A/N: I wrote this as the fourth chapter, but it's really more of an epilogue. I hope you're not too mad...

After Ah say goodbye to Diamond, the taxi starts movin'. It's awful gentle compared to some vehicles Ah've been in. But Ah still don't like it one bit, 'cause it's takin' me away from Diamond.

The DVDs Dia gave me are in a bag clutched in mah hand. Ah reckon Ah'll watch 'em soon as Ah get home. Ah hope Ah hear from him again sometime.

Somehow, though, Ah don't feel like Ah will. Y'see, that's why Ah don't like it.

Suddenly the taxi right stops.

"We've reached your house, miss," the driver says. "You'll have to get out now."

"Oh..."

Ah don't remember much of that night. Ah remember callin' everyone to tell 'em what happened. Ah cain't quite recall what they all said, though.

That mornin', Ah get woken up by the phone ringin'.

"G'mornin', ya'll," Ah mutter. "...Dia-chan? Is that you?"

"What? No! This is Tomo!" She sounds impatient. "So, I've thought about it a lot, and I've decided that if you ever see that Diamond guy again, you've gotta hook me up with his friend Pearl."

"Huh?"

"Yeah, you went on and on about Diamond and how he talked about his friend when you called me last night." Ah could hear somebody shoutin' at her from the background. "Shut up, Yomi! I don't care!"

"Yep, that Diamond sure was nice," Ah say. "He called himself a... what was it? A Pokémon trainer."

"What?!" Tomo sounds confused. "Osaka, are you sure he wasn't just making that up?

"What? Naw, Ah even saw a picture of one of 'em."

Ah hear her muttering to Yomi, an' then she hangs up. Ah get a similar call from Chiyo-chan a few minutes later. It's like nobody can believe that he was a Pokémon trainer.

When the phone rings a third time, Ah don't wanna answer. But Ah do anyway.

"Osaka, come to the book store." It's Sakaki this time, soundin' right concerned. "There's something you need to see."

When Ah get there, she grabs mah hand an' pulls me over to the graphic novel section.

"Why ya takin' me here?" Ah wonder. "Is Dia here?"

"Kind of." She stops to look at some kitty plushies for a second before pointing to a shelf. "...Look at the cover of that manga."

Ah crouch down. It says "Pokémon Adventures: Diamond and Pearl Platinum". There's a picture of three kids on the front.

One of 'em looks like Dia.

"Hey, that kid looks right the same as-"

"It is."

Ah go home not knowin' quite what to think. The DVDs he got me are gone. Mah maw says Ah came home last night ravin' 'bout some fictional character. Nobody knows what really happened to me, but they all agree it wasn't meetin' Diamond.

So then... what happened?

Whatever it was, Ah sure wish it'd happen again sometime.

The End