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I rode Stantler all the way back into the circus. It was really fun to ride on it. I was hoping to do it again. When we got to the Big Top, I got off of it. Matthew: Wow Rudie. That was a lot of fun. Now you stay here til I’m done with my Gym battle alright? Stantler shook its head yes and stood in front of the Big Top. I was afraid of leaving it alone but I had ti believe it could fend for itself if something were to happen. I walked into the back room of the Big Top. Terra was there looking at the computer. I was shocked that out of all the people here that were wise with technology was her. But I had seen weirder things. I walked over to where Laura, Aya, Hardy and Cain were. They were talking about music and then of course Cain and Aya started to get in a squabble. As if that wasn’t awkward enough, Laura started in on me. Laura: So, did you enjoy being by yourself? Matthew: Actually, I did. It was really refreshing. Maybe if you go to Route 2, it’ll brighten up your attitude. Laura: Ohh is that so? Well too bad it didn’t do anything for your attitude. Matthew: I didn’t have 1 til you started talking. Laura: You blaming me now? Matthew: Maybe if Bennett was here, you’d be all over him than arguing with me. Laura: Urgh! Why you- Matthew: Shush. I’m gonna go over here now. This area is tainted with sourness. I walked over to where Ciel, Terra and Samson were. I hated where the relationship between me and Laura was going but I couldn’t stand what she was saying to me and acting towards me. I was going to see what was on the computer screen when Terra the Terra-ble turned around and noticed me. Terra: Ohh my bb You likin what you seein? Matthew: Ummm… Ciel: Please refrain from flirting with our guests Terra. Matthew: Is that part of the norm? Samson: Nothing’s ever normal around here. Terra: Ohh I getz it. Ciel iz jelly. Ciel: And what exactly would I be jealous of? Terra: The D~ The D~ The lovely lady D~ Ciel: Lady D? What the heck is that? You don’t even have a regular D. Samson: Ohohoho. And how would you know this Ciel? Ciel: What are you implying? Terra fell to the floor and started to push herself towards Ciel. I have never seen anyone do this so casually. Samson even seemed weirded out but this as well as Ciel. Terra: He ain’t implyzin nothing babydoll RAWRRRR!!!! When you do that, you make an imp out of li and ed. LOLOLOLOLOL! Matthew: My head hurts. Ciel: My word Terra. Don’t you have work to do? Terra: -gets behind Ciel- HELLZ YEA MAMACITATAS! NOW BEND OVER AND LET ME WORK! Ciel: That’s most inappropriate. Terra: YOUR MOMMA IS A RAWWWRRRRR!!! YEEEEEEEE! Ciel: Terra, please. Terra: Ciel just saltyyyy. She so saltyy you can makes a pretzel out of her. So saltyy she izzzz. Fuck now I want 1. DEFEAT! Matthew: The fuck just happened?! Ciel: I- What? Samson: If pretzels are her weakness, I’ll make sure to keep some on me for future references. After that, Terra went back to doing whatever she was doing on the computer as if nothing happened. I was so confused. I decided I rested up enough and walked up to Samson. Matthew: So, you’re the new Fighting Type Gym Leader huh? Samson: Yep. Sure am. Matthew: Then I challenge you to a Gym Battle. Samson: Sorry. No can do there buddy. See, you need a battle pass- Matthew: -flashes a battle pass that shows his name on it- Samson: Much like to the 1 you’re holding. Well alrighty then. So are you ready now or- Matthew: Actually hold on for a quick minute. I walked over to the monitor that was in the back room. I pressed the button and Ame’s face came up on it. Ame: Ohh. Matt! 2 Gyms in 1 day huh? That should be fun for you. Matthew: Haha. Yea. Ame: Are you at the Agate Circus? Matthew: Yea. It’s been… interesting here. Ame: Ahh. Then you must know about the 3 Agate Circus Gym Leaders there? Matthew: Mhm. Ame: Ok. Who is the 1 you’re going against now? Matthew: I got the battle pass for Samson. Ame: Ahh. The newcomer. Since he’s fresh, I really don’t have much info on him. But I can tell you about the Big Top Arena! The 1st of the 2 parts is Samson’s ploy, the High Striker. The entire ground is made of panels that trigger it. They were actually made for Terra, as any attack that hits the floor hard will activate them but the same can happen for Samson’s Fighting Types. Matthew: That’s good to know. What’s the 2nd part? Ame: If you use Ciel’s advantage part of the field against him, you’ll have no problem. Matthew: So Flying Types? Ame: Kind of. Moves like Bounce and Acrobatics will do extra damage. Good luck Matthew! Matthew: Alright. Thanks Ame. Alright Samson. I’m ready now. Samson: Cool. Just got word the front is all ready for a Gym Battle right now. Let’s put on a good show. Samson and I walked out to the field where the crowd was. I walked over to 1 side as Samson took his place on the opposite side. I looked all around the place. I never really had a Gym Battle in front of a crowd before. Except for Florinia but that was just a little classroom. This was a full audience. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous with them watching. The Ringmaster started to speak. Ringmaster: Ladies aaaaand gentlemen! May I have all of your attention please!? The following is an exciting exclusive challenge to the esteemed Agate Ace Triumvirate Leaders! Matthew: That was a mouthful. Ringmaster: We have in the left corner, a 1st time challenger to Agate! Please give a big applause to Matthew! Audience: Yea! Woo! Go Matthew! Ringmaster: And in the right corner, you usually see him at the High Striker sending bells to the sky! He easily juggles people as if they could fly! And now you’re all gonna witness the POWER center stage that he brings, that he shows us! He is… the Agate Circus… Strongman… SAAAAMSOOOOON!!!!!! Audience: Yea Samson! This dude ain’t got nothing on you! This’ll be easy! Ringmaster: This battle will be a 6-on-6 Singles Battle! Samson: Alright Matt. You ready? Matthew: I’m even more pumped up now. Prepare to give me your badge! Samson: Heh. We’ll see about that. Go on and get wrecked! Matthew: And he is down for the 3 count! Ringmaster: And the winner is Matthew! Wasn’t that an exciting battle folks?! Audience: That was awesome! That was awesome! Samson: Damn man. I got chewed up and then spit out. Good game though Matt. Ringmaster: And now the prize for the victor! It’s the Strike Badge! Matthew: Thanks! Ringmaster: And this message is for all the other challengers out there! If you’re itching for a battle against Samson or any of the other Leaders that resides here, look for those battle passes! Thanks for coming everybody! After that, the Ringmaster, Samson and myself came back to the back room. I kind of felt bad for saying what I did when I won the battle so I went to apologize to Samson. Matthew: Hey. I’m sorry I said you went down for the 3 count. Samson: Naw man. It’s chill. I like that about you. You say what’s on your mind. Ringmaster: Matthew, Samson, that was a great show! We made a killing! Matthew: Well you guys did at least. I just helped out I guess. Ringmaster: And Matt, to beat Samson like that… I’m impressed! Please find more Passes so you can battle other members here. I wanna see you battle the other 2 as well. Matthew: Well, I’ll be trying my best. Ciel: Well Samson is our baby. Don’t think we’ll be quite so easy.~ Matthew: Well I didn’t think Samson was easy. But I’m still looking forward to it. Terra: Yo whatcha ever ya name is. Ciel is TOTES ez if you know what I mean. But if me and you bump dinosaurs I’ll RAWR RAWR you! Matthew: I’ll… keep that in mind. Terra: He totally wants me yeeeeeaaaaaa I’ll take his RAWR and shove it in my RAWR until you can’t even RAWR anymore… RAWWWWRRRRRR! Matthew: I’m scared. Save me someone? Ringmaster:… I have parting words to do soooooo good luck with that! -leaves the area- Terra: Waiddasecond. Ciel: Did you trace the signal Terra? Terra: MOTHERS AND FATHERS OF ALL AGES! HOLD ON TO YA DONGERS, WE’VE GOT NEWS! Samson: Well spill it. What is it? Terra: With ma sooper hacking skillz for this technobOOty, I have discovered somting very important! Cain: And that is? Hardy: You gonna tell us or what? Terra: I HAVE DISCOVERED… THAT CIEL IS WEARING A THONG! Everybody kind of looked at Terra in disbelief to what she said. I kind of felt embarrassed for Ciel if that was true. She rushed up to the screen but seemed to be relieved that that wasn’t what was up on the screen. Ciel: Focus! What does that dot mean? Terra: Dat 1 right? I call him TIMMAY! The hobbies he does include cross-stitching, motorbiking and planting lizards in the knicker drawers of old ladies. Cain: I like Timmay. Matthew: Wha- Nothing sexual was even said in that sentence. Why would you- Laura: Can we focus on this please Matthew? Ciel: For God’s sake! What does the data MEAN?! Terra: No clues. Just hacked the broadcaster to get it. Not a statistician. Matthew: She continues to amaze me. Don’t know if that’s a good thing or bad thing. Samson: I’d say it’s right in the middle right now. Terra: BUUUUUUT if I had to guess? It’s RAWRIN’ out from somewhere in Ametrine City. Samson: So someone in Ametrine City is broadcasting a signal over Agate City which puts them to sleep. Hardy: Then someone needs to go up there and stop it real quick. Samson: Since that requires surf, I guess that means Matt’s your man here. Matthew: Sure. I don’t mind that. Cain: Alright. Then it’s decided. Hardy: Aya and I will go up to Calcenon when we can. Meet us there when you’re done at Ametrine. Sound good? Matthew: Let’s do this thing. Laura: I’m gonna go with you guys ok? Aya: Uhh… yea. Sure. That’s fine. Cain: I’ll go as far as I can too. Hardy: Ohh yea. Matt, remember that tv report? Matthew: Ohh yea. Some of the Leaders are in a stand-off battle against Team Meteor there. Hardy: Right. We gotta help out in any way we can. Terra: Team Meteor? More like Team Metebore. Bore~ Bore~ Bore~ Bore~ Bore~ Bore~ Bore~ Bore~ Bore~ Bore~ Bore~ Bore~ Bore~ Bore~ Bore~ Bore~ METEOR~ Aya: The fuck are you singing? Terra: RAWRRRRR!!!! Terra brought out her giant mallet once again and started swinging that thing in all directions. I was able to dodge it in time and Terra left. Matthew: Holy fuck! Ciel: Like a bat out of hell. Samson: She’s definitely something from hell alright. Matthew: More like hell frozen over! Fuck! Hardy: Alright everyone. Let’s go! See you at Calcenon, mate. Peace! Hardy, Aya, Cain and Laura left to go to Calcenon. I stayed behind a bit to heal my Pokemon and then proceeded to go outside to my Stantler. Pokemon Team REBORN CHARACTER RATES

Guys! Gals! Here it iiiiiiiiiiis!~

I went into a building to take an elevator down. Once I got out, I exited the building and I was finally in Route 2. It looked beautiful and felt peaceful. There were rocks and mountains everywhere around me. It had been a while since I had gone anywhere on my own and for the 1st time in a long time, I was gonna enjoy this. I started to explore the area not only for looking for Hardy but to take in the scenery. It was actually breath taking. The only thing that was bad is that it was snowing and the clothes I was wearing weren’t meant for that kind of weather. But I did prefer this to harsh sunlight or rain so I put up with it. I came across an area where there where I had to jump onto rocks to get to the next place. It was tiring work but I was finally able to get to the next area. When I got there, I found a cave where a Crustle came out of. It started to chase me so I started to run away. I came to a small closing where there was a green tree. There was this weird green liquid that was dropping from it. I pulled out my Powder Vial and caught a couple of drops from it. As soon as that happened, the Crustle appeared. It was rushing towards me. With nowhere to escape or anything to do, I through the liquid stuff at the Crustle. In a mere second, it stopped in its tracks and instantly fell asleep. I was so relieved. I then had to push the Crustle out of the way. I explored more of the area I was at and saw that there was an indent in the ground. I wondered why it was there and then I had an idea. I went back over to the sleeping Crustle and pushed it to where the indent was and pushed it into it. I looked up to the hill above me and could see now that I would be able to get to the other side. Then I finally understood why the Ringmaster gave me this Powder Vial. It was for the Crustle and to do this. I had to get up on some rocks again and jump around on them. When I got to the next area, I heard a Pokemon call. It sounded like it was in pain. I ran upwards and hid behind a rock. I peeked around a corner and couldn’t believe what I was witnessing. A shiny Stantler was getting beat up by an Ursaring and Machoke. I couldn’t sit idly by and just ignore what was going on. I got up from my hiding place and stepped out into the open. Matthew: Ursaring! Machoke! Leave that Stantler alone! The 2 bully Pokemon stopped attacking the Stantler and focused their attention on me. You could clearly tell they were enjoying the beating they were giving to that Stantler. Matthew: Alright you 2. I’ll give you a chance. You either peacefully go and leave this Stantler alone or you try to come at me and get beat up. The 2 of them looked at each other and then tried to rush me. I sent out TongueClumsy and Pistol Pete and had them use Acrobatics and Aura Sphere on the pair of Pokemon. They got blasted backwards and hit the mountainside. The 2 of them then got up and ran away before anymore harm could be done to them. I returned my Pokemon back to their balls. I carefully walked up to the Stantler which was clearly hurt but it still cowered in fear of me. I crept closer to it with my hand out. Matthew: Hey. Hey. It’s ok. I’m here to help you. It’s gonna be ok. I got closer and closer. My hand was almost touching it. It was still cowering in fear until it felt my hand rub its neck. It opened its eyes and looked into mine. I kept petting it so that it knew I meant no harm to it. It somewhat smiled but then crumbled to the ground. The injuries it sustained from the attacking Ursaring and Machoke must have made it exhausted. I knelt next to it and pulled out a Super Potion. I pet the Pokemon’s head a little bit. Matthew: Trust me. This is gonna sting a bit but you’ll feel better in no time. It’ll be ok. The Stantler looked at me and wearily shook its head yes. I started to spray the Super Potion to the areas it had sustained the most injuries. The Pokemon yelped in pain but it did not attempt to attack me or even flee. It laid there letting me help it. When I was finally finished, I could already tell that the Stantler was feeling better. It stood up, stretched and smiled at me. When I stood up, it started to rub its head on my chest. I smiled and dug around in my pockets and pulled out a Sitrus Berry and held it out in front of the Stantler. Matthew: You want this boy? The Stantler sniffed the berry a couple of times and then took a bite of it and then another bite and it had eaten the whole thing. I petted its head. Matthew: Alright. You seem to be all better now. Be careful around here alright. Later buddy. I then walked away from the Stantler. I hoped the Pokemon would be ok. For the next couple of hours, I had to jump onto rocks, make Crustles fall asleep and push them into place in order to get to other areas. It was hard work but I was surprisingly enjoying myself. I finally made it to a place where there weren’t any rocks. As I went up further, I could see a building. I got closer and closer and was soon right next to the building. There were 2 signs near the house. 1 sign was a regular Gym sign and the other said “Amy and Tania’s House! Welcome! <3” Then I remembered something. Amy. Could that be short for Amaria? I hadn’t seen her since the time we were trying to take out Team Meteor in the Blacksteam Factory. I quickly ran into the building and saw the familiar light blue haired girl on the couch. Matthew: Amaria? Amaria: Hmm? Wait. Matt? Is that you? Matthew: The 1 and only dudette. Amaria: Oh my god! It’s been so long! I’m surprised to see you here! Matthew: I’m surprised to see you here as well. I didn’t know you lived in this house. Amaria: -laughs- Well welcome to our house. Matthew: It’s quite nice. Amaria: Thanks. Ohh yea! Now you can meet Tania! Ohh Taniaaaaaa!~ Come here! A door opened above us. I looked and saw a woman with red hair, gray shirt and red pants coming down. She didn’t seem to really care that I was there which kind of made me feel uncomfortable but weirdly enough, I would rather be around her more than Laura at the moment. Amaria: Tania, this is Matthew. This is the 1 I was telling you about. And Matthew, this is Titania.~ Titania: Yea. Hi. Sorry about the mess. Wasn’t expecting company. Matthew: It’s ok. I didn’t expect to see Amaria here. Amaria: Speaking of which, what brings you here? Matthew: I’m looking for a dude named Hardy. Titania: You’re looking for my brother? Matthew: Ohh. You’re his sister? Titania: Sounds like he’s told you about me. Matthew: Well… yea. Amaria: Well he’s right upstairs. Let me take you to- Titania: No way you’re moving. You need rest. Matthew: Are… you ok Amaria? Amaria: Haha. Well, it turns out some of my ribs got cracked after that little incident with Solaris. Matthew: Holy shit. Are you ok? Amaria: Yea. My night in shining armor helps take care of me.~ Titania: I found him lying face down in dirt outside. I know he’s a heavy sleeper but this is a new low. But come on. He’s upstairs. I went upstairs and found Hardy lying on a couch. I don’t know why but something told me he was gonna be in pain when he woke up. I went over to him and tried to wake him up but he was still asleep. Titania came upstairs and moved me out of the way. She violently slapped Hardy multiple times in the face. It groggily got him up but then he went back to sleep. Titania even harder slapped him across the face multiple times until Hardy sat upright on the couch with his cheeks in pain. Matthew: Ow. Was that necessary? Hardy: Ow! Jeez! I’m up already! What the hell?! Ohh. It’s you sis. Should have guessed it was you. Matthew? That’s your name right? What’s up? Been a while man. Matthew: It has dude. Titania: Why were you sleep on the ground outside? Hardy: I have no idea. Wait a minute. Where’d Aya go? Titania: Who’s Aya? Matthew: She’s at the Agate Circus. Hardy: Thanks dude and she’s the new Poison Gym Leader. I was taking her up to Agate City to show her around and my Gym but then… I don’t know what happened to us after that. Titania: Well ain’t you a fancy fella? You sure know how to treat a lady. Hardy: Ohh shut it. It’s not like that. If Aya’s ok, I should go find her. Ow. My whole body hurts for some reason. Matthew: You don’t wanna know why. Hardy: I’ll take your word for it. Anyways, I should go. Don’t feel like bumming off of my sister longer than I have to. Titania: I agree. You can go. I watched as Hardy left the room and went downstairs. It felt like I was with Cain and Aya but with worse arguments. Titania looked at me as if she didn’t understand why I was still up there. So I quickly followed in Hardy’s footsteps and went downstairs. When I got downstairs, a TV report was going on. Of course, it was Gardevoir that was doing the reporting. Gardevoir was talking with the Saphira in Calcenon City. Apparently, a showdown had started with Team Meteor and they somehow had taken control of another city called Labradorra. A lot of people evacuated but some weren’t able to and now were being held hostage. But in Calcenon City, some strong Pokemon trainers were fighting back. When asked what Saphira’s thoughts were on the situation, she responded by saying she wasn’t interested in negotiating with them and that they’d find a way around the barrier and rescue the hostages. Then Gardevoir said something that I hadn’t heard of in a while. The PULSE machine. Me and Amaria looked at each other cus we knew what they were back when I faced the PULSE Muk. They had hooked a Mr. Mime up to it which was creating the forcefield around Labradorra. Saphira then added that they were going to prepare 2 more machines within the city and would have 2 in the surrounding areas. Things looked bleak there. Gardevoir then signed out. It was silent for a while and then Amaria spoke up. Amaria: Matt… The PULSE… Matthew: I know… This is horrible. Hardy: There’s only 1 thing to do then. Titania: Leave it alone. Hardy: What?! Why? Titania: It’s not our problem. Hardy: It will be if they keep up things like this! They need help! Titania: You do what you want. Amaria needs to rest up. Hardy: Whatever you say sis. I’m going to Aya. Peace. -leaves the house- Amaria: Tania, is it really ok to just let it happen? Titania: It’s not our business. Besides, the less involved you are, the better. Matthew: I think it’d be better if I maybe tried to help. Titania: You can join my brother then. Like I said to him, do what you want. Amaria: You told me they’re after the Sapphire Bracelet you gave me. I’m never going to let them have it! Then it dawned on me. The Sapphira Bracelets. Laura said something about those being lost in a fire. And now Amaria had them. Amaria: Still though. I wonder why they’d want it? Titania: I have no idea why. Amaria: Where’d you get it anyways hun? Titania: Some time ago, I was wandering around the Chrysolia Region and found a hidden lake. Across the lake, the ground was covered in ash. Probably from some sort of wildfire. Matthew: -whispering to myself- Charlotte and Vulpix… Titania: It was partially buried underneath the ash but somehow was unharmed by the flames. So I took it with me. Matthew: That’s… a very interesting story. Amaria: So they want this. Titania: Yes and we’re going to stay here. You’re not going anywhere near all of that. Matthew: Then I will. Amaria: Yea. He’s been crucial in defeating Team Meteor. So if he’s gonna go to Calcenon city, you need to go through Ametrine Mountain which means you need Surf. Matthew: Which means I’m going to have to defeat a Gym Leader right? Amaria: Yep! And also, we actually have Surf here. Matthew: That’s convenient. Titania: But we aren’t going to give it to him. Matthew: Why the hell not? Titania: Well if you don’t have the badge for it, what’s the point? Matthew: Alright. Alright. So what Gym Leader gives access for me to use it. Amaria: It’s 1 of the Circus’ leaders badges I believe. Matthew: Great. Then it’s back to the circus I go. Amaria: Wait wait. Matthew: What? Amaria: You won’t be able to battle them yet. Matthew: Why is that? Titania: You need a battle pass to face them. I guess it’s because it’d be too much to handle regular Gym Battles and their performances all at once. Amaria: Didn’t we get a promotion from them in the mail? Titania: Yea. I think we did. -gets the battle pass- Why in the world would they send a Battle Pass to 2 Gym Leaders? Matthew: Wait. You’re a Gym Leader? Titania: Yep. Matthew: Wow. Meeting 4 new Gym Leaders in 1 day. Titania: Yep. Anyways, that pass is for Samson. Beat him, come back and you’ll get surf. Matthew: Alright. Sweet. Thanks. Amaria: You can do it Matthew! Good luck! And with that, I exited the house. But to my surprise, there was something out there waiting for me. It was the Stantler from before. Matthew: Stantler? What are you doing here? The Stantler walked up to me and started rubbing its head and antlers on my chest. I was surprised it had followed me all the way up here. I petted it on its head. It then backed up and smiled at me. Matthew: You’re really happy I helped you earlier aren’t you? Stantler: -shakes its head yes- Matthew: Do you wanna come with me? The Stantler jumped up and down excitedly. From that, I guessed that the answer was yes. But when I went for my extra PokeBall, it knocked it out of my hands with its antlers. I was somewhat puzzled by this. Matthew: Do you not want to be caught right now? Stantler: -shakes its head yes- Matthew: Alright. I can do that. So let’s g- Huh? The Stantler was wavering to its head to the back for some reason. It took me a while for me to get what it meant but I finally got it. Matthew: Are you telling me to ride on you? Stantler: -shakes its head yes- Matthew: Really? That’s awesome! Wait before that, I think you deserve a nickname. Hmm… How about… Rudie? Stantler: -licks my cheek and nuzzles me- Matthew: I’ll take that as a yes. Alright. Well stand still and I’ll get on top of you. It took a bit of concentration and effort but I finally got on the back of Stantler. It felt awesome to be on the back of a Stantler. I had never ridden on a Pokemon before. I told Stantler to take me back to the beginning of Route 2. It began trotting down the route. This felt so awesome and nice. This Stantler was strong too. It was able to jump multiple times across rocks with me on its back. For the 1st time in quite some time, I was having fun. Pokemon Team REBORN CHARACTER RATES

The 2 of us entered the gate to Agate City. When we went in, we saw Cain and also the 2 guards. They were still sleeping. How were they still sleeping? The last time Laura and I came up here, they were still sleeping and that was a day or 2 ago. It baffled me. Cain turned around and was happy to see us even though me and Laura weren’t really thrilled with the situation we were both in with our relationship. Cain: Hey you guuuys. Is… everything ok? Matthew: I’m not sure buddy. Laura: Yea… Anyways, what’s up with the guards? Cain: I don’t know. They’re still asleep for whatever reason. Matthew: How long can someone sleep? Especially in this position. Cain: I wonder if something happened to them to have them doing this. Laura: Maybe Sleep Powder? Matthew: Naw. They’d fall asleep but not for 24 hours or however long they’ve been out. Cain: Well just a fair warning, if we go through, it maybe a long time before we come back. You 2 cool with that. Laura: I suppose so. Matthew: Suuuure. Cain: Alright then. Nidoking, get us in! The Nidoking popped out of its PokeBall and busted the door off its hinges, into the air and crashed down onto the floor. We were also surprised that it did that. Nidoking was called back into its PokeBall and we all headed up through the gate to Agate City. When we got to the outside, it felt weird. No 1 was really around and it was really quiet. We walked up a little further into city and looked in all directions. Nobody but us were out in the city. This was really starting to weird us out. Why in the world would there be no 1 out in the city at this time of day? The 3 of us shouted out calling out anybody hoping someone would hear us and answer back or come out of their house or something. But nothing happened. It was silent. Matthew: What the hell is going on here? Laura: I’m not sure but having a city dead silent is not usually a good sign. Cain walked up some steps as me and Laura stayed on the bottom level to see if anyone would walk by or out of their house. Then all of a sudden, we heard Cain scream a word. Cain: Aya?! The 2 of us came running up to Cain. When we got to where he was, I was shocked to see Aya and Hardy laying face down on the concrete. Laura went over to Hardy and tried to wake him up but to no avail. Cain tried the same with his sister but she would not wake up. Matthew: It’s just like the guards at the gate. Fast asleep and nothing is waking them up. -yawns- Laura: Why would that be the case though? -yawns- Cain: I don’t know but… -yawns- A nap doesn’t sound too bad right now. Maybe I’ll nap next to her until she wakes up. Matthew: No Cain! Don’t- Just then, we heard a loud, weird yelling noise. The 3 of us looked all over but couldn’t see the source of the yelling. And then out of no where, a girl with rainbow hair and a huge mallet jumped over the houses. She swung the mallet down and almost mashed Cain into the ground but luckily he moved out of the way. We were all baffled by what had just happened. ???: Whups. Matthew: Holy fucking hell!!!! Cain: That was close! What in the world do you think you’re doing?! ???: ME? WHAT AM I DOING? YOU KNOW WHAT I WANT YOU TO BE DOING?! … this Saturday night babeh, we go out and get down and funky. Get down tonight~ Get down tonight~ knowwhatimean nudge nudge wink wink Laura: I did not understand a word of that. Cain: Well usually someone would ask me that before trying to pund me, not after. This weird, mysterious girl then somehow put away her giant mallet. Where she put that thing, no 1 knew. Even Cain was curious as to where she put it but the girl was making remarks about how he was checking her out when he was doing that. Cain: Matt, you’re an honest person. Am I that bad? Matthew: Wellllll- ???: OHMYGOD I JUST REMEMBERED THAT I HAD TO TELL YOU! yagorgeous and YOU ALL HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE! Laura: Why is that? Cain: And who are you? Terra: I IS TERRA! HEAR ME RAWRRRRR!!!!! Matthew: Jesus Christ lady! Calm down! Terra: I’ll calm down when you stop lookin’ at his bOOTAY! Matthew: Wha- I’m not looking at anyone’s- Terra: By the way, youallwilltotallyfallasleepifyoustayhere. ~You will totally fall asleep if you stAaAaAaAaY HEEEERRRRRREEEEE!!!!~ Oh yea. I also go by Terrawr, Terraria, Terrawrrawrrawrrawrr, MEGATERRA, super 1337 lion tamarrr and Quenn o’BOOTAY! Laura: What just happened!? Terra: And as for you sweet babyboy, I got some sweet sweet words of sugar for you baby now lend me your ear ~I want you to be the very best and LEAVE! GET OUTTA HERE PRETTY BOY AND FRIENDS!~ Cain: Ow! Why’d you do that?! Terra: Cuuuuuz if I’z didn’t you booty would be asleep on da floor. Like deez people right here. Therewasanotherpersonbutiatehim. Delish. Cain: Is it because of this place? That everyone falls asleep? Terra: YO! DINGALINGLING! WE GOTZ A WINNER IN YOU! And if we friends, you wanna friend in you too? Matthew: She’s worse than you Cain. Terra: HEY! YOU WAIT YOUR TURN! Matthew: Noooo thanks. Laura: What is wrong with this girl? Like seriously. Terra: Btdubs, I got your friends they gonna be going on a 1 way 1st class ride to safety Matthew: Aaannnd how are you gonna do- Terra whipped out her giant mallet from wherever she had it and smashed the ground. Aya’s body went flying up in the air and then Terra swung the mallet again. She sent Aya flying in the air but to where, I had no idea. I thought we had just seen a murder. Then she did the same thing to Hardy. Terra: HOLY SHIT! HOME RAWR! HAHAHAHAHA! THE FUCK IS A PHYSICS?! Matthew: I don’t… Did you just kill them?! Terra: Naw playa dey just went to the circus orz at least 1 of them did I guess. Iz no worry though they safe and now it’s all of your turns! Laura: Holy- No! Cain: We’ll just walk! Just take us there normally alright? Terra: Aww fine. But I is going to sing! I needs to. The walk to the circus was an interesting 1. Everyone was silent except for Terra who was singing The Pyroar King song Hakuna Matata except she was adding in her own lyrics. It went something like this. “Hakuna my tatas! What a wonderful pair Hakuna my tatas! Would look better bare” Weird choice of words but I tried not to think about it. We went into another gate building and when we came out to the other side, we were in the circus. I was never 1 for circuses. I was always bored at them. Terra flipped around ahead of us. Terra: We here bitchez, deg famous Agate CIRCUS! Iz no sleepy people here. Well until iz nighttime. Anyway, you friend probz dropped her soda somewhere around here. Cain: Good… I think. Matthew: Are you 1 of the clowns here? Terra: Was you paying attention before?! I says I was the FIERCE LION TAMER! No no wait. FIERCE LION TAMRAWRRRR! And I also tame ciel Laura: Ciel? Matthew: Who’s that? Laura: If I remember correctly, she’s a Gym Leader here. Matthew: Hmm. Interesting. Terra: I’m leaving. Gonna go hit the shoerzzzzzz. PEACE BITCHES! ~Cha cha reallll smoooooooth~ -chas chas out of the area- Cain: Do you think she’s ok? Matthew: Seriously? Did you see how the fuck she talked?! Cain: What? No! Not Terra! I mean Aya. I mean she was knocked over a mountain wall by a giant mallet… Matthew: Yea. I hope she’s ok. Cain: Let’s just split up and look for her. I guess you 2 will be- Laura: Actually Cain, I’m gonna go look on my own. Matthew: Psh. Bet you wouldn’t say that if Bennett was here. Laura: Will you stop that!? Ugh! Cain: Ohh boy. I’m… just gonna go look for her… Bye! -leaves the area- Laura: Matt, what is your problem? Matthew: When Wehttam was out in Iolia Valley and Bennett was around, you were totally eyeing him up like I didn’t exist. Laura: Well technically you didn’t at that time. Matthew: Seriously? That’s fucked up. I know what I saw Laura. Laura: Whatever. Let’s just go find Aya. With that, Laura walked away. I walked downwards. I could feel the spark between us fade and the love drifting away. Luckily, some of the clowns of the circus were itching for a battle so that kept my mind off of that. After searching the whole circus, I still couldn’t find Aya. But I did hear a woman talking on a stage. I walked up to her. ???: Everything will be fine… Hopefully. Ohh hi. Can I help you? Matthew: You work here right? ???: Yes. Matthew: Well this is gonna be a long shot but have you seen a girl anywhere around here? Basically all in purple? ???: Ohh my! Yes! The girl! That’s great! Everyone! Things are under control! Finally. What’s your name young man. Matthew: Matthew. Yours? Ringmaster: Just call me the Ringmaster. Matthew: Alright. Well where is she? Ringmaster: In the circus tent. It was the weirdest thing. The girl just sailed over the ride and plopped in the middle of the circus. Matthew: Ouch. Sounds like a rough landing. Ringmaster: There also seemed to be a boy that did the same thing except went further away. Matthew: Ooo. Hope Hardy’s alright. Ringmaster: Ahh. You know him too? But yes! The girl! I don’t know how she survived. Matthew: Me neither. Especially when Terra hit her with that giant- Ringmaster: Ohh. Terra did that huh? Makes too much sense now. Matthew: Is this a regular occurrence or…? Ringmaster: No but it doesn’t shock me. But we should help find him. Or else it’ll look bad for us. Ohh yea! Umm… Here at the Agate Circus we bring you the Big Top top-tier entertainment! It’s an experience that can’t be bought and guaranteed to make your draw jop! Matthew: Umm… You mean jaw drop? Ringmaster: Ahh dang it! -sighs- I’m sorry. I’m new at this. My father was the original Ringmaster but he just… Nevermind. Well to be honest with you kid, we’re having a rough time here. Matthew: Why’s that? Ringmaster: Agate City had to be closed because anyone who had passed through would instantly fall asleep. Matthew: Yea. That’s what happened to a couple of guards I saw and our friends before Terra… “helped” them. But why is that hurting you? Ringmaster: We can’t get as much business from Agate or Reborn City because of that. It’s tough to keep going. And now Terra’s causing problems again! Matthew: It’s uhh… It’s no big deal. I mean honestly, if it wasn’t for Terra, me and the rest of my friends would have fallen asleep too. Ringmaster: Thanks… Anyways, if you wanna see your friend, Samson carried her into a back room in the tent. You should go talk to him. I have to finish up here. Matthew: Well where can I find him? Ringmaster: He’s usually around the High Striker. I walked around the circus searching for the High Striker. Then I realized something. I had no idea what the heck that was. So I was once again aimlessly looking around the circus. But this time, I couldn’t find it anywhere. This somewhat muscular man called me over to him and he had a big smile on his face. ???: Hey man. What’s up? Seems like something’s on your mind. Matthew: Ohh. Just… Relationship problems and- ???: Ahh man. I’m sorry. But hey. There’s someone out there for everyone. Matthew: Guess that’s true. And also I can’t find the High Striker to talk to this Samson guy. I’m just frustrated. ???: Ohh. Well I can help you with that. Matthew: You can?! ???: Yes. Actually I can help you out with both of those things. The High Striker? Right here. Matthew: Wow… I feel stupid now. But where’s that Samson guy? Samson: You’re speaking to him. Matthew: You couldn’t have said that before!? Samson: -laughs- Just trying to have some fun buddy. What you need? Ohh yea. Before I forget. I am the Circus Strongman. Matthew: The Ringmaster said you took my friend into the Big Top. Samson: Ohh yea. Your friend. Come on. We’ll go there now. The 2 of us walked up to the Big Top but when we got there, there were a line of people in front of us. Without any hesitation, Samson screamed at the top of his lungs for them to move out of the way. Within seconds, everybody moved out of the way. The 2 of us proceeded to walk into the Big Top. A woman in all blue was standing there. She was about to tell me something about the show not being until later until Samson intervened. Samson: Not here for the show. He’s here for the girl. His name is… Actually, what is your name? Matthew: It’s Matthew. Ciel: Ahh. Hello there Matthew. My name is Ciel. Matthew: Ahh. So you’re the 1 “Terra tames” huh? Ciel: Ohh boy. Well anyways, I’m the spotlight starlet of the Agate Circus speciality show. Matthew: And that would be? Ciel Aerial ballet. Matthew: Hmm. Interesting. Ciel: Come with me to your friend. She’s in the back. The 3 of us walked to the back of the Big Top. When we got back to the room, they took me over to a couch where Aya was resting on. We all walked over to her. I was relieved to see she was alright. The Ringmaster came in with some more people. Ringmaster: We have a few more visitors here. Cain: Aya! Ringmaster: By the way, the hell is up with Terra? Laura: What you mean? Ringmaster: She ran up, punched our showers and then ran off. Matthew: That psychotic son of a bitch really “hit” the showers. Laura: Not as psychotic as you thinking I like Bennett like that. Matthew: Not now Laura. Fuck. Cain tried his best waking up his sister. At last, Aya’s eyes started to move and they finally opened. She then started to sit up on the couch. When she was fully sitting on the couch, Cain gave her a tight hug. It was cute to see those to embrace after hearing about their family crumbling apart. Cain: I’m so glad you’re ok Aya. Aya: Heh. Been a while. Cain: Yeeeaaaa. Sorry about that. So is mom still being- Aya: Don’t ask. Hey. Where’s Hardy? Matthew: Apparently, went flying over the circus. Ciel: Ohh. You know him as well? Matthew: Yea. I actually met him when I went to battle Aya for her Gym Badge. Aya: Ohh. Hey Matt. Been a while. And Laura. Laura: Hey. Samson: So why were you in Agate City in the 1st place. Aya: Ohh yea. Hardy was gonna show me his gym but then… I don’t know. I don’t know what happened when we got there. Samson: Y’all were knocked out. Agate has been closed off since. Cain: We found the both of you asleep in the middle of the street. We almost did as well but thankfully, I think, Terra showed up. Ciel: Ahh yes. Her. Apologies. Ringmaster: Yes. She maybe rambunctious- Laura: You can say that again. Ringmaster: We do have to keep her around! After all, it wouldn’t do for the Agate Circus to lose 1 of its famous Gym Leaders! Matthew: Wait. That psycho is a Gym Leader?! Ciel: Along with Samson and I, yep. We are the newly called Agate Ace Triumvirate! Matthew: What does that word even mean? Ringmaster: That’s right! The Gym Battles make fantastic shows! Matthew: You guys do them in front of the crowd? Samson: Correctomundo. Ciel: Flying Type Leader at your service. Ringmaster: Terra is the Ground Type 1 and Samson her is the newly joined Fighting Type Gym Leader. Cain: Ahh… You’re the new 1 huh? Samson: Yep. Wasn’t expecting the last leader to retire all of a sudden. I’ve been waiting for the opportunity. Matthew: Yea… Me, Cain and Laura all looked at each other after hearing that. Flashbacks of Kiki’s death were going through our heads. I thought I had forgotten about that but I was wrong. Samson could see that we didn’t seem happy when he said that. Samson: Did I… say something wrong? Laura: I guess you didn’t hear did you? Samson: Hear what? Matthew: The Fighting Gym Leader was killed… Samson: Holy shit… Now I feel like an ass… Cain: It’s ok. You wouldn’t have said all of that if you knew. It just… we saw it happen. Samson: Ohh… I’m sorry. The room went silent for a while. No 1 seemed to know what to say. Maybe it felt like it would have felt bad in Kiki’s honor. Finally, Aya spoke up. Aya: So… Hardy isn’t here? Ringmaster: Naw. But by the looks of where he was going, he probably landed somewhere in Route 2. Aya: Then that’s where I’m going too! Samson: No way little lady. You’re staying here. Cain: You really like him don’t you? Aya: What?! No!… No. It’s not like that. I just wanna be a good friend and… make sure he’s alright. That’s all. Cain: Uh huh. Suuuure. Aya: That’s the truth! Cain: Aya’s got a boyfriend.~ Aya’s got a boyfriend.~ Aya: Will you shut up?! Ciel: My my. Such hostility. Samson: I’m surprised you can talk, let alone walk after what Terra put you through. Ciel: Surprisingly, I agree. With the condition you’re in? You should stay and rest. Aya: Then how are we gonna find Hardy? Matthew: You know what Aya? I’ll go find him for ya. I need some time to myself anyways. Aya: Thank you Matthew! Matthew: It’s cool. Cain: Yea. Seriously thanks dude. I wanted to spend a little time with her. I probably owe her that. -chuckles- Matthew: Hey man. It’s cool. Catch up with her. I’ll be back. Ringmaster: That reminds me. If you’re going to route 2, you’ll need a Powder Vial. Here. On the house. -hands over a powder vial- Matthew: Why do I need this? Ringmaster: You’ll see why. Aya: Great. Uhh… Not that I miss him or anything… Just please hurry and find Hardy. Matthew: Alright. See you all later. With that, I walked out of the room and ventured to Route 2 with the Powder Vial in my hand. This would give me some time alone and think about my situation with Laura who I didn’t know was still with me or not. Pokemon Team REBORN CHARACTER RATES

Laura and I woke up somewhat late into the morning but the both of us felt fully refreshed. We stayed in the room talking for a bit to wake up a bit more before venturing out back to the castle. Today, I, or I guess Wehttam, would be getting my 9th Gym Badge today which would mean I would have half of the Reborn’s Gym Badges then. It felt like such a long time ago since I 1st came here and was new to this place. Now it kind of feels like a home to me. Sometimes, it feels like a prison but… this place speaks to me. After waking up more, we got ready and started our journey back to the castle. We went through the Grand Gate and through Route 1. It still felt wild that the gate was now opened and I had something to do with it. We talked about stuff as we walked through Route 1. Basically about our relationship, Team Meteor, El. Stuff like that. It felt nice not having to worry about something horrific right now. We made it to the labyrinth of the castle. It didn’t take long for us to find the tree but we were shocked to see stairs going down. Matthew: Wow… Where do you think that leads? Laura: There’s only 1 way to find out hun. Let’s go. We ventured onward down the stairs and ended up being in a cave. We journeyed further into the cave until there was a dead end. We were confused but then I spotted something. It looked like a red crystal on the ground. Then I remembered the Crystal Key Luna gave me. I pulled it out and realized it was the same color as the crystal. I then touched the crystal with the key. The stone wall in front of us then became red. Laura and I were confused. We felt it and it felt softer than the other parts of the stone. So we had our Pokemon break it down. When we got to the other side, we were stunned by where we were. It looked like charcoal black stone and it was making the cave really dark. Laura could see the look on my face. Laura: Alright Matt. I think it’s time. Matthew: Wh-What do you mean? Laura: I can tell clear as day that you’re scared of the darkness right now. Matthew: Ohh shush. -sighs- Fine. I am. Laura: So bring him out. Matthew: Alright. Alright. Wehttam! And just like that, my soul resided further into my body as Wehttam’s took control of my body. I felt like I would be like this for a long time. Wehttam stretched his arms and then looked at Laura. Wehttam: Ahh. It feels great to be in the world of the living again. Hello there dear Laura yeeeees. Laura: Hey Wehttam. You ready for the Gym Battle today? Wehttam: Ohh I’m ready as I’ll ever be dear. They started walking through the cave. I could tell that Wehttam seemed intrigued with the black stone walls inside the cave. I must admit. I did too. They went through another tunnel and through the exit of that, they came out to a valley. There were landscapes, a waterfall. It looked so beautiful. I wished I was there experiencing it with Laura with control of my body but this worked as well. Wehttam: Wow… So what’s this place called? Laura: Luna said it was called Iolia Valley. Wehttam: Interesting name. I assume I’ll have to use this Crystal Key the same way Matthew did before he had let me take control of this vessel yes? Laura: Mhm. Wehttam: Alright. Well, let’s continue. The 2 of them started walking through the valley. Laura was asking Wehttam a lot of questions about himself and why he was inside of my body and many more questions. Wehttam was quite enjoying his time on the outside world. They encountered a few of the crystals and went inside more black stoned caves. Before long, they came across another key. Wehttam: Is this another 1 of those Crystal Keys? Laura: I would assume so. But this 1 is green. Wehttam: I saw some green crystals at the bottom of the hill before we went though those caves of which had the stone of black. Yeeeees. Laura: Alright. Let’s go back then. They retraced their steps and ended up back at the beginning. They went to the hill below the 1 they were on and Wehttam touched the green crystal with the green Crystal Key. The big bush in front of them turned into a broken crystal. Laura used her Pokemon to break it apart so they could continue. As they were about to go through another cave, someone surprising showed up. Bennett: Ah. So that’s where you 2 went. Laura: You? What are you doing here? Wehttam: Bennett correct? I don’t believe we’ve been formally introduced. I am Wehttam. Bennett stared at Wehttam like he was crazy. Bennett never saw him take over my body in person so it made sense for him to look so disbelieving. Bennett: What are you talking about Matt? What’s a Wehttam? Just stop distracting me. Laura: Bennett, what are you doing here hun? Bennett: If you must know, I was tailing the 2 of you so I could find Luna. But then I managed to lose the sight of the both of you. Laura: Does that mean that- Bennett: Ohh no no. This has nothing to do with El. I came here of my own accord. What happened with Luna was wrong. But when I say that I want to save her from Radomus, I mean it. Wehttam: Interesting. And… you say you have feelings for her? Bennett: Of course I do. But anyways, I’m going to find her and apologize to her. And… Laura: And… what exactly? Bennett: I… Uhh… Well never you mind that. It doesn’t concern the 2 of you. But I would appreciate it if you 2 would leave the 2 of us alone. Good bye. Bennett then left the upper area. Wehttam and Laura looked at each other puzzingly but it didn’t let them stop them from continuing onwards. Through more caves and bushes turned to crystals and eventually they found another Crystal Key. This time, it was a blue color. They went back to the entrance once again and this time went to the bottom of the valley. Wehttam touched the blue crystal with the blue Crystal Key. To the side of them, what seemed to be an icy bridge appeared out of nowhere. The 2 of them slowly walked across it and onto the other side and did most of the same thing as the other side. They went into 1 cave and was just about to get what looked like to be another Crystal Key when Bennett made another appearance. Wehttam: Ahh dear Bennett. What are you doing here mortal? Bennett: Hmm. This appears to be a dead-end as well. No matter. I’ll find her eventually. She has to be here somewhere. Laura: Look Bennett. I think that- Bennett: No Laura. Whatever transpires next will be between her and myself. You 2 must stay out of it. Wehttam: I am sorry dear boy but I was invited to her place and I intend to keep it that way. But… you are free to join if you find the way. Bennett: Do… Do you mean this Matthew? Wehttam: Correction 1st. The name is Wehttam. Matthew is still here but not the 1 controlling this vessel. But if you insist, sure. Laura: Are you sure Wehttam? Wehttam: Well if he wishes to try to make this girl happy, why not let him try yes? Laura: I… Yea. I guess so… Wehttam: You seem upset Laura. What is the matter? Laura: It’s nothing. Nothing… Bennett: Well I suppose I’ll just wait to see what your next move is then. And with that, Bennett left the cave. Wehttam went over to get the Crystal Key which was purple this time. This key when used had reorganized the cave it was used in and were able to go somewhere else. As they traversed through the valley, Laura wanted to know something. Laura: Wehttam, why did you allow him to follow us if he could find us? Wehttam: If he only wishes to make his feelings known, it cannot be all bad. Laura: I suppose that’s true… Wehttam: Dear vessel that is you Laura. You seem troubled. Do I detect a crush of sorts on the young boy that is Bennett? Laura: What?! No way! I only love Matthew. No-No 1 else! Wehttam: If that is what you state then so be it. Laura: Yes. Good… They continued back over to the other side of the valley for there were a couple of purple crystals over there as well. The last 1 they found brought them to a place they hadn’t been to before. They found a red crystal, activated it and at long last found Luna. She seemed please to see them. Luna: Ahh. Welcome Matthew and Laura. I am glad you both have reached here safely. Laura: Actually Luna. There’s a correction there. You know how Gossip Gardevoir knows of Matt’s transformations? Luna: Yes. She has told me of 2 of them. I believe 1 is called Wehttam and the other Mattam but that 1 is only called that when they both control the body at the same time. Laura: Well this is Wehttam. Wehttam: Hello there dear Luna Master of the darkness. Luna: Ohh my! I have never been referred to as master before. It’s quite… flattering. It’s a pleasure to meet your acquaintance Wehttam. Wehttam: The feeling is quite mutual Luna. Just then, Bennett came rushing in. Luna backed up in a state of shock and disbelief. She didn’t foresee Bennett coming into the valley at all. Bennett rushed up to her and started to profusely apologize to her for his wrongdoings of before. Wehttam observed Laura while all of this was going on. She seemed kind of jealous. But then Bennett said it. Bennett: Luna I… I love you! Luna: I’m sorry. What? Wehttam: I’m not sure of your humans emotions but I believe this is not going well right? Laura: That would be right. Wehttam: You seem relieved. Laura: What? Bennett: Luna, please! Would you be mine?! Luna:… I’m sorry. I can’t continue with this. I have to go now. Wehttam, you have the Crystal Keys. He will not be able to proceed if he does not have them. Proceed when he has gone away. I will await your arrival til then. And with that, Luna disappeared. Bennett seemed depressed that the love of his life basically turned him down and hard, I might add. He turned around to us. Muttering to himself. Wehttam: Is he going to be ok? Laura: I hope so. Bennett: She didn’t give me a proper answer. I don’t get it. Why? Laura: M-Maybe she just you know… Bennett: Maybe she needs time to think or she just feels the same way about me but is just too shy to say… or maybe I’m just pathetic. Laura: No Bennett. Bennett: Heh… Thanks Laura. But you Matthew. I bet you think I’m like that don’t you? Wehttam: I do not think anything except this. Your heart might feel broken at this moment in time but it shall heal. And I am called Wehttam at the moment. Bennett: I don’t get it… Why is she letting you through? Matthew- Wehttam: It’s Wehttam.~ Bennett: Gah! Stop that nonsense! Give me the keys. Wehttam: I’m sorry but Luna does not wish to see you so I cannot oblige to your demands. Bennett: Fine then. I’ll just have to take them from you instead! Laura: Bennett… Bennett: I’m just a fool for even attempting to do all of this… aren’t I? Laura: Of course not! Wehttam: Well if that is how you wish to view yourself. Laura: Wehttam! Wehttam: I am just being honest. Bennett: I’m just stupid. Stupid stupid stupid. Stupid to tell her. Stupid to be here. Stupid to think I could beat you. Yet… I’m going. Laura: Going where? Bennett: El promised me a spot in the Elite 4. I’m gonna hold him to that promise. And when I’m at the top, she’s regret refusing me! Just you watch Matthew! Wehttam: Wehttam. Bennett: Shut up! You’re irritating me with that outlandish word! Ugh… Nonetheless, good luck in your battle. Next time you see me, things will be different, I promise you that! Bennett then left the cave and presumably Iolia Valley. Laura seemed to stare at the cave exit in total blushing form. She soon snapped out of it though. She suggested Wehttam to use the monitor over by the corner but to pretend he was me. She didn’t know if Ame would try to have me arrested or something for being so weird. So Wehttam went up to the monitor and pressed the button where Ame’s face popped up on it. Ame: Hmm. Ohh Matthew! It’s been a while! And hello there Laura! Laura: Hey there Ame. Wehttam: Uhh… yes. Hello Ame. Ame: So I take it you’re at Iolia Valley? Laura: Yea. How’d you know that? Ame: Signals a little weak whenever someone uses the monitor from there all the time. Wehttam: Yep. We’re here alright. Just about to battle… Luna. Ame: Ahh yes. Luna. Really loves the dark that 1. Well the gems in her cave warp light energy and make it behave in odd ways. In those caves, dark and light based attacks will be stronger! Anyways, good luck with the battle! Talk to you another time! Wehttam: Right. Umm, bye! Laura: Later Ame. The monitor went off and Wehttam started to walk upwards to the purple crystal. Laura was following behind him but he stopped and turned around to her. Laura: Wehttam? What are you doing? Wehttam: I’m sorry but I think it would be best if I were to enter alone. Laura: Why is that? Wehttam: I believe it would be more beneficial for me if I do not have prying eyes watching as I battle my opponent. I hope you understand. Laura: Ohh yea. Yea. It’s alright. Laura stepped back as Wehttam advanced towards the crystal. He took out the purple Crystal Key and touched the purple crystal with it. The cave where Laura was at completely disappeared and where Luna was appeared. Wehttam was completely surprised by how different the cave changed. While the other caves changed, they weren’t this drastic. He walked up towards Luna who seemed relieved that Bennett did not accompany him. Wehttam: Hello there Luna. Quite the place you have here yeEeEeEeEs. And you do not have to worry about the person you refer to as Bennett. He has left the area. Luna: Good. Let me do this once more. Welcome Wehttam. I am glad you were able to reach me here. I’m not sure if you’re aware of this but children and even some adults are scared of the darkness. Wehttam: Ohh yes. I think I know that. -chuckles- Luna: Ahh yes. I forgot. But I always ask myself this question? Why? Why be afraid of the darkness? Wehttam: They do not know what is confined in the darkness. In the unknown. They are scared of what may harm them. They do not like knowing what cannot be seen. Luna: Hmm. That’s quite an answer. And yet, despite that, there are even more spooky things that are visible in the light. Wehttam: But for some people, like you I would assume, it draws out their greatest potential. You like knowing the unknown do you not? Luna: You would be correct. But it is time. Are you ready to do battle in darkness? Wehttam: Let us proceed! It was a close battle but Wehttam proved to be the batter man… Err, well an entity. The 2 called back their Pokemon. Luna seemed pleased with the outcome. Luna: You fought especially well Wehttam. Wehttam: As did you Luna. I was not so sure I was able to defeat you. Luna: Well I expected no less from you. Here. I present this to you. The Eclipse Badge. -hands the badge to Wehttam- Wehttam: -takes the badge and puts it in the bade case- Thank you Luna. Luna: I do hope you and Matthew and the rest of your companions have a safe journey to wherever you might be going next. For the meantime, I am going to stay here. Much life with children to monsters, I feel safer in the dark. Wehttam: Then me and you are alike. I too adore the darkness. It is quite comforting I must say my mortal friend. Luna: Well farewell until we meet again. Wehttam waved goodbye as he went over to the crystal and used the Crystal Key again to get back to the other part of the cave. Laura saw him return. She ran up to him and she showed her the 9th Gym Badge in the badge case. Laura smiled slightly but seemed kind of down. The 2 of them started to walk back towards the exit of the valley. For the whole time, none of them spoke. When they finally made it out and exited the labyrinth, Wehttam turned towards Laura. Wehttam: I will be returning back inside Matthew’s vessel of a body now. Laura: Ok. Wehttam: Before I go though, I have 1 advice for you. Be honest with Matthew. Laura: Wait. What do you- But before she could finish her sentence, Wehttam had already began residing back in my body as I once again took back control of my body. When I was in full control, I looked at Laura but not with love eyes. I was upset. She clearly had a thing for Bennett. She was somewhat all over him whenever he popped up in that valley. Laura: Matt, it wasn’t like- Matthew: Stop it Laura. We’ll talk about that later. Right now, we gotta go up to Agate and see what’s going on. We’ll prob meet Cain at the gate if the guards are still sleeping. Laura: Right. The 2 of us started walking up north but for the 1st time since we were together, we weren’t holding hands. We weren’t gazing into each others eyes. We weren’t even talking. We just walked up as if we were almost strangers to each other. And it wasn’t a good feeling. Pokemon Team REBORN CHARACTER RATES

Laura: Matt?! Matt! Wake up! We’re back at the Sanctum! Matthew: Err, what? Babe. We’re fine. Go back to sleep. Laura: Matthew! Matthew: Ow! The hell was- Huh? Laura smacked me in the face to wake me up. But when I opened my eyes and sat up, we weren’t in the bed anymore. We were on the table thing that Luna was chained onto. Laura was freaking out but I knew what this was. Laura: I don’t understand. We’re back here but… But there’s no other place in here. Where are we? Matthew: Wait wait. Chill babe. I know where we are… But the real question is how and why are you here? Wehttam: Welcome visitors! Matthew & Laura: Ahh! Wehttam had appeared out of nowhere as usual. But I was still wondering how Laura was here with us. Laura: Wehttam? How are you here and not with… What’s going on?! Matthew: We’re dreaming. Laura: We’re what? I tried to explain to Laura the best I could of what all of this was and why we were here. Wehttam filled in the blanked of where I was right and wrong. After I got done explaining everything, Laura had a shocked expression on her face. Laura: Sooo… we’re dreaming and this is the only way you and him can talk face to face? Matthew: Yep. Laura: Well… I don’t feel as weirded out now. Matthew: But what I wanna know is how and why she’s here. Wehttam: To be honest my friend, I have no clue as to why she is here. This has never happened before in all of our history. This is the 1st. Matthew: You seem to be experiencing a lot of firsts here dude. Wehttam: Hmm. You’re correct. If I had to guess as to at least why she is here, I would say it’s because of how close the 2 of you have become. She now has the power, as long as she’s close to you that is, to come here with you. Laura: That’s… amazing! Matthew: Yea. It is. So what brings us here tonight? Wehttam: That ritual chant from earlier… It was affecting me. My mouth dropped open hearing that. I thought maybe he was just scared and was moving around with fright. But to know that this was affecting him now was quite terrifying. Matthew: Whoa… Are you ok? Wehttam: I’m fine. That fellow, I believe you call him Radomus right, stopped him in time. Matthew: Well… what was going on? Wehttam: It felt like I was changing or dying or something. It was weird. I have never experienced this before. Or anyone of my kind for that matter. Laura: Why did it affect you? Wehttam: I have no clue. And to be honest, I don’t wish to find out. Matthew: Well, as long as you’re fine then everything’s ok right? Wehttam: As I’m aware, yes. Matthew: Alright. That’s good then. Is that everything? Wehttam: Yes. That’s all I needed to tell you. Laura: Uhh… Wait. Wehttam? Wehttam: Yes my dear? Laura: Can I ask you for a favor? Wehttam: Of course you may. Laura: We’re expecting to go to a place that’s dark apparently and you know how Matt is with the dark. Matt: Hey! Laura: Will you take over his body and battle Luna in an Official Gym Battle? Wehttam: Me? I… I don’t know. I’ve never been in a Gym Battle before and- Matthew: Yea you have. Well sort of. Remember Corey? Wehttam: Ohh right. That unlucky fellow. Threw away his life. Matthew: And… I’m not opposed to you doing it. Wehttam: Well, I am supposed to only take over when you’re scared and that does consider as being scared so… why not? Sure. Laura: Thank you Wehttam! Wehttam: It is no problem Laura. Now with that all out of the way, I believe it is time for you 2 to return to the world of the awake as it were. YeEeEeEeEeEeEs. Matthew: Alright dude. Later. Laura: See you soon. Uhh… Wait. How do we get back? Matthew: Ohh. Just lay down and fall asleep. Laura: Ohh. Ok. The 2 of us laid down and closed our eyes and soon enough, we were fast asleep. WEHTTAM RATINGS

We searched for more clues or anything that could tell us where Luna was. We were just about to give up when 1 of the Aqua Gang Members noticed us and headed over our direction. We told him our dilemma and for the 1st time since we’ve been down here, we had gotten some kind of info. He told us he saw someone weird talking to 1 of the dealers down here. We rushed towards the dealer to ask him what he saw. It took a bit before he told us but he eventually informed us that the person just left and headed upwards. As we headed to the north, another Aqua Gang Member stopped us. We told him what we were doing and he then told us that he saw someone weird going into the Watering Hole. We rushed into it but when we got there, it was empty. There was no sign of anybody in there. The 2 of us walked out of there. I stood there thinking what we could have missed. Matthew: Urgh! What could we have missed? Laura: Hmm? Laura looked over to her left. She shook me to get my attention. When I looked over to where she was looking, I saw something head into the cave like area. The 2 of us rushed over and into the area. When we came through, I couldn’t believe who I was seeing standing in front of me in a robe like clothing. It was Bennett. The 2 of us walked up to him. Matthew: No way… Laura: Who is- Matthew: Bennett… What are you- Bennett: Ahh. Matthew. I had a feeling you were following me. Matthew: Dude, what happened to you? Why are you dressed like that? Laura: I’m sorry. Who is this? Bennett: The name is Bennett my dear. Pleasure to meet you. But I do believe that we should cut the introductions short there. Laura: A-Ahh… I see. I looked over at Laura. She seemed weird. Like she had seen a cute looking guy or something. It was odd. But I couldn’t focus on that right now. I couldn’t believe I was seeing Bennett like this. I didn’t like him much to start off with but I wouldn’t want this for him. And what would his mother think? Bennett: I must be honest. I did not expect to see you down here Matthew. Or your… girlfriend I take it. Matthew: I never expected to ever see you in a place like this Bennett. Bennett: True. I suppose this isn’t the sort of place someone like me would choose to be. Matthew: Are you still helping with El? Laura: Wait. El? How would he be helping El and why? Matthew: I- Bennett: Those questions will be answered soon my darling. If you must know why I am here though, I was asked to get some supplies for our ritual. Laura: Ritual? What ritual? Bennett: The ritual to save Luna’s soul from Radomus’ spell. It felt like someone kicked me in the stomach when Bennett uttered those words. I wasn’t sure if it was me being scared or worse. Mattam being scared. Maybe the sound of a ritual saving a soul of sorts made him uneasy. Which started to get me uneasy as well. Laura: Wait. You mean Luna’s here? Bennett: She is. Laura: Well we came here to rescue her. Bennett: Ohh? So the 2 of you are attempting to save her as well? Matthew: Uhh, yes! Yes we are. I was hoping Bennett would take that as him believing I was saving her the same way he was. He seemed to have bought it. Bennett: Great. Then we have the same goal. I’m sure they will understand. I shall leave the entrance to our chamber opened for the 2 of you but I have to hurry ahead. I shall meet the both of you there. Bennett ran off. Me and Laura prepped ourselves up for this and left the area as well. As soon as we got to the city like part of 7th Street, we could see a door that we did not see before. We carefully walked through the door and entered some kind of concrete alleyway. It felt really weird to be there but it was the only way to get to wherever it is Bennett had Luna. We carefully walked through there and came upon another door. We slowly walked through and saw ourselves in a church like place. Now the creepy feels were kicking in. We moved forward and soon enough, we saw Bennett. The 2 of us walked up to him but as we got closer, a bunch of robbed people walked up to us, cornering us. And as if that wasn’t bad enough, El came walking down completely blocking us from any escape. Laura: Bennett? What’s going on? Bennett: I’m sorry about this Matthew and Laura. Elias is actually the 1 who asked me to let you 2 in here. Matthew: Son of a bitch. Bennett: I bet you thought I was actually that dumb, didn’t you Matt? I kept quiet. I didn’t want to admit it to him because I would feel defeated somehow. My silence however was all the answer he would need. Laura: Bennett… I didn’t think that at all… Bennett: Thank you Laura dear. But I’m not surprised. Most people don’t seem to think very highly of me. I mean I guess I can see why. I prefer the company of bugs rather than people. Laura: Well that wouldn’t bother me. Bennett: Ahh Laura. You are an angel among us. But I must apologize for my standoffish attitude. It’s not for any personal disdain. Matthew: Seriously, what are you doing here Bennett? Bennett: I am simply here to do what is best for my future. To do what is best for Luna. El: And you have done well Bennett. If you continue your diligence, I will surely secure you a position in the Elite 4 for sure. Laura: Wait. What? How can you do that? El: I have my ways girl. Bennett: Thank you sir. El: I must admit, my original intent for Bennett here was to just ask for help in finding Luna However, he has become a massive help to my plans. Bennett: Of course sir. I want to help Luna just as much as you do. Matthew: Come on Bennett. You gotta know somewhere in that fucking brain of yours that this isn’t right! El: Silence! We will begin her purification ritual posthaste. Until then, lock up Matthew and Laura here in the dungeon. Bennett: I’m sorry to have to do this to you Laura but I must obey the rules. Laura: It’s… uhh… It’s ok… Matthew: What?! El: We will deal with these 2 laster. As of right now though, we will eradicate any memory Luna has of that swine Radomus. She will soon see where her loyalty lies and return to the light. Bennett: Laura? Matthew? Will you please follow me? I mean, it’s not like you have much of a choice anyways. Matthew:… What would your mom think of you if she were to see you like this Bennett? Bennett seemed shocked to hear me say such a thing. It had been a while since the last time I saw Serra but I do remember the 1 thing she asked of me and that was to keep an eye on Bennett. I couldn’t make him do anything but I could at least try to make him feel guilty and stop all of the foolishness. However, that wasn’t the case here. He regained his composure and, with the help of the other robed people, brought us into a cell in the dungeon. When the robed people left, we pondered what to do next. We couldn’t get out of here and there didn’t seem to be any kind of hidden exit either. But there was 1 thing eating at in my head and I needed to know. Matthew: Laura, what got into you before? Laura: What do you mean? Matthew: With Bennett. You seemed… I don’t know. Like you were in a trance by him or something. Laura: I just… I don’t know! I felt bad for him! Matthew: It better have been just that. Laura: Wait. What are you implying?! Matthew: -sigh- Nevermind. Let’s just… Let’s just think of a way out of here alright? Laura: Yea. Let’s do that. ???: Do I hear a bickering couple in here? The voice startled us. We looked all over where we could see but couldn’t see anyone. The voice spoke again. ???: Well do I? Laura: Wh-Who are you? Matthew: And where are you? Randall: Name’s Randall friends. How about y’all? Matthew: I’m Matthew and this is my girlfriend Laura. Randall: Well howdy to the both of you. You know, they’ve kept me down here for a few days. Laura: What?! Are you ok? Randall: I’m fine. I actually don’t mind it. Matthew: Why is that? Randall: Well for starters, they feedin’ us and this stuff is a hell of a lot better than on the streets. Although, I suppose that’s not saying much now is it? But I can’t say I’m hatin’ it. They also kind enough to give us some educational reading too. For what seemed like hours, we listened to this guy talking and talking about what he was reading in these books and how they thought it was all bullshit and how he was detoxing here for a bit. I saw a book that seemed different from the rest on the ground. I don’t know why but I had a gut feeling that this book would be important. So I picked it up and put it in my cargo shorts pockets. Luckily for me, these pockets were large and these books were sort of small. I snapped back into the conversation when I heard him talking about the guards. Randall: The guards ain't around right? If I’m honest with the 2 of you, I could let myself out of here anytime I want to. Laura: How? Randall: Well 1 day, they dropped what seemed to be a “master key” of sorts. And so I gave it to my buddy. Matthew: Wait. Do you have someone hiding here to let you out? Randall: Even better. Come on out buddy! At 1st, we could see what was sent out. But then, I could start hearing a jiggling sound. Like if someone was jiggling keys in front of a baby. Then, it came into view. It was a Klefki! It unlocked the cell and went back to its owner. The cell door slid open. Randall: There you go fellers. If you need help with that again, I got your backs. Laura: Thanks Randall. Matthew: Yea. We owe you 1 dude. Randall: Naw. It’s all cool. Just go do what you have to do. Me and Laura ran out of the cell and quickly checked out the room we were in to make definitely sure there was no 1 else here. We then carefully walked up the steps. We peaked around the corners and could see a couple of robed people. Laura: Ohh man. This reminds me back at the castle with all those Team Meteor grunts. Matthew: Yea. You’re right. We gotta sneak past these weirdos without getting caught. Laura: Alright. I’ll follow your lead hun. We started sneaking around corners, in and out of hallways trying to avoid these people. It was really intense. A couple of times we almost got caught. We soon came across a door. We quietly opened it and walked in. We planned on staying there just for a minute for a breather before going back out. Laura started looking over the room and discovered something. Laura: Hey hun. Remember that book you took from the cell? Matthew: Yea. What about it? Laura: There seems to be a couple more in here like that. Matthew: Ohh wow. You’re right. We should take them. Laura: Why? Matthew: Something tells me we might need them. Come on. We’ll both carry some. We collected all of the books. Luckily, there was only a couple of them so it wasn’t hard to carry. We walked back to the door and carefully opened it and continued to sneak our way through the room. It took some time but we managed to make it through the room unnoticed. Matthew: Ohh thank Arceus for that. Laura: Yea. Tell me about it. Just then, a speaker blasted through the room calling all the sentries up to the sanctum for a worship service. That had to be where Luna was being kept. Me and Laura ran up the steps and hid and watched as the sentries all walked straight up to the area ahead of us. Before we could reach there, a gate closed itself. We regrouped back near the stairs. Laura: Alright. Now what do we do? Matthew: Hmm… Here. You take half of these books and I’ll take the other half. You got to the left and I’ll go to the right. You see any sentries, battle and beat ‘em. Laura: But what are the books for? Matthew: Just take them in case you need to use them. Laura: Well… alright. Be careful hun. Matthew: You too babe. We both went opposite ways. I had to battle some sentries but it wasn’t all that hard to get through. I then came up to a statue that seemed to have a code screen on it. I had no clue what the code could be though. I read the description on the statue. Then I had an idea. I quickly looked through 1 of the books, found a number and put it into the code screen. It accepted it. I knew what I had to do now and hoped Laura did too. I repeated what I did 1 more time beating up sentries and getting the code to the next statue. I then started going back to where me and Laura had split up and miraculously, Laura was running towards me. Laura: Matt! You were smart to take these. The numbers in some of these books were codes to unlock the gate. Matthew: I knew they would be useful. Now let’s stop this thing and get Luna the fuck out of here. The 2 of us ran up towards the sanctum. When we got there, we were horrified what we were seeing. Multiple sentries, El and a chained up Luna. The 2 of us ran up to try to get Luna free but before we even touched the chain, El spoke. El: Matthew and Laura… You both are not only foolish but impudent to disturb our practice. Matthew: Shut up. We’re here to save Luna and there’s nothing you can do about it. Luna: Matthew? Laura? You both came for me? Laura: Of course we did. We’re your friends. El: Well if you want, you may observe. But that is the ONLY thing you will do. Matthew: And if we don’t oblige? El: Bennett? We looked ahead of us and were shocked to see Bennett bringing Cain into the room. We had a weird feeling about this. We were happy to see that he was ok but we were also worried that he was hurt in some way. El pointed towards Cain. El: If you even so much as move a muscle, my assistant will put an end to the boy’s life. Laura: You wouldn’t dare. El: Wanna test it? Cain: Sorry guys. Don’t mean to show up here all tied up and stuff. Can I at least ask for a safe word though? Bennett: Please stop talking like that. Matthew: Heh… You never stop do you Cain? Cain: You know me Matthew.~ And to comment to you, I ain’t taking orders from you. Sooo not my type. What is your hair even doing? Matthew: Actually, now that you mention it- Bennett: My time is better spent on studies that perms, thank you. El: Urgh! Enough! I would be disgracing Arceus if I were to permit you to continue to desecrate this holy place with your indecorus babbling. Let the ritual proceed. I would try to do something but I didn’t want to risk getting Cain killed. Bennett had changed since the day I met him. If that Bennett that I met the day I walked into the gym was here right now, I know he wouldn’t kill. But this Bennett was different. I wasn’t sure what he would do if I moved. El: Luna my daughter, once and for all, we shall cleanse your mind of the taint that is the swine Radomus. You will remember who your true father is. Me. Luna: You are NOT my father! Release me at once! El: It’s clear. His poison has warped your fragile mind. Please Luna, my daughter, return to your father and you shall return to the light. Luna: Will you stop saying that?! El then started to chant some kind of religious words. I had no idea what they meant or they even existed. None of us knew what to do. At this point, my stomach started to groan. Was it Wehttam? Were these chants actually doing something? I didn’t know and it seemed like the end until 1 of the sentries spoke, which shocked all of us. ???: I think that’s quite enough of that. Gardevoir? Matthew: Wait. Is that- ???: Lights! Cameras! Draaamaaaa!~ Just then, the lights went off but the candles that were in the room were enough to see what was going on. A Gardevoir appeared next to 3 of the other sentries that were in the room with us and teleported them away. The Gardevoir appeared next to me. I looked up at her in shock. Matthew: Wait. Gossip Gardevoir? Gossip Gardevoir: At your service.~ Matthew: Then that must mean that that sentry is Radomus! Indeed it was. Radomus had disguised himself as a sentry. How he had the costume I had no idea but I was so glad to see him as well as Gardevoir. Radomus then snatched back the Amethyst Pendant from El. Gardevoir teleported over to Bennett and got him away from Cain. Bennett stepped back in disbelief as if he couldn’t believe Gardevoir would do something like that. Bennett: How… how could you Gardevoir? We lived together with my mom. How could you do that to me? Cain: Laura! Matt! Help me get Luna free! Matthew: Ohh yea. Come on hun! Laura: R-Right! Luna: Everyone… El: Radomus! Unhand me at once you swine! And return that gem! Matthew: Just saying, you really like calling him swine don’t you? El: Keep quiet boy! Gossip Gardevoir: Hmm? Ohh yea. I suppose you did live there didn’t you? But honestly, I was only there for Luna. Besides, you were always shut away in your room! How rude can 1 be?!~ Radomus: I’m afraid I cannot. This pendant is very important to me in particular. Me, Cain and Laura all looked at each other in confusion. Why would the Amethyst Pendant be important to Radomus? It belonged to Anna. But I was happy it was with Radomus than El, despite not fully trusting Radomus. Gossip Gardevoir: And honestly Bennett, I never liked the way you looked at Luna. It was… creepy. El: I have already reported to have obtained 1 of the keys… So I only have 1 thing to do. In a surprising fast motion, El snatched what looked to be an Emerald Brooch from Luna’s neck while she was still chained. Luna’s eyes filled with sadness but also rage. The 3 of us were still trying to get the chains off of her. Luna: Give that back! My father gave it to me! El: You ignorant little girl! I AM your father! Bennett: Hey! How I look at Luna is of nobody’s business but my own! Finally, the chains were unhooked from Luna’s wrists and ankles. She was finally set free. Luna stood up on the table and shook her hands and feet. Probably to try to get feeling back into them. Gossip Gardevoir: Is that so? Well what if you were making it uncomfortable then? Can you really get off thinking like that? Ohh, but perhaps you really do! Is that why you were always locked away in your room with the door locked?! Everyone stopped and stared back at Gardevoir and Bennett. No 1 was prepared to hear that diss from Gardevoir. Without taking my gaze at Bennett, I slowly lifted my hand up in the air. Gardevoir teleported over my way, high fived me and then teleported back to where she was. El: Bennett, I would hope for what that annoying wannabe tv reporter said is not true. Bennett: It’s not! I- Radomus: Alright Gardevoir. That’s enough. No need to torture the poor boy. He must be confused enough if he has chosen to side with El here. El: Excuse you but I do the Lord’s work. Matthew: So the Lord told you to tie up your “daughter” to perform a ritual on her? Laura: Bennett… it’s ok to be confused but this isn’t the way to do it. Bennett’s eyes met with Laura’s eyes. I could see that he smiled slightly for a quick second but then went back to his embarrassed look. I could see Laura somewhat smiling at him. I didn’t know what she was thinking but now wasn’t the time to be overthinking stuff. Bennett: I just… I want what’s best for Luna… Cain: You consider this to be best for her? Gossip Gardevoir: Yes! Just chain her right up! You kidding me?! Radomus: Consider what’s TRULY best for her Bennett. Bennett: What do you mean? Radomus: Is blood a stronger tie of family than those who care for her? Gossip Gardevoir: Be that as it may, no 1 but I can be closer to my dear Luna.~ Isn’t that right? Luna: Blood? You are my father master. I know no other. El: This is absurd. Even in these sacred halls, your perversion abounds. Cain: I think I’ve heard that 1 before. But, guys, aren’t we over-staying our welcome? Radomus: Quite right. Well, good bye old friend. Gardevoir, if you’d please? Gossip Gardevoir: Hold on tight everyone.~ The lot of us were teleported away. When we were back on our feet, we saw that we were right outside the place we had just teleported away from. I’ve been teleported away with Gardevoir before but this felt different. This was a “get out of there fast” teleportation. But the lot of us felt happy to be out of there. Gossip Gardevoir: And THAT kids is how you storm a castle.~ Matthew: Man that was close. Cain: Wait. Can you really call that a castle? Radomus: Gardevoir can call anything she wants to- Matthew: Dude was just saying it wasn’t a castle. Move on. Radomus: Ahh. Yes. Apologies. Luna: Everyone… I’m so grateful to you all. You risked your lives to save me. I formally apologize for the inconvenience I’ve caused. Laura: It was no problem really. Matthew: We came looking for you as soon as we heard you got kidnapped. Cain: Yea. Couldn’t just let you be captured and not save you. Gossip Gardevoir: And darling, you know master and I would never abandon you! Luna: Thank you. All of you. Cain: It’s no problem. Buuuut I need to stop getting my butt captured, too. Matthew: You probably wouldn’t mind it if it was by the right person though. -laughs- Cain: -laughs- You ain’t wrong Matthew. But on a serious note, If this keeps happening, I’m never gonna be the very best like no 1 ever was. Radomus: While I do enjoy this chit-chat, does anyone else think it’s a good idea to do it right at our enemy’s doorstep? Laura: That’s… actually a good point. Luna: I, too, wish to escape from here. Radomus: I do not believe it would be a smart choice to return to the castle. At least, for me. So I apologize Cain but I’m afraid we must put our Gym Battle on hold. I have other business to attend to as of right now. But I do thank you for the lead Cain. Gardevoir? Gossip Gardevoir: Ta-ta dears!~ Stay tuned for our next big entrance! Cain: Wait. What do you mean “Thanks for the- Before he could finish his sentence, Gardevoir teleported herself and Radomus off to somewhere. The rest of us wondered what he meant by that as well but we wouldn’t get our answer at this point. Then Luna asked a rather odd question. Luna: Ahh. Hearts beat faster in the darkness. Do you know why? Cain & Matthew: Because it’s better with the lights off? Luna: Ohh my. Laura: Matthew! Matthew: What?! I figured that’s what he was gonna say. Luna: Well be that as it may, that’s not what I exactly meant. In a different vein, darkness is quick to fester in one’s heart. Tell me Matthew. Are you afraid of the dark? Matthew: I uhh… Laura: Yes. Yes he is. Matthew: Laura! Laura: You are! You were afraid when we were in the depths of Tanzan Mountain. Luna: That’s quite sad to hear. Darkness is love. There’s nothing to fear. Matthew: Well maybe to you but- Laura: Well he maybe afraid of the dark but I know someone who isn’t and I’m sure he’d love to meet you Luna. Luna: Ohh? And who might that be? Laura: You’ll have to wait and see when we come up to your Gym Arena. Luna: Interesting. Then I invite you 2 to visit me in Iolia Valley. Here. Take this. Luna walked over to me and handed over, as she called it, a Crystal Key. I had no idea what this was used for but it looked pretty cool. She explained to us that this is the way we’d be able to enter Iolia Valley and that the only way to find it was to find a single tree back in the labyrinth towards the castle. I was intrigued by this but at the same time, I was severely tired. I was up for almost 24 hours. Matthew: Thanks Luna. Luna: You’re welcome. The darkness in Master’s heart bores a hole that I cannot hope to fill no matter how hard I wish I could. But I can still pretend right? Laura: Huh? Luna: Laura, Matthew, I’ll be waiting and I’m curious who will be battling me as to what you said before Laura. Laura: Ohh. Trust me. You’ll like it. Luna: Hmm. Farewell. -leaves- Cain: Welllll, I have absolutely NO idea what she was talking about but I’m gonna get out of here as well. I’m gonna go rest. And since Radomus flew the coop, I guess the only thing I can do is to see if I can get those guards at Agate a wake up call. Matthew: Yea. That was a weird thing to see. Good luck with that dude! Cain: See ya! And good luck in your Gym Battle Matthew! And with that, Cain left. Laura and I started to walk towards the exit of this place as well. It was mostly silent but for multiple reasons. Her weird behavior with Bennett, my tiredness and what she meant with someone she knows who’d Luna would love to meet. When we got back to the surface, we started to head towards the PokeCenter so I could get Arbok back. While we were walking back, I had to ask Laura something. Matthew: Laura? Laura: Yes babe? Matthew: What was going on with you whenever Bennett was around? Laura: I just felt bad for him Matt. Am I not allowed to feel like that about someone even if they are somewhat bad? Matthew: You just seemed like you liked him or something. I’ve never seen you do that with anyone before. Laura: Ok Matthew. I love you. That’s it. End of discussion. Matthew: Well I love you too. Laura: Good. Now drop it. I knew I loved her and vice versa but it still lingered in the back of my mind. We went inside of the PokeCenter and I got Arbok back. Despite having visible discoloration and some scars, it didn’t seem to have any pain anymore. I hugged it and it licked my face. I placed it back in its PokeBall and me and Laura headed outside. Laura: So what are we gonna do now? Matthew: I definitely need rest and you seem like you need it too. Laura: Well should we head into the PokeCenter and just rest there then? Matthew: Naw. They don’t have any beds. Laura: Well where do we go? We can’t go back all the way to my house. It’s too far of a walk. I thought for a minute and then remembered something. I took Laura up to Shelly’s Gym. It had been a while since I was last here. This is where all the stuff with the orphanage started from. It brought back bad and good memories. We headed upstairs to Shelly’s room and sat on the bed. Laura: Do you really think this is ok? Matthew: Of course it is. Shelly wouldn’t mind. Laura: Well I hope so. Matthew: Hey. What did you mean before that there’d be someone you’re sure Luna would like to meet? Laura: Come on. You’re afraid of the dark. Remember last time? Matthew: Wait. You mean Wehttam? Laura: Yea! I’m sure he’d love to be out here again. It’s been a while. Matthew: Well technically, it’s only been a couple of days. We did that thing again where the both of us at the same time took control of my body. Laura: Ohh. Matthew: But I’m sure he wouldn’t mind be out here again. Laura: Good. -yawns- I’m tired. Matthew: -yawns back- Me too. Let’s go to sleep. The 2 of us got under the covers, closed our eyes and fell fast asleep. I couldn’t wait to wake up and get my 9th Gym Badge. Pokemon Team REBORN CHARACTER RATES Also I wanna say I'm just about 10 views away from hitting 5000. Thanks so much to the people that are reading this and anybody that's new to reading this, I hope you're enjoying it. It's only gonna get more awesome from here so don't miss out!

Did not expect this episode to get to the Iolia Valley.