-Several days later-

It's been by several days, and Serenity still can't move. And her wound injuries have been getting worse.

Not only just that...

But, Serenity's came down with an illness too. And it's been getting worse, making her even more sicker.

Her body's gotten really thin to the point you could almost see her bones, due to the fact that she hasn't eaten or drank anything several days ago.

As Serenity looked at the sky again, letting in and out shaky breaths, she sighed softly and shutted her eyes.

"Is this it for me? Am I going to die? Am I going to see Arceus???" Serenity thought to herself.

Serenity smiled to herself as she began to relax.

"I probably am..." Serenity continued thinking to herself.

Then Serenity no longer moved anymore.

-Meanwhile, Somewhere else-

"Alright, Houndoom! That's the spirit!!!" A pokémon trainer called out as he hurried over to the Houndoom and then gave him a hug.

"Nice job! I'm proud of you!" The pokémon trainer says as he brought out a poképuff and gave it to Houndoom. "Here's your treat for working so hard with me, Houndoom."

Houndoom smiled and took the poképuff with it's teeth and began to eat it after sitting down.

The pokémon trainer smiled and helped himself to a fortune cookie as a light snack until he gets home.

Once the Houndoom and the pokémon trainer were finished eating, the trainer took out his fortune and began to read it:

"You will find an abandoned Lucario
and take her in"

The pokémon trainer shrugged.

"Eh...It's probably just a piece of baloney...There's no way it's gonna happen..." The pokémon trainer said as he stuffed the fortune in his pants pocket.

"Let's go, Houndoom...I think it's time we should head back home." The pokémon trainer said as he started to walk away.

Houndoom didn't follow it's trainer. Instead, it just stood there and whimpered a little.

"Houndoom? What's the matter?" The pokémon trainer said as he walked over and petted Houndoom.

Houndoom grabbed onto the pokémon trainer's sleeve with it's teeth and tugged on it.

"Houndoom?" The pokémon trainer began. Then Houndoom pointed it's tail in the direction that the pokémon trainer hadn't even went in.

Houndoom, then, took off in that direction.

"Houndoom! Wait!" The pokémon trainer said as he ran after Houndoom.

When the pokémon trainer finally caught up to Houndoom, he noticed that his pokémon was circling around something and was whimpering again.

"Houndoom? What is it? What did you find?" The pokémon trainer asked as he walked over to Houndoom.

Houndoom continued whimpering again and nudged the "something", that he found, gently.

As the pokémon trainer approached Houndoom and looked over to see what did his pokémon found, the pokémon trainer gasped in shock and in horror.

Lying in the blood-stained snowy ground was a severely wounded Lucario.

But, this Lucario was different from the other Lucarios that the pokémon trainer had seen and tried to catch.

It was a female Lucario.

Her eyes were closed so the pokémon trainer wasn't sure if she was asleep, unconscious, or dead.

As the pokémon trainer knelt down for a closer view, he looked over at her body.

It was very thin and weak. Her body was so thin the pokémon trainer could almost see her bones.

Bruises and deep wounds were all over her, and the wounds were still bleeding.

When the pokémon trainer rested his hand on the Lucario's cheek, he was shocked on how cold and stiff it was.

The part that mostly concerned the pokémon trainer the most was if the Lucario was still alive or not.

Gently picking the female Lucario up, bridal style, the pokémon trainer rested the female Lucario on his lap and then moved her head to the left a little to check her pulse on her neck.

For the first few minutes, the pokémon trainer wasn't getting any pulses.

Then he felt a pulse just when he was about to give up.

"Well, whaddya know! She's still alive!!! Attaboy, Houndoom!" The pokémon trainer said as he reached over and petted Houndoom on the head. Then the pokémon trainer gave Houndoom another poképuff.

"You've earned it, Houndoom. Just be sure to hurry. We gotta take her to the Poké Center so she can get healed." The pokémon trainer said as he stood up, still carrying the female Lucario bridal style.

Houndoom nodded and quickly ate the poképuff.

After Houndoom was finished eating, the pokémon trainer sat back down on the snowy ground for a second, resting the female Lucario on his lap as he did so.

Then the pokémon trainer took his jacket off and putted it on the female Lucario, zipping the jacket up to the point where her neck is.

"C'mon, Houndoom...Let's hurry." The pokémon trainer said as he took off, leaving the woods, with Houndoom following him.

Eventually, after a few minutes later, the pokémon trainer and Houndoom made it to the Poké Center.

Once they arrived, they entered into the building and hurried over to Nurse Joy.