked forward, placing the perfect apple on a throw pillow to his right. "Leave that to me! You guys go find Team Firestorm."

"What do you plan to do?" Amber asked.

"Get Connor out, of course!"

"But he's in the maximum security area of the prison! How are you going to get in? Even you have to follow the law!"

"I have my ways, Amber. Don't worry. You should worry about the other pokémon. Vulcan, Atlas, Vincent, Mirage, Alice, Caroline, Jade, Roy and Aaron. They're the ones in danger." Wigglytuff walked past them and turned around briefly, a giant grin on his face. "Let's have fun with this, guys! We're all in the same boat, after all! If they lose, we lose!"

-Victor-

He laughed as he read over the latest report from Officer Magnezone. "'Connor Chadwick, a Swampert, Leader of Team Firestorm, Vincent Vango, a Smeargle, and Rose Ripley, a Dragonair, have been charged with one of the highest offenses: Freeing a ten star rank criminal from Magnezone's Maximum Security Prison, and assaulting more than four officers in the process. The leader is currently being detained and Team Firestorm has been stripped of Exploration Team Status on charge of guilt by association. Every member has been warped back to their dungeons of origin, or birthplace, depending on the situation during the time of their recruitment.' Ha-ha-ha-ha! This is perfect! Now they're all separated! And better yet, Connor was arrested, and Vulcan was transported away as well! Excellent work, you three!"

They all nodded with a smug expression, and Eclipse, the Zoroark, knelt in front of him. "Thank you, Master Victor. Your praise is music to my ears."

Victor waved her off and continued smiling. "Now…" He spread his wings out in a questioning gesture. "What next? I can take them out one by one now. If you are satisfied with the hundred thousand apiece for freeing Soulburner, perhaps we can-"

"No. We've already committed to this, we're finishing it." Widow interjected. "We will take care of Atlas, Vulcan, Mirage, Aaron and Roy-"

"Actually… Hee-hee-hee-hm-hm-ha-ha-ha! I'd like to finish that one myself, along with his star-crossed lover, the Ralts! Hee-hee!" Soulburner drifted from the ceiling and floated closer to Victor. "Honestly, buddy, thanks for doing that. You really didn't need to break me out."

"But you would have never escaped otherwise." Victor snarled.

"Hmph. There you go, underestimating me again! Honestly, so many of you mafia members do that. It's getting kind of annoying. But I'll bite. But just so we're clear on who's going after who, Rogue is going after Jade, probably with several other fire-types, since you told her to bring back any member, and she's looking for a type advantage, Team Veros is going for Caroline, due to their poison typing, Team Virus is going for Alice, since they are your best operatives, and she has a Mega Stone that enabled her to almost beat your two 'star pupils'. As for me, I am hunting down that Mismagius and Ralts, and you, the aforementioned 'star pupils', are going after the four you mentioned. Does that sound about right?"

"No." Mordred shook his head with a scowl. "The Ralts is mine. She is too powerful for you, Soulburner."

"...She might be. But nonetheless-"

"Then she is mine. We are not risking compromising one of our own. We have planned this for months, and I will see to it that Master Victor is not disappointed."

"...Fine. I'll have to settle for the Mismagius and Dusknoir. Their souls will suffice for now. Hm-hm-hm-ha-ha-ha!"

"We still get paid for the members that your group takes care of, correct? The only reason that they're separated at all is because we worked with Eclipse." Widow stated.

Victor growled, since Eclipse could have done it herself, but he nodded. "Yes. You will receive full payment, as long as the job gets done."

"Then we have ourselves an agreement." A crooked smirk tugged at the edge of Widow's mouth as she looked up at Flatline. "Now… who should we pick first?"

Probably one of the worst cliffhangers ever, to be totally honest. And there's gonna be a weird moment in just a second when you realize that no-one has died in this entire story. :P

Alright guys, this is the last chapter of the Blazing Hearts! And it was late at night on Easter Sunday, which actually wasn't planned. Plus it's a whopping 4,000+ word chapter, excluding the authors' notes. I've got a little bit of ranting/explaining to do, since it's the last chapter, and I've realized things as I continue to grow and learn from your valuable input. If you don't care about this sort of stuff, then skip to the last little section of the end thing.

I do realize that this story was extremely dark/depressing, and definitely not as happy-go-lucky as most other PMD fanfics, including my previous stories. But here's the thing... If you don't really care for the depressing stuff, then just wait until I start working on something else, such as my baseline GTI and SMD stories. And I've honestly got mixed feelings about the way my stories have turned out as well. I don't really like it because of all the terrible stuff I'm making my characters go through, but at the same time, it's so different from a lot of other authors/directors in the sense that the good guys don't always win every time, and that's what makes me enjoy writing it. Because the Mafia, this massive group with unlimited knowledge and resources, is trying to eliminate this team, that is massively outnumbered and outgunned, even with assistance from other teams, and I can make it realistic in the sense that they can be beaten, and even killed. And personally, I don't really like happy-go-lucky stuff that much, where everything is always great, and everyone is fine all the time... It's not that realistic! I enjoy reading/watching realistic works where you're always wondering what will happen next. The same applies to my writing! If I foreshadow a character dying or something, I want you guys to actually be wondering if it's gonna happen or not! From my experience, if you know the character is going to survive, even in the face of impossible odds, then it takes away a lot of the suspense when you're reading. Like, 'oh, some amazing bounty hunters are going after these kids for whatever reason! But guess what, just before one of them dies, some miracle happens and they win!' If it happens every time a character is about to meet their end, then I know that everything's going to be fine, so I don't worry, and I don't enjoy it as much. Phoo... I'm done. Heh.

Alright guys, I hope you've enjoyed the Blazing Hearts! It was marvelous to see how many reviews it's gotten in such a short period of time! It seems like only yesterday I was writing Firestorm Origins. I had no idea that I would have this many people reading my stories, nor did I anticipate writing anything after the Light in the Storm. But man, am I glad that I did! It's been a rollercoaster of emotions writing this dadgum trilogy, and by Arceus, I am going to finish the saga, even if it takes me over a year!

Also, here's a list of all the reader-submitted OC characters/teams that are involved in my stories to date. All that are not mentioned are my own OCs.

The Big Four of the Mafia (Victor, Mordred, Koumori and Rogue) were submitted by Onyxwhip

The Assassins (Widow and Flatline) and Soulburner the Chandelure were submitted by Onyxwhip

Team Virus (Nagini, Fornax, Arturia and Larua) was submitted by Onyxwhip

Alice the Lopunny was submitted by

Caroline the Meganium was submitted by Zyrogaming69

Leroy the Farfetch'd was submitted by Chille3001

Aaron the ash-grey Pikachu was submitted by Grey917

Team Maelstrom (Jetsam, Neva, Valerie and Dylan) was submitted by AeroJester203

Team Veros (Talis, Gunter and Deros) was submitted by Zyrogaming69

Team Hope (Nashoba, Cosmo, Zenith and Shinobu) was submitted by Caelys/Kurashi

Team Core (Quint, Seth, Lucerna and Maris) was submitted by

Cinder the Infernape was submitted by Onyxwhip

Thank you all for giving me ideas for the Blazing Hearts Trilogy! I'll leave a surprise poll up for about a week, so choose yes or no if you want! And thank you all for staying with me through the trials in this story! It really means a lot, and I hope you will all stick around for the next story as well! The next one will be called PMD: When Fire Falls. Ominous, right? :P So yeah... If you have any questions, comments, concerns, or theories, feel free to leave them in the form of a Review or PM! I will see you all in a few months with the first chapter of PMD: When Fire Falls! In the meantime, check out Firestorm Battle Royale, if you haven't. It's going to be where I am posting during the in-between months of my main stories, so give it a follow if you're interested! Once again, thank you all for showing this much support throughout my brief time here! Much Love!

-PL