The moon shone,casting it's glow on the world.

The Pokèmon world.

On that night,two Pokèmon,who had once been humans,woke up.

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"Gabriel?You're alive."I said,sheathing my sword.

"You found the temple."Gabriel noticed.

"Uh,yeah.I'm Aza,by the way.I don't think you heard my name before...?"

"Well,greetings,but I would prefer it if we went inside."

"Yeah,sure..."

I smiled a little,then turned back to the Temple.

Wither sickness.Gabriel had Wither sickness.I was sure.

I started walking towards the entrance,and Gabriel trailed behind.

"Hey Lukas!"I yelled."Lukas!Get your butt over here!"

I starter walking inside with Gabriel.The air went to fresh and clear,to dusty and old in a few seconds.

I could hear Lukas running.Had I maybe alarmed him too much?Maybe.

"What is it?What's-"He skidded to a stop in front of us so fast,I actually thought he was a monster for a moment.

Gabriel walked over next to me and gave Lukas a small smile.

Lukas looks like a goldfish,with his mouth wide open and big,suprised eyes.

"Look what I found."I said to break the silence.

"You survived?"Lukas ignored me.

"If Jesse hadn't pulled me out of the beam...well...I owe my life to her."Gabriel admitted.

And then I felt a pang of guilt.Then I had to do all I could to stop myself from hyperventilating.I had tried to save Petra.That's where the guilt came from.But Rory...

That's where the rest came from.

Lukas finally turned his attention to me.

"You okay?"He asked.

I opened my mouth to answer,but I was interrupted.

"Hey guys!I'm baaaaaacccckkk!"Axel called."And I brought Magnus!"

We turned around.

Axel looked pretty proud of himself.Magnus looked bored,until he saw Gabriel.

"Hey,Gabriel,man,you here too?"Magnus asked.

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I see...that wasn't supposed to happen.

No.

I knew something bad was going to happen.

Let him go.He will find his own way.

Are you so sure?

While he is not far from death,he clings to life,even with his...you know...scarred forever.

He clings to life,but he does it for someone.Do you know who?

The girl.

Yes.But she is only two footsteps away from death.

Footsteps is an exaggeration.She still has days.

But we must now attend to the rip in the dimensions.

Yes,of course.

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Lukas had sent Magnus and Axel upstairs to 'chill out'.

I was made a sentry.'Guard the place,right Aza?' Lukas had said.

Sit and watch.That was all I was doing.

Sit and watch.

Sit and watch.

And wait.

And wait.

Still waiting.

I sighed.This was so,so boring.The only sounds were the breeze and the trees.

Breeze and the trees.

Breeze and the trees.

What is there to do?

Breeze and the trees.

I sang to myself in my mind.

Then I noticed that three people had climbed onto the hill.

Finally.I was so bored.But it probably hadn't been long,knowing me.

"Hi!"I called.

It was,as I had expected,Jesse,Olivia and Ellegaard.

As Jesse jumped off the hill,there was a flicker of green in the corner of my eye.

"Wait,there's a-"I started.

Arrows killed the Creeper before Jesse,Olivia and Ellegaard had even spotted it.A little quicker than in the game.

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This rip is a problem.

No,it's not,we can handle it,really.

We already released those beasts in the world that we sent two children to.

We could kill them quickly.

Oh gosh,seriously?

No.Just kidding.They can make it.

You are such a jerk.

Jerk is a human insult.

Deal with it.

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"Did you know about this?"

"Gabriel told me to get all of you!"

"He is no help."Ellegaard snarled at Jesse.

I sighed. I walked to the map and sat down in front of it. Let Ellegaard and Magnus do their bickering. Let Jesse work this out. Let the Witherstorm come.

Let it come.

I could see that small, purple patch on Gabriel's arm. He wasn't covering it up enough, but nobody else seemed to notice.

The sun was beginning to set, bathing the land in orange-pink light.

Rory, I hope you're alive.

"Hey! Stop acting like crazy people and focus on the bigger picture! We've got a hungry Witherstorm on the loose!" Jesse shouted.

At least there's no school here.

But I'm still the weird kid in the corner.

I'm with the characters of my favourite videogame.

Rory might be dead.

The Witherstorm is coming.

It might devour everything, with Rory and I's influence.

What if Rory is dead?

What if I die?