The Lie (Book 2 of The Wish)

Chapter 11

I forgot to mention that Brendan and May wear the outfits that Ruby and Sapphire wear but they also wear their original outfits as well. It's easier for me to find fitting pictures that way. Anyway here's a new chapter.
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     There was a knock at the door. It had only been about fifteen minutes since she made it back home so (y/n) dried her tears and made her way to the door thinking that Gladion had come back. She did not want to see him at the moment but she wouldn't leave him outside knowing that the apartment the two shared was his only home in Hoenn.

      When she opened the door, Brendan and May greeted her instead. They were wearing fresh new outfits that reminded her of something but she couldn't quite remember what it was.

        "Did he come back yet?" May asked. (Y/n) shook her head in response. Her visitors just nodded and proceeded to the couch as she let them in. She wanted to know why Brendan hadn't told the full truth as well. He was with Gladion too when Zinnia showed up.

         "We brought you and Gladion's outfits. Turns out that Lisia had stayed up all night just to finish them. She said that she thought about all of the times she owed Brendan. I don't know what she meant by that but here you go," May said as she handed (y/n) a yellow wrapped box with green ribbon on it.

      (Y/n) gladly took the box and sat it in her room. When she returned, Brendan and May were watching her as she made her way to the couch to sit next to them.

         "Okay, now I know this isn't the best time to tell you this but Brendan has something important to tell you," May said as she nudged her friend.

      Before Brendan could even say anything, (y/n) said, "It's okay. I already know. I found Gladion after you left and found out about it then. I just want to know why you didn't tell me sooner." Brendan looked down a little.

        "I, umm. Gladion didn't want me to tell you or May everything so I left that up to him. Zinnia told us about everything that Teams Magma and Aqua have been stealing. She apparently is stealing keystones for mega evolution but she didn't tell us why. Look, (y/n), I'm sorry I didn't say anything sooner," he said.

         "It's okay, but Gladion is still gone so we have to figure this out ourselves. Did Zinnia tell you where the teams will be striking next?" (y/n) said. Brendan shook his head in response.

      Great, now she had to come up with a plan to find the teams and stop them from reviving the legendaries. If only Arceus had told her in her dream more about where she could find the legendaries. It was a seriously evil pokémon but it still had some good left somewhere in there.

      The nightmare had gone like this: Gladion was carrying her through the same unknown forest but this time he did not say anything to her. It was just peaceful alone time between the two of them. Then after a while, Gladion told her that he was about put her down. She reluctantly allowed him to do so but as soon as she was safety standing on the ground, Gladion literally began to disappear.

      He faded away like an illusion. Then her surroundings changed and warped into the familiar background of the dream realm. Arceus floated in front of her. He gave her no time to adjust to her surroundings or the confusion that she found herself in.

      All the pokémon said was, "Your friends are dead. Killed by unimaginable power. That dream that you had of their deaths wasn't fake. It was completely real. You could be the one who killed them, you know this right? In fact, it's your fault that they're dead. Don't worry about telling your other friends. I'll persuade them into believing me. Not like they have much choice. I'm Arceus afterall," Arceus said. The pokémon looked at her with noticeable evil in his eyes.