"How long are you going to stay asleep?" I stared at Looker staring at me from my hospital bed I've laid in from what I was told was a whole week. I had been carried to the hospital after dealing with Team Plasma, Ghetsis, him wanting to take over the world thing, and my punishment in so little time that I had to suffer a whole week of nightmares of nonstop torture and everyone getting hurt. When I work up, I really didn't want to see Looker ready to give me a speech.

"I kinda wish it could had killed me so I wouldn't have to listen to this" I sighed "What do you want, Looker? Don't you know that I've already been through enough? I'm so tired" he sat on a chair by my bed.

"I know, I was just worried about you" I put on a weak smile.

"You? Worried? That's funny" I sat up and squeezed my hands, feeling my energy returning to me "I'm always a burden, so I'm sure you were relieved that I'm out of sight and out of mind" I got up from bed and picked up Banette that was sleeping by the window.

"Are you sure you should be up? You've been asleep all week! You just said you were so tired" Banette woke up and jumped to hug my face. I smiled and patted her back in the form of hugging her back.

"I'm tired from all the nightmares I've watched, not physically" I looked down, remembering what happened to me back in the giant chasm "I can't believe I had a total mental breakdown... What was the point of that place? I've been there for five years and I freaked out so bad when everyone got hurt" I pulled my hair a bit "I felt naked. My strength wasn't in my body, so I snapped and got so worried about everyone. I could had handled it differently, but without that strength I've depended on for years, I went mad and couldn't think" I squeezed my hands "I could had used that cane against Ghetsis, but I couldn't" I looked down "I'm pathetic... Please tell me everyone is okay"

"Yes. Everyone is fine. If you weren't there to help everyone, they could had died" I lowered my eyes, knowing that wasn't the case "That Pokémon that Team Plasma had a hold of must've been the culprit, since there was no proof of a weapon being used. It had to be a Pokémon"

"Yeah..." I couldn't say anything about that "That's what it was..." I crouched down and leaned on the wall to hug my legs, facing away from Looker "The screams they made when they got hurt..." I rocked back and forth, starting to sob "all I ever wanted is to protect those I care..." I couldn't control my sobs "I didn't know what to do... I panicked... I heard my father's screams in them. I didn't know how to help, just like that night he was murdered. I was just a little girl. I couldn't help everyone on my own. I tried... and I'm so glad everyone is okay, but what could I have done if Nate didn't say anything? I would had been the reason everyone died, because I wouldn't have known what to do" I sobbed into my hands "I had to watch that nightmare all week in my sleep. I don't want to see it anymore" my sobs were preventing me from speaking properly. I'm pretty much just understanding myself "I'm sorry... I'm really tired..." I held my breath to stop the crying, but I couldn't.

"Camilla" Looker came down to hold my head "You've done enough. You protected Unova from getting frozen and you saved your friends. You did your best, and that was the best thing you could've done. I'm very proud of you" I pouted at his gentle smile "Maybe that hospital didn't do much work for you, but you're still a warm-hearted girl deep down" I wiped my tears away and chuckled.

"Awe, you're just saying that" I smiled "thank you... now where exactly am I?"

"You've been transferred to Castelia City. Everyone has returned home and been coming by to check on you often" I sighed in relief.

"So Rosa went home..?" He nodded "Hilda went home too?" He nodded again "Nate?"

"He's in Opelucid City helping the remaining people in need. The ice had melted, causing a flood to occur, but nothing too serious" I sighed in relief and looked at how much my hands were shaking. Allot had happened, and if I just let Nate carry me back to the city to get some sleep, this certainly wouldn't have happened. I was desperate to protect everyone. I had thought my punishment was going to hurt me, but instead, the voice knew I didn't care about myself, so it struck everyone else.

"That's good" I sighed and stood up "I'm ready to go home. Now that Rosa is good, I don't have a need to travel" I played with my fingers, actually wanting to travel a little more. Looker leaned down to look at me.

"If you want to keep traveling, Nate will still be your guard" I looked at him surprised "He told me you wanted to keep traveling and doesn't mind taking you" he smiled "You two put it off really well. I didn't expect you two to become friends" I chuckled, blushing a bit.

"Can I really travel?" He nodded before looking down, looking grim "Looker?"

"Camilla, I always wanted you to have a good life that you can be free in. Hearing Nate say all the things you two been through made me happy. I want to keep seeing you happy like that, but he also told me some things I wish I didn't hear. Camilla, do you really not care about your life at all?" I had a feeling it would come to this.

"Like I told Nate, my face shouldn't exist when Rosa is alive. Her face should stay the shining star. I have no use to stay here" I closed my eyes "it's my dream to travel. Melanie wanted to travel and asked me to do it in her place, so that's what I want to do. I'm almost done, so that will be it"

"Ending your life isn't the answer, Camilla!" I smiled at how concerned he looked.

"Thank you for being concerned about me, even if I've been a pain in the ass. There's nothing you can say" I took his shoulders "I better hope you haven't told my family about this" he gulped at my seriousness.

"No, I haven't" I smiled.

"Good! They don't need to know! I don't want them worried about me"

"But they will-" I squeezed his shoulder.

"Not another word" I went to the bathroom to freshen up and get ready for our travels back to Aspertia City. Oricorio flew up above us while Frillish followed the ship we were on.

"You seem to have gotten yourself a handful of Pokémon" Looker said without looking up from his newspaper "If I seem to remember correctly, you were the one that agreed to the list of things you can't do, yet you broke them" I chuckled.

"Yeah, I know what I did. I only said I shouldn't have a Pokémon because Pokémon don't like me and they would be dangerous to me, but that's when I discovered that it's ghost types that like me, so I want ghost types!" He sighed.

"Well, ghost types are considered different, so you didn't really break the rules, but you did give advice to Alani, so there's that"

"Did she go back home?"

"Yes. She asked me for your address, so I'm sure you'll be expecting a package soon" I gasped.

"A package!? Wow! She shouldn't have! After I purposely told her to jump" I giggled "she thought I meant it as an expression, but that's not what I meant. I wasn't going to let her jump for real. Why you think I jumped after her?"

"You should had just kept your mouth shut and keep away from people's business. You could had caused a lot of trauma"

"She's already been through enough. This actually helped her, so buzz off" I waved my hand "I knew what I was saying. I might be heartless, but I have a heart" I stuck my tongue out playfully "If that makes sense" he sighed and didn't respond to that. I sat back on my seat and played my Kalimba, feeling weird that I was no longer traveling with Nate at the moment. I can't wait to see him...

"Has Nate told you what he did that made him get arrested?" He asked when we drove off the ferry and into Virbank.

"No, he hasn't. I don't expect him to tell me" I said.

"Are you going to tell him?" I shrugged.

"I don't know... I still have to tell my family what happened to my father" I looked down "I have to tell them... I've hid it long enough"

"Your mom had asked many times about you and Rosa, but she never called about your dad. He's been gone for years and not once had she asked about him. He's buried in Icirrus City, where he was born, but I don't understand why you had to hide it from them"

"Seems like you don't remember since it was over ten years ago, but I told you that my parents had divorced. He was never around and doing a lot of sketchy things, like selling drugs and Pokémon. I've met a lot of unique Pokémon, and he gave me my Oricorio while he gave Rosa and our friends rare Pokémon. Believe it or not, I had a profit from my father's business as well, but I sold tea that worked nicely" I chuckled "off the subject, sorry. But yeah, my mother didn't care about my father, but she did ask me what happened to him. I just said he left. I didn't lie" I smiled "And she took it as that and insulted him for leaving us twice"

"Why did you hide it?"

"Why?" I hugged myself "Do you have any idea what happens to a child when they see their parent getting murdered? I can still hear his screams and telling me to hide" I covered my ears "hearing the screams of those I cared about... I want to protect everyone as much as I can. That's why when it's my time, my mother will have a hold of all the money I have" I closed my eyes and lowered my hands "When I ask you for the money, that means our contract will end" Looker looked straight "You won't have to worry about me. This is for the best, so don't even try to talk me out of this"

"If that's how it's going to be, I hope the rest of your travels will bring you happiness. I'll let you know when he's ready to travel again" I bit my lips, holding in my tears as much as I could before we finally made it back home.

It hurts me that I have to leave behind so many people, but this is for the best. I'm not in the best state in my life, so there's no point in staying here any longer. I hope everyone ends up happy.

I climbed out the car and looked up at my mother's house. I wonder if they're home at the moment "I let your mom know we were on the way" Looker told me "She should be here"

"Camie!" Rosa waved to me from the streets with Hugh behind her. I smiled and hurried to hug her and lift her up to spin her around "Whoa!" She laughed "You're so strong!" I laughed and set her down, hugging her closely "I'm so glad you're okay. I was going to go visit you again, but mom told me you were on the way!" We let go of the hug to look at each other "Are you okay now?" She held my cheeks "Whatever happened that day must've been scary on your own..." I smiled and held her cheeks a bit more that made her pucker her lips.

"I'm fine now that everyone is safe. That's all I care about" she smiled and nodded. I looked at Hugh watching us "Hey Hugh-kun, are you feeling okay now? How is Liepard?" He sighed and pocket his hands.

"It still won't get out the Pokéball, but we're not going to give up" he rubbed the back of his head "thanks for everything... I guess you're not that bad, but you're still weird" I chuckled, taking it.

"Weird?" Rosa questioned. I took her hand so she can ignore that comment and went into our house. She stopped me so she can say goodbye to Hugh "S-See you later..." she played with her fingers shyly "I'm sure Liepard will remember eventually... I'm rooting for you!" She blushed. Hugh smiled and pet her head softly, sharing a moment I noticed very well, but they probably didn't. I didn't bother putting it into thought, knowing how much Nate likes her.

"Thanks. Glad you came to check up on it as well. Take care" he nodded to me before he walked away. Rosa sighed with hearts appearing around her and popping, admiring Hugh walking away. I chuckled at how happy she looked and walked into the house with Looker waving to me, telling me he'll see me later.

"Mom~!" Rosa sang "Look who is home!" Mother walked from the kitchen to see me waving.

"Camilla!" Mother rushed to hug me "I'm so glad you're okay!" I chuckled and hugged her back, later feeling her pull in Rosa so we can have a group hug "I finally have my twins back together. I'm so happy" I cuddled into the hugs, feeling whole again... Sort of.

"Our family split in half so suddenly... This is a great moment" Rosa said "I'm so glad we're together again. Camie, don't ever disappear like that again" I moved away from the hug and backed away.

"I'm sorry I did that... I had a good reason. I didn't want you to worry about me"

"How does that make sense?" Mother asked "Are you ever going to explain what happened to you?" I took a deep breath, shaking a bit to tell them. I've hid this from them for far too long. Since they want answers now, I have no choice.

"I feel like if I told you the truth, you'd probably won't trust me again" I rubbed my arm "I've hid it from you for so many years... but I need to come clean right now about something else before I tell you this. It's only right" I took a deep breath "Father..."

"Did your dad do something to you without telling me?!" Mother took my shoulders to shake me a bit "What did he do?! What happened?!" I can see the mistrust in her eyes that made her think he was the reason for what happened to me, but it's not exactly that.

"Mother..." I looked down "Father was always good to me. He let me earn my own money and always thought of me whenever he was finished working. He'd take me out to eat at my favorite restaurant and stuff. Don't you remember, Rosa? He use to take us to a lot of cool places in Unova when he could" Rosa slowly nodded.

"Yes, of course I do. I remember how much fun we had together, even after the divorce. It was always sort of awkward though... after how he made mom feel, I just didn't want to have anything to do with him" I nodded and tried hiding my shaking breath, but failed "Why are you nervous..? Did something happen? To.. Dad?" I went to sit down on the couch so I could collect myself before continuing.

"Yes. I went home after I met Melanie for the first time... She was the one that asked me to travel for her, so I wanted to do so and wanted to tell father about it, but he wasn't home at the time. I waited for him in my room. He came home and knocked on my door. When I opened it..." I choked at the memory "He was happy to see me... that was the last time I got to see him alive" I accidentally let out a sob I released into my hands "Someone followed him into the house and murdered him right in front of me" the look on Rosa's and moms face was mortified. I looked away to avoid seeing more "His screams haunted me... I'm sorry I kept it from you. I didn't know what to do... I figured that you hated him so much that you just wouldn't care"

"Camilla... You just told me he left" Mother kneeled down to me, sobbing here eyes out "Why would you go through that alone?!" I shook my head.

"I don't know! I was still a child, I don't know... I'm sorry"

"It's no wonder y-you changed..." Rosa cupped her mouth, sobbing with me "After you told us he left, you became more open and over protective. You still hid, but you talked more and even went out on your own doing who knows what. I wondered what happened, but I never thought you'd went through that on your own" she leaned on me to hug me, sobbing into my shoulders "I'm sorry we made the kind of environment to make you think we wouldn't care, but I wish you'd come to us for comfort... I'm so sorry. I should had known how you were feeling"

"I don't blame you at all... It was me that never said anything. As for where I've been for the pass few years..." I explained what happened to me through the kidnapping and the mental hospital, explaining I used the money I was rewarded to keep everyone quiet about my whereabouts and what happened to my father, ending where he was buried in Icirrus City.