Less painful. Heh. Yeah right. I bet I got you.

I peacefully sat beneath a tree on this sunny day. Cottenee were blowing in the breeze. A family of pidgey nestled in a tree. Two zigzagoon chased each other around a stump. A lopunny was leaning against a nearby tree. "So," she said, "are you sure you're up for it?"

A cold breeze swept by. The pidgey family flew away. A mob of darkness appeared on a hill and came rapidly closer. A sableye raked its claws down Cynder's side, then looked at me and hissed. In the mob they carried chase, and in the centre, a sylveon and a jolteon were fighting against the mob, but they were soon overcome. The sableye carried my friend into the darkness. The lopunny said, "this is your last chance to run away, hide in the south," she pointed to the direction to the mobs left.

"CYNDER!" I scream.

Swirling images of spititombs face appeared around me. "AHAHA" They all said in union.

I'm getting dizzy now. The world is upside down. "Help." I moan.

A dark form reaches through the spititombs and tries to grab me.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHGHGHHGHAAAH" I spring up and cling to something head like. When I finally let go, I scream again. The lopunny from my dream was standing. Once I stopped screaming, I realized how sore I was. "Who are you?" I croak.

She smiled. "Rest. You are still wea-"

I struggled up. "News flash- I'm not gonna sit around when my fr- WHERE IS-" I launch myself at lopunny, despite the the pain, and attempt to pin her down. It failed.

Instead, she blocked me with her ears, then grabbed me, and I was held at arms length away. "Whoa kid. Settle it, your friends are fine. Well, more or less. Chase is unharmed, but Cynder..."

"What?! I-" I unsuccessfully start trying to flail my way out of her arms. Instead, she pins me against the straw bed.

"Settle down missy. He'll live. It's just-"

I struggle free of her grasp and collapse to the floor. After a few moments, I stand and hiss. "Show me them now."

"You nee-"

I growl at her. "I don't need anything except my friends, so show me them."

She threw her arms up. "Go talk to Chase, he's in the first room, strait ahead."

I step into the hallway and see a small room with a few passages leading out. Ahead was Chase sitting by a fire. He noticed me and gestured for me to come in with his storm grey wings. I sat beside him. "What happened in the fight?"

"Really? No 'hello' or 'how are you' or 'glad to see your alive'?"

He sighed. "This is important. I need to know."

"I don't know, a really strong blast of ice came out of me and I passed out." I wasn't lying but I wasn't telling the whole truth either. How could I explain the things that happened? The energy flowing through everyone. The feeling of no control.

Chase knew something was up but didn't ask me anymore questions. Lopunny burst into the room out of breath. "You have to go, now!"

"What about Cynder?" Chase shot up immediately and asked.

He limped into the room. "You will have to fly him until they are gone." Lopunny said.

"What is happening?" I ask.

"I'll explain later." Chase said. There was a banging on a door down the hall.

"Go! I'll buy time!"

Before we could move, there was a crash. Chase grabbed Cynder by the scruff of the neck and flew out of a window. I hopped out too, not daring to look behind me.