Waterfall Death Dance is one of my favorite songs from SharaX :3

Gotta love that hardcore Tick-Tock in it.

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 "AGH! GET IT OFF OF ME!!!" Zephyr exclaimed, several more owl-like things flocking him. Shara was laughing her head off, trying not to fall over. Everyone else was just plain confused.

The owls made themselves comfortable on Zephyr's head and shoulders. "...why me?" he whined. Shara shooed them away, still grinning like a madman.

"Aw, I've rarely seen Rowlet flock someone like that," she smirked. "They like you."

Xephyr smirked in amusement as Zeph was knocked over. "So, why are we here?" he asked.

"This is one of the Pokémon worlds. I used to live in one of these, so I know the basics of places like these," she said. "We're just going to collect our thoughts here and figure out what to do next."

"First off, why am I attracting these...Rowlets?" Zephyr asked.

"I don't know," Shara shrugged.

"Enough about that," Cider said. "It's clear that Hex wants Zephyr for something, but what?"

"I don't know," Shara sighed. "I wonder what he's going to do now. From what I know, he's persistent. He won't give up easily."

"So what do we do about that? Kill him?" Cider asked.

"No, I don't want to hurt anyone," she shook her head. "But what will we do about Xephyr?"

"You're still worried about him?!" Cider snapped. "Hex is hunting Zeph down and you're worried about a MISTAKE?!"

"Xephyr is not a mistake!" Cider and Shara shouted at the same time. Both were getting fed up with him. "Xeph is your brother, how can you say that?!"

"HE TRIED TO KILL ZEPHYR! And Shara! AND YOU FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!" Cider snapped. "How can you still care about him?!"

"I was scared," Xephyr finally spoke. "I was being erased from existence. Anyone would be scared of that. Just disappearing."

"If anything, I'm the mistake," Zephyr said grimly. "Shara didn't mean to create me. She meant to transfer Zeph to a safer file, not make another being in general."

"..." Shara looked down. "...it's true. I never meant to create Zephyr."

Chronos sighed. Cider looked down, loosing anything else he had to say. Shara stared down at the grass, fighting back tears. Xephyr stared at Zeph, stunned. He didn't know that Zephyr wasn't meant to be alive. He never really thought abut it, really. He just thought he was being replaced.

Zephyr stood up, the Rowlets flying away. "I'm going back to the ship. You can figure out what to do without me."

Nobody stopped him. He disappeared into the trees, going back to the ship. It wasn't a far walk.

It's a shame he never arrived.

~~~~~Somewhere Else...~~~~~

Zephyr let out a muffled scream as Hex tacked him from behind. He covered Zeph's mouth, keeping him from calling for help. Hex hit him in the back of the skull, cracking it and successfully knocking him out.

~~~~~Zephyr's P.O.V.~~~~~

I woke up, dazed. Everything hit me without warning. Hex. Hex had kidnapped me. I was roped to a chair, my arms tied behind the chair. He was in front of me, hands behind his back and smirking. "This could have been easy~" he said.

"What do you want?" I growled.

"Oh, nothing," he said. "I just need to run a little test."

He finally showed what was in his hands. It looked like a box-cutter. I felt my eyes widen as he leaned close to me. "Wh-what--"

I shrieked.

~~~~~3rd P.O.V. + Time Skip~~~~~

Xephyr had to sit down, rubbing his skull. It hurt horribly, as if someone was splitting it open. He groaned softly. "Something's wrong..."

"What?" Chronos asked.

"..." Xephyr felt his chest tighten. He couldn't breath. Chronos caught Xephyr as he passed out.

"XEPH?!" Chronos shouted. Cider raised an 'eyebrow'. Shara looked concerned.

"Both Xephyr and Zephyr...." Shara paused, thinking about what she was saying next. "They... They might share the same pain stimulation....."

"Wow, great to know that now," Cider said sarcastically. "Wait...does that mean-"

Xephyr shrieked in pain, doubling over. He clutched his skull, tears beginning to forming the corners of his eye sockets.

He clawed at his own skull, screaming in agony. Shara and Chronos was panicked, not knowing what to do. Cider immediately ran towards the ship. "ZEPHYR!" he shouted. "ZEPHYR, WHERE ARE YOU?!"

Xephyr somehow managed to crack his own skull, screaming bloody murder. Chronos had to pin his brother's arms behind his back to keep him form hurting himself.

"ZEPHYR-" Cider stopped dead. His pupils burned brighter. "Z...Zeph...?"

Zephyr looked almost dead, a large hole in his skull. His glowing green pupils were large and teary. A very forced smile was plastered on his face. He held something tight in one hand, holding whatever it was to his chest.

"C...Ci...Ciderus...?" he asked, wheezing. Zephyr blinked, his gaze wandering and locking onto Chronos. Only Chronos.

Chronos screamed as Zephyr tackled him, holding the thing in his hands in the air. It was... Chronos didn't know what it was. Like a drive, but the end was a thin, sharp needle.

"ZEPHYR!" Shara shouted, grabbing Zeph from behind. Zephyr fought back, bringing the thing down. It pierced into Chronos' neck. The entire time, Xephyr was making his own skull bleed, trying desperately to rip the pain away.

Everything stilled. Xephyr stopped, breathing heavily. His hands were stained with blood. Zephyr went limp, still awake. He dropped the thing he had stabbed Chronos with, tears finally rolling down his face. Cider was helping carry Zephyr while Shara lifted Xepher up. Chronos' eye-lights were gone and he was twitching.

"What-- wh...what..." Zephyr trembled. "I-I...."

Cider hugged him. "Be quiet..." he sighed. Zephyr stared at him with a glassy-eyed look.

"...l-let m-me...tell y-you..." he wheezed. "Chronos..." his eye-lights suddenly went out, only to return a few seconds later.

"...wh-what was I-I going to s-say...?" he asked. Cider stared at him.

"What? What were you going to say? It was about Chronos," he pressed. Zephyr tilted his head to the side, confused.

"I...I don't remember..."

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...well...
Zephyr's being screwed with.