(Gold's POV)

I wake up and then realize that the dream is over.

There's a war in his world... the Gold in that world...

Then I get up, return my Pokemon, and walk over to my... burned house.

The plaque is still there.

That reminds me... when my father left.

It all started on a regular, normal day.

I woke up and then walk downstairs to have some nice food.

Then I saw my father walking out the door, with a lot of things packed up.

"Where are you going, dad?" I asked.

He gives me one look and then leaves.

Then I spot my mother, sitting at the table, crying into her hands.

"Mom!" I said as I ran up to her, "Where's dad going?"

She gave me a look and then cried some more.

"Mom?" I said.

"GO BACK TO YOUR ROOM, GOLD!" She said, "JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!"

I was shocked.

I walked up to my room, tears falling out.

That was the last time I cried... at least until... those past events...

Then days passed and then I realized... that my father wasn't coming back.

See, I wasn't always a pervert, breeder, and a guy who always smiled.

No, I was this quiet kid who just wanted to be the best Pokemon Trainer.

But I knew... I HAD to be strong for my mother.

Then I met the other dex holders.

My friends... they needed someone to keep on smiling. 

I couldn't be innocent anymore.

I made up a quote of my own, "Just keep on smiling, no matter the situation."

That message has stuck with me to this day.

My friends don't know who I really am.

They were shocked to see me cry on top of Mt. Silver; That's because they never knew me.

...

I never planned on becoming a breeder.

So I had to go ahead and actually be a breeder.

That made me miserable.

Not the fact that it was so much work... but the fact that sometimes I worked so hard to hatch those eggs... only to find the Pokemon have reached their end... before it officially began.

I remember something.

I fly to Lavender Town and then enter the Pokemon Tower.

I keep walking up the stairs, skipping floors until I get to the one I have to visit.

I walk up to some of the tombstones.

This is where the Pokemon who's lives were lost in my hands.

Then I remember something that made the dark aura come back.

People always say that breeding's easy.

It's not.

I learned that the bad way.

Staring at those tombstones hurt.

I calm down and the dark aura disappears.

I remember something worse now.

After I lost my voice, my friends have been saying I've changed.

Even Crys.

They're right... 

I wish things can just... get back to normal. 

I'd have my voice, I could fake being myself.

But no... I can't.

I can't even face the other dex holders until I take down Ariana.

I'll do whatever it takes... so I can see my friends again.

To be continued...